Chapter 429 Killing the chicken to scare the monkey? The storm is about to come.
Hearing the man surnamed Hu speak like this, and seeing him sneer and fold his arms, looking around the room, everyone was surprised and began to think seriously.
If you want to assassinate Zhu Gaojie again while being protected by a large army, it is indeed not easy, and it can even be said to be almost impossible.
But if according to what this person said, he had ambushed his men early, pretended to come to greet the people in the capital who were cheering for the army, and carried out assassinations when they were unprepared, it does not seem to be completely impossible...
"The Jinyi Guards, Shuntian Mansion, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, and even the imperial guards in the palace, etc., these people will definitely make various preparations in advance to prevent accidents or chaos when the army enters the city to present victory. You
I'm afraid it won't work out."
The leader thought for a long time, and after seeing that he and everyone else were whispering, he slowly said:
"Now that all the elite dead soldiers in our hands have been wiped out, and the East Palace can reach the capital in five days, it is difficult to organize decent manpower to carry out this dangerous task in a hurry."
"What's more, if this thing is really done..."
The middle-aged man surnamed Hu interrupted him directly, looking crazy and extremely excited:
"Master Cui! Minister Cui! Until now, you are still hesitant and worried!"
"Whether this is successful or not, now we are already meat on someone else's chopping board, and we are about to be kneaded and rounded by others! If we don't fight to the death, how long will it take?"
"It's hard to find dead men, so just force them! There is always a way!"
"As long as Zhu Gaojie dies and the old emperor is gone, what else can he do with Yang Rong? How can those generals who only know how to fight and kill withstand the power of us and others who have been managing for many years?"
"Between the government and the public, except for the East Palace faction, all are supported by us. As long as we unite with those clans and put someone on the throne again, that will be the merit of Conglong!"
"It can protect our inheritance for generations to come! We will enjoy wealth and glory forever from generation to generation!"
It has to be said that his remarks were quite contagious, or perhaps because the assassination failed, everyone felt the bad situation that would follow, fearing that they would die and the whole family would be destroyed.
After whispering and discussing for a long time, everyone present finally reached a consensus, headed by the head of the family named Cui who made the final decision:
"Just follow this method! Let's plan an uprising together!"
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While these people in the capital were busy preparing their plot, Zhu Gaojie was also in the army camp, listening to the report from the Jin Yiwei.
"He came from the direction of the capital in disguise, passed through several families in the city, and got into the ranks of those who were preparing to welcome the army, and pretended to carry out an assassination?"
While Zhu Gaojie was listening to Shen Qingyu's detailed report, he raised his fingers and lightly tapped the armrest of the chair, frowning slightly.
After Shen Qingyu finished his report and stood aside respectfully, he slowly spoke:
"If we go by Qingyu's report, then these families are all suspected of assassination and rebellion?"
Shen Qingyu couldn't help but stand upright and replied loudly:
"Your Highness, judging from the information currently investigated, these families are obviously deeply involved in this assassination. They not only provided weapons and supplies to the assassins, but also used their own influence to
These assassins all successfully blended into the reward team."
"It is precisely because of this that the guards failed to detect the abnormality at the first time, so they were almost caught off guard."
Having said this, he gave Zhu Gaojie a little flattery:
"Fortunately, His Highness is wise and powerful. He could tell at a glance that something was wrong with these assassins and was able to catch them all in time..."
Zhu Gaojie shook his head slightly, thinking that if he couldn't even detect this movement, wouldn't it mean that the fusion of these personalities in the world in his mind was in vain?
He had no intention of saying anything more about this, so he asked about another thing:
"What's going on in the capital now?"
Shen Qingyu immediately replied:
"After the news of Your Highness's triumphant return to the capital reached the capital, the originally chaotic situation immediately stabilized, and the pressure on the Chief Assistant has also been reduced a lot."
"However, after the news of Your Highness's assassination came out, the Jin Yi Guards and the Five Cities Military and Horse Division sealed off the capital. No one was allowed in or out. The interrogation in the city was extremely strict. However, there was a faint disturbance. Many people were quite suspicious of this.
The number of complaints is gradually increasing..."
"Furthermore," Shen Qingyu thought of the secret report she had just received. Although it still needed to be verified, she still said it first:
"According to the information found by the people below, there is a group of people secretly discussing in the house of Cui Shilang of the Ministry of Rites. They seem to be planning something. They are very cautious. Even my people have not been able to get the definite information, but most of those people are from the North.
He is from an aristocratic family and has a background as an official in the DPRK and China, so there is great resistance to the investigation..."
Cui family?
When Zhu Gaojie heard this, he was slightly startled. After a while, he asked:
"Are the Pei family, and the Wang family involved?"
The two families he asked about are both big families in the north, and among them, the Wang family has Wang Zhi, the current official minister, who is extremely powerful!
Shen Qingyu shook her head and replied:
"This matter has not yet been clarified. I have ordered people to investigate and report immediately. However, it is said that there are traces of the Kong family among these people..."
Kong family? Beizong?
Zhu Gaojie raised his eyebrows at first, and then laughed again.
I see!
His thoughts were racing in his mind, and he had almost finished thinking about these people and the assassination incident.
There is nothing new under the sun. It is obvious that because he first seized the letters and evidence of these aristocratic families colluding with the Tatars outside the Great Wall, and then defeated and conquered the Tatars and Oaras one after another, and returned in triumph, he was threatening to suppress the victory.
To survive the situation between the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, he succeeded to the throne and began to liquidate.
These people took desperate risks, secretly gathered the dead, and joined forces to assassinate him, the prince of the East Palace, so that they could continue to enjoy wealth and peace.
As for the Northern Sect of the Kong family...
When Zhu Gaojie thought of this, a sneer suddenly appeared on his face.
The Confucian family in the north is the leader of Confucianism in the world, but secretly colludes with the Tatars to smuggle all kinds of goods and even craftsmen to the grassland!
As for the countless things they did secretly to oppress the people, plunder fields, and lend money at usury, they made Zhu Gaojie very disdainful.
Since the Kong family ran into their own guns this time and dared to secretly plot to assassinate themselves, they should not blame themselves for being ruthless!
Zhu Gaojie gave the order coldly and decided to kill a few chickens first to show the monkeys!
"Send me an order to confiscate all these families and send them into exile!"
"All those in charge will be beheaded in public display!"