After the morning dynasty came down one day, Zhu Yuanzhang specially left Yuan Kai to supervise the imperial history.
Zhu Yuanzhang took a copy of the prisoners from the case table and handed it to Yuan Kai, which was the list of executed prisoners submitted by the Criminal Department, and Zhu Yuanzhang, in accordance with the principle of strictly controlling corruption, approved all the prisoners on the music to be sentenced to death. Zhu Yuanzhang asked Yuan Kai to transfer the music to the crown prince and ask for the prince's opinion. Yuan Kai gave the list to the crown prince, who felt that there were too many people to be executed, and some people could be treated leniently, so he asked Yuan Kai to convey his opinion to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang
After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, Yuan Kai truthfully conveyed the prince's opinion, and he prepared to go home. Who knew that at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked him: "The opinions of Xu and the prince are different, which of us do you think is correct?" ”
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang ask like this, Yuan Kai's scalp was numb, who is right and who is wrong between your father and son, is it my little supervisor Yushi who dares to judge? He lay on the ground and kept kowtowing, and finally came up with the words to answer: "Your Majesty, you are strictly enforcing it in order to maintain the law and discipline, and the prince's leniency is really a benevolent lord" (Your Majesty's law is righteous, Donggong's heart is merciful)
Stone carvings of Yuan Kai
It is really difficult for Yuan Kai, who does the emperor and the crown prince dare to offend?
Who knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard Yuan Kai's answer, and he thought that Yuan Kai was at both ends of the rat, did not tell the truth, and immediately arrested him and put him in prison. (Taizu Fury, Hell)
Three days later, he was released again, still making him an imperial historian, and every day when he came to the dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at him and said: "It's the one who holds both ends!" ”
In this way, the more Yuan Kai thought about it, the more afraid he was about to be tortured into a neuropathy, so he took leave and did not go to work, so that his family said that he was crazy.
Isn't Zhu Yuanzhang a foolish master? He sent someone to see Yuan Kai and confirm whether he was crazy? For this purpose, I also brought a medical device - a wooden drill. The method of seeing a doctor is also very simple, that is, drilling the legs with a wooden drill. If the patient cries out for pain, it is pretending to be crazy, and if the patient does not know that it hurts, it is crazy.
In order to survive, Yuan Kai gritted his teeth and stood up, and the wooden drill drilled into his leg, he did not have the slightest expression of pain, but was crazy and hippie with a smile. When the people came to see that Yuan Kai was really crazy, they went back and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang truthfully.
Yuan Kai
Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't believe that Yuan Kai was crazy, so he sent someone to spy on him. The spies sent one day reported to Zhu Yuanzhang that Yuan Kai was eating dog poop in front of the kennel in his house. Emperor Zhu frowned when he heard this, and just like that, Zhu Yuanzhang let Yuan Kai go.
In fact, Yuan Kai did not eat real, but he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would not let him go if he was suspicious, so he directed and acted in a plot of eating. In fact, it was a snack made with flour and syrup, deliberately made into a shape to fool Zhu Yuanzhang.