Chapter 159 Zhu Di: Is it better for me to be plotted against? (Third update)
"What do you mean by that?" Zhu Di heard something was wrong.
Yao Guangxiao strung the Buddhist beads on his arm and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, Xia Zhibai now has evidence that the generals in your hands are corrupt. Although it is not confirmed, once these things fall into the hands of your Majesty, , or in the hands of the prince, has His Highness considered the consequences?"
Zhu Di's face changed in surprise.
Yao Guangxiao sighed and said: "Your Majesty hates evil and hates corrupt officials to the core. If he knew that such serious corruption had occurred in the army, what do you think your Majesty would do? He will definitely be punished severely and severely. When that happens, everyone will be punished severely. The military attachés involved are not only in danger of their own lives, but will also harm the three clans.”
Zhu Di's eyes turned cold, flashing a cold light.
He would never allow such a situation to be manipulated.
Too dangerous for him.
He himself was indeed not involved.
But if it falls into the hands of the prince, he doesn't believe that the prince will not take the opportunity to cut off all his wings. Then he will be reduced to a mere commander, with no command power but few followers. As his own general, he was basically ignored.
His good brother.
To the outside world, he appears to be benevolent and righteous, but when it comes to committing evil acts, he will not be merciful.
He doesn’t want to be just a vassal king who takes orders from now on.
If he doesn't want to fall to this point, he can't let Xia Zhibai continue to do this, but no one knows how many things Xia Zhibai has in his hands, and no one knows what Xia Zhibai actually does. No matter how peaceful he is, Zhu Di is unwilling to compromise with Xia Zhibai.
He is the majestic King Yan of the Ming Dynasty.
How can you be controlled by others, how can you compromise with scholars?
He really can't afford to lose this person.
This is the thought.
The murderous intention in Zhu Di's heart suddenly rose.
Seeing Zhu Di's sudden silence, Yao Guangxiao, who had been with him for many years, could see Zhu Di's thoughts at a glance. He said lightly: "Qiu Fu, Li Bin and other military attachés do not want to give up the money, food and land they have obtained. They are planning to Xia Zhibai killed people and silenced them.”
Zhu Di closed his eyes slightly, with murderous intent hidden in his eyes.
He looked at Yao Guangxiao and asked: "Xia Zhibai can't be killed?"
Yao Guangxiao shook his head: "No."
"Why?" Zhu Di's eyes were fixed Staring at Yao Guangxiao, he asked Yao Guangxiao to give a clear answer.
Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together and recited "Good, good, good, good", and said: "Because you can't kill, killing will be harmful to His Highness. Killing without nodding your head can indeed relieve your worries, but this kind of thinking is Self-deception”
"Xia Zhibai was sent by the imperial court."
"I don't know how much it has to do with His Majesty, the Crown Prince."
"But it must be related."
"Your Highness is the King of Yan, and holds the military power in the north. In the past few years, His Highness has been running Beiping and has attracted many officials. However, it is obvious that the court has noticed it. Your Majesty took advantage of this cleansing of the court to remove this part to His Highness. The officials who were attracted were all purged."
"What would His Majesty think if His Majesty took action at this time?"
Zhu Di's expression changed and he said solemnly: "You will definitely think that I have an ulterior secret in Peiping, otherwise I wouldn't have killed him."
Yao Guangxiao nodded.
“The emperor is originally suspicious. He was just suspicious before. If once he is confirmed, how can His Highness end up like this?”
“As His Majesty’s fourth son, His Majesty will not kill His Highness. , but His Majesty can do it by imprisoning His Highness or changing the fiefdom."
"His Majesty even spared no effort and only allowed His Highness to perform meritorious service. The officials in the palace are not so lucky, all of them will be executed."
"When the officials from the Chief Secretary of Peking arrive in the future."
"New officials have arrived to take over Xia Zhibai's unfinished business."
"By then, His Highness will truly be alone."
"Can His Highness accept it?"
Zhu Di shook his head.
The generals around him were promoted and won over by him with great difficulty. If all of them were executed, all his efforts over the years would be in vain.
He couldn't accept it.
Yao Guangxiao said: "No one can accept this situation."
"With this incident, His Majesty will only monitor His Highness more closely. If His Highness wants to cultivate His own power will make it even more difficult. If there is no accident, His Highness’s life will basically be like this.”
“So Xia Zhibai cannot be killed.”
"At least."
"Can't die in Peiping!"
Zhu Di was silent.
Although I was extremely irritable, I nodded.
Xia Zhibai really cannot die, at least not in Peiping, otherwise it will have a great impact on him.
It's nothing if Xia Zhibai dies.
But if he had to pay for it, he would never be able to accept the power he had worked so hard to cultivate.
Xia Zhibai is not worth paying such a high price.
"Then what do you want me to do? Just let Xia Zhibai control me?" Zhu Di said coldly.
Yao Guangxiao shook his head and said with a smile: "How can His Highness be controlled by others with his magnificent body of gold? Moreover, His Highness has suffered an unreasonable disaster, how can he be allowed to make further progress? And this is also where Xia Zhibai is shrewd. ”
"He always leaves room."
"The room he gives is to let the salt merchants spread the word."
"Let the military attachés who participated in bullying the local areas spit out the occupied fields ."
"From the beginning to the end, I only stayed at the military attaché level."
"I didn't think about pulling His Highness down."
"What your Highness really wants to do is to cooperate with Xia Zhibai."
"Kill!"
"Kill? Who to kill?" Zhu Di was confused.
“Kill the military attaches who violate military disciplines and bully ordinary military households, kill those powerful men who bully others and prey on the common people, and kill those corrupt officials who do not report the knowledge and are colluding with each other. However, this kind of killing is selective. Kill the big ones and let the small ones go, killing the chickens to scare the monkeys." Yao Guangxiao didn't know when he coiled his beads again.
Zhu Di was even more confused.
Yao Guangxiao said with a smile: "Your Highness must change from passive to active."
"Take the initiative to expose these dirty things, and then use thunderous means to severely punish these evil evils, and then report them to the court to show your Highness's uprightness. With compassion and love for the people, His Highness kills people not for Xia Zhibai to see, but for His Majesty and the Crown Prince to see. "
" In this way, even if Xia Zhibai is killed in the future. Bai told the truth.”
“The imperial court came to investigate and found nothing.”
"Because His Highness has already dealt with it."
"Isn't it still a loss of eight hundred? These dead people are all my people?" Zhu Di was a little dissatisfied. After all, he shouldn't let him Killing each other.
Yao Guangxiao sneered, a hint of sinisterness flashed in his eyes, and said: "It's different."
"What's the difference?" Zhu Di frowned.
Yao Guangxiao smiled and said: "The most important means for a monarch to control his subordinates is to give both kindness and power."
"Power naturally means killing people."
"But while killing people, you must also show kindness." "And this 'showing kindness' is naturally given to officials close to His Highness. This kindness and power are not To make these generals more grateful and more devoted to His Highness? "
"It is a good deal to exchange the death of dozens or hundreds of people for the loyalty of Qiu Fu and other generals. "
“And the benefits go beyond that.”
"Killing can not only correct military discipline, but also win the hearts and minds of the people. After all, many soldiers in the army have been too domineering in recent years, which has affected His Highness's reputation in Peiping."
"Kill to restore His Highness. Reputation has its benefits.”
“And killing dozens of middle- and lower-level military attachés will not only bring back the loyalty of the upper-level generals, but also the popular support of most of the military households at the bottom. The three guardsmen in the hands of His Highness will definitely win. The military morale will also be greatly improved, and the combat power will only increase."
Zhu Di touched his chin, showing a look of surprise.
This is indeed feasible.
Zhu Di was actually a little annoyed with these people who did bad things in his own name, otherwise he wouldn't have sent people to investigate.
It is indeed not bad to clean up the borer pests in the army.
Yao Guangxiao continued: "In addition, this is also an explanation to the court."
"How do you say this?" Zhu Di looked curious.
Yao Guangxiao smiled and said: "The incident in Peiping some time ago was because His Majesty was dissatisfied with His Highness's efforts to win over the Chief Secretary of Peking officials. His Highness is now purging the army to express his position to the court. His Highness is unaware of some things in Peking. He has been kept in the dark. Otherwise, how could His Highness not be aware of the corruption in the army? How could he be so angry after knowing about it?”
"This is also a kind of hiding one's weakness and hiding one's weakness."
"If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it."
"His Royal Highness was too strong in the past, his character was too upright, and his ambition and dissatisfaction were almost If it's all on his face, won't this cause concern to some officials in the court?"
"His highness is showing weakness now to protect his own safety."
"Let the court relax its vigilance." br>
Zhu Di nodded.
In fact, he has always been afraid of his father.
There are many generals in the court who are not dealing with him, and the first one to bear the brunt is Lan Yu.
Because he was the prince's brother-in-law, he did not take him seriously at all. He also repeatedly instigated his relationship with the prince, hoping that the court would reduce his military power.
He knows all this.
If it were not for the instigation of these people in the DPRK, he did not believe that Peiping would have suffered this disaster.
It’s just that the situation is stronger than the person, and he has to bow his head when it’s time to bow. Now, he doesn’t dare to expose his ambition at all. If the prince really becomes dissatisfied, with the prince’s current power, he will probably be able to suppress himself. Gotta die.
After what happened in Peiping, Zhu Di understood it a long time ago.
My father did not fully trust him.
Always under surveillance.
Zhu Di asked: "Is there nothing we can do about Xia Zhibai?"
Yao Guangxiao shook his head helplessly and said: "There is indeed no good way. He almost came alone, and now he can't target him directly. He can only wait for the iron When the factory or salt factory is opened, it can be a check and balance, but it does not have much practical significance."
"However, although His Highness was calculated, overall, His Highness still benefited."
"It's just a bit aggrieved and passive in comparison."
Zhu Di's face darkened.
Is this a bit aggrieved and passive?
This is clearly being led by Xia Zhibai.
He even had reason to believe that if he hadn't been a vassal king, Xia Zhibai would have dared to slap his nose in the face.
Zhu Di took a deep breath, suppressed his displeasure, pondered for a moment, and said, "Is it really feasible to only deal with middle- and lower-level military attachés?"
Yao Guangxiao hesitated and said, "Gao Ji Put it lightly, based on the current investigation situation, Qiu Fu, Li Bin and others are still a little vigilant. They did not take the initiative to handle it themselves, but relied on their brothers-in-law, father-in-law and other relatives to intervene. His Highness will then knock on these matters and remove them. The deep ones will deal with it.”
"By the way, we should clean up the military style and discipline."
Zhu Di nodded.
He will straighten things out without Yao Guangxiao reminding him.
He didn’t keep an eye on it all the time, and military discipline has deteriorated like this. If we don’t rectify it, what will happen in the future?
Soon.
Zhu Di looked coldly and said, "What should we do with those beggars?"
"How about killing them all?"
A cruel look flashed in Zhu Di's eyes.
He already had a bad attitude towards these beggars, and now that he almost killed them, his opinion of the beggars has become even worse. Moreover, the existence of these beggars has created a huge obstacle to his control over Peiping. He felt uneasy about the hidden dangers and loopholes.
He only has one thought in his mind now.
Kill!
Only the dead are the safest.
Yao Guangxiao was a little moved, but finally shook his head.
Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together and bowed: "No, beggars from other dynasties can be killed, but beggars from the Ming Dynasty cannot be killed, because today's world has been reduced to beggars. If your highness kills beggars, you will only be punished by your majesty. Disgusted."
Zhu Di smiled.
He was so angry that he almost forgot about it.
It is true that the beggar cannot be killed.
If I were to kill him, I would be afraid that the soles of my father’s shoes would fly over from Kyoto.
"Then let them stay in the city all the time? Let them always act as Xia Zhibai's eyes and ears? Then won't Xia Zhibai know everything I do in the future?" Zhu Di was a little irritated. , these beggars can't be killed, relief, and there is not so much food in Peiping.
What’s more, there are people escaping from the north all the time.
Can it be saved?
Yao Guangxiao recited a few Buddhist scriptures and said hesitantly: "I can only ask Xia Zhibai to help. The person who tied the bell must untie the bell. His Highness has made so many concessions for Xia Zhibai. If Xia Zhibai If Zhibai is still clinging to me, then it’s time for His Highness to get angry."
Zhu Di snorted coldly.
When Xia Zhibai was mentioned, he felt angry in his heart.
After Xia Zhibai came, nothing went smoothly for him. From the beginning, he was verbally targeted, and later he fell directly into Xia Zhibai's scheme. Now he still has to be controlled by others, and all kinds of aggrieved, making Zhu Di... Like a lump in the throat.
If he could, he wished he could chop Xia Zhibai alive on the spot.
Otherwise it will be difficult to understand the hatred in my heart.
Yao Guangxiao lowered his head and recited Buddhist scriptures, and then said: "Your Highness can invite Xia Zhibai over and have a good talk about these, or directly tell Xia Zhibai that from now on, Xia Zhibai will inquire about Any news must be given to His Highness."
"This is what Xia Zhibai promised before."
Zhu Di frowned.
Finally he nodded.
"Okay, I'll do as you say." Zhu Di pondered for a moment and then said: "It's been a long time, so it's time for you to sort out and hand over the things you found. I'd like to take a look. What are the dirty things that these soldiers under my command have done behind my back?"
Yao Guangxiao nodded.
Zhu Di walked a few steps indoors and snorted coldly: "When I leave later, tell Qiu Fu and the others so that they don't act rashly and don't mess with me. Finally, compile a detailed roster. Come on, it’s time for the army to clean up.”
“Otherwise they will almost forget that Ming Dynasty still has military discipline.”
Zhu Di stood tall and tall.
He took the Wild Goose Wing Knife back into his hand.
Only by touching the cool blade, his restless heart could find a moment of peace.
(End of this chapter)