All forces in the Taiyuan Guard were completely reshuffled overnight. As the three magnates representing the most powerful local officials, the prefect Chao Hui, the tong magistrate Liang Ke, and the tongzhi Guinan were escorted to Dongshi for questioning, the remaining "shrimp soldiers and crab generals" ” I am even more worried all day long.
The official forces were shuffled, but Ninghua King Zhu Zhongmao, represented by the powerful, was still safe and sound. However, this trick of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger still had a miraculous effect. The Ninghua Palace has become much more honest in the past few days. Except for the servants who regularly go out to purchase every day, the rest of the people in the palace stay behind closed doors.
In fact, in addition to Zhu Zhongmao, there is another representative of the powerful forces in Taiyuan, his younger brother Zhu Zhongmao. Because Zhu Zhongmao was awarded the title of general of the country, he is inferior to his elder brother Zhu Zhongmao in status, so compared with Zhu Zhongmao is arrogant and domineering, while Zhu Zhonghao is more low-key, but that doesn’t mean much, because Zhu Zhonghao is not a good bird either.
The generals of Zhenguo were used by the Ming Dynasty to confer titles to the princes of counties, except those who were granted the title of prince of the county. The rank of the general of Zhenguo is the first rank of military attache. The eldest son of the county prince is called the eldest son of the king, and the others are the generals of the country. The generals of the country are demoted to the rank of raiders, and the remaining sons will become the generals of the auxiliary country.
Zhu Zhongmao couldn't stand his brother Zhu Zhongmao, and Zhu Zhongmao naturally disliked this younger brother very much. On weekdays, the two of them fought a lot openly and secretly, but they never completely broke up with each other. Although there are conflicts between the two, they are related by blood after all, so they can't get into trouble, right? But this balance was finally broken in November, and it was just when Zhu Youtang was about to set off.
Inside the Taiyuan Palace.
The sudden change forced the civil and military officials who had packed their luggage to leave with the emperor to put their luggage back and go to the palace again to discuss this ridiculous matter. I saw General Zhu Zhongqi kneeling in the hall and complaining to Zhu Youtang with runny nose and tears.
But Zhu Youtang, who usually didn't like to listen to such nonsense, was very calm at the moment, with half-squinted eyes and no expression change on his face. This made the officials in the audience confused at all. They didn't know that the emperor had listened to what Zhu Zhongxu said. What do you think after saying these words?
Also confused is Zhu Zhongqi who is kneeling on the ground.
Tao himself spoke a lot with great emotion and eloquence. He moved himself and the ministers, but not the emperor?
Zhu Zhongtao paused for a while, raised his head slightly and glanced at Zhu Youtang. This time he met the eyes of the emperor on the throne. The latter's calm face, but his eyes were very sharp, revealing a murderous aura, which made Zhu Zhongtao immediately He shuddered and quickly kowtowed to the ground, never daring to look at Zhu Youtang again.
At this time, the hall suddenly fell silent. After a long time, Zhu Youtang asked Zhu Zhongfu coldly: "Do you mean what you said?"
"Everything I said is true. Even if your Majesty borrowed ten of my courage, I would not dare to deceive you. Your Majesty, please be careful!"
Zhu ZhongqiAlthough he answered seriously on the surface, he was muttering in his heart. To be honest, four out of ten of the charges he just filed against Zhu Zhongshao were fabricated by him. His purpose was to pull off Zhu Zhongshao's hypocrite mask in one step and let his head fall to the ground.
The arrow is on the string and must be fired. If I were less courageous at this time, Zhu Zhongshao would have a greater chance of surviving. Since he ignored his brotherhood and refused to make things easier for himself, why should I be merciful? In the worst case, everyone would die together!
Although Zhu Youtang knew that Zhu Zhongshao was a hypocrite, the civil and military officials were still kept in the dark by his "superior acting skills". Zhu Zhongshao's virtuous reputation was personally recognized by Xianzong before. The reason why he had not dealt with him for a long time was because of one reason: Zhu Zhongshao had just spent one million silver taels as military expenses. Secondly, he was thinking about the face of the late emperor. If he wanted to let the ministers know that the moral model established by his father Zhu Jianshen was actually a hypocrite and something worse than a beast, that would be a big deal. Slap his own father in the face?
Now, Zhu Youtang couldn't help but think about it. Zhu Zhongxu had lifted this fig leaf, so he could take advantage of the situation and attack the arrogance of these royal nobles.
"Shame! Shame on the Zhu family! Come here, send an order to Mou Bin immediately to order him to investigate the matter. During this period, no one from Ninghua Palace will be allowed to leave the house without my instructions. Anyone who dares to trespass will be killed without mercy." !" Zhu Youtang pretended to be angry.
shouted.
When Zhu Zhongyi saw that the imperial petition was successful, he was even more happy and kowtowed repeatedly to express his gratitude.
Inside the Ninghua Palace.
After the emperor's dragon patrol and the emperor's insinuations in the past few days, his owner Zhu Zhongmao was in panic all day long. From the bottom of my heart, this little emperor, who had only been on the throne for a few years, was quite capable of being an emperor and had strong internal power. He was by no means the kind of man who was said to be majestic and tolerant. Otherwise, all the civil and military officials in the imperial court and the previous dynasty who had served for many years would not have been reshuffled by Zhu Youtang in just two years. Looking at the past two years, he has continued to carry out military, economic, and political reforms. Recently, he has also issued some new regulations to limit the salary of the feudal clan. Isn't this just targeting himself again? Thinking of this, Zhu Zhongshao couldn’t help but sigh. With such a powerful nephew emperor, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him, the uncle Wang, to live in peace again!
When Zhu Zhongtao was in confusion, a housekeeper suddenly rushed in and shouted: "It's not good, it's not good!"
The steward's hurried steps and throat-piercing shouts instantly pulled Zhu Zhongshao back, who had just taken a sip of warm tea to relax his mind. The latter suddenly became furious, stood up, slapped the steward's face with two hands, and cursed : "You bastard, didn't you see me drinking tea? With your two voices, I've completely defeated you!"
The butler, who had been slapped twice, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, covered his face and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, something big has happened! The spies just came to report that your brother climbed out of someone's wall this morning. He went to the emperor's palace, and when our people found out, Zhu Zhongyi had already entered the palace."
Zhu Zhongshao was shocked when he heard this. He never thought that his always weak brother would dare to complain at this juncture. If Zhu Zhonghao is allowed to expose his family fortune, the image he has worked hard for many years will be completely lost. Thinking of this, Ninghua King Zhu Zhonghao clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and roared:
"Go quickly and prepare your horse for me, I want to enter the palace!"
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