Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 836: The core issue

"Your Majesty, how do you think we should deal with this matter?"

There was naturally no need for Mr. Hu to be polite with Zhu Yuanzhang. He didn't even need to say polite words and went straight to the point.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything nonsense, he just frowned and started to think about it.

"Weiyong, how true and false do you think the words that Sun Mingyang and his group heard were?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked a very interesting question, and even Mr. Hu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

“That’s an interesting question!”

"If you ask me, this is totally impossible."

"We all know that this is just a trap to give them a pretext for their rebellion."

"So, how could they possibly reveal all their secrets on such a confidential matter?"

"Aren't you afraid that your whole family will be wiped out when this imperial edict is issued?!"

"But if you say it's all false, that's impossible."

"I listened to Sun Dao's retelling and thought about it carefully. The people here are indeed key people. But if you say that all of them are involved, I don't believe it!"

"Oh, why don't you believe it? I actually know that I have a bad reputation and many people hate me and want to kill me."

Obviously, he was talking about his own "bad reputation", but Zhu Yuanzhang was laughing and joking, as if it wasn't him who was being talked about.

But others may buy into this, but Master Hu doesn't.

"Don't make a fuss. We both know each other."

"If so many people and officials were involved, would you not know anything about it?"

"Is Mao Xiang dead or what?"

"What's more, Sun Mingyang has been close to the Jinyiwei for the past two years, and Xu Ning also wants to make a contribution."

"If so many local people had really caused such a big commotion, I'm afraid they would have taken credit for it long ago."

When Master Hu said this, Sun Dao, who was standing obediently with his head down, almost had his brains popping out.

Oh my god, Mr. Hu is so tall and hard!

He can talk to His Majesty like this, he is definitely a big shot.

I admire you!

But Zhu Yuanzhang had long been accustomed to it.

He smacked his lips and chuckled.

"It still has to be you, Weiyong!"

"One word reveals the secret!"

"Look at those people, they try their best to guess what we are thinking. What good will it do if they guess right?"

"We've already told them that if they guess correctly, they won't get any prize, but if they don't, they'll be held responsible."

“But they still enjoy it!”

"What?"

"Isn't it because they think it's easier to guess what I'm thinking than to do my job honestly?"

"Hmph, now it's good, we have to go on a killing spree again!"

Master Hu squinted his eyes and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

"You look quite excited?"

"I heard from the prince earlier that you were planning to stop and save your reputation, right?"

Song Li, who was standing by, saw that the two gentlemen were going straight to the "sensitive topic" again, and the sweat on his forehead broke out.

He quickly pulled Sun Dao outside, and did not forget to take the other eunuchs and palace maids with him.

The content of the conversation between these two ancestors was too explosive. They could talk about anything in this Jinshen Hall. If it were to get out, who knows how big a stir it would cause.

Sun Dao felt somewhat lucky that it seemed that the master's problem could be solved, but at the same time he felt somewhat unsatisfied.

I wonder what your majesty and Mr. Hu are going to talk about? He really wants to listen.

These are the most top figures in the Ming Dynasty. They talk about the most important things. It’s exciting just to think about it.

But there was no way. With his status, he was not qualified to even prick up an ear.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Mr. Hu didn't pay attention to other people and continued chatting along the same topic.

"Yes, I had this idea before."

"I was thinking, I'm about to abdicate, I can't be known as someone who only knows how to kill people, right?"

"Whether it's in history books or not, we don't care!"

"But we can't let people ruin our reputation by saying that we are incompetent and can do nothing but kill people!"

"But I never expected that just when I wanted to stop, they gave us a big one!"

"Oh, rebellion?"

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"Who gave them the courage?"

When Mr. Hu heard this, he understood. Well, Old Zhu was getting angry again.

Zhu Yuanzhang’s thoughts are actually easy to guess.

He just wanted to show off his ability and make a final judgment on himself.

But in reality, this thing failed.

No matter how this rebellion was planned, Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation was ruined just because of this incident.

After all, when people hear the word "rebellion", they will instinctively think of the officials forcing the people to rebel.

People didn't care at all that the rebellion was actually a group of powerful families and local residents in the army who had joined forces.

They would never have thought that these people united together just for the sake of profit.

Master Hu chuckled twice, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with amusement and said: "This matter is actually very simple."

"If you don't want to give them benefits, they will fight you to death!"

"They are indeed a little braver, but it's not the first day they have been brave!"

"In the past, their ancestors several generations ago simply did not stand up themselves."

"They have funded quite a few anti-kings!"

"Maybe there are still many people among them who helped us in the past!"

"A few decades ago, we were also rebels, and you were the leader of the rebels!"

"Hahahahaha, don't mention it, Weiyong, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten that we were indeed both traitors in the early years."

Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed when he heard this.

Only Master Hu would dare to tell such a joke.

But what he said is so reasonable.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Hu Weiyong and many of the founding heroes who are no longer with us, weren’t they rebels in their time?

Now that they have succeeded in their rebellion, they can say that they are emperors and heroes, but when they were unsuccessful, weren’t they just traitors?
And those people who are secretly making trouble now were actually the supporters behind Zhu Yuanzhang and his group back then.

Even if he is not a hero in establishing the dynasty, he still contributed.

Otherwise, after the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have allowed people to live so comfortably and allowed so many people in his family to serve as officials in the court.

But now?

It was a cycle, and people felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was not much better than the Yuan Dynasty. His family wanted more benefits but could not get them, so naturally they started to take action.

Since his attempts to cause trouble secretly failed, and his attempt to plot against Zhu Biao and others also failed, he decided to go all out and rebel.

Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Hu Weiyong were aware of the twists and turns involved.

"So, Weiyong, you are now quietly preparing supplies and planning to take your family far away. Is it also because of profit?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked a question that completely wiped out Mr. Hu's smile. (End of this chapter)