Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 794 The Beginning of the Incident

Seeing that the Ming Emperor's questioning was calmed down by his fourth brother, Zhu Biao admired from the bottom of his heart.

Then I heard the sixth brother Zhu Zhen asking his brothers what the "final right of interpretation" meant.

The second and third brothers were speechless about this question. Only the fifth brother Zhu Su seemed to want to say something, but in the end he stopped himself.

However, Zhu Biao could guess a little.

The organizers mentioned in later generations are mostly agreed with the host, and the right of interpretation is easier to understand, just like the great scholars annotating the quotations of the wise men, and the interpretations are different.

However, when it comes to the red-lettered iron certificate, it can be corrected - the final right of interpretation belongs to the emperor.

Three months ago, Guangmu mentioned Qian's Red Book and Iron Certificate, so around the New Year, Zhu Biao consulted the scholars while studying and read the records of the Red Book and Iron Certificate in the past dynasties. What he saw in the end was...

This thing originated from Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was praised for its ability to avoid death. At that time, close ministers of Emperor Xiaowen of Wei would take the initiative to ask for iron certificates to protect themselves.

The Sui and Tang dynasties also followed this system, and the indiscriminate issuance of iron certificates began around the time of the An-Shi Rebellion. However, all those who had made contributions to the Tang court were granted iron certificates to show their sincerity, but the ability of the iron certificate to save one’s life became weaker, and there was even a record of Li Huaiguang refusing to accept the iron certificate. When a minister rebelled, he was granted an iron certificate. Huaiguang did not rebel, but now he was granted an iron certificate, which was to make him rebel.

Although Li Huaiguang also rebelled later, Zhu Biao felt that it had nothing to do with the iron certificate after reading it thoroughly. It was purely because Li Huaiguang was increasingly suspicious and felt insecure, so he secretly colluded with Zhu Ci.

However, the fact that Li Huaiguang said this is enough to show that from that time on, the ability of the iron certificate to save one from death has been subject to much discussion.

Perhaps for this reason, there were rumors later that when Zhu Youqian was framed and killed, he used the iron certificate given by Li Cunxu to ask for forgiveness, but was laughed at and said, "It is the emperor who ordered your ears to be beheaded."

Therefore, all in all, the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty is still a little pessimistic about the prospects of those who hold the iron certificates of the Ming Dynasty today, who were his father's good brothers in the past, and who are his good uncles Zhu Biao.

It was just that because of what Guangmu had said before, Qian used the iron certificate to save his father from death and it was recorded in history books, so Zhu Biao still had some illusions about the role of the iron certificate.

But now that he understood that "the emperor has the right to interpret the iron certificate of immunity from death", Zhu Biao suddenly became enlightened.

Whether the nobles of the Ming Dynasty can survive in the future has nothing to do with the iron certificate. It all depends on my father's thoughts.

After all...looking back at Li Shanchang, whose crown was gone and whose shoulders had slumped a lot, Zhu Biao felt extremely complicated for a moment.

[It is generally believed that the official beginning of the Hu Weiyong case was two incidents in the 12th year of Hongwu.

One was the case of Hu Weiyong privately killing a rickshaw driver, and the other was the case of the Champa tribute envoy.

First of all, there was the death of Hu Weiyong's son. In the 12th year of Hongwu, Hu Weiyong's beloved son was speeding in a horse-drawn carriage in the capital. Perhaps the traffic conditions in ancient times were not ideal, and eventually the son fell off the carriage and died.

Hu Weiyong was so angry that he killed the driver - the coachman. When Zhu Yuanzhang found out about this, he called the chef Xiao Hu and scolded him severely, threatening Xiao Hu's life and rejecting Xiao Hu's offer of compensation in the form of gold and silk. It is said that this incident made Hu Weiyong rebellious and he began to plot against his subordinates.

In the same year, envoys from Champa came to pay homage, and Hu Weiyong divided the tribute on his own initiative. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he found out about this. Hu Weiyong was frightened and pushed the blame to the Ministry of Rites, but the Ministry of Rites certainly didn't want to take the blame, so they stood up and accused the Secretariat. The dispute between the two sides escalated and eventually Zhu Yuanzhang became impatient. He imprisoned all the ministers involved and made the matter a big deal.

However, we need to make a distinction here. The person who died in the Champa tribute envoy case was Wang Guangyang. This old man was called back by Zhu Yuanzhang in the tenth year of Hongwu to be the right prime minister in order to control Hu Weiyong. As a result, the case still broke out. In the Champa tribute envoy case, Zhu Yuanzhang already knew about it but still insisted that "it was nothing". This touched Zhu Yuanzhang's reverse scale. He believed that Wang Guangyang was a member of a clique and therefore pursued his guilt, and eventually Wang Guangyang died.

Hu Weiyong's incident was caused by the involvement of Wang Guangyang's case. The files showed that Chen, the concubine who died with Wang Guangyang, was a person whose property was confiscated.

According to the regulations at that time, women whose property was confiscated due to family involvement in crimes could only be given to families of military merit. Wang Guangyang was not eligible to be given this title. Following this line, Zhu Yuanzhang traced the crime to Hu Weiyong, the Secretariat and the Six Ministries, which eventually triggered the first phase of the Hu Weiyong case.

But judging from the fragments in the history books, the official confrontation between Hu Weiyong and Zhu Yuanzhang did not begin in the 12th year of the Hongwu reign. To clarify when the two sides began to wrestle, we have to talk about Hu Weiyong's second stage.

In Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin tugged at his curly beard and almost immediately recalled the allusion in the history books:
"Duke Zheng defeated Duan Yuyan?"

The officials of the Zhenguan period looked at each other, and finally the mature and prudent Fang Xuanling stepped forward and said:

"If the history seen by later generations and what I have just described are both true, then yes."

Du Ruhui also added:
"It took six years from the time when the prime minister seized power to the time when he was convicted of crimes. Perhaps the emperor gradually became impatient with his ministers' arrogance."

Li Shimin nodded. Both statements made sense.

But as always, he quickly let it go:

"After all, it's a matter of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Baba will have to worry about it."

"However, my talent in commanding troops is truly the best in the past two thousand years!"

Although it was a boast, Empress Changsun could detect a hint of boredom in the words.

As the closest person, she can understand some of the reasons.

In the past few years, apart from the state affairs of the Tang Dynasty, what Langjun talked about the most was undoubtedly the brilliant future in the light curtain.

What Erlang cared about most was the battle formations in later generations that were completely beyond his comprehension.

I still remember that after watching the Shenwei Cannon, Erlang was also like this. He first marveled at the power of the cannon, and then he became very interested and hid a little yearning as he began to talk to her about the ship-shaped fortresses in the future that would stir up raging waves on the sea, and the giant birds that could fly across the sky.

Of course, there is also the "Heavenly Palace" that makes me shudder every time I think of it, and I specially asked Yan Liben to draw it, which is a place where I can stay in the ninth heaven of the sky and observe the earth.

Erlang had lamented more than once that only those in later generations could be called the Son of Heaven. Compared with them, his majesty as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was not as great.

Presumably, rather than being praised by future generations as a general with unrivaled talent, Erlang would rather lead the army of future generations and make his name known through the ages.

However, this kind of mentality still needs to be persuaded. After all, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty no longer needs to ride a horse to lead the army.

Before Empress Changsun could come up with an explanation, she heard her eldest son speak.

"Aye Dakui's two thousand years of talent and strategy, is it only about this military formation?"

"Ayewen is a man of great talent in governing the world. He must be the best in the past two thousand years!"

These words made Li Shimin's sincere smile grow even brighter. He finally patted his son on the shoulder and said:
"My reputation as a general depends on my generals, and my fame also depends on my ministers."

The atmosphere in Ganlu Palace became a little more relaxed. Du Ruhui and others, who had been worried about people in the future saying that they were fighting for power, finally put their minds at ease.

(End of this chapter)