Li Hong, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, sent a copy of the memorial from Yudu Prefecture to the Crown Prince's Palace. However, Li Hong did not immediately submit the original memorial to Emperor Chengwu. Instead, he took the memorial to the Ministry of Personnel.
Li Hong sent people to summon Feng Jing, the Minister of Hubu, Sun Zhi, the Minister of Rites, and others to the Ministry of Personnel. In front of several important officials in the court, Li Hong took out the urgent report submitted by the Yudu Prefecture.
"My lords, please read this memorial first, and then we can talk after reading it." Li Hong said, first handing the memorial to Pan Zigang, the Minister of Civil Affairs.
"Master Li, what kind of medicine are you putting in this gourd? If you have anything to say, just say it." Feng Jing said dissatisfied.
Li Hong smiled slightly and did not answer. Several veterans circulated the memorial to each other, and they all shook their heads with a wry smile. This is a big boast. Not to mention the emperor, I am afraid that any courtier will not believe it after reading it.
It's a fact. Zhu Tianjiang had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but he still couldn't besiege the capital.
"How about it? What do you adults think?" Li Hong said looking at everyone.
"Haha, Shang Kezhi from Yudu is really good at boasting. Not to mention tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, even a few thousand soldiers and horses, I'm afraid he would wet his pants." Sun Zhi said with a smile.
Li Hong looked at Pan Zigang and said, "Master Pan, if I present this memorial to the emperor, what do you think the emperor will think after reading it?"
Pan Zigang's face was ashen and he glanced at Li Hong gratefully. Yin Shang Kezhi of Yudu was the person he recommended. If Emperor Chengwu pursued him in anger, Pan Zigang might also be implicated. This memorial is obvious
What you are doing is shirking responsibility and falsely reporting military information. You must know that there is an unwritten rule in the officialdom. You can falsely report grain production and disaster conditions, but you must not falsely report military information. In that case, it is likely to cause misjudgment and lead to a military disaster.
Therefore, Emperor Chengwu always showed no mercy to those who falsely reported military information.
"Master Li, Zigang is very grateful. I hope Master Li can cover it up a bit." Pan Zigang bowed his hands to Li Hong, which meant that it was best to change the information before giving it to Emperor Cheng Wu. Otherwise, he would be held accountable.
He, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, also had to bear the responsibility for the unfavorable inspection. What's more, Shang Kezhi was a 'capable minister' recommended by Pan Zigang.
Li Hong smiled and said, "Don't worry, Master Pan. Since I got here first, I won't submit the original text to the emperor."
Li Hong also played a trick. He had already copied the original text to Xuan Le. Li Hong knew that even if he revised the original text, Xuan Le would report the matter to Emperor Chengwu. Xuan Le was the future successor.
Or, he will definitely not allow such a fool to stay among the officials anymore. When the time comes, Emperor Chengwu will hold the Ministry of Personnel responsible for inspecting officials, and Pan Zigang will blame Xuan Le for his dissatisfaction. Li Hong
By doing this, I also want to arouse everyone's indignation and stand together to control Xuanle's rights.
Pan Zigang quickly bowed and said, "Thank you Master Li for your kindness. Zigang also thanks Master Li for your kindness on behalf of Shang Kezhi."
Li Hong smiled, looked at everyone and said, "My lords, I, Li Hong, invite you here not only for this memorial. I believe that everyone has received the imperial order from the Crown Prince's Palace, and important memorials must be copied to the Crown Prince's Palace.
One copy. I think this matter is a bit inappropriate. Since ancient times, crown princes have treated their senior ministers with humility, but our crown prince seems to have overstepped his authority." Li Hong brought the topic to Xuan Le.
Sun Zhi and others all nodded. They were also dissatisfied with Xuan Le's behavior. However, no one would stand up and be the leader without someone taking the lead.
"Master Li, I don't know what you mean?" Feng Jing asked shrewdly, blinking his eyes.
"I feel that we veterans should jointly write a memorial to the emperor. In any case, the authority of the crown prince should be regulated." Li Hong said straight to the point.
Feng Jing sneered in his heart and said that the people in the Ministry of War just have no brains. Xuan Le is the future emperor, so it is better to offend him.
"Master Li, this matter is not impossible, but Zigang feels that it would be best if we could join forces with Prince Jing Qiantai and Mrs. Wang Bingkun to jointly submit the memorial, so that the weight will be heavier." Pan Zigang had just received the benefit from Li Hong,
I can't help but say something for him.
Li Hong thought it made sense, "I can go to Prince Jing's side, but I think it's better for Mr. Feng to talk to Mrs. Bingkun."
Li Hongdao had no selfish motives. He felt that Feng Jing was one of Wang Bingkun's students. It would be better for him to persuade his teacher than these people.
Feng Jing was extremely depressed and thought to himself that Wang Bingkun’s student was not just me, nor was Pan Zigang’s, so why not let him go? But in front of everyone, Feng Jing couldn’t say that he couldn’t go. Besides, he really felt sorry for Xuan Le in his heart.
A little dissatisfied.
Several veterans discussed it and began to act separately. Li Hong left the official office and went straight to Prince Jing's palace.
Li Hong originally thought that based on his relationship with Prince Jing, there would be no problem. Unexpectedly, Prince Jing did not agree immediately when he heard about this. Not only Prince Jing, but also the old master Wang Bingkun did not agree. Feng Jing and Sun Zhigui
They told Li Hong that if Prince Jing and the old lady did not agree, then they would not sign the joint signature. In desperation, Li Hong began to run back and forth to persuade Prince Jing and Wang Bingkun to agree to the matter. It was not that Li Hong wanted to remove him.
Xuan Le's qualification as crown prince is just that for the Ministry of War, obeying the orders of two people is likely to cause disaster. Other yamen can just sit back and ignore it, but the Ministry of War cannot. That's why Li Hong did this in order to have
A unified holy order. Otherwise, if Zhu Tianjiang raises his troops to rebel, Li Hong is afraid that Xuan Le will directly bypass the military department and issue a holy order to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing.
Just as Li Hong was contacting the old ministers, the people in Xiyuan also began to take action.
Emperor Chengwu did not show any anger after learning that Zhu Tianjiang killed Ma Hua, the garrison commander of Yudu Prefecture, which made Xuanle even more dissatisfied. However, Emperor Chengwu ordered the officials to remove Shang Kezhi
Official position, escorted back to the court to await trial.
Emperor Chengwu actually knew what happened to Zhu Tianjiang, and he was waiting for news from Wei Zhan. However, Emperor Chengwu did not tell Xuan Le about Wei Zhan sending out to kill Zhu Tianjiang, which made Xuan Le feel that
My father is too weak. Such indulgence is tantamount to feeding a tiger into trouble.
Since Emperor Chengwu didn't care about Zhu Tianjiang's affairs, Xuanle decided to take action as soon as possible and let Zhu Tianjiang raise his troops to rebel, forcing his father to ruthlessly eradicate this scourge. The father and son had different ideas. What Emperor Chengwu needed now
If the country is stable, just kill Zhu Tianjiang quietly. But Xuan Le is thinking about his own future. If Zhu Tianjiang doesn't die for a day, Xuan Le will be restless. He is worried that if he doesn't make up his mind to kill Zhu Tianjiang now, once he is given up,
He has grown his power in the south, and by the time he takes over, he may not be able to suppress Zhu Tianjiang.
This is the first time Xuan Le has come to the West Garden Horse Gallery since he became the crown prince. The current West Garden Horse Gallery has been rebuilt and is only a horse gallery in name only. Among the officials in the capital, everyone knows this place.
It is already the "sticky place" in the Crown Prince's Palace. Perhaps when Crown Prince Xuanle officially takes over the throne, the sticky place will completely disappear from the history of the Dafeng Dynasty.
Xuan Le looked at the neatly arranged Xiyuan people in the yard and nodded with satisfaction. These people were the dead men selected by Dong Si, who were specially selected to participate in the operation to kill the Guo Mansion tonight.
"My heroes, tonight's operation is very special. I believe my fourth uncle has told you everything. Remember, once the operation fails, you are knights in the world and have nothing to do with the Crown Prince's Palace. Once you leave this door, you will no longer be
People from Xiyuan. After you succeed, I will reward you based on your merits, and the position of Feng Si will also be selected among you."
Xuan Le used kindness and power to warn all the soldiers who participated in the operation to kill Guo Tianxin tonight. Emperor Chengwu had warned Xuan Le, so Xuan Le could not let people know that he did it. Moreover, Guo Tianxin had been in charge of Zhennan for so many years.
, the guards in the mansion are not stubble, it is inevitable that some people will die or be seriously injured during the operation. Therefore, Xuan Le must eliminate these factors in advance and let these people appear as people in the world.
Xuan Le believed that as long as Guo Tianxin's head was sent to Qingcheng, Zhu Tianjiang would definitely use Guo Tianxin's tragic death to raise the banner of rebellion. Instead of letting Zhu Tianjiang grow slowly, it would be better to wait until he has grown into a big tree.
Good at uprooting.
One after another figures walked out of the West Garden indifferently. At the same time that Xuan Le attacked Guo Tianxin, Zhu Tianjiang, who was going south, also suffered a heavy blow. Not only did they encounter soldiers and horses from the Pengcheng camp, but Zhu Tianjiang was also confused.
What is surprising is that Master Lin Feng has disappeared.