It has been six years since Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, but it is the first time to reveal his heart in front of his courtiers, although there are still certain flaws in its logic, but if there is no problem with its premise, then territorial expansion is inevitable, but with only these few words, it is still too early to persuade Yu Xin and Zhuo Jing to support changing the national policy of the first emperor and carrying out territorial expansion. But Zhu Yunwen's perspective on the problem gave them a lot of touch, so they all fell silent and fell into thought; And Zhu Yunwen also carefully tested the learning progress of his son Zhu Wenkui, but under cross-examination, Zhu Yunwen frowned a little, he found that Zhu Wenkui's literary literacy is good, for an eight-year-old child, it can be said that he is outstanding, but his knowledge of mathematics and physics is very little, and under interrogation, he knew that Fang Xiaoru strongly advocated it, and persuaded the queen Ma Hui to greatly reduce the learning time of mathematics and the like, Zhu Wenkui spent most of his time reading and reciting the Four Books and Five Classics, so he had no time to learn other things.

After Zhuo Jing and Yu Xin got off the dragon chariot, they found that the other officials had not returned, so they hurriedly sent someone to inquire, only to know that the civil and military officials were watching the prisoners who had returned at the city gate, which was said to be an order from the emperor and a decree issued by Liu Zhen, the chief eunuch of the eunuch. Yu Xin and Zhuo Jing glanced at each other, didn't say anything, and went back to their yamen, read the treasury files, and digest the emperor's words today, which is related to the national policy of the Ming Dynasty, and they can't be ignored at all.

……

"Jingchang, why are you dressed like this? Don't? ”

Xu Jingchang, who was dressed in filial piety and had a full face, raised his head, looked at Xu Miaojin with a surprised face, and cried out with a "wow": "Auntie, aunt, you are finally back, your father has passed away!" ”

"What? How can it be? Like a lightning strike, Xu Miaojin's body staggered, and she couldn't help grabbing Xu Jingchang's shoulder: "Jingchang, what's going on?" Okay, how could the fourth brother pass away suddenly? ”

"Auntie, my father was killed by Zhang Kai's dog thief!"

"Zhang Kai?" Xu Miaojin felt that this name was a little familiar, and was thinking about it, but he heard a "plop" behind him, it turned out that Xu Yihua heard the news of Xu Zengshou's death, and was excited for a while, and fainted, because the maid next to him was listening to Xu Jingchang talking, and he didn't hold it for a while, and as a result, Xu Yihua was thrown to the ground hard......

"Third brother, what's going on? How could the fourth brother die? ”

Looking at his tear-stained sister, Xu Yingxu retreated from everyone, sighed, and said, "Miaojin, our Xu family is about to be in trouble!" ”

“……”

"Before dawn yesterday morning, Ji Gang of the Security Department brought someone to the door, holding the prince's will, to arrest the rebel Song Tianyuan, and the third brother did not dare to stop it. It's just that what the third brother didn't expect was that Ji Gang grabbed Song Tianyuan and didn't let go, and actually wanted to take away your fourth brother, saying that he was also against the party! ”

"Of course I didn't do it, but I didn't expect Ji Gang to launch a witness, which was a guard that Yan Yi gave to Zengshou at the beginning, named Zhang Kai."

"When Zengshou saw Zhang Kai, he blurted out: 'Why aren't you dead yet?' Zhang Kai immediately knelt on the ground, crying bitterly, saying that he was sorry for the general, and ruined the general's big thing, but it was really a last resort, the king of Taiwan had been imprisoned, and the rebellion could not succeed, please forgive him. ”

Zeng Shou was immediately furious, saying that Zhang Kai slandered him, and he was about to kill Zhang Kai when he pulled out his sword, Zhang Kai hurriedly dodged and escaped, but Zeng Shou was quickly forced by the people of the Security Division and got off the weapon. As a last resort, he turned to Ji Gang and said, "Master Ji, I can go with you, but I want to see the emperor, or the crown prince!" ’”

Ji Gang sneered and said, "Xu Zengshou, do you think you are still the governor of the second grade?" Now you're just a commoner, and you still want to see the emperor? Dream on! ’”

At that time, Zengshou's expression was a little strange, a little angry, and accompanied by some contempt, but he didn't continue to argue with Ji Gang, but turned his head to look at me, smiling and telling me not to worry, as long as the emperor returns to Beijing, everything will fall into place, and the emperor will return him to a clean slate. But before I could answer, that Zhang Kai took advantage of the effort to increase his longevity and turned his head, suddenly pulled out the long knife of a guard next to him, and stabbed it into the chest of Zengshou. ”

"I hurriedly hugged Zengshou and called the doctor frantically, but it was too late, Zengshou only said three words in my ear: 'Looking for the emperor's ......' and died."

"Zengshou died, I wanted to kill Zhang Kai to avenge him, but I was stopped by Ji Gang, he said that Zhang Kai was an important prisoner, and he couldn't die yet, but he would eventually give Xu Fu an explanation. I had no choice but to watch Ji Gang take Zhang Kai and Song Tianyuan away. ”

"Zengshou died, and the house was in chaos, so I hurriedly sent someone to send a letter to my eldest brother, saying about Zengshou, and asked him to hurry back to Beijing to preside over the overall situation. And I, who had planned to settle everything, would go into the palace to sue the royal court and ask for an explanation for increasing longevity. But I didn't expect that before I could go out, the palace sent a brocade guard to convey the prince's will, so that I could stay in the mansion for funerals, and I didn't have to go to the governor's mansion for the time being; He also ordered that no one else was allowed to leave the house, and no one was allowed to leave the capital. ”

"Did you say that the will will give our Xu family an explanation?"

"Nope!"

Xu Miaojin pressed her eyebrows, feeling that something was a little big. When he was in Beijing, the emperor punished the fourth brother who had made great contributions with the big thing of sesame mung beans, severely punished thirty military sticks, and ordered him to return to Beijing with injuries to think about it, from this point of view, it is normal for the fourth brother to have grievances, but will he really rebel? Can't he let go of King Yan?

There is also that Zhang Kai, who is the guard given by King Yan to the fourth brother, must be King Yan's henchman, but after the defeat of King Yan, Zhang Kai and several others are nowhere to be found, I thought that the fourth brother disposed of them, but I didn't expect that they were still alive, considering that the fourth brother and the king of Taiwan were on the island of Taiwan at that time, it seems that everything is logical. But now that the fourth brother is dead, it is difficult to tell the truth of the matter, and once the charge of rebellion is confirmed, the Xu family will not be able to escape the catastrophe.

Judging from the reaction of the palace, things are even worse, it seems that the palace has listened to Zhang Kai's statement and decided that the fourth brother participated in the rebellion.

Alas, what should be done about this?

Qianqing Palace.

Looking at Wang Du, Ji Gang and others kneeling on the ground, Zhu Yunwen was furious: "Wang Du, the reason why Xu Zengshou was punished and returned to Beijing is not clear to others, don't you know it either?" ”

"Back to the emperor, although Xu Zengshou has received a holy order, this does not mean that he is not against the party. Back then, it was a conclusive fact that he colluded with Yan Wei and leaked information about Beijing; In addition, judging from the confession of the rebel party who searched the old house of Liangguo Gong Lanyu and arrested, it is also true that the king of Taiwan conspired against him, and Zhang Kai, the guard that Yan Wei gave to Xu Zengshou, was also among them, according to his confession, it was Xu Zengshou who sent him to the side of the king of Taiwan to facilitate contact, from this point of view, Xu Zengshou was not wronged; In the end, he brought the traitor Song Tianyuan into the mansion, whether he obeyed the holy order to inquire about the news, or pushed the boat to rebel, it is impossible to determine. ”

"However, when he learned the news of the anti-party, didn't he immediately pass on the news?"

"That's true, but the minister thinks that this is exactly his cunning, he sees that the so-called rebellion cannot succeed, because the emperor Shengming has already seen the opportunity, so he immediately betrayed Song Tianyuan. However, at the same time as he sent a letter to the Intelligence Department, he also sent a letter to Xu Huizu in Hangzhou, and the letter was intercepted by the Security Department, which is evidence of his rebellion. ”

"How so?" Zhu Yunwen took the intercepted letter: "This is exactly the same as the news he sent to the Intelligence Department!" ”

This is the biggest problem, it is impossible for anyone to write a letter word for word, these two letters are exactly the same, indicating that Xu Zengshou first wrote a letter, and then copied one as it was. Why would he do that? Why be so cautious? This shows even more that this letter is extraordinary. ”

"Xu Huizu is located in Hangzhou, a stone's throw away from Beijing, once there is a change, not only will the Beijing division be turbulent, but the world will be shaken."

"Do you suspect Xu Huizu of rebellion? This is impossible, impossible, I still have trust in Xu Huizu, and when Yan rebelled against me, he was also on my side. ”

"At this time and that time, Xu Huizu made some military exploits in the process of quelling the chaos, but the rewards were far less than those of Yiguo Gong and Licheng Hou, and it is likely that he had a grudge in his heart. This time, he ordered the arrest of Li Jinglong, but Li Jinglong mysteriously disappeared during the escort process, and finally appeared in the chaotic army that attacked His Majesty, which cannot but make people doubt Xu Huizu's loyalty. ”

“……”

"Is there such a possibility, Xu Zengshou, Xu Huizu and the anti-party have long colluded, so after Xu Huizu arrested Li Jinglong, he immediately sent someone to notify the anti-party, and ordered him to rob Li Jinglong halfway, Li Jinglong immediately rushed to the vicinity of Liuhe to arrange an ambush for the holy car; And Xu Huizu sat in Hangzhou, waiting for news, once there was a change in the Beijing division, he would immediately start an army from Hangzhou to plot rebellion. ”

"However, Xu Huizu's arrival in Hangzhou is my arrangement, he will not think of it in advance, and besides, Hangzhou Dusi will not follow him to make trouble, right?"

"The Xu family is the founding father, Xu Huizu also went to Zhejiang and Fujian many times to train troops to guard against the Japanese invaders, although its prestige is not enough to mobilize the army to plot chaos, but in the case of the great changes in Beijing, it is not impossible!"

"So when Xu Zengshou found out that the plot would fail, he sent a letter to Xu Huizu, which was actually reminding him not to act rashly!"