Chapter 84: Blue jade pleads guilty
When the horse team approached, Zhu Biao's face immediately became gloomy. Isn't the man surrounded by the knights the Lan Yu they were talking about? He knew that Lan Yu was going to Beijing these two days, but he didn't expect to meet him on the street, and he didn't expect that Lan Yu, who had just been taught a lesson by his father, was so arrogant.
"Go and call him here!" Zhu Biao said to the left and right guards.
A guard rode a horse and blocked Lan Yu and his party's way. He whispered a few words. Lan Yu's horse team stopped and saw Lan Yu turn over and get off the horse and run towards him. He ran to the prince, leaned down and knelt down on the ground and said sadly: "Please let Your Highness make the decision for me!"
Zhu Biao looked at him coldly, "Get up!"
Lan Yu seemed to feel the coldness of the prince. He sighed softly, stood up and said slowly: "I, Lan Yu, attacked the Western Barbarians for Your Majesty. Even if I have no credit, I still have worked hard. But I didn't expect that what awaited me was not commendation and reward, but bloody butcher knife. How could I bear it?"
"It's not a day since the ice is frozen. The censor has long impeached you to indulge your fake son to be arrogant and domineering. He is trafficking in Yunnan. Some people in Mobei said that you privately occupied the imperial concubine of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and knocked on the gates. I didn't see these things in person, and I dare not believe them all. But today I saw your arrogant with my own eyes. This is the capital city and the world is under the feet of the world. You are still so unscrupulous. Do you think the emperor would forgive you for killing you?"
Zhu Biao said it very seriously. He also knew that Lan Yu was not because of his arrogance today, but because of his son being killed, and he couldn't understand the emperor's ruthlessness for a moment, but he didn't understand that the emperor was actually warning him. If he was ungrateful, he might have fallen to the ground by night.
Zhu Biao was very hardworking, but Lan Yu did not appreciate it. He said in a deep voice: "I have been fighting outside for many years, and my son, who has neglected discipline, does harm to the villagers. I have nothing to say to kill them, but my son Lan Chuo lived in a deep house and never did any evil acts, but he was brutally massacred, with his head hanging at the county gate. May I ask Your Highness, why should he rely on killing him?"
At this time, Li Wei was interjecting, "I know the report of the Jinyiwei. Lan Chuo lost his letter at the beginning of the year, which caused a huge uproar. The emperor was furious about this and ordered the punishment of the noble son."
Lan Yu was stunned. He looked at Li Weizheng and asked in surprise: "Who are you?"
Li Weizheng bowed and said, "Li Weizheng is now the Jinyiwei hundred households."
When he heard that Li Wei was the Jinyiwei, Lan Yu's face immediately sank. The one he hated the most now was the Jinyiwei hawk, but Lan Yu was a man who had been fighting for half his life after all. Although he was disgusted with this person, Li Weizhen was with the prince, which means that his identity was unusual.
Seeing that his eyes were cold, Li Wei smiled slightly and continued, "I have also participated in the investigation of the letter. It was indeed caused by the carelessness of the noble prince, but the emperor only used this to make an article. I hope Duke Liang can understand the profound meaning of the prince."
Lan Yu snorted heavily and said coldly: "Is a small household qualified to teach me a lesson?"
Li Weizheng immediately closed his mouth, and Zhu Biao sighed in his heart, intending to explain the whole story to Lan Yu, but this is the street, and he and Lan Yu could not speak much. Zhu Biao lowered his voice and said, "General, I will advise you in the end. No matter how sad or angry you are, you must immediately apologize to the emperor. Perhaps the Lan family can escape the difficulties of extermination of the clan, otherwise I will forgive me for not being able to help."
Looking at Lan Yu's Ma Juechen leaving, Zhu Biao turned around and apologized to Li Weizheng: "This person has always been proud. I will explain to him your help to him when he has the chance in the future and let him apologize to you in person."
"I have taken over your good intentions, but everything I do is for your Highness, not for Duke Liang. It doesn't matter whether you have friendship with him."
Li Weizheng knew that the Lan Yu case would break out in the 26th year of Hongwu, and those who had a little friendship with Lan Yu would be involved. It is not clear whether he has the ability to change history. He didn't want to hang himself on Lan Yu's tree that was about to die.
Zhu Biao nodded with a smile, "Okay! I won't force you. It's too late now, so I'll go back first."
After saying that, he called his son, got on a carriage and left Fudong Street, and returned directly to the East Palace.
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There was nothing major happening in today's morning court. Zhu Yuanzhang returned to his study early and had several memorials waiting for his approval. Zhu Yuanzhang sat down and picked up the memorial on the desk. This memorial marked as expedited by the Ministry of Revenue was urgently delivered by Guangdong Province. Guangdong was hit by a strong storm and suffered heavy losses. Most of the rice was destroyed, especially the areas of Qiongzhou Prefecture and Leizhou Prefecture were the worst affected, and the early rice grains were not harvested, so he asked the court to rescue the disaster.
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered slightly and submitted a memorial: The taxes in Guangdong disaster areas were exempted from this year's taxes, the Qiongzhou Prefecture and Leizhou Prefecture, which were the most affected, were exempted from taxes for three years, and ordered the local governments in Guangdong to open official warehouses to release grain to provide disaster relief and send pacification envoys.
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When he wrote this, Zhu Yuanzhang paused for a moment. He originally wanted to choose an important official from the court to go to Guangdong to appease the victims of the disaster, but he suddenly had an idea that his sons had grown up and were about to be crowned kings. Why didn't he let them exercise for this opportunity?
Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision, but he had many sons, which one would be better to choose? He pondered for a moment, then picked up a pen and wrote: He ordered Luo Ziqi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, to be the envoy of Xuanwei in Guangdong, and the 17th Prince Quan was the deputy envoy of Xuanwei, and went to Guangdong to inspect the disaster situation today.
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished writing, he gently put down his pen and ordered the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion of the Xia official to draft an edict and issue it.
At this time, an eunuch waiting in the corner saw that the emperor had finished handling the matter, and reported: "Your Majesty, Duke Liang is asking to see Your Majesty outside the hall."
"Has he finally arrived?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered to himself and said, "Please give him an audience!"
"Your Majesty has an order to meet with Duke Xuanliang."
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"Your Majesty has an order to meet with Duke Xuanliang."
Amid the mighty shouts of the Han generals, the order was conveyed. After a moment, the two guards led Lan Yu to hurriedly walk into Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial study. As soon as Lan Yu entered the room, he knelt down tremblingly and kowtowed three times and said, "My dear Lan Yu, apologized to His Majesty the Emperor!"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him coldly and said, "I don't understand, why are you guilty?"
Even though Lan Yu reacted slowly, he could hear the emperor's dissatisfaction. The emperor did not use "What is Lan Aiqing's crime?" and directly used the word "you", which means that Lan Yu's problem is already very serious.
He was frightened and kowtowed repeatedly: "I am not strict in governing my family, which has caused them to be a bad village and ruined the emperor's reputation for loving the people. This is my great crime. I am willing to accept the punishment of Your Majesty. In addition, I was anxious when I entered the capital today, and something that disturbed the people happened. I knew my mistake and apologized together!"
Although Lan Yu was dissatisfied in front of the prince, he soon realized that his dissatisfaction with the emperor was undoubtedly seeking death. He did not even return home and came directly to apologize to the emperor.
After hearing Lan Yu's sincere words, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was a little slow. Now his sons are still young, and Lan Yu and others can still play a role, not the time to kill them. So this time, he just warned Lan Yu. Zhu Yuanzhang did not have any intention of murder. He nodded and said, "You can realize that you are guilty, which shows that you are not confused. I have executed your son. What do you think?"
Lan Yu suppressed the grief in his heart and said, "I have no choice but to die. I just wish I could not destroy my relatives with my own hands. Now my only idea is to do my best to compensate the injured villagers as soon as possible."
"Yeah!" Zhu Yuanzhang was quite satisfied with his answer, and said, "I was originally going to punish you severely. Now, seeing that you have sincerely confessed your guilt and have made merits in quelling the Western Barbarians. If you have committed any merits and demerits, I will not hold you accountable for the time being. I hope you will read more books of sages, listen more to the advice of scholars, and understand the etiquette of the king and the ministers."
"Your Majesty's teachings are engraved in my heart."
"Okay, you go down and rest first! I am busy with official business, so I won't say much to you."
After Lan Yu slowly retreated, Zhu Yuanzhang asked an eunuch who had just come in and said, "What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei sent the latest news."
"Give it to me."
Zhu Yuanzhang took the report and the ink mark was not dry. It was obviously just written. He nodded with satisfaction. He liked that the Jinyiwei was doing his best to let him grasp the situation as soon as possible. When he opened the report, it turned out to be the description of Lan Yu entering the city. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately sat up straight and started reading with interest.
The report of the Jinyiwei was written concisely and clearly. Lan Yu's twenty-five horsemen came to Beijing arrogantly and disturbed the people. However, they met the prince on Fudong Street and were stopped by the prince. According to investigation, the prince took the prince to visit the people's situation and visited a new shop called "Gu Ji". When he was in Suzhou, the prince wrote an inscription for this shop.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned. Lan Yu had just admitted to going to the city to disturb the people, but he did not say anything about the prince's incident on the road. Although Zhu Yuanzhang knew that it was just a coincidence, this coincidence still made him unhappy. The relationship between the prince and Lan Yu is well known to everyone, but this relationship was exactly what Zhu Yuanzhang criticized. Lan Yu meant military power. He had no one to trust in the past, so he could only entrust military power to these old military leaders. As his sons grew up, it was time for these old military leaders to take back the military power.
Zhu Yuanzhang walked slowly in the room with his hands behind his back. Family is a country, country is a family, and the Ming Dynasty is also the world of his Zhu family. Zhu Yuanzhang, who came out of the bloody storm, knew the importance of military power. He imitated the military system of the Sui and Tang dynasties and divided the soldiers of the world with the guards. The generals did not command the troops. The military power of the whole country was Zhu Yuanzhang, but this was not enough. During the war, the generals would command tens of thousands of troops, thus forming a blank period of power that he could not control. Lan Yu, Feng Sheng, Fu Youren and other generals who fought with him were extremely authoritative in the army. If they rebel at this time, the consequences would be extremely terrible. Zhu Yuanzhang always believed that only by his sons who had military power in various places could they truly achieve the family, country and the world.
Only then can he truly implement the Ming Dynasty. As long as the military power is completely in the hands of his Zhu family, will he not be afraid that those scholars will still go against the will? Now his first batch of sons have gradually grown up and can stand alone, but the number of people is still small, and he still has to rely on generals. Seeing that the second batch of sons are about to grow up, the final harvest season is finally coming.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but remember the eldest son's body again. He ordered the imperial doctor to carefully take care of him, but a month passed and there was almost no effect. This was the thing Zhu Yuanzhang was most worried about. If the prince was weak, how could he manage the Ming Dynasty in the future?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed long, "I am going to the Eastern Palace!"
He wanted to check his son's physical condition, and also reminded him that no matter what, he should not get too close to Lan Yu.
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Chapter completed!