Chapter 126 See you later

Let's move the space - when Zhu Chenhao was ready to move, Zhu Houzhao, who was about 30 years old, was drinking and having fun with his favorite concubine Liu Meiren, accompanied by a group of maids playing silk bamboo orchestras. In the lower seat, there sat the favorite ministers Jiang Bin, Xu Tai, Qian Ning and Zang Xian respectively. Zhang Zhong, the eunuch in charge of the palace, stood aside to accompany him.

Zhu Houzhao said, "Zang Xian, can't your team make up some new plays? It's always the same as before. I and Liu Meiren are tired of it.

Zang Xian said, "Your Majesty, we are scheduling two new plays now, and we can arrange them next month. At that time, please invite the emperor and Liu Niangniang to watch them together."

Zhu Houzhao said, "You should arrange it quickly. I haven't seen the new play for a long time."

The Beijing battalion (the 12th regiment battalion) commanded Jiang Bin and said, "Your Majesty, it's better to go out to watch the play. The last general and General Xu Tai are willing to visit the grassland again. To be honest, the girls on the Mongolian grassland have a different flavor than the Han women in the Central Plains."

Qian Ning, the left governor of Jinyiwei, said, "Forget it, Jiang Du command. Last time you persuaded the emperor to go out of the fortress and met the Mongolian cavalry, which almost put the emperor's life in danger. After returning, whether it was the cabinet, the six departments or the imperial historians of the imperial court, the saliva almost flooded the palace. If you come up with this idea again, beware that the imperial historians will jointly impeach you tomorrow. Emperor, it's safer to play in the customs.

Jiang Bin said unconvincedly, "It's true that you met the Mongolian cavalry, but what did the brocade guard you commanded do? The 300-person brocade guard could not defeat the 100-person Tart soldiers. If I hadn't led the border cavalry of Xuanfu in time, you would have really been in danger.

Qian Ning said, "That's not because the guide you are looking for leads the wrong way..."

Jiang Bin stood up to defend himself. Zhu Houzhao said impatiently, "Oku all right! Are you two having fun with me or are you deliberately angry? Don't argue. It's really not appropriate to say that the patrol is right now. In February this year, I will patrol the south, and more than 100 officials knelt in front of the noon gate to stop it. They are also for my good. I can't but give a little face to the officials. That's why I want to see some new interpretations these days.

Zang Xian hurried forward and knelt down and said, "I must urge the children of Liyuan to rehearse more and try to present a few folds of beautiful new plays to the emperor as soon as possible."

As soon as Zhu Houzhao heard this, he said, "Okay, I believe in your loyalty. That's all for today's meal. You guys should go back to your house to have a rest. Jiang Bin, please keep it."

Xu Tai, Qian Ning and Zang Xian all stood up and said goodbye. Before Qian Ning left, he took a look at Jiang Bin. Jiang Bin walked to Zhu Houzhao and asked, "What is your majesty's order?"

Zhu Houzhao said, "Jiang Bin, I said you have to let Qian Ning go. Don't forget that Qian Ning led you here. Why did you two quarrel when you met in the past two years?

Jiang Bin said, "Your Majesty, I am loyal to your majesty. Whoever hinders the emperor's interest is inseparable from him.

Liu Meiren said aside, "Jiang Bin, your loyal emperor is completely convinced. When watching the tiger fight in Xiyuan, a tiger suddenly rushed to the emperor. Neither Qian Ning nor anyone else dared to come forward. Only you rushed forward with a sword and killed the tiger. Since then, in the eyes of the emperor, you have been the first warrior of the Ming Empire. However, after all, Qian Ning stayed in front of the emperor for a longer time, and the emperor can't live without him. You should respect him more or less.

Zhu Houzhao said, "Liu Meiren's words are what I mean."

Jiang Bin hurriedly kowtowed and said, "The words of the emperor and the Empress should be kept in mind. In the future, I will never quarrel with Qian Ning again in front of the emperor. It's just..."

Zhu Houzhao said, "It's just what? If you have something to say, don't hesitate."

Jiang Bin said, "It's just that I feel that Qian Ning and Zang Xian are not as loyal to the emperor as before in recent years. I heard that they received a lot of gifts from the king of Ning in Nanchang and said good words for the king of Ning, and the king of Ning seemed to have a disrespect.

Zhu Houzhao said, "Jiang Bin, you can't talk nonsense without evidence. What evidence do you have?"

Jiang Bin kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen dares not talk nonsense. Recently, I received a secret report that Lin Hua, a minor official of Ningwang's mansion, was hidden in Zang Xian's mansion and specialized in the capital to inquire about the news. If you don't believe it, the emperor can make a surprise inspection to ensure that it is accurate. Moreover, if the emperor suddenly visits Qian Ning's house, you will find that there are not even some rare treasures given by King Ning to Qian Ning in the palace.

"Oh?" Zhu Houzhao hesitated.

Jiang Bin also said, "Your Majesty, Qian Ning is now in charge of Jinyiwei and Nanzhen Fusi. If you want to know the news from the outside world, you have to come from him. However, he concealed and blocked a lot of real news from the outside world. For example, King Ning specially entrusted Qian Ning and Zang Xian to show his loyalty to the emperor. However, King Ning's unfaithful heart was known to the government and the opposition, so he hid it from the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao sank his face and said, "After all, King Ning is my uncle. Jiang Bin, if you say that King Ning is wrong, you have to have sufficient evidence, otherwise, I will not follow you.

Jiang Bin said affirmatively, "In accordance with the ancestral system, King Ning has escorted 3,000 tigers. However, as far as I know, King Ning is secretly expanding his power, and there are no more than 100,000 people he can control now. He strongly recommended his second son Sixiangtai Temple in order to inherit the orthodox bloodline of the Ming Dynasty. When I heard that the emperor had verbally agreed to this matter, I dared to say with certainty: From now on, the officials and scholars and doctors of the traffic with the King of Ning will continue to praise and recommend the people of the King of Ning. In the end, they want to take your majesty step by step and seize the Jiangshan society of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Houzhao said angrily, "Ouch, stop talking. You can go back, too. Let me think about these things before I talk about them.

As soon as Jiang Bin saw it, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, said nothing more, and turned around and walked away. Before leaving, he looked at the eunuch Zhang Zhong. Zhang Zhong understood and nodded slightly.

Zhu Houzhao walked back and forth in the palace alone, and the matter of King Ning began to make him suspicious. He said to the eunuch Zhang Zhong, "If there is a letter from Jiangxi officials, you should submit it to me as soon as possible. Strangely, the governor Sun Sui hasn't played the medal for a year. Is the ground in Jiangxi so peaceful?"

Zhang Zhong said respectfully, "I respect the purpose."

Liu Meiren stepped forward at the right time and said delicately, "Your Majesty, don't worry any more. You should rest early. Let me wait on you tonight."

Zhu Houzhao raised his head and said, "Liu Fei, you see, it's not easy to be an emperor. I have to worry about so many military and national affairs. I really want to take off my robe and wander around the world with you one day. That would be so interesting.

Liu Meiren said with a smile, "I can look forward to this day." With that, he walked into the bedroom with Zhu Houzhao.

A few days later, Zhu Houzhao lay half on the dragon couch and was lazily listening to the cabinet officials: "According to the report of the Ministry of Household, this year, western Henan was hit by flying locusts, and wheat production was reduced by 60%. The Ministry of Household requested that the three prefectures and one state in western Henan should be reduced or exempted as appropriate, and the cabinet scholars took it. Please give instructions from the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao said impatiently, "Since they all think they can be reduced, why do they still ask me? I'm the most annoyed with this kind of performance. It's too much!"

At this time, the eunuch Zhang Zhong came in with a thick pile of memorials and said, "Your Majesty, these are all the medals that have just come from Jiangxi. I sent it to you." Zhu Houzhao looked at it and said in surprise, "So many, which year and month do I want to go?"

Zhang Zhong said: "Your Majesty, I guess that these memorials must be much the same. You might as well choose two of them.

Zhu Houzhao picked a few chapters and browsed them and said, "Is it strange? They are all the memorials of the officials of Jiangxi and the government students jointly sponsored by King Ning. You see, this is from Wang Lun, the left ginseng's political affairs, and this is from Ji Yu, the right ginseng's political affairs. This is a joint name of more than 100 academics and talents. It is said that Ning Wang is loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous, diligent and knowledgeable. I don't understand. Recommending an official can make him promoted; what is the purpose of everyone trying to recommend a prince?

Zhang Zhong said, "I only have a sentence. I don't know whether to say it or not?"

Zhu Houzhao said, "If you have something to say, and fart."

Zhang Zhong said, "I suspect that these memorials were written by officials and talents who were close to him at the instruction of King Ning."

Zhu Houzhao said, "What's your basis?"

Zhang Zhong said, "Your Majesty, can you check the recommendations of the major officials of Jiangxi, such as the governor Sun Sui, the governor Liang Chen, the inspector Yang Zhang, and the commander Ma Ji?"

Zhu Houzhao turned over this pile of chapters and said, "Sure enough. Why is this?

Zhang Zhong said: "These people are the main officials in Jiangxi directly appointed by the imperial court, especially Sun Sui, the governor of the imperial history, who is the emperor can really trust. This time, so many officials, even the talents, came together to sponsor King Ning, but there was no Sun Du's memorial. Don't the emperor think this matter is strange?

Zhu Houzhao said, "Yes, I also think it's strange. Besides, so many people praise Uncle Ning for his filial piety and diligence. Where will this put me?

Zhang Zhong said: "They praise King Ning's filial piety, in fact, they are secretly satirizing His Majesty's lack of filial piety; praising King Ning's diligence is actually mocking His Majesty's in the early morning and neglect of national politics. Your Majesty, you should be wary of these people who have read books. They often talk with guns and sticks.

Zhu Houzhao said, "I'm surprised that Sun Sui, the governor of Jiangxi, has been almost a year and has not given me a memorial. The big and small officials and students of Jiangxi have come to so many chapters, but he can't even hear the sound of farting.

Zhang Zhong said, "Your Majesty, it's not a slave who follows Lord Jiang Bin. Qian Ning has been in charge of Jinyiwei and Zhenfusi for a long time, and his power is strong enough to blind the emperor. The slave also heard about all kinds of things about Qian Ning and Zang Xian's friendship with King Ning, so he did not dare to say anything without evidence. Today, it seems that it is really difficult to say what is the intention of Qian and Zang talking for King Ning all day.

Zhu Hou said, "In your opinion, should I do it now?"

Zhang Zhong said, "Actually, it's also very simple. The emperor is requested to immediately issue a decree to remove the guard of King Ning, clearly stipulating that King Ning shall not have any armed weapons from now on, and then issue an edict to expel all the people sent by King Ning to the capital from Beijing, so that he will no longer have any eyes and ears in the capital. In particular, the detective Lin Hua mentioned by Lord Jiang Bin was arrested immediately and interrogated. If he is really okay, just give him a few taels of silver as a consolation money and let him go home. Your Majesty, what do you think of this?

Zhu Houzhao said, "I think it's okay. It was decreed that Yang Ting, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Jin entered the palace to meet, and I would discuss with him specifically to deal with the matter of King Ning.

The next morning, Yang Tinghe, the first assistant, said to several cabinet scholars: "According to the ancestral system, the prince's subordinates must not stay in Beijing for a long time. In my opinion, Lin Hua, who was visited by King Ning in Beijing, was first arrested and tried; the rest of the officials were expelled from Beijing. Secondly, according to the emperor's intention, Cui Yuan, eunuch Lai Yi and Du Yushi Yan Yishou were sent to Nanchang to announce the removal of the guard of King Ning and become a left guard in Nanchang. What do you think?"

Jiang Mian, a university scholar, asked, "Is it really necessary to punish King Ning by sending his son-in-law Cui Yuan and other three others to Nanchang?"

Yang Tinhe said: "During the Xuande period, the court had doubts about what King Zhao had done and sent Yuan Tai, the emperor's son-in-law at that time, to read the oracle. After all, they are a family. Zhao Wang and his son-in-law Yuan Tai talked in private, and the two sides relieved their previous grudges. I think the emperor sent the current son-in-law to comfort Cui Yuan, which is probably the same meaning.

Jiang Mian smiled and said, "If the emperor can have this intention, I guess he has adopted Yang Gelou's pertinent words."

Mao Ji, another university scholar, said, "Mr. Yang Ge, would you like to invite Lord Wang Qiong, the minister of the Ministry of War, to discuss another way to deal with King Ning? Maybe this is safer?"

Yang Ting said disapprovably, "What did you ask him to do?" What a happy person. Do you want the world to really move swordsmen? He turned to his subordinates and said, "Has the intention been drawn up? After it is finished, it will be sent to Cui's son-in-law and others.

King Ning had a different ambition and bribed the ministers and eunuchs of the court with a lot of money for a long time. However, the forces of various factions were not smooth and their attitudes towards King Ning were inconsistent. Therefore, it eventually led to the King of Ning to take risks and raise troops to rebel.

Zang Xian hurried into a secret room. There was a man in his 30s sitting in the room. It was Lin Hua sent by King Ning to visit him in Beijing. Lin Hua asked, "Lord Zang, how's it going?"

Zang Xian said anxiously, "It's strange. Today, I went to the palace to meet the emperor, but I was blocked, which was unprecedented. On the way back, I heard from the officials of the six 24 divisions of the San Dynasty that Cui Yuan, the eunuch, and Yan Yishou, the imperial governor, received a decree this morning to go to Nanchang to remove the guards of His Royal Highness the King of Ning and expel all the subordinates sent by the King of Ning to Beijing. It's really unpredictable. Last month, the emperor personally promised to let the second son of His Royal Highness the King of Ning enter the Jingsi Xiangtai Temple, and this month he will remove the guards around the king of Ning. I really don't know what he thinks?"

Lin Hua said, "Is that all? Well, I will fix a book right away and send it to Nanchang. Don't worry, our messenger runs much faster than the government's delivery.

Zang Xian said, "Captain Qian Ning asked me to tell you that Jiang Bin and Zhang Zhong gave us the eye medicine. You should be moreware of them in the future.

Lin Hua said, "Fuck, these two guys think King Ning has given them fewer gifts. Don't worry, His Royal Highness King Ning will not forgive them in the future.

Zang Xian said, "This time, it was also announced that the subordinate officer of King Ning will be expelled from the capital. Mr. Lin, do you think you will continue to stay in the capital?"

Lin Hua said, "I was secretly sent by King Ning to stay in the capital, which is different from those officers who do public affairs. I think I can't leave the capital at will no matter who he expels. Lord Zang, Lin lives with you and puts you at risk.

Zang Xian said, "What are you talking about? His Royal Highness King Ning's grand plan, Zang admires it, and it is right to help Mr. Lin.

The two laughed.

At this time, they were very surprised to hear the noise of cars and horses outside the house. A close family member ran in in a panic and shouted, "Sir, it's not good."

Zang Xian said angrily, "Be presumptuous! Who told you to run in without knocking on the door?

The cronies said, "Master, a lot of brocade guards suddenly came outside to search Zang's mansion, saying that they wanted to catch something."

Lin Hua was shocked and said, "This is really bad. Even my identity has been exposed. No, I have to go right away!"

Zang Xian grabbed Lin Hua and said, "The gate has been blocked. How do you go?"

Lin Hua said, "What do you think you should do?"

Zang Xian said, "Come with me."

The two walked into a tightly sheltered inner room. Zang Xian took out a bunch of keys and said to Lin Hua, "Come on, help me hold the lamp." Lin Hua went forward and raised the lamp, and Zang Xian opened the door of the wooden cabinet. As soon as Lin Hua saw it, there was a walled aisle in the wooden cabinet. Zang Xian led Lin Hua to take a few steps in the aisle, and then said, "Come on, help." Lin Hua came forward, and the two of them moved a "wall" away. As soon as Lin Hua saw it, there was a secluded alley outside. At noon in midsummer, there was no pedestrian in the alley.

Zang Xian said, "Brother Lin, that's all I can do. I hope you can tell His Royal Highness King Ning that if you become a big treasure in the future, don't forget Lord Qian and Zang.

Lin Hua said gratefully, "Lord Zang, thank you for taking care of me. See you later." After saying that, he hurried away. Zang Xian looked at Lin Hua's back alone and was at a loss. ......