Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 234: Hu Weiyong was beheaded, and Li Shanchang actually confessed his crime
Zhang Tianyou ignored Hu Weiyong's angry rebuke and continued to ask about Hu Weiyong's motive for the crime.

Hu Weiyong directly refused to answer.

However, it was useless for Hu Weiyong to choose not to answer. With all kinds of irrefutable evidence, Zhang Tianyou still decided to execute him based on the suggestions of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng, and also added that the family confiscation and the three generations of the nine tribes were not allowed to participate in the official examination. , as a punishment, anyone who holds an official position will be dismissed.

Hu Weiyong became even more angry after learning that he had been sentenced to execution.

He still resented Zhu Yuanzhang for not cooperating with him, and felt that Zhu Yuanzhang had betrayed him.

Therefore, when Hu Weiyong was pushed to the execution ground, he was so angry that he looked up to the sky and cursed: "Zhu Yuanzhang, I, Hu Weiyong, am really blind, knowing you, a bastard!"

After Hu Weiyong scolded Zhu Yuanzhang, he was still not satisfied and shouted to the officers and soldiers around the execution ground: "Brothers, do not be loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang is ruthless, ruthless, and stupid. Sooner or later, you will be betrayed by him if you loyal to him." If you die, just like me, not only will you lose your wealth, but you will even lose your reputation! As the saying goes, when the birds are gone, the good bows are hidden; when the cunning rabbits die, the hunting dogs will be cooked; before the birds and cunning rabbits are dead, Zhu Yuanzhang will kill himself first. A lackey who flatters others, do you think such a person without the bearing of a king is worthy of loyalty?"

The officers and soldiers ignored Hu Weiyong.

Only Song Siyan, who was supervising the beheading, was very angry because of this. When the time came, he immediately ordered Hu Weiyong to be beheaded.

In addition, Hu Weiyong's associates, except Li Shanchang and Xie Zaixing, were all beheaded or sentenced to death.

This also made Li Shanchang start to feel lucky that Zhang Cheng asked Zhu Yuanzhang not to go to this step.

Just like Hu Weiyong now.

Li Shanchang was very angry after receiving the letter.

In this case, if he steps down from the position of senior political officer of the Imperial Council, it means that he will miss a lot of key information, and then he will do things that he thinks are smart like a blind fool.

But for Li Shanchang and Xie Zaixing, because of their special status, they were protected by the Datong Society's special protection decree for the heroes of the uprising, and the impact on the overall situation had to be considered, so Zhu Yuanzhang did not directly send people to arrest these two people, nor did he make it clear to the outside world that they were Instead, he sent a message to ask the two people to come to the court for questioning. At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang sent a private letter to the two people in his own name strictly reprimanding the two people, intending to emphasize that this time The seriousness of the problem also means that they are saving face for these two people and hope that they will cooperate with the organization's handling.

However, as Li Shanchang himself said, he is now very grateful to Zhang Cheng for changing Zhu Yuanzhang's direction of founding the country.

More importantly, Li Shanchang didn't know if Zhang Cheng would have more important information that he hadn't shared with the people in the Imperial Council, such as new techniques and theories that would revolutionize the world again.

"This Hu Weiyong, I shouldn't accept his gold!"

Because Li Shanchang didn't want to step down from his position as senior official of the Tingyi Bureau.

Therefore, Li Shanchang can confirm that if Zhu Yuanzhang really does not have this intention of leaning towards the landlord class, then even if he really becomes the emperor of the world in the future, he will not be willing to be driven by the landlord class, and will only do all kinds of things that the landlord class will not understand. things, such as vigorously combating corruption, vigorously purging, and treating bureaucrats harshly.

Who told him that he already knew a lot of key information involving many wealth in the world through Zhang Cheng.

Snapped!
Li Shanchang slammed the table, said to his family with a ferocious face.

otherwise.

Zhu Yuanzhang would not show mercy to him like this.

"Fortunately, Mr. Zhang has allowed his superiors to accept social political power. Otherwise, sooner or later, we will all be killed by Hu Weiyong!"

He was also glad that because he joined Zhu Yuanzhang's uprising team early, he never dared to act rashly, and even actively cooperated with Zhang Cheng, so that he now became a senior official in the Tingyi Bureau and one of the top decision-makers of Datong Society.

Because Li Shanchang also discovered through Hu Weiyong's attempt to provoke internal strife between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng by embarrassing Zhang Cheng, Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to side with the landlord class.

But Li Shanchang also knew that he was now grateful to Zhang Cheng, but he had to be honest in the court, in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and other senior officials, put down his pride, make a deep and objective review, accept punishment, and not be willful. For the sake of dignity, he must force these people to fight against him together.

What he was angry about was not that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to deal with him, but that Hu Weiyong did such a stupid thing behind his back, making him unable to step down.

Simultaneously.

Who knows that Li Shanchang has already received a lot of dividends from government and business shares through this status.

Therefore, Li Shanchang does not want to step down from this position.

What's more, it is not easy to be a member of the Tingyi Bureau, especially to be among the current group of founding members. It will undoubtedly be even more difficult. Many times, the main thing is not ability, but luck.

Li Shanchang knew that although he was quite capable, he knew that his ability to become a senior official was mainly due to good luck. He decisively chose Zhu Yuanzhang at the right time, and then chose to accept Zhang Cheng and Zhu Yuanzhang's concept of great harmony at the right time. If he delays making these decisions for a year or even a month, he will lose the qualification to enter the Council.

"Ascend!"

"Mr. Zhang!"

"I will review, I will make a profound review."

"I accepted Hu Weiyong's gold."

"I'm sorry for Datong Society, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for the people of the world, I'm sorry for the Yanhuang ancestors, and I'm sorry for myself."

"Woo!"

therefore.

During the court meeting, Li Shanchang spoke with guilt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Cheng, Guo Tianxu, Zhang Tianyou, and Shao Rong.

As he said that, Li Shanchang covered his face and cried bitterly, and said with true feelings: "I didn't expect that I couldn't hold it back. The first time he threw gold at my house, I took it."

Li Shanchang then looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Cheng and others and said, "But I don't dare to spend even one tael!"

"Really!" "Those dirty money are still hidden in the cellar of my house."

"I feel that it is not practical to spend money, but I don't know why, I just can't help but collect it, even though I can actually get a lot of wealth, even gold can make a lot of money legally, especially from gold. I couldn't help it after accepting it for the first time, fearing that if I refused once, they would hate me and then expose me and ruin my reputation!"

Li Shanchang continued to speak with a painful look on his face.

Zhang Chengze said at this time: "You should be enjoying the way they kowtow and flatter you in front of you and beg you with bribes. You are obsessed with the feeling of being willing to put down your self-esteem and worship."

Li Shanchang hurriedly denied: "No, Mr. Zhang!"

"I still don't have high consciousness. I still have the old idea of ​​wanting to get ahead. I don't really do what I do as an official only for the people of the world."

then.

Li Shanchang explained again.

"The idea of ​​getting ahead is not an old idea, but a natural principle that exists for human beings."

"It's just that Mr. Li Ge has already made a name for himself, so he shouldn't indulge himself anymore. After he makes a name for himself, you want people to not only respect you while retaining their self-esteem, but also to make people have no self-esteem and kneel in front of you like a slave. This is what human beings do. Desire."

"Mr. Li Ge used to respect Neo-Confucianism. He should know that even Zhu Xi said that human desires must be eradicated, but you haven't eradicated this human desires yet."

Zhang Cheng continued.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement: "Mr. Zhang is right, Mr. Li Ge, you have not killed your own human desire."

Li Shanchang nodded: "Yes, I have indeed not killed my human desires, and I am willing to plead guilty and obey the law."

"Mr. Li Ge, tell the truth. Do you still want the world to follow the same path as the previous world, where those with high status can treat those with low status as slaves, and those with low status should be treated as the masters of those with high status? "

At this time, Zhang Cheng continued to ask about Li Shanchang with a serious face.

Li Shanchang continued to deny it and said: "No! Mr. Zhang, I definitely don't have such evil thoughts! I also know why I can't help but do things that corrupt the government!"

"It's fine if you don't."

"But I hope Mr. Li Ge will not hide anything from us brothers who are fighting together, nor will he hide anything from Datong Society."

Zhang Cheng nodded and said with a hint of warning.

"I dare not deceive Datong Society!"

"That's good!"

Zhang Cheng looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "In the upper position, Mr. Li Ge has made great contributions to the uprising after all, and he is different from Hu Weiyong and others. Hu Weiyong and others secretly established other societies, betrayed the Datong Society, and threatened to overthrow the Datong Society. At present, Mr. Li Ge has no evidence that he has the intention to subvert the Datong Society. For the time being, it can only be said that he failed to control himself and took bribes. Therefore, I suggest that he be treated leniently by arguing that he has merit. "

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and looked at Guo Tianxu, Zhang Tianyou and others.

Guo Tianxu also said at this time: "I agree, Hu Weiyong is all to blame for this. He not only dragged Mr. Li Ge into the water, but also dragged Tianjue into the water."

Zhang Tianyou nodded: "I have no objection, but I hope that for Marshal Guo's sake, Tianjue will be treated leniently and give him the credit."

Feng Guoyong and Shao Rong both expressed no objections.

After all, to them, Li Shanchang was already one of their own in the Tingyi Bureau.

Why should our own people laugh at and embarrass our own people?

Therefore, Li Shanchang bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Cheng and others: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, and all my colleagues for being considerate!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said here: "But leniency does not mean that there is no punishment. Externally, we can follow the corresponding regulations to preserve dignity for you, Mr. Li Ge. We will not say that you have taken bribes, but internally you have to give an explanation. Next, you have to add a new person." Senior Senior Officer, you, Mr. Li Ge, must give up part of the official stock as a reward for the new Senior Senior Officer and as a fine for you, instead of letting other Senior Senior Officers accept the losses. In addition, what you have suffered All stolen money must be given.”

Li Shanchang just wanted to keep his status and face as a senior political advisor, so he nodded in agreement.

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou again: "The same goes for Guo Tianjue. For the sake of his father, you can spare him the death penalty, but you have to each take part of your shares and add a new senior political officer to win the hearts of the people. , as the fine you pay to Guo Tianjue."

Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou both agreed, and at the same time they cursed Guo Tianjue in their hearts for being useless.

This is the end.

Li Shanchang and Guo Tianjue decided on the solution.

But when Xie Zaixing received Zhu Yuanzhang's letter reprimanding him and knew that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted him to return to Jiqing for questioning, he refused.

Moreover, Xie Zaixing directly took refuge with Zhang Shicheng with his cronies.

"Zhu Yuanzhang did not follow Hu Weiyong's wishes. Instead, I was also embarrassed and no longer qualified to participate in court discussions! People like Chang Yuchun and Deng Yu will definitely use this as an excuse. In this case, Why should I still follow him?"

"I think Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't recognize me as his in-laws at all! He just wants Zhu Wenzheng and Xu Da to enter the Tingyi Bureau, and I'm afraid Chang Yuchun will be there too! He doesn't want me to go up at all."

"In this case, I might as well follow you, King Cheng, to conquer the world, and use the top secrets Mr. Zhang told you to build great achievements, so that you, King Cheng, can become the emperor of the ages!"

When Xie Zaixing met Zhang Shicheng, he specifically talked about the reasons why he betrayed Zhu Yuanzhang.

(End of this chapter)