Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 27 Undercurrent
"There is so much suffering in the world, but the people suffer the most!"

"Facing the loess and back facing the sky, planting in spring and harvesting in autumn is a sad year!"

"The common people are ants, the most humble."

"But the whole world, from the king to the officials, all depend on these humble people for support."

"From birth to death, I dare not be idle for a day. Beads of sweat break into eight petals and work in the fields, but I still have to plan carefully and save money. Why? The towering palaces and bustling cities are all the hard work of the people. Silk and satin, Clothes, jade and food are all given by the people! The people support the world, those who are not engaged in production, but are high above the people."

"Your grandfather and we were born in poverty, and we know the injustice in this world best."

"But people are divided into three, six, and nine classes at birth, and there is nothing we can do!"

"But we know that if the people have nothing to eat, they will rebel. When the people can't bear it, they will rise up!"

"What they ask for is food and clothing for the family, not to be bullied by others, and justice."

"To be an emperor is to give justice to the people of the world and make decisions for the people of the world!"

The carriage drove slowly towards the Forbidden City. Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes in the carriage and said slowly. (The Forbidden City in Nanjing is the Forbidden City, and the Zijin Mountain is outside the imperial city, hence the name. The Forbidden City in Beijing was built according to the Forbidden City in Nanjing.)
Zhu Xiongying listened silently, thinking deeply.

The word "justice" seems simple, but it is extremely difficult.Throughout the ages, no number of sage monarchs have been able to do it.Don't say it can't be done, there are so many monarchs in the past dynasties, how many people can say such words and have such a heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Hongwu, most opposed Mencius's saying that the people are the most precious.But compared to others, those emperors who say that the people are the most precious, but drink the blood of the people, really treat the people as ants and thieves, are a million times better.

"Grandfather, will there be a court meeting tomorrow?" Zhu Xiongying asked in a low voice.

"Yeah!" Zhu Yuanzhang responded, and opened his eyes with a smile, "Why, you want to take advantage of us and your father going to court again, why are you lazy and don't study?"

"No!" Zhu Xiongying looked into Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes and said sternly, "Grandson knows that tomorrow you will definitely say at the court meeting that the people arrested officials and sued today. Grandson wants to go with you and listen to what you have to say !" As he spoke, he bowed his head and smiled, "My grandson is the grandson of the emperor in the prosperous age, and has never experienced the sufferings of the world, so I want to learn more from you!"

"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and patted his grandson's head, "This is the best!"

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Forbidden City, Spring Palace.

As soon as Zhu Biao returned to the palace, after washing, he listened to the eunuch's report and Li Cunyi asked to see him.

After sitting down on the crown prince's throne, Li Cunyi followed the eunuch and walked in slowly.Although he walked slowly, the expression of anxiety and fear on his face was beyond words.

"Prince, save me!" Li Cunyi knelt down and begged after the servants in the palace retreated.

Zhu Biao frowned slightly, "It's just that you have no other punishment except for your errand in Tianfu, so why are you so panicked?"

Li Cunyi said, "Chen, I'm really scared!"

He is also an old minister who started his family in Huaixi with Zhu Yuanzhang.Knowing the temperament of the leader, the way the emperor looked at him today made his hair stand on end.Thinking about it again, because of Hu Weiyong's case in the past few years, the emperor found a reason to kill so many people, and he was even more terrified.

Furthermore, he has another identity, he is Hu Weiyong's son and daughter in-laws.Once the emperor wanted to send him down, he couldn't escape at all.

"Knowing that you are afraid, why don't you restrain your subordinates on a daily basis?" Zhu Biao said lightly, "It was ordered by Father Huang Jinkou that Xu people went to Beijing to file a lawsuit. Just so careless? Today, the emperor has given you enough face, if you were someone else, you know what will happen!"

"It's the minister who is not strict!" Li Cunyi cried, "But the minister did not expect that the people below are so courageous, and the common people who come to Beijing to sue are blocked!"

"You still don't know what's wrong!" Zhu Biao snorted, "You still have to excuse yourself!"

In fact, Zhu Biao was a little tired and even disgusted with these Huaixi veterans.

These people are most greedy for power, and they conspire to eliminate dissidents.Why did Hu Weiyong end up like that?It was the emperor who gave them the Huaixi people a wake-up call, but these people are now afraid that the emperor will use thunderous means, but they don't know why.

Before the founding of the country, the Huaixi civil servants headed by Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong were the largest civil official group in Ming Dynasty.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, these people immediately fought to the death with the scholars of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang schools.Not only did he deliberately incite the emperor to suppress Jiangsu and Zhejiang officials when he rewarded his ministers, but he also did not tolerate the presence of others in some high-ranking official positions.

Officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the thorn in the side of the Huaixi civil official group.

Liu Bowen was brought down because they didn't speak bad things in the emperor's ear.Even behind Liu Bowen's death, there is Hu Weiyong's shadow.

Moreover, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the emperor felt that he would no longer let the Huaixi people become bigger, and when he wanted to promote others to be prime ministers, they jumped out to make trouble again.

Earlier, the emperor had intentionally made Yang Xian the prime minister, and Hu Weiyong had privately told Li Shanchang that if Yang Xian were the prime minister, Huaixi people would not be able to be high officials!
Later, when Hu Weiyong became the prime minister, he was even more nepotistic and ruled out dissidents.Finally angered the emperor, he committed several crimes and killed tens of thousands of people with a butcher knife.

All these things made Prince Zhu Biao feel a little more disgusted with these civil servants in Huaixi.

He was originally a wise gentleman taught by a great Confucian like Song Lian.I hate these people the most, those who embrace the Solidarity Party and are insatiable.

But he also knows that from the perspective of his crown prince, these heroes who founded the country cannot be ignored or ignored.

"Have you talked to Han Gong about this?" Zhu Biao asked again.

"I haven't told my brother yet!" Li Cunyi said, "I haven't had time yet!"

"Confused!" Zhu Biao reprimanded, "You go back and talk to Mr. Han about this first, and let him make a confession!" Then he waved his hand and said, "Go down, you're lonely!"

Li Cunyi had no choice but to salute and retreat.

Zhu Biao, on the other hand, was sitting on the throne, closing his eyes and thinking.

"The old man suppressed his anger towards Li Cunyi today, and when he can't bear it anymore, it's time to kill someone!"

Thinking about it, he showed a bit of annoyed look on his face, and said in his heart, "People are just not satisfied. Your Li family has all kinds of fights. Because you are the hero who founded the country, the old man has never treated you badly. Killing Hu Weiyong is also the same. To remind you, to keep yourself awake."

"But why are you still in love with power?"

In fact, among the ministers who founded the country, it is not that no one can be a prime minister.It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about the old love, saying many times that Li Shanchang has followed us for so long, and he has worked hard without credit, so he should be the prime minister.

But look at what he did after he became prime minister.The Huai people and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang faction are fighting to the death.

After Hu Weiyong's accident, Li Shanchang pretended to resign, and Zhu Yuanzhang kept it for a while, and then he went along with the flow.

Although he is not the prime minister, he is still in charge of the censor Taichung if there is a vacancy, and he is also in charge of military and state affairs.

But the so-called prosperity and decline is obviously when the torrent retreats bravely, but it is still thinking about power.

He belongs to the Li family, and he still wants to occupy an important position in the court.

"Confused!" Zhu Biao sighed in his heart, "The old man has always been impatient. When he doesn't want to accommodate, he will settle the old and new debts with you. It depends on what you do!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao felt a headache again.

It stands to reason that he should protect these veterans.But on a deeper level, some people have to blame themselves and insist on going to death, and he can't stop them.

And, there is another side.

In fact, some people may not be Zhu Biao's obstacles in the future.What he wants to protect is a group of officials, not a certain person.

(End of this chapter)