Chapter 44: Lao Zhu's worries are totally unnecessary! (Please read, vote for the monthly ticket, and recommend!)

"This Hu Weiyong and Zhu Liangzu, do you really think we dare not touch them?"

After the guards left the hall, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly unfolded the secret letter in his hand.

However, after just a quick read, Lao Zhu's face immediately turned gloomy and he threw the secret letter to the ground in anger.

It is no wonder that Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. After all, the secret letter brought by the guard was presented by the Jinyiwei from Hu Weiyong's mansion.

In particular, what is written in this part, that is, the conversation between Hu Weiyong and Zhu Liangzu, is completely accurate without missing a word.

Then this matter seems a little terrifying when you think about it carefully. After all, with Hu Weiyong's intelligence, he naturally understands that Zhu Yuanzhang must have eyes in his house.

The conversation between Hu Weiyong and Zhu Liangzu must have been extremely secretive, but even so, Zhu Yuanzhang's people were still able to write this secret letter.

This is enough to prove that Zhu's people are also absolute confidants in Hu Weiyong's mansion.

But this is no wonder. This group of people have never been able to defeat Lao Zhu from the beginning to the end. After all, how can you defeat Lao Zhu if you don’t even understand your own confidants?

"That's really outrageous!"

Zhu Biao also said with a gloomy expression after reading the secret letter.

Zhu Biao even felt a little wary of Hu Weiyong.

After all, Hu Weiyong's mind was too meticulous, and he had completely lost the awareness of being a minister. Such behavior would be a taboo that no emperor could tolerate.

Cough
The Hongwu Vice Emperor was also an emperor.

"But you can't touch him yet."

Zhu Gang, however, spoke frankly and shook his head slightly.

"Why?"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were both stunned and did not understand what Zhu Gang meant.

After all, Hu Weiyong has acted so recklessly, why can't we touch him?

"Because Hu Weiyong still has value, and his son doesn't want to touch him before his value is exhausted."

"First, the Lu family in Jiangnan has just been wiped out. If you take action against Hu Weiyong at this time, or even abolish the prime minister system, it will probably cause panic among the court officials, causing them to become alienated from you."

"Secondly, the reason why my son called in Zhu Xian was to lure out Hu Weiyong, who was behind Zhu Liangzu, so that he could suppress the Jiangnan gentry and make them suppress each other, so that both sides would suffer losses. Then we can reap the benefits."

Zhu Gang pondered for a while, then a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"But will Hu Weiyong really do as you wish? And with his intelligence, it shouldn't be difficult for him to see it, right?" Zhu Biao frowned.

After all, Hu Weiyong's cunning was unfathomable, so it should not be difficult to see that this was a trap, a trap that would lead to a complete confrontation between him, Hu Weiyong, and the Jiangnan gentry.

"Of course he can see it, but what can he do?"

"Don't forget, he was able to become the right prime minister because of our good uncle, Duke of Korea Li Shanchang."

"And if there is no Duke Hanguo to support Hu Weiyong, Hu Weiyong will be a rootless duckweed in the court. So what is more important? I think Hu Weiyong knows clearly, right?"

Zhu Gang smiled faintly, not caring about Zhu Biao's worries, and leaned lazily on the back of the chair again.

"I understand. Even if Hu Weiyong doesn't want to completely offend the Jiangnan gentry, Duke Hanguo won't do as he wishes. After all, others can't understand it, so how can Duke Hanguo not understand it?"

"And this is not aimed at Sister Chang, but at the entire Huaixi. After all, once the Jiangnan gentry gain power, it will be a disaster for Huaixi."

Zhu Gang's words were like the sun coming out of the clouds, clearing up Zhu Biao's doubts.

Chang Qingyun's greatest confidence in the Eastern Palace is not because she is Zhu Biao's childhood sweetheart, but because she is the daughter of Chang Yuchun, Duke of E, and her family is a noble from Huaixi who followed Zhu to conquer the world.

And it is precisely because of this identity, which involves many things, that even if Hu Weiyong did not want to, Li Shanchang behind Hu Weiyong would not follow Hu Weiyong's wishes.

Then Hu Weiyong can indeed become a good sword, thus completely suppressing the arrogance of the Jiangnan gentry. "But with your character, do you really just want to make Hu Weiyong and the Jiangnan gentry lose both?"

However, Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke with a hint of inquiry in his tone.

After all, the current situation of the Jiangnan gentry is already precarious, so even if Hu Weiyong is not used, the Jiangnan gentry is nothing to be afraid of.

However, Zhu Gang still chose Hu Weiyong, so there must be a deeper meaning behind this.

"Old man, it has to be you."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gang immediately gave a thumbs up.

"Don't flatter me. What on earth do you want to do?"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't buy it, rolled his eyes and continued to ask.

"I want to ask you, why did you let my elder brother take Lu as his concubine?"

But in response to Lao Zhu's question, Zhu Gang asked directly back.

"Of course it is used to stabilize the Jiangnan gentry."

Zhu Yuanzhang answered without hesitation.

"Is it stable then?"

Zhu Gang looked at Zhu Yuanzhang meaningfully again.

"Now it seems that there is none."

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head.

Initially, Zhu Biao married Lu as the Crown Prince's concubine in order to stabilize the Jiangnan clan and balance the forces in the court.

Moreover, if the Lu family really killed Chang Qingyun and Lu was promoted to the Crown Princess, the future court situation would instantly turn to the favor of the Jiangnan gentry.

Old Zhu felt scared when he thought about it, after all, all of his old brothers came from Huaixi.

But think about it, if the future emperor has nothing to do with Huaixi, how can Zhu's group of old brothers accept it?

Therefore, for the sake of his descendants, even if Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to be the Emperor Gaozu of Han, he probably had to do it once.

But if he is an emperor's grandson who comes from a Jiangnan gentry family, then wouldn't the Jiangnan gentry be the only dominant family in the future Ming Dynasty court?
So, in the future, will the Zhu family have the final say in this world, or will the Jiangnan gentry have the final say?

Then why not exterminate all the Jiangnan gentry?
There is no need to think about it at all, Old Zhu is impossible to kill him all.

After all, most of the Huaixi nobles are military generals, and the Ming Dynasty now rules the world instead of conquering it, so it still has to rely on these civil officials.

Unless Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to destroy the Great Wall himself, he could only kill all the gentry in Jiangnan, but the consequence of doing so would be that the Ming Dynasty would completely lose the support of the people in Jiangnan.

Moreover, how can we kill all the scholars in the world?

Especially the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, their students and former officials were spread all over the south of the Yangtze River and the imperial court.

Therefore, even if the Lu family succeeded, Zhu Yuanzhang still could not take action against the Jiangnan gentry.

While thinking, Lao Zhu sighed again.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was just worrying too much. After all, when the "Empty Seal Case" broke out later, Zhu Yuanzhang, in a rage, issued an imperial decree, and tens of thousands of officials were implicated and lost their lives.

It was also from then on that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty developed a deep fear of Zhu Yuanzhang. They were trembling with fear when attending court every day, fearing that if they made the slightest mistake, they would follow in the footsteps of their unfortunate colleagues.

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