Chapter 82: Suppress first and then rise

The court stick is the product of the emperor's authority suppressing the power of ministers, a punishment that confronts civilization with barbarity. It first began in the Sui Dynasty and developed to the Ming Dynasty. The court stick became the most common means of punishment for emperors to punish officials. Any minister who committed a crime or contradicted disrespect can accept it.

The earliest minister who died of court poaching in the Ming Dynasty was Zhu Liangzu, the founding father of Yongjia. Zhu Liang's grandfather and son were rampant when he left Guangdong and took bribes and sought bribes. He was sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to escort back to Beijing and beat him to death, which set a precedent for the Ming Dynasty to kill ministers and was very memorable.

Xiao Fan was so sad that he felt very honored. Unexpectedly, he would have been beaten by a court stick one day. In his understanding of the Ming Dynasty, he did not have an official rank above the fourth rank and was not qualified to be beaten by a court stick. Zhu Yuanzhang really respected him...

Zhu Yunwen is now running towards the palace, begging Zhu Yuanzhang to take back his life, and Xiao Fan does not have much hope for this.

"Brothers, let's go, let's go to the Meridian Gate to get a board..." Xiao Fan said to Jinyi personally with a dejected look.

Jinyi's personal army said curiously: "Are you not waiting for His Royal Highness the Grand Prince?"

"It's useless to wait."

Who was Zhu Yuanzhang? He was the decisive Emperor Hongwu. He said nothing but changed. No matter how much Zhu Yunwen asked for it, he could not change his mind. In other words, Xiao Fan was determined to be the ten tricks of court.

Jinyi personally had a military fun: "It is rare to see adults who are as proactive as you."

"That's right, I'm used to closing my eyes and spreading my legs and enduring it silently."

Zhu Yunwen ran away and ran into Chengtian Gate quickly. A large group of personal guards followed him. The personal soldiers guarding the palace gate in front did not dare to stop him. They opened the side door of the palace and let him go straight in.

At this moment, he was very anxious and sweating all over.

How many ministers have died under the court of the emperor's grandfather's stick? He can't remember clearly. He only hopes that Xiao Fan is not the next one. What's wrong with Xiao Fan? Studying with the grandson is a position that he learns and plays. What's wrong with him?

The surrounding palace scenery quickly retreated, and the eaves of Wuying Palace had already appeared in front of him.

Inside Wuying Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang's decree made Huang Zicheng stop crying, and an undetectable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

If you do something wrong, you must be punished. For the future country and country of Ming Dynasty, Xiao Fan did not feel that it was too much even if he was beaten to death. In his heart, Xiao Fan was a rebellious and treacherous minister who mistaken the king, so he should be punished like this.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed not to see the smile on the corner of Huang Zicheng's mouth. He half-closed his eyes and leaned his head on the back of the chair. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

There was a plan brewing in his mind for a long time, and it was time to summon the ministers to talk about it today.

If this plan is expressed, most of the ministers may not be able to laugh out loud.

The king and his ministers showed their own scheming smiles, and the atmosphere in the warm cabinet suddenly became a little strange and inexplicable...

"Grandfather, Grandfather!" A figure outside the hall flashed, and Zhu Yunwen ran in panting.

The king and minister in the warm cabinet frowned at the same time, one was the emperor's grandfather and the other was the teacher. It was really unconventional to teach the crown prince so well.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and stopped Zhu Yunwen from speaking. He waved to Huang Zicheng and said, "Go back, please go outside Chengtian Gate to summon the six ministers and ministers, as well as the Dali Temple, Taichang Temple and other nine ministers to come to me. I have something to announce."

Huang Zicheng was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then his heart sank.

His Majesty summoned the officials of the six ministers and nine ministers at the same time. It seems that what he is going to announce is very important. I wonder what it is?

"Abide by the order, Your Majesty." Huang Zicheng retreated honestly.

After Huang Zicheng left, Zhu Yunwen said hurriedly: "Grandfather, Xiao Fan is not wrong, why did he use a court stick? Please give him a favor and spare him this time!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunwen with an anxious expression, shook his head and sighed, "Son, everything I did is for you!"

Zhu Yunwen said in confusion: "The emperor's grandfather devoted all his heart to his grandson, and his grandson was grateful, but... was it because of the grandson's fault that he beat Xiao Fan?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "The way of using people is to suppress and then promote him, which makes him feel awe of the emperor's power. Before doing things, think about the imperial power and national laws, not paranoid, not favoritism, serve the king with loyalty and treat the people with sincerity. Only in this way can it be of great use. You have a personal relationship with Xiao Fan, but I want to tell you that your identity is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and the supreme monarch who will control thousands of subjects in the future. If you have a minister who is not public or private, please ask how the people in the world think of you, how will the civil and military officials in the court look at you? How will Xiao Fan's power be arrogant? If you are too arrogant to him, you should have thoughts that you should not have, how can you, a common friend?"

Zhu Yunwen looked confused.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "Sun son, you are still young. Even if you are more willful and confused in your work, it is reasonable. But you can't be so confused all your life, right? You are carrying the entire Ming Dynasty country on your shoulders! Xiao Fan is about your age and has his ability. His disaster relief method has given me a lot of help. He also has loyalty to the royal family. When you were assassinated, he stood up to protect you. I also know that a capable and loyal minister has a good personal relationship with you. It is rare for such a person to be like you. I have high hopes for him..."

"The higher the hope, the more you will be beaten. Xiao Fan is too young and too strong to be too masculine and ignorant. If you don't find an excuse to beat him at this time, how can you control him? If he doesn't have awe of the royal family, how can you treat you loyally in the future? Do you hope that he will become a powerful minister like Hu Weiyong in the future? Don't you know what Hu Weiyong's end will be?"

Zhu Yunwen trembled all over when he heard this, and a layer of cold sweat suddenly popped out from behind.

At this moment, he seemed to feel the great responsibility of his own. It turned out that being an emperor requires so much effort to weigh and control the subjects. Even his friends around him could not stop him from being beaten by the slaughter, because his friends were his ministers, and for the sake of the country and the throne, their friends had to suffer this kind of suffering.

Is this the emperor? Who is suffering from this coldness with the emperor at the height of the storm?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his despaired grandson, and felt full of pity and sighed: "Sun son, jade cannot be made into a great power without carving, and human beings cannot be used for it. You must remember that the righteousness of a friend is too insignificant than the country and country. Today I am just scolding him for ten court sticks. What if you ask him to die in order to maintain the country and country? How do you choose?"

"I...I..." Zhu Yunwen couldn't speak.

Zhu Yuanzhang patted his shoulder and smiled with loneliness: "Now you know, why emperors from ancient times to the present have been called lonely people? For the sake of the country, the emperor can sacrifice everything, family, family affection, friends, wives and concubines, and these things, the emperor can sacrifice them at any time, so the emperor cannot value them too much, otherwise the pain must be himself."

Zhu Yunwen looked stunned and dazed. What the emperor's grandfather said was absolutely unacceptable to him. The cruel reality was so bloody that once he peeled off his hideous nature, he felt a little disgusted.

"...The emperor's grandfather, grandson go and see Xiao Fan." Zhu Yunwen turned around and ran out after saying that.

Even if Xiao Fan cannot be stopped from being sceptered by the court, at least he should be with him. What is the emperor's way, what is suppressing first and then promoting? He doesn't want to worry about it. Friends are friends. Friends suffer, so he should be with him. It's that simple!

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunwen's disappearing back, shook his head with a sigh, "I'm still too soft-hearted! Like his father, it looks like a mold printed..."

Not long after Zhu Yunwen ran out, the six ministers, ministers, and nine ministers gathered in Wuying Hall. Everyone looked at each other and guessed in their hearts that the emperor summoned them. What important things were there to be announced in front of the officials of the six ministers and nine ministers?

Seeing that everyone was coming, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up from the chair, straightened his back, and slowly glanced at the ministers. His majestic gaze passed over the heads of the people. The ministers felt a great pressure and couldn't help but lower their heads, not daring to look directly at him.

"All my dear friends are here. I want to announce something today. From the day the grandson was assassinated, I have made up my mind that this thing must be done and I have to do it..."

When the ministers heard this, their hearts sank, and the spacious hall was silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were like lightning, staring at the ministers, his voice gradually became cold, and he slowly said word by word: "You all listen, I decided to reopen the brocade-yi-wei!"

"thump!"

Huang Zicheng knelt down first and shouted: "Your Majesty! This is tyranny and cannot be restored! I dare not obey the imperial edict, so I ask Your Majesty to take it back!"

Xiao Fan had been taken to the Meridian Gate, and Jinyi's personal army was so slow that it had not taken any action. Because the crown prince had ordered him to not take action if he was in the future, no one of the personal army dared to execute his sentence without authorization.

Xiao Fan felt that he was very unfair, but he just taught the grandson to play a few mahjong. Is it so serious? Zhu Yuanzhang, who used to shoot the grandson, did not do anything about himself. The royal rules are really inexplicable...

At this time, a figure ran out from the palace from afar, followed by a large group of personal guards. When he saw that it was Zhu Yunwen. When Xiao Fan saw his depressed face, he sighed secretly in his heart, "Anyway, I have to be beaten."

After Zhu Yunwen approached, Jinyi's personal army who was executed saluted him. He waved his hand and sighed: "Xiao Shilu, I'm sorry for you, the emperor's grandfather... he still refused to take back Cheng's life. He said that if you want you to have awe of the royal family, you must beat you up before talking..."

What an unreasonable emperor...

Xiao Fan was so angry that his face turned red. He heard this and pressed Zhu Yunwen's shoulder, then slashed Huashan hard at his forehead with one move.

"Bang!"

The sound is crisp and pleasant.

The guards behind Zhu Yunwen seemed to have seen the two of them fighting too much. They were not surprised to see Xiao Fan slapping the grandson's forehead. Everyone looked up at the sky, but they saw nothing.

"Who said I have no awe of the royal family? I was so in awe that I nodded and bowed when I saw people. How could I be awe? Do I reason?" Xiao Fan shouted in grief and anger.

Zhu Yunwen rubbed his forehead that was being beaten red with a sad face, and accused him with a puff of his mouth: "You hit someone again... Are you calling awe? You are violence! I understand now. It's right for the emperor's grandfather to beat you up! You should beat me!"

Xiao Fan sighed, turned his head and said dejectedly to Jinyi's personal army who was executing the execution: "Come on, it's a knife to stretch your head, and a knife to shrink your head. Beat it early. If I'm still alive after the blow, go home to recuperate..."

The Jinyi's personal soldiers who were executing the execution nodded and waited for Xiao Fan to be pressed down.

"Slow down!" Zhu Yunwen stopped them, then took two iron plates about half an inch thick from the guard behind him and handed them to Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan was stunned: "What is this?"

Zhu Yunwen said angrily: "Put them into your pants and put them on your butt, and you won't feel that hurt if you get beaten..."

Xiao Fan's eyes lit up, and then he looked at the Jinyi's personal soldiers who were executing the execution in embarrassment and whispered: "This... isn't that good, right?"

Cheating is too obvious. Are you all blind?

Zhu Yunwen glared at them, looked at them, and said with a bad voice: "What have you seen?"

The soldiers hurriedly shook their heads and said, "No, Your Highness, the villain saw nothing."

Zhu Yunwen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Hmph! You can do it yourself when you execute the execution. If it is severe, you will know the consequences!"

The soldiers wiped their sweat: "Yes, yes!"

After the explanation, Zhu Yunwen smiled at Xiao Fan and said, "Okay, you can lie down and get beaten."

Xiao Fan was dumbfounded.

This...is this the prototype of ancient formalism?

Is it too blatant? Do you have any objection if Lao Zhu knows it?

After stuffing the iron plate, Xiao Fan lay down honestly. Zhu Yunwen looked at him with a smile. When the Jinyi private soldiers were about to put sacks on Xiao Fan, a group of Jinyi private soldiers came from outside the palace gate, escorting a man who looked like a minister to the Meridian Gate.

When they approached, Xiao Fan and Zhu Yunwen were shocked.

"Mr. Huang, why are you... you come to fight with me?" Xiao Fan said in surprise and joy.

I underestimated Lao Huang, it turned out that he was a loyal person.

Huang Zicheng glared and then snorted fiercely.

After Jinyi's personal army took Huang Zicheng to Xiao Fan, he began to read Huang Zicheng's crime loudly: "According to the sages, Huang Zicheng, a Hanlin editor and Chunfang lecturer, disobeyed the order and committed disrespect for the emperor. He immediately performed ten sticks in court, and executed the execution of the Meridian Gate. I respect this!"

"That's great! Mr. Huang, do you want a iron plate? I have an extra piece here..." Xiao Fan looked like "You are so lucky".
Chapter completed!