The officials in the court realized a very critical problem: the prince retired to the East Palace, and the emperor regained power.
They originally thought that His Majesty the Emperor had retreated behind the scenes and left full power over the affairs of the court to the Crown Prince. Unexpectedly, His Majesty is now back in power, which is not a good thing for the courtiers.
When Zhu Gaojie came to power before, although he treated the courtiers like dogs, he was extremely controlling, even worse than the former Emperor Taizu Gao. But at the very least, he has to be a person with a bottom line, and he won't do things too harshly. As long as you follow his wishes, everyone will be promoted and made rich, and there will be no danger to their lives.
But the current Zhu Di is different. No matter how stupid the courtiers are, they can realize that the current Emperor's body is not as good as before. He was already an old man who was old and faint and about to abdicate. At this moment, he suddenly asked the prince to retreat behind the scenes and stood up again. come out……
No matter how you look at it, it looks like a big move before death!
Perhaps His Majesty the Emperor feels that it is too lonely to die alone, and wants to find a companion on the road to hell and drag a group of people to die together!
The ministers discussed it privately and decided to go to the cabinet together to ask Mr. Yang Rongyangge for clarification. At the very least, they had to probe the air to see what was going on now.
However, Yang Rong talked to everyone for a long time, all he said was unclear official language, and he didn't say anything useful.
He himself didn't know what happened!
It was as if overnight, the Ming Dynasty suddenly changed. As a confidant of the East Palace, he suddenly couldn't contact Zhu Gaojie. He only knew that the prince was recuperating in the East Palace and stayed behind closed doors.
"My lords, I, Yang, speak from the bottom of my heart. I am not hiding anything from you. As long as I know some information, I will tell you. But now I really don't know any inside information. No matter how you ask me, I I can’t tell you anything.”
Yang Rong was surrounded by the crowd and said helplessly, "Let's speak according to our conscience. If I, Yang, say anything, I am deceiving you. If the sky is struck by lightning, you will be reincarnated into the animal realm after death!"
Everyone looked at each other in shock. Mr. Yang Ge even made such a vicious oath. Could it be that the other party really didn't know anything?
It doesn't make sense. Even Yang Rong, a confidant of the East Palace, doesn't know the inside story. What tricks are the prince and his majesty father and son playing?
This is not because the officials are too worried. The main reason is that the prince and the emperor are too shady, and they are full of harmful tricks. The emperor is very evil and cruel, and the prince not only inherited the emperor's evil methods, but also excelled in his skills. Better than blue.
Don't you have to be careful when meeting these two men?
Just when Yang Rong thought he had overcome the difficulty and breathed a sigh of relief, the palace eunuch who announced the decree came over.
"Xuan, Yang Rong, the chief assistant of the cabinet, has entered the Wuying Palace to discuss matters."
All the officials focused their attention on Yang Rong.
The Wuying Hall is the place where the emperor lived and summoned ministers, similar to the Wenhua Hall. However, after the capital was moved, the prince supervised the country in Wenhua Palace and the emperor retired, so Wuying Palace was rarely used.
But now that the emperor has returned to power and Xuan Yangrong has entered the Wuying Palace to discuss matters, it is obvious that he is going to make a big move.
…
In the imperial city, it was time for the twelve imperial guards to change their defenses.
Perhaps they have become accustomed to ordinary defensive changes. After the handover was completed, the two teams should have separated. Suddenly, someone drew a knife and looked at the colleague beside him!
His colleagues didn't realize why the brothers who had been together for a long time would draw a knife on him without hesitation, and the next moment, hot blood would spray from his neck.
Almost at the same moment, the twelve Imperial Guards in these two groups suddenly mutinied and killed each other. After a while, half of the body had fallen to the ground.
The surviving Twelve Guards wiped the blood off the knife, calmly dragged the corpses away and cleaned the ground.
After the killing, the guard general Fan Zhong, who commanded the Forbidden Army, walked out slowly. He glanced coldly at the corpses that were dragged away.
"Eating everything inside and outside, eating this royal food, but thinking about other masters in my heart."
"It doesn't matter if we kill them all, the imperial city will be much cleaner in the future."
Faced with the spies hidden in the Twelve Guards, it is actually not difficult to find out who did it. Just look at the patrol list of the Twelve Guards on the night Zhu Gaojie was assassinated to see what went wrong.
It is not difficult for Zhu Di to find out the problem and solve it.
…
Jing camp, the fifth military camp and the barracks.
Luo Jin, the guerrilla general guarding the fifth battalion of the city, was sitting in the camp, sitting calmly, not knowing what he was waiting for.
The fifth military camp is divided into ten battalions, of which the fifth and tenth battalions are city garrison camps. The commander is a guerrilla general, responsible for the defense of the capital's city gates.
For such an important and important position, Luo Jin knew that if he made a wrong move, he would lose everything.
"General Luo, Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, will treat you well. If you follow the instructions, you may be granted a hereditary and non-replaceable title in the future."
Shen Qingyu walked out from the side with the wine bottle in hand, and said calmly, "But I, Shen, can't figure out why General Luo gave up this great future, betrayed his promise, betrayed the prince, and followed a young Gan Prince Wang is fooling around?"
Luo Jin was silent.
Shen Qingyu placed the wine glass in front of the other party, filled it with the wine bottle in his hand, smiled and extended his hand to signal: "General Luo, Mr. Shen has a toast for you."
Luo Jin lowered his head and glanced at the wine glass, but made no move.
He knew that this glass of wine was poisonous wine.
He had heard a little about Shen Qingyu's name. This person was a Donggong Eagle Dog who specialized in dirty work. He never expected to find his head today.
Shen Qingyu was not in a hurry. He knew that Luo Jin would definitely drink it and the other party had no choice. He could find the barracks, but in fact the other party had no chance of survival. Now he was just struggling to his death.
Luo Jin struggled for a long time, and finally picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
The next day, the soldiers guarding the fifth battalion of the city were horrified to find that their general died suddenly in the camp.
There are many people who have the same experience as Luo Jin.
In one day, because of the assassination of Prince Zhu Gaojie, countless people in the capital lost their lives.
This is Zhu Di's reckoning.
…
Zhu Zhanji looked up and walked into the imperial city at the urging of the imperial guards.
He calculated that he would return to the imperial city in his lifetime.
But what he didn't count was that he would come back as a prisoner in shackles.
After hearing the bad news of his father's death, Zhu Zhanji finally came to his senses.
Only then did he realize how many crimes he had committed, and it was he who killed his father.
Although Zhu Gaochi's body is not healthy to begin with, if he takes good care of himself, he will have no problem living a few more years. But over the years, Zhu Gaochi was either cleaning up the aftermath for him or on the road to cleaning up the aftermath for him. For this eldest son, Zhu Gaochi almost worked day and night, exhausting his energy and energy. In the end, his efforts dried up and he died young and suddenly.
Only then did Zhu Zhanji understand that his father was still planning for him until the moment before his death. His father wanted to use his own life to save his little life.
Although Zhu Zhanji was deeply regretful at this time, the dead could not be resurrected, so he could only live with regret for the rest of his life.
"Dad, Zhanji listens to you. This time, I will live well."
Zhu Zhanji muttered to himself, but when he walked into Wuying Hall, he realized something was wrong.
His Majesty the Emperor was sitting on the dragon throne. On the left and right sides were six important ministers, Yang Rong, Xia Yuanji, Su Wen, Su Wu, Zhang Fu, and Zhu Yong. Zhao Wan, the Minister of Rites, was also listening.
Zhu Zhanji secretly thought something was wrong. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that this was a plan to eat him alive?
Logically speaking, if the emperor wants to hold him accountable, he should do so in private. But now that the ministers have been invited here, it is obvious that they don't want to be private anymore, but want to do business.
Zhu Di asked calmly: "Zhu Zhanji, do you know the crime?"
Zhu Zhanji could only pretend to be confused at this time: "I don't know what crime my grandson has committed. Please let me know for sure."
Zhu Di was too lazy to talk nonsense and turned to look at Zhang Fu and Zhao Wei: "According to the law, what is the crime for the emperor's grandson to assassinate the prince?"
Zhang Fu is the Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion. The Zongren Mansion was established in the Hongwu Dynasty and was responsible for managing royal family affairs, taking charge of the roster of vassals, compiling jade certificates, and managing the vassal's crimes and faults. At first, the officials of the Zongren Mansion were concurrently held by the vassal princes. However, in the Yongle Dynasty, most of them were held by Xun Qi, and the matters under their jurisdiction were handed over to the Ministry of Rites. The Zongren Mansion existed in name only.
But now that Zhang Fu appears again as Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion, it is actually symbolic. He himself does not understand this aspect and can only glance at Zhao Wan, the Minister of Rites.
Zhao Fan thought for a moment and said: "Ling Chi will be executed."
If it were in later generations, assassinating the prince would definitely be innocent. He must be a hero. The emperor is lower than the people and lower than the elite. Imperial power and royal power are equivalent to dog rights, far less than human rights. All monarchs should not have human rights and they deserve to die.
But now is the Ming Dynasty.
In the Ming Dynasty, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, assassination of the crown prince, regardless of your status, would have to be done without delay.
Zhu Di pondered: "Who made this law?"
Zhao Wan bowed and said: "It was decided by Emperor Taizu Gao."
"I don't agree with it, please change it."
"Here."
Zhu Zhanji breathed a sigh of relief. He really thought that the old man was going to kill his grandson, mainly because the opponent's momentum was so scary.
However, the next moment Zhu Di waved his hand and said: "Ling Chi is too violent. After all, he is my son and grandson. Let's reward him with his whole body."
"Come here, drag him down, throw him into prison, and execute him on a certain day."
Everyone in Zhu Zhanji was dumbfounded.
He never expected that the old man could be so good at what he did.
He came up without saying a word, just sentenced him and that was it.
He immediately knelt down and said, "Grandpa, I am your grandson!"
"Shut up! Even if the emperor breaks the law, he is as guilty as the people. The national law is majestic, how can an individual shake it?"
Zhu Di reprimanded, "As a royal family, you should uphold the laws of the country and set an example. However, you know the law and break the law. As a royal family and vassal, you do treacherous and unethical things. The law of heaven is clear and cannot be tolerated. The crime is unpardonable. I will not protect a disobedient person." A criminal who violates the laws of the country."
"The current prince is your father's biological brother and your biological uncle, but you have evil intentions and want to do something unkind and unjust. Although you failed, your crime is unavoidable and your heart can be punished. I will give you the whole body , I’m leaving you with dignity, if you don’t have dignity, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
He glanced coldly at Zhu Zhanji on the ground, stood up and left.
"Thank you."
…
In Zhao Prison, Zhu Zhanji staggered and fell to the ground. His eyes were wandering, and it seemed that he could not explain the gap from the emperor's grandson to the prisoner, and it was even harder to accept the fact that his end was approaching.
"How could...how could..."
Zhu Zhanji murmured to himself that he never thought that the old man would actually kill him.
"Your Highness Taisun?"
Zhu Zhanji looked up and found that it was Jie Jin who lived in the house opposite him.
"Scholar Xie?"
Zhu Zhanji was a little shocked, "You haven't let him out yet?"
"It's fate, Your Majesty the Grand Sun!"
Xie Jin was overjoyed, "I was imprisoned in the Zhao Prison in Nanjing before, but later the capital was moved. I moved to Beijing and settled in the Zhao Prison in Beijing. It is such an honor to meet His Highness Taisun here."
Zhu Zhanji was a little confused: "Hon...lucky?"
Jie Jin nodded: "Yes, Your Highness Taisun, let me tell you, Zhao prison is very good. There are many talented people here who are talkative and nice. I had an inmate named Lu Chaoyang before, and this brother was born in prison." After being imprisoned, he has become a high-ranking official of the second rank!"
"Have you ever been a cellmate with Lu Chaoyang, a murderer?!"
"Of course, I have many inmates, such as Ji Gang, Yang Rong, Yang Pu and others. We are all buddies, and our relationship in Zhao Prison is very strong. After Lu Chaoyang was released from prison, he was in charge of the Jinyi Guards, and he treated me as a brother. But you take care of me, you have three meals a day, wine and meat, and you give me books during holidays, not to mention how happy it is."
"Then you have a very comfortable life..."
"No, Your Highness Taisun, don't worry. I'll tell Mr. Lu next time I see him. Dude, I will take care of you comfortably. I have been in Zhao Prison for a long time now, and I have found that Everything is fine here, except for the chance to get away with nothing. The outside world is too dangerous, and Zhao Prison is the safest place. Oh, it’s so good."
Zhu Zhanji held his forehead and turned his head away from talking to Xie Jin.
This idiot...
How did my father fall in love with this idiot before and become his guest? He spent time in prison and developed feelings for her.
Xie Jin asked enthusiastically: "Your Highness Taisun, how did you get in?"
Zhu Zhanji: "..."
Jie Jin waved his hand and said: "Your Highness Taisun, don't worry, there will be no problem in Zhao Prison. Look, the buddy who brought us food is here, and there is wine!"
The jailer walked into the prison, placed the wine bottle in front of Zhu Zhanji, and raised his hand to signal: "Your Majesty has given you wine, please use it."
Jie Jin looked through the door and licked the corner of his mouth: "As expected of the royal family, I am in Zhao prison and I have the wine given by the emperor. I haven't drunk the imperial wine yet. Grandson, can you let me have a taste?"
Zhu Zhanji smiled miserably, and under the gaze of the jailer, he picked up the wine pot and drank it all in one gulp.
But Xie Jin was still nagging on the side: "Great grandson, if you keep one bite, it won't make any difference, just keep one bite!"
"Hey, you drank it all, and you really didn't leave a mouthful? Well, you can tell me the taste. How does this imperial sake taste?"
"Huh? Why are you starting to foam at the mouth?"
"Grandson, is this wine that good? Why are you rolling your eyes and starting to twitch?"
"What the hell, great grandson? Great grandson!"
(End of chapter)
