The King of Han, Zhu Gaoxu, is thirty-one this year. He is tall, graceful, and handsome. Even the young officials who saw him would have to give in!
At the age of nineteen, he served as the vanguard of a general and joined his father, Zhu Di, in revolting in Jingnan. He made numerous military exploits and was capable of both civil and military skills. Not only was he good at horsemanship, but he was also very eloquent. He could be said to be a eloquent boy. Who is a boy with a clever tongue? What if the little fairy doesn't like it?
The most important thing is that they are still the third generation of emperors and the first generation of kings! Such a man, if placed today, would definitely cause the fairies to scream and even faint!
Living in a huge palace, with a fortune of thousands of stones and treasures, eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, wearing silks and satins, when you open your mouth, there will be eunuchs bringing tea and water, when you stretch out your hands, there will be palace maids undressing and taking off their belts; if you have nothing to drink, Drinking wine, walking with birds, tossing grape pellets to the concubines and beauties sitting on the swing... This fairy life is simply not too pleasant.
In the second year of this dynasty, his father sealed him to Yunnan. Although his father withdrew his seal due to his resistance, he was able to stay in the capital. However, from that time on, Zhu Gaoxu began to "carry resentment and be prepared for danger in times of peace." It turned out that everything about him could be changed at any time by just a word from his father. I'm afraid that one day my sickly eldest brother, the crown prince, will come to power and he will start to search for me just like my father searched for his brothers. He might even be demoted to a commoner...
horrible!
Gotta change!
How to change it?
Of course, like Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty...
Am I not as heroic as King Li Shimin of Qin? ——Zhu Gaoxu, the first king of Han Dynasty in Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Gaoxu began to make preparations. He first asked his father, Emperor Zhu Di, to ask the Tiance Guards from the Twelve Guards of the Forbidden Army to guard the Han Palace. Fortunately, his father still loved him and agreed to his request.
In fact, among the Twelve Guards of the Forbidden Army, Zhu Gaoxu still prefers the Jinyi Guards...
So occasionally I would chat with friends in Jinyiwei.
These Jin Yiwei were originally sent to keep an eye on him, but unexpectedly they became friends after staring at them.
"Have you received the gift, Chief of the Imperial Guard?" asked the King of Han.
"Received." Jin Yiwei said.
"Do you know who sent it?"
"have no idea."
"Yes." King Han nodded, "Do you know why?"
"Know."
"That's good."
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Soon after, Zhu Di returned to the capital from Peking. Ji Gang immediately reported to Xie Jin about his secret meeting with the prince. Zhu Di was furious at Longyan.
At this time, Xie Jin was traveling through Guangdong with his colleagues to review the mountains and rivers. Without realizing it, he also dutifully fulfilled his duties and requested that the Gan River be dug to connect the north and the south...
Li Zhigang, a doctor in the Ministry of Industry who had a close personal relationship with Xie Jin, took the opportunity to write a letter to impeach Xie Jin again, adding fuel to the fire.
Before Zhu Di could express anything, Li Zhigang's move had already alarmed the prince's people.
Before Jie Jin could be convicted, Li Zhigang was imprisoned.
Knowing that someone was secretly doing something small and targeting Big Brother Jie Jin, the princelings also secretly started to investigate...
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The masters in the palace of the King of Han in the capital are as capable as clouds and crucian carps.
Someone immediately reported this to the King of Han and said, "The prince's people are already looking for Jin Chang."
The overt and covert struggles between the prince and the king of Han are in full swing...
"The person who sends the salt only knows that he is sending salt, and the person who receives the salt does not know whose salt he is receiving. I cannot let my father down."
Jin Chang knows a little bit more.
Jin Chang should not have known so much. Although he had contacts with many dignitaries in the capital, they were only business contacts, and he was not a member of the Han Dynasty King Zhu Gaoxu. It's not his turn to make the decision in Xiaoyao Tower.
Eunuch Hou of Xiaoyao Tower is the King of Han's.
On the surface, Xiaoyao Tower was engaged in gambling house business, but secretly it was also helping senior officials in the capital to conduct bank business. To put it bluntly, it was hiding money, and in the words of Lin Linyou and his colleagues at that time, it was money laundering.
In case the family property is confiscated in the future, there is still a way to prepare for a comeback!
Of course, this is not the main way for Xiaoyao Tower to make money. No matter what, we don’t dare to take money from the pockets of senior officials!
Their main source of money is officials who come from all over the country to work in Beijing or are candidates for appointment.
At that time, when you came to Beijing to do business or wait for an official appointment, in addition to maintaining your own long team of horsemen and sedan bearers, you also had to pay a lot of money for socializing and living expenses, even for wealthy officials. It is unbearable, let alone those who have not yet entered the official service and are waiting for replacement.
So I had to borrow money to survive.
There was a group of people in the capital who lent money to these officials, which was called Beijing Debt at that time.
The operators of Beijing Debt include nobles, officials, businessmen and ordinary wealthy people, and Xiaoyaolou is the largest creditor of Beijing Debt at this time.
The interest rate on Beijing debt is extremely high, and there are theories such as plus two, plus three, or plus four.
The so-called plus two, for example, if you lend one hundred taels of silver, you must first deduct twenty taels as interest. If you get eighty taels, the interest will still be calculated as one hundred taels.
If you add three, thirty taels will be deducted, if you add four, forty taels will be deducted, and so on. No matter how much you add, the interest will be calculated based on how much you borrow.
Most of the people who borrow money are officials, who write in black and white, so how dare they refuse to pay? I was in a hurry to get to my post, and all kinds of expenses were necessary, so I could only drink poison to quench my thirst.
Perhaps this is the main reason why a large number of new officials actively participated in the impeachment of Li Zengzhi! After all, Li Zengzhi is the big proprietor of Xiaoyao Tower.
The King of Han also had a large sum of silver stored in Xiaoyao Tower, which he used to make money. After all, who would think too much silver! After all, he maintains a large number of followers, and the royal salary alone is a bit too small.
Bribing Ji Gang will lead to Xiaoyaolou's account.
As the second head of Xiaoyao House, it is normal for Jin Chang to know these things.
It's just that he shouldn't say it!
This really pushed him to a dead end!
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Just because he forced two fans of the Jiaofang Division to death, the Jin Yiwei came to the door to chase him and insisted on biting him, but none of the big shots and old people stood up to help him exonerate him, that's all! But they scrambled to push him onto the table and out!
Moving out of Hanwang is really a helpless move, but at least it can buy yourself some time.
Jin Chang began to prepare to run away...
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Jianchu Temple is a very tolerant temple. Scholars who cannot afford to live in an inn, displaced beggars, lazy vagrants, and even families of officials who come to Beijing to be candidates can all find a temporary place to live in the temple.
Huang Ze mentioned that Jin Chang's nest was in Jianchu Temple.
Unlike Nengren Temple and Xitian Temple next to it, which are full of incense and ostentatious, what Jin Chang likes is the desertedness of Jianchu Temple.
At Jianchu Temple, Jin Chang summoned his remaining four names, the eldest Xu Bin, the second eldest Li Guang, the third eldest Xu Tao, and the fourth eldest Ding Wei.
"It is said that when Jianwen fled, in addition to relying on Emperor Taizu's treasure box, his father Zhu Biao also left him a box called a dust-free box."
"Emperor Taizu's treasure box contains documents and shaving tools. What do you think is in the dust-free box?"
The four adopted sons all shook their heads, they were already stupid.
Jin Chang smiled slightly and took out something, which was a human skin mask. It was so exquisitely made that it could be fake and real: "That's it."
After explaining some matters to the adopted sons and giving them some treasures and silver coins, he asked them to leave the temple and go down the mountain to disperse in various parts of the capital.
When going up the mountain, there are four names, and when going down, there are four "Jin Chang".
Needless to say, although these four names of his are not very capable and always cause him trouble, they are still loyal to him at critical moments and are even willing to die for him!
But they are much more affectionate and righteous than those big shots!
After all, I didn't misjudge the person.
Thinking of this, Jin Chang couldn't help but get a little wet...
After finishing these things, he went to see Pu Tong.
"I started learning opera at the age of eleven, and practiced illusion at the age of thirteen. After that, I traveled to the palaces of princes and princes, performing for them to entertain them, making them laugh, kneeling down and appreciating..."
"Speaking of which, Master and I can be regarded as brothers from the same sect!"
Pu Tong sat opposite Jin Chang, with his hands clasped together and his eyes open and closed, quietly listening to Jin Chang's ramble.
Jin Chang talked a lot, stopped, and waited to hear Pu Tong's response.
After a long while, Pu Tong said: "Amitabha..."
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Jin Chang took a deep breath, and then a burst of hot air came out of his nostrils. He looked at Pu Tong and said slowly: "If Jianwen didn't have the help of illusion, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to escape from the palace, right?"
Pu Tong listened with no expression on his face, but his long eyebrow on the left side still couldn't help but twitch slightly.
"Master Pu Qia is in prison, but one person bears everything." Jin Chang said meaningfully.
Pu Tong finally opened his slightly closed eyes and looked at Jin Chang: "Whatever the donor wants to say, please just say it!"
"Jianchu Temple should not be so deserted." Jin Chang said, "If I am not mistaken, your temple has a tunnel leading to the outside of the city, right?"
"The donor is proficient in transformation, so why do he need to use the tunnel?" Pu Tong said, "Besides, this temple does not have what the donor said."
There are always flaws in illusions, not to mention that now that he was injured, he didn't want to take too big a risk.
He was recovering from his injuries at Jianchu Temple. If he was not injured, he would just pretend to leave the city...
