Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 107 Not guilty? Merit!
Not guilty?

The moment these two words rang out, the officials in the Fengtian Palace even felt a sense of absurdity!

Why not guilty?

Because he is not guilty, he is not guilty!
This sentence sounds awkward, but it is the only thought in Baiguan's mind at this moment.

But...how is this possible?

You must know that Su Guiyuan's problem is not about avenging his son. It is about the Crown Princess. There is no grievance in it. There is only one reason why he can be innocent -

The medicine is really useful!

At this moment, Tian Jingchen suddenly looked towards His Majesty!

All the officials also reacted and shifted their gazes in unison.

Lu Ben, the Minister of Rites, had an expression on his face that instantly froze. When he looked around in astonishment, there was only one thought in his mind: Impossible!
Finally, even Hu Weiyong raised his head and stared at His Majesty.

It can be seen that Prince Zhu Biao's tone seems to be much more relaxed.

At this moment, hundreds of thousands of waves surged in the hearts of the officials. Just now, His Majesty, father and son, were watching the quarrel in the court. Were they really watching it?

"This is what the prince told us, so... the people you just had a heated argument with are all ministers of the Ming Dynasty, so don't hurt your harmony."

Everyone looked at the prince again and again.

"Your Majesty means...the Crown Princess...is fine?"

When Zhu Biao saw this, he couldn't help but said: "I am alone here, so I would like to thank you all ministers for worrying about Jing'er."

This series seems to be.

No wonder! No wonder they returned quickly last night and kindly stayed on duty at the Imperial Hospital all night. They originally wanted to wait for His Majesty to summon her, but then they completely revealed to Su Xian the reasons why the Crown Princess's condition worsened.

"Your Majesty!" At this time, Chen Ning, the censor doctor, had also reacted, "The princess's condition..."

But no matter what, everyone has to see that fact.

"God has favored me. I can only say that the child really has the guidance of an expert."

Just so that when His Majesty is held accountable, he will not be in contact with them.

The so-called supreme imperial power also depends on who uses it. For example, the current scene was specially created by him.

But at this time, it was different from what Baiguan had in mind.

"I know that my son is definitely not guilty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed very proud of his calmness just now.

For a moment, everyone was horrified, and they felt as if they had touched His Majesty's thoughts...

But His Majesty has been watching them. In his eyes, their actions have long been exposed!

"However, what I just said about establishing a new crown princess and preparing for future matters is not necessary for the time being. I hope I will say these things fifty years later."

However, his words had just fallen.

Li Wentai, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, followed closely and asked, as if asking everyone's doubts.

This issue is the issue that officials are most concerned about at the moment.

Your Majesty will not play this trick with officials for no reason, there must be another purpose.

"I can't say that I'm fine yet, but my breathing is stable now and I've been awake for a while in the morning."

He has everyone under his control, and no one can escape from his grasp!

Tian Jingchen and the other three imperial doctors stood still. Their purpose from beginning to end was not as complicated as those of these officials. In fact, it was very pure.

But the dull look on his face just now didn't seem like he was worried about things in the East Palace, but rather depressed about the things in the court.

I don't know how long this silent atmosphere lasted. Finally, Su Guiyuan took a deep breath to calm down the excitement in his body.

wrong!

They can't play with these people!

No wonder that very early today, several other imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital who had never treated the Crown Princess were summoned by the palace, and they stayed behind and even came to the court at one point!
They were so indignant just now that they even blamed Su Xian in the court. He also said that there were no problems with the previous diagnosis and treatment by himself and others...

Zhu Yuanzhang only revealed this little, and then looked at the ministers, his eyes swept over their faces one by one, and then he looked at Biao'er aside.

But now, the three of them suddenly woke up.

Sitting in this position not only needs to have a firm grasp of the officials' thoughts, but also needs to properly differentiate and suppress them in their plans and battles.

Only then can you achieve your goal.

The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind!

But such a calm performance...

This time, Su Xian's rash move into the vortex made many people make a big fuss about it. Now I see that this article has only just begun to be written, and it has been judged and invalidated by the Holy Spirit...

"Your Majesty!" Having thought of something, Tian Jingchen still said hastily: "As I said before, the medicinal effects of the decoctions that the Crown Princess drank are actually in the body, just waiting for an opportunity."

Government affairs are never a place for the emperor to make decisions at his word. Power must be fought for by oneself. Zhu Yuanzhang saw this very clearly.

It’s not that His Majesty was persuaded by the three of them at all.

"Maybe Su Xian's medicine is just the opportunity..."

"We saved the Crown Princess..."

He hasn't finished speaking yet.

But Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "That's enough!"
He waved his sleeves. From beginning to end, he had his own ideas. But what really annoyed him was the performance of these three people.

He understands being greedy for life and afraid of death, but looking at things like this, why are you trying to grab credit?
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, a little bored.

"You can watch in the court hall for now, just in time to wait for the noon sun."

Tian Jingchen's face suddenly turned pale.

His Majesty was like this immediately. If he wasn't careful, he would kill someone!

"His Majesty!"

They wanted to say something more.

But he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had already shouted angrily: "What we hate most are you people who delay treatment and keep people waiting for more than ten days. If we didn't want to compare and see if you really have any solution, I would have killed you long ago." Scratched!"

"From last night to today's meeting, you have staged such a good show for us. You have completely embarrassed us!"

"Look at what they are saying? Are you saying that there is something wrong with our imperial medical system? If you don't want to cause trouble to your colleagues and future generations, you should commit suicide as soon as possible! It will also make us angry!"

Suddenly, Tian Jingchen and others were completely ashen-faced.

But they are right. If they tell the truth, the Crown Princess cannot be saved by then, so aren't you going to kill her again?

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about this. He was never a Song Renzong. He could spit on his face even if officials spat on him.

If anyone dares to be disrespectful or even deceive your Majesty, he will directly move his head!

"From now on, all the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital will tell us clearly that all concubines, princes, and grandsons in the palace, as well as all officials inside and outside the palace, should report their illness truthfully. If you are hesitant like today, , deliberately kept the topic, trying to get away with it!"

"They don't take responsibility for the accident, but it's their credit for surviving? It seems that the sun rises in the west, and they can find a reason..."

"Hmph! If you act like this, the consequences for these three people today will be your fate tomorrow!"

"Pull him outside the palace and chop him down in front of the Imperial Hospital later to serve as a warning to others!"

"Yes!"

For a while.

Although Tian Jingchen and the others were dragged away from the hall crying and howling, the atmosphere among the officials was palpable!
……

Today's His Majesty has always been the emperor who silences people.

He holds the power of life and death!

Many emperors in history were more tolerant than him, but few were more authoritarian than him!

And as this scene fell.

Lu Ben felt lost, feeling that something that seemed to belong to the Lu family and his daughter soon was now like a mirror, and although he could still see it, it could only be seen...

As for other officials, the idea of ​​​​planning the treasure bank transfer department also faded away along with His Majesty's iron blood.

Chen Ning, the censor doctor, returned to the train.

Tujie, the imperial censor, felt his legs were trembling, but fortunately he was the censor, and this official position gave him the opportunity to report the matter immediately according to the rumors in the market.

As for how to deal with it, it's not your own business.

Hu Weiyong closed his eyes, but Wang Guangyang on the side opened his eyes, and then quickly lowered them.

"Su Guiyuan, didn't you say that today you would come to congratulate us that the new banknotes have been confirmed?"

at this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the reactions of the ministers and smiled slightly.

Now, it's your turn.

Su Guiyuan quickly raised his head, feeling relieved the moment he learned that his son was fine.

At this moment, he quickly took out a memorial from his large sleeve robe.

It is said to be a memorial, but it is more like many pieces of paper stacked together.

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

Zhu Yuanzhang winked, and soon a servant was ready to step forward.

But before the latter could take action, Zhu Biao had already come down to pick it up in person.

Then he took it and quickly handed it to his father.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened it immediately, and Zhu Biao also observed.

Almost as soon as it was unfolded, both eyes were bright.

"it is good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang first called it "good" and then picked it up. It was a piece of one hundred inscriptions.

The whole body is dark green, more like black bamboo.

When you hold it in your hand, it no longer feels like the light paper before. Most of the surrounding patterns are bamboo leaves, which are layered and full of touch.

There are concave and protruding touches.

On the front, there is a huge 100 Wen in the middle, and in the corners around it are the words Wen.

In addition, directly above is a series of numbers such as "one, two, three...", and below it is 123...

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to look at other banknotes, which also had various designs.

For example, Two Hundred Wen has turned into dark blue again, surrounded by flower patterns.

The font of "Five Hundred Wen" is even silver, as if some silver powder has been added. The most noteworthy thing is that the bright moon in the upper left corner seems to have the words "Five Hundred Wen" in it.

As for Yiguan, it is a light golden color, and it seems that gold powder is really added. Like Wubaiwen, there is another light golden sun in the upper left.

The more Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it, the more delighted he became, and even felt an unexpected surprise.

"Hahaha...Okay! This is good!"

"Su Guiyuan, this is much better than what you brought in the previous editions. How do you want us to reward you?" "Also, why do we feel that this looks a bit familiar."

Su Guiyuan immediately replied: "Reporting to your Majesty, this is the model I imitated from those Three Kingdoms banknotes..."

Ok?
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was stunned, and he looked again, and sure enough, some places were very similar.

"You guys should also take a look!"

With that said, Zhu Yuanzhang took out some and gave them to the chamberlain.

Soon the latter was shown to the officials and they were praised again.

“It’s really good!”

"This thing is indeed feasible, but is it really mixed with some gold and silver powder?"

The chilling atmosphere just now seemed to have disappeared, and all the officials looked at Su Guiyuan while confused.

Su Guiyuan did not answer directly, "Whatever you see is that."

"it is good!"

Wait until the ministers have seen it.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stopped smiling. As he thought, it was his turn.

"You are not curious. Since the imperial doctor just said that the medicine they prescribed is still effective, why are we so sure that the medicine given by that boy is effective?"

As soon as these words came out.

Baiguan, who was still grinning at the brand-new treasure banknotes, suddenly stopped.

Sure enough, the Holy One is always the Holy One!
"Your Majesty, I was just about to ask." Chen Ning, the censor doctor, quickly left the stage and waited for the Holy One to speak up.

"Humph!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually a little upset about Chen Ning's performance today, but he couldn't say too much about the other party's responsibilities.

Now this action can be regarded as winking.

"Because after the boy brought the medicine yesterday, we immediately used some of it. In addition to the Crown Princess, there were also the servants in the palace who were recently admitted."

As soon as these words came out.

The officials widened their eyes, and Chen Ning quickly praised, "Is it possible..."

"Yes! After one night, although few people died after using the palace gold sore medicine, many people developed high fever. We have asked in the past that those who could survive it would just sleep for a few days and rest for two or three months, and then they would be over it. .”

"If you can't resist it, then you'll have to resign yourself to fate."

"But last night, as long as it was used, there was a lot less, and what's more, there was no fever at all, which is really rare!"

"But after all, it's only one day, and there are only a few people using it, so the specific effect is not yet known, but it is effective and has a big effect, but it is certain."

"This medicine can prevent diseases and evil spirits!"

As these words fell, at this moment, almost all officials understood why His Majesty was so determined, and I am afraid that the Crown Princess has also improved.

It’s not at all the danger that was rumored yesterday!
Some of them even heard that the Crown Princess even gave her last words. This morning, in addition to discussing the funeral arrangements, they also discussed the new Crown Princess's thoughts.

For a moment, everyone felt that today's scene was very similar to the rumor of "only thunder but no rain" in the "empty seal case"!
You want to harm people!

"Do you know what we thought of because of this?"

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer guessed riddles with them. Now was the time to strike while the iron was hot and take action immediately.

Before the officials could react, he stood up directly.

"We think of the Western Expedition, we think of the recovery of Yunnan, and we think of the Ming army in the Northern Expedition! If only there was this medicine... Swords have no eyes on the battlefield. After my soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were injured, sometimes they were just minor injuries, but they were injured for no reason. fatal!"

"Those doctors all said: This is a disease!"

Zhu Yuanzhang paused for a moment, and then said: "But now, we have in our hands not just one kind of medicine to drive away diseases and evil spirits, but two kinds! What are these?"

"This is the auspiciousness that God has given me to the Ming Dynasty!"

"This is the guidance of the sun and the moon!"

"This is the lucky star that Qilin'er gave us!"

"This is military merit!"

At this moment, as Zhu Yuanzhang's words rang out, all the officials were stunned.

Suddenly, I understand!
They already understand it all.

However, before they could speak, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up in excitement. He held the treasure banknote in one hand and the book in the other, but he stretched out the porcelain bottle that he had always carried with him.

"Everyone, can you see it?"

"Our left hand is treasure money, and our right hand is elixir!"

"Now... if we advance, we can give rewards to the Ming army. If we retreat, we can also prevent our Ming soldiers from getting injured, sick or dying."

"A warrior fights on the battlefield, and a king rewards him based on his merits!"

"It has been six years since the disastrous defeat in the fifth year of Hongwu. I, the Ming Dynasty, have been recuperating for six full years! Last year's Western Expedition was just an appetizer, and Duke Wei fell ill on the way back..."

"But now... it's time."

"The Imperial Master of Beiyuan is still looking at me in all directions. Many neighboring countries still don't know my great Ming Dynasty!"

"Now that the Ming Dynasty has been dormant for six years, why not worry about being victorious in every battle if I have this blessed thing?"

"Northern Expedition! The last disastrous defeat was just a grind."

"If I, the Ming Dynasty, don't show my sword, the powerful enemies we drive to the grassland will think that we are just for pleasure and like the former Song Dynasty!"

"Everyone, it's time to get ready!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice filled the hall.

At this moment, anyone can hear the urge and pleasure.

I thought again that before going to court, he just watched the actions of the officials without making a sound.

It was obvious that he was waiting for now.

However, facing Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze, all the civil servants remained silent.

And all the generals were sharpening their swords.

The atmosphere was quiet, but no one spoke.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly darkened.

He was about to ask.

"His Majesty!"

At this moment, Song Lian sighed.

Originally, he should have appeared long ago, but when Su Guiyuan arrived, he pressed him step by step in the hall.

And the final answer from His Majesty.

Let him think that he can say nothing for the time being.

The child didn't need to mention the matter himself and divert his attention.

But now, seeing His Majesty being so urgent, he knew what he had to do.

"Now...is not the time yet."

As soon as these words came out, it was like a bucket of cold water was poured on Zhu Yuanzhang's originally enthusiastic energy.

He looked at Song Lian annoyed.

He felt something was wrong when the other party appeared in the hall today. What was he going to do now?
"Why isn't it the right time?" he asked coldly.

"Because although His Majesty has treasures and medicines, he does not have the most fundamental thing."

Zhu Yuanzhang was already a little angry, "Food and grass? We have prepared a lot in recent years."

"not enough!"

"But it's not."

Song Lian said sternly: "It's internal governance! The country established by His Majesty is not yet stable."

"It's the people who have endured the war and are in urgent need of recuperation."

"Yes... people's hearts have not yet surrendered!"

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that someone would object to his move, but he didn't expect it to be this old scholar.

"We are fighting at the front just to give the people a better farming environment."

"Otherwise, the Northern Yuan will plunder the people today and invade again tomorrow! How can we cultivate in peace?"

Song Lian quickly said: "That's not what I'm talking about, it's about people's hearts."

"What is the heart of the people? The country we have conquered will have capable ministers to manage it."

Song Lian did not give in, "Government is not surrender!"

Zhu Yuanzhang became increasingly annoyed.

"How to belong?"

Song Lian immediately said: "Give me a road to the sky that exists regardless of the newly recovered land or the prosperous land in the southeast!"

"Give me all the people under the rule of Ming Dynasty to preach the royal way and enter the gate of the emperor!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "You said that we, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, have not entered the emperor's gate?"

Song Lian shook his head, "These are all ministers who used to conquer the country with His Majesty and have been listed in the court for a long time."

"Then how do we get in? We can't see it?"

Song Lian immediately replied: "It has always been there. Your Majesty has not only seen it, but also tried it. History books have already told your Majesty."

Don't wait for Zhu Yuanzhang to speak.

Song Lian immediately said:

"Everyone in the world, no matter rich or poor, must not be rigid!"

"We, the Ming Dynasty, cannot select ministers based on recommendations alone."

"Otherwise, among the tens of millions of Ming Dynasty people in the world, who is virtuous? Who is not virtuous? We must give everyone in the world a fair choice, rather than just being reduced to the promotion hand of one person."

As his voice sounded.

What he didn't notice was that in Fengtian Hall, it was already possible to hear the needle drop.

Everyone has fallen silent and stopped talking.

But he seemed not to hear anything and just continued:

“When selecting officials in a country, there should be no distinction between poor, noble or humble families, nor between north, south, east and west...”

"Your Majesty, please... reopen the imperial examination!"

moment.

Hu Weiyong's eyes that had been lowered just now opened suddenly and looked towards Song Lian!

The eyes are full of viciousness!
(End of this chapter)