"Right now, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are jointly interrogating Lao Qi's people. I don't know if these people are reliable, but we should make sure nothing goes wrong."
The second son of the emperor, Zhu Cican, also heard that Fan Guangwen, Fang Zhengyue and others were escorted to Beijing, and he talked about this with some concern to his husband Huang Xigun, who was still willing to contact him.
Both of them had an unusual relationship with Zhu Cikai, so they naturally knew who Fang Zhengyue, Fan Guangwen and other vassal officials belonged to.
It can even be said that Zhu Cican had Huang Xigun, a junior official in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, secretly arrange for these people to become ministers of various vassal states.
Although Huang Xigun was only a minor official in the Ministry of Personnel, like Gu Xiancheng and Li Sancai in history, he was very good at fighting party disputes, so that many ministers would obey his arrangements.
"Your Highness, don't worry too much! They are all reliable, otherwise, I would not have sent them to take charge of the various vassal states."
Huang Xigun said at this time.
"I hope so. As long as they can really accept the instructions of Lao Qi, pour this dirty water on Lao Wu, let Lao Wu go to jail, or even be executed by Father! They can get rid of the boss's arm! Father has done this many times We have all made it clear that if the emperor does something evil, he will be punished as a crime, and the implication is that he will not tolerate it!"
Zhu Cican nodded and said.
"In that case, no one in the army can be more prestigious than His Highness the Seventh Prince! And with the power of the Seventh Prince in the army, we can do many things that we cannot do now."
Huang Xigun said.
"You still have to be careful! Too many mistakes have happened before!"
Zhu Cican replied.
Then, Zhu Cican said: "In order to start a war in the Americas by instructing the censor to impeach Zhou Yuji, he ordered the imperial censor to impeach Zhou Yuji. In order to start a war in America, he raised troops to attack the Kingdom of Goryeo without authorization, and gathered the escort troops of the American vassals to lead this matter for himself. Let’s delay it a little longer and see how my father’s attitude is before we proceed.”
Huang Xigun therefore replied: "Okay!"
…
"You mean, these things were all done by the Seventh Prince Zhu Cikai?"
Zhu Youxiao was asking Xu Zhijue, an undercover agent of the imperial court who he had only just learned about.
Xu Zhijue replied: "As a member of Xingming Society, I dare not deceive Your Majesty!"
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Keep talking."
"The seventh prince, Fan Guangwen and others secretly colluded with many vassal lords, ministers and even civil and military officials of the court to secretly establish a society called the Free Society. Its purpose is to support the second prince to inherit the throne in the future and realize the true system of Zhou rites, that is, the emperor only bows his head. And govern without interfering with the world, allowing all provinces and vassals in the world to be autonomous. Due to their own interests and the participation of the emperor's heirs, there are many people who believe in the purpose of this society!"
Xu Zhijue replied.
Then, Xu Zhijue explained the club's joining process, operation process, and who he knew were members.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao's expression became more and more solemn.
What shocked Zhu Youxiao even more was that Xu Zhijue said next: "Their core members have been secretly identified for a long time. If they fail and are interrogated, they cannot confess first. After they have been tortured enough, they can frame it to other princes. Especially the fifth prince!”
Zhu Youxiao nodded after listening.
"They also believe that the world must enter the era of capital freedom in order to achieve great social prosperity. They also believe that extravagant consumption can actually improve people's livelihood. They also believe that nation is a false concept. People should only safeguard the interests of their own class and should not serve the nation. Some of the imbeciles among them protected us and even sacrificed their own efforts!”
"They hate His Majesty's control over finance, care for producers, and restrictions on transactions! They feel that His Majesty now controls everyone in the world within some prohibitions, just like Taizu trapped the people in different occupations and made the four people unable to It’s just as stupid to be free to choose one’s profession and not allow people to show up casually.”
"They firmly believe that survival of the fittest is the law of nature, and kindness to the weak is a betrayal of oneself. The strong should have all the power to dominate and should not be dominated by any secular rules."
…
Xu Zhijue told Zhu Youxiao everything he had learned over the years as an undercover agent without reservation.
The more Zhu Youxiao listened, the more solemn his expression became.
"Okay! Let's stop here. For the time being, you go back to prison as a major criminal. When the confrontation comes in the court, it will be up to you to let the fifth prince know the truth!"
Zhu Youxiao said.
Xu Zhijue was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the emperor still wanted him to go back to prison.
"I will remember your contribution. Just because you can penetrate into the core of the society without being deceived by it, and can always be used by the court, it is enough to get at least a marquis."
Zhu Youxiao promised.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Xu Zhijue immediately replied and said: "I obey your orders."
After Xu Zhijue was taken away, Du Yinxi, who had been beside him, came over and asked: "Your Majesty, do you mean to temporarily believe their words and wrongly accuse the fifth prince?"
Zhu Youxiao said: "That's right! Who asked his fifth brother to tell me that he was not interested in the throne!"
"Your Majesty wants to see if he will resist when the people from the imperial court come to take him back to Beijing for trial and conviction?"
Du Yinxi asked.
Zhu Youxiao glanced at him: "Do you think he will rebel?"
Du Yinxi replied: "The fifth prince is arrogant and arrogant. I am not worried about whether he will rebel. I am worried that I will be unable to bear your majesty's injustice and commit suicide in anger!"
Zhu Youxiao laughed after hearing this: "You don't understand him too well! None of my sons, after receiving strict education since childhood, are not economical!"
"yes!"
Du Yinxi replied.
"Your Majesty! Fan Guangwen, Fang Zhengyue, Zhu Youji and other important criminals have all confessed. This is a confession!"
Not long after, Qiao Ke, Han Zanzhou, Xia Yunyi and others came to Zhu Youxiao and handed the confession to Zhu Youxiao.
After Zhu Youxiao read it, he saw that the confessions of these people were indeed aimed at the fifth prince Zhu Cizhuo.
Zhu Youxiao frowned because of this, and then threw the confession out: "This traitor! It turns out that he did all this!"
The three people who didn't know the inside story were so frightened by Zhu Youxiao's behavior that they dared not speak.
Zhu Youxiao looked at Qiao Keke: "Go in person! Capture the fifth prince who has returned from America and is recuperating in Qiongzhou! In addition, I have issued a decree to remove all his positions and titles!"
The three of them were shocked after hearing this. They did not expect that the emperor would be so decisive.
Du Yinxi replied first at this time: "I obey the order!"
Soon after, Qiao Ke had to temporarily say: "I obey the order!"
"All three of you, please step back. The important criminals in the prison do not need to be interrogated for now, but they must be strictly guarded and there must be no mistakes!"
Zhu Youxiao then gave instructions to Qiao Keke, Han Zanzhou and Xia Yunyi.
After the three people had retreated, Zhu Youxiao replied to Du Yinxi: "Go to the Privy Council to pass on my handwriting and ask the Privy Council to issue an edict. The seventh prince Zhu Cikai will go to Beijing to report on his duties, and wait for the sealing. Unify. Leave the affairs of Africa to Li Dingguo, and then take Wu Ya from the Anxi Protectorate back to Beijing."
Du Yinxi knew that Emperor Zhu Youxiao did this to paralyze the seventh prince and test the fifth prince at the same time, so he hurriedly continued: "I obey the order!"
