Father can be an enemy to the country

Emperor Hongwu and his Highness the Crown Prince, based on the principle of using whatever is useful, firmly believe that some fat man far away in Nanchang can solve this 'little' problem as always.

So they stopped worrying about money and moved on to the next topic.

"What about the people involved in the "No Account Book"?" the prince asked softly.

If we look into this further, Hu Weiyong will not be able to escape.

"Hey, let's do it step by step. Let's solve the Jiangxi issue first, and then talk about the court." Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't want to touch Hu Weiyong, but he didn't mean to handle it lightly either:

"Even if it is 'Jiangxi to fill Huguang', the matter itself will involve killing people. If we don't take the opportunity to kill a group of people to shock and shock, everything will be in vain."

"Okay." The prince did not object this time. He was not benevolent in the traditional sense, but just opposed unnecessary killings.

For the necessary bloodshed, the prince can still be hard-hearted.

"But it's better not to get blood on Lao Liu's hands." The prince thought for a moment and said, "He's still a little young. I'm afraid it will affect his character."

"Hey, you really love him." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "But that's right, who made him the little God of Wealth? It's natural to hold him in his hands and worship him. How can we let him do wet work again?"

"My son is not that snobbish. I just think that he is not yet fifteen years old. It is too intolerable to let him kill people." The prince couldn't laugh or cry.

"Then what should we do? Let the third son postpone his resignation and then join his team?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"It's better not to delay the third son's decision to become a vassal. It's been delayed again and again, and those ministers will be in trouble if you delay any longer." The prince shook his head and said: "Let's talk about the previous empty seal case and the Suzhou Civil Rebellion case. The third son has already taken the blame. He has received too much notoriety, so we can’t just use this one sheep to shave off the wool, so this time it’s better to replace him with the fourth one.”

"The fourth child? Can he do it?" Zhu Yuanzhang had confidence in the fourth child to fight, but he had no confidence in him handling this kind of thing.

"The fourth child in our family is very powerful. He and the third child seem to be two extremes, but in fact they are the most similar." The prince's understanding of his brothers far surpassed Boss Zhu's. He smiled and said:

"It's like being strong. The third child is strong just for appearances. The fourth child looks like he doesn't care, but in fact he is stronger than everyone else. Last year, he missed several errands for some reasons. He followed me like a demon and would talk to me every now and then. , let me think about him when I have errands to do."

"Okay, since the boss is so optimistic about him, there must be no problem." Zhu Yuanzhang said happily: "Oh, why do you think our old Zhu family has so many capable people?"

"That's not because my father taught me well." The prince smiled.

"Hahaha, we think so too. When I sent a few of them back to their hometowns for training, you girls were crying and crying," Zhu Yuanzhang said happily from ear to ear:

"It seems like we are going to sell them. Do you see the effect now? This is like the edge of a sword coming from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms coming from the bitter cold."

"Yes, yes," the prince said perfunctorily. Xin said that Lao Qi Lao Ba and the others went to practice, but nothing happened. Instead, they came back in a mess, so this matter has some points.

~~

In Zhongshu Province, Prime Minister Zuo was in charge of the house.

Hu Weiyong was having lunch with his right-hand man.

Lunch was a standard meal of four dishes, one soup, two meat and two vegetarian dishes. Since I had to go to the Wenhua Hall for pilgrimage in the afternoon, I didn’t drink.

Shang Hao served Hu Xiang a bowl of soup and said with a smile: "Jin Gou sea rice and winter melon soup is so delicious that you will lose your eyebrows. En Xiang will have another bowl."

Peng Geng chuckled and said, "In the afternoon, Enxiang went to the prince's place to stand up for himself and asked him to drink soup and winter melon. Isn't this embarrassing the old man?"

"That's not what I meant." Shang Hao was immediately embarrassed on the spot, with the soup bowl hanging in the air, not knowing whether to hand it over or take it back.

"Ah?" Hu Weiyong was distracted, looked at the two of them and said, "Why are you arguing again?"

He never stops them, and is even happy to see the two of them quarreling, because he feels that it is not a good thing for his subordinates to be too united.

"No, it's nothing." Shang Hao smiled and wanted to take the soup bowl back. Hu Weiyong took it and drank by himself, obviously not hearing what Peng Geng said just now.

"Enxiang, what are you thinking about?" Peng Geng asked carefully.

"Tsk, I feel a little uneasy today." Hu Weiyong murmured while ladling the soup: "Is something going to happen somewhere?"

"En Xiang is in charge of the entire Ming Dynasty, and there are twelve provinces in the country. How many things happen in a day?" Shang Hao comforted: "It's better to relax and eat and drink as you should. Well, the spring bamboo shoots fried in lard are really good."

"I'm worried about Jiangxi." Hu Weiyong sighed and finally told the truth:

"They shouldn't do anything, and the worst thing they should do is kill Liu Lian in the Chief Secretary's Yamen... Rules are used to protect the weak, so we should follow the rules. If we fight according to the rules, we can still have fun. You have to turn. Once the table is overturned, you can only use your neck to hold the knife in the emperor's hand."

"Yes, the Emperor is definitely not done with this matter." Peng Geng nodded and said: "I hope Lao Shen can settle it. The last resort is to cut off the wrist of a strong man."

"Well, this is a way." Hu Weiyong scooped up a piece of dried rice and chewed it carefully: "Old Shang, you will write a note to Lao Shen later and ask him to handle this matter immediately."

"Ah?" Shang Hao and Peng Geng were startled. They didn't expect Hu Xiang to decide so quickly. He decided to let a border official die in a matter of seconds.

Hu Weiyong said with an annoyed look on his face: "Oh, I should have asked Old Shen to take action as soon as he arrived in Nanchang, and I shouldn't have kept Xiong Qitai here for a few more days."

"En Xiang, what's the matter?" Shang Hao asked bravely: "Can we settle this matter without letting Old Shen try first? Although Xiong Qitai has acted a little arrogantly, he is loyal to En Xiang."

"It seems that you usually accept gifts from him." Hu Weiyong said with a sarcastic smile: "If he doesn't die, he might confess you and drag you to death with him."

"There is a reason for kindness, and I support it." Shang Hao immediately changed his tune.

"Enxiang, is it really so dangerous?" Peng Geng asked with a pale face.

"I hope I'm overly concerned, but I always feel that Liu Bowen has remained silent until now, which actually shows that he is secretly doing something to avenge his son." Hu Weiyong's worry mainly comes from his fear of Liu Bowen.

'I failed to kill him last time. This time Liu Lian dies, he will definitely put the blame on me. It would be strange if you don't fight with me. ’ Prime Minister Hu was so panicked.

While the three of them were talking, there was a rapid knock on the door outside.

"Prime Minister, urgent report from Jiangxi."

The spoon in Hu Weiyong's hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

"Come in." Shang Hao hurriedly answered for him. The clerk came in and handed over a secret report.

"It's from Shen Liben." He took a look, quickly stood up and went to the desk, picked up the knife, cut the envelope, and took out the letter.

After just one glance, Shang Hao was as dumbfounded as Hu Weiyong.

Peng Geng took the letter in his hand strangely, and when he saw it, he was stunned.

"Why are you in a daze? What could be worse?" Hu Weiyong regained consciousness.

"Well, Mr. En, Lao Liu has shown up in Nanchang!" Shang Hao stammered.

"It's over..." Hu Weiyong's eyes darkened and he fainted.

During the Wenhua Hall pilgrimage that afternoon, Hu Weiyong took leave for the first time. The reason for taking leave was food poisoning...