Zhu Yi's report arrived in Beijing more than a month later.
At this time, the city of Beijing has passed the scorching summer, and the weather has become a little cooler. Especially the autumn rains that have fallen for several days in a row in the past few days have caused the temperature in the capital to drop a bit...
At this time, the city of Beijing had been peaceful for twenty years, and its population had increased by nearly 10%...
Because the sweet potatoes from the three provinces of Liaodong are constantly radiating to Jiubian and various cities in the north, the supply exceeds demand, resulting in a very low price. It also gave birth to a profession in the morning market, roasting sweet potatoes, two for a penny, so that The living costs of many ordinary people who came to the capital to work and deliver things have been greatly reduced, and people who love food have created many ways to eat this high-yielding food... Some make it into sweet potato buns, sweet potato pancakes, and some Specializing in his cuisine...
Corn entered the Ming Dynasty together with sweet potatoes, but because of its low yield, its price was very expensive. In the second half of the 16th year of Chenghua, corn kernels of the same weight even exceeded gold, and could be sold in the 16th year of Chenghua. The only people in the entire capital who have realized the freedom of corn are the princes of the imperial palace...
In the capital city, where the sky is dim and bright, vendors setting up stalls in various streets have begun to set up their stalls. People are coming and going on the streets, full of peace...
In an inn near the street, Jinyiwei commander Tongzhi Menda was leaning on the window sill, looking at the situation below.
Behind him stood six imperial guards.
After a while, a donkey cart appeared from around the corner.
After seeing the donkey cart, Menda immediately stood up: "You guys move faster, get on the cart and get people, don't make too much noise..."
"Yes, sir."
After listening to the order, the six Jinyi guards immediately began to take action.
Today is an ordinary day, but today is not ordinary, because the news just came out last night that His Majesty the Emperor's legitimate son will leave the capital in two days and go to North Korea to study.
Of course, Zhu Youhua had already left the palace twice before this.
A few months ago, Zhu Jianshen named Zhu Youhua Prince Jing, asked him to go to Seoul, North Korea, to study and cultivate his mind, and found several teachers for him to go with him. Then the officials of the imperial court began to express their dissatisfaction.
They stubbornly believed that the crimes committed by the second prince Zhu Youhua were all framed. Even when conclusive evidence was later placed in front of them, they still felt that this was the result of a palace battle. The second prince Zhu Youhua was just too young. Yes, he was deliberately guided by someone with good intentions and did something wrong. His Majesty the Emperor should not deprive the second prince of his qualification as the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty because of this incident. This is unfair to the second prince.
Not only that, they also quoted classics to tell the young emperor that the issue of the crown prince was too important and he should be cautious. If the second prince left the capital, it would sow the seeds for future civil strife. The crown prince is the foundation of the world. If the foundation shakes, the dynasty will inevitably shake. If the dynasty is shaken, the world will inevitably be in turmoil. As an emperor, how can you treat the world as a child's play?
In the minds of so many officials in the previous dynasty, Zhu Youhua had long been the crown prince of the royal family. The reason why Zhu Youhua did so many wrong things was probably because someone in the palace took advantage of the year when the emperor was away from the capital to deliberately guide him. .
These ministers also tried their best to prevent Zhu Youhua from leaving Beijing.
Two months ago, Zhu Jianshen set a date for Zhu Youhua to leave the palace. However, Zhu Youhua did not leave. The reason was the desperate obstruction of many officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Sixth Section, and other government officials.
Because the sensitive issue of the crown prince was involved, Xu Youzhen, who had always been loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, did not dare to restrain the people under him. Han Yong, Peng Shi, Li Xian and other cabinet and six ministers all expressed their disapproval in secret. Agreed with the idea, of course, as the heads of various powerful departments, they had no way to directly rush to stop the emperor, so they also began to allude to the officials below,
As soon as the carriage left the palace gate, dozens of officials knelt on the side of the road to prevent the carriage from going any further. The ruthless Zhao Huanong and a large group of martial arts supervisors pulled and beat him, but more and more officials came, and they also We can't really seriously injure each of these ministers. They were prevented from leaving the capital for the first time.
The second time, I wanted to leave the palace late at night, but the confidentiality inside the palace was completely messed up. The news was leaked out early, and was blocked by the courtiers.
And this is the third time.
If Zhu Youhua cannot leave the capital this time, it will be even more difficult to leave in the future, so this time Zhu Jianshen decided to use Jinyiwei and Zhenzhang.
Moreover, Tongzhi Menda, the commander of Jinyiwei, has also grasped the movements of several officials. He wants to arrest all the key contacts within these two days. These people who are to be arrested are all stubborn to the extreme. After more than a month of investigation, these few are not afraid of death. Even if the court moves the real seal, they dare to rush forward and fight hard. ŴŴŴ.BiQuGe.Biz
The person sitting in the donkey cart was the most active among these officials. His name was Zhou Zheng, and he was not even forty years old. Although his official position was no more than sixth rank, he occupied a prominent position in this anti-edict action. c position.
After the donkey cart arrived downstairs at the inn, six Jinyi guards suddenly appeared and stopped the donkey cart. Then the two of them immediately jumped on the donkey cart, pulled Zhou Zheng out who was still confused inside, and dragged him directly to the inn and brought him to the door. In front of Da.
Menda looked at Zhou Zheng, and then said: "Master Zhou, where are you going so early..."
As his name suggests, Zhou Zheng has an upright face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looked at Menda with contempt in his eyes. He looked down on people like Menda.
"Go to the morning meeting..." he said coldly.
"Master Zhou is joking, there is no morning meeting today..."
"What on earth do you mean? I broke some national law. I captured this official directly in the market. I want to give you a copy..." Zhou Zheng did not answer Menda's words, but said coldly to himself. road.
"In two days, Prince Jing will leave the capital, and you must stop him. In order for His Highness Prince Jing to leave the palace smoothly and leave the capital, you will stay in this inn these days, and wait until Prince Jing arrives. After His Highness the King leaves, you can naturally leave..."
Zhou Zheng was furious when he heard this: "His Royal Highness Prince Jing, he is your majesty's legitimate son and the future crown prince. How can you let him go to a barbaric land and stay in the capital and still study and become talented? Why go to North Korea... Da, you are looking for death. If you really dare to hold me here, I will fight you until death..."
Menda burst into laughter upon hearing this.
"Don't stop until you die. What a good stopper. Your Highness, Prince Jing, has indeed made a serious mistake. Your Majesty, you still have to be sad. Your Majesty is considering state affairs, but you are the opposite. You are pedantic and know that you can't do something." man of……"
"You are not qualified to fight me to the death. Of course, you can also persuade the Xu Du Yushi behind you to let him deal with me, so that we can fight to the death..."
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