Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 343 It Happened

Beside the pond.

Wang Buli leaned back in the recliner and looked at the fishing float.

Sitting next to him was his father, Doctor Wang.

"You were poisoned by the remnants of the White Lotus Sect. We can't just let this go."

"Yeah." Wang Buli nodded slightly, and then whispered, "I did it to myself and put the blame on them."

Doctor Wang was not surprised to hear this.

His son has to bring his own water bottle when he goes out and doesn't drink water outside.

When it comes to cherishing life, he ranks top.

Who could seize the opportunity to poison him?

However, Doctor Wang did not ask any more questions. He just looked at the fish float. He believed that his son must have his reasons for doing so.

"Tired." Wang Buli smiled and explained casually:
"It's a good opportunity to recuperate for a while, so as not to get involved in any vortex that should not be involved in."

"Alright."

Doctor Wang also agreed with his son's lack of ambition and his desire to quit while he was ahead.

Even if you are the son-in-law of the emperor, the more you do, the easier it is to make mistakes.

Besides, the current officialdom is not a good time to climb up.

Because Doctor Wang taught at the Langzhong Hospital and had the skill of performing an open surgery, and most importantly, his son was favored by the emperor, many noble families were willing to ask him to take a look when their loved ones were sick.

In this way, it can be considered as contact.

He found that the people of Huaixi were very arrogant nowadays. According to the emperor's temper, he would not tolerate these people for too long.

Always find opportunities to knock.

Now that his son took the initiative to step back, Doctor Wang felt somewhat relieved.

But it was really inappropriate not to discuss such a big matter with him in advance.

What if you don't get the dosage right when taking the medicine, wouldn't you be killing yourself?
It is indeed a case of losing the big picture for the small.

However, Doctor Wang changed his mind and realized that the emperor might have quite a few spies in the princess's mansion.

The more people know, the more risk there is for information to be leaked.

"Ah." Doctor Wang shook his head again:

"In fact, I didn't want you to work in the county government from the beginning, but you were determined, so I had to find a way to send you in. Now that you have offended the White Lotus Sect, I, your father, am really worried.

You can't guard against thieves for a thousand days, we need to carefully find the remnants of the White Lotus Sect to be safe!"

There is such a tacit understanding between father and son that there is no need to say some things.

There is nothing wrong in putting all the blame on the White Lotus Sect now.

Doctor Wang believed that the White Lotus Sect would be eradicated in the next period of time, and it would be great if his son did not get involved in this mess.

"Prince-in-law."

Jiang Huan came over from a distance and saluted, saying that Lan Yu had come with gifts.

"You young people chat, I'm going to go back and take a nap."

Doctor Wang stood up and left slowly.

Wang Buli was leaning on a lounge chair with a parasol next to him. He was wearing very simple clothes at the moment.

"Military Advisor, are you okay?"

Lan Yu looked at Wang Buli carefully and saw that he still looked a little sick.

“Still recovering.”

Lan Yu then sat aside with relief: "Was it done by the White Lotus Sect?"

"Wait until I avenge you, don't let you fall into my hands."

"Catch him first. Even though I am a cautious person, I was careless."

Wang Buli did not refuse Lan Yu's kindness, besides, he was the one who caused this matter in the first place.

"Damn it, according to our opinion, we will all be killed by these people."

"Forget it." Wang Buli quickly stopped his thoughts:

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, and the most important thing for you to do is to kill the main culprit.

What's more, the population of Ming Dynasty is sparse now, and large tracts of land are still barren. You just killed them all.

Who will grow your crops, who will be your laborer to transport the crops, and who will provide you with food for your expedition to the Yuan Court?"

Lan Yu was retorted by Wang Buli and laughed a few times. In the end, he had to compliment Wang Buli for his comprehensive thinking.

Besides, without the emperor's order, it would not be his job to catch the murderer.

"You should discuss with Mu Ying how to continue the war in the northwest. No one will die here."

Wang Buli chuckled twice: "It's just right for me to recuperate for a while. There are no official duties to bother me. I have free time. I am quite satisfied."

Lan Yu was also very familiar with Wang Buli's lazy nature.

He is a man who only cares about living off his wife.

A while ago, His Majesty said that he wanted to confer a title on Wang Buli, but now it seems that this matter has been postponed.

Lan Yu didn't know why this happened, but he secretly felt sorry for Wang Buli.

The emperor has clearly spoken, but it is really unpleasant to keep people in suspense.

"War in the Northwest, do you want to join the army?"

Lan Yu asked with some spirit: "It is very likely that I am the deputy general of the Western Expedition, but Mu Ying also knows your ability. The three of us, a young team, are more suitable for the plateau area you mentioned, which is also very good."

"I would like to go. Do you think His Majesty will allow me to go with you?"

Wang Buli said this with great certainty, fearing that he would be trapped in Nanjing for the rest of his life.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew such a big secret, how could he let me disappear from his sight?
Once you leave Nanjing, you will be like a fish in the sea and will not be easily controlled by him.

Zhu Yuanzhang would never allow such a thing to happen.

It seems that I have to be more careful in the future, waste some time in Ming Dynasty, and temporarily bid farewell to the nostalgic life of high technology.

Lan Yu looked at Wang Buli's sickly body and sighed:
"Yes, it seems that given your current physical condition, you will not be able to catch up with the battle in the northwest. Take good care of yourself. I will definitely take care of you in the battle in Yunnan.

When we pacify Yunnan, we can confer titles together, wouldn't that be wonderful?"

"talk later."

Wang Buli couldn’t think of any suitable reason or method at the moment, so he could only pretend that he was not well and could not easily enter the system.

After Lan Yu said goodbye, he really went to the palace.

I request Zhu Yuanzhang to send Wang Buli to join the army, as there is definitely nothing wrong with his health.

Then Lan Yu was scolded by Zhu Yuanzhang, saying, "Didn't you see what your son-in-law looks like? How dare you make him so tired? Do you want to kill him?"

With the previous example of Deng Yu, Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to send some commanders with old injuries to that area to expand the territory.

These warriors who have experienced countless battles would easily die if they went to the plateau.

The most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang would not allow Wang Buli to disappear from his sight.

The days passed by little by little.

Zhu Yuanzhang never entered the fairyland again.

Even though Wang Buli's health gradually improved, Zhu Biao came to visit him, but no one mentioned the matter.

After trying again and again, Wang Buli forced himself to hold back.

I used the excuse that my body and soul had been struck by lightning and couldn't recover easily, so I couldn't enter the system.

What if Zhu Di saw something he shouldn't have seen, and his plan to help Zhu Di ascend the throne was discovered by Zhu Yuanzhang.

He might just kill himself just to keep his great son's position.

That's a problem.

Wang Buli didn't want his plan to be leaked, so he remained silent.

Anyway, I won’t take the initiative to go in now, let’s see how you, Old Zhu, will look at me!

In these years, Zhu Di had a child, and Wang Buli also had a child.

Even after the emperors of the Northern Yuan Dynasty changed, Lan Yu still did not attack Yunnan.

After they won several battles in the northwest and entered Tibet and captured 200,000 cattle and sheep, the Northern Yuan Dynasty began to make trouble and repeatedly harassed the border.

Mainly because the Ming Dynasty used two smuggling routes, by land and sea, to enrich only a very small number of people.

More people lived in poverty and had no choice but to go south to plunder the Ming Dynasty.

This is also a disguised way of weakening their strength, forcing them to fight with their own strength.

The Ming Dynasty wants to kill them.

Even Li Wenzhong was sent to Gansu to manage Taozhou Wei and maintain the effective rule of the Ming Dynasty here.

After all, although this land had been taken over by the Ming Dynasty long before, it was still a nominal rule and had not been implemented in reality.

There was no news about the silver mines in Japan, but Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to find the silver mines between Zhejiang and Fujian.

The silver panic in the early Ming Dynasty underwent a slight change.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not idle either.

He knew that Wang Buli was mentally injured and could not enter the fairyland. The problems he discovered every time he entered the fairyland were enough to keep him busy with government affairs.

But things were not as simple as Zhu Yuanzhang imagined. The people in Sichuan and other places rebelled because of heavy taxes and occupied fourteen prefectures and counties with great momentum.

For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang had to reduce taxes after quelling the rebellion, and even the people of Suzhou, Songshan, Jiaxing and Huzhou, which were originally Zhang Shicheng's territories, were exempted.

But compared to other places, the tax amount is still extremely high.

Zhu Biao was also very busy, as he and his son were planning something big. Wang Buli stood at the gate of the princess's mansion carrying his son, watching the troops passing by Hongwu Main Street.

Without him.

The Hu Weiyong case finally broke out in the 13th year of Hongwu.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally implemented his own plan, and the prime minister system must be abolished.

As for the cabinet system, he left it alone for now.

Once Wang Buli recovers, perhaps he will be able to find some new solutions.

Zhu Yuanzhang often asked his wife and son to bring some supplements to Wang Buli.

"Dad, man."

Wang Buli's son is now one and a half years old, and he still wears open-crotch pants.

Now a word or a short phrase comes out of his mouth.

"Ah."

Wang Buli didn't care. He hadn't been on duty for the past two and a half years and rarely went out.

The people also knew that the prince consort was ill.

Fortunately, the successor of the Jiangning County Dianshi did not cause any trouble, so the people did not call on Sun Wukong to come back and give them justice.

Wang Buli could understand Zhu Yuanzhang's inner thoughts. It had been more than ten years since he established the Ming Dynasty and stabilized the situation in the north.

The threat posed by the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty was effectively eased.

In addition to the large number of soldiers, these victories were achieved because he gathered around him a large number of capable and battle-hardened civil and military officials. Because these people had made great contributions in helping Zhu Yuanzhang conquer the world, they had considerable power in politics, military affairs, and economy.

No external enemy could compete with Zhu Yuanzhang. The only thing he had to worry about was the power of the princes and generals within the country, which made him uneasy and suspicious that they would come to seize his throne.

After all, Lao Zhu's background makes him feel a little inferior.

If he can succeed, how can others not succeed?

As early as the period before the unification, Zhu Yuanzhang had been on strict guard against his generals. Whenever a general went on an expedition, his wife had to stay in the capital, and he had to send out military supervisors. When he captured a city, he would send his adopted son to defend it together with the general.

Such defense also led to rebellion.

Zhu Yuanzhang took many measures to make the princes, dukes, generals and ministers loyal to his name.

But even though he took many measures to prevent rebellion among his subjects, he was always worried.

Now this worry has turned into a desire to kill someone.

Wang Buli saw many familiar faces being escorted by soldiers.

Chen Ning had a blank expression on his face, while Tu Jie burst into tears.

It was Hu Weiyong who was shackled and saw Wang Buli holding his son and looking at him seriously.

Ever since the White Lotus Sect murdered Wang Buli, the prince consort has lived in seclusion.

"Prince Consort, are you here just to see this Prime Minister make fun of you?"

Hu Weiyong, on the contrary, was somewhat open-minded, as he knew he was doomed.

But what’s the use of being afraid?
"If your son's case fell into my hands, perhaps things wouldn't be so bad."

In fact, what Wang Buli said was nonsense.

Last year, Hu Weiyong's son was riding a horse at high speed in a busy city and had an accident and died under the wheels of a passing horse. Hu Weiyong simply killed the coachman to vent his anger.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang could not be concealed from this matter.

This matter was essentially Zhu Yuanzhang's attempt to eliminate the power of the prime minister and strengthen the imperial power.

The current settlement is just an excuse Zhu Yuanzhang made.

Hu Weiyong snorted first, then said:

"The Prince Consort is truly a kind and good man. He said nice things to me even when I was about to die, and didn't add insult to injury."

Wang Buli responded, "Prime Minister Hu, we have no enmity with each other. Why would you want to take advantage of someone's misfortune? Perhaps you have been too overbearing in recent years and need a lesson from the emperor."

beat?

Hu Weiyong knew that Wang Buli was pretending to be confused.

Wang Buli also knew that he was pretending to be confused.

Hu Weiyong didn't want to expose him, and what's more, Wang Buli was right, they didn't have any enmity with each other.

On the contrary, we are in the same situation and are all pawns in His Majesty's hands.

He can use it when he wants and discard it when he wants.

Hu Weiyong was pushed and shoved by the soldiers for a while, and looked at Wang Buli and said:

"My dear son-in-law, listen to my advice. Don't be a prime minister. You will lose your life."

"Minister Hu, you are overthinking. I am a sickly person and cannot be a high-ranking official. I cannot bear the hard work."

Wang Buli carried his son on his back and watched Hu Weiyong being taken away.

Of course, he was not the only one who was taken away for treason, his whole family was in tears.

As the last prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, his family prospered and perished because of him.

This was the first time such a large-scale arrest had been made on Hongwu Main Street, where dignitaries lived.

No matter how high-ranking an official or duke is, they are useless in the face of the emperor's order.

Zhu Mingxiu also walked out of the house and took his son. He didn't want his son to see so many people at such a young age. What should he say if he asked something?

The ox cart stopped nearby. The increasingly aged Li Shanchang opened the curtains and looked at Wang Buli:
"Prince Consort, are you willing to come into the palace with me?"

"You're not going to beg for mercy, are you?" Wang Buli walked down the steps and approached there and whispered:
"Duke Han, please don't get involved in this matter."

"I am going to plead guilty. I hope the Prince Consort can say a good word for me."

Li Shanchang sighed, because his younger brother married a member of Hu Weiyong's clan.

Moreover, being involved with his family is no small matter. If he wants to protect his family, he will have to kneel down at the speed of light.

By the way, I would like to ask Wang Buli, who is favored by the emperor, to say a few good words for me.

Wang Buli also knew Li Shanchang's fate, which was just that he would die a few years later.

He was also on Zhu Yuanzhang's list.

The Hu Weiyong case was just the beginning of a purge of court power, not the end.

"Duke Hanguo, what does Hu Weiyong's rebellion have to do with you?" Wang Buli shook his head and said, "It's not you who recommended him to be the prime minister. There are many people in the court who are from the same hometown. You don't need to worry too much."

Li Shanchang understood what Wang Buli meant, and did not continue to beg Wang Buli for help, but went there on his own.

The court today is completely different.

At least in Wang Buli's opinion, many familiar faces had died.

Song Lian's entire family was escorted to Beijing, and the man who was called a half-honest man by Zhu Yuanzhang also had to die.

Wang Buli didn't wait too long.

Hu Weiyong and his gang did not go through any trial at all. After being caught, they were directly taken to the execution ground and were all beheaded on the same day.

Zhu Yuanzhang's move was very decisive.

It was as if the evidence of Hu Weiyong's collusion with the Japanese and connections with the Mongols were all true.

The main reason was that Hu Weiyong himself became arrogant and did not ask Zhu Yuanzhang for instructions on many matters, but made decisions on his own.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang, who already had a strong desire for control over power, very dissatisfied.

A coup?
Wang Buli felt that Hu Weiyong did not have that ability.

What followed was Zhu Yuanzhang's abolition of the Secretariat, the Grand Marshal's Office, the Censorate, etc.

Hu Weiyong died very quickly, but it only caused a great shock in the officialdom.

Many of Hu Weiyong's cronies were not spared.

In addition to worrying about rebellion, Zhu Yuanzhang also had to ensure the safety of the north.

Zhu Di was then sent to Beiping to be a vassal. In order to ensure the security of the northern border of the Ming Dynasty and reduce collusion between officials and landlords, many southerners were sent to serve as officials around Zhu Di.

Similarly, many northerners were sent to the south to serve as officials.

Zhu Di is leaving.

Today he came to say goodbye to Wang Buli, and brought with him a monk who was selected by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Daoyan, not yet called Yao Guangxiao at that time.

He hastily saluted Wang Buli. They seemed to have met each other once, but Daoyan hoped that Wang Buli would not recognize him.

Wang Buli did not call out the name on the spot, but just nodded.

Zhu Di kept the secret strictly.

Their two children were born one after the other. Both of them are fathers now and are more mature.

Both of them also began to grow beards.

"Brother-in-law, I told my father that when we fight the Yuan Tartars, you should come to Beiping and we can work together to achieve success. My father agreed."

Listening to Zhu Di's words, Wang Buli laughed a few times:

"Fourth brother, my body is not strong enough to fight in the battlefield. Tell me before the battle. I can still help you with your advice."

In fact, Wang Buli knew in his heart that he had no chance to leave Nanjing.

Unless Zhu Yuanzhang dies.

I just don't know if he will tell the secret to Zhu Yunwen later.

Zhu Di also learned from his elder brother Zhu Biao the reason why Wang Buli was seriously ill, and he sighed secretly in his heart:

"Okay, then we have a deal."

(End of this chapter)