"Outside of thanks, my sister will ask you."

"I didn't say it, I didn't say it, I said that you and I were originally Zhijiāo, as the descendants of the Xie family of Chenjun, with the jiāo relationship between the Gu nǎinǎi family and Lord Yang, it was just a matter of Xiǎo, and Xie should also take care of it. I'm planning to go to Jinling to worship my ancestors after the New Year, if Ling Mei is not in a hurry to leave, when the time comes, I will go with Xie Mou, and it will be convenient to take care of it on the road. ”

"Then thank you for the staff."

After Xia Xun finished speaking, he glanced at Xu Ming'er again, Xu Ming'er smiled sweetly at him, and said obediently: "Goodbye, big brother." ”

Xia Xun smiled bitterly and said goodbye to Xie Laocai.

After he arrived in Beiping, the first thing he did was to arrange Ming'er down, and then go to the capital to command the envoy to report, because once he arrived at the capital to command the envoy to report and explain his intentions, he would immediately have to attract the attention of those who were interested, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was not a good man, Zhu Yunwen had already sharpened his knives there, and it would be strange if he didn't want to find out the movements of the imperial court.

And Xu Ming'er's public appearance is likely to become the fuse that caused Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen to completely break up and put Zhongshan Wangfu in a dilemma, so Xia Xun first placed her in the Xie family. Tens of thousands of people come and go in and out of Peking every day, and before he goes to the capital to command the envoy to report to the office, it is not easy for anyone who wants to find out these arrangements.

Xia Xun went to Beiping Mansion this time, and he played a high-sounding banner to investigate the internal corruption case of Jinyiwei.

What does the internal corruption case of Jinyiwei have to do with Yan Fan?

Yes, because there are Jinyi officials in the palace.

The Ming Dynasty Statute: The prince is not allowed to enter Beijing at will without being summoned by the Son of Heaven, and he is not allowed to leave his vassal kingdom at will, so who will supervise him for not having the above misdeeds?

Jin Yiwei.

When Jinyiwei was the most powerful, even if the Criminal Department asked about the case, Jinyiwei's people would go to listen and supervise every day.

These people are not spies, their identities are public, in fact, they are similar to the discipline officials under the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but he is subordinate to Jinyiwei, and when Jinyiwei's authority was cut, these discipline officials were not abolished.

The mission given by the imperial court to Xia Xun was to investigate the Jinyi Wei officials stationed in the Yan Palace, "it is said" that some of them were corrupt and corrupt, and with this high-sounding reason, he had an excuse to enter and leave the palace publicly, and it would be much easier to be corrupted and co-opted.

After Xia Xun went to the capital to command the envoy to report his identity, the Yan Wangfu really knew the news immediately, and the Yan King Zhu Di was in a worse mood after hearing about it.

The king of Zhou, the king of Qi, and the acting king successively cut the feudal domain, and the heads of the local officials of the Beiping Military Political and Legal Department were replaced one after another, and the meaning of the emperor's nephew has become more and more obvious. The emperor said that the troops on the border were tight, and he wanted to transfer his three guards from Yanshan to the border, and he was happy or not, and he still put the soldiers in Jiāo, but seeing that the emperor was still not at ease, did he have to cut me down to the people and send me to some poor and remote place to rest assured? Seeing that the emperor had put his ears and eyes directly into his mansion, Zhu Di was angry and afraid.

There are no outsiders in the hall, only King Yan's family, looking at King Yan's face, Concubine Xu comforted softly: "Lord Wang, you don't have to worry too much, the prince guards the border of the land and has outstanding achievements, and if you can't find the handle of the prince, you won't do anything to the emperor if you want to come to the emperor." ”

King Yan smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Battle merits, alas! The reason why I am jealous of the emperor is because of my military exploits. ”

Zhu Gaochi thought for a while and said, "Dad, isn't this Yang Xu the one who once saved my Yanwang Mansion, speaking of which, there is still a relationship with our family." ”

Zhu Di said: "At this time, at that time, at that time, your father was the thorn in the side of the northerner Hulu, and now, your father is the thorn in the side of the court and the emperor, he came by the emperor's order, what is the point of the past jiāo love?" When I first went to visit him at the inn, my father revealed that he wanted to recruit him as a subordinate official of the palace, but he didn't agree, at that time, your father was a towering tree, and people couldn't look down on the shade of our family. ”

The second prince, Zhu Gaoxu, jumped up and said angrily: "Call him here, find an excuse, beat him with punches and feet, and see what kind of bird he is doing!" ”

Concubine Xu glared at him and said lightly: "What nonsense are you talking about, learn from your eldest brother, and do things calmly!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu has never been convinced by his eldest brother, he is as fat as a pig, he can't ride a horse, he can't ride an arrow, what's so great, but his mother still admires his eldest brother the most. He snorted coldly, sat down indignantly, and cocked his neck.

Zhu Gao said in a deep voice: "Dad, according to the child's opinion, this Yang Xu is kind to my family after all, I heard that he has a very close relationship with his mother's uncle's family, so it is better to let the child come forward to entertain him and probe his heart." The court is so mean, and a righteous person may not have compassion for my family, if we can find out the emperor's real intentions from his mouth, we can be a little guarded. ”

Zhu Di pondered for a moment, then bowed his head and said: "You can try it, if you talk about the future of authority, my father can promise that he will not be as good as the emperor." However, the rich man can be generous, as long as he can be grateful and reveal some words to his father, it will be done. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Daddy, don't worry, the child knows what to do." ”

Zhu Di was silent for a moment, and then said: "Give it slowly, don't be too hasty." ”

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Back in the bedroom, Concubine Xu frowned and thought hard.

At present, the husband's situation is indeed not good, the court dispatched troops, a series of actions directed at Beiping, saying that the husband is now gone, the general is gone, just a bare pole prince, even if he controlled the kings of Northern Xinjiang at the beginning, when he commanded the Sanguan border army, there were only more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and these soldiers and horses were still a major gap between the eggs and the stone compared with the imperial court. What's more, these soldiers and horses have their own subordinates, and when the husband leads them to exterminate Hu Lu by the emperor's order, they naturally have to obey the order, and if you really want to say that when you fight against the imperial court, how many people are willing to bow down to obey the order, it is difficult to say, and at this point, it is even more difficult to think about it, the husband, son, and this big family, there is no way to live?

After thinking for a long time, Concubine Xu laid out the paper and studied the ink, and began to write letters.

She also knew that the emperor's series of actions against her husband had made her mother's family now in a dilemma and in an embarrassing situation, and she didn't want to cause any trouble for her mother's family anymore, but at the moment, she really had no other way but to turn to her younger brother for help.

The younger brother is the Duke of Wei, who is the head of the martial arts class in the court, and must know the emperor's intentions and the movements of the court very well. Moreover, he can also ask his younger brother for help and ask him to use the connections of the Xu family to exert influence on the emperor. The three vassal kings in a row were cut off, and the world was already shaken, and at this time, the ministers who did not approve of the reduction of the vassal could change the emperor's mind, turn the conflict into yùsilk, and save his family.

Concubine Xu carefully considered the words, wrote a letter to her family, sent a confidant to the capital, and sent it to the capital quickly. Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, received the letter from his eldest sister, and he was not gloomy when he saw that the letter mentioned the situation of the Yan Wangfu now, but after looking at this letter repeatedly, between the words, it was full of resentment when his sister confided in him, especially his sister's words begging him to contact the ministers who opposed the reduction of the feudal domain to put pressure on the imperial court, which shocked him even more.

Since the emperor decided to cut the domain, the position of the head of the Xu family's military attache class has been in jeopardy, the last time because of Xiǎo sister Ming'er, the emperor was extremely unhappy, and now the Xu family really wants to isolate themselves from the court and the emperor for a few NVs? The Xu family has always been loyal......

Thinking about the emperor's methods to deal with his uncle, Xu Huizu shuddered even more, silently looked at the family letter spread on the table, and a thought suddenly jumped into his heart, Xu Huizu put his sister's handwritten letter into his sleeve and left the house in a hurry.

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"Xu Qing, a loyal minister of the true court!"

Zhu Yunwen looked at Xu Huizu's family letter, raised his head, and said happily to Xu Huizu: "The Xu family is loyal and good, I know it." I cut the domain, for the sake of my Ming dynasty foundation is not easy for eternity, just because the three NV sons of the Xu family are all concubines of the vassal king, in order not to hurt Aiqing's affection, so there are some things, I have no Jiāo for Aiqing to do, not because I am not worried about Aiqing's loyalty. ”

"Yes, the emperor is very hard, and the ministers are inexplicably grateful."

Xu Huizu said respectfully: "The emperor is not ready for the Yan Domain, obviously thinking of the affection of his uncle and nephew, and wants him to take the initiative to request the withdrawal of the domain, so as not to hurt the harmony of his family." However, Yan Fan didn't know the general situation, and he had the emperor's wishes. Judging from the letter from the minister's sister, Yan Fan still has luck in his heart, and he will never fulfill the emperor's wishes.

The minister's sister wants the courtiers to bewitch the courtiers to put pressure on the emperor, which must be at the behest of the Yan Domain. Since Yan Fan hit the idea to the imperial court, there may not be no action in Beiping, he has been running Beiping for many years, has always been good at buying people's hearts, although now although Jiāo out of the military power, and so show generosity, let the emperor transfer away the three guards of Yanshan, but the hundred-legged insects, dead but not stiff, the emperor still can not be careless. According to the minister's opinion, he hoped that the soldiers who would surrender without a fight would let King Yan be captured, I am afraid that he would not be willing, and in the end he would have to resort to force. ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed and said, "Yes, if it really comes to this point, it is not what I want." When I first ascended to the throne, I didn't want to have a reputation for being mean and unkind. But for the sake of my Ming Dynasty's eternal inheritance, what is the honor and disgrace? ”

Xu Huizu said respectfully: "The emperor is hardworking, enduring humiliation and burden, and the ministers are inexplicably admired. ”

Zhu Yunwen asked, "Sister Ling's letter, how do you plan to reply?" ”

Xu Huizu said: "The minister can reply that the emperor is just afraid of the excessive military power of the kings to put pressure on Beiping, which is intended to warn the kings not to bend the law, and has no intention of harming the Yan Domain. ”

Zhu Yunwen was overjoyed and said: "Okay! The Xu family has always been the pillar of my Ming Dynasty, and the Duke of the Kingdom is my minister, if one day I must meet with soldiers, I must also rely heavily on Aiqing. Aiqing and Jiujiang should bring the soldiers and horses of the court for me in case of emergency. ”

As soon as he heard Zhu Yunwen's words, Xu Huizu knew that the Xu family's status in the imperial court martial arts class had been stabilized again, and under the surprise, he hurriedly turned over and bowed down, and said loudly: "The ministers are loyal to the emperor, and they will die!" ”

In Zhongshan Palace, Xu Zengshou wrote a letter and quietly found the confidant sent by Yan Wangfu. Recently, the imperial court has made frequent moves, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai and others are constantly planning to deal with the means of King Yan, as the governor of the capital of the five armies, how can he not have heard of it, he has long wanted to tell his eldest sister and brother-in-law what he has seen and heard, telling them to be vigilant, but he didn't expect his sister to send his family.

Xu Zengshou wrote down in detail the recent measures of the DPRK and the central government, as well as the possible countermeasures he heard against the Yan Domain, and sent it to the family of the Yan Palace, instructing: "This secret letter is very important, you have to give it to my eldest sister by hand, don't make a mistake!" ”！ ~！