Ming Dynasty: The ghost betrays the Confucian sage, my son Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 299 Lao Zhu is furious: We want to establish another queen, three queens
Outside the Liubu Yamen, guards in golden uniforms came and went, escorting ministers, and there were constant quarrels.

"It's unjust, I'm unjust."

"Why did you arrest my household official for no reason?"

"Your Majesty has a decree, and the Jinyi Guards can handle the case cheaply and without going through the legal process."

More and more ministers were arrested. After being sent to the imperial prison, they could not withstand the torture and confessed more ministers. The Jinyiwei was so busy that the imperial prison could no longer be closed. Finally, some ministers could not withstand the torture, and Huang Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, committed suicide in the imperial prison. All the officials were angry and wanted to unite to impeach Jin Yiwei.

On this day, the Dengwen drum suddenly sounded. It was originally played for the people who had grievances, but now the drum was played by a young official. He shouted while beating the drum:
"Huang Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, was harmed by an adulterer and has a grievance to complain about. The bright heaven and earth, the bright universe, have nowhere to complain about our grievances. Your Majesty, how far will you go to indulge King Xiang's wanton behavior?"

This young official was Xia Yuanji, the new head of the Household Department. After beating the drum, he knelt in front of Chengtian Gate. Then, more and more officials joined in and knelt in front of Chengtian Gate.

Hundreds of officials are guilty of injustice!

They want to see His Majesty and ask His Majesty to remove the King of Xiang and abolish the Imperial Guards. At this moment, the sound of rapid footsteps came. The officials did not wait for His Majesty the Emperor, but instead waited for the guard holding the board.

Jin Yiwei surrounded Chengtian Gate. Xiang King Zhu Bai walked out of the door, glanced at the kneeling ministers, sneered at the corner of his mouth, raised his arm and said, "Hit me!"

Zhu Biao picked up the booklet, glanced at it, and his expression changed drastically: "This... how could the old prime minister do this?"

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Zhu Biao's face was pale, and he felt bitter and helpless in his heart.

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"Please get up." Zhu Biao walked up to him and raised his hand, "Are you injured?"

The excerpt said that when Hu Weiyong was prime minister, he attempted to rebel, so he sent Li Shanchang's younger brother Li Cunyi to persuade Li Shanchang. Of course Li Shanchang refused, but Hu Weiyong promised to make him the King of Huaixi after the incident was completed. Li Shanchang was horrified and still disagreed, but he was quite moved.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were filled with murderous intent: "This Mr. Li has never reported this to us."

Zhu Biao shook his head: "Father, this may be a frame-up. As the Prime Minister and the Duke of South Korea, Li Shanchang is a very human minister. He has no need to take risks."

"Biao'er, you don't understand people's hearts." Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was cold, "Just because he doesn't dare, doesn't mean he doesn't want to."

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the throne, pondered for a long time and said in a deep voice: "Come here, send an order to King Xiang to put the Han Dynasty under surveillance and search the Han Dynasty. Li Shanchang is not allowed to leave the house."

Prince Zhu Biao knelt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and said in a deep voice: "Father, you shouldn't have set up this Jin Yiwei and Lao Twelve. I almost don't recognize him. Chengtianmen beats hundreds of officials with a stick? Qian Yuan and Zhao Song All in all, there is no such domineering prince. Now the government and the public are in a state of disbelief!"

He returned to the East Palace and immediately asked someone to find Xia Yuanji with his handwriting. Soon, Xia Yuanji came to see him and knelt down towards Zhu Biao: "My lord, Xia Yuanji, pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Yes!" Zhu Biao nodded and ordered to leave.

Wenhua Hall.

"Yes!" Wang Jinghong, the chief eunuch, went to deliver the order.

As he spoke, he threw a fold to Zhu Biao and hummed: "Take a good look."

All the imperial guards held up boards and drove away the officials with sticks, causing screams outside Chengtian Gate.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was gloomy and his eyes were cold: "Do you think of your brother like this? Huh, I think Lao Twelve did a good job! If he hadn't acted vigorously and resolutely, many of our affairs would have been kept in the dark by all the officials."

The officials are all numb. How dare you hit the officials with a stick?

"Father, the old prime minister is my Xiao He of the Ming Dynasty. Father, please think twice." Zhu Yuanzhang bowed.

"Biao'er, get up!" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand, "Today, all the officials are knocking on the door. The leader of the Household Department is interesting. This person has a low official position, but he dares to stand up and speak. He is courageous! Order someone to let him out. , I’ll meet you first.”

"I got hit a lot, but I wasn't hurt," Xia Yuanji said.

"I admire you for your courage to stand up." Zhu Biao sighed, "There are still too few ministers like you in the court."

"I am really angry because my colleague died in the imperial edict." Xia Yuanji frowned slightly, "But after King Xiang showed me something, now that I think about it, I think I was taken advantage of."

"Use?" Zhu Biao was shocked.

"Someone knows that I have a good relationship with Huang Jing. Huang Jing happened to be dead. I will definitely have a bad temper. After being guided by others, I impulsively beat the drum." Xia Yuanji bowed, "I am guilty!"

"Is there such a thing?" Zhu Biao couldn't believe it, "Please tell me in detail."

Xia Yuanji nodded and told him the process of coming to beat the drum. After Zhu Biao heard this, his eyes were filled with surprise and uncertainty.

……

Excellent city.

Under the dim moonlight, Fourth Master Zhu and the great shaman once again touched the mysterious garden of Jingjue Palace and came to the abyss. Fourth Master Zhu held up the firearm and blinked: "No matter what's down there, I'll blow it up first."

"Hurry up." The great shaman looked around, "It feels weird here. It's colder than before."

Fourth Master Zhu took out the huozhezi and was about to light the ignition thunder when a voice sounded from behind them: "Stop!"

Then, a hissing sound came. Master Zhu and the great shaman turned around and were instantly numb. Many snakes crowded around them. Queen Jingjue stood on top of the huge python, majestic, and came towards them.

"Uh, misunderstanding!" Fourth Master Zhu waved his hand, "I am the Supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, please don't mess around."

The great shaman rolled his eyes and whispered: "Why are you still timid? This is rare."

Fourth Master Zhu had a dark line on his face: "I've been afraid of snakes since I was a child. Please protect me later."

"That's it!" The big shaman spread his hands, "I was afraid of snakes when I was little, but now my back is numb."

Queen Jingjue glanced at the two of them and waved her hand. The python stopped, and the densely packed little snakes swam back and disappeared into the grass.

"The Ming Emperor?" Queen Jingjue stared at Master Zhu and asked, "Why are you here? The two people in the desert last time were also you."

"Yes! I was wandering around and came to Jingjue City." Fourth Master Zhu looked calm, "I smelled the smell of blood, so I came over to take a look and found this abyss." "Your Majesty, curiosity can kill people." Queen Jingjue’s voice was cold.

"Then what is under this abyss?" Fourth Master Zhu raised his eyebrows.

"What's down here is Jingjue's biggest secret." Queen Jingjue said, "I won't tell you, but please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will not threaten the Ming Dynasty."

"You put it that way, I'm even more curious." Fourth Master Zhu spread his hands.

……

Queen Jingjue hesitated to speak, and finally made a gesture of invitation: "Please come with me, Your Majesty."

Fourth Master Zhu wished he could leave the garden quickly, but he didn't want to be bitten by a snake. Queen Jingjue flew down from the python's head and walked out of the garden. Fourth Master Zhu led the great shaman and followed her. The python roared and jumped down into the abyss.

Queen Jingjue led them to the palace hall. A palace maid brought hot tea. She drank the tea slowly, pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I can't tell you the secrets under the abyss! What I can tell you is , if the things inside are released, the whole world will be destroyed, including you, Daming."

"So exaggerated?" Fourth Master Zhu didn't believe it. "You don't know how powerful my Ming Dynasty is, right?"

"No, I never doubted the power of the Ming Dynasty, so Jingjue surrendered to the Ming Dynasty." Queen Jingjue said, "Now there is a guardhouse of the Ming Dynasty in Jingjue City."

"Since the things under the abyss are so dangerous, they should be completely eliminated." Fourth Master Zhu said.

"It can't be eliminated!" Queen Jingjue's eyes were like daggers. "Our ancestors have been trying to prevent the things from coming out of the abyss for generations. We have our own methods. Outsiders must not interfere. Speaking of which, it is because your Ming Dynasty is suddenly stronger, even more powerful than the previous Yuan Dynasty. It’s so powerful that things under the abyss are also changing, but I can still control it.”

Fourth Master Zhu became more and more curious and shrugged: "What does this have to do with our Ming Dynasty? Don't blame others."

"Of course!" Queen Jingjue said, "Because your Ming Dynasty has absorbed most of the luck, the abyss is related to the luck."

"What exactly is it? If you don't tell me, I will go and find out personally." Fourth Master Zhu snorted.

Queen Jingjue stood up suddenly, obviously angry, but she suppressed her anger, took out a letter from her pocket and handed it to Master Zhu, saying: "After reading this letter, you should decide whether to continue."

Fourth Master Zhu took the letter and looked at it. He was shocked. It turned out to be a letter from Zhang Xuansu. When would he come to Jingjue City? Fourth Master Zhu immediately opened the letter and glanced over it hastily.

"Okay, then I won't go." He said after reading the letter.

"Since the Supreme Emperor has come to Jingjue, why not stay in the palace." Queen Jingjue breathed a sigh of relief.

"No, I will continue to the west and say goodbye." Fourth Master Zhu stood up and pulled the great shaman out of the palace.

The great shaman looked curious and asked in a low voice: "What was written in the letter?"

Fourth Master Zhu looked solemn: "It's a big thing! No, it's bigger than the sky."

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The capital of the Ming Dynasty, the Wenhua Hall of the Imperial Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about how to deal with Li Shanchang. He cursed in his heart that this old guy was actually instigating hundreds of officials behind the scenes. The incident of hundreds of officials knocking on the door in front of Chengtian Gate was planned by this old guy, but he himself was hiding in the mansion.

"Father, after all, the old prime minister has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, so let him go back to his hometown." Zhu Biao bowed.

"Biao'er, you are too kind." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly, "Your kindness will be used by others, that's all. Let us do some things."

"Father, I said, I can hold the thorns!" Zhu Biao said solemnly, "In recent years, some old generals have passed away one after another. Father, why don't you also say it? I hope there will be old friends to talk to in the future. ”

"For the sake of Ming Dynasty, we don't care anymore." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

The father and son couldn't argue. At this moment, Zhu Mengyao barged in and shouted to Zhu Yuanzhang on the throne: "Brother, it's bad, your wife has been on a hunger strike for three days."

"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, "Why? Why didn't we know?"

"How long has it been since you went to Kunning Palace? If I hadn't gone to see your wife today, your wife would have died." Zhu Mengyao glared.

During this time, she lived with her mother, Huner, in the back hill of the academy. She just entered the palace today. When she went to Kunning Palace, she found that Queen Ma was on a hunger strike, saying that she was on a hunger strike to atone for the emperor's sins.

Zhu Yuanzhang hurried to Kunning Palace and saw Queen Ma lying on the soft couch with a haggard and pale face. He felt pain in his heart, but his face showed anger: "Sister, don't you just want us not to kill those ministers? ? Especially Li Shanchang and the others, right? Then why are you doing this?"

"The emperor made mistakes and refused to correct them. As a queen, I can only punish myself so that God will not punish Ming Dynasty." Empress Ma said calmly.

"Okay, we have decided. We will forgive Li Shanchang and the others and let him return to his hometown for retirement." Zhu Yuanzhang approached the bed and said, "This time, can you have something to eat?"

"What else?" Queen Ma turned her head.

"What else?" Zhu Yuanzhang held back his anger.

Empress Ma did not look at him, and her voice revealed a weakness that could not be concealed: "There are so many treacherous ministers in the court. Do you, the emperor, really have no responsibility at all?"

"You want us to issue an edict to punish oneself, right?" Zhu Yuanzhang responded helplessly and waved his hand, "Okay, we are ready. Come here, read it to the queen."

Wang Jinghong, the chief eunuch, then read aloud Zhu Yuanzhang's edict:
"Since I came to the throne, I have followed God's will and obeyed the people's wishes. The country has been prosperous, foreign countries have come to court, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the borders are safe and peaceful, and the warehouses are abundant. However, in this peaceful and prosperous time, there are treacherous ministers who are deceiving the monarch and corrupting the country. We must follow the law and form cliques for selfish purposes, but my heart is as clear as a mirror, and I will eradicate these traitors for the sake of our ancestors’ inheritance..."

"Chongba," Queen Ma interrupted the edict, with disappointment in her tone, "Is this your edict to sin? It sounds like every sentence is a boast."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly waved his sleeves, and the eunuchs and maids retreated one after another. He approached Queen Ma and his tone turned cold: "Sister, what I hate most in my life, Zhu Chongba, is being forced by others, and I hate you interfering in government affairs even more."

Empress Ma showed a bitter smile and waved her hand: "I understand that you want me to make suggestions for you, but you also hate me for making suggestions for you. If my suggestions are better than yours, you will feel even more resentful."

Zhu Yuanzhang was irritated, stood up suddenly, turned around and wanted to leave, but he still stopped. He picked up the porridge on the table and walked to Queen Ma: "Sister, let's have something to eat, let's... let's beg..."

Empress Ma turned her head away, which completely angered Zhu Yuanzhang. He slammed the bowl in his hand and roared: "You can eat as much as you like, or you will starve to death. We are the emperor, and we will never ask for help. We...you want to starve yourself to death, right? Starving to death is fine, you If you die, we won't feel bad. We will happily bury you. You can die, you can die, you can die. If you die, then we will establish another queen immediately, and we will establish three of them at once."

Queen Ma lay on the bed, tears falling quietly. She sighed softly in her heart.

Chongba, no one knows you better than me. If I die, you will no longer be the same Zhu Chongba.

(End of this chapter)