I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up
Chapter 69 Chicken talking to duck
Chapter 69 Chicken talking to duck
"Qizhou City is located in the heart of the Ming Dynasty. It has been peaceful for a long time. There is no city wall on the river side, and there are no strategic locations to defend around it. Once the army arrives, it will be effortless to capture Qizhou City. We are not afraid of it becoming bigger!" Yang Tinghe immediately retorted.
"Yes! It's only been three years since King Jing Zhu Houxuan inherited the title, and there have been unusual movements for more than half a year. How many private armies can he train? Moreover, the evidence of treason is not so easy to destroy, so it is better to send someone to investigate first." Li Dongyang said earnestly.
(To add a setting, the princes of the Ming Dynasty would let their sons inherit the title after the death of the previous king, and they would be officially canonized after the 27-month mourning period. The protagonist traveled through time after being officially canonized.)
"We can also investigate after we capture Qizhou, to prevent the Jing rebels from roaming around and wreaking havoc on many places!" Liu Jin quietly observed Zhu Houzhao's expression, trying to guess what he was thinking.
Just when everyone was arguing fiercely, a eunuch suddenly reported that an official with the tokens of the two ministers was outside the imperial city and said he wanted to look for the two ministers, saying that he had made a new discovery in the Ministry of Rites.
Everyone was tired of arguing, so they asked the official to come over for an audience.
"What? The envoy from Prince Jing's Palace who delivered the gift has arrived?" Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment.
Although the basis of an important inference was overturned, everyone's thoughts could not be pulled back. After all, their thoughts had gone a long way under the assumption that the Prince of Jing was plotting a rebellion.
"Why not send someone to interrogate the envoy of the Jing Palace first? Historically, the envoys of various palaces during the Wanshou Festival have always been the heads of the palace's eunuchs. As an eunuch, they must know the internal situation of the Jing Palace very clearly." Yang Tinghe grasped the key point in an instant.
"Then send someone to interrogate him first?" Liu Jin was also a little hesitant. It would be arbitrary and hasty to make a decision without interrogating the person who came to his door.
"Your Majesty, shall I ask the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Eastern Depot and the Western Depot to send people to jointly interrogate him?" Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao with an inquiring look.
Everyone knows the reputation of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the East Factory and the West Factory. The three major spy agencies of the Ming Dynasty serve Yu Chunlai alone. How could that be a small blessing?
The two elders also nodded slightly.
But to everyone's surprise, Zhu Houzhao, who had a gloomy face and suppressed his anger, rejected this suggestion.
"Bring up the envoy from Prince Jing's Palace! I want to interrogate him personally!"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
"Your Majesty, this is against the rules. Why bother Your Majesty with such a small matter? Please let me go..." Liu Jin was stopped halfway through his words by Zhu Houzhao's angry gaze.
"Then do as the emperor says and bring the envoy from Prince Jing's Palace here!" Liu Jin's face changed quickly.
Naturally, the two ministers would not bring bad luck upon themselves.
It is said that everything is destined, it is God's will!
If the Jing Opera had not been presented to Zhu Houzhao before, Zhu Houzhao would not have looked up various information about Zhu Houxun, and would not have invested any feelings in Zhu Houxun.
But the little bit of emotion Zhu Houzhao invested made his anger about today's incident magnified several times. If the two elders had not stopped him, he would have almost made the decision to lead a large army to attack Qizhou.
But it was precisely because Zhu Houzhao's anger was magnified several times that he made a decision that went against the rules and wanted to directly interrogate Yu Chunlai.
Yu Chunlai, who knew nothing about this, was still feeling dizzy outside the imperial city.
When he was taken away from the Ministry of Rites, he thought he was met with bad guys. Just when his heart sank to the bottom and he thought he would be dragged to a dark alley in the capital and killed, this group of people took him to the gate of the imperial city.
So these people shouldn't be bad guys, right? Yu Chun thought to himself, and he felt relieved.
Just when he felt relieved, this group of people wanted to take him into the imperial city again.
This made his heart rise to his throat.
God have pity on him. Yu Chunlai was just a small sixth-rank eunuch. Although he would come to the capital every year to deliver gifts, his rank meant nothing in the capital, so every time he delivered the gifts he would be sent to the post station to rest. As for the imperial city, he would only look at it from afar. Now this group of people actually wanted to take him into the imperial city. To be honest, he would be lying if he didn't panic.
"What is he carrying on his back?" the soldier guarding the gate of the imperial city pointed at the long package on Yu Chunlai's back and said.
"I don't know!" said the soldier escorting Yu Chunlai.
"We have to check before entering the imperial city!" said the sergeant guarding the gate, then he snatched the package away. After opening it, he found that it was a long wooden box. The wooden box was very ordinary, without any additional decoration.
"You can't open it. This is a gift from the Jingwang Mansion to your Majesty! Only your Majesty can open it!" Yu Chunlai screamed. The guard hesitated when he saw the seal on the wooden box, fearing that he would be held responsible.
At this time, the eunuch who came to deliver the message urged: "Why don't you leave? Eunuch Liu is anxious to see this person!"
When the gatekeeper heard that it was related to Liu Jin, he quickly returned the things to Yu Chunlai.
Yu Chunlai held the wooden box tightly as a group of people escorted him into the palace.
The group passed through the majestic Meridian Gate, passed the three towering halls, and stopped at the door of a hall.
Yu Chunlai's heart sank again. Although he was not familiar with the layout of the imperial palace, he was familiar with the layout of the Prince of Jing's Mansion. The imperial palace in Beijing and the princes' mansions in various places were all built in imitation of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, and the functions of the most core halls were the same.
He immediately guessed that the hall before him was where the emperor handled government affairs and rested.
This made him even more panicked. What could possibly make the emperor see a sixth-rank eunuch like him? Judging from the attitude of the people escorting him, it was probably not a good thing.
The wooden box in his arms was taken away again, and his whole body was searched. After confirming that there were no sharp weapons, he was taken to the hall.
"Are you an eunuch in Prince Jing's mansion?" A shrill voice sounded in the hall.
"That's right!" Yu Chunlai was restrained and could not raise his head.
"Then I'll ask you a few questions. If you answer honestly, you'll suffer less physical pain!"
"As ordered!"
"Why did Prince Jing's Mansion buy so much cotton in the past six months?" asked the shrill voice.
Yu Chunlai was suddenly distracted. He did not think of it as something as serious as treason. He thought that the emperor was going to crack down on the royal family's business. After all, the royal family was forbidden to engage in the four industries - scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans!
He thought that the Prince of Jing's Mansion was the first one to be singled out as an example to scare the monkeys.
"It's because of it." Yu Chunlai suddenly became hesitant. He wanted to cover up for the Jingwang Mansion, but it was not easy to come up with an impeccable excuse. He was speechless for a while.
The owner of the shrill voice sneered and continued to ask, "Why did King Jing build that alchemy furnace in his mansion and use so much pig iron?"
Yu Chunlai became even more anxious. Zhu Houchun later mentioned the purpose of the alchemy furnace to him. At that time, Zhu Houchun frankly said that it was for the research of steelmaking technology, which would be used in Daye Iron Mine in the future. To put it bluntly, it was for the steel business and for business.
He had already fallen into a fixed mindset at this point, and the subsequent question about the alchemy furnace made him even more certain of his previous judgment - the emperor wanted to strictly investigate the business activities of the royal family.
So the always alert butler of the Jingwang Mansion suddenly didn't know how to answer. The Jingwang Mansion's business was so big that it could not be concealed. However, the first person to be killed as a warning to others would usually be punished severely. It would be wrong not to cover it up, but how to cover it up? The people present were definitely not fools. The rhetoric of sharp gold energy and gold elixir could not fool them.
"Yes, yes." Yu Chunlai continued to be speechless. He really didn't know what to say.
"Haha! You feel guilty, right? It's right to feel guilty. The Jinyiwei have already investigated the situation of your Prince Jing's Mansion clearly. Don't struggle anymore! Admit it!" The man with the shrill voice continued.
The word Jinyiwei completely broke Yu Chunlai's psychological defense. They had already investigated everything, so why was he still struggling? Even if he was caught as a typical example, he would only be fined for a few years of Zonglu and then lose face in the whole country again. So Yu Chunlai nodded dejectedly.
Yu Chunlai's actions were seen by everyone present.
"Your Majesty, the envoy of Jing Ni has admitted that Jing Ni intends to rebel. Please order all the heavenly soldiers to suppress the rebellion by land and sea, and capture Jing Ni in one fell swoop with the force of thunder!" Liu Jin said proudly.
The two cabinet ministers had nothing to say and could only argue with Liu Jin about some details of the military dispatch.
Jing Ni?
rebellion?
Send out all the heavenly soldiers?
Suppress by land and sea?
These words echoed in Yu Chunlai's mind, and he suddenly figured it all out. Then he realized that he had messed up something!
Listening to the people in the hall still discussing how to send troops to Qizhou and how to wipe out the Jingwang Mansion, Yu Chunlai became even more anxious. He had been in the Jingwang Mansion for more than 20 years, and the Jingwang Mansion was his home! He couldn't just watch his home being destroyed like this.
He suddenly felt a surge of strength from somewhere in his body. Perhaps it was because the person behind him had let down his guard, he actually broke free from the person behind him, stood up abruptly, and roared:
"Shut up, all of you! Listen to me!"
(End of this chapter)
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