Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 158 Calculating the Ledger (Seeking a Monthly Ticket)

Because when Zhu Yuanzhang was still a monk, Tang He had already gained a firm foothold in Haozhou.It was Tang He who wrote a letter inviting him to join Guo Zixing's rebel army.

At that time, Tang He was already a thousand households in the rebel army, but he still regarded Zhu Chongba as his eldest brother.So the rebels were surprised to see that Tang Qianhu, who was in the limelight, was always standing behind Zhu Chongba, a fledgling recruit, willing to call himself a subordinate, and didn't feel any shame in it.

What's even more strange is that Zhu Chongba didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and accepted Tang He's respect calmly.

So overnight, Zhu Chongba became a famous person in Haozhou City. In addition, he was already extraordinary in strength, so he quickly stood out. Guo Zixing adopted him as his adopted son and betrothed his adopted daughter Ma Xiuying to him.

Zhu Chongba, who played half a bowl at the beginning, was finally promoted and raised to marry Bai Fumei, and began to reach the pinnacle of life...

So Lao Zhu has always been grateful to Tang He in his heart, and he is very tolerant to him.Back then when Ming Xia was conquered, Tang He hesitated as the chief general. If Fu Youde and Liao Yongzhong hadn't moved forward bravely, Lao Zhu's plan would have been ruined.But after the triumph, Zhu Yuanzhang just didn't reward him, and didn't punish Tang He.

This time again, after giving him a few slaps, he let go of the shrunken old tortoise, which is definitely another small punishment...

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But Boss Zhu will not let go of another little turtle with a shrinking head...

After dinner, he summoned Han Yike.

Han Yike knew that sooner or later there would be a day to settle the accounts, so before the emperor returned home, he had already arranged the funeral.Fortunately, now that the five His Highnesses have also been found, at least the family members should not be implicated.

He put his heart to rest and went to the Golden Palace to see the emperor.

"Sir, Han Yike, magistrate of Linhuai County, pays homage to the emperor, my emperor has a long life and a healthy life! Daming Haiyan Heqing!" Han Yike bowed respectfully.

"Stand up straight." Zhu Yuanzhang didn't let him stand up, and while flipping through the file, he sneered and said, "Han Yike, you can do it. We really underestimated you. I thought you were a straight-talker, but I didn't expect that The huahuachangzi come in strings."

"Your majesty, you have to learn a lesson. After being punished by the emperor, I learned from the pain and felt that I was too reckless, so I decided to change my past and think twice before acting." Han Yike hurriedly replied.

"Are you thinking twice before acting? You are playing tricks on us!" Zhu Yuanzhang snapped, closed the file and cursed:

"Let me ask you, what's the matter with Shen Liuniang? Why didn't you report it, but instead hid her in the prison for so long? Is it a golden house?"

"Your Majesty, the dark and smelly prison has nothing to do with the Golden House." Han Yike said with a bitter face.

"Get to the point!" Zhu Yuanzhang glared and said, "Don't play with us here!"

"Back to the emperor, firstly, I'm no longer the censor, and I don't have the power to gossip about things." Han Yike said seriously: "Secondly, the case she mentioned is too involved and has too much influence, so I must learn a lesson. , first investigate clearly, collect enough evidence and then report, instead of relying on one side of her story."

"You have really improved. Now you are 'a crooked pot with a partial stove—one set matches one set'." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Then why did you send her to the five Highnesses?"

The emperor said with a heavy face and said: "We asked you to take care of them secretly, is that how you take care of them? How much danger does this bring to them?!"

"Your Majesty is right. I deserve death for my crimes. I want your Highnesses to know about this matter, because the more I investigate, the more I find out that the matter is too big. It's a big deal. I can't afford it for a mere magistrate." Ah!" Han Yike kowtowed heavily and said in a mournful voice:

"It's not a pity for me to die. In fact, the moment I was taken to the execution ground last year, I regarded myself as a dead person. But what I can't afford is that I can't afford it. A small magistrate, even if the emperor gave him the right to secret report so what?

As he spoke, he raised his head and said with grief and indignation on his face: "One, even if I submit information about the case, the emperor must not only listen to the minister's side of the case, and must send imperial envoys. I came to investigate. Kechen dared to bet the lives of the whole family, no matter whether he sent Zhongshu Sheng or Yu Shitai to come, there was nothing wrong with it!"

After a pause, he raised his head, looked straight at Zhu Yuanzhang bravely and said, "As long as you let them get the news in advance and give them time to prepare, even if the emperor comes in person, nothing will be found!"

"..." Zhu Yuanzhang was silent. What happened to him when he returned home this time has already eloquently proved Han Yike's words.

If it weren't for Han Yike's private efforts, and what his sons saw and heard when they were ordinary people, I really wouldn't be able to break through the illusion that Li Shanchang and his colleagues painstakingly created.

This is not to say that Li Shanchang and his counterfeiting abilities have reached the point of perfection.

It's because of human nature - people tend to believe what they want to believe.So you will always be deceived by what you want to believe.

Zhu Yuanzhang decided to relocate the capital against all opinions. He had high hopes for Zhongdu and was full of deep affection for his hometown, so he was willing to think about the best of everything in his hometown.Even if there is something uncomfortable or abnormal, it will be automatically ignored.

Even if someone pointed out the problem to him, he would fly into a rage and defend everything in his hometown extremely defensively.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang is extremely smart, he is also extremely conceited. This kind of person will not easily deny his own cognition, let alone overturn his own decision.

It is precisely because Li Shanchang has an insight into this point that he is so confident...

Only when the irrefutable evidence is in front of him, only the most trusted person tells him, wake up, everything is an illusion, they are playing you like a monkey!

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang wake up from the beautiful dream he and Huaixi Xungui co-wrote, and faced the bloody reality in great pain.

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After a long silence, Zhu Yuanzhang asked quietly again: "What about the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

"Huh?" Han Yike was taken aback for a moment, and immediately sweated profusely.But in the midst of his thoughts, he decided to tell the truth, and kowtowed:

"Your Majesty admits that what I said before, that Your Highness went to Mingjiao to take the initiative to go undercover and will contact me later. These are all my assumptions about the note left by His Majesty. The five Highnesses did not say such things to me explicitly, although I I guessed it like this, but I admit to the crime of deceiving the king!"

"Hehe, you're quite a bachelor." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled approvingly and said, "In any case, you are a death penalty."

As he said that, he looked at Han Yike expressionlessly and said, "Let's give you a chance to take the blame and make meritorious deeds, do you want to?"

"Yes!" Han Yike said without thinking.

"Okay, we appoint you to be the censor of Fengyang, to accept the people's complaints on behalf of the emperor, to record the criminals, and to hang up the case files; all officials who are honorable and are slaves of the officials can be summoned without asking for instructions; all government files The account books can be read without asking for instructions; all political gains and losses, military and civilian benefits, adult lawlessness, and villain's grievances, all have to be outspoken!"

"Minister, obey the order!" Han Yike bowed his head solemnly.

"Okay, it's still the same as it was back then!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded approvingly, got up and picked up his Tianzi Sword, handed it to him and said, "This time I will support you, let's go and investigate!"

"Yes!" Han Yike took the Tianzi Sword with trembling hands, tears streaming down his cheeks uncontrollably.

Because he waited for this moment for too long...

Because at the same time, he also knew that this was destined to be a road of no return...

ps.Chapter 5, continue to write tomorrow... the end of the month, ask for a monthly pass~~~
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