Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Mentioning the smallpox incident of that year simply silenced them.

Some ministers present even had family members die in the smallpox incident, and the consequences were very serious. If it weren't for the cowpox test at Yingtian First People's Hospital, more people would have died.

Now that I think about it, it seems that it is appropriate to kill all those evil people of the White Lotus Sect or those who have been brainwashed by the White Lotus Sect.

"The White Lotus Sect is not a good person."

"They are the best at brainwashing, instilling some abnormal things into your mind. Such people will always be loyal to the White Lotus Sect. As long as the White Lotus Sect says a word, they will dare to do anything."

"Is it necessary to keep people like this alive?"

Zhu Xuan asked them back.

Normally, this is not necessary.

Even if all these people died, no one seemed to pity them, as officials also hated the White Lotus.

Kong Gongjian no longer said whether killing was right or wrong, as if not killing was wrong. However, he added: "But, Your Highness Prince Wei..."

"I will take care of the matter concerning my second brother."

Zhu Xuan added: "You should be able to understand that my second brother had just encountered an assassination attempt, then encountered the Goryeo rebellion, and then felt betrayed by the people around him. What would you think if it were you?"

This sentence still silenced them.

What would they think?
No matter how many books of sages you have read, at this point you should feel despair and even furious. Thinking that there may be hidden dangers around you, no one can remain calm.

The idea is probably to kill everyone.

Kong Gongjian thought that he might be no exception. He couldn't think of anything to say to refute Zhu Xuan, so he had to lower his head and said nothing more.

"I will tell Grandpa Huang about my second brother's matter later and let him handle it."

Normally, letting Zhu Yuanzhang handle the matter is a way of protecting his own people. After Zhu Xuan brought this up, the other officials present could not say anything, otherwise they might be accused of instigating the emperor's relatives.

"As for those who caused chaos on the border, kill them all, leaving no one behind."

Zhu Xuan thought for a moment and asked again: "Do you have any other questions?"

Even if they have questions, they dare not bring them up now. After all, Zhu Xuan even brought up the smallpox incident from that year, and coupled with the evildoers of the White Lotus Sect, they are indeed very cruel and insane.

It seems that there is no problem if we kill them all.

"No problem, let's discuss the imperial examination again."

Zhu Xuan added: "Now that Goryeo, Tubo and other places are in rebellion, is it appropriate for foreign scholars to participate in the imperial examination?"

When they mentioned this, they became excited.

Some say it is suitable, some say it is not suitable.

The right person said that they had been preparing for so long, and even if there was a rebellion, it would have nothing to do with the scholars who came to prepare for the imperial examination.

Inappropriate people believed that since there were rebellions in Goryeo and other places, the scholars must have rebellious intentions, and they should not be allowed to take the imperial examinations or become officials. Otherwise, if these people were allowed to infiltrate, it would undermine the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

The issue of murder was instantly diverted to the issue of the imperial examination.

The imperial examination was more important to the Ming Dynasty. If one was not careful, it would likely plunge the Ming Dynasty into chaos.

However, after discussing it to the end, they still believed that the suitable party would win and those outsiders could continue to be allowed to take the imperial examinations. After all, the assimilation plan was important. As for whether there would be unrest or not, they could just let the garrison troops in the border areas kill them.

This matter ended just like that.

After retiring from court, Zhu Xuan went to the Qianqing Palace to find Old Zhu.

Today, Mr. Zhu does not farm, but takes Wengui to study.

Seeing his father coming, Wengui looked towards Zhu Xuan absentmindedly, and couldn't hear what Zhu Yuanzhang was reading. "Wengui, what are you reading? When you read, you have to be more serious and don't look around, understand?"

Zhu Yuanzhang noticed the boy's behavior and immediately corrected him.

"Grandpa, I know, but I saw daddy coming!"

Wen Gui raised his hand and pointed forward.

Hearing that Zhu Xuan was coming, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, then looked back and said to himself: "Instead of handling government affairs properly, you just come here to slack off. What's the matter?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was used to it. Every time Zhu Xuan came, there must be something important.

"Replying to Grandpa Huang, it's about my second brother. Before, my second brother was assassinated. Grandpa Huang asked Uncle Seventeen to help my second brother quell the rebellion. Then he left Uncle Seventeen aside and went back to investigate the assassins. He found out that there might be a traitor in Prince Wei's mansion."

Zhu Xuan had no choice but to talk about this matter, and then said: "However, my second brother couldn't determine who the traitor was, so he killed all the servants in the Prince Wei's mansion. I don't know who reported this matter back to the capital. Early this morning, those civil servants came to trouble my second brother. They couldn't bother my second brother, so they had to bother me, asking me to punish my second brother, so that I can also bother Grandpa Huang!"

"Ha ha……"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard about Zhu Yunhuan killing people, he was not angry at all, but seemed very happy. He said with a smile: "Our eldest grandson killed well, and he felt a bit like us back then!"

You have to know that when Zhu Yuanzhang killed corrupt officials, he would rather kill the wrong person than let him go. Naturally, he would not think that Zhu Yunhuan did anything wrong.

After hearing this, Zhu Xuan was very upset.

But doing so is very much in the style of Lao Zhu.

"It is not a pity that those White Lotus sect demons should die."

"As long as we can kill all the monsters, what's the harm in killing a few more slaves? Those plagued scholars are just too lenient! Are slaves still considered human beings?"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.

In the eyes of those in power, ordinary slaves are not human beings at all and have no human rights.

Don’t be fooled by how confident and righteous those officials sounded when they impeached Zhu Yunhuan. In fact, they often beat to death their own servants who made mistakes.

No one cared if those slaves were killed.

"Now those officials are saying bad things about my second brother."

Zhu Xuan said helplessly: "Grandpa Emperor, what do you think we should do to shut them up? If we don't do something, I think we will be bothered by them again tomorrow."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and said, "Those dog scholars are really annoying when they are annoying, but we can't do without them in the governance of the Ming Dynasty. How about this..."

He thought seriously for a while and said, "I will issue an imperial decree to deduct one year's salary from Yunxun and order him to be beaten with a stick thirty times. Is that enough?"

One year's salary was nothing to Zhu Yunhuan.

Even if they don't give him salary, the Prince Wei's Mansion can survive and doesn't need to rely on salary to make a living.

Thirty strokes of the cane are the punishment.

However, when people are punished in Pyongyang, the severity of the punishment is decided by the people in Pyongyang. On the surface it is a punishment, but in reality it is just to protect the child. This is very Zhu Yuanzhang's way.

"Okay."

Zhu Xuan nodded and said, "Second brother's matter is not a big deal, just be casual about it."

Old Zhu thought so too and nodded in agreement.

"Grandpa Emperor, do you still remember the East Palace token on the telegram?"

Zhu Xuan also brought the token and said, "My second brother had someone send it back." (End of this chapter)