"Ah?"
Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to value the Liao King so much. He had even made plans to let the Liao King become a minister of Ming Dynasty.
"Pass on my decree and bring Geng Bingwen a Dao decree.”Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at the Shadow Servant, his fingers trembling in anger."Tell Geng Bing Wen to remember that this country belongs to our Zhu Clan, not him!”
"In Liaodong, it was Liao King Zhu Zhi who was in charge, not him, Geng Bingwen!”
On this day, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and almost dismissed Geng Bingwen from his post. In the end, Zhu Yunwen, the imperial grandson, knelt down to persuade Old Zhu to stop.
……
"His Majesty has an order. Liaodong Commanding Officer Geng Bingwen, listen up.”
"Remember, this country belongs to the Zhu Clan, not you, Geng Bingwen!”
The Shadow Servant conveyed Zhu Yuanzhang's words, and Geng Bingwen, who was in front of the Liao King's residence, couldn't help but tremble.
In less than a month, this was the second time Zhu Yuanzhang had given him a verbal order.
The first time, he had used plain words to curse, and the second time, he had even threatened her without any concealment.
This was a rare thing, and Geng Bingwen understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant.
If he did not hand over the power to the Liao King, he would not be able to escape death!
Zhu Yuanzhang had always been so cruel and cold.
Even though he, Geng Bingwen, was a second-grade official, so what? Zhu Yuanzhang killed him without hesitation!
Just this year, the last Duke of the six founding states, Feng Sheng, was sentenced to death because of Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion. Not only that, but Feng Sheng's sons were also unable to inherit his son!
Even the only surviving founding duke, the seventy-year-old General Feng, was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang. He was just a mere Geng Bingwen. Didn't Zhu Yuanzhang kill him as he pleased?
"Minister Geng Bingwen thanks you for your kindness!" Geng Bingwen's body trembled as he gritted his teeth.
The Shadow Servant who delivered the edict glanced coldly at Geng Bingwen.""Great General Geng, take care of yourself."
After saying that, the Shadow Servant turned around and left.
Geng Bingwen, who had stayed where he was, let out a sigh of relief and forced a smile. He cupped his hands at Guo Ming, who was standing in front of the gate of the Prince's mansion, and said,"Please pass on the message that Geng Bingwen wishes to meet the Liao Prince.”
Guo Ming glanced at him and said indifferently,""Got it."
Geng Bingwen, who remained in his original spot, felt a sense of desolation in his heart.
……
In the courtyard of the palace, Zhu Zhi was lying on a recliner lazily basking in the sun. The Liao Princess Consort stood behind him and massaged his shoulders.
Guo Ming walked over, bowed, and cupped his hands."Your Highness, Geng Bingwen requests an audience. When I was waiting outside the door, there was a decree from His Majesty that was sent to Geng Bingwen.”
"What did His Majesty say?" Zhu Zhi asked indifferently.
"His Majesty said,'This country belongs to the Zhu family, not Geng Bingwen!'”Guo Ming said truthfully.
"Very good."
The corners of Zhu Zhi's mouth curled into a smile. It seemed that his " flattery " had worked.
The letter he wrote to Old Zhu was partly because he was acting pitiful, and partly because he was flattering Geng Bingwen.
Old Zhu was already suspicious of the current officials. With Zhu Zhi fanning the flames, although he would not directly cripple Geng Bingwen, he could still make Geng Bingwen like Meng Dahe.
This effect was better than directly crippling Geng Bingwen.
What Zhu Zhi wanted was to take over Geng Bingwen and use this Liaodong Commander-in-Chief to carry the thunder in front. This way, Old Zhu would not be suspicious and he would be able to perfectly control Liaodong.
If Geng Bingwen was really crippled, it would not be of much benefit to him.
Even if Geng Bingwen was crippled, there would still be a new "Liaodong Commander-in-Chief" to replace him. This way, Zhu Zhi's previous efforts would be wasted and there would be no benefits at all. All his efforts would be in vain.
What Zhu Zhi wanted was to make Geng Bingwen the highest-ranking official in Liaodong in name, but also to make Geng Bingwen have no real power and become his puppet.
This matter seemed very difficult. After all, he was going to make the highest-ranking official in Liaodong powerless.
But in reality, Zhu Zhi's plan was already half successful.
He had a total of two lines. One was to get Old Zhu, who was far away in Jinling, to put pressure on Geng Bingwen, and the other was to use Geng Xi of King Yan's Mansion to threaten him.
"Let him in." Zhu Zhi said unhurriedly.
"Yes!"
After a while, Geng Bingwen hurried in and knelt down."This official, Liaodong Commander-in-Chief Geng Bingwen, greets wangye and wangfei!”
"Yes, get up."
"General Geng is a pillar of the country, why do you need to kneel before me?" Zhu Zhi said lightly.”
Geng Bingwen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said,"Your Highness has a noble status. This isn't the army, so you naturally have to kneel.”
"Not in the army?"
Zhu Zhi said lightly," Liaodong is the military town of my Ming Dynasty. There is not a piece of land that is not in the army. General Geng, do you think that I am not worthy of leading troops?"”
Geng Bingwen's expression changed drastically and he hurriedly said,"Your highness, this official never had such intentions!”
This future commander-in-chief of the imperial court army could be said to be groveling in front of Zhu Zhi. He had no dignity at all.
Zhu Zhi smiled and said,"General Geng, you don't have to be so restrained. This Prince has no other intentions."”
Geng Bingwen was beaten up by him with a killing club and did not have any temper at all.
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