First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 454

He yelled loudly and threatened the beasts of the guards. Instead of getting angry, they persuaded Lord Tang to calm down and not hurt himself.

He knelt down and begged, hoping to let him go, but the group of people were indifferent.

Soft, hard, nothing at all.

Gradually, Tang Shengzong really couldn't stand it anymore. He talked about the occupation of the post horse, the construction of the ancestral hall at home, and even the collection of money.

But even so, the arch guard did not let him go, because there are more important things that have not been explained!

"Forgive me! I am good friends with your Governor Guo Ying, we are from the same hometown, we grew up together, we are all in the same family..." Tang Shengzong kept pleading.

But right after this verification, he suddenly heard footsteps, and a person walked quickly, and came in front of Tang Shengzong, and said loudly: "I can't afford to climb high, if I'm with your family, wouldn't I also go in?"

Tang Shengzong was taken aback for a moment, then looked up, and when he saw Guo Ying, tears almost came out.

He hurriedly knelt and climbed two steps, threw himself in front of the wooden fence, bumped his head, and wept bitterly.

"Guo Ying, good brother! Brother Tang didn't let you down, we are all fellow countrymen, you can't just ignore death!"

Guo Ying sneered, "Tang Shengzong, what a brother? Then let me ask you something, and you answer truthfully first. Why did the personnel and witnesses we went to investigate die in the Yangtze River?"

Tang Shengzong was startled, and suddenly said: "Well, I didn't do that, I, I don't know either!"

"You do not know?"

Guo Ying sneered and said, "Since you don't know, then you have to continue the interrogation."

He turned around to leave, Tang Shengzong was also anxious, "Guo Ying, I, I say! Let me tell you, that matter involves the navy, and it will lead to heaven!"

Guo Ying was taken aback, then smiled and said, "Why is the navy connected to the sky?"

Tang Shengzong swallowed, and finally plucked up his courage and said: "Guo Ying, you also know that the sailors always listen to Zhang Xiang, and you and I know exactly how much prestige Zhang Xiang has. I, I, these years, are There are some things that are corrupt and violate the law, but compared with those real giants, they are not worth mentioning!"

"shut up!"

Guo Ying shouted, "Tang Shengzong, you are really insane! When the time comes, do you want to talk about Zhang Xiang? You really think your life is too long!"

Tang Shengzong was startled, and quickly said: "I didn't! I really didn't! Look at me, I haven't said anything these days, but I'm afraid that something will happen and it won't end. I, my heart is still loyal! Guo Ying, your sister is in the palace, can you ask her to tell the superior to let the superior understand my painstaking efforts, I am wronged!"

While he was talking, he suddenly let out another long sigh, "There's no need to blow the pillow, here we come!"

While speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang took big steps, and with a dark face, he came in front of Tang Shengzong.

After seeing Lao Zhu, Tang Shengzong's expression changed instantly, and he suddenly knelt down and kowtowed.

"The superior has spared my life, the superior has spared my dog's life!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted slightly coldly: "You just said Mr. Zhang, you said the navy...... Do you want to say that you have so many fields in your family, and you borrowed the navy's boat to sell food? Also, when the salt business was in front of you , we haven’t checked it out yet, you’ve made a lot of money too, right?”

Tang Shengzong was stunned and speechless.

After all, these words have been used by him as a life-saving straw, as long as enough people are attracted, maybe he can survive.

It's a pity that he made a wrong calculation.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, "Originally we wanted to keep your whole body, but you are so mad at Mr. Zhang that we can't keep you!"

Tang Shengzong was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Sir, please forgive me! Forgive the guilty minister!"

"Don't ask for mercy!"

Old Zhu stopped shouting, "At any rate, he is also the leader of the army, and he has some promise!"

Then Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and asked someone to deliver a bowl, which he handed over to Tang Shengzong.

"Drink it!"

Tang Shengzong was startled, this, is this poisonous wine, or is it red on the top of a crane?

Is this going to kill me?

"Take it over and drink it!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang's roar came, Tang Shengzong trembled with fright, but he could only bring it over. After he took a closer look, he found that there were only a few vegetable leaves, a few pieces of tofu, and some crispy rice in the bowl... Tang Shengzong was stunned, what is this? poison?Haven't seen it?

"Tang Shengzong, when we invited all of you to drink this bowl of soup, do you still remember what we said?"

Tang Shengzong was taken aback, and then he remembered that this is the so-called pearl, emerald and white jade soup!

His thoughts suddenly returned to the beginning, and he was suddenly filled with bitterness, unable to say, "At that time, the superior said at that time, if there was such a bowl of rotten soup, he would not rebel!"

Lao Zhu nodded, "Yeah, it's hard for you to remember, but what you did was to snatch this bowl of bad soup from the hands of the common people? You bastards!"

Chapter 632 Zhang Xianggong Thinks You Are Dead

Old Zhu was so angry that he swears, Tang Shengzong's hands trembled, and he almost dropped the bowl. Zhu Yuanzhang gave him a glare, "Don't waste food! Drink it!"

Tang Shengzong was really scared, he drank the bowl of soup tremblingly, finally there was something in his empty stomach, Tang Shengzong was still a little hungry.

"One more bowl, let him continue!" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.

In this way, Tang Shengzong drank five bowls in a row, and his mental head improved a lot. Except that he was still tired and sleepy, he had no other illnesses.

Zhu Yuanzhang also leaned against the wooden fence, and sat down with his buttocks, almost touching shoulders with Tang Shengzong. If there was no prison door, it would really be the same as when he raised the army.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was full of entanglement and pain. He couldn't figure it out until now, how could a person change so much?

"We're here, and we've drunk the soup. We hope you can understand. Stop talking nonsense. If you have something to say, maybe we'll be more lenient."

Lao Zhu didn't go any further. Tang Shengzong hesitated for a while, but he had no choice but to admit his fate.

Is it really going to arouse Zhu Yuanzhang's thunderous anger? At that time, he can't bear it!

"Superior, guilty minister, guilty minister understands, if the superior wants to ask anything, just say it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "We want to hear from you, how did you get dragged into the water?"

"Chen, I just planted on the ancestral hall!"

Tang Shengzong finally told the truth... In fact, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Tang Shengzong was not as diligent as before, and his appearance did not change immediately.

Only a few years ago, when he returned to his hometown occasionally, someone proposed to build an ancestral hall for his family to pay homage to his ancestors and honor his ancestors.

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister really didn't think about anything else, so he left a thousand coins for the family. That's the criminal's salary. There really isn't a single penny that came from greed! Really none!"

"But who knows that when I returned to Yingtian, they repaired and repaired, saying that there was a gap. Later, there were some key materials that needed to be bought from Yangzhou. The guilty minister wanted to tell them that it didn't need to cost so much money. It’s just a matter of thinking. But who knew that after the trip to Yangzhou, someone was willing to help and gave a lot of things. The criminal minister was also fascinated by ghosts for a while, so he accepted it. It was only later that the minister found out that it was given to him by the Miao family. After the death of Daheng Miao, they want to find a backer!"

"Chen, I regret it now! Your reputation is all ruined by a few pieces of wood and a few broken tiles!" Tang Shengzong said this, he beat his chest and cried loudly.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a silent breath and couldn't help sneering.

"You don't need to be wronged. In fact, when we were knighted that day, someone asked us if we could build an ancestral hall?"

Tang Shengzong was startled, and lost his voice: "Superior, minister, I don't know!"

"Of course you don't know!" Zhu Yuanzhang said bluntly: "As a senior general in the army and a marquis, you must understand these things! Your mansions are all regulated, so how could you be allowed to build them privately?" Ancestral hall? Even if it is built, it will have to wait for our will. Mr. Zhang didn’t build it, Xu Da didn’t build it, Chang Yuchun and Hu Dahai didn’t, but you! You built the ancestral hall, and you accepted bribes from others ,you deserve it!"

Tang Shengzong was slightly taken aback, and finally lowered his head. Zhu Yuanzhang was right. After all, he was not cautious enough, or lacked self-discipline. He felt that with his own merits, he could collect some gifts, build ancestral halls, and worship ancestors, so what?

Who will pursue it?

"What's next? Did you take over those properties?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Tang Shengzong was taken aback for a moment, and immediately shook his head, "Your Majesty, the guilty minister didn't think about this at first, but gradually, some relatives from home came over, as well as the old troops in the army, all came to see and talk to me, most of them asked for help Yes. Over time, the family has no money. Every time relatives and friends come, the sinful minister has to entertain them, but he is afraid that they will come. There are a few times when I come, the minister can’t afford the money, and the result is lost. Then... and later , someone found the guilty minister and said it was nothing serious, as long as the minister nods, he can get it at his fingertips."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help snorting coldly, it was another drama of recognizing relatives and seeking relationships.

Is it fresh?

When I was king of Wu, even Zhu Xi's descendants came to seek connections. Zhang Ximeng became famous all over the world, and a pair of relatives also came.

It's not that a relative is not a good person.

When I became an official, I wished that my relatives would not recognize me.

But there must always be some precautions, and see clearly what these people are planning.

There must be a degree in everything.

In a situation like Tang Shengzong's, he was dragged into the pit step by step, and he couldn't get up again.

"You went into the water by yourself, did you drag others?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Tang Shengzong hesitated a little, but stopped talking.

"Superior, the guilty minister knows that he is guilty, and he deserves to die! The criminal minister only hopes that his own death can warn others, and I hope that the superior can remember the past love, let the net go, and don't implicate other people."

Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled, "Okay! You are quite loyal! You think about it, and if you save them, you will also be saved. It's a pity, you are wrong! Your hypocrisy will only make us sick! You What did you say just now? Have you forgotten? You made a fortune by smuggling the navy and got involved with Mr. Zhang. Why didn’t you keep your mouth shut? Shameless! Hypocritical! Hypocrisy!”

Old Zhu cursed loudly, Tang Shengzong was dumbfounded, he never expected that his few casual words would cause such a big disaster...

"Superior, sinner, sinner didn't mean to talk about Zhang Xiang, how dare the sinner! It's just that there are sailors smuggled, sinner, sinner doesn't know Zhang Xiang..."

Snapped!

Zhu Yuanzhang swung his fist and slammed it hard on the wooden railing, shaking Tang Shengzong twice.

"Bring the instruments of torture!"

Old Zhu roared furiously, Guo Ying didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly brought a rawhide whip, Zhu Yuanzhang took it in his hand, and suddenly flicked it, the whip passed through the gap slightly accurately, and landed on Tang Shengzong's cheek.

In one fell swoop, the skin was ripped open and the blood flowed out!

"Superior, the guilty minister deserves to die!"

When he kowtowed, the second whip arrived!

"Tang Shengzong! Beast! When you waited to join the army, it was Mr. Zhang who gave you names and taught you how to write stroke by stroke... He is not only our husband, but also the husband of you people! Over the years, what is Mr. Zhang? Everyone knows this kind of person! Not long ago, in order to divide the provinces, he argued hard not to allow civil servants to guard the border, because he was afraid that civil officials would infringe on your right to lead the army!"

"Mr. Zhang is easier to talk to than us. He has kindness to you, and then you will repay the kindness with revenge, and you will be devastated! A beast like you, no matter what, we will not spare you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious on one side, but on the other side, someone knelt down in front of Zhang Ximeng's mansion.

This person is Lu Zhongheng!

It's just that the gate of Zhang's mansion is closed tightly, and there is no intention to see him.

In the flower hall of Zhang's mansion, Zhu Di was roasting venison. He regarded Zhang Ximeng's house as a barbecue stand.

Zhang Ximeng also had no choice, he suddenly asked curiously: "King Yan, the crown prince is now managing Beiping for you, and in a few years, you will go to Beiping and become a vassal. What do you want?"

"I want everything! Everything is mine!" Zhu Lao Si said vaguely.

Zhang Ximeng snorted, "You have 48 hours a day? If I give you everything, what can you control?"

Zhu Di thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Then, can I ask Zhang Shuning to help me?"

"No!" Zhang Ximeng said coldly: "Zhang Shuning will be a teacher in the future, teaching and educating people, inheriting my Zhang family's mantle, how can I have the time to help you?"

"Ah? So that's the case." Zhu Di thought for a while and said, "Then, can I inherit the royal father's mantle?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, he was obviously not good-looking, but he still wanted to be so beautiful!

Fourth Zhu, you are too much!

"We can only ask His Majesty."

Apparently, Zhu Di didn't have the guts to do so, so he wanted to gnash his teeth for a long time before raising his head and asking Zhang Ximeng.

"Sir, what do you think I can order?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "There are a lot of things, such as soldiers and horses, money and food, land, talents..."

"This is good!" Zhu Di excitedly said: "I want soldiers and horses, the more the better! With soldiers and horses, I will have money and food! Talents will also be available! Whoever does not listen to me, I will give Kidnapped!"

While speaking, he secretly glanced at Zhang Shuning.

Of course, Zhang Ximeng couldn't hide this guy's ghostly thoughts.

"Soldiers and horses can be given to you, but the territory of the Ming Dynasty cannot give you land!"

Zhu Di was startled, "Then, what is the territory of Ming Dynasty?"

"This... of course we have to wait for the lord to delineate it. But if you want to get more land, you have to go to it yourself, do you understand?"

Zhu Di thought for a while, nodded and said, "I understand, but I'm not allowed to take over the common people's fields!"

Zhang Ximeng couldn't help laughing, "King Yan is quite well informed, even this kind of thing?"

Zhu Di grinned, really think I'm a fool?

The arrest of Tang Shengzong this time involved such a big case, which has long been discussed in martial arts circles.And with Sapphire here, it's hard for the students not to know these things.

"Zhang Xiang, don't worry, I won't fight against you! Even for Zhang Shuning's sake, I will respect you. Moreover, it would be too boring to rob the common people of land, it's really embarrassing!"

Zhang Ximeng couldn't help laughing, dare I accept my son's love?