"Your Majesty, before entering the capital, the people arranged by me have met these princes through many channels, and their identities have been verified before entering the capital!"
"Have you ever seen him before I asked you to monitor me?"
"No!"
"Then why are you so sure that the King Jingjiang you saw is the real King Jingjiang? What you see with your eyes may not be true."
"this……"
Li Ruolian was stunned by Chongzhen's several questions. After thinking for a while, a terrifying thought flashed through his mind.
"Your Majesty, are you saying that this King Jingjiang is not the real King Jingjiang and has been replaced?"
"have no idea!"
Chongzhen shook his head.
These vassal kings were entrusted to various places. They were not allowed to enter the capital or even leave the palace without being summoned.
What the feudal king actually looks like is known only to those around him and those who come into frequent contact with him.
Although the imperial court sent left and right officials to help manage the palace, couldn't these officials be bribed?
In other words, from birth, this child must be the child of the feudal king?
Could it be that the princess was fooling around? Or play civet cat in exchange for a prince?
Anyway, there is no DNA testing technology in this era, and blood tests are even less reliable.
It is difficult to judge the royal family based on a single portrait.
"I don't know if this Jingjiang King is real or fake, but there is definitely something wrong. If you assassinate me, you will kill the nine tribes.
Even if I cut off the vassal, their throne will still last for decades, and they can still enjoy decades of glory and wealth. He has no motive to kill me based on the fact that I cut off the vassal.
If he wanted to drag other vassal kings to die together, then he should have assassinated me in the Ancestral Temple in the morning.
When I am furious, I may directly cut off all the clan titles and cause chaos in the clan, but when I calm down, I will notice the conspiracy, which is not true.
Excluding these, there is only one possibility: kill me and cause chaos. After the chaos, who are the most beneficial people? "
"Jiannu, Mongolian tribes, vassal kings, and... gentry and wealthy merchants!"
Li Ruolian answered subconsciously, but then said to himself: "Excluding the vassal king, your majesty already has his eldest son.
With Queen Zhou here, Queen Yi'an, plus cabinet ministers such as Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli, as well as a group of military generals, there would be no problem in maintaining the current situation, and the vassal king would have no chance.
Moreover, it will only anger the court, and maybe they will kill all these people, and the vassal kings are not stupid.
It is also unlikely that the Jiannu and Mongolian tribes could stretch their hands that long.
Moreover, His Majesty's attack on these two foreign enemies has only happened in the past two years. In a hurry, it is impossible for them to have such a plan.
Could it be that he is a wealthy gentry and businessman? This shouldn't be the case. The court will definitely investigate such a major case thoroughly. No matter who is behind it, there will be heads rolling in!
Moreover, at this juncture, when they unite to eliminate foreign enemies, they risk the disapproval of the world. Their ancestral graves going back eighteen generations will be digged up, and they are destined to be infamy for thousands of years.
Could it be...hey, no more? This this……"
Li Ruolian was stunned, and his brows furrowed even more tightly.
At present, all the beneficiaries have been eliminated, so it is unclear why King Jingjiang assassinated the emperor.
"Is it a rebellion? This is not right. If it is a rebellion, King Jingjiang will never be able to escape from the palace after the assassination. He is dead, and the assassination is meaningless.
They also have no military power or army. The imperial court can send an army to annihilate them directly, unless they hide many people outside.
Guilin is a place with high mountains and dense forests, and there are many chieftains. Some people are hiding. Judging from the assassination of His Majesty, this is premeditated, and the Jin Yiwei will not be able to detect it for a while! "
"Toast?"
Chongzhen suddenly sat up straight, grabbed the summary information of King Jingjiang, and then circled a few places with a pen, and it turned out to be Guilin.
"Li Ruolian, what kinds of toast are there in Guilin? Which ones are the most popular?"
"Guilin toast?"
Li Ruolian frowned and immediately said: "Your Majesty, there is a saying in Guangxi that there is no mountain in Nanling without Yao, so naturally the Yao people are the most numerous."
"Yao people?"
Li Ruolian exclaimed in surprise, and his whole body trembled, as if a basin of ice water had been poured from his head in June.
The Yao people were simply taboo in the Ming Dynasty. From the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to the present, the war between the Yao people and the imperial court has never stopped for more than a thousand years.
Most of them could not bear the political oppression, economic exploitation and national oppression of the imperial court and were forced to resist.
Especially starting from the Dayengxia Yao uprising in the fourth year of Hongwu, it continued for more than two hundred years, with wars spreading all over the country, and it was not basically over until the sixth year of Tianqi.
This uprising was the largest, most violent, and far-reaching uprising in the history of the Yao people.
Thinking of this, Li Ruolian immediately said: "Your Majesty, could it be that Hu Fuji's rebel team in the sixth year of Tianqi was not exterminated, and then infiltrated into the Jingjiang Palace, controlled the Jingjiang King, and even replaced the Jingjiang King?
In other words, the team that rebelled a long time ago, they took the flag in the next game.
With the Jingjiang Prince's Mansion as a cover and a large amount of money and material support, they waited for the opportunity to rise.
And they may have expected that His Majesty would cut down the vassal vassal and seize the family property. Once the vassal was seized, they would not have huge resources, so they took advantage of the opportunity of the vassal kings to come to Beijing to assassinate you.
If the assassination was successful, it would be considered as revenge for the Yao people killed by the imperial court over the years.
The imperial court did not have the energy to deal with them in a short period of time, so they had time to recuperate and slowly grow stronger.
If the assassination is not successful and there is no loss, they will transfer the property of Jingjiang Palace and use the terrain to grow. "
The more Li Ruolian talked about it, the more he talked about it, and the more he talked about it, the more likely it seemed.
Judging from the current speculations, this is the only explanation that can explain King Jingjiang's assassination of the emperor.
Chongzhen was silent. Li Ruolian's speculation was similar to what he had just speculated, but it didn't make sense.
Although the rebellion of the Yao people did not end until Hu Fuxi in the sixth year of Tianqi, as early as the fourth year of Wanli, under the leadership of Zhang Juzheng, the imperial court sent ten armies with a total of 100,000 people to surround them on all sides with Tietong tactics. It lasted four months and killed more than 40,000 people. After people.
The main force of the Yao people was lost, and the imperial court established Liuguan county offices. From the eleventh year of Wanli to the sixth year of Tianqi, there were no more wars.
It stands to reason that the reform should have been successful and the Yao people had integrated into the Ming Dynasty. What is the situation now?
When it comes to the Yao people and Tusi, it is no small matter.
Chongzhen was silent in thought, and the atmosphere in Dongnuan Pavilion gradually solidified. Li Ruolian stood with his hands down, not daring to express his anger.
No matter what the situation of King Jingjiang is, the failure of the guard to do his duty is all the fault of their Jin Yiwei.
Even though he has the merit of following the dragon and has tried his best in the past two years, if word spreads that he failed in his duty to assassinate the emperor, the civil and military officials of the entire court will definitely kill him.
After a while, Chongzhen suddenly raised his head and stared straight at Li Ruolian. The cold light in his eyes scared him, and the next words made him kneel down.
"Li Ruolian, is Luo Sigong in the capital or back to his hometown?"
