I open a history tutorial class in Daming

Chapter 169 Let’s go and find Li Shanchang!
Zhu Yuanzhang finally understood what Song Shen meant.

If you only listen to the first half or the second half, you won't be able to understand the reason for Song Shen's current attitude, but now he understands.

According to the original historical trajectory, he would have taken action against Hu Weiyong in the 13th year of Hongwu, and would have taken this opportunity to eliminate those he disliked one by one. If only Hu Weiyong's clique would be in trouble, Song Shen would definitely not have said this, because now interfering in the Enke matter is equivalent to supporting the emperor, how could people who support the emperor get into trouble?
Since Song Shen advised Xu Yungong and "Chen Guorui" not to get involved in the dispute over the imperial examination, it means that when Hu Weiyong was executed, many people were implicated, including not only Hu's party, but also those who were neutral or had done things for him were eliminated.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a complicated mood.

Because even though it is not clear now who has been executed and sentenced, he knows that he is indeed capable of doing such a thing.

As long as the nobles in the court were dishonest, gathered together to commit corruption and despise the imperial power, he would do whatever it took. At this time, it didn't matter whether they were members of the Hu Party or not. What mattered was that he could use this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pave the way for Biao'er in the future.

This is certainly not good, and of course some people will accuse him of being selfish, heartless, and ungrateful.

But what can be done?

Among those who followed him to start his business, many were real peasants, including Zhu Yuanzhang himself. But despite his humble origins, he would study whenever he had the chance along the way.

It doesn't matter whether he can memorize those things or not, what's important is that the cultivation and intelligence that he lacks due to his background can be made up by reading continuously. Most of the old guys don't have that. Except for those who already have some background, many people don't understand the principle of keeping a low profile.

So why couldn't Zhu Yuanzhang be suspicious of these people? They didn't know how to keep a low profile, didn't know how to establish a family tradition and continue the inheritance, and only cared about the little piece of land in front of them. Once these people had built up their foundation, why wouldn't their appetites grow? Why would he think that they wouldn't covet the throne?

He must get rid of those who should be eliminated as soon as possible!

"I understand what you mean."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Song Shen deeply, then stood up.

"Thank you for your advice, Master Song. I have asked all the questions I should ask and learned all the things I should know. I will take my leave now."

Song Shen was stunned.

He has already prepared for a protracted war. After all, a businessman like Chen Guorui who can take risks for profit will become bold and will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal once he gets wind of the news.

When he first met this man, didn't Chen Guorui just follow Zhang Wei's path to get close to him? At that time, Chen Guorui was like a dog-skin plaster and couldn't be driven away no matter what.

Just giving up so easily after saying a few words... This is not the style of people like him.

"You, just leave like this?"

Song Shen hesitated for a moment, but still asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed happily:

"When I first met you, you reminded me to stay away from Hu Xiang."

"Since Young Master Song has made it so clear, he must have his own information and channels, and he knows that Prime Minister Hu will be in trouble soon, and it will be a big disaster."

"It's true that our Chen family is in business. We want to make money and take advantage of the court, but we dare not get involved in such a big thing. That's the prime minister of the dynasty--"

"The court is the court, the prime minister is the prime minister, and your majesty is your majesty. This is a three-way struggle. Who knows what the result will be until the end? If blood splashes on your body, it will probably be more deadly than corpse-dissolving water without bloodshed."

"You have to take risks when doing business, but if the stakes are the lives of the whole family, then I'd better stay away from it."

Song Shen was speechless for a moment.

He was still limited by the thinking of the time and did not anticipate the difference between capitalists and ancient wealthy businessmen.

If the person standing in front of you now is a Jewish capitalist from the future, he might even start a war for the sake of profit and become the enemy of an entire country.

But he was facing an ancient wealthy businessman with a huge family business. In addition to money, Chen Guorui valued the future of his descendants more. Once he was convicted of any crime, Zhu Baba, who loved the Nine Clans Elimination Game, would kill him without hesitation, and the whole family would be wiped out in an instant.

Your own life is nothing, you always have to consider your wife, children and the elderly.

The system of collective responsibility is the giant hand that the feudal dynasty uses to hold the lives of everyone.

Song Shen let out a long breath.

No matter what the reason was, no matter whether Hu Weiyong's case would be brought forward by the butterfly's wings, at least Chen Guorui had given up his plan to interfere in the imperial court's important event of Enke. The Chen family had no reason to fall, and the alcohol he had prepared and his plan to travel to Japan to find gold and silver mines would not be in vain, and blood would not splash on him.

“I really enjoy hanging out with smart people.”

Song Shen raised his unfocused eyes, pointed in the direction where Chen Guorui had just spoken, and smiled:
"Because truly smart people don't die that easily. It's hard to get nothing by cooperating with people like you."

"Uncle Chen, take care. If there is any more news from the court, you can always come to discuss it with me."

…………

It took less than two quarters of an hour from the time he walked into Song Shen's house to the time he left, and the conversation lasted less than a quarter of an hour.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the Song family and did not move. Because Zhu Yuanzhang did not give the order, the coachman did not dare to drive the horse back to the palace without permission.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat quietly in the carriage, without saying a word, just looking at the bright moon in the sky through the half-open curtain.

The moon was bright and calm like water, and its light cast a dim light on the emperor's eyes.

Zhu Biao and Mao Xiang looked at each other, and saw doubt in each other's eyes.

Just to say these two sentences, why did Dad/Your Majesty go through all the trouble to come out in the middle of the night?

They didn't know what was going on in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind.

It is precisely because we don’t know that everything seems so strange.

It was inherently risky for an emperor to go on a private visit. Zhu Yuanzhang himself would leave the palace every now and then to observe the people's sentiments. If he encountered injustice, such as officials making arbitrary judgments, people crying out for justice outside the government office, or the rich and unkind, the corrupt and perverting the law oppressing the good people, Zhu Yuanzhang would intervene.

But it was daytime, and he was accompanied by many secret guards from the Yiluansi.

It was the middle of the night now, and although there were many people hiding around the carriage to protect it, it was not as safe as before because of the curfew and the inconvenience of entering and leaving the palace, as there were not as many guards as during the day.

If he met the night patrolmen, if he did not have the badge given by Ji Gang, Mao Xiang would have to show the badge of the Yiluansi. With his status, many people knew him. If someone called him out, and there were people present who were not so tight-lipped, the truth and falsehood would always reach Hu Weiyong's ears.

It is natural for the Yiluansi to go shopping in Yingtian Prefecture in the middle of the night, but the question is why did Mao Xiang take people to Song Shen's house in the middle of the night? What do people think?
Nothing has happened yet, but the risk always exists and cannot be ignored until you can return to the palace safely.

Taking all these risks to leave the palace, just to say a few words...

It's really hard to understand.

Zhu Biao couldn't help it:

"Dad, what exactly do you want to know by asking Song Shen these questions today?"

If it were any other prince, he wouldn't have asked such a question. No one should ask what the emperor's purpose is, and one can only guess.

But Zhu Biao was of course an exception. Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards him was to ask as much as he wanted. He was not shy about asking Zhu Biao, so... if he really wanted to know, he would just ask directly. It was rare that Zhu Yuanzhang did not even look at his son and did not speak for a long time.

Mao Xiang got out of the car with great tact.

After he and the driver were far away, the two grown men stood on the roadside looking at the moon in the middle of the night, and Zhu Yuanzhang spoke lightly.

"Do you think we are here to chat with Song Shen because we have nothing better to do?"

"After so many days of classes, you didn't realize that Song Shen had his own comments on emperors of other dynasties, and he also talked about many major events related to their dynasties, such as the imperial edict being tampered with by Ying Zheng, the untimely death of Liu Che's general, the death of Li Shimin's queen soon, and Zhu Di's usurpation of the throne through the Jingnan Rebellion, Zhu Qizhen's Tumubao Incident and the killing of Yu Qian. Not to mention the Qing Dynasty, he almost recited the life story of Emperor Qianlong to Yongzheng."

"But he seldom mentioned the major events during the Hongwu reign."

"We don't know if this is due to taboo or some other reason. According to the system, Song Shen doesn't know that our students are real people in history. He is just teaching us casually. Maybe he needs to complete the same exams as us to get the points and other rewards. These are not important and cannot be investigated."

"The important thing is, since he doesn't know that we are the emperor and prince of the same era as him, why doesn't he talk about it?"

"We can only guess that Hu Weiyong's incident was a big deal, and perhaps it implicated the Song family, or perhaps it implicated himself."

"The Song Shen in the 10th year of Hongwu is far less vigorous and powerful than the one in the classroom, but it is clearly the same person. Otherwise, how could Song Shen take out potatoes and flintlock rifle blueprints?"

"He is obviously trying to hide his shortcomings."

"The 13th year of Hongwu was a very important time for him. We got rid of Hu Weiyong around that time. He had been waiting, waiting for the storm to pass and things to calm down before he dared to show his talents - but we can't wait that long! We have to get this done now!"

"Today, we must first find out his attitude and ask him personally for information about Hu Weiyong before we can decide what to do next."

Zhu Biao was speechless for a moment.

Of course he knew why his father could wait before but didn't want to wait now.

The appearance of Song Shen and the information that Song Shen had instilled in them all showed that the outside world was extremely vast, with gold and silver mines everywhere waiting to be discovered. There was a huge amount of wealth and land outside, and Song Shen had all the information about the outside world in his hands, as well as advanced technology and strategies.

Whether it is the covetousness for wealth and land, or the urgent need to improve productivity, all of this requires Song Shen.

The Zhu family did not have a system mall and no rewards. Zhu Yuanzhang could not get these through his own efforts, but the Qin Shi Huang and Han Wudi all had the opportunity.

If Song Shen is determined to continue to keep a low profile, then things will be delayed.

It is not difficult to get information out of him. Song Shen needs a partner who has connections and brains. Now, all the people from the outside world who can contact Song Shen will report in detail to Zhu Yuanzhang, and sooner or later, everything he has in his hands will be revealed.

But what if those good things are given by the system mall, and they will be gone once the tutoring class disappears?

So hurry up, as soon as possible!
They must let Song Shen dispel his doubts as soon as possible and prepare everything out in the open with confidence!

half an hour.

Zhu Biao swallowed his saliva:
"Then... have you figured out what we should do now?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the bright moon and the stars in the sky.

"Think it through."

As he spoke, he whistled at Mao Xiang, who was standing far away on the side of the road, signaling them to come over.

Then he commanded:

"Let's get in the car and go——"

"Go to the Korean Palace."

Mao Xiang, Zhu Biao: ???

It was the late night, and after finding Song Shen, why did he go back to the palace to rest? Why did he go to find Li Shanchang again?
Duke Hanguo is over sixty years old this year, older than Zhu Yuanzhang. He is an old man who has retired long ago and is resting at home. If there is no urgent matter, Zhu Yuanzhang will not assign government affairs to him.

It would be fine to disturb the sweet dreams of young man Song Shen, but older people usually go to bed early and sleep less. Why disturb Li Shanchang now?

Seeing that they didn't move, Zhu Yuanzhang glared and raised his eyebrows:
"What are you all standing there for? Are our words of derision useless?"

Mao Xiang woke up as if from a dream and quickly replied.

"I dare not, I dare not..."

He turned around and slapped the driver hard on the back:

"Are you deaf? Drive faster!"

Coachman: ...

Okay, you are right, and everyone in this car is right!
…………

The Duke of Korea's residence is closer to the Forbidden City than Song Shen's home.

Although he no longer had so many affairs to deal with, Zhu Yuanzhang also understood his old age and hard work and exempted him from court meetings, but he would still be called upon to discuss matters in the palace, and it was naturally much more convenient since his mansion was close by.

The place was right on the way back to the palace from Song Shen's house, and the carriage arrived at the door in a short while.

Mao Xiang jumped off the carriage, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao each took two square scarves to cover their faces, and the coachman stayed at the door.

The three of them swaggered over and knocked on the corner door of the Duke of Korea's mansion.

For any large house, people usually go in and out through the corner gate or the back door. Unless there is an important event such as issuing an imperial edict or holding a banquet, the front door is rarely used. Because the house is large, the front door is often far away from the rooms in the back house, which is not convenient.

There are people guarding the corner gate day and night, not only the gatekeeper, but also ordinary servants are assigned to guard the gate.

The person who opened the door and stuck his head out today was a young servant.

The man looked to be less than 20 years old and young. After holding the torch and seeing the man's attire clearly, his eyes were filled with vigilance.

"How come you guys are knocking on my door late at night?"

It was pitch dark and three strange strong men came knocking on the door, which would be strange to anyone.

Especially there are two masked men!

The masked Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao said nothing.

Mao Xiang took out his badge and said with a smile:
"Take this badge to your master and tell him that Mao Xiang is visiting. Can you disturb him to get up and see him?"

(End of this chapter)