But among the civil and military teams welcoming the Holy Emperor, the big bosses of Zhongshu Province led by Hu Weiyong were missing.
The people watching the excitement also talked a lot, wondering why Prime Minister Hu suddenly fell.
Some people said that Hu Xiang was conspiring to rebel, and everyone laughed. Except for a period of arrests the day before yesterday, there was no disturbance in the entire capital.
"After all, Hu Weiyong has been the prime minister for ten years. He only made such a small move to rebel. Who are you looking down on?"
"I don't know. That's because the emperor was more skilled. He ordered the King of Chu to capture Zhongshu Province in advance, and sent Cao Guogong to suppress the Governor's Mansion. That's why there was no trouble in the capital." But there were actually many very good people in the crowd.
Those who know the business spare no effort to spread the word:
"If you don't believe me, look at it. Ding Yu, the commander-in-chief of the left, is not in the team to pick up the driver."
"Who is Ding Yu? I don't know him..." The common people looked confused. "Where are the princes and marquises in the Governor's Mansion?"
"..." How can I explain this to those Khans who were ordered to correct public opinion?
He simply did not explain, pointed to the long string of prisoners behind the team and said: "Look, those are the people sent by Hu Weiyong to Tangshan to assassinate the emperor!"
"Scared, are you really taking action?!" The people finally believed it. The picture was still intuitive, and more than a thousand prisoners were more convincing than anything else.
"That's not possible." The 'public opinion guides' who came from the Jinyiwei dirty clothes faction spat and said: "Hu Weiyong colluded with the Japanese pirates and his minions, totaling 50,000 troops, to raid the Hot Spring Palace during the heavy rain."
"Thanks to the bravery and fearlessness of the soldiers, under the leadership of His Royal Highness King Yan, one against ten, fought bloody and fiercely for a day and a night, and finally eliminated the invading enemy!"
"When the war was at its fiercest, His Highness King Yan personally went into battle, killing seven in and seven out. He even chopped down hundreds of rebels, and his swords were sharpened several times. Just tell me whether it's dangerous or not."
"Really?" The people were a little unbelievable because they were exaggerating. "The prince wants to go into battle in person?"
"Of course it's true. I didn't see so many thieves among the prisoners. Are they not Japanese pirates, or are they from our country?" The 'instructors' resorted to generalizing.
Have ordinary people ever seen such tricks? They all commented: "It's really..."
So they all paid high respect to His Highness King Yan.
The fourth child in the team's face was so hot that he couldn't tell because of his dark face.
"Are you exaggerating too much?" He couldn't help complaining to Lao Liu who was greeting him at the side.
"Fourth brother, just think of it as a kind of encouragement. You will definitely catch up with the legendary self in the future." Lao Liu said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll work hard." The fourth child was very helpful.
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As soon as Boss Zhu returned to the palace, he immediately summoned Lao Liu and Cao Guogong to listen to their reports.
In fact, there is nothing to report. In short, everything is under control...
"All the officials and scribes of Zhongshu Province are locked up in the yamen for isolation and examination."
"The same goes for the Governor's Mansion."
"How many accomplices were found?" Boss Zhu asked in a deep voice.
"..." The cousins looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.
"At the Metropolitan Governor's Office, only officials of fourth grade and above have been reviewed so far, and they all say they don't know anything about it." Cao Guogong bravely reported:
"Most of these officials have been replaced in recent years, and I understand them quite well. They have all sent gifts to Hu Weiyong more or less and passed through his door, but they don't have the courage to participate in rebellion."
The Governor's Mansion is his base, so he should be protected.
"Bao'er, you don't have to protect them." Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately lowered his face and said sternly: "You should know very well that not only do they have the courage to rebel, but they are also very big!"
Before Li Wenzhong had time to refute, he heard Boss Zhu say quietly: "Song Ruzhang is an example of Zhao Bozong who persuaded you to rebel!"
The sixth man's expression changed slightly when he heard this. He looked at the old thief in shock and then at his eldest cousin. He saw that Li Wenzhong's face was pale, sweat was rolling down his face, and he knelt on his knees with a pop.
"It turns out that the emperor knew about this a long time ago..." Li Wenzhong kowtowed: "I deceive the emperor, and I deserve death!"
"Get up, what are you doing standing there in a daze? Why don't you help your eldest cousin up quickly?" Zhu Yuanzhang's donkey face changed to a round face again, and he smiled kindly at Li Wenzhong:
"You are a very smart kid, but sometimes you are too thoughtful and think too much. Let's talk about that incident twenty years ago. You should have tied the two of them to Yingtian immediately to finish the matter, and you had to deal with it secretly yourself.
, the result was heart disease."
After hearing this, Lao Liu secretly rolled his eyes. It happened more than ten years ago, but he still thinks about it. Whose problem is it?
Li Wenzhong cried bitterly and said: "What my uncle said is that the child thought too much at the time. He was afraid that the two of them would talk nonsense when they arrived in Yingtian, which would make the uncle feel dissatisfied with the child, so he wanted to secretly get rid of them without anyone noticing.
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"How is it possible that gods and ghosts are unaware of it?" Zhu Yuanzhang struck again: "If others don't know, don't do anything except yourself."
"Yes, the child has been having trouble sleeping and eating because of this matter for the past twenty years." Li Wenzhong shook off Lao Liu's hand, took off the black gauze and said: "It turns out that uncle has known about it for a long time, but the child is relieved and lets uncle handle it."
"Should we deal with you, you big-headed devil?" Zhu Yuanzhang took the black gauze hat, put it on his head angrily and said: "You are a nephew, if you really make a mistake, we have to carry it. If you are chopped off, it will be a hundred years in the future."
How are we going to explain to my second sister and your father after that?"
"Besides, who didn't make mistakes when they were young? We didn't take it seriously back then. Twenty years later, we no longer care about it." Zhu Yuanzhang then personally helped Li Wenzhong up and said:
"Your outstanding achievements and loyalty over the past twenty years prove that we were right at the beginning. You are not allowed to mention this matter again in the future, do you hear me?"
"Yes, yes." Li Wenzhong burst into tears of gratitude and nodded repeatedly.
"Besides, you should stop protecting the Governor's Palace." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Back then, we didn't understand anything and made many mistakes. One of the most serious ones was that we misunderstood the slander and gave the Governor's Palace to the Queen.
Huge power. Not only the power of the army and horses in the world, but also our bodyguards and soldiers are under the jurisdiction of the Governor-General."
"That's why this time, there is a ridiculous situation where Ding Yu puts all the commanders in Beijing under house arrest." Boss Zhu said with a look of fear on his face:
"This means that Hu Weiyong's operation failed. If he succeeds by luck, our more than 300,000 troops in Beijing will instantly become his private army of Ding Yu!"
"Yes..." Li Wenzhong was beaten submissively. How could he dare to say "no" again?
"So we must change the mistake of the Governor-General's sole control of the military power!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice without doubt: "We have been thinking about it for several days. This time we must separate the military power, but we haven't figured out how to separate it yet. You
I'll go back and think about it carefully, and I'll mention it to the meeting then..."
"According to the order." Li Wenzhong said with difficulty. He knew that this was the real reason why Boss Zhu brought up the old matter again, so he could only nodded slowly in agreement.
