Zhu Biao's interpersonal relationships outside the palace were quite simple. The ministers in the East Palace would never dare to directly flaunt him under his banner.
As for the second and third children, they may not be under the banner of outsiders. Most likely they just saw the opening of the mansion not far away and began to think about making money on their own. After all, their repeated warnings were of no use.
This is how things work, there will always be someone who will hold you back. The closer you are, the harder it will be, and it is not easy to cut off.
However, this was not a top priority. The problems in the pro-military Duwei Mansion were becoming more and more serious, which Zhu Biao could not tolerate. At this time, Liu Jin stepped forward to report the situation and asked Shang Honghai, the commander of the army, to see him.
Zhu Biao raised his eyebrows slightly: "Take him out of the palace and kill him!"
No matter what the reason was, it was an unforgivable sin to make him passive today. As an eagle dog with ears and eyes, he held the power of Nuoda, but he didn't even do his job well.
Liu Jin retreated as promised, and all ordered his colleagues to be in the third rank. Officials of this rank were supposed to be tried by the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment before they could be judged.
However, the Imperial Guard's Mansion is the emperor's own army and is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War or the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. Appointments and promotions do not go through the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Therefore, life and death, honor and disgrace all depend on the will of the Supreme Being. A white body can rise to heaven in one step, and a subordinate can be dealt with at will. All the commanders of the third grade are Tongzhi.
As soon as Liu Jin came out of the palace, several young eunuchs immediately came to greet him. Seeing that the general manager left two people to guard in front of the palace without giving orders, the others followed him consciously.
Halfway through, Liu Jin seemed to suddenly remember something: "Who is the commander of the night watch? Call him immediately."
"promise."
After a while, they arrived at the Dongjiao Gate. Shang Honghai, the general commander, led several thousand households below and were waiting for the announcement. When he saw that it was Liu Jin who came in person, his face instantly turned pale, and his heart in his chest seemed to be squeezed hard. one time.
Controlling his emotions, he saluted and said, "Excuse me, my father-in-law, I'd like to go out in person to greet you. I shouldn't bother you at this hour. I really have something important that I must report to Your Highness."
Liu Jin ignored him and looked past him to the commander of the Jinwu Guard who was coming from a distance and said: "It's too late to say this now. Shang Tongzhi, I always thought you were a smart person."
Shang Honghai heard Xian Zhizhi's defense and said: "Please raise your hand, General Manager. I will never have second thoughts towards Your Highness. There is really something hidden inside. Please let me explain it to Your Highness face to face."
Liu Jin smiled contemptuously, pointed at him and ordered to the commander of the Jinwu Guard who had arrived not far away: "Pass the Crown Prince's order to capture this person."
The commander of the Jinwu Guard looked straight and promised in a loud voice. The warriors behind him wearing armor and holding swords immediately drew their swords and surrounded him. The few confidants behind Shang Honghai didn't know why, but they were frightened and immediately drew their swords to defend themselves.
"Huh?" Liu Jin looked at them doubtfully: "Don't you have ears?"
The Qianhu, who were frightened by the sudden turn of events, immediately came to their senses. They threw away their swords and knelt down as if they were red-hot irons. Two more clever ones kicked them hard. The former colleague Zhi Shang Honghai's knee, and stepped forward to control him.
This made the surrounding Jinwu guards a little dissatisfied. They stepped forward and kicked the two of them away. They took over and captured Shang Honghai. However, the two people who were kicked so hard that their flesh and bones felt distressed let out a long sigh of relief. He knelt on the ground obediently and remained motionless, thinking to himself that this would give him a little more chance of survival than others.
The commander of the Jinwu Guard stepped forward and saluted Liu Jin: "Please let me know how to deal with it."
"Zhan, oh by the way, escort him out of the palace first. Don't destroy the peaceful atmosphere in the palace."
"promise."
The fashionable Honghai's eyes were red, and he struggled to shout: "Your Highness, I want to see Your Highness, the general is loyal and loyal, and there must be a traitor here to sow discord..."
Before he could say a few words, Shang Honghai's mouth was gagged and he was dragged away like a dead dog with its spine broken. The commander of the Jinwu Guards waited for a moment and saw that Liu Jinzhen had no further instructions. Withdrew his hands.
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"Are you finally willing to ask Quan Xu back?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was not moved after hearing his son's words. It was obvious that he had already known about the rumors outside the palace, but he deliberately did not mention it because he wanted to teach him a lesson.
How can the ears and eyes of the hawks and dogs tighten the ropes around their necks from time to time, and only listen and believe in one or two, something will happen sooner or later.
Zhu Biao nodded and responded: "Jinyiwei's charter is already complete, and there won't be any big trouble if he's not around."
"That's fine, it's up to you."
The father and son originally thought of recalling Quan Xu when it was time to get a new sword, but these were just small details, as long as the newly minted Jinyiwei was not contaminated.
Quan Xu has passed the postgraduate entrance examination for a long time and has also served in the Duwei Mansion, so there is no need to worry about anything else.
Just after this incident, Zhu Biao will also cultivate a few more informants. It's not that he can't trust him, but it's necessary. Only in this way can both parties be safe.
"The second and third children are over there..." Zhu Biao was a little embarrassed. The second child was getting married soon, and the third child had been doing things very well recently, so it was difficult for him to do anything lightly, not to mention having to consider his father's wishes.
Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and hummed: "Not only the second and third sons, but also the families of the concubines and concubines in the harem are involved."
The policies of the imperial court this year have been really good. In addition, the recovery of Yunnan, Guizhou and Liaodong is a sign of the great achievements of the Han and Tang Dynasties. It is expected that there will be peace for a hundred or two hundred years.
It made many families feel relieved and took out their old capital to do business, buy property and buy land. These families that still exist after the Song and Yuan Dynasties are all habitually saving food and money, and they will never take it out until there is true peace. .
In this way, the prosperity of business will bring prosperity to the world, and everything will become more alive. The entire Ming Dynasty will be different from the past. The haze of the troubled times has been swept away. Although most people are still poor, their mentality is different.
"Okay, you don't have to worry about these anymore, we will take care of it ourselves."
Zhu Biao responded, he must not interfere with the palace concubine. As for the brothers, they are the princes and princes. He can call them over and scold them and kick them a few times, but how to punish them severely is too much.
The eldest brother is like a father, but his biological father is still here. He hastily overstepped his father to show his authority on matters that he could ask for permission from. Even though his father acquiesced in order to protect his face, he would inevitably feel a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Zhu Biao will not take this risk. A thousand-mile embankment will collapse in an ant nest. It is definitely not his style to lose big because of small things.
"Where's Mao Xiang?"
"These are the messages from Mao Xiang."
Zhu Biao laughed dumbly, thinking that the credible news was not sent back at all, but Mao Xiang, who was almost obviously colluding with Hu Weiyong, sent back the news.
Also shrewd, Zhu Baogang wanted to persuade Lao Zhu to also deal with Mao Xiang, so as to check and balance the pro-military Duwei Mansion so that there would be no imbalance within them.
"That won't delay anything. The people on the left and right are just people from the pro-military captain's mansion."
No matter what their rank, the people of the pro-military captain's mansion must be in awe of everyone they see, even the arrogant warriors. Therefore, the price they have to pay is life and death.
Zhu Yuanzhang also thought about it seriously: "That's all, keeping him for now has some use."
Zhu Biao responded, returned to his own desk, sat down, wrote a few lines of names, and finally circled one of them. This was the new commander, Tongzhi Gaoqiang.
Leaving it to Liu Jin, who doesn't know when he will return, there will soon be changes in the pro-military captain's mansion. The appointment of the commander or the commander-in-chief will represent the replacement of the old by a new generation.
In this world, confidants may not be trustworthy and entrusted with important responsibilities, let alone others. If you don't use your own people, you are afraid that within a few days, the lives of everyone in your family will be at stake.
It was probably because of this that Shang Honghai ended up where he was today.
Zhu Biao knew very well that no one would be abandoned as a prince and seek refuge with others, not to mention that betraying him would only lead to death. No one could save him, but anyone with any sense would not make such a choice.
Either he was deceived by his confidants and concealed the news that was supposed to be delivered to the palace, and then went back to report that it had been delivered, or someone had the handle to kill the Nine Clan and sacrificed his life to protect everyone.
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(End of chapter)
