Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Seeing that the Ming Emperor's questioning was calmed down by his fourth brother, Zhu Biao admired him from the bottom of his heart.

Then he heard his sixth brother Zhu Zhen asking his brothers what the "final right of interpretation" meant.

The second and third brothers were speechless about this question, only the fifth brother Zhu Su seemed to want to say something, but in the end he hesitated.

However, Zhu Biao could guess a little.

The organizers mentioned in later generations mostly agreed with the host, and the right of interpretation was easier to understand, just like the great scholars of the world annotating the quotations of the sages, and the meanings of the interpretations were different.

But when it comes to the red book and iron certificate, it can be corrected - the final right of interpretation belongs to the emperor.

Three months ago, Guangmu mentioned Qian's red-lettered iron certificate, so Zhu Biao consulted scholars when he was studying around the New Year, and read the records of red-lettered iron certificates in the past dynasties, and finally saw...

This thing originated from Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was praised for its ability to avoid death. At that time, the close ministers of Emperor Xiaowen of Wei would actively seek iron certificates to protect themselves.

The Sui and Tang dynasties also followed this system, and the abuse of iron certificates began around the Anshi Rebellion. However, those who made contributions to the Tang court were all given iron certificates to show their sincerity, but the ability of iron certificates to avoid death became weaker, and there was even a record of Li Huaiguang refusing to accept the iron certificate - the minister rebelled, and was given an iron certificate. Huaiguang did not rebel, and now he was given an iron certificate, which was to make him rebel.

Although Li Huaiguang rebelled later, Zhu Biao felt that it had nothing to do with the iron certificate after reading it through. It was purely because Li Huaiguang was increasingly suspicious and felt insecure, so he secretly connected with Zhu Ci.

However, the fact that Li Huaiguang could say this is enough to show that from that time on, the ability of the iron certificate to exempt one from death had a lot of room for discussion.

Perhaps it was for this reason that there was a rumor later that when Zhu Youqian was framed and killed, he used the iron certificate given by Li Cunxu to ask for pardon, but was laughed at as "the emperor is calling for beheading".

Therefore, in short, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty was still a little pessimistic about the prospects of those who held the iron certificate in the current Ming Dynasty, his father's good brothers in the past, and his uncle Zhu Biao.

It was just because of what Guangmu said before that Qian used the iron certificate to really exempt his father from death and it was recorded in history books, so Zhu Biao still had some illusions about the role of the iron certificate.

But now that he understood that "the right to interpret the iron certificate to exempt one from death belongs to the emperor", Zhu Biao was also suddenly enlightened.

Whether the nobles of the Ming Dynasty can survive in the future has nothing to do with the iron certificate, it all depends on the father's thoughts.

After all... looking back at Li Shanchang, who had lost his crown and whose shoulders had collapsed a lot, Zhu Biao felt very complicated for a while.

【It is generally believed that the official beginning of the Hu Weiyong case was two events in the 12th year of Hongwu.

One was the case of Hu Weiyong privately killing the coachman, and the other was the case of the Champa tribute envoy.

The first was the death of Hu Weiyong's son. In the 12th year of Hongwu, Hu Weiyong's beloved son drove a carriage in the capital at a speeding speed. The result was probably that the traffic conditions in ancient times were not ideal, and the son fell from the carriage and died.

Hu Weiyong was furious and killed the driver directly, that is, the coachman. When Zhu Yuanzhang knew about this, he called the chef Xiao Hu and scolded him, threatening to ask Xiao Hu to pay with his life, and rejected Xiao Hu's proposal to compensate for money and silk. It is said that this incident made Hu Weiyong rebellious and began to secretly form a group of subordinates.

In the same year, the Champa envoys came to pay homage, and Hu Weiyong directly divided the tribute on his own initiative. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he found out about this. Hu Weiyong was frightened and pushed the responsibility to the Ministry of Rites, but the Ministry of Rites certainly didn't want to take the blame, so they stood up and accused the Secretariat. The two sides quarreled more and more, and finally Zhu Yuanzhang became impatient, and all the ministers involved were imprisoned and questioned, and finally the matter became a big deal.

However, it is necessary to distinguish here. The one who died in the Champa tribute case was Wang Guangyang. This brother was called back by Zhu Yuanzhang in the tenth year of Hongwu to be the right prime minister in order to control Hu Weiyong, but the situation still continued. In the Champa tribute case, Zhu Yuanzhang already knew about it, but he still insisted that "it was nothing", which touched Zhu Yuanzhang's reverse scale. He believed that Wang Guangyang was suspected of being a clique, so he investigated the crime, and finally Wang Guangyang died.

Hu Weiyong's incident was caused by the involvement of Wang Guangyang's case. The files show that Chen, the concubine who died with Wang Guangyang, was a person who was confiscated.

According to the regulations at that time, women who were confiscated due to family members' crimes could only be given to military meritorious families, and Wang Guangyang was not eligible to be given. Following this line, Zhu Yuanzhang traced the crime to Hu Weiyong, the Secretariat and the six ministries, which eventually triggered the first stage of the Hu Weiyong case.

However, judging from the fragments in the history books, the formal confrontation between Hu Weiyong and Zhu Yuanzhang did not begin in the 12th year of Hongwu.

To clarify the time when the two sides began to wrestle, we have to talk about the second stage of Hu Weiyong. 】

In Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin pulled his curly beard and almost immediately remembered the allusion in the history books:

"Did Duke Zheng defeat Duan in Yan?"

The ministers of Zhenguan looked at each other, and finally the mature and steady Fang Xuanling stood up and said:

"If the history seen by later generations and what has just been said are all true, then yes."

Du Ruhui also added:

"It took six years from the time when the Ming prime minister became the only one to be punished. Perhaps the Ming emperor gradually became impatient with the arrogance of his ministers."

Li Shimin nodded. Both statements made sense.

But as always, he quickly let it go:

"It is Ming's business after all, and Zhu Baba will have to worry about it."

"However, my talent in using troops is indeed the best in the past two thousand years!"

Although it was a show-off, Empress Changsun heard a hint of boredom in the words.

As the closest person, she could understand some of the reasons.

In the past few years, apart from the state affairs of the Tang Dynasty, the thing that Langjun talked about most was undoubtedly the brilliant future in the light curtain.

And what Erlang cared about most was the battle formations in the future that were completely beyond his comprehension.

I still remember that after watching the Shenwei Cannon, Erlang was also like this. He first sighed with her about the power of the cannon fire, and then began to talk to her with great interest and a hint of yearning about the ship-shaped fortress that raised raging waves on the sea and the giant bird that could fly across the sky.

Of course, there was also the "Heavenly Palace" that could live in the sky and watch the earth, which made Yan Liben draw it every time he recalled it.

Erlang also sighed more than once that only the power of the future could be called the power of the emperor. Compared with it, the power of him, the king of the Tang Dynasty, was not as good.

Presumably, rather than being praised by future generations as the unrivaled general, Erlang wanted to lead the army of future generations and make his name go down in history.

However, this mentality needs to be persuaded. After all, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty no longer needs to ride a horse to lead the army.

Before Empress Changsun could figure out an explanation, she heard her eldest son speak.

"Aye Dakui's talent for two thousand years is not only about the military formation?"

"Aye's talent for governing the world must also be the best in two thousand years!"

These words made Li Shimin's sincere smile grow a little more. He finally patted his son on the shoulder and said:

"My reputation as a general depends on the generals, and if I want to make a name for myself, it also depends on the ministers."

The atmosphere in Ganlu Hall was a little more relaxed. Du Ruhui and others, who had originally been worried about the future saying that the emperors were fighting for power, put their minds back again.