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Chapter 184 The Blue Jade Case broke out
As a result, none of Zhu Chu's [-] troops stayed to work as coolies for Yan Shitai and Yongchang Mansion.

Anyway, it’s just a matter of digging bridge piles first. Yongchang Prefecture also has a population of more than 20.

Zhu Gong told Yan Shitai that spring plowing is the most important task. After all, this is the era of small farmers, and farming and harvesting are everything.

Therefore, even if you need to dig bridge piles, it will not affect the spring plowing. In addition, you can let the remaining soldiers do the work, or you can spend money to hire people and wait for some people to finish the spring plowing and let them help. This is fine. of.

Anyway, I will reimburse you for spending the money and that’s it.

They say that if you have too many debts, you won’t have to worry about them, and if you have too many lice, you won’t have to worry about being bitten.

This time, Zhu Chu took advantage of the rebellion in the eleventh village of Weimo Prefecture and made a circle. It can be said that he went around in a big circle before returning to Dali. This was equivalent to basically pacifying Yunnan and all of them returned to their old ways.

From the Battle of Dingbian more than a year ago, there are now hundreds of chieftain families that have been wiped out.

Zhu Ming was shocked later. He really thought that the so-called chieftain refers to a tribe where a chieftain officer is the leader.

Unexpectedly, the Zhuang tribes in Guangnan Prefecture and Fuzhou alone have two chiefs, one large and one small.

There are even many little toasts under them.

It’s true that even the village chief has become a chieftain.

The remnants of the Guangluchuan Group, Silunfa, Daoqianqiang, Dao Si Yang Dao Si Lang, etc.

These are all from the same ethnic group, even Ertao.

But each of them is an independent toast.

Zhu Chu felt numb at the end. He remembered a piece of information and asked Lao Zhu, "Can you please be more careful? Yunnan has been in so much chaos in the past two years, why don't you think about it?"

Fortunately, he has completely pacified the entire territory of Yunnan, and Yunnan is stable.

Then Zhu Zhen finally led his troops back to Dali.

Regarding the previous rebellions of the [-]th village of Weimo Prefecture and the chief Nong Zhenyou of Guangnan, Zhu Zhen had already sent a memorial to the court.

However, he was delayed for a long time and had to write another note, saying that the chieftains in some small counties also dared to rebel, and he had no choice but to suppress the rebellion all the way.

In his words, Yunnan is no longer available, as if the whole of Yunnan has turned against it.

Along with Zhu Chu's memorial, there was also a secret letter from Jin Yiwei sent to the court.

This was to send the news to Zhu Yuanzhang that Zhu Xi was finally back.

But according to the normal speed of the post, unless it is urgent at 20 miles, it will take more than [-] days and nearly a month to deliver it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, at this time in the capital Yingtian, there was also an undercurrent surging.

The cause is nothing more than sapphire.

Speaking of this Lan Yu, he is a strong general, but he is arrogant and arrogant to the point of no end.

Because Lan Yu is Chang Yuchun's brother-in-law, he initially served under Chang Yuchun. He has been fighting with the army for many years. He can be said to be brave and resourceful, and an expert in fighting.

But politically, he is a fool.

Lan Yu had meritorious service, whether it was the conquest of Yunnan with Fu Youde and Mu Ying, or the complete annihilation of Beiyuanting in the battle of Yuerhai, he had made great contributions.

But he was too arrogant. Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an imperial edict to reward and comfort Lan Yu, and even compared Lan Yu to Wei Qing and Li Jing.

As a result, he committed suicide after capturing Princess Beiyuan.

Is this something people can do?
He was not yet the Duke of the country at that time.

Even if you are the Duke of the country, it is not something you can handle, or even insult in this way.

Moreover, Lan Yu also forcibly opened and closed the Xifeng Pass in the middle of the night, which was simply lawless.

Zhu Yuanzhang originally planned to make Lan Yu the Duke of Liang, but in the end he made him the Duke of Liang. He also engraved his faults on the iron coupons and wanted to beat him.

As a result, Lan Yu still went his own way. Not only did he dismiss and promote officers in the army without authorization, but he also seized civilian land in Dongchang. When Zhu Yuanzhang sent the censor to investigate and inquire about the matter, Lan Yu drove away the censor in anger.

Especially this time when Lan Yu returned from the Western Expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention was to make him the Crown Prince and Tutor.

But Lan Yu said privately, couldn't she be a grand master?

Good boy, do you really have to seek death?

You know, Prince Zhu Biao has passed away. Are you still so crazy?

If you don’t want to be the crown prince, then don’t do it.

In recent months, Zhu Yuanzhang has been snubbing Lan Yu and turning a blind eye to Lan Yu's suggestion of a western expedition.

Originally last year, Lan Yu went to quell the rebellion in Handong, Xifan, and joined forces with Qu Neng, the commander of the Sichuan capital, to quell the rebellion of Yuelu Timur, the commander of Jianchang.

Originally, Lan Yu wanted to station troops locally and then seek opportunities to advance westward.

Today's Xinjiang is called the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which is not yet part of the Ming Dynasty's territory.

Or you can go south to Tibet, which is Tubo.

However, for Zhu Yuanzhang now, the biggest threat is not external enemies, but internal enemies.

Because of Zhu Yuanzhang's neglect, Lan Yu not only failed to reflect on herself, but became even more dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty, Lan Yu has a lot of complaints in the palace. He mentioned more than once that he had the ability to be a Grand Master, but Your Majesty only gave him the title of Crown Prince and Grand Tutor. He thought that Your Majesty was already old and might not know people well."

"Moreover, Lan Yu has many cronies, and all the officers and men in the army are his adopted sons. Recently, they have all felt dissatisfied and dissatisfied with Lan Yu."

"After my investigation, I'm afraid Lan Yu will rebel when His Majesty clears the land."

On this day, Jiang Yu, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, secretly went to Datian to listen and directly reported to Zhu Yuanzhang that Lan Yu was planning to rebel.

Farming is an activity that has been carried out during spring plowing since the days of the Zhou Dynasty.

That is, before spring plowing, the emperor and the princes plowed the fields to show their importance to agriculture.

After all, it was the era of small farmers, especially since Zhu Yuanzhang had lived a hard life and paid more attention to these.

Therefore, even if Zhu Yuanzhang is already old, he originally planned to carry out land reclamation activities this year, but not much, even if he only has one-third of an acre of land.

But how did this news reach Lan Yu's ears?Zhu Yuanzhang just had this plan, but he hadn't made it public in court yet. Even Jiang Yu wanted to add more charges to Lan Yu, but even Jin Yiwei didn't know.

Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial guards were there to inspect all the officials in the world, not to monitor him.

What's more, Jin Yiwei is not a factory in the east or west. Jin Yiwei is not a eunuch, and he doesn't have to work in the palace.

Then there is only one answer.

There was a traitor around him, and he informed Lan Yu.

"Lan Yu wants to rebel? Does he think he has the qualifications?" Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the table and ordered angrily: "Capture Lan Yu immediately and put him in jail for interrogation."

As a result, the vigorous Lan Yu case broke out, which was also the last of the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty.

The four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty were the Hu Weiyong case, the Kongyin case, the Guo Huan case, and the Lan Yu case.

In the Hu Weiyong case, more than 3 people were implicated, and almost all the nobles in Huaixi were slaughtered.

Even the identity and title of Li Shanchang, who was the first to contribute to the founding of the country, were removed.

However, with the outbreak of the Hu Weiyong case, the prime minister system was completely abolished. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang could be said to have a high concentration of imperial power.

The subsequent empty seal case broke out in the 15th year of Hongwu.

Blank sealing means stamping the document in advance and filling in the specific content when needed.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, each chief secretary, government, and county must submit money and food, financial revenue and expenditure, and tax accounts to the Ministry of Households every year.

The figures of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Chief Secretaries, Prefectures, and Counties must be completely consistent with each other before the project can be closed.

If there is a discrepancy, the entire account book will be rejected, filled in again, and the seal of the local government will be affixed again.

At this time, the capital was in Yingtian, so officials from all over the country had to go to Yingtian to submit their accounts.

Moreover, most of the physical taxes paid at this time are grains, which will inevitably be lost during transportation. It is a high probability that the account books will not match the physical goods.

If the result is slightly wrong, it will be reported again.

The Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas are okay because they are very close and you can quickly refill the form.

However, officials from Yunnan-Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi, Shanxi-Shaanxi, Sichuan and other places had long distances to travel due to underdeveloped transportation at that time. If they needed to be sent back for reconstruction, it would be delayed a lot of time. Therefore, the officials who went to the Ministry of Household Affairs for review had to prepare the certificate in advance. A blank booklet with printed letters ready for use.

This has been a customary practice since the Yuan Dynasty and has never been explicitly prohibited.

This is the origin of the so-called empty seal.

However, after Zhu Yuanzhang discovered this, he believed that this approach was an act of deception, and that once bureaucrats engaged in widespread fraud, the use of empty seals would open the door to corruption.

So Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that the chief seal official be executed and his deputy be sent to the army with a hundred sticks.

Behead those who deserve to be beheaded, and exile those who deserve to be.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was right to do this. Under his iron-blooded politics, the Guo Heng case broke out later. It can be seen that if the Kongyin case had not broken out, the scale of the Guo Heng case would have been even greater.

Guo Heng was the minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but he colluded with Li Yu, the envoy of the Chengxuan Department of Beiping, and Zhao Quande, the envoy of the Provincial Department of Punishment and Prosecution, to commit fraud.

They embezzled taxes from Taiping Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture and other prefectures to reduce the court's tax revenue.He also misappropriated the autumn grains from western Zhejiang. The autumn grains from western Zhejiang should have been handed over 450 million shi, but Guo Huan only turned over more than 200 million shi.

And when collecting taxes, they used clever names to collect various kinds of taxes including water money, food money, treasury money, god and Buddha money, etc., so as to line their own pockets.

It is said that the case involved twelve chief secretaries across the country, including Zhao Mao, the Minister of Rites, Wang Huidi, the Minister of Punishments, Wang Zhi, the Minister of War, and Mai Zhide, the Minister of Works, and a total loss of 400 million shi.

This case can be said to have a huge impact.

It can be seen that corrupt officials really cannot be killed without stopping.

This had not stopped for a few years. Li Shanchang, the last duke implicated in the Hu Weiyong case, was executed by his entire family in the 23rd year of Hongwu.

Only three years have passed now. In the spring of the 26th year of Hongwu, Lan Yu was finally imprisoned.

Moreover, the person Zhu Yuanzhang sent to interrogate was not anyone else, but Zhan Hui, the current Minister of Civil Affairs.

I wonder if anyone still remembers that when Prince Zhu Biao tried some corrupt officials with torture due to Zhan Hui, he asked Zhu Yuanzhang to plead for mercy, and even contradicted him at that time.

As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang became angry and scolded Zhu Biao, "You are not the emperor yet."

Zhu Biao was so frightened that he fell ill and died at the end of April or early May of the following year.

Now that Lan Yu's major rebellion suddenly breaks out, Zhan Hui can be said to be at the forefront, interrogating Lan Yu in prison for several hours every day.

Lan Yu also understood at this time that no matter whether he really planned to rebel or not, he was already finished.

Just like the Hu Weiyong case was also a crime of rebellion. Otherwise, how could the nine ethnic groups be implicated?

After all, Lan Yu is also from the Huaixi Group.

Zhu Yuanzhang relied on the Huaixi Group to conquer the world and establish the Ming Dynasty. Even he himself was from Huaixi.

That's right, although Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the Hu Weiyong case to eliminate a lot of Huaixi nobles, he himself was from Huaixi.

Precisely because Zhu Yuanzhang relied heavily on the Huaixi Group, the result was that Huaixi had many noble and arrogant soldiers. Relying on the merits he had seen, there were so many lawless people.

In fact, with the abilities of Liu Ji and Liu Bowen, they would not be reduced to Bo Chengyi, an earl.

Compared with Li Shanchang's Duke, the status of the two people can be said to be one day and one place.

This is because the Huaixi Group was hostile to Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang was petty, which led to Liu Ji's only end.

Even Liu Ji's death was due to Hu Weiyong's revenge, just because Liu Ji said that Hu Weiyong was not suitable to be prime minister.

And Hu Weiyong is also from the Huaixi Group.

It is true that Huaixi succeeds and Huaixi fails.

So Lan Yu stopped struggling and claimed that he was planning to rebel with the Marquis of Jingchuan, Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Heshou, Zhang Yi, the Marquis of Shunshang, Zhu Shou, the Marquis of Dingyuan, Wang Bi, Dong Guanbo He Rong, and the Minister of Household Affairs, Fu Youwen. Tian Shi launched a rebellion.

And there is another person among them, that is Zhan Hui, his official minister.

"Lanyu, don't be slanderous. When will I rebel against you?" When Zhan Hui heard his name, his whole body felt bad. He jumped up and rushed towards him.

At the same time, Zhan Hui turned to the jailer who was recording: "Don't write this paragraph down. Damn it, he is slandering me."

"Oh? Why do you see it?" Suddenly, Jiang Wei walked out of the shadows.

As the commander of the Jin Yiwei and the person who single-handedly created this major case, how could he not personally watch.

Jiang Wei came straight to the jailer who wrote the blue jade prison words, picked up the testimony that the ink had not yet dried, nodded, and said: "Come on, put Zhan Hui in prison for the crime of treason."

Zhan Hui stood blankly on the spot.

Lan Yu raised her head and laughed: "Hahahaha. So happy."

I think that Lan Yu has been on the battlefield for many years, but now he is being interrogated by a small official. Since you are so eager to be my friend, then you can be my friend.

Lan Yu already understood that he had lived to the end. After all, he also knew himself. He was too arrogant, and he also had the right to be arrogant.

His brother-in-law was Chang Yuchun, who was granted the title of Duke of E and was posthumously granted the title of King of Kaiping.

Even the prince Zhu Biao is his nephew.

Even Lan Yu and Zhu Yuanzhang are related by marriage, and Lan Yu's daughter is the princess of Shu King Zhu Chun.

When it comes to military achievements, he has countless achievements that can make him stand out among the heroes. Even compared with Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Li Jing and other generals of the past dynasties, he is not inferior.

In terms of status, he has already reached the rank of Duke of Liang, as well as the Crown Prince and Grand Tutor. Unfortunately, he has not yet been named Grand Master.

Whether it is fame or fortune, what should be enjoyed has been enjoyed.

It's a pity that the prince died too early.

Lan Yu closed his eyes, and he finally understood that his death was not due to anyone else, but because the prince died young.

Huaixi Honorable Mention was confiscated once, why was he okay?

Just because he is the prince's uncle, he is safe and sound as long as the prince is around.

As for Zhu Yunwen.

A disdainful sneer appeared at the corner of Lan Yu's mouth. Is he worthy?Is he worthy of surrendering himself?He doesn't deserve it.

In a corner of the prison, the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen, wearing a bright yellow python robe, stood there, looking indifferently at Zhan Hui, who was being sent to Zhao Prison while shouting that he was wronged.

"Father, I have avenged you."

Historically, there has never been a detailed record of how Zhan Hui was implicated in the Lan Yu case.

On the contrary, it is Zhan Hui who is deeply relied upon by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhan Hui was a scholar during the 15th year of Hongwu's reign, and was immediately appointed as the censor of the Zheng17th rank of the Supervisory Capital. A year later, he was actually awarded the title of censor of the Zheng[-]th rank of Qiandu. In the first month of the [-]th year of Hongwu, he was promoted to the rank of censor of the Zuodu of the second rank.

In just over a year, he was promoted from the seventh rank to the second rank. The promotion was not unpleasant.

As a result, when Jiang Wei, commanding the Jin Yiwei, accused Lan Yu of treason, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang appointed the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunqi and the official minister Zhan Hui to interrogate Lan Yu. Lan Yu refused to accept it, and Zhan Hui scolded him to tell the truth quickly and not to implicate others in vain. '

So Lan Yu shouted that Zhan Hui was his party member, and the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen was not ambiguous, and immediately ordered Zhan Hui to be taken down, and was subsequently executed.

From being a celebrity in front of Zhu Yuanzhang to being implicated, it only took a few years.

Among them, the only one that can be considered as a reason is probably Zhu Biao's sudden death.

Although Zhu Biao died of illness, where did his illness come from?

Zhu Biao wanted to intercede with Zhu Yuanzhang because of Zhan Hui's cruel tactics, so a conflict and argument broke out between father and son.

But Zhu Yuanzhang said at the time that Zhan Hui had done the right thing.

So this Zhan Hui is probably dead. Who calls Zhu Yuanzhang petty?

The Lan Yu case finally broke out, and its implications were wide-ranging. Except for Lan Fei, who was already the Princess of Shu, and Lan Yu's daughter, the Duke of Liang and his family annihilated nine tribes.

And not only Lan Yu's family, but also the Thirteenth Marquis and Second Uncle, implicated more than 5000 people in the murders.

Originally, the crime of treason was usually punished by cutting into pieces and being executed in Lingchi. However, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Lan Yu and he were his sons and daughters, so he "soft-heartedly" carried out "lenient treatment" and changed the punishment from cutting into pieces to skinning.

In this way, the executioner peeled off the whole beard, tail and tail of General Lan Yu, and kept the whole body. He stuffed the skin with grass and sent it to his daughter, Princess Shu, as a 'memento'.

Is it a person?

Regardless of whether King Zhu Chun of Shu was frightened or not, the Princess of Shu, also known as Concubine Lan, was also a ruthless person.

According to legend, in the late Ming Dynasty, when the peasant army broke into the Prince of Shu's palace, they discovered this 'cultural relic' in the Prince's sacrificial hall.

I don't know if it's true or not.

All in all, Lan Yu, a generation of warriors, met his own demise because of his own fault.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang really liked Lan Yu, but it was a pity that Lan Yu was too young. If he was of the same generation as Chang Yuchun, Xu Da and others, he would still have the opportunity to follow Zhu Yuanzhang in person.

And it's not that Zhu Yuanzhang never gave Lan Yu a chance, he even gave him the iron coupon elixir book.

But what's the result?Lan Yu doesn't know how to retreat bravely, let alone keep a low profile.

Lan Yu's death is an inevitable result, otherwise the country will not be stable.

Even if Zhu Chu really comes to power in the future, he will not be retained.

Although such soldiers are easy to use, you ask Cao Cao, does he dare to keep Lu Bu?

Isn’t Lu Bu fierce?The problem is, Lu Bu is also crazy and crazy. If you don't pay attention, he will kill you as your adoptive father, or he will rebel.

The more talented a general is, the more cautious he should be.

In this regard, Xu Da did very well, and Tang He also understood the principle of retreating after becoming successful.

In fact, Tang He once made a mistake while drunk, but Zhu Yuanzhang still gave him a good death.

To put it bluntly, you can't be shameless when I give you face. From this point of view, Zhu Yu is worthy of being Zhu Yuanzhang's son in this life.

Speaking of which, after the Lan Yu case was over, it was already May by the time Zhu Yuan's memorial and the Jin Yiwei secret were delivered to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"He finally returned to Dali?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered. He had just implicated himself in killing more than 1 people again, with a cold look in his eyes, and said: "Draw up the decree and summon me. Let's see if he still dares to resist. Disobeying the order. This time let the Jin Yiwei go and announce the call."

(End of this chapter)