What is an imperial edict?

Written explanations are the carrier of the emperor's military orders, political appointments, and national policies. They are the display and symbol of ancient Chinese imperial power. They are sacred and majestic.

In layman's terms, an imperial edict is just a piece of paper, and its value depends on the emperor who issued it.

If the emperor has no power, then the imperial decree is meaningless. If the emperor is like Emperor Qin and Han Wu, then the imperial decree will be different.

Its majesty, its sanctity, and its credibility are unquestionable.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang used this to question Chen Yunfu, and undoubtedly put a ghost-head knife on the latter's neck.

What do you take for an imperial edict? And what do you take for me, Zhu Yuanzhang!

If I ask for a favor for you, and the people who are to be killed are not killed according to the imperial edict of the world, who will take the imperial edict seriously in the future?

At a small scale, the country has no faith; at a large scale, the emperor is unqualified!

This kind of thing must be recorded in history books.

On the golden chair, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Chen Yunfu who had begun to tremble, feeling a little unbearable.

I just planned to test Chen Yunfu in school and give this boy a little training, but it seems that I have used too much force at the moment.

After all, he is still a child. This kind of killing situation is a bit difficult for a child to solve.

However, it is not appropriate to accept what he has said now. Chen Yunfu has to find the solution by himself.

The sweat on Chen Yunfu's forehead had pooled on the ground as he knelt down, and his heart was in extreme pain.

It's over, it's over.

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Zhu Biao glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang who was standing above him, thought for a while, and planned to stand up to excuse Chen Yunfu. He accidentally saw Baoxiang behind Zhu Yuanzhang making a gesture, which was telling him to wait a little longer, so he had to continue sitting quietly.

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But he was thinking in his heart, could it be that his father still expected Chen Yunfu to break this situation by himself?

Can this situation be broken? Yes, Chen Yunfu himself has a way now.

But Chen Yunfu couldn't use this method.

That is to beg for mercy, regret oneself, admit guilt, praise Zhu Yuanzhang a few words while saying that one is young and ignorant, and beg to shut up and think about his mistakes, and study honestly.

Then Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was generous enough to expose the matter, and everyone praised His Majesty as long live the emperor, so the matter was forgotten.

After a few months, when the case of Guo Huan and Yang Ruxian is over, and Zhu Yuanzhang feels happy, he will re-enable Chen Yunfu, and everyone will be happy.

It's just that the young and old of the Weng Junbo clan should die anyway.

Yes, until this moment, Chen Yunfu was still thinking about how to save Weng Junbo's family.

Quite ridiculous, isn't it?

Chen Yunfu and Weng Junbo had no friendship, so why did He Zhiru risk himself to save his family?

That's not the case at all.

Chen Yunfu was a human being in two lifetimes, and the education he received shaped his humanity, personality, and outlook on life.

Promises should not be taken lightly, and my old friends will not let me down.

I don't make promises lightly, so I live up to others.

Chen Yunfu promised Weng Junbo that he would try his best to protect the lives of his family. This is a man's integrity that cannot be lost.

No one can just watch those children die tragically under the butcher's knife and remain indifferent. This is basic human nature that cannot be destroyed.

What Chen Yunfu insists on at this moment is not his relationship with Weng Junbo's family, but for the 'Chen Yunfu' who has been with him for decades.

Now he bows his head, surrenders to power, and gives up his soul and the faith he has persisted in for decades. Then Chen Yunfu survives, and Chen Yunfu also dies.

From then on, he had no faith, no righteousness, no trace of humanity, and only believed that if he did not do it for himself, he would be punished by heaven and earth.

Today you succumb to authority, tomorrow you fall for beauty, and that day you are obsessed with money.

Greedy for money, lustful and in love with power, this is not an official position!

Chen Yunfu lived for more than thirty years in his previous life. Why did he have to abandon all his faith in life and his chaste personality in this life when the Ming Dynasty came?

This time, he has to fight!

The silence was broken, Chen Yunfu pressed his forehead to the ground and said loudly.

"Your Majesty, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, officials who are corrupt should be stripped of their skins and their family records confiscated. There has never been any precedent of punishing the three clans. Weng Junbo deserves death for his crime. His crime is unforgivable, so how can he exterminate his heirs?

There were dozens of young children from the Weng Junbo clan. They were too old to dance with a spoon, and the younger ones were still staggering. They killed them just to express their anger.

What I want is not to blaspheme the imperial edict, but to speak from the heart.

There is a saying that if a family has dissatisfied sons, they will not fall into the family, and if the state has dissatisfied ministers, it will not destroy the country. With these dissatisfactions, I really feel that there is something wrong with punishing the three clans. If your majesty insists, then in the future, officials and scholars will , Confucian scholars and the common people all view the imperial edict and fear it like a tiger. Even if they know that there is something wrong with it, they dare not face the emperor to directly remonstrate. How can they rejuvenate the country?

Emperor Taizong was delighted to hear Yan Zhijian, the convict of the Wei Dynasty. He often said that people are like mirrors, you can see gains and losses, and this is how Zhenguan prospered.

Your Majesty is so talented that Taizong is hard to match. In the prosperous era of Hongwu, I will also travel far away to the Han and Tang Dynasties. I ask your Majesty to think twice."

After a series of exchanges, Chen Yunfu racked his brains with all his strength. He praised what he deserved, praised what he deserved, and persisted in what he deserved.

Leave the rest to Zhu Yuanzhang.

The Golden Palace fell into silence again.

Shao Zhi, who was kneeling next to Chen Yunfu, sighed in his heart. He did not expect that Chen Yunfu would insist on his opinion and refuse to give in at this moment.

Zhu Biao also frowned, thinking that Chen Yunfu was so ignorant.

But emotionally, Zhu Biao appreciates this guy even more. He is a gentleman!

Baoxiang didn't think too much. He was now fully focused on Zhu Yuanzhang.

This step is not very respectable. Is Zhu Yuanzhang willing to step down?

This somewhat smacks of coercion.

It seems that if Zhu Yuanzhang disagrees, he is not as good as Li Er.

In his heart, Li Er was never regarded by Zhu Yuanzhang as the goal of his imperial career.

But now Chen Yunfu, who is asking for his words, doesn't agree and is even worse than Li Er.

"Oh, okay." Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth, and the anger in his heart had burned to his neck, and was about to go up to his head: "Well, if a family has dissatisfied people, don't destroy the family, and if the state has dissatisfied officials, don't destroy the country. What's the matter? I won't do it today. If I listen to you, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed?"

As the tone rose, everyone's hearts trembled violently. Just when everyone thought Zhu Yuanzhang was going to get angry, they heard that the latter had returned to calm.

"Baoxiang."

"My slave is here."

"Draft two imperial edicts."

Baoxiang didn't know what kind of imperial edict Zhu Yuanzhang was drafting at this time, but he quickly followed it, drove away the accompanying doctor Chengzhi, and licked his ink and picked up his pen, waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang.

"The first imperial edict stated that Shao Zhi, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Na Weng Junbo secretly formed a clique and colluded with each other, causing the case to remain unsolved for two years. Shao Zhi neglected his divine grace and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. His car was broken up in the city, and his family Dispatched to Liaodong.

As for Weng Junbo, since he has been 'executed late' and since he confessed before his death, it can be considered as meritorious service, he was pardoned by the three clans and was instead sent to Shaanxi to farm and build a city."

"The second imperial edict, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will polish Chen Yunfu's young talents, make him smart and courageous, detect major cases in a timely manner, and promote him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

Baoxiang wrote like a dragon and a snake, and he quickly drafted it and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang's desk. Lao Zhu picked up the jade seal and looked down at Chen Yunfu.

"Who said I am not broad-minded?"

Don’t you want to be Wei Zheng? Don’t you offend Yan Zhijian? OK, I won’t be angry with you. I will listen to you and I will give you a promotion.

Weng Junbo's family was saved from death, and Shao Zhi's family was killed instead!

Being sent to Liaodong would be more painful than being beheaded directly.

Everyone knows that you, Chen Yunfu, are friends with the Shao Zhi family. Now that you are promoted and the Shao Zhi family is dead, no one will say that you, Chen Yunfu, are stepping on the corpses of the Shao Zhi family!

Thousands of years of words can speak, but your reputation, Chen Yunfu, will be infamy for thousands of years!

I want to see what you choose.
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