Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 94: The Emperor of Nanzhi, the tyrant of this corrupt and tyrannical age!
Ok Hee Palace.

Jinyiwei Commander-in-Chief Lu Bing met with the emperor at night.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard had already reported the matter of the meeting between Prince Yu and Prince Jing in the morning. Huang Jin, who was on duty at Yuxi Palace, could not figure out what important matter Lu Bing wanted to see.

Instead of reporting to the emperor first, he went to the court to see Lu Bing.

Hearing Huang Jin's cat-like footsteps, Lu Bing stood up and said, "Eunuch Huang."

"Commander Ludu."

Huang Jin hurriedly returned the greeting. Seeing Lu Bing in court robes, he knew it must be a big deal. He asked awkwardly, "The emperor has not slept yet because of Prince Yu's Mansion and Prince Jing's affairs. He is very worried. If it is not a good or big matter, you might as well come to see him tomorrow."

Two dragons meet in Prince Yu’s Mansion.

King Jing lied when he promised to ascend the throne and kill his son and enthrone his nephew.

Any father would not be able to sleep.

If there are more troubles, the emperor may not be able to sleep tonight.

"This matter is of great importance. We must alert the Emperor." Lu Bing said helplessly.

Both of them were old members of the Xingwang Mansion and had followed the emperor for decades. Huang Jin understood that Lu Bing really had no choice.

Huang Jin thought for a moment and said, "In that case, there is no need to report to me. Commander Lu, please follow me."

Lu Bing hurriedly followed Huang Jin out.

After entering the palace and the Jingzhai, Lu Bing knelt down in front of the veil. Huang Jin lifted the veil a little and said, "Your Majesty, Commander Lu is here and has something important to report!"

On the futon.

Zhu Houcong sat cross-legged on it, looking at Lu Bing who was kneeling there, hesitant, and said in a very calm tone, "Just say what you need to say. I have heard a lot of troublesome things, so I don't mind a few more."

"Yes."

Lu Bing knocked his head down first, making a loud noise like a mountain. He did not look up again, his head pressed against the cold gold brick, "Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei has a clue about the Jingu North Wharf explosion case."

The current Jinyiwei.

It was so powerful that even Lu Bing, the commander-in-chief, was afraid of it.

In just these few days, the Jinyiwei "turned over" the canal transport ferries from De'an, the fiefdom of Prince Jing, to various sections of the Jingu Canal and found a lot of tricks.

The White Lotus Sect had good capabilities, but it was impossible to transport gunpowder to King Jing's treasure ship without the help of officials.

On the surface, it was the White Lotus Sect that put gunpowder on King Jing's treasure ship, but in reality, the murderer behind the scenes was manipulating the entire canal shipping to release water for the White Lotus Sect.

The canal was one of the lifelines of the Ming Dynasty, and there were not many nobles who had the power to influence or manipulate it.

The murderer behind the scenes is either in Beijing or in Nanjing.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard mobilized the power of the Jeonbuk Pacification Office to check all the letters sent from the capital and Nanjing city to Cangzhou Prefecture and to the various ferry crossings on the canal.

Nobles from the capital, there is no problem, everything is normal.

But the nobles in Nanjing City had many problems, the most serious of which was Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei!

Not long ago, Duke Wei had contacted officials at various canal transport terminals through public or private means.

The time of contact was just before King Jing's treasure ship arrived at the canal transport terminal.

One thing is coincidence.

To keep saying it was a coincidence is somewhat insulting to the Imperial Guards.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard is still investigating more details, such as why the Duke of Wei wanted to kill Prince Jing and whether he acted alone or in collusion.

However, when it comes to the dukes of the current dynasty, especially someone like the Duke of Wei, the Embroidered Uniform Guard must report it in a timely manner.

Duke of Wei. He is one of the six founding dukes and the only dukedom that has been passed down in an orderly manner since the founding of the country.

The well-deserved first duke of the Ming Dynasty.

Even when Emperor Chengzu Wen went south to quell the rebellion, Xu Huizu, who was the Duke of Wei at the time, repeatedly resisted Emperor Chengzu Wen. In the end, Emperor Chengzu Wen only stripped Xu Huizu of his title of Duke of Wei. After Xu Huizu's death, Emperor Chengzu Wen returned the title of Duke of Wei to Xu Qin, the eldest grandson of founding Duke Xu Da and Xu Huizu's eldest son.

When Emperor Chengzu Wen ascended the throne after the Jingnan Rebellion, the Xu family not only remained prosperous, but also gained the title of Duke of Dingguo because of the support of Xu Da's youngest son Xu Zengshou.

The Dukes of Xu and Liang are truly the best in the world.

As the world changed, Emperor Chengzu Wen moved the capital to Shuntian in the 18th year of Yongle, and the line of Duke Dingguo moved to the capital.

The Duke of Wei's family has lived in Jinling City for generations.

but.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty did not forget their uncle's family. The Duke of Wei and his family were dukes and had been serving as the garrison commander of Nanjing for generations.

This was an official position specially created for the Duke of Wei after Emperor Chengzu Wen moved the capital.

In charge of controlling the various garrisons in Nanjing, as well as Nanjing garrison and defense affairs.

It can be said that Emperor Chengzu Wen handed over all of Southern Zhili of the Ming Dynasty to the Duke of Wei's Mansion.

It was not until Emperor Renzong ascended the throne in the first year of Hongxi that he felt that the Duke of Wei's Mansion was too powerful, so he issued an imperial decree to increase the number of eunuchs and the Duke of Wei's Mansion to jointly guard Nanjing.

Nanjing became the only place among the two capitals and thirteen provinces with two garrison offices.

but.

Just like the local government officials.

Although the county magistrate is regarded as the local leader and the lord of the place, in fact, he is a temporary official. If he fails the evaluation of the Ministry of Personnel, he will be at risk of being dismissed from office.

To a certain extent, the clerks passed down from generation to generation in the county government are the real controllers of the county.

The same was true for the Nanjing Garrison Office. The garrison eunuchs had to be replaced every few years, but the Weiguo Mansion had its own eunuchs passed down from generation to generation.

Only occasionally, when the current Duke of Wei was in poor health, would the garrison of Nanjing be temporarily replaced, and the one who replaced him would not be an outsider, but the line of Duke Cheng, who was a relative by marriage for generations.

In short.

The Nanjing Garrison Office has always been controlled by the Duke of Wei's Mansion, with the Duke of Cheng's Mansion occasionally interfering.

Although the imperial court did not dare to discuss it and the people did not dare to speak nonsense, there have always been rumors among the people that compared with the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who was far away, the Duke of Wei's Mansion was more like the emperor of Nanzhili.

The current situation is just like the son of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who somehow offended the Emperor of Nanzhili and was almost sent to heaven by him.

After listening to Lu Bing's report, Zhu Houcong was not concerned about whether the bomber was from Duke Wei's Mansion, but was more concerned about Duke Wei's Mansion itself. He asked, "How much do the Jinyiwei know about Duke Wei's Mansion in Nanzhili?"

Lu Bing lay there and said, "Your Majesty, I have only heard that the Duke of Wei's Mansion was a little arrogant and domineering in Southern Zhili, but it did not cause much trouble to the people. If Your Majesty wants to know more about the Duke of Wei's Mansion, I will go back to the Northern Pacification Office and review the case files of the Duke of Wei's Mansion and then submit them to the Yuxi Palace."

The Duke of Wei's Mansion, which had stood in the south of the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years, was not something that the newly rising Jinyiwei could interfere with.

The Embroidered Uniform Guards are the royal lackeys who can only do things according to orders and cannot speak.

Zhu Houcong looked at him and said in a stern tone, "Your strength is that you work hard, but when something big happens, you turn around and try to escape. You think I am a tyrant!"

"I would never dare to have such thoughts even if I die." Lu Bing bowed his head again.

Immortals fight, mortals suffer.

The Embroidered Uniform Guards are not ordinary people, but in front of the Emperor and the Duke of Wei, they are better than ordinary people.

"Since you don't have this intention, if you are not afraid of offending the Duke of Wei's Mansion, then tell me everything the Jinyiwei knows about the Duke of Wei's Mansion."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)