Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 274: The great Confucian scholar was sentenced to death, and the Yuan Dynasty had no way out.

"You already know who we are, do you still need to ask?"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, and then asked Zhang Cheng.

"Then there's nothing more to say."

Zhang Cheng stood up, waved his hands, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang:

"I hope that the Hongwu Emperor in this life is really not just the Hongwu Emperor of the Zhu family!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and said two words: "Don't worry!"

"You still have to meet Li Shanchang and the others, otherwise the entire Datong Society will not feel at ease."

Zhu Yuanzhang said something again at this time.

Zhang Cheng nodded: "I will come when the Wu Prince's Mansion is discussing matters in the future."

"it is good!"

This can be regarded as the only thing that Zhang Cheng needs to devote energy and time to achieve the goal of making the Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang better than the Ming Dynasty in history.

Other officials of Datong Society will feel relieved.

The new Confucian scholar Zhang Zhong even said to Liu Bowen: "You should ask your superiors to get rid of Zhang Cheng before the Northern Expedition, so as not to upset the officials!"

Fortunately, now that there is news about Zhang Cheng, Zhang Zhong is even more embarrassed to talk about this matter.

Zhang Cheng then returned to the modern world, reading a book in his study room.

If he did not study, he would not be able to bring more knowledge and information to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because this means that Zhu Yuanzhang did not suddenly get rid of Zhang Cheng, and this also means that he is not in danger yet.

He knew that he could make Zhu Yuanzhang listen to him, not because he was a genius, but because as a modern person, he could learn more knowledge than Zhu Yuanzhang, and then he could make a genius like Zhu Yuanzhang in history willing to listen to him. That's all.

Liu Bowen just darkened his face: "Don't talk nonsense! Such behavior is not the behavior of a gentleman!"

So, he has to keep learning.

Zhu Yuanzhang then ordered Zhang Cheng to be the Grand Master and Li Shanchang to be the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet. He also announced that Mr. Zhang was recuperating in the countryside due to overwork and illness, and would come to Prince Wu's Mansion to attend discussions the day after tomorrow.

Besides, Zhang Tianyou also breathed a sigh of relief after knowing that Zhang Cheng would appear again.

In Zhang Tianyou's view, if Zhu Yuanzhang really wants to eradicate those who threaten his status on the day when the Northern Expedition is about to succeed, Zhang Cheng will definitely bear the brunt.

Therefore, many people are uneasy.

Naturally, Zhang Tianyou was quite relieved to interrogate Chen Zuren. He no longer waited for Zhu Yuanzhang to show his favor to him, and asked him to help use the opportunity of interrogating Chen Zuren to establish evidence that Zhang Cheng wanted to harm Zhu Yuanzhang first.

After all, they were also worried that Zhang Cheng would take risks because of Chen Zuren's incident.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang would have no reason to cooperate with him.

Zhang Zhong had no choice but to say nothing more about the matter.

But Zhang Cheng's prestige within the Datong Society is extremely high, so once Zhang Cheng takes the risk and causes a split, it will undoubtedly cause great internal turmoil.

For them, Zhang Cheng's sudden absence still made them nervous.

"Yes, I was indeed ordered by Mr. Zhang to assassinate your superiors."

"I said at first that it was sent by Yuan Ting, but it was just an excuse after the incident failed."

Chen Zuren took the initiative to confess when Zhang Tianyou interrogated him.

Snapped!
Zhang Tianyou slapped the alarm and shouted: "You are a traitor, you are talking nonsense! If Mr. Zhang is not allowed to rise to power, why would you take action now?"

Chen Zuren chuckled: "How can you predict the world's affairs? Now that the world is about to be unified, and Mr. Zhang's prestige is so high, doesn't he want to be the emperor?"

Zhang Tianyou also laughed: "It seems you still don't understand Mr. Zhang."

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Zhang Tianyou asked Chen Zuren again: "You said you were instructed by Mr. Zhang, where is your evidence?"

"The evidence is the letter, which is with your superiors."

Chen Zuren replied.

"Nonsense!" "How could the higher-ups have your secret message?"

"I am the imperial censor. If there is any evidence of crime, the superiors will definitely let me know first!"

"But the superior just met me this morning and didn't even tell me that there was any evidence of guilt."

"It can be seen that you, a traitor and a lowly Confucian, are framed!"

Zhang Tianyou said, pointing at Chen Zuren and yelling.

Chen Zuren was also shocked when he heard what Zhang Tianyou said: "Really?"

"Isn't it still fake?"

"Are you, a traitor and a cheap scholar, worthy of lying to me?"

Zhang Tianyou asked with a sneer.

Chen Zuren couldn't help but mutter to himself: "How could this happen!"

"Tell me quickly, why did you frame Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Tianyou continued to ask about Chen Zuren.

Chen Zuren did not want to believe such a result, so he gritted his teeth and said: "I was the one who ordered it from Mr. Zhang. Even if you beat me to death, I will say the same!"

"This Yushitai is not a place where I can't do anything to you because I'm a traitor and a cheap scholar like you."

"Since you can't provide any evidence, it's a false accusation!"

"Assassinating the King of Wu, falsely accusing the Grand Master, should be regarded as crimes of murder and slander, and trying to subvert our Datong Society! Let the Dali Temple decide the sentence."

After Zhang Tianyou said this, he ordered Chen Zuren to be escorted to Shaorong.

Shao Rong sentenced Chen Zuren to death and cast a kneeling statue, and obtained Zhu Yuanzhang's approval.

After hearing the verdict, Chen Zuren completely broke his guard and couldn't help but raise his head and yell: "Zhu Yuanzhang! Are you really so afraid of offending him, Zhang Cheng, or do you really don't want to be the emperor?! Answer me!"

Subsequently.

Chen Zuren then looked at Yuan Yingfu, an official of the Datong Society who announced the decree to him, and the officers and soldiers of the Datong Society who were guarding him:

"And you, are you really willing to believe in the lies of Datong and share the world with the people?! You are already officials, don't you know that the Cheng-Zhu School is the orthodox Taoism that governs the world?! Why do you still believe this? Datong’s evil words!”

"Don't ever ask again."

"Since the higher-ups must adhere to the concept of great harmony and are unwilling to break with Mr. Zhang's faction, how can we, the lower-level officials, dare to stand up and stir up trouble?"

Yuan Yingfu walked up to Chen Zuren at this time and whispered a few instructions.

After hearing this, Chen Zuren gritted his teeth and whispered to Yuan Yingfu: "You are not worthy of being the founding monarch when you are in power, he is not worthy!"

Yuan Yingfu said no more and only ordered Chen Zuren to be taken away for execution.

Chen Zuren closed his eyes and sighed.

Nearly a month later, the capital city was almost completely surrounded by the Chinese army led by Zhu Wenzheng and Xu Da.

Emperor Yuan Shun and his princes and ministers also completely lost the chance to escape from Dadu.

However, Emperor Yuan Shun and his princes and ministers did not rush to escape from Dadu in the past month. First, they were reluctant to part with the real estate in and near Dadu and their privileges in China. Second, they were really looking forward to the coming of the south. Chen Zuren could successfully assassinate Zhu Yuanzhang or successfully frame Zhang Cheng, allowing Zhu Yuanzhang to transfer the troops from the Northern Expedition back to quell the internal crisis.

But as a result, Emperor Yuan Shun and his princes and ministers waited for nearly a month but did not receive news that Chen Zuren had successfully assassinated Zhu Yuanzhang or framed Zhang Cheng. Instead, they waited for the arrival of a large number of Chinese troops besieging the city.

Emperor Yuan Shun was very angry because of this, so he summoned a group of ministers and asked Tai Feiyin and others: "Chen Zuren will not succeed, right?"

Taifeiyin said: "Your Majesty, this shouldn't be the case! Even if he, Zhu Yuanzhang, is not killed, he should take this opportunity to clean up the internal affairs, and he will not really think that the Northern Expedition is more important than his personal imperial cause."

"Report! The Datong thieves sent an envoy, saying they wanted to give His Majesty a gift!"

As soon as Taifeiyin finished speaking, an internal official came from outside to report new news.

After hearing this, Emperor Yuan Shun couldn't help but ask: "What gift?"

"It's said to be the head of the great scholar Chen Zuren!"

(End of this chapter)