Zhu Yuanzhang Returns from Modern Times

At the Marquis of Chengyi’s residence, Liu Bowen opened his eyes.

As people get older, they naturally need less sleep.

Not only is there little time, but the sleep is also very light.

It's easy for them to wake up at the slightest noise.

After listening intently, he sat up, quickly opened the door, and went out.

He opened the gate and looked outside.

In the darkness of night, a group of armored soldiers carrying torches were seen walking away along the street.

After standing there for a while, Liu Bowen closed the courtyard gate, returned to the house, and went back to his bed.

Instead of lying down, she put on her clothes and sat up against the headboard.

Hu Weiyong is really finished!

Such a large-scale operation suggests that this person is planning a rebellion.

It is said that since he took office, he surveyed the land, established the Yellow Register, and was going to implement the land tax reform, and he chose Jiangxi as the first stop for the reform.

He knew that this move by the new leader was not simple.

Aside from handling official business, to a large extent, it was aimed at Hu Weiyong.

As the situation in Jiangxi changed rapidly, those people engaged in fierce confrontations, especially after Hu Weiyong's son died there.

That's even more true!

He always felt that something big was likely to happen.

I'm afraid Hu Weiyong won't survive.

Especially recently, the emperor suddenly decided to build a palace, and took the crown prince and empress to Qingfeng Mountain. He also left Prime Minister Hu Weiyong in the capital to oversee the situation.

He had already sentenced Hu Weiyong to death in his heart.

Every move the new leader makes is aimed at Hu Weiyong.

And indeed, Hu Weiyong became increasingly arrogant and domineering.

They're doing increasingly inhuman things.

This move by those in power is a ploy to lure the enemy out of hiding.

If Hu Weiyong can restrain himself and refrain from taking rash actions, he may still have a chance to live.

Once you start fighting, there's only one way out: death.

But... can Hu Weiyong really refrain from taking action?
The situation in Jiangxi is becoming increasingly delicate.

That's his old stronghold, so how could the things that happened there really not involve Hu Weiyong?

Hu Weiyong's son died, and he really remained unmoved?

At this crucial moment in his rise to power, Hu Weiyong would certainly not miss this golden opportunity to make such a move!

And now, events have indeed proven my view to be correct.

Hu Weiyong indeed couldn't resist taking action.

What awaited him was a well-prepared, charged attack from the superiors.

It remains to be seen how many more people will be implicated and how many will die as a result.

He didn't feel anything was wrong at all when Hu Weiyong died.

On the contrary, they would applaud and cheer?
After all, Hu Weiyong was a despicable scoundrel.

Before this, they had used many underhanded tricks against me.

Especially that time almost two years ago, if the person in charge hadn't been careful and called me over for a face-to-face questioning...

On his side, he also had copies of his communications with Liao Yongzhong. This one time alone would be the end of him.

The death of Hu Weiyong is a cause for great joy.

Hu Weiyong himself was indeed far too arrogant and domineering in his actions.

After becoming prime minister, he wanted to ascend to heaven.

If he doesn't die, who will?
Do you really think that those who rise to power are incompetent and weak rulers?

So now we can bully them?
How can it be!

At this point, he was not so much thinking about Hu Weiyong's death, nor about how many people would be implicated in the Hu Weiyong case.

The question then becomes: who will succeed Hu Weiyong as prime minister?

Should Wang Guangyang be promoted to the official position?
Liu Bowen shook his head.

That's highly unlikely.

In his view, it was very likely that Wang Guangyang, the Right Chancellor, would be dismissed along with Hu Weiyong.

Wang Guangyang still hasn't grasped the situation.

Why did the higher-ups promote him again and appoint him as the Right Chancellor?
Is it so that he can collect his salary for nothing?
No.

Rather, it was to restrain Hu Weiyong and prevent him from running rampant in the Secretariat and monopolizing power.

But things turned out differently for him.

Even after becoming the Right Chancellor of the Secretariat, he still did not do any serious work.

It had no restraining effect whatsoever; whatever Hu Weiyong said was law.

Even if we don't say they colluded with Hu Weiyong, they certainly didn't exert any restraint whatsoever.

Wang Guangyang was wrong.

Does he think it's good enough if he doesn't do anything?
Such a thing might have been acceptable for other emperors.

But if it's someone in a higher position, that really won't work.

With such a character and such a wise ruler, how could he allow him to do such despicable things?

He was appointed by his superiors to do things, but he was completely ineffective and even used this method to silently resist his superiors.

This in itself is a grave sin.

Those who rise to power will remember it.

They might not act that way on ordinary days, but when it comes to certain matters, they will absolutely not hesitate to settle scores.

They definitely can't escape!
Besides Wang Guangyang, who else could be the prime minister?
Li Shanchang, or himself?

After thinking for a while, he shook his head.

Neither he nor Li Shanchang were suitable to be prime minister.

Hu Weiyong was dismissed as prime minister because he had too deep a power base and was too arrogant and domineering.

Li Shanchang, the leader of the Huaixi nobles, was finally brought down by his superiors.

He became a lackey for those in power.

How could we possibly let Li Shanchang become prime minister again?
Moreover, Li Shanchang was getting on in years.

As for myself... the chances are basically slim.

Moreover, he didn't want to be the prime minister.

So the question is, besides ourselves and a few others, who else could serve as prime minister?
Shang Gao? Tu Jie? Chen Ning? These people are probably lucky to escape being implicated...

After thinking about it for a while, he shook his head, trying to stop himself from thinking about it any further.

Let whoever wants to be prime minister be it, as long as we don't let him take the position.

Given the decisiveness and experience of those in power, they have already chosen to take action against Hu Weiyong's side.

Therefore, he must have already had a plan in mind for the next prime minister.

They will definitely arrange things very well.

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Hu Weiyong!

You madman! How dare you rebel!

Li Jinglong looked at Hu Weiyong and angrily rebuked him.

"Rebellion? What's there to be afraid of!"
Didn't Zhu Yuanzhang seize power through rebellion?
If he can rebel, why can't I? Does this world belong to the Zhu family by birth?
Besides, this isn't a rebellion; it's in accordance with the will of Heaven and the people, and I'm going to take their place!
Zhu Yuanzhang's atrocities had long since aroused the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people, and countless people wished they could devour his flesh and kill him as soon as possible!
I was simply following the will of the people and doing something!

Hu Weiyong sneered, showing no fear whatsoever: "The world has suffered under Zhu Yuanzhang for far too long!"

Even if you kill me today, many other virtuous and extraordinary people will still step in to kill this scoundrel!

"You traitor, shut your mouth!"

Li Jinglong cursed and slapped Hu Weiyong's face five or six times in succession.

He was kicked hard in the stomach again, causing him to fall off the chair and onto the ground...

"You beast! Traitor! How dare you spout such nonsense here?!"

Filled with rage, Li Jinglong shouted curses.

"Tie him up! Gag him!"

This is to prevent this guy from farting randomly again.

If he didn't block it, he really wouldn't know what else Hu Weiyong would say next!
This beast has truly gone mad!

Not only did they dare to rebel against their own uncle, but now they even dare to utter such utter nonsense!

They truly deserved to die!
Such a person deserves to be torn to pieces!

Hu Weiyong originally wanted to say something even more outrageous to drag more people into it.

Unexpectedly, Li Jinglong, this son of Li Wenzhong, managed to shut him up so quickly.

He didn't struggle.

They were led away peacefully like that.

In the end, he lost the rebellion.

Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed cunning and shrewd.

With a series of measures employed, it became impossible for them not to embark on the path of rebellion.

As soon as he made any move, he immediately launched a swift and decisive attack.

My earlier considerations were correct; Zhu Yuanzhang, that beast, certainly had no good intentions.

They resorted to some underhanded tactics to lure the enemy out of their hole and trick us into making a move.

That bastard deserves to die!
However, Zhu Yuanzhang obviously did not expect that he had another purpose besides rebelling against him!
I've made two plans!

If rebellion fails, then let's use it as a pretext to throw his Ming Dynasty into complete chaos!

To drag more people into this mess, to make them pay for their son's death!

This caused his Ming Dynasty to suffer a severe blow!
He thought he had won, that he had calculated many things, and that he had manipulated himself.
Little did they know that they had other thoughts as well!
He was also his own knife, and he was also manipulated by himself.

In the end, I still won this matter.

He was prepared that if Zhu Yuanzhang didn't personally interrogate him, that would be fine.

If he were to personally interrogate me, I would tell him some things and give him a big surprise!

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang, the beggar, must have been in a particularly good mood.

"Hu Weiyong! Hu Weiyong! You...you heartless bastard! What have you done?"
What have you been doing?!

Unlike Hu Weiyong's composure, madness, and ruthlessness.

Compared to him, Hu Weiyong's wife was far inferior.

He was dragged out in the middle of the night and faced with so many soldiers, which made him completely panicked.

Clearly, Hu Weiyong had not told her about many of the things he had done before.

Hu Weiyong simply glanced at her and didn't say anything more.

Of course, even if he wanted to say something at this moment, he simply couldn't.

After all, their mouths have already been gagged.

However, when he looked at his wife, it was clear that he was smiling.

Hu Weiyong's wife also read what Hu Weiyong wanted to say in his eyes.

That was to avenge his son!
Or rather, she could guess most of the situation without even asking.

Knowing that Hu Weiyong would do this was to avenge his family's Tianci.

Mrs. Hu had mixed feelings about this.

I wanted to say something, but in the end I didn't.

My mood at that moment was simply indescribable.

Revenge... but this revenge isn't actually absolutely necessary.

Of course, more importantly, even if one wants revenge, one should not resort to overly violent methods.

This resulted in both of them being arrested by the government officials...

That would be too high a price to pay.

There were some things she really wanted to say to Hu Weiyong at this moment.

However, they also knew that once these words were spoken, they would be incredibly provocative to Hu Weiyong.

Moreover, it's not good for yourself either.

So I held back and didn't say it...

Under Li Jinglong's watchful eye, all the people in Hu Weiyong's residence were captured.

In addition, Hu Weiyong's entire residence was sealed off.

Hu Weiyong's residence is very important, so important that absolutely no mistakes can be made!
After finishing all these tasks, he left with Hu Weiyong and the others.

On this night, Hu Weiyong was not the only one arrested.

The entire city of Yingtianfu became very lively.

Chen Ning had already prepared the corresponding imperial edict, waiting to take control of the central government, and contacted some officials to prepare for what was to come.

As a result, the moment the talent made a move, he was captured by the fierce and ruthless armored soldiers...

Shang Gao was in an exceptionally good mood.

Filled with joy and excitement, they eagerly awaited the next step to success.

He had long coveted the position of prime minister.

Now, as long as I get things done, I can become the real prime minister and succeed Prime Minister Hu!
Not only that, but he could also be granted the title of Duke!
This was something he never dared to even imagine before.

Zhu Yuanzhang?
To hell with Zhu Yuanzhang!

Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang should have stepped down long ago!
Thanks to Prime Minister Hu's brilliant strategies and the combined efforts of himself and others, Zhu Yuanzhang was doomed!
The throne can only belong to Prime Minister Hu; no one can save Zhu Yuanzhang!
After tonight, the capital city, and indeed the entire world, will be under our control!

I can be second only to one person and above ten thousand others!

Just thinking about the wonderful life ahead fills me with anticipation.
The next moment, all his expectations were shattered.

The arriving soldiers immediately captured him.

"What are you doing? What are you doing? Don't you know who I am? I am the Left Vice Minister of the Secretariat!"
How dare you be disrespectful to me?!

Shang Gao shouted loudly.

His voice carried a great deal of authority.

"The Left Vice Minister of the Secretariat? We've got you, the Left Vice Minister of the Secretariat, in our sights!"
Hu Weiyong plotted a rebellion, and you were inside handling his affairs.

At this point, you still dare to ask why you were arrested?
Why were you arrested? You really don't know? And you dare to play dumb here?

As soon as the words fell, two slaps landed on his face.

Then, they had the stunned Shang Gao arrested.

At this moment, Shang Gao's mind was buzzing.

It wasn't just that he was beaten; the more important reason was that he was stunned by the news he heard.

No... Zhu Yuanzhang found out about it so quickly?

He hasn't done much yet!
His dream of being second only to the emperor and above all others was shattered just like that.
How...how could this be?!
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At dawn, someone burst into Li Cunyi's residence like a whirlwind... (End of Chapter)