While all the officials in the capital were calm, Wei Zhan protected Emperor Cheng Wu and quietly left the capital, and began to go south for a private visit. Emperor Cheng Wu went south this time to see the real situation in various capitals. More importantly,
We need to thoroughly investigate how much silver Zhu Tianjiang intercepted last time.
As soon as Emperor Chengwu left, the huge capital city was handed over to the supervision of Prince Jing. Prince Jing felt worried. The emperor's patrol was a major event. He should spread clean water and pave the ground with loess, and be accompanied by six ministers. He was the royal brother.
Fortunately, he actually followed Zhu Tianjiang's plan of concealing the truth and led only 60 Qinglong Guards to disguise themselves as rich men and left the capital. If the traitor Zhou Yantian found out about this, he would not have killed him on the way.
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Even though there are so many high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, Prince Jing is still in charge. As long as Emperor Chengwu dies, the world will be in chaos. If nothing else, just a few princes will be beaten to death.
Early the next morning, Eunuch Wei shouted loudly to the officials in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty is ill and will not be able to attend court in the near future. If you have any important matters, please contact Prince Jing for approval."
The civil and military officials were startled. According to past practice, even if the emperor is uncomfortable or lazy and does not want to go to court, it will only last for one day. Why is it that today's oral speech is so recent? Could it be that the emperor has not been going to court these days?
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"General Manager Wei, I am still waiting for the emperor's approval on the matter of military pay for the northern and southern camps. I also hope that General Manager Wei will send word that I want to see the emperor alone." Li Hong, Minister of the Ministry of War, said with his hands.
"Master Li, didn't the emperor say that if you have anything to do, just ask Prince Jing?" Eunuch Wei looked at Li Hong with a smile.
Li Hong was very surprised that the emperor actually handed over such a big matter to Prince Jing for approval. Could it be that he really had a serious illness? Thinking of this, Li Hong looked at Prince Jing uneasily.
When King Jing saw that all the officials were not leaving, he had to stand up and said with a smile, "Don't worry, gentlemen, my brother is not seriously ill. My brother has worked too hard in the past few days, so I suggest that he take some time to recover."
Yuan Shen." Prince Jing said and gave Li Hong a sneak look. Li Hong had known Prince Jing for many years and immediately understood that something might be wrong.
"Since Prince Jing said so, let's go back first." Li Hong helped Prince Jing smooth things over.
All the officials knew that it was really tiring for Emperor Chengwu to reorganize the imperial court during this period, and the civil and military officials did not think of anything else. After hearing what King Jing and Li Hong said, they all left the court.
King Jing secretly asked people to inform the two adults, Li Hong and Chu Yun, to go to his clan's mansion to talk. King Jing understood that he had a heavy responsibility, and he was afraid that he would not be able to resist it alone, so he wanted to win over the two men as allies.
When Chu Yun and Li Hong arrived at the clan mansion, Prince Jing was walking back and forth in a hurry. As soon as he saw the two people coming in, Prince Jing said with a grimace and a low voice, "I tell you, you are in trouble now.
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Before King Jing could finish speaking, Li Hong grabbed King Jing's arm and said, "What, your Majesty?" Li Hong looked nervous and did not dare to say anything. In Li Hong's opinion, Emperor Chengwu must be the real one
I'm sick, and I'm seriously ill.
Chu Yun also looked at Prince Jing in surprise. Could it be that the emperor is really seriously ill? If so, then he must quickly summon six departments from the three academies to study the candidate for the prince immediately. This is no joke. If the emperor has a
Three longs and two shortcomings, a successor must be appointed in advance. Otherwise, the Dafeng Dynasty will face a serious disaster.
Prince Jing looked outside the door and said in a low voice, "Oh~ I can't help it. I can't stop him at all. The emperor still left."
When Li Hong heard this, his face suddenly turned pale, and he fell to his knees, "Your Majesty, I should be damned if I don't see you for the last time. What will I do if I don't see you for the last time?"
Chu Yun also beat his chest and back, acting as if his own father had died. Although the two of them were crying and howling, what Li Hong and Chu Yun were most worried about was the stability of the world. Emperor Cheng Wu suddenly 'left'.
It was like the Dafeng Dynasty lost its sky, which dealt a huge blow to Li Hong and his two men.
Li Hong and Chu Yun cried loudly, and King Jing was so frightened that he covered Li Hong's mouth and wished he could put a sock in their mouths. Isn't this looking for death? He actually hopes that the emperor will die.
"You two are crazy, don't you think your house will be ransacked?" Prince Jing suppressed his old face, turned red, and looked outside nervously. Fortunately, he had just ordered his subordinates not to come in and disturb him.
"Prince Jing, when did the emperor leave?" Li Hong stopped crying and asked Prince Jing with sobs.
"I left after the morning court yesterday." Prince Jing replied casually.
"That's not right. The emperor looked good during the morning court yesterday? Could it be that he was poisoned?" Chu Yun looked at Prince Jing in shock.
Prince Jing's brain was about to explode when he heard this. Only then did he realize that the two ministers had wrong intentions.
"Ah~! What are you two thinking? I mean that the emperor went out of the city for a private visit, not that 'left'. Grandma, are you two guys trying to frame me and be disrespectful?" Prince Jing
Looking at Li Hong and Chu Yun with wide eyes.
Li Hong and Chu Yun were stunned, looked at each other, and then understood what Prince Jing meant. The two quickly got up and slapped their knees. In an instant, their tears disappeared without a trace.
"I told you, Prince Jing, we don't have anything like this. You almost scared us to death." Li Hong rolled his eyes at Prince Jing dissatisfied.
"Prince Jing, why did the Emperor not wait for me to wait for the branch for a private visit? How many people did he bring and what direction did he go to?" Chu Yun asked quickly.
"This~!" King Jing thought for a while, "Oh~ I can't help it. Brother Huang only brought Wei Zhan and sixty Qinglong guards. As for where they are going, I don't know." King Jing did not say anything.
When Emperor Wu set out to reach his destination, he had to be on guard against even Li Hong and Chu Yun.
"What can we do? Your Majesty is risking your life." Li Hong said with trembling hands.
"I invited you two here to discuss how to hide it. It is best not to let others know about this matter. The longer it is hidden, the safer the emperor will be." Prince Jing looked at the two important ministers seriously.
"Prince Jing, do you want to send troops to inquire around? Once the emperor's whereabouts are found, immediately send troops to follow him quietly to escort him." Chu Yun looked at Prince Jing and put forward his own suggestion.
Prince Jing shook his head, "Since Brother Huang doesn't want anyone to protect him, it might be safer to travel in secret. What I'm worried about is that the news is exposed too early, which will make the traitor Zhou Yantian prepare."
"Prince Jing, did the emperor say how long it will take to return to Beijing?" Li Hong asked.
Prince Jing shook his head, "It's hard to say. It could be as little as ten days and a half, or as much as one or two months."
When Li Hong heard this, he sighed and shook his head. If it was only ten days, it would be easy to handle. It would be such a long time and he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.
After discussion, the three finally reached an agreement to try their best to hide Emperor Chengwu's whereabouts for as long as possible. If they can't hide it anymore, there is nothing they can do.
When Prince Jing returned to his mansion, there was another important matter that had been pressing on his mind for the past two days. That was the purpose of Emperor Chengwu's private visit in private, and he did not hide it from Prince Jing. In Emperor Chengwu's view, Prince Jing
After all, he was his biological brother, so it was impossible for him to leak the news. Furthermore, King Jing would not allow Emperor Chengwu to leave the capital without telling him the actual situation. However, Emperor Chengwu did not expect that Zhu Tianjiang would
He and Li Yu'er already had a physical relationship, and Prince Jing had long regarded Zhu Tianjiang as his son.
Prince Jing came to Yugege's small courtyard with his hands behind his back. When the maids saw Prince Jing coming in, they quickly stepped forward to say hello.
Prince Jing nodded slightly, "What is Yu'er doing?"
"Your Majesty, Gege is painting in the study." A maid replied.
Prince Jing waved his hand and asked everyone to leave, and walked towards Yu Gege's study. When he came to the door, Prince Jing coughed first, and then walked into the study.
"Dad, why are you here?" Yu Gege quickly put down the pen in her hand and ran over with a smile.
"Yu'er, that bastard from Tianxiang, has he written to you recently?" Prince Jing said, sitting next to the tea table.
Yu Gege's face turned red and she nodded slightly, "Yeah."
Prince Jing gritted his teeth when he saw his daughter's shy and happy look, thinking that he would be sorry for his brother this time.
"Yu'er, daddy knows that you have a secret channel of communication with that brat from Tianxiang. You have to tell him something quickly." Prince Jing said and looked outside uneasily.
"Dad, don't always be biased against Tianxiang. He has done so many things for Dafeng. No official can compare to him." Upon hearing Prince Jing calling Tianxiang a 'stinky boy', Yugege looked at Prince Jing dissatisfied.
"This kid has done a lot of good things and a lot of bad things. If it wasn't for your sake this time, that kid would have been captured as soon as he returned to the capital." Prince Jing said seriously.
"Ah~him~what's wrong with him?" Yugege was so frightened that she quickly grabbed her father's arm.
"You are not allowed to tell anyone about this matter, just let Zhu Tianjiang know about it himself." King Jing said, telling his daughter about Emperor Chengwu's secret trip to Shutian Mansion.
Li Yu'er is very smart, and she knows best how much money Zhu Tianjiang has hidden. As soon as she heard that the emperor's uncle secretly went to Shutian, she immediately understood the consequences that Zhu Tianjiang would face.
Although Emperor Chengwu had noticed that Zhu Tianjiang had intercepted some of Zhou Dazhong's silver coins, he did not know the exact amount. Li Yu'er understood that once Emperor Chengwu knew the specific amount, he might be so angry that he might kill Zhu Tianjiang on the spot.
Yu Gege did not dare to neglect, and immediately went to Zhu Tianjiang's residence to look for Lin Feng. During these days, Zhu Tianjiang wrote letters to Yu Gege and Guo Ying, but they were all forwarded by people in Zhu's family. Yu Gege did not send them to him.
Zhu Tianjiang has already replied, so it is not clear whether the information channel established by Zhu Er can be quickly conveyed to Zhu Tianjiang.
Outside Qinzhou Mansion, Zhu Tianjiang watched with his own eyes the officers and soldiers escorting the silver coins to the capital. Then he said goodbye to Qinzhou Mansion Yin Xu Qian and led his troops to Liangdu to join the fourth prince.
After solving the problem of the victims of the Hedu disaster, what Zhu Tianjiang has to do now is to rush to various government offices to extort silver coins. After the anti-corruption campaign in the capital, plus the silver coins from Pengcheng and Qinzhou, Zhu Tianjiang raised the amount for the Dafeng Dynasty.
, half of what was agreed with Emperor Chengwu had been reached. With the remaining half of the silver, Zhu Tianjiang was not worried at all. These officials in the Dafeng Dynasty were more greedy than those in the capital. In one round, they would only be more.
The capital is small.
Zhu Si led 500 soldiers and horses, still pretending to be a caravan to explore the road ahead. Zhu Tianjiang, with dozens of guards, had only left for less than three days when he received a secret letter from the court. This secret letter arrived first in Liang
The camp of the fourth prince in Du was transferred to Zhu Tianjiang through Zhu Er's secret. When he saw that Emperor Chengwu had ordered him to rush to Shutian to supervise the establishment of the military station, Zhu Tianjiang didn't think much and happened to go there.
Let’s take a look at Zhu San’s brothers.
Zhu Tianjiang began to change his route to Shutian, and asked Zhu Er to inform Xuanzhu to join him in Shutian. Unexpectedly, the day after Zhu Tianjiang received the secret order, he also received an urgent secret letter from Lin Feng.
After reading the confidential letter Lin Feng gave him, Zhu Tianjiang couldn't sit still.
"Zhu Er, quickly inform Zhu San that all the Zhuji Silver Buildings along the way from the capital to Shutian have declared bankruptcy. Tell Zhu San to quickly transfer most of the silver coins from Shutian and Zhongdu." Zhu Tianjiang issued an urgent order.
"Sir, what happened?" Zhu Yi and others quickly gathered around the car.
"Paradise, it seems that news about the disaster relief fund has been leaked. Emperor Chengwu actually paid a private visit incognito and went to Shutian to capture evidence of me. Zhu Yi, tell all brothers to move forward at full speed."
Zhu Tianjiang immediately ordered his people to speed up. What was originally a leisurely move was now rushing to Shutian day and night. Zhu Tianjiang wanted to arrange a big show before Emperor Chengwu arrived.
If the play is not performed well, Zhu Daguan may not even be able to return to the capital.