This was why Zhu Rong felt that it was hard to say about Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang's case.
This case was not an ordinary so-called official crime case. It could be easily discussed in a few words.
The emperor's schemes, political struggles, and party games
There were too many sects involved in this.
Even if it was really treated as an ordinary official crime case, it was not so easy to say.
To say that he was wronged, Li Shan Chang's rebellion was definitely wronged.
Other than Li Shan Chang, there must also be grievances.
More than 30,000 people were implicated. How could there not be ghosts who died unjustly in such a big case!
But did Hu Weiyong and Li Shanzhang not deserve to die?
It couldn't be said.
If he was the emperor, he would definitely uproot Li Shan Chang and his party for the sake of the country's eternal stability!
He would rather kill the wrong person than let them go!
Not to mention, the current emperor was Zhu Yuanzhang, who had fought his way out of the chaotic world!
With Zhu Yuanzhang's personality, the number of people he killed would only increase.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor who hated powerful officials and was very considerate of his descendants. He was also an emperor who liked to set rules.
In order to prevent powerful officials from abusing their power to deceive the emperor and disrupt the court, after the abolition of the Prime Minister system, he even used the ancestral teachings to set a rule for the future emperors and civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty that they were not allowed to re-establish the Prime Minister!
Those who dare to petition for the establishment of a prime minister will be executed by a thousand cuts, and their families will be exterminated and confiscated!
Those who dared to sing praises of the officials in the court would also be arrested and interrogated and sentenced to death!
In addition to warning the officials in the court repeatedly, in order to prevent the emperor from losing his power, Zhu Yuanzhang also repeatedly issued orders in the palace:
The harem was not allowed to participate in politics, and eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics!
How could an emperor who cared so much about the power of the emperor tolerate Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang's party!
If the weeds were not uprooted, they would grow again in the spring breeze!
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt relieved and nodded in relief.
This memory had been lingering in his heart for far too long.
He had killed Hu Weiyong and Li Shanzhang. He had made great considerations for his descendants, but his good son, Zhu Biao, did not appreciate it.
Not only did he not appreciate it, he even went against him and blamed him for killing too many people.
But if he didn't kill so many people, all the officials in the court would be scared out of their wits, and this rule wouldn't have been established!
Those people who were hiding in the dark and harboring evil intentions could not hide their fox tails and be honest!
He also knew that even if he did not kill so many people, with his son's ability, he could indeed suppress those civil and military officials in the court!
But what about his grandson's generation?
If he didn't set the rules early on and kill those who stood out from time to time, when his grandson was in charge of the government, wouldn't he be bullied to death by those ministers?
He didn't expect that even though Zhu Biao didn't appreciate it, someone would approve of Zhu Yuanzhang's actions.
"Well said! You did the right thing!"
Zhu Yuanzhang happily answered with great comfort.
"Every country has its laws, and every family has its rules. Whether it was establishing a country or managing a family, it had to be based on the laws of the country!”
"Our Great Ming Dynasty has just been established. If we don't set the rules now and abolish the Prime Minister, in the future, when the powerful officials take over, they will bring chaos to our Great Ming Dynasty!”
"It's good for the current Emperor to kill more people now! It's better than letting our descendants suffer under the scourge of treacherous officials!”
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled from the bottom of his heart as he looked at Zhu Xiong, who was as smart as his grandson Zhu Xiongying.
This kid is really as considerate as our eldest Sun Xiongying, just like us.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart tightened.
These days, he was busy taking care of his son Zhu Biao's funeral, and at the same time, he was thinking about the future head of the Ming family.
A family cannot be without a master for a day, and a country cannot be without a monarch for a day.
He was already sixty-four years old this year. It was already considered a long life for him to live to this age. He did not know how many more years he had left.
The Ming Dynasty had to have a successor.
After his son's funeral, he would have to make another heir.
However, it was not so easy to establish a crown prince.
Since ancient times, the crown prince had been established as a legitimate son. When the crown prince died, most of the time, other legitimate sons would be appointed as the crown prince.
Although the eldest Zhu Biao was dead, his three sons with Empress Ma, the King of Qin Zhu Wei and the King of Jin Zhu Wei, were still alive.
However, the second son, Zhu Wei, was evil, absurd, ignorant of human affairs, and stupid as a beast (Zhu Yuanzhang really scolded Zhu Wei in history).
He's still in detention!
The third son, Zhu Wei, was also similar to the second son. He was cruel by nature and did not care about his subjects. He whipped the chefs and tore the people apart.
If it wasn't for Zhu Biao protecting the two brothers, Wang Jue would have crippled them!
The fourth brother, Zhu Di, was not bad. He was capable of literature and martial arts. He was also famous. However, the fourth brother, Zhu Di, was not a legitimate son. It was not polite to establish him.
He had also learned about the succession law after the death of the crown prince.
He discovered that other than appointing other legitimate sons as crown princes, there were also many emperors who passed the throne directly to the crown prince's son after the crown prince died and inherited the throne.
For example, Emperor Wu of the Southern Qi Dynasty passed the throne to Emperor Sun Xiao Zhaoye, Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji passed the throne to Emperor Sun Yelu Yanxi, and Yuan Shizu Kublai Khan passed the throne to Emperor Sun Tiemu
However, Zhu Biao's sons, Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yunyi, Zhu Yunyi, and Zhu Yunhuo Xi (This character could not be typed using the input method, so it could only be fire Xi, but this character was the same as Xi, a variant of Xi),
Zhu Yunzhi and Zhu Yunxi are still too young.
Zhu Yunhao was not only bad at studying, but he was also submissive and could not even speak fluently. How could such a person resist the Ming Dynasty?
As for Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel suspicious when he thought about these questions.
Although this child was filial, he was still a child who had not grown up.
She was weak and couldn't bear the burden. A little tear fell lightly. She was also shallow and rigid when it came to things.
Thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but look at Zhu Rong in a daze.
This child had experienced the hardships of the people. He was strong-willed, smart, and perceptive.
Especially his keen sense of political games, even he, Zhu Yuanzhang, was amazed!
If this child was really his eldest grandson Xiongying,
Zhu Yuanzhang's heart throbbed violently!
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