Chapter Ninety-One: The Righteous Girl
If there is anything important that has happened in Gyeonggi recently, it is that Ye Zimo has returned to Beijing. There is also King Xiang who committed rebellion and was beheaded by the emperor's order.
Only then did I hear another bombshell news. That is, King Xiang committed suicide in fear of sin, and when Emperor Chengwu's will arrived, King Xiang was already dead. King Xiang committed suicide by swallowing today, and listening to the subordinates who served King Xiang, King Xiang stayed in the study for a whole day.
Because he had instructed the people below not to disturb him if he was fine, the people below did not find it strange. After conducting an autopsy, it was determined that King Xiang had indeed been dead for almost a day......
There were wails in the palace of King Xiang, but despite this, they were still inevitably distributed. King Xiang did something rebellious, and no matter who was in the house, there was no way to be spared.
And in the DPRK and China, there were also several officials who were also beheaded all over the house, and Gyeonggi suddenly changed color.
The people are still the same, for them just a few more things to talk about after dinner. And for the ministers of the court, it does have a great impact.
The ministers who used to stand on King Xiang's side were uprooted by Emperor Chengwu in a short period of time. The rest of the people who have had contact with King Xiang and have been close to each other have been holding their tails and not daring to act in a high-profile manner. For fear of being remembered by Emperor Chengwu, his head will not be protected.
And King Liang and King Rui both rapidly expanded their spheres of influence at this time, trying their best to win over the ministers in the court. If they don't dare to do this, they only dare to carry out it in secret, and they are all cautious. I was afraid of being seen by Emperor Cheng Wu, after all, after this incident, Emperor Cheng Wu also became more dissent.
If something didn't go well, he would be suppressed in every way, and after returning from the paddock, Emperor Chengwu was also seriously ill, and his body was declining day by day. The young and strong sons of the face will always rise in their hearts that they want to seize their throne, and under a depression, they turn to the harem instead, and work the beauties of the harem, and they are never tired of it.
Whenever he fell in love with his concubines, Emperor Chengwu always felt that his body was full of vitality again. The whole person is a few years younger, and his body is a lot easier, and over time, he continues to indulge in desires, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Emperor Chengwu is just a strong outsider, and his body is getting worse and worse.
In addition, after consuming pills all year round, the body has been hollowed out......
However, even if others thought so in their hearts, they didn't dare to say a few more words in front of Emperor Chengwu, for fear that their words would bring them to death.
Because there was a little eunuch who had been waiting for Emperor Chengwu for a long time, and when he saw that Emperor Chengwu was tired, he kindly persuaded him. But Emperor Chengwu felt that he had something to say, so he directly ordered him to be killed with a cane, and also summoned the palace maids and eunuchs from various palaces to watch.
I heard that the eunuch had been beaten to a bloody pulp, because when Emperor Chengwu gave the order, he said that he was beaten to death with a stick, so there was no place in his body that was good, and when the eunuch was breathless, Emperor Chengwu still did not let the executioner stop. It is said that the palace maids and eunuchs who saw that scene that day all vomited en masse......
At this point, whether it is the court or the harem, everyone is panicked, for fear that the next person to die will be themselves. If it's okay to die happily, it's okay to be tortured slowly, and that's the most painful.
After Emperor Chengwu came back, not only did Lei Li deal with the rebellious party, but also rewarded many people, including Ye Zimo, who had made a meritorious contribution to saving the driver this time. So the one who has been in the limelight recently is Ye Zimo.
Although he does not have the credit for saving the driver this time, Ye Zimo will also be added to the rank when he comes back this time. For no other reason, just his contribution to guarding the frontier is enough to make him promoted.
So Ye Zimo has also become one of the popular people in Gyeonggi.
And the second person to be rewarded was Marquis Ning Yuan, which made the people in the court very puzzled. Because Emperor Chengwu usually had only one attitude towards Ning Yuanhou, and that was to suppress it.
Therefore, everyone else felt that Marquis Ning Yuan was about to decline, and he had become a thorn in the emperor's side, and what else could he do. It's just that Marquis Ning Yuan's support has been struggling before, so that Marquis Ningyuan's Mansion has not fallen too quickly.
For Ning Yuanhou's reward this time, most people are adhering to a wait-and-see attitude. Who knows if Emperor Chengwu really wants to reuse Ning Yuanhou, and the net is to block other people's mouths?
After all, it was Marquis Ning Yuan who killed the assassin eunuch before, and also found out the murderer behind it, if he didn't say anything, it would inevitably chill others.
But as soon as they heard Emperor Chengwu's reward, those people couldn't laugh.
What the? Chang Zimao? Feng Chang Zimiao was appointed as a squire of the military department?!!
To say that although this Chang Zihao is the eldest son of the Marquis of Ning Yuan, there should be no one in the court who does not know him. However, because of the appearance of the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion in the early years, although this Chang Zimiao was an official in the court, it was just a fictitious position, he had no real power at all, and his official position was not high.
In addition, he is low-key and rarely socializes with others, so he really has no sense of existence. Just like when Emperor Chengwu asked people to announce the decree, many of them didn't react. Everyone wondered, who is this Chang Zimiao?
But when they thought about it, they found that Emperor Chengwu also had other deep meanings. It stands to reason that Marquis Ning Yuan has a meritorious role in saving the driver, and this Emperor Chengwu wants to reward Marquis Ning Yuan.
It's just that if the Marquis of Ning Yuan is rewarded, the other ministers won't feel strange.
After all, this Marquis Ning Yuan has long been the position of the Hou Ye, and his official position has also reached the top, so there is no way to continue to be promoted. And he still has a little bit of men and horses in his hands, and it is even more impossible for Emperor Chengwu to hand over the military power to him, if it is really handed over, they may have to wonder if the person sitting above is really Emperor Chengwu.
Since there is no way to do the first two, it is the third one. That is, money beauties, but these Ning Yuanhou are not lacking, so it doesn't make much difference whether they are rewarded or not.
According to the past, Emperor Chengwu rewarded him, even if you don't need it, you have to accept it with gratitude. Because this is the emperor's reward, how the emperor wants to reward you is up to him, and it is not the turn of others to put their beaks.
But this time he found a different way, which surprised the other ministers, but made Ning Yuanhou happy in his heart.
Emperor Chengwu credited Chang Zimiao with the credit for this time, which means that Emperor Chengwu will not continue to suppress their Hou Mansion, but will reuse it.
Otherwise, he can also give another false position to Chang Zimiao, which can be regarded as a reward.
This soldier is a big fat man, and he has real power. Moreover, after the last smuggling of weapons, many people in the military department were dismissed, and the position of the military department was extremely vacant.
Of course, this is also the position that King Liang and King Rui must fight for, but they didn't expect their side to quarrel, and Emperor Chengwu turned around and sealed the position of the waiter to Chang Zimiao, making them touch their noses......
The reason why Emperor Chengwu gave the position of the soldier to Chang Zimiao was partly because Marquis Ning Yuan was saved from the paddock and said those words. At that time, his suspicions had been dispelled a lot.
And then there's his performance. After all these years of suppression, Marquis Ning Yuan has been very docile, no matter what, he will obey his will, and he will not disobey him. This also made him very satisfied.
In addition, when the paddock was surrounded, Emperor Chengwu suddenly realized that he didn't have many people to trust. Although he has always felt that as long as he holds the military power in his hands, then his position will be stable, and no one will be able to shake it. But he forgot the most important thing, and that was that there were no available people.
There is no military power, but there is no one who can reuse it, which makes Emperor Chengwu also anxious.
Emperor Chengwu also knew that these ministers, who seemed to be gentle and obedient on the surface, were just afraid of their own authority, and they did not really obey themselves. In the imperial tent, he sensed that many of them did not really work for him at all.
So after he came back, he thought about it for a long time, and he was also looking for someone who was more loyal to him as an emperor. During this period, he also knew that King Yu Rui of Liang was expanding his power and had been arguing for a long time over the position of the squire of the military department.
How could Emperor Chengwu let the position of the soldier be re-installed and enter their people. So after thinking about it, I also feel that Chang Zimiao is the best candidate.
When the decree was promulgated, Ning Yuanhou was grateful, and Chang Zimiao's incredulous appearance made Emperor Chengwu very useful, the more they couldn't believe it, the more grateful they were, and Emperor Chengwu felt that his approach was extremely wise.
If it is said that Chang Zimiao was surprised by the ministers by being named the squire of the military department, then Emperor Chengwu rewarded Xin Yan, which made them unbelievable.
Not only was it given to Xin Yan's mansion, but the queen also made an exception to accept Xin Yan as a righteous daughter, the same as the princess!
As soon as the news came out, the court exploded.
What's going on? A businessman was even accepted as a righteous daughter by the queen, even if she didn't have a title, she was as valuable as a princess. After all, the queen's daughter is a noble princess of the first rank of Dajin. The daughters born to other concubines are also princesses, but they are also very different.
In any case, it can be regarded as the daughter of a concubine. If you want to talk about dignity, it is naturally the queen's daughter who is noble.
The ministers mobilized their contacts in the palace one after another, in order to inquire clearly what was going on and why Emperor Chengwu made this will.
In fact, whether Xin Yan was rewarded with a mansion or accepted as a righteous daughter by the queen, although these were supreme rewards on the surface, they ministers, would not have any opinions on this. After all, it's all a false name.
But what they couldn't bear was that they didn't know the ins and outs of this matter at all. They believed that something must have happened for Emperor Chengwu to make such a decision.
They didn't believe Emperor Cheng Wu at all, and the queen loved Xin Yan, so she would be accepted as a righteous daughter. After all, Xin Yan's identity is also low, even if the queen insists on going her own way, this kind of will should be issued by the queen, not by Emperor Chengwu, unless, this is what Emperor Chengwu himself meant.
They were all very interested in why Emperor Chengwu made this will...... Maybe they can get something out of it.