Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 324 Taking the opportunity to test
Zhu Biao's words made Zhu Yuanzhang feel deeply moved.

He was also so ambitious on the eve of his enthronement.

But after these ten years, he finally understood it completely.

To be the emperor of the world, and a good emperor at that.

How difficult it is!
"Dad, party disputes are unacceptable." Zhu Biao picked up the food and said:
"Party strife harms the country!"

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that what his son said was right, but what is right does not necessarily have to be carried out.

The key is to see whether this wrong path is beneficial to you!
Jiajing presided over the factional struggles in order to consolidate his own power, and it must be said that he did achieve his goal.

The people below have no choice but to fight, you have to fight!
Zhu Yuanzhang had previously wanted Liu Ji to fight against the Huaixi faction and disintegrate the Huaixi Group, but Liu Ji was disobedient.

So after Liu Ji left, Li Shanchang could no longer be the prime minister.

Everyone will have feelings of dissatisfaction, especially those who have made great contributions. It would be a very dangerous thing if they have such feelings.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang had no way to explain many things clearly and could only accuse the person of a "false accusation" as a formal explanation to everyone.

Why did Zhu Yuanzhang personally preside over the party struggle?

He just wanted the officials under him to feel the pressure brought by imperial power.

He wanted everyone to know.

The world belongs to him!

Their lives and property also belong to him!

The reason why my son speaks like this now is because he is the one who is holding up the darkness ahead and covering it up, and all he sees is a lot of light.

So the idea was a little too optimistic, and Zhu Yuanzhang could understand it.

"Biao'er, what is a dangerous situation?"

Zhu Biao, who was eating, was stunned for a moment. This was obviously irrelevant to what he had just said.

"When I was a child, I grew up on the bank of the Huai River. The most dangerous thing for people swimming in the river is to be in danger without knowing it." Zhu Yuanzhang also picked up the food and did not let his son answer, but gave the answer:

“That is the land of dead water. It seems to be without waves or ripples, but under the water lies an immeasurable and swift force.

A good swimmer will not swim in stagnant water. You must remember this principle.

To put it bluntly, governing a country is just about managing people, isn't it? "

If we can’t even manage our own people, how can we manage this country?

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was not worried about the court officials' obsession with desires. Instead, he was worried about their lack of desires, which would be difficult to control.

The first person he felt was difficult to control was Liu Ji. The Ming Dynasty had just been founded, and he wanted to retire and return home. How could this be possible?
The second one is Wang Buli. This guy is really slippery and hard to control.

Zhu Biao held the bowl and chopsticks and thought carefully, recalling that his father had formulated so many policies, the main purpose of which was to control people.

Once someone violates such rules, he will be punished.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that these people had become aristocrats, and they should all sing and dance behind closed doors instead of gathering in the dark to whisper and complain.

As for what my son said about party strife, it is not desirable.

Zhu Yuanzhang really disagreed.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just ascended the throne, did not dare to slack off. The network of relationships formed by those civil and military officials was too complex, making him feel suffocated.

Even if he used unconventional means to forcefully poke a few holes in his body, he still couldn't breathe freely.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the person who wove this web was not someone else, but himself.

Among the fourteen former generals of Haozhou, eleven were from Zhongli County of Haozhou, and one was from Dingyuan County. They and Zhu Yuanzhang all grew up on the banks of the Huai River and drank the same river water.

The vast majority of the next fourteen people came from the Huaixi region and were not from Haozhou.

They are all fellow villagers within a hundred miles radius, and in terms of closeness and distance, they are like a big circle within a small circle.

The huge court has become a giant nesting doll, with everyone trapped in it and no one left untrapped.

In particular, the status of this group of fellow townsmen far exceeded that of Zhu Yuanzhang's old generals.

Now, Lao Zhu can only use marriage to strengthen everyone’s relationship and weave a huge network.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in the center of the net. As his children grew up, he wove the net tighter and tighter, entangling others and himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang drew a closed and intricate marriage circle in the Ming Empire with himself as the core and the proximity of his relatives to the royal family as the radius.

The huge circle brings together most of the senior civil and military officials.

If Zhu Yuanzhang trusted them, everyone would live a rich life, but once Zhu Yuanzhang did not trust them, it would be evidence of collusion.

The iron certificates of immunity from death, which symbolized honor and merit, became death warrants.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, if he wanted the Ming Dynasty to be passed down for thousands of years, the first thing he had to do was to eliminate the possibility of rebellion by his meritorious officials!
"Biao'er, you don't need to worry about these things." Zhu Yuanzhang slowly picked up the food and put it into his mouth: "Dad will take care of it for you when the time comes."

Queen Ma did not try to persuade her either.

This kind of thing hasn't happened yet, so it's difficult for her to give any advice.

Especially in front of my son, I still have to save face for him.

Yuhuatai.

Wang Buli was leading a group of craftsmen to inspect Deng Yu's tomb. There were no drainage ditches in the Ming Dynasty tombs.

Anyway, there is no way to connect it to the outside, so as to avoid damage coming in through the drain.

The blue bricks were made to very standard standards and Wang Buli couldn't find any mistakes as these people were all experienced.

After working overtime to finish the tomb, I wanted to invite the son to come and take a look.

So Deng Yu's eldest son Deng Zhen came along. In fact, he had never thought about this matter at all. When he heard the good news getting better and better, he didn't have time to be happy.

As a result, this situation suddenly happened after the war was over.

Now he has to carry the banner of the Deng family, and he feels a little nervous.

But looking at the tomb at this moment, sadness inevitably fills my heart.

"If there is nothing that needs to be improved, bury him tomorrow and let him rest in peace soon."

Wang Buli raised his eyebrows.

"Thank you, Prince Consort." Deng Zhen bowed slightly, and then saw Wang Buli jump away:

"It is still taboo to pay respect to the living in a tomb. Let's go out and talk."

Deng Zhen saw Wang Buli being so jumpy and not knowing about this taboo, so he quickly followed him out.

"I hope you won't blame me for what happened just now."

"No problem." Wang Buli waved his hand and said:
"No one can feel good when someone close to them dies suddenly. Everyone says they are mourning, but the sadness in their hearts is not something that can be easily dispelled."

Deng Zhen's eyes became sore when he heard this. He had indeed heard many people expressing their condolences recently.

But how can they empathize with them if the incident didn't happen to them?
Now Wang Buli's words finally touched his heart.

At home, I heard Deng Duo say that the son-in-law was very approachable and very concerned about the construction of the tomb.

Although when they were at home, the uncles and aunts who went to the banquet were entangled by Wang Buli's methods, causing many people to look around and make a lot of noise, which diluted the sad atmosphere.

But after all, things have developed to this point, and Deng Zhen doesn't know what to say.

Wang Buli stood outside the tomb, watching the craftsmen nearby moving the stone statues with rollers.

There are a pair of stone watchtowers, tigers, sheep, horses, armored soldiers, and civil officials.

The stone statue was lifelike and looked quite majestic in Wang Buli's opinion.

According to normal procedures, Deng Yu will be sent in along the sacred road tomorrow.

After the grave is sealed, cypress and other trees should be planted around it, and those who keep the graves will also move in to guard it.

Deng Yu's funeral was quite grand.

After all, he was a great general who had just returned victoriously, but instead of having a celebration banquet, he died of illness.

Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to Deng Yu's burial, and also wanted to prove to the living that he would not let down such a loyal minister.

Moreover, he told Deng Zhen publicly at the grave that he would inherit the title after the three-year mourning period was over.

However, everyone knows that the successor to the title will also refer to Chang Mao's example and be given another title of duke instead of inheriting his father's dukedom.

As everyone walked from outside the city to the palace, their steps became much lighter.

Many people thought that the emperor was partial if they did not get Deng Yu's job, but leading a large army to fight must have caused great damage to the body!

It's a kind of luck.

Even Deng Yu, who is so young, couldn't bear it. If those who are a little older were to go up, they might die on the way to the battle.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed unwilling to waste even a moment of time. He kept issuing orders on the road and asking the civil service team to handle matters.

Wang Buli didn't ride a horse. In such hot weather, he hid in Lao Si's carriage.

Originally, everyone came back to have a celebration banquet for Deng Yu, but they didn't expect to have Deng Yu's banquet. Zhu Di felt a little uncomfortable and asked in a low voice: "Brother-in-law, are those places really prone to illness?"

"That's not entirely true." Wang Buli leaned against the carriage, fanning himself:

"Some people will not get sick. It depends on the person. You have also seen in the war reports that the number of soldiers who died in non-combat situations is relatively small.

I guess that King Ninghe actually had a hidden disease in his body, which broke out when he encountered external stimulation. "

"That's it."

Although Zhu Di did not understand this aspect, he was willing to listen to the explanation given by Wang Buli, who understood it.

"It seems that if we want to fight in the northwest again in the future, we will have to find some younger people."

"Yeah." Wang Buli also agreed:

"Mu Ying is completely fine, alive and well. We can send Lan Yu and his younger group to conquer the northwest next time.

These veterans have fought for many years, and their bodies are prone to many unknown diseases, which cannot be detected with the current level of doctors. "

"Well, what you said is very much in my opinion. I also think that young people like me should be sent out to fight, while these dukes can just enjoy their life at home."

Zhu Di nodded slightly. Next time when he went to war, he could use this reason to ask for orders.

At least in terms of medical knowledge, Zhu Di believed that Wang Buli was quite capable.

Especially regarding the altitude sickness in the northwest, if it weren't for Wang Buli's coordination and advice, the Ming soldiers would have suffered a lot of losses.

Zhu Di also read the battle report.

He has always been particularly concerned about the Ming Dynasty's foreign wars.

"I told my wife about that." Zhu Di suddenly lowered his voice: "She asked me to tell you not to act too hastily."

"Ah."

Wang Buli responded but did not question why Zhu Di told Xu Miaoyun about this.

With Xu Miaoyun's participation, perhaps things could be done a little better. At least Zhu Di was not very meticulous in planning.

"There's still a lot of time. I'm not in a hurry to set up a stall in the north to do business."

Wang Buli changed the subject. The carriage was not soundproofed and he didn't want to talk about it any more.

"Hahaha, when your shop opens in Peking, I will definitely take good care of it for you."

Zhu Di had no interest in doing business, but when he heard his wife say that doing business could make many people rich, he just nodded in agreement.

What he cared more about was what Wang Buli said about there being silver mines in Japan. In this way, with the silver mines in hand, who in the world would be richer than us?
Just when the two were boasting about their great achievements in Peking, they were called by Zhu Yuanzhang into the emperor's carriage.

It was the first time for Zhu Di to get on this carriage. He sat there a little awkwardly, looking around to see what was different about the emperor's carriage.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say much, but handed the letter from Japan to Wang Buli and asked him to take a look.

Zhu Biao looked at the fourth brother and smiled meaningfully, but didn't say much.

On the contrary, Wang Buli looked at the letter written by Prince Huailiang of Japan: "Although my country is located in the east of Fusang, I have always admired China. However, Mongolia and I are barbarians, and we want to be my vassal!"

Basically, although I am a barbarian, the Mongolian is also a barbarian, and he is not worthy of having me be his subject.

Now that the Central Plains has been taken by the Emperor, we are willing to submit to Your Majesty.

In short, he flattered Zhu Yuanzhang and finally asked the reason why the Ming envoy did not reply.

Wang Buli felt a little puzzled. When did Zhu Yuanzhang send an envoy to Japan?

"Your Majesty, I have finished reading it."

"what do you think?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the expression on Wang Buli's face.

"Your Majesty, I think this is just a cliché." Wang Buli put the so-called letter aside:
"The one who is keeping his word in Japan now is not this Prince Huailiang. I guess someone is just saying some nonsense in his name. The main purpose is to ask why the Ming envoy has been in Japan all this time?"

Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded slightly, he also saw it.

"What do you think we should do?"

"It's none of his business." Wang Buli spread his hands and said:
"Does the Ming Dynasty need to explain to its vassal states why it does what it does?"

"hiss."

Now Zhu Yuanzhang, his father and his sons were all staring at Wang Buli.

In fact, they all thought that Wang Buli would come up with a good idea or something like that.

Similarly, Zhu Yuanzhang also wanted to test Wang Buli's opinion on Japan.

As a result, he came up and said such domineering words that Zhu Yuanzhang was at a loss.

"it is good."

Zhu Di was the first to applaud: "Dad, this is the way to do it."

"Noisy."

Without waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to speak, Zhu Biao scolded him first.

Two dragons walking together.

This idea popped into Wang Buli's mind first.

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Biao, "Let's do it this way. They dared to ask us what we were doing there. We really gave them face.

If I hadn't been afraid that the Yuan Dynasty encountered storms in its two attacks on Japan, I would have destroyed Japan just because these Japanese pirates dared to cause trouble."

Wang Buli thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was just bragging.

How could this conservative party be so radical?

They say every day that this is an unconquered country, and so is that.

"Buli, we still think we should build some sea vessels. We can use no ships, but we can't do without them." Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and said, "In the future, we will put them on Lao Si's territory, and we can also directly threaten this small country of Cuoer."

"Dad, that's great."

Zhu Di was delighted because he felt that this was simply a gift of a pillow to someone when he was sleepy.

Wang Buli had a smile on his face, but he was a little wary in his heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang's inspection had always been pervasive, and he made sure that no one else knew about his conversation with Zhu Di.

Could it be that when Zhu Di was whispering to his wife, someone else heard it?

But Wang Buli didn't believe that Zhu Yuanzhang would send inspectors to monitor his descendants.

Therefore, I was very confused at this time.

"I have actually been thinking about this for a long time." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Buli and said slowly:
"Many people have submitted letters to me in the name of this prince. Some cursed, some flattered, and some wanted to ask for favors. In fact, the envoys I sent out were not just envoys."

After Wang Buli's reminder, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the inspectors to go to Japan for an on-site investigation to find out what was going on.

Now the information Zhu Yuanzhang had was more truthful. Japan was just like the Southern and Northern Dynasties, fighting against each other and not yet unified.

And the prince is just a puppet.

Wang Buli also nodded slightly: "It's also good to put it in the north. The sea vessels can not only connect with Nanjing, but also suppress Goryeo, Japan and other places.

At least it’s a good step in terms of strategic position.”

"Our main idea in the future is to control the south to maintain the north." Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to hide it from Wang Buli and the others, and he also passed on a message to the fourth brother:

"It is extremely easy to abandon the north if the capital is placed in Nanjing, but it is far from the south and cannot be controlled, so the capital is still a headache."

Zhu Di was also aware of this matter. Wang Buli had explained it to him, so he did not seem too surprised.

Zhu Biao glanced at the fourth brother and said nothing.

Because there are some things that even Zhu Di wouldn't believe even if he said them out loud.

Zhu Biao also didn't believe that the fourth prince would be obsessed with his position as crown prince.

Wang Buli also shook his head: "Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run. The main tax collection area of ​​the Ming Dynasty is now the Jiangnan region. Once we leave Nanjing, these people will definitely celebrate."

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not find out Wang Buli's thoughts on the Japanese silver mines, but instead was distracted by other things.

Zhu Biao smiled and wanted to bring the topic back:
"In fact, the reason why the Japanese pirates are so rampant is that they have been tolerant and advised by court officials. If we tell the outside world that Japan has gold mines, we will reward each of them with one pound of gold. I believe that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will not be afraid of the sea breeze."

"Ah?" Zhu Di screamed in surprise, then burst into laughter: "Brother, this is a really good idea!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said nothing, but just stroked his beard and waited quietly to listen.

"Brother-in-law, what do you think of our idea of ​​emulating Lan Yu?"

Wang Buli was increasingly puzzled as to why Zhu Biao would ask this, so he could only chuckle:
"That's a reasonable excuse, but I wonder if Prince has ever heard of the promise Liu Bei made to his soldiers after he conquered Yizhou?"

(End of this chapter)