A group of officials who replaced the officials in Beiping, such as Zhang Rui of the Ministry of Industry and Xie Gui, the commander of Henan Wei, had left Beijing by order, but Xia Xun had not moved.

Because the last time the court captured the king of Zhou for the crime of rebellion, it did not use some upright means, but publicized with great fanfare that Li Jinglong, the duke of Cao Guo, wanted to patrol the border in the north, and came by surprise, sneak attack on the city, and blamed a vassal king with a dignified court, and it was shameful to use such means, and the reputation of the king of Zhou has always been very good, so this kind of behavior is even more disgusting, and there are many people in the court and the opposition who talk about it, and there are many people who sympathize with the king of Zhou.

Zhu Yunfen, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and others also felt the pressure of public opinion, this time, they have taken many measures against Beiping, recording and seizing military power, chōu taking troops and horses, changing officials, a series of measures down, they will be able to subdue King Yan in a righteous and bright way, so they don't want to let the notorious Jinyi Wei kick them and ruin their reputation, so they are a little noncommittal about Luo Kedi's plan, and it has not been decided whether Xia Xun can make the trip until now.

Xia Xun hasn't left yet, and there is another big incident in Beijing.

Zhu Bo, the king of Qi, was deprived of his title and deposed as a commoner.

According to the strategy of Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and others, they first had to cut off the power of King Yan, transfer the soldiers of King Yan, and then change the officials of the Military and Political Department of Beiping.

According to their plan, Zhu Bo, the king of Qi, would have had at least a few months to live comfortably, but Zhu Bo, the king of Qi, couldn't wait to send mén to him, and he took the initiative to ask to return to Beijing to meet the emperor.

He is only an uncle Wang, Zhu Yunpo is not afraid of him", so he agreed.

Who knows, Zhu Bo entered Beijing, in fact, he asked for money.

The palace he built, originally the household department only said to slow down a little, this slowdown, it was slowed down to the death of his father Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang died, Zhu Yun's tomb "a hundred wastes to be revived", anyway, no matter what it was, he wanted to do something unusual, "There is a difference between the emperor's grandfather, there are more places for this huā money, and he has reduced the personnel of the tax collector department a lot, and there are more tax evasions, and then the Jiangnan tax is reduced" so that the imperial court finances are a little tight, and the household department eats grain, and the dispatch cannot be opened, and the money owed to Zhu Bo, the king of Qi, has to be delayed indefinitely.

Zhu Bo was annoyed, he returned to Beijing, and the first thing he did was to go to Xiaoling to cry the grave, "When he arrived at Xiaoling, King Qi cried after his father cried his mother" and then wiped his tears, he ran to the palace and asked for money with his nephew, the emperor.

Zhu Yunfen was very depressed: In the past, I was the grandson of the emperor, and it was okay to be polite to you uncles, but now I am the emperor "Do you understand the monarch and the minister, the father and the son, the upper and lower respects?" Quarreled with me, "This is going to be replaced by my imperial grandfather sitting in the Dragon Court, do you dare?"

This time can let Luo Kedi seize the opportunity, King Qi is the "rebel object" he focused on cultivating, all kinds of criminal evidence Luo Kedi has already collected all the evidence, and has not seized the opportunity to submit it, now when he sees King Qi playing a scoundrel in front of Emperor Jianwen, he is crying father and crying mother to embarrass Emperor Jianwen's face, Luo Kedi immediately reported the illegal behavior of King Qi in Qingzhou to Zhu Yun's grave, and handed over a thick stack of materials.

Zhu Yunfen was overjoyed at first sight: he was very decisive, and he did not call his think tanks to discuss, so he ordered Zhu Bo, the king of Qi, to be demoted to a commoner, guarded by a brocade guard, and sent to Fengyang to guard by the high wall in a few days, and at the same time sent someone to Shandong Qingzhou Mansion to raid his home, and sent his family to Fengyang Squatting Prison, Zhu Yunfen's hand was really vigorous and resolute, quite the style of the thunderous means when Emperor Hongwu punished corruption and evil, and when Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and others got the news, Zhu Yunfen's holy decree had already gone out of Nanjing City.

Xia Xun waited in Jinyiwei all day for the news of sending him north, but before he left, King Qi was sent as a prisoner. Xia Xun thought about it for a long time, although he and the King of Qi just used each other, after all, there was still the friendship of the old people, he went back to Qingzhou, and the King of Qi also treated each other politely, and it was not good to pretend not to know, so he pleaded with Luo Kedi: "My lord, when he was in Qingzhou, he was taken care of by the King of Qi, and now although the King of Qi has become a prisoner, but since he is locked up in my Jinyi Guard, he can't ignore his humble duties, and he wants to ...... Go see King Qi. ”

Luo Kedi frowned and said: "You know the righteousness, this is good, but ......", he pondered for a moment before saying: "Then go, your identity is not as good as those big people in the court, even if you go to meet the King of Qi, there will be no consequences." "Thank you, sir. He knew that although Zhu Bo, the king of Qi, was now locked up in the Jinyi Guard, Luo Yan could cover the sky with one hand, but he promised him to see a deposed prince, but he still took some risks, although Xia Xun had already made a decision about his future, but he did feel guilty about Luo Kedi, who valued and promoted him. 、

Xia Xun went to see Zhu Bo, only carried some food, and sandwiched a chuáng quilt. The cell is a cold place, even if it is a hot summer, the place can't be warm, not to mention that at this time, the late autumn is coming to an end, the weather is wet and cold, and Jinyiwei's cell has not been locked up for many years, the chuáng bedding inside is rotten, even if it is an ordinary prisoner, it is difficult to live, although Zhu Bo was once a prince, he only has these food and clothes at this moment, which is the most practical for him.

"Qi Shu people, we hundred households have something to ask you, so I answer!" , The cell boss didn't care if it was Feng Zilong who was locked in, he shouted loudly, nodded to Xia Xun's flattering waist, and said flatteringly: "My lord, please, it's too dark here, and the ground is uneven, and Xiǎo heart is under your feet." ”

Xia Xun walked in heartily and said to the cell leader: "Okay, you go out and guard." The cell boss agreed and retreated, Xia Xun walked to the fence of the cell, only to see that Zhu Bo, the king of Qi, had been recorded in the prince's python robe, with his hair scattered, wearing a moon-white sè xiǎo clothes, and Mu Ran was sitting on a pile of straw.

"Yang Xu, it's you!"

Through the faint light, Zhu Bo suddenly saw that the person who came was Fuxun, and couldn't help but jump up in surprise, pounce on the side of the prison, and hold on to the fence tightly.

Xia Xun saw that he was embarrassed, and couldn't help but sigh with compassion and said: "Lord, you are so dignified, why did you come to Beijing, now you have landed in this step of ............the field", Zhu Bo, the king of Qi, his face was distorted, and he said viciously: "Who knows that xiǎo ......"

He suppressed the fire, and then said viciously: "Who knows that the emperor is ruthless, and for the sake of xiǎoxiǎo sin, he will be lonely and wasted." Xia Xun was silent for a moment, handed over the still warm food and the roll of bedding in his arms, and sighed softly: "The prince's sins should be said to be cut, but the disposal may not be appropriate, the prince and relax, just go to Fengyang to live for a few years, maybe one day the emperor will change his mind and let the prince go back." ”

Zhu Bo laughed hesitantly, shook his head, and his eyes were faintly filled with tears: "The cold knows the pine and cypress, and the adversity sees the true love, and my nephew who is full of benevolence and righteousness is not as good as ......", he gritted his teeth, and did not say it, but his heart was already full of remorse, and his regret for himself He was dumb and ate Coptis chinensis, and he couldn't say it if he had suffering.

Zhu Bo regretted it, not for anything else, just because he went to Beijing to ask for money to build the palace on purpose. Zhu Yuanzhang's sons are good and evil, some are cruel and some are heroic, but there is no idiot, Zhu Yun's tomb cuts Zhou Fan, and the drunkard's meaning is really King Yan, which Zhu Bo has faintly seen some clues, he entered Beijing to ask for money, and deliberately played scoundrels, in fact, he used a method used by princes and princes who had been feared by the emperor since ancient times: self-pollution.

In order to dispel Liu Bang's vigilance, Xiao He deliberately accepted bribes and gambled, forcibly bought land, and violated the royal law. Zhu Bo did this in order to dispel Zhu Yunfen's vigilance against him, thinking that he Zhu Bo was short-sighted and had no ambition to plot the world at all.

But how did he know that Zhu Yunfen's appetite was so big, and he was not only plotting against King Yan, but also in this life. If you don't oppose it, he is worried that your son will be opposed, your son will not be opposed, he is worried that your other son will be opposed, in short, he wants to do it once and for all, except for this vein ròu handed down by his father Zhu Biao, all the descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang will be demoted to commoners, and they will lose the opportunity to win the imperial power forever, all that is missing is the question of who to cut first and then who to cut.

Now that he Zhu Bo himself has sent mén, and there is indeed illegal evidence in the hands of the imperial court, isn't that self-inflicted?

Two people are inside and outside the prison, one is preoccupied, the other is bitter and talking, silent for a long time, can only sigh together, in this lonely and cold prison, the sigh is so helpless, so desolate......

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The news that Zhu Bo, the king of Qi, was demoted to a commoner made the acting king Zhu Gui angry, and the acting king Zhu Gui and the king of Qi Zhu Bo had listened to the orders of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and the Northern Expedition was a brother who had fought side by side. Moreover, Zhu Bo, the king of Qi, is still martial, and Zhu Gui, the acting king, is also martial, and the two princes are both the masters of the violent love, which can be described as a love affair, and each other's jiāo love has always been good.

The last time the court found no evidence, just based on the words of the second son of King Zhou, he cut a prince, which had already made Zhu Gui very dissatisfied, if it wasn't for his cronies to be appeased again and again, and asked him to wait for King Yan's clear attitude before making a decision, he would have written to accuse the court of unfair law enforcement. Now it has not been a few days since the intercession for the king of Zhou was submitted, the king of Zhou had no hope of getting it back from Yunnan, and the king of Qi was actually demoted to a collector again, and the first emperor was in the soil for less than half a year, what did the emperor want to do to his uncles?

The acting king was furious, and immediately wrote a harshly worded note, sent someone to the capital quickly, and directly reprimanded the emperor for ignoring the family affection of the bones, and making things difficult for the princes and uncles, and even boldly ridiculed Zhu Yun's hypocrisy, and swore in front of the first emperor that he would treat his relatives well and convince people with virtue.

After reading this letter from the acting king Zhu Gui, Zhu Yunfen's face was hot, he tore the music to pieces in annoyance, patted the royal case and shouted: "The acting king despises the court, despises me, and must be severely punished, gentlemen, don't persuade me, I must severely punish the acting king, otherwise where is the dignity of the court, where is my dignity?" ”

Huang Zicheng didn't expect that the original good plan would come to such a scene. He didn't know that the reaction of the king of Qi was behind the reason why Dao Yan persuaded King Yan to resist the decree of King Zhou and ask for forgiveness.

Huang Zicheng frowned and pondered for a long time, feeling that the fact that King Qi became a prisoner of the rank could not be changed, and the move of cutting the feudal domain was bound to be impossible to slowly figure out, since this was the case, it was better to take advantage of this reason to eradicate the acting king and then nodded and agreed. It's just that he didn't want Jinyiwei to do anything more about Beiping, but now that the king of Qi and the acting king have provoked and beaten the steps of the imperial court to cut the feudal domain, in order to ensure that Beiping is foolproof, he made a proposal to Zhu Yunfen and asked the emperor to agree to Jinyiwei to send personnel to Beiping as an internal response.

Zhu Yunfen was slapped hard by the letter of the acting king, and he was embarrassed, and now he just wanted to cut the acting king, so he naturally agreed to this evil breath.

The acting king usually ran rampant and domineering, and there were indeed many illegal acts in the feudal country, and the next day there was an envoy who was instructed to accuse the acting king of being corrupt and cruel. Emperor Jianwen acted resolutely, and immediately issued a public edict, cutting the king of Zhu Gui, and the whole family moved to Shu, and Jiāo was strictly guarded by Zhu Bāng, the king of Shu.

In fact, although the acting king was arrogant, he did not dare to ask him to rebel.

Zhu Gui was only three years older than Zhu Yunfen, when the two of them went to school and played together, in Zhu Gui's impression, this nephew, who was only three years older than him, was gentle, humble, young and old, honest and simple. He thought that he would take out the style of his elders to reprimand him, and this emperor's nephew would not be able to do anything, how could he know that this scolding directly scolded his throne.

He was in Datong, Shanxi, "I didn't know that I was going to take my wife and hug my children soon, and the family went to Sichuan to find the eleventh brother Zhu Chun to mix food."

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In the left side hall of Kunning Palace, twenty or thirty young children of the princely and princely families are in class, these are all girls who have not left the pavilion, the oldest is sixteen or seventeen years old, and the most xiǎo is eleven or twelve years old.

Xu Ming'er is also inside, the county lord of Ming'er xiǎo is eleven years old this year, and it looks like the New Year is coming, and she will be a twelve-year-old girl after the New Year, Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, died early, and the eldest brother is like a father, Xu Huizu felt that Xiǎo's sister was getting older, and she couldn't be crazy all day long, so he sent her to the palace, and learned the etiquette of the NV family with the nv officials of the Shangyi Bureau every day.

was in class, Mrs. Shangyi Zheng of Shangyi Bureau suddenly broke in, Mrs. Zheng was serious and stereotyped, these NV children of the princess family were a little afraid of her, when they saw her coming, they became honest and quickly pretended to be gentle and virtuous, for fear of being picked out by Zheng Shangyi.

Zheng Shangyi held the ring ruler, walked past the girls with a straight face, stood at the end of the hall, nodded with satisfaction, his tense face relaxed a little, and the nv child quietly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. Zheng Shangyi's eyes turned, and she suddenly stared at a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl and asked, "Chang Juan, what are the two teachings of the NV family?" ”

This Chang Juan is a special son of Eguo Gong Changyu Chūn, and when she heard Zheng Shangyi ask her, she hurriedly replied: "First, teach her to be silent, don't talk about right and wrong: second, teach her to be simple and plain, and don't embellish her appearance." ”

Zheng Shangyi said with a straight face: "You just made a promise, and you only made a ceremony last month, and you haven't become a fù person yet, why do you pay so much attention to decoration, bring a sachet around your waist, and embroider gold inlay!" Chang Juan's face was flushed, and she quickly took off the sachet and put it in her arms, Xu Ming'er, who was standing behind her, heard it, and hurriedly hid her purse, and peeked at it, Zheng Shangyi didn't find it, and couldn't help but stick out her tongue. Unexpectedly, this tongue sticking out action was seen by Zheng Shangyi, Zheng Shangyi's face was blank, and he said: "Xu Miaojin, how should the nv er's family be fùrong, tell me about it." ”

"Huh?" , Xu Ming'er said with a bitter face: "Shangyi, it's been less than a month since people entered the palace to learn the ceremony." ”

Zheng Shangyi shouted: "Back! Xu Ming'er flattened her mouth, coughed, and said without squinting: "Whoever is a NV son, first learn to stand up, the method of standing up, but clean and chaste, clean and honorable." Don't look back, don't lift your chún, don't move your knees when you sit, don't shake your skirt, laugh when you're happy, and don't raise your voice when you're angry.

Peaceful and quiet. There are few in front of the hall, there is no peeping outdoors, don't listen to the sound of yín, don't look at the evil sè, although the brothers are close, sit at the same table, you must know the male nv, and give and receive not kiss......"

"Huh?" Zheng Shangyi glanced at her in surprise, and her serious expression softened a lot, and said, "The NV son is married, back!" ”

Xu Ming'er coughed again, tilted her head slightly, thought for a moment, and then said aloud: "When the NV son marries, the husband is the parent." The husband is lighter than the sky, and the rebels are lighter. The husband is strong and the wife is soft, and the love is due to each other. Treat each other at home, respect each other as a guest...... "share the joys and sorrows, the rich and the poor, die with the coffin, and live together to dress ......", "good, no need to carry it." Zheng Shangyi smiled and said to the NV children of the princely and princesses' family: "You see, Xu Miaojin has just been enrolled in school for less than a month, and she can memorize the "NV Analects" backwards, you should learn from her." Okay, you can rest for a while and then go back to class. ”

Zheng Shangyi left satisfied, as soon as she left, the group of xiǎo Shu nv immediately changed their appearance, and suddenly gathered around Xu Ming'er, chattering like a group of sparrows: "Ming'er, I owe you a good way, even Zheng Shangyi has hidden it." Xu Ming'er said triumphantly: "That is, this girl only needs to use a little trick, and she is afraid that she will not be able to deceive her." Chang Juan took off the shawl from her shoulder, the shawl was densely packed with xiǎo characters, written neatly and beautifully, at first glance it seemed to be a fine huā pattern, if you didn't look closely, you really didn't know that it was a row of words, Chang Juan said: "Don't forget what you promised, take me to Mochou Lake, and invite me to Yuejianglou for dinner." ”

Xu Ming'er smiled: "I know, xiǎo angry ghost." She waved her hand and said boldly: "Not only you, but there is one person in this hall, and I have invited all the people!" At this moment, Princess Baoqing ran in, she was still old and had not yet entered school, Princess Baoqing squeezed into the crowd, grabbed Xu Ming'er's sleeve, and said awkwardly: "Sister Ming'er, the emperor yelled at me." ”

Xu Ming'er bent down to pick her up and said with a smile: "Are you going to the Jinshen Hall to be naughty again?" Didn't I tell you, don't go there in the future, it's not your father who is the emperor now, it's your nephew, you can't ask your nephew to coax you to play. ”

Princess Baoqing flattened her mouth and said: "I didn't ask him to play with me, I went to the grass to fight grasshoppers, and when I heard the loud noise in the hall, I ran over to see, and he shouted loudly for me to go away." Xu Ming'er hugged her and walked aside, and asked in a loud voice: "What's wrong with the emperor, did anyone make him angry?" ”

Princess Baoqing scratched her head and said: "It seems that there is a white-bearded old man, who said that he should not cut the king of Zhou and the king of Qi, and said that he should not issue an order to arrest the king of Dai and move his family to the ...... of Bashu", Xu Ming'er raised her eyebrows, and her face changed a little: "Baoqing, you make it clear that the emperor wants to arrest the king of Dai, because of what?" ”

Princess Baoqing said dumbfoundedly: "How do I know? Xu Ming'er thought about it, and the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became, so she said, "Let's go, let's go to the emperor." Princess Baoqing said timidly: "Sister, let's not go, he roars so fiercely!" Xu Ming'er's pretty face was like frost, and she said: "No, I must ask clearly, for no reason, why did he arrest my second sister and second brother-in-law!" ”