Chapter 39: The Secret Fight

As soon as Shengwang Yang Ming said this, all the princes couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly looked at Emperor Fu secretly with their eyes, wanting to understand his thoughts from the expression on his face, so as to determine their attitude. But they were all disappointed, because Fu Huang's face was still so calm that he didn't give them any clues.

Seeing that Yang Ming actually risked offending his father and asked Emperor Fu to release his mother for himself, Yang Yun was very moved, he cast a grateful look at Yang Ming, and then knelt in front of Emperor Fu without saying a word. Because he thinks that at this time, everything he says is superfluous, and he can only show his attitude with actions.

"Father! This must not be done, the emperor's prestige must not be violated, and if she makes a mistake, she must suffer the consequences. Seeing that Emperor Fu didn't speak for a long time, Prince Yang Yue hurriedly came out and said loudly.

At this time, several princes or princesses stood up to speak, some in favor of the crown prince and some in favor of the king. It's just strange that the second prince Yang Xian and the third prince Yang Guang didn't say a word.

When the princes and princesses expressed their opinions, Emperor Fu just looked at them quietly, without saying a word, and when everyone finished speaking, they all stared at themselves, Emperor Fu said with a calm face: "I have my own decision on this matter, and I must not discuss this matter in the future." With that, he ignored everyone and turned around and left.

After the third day of the new year, the activities arranged by the palace just ended, and the important figures in the court and China began to greet each other's New Year's greetings. During this period, he only participated in the New Year's banquet of King Sheng's Mansion once, which was regarded as an official meeting with King Sheng's forces.

There were not so many ushers and send-offs, Yang Yun was also happy to be idle, invited the backbone of the four departments to have a meal, took out a large amount of money, and rewarded the personnel of various departments who have contributed in all aspects this year. The current Yang Yun is no longer the shy thirteen princes in his pocket, and the income of the three tribes of the lion, cheetah and flying eagle is enough to form an army of one or two thousand people.

In the past few days after the Chinese New Year, the Dafu Dynasty has been calm, but I didn't expect that on the fifth day of the first lunar month, the first early dynasty of the new year, a major event happened. More than a dozen imperial historians of Dafu jointly wrote a letter, asking Emperor Fu to depose the prince and establish another virtuous man.

The reasons put forward by the imperial historians for deposing the prince are: first, the prince, as the eldest brother, did not play the role of the eldest brother, could not teach the princes for his father, nor could he set an example for the younger brothers and sisters in words and deeds, and often bullied his own brothers roughly.

Second, misbehaved, often drunk in the prince's mansion and indulged in singing and dancing all day long. Lustful, forcibly married, and robbed.

Third, the pursuit of pleasure, the prince's mansion is extremely luxurious, the utensils in the mansion are too luxurious, extravagant on weekdays, and the daily expenses are huge, which is not in line with the emperor's thrifty way.

Fourth, as a prince, I don't know what to think about the people. There is no talent for the king, and he usually only eats, drinks and has fun, and does not think about the way to be a king. He has been the crown prince for more than ten years, and he has no obvious merits, and there is a big gap between him and other princes.

Fifth, he made friends with a large group of officials and brought them to his side and made a wish for them to be crowned officials. Cracking down on officials who have different political views from him is seriously inconsistent with Emperor Fu's idea of accepting the opinions of his ministers.

Each of these five "crimes" has witness evidence, although each of them is not enough to regret Yang Yue's position as the prince. Yes, the five "crimes" added together are a bit serious, and in addition, more than a dozen imperial historians jointly signed a letter, which undoubtedly aggravates the impact a lot.

In the court, when he suddenly received such a recital, Emperor Fu's face turned pale, he thought about it for a long time, and left a sentence: "Let's discuss it later!" ”。

However, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, a number of officials from the Ministry of Rites participated in the prince's book, seconding the recital of the imperial history, saying that the prince led a large number of gentlemen, making them unmotivated and corrupting the atmosphere of the court.

This made his father furious, reprimanding these officials for not thinking about their duties and overstepping their authority to discuss royal private affairs. However, most of these imperial historians are literati, twisted, old, and have no desire for official positions, so they dare to argue with reason, thinking that the prince is just a major matter of the family and the country. was so angry that he dragged them out of the court.

The imperial history and the Ministry of Rites joined the crown prince together, which made everyone in the court and China talk about it. Because many people know that many people in the imperial history want King Lisheng to be the crown prince, and most of the officials of the Ministry of Rites support King Xiang. Could it be that these two forces are going to unite and deal with the prince together?

Of course, the princelings were not to be outdone, and the Criminal Department was the first to attack, and Liao Cheng, the general of Xuanwei who was pro-Shengwang, was found to be corrupt and cut to the people. And the wife and brother of Wang Wen, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, had an argument with someone in the Qinglou, and accidentally injured someone's life, and was sentenced to be beheaded after the autumn.

The victorious king's people also took action, and the elder brother of the prince's nurse, relying on his sister's relationship with the prince, snatched the neighbor's land, causing the neighbor's old mother to hang herself. The local government arbitrarily decided the case, not only did not punish the culprits, but also awarded them land.

After receiving the news, King Katsu immediately inquired into the matter and arrested the evil rumor and put him in prison.

And it was Yang Yun who provided clues to Yang Ming, the king of victory. The elder brother of the prince's nurse, who was drinking in a brothel run by the Flying Eagle Department, was drunk under the stab of the Cheetah Department's high alcohol, and told the girl who accompanied him about it.

The elder brother of the prince's nurse, although he is not an official, as the prince, he can't even protect the nurse well, which will chill the people in the prince's camp.

In order to strike at each other, the three major forces have suffered considerable losses.

For a time, the DPRK and China immediately became treacherous, and the officials of the DPRK and China were discussing a lot, and the officials belonging to the three groups of the crown prince, the prime minister, and the victorious king were busy secretly collecting evidence from the other side, trying to suppress the arrogance of the opponent.

In front of him, the battle of the smokeless people was about to become more and more intense, and Emperor Fu finally made a move, and vigorously revoked several third- and fourth-grade officials belonging to the three forces. When the three princes saw that Emperor Fu was angry, they immediately became honest.

Yang Yun did not participate in this open and secret battle, not because he stayed out of the matter, but because he almost did not face his own officials in the court, and he really did not have the ability to help.

In the past few days, Yang Yun continued to "write" the later chapters of "The Stone Record", and Chi Li and Yang Ying took the manuscript and also started to publicize, print and sell related matters.

In addition, Yang Yun also focused on Zheng Xiaoqi's newly opened casino. Not to mention, Zheng Xiaoqi and the three of them are really good at this business, with Yan Feifei's secret support, they quickly eliminated or annexed several nearby gangs, owned a piece of their own territory, and attracted more than 600 people to join their gang.

After the situation stabilized, the three of them opened several casinos in their own territory, and some prominent figures in the fist and official faces acquiesced, and the business of the casino soon became popular.

Yang Yun quietly walked around Zheng Xiaoqi's several casinos a few times, and was very satisfied with the current situation. Unexpectedly, the homeless boy he accepted at will was actually a talent, and in such a short period of time, he secretly developed an important force for himself.

didn't want people to have a relationship with Zheng Xiaoqi, so Yang Yun found Yan Feifei and asked him to tell Zheng Xiaoqi that in addition to earning silver taels, their main task was to collect useful information from the lower levels of society.

At the same time, Yang Yun also taught Yan Feifei to use Arabic numerals, and told Yan Feifei about his post-social lottery business model, and asked her to transfer these things to Zheng Xiaoqi, so that he could make up the lottery of this era.