I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 558 The Truth of the Coup

One of the very important ways is to recommend talented people with special abilities to Zhu Houzhao. Jiang Bin himself cannot come up with new tasks, but he can continuously recommend people who can do new tasks to strengthen and consolidate his position in front of Zhu Houzhao.

This is what he had to do. Although he was in a high position, without the protection of Zhu Houzhao's imperial power, he would become like water without a source and a tree without roots.
Because he made many enemies in the court, and in his early years he took Zhu Houzhao to bully men and women, many people in the court had a bad impression of him. His background as a military general and a lucky minister made many people look down on him.

With Zhu Houzhao's protection, no one could do anything to him. But if he lost Zhu Houzhao's protection, his enemies would attack him in droves. Even if he had a high position, his glory would not last long.
So Jiang Bin has always been burdened with implicit KPI assessments.
Jiang Bin has always had a clear understanding of this, so he spared no effort in pleasing Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao was constantly being sent various talented people to his side, and other close ministers also did the same to consolidate their favor.
It can be said that Zhu Houzhao has been living a very carefree life these years, always having all kinds of fun around him. To some extent, the Imperial Guards are actually Zhu Houzhao's biggest toy. Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao is very clear about this and never treats the Imperial Guards with a playful attitude.
It was precisely because of Zhu Houzhao's character that talented people all over the world heard about him and wanted to become Zhu Houzhao's close ministers. However, not everyone could become Zhu Houzhao's close ministers. To become one, one had to have connections and be recommended by someone. Some people were willing to spend some money to get through this connection. After all, becoming Zhu Houzhao's close minister was a sure win. Even if one lost the emperor's favor in the end, one could still receive valuable rewards.
Jiang Bin was such a person, and these two talented people with the surname Sun paid money to find Jiang Bin's way to become Zhu Houzhao's close ministers. Some of their skills also won Zhu Houzhao's favor.
In recent years, many people have followed Jiang Bin's connections, but there has never been any problem. After all, the security forces around the emperor are very strong, and it is difficult for any problems to occur.

But as expected, something unexpected happened this time.
It was a cold day, and Zhu Houzhao was persuaded by the two men named Sun who were recommended by Jiang Bin to go fishing on the ice. He said that he had read in a book that if you cut a hole in the ice in winter, the fish under the ice will automatically float up to breathe, and you can catch a lot of fish at once.
Zhu Houzhao thought it was very interesting because he had never played it before, so he decided to give it a try. Xiyuan (Zhongnanhai) had a vast ice surface, which was now frozen solid.
So he took a group of people to fish on the ice in Xiyuan. They quickly made a big hole in the ice and caught many fish from under the ice.
Zhu Houzhao was so excited that he even asked the imperial chef from the imperial kitchen to come over and cook the fish that was caught on the spot. It was a very joyful atmosphere.
As a result, at this moment, something strange happened. The two Sun strangers suddenly pushed Zhu Houzhao down the ice cave. The surrounding security forces didn't even react. Even Zhu Houzhao himself didn't react, because no one imagined that they would use this method to assassinate Zhu Houzhao, and then they jumped down as well.
Zhu Houzhao's fall into the water caught everyone off guard and made everyone very nervous. After all, Zhu Houzhao's safety was related to the lives, wealth and honor of all of them.
So more than 20 people wanted to rescue Zhu Houzhao at the first opportunity, but the problem was that they had no experience in ice rescue.
The ice in Xiyuan was quite thick, but it couldn't hold more than 20 people moving around on it, and they were standing on it, so the ice quickly broke apart, and the 20 or so people who were trying to rescue fell through. This not only failed to save people, but also increased the difficulty of rescue.
"Finally, your majesty was rescued, and the two strangers with the surname Sun died under the ice, and your majesty had fallen into a coma at that time." Chen Hong said, as he was reporting to Zhu Houxuan.

"Death squad!" Zhu Houxuan said indifferently.

"That's what it looks like now. They are trained assassins." Chen Hong said.

Jiang Bin was also at the scene at the time, and he even saw Zhu Houzhao being pushed down with his own eyes. Many people also saw that scene.
Then Jiang Bin felt numb all over.
Zhu Houzhao was pushed down by those two people, and it was those two people who instigated him to go fishing in the ice cave today. He recommended these two people and even took money from them.
All of this can be found out. Even if Jiang Bin did not have the subjective intention to harm Zhu Houzhao, he could not escape responsibility anyway.
Jiang Bin's first reaction was to block the news. Jiang Bin was the only close official who was capable of doing this.
Jiang Bin didn't think too much about it at the time, but as Zhu Houzhao's diagnosis came out, Jiang Bin fell into deep fear.
As a person who grew up in the north, Zhu Houzhao could not swim, so he was extremely panicked after falling into the water. He was poured with a lot of ice water at that time. In addition, the rescue was difficult, and Zhu Houzhao was in the water for a long time. Even the strong Zhu Houzhao could not bear it, so his condition was not optimistic.
Cough, fever, chills, headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, chest pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea, myalgia, arthralgia, coma.
These symptoms followed Zhu Houzhao like a shadow, appearing one after another on his body, and crushing Zhu Houzhao's strong body.
Zhu Houzhao was unable to take charge of affairs within just one day. His last order to Jiang Bin was to quickly welcome the King of Wu back to Beijing.
But Jiang Bin hesitated after receiving the order.
He was not a person without any political sensitivity, and he understood what Zhu Houzhao's decree meant.
He himself was responsible for the assassination of Zhu Houzhao, and this cannot be concealed.
Now that Zhu Houxuan is back in Beijing, Zhu Houxuan's relationship with him is not very good.
If Zhu Houxuan finally ascended the throne, he would be the best candidate for the new emperor to offer sacrifices to heaven.
He has committed a serious crime, is the second-in-command of the Guards, has done a lot of dirty things before, and has a bad reputation among the people and the government.
If Jiang Bin became the emperor, he would also make the decision to "borrow your head" at the first opportunity.
Zhu Houzhao was suffering from illness and his political sensitivity became extremely low, so he decided to let Jiang Bin do this.
So Jiang Bin hesitated, he knew that if he did this, he would be doomed.
But if he does nothing, he will be doomed.
"Just when he was hesitating, a man named Gu Yishan came to him," said Chen Hong.