In Zhongzhen Inn, the owner Wang Zhongzhen and Mr. Zhang were sitting opposite each other.
"Don't always act respectful. Here, you are the boss. Wouldn't it be better to sit and talk like this?" Mr. Zhang said with a smile.
The oil lamp on the table gave off a faint light. Although Wang Zhongzhen sat down, he still felt a little uncomfortable and reserved.
Here, he is the boss, so to speak. In the capital, he is also a well-known and wealthy man. Although he does not have much power, as long as he has money, those powerful officials are still willing to contribute to him.
However, when facing Mr. Zhang, this kind of restraint when facing superiors just exists and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
"General, the emperor's attitude this time is very thought-provoking. By taking down the purple-robed captain like this, does he want to delay the search for the prince? Or is he already interested in the purple-robed captain regarding the matter of the King of Han?
Are you really dissatisfied?" Wang Zhongzhen straightened his body and said slowly.
"This, to be honest, I can't figure it out. Because of this, I asked you to settle the prince first and not send him to Le'an Prefecture in a hurry. I originally thought of using this matter to stir up a fight between the princes. By the way,
Leading the Chao Gang. But Ming Chengzu's decision is obviously beyond our expectations." Looking at the oil lamp on the table quietly, Mr. Zhang's mind was spinning rapidly.
The emperor's thoughts are always different from those of ordinary people.
If you use ordinary people's thinking to guess the emperor's thoughts, the ending will always be so unexpected.
"If the emperor abandons the prince, and at the same time places the entire accusation on the head of the purple-robed captain, I am afraid that many people will jump out in the court and start to talk about the purple-robed captain's various shortcomings. This group of people will adapt to the wind.
The court officials will never miss this opportunity and will use all their strength to suppress Dongchang, which poses a huge threat to them." Wang Zhongzhen said.
"I'm not worried about this. The suppression by the courtiers will not pose a life threat to Colonel Ziyi. I'm just afraid that Zhu Di, an old fox, will use the prince's accident to put psychological pressure on Colonel Ziyi, so that he won't make any resistance to the imperial court's execution.
Once he accepts his fate, he will have fallen into Zhu Di's trap." Mr. Zhang said a little worried.
"I don't understand why the Emperor wants to deal with Captain Ziyi as the sharpest knife in Dongchang?" Wang Zhongzhen frowned and couldn't figure out this reason.
Just like himself, if there is such a powerful subordinate, how can he be willing to take him down?
Picking up the tea bowl on the table, Mr. Zhang turned it gently.
The tea bowl was rotated, but the tea leaves floating inside were still in the same direction as before, almost unchanged.
"This tea bowl is Zhu Di's various arrangements and strategies, and the tea inside is Zhu Di's eternal and unchangeable thought of only thinking about himself. Do you know why he let Dongchang arrest the prince in the first place?"
Wang Zhongzhen shook his head: "The details are not very clear, but the general meaning is that the prince set up a trap and indirectly asked the cabinet minister Yang Shiqi to convey his intention to the emperor. The emperor was very disgusted with the prince's trick of playing with his mind, and became angry.
We captured the crown prince." Wang Zhongzhen thought for a moment and said softly.
"Well, that's the rumor outside. But, do you know what thoughts the prince asked Yang Shiqi to convey to the emperor at that time?"
"Well, my subordinates didn't inquire carefully." Wang Zhongzhen replied a little awkwardly.
In fact, Mr. Zhang arranged for him to do business in the capital for another important purpose, which was to collect all the intelligence in the court. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, all of it had to be collected.
What Wang Zhongzhen was concerned about was that the prince was captured by Dongchang and the reasons why he was captured. As for what thoughts he expressed to the emperor at that time, he really didn't care, so he didn't inquire in depth.
"You, you are still a little careless in your work." There was a hint of accusation in Mr. Zhang's words, "At that time, Yang Shiqi expressed to the emperor that the scene of hundreds of officials welcoming the purple-clad captain back from Hangzhou to handle the case was almost comparable to the emperor's morning court. Although
Regarding this matter, Zhu Di rejected Yang Shiqi's suggestion. It can be said that the speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. The purple-clothed captain was comparable to the pomp of the early court, which left a shadow in Zhu Di's mind. "
"Listen to what you said, this emperor has been dissatisfied with the purple-robed captain for a long time?" Wang Zhongzhen was startled.
He remembered that after that incident, the emperor not only did not punish the purple-clad captain, but also promoted him to a knighthood. From the outside, there was a joyous atmosphere everywhere.
If the emperor was already dissatisfied at that time and still rewarded the purple-clad captain, this kind of scheming makes one's scalp numb just thinking about it.
Mr. Zhang nodded: "This is just the beginning. Later, the purple-clothed captain tracked down the public opinion turmoil in the capital and traced it to Le'an Prefecture. Although he used the excuse of Daxing Chamber of Commerce's eight hundred armed forces to have evil intentions, he killed the Hanwang's advisers and the guard commander,
He even cut off his right hand. In the eyes of the outside world, the purple-clothed captain used lynching, but he saved the lives of the King of Han's family. After all, hiding troops secretly and plotting evil is a crime of treason. However, the King of Han was
He is Zhu Di's biological son. What is the love between flesh and blood? No matter how righteous the Colonel in Purple Clothes is, he is just an outsider."
"According to what the general said, Captain Ziyi is in danger this time? Or, as a last resort, we let the prince go and let him come back on his own?" Wang Zhongzhen said hurriedly.
I followed Mr. Zhang, and everything I did was for revenge. But if something happened to that person, even if the great revenge was avenged, even if the Zhu family's rule was overthrown, what's the point?!
"Let go?" Mr. Zhang shook his head and laughed softly, "If Zhu Di really wants to abandon the prince and deal with the purple-clad captain, do you think the prince can enter the capital?"
"What can we do? Let the emperor carry out this crime and execute the purple-clothed captain?" Wang Zhongzhen was extremely anxious and stood up suddenly.
Mr. Zhang waved his hand and motioned for the other party to sit down: "How can it be so easy for Zhu Di to execute him? With his current skills, it is just a thought to escape from prison. However, he has a fatal flaw, which is what I think is the most important thing.
worried."
"Disadvantages?" Wang Zhongzhen sat down again and became more and more confused the more he listened.
He had absolute first-hand information about the Colonel in Purple Clothes. But he really hadn't discovered any shortcomings of the Colonel in Purple Clothes that could be fatal.
"His strong sense of responsibility is his most fatal weakness." Mr. Zhang let out a long breath, "Zhu Di also knew this, so he made a fuss about the prince's accident so that he would no longer resist.
Let it be slaughtered.”
"We have been planning a plan for a long time, but in the end we are working for the emperor?" Wang Zhongzhen smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Yes, we have designed a routine for a long time, but it ended up on Zhu Di's chessboard." Mr. Zhang sneered, "The person who tied the bell needs to be tied to untie the bell. At worst, we will send the prince back to Dongchang. I want to take a look.
