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The various crimes committed by the vassals over the years can be described as countless and shocking.
Among them, the most serious crimes, once exposed, are enough to trigger an earthquake between the government and the opposition.
For example, the "Eight Kings Shipping Company" controlled by the vassals colluded with Japanese pirates to invade Suzhou and killed a large number of people. Another example is that the vassals also colluded with officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to secretly tamper with the imperial land register... …Etc., etc.
However, these crimes were too serious. Once they were exposed to the world, not only would Emperor Deqing be in bad shape, but they might also implicate powerful officials such as Zhao Junchen and Zhou Shangjing, and might even shake the Ming Dynasty. The national foundation of the country.
Therefore, even people like Prince Zhu Heyu, who cannot tolerate sand in their eyes, understand that not only can these crimes not be revealed, but they must also be helped to conceal them, otherwise they will poke a hornet's nest and sting everyone. It's all over the place - even if the high-ranking officials in the imperial court are already well aware of these things, knowing it is one thing, but actually revealing it is another.
Therefore, after preliminary discussions between Zhu Heyu, Li Chuanwen, and Xiao Wenxuan, they finally settled on "illegal annexation of land," "violation of regulations," "tax evasion and underreporting," and "interference in local government affairs" to convict the feudal clan. ”, “Human trafficking”.
These crimes are neither big nor small. They can re-establish the vassal power in one fell swoop without causing too much chaos in the government and the public. It is also easier to collect empirical evidence and will not cause a backlash from all forces in the court. They can be said to be the best. select.
After setting the general direction, Li Chuanwen pondered for a moment and then suggested again: "Your Royal Highness, the most critical part of the evidence left by the eldest son Zhu Hezeng is his communication with the vassals from various places and the Eight Kings Shipping Company over the years. Letters, these letters are all in the handwriting of important figures from various sects. They cannot be faked. They can also prove that all the crimes committed by King Fu's lineage were secretly colluding and acting together with sects from various places!
Therefore, we now only need to determine the crime for King Fu's lineage, and then through these letters, we can extend the relevant crime implication to other vassals! Therefore, the current focus is still on how to convict Prince Fu's Mansion! "
After seeing Zhu Heyu nodding in agreement, Li Chuanwen added: "At the same time, among the evidence left by Wang's eldest son, although there are also copies of the account books of Prince Fu's Mansion and Eight Kings Shipping Company, all of them are detailed and full of figures. , are the key to our future conviction of Prince Fu's Mansion, but after all, they are just copies, not originals. They can only be used as supporting evidence and cannot be used as main evidence. If we want to increase our chances of winning, we must find ways to increase The persuasiveness and authenticity of these copies of the account books are what matters!”
While Zhu Heyu was frowning and thinking, Li Chuanwen turned his attention to Xiao Wenxuan, indicating that Xiao Wenxuan should make some suggestions at this time.
At this time, noticing Li Chuanwen's gaze, Xiao Wenxuan just thought for a moment and quickly came up with an idea and said quickly: "In my opinion, since we have fallen out with Prince Fu and the others, we are not afraid of offending them even more. , there is absolutely no need to save face for them, you might as well turn your back more completely!
Currently, taking advantage of the murder case of the eldest son Zhu Hezeng, His Highness the Crown Prince has arranged for factory guards to take control of the entire Prince Fu's Mansion. Everyone in the Prince's Mansion from Prince Fu on down is under house arrest and surveillance to a certain extent. In this case, we will On the one hand, they took the opportunity to interrogate many important figures in Prince Fu's Mansion, and on the other hand, they searched the warehouses and accounts of Prince Fu's Mansion. On the surface, they were investigating the murder case, but in fact, they were secretly searching for Prince Fu. We have a copy of the account book left by the eldest son Wang to provide evidence of the crime. We can search for it according to the map and check the key points. The results will definitely be seen quickly! "
Hearing this suggestion, Zhu Heyu looked up at Xiao Wenxuan in shock. He did not expect that this young man would be so bold.
You must know that King Fu himself is named Zhu after all, and is the blood of Taizu. Even Zhu Heyu has to call him uncle and must maintain the most basic respect. Before King Fu is really convicted, Zhu Heyu also I have never dared to go too far, but Xiao Wenxuan's suggestion is simply a house search and torture in a different name. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a direct slap in Prince Fu's face.
Zhu Heyu has always attached great importance to the words "rules", "respect" and "property", so he had never thought about it in this direction beforehand.
Before that, Zhu Heyu had always ignored Xiao Wenxuan. He valued the mature and experienced Li Chuanwen more, and only regarded Xiao Wenxuan as Li Chuanwen's smart disciple. In fact, Xiao Wenxuan has been helping Li Chuanwen in the past two days. , the performance was very low-key, but I didn't expect that this time, he would not stop talking without making a surprise, and he would get things done when he opened his mouth.
On the other side, Li Chuanwen looked at Xiao Wenxuan with a flash of satisfaction.
Xiao Wenxuan's seemingly humble and low-key character has always hidden many deviant and radical ideas, and he is not bound by various rules and regulations. This is one of the important reasons why Zhao Junchen and Li Chuanwen value him.
At this time, Li Chuanwen was determined to escalate the incident and make Zhu Heyu suffer, so he signaled Xiao Wenxuan to make suggestions, because Li Chuanwen knew very well that with Xiao Wenxuan's radical nature, his suggestions must be extraordinary. If Zhu Heyu lets Xiao Wenxuan guide his thoughts, the trouble will inevitably expand.
At the same time, Xiao Wenxuan did not know what Li Chuanwen was thinking. He was now sincerely advising Prince Zhu Heyu. Limited by his experience and personality, he had no idea what the consequences of his suggestions would be. Now he sees When I saw Li Chuanwen's satisfied look, I thought it was Li Chuanwen's encouragement.
After seeing the shock and hesitation on Zhu Heyu's expressions, Xiao Wenxuan continued to persuade: "Your Highness, time is running out. The new imperial envoy will arrive in Luoyang at any time. By then, it will be too late for us to do anything else. Although the villain's suggestion is a bit radical, it is also the fastest effective method at present!
What's more, we all know in our hearts that King Fu's lineage has indeed committed many crimes. As long as we are determined to search King Fu's mansion and interrogate relevant people, we will definitely find out the results! It's just that due to the rules, we don't dare to search and interrogate in advance until King Fu's crime is concluded!
But from a villain's point of view, since we are all convinced that King Fu must have committed a serious crime, and we are sure that we will be able to find out the results, why should we worry about those rules? Whether to convict first or collect evidence first is just a different order, and it has no impact on the result. As long as we can find conclusive evidence of the crime so that King Fu and the others can prove it, no one can blame us afterwards. "
On the other side, Li Chuanwen also nodded and said: "Although Wenxuan's idea is a bit radical, it is also a feasible strategy. Our first priority now is to convict King Fu's lineage before the new imperial envoy arrives in Luoyang. As long as this goal can be achieved, , other things are not that important... Although it is a risky attempt, the chance of success is not small. What's more, His Highness, your choice to be an enemy of the vassal this time is a risk in itself, so why should you have any scruples now? "
Just as Zhao Junchen commented, after Zhu Heyu made up his mind, it was difficult to change his mind in time, but before he made a decision in his mind, he was easier to be persuaded.
At this time, under the persuasion of Li Chuanwen and Xiao Wenxuan, after thinking for a long time, Zhu Heyu finally gritted his teeth and said: "Okay! Let's do it according to Wenxuan's idea! Next, we will investigate the murder case of Zengdi. , completely put everyone in King Fu’s house under house arrest, search King Fu’s mansion, interrogate relevant personnel, and make sure the crimes of King Fu’s lineage are fully proven!”
Seeing Zhu Heyu being persuaded, Li Chuanwen's eyes flashed with a smile again.
But if you want to expand the situation to the point where it is unmanageable, it is not enough just to let Zhu Heyu implement Xiao Wenxuan's suggestions. Even if this matter becomes a big deal, it will only make Zhu Heyu's behavior suffer some. The controversy alone was not enough to make Zhu Heyu stumble and suffer.
Therefore, Li Chuanwen thought for a moment and planned to make another suggestion.
However, before Li Chuanwen could speak, a factory guard's report came from outside the room: "His Royal Highness, the Governor of Henan, Mr. Zhang Bozhen, has asked to see you. He said that he has something important to report to you."
After hearing the report, Zhu Heyu couldn't help but frowned and said to himself: "Zhang Bozhen? He has always avoided the battle between me and the vassal, so why did he take the initiative now?"
Li Chuanwen didn't know Zhang Bo's real intention. Naturally, he had no suggestions at this time. He just asked for instructions: "Your Highness, do you want Wenxuan and I to stay away?"
After Zhu Heyu pondered for a while, he shook his head and said: "Zhang Bozhen is Zhou Shangjing's favorite disciple. He has always been extremely shrewd. He must be aware of the news that you two have met me frequently in the past few days. You are deliberately avoiding him at this time. It will only make him curious and try every means to investigate your identity. Why not take advantage of today's opportunity to let you meet him and say that you are my staff guests in the Prince's East Palace, so as to save him from guessing? Random search.”
After saying that, Zhu Heyu stood up and led Li Chuanwen and Xiao Wenxuan towards the front hall of Prince Fu's Mansion.
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Soon, Zhu Heyu and others had arrived at the front hall of Prince Fu's Mansion and met Zhang Bozhen, the governor of Henan, who was waiting there.
When Zhang Bozhen saw Zhu Heyu, he immediately saluted and greeted him respectfully. His demeanor actually implied a sense of closeness, which was completely different from the previous attitude of keeping a distance.
Zhu Heyu also noticed that Zhang Bozhen's attitude was different from the past. After ordering someone to serve tea to Zhang Bozhen, he asked straight to the point: "I didn't expect Governor Zhang to come to Prince Fu's Mansion to see me early in the morning. There must be something urgent, right?"
Zhang Bozhen still had a close attitude and nodded: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise. The reason why I came to see you this time is because I received an urgent message from the imperial center. This news is very relevant to His Highness the Crown Prince, so I came here deliberately to report it." Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Zhu Heyu did not dare to neglect and immediately asked: "Oh? What kind of urgent news is it?"
Zhang Bozhen's expression was a little solemn, and he said slowly: "I hope His Highness the Crown Prince knows that the imperial court has made a decision two days ago to promote Wang Youlun, the right deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, to the censor of the left capital, and appointed him as the new censor of the left capital." The Imperial Envoy is responsible for taking over from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and having full authority to investigate the vassals’ crimes of disorderly government. If we estimate the time, Mr. Wang will arrive in Luoyang in three to five days at most."
After hearing Zhang Bozhen's explanation, Zhu Heyu's expression immediately became serious.
Although he had long heard rumors that the imperial court would arrange a new imperial envoy to replace him, Zhu Heyu still did not expect that things would happen so quickly, and the time left for him was more pressing than imagined.
Thinking of this, Zhu Heyu became more determined to implement Xiao Wenxuan's suggestions.
Just like Li Chuanwen said, Xiao Wenxuan's suggestion is indeed the fastest effective method at present.
However, at the same time, Zhu Heyu was also somewhat curious as to why Zhang Bozhen suddenly showed kindness and provided him with information in a timely manner.
Unable to understand Zhang Bozhen's position for a moment, Zhu Heyu subconsciously cast his gaze at Li Chuanwen behind him.
Li Chuanwen thought for a moment, then bent down and lowered his head to Zhu Heyu's ear, and whispered his guess: "Your Highness, since this Governor Zhang is a disciple of Zhou Shoufu, how can he receive the news so quickly? The source of the information must be that Zhou Shoufu. He reported the news to us, and most likely it was under the instruction of Zhou Shoufu...
However, the new imperial envoy arrived in Luoyang to take over your power and responsibilities, and there is a natural antagonistic relationship between them. And Zhou Shoufu revealed the news to us in advance, naturally to confront the new imperial envoy... If I had predicted it correctly, this I am afraid that the relationship between the new imperial envoy and Zhou Shoufu is not harmonious, or in other words, the responsibilities of this new imperial envoy are not good for Zhou Shoufu! "
After hearing Li Chuanwen's reminder, Zhu Heyu's eyes flashed and he quickly figured out many things.
Then, Zhu Heyu asked Zhang Bozhen again: "I have never paid attention to this new imperial envoy before, and I don't know his background and experience, but Governor Zhang is an old man in the officialdom, so he must have some feelings for him. I understand, but I don’t know if you can introduce it to me?”
Hearing Zhu Heyu's question, Zhang Bozhen knew that Zhu Heyu had now guessed his position, but he was still generous. After taking a deep look at Li Chuanwen, he explained Wang Youlun's background and experience to Zhu Heyu in detail. , including the fact that Wang Youlun was originally the favorite disciple of Wang Baoren, Zhou Shangjing's political enemy in the court, and that he has been repeatedly "suppressed" by Zhou Shangjing over the years, etc., all of which were frankly stated.
"I see. I didn't expect that the relationship between the new imperial envoy and Zhou's chief minister would be so bad...
Alas, Zhou Shoufu has been in the cabinet for more than thirty years, and he has a great influence. His disciples and old friends can be found in all aspects of the government and the public! At the same time, the vassal power of our dynasty is even more deeply rooted, and it has deep connections with the officials and gentry in various places! As a result, the influence of both sides is so huge that even if they don't want to have contact over the years, it is absolutely impossible!
Under such circumstances, it is very possible for the new imperial envoy to accidentally connect the various crimes of the vassals to Zhou Shoufu when he investigates the vassals in the future! At that time, even with Zhou's high position and resourcefulness, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cope with it... Governor Zhang, do you think this is true? "
It has to be said that Zhu Heyu has indeed grown a lot, and he has already deduced many things on his own with just a few hints from Li Chuanwen.
This time, a trace of embarrassment finally flashed across Zhang Bozhen's expression, but he still nodded calmly and admitted, "After I learned about the candidate for the new imperial envoy, I did have such concerns in my heart...
Originally, as a foreign minister, the official only had to obey orders and was not suitable to actively participate in the affairs of the vassal, but now the official was worried that the position of the new imperial envoy was not as impartial as that of His Royal Highness, so he I hope that His Highness the Crown Prince can set a tone for the crimes of the vassals before the new Imperial Envoy arrives in Luoyang. After the new Imperial Envoy arrives in Luoyang, he will have no choice but to follow the tone set by His Highness the Crown Prince... I am bold. Guess, this is also your idea, His Highness, right? "
Zhu Heyu pondered for a moment, but then issued an invitation without warning, saying: "Since you and I have the same goal, why don't Governor Zhang help me?"
This time, Zhang Bozhen didn't have the same evasive attitude as before. He immediately stood up and saluted: "I can serve His Highness the Crown Prince, and I will naturally give my best."
In this way, after preliminary testing, in just a few words, Zhu Heyu pulled Henan Governor Zhang Bozhen to his side and formed a temporary alliance with each other.
Things happened so fast that Li Chuanwen had no time to express any opinions this time. He watched Zhang Bozhen join Prince Zhu Heyu's camp so easily. He was shocked and looked at Prince Zhu Heyu more. A hint of fear and complexity.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly brought Zhang Bozhen in, not only because of time constraints, but also because he wanted to use Zhou Shangjing behind Zhang Bozhen to check and balance each other with Zhao Gechen behind me. It can be said to be a plan to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf. And he is As the two forces check and balance each other, you can reap the benefits without worrying that you will be secretly betrayed by a certain force...
His Royal Highness was able to make such a decision in such a short period of time. His growth rate during this period has been far beyond imagination. I had underestimated him before. It would be very difficult for Zhao Gechen to completely tame him. Much bigger than imagined...
However, as far as I know, although there are many overt and covert fights between Zhao Gechen and Zhou Shoufu, there are also many times of tacit cooperation between them... And in the current situation, the goals of Zhao Gechen and Zhou Shoufu do not conflict, so there is no possibility of cooperation again. His Royal Highness wants to drive away tigers and devour wolves, and check and balance each other. Aren't you afraid of being eaten by tigers and wolves? Although His Highness the Crown Prince is growing rapidly, he is still far from growing up enough to take advantage of Zhao Gechen and Zhou Shoufu, right? "
Thinking of this, Li Chuanwen gave Zhang Bozhen a meaningful look.
Zhang Bozhen also noticed Li Chuanwen's gaze, and immediately smiled kindly at Li Chuanwen and asked, "Who is this old gentleman...?"
"I, Li Chuanwen, am a guest of the East Palace. I would like to ask Governor Zhang for your advice in the future."
Hearing Li Chuanwen's self-introduction, Zhang Bozhen's eyes flashed, as if he had thought of something, and he smiled and said: "I see, I hope I can have a pleasant cooperation with Mr. Li in the future."
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