The wind in Peiping is very cold.
Shen Chen returned to Peking and discussed countermeasures with Yao Guangxiao, Pingan, Zhang Bing, Yang Pu and others.
Ping'an heard that an eight-niu crossbow had escaped from the military camp, and he couldn't help but be afraid. This damn thing didn't mean to kill Zhu Wenkui. He wanted to kill himself.
If Du Si couldn't find out who the problem was, he was afraid that he would be ruined.
"You should be glad that what was lost was not a divine machine cannon, otherwise we would have taken the prince back to the capital immediately!"
Shen Chen had a gloomy face.
Ping An has a headache. The Divine Machine Cannon is not like the Eight-Niu Crossbow. The Eight-Niu Crossbow is in a warehouse, and there are people taking turns to guard and take inventory. As long as there is something wrong with the people in this warehouse, the Eight-Niu Crossbow may be disguised as a grain truck, etc. run out.
But the divine machine cannon and the gunpowder bombs are stored separately, and the gunpowder bombs are guarded to extremely high standards. People are searched when entering and exiting, and there are as many as five inspections. Without a warrant or waist tag signed by the commander, no one can even think about it. Take out a gunpowder bomb. As for the divine machine cannon, that thing cannot be transported quietly. It is very heavy and easy to find...
Ping An pounded the table and knocked the tea cup to the ground: "Everyone is at fault in this matter. I will investigate it thoroughly and find out the loopholes to see who was tricked into a rat and dared to eat the ration of the Eight Ox Crossbow!"
Zhang Bing looked at Ping'an angrily. That was the Chief Minister's cup. If he broke it, the Chief Minister would still have to pay for it. Can't you talk nicely?
Yao Guangxiao looked at the thoughtful Yang Pu and asked: "Mr. Yang, this matter is related to the safety of the prince, and it also involves the resurgent White Lotus Sect. We cannot be careless. What do you think?"
Yang Pu picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and said calmly: "My opinion is to arrest Wang Yanshou and his accomplices, including Zhang Che's family, immediately."
Zhang Sigong frowned and said, "If we act like this, our plan to find out the person behind the scenes will be in vain. If we just cut off his hand without damaging the source, there will be trouble in the future."
Yang Pu agreed with Zhang Sigong's view and asked: "Do you think the person behind Wang Yanshou's assassination plan will show up?"
Zhang Sigong narrowed his eyes slightly, and Chen Gui couldn't help but said: "Yes, judging from the current situation, the person behind the scenes is probably hidden deep inside. Whether the assassination plan is implemented or not, he does not need to show up. Assassinating the prince is such a big deal. Regardless of success or failure, countless news will spread, and he must know the result."
Zhang Sigong thought about it for a while. The person who gave the order and the person who executed the order are completely separated. If you want to catch the person who gave the order, you first need to catch the person who executed the order. This means that you should act in advance instead of Wait until that moment before something happens.
"According to the investigation, Wang Yanshou has a White Lotus Sect roster on his person. As long as this list is found, the White Lotus Sect members near Tongzhou and Peiping will be eliminated in the shortest time, and the hiding place of the Eight Bull Crossbows will be found."
Shen Chen spoke.
Yao Guangxiao decided: "We can't risk the prince's safety. Since we have almost everything, let's arrest the people directly. The scouts and the security bureau will arrest the mastermind, and the capital will send sergeants to help arrest the people on the list. In addition, we will interrogate the affairs directly in Tongzhou and use any means necessary to find out all their conspiracies and the people behind them!"
Shen Chen, Lu Qian, Li Mingcan and others immediately left Peiping and headed straight for Tongzhou.
In order to prevent the news from leaking, Shen Chen ordered that at midnight, the city gates would be closed and he would start immediately. Groups of men would ambush before dark.
That night, Zhang Che was sleeping soundly when he felt someone patting his face. He couldn't help but turn over and continue sleeping. Then he seemed to notice something and sat up suddenly, looking at the black shadow in the darkness.
"Zhang Jingang, come with us."
Shen Chen said coldly.
Zhang Che reached out and grabbed under the pillow, but found nothing.
"Catch him."
Shen Chen gave the order, and a sergeant held a dagger and grabbed Zhang Che.
Zhang Che did not dare to resist, and could not resist, because there was a sergeant in front of him with a crossbow aimed at his thigh. If he resisted a little, the arrow would pierce his thigh.
Twenty-eight people in total, including men, women, children, housekeepers, and servants from the Zhang family, were all arrested.
Wang Yanshou was also very aggrieved. He obviously got up at night to go to the toilet, but was kicked into a manure pit and almost drowned. Before he could even curse, a rope was pulled around his neck and he was dragged out, almost hurting his neck. After all, it was a very cold day, and I was almost froze to death after being showered with cold water one after another.
Lu Qian found the roster of the White Lotus Sect in the secret compartment under the stove in Wang Yanshou's home. There were 162 people in total. When he saw that the last name was Wei Rong, Lu Qian ordered without hesitation: "Arrest according to the roster." No one is left."
The Tongzhou magistrate's office was very busy, busy looking for names.
There is no way, the ancient roster only contains the name, not the gender, home address, contact number, etc. The scouts and the Security Bureau are not gods. They can know the location just by knowing the name.
I searched for people by their names and worked until dawn, but I could only find about a hundred people. I checked the household registrations but couldn't find the remaining fifty people. Obviously, the remaining people are not in Tongzhou.
The Chief Envoy of Peking took over the task of conducting a population census, while the scouts and the Security Bureau stepped up their interrogation of Wang Yanshou, hoping to get more clues.
But Wang Yanshou was a tough guy and kept silent. It seemed that he had a belief that was supporting him.
Zhang Che and Zhang Zhi obviously had little faith. After Shen Chen imposed the three punishments, Zhang Che was the first to collapse and explain first.
After the defeat of Zhongdu, the White Lotus Sect formed a top-level organization with Little Buddha Mother and Yang Wushan as its top leaders. Yang Wushan took over the White Lotus Sect in Shandong, Henan, Beiping, Beizhili, Shanxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places, forming a A scattered but huge underground force with a total number of followers exceeding 10,000.
Zhang Che was awarded the Vajra, and there is another Vajra in Peking, that is, Cai Kui, the judge in the Du Shisi Division. He fell into the gentle hometown of the saint and joined the White Lotus Sect. He also leaked a lot of information to the White Lotus Sect and was awarded the title of Vajra. King Kong.
Shen Chen asked someone to pass the information to Ping An immediately, and then continued the interrogation: "Who is planning to assassinate the prince? Your backbone is not qualified enough!"
Zhang Che was afraid of being tortured, so he quickly replied: "It's an order from the King of Heaven."
"Yang Wushan?"
"That's right."
"Where is he and why do you want to assassinate the prince?"
"I just acted under his instructions and didn't know his whereabouts. As for why he assassinated the prince, I don't even know. I just heard from Wang Yanshou that it was the Yin soldiers who wanted Zhu Wenkui's life. Maybe there was something between the King of Heaven and the Yin soldiers. What a deal."
"Yin soldiers, ancient and modern?!"
"Yes, the person standing at the top of the Yin soldiers is Gu Jin."
Shen Chen finally understood that the warning sent by the capital was not groundless, and Mao Rui's death was the result of ancient and modern killings. Thinking about it, Gu Jin had to cooperate with the resurgent White Lotus Sect again because of the serious loss of power. What kind of benefits moved the White Lotus Sect and prompted it to help assassinate Zhu Wenkui!
"Who is the Little Buddha Mother you are talking about?"
Shen Chen continued the interrogation.
Zhang Che struggled for a while and finally said: "The name of the little Buddha Mother is Tang Sai'er. She is the successor chosen by the Buddha Mother and the real reincarnation of the Buddha's son. After the fall of the Buddha Mother, the Little Buddha Mother fell into It fell into the hands of Yang Wushan, who relied on the Little Buddha Mother to make some White Lotus sect obey."
"Tang Sai'er?"
Shen Chen narrowed his eyes.
Li Mingcan, a member of Qianhu from the Security Bureau on the side, suddenly trembled and asked quickly: "Who are you talking about, Tang Sai'er?"
Seeing Zhang Che repeating it again, Li Mingcan said to Shen Chen, who was confused: "You are not from the Security Bureau. You don't know that the Security Bureau has been looking for this person over the years. When implementing the photo IDs and ID cards, the emperor specifically told Shandong Security Bureau Bureau, we must find Tang Saier. But who would have thought, Shandong Zhaoshen badges have been distributed all over the country, and I have been searching for her for many years, but she has never appeared."
Zhang Che looked in disbelief and shouted: "Impossible, it is impossible for the Security Bureau and the court to know Tang Saier's identity earlier."
Li Mingcan glared at Zhang Che: "The information the imperial court has is far beyond your imagination. Please take care of your own business!"
Zhang Che confessed, Zhang Zhi confessed, and another King Kong Cai Kui could not survive the punishment after being arrested. The only one who is still standing is Wang Yanshou, a former sergeant.
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Everyone on the list was arrested. When the results of Zhang Che's confession were placed in front of Wang Yanshou, Wang Yanshou finally collapsed and had to reveal the location of the people on the list.
What made Shen Chen's hair stand on end was that two people on this list were shipwrights from the Capital Longjiang Shipyard. You must know that Zhu Yunwen visited Longjiang Shipyard many times. Although there were guards around him, there was no guarantee that something would not go wrong.
The depth of the White Lotus Cult's lurking and its proximity to the core of the Ming Dynasty frightened Shen Chen, Li Mingcan and others, so an urgent document of eight hundred miles was sent directly to the capital.
The seven years of Jianwen came to an end under the waving and urging of the horse whip.
It's New Year's Day, the eighth year of Jianwen's reign.
Zhu Yunwen appeared outside the Taiping Gate of Jinling, and Zhu Wenkui appeared outside the Dingmen Gate of Peking. One south and one north formed a linkage in different spaces at the same time.
The Ming Dynasty ushered in the eighth year of Zhu Yunwen's rule. For the first time, Zhu Yunwen put forward the slogan of "studying things to gain knowledge, studying principles and applying them, applying what they have learned, and revitalizing China." With his own power, he forcibly resisted the empty talk of Neo-Confucianism. This trend forced Neo-Confucianism to cooperate and obey the mission of the dynasty, and transform into a culture of "application of knowledge."
Any school of thought must be attached to those in power and serve the needs of governance. If it cannot follow the trend, it is inevitable that it will be submerged.
After all, Neo-Confucianism is not all of Confucianism.
Zhu Wenkui ushered in his fourth year as the crown prince. He appeared in front of the people of Peiping as a little adult. With an article entitled "My Father", he revealed the details of Zhu Yunwen's life to the people for the first time. What? I get up before dawn and review memorials even after dark. At the end of the year, I don’t have many days to accompany myself...
The image of Emperor Zhu Yunwen became concrete, vivid and vivid through Zhu Wenkui's mouth. Countless people imagined the diligent Emperor Jianwen, the benevolent Emperor Jianwen, the Emperor Jianwen who worked hard and devoted himself to state affairs.
Zhu Wenkui's speech pushed Zhu Yunwen's image to a new height. The expectations and support of the people of Peiping for moving the capital reached its peak, and some conflicts between the people and the court were quietly resolved...
