Ah, this!
With Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Zhen's plan to stall for time immediately became a bubble.
Imperial Father had gone too far!
Zhu Zhen grumbled silently. After muttering, he began to analyze seriously.
Since Imperial Father said that Li Shan Chang had placed Zhu Xian here to monitor him, he wanted to guess his thoughts.
Then, there would definitely be a conflict between the monarch and his subjects.
As for what kind of conflict it was, it was easy to guess.
Right now, the Ming Dynasty had just been established, and Li Shan Chang had been named as the number one meritorious minister by Zhu Yuanzhang. His official position was the Left Prime Minister of the Ministry of Central Affairs.
In history, in different dynasties, the Left Prime Minister and the Right Prime Minister, in some dynasties, the Left Prime Minister was a few times more senior than the Right Prime Minister, and in some dynasties, the Right Prime Minister was a few times more senior than the Left Prime Minister.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Left Prime Minister was slightly older than the Right Prime Minister.
Therefore, Li Shan Chang was slightly older than Xu Da, the Right Prime Minister.
He was already the leader of the ministers.
It could be said that he was the most powerful person under Zhu Yuanzhang and Crown Prince Zhu Biao.
In Li Shan Zhang's position, he naturally had to think of a way to protect his power.
This was to prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from doing the same thing as Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
Would Zhu Yuanzhang slaughter meritorious officials?
As a transmigrator, although Zhu Zhen's knowledge of history was not very detailed, he knew that Emperor Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, had once killed many people.
However, he only activated the berserk mode after the death of Crown Prince Zhu Biao.
That was 25 years after Hongwu.
When Crown Prince Zhu Biao was alive, Zhu Yuanzhang basically did not touch the founding ministers.
To put it bluntly, Zhu Yuanzhang was not a person like Liu Bang.
Of course, he had also killed a hero, Zhu Liangzu.
He seemed to be Zhu Xian's father, whom he had just met.
That was because Zhu Liangzu himself had broken the law and could not blame others.
It was only the fifth year of Hongwu. There were still twenty years before Emperor Hongwu raised his butcher knife.
Therefore, Li Shan Zhang could still live for a few more years.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang would not shoot without thinking. It was obvious that he had a lot of opinions about Li Shan Chang.
Li Shan Chang was the head of Huaixi Wuxun Group and the prime minister of the court. His power was too great, so much so that he dared to cultivate his henchmen in the court and place people to monitor the emperor's every move.
This was something that Emperor Hong Wu could not tolerate.
It would be best to abolish the position of Prime Minister, which would further strengthen the emperor's authority.
As for the other power in the court, the Eastern Zhejiang Civil Officials Group led by Liu Bowen and Song Lian, most of these people were old officials of the Yuan Dynasty and local gentry.
It was even more impossible for these people to be loyal to Da Ming, and they were even more unreliable.
To put it bluntly, no matter if it was to conquer the world or to rule the world, he had to rely on this bunch of old Huaixi officials.
This was Zhu Yuanzhang's true team.
The best choice now was to appease these founding ministers.
To govern a big country is like cooking a small fish, and it is necessary to plan it slowly.
He wanted to rope in the old officials of Huaixi, think of a way to remove the position of Prime Minister, and stabilize the Eastern Zhejiang Civil Officials Group.
This was the safest way now.
After figuring out the key point, Zhu Zhen roughly understood Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts at this moment.
However, he couldn't say it too clearly. If he exposed the old master's thoughts, it would make him suspicious and even worse.
Zhu Zhen sorted out his thoughts and said seriously,"Father, the Duke of Korea is afraid that you'll chop off his head, so he can't sleep or eat.”
"As for Zhu Xian, since he is the son of a meritorious minister and the cornerstone of our Ming Dynasty, we should confer him a high official.”
"Let these officials who followed father to conquer the world see that father's grace is vast and will not mistreat his old brothers!”
Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect Sixth Brother to answer so simply and concisely. "Finished?"
Zhu Zhen scratched his head." It's over. Didn't Father ask me what the Duke of Korea wanted to do and how to deal with Zhu Xian?"”
"I've answered both questions. Is there anything wrong?”
Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it and agreed. There was nothing wrong with what this kid said.
However, he still wanted to test Zhu Zhen, so he asked,"
"Since Li Shan Zhang is so afraid of us? He's guessing my thoughts every day. Should I just chop off his head and save him some trouble?”
Zhu Zhen nodded." This is indeed the simplest and most effective way.”
"However, Father is wise and mighty. He is not like Liu Bang. He probably won't chop off Li Shan Zhang's head.”
In order not to suffer Zhu Yuanzhang's twenty strokes, Zhu Zhen secretly sent a rainbow fart.”
Indeed, it was effective.
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed." Of course I won't learn from Liu Bang. A few old brothers fought together. Other than Xiao He, none of them had a good ending."
"Then tell me, how should we deal with Li Shan Zhang?”
Zhu Zhen pursed his lips and thought to himself, Why is the old man so never-ending?
If he kept asking, when would it end?
"Imperial Father, since Li Shan Zhang doesn't know how to appreciate favors, then let him go back home and retire. Find an obedient person to be the Prime Minister."”
"Ha, you make it sound so easy."
Zhu Yuanzhang was amused.
However, when he thought about it, Zhu Zhen's words were crude but not crude. They were simple and direct, and also the most effective.
I'm already the emperor, so what if I dismiss a prime minister?
"Alright, you barely passed this time.”
Then, he turned to Crown Prince Zhu Biao and said,
"Crown Prince! The emperor issued an edict to the Grand Dudu Mansion, Jin Zhu Xian pro-army Duwei Mansion, left guard command deputy envoy.”
The vice-commander of the guards was a third-grade official.
Previously, he was only a fifth-grade official, but because of Sixth Brother's words, Zhu Xian was promoted to a first-grade official position. This promotion was really too big…
Crown Prince Zhu Biao couldn't recover from the shock. He thought to himself that this wasn't the way to promote someone!
Could it be that Imperial Father was influenced by Sixth Brother and began to let himself go?
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at him.”
The meaning of this killing gaze was naturally, do I have to say it again?
"Your son obeys the decree," Zhu Biao hurriedly said.”
......
They arrived at the Xuanwu Lake camp.
Xu Da led the generals forward to welcome him, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not say much.
He brought Zhu Biao and Zhu Zhen to the tent.
The Fourth Prince Zhu Di lay on the couch and closed his eyes to rest.
Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward and pulled open his pants. He saw that his fasting leg had been beaten by the military staff until his skin was split open. It was a shocking sight.
This was the first time Zhu Zhen had seen the miserable state of being beaten by a military staff. He could not help but gasp.
He secretly lamented that his old father-in-law, Xu Da, was too ruthless. In the future, when he interacted with him, he had to be more stable. He must not let him find an excuse to beat him up.
Zhu Yuanzhang gently pressed on the wound. This time, it affected the wound. Zhu Di grimaced in pain.
When he turned around and saw that it was his father, Zhu Di remained silent.
"Imperial Father, how is Fourth Brother's injury?" Zhu Biao asked with concern.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was from the military and knew that Zhu Di's injuries were not serious. He smiled lightly." Don't worry, your Uncle Xu has shown mercy. It's just a superficial wound. It's not a big deal."”
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