Sorrow (9)

A moment of storm passed by.

Wu'anguo stood on the bow of the boat like a statue. The man was rescued. The surprise was fleeting, but it seemed that a huge stone was pressed into his heart, making it difficult for him to breathe. The generals could not hear the thanks.

"It's thanks to Mr. Wu who asked man to make this ship fast, otherwise we wouldn't be able to save him, and even he would be buried on that broken island." A scout wiped the water droplets on his forehead and said, "I don't know if it was the scared sweat or the splashed lake water.

"Fast Boat"? Wu Anguo seemed to be a traveler wandering in the dark. Suddenly, he saw a glimmer of light. The uneasiness that had been hidden in his heart for several days instantly appeared. At the same time, a loud noise came from behind him. Amid the screams of the veterans, the Xuanwu Gate, which was still firing at the Qinggong Tower a minute ago, collapsed like a slow-motion movie. Each frame of the picture was reflected in Wu Anguo's eyes, as if it was a nightmare.

Ziyou! The feeling of a knife-cutting surged in his stomach, his throat became sweet, and the bitter taste surged into his nostrils.

When the first explosion sounded, Cao Zhen was still a distance away from the palace wall with Prince Zhu Biao. When he heard the second wave of explosions, everyone could no longer care whether Wu Anguo would rescue people safely. He just wanted to rush into the palace and catch Zhu Yuanzhang's theory.

The palace guards blocked the enemy in front of the Meridian Gate, but how dare they really fight with the prince? Besides, the dozens of naval soldiers were not vegetarians. They were soon pushed aside and left the stone road leading to the imperial study room.

"Father, how could you do this?" At the door of the imperial study room, Prince Zhu Biao pointed at his father and scolded him. His eyes were burned blood red by anger, and his usual gentle temperament was completely rushed to the sky by anger.

"My son, what do you mean?" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked from the imperial study room by the noise of the crowd. He was shocked to see the fierce generals.

Zhu Biao's eyes were full of tears, and accused him with a hint of crying: "Father, you promised me not to care about everyone anymore, so I mediated for you. You, you actually treated me like this."

Hearing this, Cao Zhen and others were furious and pressed their hands on the muskets at their waists. If Zhu Yuanzhang didn't give everyone an explanation today, he would not want to do anything for his life and would also seek justice for the veterans.

"You are so arrogant"! Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked and angry. The son in front of him seemed to have changed, and he never knew him. If it weren't for the invisible connection between the father and son, he would have doubted whether the person in front of him was Zhu Biao's substitute.

"Father, there are the kings of Yao and Shun, and there are the ministers of Yao and Shun. If you do this today, how can you keep the world's mouths in the future?" The prince Zhu Biao became more and more angry as he spoke, and his whole body became trembling.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he shivered. He told him to understand what he said in one or two words. He calmed down and shouted with all his strength: "Come on, take down these rebellious sons and officials for me."

"Yes", with a whistle, countless palace guards jumped out of every corner of the palace with muskets, surrounding the emperor, prince, and generals. The brand new musket flashed out a faint light.

"Ziyou", Wu Anguo's tears rolled down in the river breeze disobediently. The facts are clear. From the first day of entering Beijing, his every move was being calculated. If it weren't for the excellent performance of this small boat designed by accident, he and Liu Ling had turned into a wisp of light smoke on the Lingyan Pavilion.

The cold, bone-bone-broken cold enveloped his whole body, causing his upper and lower teeth to collide.

Jiang is still old, Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and thought. Thousands of guards came prepared. Can’t you take down your unrighteous people? “Take them all for me and wait for the capital to calm down and ask for guilt.”

"Yes", the guards agreed, but no one moved.

Thinking that everyone was considering Zhu Biao's identity, Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at Zhu Biao and shouted again, "Take it down, including this disobedient and unfilial son."

The guards still did not move. In the eyes of everyone, Zhu Yuanzhang saw a hint of mockery.

Wu Anguo's words suddenly rang in his ears, "Your Majesty, the law cannot bind the monarch, and it cannot protect the monarch."

"Your Majesty, the more absolute the power, the more people spy on it, and it is hard to guard against it." What this martial artist said seemed to make sense. Zhu Yuanzhang felt his heart getting colder. With a trembling voice, he greeted the guard general: "Ruisheng, are you going to let me down today?"

"Your Majesty forgives your crimes, I dare not follow the troubled life." Li Ruisheng, the chief supervisor of the palace guard, stepped forward, walked to the prince, bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Your Majesty, I think Your Majesty is too sad recently because General Chang's death, so he is in chaos. According to my views, Your Majesty might as well let the prince supervise the country, return to the harem to rest for more days, take good care of his health, and then come to the court to take charge of the government."

"What"? Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly lost blood when he was strayed from a towering building. From Chang Mao being killed to the fire of Qinggong Tower, what step he made was not for this weak and kind son? But is this son really as weak and kind as he showed?

After rubbing his eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang could not believe what was happening in front of him. He listened to his usually weak son decisively issued orders: "Brother Fang, with his orphan jade pendant, mobilize the imperial guards and the navy, and take down all those who dare to make trouble in the chaos. If anyone disobeys, he will rectify the Dharma on the spot."

"The last general - Zun - fate"! Fang Mingqian shouted with joy, took the jade pendant of Prince Zhu Biao and turned around and left.

"Brother Cao"!

"This", Cao Zhen hesitated for a moment, and agreed with some confusion, "---the last one will be there."

The prince Zhu Biao gave Cao Zhen a generous smile and spread his hands to express his helpless expression. "I bothered General Cao to go to the Navy camp to greet the troops and pick up the Marquis Wu. Whether he rescued people or not, he would ask Marquis Wu to go to the military camp outside the city to command the army to prevent the chaos and the harm of the people around him."

"The last thing is to obey the order", Cao Zhen turned away from the palace with the confusion in his heart. The prince was still a kind emperor. He thought of the people first, and he couldn't help but comfort himself in his heart.

"Li Ruisheng, take the palace guards to guard all parts of the palace to prevent the rebels from causing trouble. If anyone dares to act rashly, you can deal with it yourself."

"My memory - obey the order"! Li Ruisheng, the general manager of the guard, ordered two hundred guards and left arrogantly.

"Yang Zhenyu..."

"Hao Chen..."

In a blink of an eye, all matters inside and outside the palace were arranged in an orderly manner by the crown prince Zhu Biao.

"After all, it is my son of Zhu Yuanzhang." Emperor Hongwu recovered from depressedness. When his son grew up, he looked beyond his expectations. His methods were more decisive and cruel than himself. He raised his head and said with a hint of hoarseness: "My son, I originally planned to pass this throne to you..."

"Thank you, my father." After arranging the aftermath, the prince Zhu Biao bowed to his father, "I was reckless just now, so I asked my father to be with me. My father is too tired, so it is also necessary to take more rest. The state affairs child will take good care of his father."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled. He recovered from the blow in such a short time, and his determination really made everyone admire him. "My son, I will write a decree to you now. I am very relieved to hand over the country to you."

"Thank you, the father, who teaches by his words and deeds, and the child always remembers it. After the decree is drawn, please move to the harem and spend more time with the mother and queen." Zhu Biao's words are still so affectionate, "Mother, queen and queen have not much time left."

One of us father and son teaches well, and the other learns well. Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and used a seal on the edict of the prince's reign, left the jade seal on the desk, turned around and walked towards the harem. When he walked past the palace gate, he was obviously tripped by the threshold, and the old eunuch quickly stepped forward to support him.

"Come, cut down all the thresholds in the palace to avoid stuttering to the father." The prince's gentle voice echoed behind Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival of the 17th year of Hongwu, the remaining members of the Jinyiwei took advantage of the emperor's invitation to feast the ministers and buried fire in Lingyan Pavilion and shot the Lingyan Pavilion. The wise and magical prince Zhu Biao identified the conspiracy and promptly stopped the rebellion's attempt. The veteran general Tang He was bombed and killed when he stopped the rebellion. More than 500 palace guards were killed in battle, and more than a thousand generals of the ministers and family members were killed in battle. Some of them took advantage of the situation and were beheaded by Fang Mingqian on the Tao, with their bodies on their backs.

The navy dispatched timely to control the chaos in the capital. Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang was frightened and fell ill, and ordered the crown prince Zhu Biao to supervise the country. The generals thanked the crown prince for sacrificing his life to save him, and the king and his ministers were reconciled as before.

On the day when the prince was in court, he made three rules with an old minister and made a vow.

First, the court will not kill any ministers unless it is a crime of treason. After the ministers go to court, they do not have to kneel down to report the matters, and they will strongly advise them in court that they are not guilty.

Second, no arrest shall be allowed without definite evidence of guilt, and no one shall be sentenced.

Third, Neo-Confucianism is the foundation of the country, and people must abide by the three principles and five constants.

On August 20th, Empress Ma died. The emperor cried so much that he could not take things seriously. In early September, Zhu Yuanzhang officially passed the throne to the crown prince Zhu Biao. After Zhu Biao ascended the throne, he changed the Yuan Dynasty to Antai, which was the meaning of peace and prosperity of the country and the people. The 18th year of Hongwu was the first year of Antai. He immediately conferred his brothers, and the King of Qin led the Dingxi Army and Lan Yu, deputy to the King of Jin. King of Jin led the Northern Army and Li Jinglong appointed him. Tens of thousands of miles of Jiangshan in Liaodong, Beiping and Hebei as the fief of King Yan. King of Zhou, Liao, Han, Zhao and other kings were all controlled by the King of Yan.

The generals of the Northern Wei army wanted to raise troops to ask the court about the cause of Chang Mao's death, and when they heard that the prince was in charge of the country, they stopped him. The Andong army was ordered to return to the capital, stationed in Ma'anshan, and guard the capital.

In October, Xu Da, Feng Sheng and Fu Youde retired. Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Jinghai, was appointed as the Duke of Jinghai for his great achievements, and served as the Minister of the Sea Department, and was in charge of the navy. He traversed the seas. The countries in the South China Sea looked at their flags and worshiped them.

Everyone was very happy. Only Wu'anguo, the Marquis of Pingliao, returned the military power and remained ill. The emperor took care of his house several times, but was not allowed to leave. He was granted the title of Duke of Dingliao and the Minister of Processing Department, and was responsible for building roads, building bridges, controlling rivers, and silting.

In winter, heavy snow filled the river. Wu'anguo took his wife and daughter and said goodbye to the ministers who came to see him off on the shore. Next spring, national highways leading to Bashu, Yunnan and other places will be built. He must go to the two lakes to raise supplies and organize subcontracting projects.

"Brother Wu, are you really unwilling to stay in Longyuan Pavilion? The emperor has always kept a seat for you?" Fang Mingqian, the new Minister of War, asked regretfully.

Wu Anguo smiled at him softly and said, "Thank you for your kindness for me. I am just a worker. I don't understand the affairs in the court, so I'd better not cause trouble for everyone."

After the crown prince Zhu Biao ascended the throne, he acted wisely and decisively, and his behavior was quite like Emperor Taizong of Tang. Under his governance, the Ming Dynasty gradually had some clues of "Zhenguan Governance". In terms of economy, the four people promoted by Wu'an Kingdom, encouraged industry and commerce, unified taxation and other policies were valued by the court, and it had decided to promote it nationwide. Politically, Zhu Biao increased his salary for officials three times in three months after he ascended the throne. At this time, the salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was four times that of the Hongwu year. After the autumn curtain chaired by Wu Chen, Qi Tai and Huang Zi

Cheng and others did their best to go to high school. The new officials of the Antai Dynasty happily implemented the new Confucian concept of "Neo-Confucianism as the basis, miscellaneous studies as the application, absorbing all rivers, and adhering to the principles and consciences". In addition to the Beiping where Zhu Di was granted, the four provinces of Liaodong adhered to the system of impeachment of officials because of the few officials and the vast number of localities, other places were abolished because of this move that was not in line with the principles and consciences, and returned to the old path of self-supervision by relying on officials' ethics. These measures were unanimously supported by all officials, and Zhu Biao's wisdom and kindness were praised everywhere.

Everyone lived happily, except for the kind-hearted Queen Ma died in despair after hearing the "Xuanwu Gate" incident. Everything in this country is booming, all industries are prosperous, and military power is dominant. It is him who created this extremely powerful empire with his own hands, but he is not happy with all this.

Because someone told him that under the unrestrained imperial power, wise monarchs and tyrants were just the emperor's personal preferences and no one could interfere with them.

In fact, a wise king is similar to a foolish king, just a hundred steps to laugh. Below everyone is still a slave. Only by being a slave can you get a slave but not a slave.

Someone has also said that if the power of all officials is not restricted and is too kind to the officials, it is actually cruel to the people. Without Hongwu's skin of officials, officials will be even more unscrupulous to scrape the ground.

"Wu Gong, why should you be humble? Just as Wu Gong is unable to share the worries of the emperor, wouldn't we all become people who are in corpses and eat at home?" Huang Zicheng, the new imperial envoy, smiled and advised, and the brand new official robe shone with a sharp laugh.

"Yes, yes, now the emperor is using human opportunities, how can Duke Wu leave?" The civil and military officials agreed in unison, and some officials cursed in their stomachs: "Your surnamed Huang, didn't you just write an article? No matter how fast you climb, you can't be so arrogant. Duke Wu is unwilling to enter the cabinet, so why has the cabinet become a corpse? Without him, the river will not flow."

"Where, where, Wu just likes to do some work that is not on the platform, and helps you. Everyone has a much better knowledge than me. I am an overseas wanderer and knows all the major things in the world. Besides, someone will have to do this sooner or later. Wu is an idle man, it's just right to do these things." Wu Anguo was cautiously fighting haha.

It was not too early, and Dad Mei ordered the sailor to prepare to raise the sail. All the ministers said goodbye one after another. Fang Mingqian followed everyone a few steps, hurriedly turned back, jumped onto the side of the ship, and whispered in a low voice: "Don't Wu still resent the matter on the lake that day? In fact, the matter was urgent that day. Ziyou, the prince and I don't know when the emperor planned to fire. After ascending the throne, I explained it to Brother Cao several times in private. Anyway, everyone is back safely, so Duke Wu should not be upset about this matter. Besides, there is no evidence in this matter. Didn't Duke Wu always advocate that there is no evidence to be wronged by a good person?"

"Where did Mingqian say? I really don't understand the government affairs and don't want to cause trouble for everyone, so I ask myself to do something within my ability. Although these work are far away from long live, they are all things that will last forever. Maybe hundreds of years later, when the people use these rivers, bridges, and drainage facilities, they will remember my name. The cabinet's honor and favor will only last for a while and cannot be kept forever. So it's better to go out to work, and no one can watch it." Wu Anguo looked frank, but his heart was a pain. Who is the profiteer knows very well that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were the conspiracy of the entire Huogong Tower, but Zhu Biao was better than his father's plan, and he took the opportunity to force the palace and let his father take all the blame. Cao Zhen also came to him several times and wanted to explain to him. After so much, does Wu Anguo still need to listen to someone's explanation?

Fang Mingqian was stunned, and turned to a sudden realization and said, "Mr. Wu is still thinking about it for a long time. In this way, Mingqian has been disturbed by mediocre people. Long live cannot come to see Wu off in person, which is very regretful. Before coming, he asked Mingqian to ask Brother Wu that there is nothing to remind him of Long live, and that he would be very loyal to him at this moment."

Wu Anguo thought about it and what else could he say? There were so many places he needed to learn in this world. The equality he insisted on, the propositions on the power of the imperial power and the power of officials, the responsibilities of the government, and the suggestions putting the imperial power under the law proposed by veterans were all destroyed by praise. The capital was in chaos that day, and two and a half of the three armies were firmly controlled by the prince. What could Xu Da and others do? What could he do with Wu Anguo?

"Just say that Wu hopes that both the people of the Ming Dynasty will never let the happiness of some people be built above the pain of another part of people." Wu Anguo sent Fang Mingqian back to the pier and waved goodbye.

"Never let some people's happiness be based on the pain of another. Is it difficult to include everyone?" Fang Mingqian waved his hand and thought.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the passenger ship was getting farther and farther away, slowly turning into a black dot and disappearing into the vast white world.

Sorrow.

(The end of the second volume of "The Great Wind". If you want to know what happens next, please pay attention to the third volume of "The National Migration").

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Under the light on August 12, 2005
Chapter completed!