Zhu Gaojiu said righteously: "I have investigated clearly. Shi Dongzizhuang, the head of the Zhao Palace, colluded with the White Lotus Sect. This man was so bold that he actually collaborated with the White Lotus Sect to assassinate the emperor. The third brother had no idea about this and was completely influenced by it. People are being implicated and framed!”
"You said this traitor was framed?" Zhu Di frowned slightly, "Do you have any evidence?"
Zhu Gaojie took out a secret letter from his sleeve and handed it over: "Father, please see, this is the letter and assassination plan of Dong Zizhuang and the White Lotus Sect colluding!"
King Zhao blinked, hey, what the fourth child said is true.
If I hadn't done it, I would have believed your lies!
Zhu Di took the secret letter and opened it, only to find that the ink on the paper was still slightly moist. It was obviously a temporary forgery and had been stained by his hand.
The fourth child is really a talent! After all, you are more professional when you forge evidence!
The corner of Zhu Di's mouth twitched slightly, but he still pretended not to notice these loopholes, nodded and said: "I will give you the tiger talisman to take over the guard posts of Shuntian Prefecture, seal the city under martial law, capture Dong Zizhuang, a rebellious official, and behead him in public, and search for cult believers throughout the city. After being captured, he will be executed by the public immediately to show his majesty!”
Zhu Gaojie raised his hands to thank him and said, "My son, I accept the decree!"
Then, Zhu Di looked at King Zhao again, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes, which made King Zhao tremble with fear.
But in the end, the old man endured it and said angrily: "Sir, I asked you to take charge of Shuntian's government affairs, but you made it so chaotic that you couldn't even see that there was such a traitor under your hands. You are such a waste! Although the fourth son has replaced I want to find out the whole story, but you are not strict with me. You can avoid the death penalty, but you cannot escape the punishment of living. I am cutting off the two guards on your left and right sides of Changshan. Do you have any objection?"
When King Zhao was about to grant amnesty, he quickly kowtowed and thanked him: "I know my mistake and I am willing to accept any punishment."
"Get out!" Zhu Di shouted angrily.
King Zhao rolled out of the Wu Tower and cast a grateful look at Zhu Gaojie.
…
Zhu Di looked at the secret letter for King Zhao in his hand and said with slight dissatisfaction: "The fakery must be done at least to a certain level."
Zhu Gaojie said with a smile: "Time is in a hurry, father, please just make do with it, whether it is true or not, as long as it can be used."
Zhu Di said with subtle eyes: "Do you know that this is the crime of deceiving the emperor?"
Zhu Gaojie was not nervous and said calmly: "My son never deceived the emperor, he just gave an explanation to the people of the world."
The king of Zhao assassinated the king and killed the king. This matter was clear to the old man and was clear to Zhu Gaojie.
But as long as King Zhao doesn't admit it, the matter can only be left alone.
If this matter were made public, it would be the Zhu family's face that would be lost. The prince assassinating the emperor, such an unfilial act, will make people all over the world question the royal family. After all... It is the father's fault that a son does not teach. Even your son Zhu Di wants to kill you, which shows how incompetent you are as an emperor.
So at this time, the emperor needed someone to stand up and clear his name for King Zhao, and the most suitable person was Zhu Gaojie.
Because Zhu Gaojie was not only the only prince besides King Zhao who followed Zhu Di to Shuntian Mansion, but he also controlled the behemoth Beizhen Fusi.
Therefore, even if Zhu Di knew that the secret letter submitted by Zhu Gaojie to whitewash King Zhao was false, he could only regard it as true. Because this was what Zhu Di ordered.
Shi Dongzizhuang, the chief minister of Prince Zhao, who was pushed out and charged with "assassinating the king and killing the driver", was just a scapegoat, and no one took it seriously.
This is not a win-win situation, but a win-win situation.
From King Zhao's point of view, he was successfully exonerated by Zhu Gaojie. Although he lost the two guards on the left and right of Chang Shan and some forces in Shuntian Mansion, this was already a very light punishment. He committed the major crime of treason by assassinating the king and killing the driver. Zhu Di was quite merciful by not killing him!
From Zhu Di's perspective, negative public opinion was minimized, the majesty of the royal family was maintained, and the infamy of "father and son killed each other in the Yongle Dynasty" was not recorded in the history books.
From Zhu Gaojie's perspective, he not only gained a favor from King Zhao, but also solved the emperor's troubles. Moreover, this time he temporarily took over the various guard posts of Shuntian Prefecture under the emperor's order. He could legitimately clean up the power of King Zhao while inserting his own chess pieces and make a lot of money.
The only person who didn't make a profit was Dong Zizhuang, the chief historian of Prince Zhao's palace. Maybe he was really innocent, but he was charged with treason for Prince Zhao for no reason. It is certain that Dong Zizhuang will be beheaded. Maybe he can also experience Fang Xiaoru’s “Zhu Shi Clan” or Jing Qing’s “Gua Man Chao”, which is a limited set of beheadings for the whole family.
This time Yongle was really good at killing everyone.
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Lu Chaoyang battled wits and courage with the local bureaucrats in Shandong. There were only three thousand households in Fusi, Beizhen, working. However, two of the three thousand households were in Jinling City, and only one thousand households followed Zhu Gaojie to Shuntian Mansion.
But Zhu Gaojie didn't have to worry about being unavailable. He asked Shadow Attendant A Qi to temporarily lead Beizhen Fusi and search the whole city according to Zhu Di's wishes.
Shadow Attendant is a top version of Jinyiwei. It is easy to do this kind of thing, so it is perfect for A Qi to do it.
In addition, King Zhao was also very cooperative and had no intention of resisting at all, so things progressed even more smoothly.
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After Zhu Gaojie arrived at Shuntian Mansion, he did not live in the palace city, but in the imperial city. Now Zhu Gaojie is in charge of the Tiqi and Shuntian Mansion health offices in Fusi, Beizhen. There are people from all walks of life. If you want to live in the palace, you need a waist card and application. It is really inconvenient. Zhu Gaojie simply moved to the capital. The Imperial City District between the urban area and Miyagi District.
In this way, whether it is the Tiqi from Beizhen Fusi or the general of the guard station who comes to report, it will be much simpler and less troublesome.
In front of the "temporary" Prince Qi's Mansion, two guests arrived at the same time. Their purpose was also to thank Zhu Gaojie for his "life-saving grace."
It's just...the relationship between these two guests is not harmonious.
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Prince Zhao Zhu Gaosui and Emperor Taisun Zhu Zhanji looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
The two men symbolized different parties. King Zhao had always been on the side of the King of Han's party before. Like the King of Han, he had the ambition to seize the throne. The princes who captured the throne all had the same enemy, which was the prince.
However, King Zhao's power was far inferior to that of the princelings, and it was far inferior to that of the King of Han's party, so he could only stand on the side of the King of Han and join forces to find ways to kick Zhu Pangpang from the position of prince.
As for Zhu Zhanji, there is no need to mention it. He was a princeling heir with Zheng Miaohong and the grandson of the emperor canonized by the emperor. He was the second in line to the throne.
The relationship between the two cannot be said to be life-and-death, it can only be said to be incompatible.
"Ahem." King Zhao spoke first and said with a smile, "My nephew, how are you doing lately?"
Zhu Zhanji said implicitly: "Thanks to my third uncle, my nephew is very good. I just don't know how my third uncle is doing lately. I heard that there are traitors and traitors in your palace. Oh my, this is too scary. I didn't involve him. You?"
Of course he knew how miserable Zhu Gaosui had been recently. He was scolded so badly by the emperor that he not only had his two guards on the left and right of Changshan cut off, but also the foundation he had worked so hard to save in Shuntian Mansion was uprooted one by one, and he returned to before liberation overnight.
Seeing that his third uncle was in such misery, Zhu Zhanji expressed his sadness and sprinkled salt on King Zhao's wounds to show respect.
