Chapter 123.

Sure enough, the ministers in the hall faintly heard the sound of drums from far away.

This is set in the drums outside the noon gate, although the court expressly ordered the military and civilians if there is a strange injustice can be struck.

But in reality, very few people actually dare to come knocking.

For no other reason than that, once knocked, it was a heavenly case! Of course, if it involves a false accusation, it is also a capital offense of plagiarizing the family and destroying the clan.

It’s too much to pay.

For the imperial court, it also does not want someone to come here to beat the drum, after all, when the drum sounds, it means that there is injustice in this world.

So as soon as Zhu Di heard this, he immediately revealed a look of anger.

In Jianwen’s time, no one came to beat the Dengwen Drum, but when it came to him, someone actually came to beat it.

His heart was more than annoyed, but Zhu Di could only say, “Declare the person in.”

So the little eunuch, with his hands full, went away again in haste.

That He Liuwen heard, but instead of the heart relieved, he subconsciously looked at Xie Jin.

Xie Jin stood, a breezy look, only a few inaudible smiles hooked on his lips showed his good mood.

It’s a good time for a heavenly grievance to arise.

According to the celestial senses, this is a sign that the foundation of the country is shaken!

Then next, combined with the situation of the royal grandson, this royal grandson matter, I’m afraid it can’t be good.

And once the matter of the royal grandson is thoroughly investigated, Zhang Anshi will not be able to escape the relationship.

At that time …… even if His Majesty wants to protect Zhang Anshi, how can he resist this overwhelming public opinion?

Xie Jin heart of a loose, think finally a big stone in the heart, the crown prince without Zhang Anshi, there is only the biggest crown prince party left him.

This He Liuwen, is an extremely smart person, he is very good at taking advantage of the situation, and I am afraid that his future will be unlimited.

Yang Rong and Hu Guang, however, both slightly lowered their heads.

Hu Guang for Xie Jin and worry, they are the same hometown, each other’s old house is only ten miles away, but also the same year, and now together in the Wen Yuan Pavilion, this layer of relationship, can be said to be a good friend.

However, he vaguely felt that Xie Jin is too much, can be in the Wen Yuan Pavilion as a bachelor, has been regarded as a position of greatness, and what can not be satisfied?

Is the current Crown Prince really willing to be at his mercy?

And His Majesty, what kind of man is His Majesty? Once he senses something, how will he be willing to let it go?

In fact, a few days ago, Hu Guang has found an opportunity to implicitly have reminded of Xie Jin, but Xie Jin seems to care, he just said lightly: to support the world, for the life of the world, is it not a reader should do?

Hu Guang heard this and said nothing more.

On the contrary, it was Yang Rong, whose attitude at this time was rather more composed, and since he had already recognized this, he instead assumed an attitude of staying out of the situation, indifferently being an observer.

Not long after, he saw the little eunuch leading a man into the hall.

The man was in rags.

At the sight of Zhu, his face pulled down again.

But then something unexpected happened to everyone.

The man entered the hall and broke into a walk.

In the middle of the hall, he immediately performed the three-kneeling and nine-kowtowing rituals in a flowing manner.

He said in an official language that was even purer than Zhu’s, “My humble servant, Chen Tianping, meet Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Ming, Your Majesty, long live, long live, ten thousand years old!”

The monarch was shocked.

This kind of person …… is obviously like an ordinary people, but his performance can be described as a salute like a ritual.

This is definitely not for the average person.

Many of the freshmen, once they join the court as officials, need some etiquette training before they enter the court.

How should I walk, stand and salute when I see the emperor, even so, the hundred officials salute in a mixed manner and inevitably speak with an accent.

It can’t be helped, it’s something you don’t experience enough of to make it work.

But this person in front of me …… his words and actions, almost can go to be a ceremonial official.

And …… he called himself a minister.

Zhu’s eyes closed slightly.

He Liuwen, who was on the side, also changed his face imperceptibly and slightly.

Zhu Di was alarmed in his heart and stared at the man closely, “Who are you that you dare to call yourself a subject?”

Chen Tianping said, “I am Chen Tianping, the son of the King of Annam.”

At these words, the ministers looked at each other in disbelief.

This is even weirder.

Only He Liuwen looked up in dismay, glancing sideways at Chen Tianping.

Zhu Di frowned, “When did the Annamese Kingdom send an envoy to the capital?”

Chen Tianping suppressed his inner indignation, after all, having been born in the royal family since his childhood, his words, actions and emotional management were by no means comparable to that of an ordinary person.

Chen Tianping struggled to speak in a calm tone of voice, “My humble servant is not an envoy.”

“Do you know what the offense is for those who may not be summoned and are not envoys to the Central Plains?” Zhu Di looked at Chen Tianping coldly.

Chen Tianping said, “I know, the law of Daming, the vassal king shall not be edicted, shall not enter the capital, and whoever enters shall die.”

Zhu Di was surprised that this Annamese was also so familiar with the laws of Daming.

Chen Tianping said, “It s just that …… my minister is in a desperate situation, if I do not seek to sue the state of my parents, then my minister will die, this time to enter the capital, is to sue the Annan state Hu usurpation, please your majesty for my minister to make a decision.”

It was at this point that Chen Tianping Fang burst into tears.

The king and his ministers were alarmed.

Zhu Di, on the other hand, looked at Xie Jin.

Xie Jin is also confused, busy to see the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Rites is also confused.

He Liuwen’s body suddenly began to tremble slightly.

Zhu’s gaze fell back to Chen Tianping and said, “Go on.”

Chen Tianping then said, “My father, this is the Hongwu Emperor Taizu Gao Emperor’s An Nan Wang, has been, An Nan country’s state affairs are wrapped up by the Taishi Hu’s, my father in the eyes of Hu’s thieves, but it is only the Han’s Xian Di, after that, this Hu’s more and more wolves, can be said to be the heart of the Szema Zhaoshi, the road is known to all.”

“A few years later, he began to slaughter my Annan country clan, clan relatives seven hundred and thirty-nine mouths, all were killed cleanly, Annan royal court, where there are those who do not agree with his intentions, but also to be killed, the minister …… the minister …… the minister witnessed him will be My brothers and sisters to kill clean, endure humiliation, lucky to escape ……”

Buzz ……

Zhu’s mind went blank.

He really wasn’t good at doing anything outside of the battlefield.

At this point it was actually a realization that he had been duped.

And …… is still the worst kind.

Only to see Chen Tianping added: “The next minister in the folk hiding, and learned that the hu thieves, even deluded that my Annan royal family extinct heir, up to the state, please set up this hu thieves for the emperor, after that someone quietly told the next minister, said that the upper state sent an envoy to understand the extinct heir of the matter, the next minister thought that the …… thought that the …… Heaven’s grace is great, the angel arrives in Annan, will be able to clear the snow for my Chen ……”

Said here, Chen Tianping cried more powerful, choking up: “So with the remaining several clansmen to discuss, go to see this angel, who knows …… this day made the benefits of the hu thieves, I that go to the Chen grievance of a few clansmen, has not come back, but by the hu thieves and angels together are all put to death. ”

Zhu Di’s body shook, and deep in his heart, an indescribable sense of humiliation rose up violently.

Xie Jin and others, not without trembling.

This He Liuwen even had already turned pale with fear as he mouthed, “No, it’s not like that.”

His voice was so soft that no one heard him.

He Liuwen is in any case can not imagine, there is actually a leakage, and this person, actually ran to the capital, and even to the emperor’s heel.

Chen Tianping cried mournfully, “My humble servant heard people say that after the angel arrived in Annam, the hu traitors presented him with thirty beautiful women and gave him countless treasures, and worked in collusion with him to deceive His Majesty together. When the angel returned on his journey, the women of all colors and treasures, filled a ship …….”

“Pity my humble servant …… has no hands, and has the intention to kill the bandits, but there is nothing to be done against the hu bandits, so I can only take the risk of sneaking into the capital of the Great Ming, and come to see your majesty, and plead with your majesty the emperor, to make a decision for my humble servant.”

Plotting to usurp the throne!

As far as Zhu Di is concerned, this is something that must not be allowed.

And it’s even more ludicrous that he was foolish enough to issue a golden seal to the man who plotted against the dynasty and usurped the throne, confirming the legitimacy of the other side.

This is tantamount to saying that he succeeded in his fair and square efforts to pacify the country, which was both legal and reasonable, and that the Emperor Yongle of the Great Ming, who had honored the legacy of Emperor Gao of the Great Ancestor, had actually supported a rebel.

If this were to be rumored, it would only make the world laugh.

And …… is bound to conjure up certain unwanted associations.

For example, …… certain people can t help but think of Jianwen, and link Jianwen s pitiful fate with Chen of the Annamite Kingdom.

Of course, the most detestable thing was that Hu actually fooled him.

And what really makes Zhu Di break the defense is that the people who followed Hu to fool him …… and the messengers he personally sent out.

Zhu only felt that his brain was a little dizzy, and at this time, he didn’t even have anger anymore, he only felt a blood qi churning in his body.

Strange shame. Strange shame!

The ministers in the hall, all looked at He Liuwen.

He Liuwen was already shivering at this point, which he hadn’t expected.

Obviously, all those surnamed Chen were killed cleanly.

That surnamed Hu guarantee, all killed ah!

But now …… how did a prince come?

He prostrated himself and stumbled to explain, “No, no, there are not thirty beauties, only sixteen ……”

“No …… no …… I refused at first too …… but …… But ……”

“Your Majesty, unjust, unjust ah, he is not a descendant of the Chen clan at all, Your Majesty …… Chen Tianping has long been dead, Your Majesty must not mistakenly believe the words of this traitor ah.”

Zhu didn’t react.

The group of ministers looked at He Liowen with more complicated gazes.

In fact, it’s something no one expected.

Taking a step back, even if He Liuwen had done these things in Annan, who would have thought that someone would actually come to the capital to complain?

Even if it is a complaint, this person called Chen Tianping is also too thievish, actually arrived at the border, did not contact the local parental officials. If it is contacted, I am afraid that when the news comes out, perhaps there may be someone else who may be able to help this He Liowen to smooth out this matter in order to cover it up.

But on the contrary, Chen Tianping actually sneaked in alone, not looking for anyone, directly came to the capital, straight to the direction of the Dengwen Drum that direction.

It was simply an extremely risky and premeditated operation.

Purposeful, rolling over thousands of miles, undeterred.

This deserved his He Liuwen’s bad luck.

He Liuwen also seemed to realize that, having reached such a point, he seemed to have no choice.

It’s not something that He Liowen can fix at all.

So he raised his head, turned his neck, and looked pitifully at Xie Jin, “Xie Gong …… Xie Gong ……”

Xie Jin’s face was miserable and he panicked and turned his face away.

Dang ……

With a loud bang, Zhu Di kicked over the imperial case, “Can there be this matter ……”

Zhu bulged his eyes and looked at He Liowen.

He Liuwen violently lowered his head again and prostrated himself on the ground, his body like sifting chaff as he said, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty …… At that time …… the situation was very complicated, Chen… . lost all the hearts and minds ……”

Zhu Di continued angrily, “I only ask you, can there be this matter?”

He Liuwen only felt black in front of his eyes, he said, “I see Hu, there is a Wang Xiang …… This person can not be obtained, to my Daming also …… also …… ”

Zhu Di laughed out loud, “Haha …… Haha …… In this way, you come to see me, I have the phase of the son of heaven?”

He Liuwen: “……”

Zhu Di said in a cold voice, “If I don’t have the phase of the Son of Heaven, then who do you want to give this throne to?”

He Liuwen could only cry and say, “No …… don’t dare ……”

Zhu Di furious: “How do you dare not, what else do you dare not? You this traitor, you this traitor, and that damned Hu, how dare so fool me, I do not kill you two thieves, will be delusion to do this great Ming emperor.”

He pointed his finger at He Liuwen and exasperatedly said, “Take it down, take it down, break it into pieces, make sure to break it into pieces, tell Ji Gang, copy his house, kill his whole family, don’t leave a single one behind.”

He Liuwen’s face turned white and he screamed in horror, “Your Majesty …… Your Majesty ……”

The forbidden guards had rushed in and viciously picked up this He Liuwen.

He Liuwen was anxious, mouth and shouted: “Xie Gong, Xie Gong save me a save ……”

Xie Jin shivered in fear and hurriedly hung his head.

Zhu Di shouted angrily, “I and the Hu traitors, do not share the same sky!”

When the Son of Heaven is angry, he ambushes millions of corpses.

And at this point in time, Zhu Di was almost so angry that he was already losing his mind.

A little Hu, an imperial historian, actually treated him, the emperor, as a fool.

If no one sues, then he will continue to act like a fool and be fooled to the end.

I am only afraid that these people, who hugged the beauty and enjoyed the glory and wealth at night, were afraid that they would still have to scold him for being a great fool.

As for him, he actually thought that Hu was obsequious and that the damned He Liuwen had labored hard.

“Traitor!” Zhu Di cursed, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

And then, step by step, he descended into the lower hall.

The ministers were busy bowing in fear and said, “I will die by all means.”

Zhu Di coldly murmured, “Pass the edict to the world, conquest of Annan, to discuss the hu traitors, tell Zhu Neng, tell Qiu Fu, tell Xu Huizu, teach them to carry the head of the hu traitors to my face, I want to teach the domestic of Annan, and then no more hu people.”

But at this time, Xie Jin said, “Your Majesty rest your anger …… I thought ……”

Zhu turned violently, but he swung his arm and slapped down hard.

Xie Jin was caught off guard.

Snap ……

Xie Jin only felt that his head had suffered a thousand pounds hard.

And then …… the whole person actually flew out, and his body hit the temple pillars straight, and then …… the person shriveled down.

Zhu Di looked at Xie Jin, who was spread out on the ground, with his eyes seeming to overflow with flames.

Zhu Di glared at him and said, “That He Liowen from the party, why did he ask you to save him?”

Xie Jinyin was shocked, busy crying: “I …… minister ten thousand deaths, I am with him …….”

Xie Jin no longer care about the pain, covering the bruised face, enduring the severe pain of the bones of his body, at this time he no longer have the usual light-hearted look, only a kind of fear rising from the depths of his heart.

“I have nothing to do with him; He Liuwen is guilty of ten thousand deaths, and I hate not being able to eat his flesh!”

Zhu sneered, “Is that so?”

Then, he did not even look at Xie Jin.

Xie Jin, however, felt that he also suffered a great shame, he still covered his face, fear, glancing at Zhu Di left his back, his eyes can not help but show the color of resentment.

Zhu, on the other hand, looked at Chen Tianping at this moment.

Chen Tianping was busy bowing.

Zhu Di said, “Your matter …… I will continue to check, if it is as Qing said, in the next few days I will send troops, send you back to the country, you live in Honglu Temple.”

Chen Tianping already knew that what he had gone through so much trouble for was finally accomplished, and he was busy kowtowing, “My humble servant kowtows to His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Emperor.”

“Long live?” Zhu Di said, “I’m only afraid you’re already laughing at me for being a fool.”

Zhu Di said, viciously turned around, his eyes in the group of ministers balked, his voice is still cold and heavy as ice: “You and others read the book, are read into the dog’s stomach!”

With that, he whisked his sleeve away.

The hundred officials were trembling with fear and trembling, and waited until Zhu Di was far away, and only then did they feel a little at ease.

Hu Guang was busy getting up to help Xie Jin on the ground.

Xie Jin only stared blankly at Hu Guang to help up, but his eyes looked into the void, did not say a word.

Finally, when he came back to his senses, he broke away from Hu Guang’s hand and left.

Hu Guang pulled out a bitter smile and slowly walked out of the hall.

Yang Rong silently walked up and walked with Hu Guang.

To the four no one place, Yang Rong only said: “weekdays befriended too many ministers, it seems as if the wings are full, the party countless, but Xie Gong does not know, this can certainly teach him to gain power, but also can become his burden, hey …… he is trying to do Hu Weiyong ah.”

Hu Guang bowed his head and mused, “Is this statement of Lord Yang too much?”

Yang Rong, however, gave Hu Guang a deep look and said in a long and serious tone, “I said these heartfelt words to Mr. Hu because I hope that Mr. Hu will be less familiar with Mr. Xie, otherwise, when it comes to that time, Mr. Hu will be in a dangerous situation where he will die and his family will be exterminated!”

“For the way of the official, does not lie in the power when how the scenery complacent, but lies …… in a beginning and end of the four words.”

Hu Guang was silent for half a second, then sighed and said, “Duke Xie is so talented, but it’s a pity that he used it in the wrong place.”

And then, both of them were speechless.

…………

Zhu had returned to the Wulou in a huff, but when he returned, he didn’t curse, but sat sullenly.

He closed his eyes and suddenly said, “Order the Five Army Commanders’ Office to prepare for the conquest of Annam. Tomorrow let Zhu Neng, Xu Huizu, Qiu Fu come to see, yes, there is also Marquis Wu’an ……”

Yiluoha said with a lowered brow, “Yes.”

Zhu Di sighed: “a great shame, really a great shame ah! Hey, that hu thief, really will be me as a fool, and that he liuwen, he liuwen eat the king’s salary, even treacherous to this, these two thieves if not put to death, heaven is hard to tolerate.”

Zhu felt sad.

As is the case with all those who have been scammed, they all feel their intelligence has been greatly insulted by the time they learn the truth of the matter.

Yiluoha did not dare to speak at this time, he only tiptoed around and poured tea and water for Zhu.

Zhu Di said: “Say one thing, is it that I am confused? It seems that I am not as good as Tang Taizong ah. Now thinking about it, when Emperor Tai Zu Gao was in power, he killed people in a big way, at first I also had some incomprehension, but now I have quite a bit of experience.”

Yiluoha buried his head and forced a smile, only it was worse than crying.

“After this matter, I don’t know how the world will look at me ……”

“Your Majesty ……,” Yiluoha finally couldn’t stand it anymore and suddenly bowed down, “Your Majesty, you forgot.”

“What?” Zhu looked at Yiluoha indifferently.

Also lost Ha said, “Just a short time ago, the imperial grandson blew up this He Liowen, and pointed at his nose and called him …… a traitor!”

Zhu’s body shook violently.

This face with a complex expression grew more and more complex, and the pair of tiger eyes seemed to become unfathomable.

“Yes, yes ……” Zhu muttered, “This little guy, this little guy ……”

Saying that, Zhu stood up, and all of a sudden, he seemed to feel a lot better.

There’s a sense of a rattling of the clouds.

Fiercely, he said, “Damn, it’s worthy of being my grandson, at a young age, with such insight, he’s better than his father.”

Also lost ha and struggled to smile and said, “slave girl also said earlier, this royal grandson which, he was smart and clever when he was small, slave girl also listened to the people in the east palace said, when the royal grandson was born, the whole east palace was fragrant.”

Zhu Di scolded, “Into your mother, less take these words to fool me.”

Yiluoha hurriedly said, “Yes, slave girl ten thousand deaths.”

Zhu Di was so excited that he paced back and forth, and said under his breath, “The one who raises my Ming will be this grandson, bombing that dog thief because my grandson has the guts to scold him for being a traitor and thief because this grandson has the insight to do so, haha …… haha …… ”

Zhu was so happy that it seemed like being fooled himself was nothing.

At his age, what he valued most instead was having a successor.

His eyes recovered a few points of luster, excitedly said, “I’m this royal grandfather, miss him, hurry to carry him into the palace, not …… not …… I want to see him in person, the wind outside, don’t be cold the child, he must also be very miss me.”

Facts have proved that Zhu Di is a man of action, said, he will dragon-walked to the outside, at this time is not willing to wait a moment.

…………

Zhu Zhanji shook his head at this moment and fixedly watched Zhang Anshi eating a popsicle.

Zhang Anshi happily licked the popsicle, saying on one side, “Geez, it’s awful.”

Zhu Zhanji frowned, but beamed.

Zhang Anshi touched his head, “What’s wrong, why are you upset again?”

Zhu Zhanji said, “The last …… time I was scared and anxious, A uncle ran really fast, so I let out a loud cry, I was really crying, scared.”

Zhang Anshi, on the contrary, patiently consoled, “It’s fine, this kind of thing, once born, twice familiar, A-Uncle at first, no, it’s a few of A-Uncle’s brothers, at first, they were always scared, but now you look at them, they can be happy.”

At this time, Zhu Zhanji opened his eyes slightly, in fact, although he was afraid, but the scene of that night always floated in his mind, but let him feel a trace of …… stimulation.

He said, “Did Aunty also throw the fire folders to them when he blew up, and then Aunty turned around and fled?”

Zhang Anshi immediately felt a bit moody and unbeautiful, and said with a tiger’s face, “Nonsense I Zhang Anshi tops the sky, letting you take it on is to give you some practice, Zhanji ah, you’re too timid, A’uncle sees it in his eyes and is anxious in his heart ah! For your sake, A-Uncle is worried to pieces.”

Zhu Zhanji: “……”

Zhang Anshi continued, “A-uncle also wants to teach you one more thing, a true man, must be righteous, do you know Guan Yunchang? To be a man, you must be righteous, you must never betray your own A’uncle, even if you cut off your head, you must never frown.”

Zhu Zhanji thought about it and hesitantly said, “But …… I have already talked to mother consort.”

This time it was Zhang Anshi’s turn to break his defense: “Oh my god ……”

Zhu Zhanji said, “But mother consort taught me not to tell anyone else.”

Zhang Anshi was slightly relieved, so he said, “Ai, I mistakenly believed you after all, I thought you were also a righteous person like Uncle.”

Zhu Zhanji, however, smiled and said, “But now this is not bad, a few masters have been whipped and went back to nurse their wounds, and I don’t have to go to the study to read in the study in the past few days. A uncle, A uncle, you say …… why that person is a traitor?”

Zhang Anshi said in a serious manner, “Those who say in their mouths that oops I have morals, I am a very noble person, but then surround their brother-in-law, nine times out of ten, they are treacherous ministers. For example, that Xie Jin ……”

Zhu Zhanji pondered, “But A-Uncle also said he was righteous ……”

Zhang Anshi immediately glared at him and scolded, ”Am I the same as them? I am your uncle! You confused fool, I have a reputation for being righteous! Well, from now on, Uncle no longer wants to talk to you.”

Zhu Zhanji then drooped his head and said pitifully again, “A-Uncle, next time you do something like this can you not run? I see A-Uncle running faster than a rabbit, my heart is unbearable.”

Hearing this, Zhang Anshi felt deeply for a moment and touched his head, “Then I’ll run slower next time, no matter what, between our uncle and nephew, we don’t share the same thing.”

Zhu Zhanji thought for a moment and said, “Uncle, do you think …… I can be an emperor in the future like the emperor?”

Zhang Anshi frowned, “That’s hard to say.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “Why.”

“Maybe my brother-in-law is horny and gave you some more brothers and ……”

Zhu Zhanji frowned, “But the Emperor will protect me.”

Zhang Anshi nodded, “But the other children, they are also imperial grandchildren.”

Zhu Zhanji hung his head and seemed to be having a hard time again.

Zhang Anshi said, “But it doesn’t matter, I only recognize you as a nephew, I don’t recognize anyone but you.”

The two sat side by side on the steps, Zhu Zhanji seemed a little tired, his head pillowed on Zhang Anshi’s leg: “If I do the emperor, it will be a good emperor, but how to be a good emperor?”

Zhang Anshi said, “This is easy, grab two things.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “What is it?”

“The first is the Ministry of Mandarins and the second is the Ministry of Households.”

“For what?”

Zhang Anshi thought for a moment, “The Ministry of Appointments is in charge of the oubliette, and the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the world’s money and food, so if these two things are in control, it doesn’t matter if other things are entrusted to other people to do.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “Then how do you recognize a person as good or bad?”

Zhang Anshi thought for a moment, “If you want to argue that a person is good or bad, don’t look at how he says it, but look at the people under his jurisdiction, what is it like, a local parental officer, no matter how he uploads his report, you can ignore it, but look at the people under his rule, whether they are living in peace and working happily, then you will know what kind of person this person is.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “Oh, I see, not to look at a person, but to see what the person under him is like. But how to see what the person under him is like?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Seeing is believing.”

Zhu Zhanji thought about it and seemed to understand.