Zhu Gaojiu said righteously: "I have investigated clearly. Shi Dongzizhuang, the head of the Zhao Palace, colluded with the White Lotus Sect. This man was so bold that he actually collaborated with the White Lotus Sect to assassinate the emperor. The third brother had no idea about this and was completely influenced by it.
People are being implicated and framed!”
"You said this traitor was framed?" Zhu Di frowned slightly, "Do you have any evidence?"
Zhu Gaojie took out a secret letter from his sleeve, stepped forward and handed it over: "Father, please see, this is the letter and assassination plan of the collusion between Dong Zizhuang and the White Lotus Sect!"
King Zhao blinked, hey, what the fourth child said is true.
If I hadn't done it, I would have believed your lies!
Zhu Di took the secret letter and opened it, only to find that the ink on the paper was still slightly moist. It was obviously a temporary forgery and had been stained by his hand.
The fourth child is really a talent! After all, you are more professional when you forge evidence!
The corner of Zhu Di's mouth twitched slightly, but he still pretended not to notice these loopholes, nodded and said: "I will give you the tiger talisman to take over the guard posts of Shuntian Prefecture, seal the city under martial law, capture Dong Zizhuang, a rebellious official and traitor, and behead him in public, and search for cult believers throughout the city.
After being captured, he will be executed by the public immediately to show his majesty!”
Zhu Gaojie raised his hands to thank him: "My son, I accept the decree!"
Then, Zhu Di looked at King Zhao again, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes, which made King Zhao tremble with fear.
But in the end, the old man endured it and said angrily: "Sir, I asked you to take charge of Shuntian's government affairs, but you made it so messy that you couldn't even see that there was such a traitor under your hands. What a waste! Although the fourth son took over for
You find out the whole story, but you are not strict with your subordinates. You can avoid the death penalty but cannot escape the punishment of living. I will cut off the two guards on your left and right sides of Changshan. Do you have any objection?"
When King Zhao was about to grant amnesty, he quickly kowtowed and thanked him: "I know my mistake and I am willing to accept any punishment."
"Get out!" Zhu Di shouted angrily.
King Zhao rolled out of the Wu Tower and cast a grateful look at Zhu Gaojie.
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Zhu Di looked at the secret letter for King Zhao in his hand and said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "Forgery, at least it has to be done to a certain level."
Zhu Gaojie smiled and said: "Time is in a hurry, Father, please just make do with it, whether it is true or not, as long as it can be used."
Zhu Di said with subtle eyes: "Do you know that this is the crime of deceiving the emperor?"
Zhu Gaojie was not nervous and said calmly: "I never deceived the emperor, I just gave an explanation to the people of the world."
The king of Zhao assassinated the king and killed the king. This matter, the old man had a clear conscience, and Zhu Gaojie had a clear conscience in his heart.
But as long as King Zhao does not admit it, the matter can only be left alone.
If this matter is made public, it will be a shame for the Zhu family. Such an unfilial act by a prince to assassinate the emperor will make people all over the world question the royal family. After all...it is a father's fault that a son does not teach, even your son Zhu Di wants to kill you.
This shows how incompetent you are as an emperor.
So at this time, the emperor needed someone to stand up and clear his name for King Zhao, and the most suitable person was Zhu Gaojie.
Because Zhu Gaojie was not only the only prince besides King Zhao who followed Zhu Di to Shuntian Mansion, but he also controlled the behemoth Beizhen Fusi.
Therefore, even if Zhu Di knew that the secret letter submitted by Zhu Gaojie to clear Zhao Wang's name was false, he could only regard it as true. Because this was done under Zhu Di's instructions.
Shi Dongzizhuang, the chief minister of Prince Zhao, who was pushed out and charged with "assassinating the king and killing the driver", was just a scapegoat, and no one took him seriously.
This is not a win-win situation, but a win-win situation.
From the perspective of King Zhao, he was successfully exonerated by Zhu Gaojie. Although he lost the two guards on the left and right of Changshan and some forces in Shuntian Mansion, this was already a very light punishment. What he committed was to assassinate the king and kill the driver.
For the serious crime of treason, Zhu Di was quite merciful by not giving him death!
From Zhu Di's perspective, negative public opinion was minimized, the majesty of the royal family was maintained, and the infamy of "father and son killed each other in the Yongle Dynasty" was not recorded in the history books.
From Zhu Gaojie's point of view, he not only gained a favor from King Zhao, but also solved the emperor's troubles. Moreover, this time he temporarily took over the Shuntian Prefecture's guard posts under the emperor's order, so that he could legitimately clean up King Zhao.
You can make a lot of money by inserting your own chess pieces while being powerful.
The only one who doesn't make a profit is Dong Zizhuang, the chief historian of Prince Zhao's palace. Maybe he is really innocent, and then he was charged with treason for Prince Zhao for no reason. Dong Zizhuang's execution is a sure thing, and maybe he can still experience the filial piety of Fang Xiaoru.
"Zhu Shi Clan" or Jing Qing's "Gua Man Chao" is a limited set of full-family beheadings.
Yongle's dynasty really excelled in killing everyone.
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Lu Chaoyang battled wits and courage with the local bureaucrats in Shandong. There were only three thousand households left in Fusi, Beizhen, to work. However, two of the three thousand households were in Jinling City, and only one thousand households followed Zhu Gaojie to Shuntian Prefecture.
But Zhu Gaojie didn't have to worry about being unavailable. He asked the shadow attendant A Qi to temporarily lead the Fusi of Beizhen and follow Zhu Di's wishes to search the whole city.
The Shadow Attendant is a top version of the Jinyiwei. It is easy to do this kind of thing, so it is perfect for A Qi to do it.
In addition, King Zhao was also very cooperative and showed no intention of resisting, so things progressed even more smoothly.
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After Zhu Gaojiu arrived in Shuntian Prefecture, he did not live in the palace city, but in the imperial city. Now Zhu Gaojiao is in charge of the Tiqi and Shuntian Prefecture guards in Beizhen Fusi, and there are people from all walks of life. If he lives in the palace city
If you want to pass, you need a waist card and application, which is really inconvenient, so Zhu Gaojie simply moved directly to the Imperial City District, which is located between the Capital District and the Miyagi District.
In this way, whether it is the Tiqi from Beizhen Fusi or the general of the guard station who comes to report, it will be much simpler and less troublesome.
In front of the "temporary" Prince Qi's Mansion, two guests arrived at the same time. Their purpose was also to thank Zhu Gaojie for his "life-saving grace."
It's just...the relationship between these two guests is not harmonious.
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Prince Zhao Zhu Gaosui and Emperor Taisun Zhu Zhanji looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
The two men symbolized different parties. King Zhao had always been on the side of the King of Han's party before. Like the King of Han, he had the ambition to seize the throne. The princes who captured the throne all had the same enemy, which was the prince.
However, the power of King Zhao was far inferior to that of the princelings, and even worse than that of the King of Han's party, so he could only stand on the side of the King of Han and join forces to find ways to kick Zhu Pangpang from the position of prince.
As for Zhu Zhanji, there is no need to mention it. He was a princeling heir with Zheng Miaohong roots and the grandson of the emperor canonized by the emperor. He was the second in line to the throne.
The relationship between the two cannot be said to be life-and-death, it can only be said to be incompatible.
"Ahem." King Zhao spoke first and said with a smile, "My nephew, how are you doing lately?"
Zhu Zhanji said implicitly: "Thanks to my third uncle, my nephew is doing very well. I just don't know how my third uncle is doing lately. I heard that there are rebellious officials and traitors in your palace. Oh my, this is too scary. I am not involved.
You?"
Of course he knew how miserable Zhu Gaosui had been recently. He was scolded so badly by the emperor that he not only had his two guards on the left and right of Changshan cut off, but also had all the foundations he had worked so hard to save in Shuntian Mansion be uprooted one by one, returning to the pre-liberation state overnight.
Seeing how miserable his third uncle was, Zhu Zhanji expressed his sadness and sprinkled salt on King Zhao's wounds to show his respect.