In the long night of silence, many people are destined to have no sleep. Zhu Yunchui lay on the bed and cried secretly, not because of pain, but because of pain.

Heartache. He secretly regretted that he was not strong enough and betrayed Miss Xiaoman. He knew the character of his mother-in-law very well. Once she knew that he was dating a woman of such a background, he would definitely send someone to kill Xiaoman!

In fact, Zhu Yunchui guessed it accurately. Chen Geng received Lu's approval and came to the Jiaofang that night and asked Xiao Man to receive him.

If Zhou Zhenpeng, the ambassador of the Jiaofang Department, was still here, he would have told her tactfully that Xiaoman was a man of honor.

But at this time, Zhou Zhenpeng had been captured by the Jinyi Guards. The deputy envoy of Jiaofang Sina obviously did not realize this, and immediately took Chen Geng to the place where Xiaoman lived.

Chen Geng entered the small room where Xiaoman lived, took out a piece of hemp from his sleeve, and walked towards the figure behind the curtain.

However, when he opened the curtain and saw the figure behind the curtain, he was immediately stunned.

"Long time no see, Commander Chen!"

"Xu Liuzi?"

"Why are you here!"

"What do you think?" The fight within the Jiaofang department was just an episode, but after only one night, this episode was placed in front of Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu and Da Sun fought for a blanket all night, and the next day he had two black circles under his eyes again. After breakfast, Lao Zhu sent Da Sun to study in the main hall.

Although he had known for a long time that his eldest son would not learn much in the main hall, he still hoped that he would come and sit there if he had nothing to do.

After all, relationships are something that can only be gained by getting along with each other for a long time. Except for Zhu Tongzhi, the older feudal lords in the Ming Dynasty can hardly count on anyone else.

If Zhu Yun does not want to be bullied by the older uncles in the future, he must have a small team of his own. These young emperors in the palace will be his greatest help in the future.

After Lao Zhu sent his eldest grandson away, he went to court in a carriage. Erhu followed him and talked about what happened last night.

"I would like to report to the emperor that the matter at the Military War Bureau has been investigated. There was no instigation from outsiders. It was just a few stubborn people who disliked the bad food and deliberately provoked trouble and incited other craftsmen to rebel."

"I have already arrested all those who caused trouble yesterday, and have severely interrogated them. We have both witnesses and physical evidence. Please give me your permission, Your Majesty."

"How many people are there in total?"

"Reporting to the emperor, there are three people taking the lead, followed by seventy-two people who are making trouble, and the rest of the craftsmen are following and making a fool of themselves. It is not considered a great evil."

"In addition, the fire was purely intentional. It was only because everyone was making trouble and no one could save it that the fire spread..."

"Then just chop them all!"

“The heads were hung at the military battle station as a warning to others!”

"promise!"

"There are others who have contributed to the fire-fighting. According to the wishes of the Third Emperor and Sun, the first one hundred people want to change their household registration from craftsman to civilian household. You..."

"Give our eldest grandson some face..." Lao Zhu said this lightly, but in fact, when he was emperor for twenty-five years, such a large-scale change of household registration had never happened.

"Your Majesty, there is one more little thing."

"Last night, the guard commander of the Prince's Mansion, Chen Geng, went to the Jiaofang. He wanted to assassinate the third emperor's grandson, Hong Yanzhi, but was caught on the spot by our Jinyi Guards!" Lao Zhu cursed angrily when he heard this.

"Are you so full that you have nothing to do? When did our Jinyiwei become so worthless that he even has to take care of a ***'s affairs?" Erhu just smiled awkwardly when he heard that the emperor was angry.

"Emperor, what should we do now..."

"Let Chen Geng go first. This matter has nothing to do with him. He is just following orders."

"As for that ***..." When Lao Zhu said this, a trace of hesitation clearly flashed across his face. In fact, Lao Zhu also wanted to get rid of this *** secretly, but he was just one step behind Lu.

If the Lu family had not sent him, after a few seconds, Lao Zhu would have made the man who seduced the emperor's grandson disappear from the world.

But Lao Zhu is a bit rebellious. The more Lu is like this, the less he wants to make Lu happy.

"If we change that ***'s household name and send it to the Prince's Mansion, we can make up for our debt to that child..."

"No!" Lao Zhu casually disposed of a few small items and went to court in high spirits. As soon as he sat on the dragon chair, Lao Zhu quickly realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere today.

No one exchanged words with anyone, and those who came forward to report the matter were also cautious, as if they were afraid of offending themselves.

Lao Zhu just thought about it briefly and realized that today's atmosphere was affected by yesterday's fire. This was because someone wanted to make a big deal out of a trivial matter.

Since no one jumped out to provoke him, Lao Zhu was happy and relaxed. No matter what, Zhu Yunchui was his direct grandson. If it were handled in accordance with national laws, what happened yesterday would be enough to demote him to a commoner.

Lao Zhu spent more than an hour and dealt with hundreds of things. When he saw that Qin Kui, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was still not there, he felt a little unhappy.

"My ministers, do you have anything else to report?"

"If not, we can retreat from the court!" Lao Zhu seemed to be saying this to everyone, but his eyes were always fixed on Qin, staring at Qin Kui like a gleam on his back.

Qin Kui returned home all night yesterday, thinking about this matter all the time. Once he handed over the papers to ask for Zhu Yunchu's merit and be crowned king, he would completely break with the civil service class.

Although His Majesty the Emperor had authorized this matter, His Majesty had given instructions to many people over the years and had thrown out many scapegoats. He was not sure whether he would be thrown out by His Majesty to quell public anger.

After all, the commanders of the Jinyi Guards have changed several times, and the Minister of Industry and Commerce, who is like a revolving door, will not be looked down upon by His Majesty.

But if he fails to do this, the emperor will not be able to pass the current test, and he might directly blame himself for the war situation, and have his house confiscated and beheaded.

Qin Kui struggled for a while before taking a step forward.

"Your Majesty, I have this report!" When the officials in the main hall heard this, they all felt nervous. In fact, Qin Kui's appearance in the main hall today surprised everyone.

According to normal circumstances, if such a big thing happened in the War and War Bureau, shouldn't he, the Minister of Industry, be arrested on the spot by the Jin Yiwei? However, not only was this person not arrested, he didn't even have a confession to apologize for, which is a bit strange.

When Chen Zongli, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, saw Qin Kui standing up, his heart immediately tightened. He thought more than other officials.

Since Qin Kui was not asked, only one person could take responsibility for this matter, and that was Zhu Yunchui, the de facto emperor's grandson of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, His Highness Zhu Yunchui, the second grandson of the Emperor, has made great contributions to the court by taking charge of the military affairs. I hope that your Majesty will reward you with a royal title!" Qin Kui said this, and the originally peaceful hall suddenly exploded.

The other five of the six ministers all changed their expressions. When the other nine ministers heard about Qin Kui's report, they were all filled with indignation and wanted to beat him to death on the spot.

Some imperial censors jumped out on the spot and accused Qin Kui of being a sycophantic minister. However, more people believed that it was not appropriate for Zhu Yun to be crowned a king during the year of Zhu Yun's cooking and during the period of hot filial piety, and they dissuaded Zhu Yuanzhang from giving up the title of king.

thoughts.

Lao Zhu didn't care what they said, and directly ordered the Minister of Rites to present the title of Luo Wang that he had agreed upon, and then directly announced the disbandment of the dynasty.

After the dynasty was over, everyone sent off His Majesty respectfully, and immediately turned on the mad dog mode towards Qin Kui.

"Qin, are you crazy? You actually dare to persuade His Majesty to make the emperor's eldest grandson king!"

"Pat your conscience... Do you still have a conscience?"

"Everyone, this person is no longer worthy of being with us. When we get back, we will write a memorandum of impeachment and impeach him. Your Majesty must be familiar with the virtuous person and stay away from me..." While everyone was making noises, a young eunuch came running over.

"Your Majesty has announced that three ministers from the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry have come to Qianqing Palace to discuss matters!" When everyone heard this, they put away their arrogance.

But when they saw Qin Kui walking out of the hall, they all spat at his back, despising his behavior of a woman acting like a sycophant.

The three of them followed the young eunuch out of the dormitory. Ru Chang and Chen Zongli deliberately lagged behind and communicated with each other with their eyes.

Ru Chang looked at Qin and then at Tai, indicating that this guy was already His Majesty's and was no longer with us.

Chen Zongli showed a hint of pain upon seeing this, looked at the military situation, then at Qin, and then shook his head helplessly.

Ru Chang saw Chen Zongli's expression and expressed his understanding of Qin Kui's behavior. No matter who set up such a big stall, he would have some thoughts in his heart.

But no matter what, it would be wrong for this guy to directly rebel. At this juncture, if you encourage your majesty to grant Zhu Yunchui a title, wouldn’t that cut off Zhu Yunchui’s path to becoming the emperor’s grandson? If Zhu Yunchui is squeezed out of the temple, then The only candidate for the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty was Zhu Yunxi.

When they thought of the military commander Xun standing behind Zhu Yun, their hearts sank. The Ming Dynasty had already suffered enough from having Emperor Hongwu, but if there was another

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, how can the people of the Ming Dynasty live? Generally speaking, officials who can get to the level of ministries are not too narrow-minded. Although they are wary of civil and military disputes, they are more responsible for the people of the world. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has launched more than a dozen northern expeditions. Every time, the people in the south of the Yangtze River carried everything. Chen Zongli, the agent, was well aware of the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty's taxation. There were thirteen in the Ming Dynasty. However, the taxes paid by all the chief envoys plus one are not as much as the taxes paid by Tianfu. From this, how heavy the burden is on the people of Jiangnan... The reason why the Ming Dynasty can still manage to survive is mainly due to the current Holy Emperor He is frugal enough and treats the generals and nobles fairly harshly. But as the founder of the country, he can naturally overwhelm all the generals and nobles. But if someone else were to be the emperor, he would not need the courage and ability of the old emperor. Let alone the current one. Some of the two grandsons of the emperor, even adult emperors like the King of Qin and the King of Jin, could not suppress Lan Yu and other generals. If His Majesty the Emperor appointed Zhu Yun as his heir apparent, he would definitely keep Lan Yu, the scourge, as his minister. When the time comes, Lan Yu will be the leader of a country with great achievements, but he will also be alone. Who in the world can control him? This is what Chen Zongli and several other ministers are most worried about. Although they are very concerned about Qin Kui's behavior They were reasonable, but they still subconsciously kept a certain distance from them. Even when they entered the Qianqing Palace, the two of them deliberately stayed half a step behind.

"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

"Get flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lao Zhu said straight to the point.

"We asked you to take back the weapons yesterday. I don't know how you talked about it." The three of them looked at each other subconsciously when they heard this. However, when Chen Zongli and Ru Chang saw Qin Kui, they immediately turned away and ignored him. This stuff.

Qin Kui didn't think that since he chose to stand with the Three Emperors, he would have no choice but to go to the dark side. Officials don't like rebellion, let alone those who are on the wall.

Generally speaking, in officialdom conflicts, those on both sides of the fence are often the first to die!

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen and others discussed with Concubine Hui yesterday, but we haven't reached an agreement on the price yet..." Lao Zhu was furious on the spot when he heard Chen Zongli's words.

"What?"

"What does this matter have to do with Concubine Hui? What do you have to talk to her about?" The three of them were dumbfounded when they heard this. They never thought that His Majesty the Emperor didn't know about such a big matter?

When they saw Concubine Guo Hui yesterday, they thought that Concubine Guo Hui was there on behalf of His Majesty.

Because, during the negotiation, they just chatted for a few symbolic words and then left it alone, without even thinking about bargaining.

Now seeing His Majesty's reaction, a small spark of hope grew in the hearts of several people.

"Your Majesty, are you unaware of this matter?"

"I don't know!"

"Yesterday Concubine Hui was with us. She wanted to go to Xiaoling Mausoleum to pay homage to the Emperor. We thought that the Mid-Autumn Festival would be over soon, so we agreed to her request..."

"Your Majesty, Concubine Hui went to the weapons bureau yesterday and offered two million taels of silver for the Third Emperor's grandson. Weichen and the other three really can't afford it..."

"Two million!" Lao Zhu was shocked when he heard this number. He never thought that Guo Hui, a woman, would dare to speak like a lion.

When he thought, it would be enough to give his eldest grandson two to three hundred thousand taels of silver so that he could answer to a group of civil and military nobles, but he never thought of spending so much money.

The more Lao Zhu thought about it, the more he realized that firstly it was Concubine Guo Hui who had deceived her, and secondly, Concubine Guo Hui was already suspected of interfering in politics in the harem.
To be continued...