Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 28 My Ming Dynasty cannot be bullied by the heavens, and the people cannot be abused!
The night is harmonious, and the moon and stars are rare.

Zhu Qi was sitting alone in the palace, sorting out all kinds of reports received from the people of Fengyang in the past two days.

Some have evidence. For example, if the land is robbed, I still have the original land deed in my hand, so I can check it with the government and it will be right; The servants of Marquis Pingyang didn't even need to be tortured, they all confessed.

In addition to these strong evidences, there are also some outrageous ones, such as Pingyang Hou raped someone's old sow; his own yellow dog gave birth to a litter of cubs, which were exactly the same as Pingyang Hou...

Although exaggerated, from these words, we can feel the common people's hatred for Pingyanghou.

Zhu Qi sorted out these evidences. Of course, he didn't throw away these evidences. Instead, he wanted to put these exaggerated evidences that were fake at first glance, because Zhu Yuanzhang had to see all these evidences.

Zhu Yuanzhang started as a commoner. He knew the common people best and hated the officials who oppressed the common people the most. During the Hongwu Dynasty, being an official was the most trembling.Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth with hatred for what other people thought was extremely absurd.

You only send some evidence of seizing land, beating others, and forcing good people to death. Zhu Yuanzhang, an emperor who valued family affection, might soften his heart.

But when these evidences were sent up, Zhu Qi dared to guarantee that the Marquis of Pingyang was dead!
Zhu Qi managed to sort out all these evidences. When he looked up, it was already dark outside, and he was thinking about going to bed quickly, and going to raid Pingyanghou's house tomorrow.

But at this moment, an internal official came in and said to Zhu Qi:

"His Royal Highness, Wei Guogong is asking to see you."

Zhu Qi was taken aback for a moment, what is the weather, Xu Da actually came over?If it was inside the barracks, Xu Da probably would have come in straight away, but this is a palace, so Xu Da would have to notify first.

"Hurry up please."

Zhu Qi pushed all the evidence to the side, stood up to meet Xu Da, and saw Xu Da walking in after a while, how could Zhu Qi dare to wait for Xu Da to salute himself, so he hurried over to greet Xu Da as his nephew Da saluted, and then pulled the seat for Xu Da to sit, showing extreme respect.

Can you be disrespectful, this is the Great Ming God of War!
Xu Da was taken aback for a moment, then said with a smile:

"What your Highness has done in the past few days has won the hearts of the people."

Zhu Qi hurriedly said modestly:

"Uncle Xu praised it, this is what a kid should do."

Zhu Qi was a little surprised, not sure if Xu Da came here in the middle of the night to praise himself?This doesn't seem like Xu Da's low-key personality.

Fortunately, Xu Da didn't have any ink marks, so he just asked:
"I'm here this time, and I actually have a few questions I want to ask His Highness, and please tell Your Highness truthfully."

Zhu Qi nodded and said:
"Uncle Xu, tell me, I have nothing to hide."

"Okay, the first question first." Xu Da pondered for a while, and said:

"This Marquis of Pingyang is the adopted son of the emperor and His Royal Highness' righteous brother. If His Highness wants to punish him, isn't he afraid of offending other righteous brothers? The relationship between Pingyang Hou and His Highness's other righteous brothers is still very good. We rushed to kill together on the battlefield."

Zhu Qi was taken aback for a moment, this question was not difficult, and asked straightforwardly:
"If you want to talk about this, Uncle Xu also went to the battlefield with Pingyanghou. This Pingyanghou committed a crime, and I punished him. Uncle Xu, do you feel offended?"

"This is not."

Zhu Qi spread his hands and said with a smile:

"That's right, what's more, if I really offend my righteous brothers, I am not afraid at all, but I have seen with my own eyes that Pingyang Marquis forced his son into prostitution, oppressed the people, and killed the people's daughter. If I don't punish him, It is the common people who offend, not only I am afraid, but even my father is also afraid."

When Xu Da heard this, the look in Zhu Qi's eyes changed a little, he nodded in relief, and continued to ask:
"Since you know the emperor's temper, why don't you directly submit this matter to the emperor? Why do you have to act for the people here for several days and let them report it?"

Zhu Qi quickly said:

"Uncle Xu, I don't want to send it directly to the emperor. First, I am worried that the crime is not enough. The emperor may think of the love between father and son and spare his life. Second, this Marquis of Pingyang is playing a big role in Fengyang. Fu is used to it. The common people are afraid of him. Officials at all levels have also done some bad things. I deal with him directly in Fengyang. First, I can reassure the common people. Let's act legally."

"Puffa?"

Xu Da obviously didn't understand the new word Zhu Qi, Zhu Qi continued to explain:
"The emperor said a long time ago that the common people can directly go to the Heavenly Mansion to sue the imperial court for any local officials who fish and meat the common people. The common people in Fengyang dare not sue because they think that Marquis of Pingyang is honorable and is like the current emperor. The law of the Ming Dynasty It’s useless to him. I’m going to punish him in Fengyang today, just to tell the people that the prince’s crime is the same as that of the common people, let alone a little prince? In the Ming Dynasty, the sky cannot be bullied, and the people cannot be abused!”

Zhu Qi's words were resounding, especially the sentence "In my Ming Dynasty, the heavens must not be bullied, and the people must not be abused!" echoed in the palace.

Then I heard someone say:
"Okay! Well said! That's why you procrastinate for so long. You have to post notices every day, and you also encourage the common people to come and report Pingyanghou's crimes. You even announced that you will raid your house tomorrow, just to make more The common people know about this matter, pay attention to this matter, and let them know that the laws of the Ming Dynasty are for the common people, not for Lord Marquis like him!"

Zhu Qi nodded, but then he was taken aback, this is not Xu Da's voice!It's Zhu Yuanzhang's voice!
Zhu Qi looked towards the door, and saw Zhu Yuanzhang in ordinary clothes standing at the door with a smile on his face!
Zhu Qi was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Xu Da. Xu Da had a normal expression on his face, and even stood up with a smile, and stepped aside, obviously knowing that Zhu Yuanzhang was coming.

Now I understand why Xu Da, who is usually low-key, suddenly came to ask himself these questions. It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to ask him!Zhu Qishi never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would come to Fengyang by himself.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang came here was actually the reason why Xu Da sent small notes to Yingtian Mansion every day these few days. This Fengyang is very close to Yingtian, and every day is a round trip.

As early as the first day when Pingyang Hou was arrested by Zhu Qi for committing a crime, Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, and every operation of Zhu Qi after that was also under Zhu Yuanzhang's nose.

A problem that Zhu Yuanzhang has always had a headache is the strategy of uniting the people to deal with corrupt officials, which has little effect. The people are often timid, but he did not expect Zhu Qi to have such a way to directly act for the people. , Let the people think that others have started to report and expose, then I will also report and expose!
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect to have such a routine, he was happy, and of course he was even happier because Zhu Qi, as his own son, was so jealous of evil and eliminated harm for the people, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very pleased.

But Zhu Yuanzhang only thought of these two layers. When I came here this evening, I heard Zhu Qi personally talk about popularizing the law, so I realized that Zhu Qi had such a layer of intention. It is for the courage of the people.

Standing by the side, Zhu Qi was a little dazed, and didn't dare to say anything more. He saw Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him up and down, stroked his beard, and laughed:

"Qi'er did a good job. Tomorrow's house will be raided. You can copy it with confidence and boldness. Just like you said, my Ming Dynasty cannot be bullied by the heavens and the people of the Ming Dynasty! If anyone bullies my people in the Ming Dynasty, I will kill him!"

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