Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 786 Version Rollback
Li Shanchang can live to be seventy-seven, what about us?

The doubts about his lifespan raised by later generations have not yet been resolved.

We might as well follow the statement of the 35th year of Hongwu first, because when talking about Japan, later generations have mentioned that the beginning of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Ming Dynasty was in the 35th year of Hongwu, and it was specifically noted that it was after the death of Emperor Hongwu.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang probably thought at that time that if what was said was true, he would most likely die in the early 35th year of Hongwu.

Afterwards, the throne was replaced, and Emperor Yongle directly agreed to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's tribute, thus marking the beginning of Japan's official pilgrimage to the Ming Dynasty.

According to this calculation, he should have lived to the age of seventy-five at most. Although not as old as Li Shanchang, the difference was not too big.

However, this Li Xiaohe was fifteen years older than him. So...he died in the 23rd year of Hongwu, which was still more than ten years away from the 35th year of Hongwu. This made Zhu Yuanzhang feel relieved of some of his unspeakable worries.

But then a faint sense of desolation began to churn in my thoughts.

He has been an emperor for more than thirty years. His wife and children have passed away one after another, his brothers have died, and his son has become a beast and wants to seize the throne. Is he really going to be alone?

……

"Hindsight?"

Liu Xie subconsciously glanced at his uncle's adviser. The handsome man smiled and nodded at him, with a warm expression and said nothing.

Zhang Fei instantly perked up:

"Your Majesty, you may not know that there are more than one emperors in the history of the Tang Dynasty, but if we talk about the prime minister of the history, it is only my brother, the military advisor Zhuge!"

"Just like the Tang Emperor, he is very concerned about my military advisor. Last time..."

Liu Bei quickly covered his third brother's mouth and turned back to give Liu Xie an awkward smile:
"Your Majesty, when you first saw the light curtain, you saw things that would happen a thousand years later. I think you must have a lot of questions. When the light curtain ends today, you will be able to see things that happened more than a decade after us, and you will be more familiar with them."

"As for this saying, it is probably because Kong Ming was praised by the people of later generations as a wise man, so there is this saying."

Liu Xie nodded, half understanding, but then Zhang Fei raised an objection:
"Brother, I think we should replay the incident of Sima replacing Cao to make Your Majesty feel relieved. As for the military advisor's wisdom, seeing the scenery of Luoyang, Chang'an and Chengdu is better than a thousand words."

Zhang Fei's proposal quickly aroused Xu Shu's half-agreement:
"That's right. If we talk about the choice of replay, the six expeditions to Qishan and the confrontation at Wuzhangyuan can be postponed. But I think it is necessary to let Your Majesty know the vastness of the world and the appearance of the sun, moon and stars. Only in this way can you directly see the benefits of the light curtain."

Pang Tong immediately saw through Xu Shu's idea:

"Yuanzhi, are you regretting that you only saw Kong Ming's paintings when you visited Chengdu, but didn't see the vastness of Mother Earth with your own eyes?"

After Xu Shu escaped from the cage of Xudu, he went to Chengdu and then rushed to Jingzhou to help Guan Yu manage the affairs of the state. The two sides also kept exchanging letters.

Pang Tong remembered that after Xu Shu learned in the letter that the replay function had been added, he had been obsessed with that amazing scene, and now he was obviously unable to contain himself.

"So what? Shi Yuan, tell me whether what I said is reasonable or unreasonable?"

Guan Yu just stroked his beard and chuckled at this debate, and then he heard Zhao Zilong's rare whisper behind him:
"Yun wants to see with his own eyes what Chengdu will look like in the future."

Guan Yu paused. Looking back now, it has been a long time since he saw the appearance of Chengdu in later generations and marveled at the Wuhou Temple. At that time, Cao Cao was still very powerful and difficult to defeat, but now it is all a thing of the past. He can finally achieve his wish and establish the border as he wished.

Thinking of this, Guan Yu was also a little curious:

“Now we have even seen the appearance of foreign countries in the future. I wonder when we can see the current appearance of Hedong, and see... the scenery of Shijiazhuang of my dear brother Zilong?” Guan Yu’s voice was loud and those around him could hear it clearly. So Huang Zhong and others who knew the reason couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Liu Xie was also infected and started laughing, and he felt more relaxed.

[As someone who was conferred the title of Earl together with Liu Bowen in the third year of Hongwu, Wang Guangyang is undoubtedly capable.

But Wang Guangyang was born with a non-competitive personality. This kind of character was fine for him to assist Zhu Yuanzhang, but it was totally unsuitable for him to be in the Secretariat, which was responsible for the important work.

In addition, Wang Guangyang was good at literature and especially skilled in poetry, so he regarded drinking as an elegant activity.

But Old Wang didn't think about the fact that there were already several emperors in the Yuan Dynasty who died of alcoholism, so this kind of elegant pursuit for scholars was really not popular.

As mentioned earlier when talking about the Yuan Dynasty, due to the improvement of craftsmanship in the Song Dynasty, the alcohol content of liquors in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties was much higher than that in the Han and Tang Dynasties.

It's okay to have a small drink at ordinary times, but if he becomes the head of the Secretariat, bad things will definitely happen.

The result was as expected. In the third year of Hongwu, Wang Guangyang was driven away by Yang Xian. In the fourth year, he was called back by Zhu Yuanzhang to be the top leader. Then he only lived in peace for a year. In the sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer tolerate Wang Guangyang and sent him to the countryside in Guangdong for the crime of passive resistance.

What about Hu Weiyong? In contrast to Wang Guangyang, in Zhu's eyes, Hu Weiyong still had more charm than ever.

As a person who understood the meaning of "wealth and honor are sought by licking", Hu Weiyong would certainly not be foolish enough to use money as he did with Li Shanchang. After all, the emperor is rich and has no lack of material things. There have been too many examples throughout history. If you want to lick the emperor, you need to be sincere.

So in addition to taking care of the government affairs of the Secretariat, Hu Weiyong also took out time to learn how to cook puffer fish, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang liked to eat puffer fish.

Although this thing tastes delicious, it can be highly poisonous if not handled properly. So Hu Weiyong would always go and taste the first bite, and only give it to Zhu Yuanzhang when he was fine. As a result, he had more and more opportunities to come into contact with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, after Wang Guangyang was exiled in the sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Xiao Hu was so capable, so he simply did not appoint the position of Right Prime Minister. Objectively, a situation was created in which Deputy Prime Minister Hu was the sole prime minister.

Even more than that, in the sixth year of Hongwu, Hu Weiyong also received a great gift from Zhu Yuanzhang himself:
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Although he didn't look back, Zhu Yuanzhang could feel Empress Ma staring at him from behind:
"Hmm? Still charming?"

"It's just nonsense from later generations, what's there to say!"

Zhu Yuanzhang spoke righteously, but he didn't even turn his body away.

One's own family knows one's own business, and he knew clearly how much he trusted Hu Weiyong at that time.

He is not only a fellow townsman, but also speaks well and can cook puffer fish very well. Most importantly, he has quite good governance skills, so he doesn't need to worry too much about keeping the Secretariat in good order.

Moreover, in the fourth and fifth years of Hongwu, there were frequent military operations in the southwest, the Ming army directly attacked Karakorum and confronted the remnants of the Hu Yuan Dynasty, and there was also the internal reorganization of the court system.

It can be said that the Ming Dynasty in the fifth year of Hongwu was overwhelmed with a myriad of issues, and Hu Weiyong at that time actually helped to relieve a lot of his worries.

In contrast, Wang Guangyang not only did nothing, but also drank frequently and wrote useless poems and articles. So when the news of the unfavorable war situation came back, he simply transferred Wang Guangyang to Guangdong Province as a councilor in anger.

Looking back now, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed after his rebuttal:

"I was deceived by the skin of his good minister and fell into his trap."

(End of this chapter)