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Chapter 473 King Sai 4
"...I have nothing to say!" Zhu Guozuo is also a wonderful man. The emperor talks to himself about the character of his ancestors, and you are done listening to it. He refuses, not only interrupts but also looks joking.

"Ai Qing, have you ever known the current acting king? How should you evaluate him?" You are not afraid of causing trouble if you watch the excitement, right? The worldly report is coming soon, and the emperor needs to listen to his advice.

"If the father is unkind, the son will be unfilial. This is why the king has been deposed and established many times. The previous king, Zhu Naixuan, was born as a concubine and cursed his fourth brother. After the court learned about it, he reduced his salary and still did not repent."

Zhu Guozuo was really courageous. In front of the emperor, he exposed all the bad things that Dai Wang and his family had done in the Datong fiefdom. However, the focus was not on the extortion and extortion of human lives, but on the quarrel between father and son within his family, and his brother Ni Qiang.

"Well, this is a bit interesting. He is greedy for money and immoral. It is rare for him to be like this for generations. Zhu Aiqing, tell me about King Jin again."

Hong Tao was not unhappy because the minister criticized the clan in person, and he did not belong to Lao Zhu's family at all. He just kept winking at Wang Chengen, and smiled nonchalantly when the latter turned around and rummaged through the pile of case files.

"Your Majesty cares about the kings, but is he going to implement the strategy of cutting down the vassals again?" No matter how confused Zhu Guozuo was, he should have realized that the emperor was not listening to historical stories, but there seemed to be no other explanation for asking about the lives and actions of the vassal kings.

"Do you think it should be cut?"

A few years ago, Hong Tao would never discuss this topic with courtiers, but now he is not afraid. If word spreads, word spreads. I just want to cut down the vassal and see who dares to be the first to rebel. As long as one of the vassal kings moves, it will really help. I am worried that I have no excuse to cut it all.

"I dare not speak nonsense... Your Majesty, please continue to listen to the story." Zhu Guozuo did not expect that the emperor would ask his opinion, and he immediately panicked. Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead and the tip of his nose at a speed visible to the naked eye. He hesitated for a long time but did not dare Say it straight.

"Okay, then continue listening. Just talk and I will look at it."

I thought he was a courageous and strong-minded straightforward minister, but I didn't expect that he was still bent down by the power in the face of major issues of right and wrong. Reading a lot of books about saints and sages is of no use. In the end, it is not as daring as a young eunuch. It is pure waste.

Jin Wang Zhu, the third son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and his biological mother Li Shufei. In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu was granted the title of King of Jin, along with King Zhu Xi of Qin, King Zhu Di of Yan, King Zhu Ju of Wu, King Zhu Zhen of Chu, King Zhu Su of Qi, King Zhu Zi of Tan, and King Zhu Tan of Lu.

In the eleventh year of Hongwu, Zhu, whose son was more than 3 years old, took his family to join the vassal state and merged it with the prefecture, which was later called Taiyuan. To the south of his fief is his second brother King Qin, and next to him is his fourth brother King Yan. To say that in the early Ming Dynasty, the genes of Lao Zhu's family were still good, at least they could fight tiger brothers, and the brothers were unanimous in speaking to the outside world.

But Hong Tao had a very bad impression of the King of Jin, because the case file of the Zongren Mansion said: With beautiful eyes and beautiful beard, Gu Yan is powerful!

What does it mean? He is handsome. Among Zhu Yuanzhang's more than 20 sons, only King Jin received this description. Although he has been through the soul in this life, Hong Tao is very resistant to handsome men from the bottom of his heart.

Facts have proved that most of the people who are hated by Hong Tao are really bad. After Zhu arrived in the fiefdom and gained great power, he began to lose control of his cruel nature. He often beat his subordinates for trivial matters, tied people alive behind horses and dragged them to death, and even used torture methods such as car breaking. Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry when he heard what his son had done. He wrote to him in person and scolded him several times, but Zhu Yuanzhang never restrained himself. He was furious. If the prince Zhu Biao had not come forward to persuade him, the title of King Jin would have been lost. It's ruined.

In the 25th year of Hongwu's reign, Prince Zhu Biao died of illness, and the Blue Jade Case broke out the next year. The cruel King of Jin did not know whose advice he listened to, or perhaps he understood something, and transformed into a good son again, obeying Zhu Yuanzhang's words. In the north, the founding heroes were hunted down.

The six heroes of the title who were directly killed by his hands were the Marquis of Huining Zhang Wen, the Marquis of Anqing Qiu Zheng, and the Huixian Bo Sangjing. Among those captured and sent to Nanjing by him were Dongguan Bo He Rong, Fengxiang Hou Zhang Long, Yongping Hou Xie Cheng, Anlu Hou Wu Jie, and Xiliang Hou Puyu.

Zhu's princess, whose surname is Xie, is the daughter of Yongping Marquis Xie Cheng. In other words, Zhu personally captured his father-in-law and sent him back to Nanjing to be beheaded. The most ruthless emperor's family, this sentence is absolutely correct.

If you grow up in this kind of environment, you will most likely become an extreme egoist and absolutely mentally ill. Once you inherit the throne and lose all restraints, your true nature will be revealed sooner or later. Counting the dozen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, including Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di, they were more or less perverted.

God sometimes helps. In the 39st year of Hongwu, King Zhu of Jin died of illness at the age of 40. Together with Prince Zhu Biao and King Qin Zhu Feng, none of Zhu Yuanzhang's first three sons lived past the age of . They were all born with white hair and black hair. The happiest person at this time should be King Yan Zhu Di, who has become the boss from the fourth child!

The second king of Jin was Zhu Jixi, Zhu's eldest son. Not long after he succeeded to the throne, King Yan Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign. Zhu Jixi was very resistant to his fourth uncle's rebellious behavior.

As the saying goes, there is no airtight wall in the world. Zhu Jixi's dissatisfaction quickly reached the ears of Emperor Yongle. Who reported it? It turned out to be Zhu Jixi's third brother, Pingyang King Zhu Jixi.

"Dragon begets dragon and phoenix, and mouse son can dig holes. With a father who personally sent his father-in-law to the guillotine, it is logical for the younger brother to report on his older brother. Do you know what this is called?"

Hearing this, Hong Tao couldn't bear it anymore. What the hell is this family? They are worse than the king who forced his own son to death. If it weren't for maintaining the stability of the empire, I would really want to find any reason to depose King Jin and throw them all into the factory to wash away their sins with sweat.

"..." But the emperor could say such things, but as ministers Zhu Guozuo and eunuch Wang Chengen did not dare to interfere, they quickly lowered their heads and pretended not to hear.

"This is called family history... go on!" Hong Tao wanted to use the topic to express his feelings, but seeing that the audience was not interested at all, he could only give the right to speak to Zhu Guozuo.

"Emperor Cheng Zuwen issued an edict: If you have committed evil deeds, you will annihilate yourself from heaven and your ancestors. Regarding your crime, there is no way to punish him seriously. In mind of the righteousness of King Gong's brothers and feet, I specially saved your life and ordered you to guard Gongyuan. He closed the door. Remember the blame, put an end to diplomacy, and try to change the past for good, so as to ensure that you are cautious in the end."

Zhu Guozuo probably regretted it. He should not have gone to the palace to tell the emperor these things. It was too sensitive and dangerous. Even if he thought carefully about every word, he could not prepare for a wrong sentence, which would one day become a crime. But there is no regret in the world. Even if the emperor asks you to speak, you have to speak. He had an idea. He stopped narrating and read the imperial edict directly, word for word.

(End of this chapter)