Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 197 The mission hits a wall
At this moment, Hu Weiyong looked surprised.

While listening to Li You's report, he also read it carefully.

This express message came very suddenly, and it did not even appear according to a specific period in the past. To a certain extent, it was more like "meeting" a certain opportunity.

Hu Weiyong sneered in his heart, really thinking he didn't know what this was?
My lips are dead and my teeth are cold!

The rabbit is dead and the fox is sad!

Although these idioms are a little too far-fetched when applied to the Su family and his son, they are not far-fetched.

Although they are "out of danger", as long as Wei Guogong's crime is proven.

Someone must be buried with him.

While thinking about this, Hu Weiyong's eyes also fell on it.

"Liu Li!"

Seeing these two words, a flash of sadness flashed in his heart, his son was because of it!
"What's the use of this thing? It's just useless trash, but it's being sold for a sky-high price!"

"Also, what do these foreign missions say?"

Because of the establishment of the merchant town, many business groups have grown in Ming Dynasty in the past two years. He knew these things.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has accelerated its exchanges with neighboring countries. They must submit documents stating that they recognize themselves as the suzerainty of the Ming Dynasty and recognize their subordinate status.

So almost every year, so-called foreign missions come.

And His Majesty also attaches great importance to these things, and has even decided to establish a "country without conquest" to maintain peace.

"Prime Minister, there are indeed some envoys coming, but what is said here is too ridiculous. The one dealing with the envoys is Honglu Temple, and it has nothing to do with the Zhongshu Province in any case."

"Furthermore, what he said about these missions using Liuliceng to deceive and defraud is actually a wishful thinking. Su Xian is deliberately trying to blame this. I am afraid that he is sick and has to seek medical treatment in a hurry."

After Hu Weiyong heard this, he couldn't help but nodded.

Then, he continued to look down.

But I discovered that this third page was the "printing plate case" that has been a hot topic recently.

At first glance, they were all saying things like excusing Xu Da, and saying that someone in the government and the public was making a big fuss out of this matter, and it was clear that they were still targeting him.

"Humph……"

He snorted coldly. If it had been before, he would have been frightened and angry when he saw this.

But now, the ending was clear, he just saw a monkey jumping up and down!

As for the recruitment of new members on the fourth page...

There was no fourth page this time. Hu Weiyong didn't want to read any more, so he turned over it, only to find that there was no new recruitment like before.

This time, there was a different explanation.

After just one glance, Hu Weiyong stood up immediately and his whole expression changed.

"Wei Guogong Xu Da was involved in the printing plate case and was accused of treason. Is he really guilty or was he framed?"

"The prince of a country sits in Peiping. Even if he needs money, why do he need printing plates?"

"If someone uses this to eradicate dissidents and wants to dominate the family, will he really get what he wants?"

After reading these.

Hu Weiyong only felt a surge of anger rushing into his mind.

"How brave!"

There is no embellishment on it, not even a hint of euphemism. It is clear that the carriage and horse are only for you.

What made Hu Weiyong even more confused was not the sophistry about Xu Da, but whether the court would allow one family to dominate in the future.

Hu Weiyong himself would not even notice these very concise and clear words before, but now, he always feels that these words are so dazzling.

He didn't know why, but it even gave him a sense of crisis.

"Prime Minister!"

And this moment.

Seeing that Hu Weiyong remained silent, Li You quickly reminded him.

Hu Weiyong came back to his senses and looked at him suddenly, "This express letter has been spread to the people, where is yours?"

"Also, the Third Division of the Order, now that it has been found out, this case can even be a serious crime of treason. The eldest son of Xu was in the main hall before, and Su Xian was also in the main hall before. In addition, his father is a member of the Chaojing Academy. "Yes, there may be some kind of transaction involved."

"Tell them not to be stunned, catch those who deserve to be caught, and don't let anyone go."

Li You could tell.

This time, Hu Xiang had completely let go and would not give Su Xian and the others a chance to react.

They even want to catch them in jail as soon as possible. In this way, the charges will be confirmed, and the situation that has been in crisis three times before, but has been resolved by him, will definitely not happen again.

"My subordinates will go right away..."

As soon as the words fell, Li You hurriedly left.

……

Inside the Gewuyuan.

Su Xian looked at the urgently printed Gewu Express in front of him.

This is what he suddenly thought of.

Can't wait any longer!
He didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang was waiting for, but he could guess it.

If we really want to go against the general trend of thousands of years and achieve a big trick!

So, even if he is the emperor who founded the Ming Dynasty, he does not want to fall into the disdain of hundreds of officials and even the people of the world!
Therefore, if you want to let it perish, you must first make it crazy!

To arouse opposition from the entire court, it is best to let yourself take the initiative and achieve success in one fell swoop!
To be honest, this conjecture is not the first time it has appeared in Su Xian's mind, but it has been there for a long time.

What confused him was that Zhu Yuanzhang in history did not achieve this level, but used great decisiveness to promote the abolition of the Zhongshu Sheng and the Prime Minister system with one person!
It even aroused opposition from hundreds of officials!

However, under the brutal killings, these opponents, looking at the Hu Weiyong case that was about to be involved, naturally knew that their necks were no harder than a knife.

More importantly...compared to the abolition of the Zhongshu Ministry of Education.

Although the officials no longer have the power to move up and rule the world.

But headed by the Sixth Department, the power has actually been strengthened, so in this case, everyone has already pinched their noses and recognized it.

But this time, according to Su Xian's guess, Zhu Yuanzhang used some tricks.

just.

He didn't know when this method would end. Will there really be "irreparable" losses with its acquiescence?

Would Zhu Yuanzhang take advantage of this and easily capture Hu Weiyong in one fell swoop?

Su Xian didn't want to wait any longer.

So he decided to let this situation come in advance.

"Young Master, there is an envoy on the glass here, so it is of no use at all. However, the subsequent recruitment, although it can arouse discussion among the people, will undoubtedly anger Hu Weiyong even more."

now.

Bai Jue stood behind him, saw that Su Xian had reacted from his deep thoughts, and spoke quickly.

"Do you think he won't care too?"

Su Xian turned around and asked in surprise.

"Of course! The foreign envoy is in charge of Honglu Temple."

"is it?"

Su Xian smiled, and suddenly he remembered something and looked at Bai Jue in front of him.

"I have to ask you to do me a favor."

"Master, please speak." Behind Bai Jue, Bai Zhixia timidly spoke, while Lin Andong on the side also quickly looked over.

"This Gewu Express will release the truth about Liuli. Next, Gewuyuan will make Liuli by itself, which can alleviate the previous operational difficulties."

"But with the emergence of such a large amount of colored glaze, the goods in the hands of these Fan people will definitely be sold at a low price, and most of the Fan people will definitely have to go back without the huge profits."

"During this period, you spread some news and guide them to Honglu Temple to talk about these issues."

Seeing that Su Xian had finished speaking.

Bai Jue was at a loss and didn't even react at all.

"Master, does what you do have anything to do with what is most important now?"

"I can guess that when this express report comes out, it will definitely anger Hu Weiyong. They will definitely take action against you by then. Maybe they will sum it up now and arrest you on those false charges..."

"Why don't you, young master, go into the palace now? As long as you go in, the Third Division will have nothing to do with you. The gentlemen in the courtyard have said that a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall. When the time comes, you will be in the palace and analyze the pros and cons with His Majesty. , then the situation will naturally not be so dangerous.”

Through getting along with each other in the past few years, Su Xian has long seen Bai Jue's intelligence and decisiveness.

Being able to think of going to the palace in the opposite direction at this time is considered an idea. However.

Su Xian was not planning to go, at least not now.

His purpose is clear.

First, the bright card was to send a message directly, that is, to let Hu Weiyong see Liuli and the foreign envoy.

Don't take it seriously.

And now, he asked Bai Jue and the others to secretly lure those people to go to Honglu Temple, because the situation would become more chaotic and Honglu Temple would not be able to control it.

As a result, when the real Champa mission came to see Zhu Yuanzhang, they repeatedly received no response...

By then, the second reason for the Hu Weiyong case in history will have been planned. As for the end, letting the people guess will naturally pave the way for the people in advance.

Thinking like this.

He called Lu Shan and Huang Ke again and asked them to stop posting the news in Gewu Express and spread it quickly through word of mouth.

This east wind is slowly blowing...

And next.

The facts were indeed as Su Xian expected.

Because the secret of Liuli was made public, Gokuyuan announced that a Liuli workshop would be established in the future.

However, these fake colored glazes cannot be named as real colored glazes.

So Gewuyuan gave it a new name - glass!
And frankly speaking, the Gewuyuan will recruit craftsmen again. The glass produced will not be eating utensils like ceramics, let alone ornamental utensils, but will be more practical!
As soon as this news came out, Fanren fell into panic because of the movements in the West Market.

At this time, I was completely confused.

According to some rumors, they also went to Honglu Temple to negotiate...

really.

In the first few days, Honglu Temple did its duty.

However, there were so many people coming that Honglu Temple had to redeploy manpower to still be able to maintain operations.

However, Honglu Temple seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, and began to use various excuses to prevaricate, and even began to expel...

In the end, Honglu Temple had to publicly announce that the young ministers and several chief officials in the temple were sick in bed due to overwork.

Since then, although Honglu Temple has continued to operate normally, some official affairs have obviously been running slowly.

And under this premise.

This day.

Several groups of foreign missions first stopped in Xishi and then began to pay official visits.

However, I sent the invitation and received no response.

During this period, there was an envoy from the Champa Kingdom who was impatient and wanted to see His Majesty the Ming Emperor, saying that he had something important to report!
However, almost all the missions were turned away by Honglu Temple.

Seeing this, the ambassador of Champa State made a special trip to six departments and explained his intention. However, after asking for a meeting, no one took care of it.

As a last resort, the ultimate goal became Zhongshu Province.

The effect remains...

The people, as well as the envoys from various countries, who fell into grief and anger, regarded this as a signal that the Ming Dynasty was unwilling to see it, and they became discouraged and even prepared to return.

When Fan Ren was angry, he could only get angry for a moment, and in the end he could only sell the glass at a low price and leave in embarrassment...

And while these things were happening.

on the other hand.

Wei Guogong Xu Da has been imprisoned for three days, and his eldest son Xu Huizu has even heard that he has been interrogated by the pro-military Duwei Mansion and the Third Division.

However, after some questioning, he was never allowed to confess.

However, in the view of the Third Division, the evidence for these things is conclusive, and whether or not to admit guilt is just a matter of words.

Therefore, they began to search for evidence of Wei Guogong's rebellion early, and even seemed to deliberately put it on the surface. I don't know when, the common people already knew it.

The people know.

The various military bases near the capital also learned about it one after another.

For a while...

No one will regard it as a "mutual check and balance" between the great men of the country and the dynasty.

Some honorable nobles began to write letters, saying that regarding the affairs of Wei Guogong, one should not listen to the words of villains...

And in the meantime.

The issues discussed by the people in the capital are becoming more and more bold.

I don’t know when, but the last question of Gewuyuan has derived various different answers.

Youzhen believed in the third division and thought that Xu Da was deliberately rebellious and had evil intentions.

however.

This statement only appeared in the first round, and was criticized in turn by various public opinions!

There is a dignified prince, but he still needs printing plates to make money?
Others say that Wei Guogong Xu Da spent his whole life fighting for the Ming Dynasty, and he was at odds with the Northern Yuan Dynasty. If Wei Guogong was really regarded as treason, wouldn't it benefit some people?
Some people even said that this was a deliberate frame-up.

If something happens to Duke Wei, the north will be in chaos!

Not only Bei Yuan, but also the soldiers of the Guard who followed him in his expedition to the north and south!

As soon as these words came out.

More people among the people can no longer calm down.

The world of the Ming Dynasty has only been stable for more than ten years, and peace is not easy.

There are many old people who survived the war, and because of this, they even felt the turmoil of the country.

I don’t know when...

Rumors of "treacherous ministers disrupting the country and murdering loyal people" are also spreading!

Someone even released another rumor.

Someone plotted a plot to take this opportunity to eradicate Wei Guogong, and there was another person involved with Bei Yuan.

I heard that in the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, under the operation of the Yanyin system, many officials took advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune, and they even had unclear connections with Beiyuan.

As time goes by, these messages become more and more numerous.

And this moment.

Stay in the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang checked these folk opinions one by one.

The more he looked at it, the more relaxed he became.

And right in front of him, there were two thick folds.

On one side, all these days, officials from all over the place have handed over the documents openly and secretly. They are basically questioning these printing plans!
There is also some persuasion on the case of Wei Guogong.

On the other hand, there was a dossier sent by the Third Division. It was clearly recorded in the dossier that Xu Huizu and even the concierge Fushou said that they did not know how those things appeared.

But as for the conclusion of the Third Division, they are still quibbling.

The evidence is conclusive, and His Majesty should immediately take action to track down more evidence.

There are also some memorials in it, but they are specifically directed at the former envoy of Chaojing Academy... Su Guiyuan!

He must be captured again and interrogated strictly.

I read the memorial for a long time.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang withheld these subsequent memorials and did not publish them.

instead.

He picked up another letter from the side, which was a folk rumor sent by the pro-military captain's palace. At the same time, he picked up another letter from a foreign mission asking for an audience.

"The Champa State sent envoys to pay tribute, but after a long time in Beijing, they could only huddle in the Mingxi Market... I visited various yamen many times, but none of them met. In desperation, several envoys have returned..."

Zhu Yuanzhang put down this memorial.

All the information I just saw flashed through my mind.

Finally, he looked aside!
"We don't have any news about the mission coming to Beijing. We just haven't dealt with state affairs in just a few months. Has the state affairs become so corrupt?"

"When these envoys took tributes, who did they pay tribute to?"

"Give us the announcement! Xuan Honglu Temple, the Ministry of Annunciation! Xuan Zhongshu Province!"

(End of this chapter)