"Tell me about it!"
Chongzhen became interested.
This absolute confidant is not usually so cautious, and this is the first time today.
"Your Majesty, do you remember that a few months ago you summoned the princes at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and then imprisoned the princes in prison, and threatened the princes with eighteen kinds of torture?"
"Remember, I remember you said that the princes don't know anything about King Jingjiang, but it seems that King Lu is hiding something?"
"Your Majesty has a good memory!"
Li Ruolian patted the dragon's fart slightly.
"Your Majesty, Zhou Tingru speculated that the Wenxiang Sect may be a pawn launched by a certain force, intending to test the court, disrupt the Ming Dynasty, and establish itself as king.
I am thinking, who is the person who benefits from this?
In the second year of Tianqi, Wang Haoxian, Xu Hongru, Zhou Yin and others gathered more than 100,000 people to revolt in western Juye, Yuncheng and other places in Shandong Province, and successively captured Yuncheng County, Zouxian County, Wenshang, Feixian County, Tengxian County and other places.
In the end, Xu Hongru and more than 10,000 people were forced to the west of Yuncheng by Yang Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Shandong Province, and surrounded him. He and his family were all killed. "
Hearing this, Chongzhen frowned, seeming to understand something, but there was always a layer of gauze between him, which made him feel uncomfortable.
But he didn't urge Li Ruolian.
"Your Majesty, although Xu Hongru and others are dead, at the critical moment, Wang Haoxian, the leader of Wenxiang Sect, escaped.
Moreover, he escaped with his family and dozens of carriages transporting gold and silver treasures. This is very strange.
Yang Zhaoji is a famous general, so he naturally knows the danger of Wang Haoxian and will definitely send elites to hunt this person down. But the fact is that Wang Haoxian escaped. Why?
I am guessing that if someone secretly gave information or deliberately concealed his whereabouts, and Wang Haoxian escaped, it would make sense! "
"Are you talking about the Kong family or King Lu?"
"I don't know that Xu Hongru's army occupied Wenshang, where the Confucian Temple is located, second only to Qufu, and the second largest branch of the Confucian family.
The rebels occupied it, but the Wenshang Kong family branch remained unscathed. This was completely different from other counties.
Could it be that the rebels are afraid of the Kong family? Or are you afraid of all the scholars in the world? Or should we say we fear Confucius?
You can kill countless people, are you afraid of this?
Secondly, places such as Zouxian and Wenshang are under the jurisdiction of King Lu's Yanzhou Prefecture, and are only a few dozen miles away from Yanzhou. Moreover, King Lu often travels with the Confucius Mansion, and his relationship with the Confucius Mansion is the best among all the princes.
In the last test, King Lu was obviously hiding something. "
At this point, Li Ruolian shut up.
Everything that could be inferred was inferred. He didn't know whether there was any connection. He just had this kind of guess.
Chongzhen's face also darkened.
If Li Ruolian hadn't mentioned this matter, he wouldn't have connected the two. Now that he thinks about it, there seems to be some kind of connection.
"Could it be that the Kong family and the Wenxiang Sect reached an agreement, and the Wenxiang Sect let the Wenshang Kong family go, while the Qufu Kong family helped Wang Haoxian escape?
Or is it that Prince Lu's Mansion is one of the forces behind the Wenxiang Sect?
Or is it that the Kong family is also one of the forces behind the Wenxiang Sect? "
"Or maybe King Lu reached an agreement with the Wenxiang Sect, colluded with the nearby guards, and let Wang Haoxian go?
Well... it's not impossible. The major royal palaces, guards, and officials are secretly communicating. If Wang Haoxian uses huge amounts of money to open the way, it's also feasible! "
Chongzhen murmured to himself for a while, and Li Ruolian nodded secretly while listening, which was pretty much what he had guessed.
After a while, Chongzhen looked at Li Ruolian: "Since King Lu has something to hide, let's find out what secrets Prince Lu's palace has hidden and whether it has colluded with the Wenxiang Sect.
There is no need to investigate the Kong Mansion. When it comes to rebellion, the Kong Mansion does not dare to come forward. It is very likely that someone secretly came forward to reach an agreement with Wang Haoxian.
Otherwise, as long as Wang Haoxian uses this threat, the Kong family will be tied to the Wenxiang Sect's chariot.
The most likely thing is that Wang Haoxian told his son, thinking that he would use this to threaten the Kong family in times of danger, and interrogate Shi Rongsheng to see if he could find out the conspiracy! "
"I understand!"
After Li Ruolian responded, he looked around again and whispered: "Your Majesty, do you want to take this matter to the Kong family?"
"Be prepared first. The north hole is useless, but the south hole is still useful. If this matter is confirmed, the Kong family will be really doomed. It concerns my next plan. If you can't use it, don't use it.
But if Beikong insists on seeking death, then I have no choice but to use it. Go prepare and keep it secret! "
"I obey the decree!"
After Li Ruolian saluted, he turned around and left. He was going to meet the Caogang people for a while.
In the lobby, after Chongzhen thought for a while, his eyes were filled with murderous intent. Then he shook his head, closed his eyes and meditated, wandering around.
After only a short delay, Cao Bianjiao led more than 20 warrior battalion sergeants in civilian clothes to block the Suzhou Guards Command Office on Daoqian Street.
The guard at the door yelled angrily: "What do you want to do? Don't you know this is the Suzhou Guards Commander's Yamen?"
"Let the Suzhou Guard Commander Qin Jiwang come out to receive the order!"
"Accept the order?"
The guard was stunned for a moment, then said disdainfully: "Who are you? Even if we are reporting, we must have a name!"
"You have no right to know!"
"LOL……"
As if hearing some big joke, while the guards were laughing, two warriors from the warrior camp reached out and slapped them, and then kicked the two guards down the steps.
"Ouch……"
"I'm beating someone, brothers, come quickly!"
Keng...
Keng...
Next door, the guards from Su Song's Bingbeidao Yamen, the Prison Department, and several other Yamen in Suzhou Prefecture had already been attracted by the noise here. When they heard the shouts, they naturally rushed over.
However, they were kicked back by several sergeants from the Warrior Battalion before they could reach the guard commander's office.
In such a delay, the commander made more than ten people walk out of the yamen. The leader saw the guard lying under the steps. Looking at the messy situation in the distance, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.
"who are you?"
"Let them go!"
"Sir, he is Qin Jiwang!"
Listening to the voice of his subordinates, Cao Bianjiao stretched out his hand, and he handed over an imperial edict and said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty has an edict. Qin Jiwang, the commander of the Suzhou Guards, mobilized the sergeants of the guard station and the Wenxiang Cult without authorization to intercept and kill the Suzhou soldiers escorted by the Jinyi Guards. Zhong Zigui, the prefect, and Wen Xiang taught everyone,
The Warrior Battalion immediately arrested and brought them to justice, and all the military attachés in the Suzhou Guard were detained pending trial. Anyone who disobeyed would be shot without mercy! "
After listening to the content of the imperial edict, Qin Jiwang's expression changed drastically.
He couldn't get it out of his mind that this matter had been exposed.
More than 200 people intercepted and killed more than 100 people. Not only did they fail, they even betrayed him.
But the question is, why did the killing of Wenxiang Cult have something to do with him?
"Someone, take it!"
Keng...Keng...
The warrior battalion sergeant drew his light knife and rushed forward.
