Xia Xun and Xiao Qianyue glanced at each other, invited Han Mo to sit down together, and then said with a solemn expression: "This incident, the matter is very important, it is related to whether my Jinyi Wei can rise again, and the person I have to deal with is also not a crime of idleness." Han Lao, be cautious. ”

Han Mo was accustomed to bending his waist, and the humble expression of the theater owner who had been pretending to be the owner of the theater for a long time was gone, and there was a faint coldness in the old eyes, and he said proudly: "We are the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and we ride all over the world, thinking that at the beginning, when we were majestic, the princes and generals, there was no one who we couldn't knock on, and the Lord of the Hundred Households had any orders, just say." ”

Xia Xun said in a deep voice: "This time, the person we have to deal with is King Zhou!" ”

Han Mo's eyes flashed, he calmed down, just nodded, and did not speak.

Xia Xun saw that he was unmoved, and couldn't help but secretly admire, the oldest group of spies in Jinyiwei, what he didn't say, was not only loyal, but also courageous and knowledgeable, and he didn't know it, the quality of these agents was indeed extremely high, which shows how talented Jinyiwei was in his heyday.

Xia Xun continued: "There is only one thing we have to do, to find the handle of King Zhou's evil. ”

Han Mo frowned slightly, and said, "King Zhou is cautious, and it is not easy to find his handle. ”

Xiao Qianyue smiled and said, "That's why I have to ask Han Lao to think of a way." ”

He hinted: "We Jinyiwei, if we want to find a person's handle, we can pick out bones in the egg, can't we?" ”

Han Mo naturally understood the meaning of his words, he just said that, and he was not sure about the attitude of the imperial court, listening to Xiao Qianyue's words, he knew that no matter whether the evidence was true or false, hearsay or concocted, in short, King Zhou must be guilty, so he showed a smile of understanding.

Xia Xun frowned slightly, but this was also what Luo Kedi meant, so he could only suppress his displeasure and said: "I just arrived in Kaifeng with Qianyue, and I don't know much about the situation of this King of Zhou. ”

Han Mo Shen said: "King Zhou is the fifth son of the first emperor, of course the two of them know, when Hongwu was three years old, King Zhou was first named King Wu and stationed in Fengyang. Because Fengyang is the birthplace of the first emperor, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty, let a vassal king guard, it is easy to cause a lot of speculation from others, so the first emperor changed the title of this prince to the king of Zhou in the eleventh year of Hongwu. After the king of Zhou arrived in Kaifeng, he built water conservancy, reduced rents and taxes, distributed improved seeds, organized the reclamation of the Yellow River barren beach, and really did some good things that were beneficial to the people of the domain......"

Xiao Qianyue frowned, these things cannot be criminalized, Kaifeng is his vassal country, he reclaimed wasteland, built water conservancy, and developed the economy, which was the responsibility that Zhu Yuanzhang gave to the vassal kings in the vassal country at that time, and he wanted to say that he was showing favor to the people, and it was impossible to buy people's hearts.

Xiao Qianyue was sent to Xiaoling to guard the tomb by Luo Kedi this time, and finally asked Luo Ke to be soft-hearted and let him go to Kaifeng with Xia Xun on an errand. Mainly...... What would you not normally do as a prince? ”

Han Mo said: "Oh, speaking of which, there is a case. ”

Xiao Qianyue shook her head and leaned over and said, "Old Han, come and listen." ”

Han Mo said: "This King of Zhou is good at medical skills, he has not only learned medical skills by himself over the years, but also hired Li Mo, Liu Alcohol and other local famous doctors, compiled "Baosheng Yulu", "Pocket Prescription", "General Medicine Prescription" and other medical books, published in the world, it is said that he is now preparing to compile a book of "Saving Famine Materia Medica". ”

Xiao Qianyue frowned and said, "Save the Wild Herb, what is that?" ”

Han Mo explained: "Because Henan is located in the Yellow River flood area, once the Yellow River floods, it is prone to flooding, the people are displaced, and there is no food and clothing, so the king of Zhou sent people to visit the people of Lu, record all kinds of edible plants and trees and draw pictures, and also invited many Langzhong to study which plants and trees can be detoxified and eaten......"

Xia Xun said in a deep voice: "This is clearly a virtuous king who loves the people like a son, how to convict him." ”

Han Mo smiled: "Only people who don't do things can't catch him, as long as he does things, whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, there will always be a leak to be found, isn't our Jinyiwei doing this for the emperor?" Don't worry, don't worry, you have a detailed understanding of King Zhou's preferences, behavior, and work, and we can always find something that can make a big fuss. ”

Xia Xun snorted secretly and stopped talking.

To say that the king of Zhou did these few things, it is really a matter of great benefit to the people, his "pocket formula" because of the use of yào effective, the cost is not high, once it came out, it was reprinted more than ten times, Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" on a large number of quotes in the "pocket formula" and "Puji prescription" in the prescription. As for the "Materia Medica" that he was compiling, it also had a great effect on the common people after it was written, and then the book was transmitted to Japan, and it was also respected and studied by many Japanese botanists.

However, now because Zhu Yunwen first took advantage of him, I am afraid that the publication of his book will be delayed.

At this time, the dance on the stage downstairs was replaced by a miscellaneous drama, and she was babbling and singing "Dou E's Injustice", Xiao Qianyue thought about it and asked again: "If there are any other situations, let's talk about them one by one, and see which aspects are easy to make a fuss." ”

Han Mo thought for a while, and then said, "The rest, it's nothing." ”

Xiao Qianyue said: "King Zhou himself doesn't have anything, what about his son?" ”

Han Mo stroked his beard and said, "King Zhou's son, let me think about it......"

He pinched his fingers and calculated for a while, and said: "King Zhou has the main concubine Feng, who is Feng Shengzhi, the Duke of Song, and the side concubine Yang, and the king of Zhou now has two sons-in-law, five concubines, and eleven county lords......"

Xia Xun was dumbfounded: "So much? ”

In fact, this is not much, King Zhou is not only a virtuous king, but also an idle king, idle and nothing, give birth to children to play, in the next few years he was degraded by his nephew Zhu Yunwen to the common people, and was assigned to the poor and remote land of Yunnan as an ape Taishan, such a miserable environment, he did not forget to have children, and in the next few years, he gave birth to seven princes one after another, and he was really old and strong.

Han Mo smiled: "Yes, this King of Zhou has many sons and grandchildren, but now Concubine Yang is favored, so he only has two sons-in-law." This eldest son's name is Zhu Youstew, there is no look like a son, he took a name called Quanyang Daoren, his father is good at medicine, he is good at opera, but he is quite a father's style, Lao Han is very familiar with him, because this prince is cool and good at opera, miscellaneous opera, and often comes to my courtyard to study opera with those opera and maiko. ”

"The second son of King Zhou is called Zhu Youjiao, but he is very different from his father and brother......"

Han Mo's eyes showed a slight hint of disgust, and said: "King Zhou, the second son of the son, is simply an outlier, I really don't know how with King Zhou and Zhou Shizi, how can there be such a son and such a brother, xìng is obedient and arrogant, entangled in a gang of evil, bullying men and bullying NV, it is simply a harm in Kaifeng City." ”

Xiao Qianyue's eyes lit up: "Old Han, our envoy may be able to land on the two sons-in-law of this King of Zhou." ”

Xia Xun really didn't want to hurt such a virtuous king, and said: "According to what Han Lao said, the second son of Wang Yan this week is indeed a wicked young man, but with his identity as a phoenix son and dragon grandson, I am afraid it is not enough to be convicted of this, and I am afraid it is even more ...... to want to climb his father's charge of not being educated, that is the Prince of Daming, it is not a major crime of rebellion, how to cure it?" ”

Xiao Qianyue smiled and said in yīnyīn: "Lord Baihu is a scholar at the bottom, and he still doesn't know much about my Jinyiwei's methods." Who said that I was going to enter the crime of the second son of the king of Zhou, so as to accuse the king of Zhou? ”

Xia Xun was stunned and said, "Then what do you mean?" ”

Han Mo's eyes rolled slightly, and a knowing smile gradually appeared on his face, Xiao Qianyue smiled and said, "Old Han understands? ”

Han Mo nodded and said, "Understood, I don't know if the two of you plan to start with the son of the grandson or the second son?" ”

Xiao Qianyue said: "These two people, we all want to meet, since King Zhou is invulnerable, let's get to know more about these two princes." ”

Han Mo smiled: "If that's the case, it's easy, there is one in front of you, you can see it." ”

He pointed to the stage and pointed to the old student who pretended to be an incorruptible envoy Dou Tianzhang and said: "This one is Zhu You, the son of King Zhou, who is stewed." ”

At this time, the stage was singing: "The snow flies in the six moons for thousands of years, and the blood is splashed with white silk for three years of drought, when will I borrow the dragon slaying sword and cut off the uneven world and wide ......"

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Beiping, Yingshou Temple, abbot meditation room.

Monk Daoyan and Zhu Di sat opposite each other, with a kang table in the middle, a stove of sandalwood on the table, and a cup of tea on each side. On the snow-white wall, there is only one big "Zen" word, and the last stroke of the Zen word drags straight down, almost occupying the position of a big character, straight and sharp, like an upside-down sword.

Zhu Di is still dressed in sackcloth filial piety clothes, which were originally white sè filial piety clothes, full of dust, and they are about to turn into earthy yellow sè.

He sat cross-legged, his hands pressed to his knees, his face was hazy, he was silent for a long time, and Dao Yan was not in a hurry, wearing a black sè robe, sitting quietly opposite, and the Buddha beads in his hands were slowly twisted one by one.

Zhu Di just returned to Beiping, passing by Qingshou Temple, remembering that his deceased father had become a monk when he was a teenager, and the host of this temple was the deceased father's hand for himself to choose the scripture master Daoyan, a moment of sentimentality, then entered the temple to visit, but to the meditation room, a thousand words, but I don't know where to start.

After a long time, Zhu Di's meditation skills were not as good as Dao Yan's, so he couldn't hold it back, and asked, "Does the master know what has happened recently?" ”

Monk Daoyan said: "The obituary of the death of the first emperor is heard all over the world. The edict reduced the military power of the kings, and the poor monks already knew about it. The prince originally went to Jinling for funeral, but now he is here, could it be ...... The emperor is not allowed to go to Beijing? ”

Zhu Di was silent.

Dao Yan sighed softly and asked, "Why is the prince worried in his heart?" Is it just because you can't go to Beijing for funeral? ”

Zhu Di's face twitched slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "As a son of man, you are not allowed to be filial piety in front of the spirit, this humiliation and sorrow, is it still xiǎo?" ”

Dao Yan glanced at Zhu Di and said, "Today's edict to cut troops and obstruct the execution, isn't it the prince who is more worried?" ”

Zhu Di's body was shocked, and a slight flash of jīng flashed in his eyes: "The master saw it?" Dao Yan bowed slightly: "The Son of Heaven has a bad heart!" ”

Zhu Di became angry and said in a loud voice: "It is the national policy of the first emperor to control the world with the kings, the world is undecided, the domestic cult is rampant, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty of Bian Long is looking at it, if it is not for us to guard the border, how can the world be as stable as Mount Tai?" This world is the world of my Zhu family, why is the emperor so hostile to us as soon as he ascends to the throne, and aren't we respectful enough to the imperial court? ”

Dao Yan clasped his palms together and said: "The first emperor is a person of great wisdom, the sky is wise, how can he not know the story of the seven kings, he ordered the feudal lords to guard the world, and each led the military power, this is of course the first emperor's affection, trust is incomparable, but it may not be without the emperor's heart." There are many strong feudal domains, but there is always only one who can be the emperor, and the feudal forces are wrong, and they must contain each other and monitor each other, unless the center of the court is extremely weak, who can do it?

When the central center is really weakened to the extreme, even if there is no vassal king, won't he be replaced by powerful ministers? From the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the present, those who have become the Son of Heaven with a cloth cloth, only Han Liu Bang and the first emperor, and the other emperors, which one is not an important minister of the previous dynasty or a strong party with a yellow robe? It is really about to come to such an unbearable step, for the first emperor, it is better to replace the incompetent monarch from his own descendants than to put the country into the hands of outsiders, so that the Zhu family can be protected for hundreds of years.

As for the eternal years, hehe, the first emperor is a person who believes in himself and does not believe in heaven, he will not believe that being shouted a few times long live can really last forever. Can it be ...... today Apparently not so. In the eyes of today, the feudal domains are his greatest threat. ”

Zhu Di said indignantly: "He has been the crown prince for several years now, and his name has been decided early, what is he worried about?" ”

Dao Yan said: "The emperor has a heart disease, he is the eldest grandson of the first emperor, but he is not the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson is Zhu Yunxi." ”

Zhu Di said dejectedly: "That's it, the emperor wants military power, we have paid it, he doesn't want us to guard the country for him, and I don't bother to be idle." ”

Dao Yan twisted the Buddha beads and said with a faint smile: "Hehe, although the prince thinks so, I hope the emperor will stop here." ”

Zhu Di glared and said, "What does the master mean?" Not to mention that the name of benevolence and filial piety is heard all over the world, even if you are afraid of the emperor's uncles today, we have already paid the military power, and the emperor will kill them all? ”

Dao Yan said: "The poor monk also hopes that the emperor will end here." The crown prince and the king of Qin and the king of Jin have passed away one after another, and the prince is now the chief of the vassal kings, and he has led the army out of the fortress several times, and has made many meritorious deeds, I am afraid that the emperor is the most jealous, that is, the prince, the prince will do things in the future, and do not leave anyone behind. ”

Zhu Di heard that the cold sweat came down, last month he was still the important vassal of the country, the commander of the Northern Army, on the order of his father, led the armies of the Northern Expedition Hulu, and in a blink of an eye, the military power was cut, listening to the meaning of the monk Daoyan, it seems that the emperor is still unfinished?

Thinking about himself and the current emperor's father, the former crown prince Zhu Biao has always had a deep brotherhood, and now he is known for his benevolence and filial piety, and he has honestly given the military power, Zhu Di still refuses to believe that Zhu Yunwen will make any further moves, so he shook his head and said: "I don't believe it, the emperor will kill them all." ”

Dao Yan smiled slightly and said: "Perhaps, what the poor monk said was just a plan for the worst, what the emperor wanted, the poor monk didn't dare to assert it, just wait and see what happens." ”

Zhu Di got up and said: "The emperor is not at ease, so I will let him rest assured." Happy to be a free prince, comfortable, hey! I can't ask for it. ”

Dao Yan then stood up, listened to Zhu Di's angry words, and didn't feel embarrassed.