"Your Highness, Lord Qu asks to see you!"

Zhu Youlang's personal eunuch Lu Ge said respectfully.

Zhu Youlang was overjoyed when he heard this.

I'm really looking forward to something. If you want to say who Zhu Youlang wants to see most now, it must be Qu Shiyun.

Qu Shiyun was the highest-ranking official among the officials that Zhu Youlang had direct access to, and he was also the first to support Zhu Youlang's seizure of the throne, and Zhu Youlang regarded him as his own Zhang Liang Xiao He.

He hurried down the attic, and trotted out of his manners.

Compared to other princes' mansions, King Gui's mansion is not large.

This is not because King Gui and his family are not welcomed, but because they fled to Guangxi.

How could a palace built in a hurry be perfect. However, there are still major palaces.

The people in the palace all knew the relationship between Qu Shiyun and his own prince, so naturally they didn't dare to slack off. At this moment, Qu Shiyun was resting and drinking tea in the side hall.

Seeing His Royal Highness King Gui coming in a hurry, Qu Shiyun hurriedly got up to greet him.

"The minister Qu Shiyun greeted His Royal Highness King Gui, the prince is a thousand years old."

Qu Shiyun bowed to Zhu Youlang, and Zhu Youlang smiled and helped him up.

"Mr. Qu, this king was just thinking about you, I didn't expect you to come."

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang once issued a holy decree, requiring hundreds of officials to kneel and bow when they met the prince. Even if it is an official residence, you have to kneel and kowtow obediently.

But now it is no longer the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, regardless of the military attaché, the status of civil officials has reached its peak, even the Son of Heaven is ruling the world with scholars. The civil officials are not even afraid of the Son of Heaven, will they be afraid of just a vassal king?

It is very rare for Qu Shiyun to be able to salute Zhu Youlang like this.

Zhu Youlang naturally would not be harsh on this kind of thing, and took the initiative to give Qu Shiyun a seat.

"Lord Wang, the minister is here to report to the prince."

Qu Shiyun said unhurriedly.

"Oh? But there is news from Fujian? ”

Although there are also people in Guiwang's Mansion who go to Fujian, Qu Shiyun is definitely not idle.

Looking at Qu Shiyun's posture, he should have eyebrows.

"Not really." Qu Shiyun paused, and then continued: "It's Ding Kuichu, he relented." ”

Zhu Youlang was disappointed when he heard the first half of the sentence, but he couldn't help but lift his spirits when he heard the second half of the sentence.

"Why did that guy suddenly change his temper?"

In Zhu Youlang's view, Ding Kuichu is tantamount to an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for many years. This kind of person is not obvious, and he will never take the initiative to jump out when he looks slow on weekdays.

This is also the reason why Zhu Youlang knocked on the side several times and wanted Ding Kuichu to express his position, but Ding Kuichu has always had an ambiguous attitude.

But what's wrong today, Ding Kuichu actually let go?

Zhu Youlang still felt a little incredulous, he paused and said, "Is it because of Fujian?" ”

Qu Shiyun nodded and said, "The prince is wise." Although Chen has not yet obtained conclusive evidence, an informant reported that Ding Kuichu has been in contact with Zheng Zhilong recently. ”

I see!

Zhu Youlang suddenly realized.

If so, this would explain it.

Ding Kuichu has been in contact with Zheng Zhilong, and he must have learned about Zheng Zhilong's decision to cooperate with him through conversation, so he simply pierced the layer of window paper.

For Zhu Youlang, this is of course a good thing.

There are never too many allies and supporters.

One Qu Shiyun is not enough, plus Zheng Zhilong and Ding Kuichu are about the same.

Both of them are local powerful factions, and the combined strength of the two provinces has about 200,000, plus the soldiers of Guangxi, they can barely fight with the imperial court.

"Zheng Zhilong, Ding Kuichu..."

Zhu Youlang knocked his fingers repeatedly, muttered for a moment and said, "Since the two of them are on the first line, Ding Kuichu's attitude is Zheng Zhilong's attitude." Now that Guangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian are integrated, Mr. Qu thinks when should he raise troops to clear the king's side? ”

Seeing that Zhu Youlang was so eager, Qu Shiyun hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Lord Wang, this matter must not be rushed." Although the three of us are now allies, we are very loosely connected to each other. If you really want to fight a tough battle, it will definitely not be enough. Moreover, at this time, the imperial court has just won a great victory in Sichuan, and its prestige is at its peak. ”

Qu Shiyun's words are not unreasonable. After all, there is no possibility of turning back after such a thing as rebellion, and if it does not succeed, it will become a benevolent.

It is necessary to be fully prepared.

Let's take the Qingjun side that Zhu Youlang just said, since you are under this banner, you must be able to list the crimes. Didn't Emperor Yongle make a list of Huang Zicheng and other criminal ministers when he was martyred?

And who are you Zhu Youlang going to write about?

"It's not hard. The imperial court won the battle in Sichuan, but it could not change the fact that the emperor was bewitched by traitorous ministers. We can then label the factory guards as traitors. ”

The East Factory, Jinyiwei, and the Inner Factory established later have always been the targets of verbal criticism by civil officials and doctors.

There is certainly no big problem in using them as traitors and verbal criticism.

But Qu Shiyun still felt that this kind of strength was a little insufficient.

"If Your Highness insists on starting an incident as soon as possible, I'm afraid you can't use the banner of Qingjun's side."

Zhu Youlang was stunned.

Qu Shiyun has always supported his decision-making. And now Qu Shiyun is going to openly oppose it?

He was slightly displeased, but he still pressed his temper and asked, "Sir, has a better choice?" ”

Qu Shiyun sighed in his heart. Although His Royal Highness King Gui has a noble bloodline, his heart is still too impatient and not calm enough.

Then let him help King Gui control the rhythm.

"Does Your Highness know the identity of today's son?"

Zhu Youlang frowned when he asked this kind of question: "This is naturally known." The current emperor is the crown prince of Yizong. ”

Qu Shiyun raised his eyebrows and said, "What if he's not?" ”

Zhu Youlang woke up like a dream, and there was a burst of ecstasy in his heart.

Wonderful, wonderful! He hadn't thought of such a good reason.

Compared to it, Qingjun's side is simply not worth mentioning.

The Qing monarch side refers to the fact that the emperor was bewitched by traitors, and the courtiers came forward to eradicate traitors for the emperor, and the emperor himself still did not have too many problems.

But Qu Shiyun means to question Zhu Cihong's true identity and deny the legitimacy of your succession to the unification from the root.

"At the beginning, Emperor Yizong was unable to escape from the siege of Shenjing, and he suffered with the queen, the imperial concubine, and several princes. Why is he the only one who escaped? Maybe he just looks a little similar to Yizong's crown prince. ”

Tsk, now even Zhu Youlang has to admire Qu Shiyun's viciousness.

If the crown prince is fake, the legitimacy of his ascension to the throne naturally does not exist, then Zhu Youlang's army is justified, and if it is replaced, it will maintain the emperor's bloodline.

But why? It's not enough to guess. ”

"You don't need many reasons, just one. If he is really the son of Yizong, how can he reuse and rebel against a group of enemies who killed his father? ”

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