Zongren Mansion, founded in Hongwu three years, was originally named Dazong Zhengyuan, Hongwu twenty-two years, renamed Zongren Mansion. As its name suggests, it is in charge of the birth of the children of the clan, the succession of titles, marriages, funerals and other matters, and at the same time, the emperor must also pass through the Zongren Mansion. In addition, the Zongren Mansion is also responsible for selecting outstanding talents in the clan for appointment by the imperial court; At the same time, it is also necessary to collect the sins of the unworthy descendants of the clan for the emperor to adjudicate.

In order to create the iron bucket of the Wandai country, Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to the Zongren Mansion, and appointed Zhu Zhang, the King of Qin, as the Zongling, Zhu Di, the King of Jin, and Zhu Di, the King of Yan, as the left and right Zongzheng, and Zhu Hu, the King of Zhou, and Zhu Zhen, the King of Chu, as the left and right Zongren, and jointly took charge of the Zongren Mansion. However, with the inauguration of the kings, the Zongren Mansion gradually declined, leaving only some officials who were responsible for recording the birth, old age, sickness and death, weddings, funerals, and marriages of the clan.

Listening to the sound of horses' hooves outside the car, Zhu Yunxi regretted it for a while, Zhu Yunxi reacted so quickly and so resolutely, because of such a "trivial matter" as falling into the water, he demoted himself to house arrest and deprived of guards, which greatly surprised him. However, the imperial brother has already doubted himself, and I am afraid that there will be no good fruit to eat in Kaifeng, alas......

"Lord Wang, the Zongren Mansion has arrived, please get off!"

Before the carriage stopped, he heard Ji Gang shouting outside to get off, Zhu Yunxi frowned in disgust, this Ji Gang is just a fallen talent, a letter to the emperor's brother's heart, he was promoted to the deputy director of the investigation department of the fourth grade, and this person did not disappoint the imperial brother, he put on a loyal dog posture everywhere, and did things mercilessly, so he was not afraid of dying well?

But I'm afraid I'm not qualified to say such things! Thinking of his situation, Zhu Yunxi smiled bitterly, calmed down, and slowly got out of the carriage. Zhu Yunxi turned his head slightly, looked around, Ji Gang was standing at the door of the carriage, surrounded by security guards in blue suits, and at the gate of the Zongren Mansion stood two young men in princely crown clothes, it was Zhu Song, the king of Han, and Zhu Ying, the king of An, who had not yet become a vassal. Zhu Yunxi hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Yunxi has seen two uncles!" ”

"Yunxi, get up!" King Han was stunned for a moment, but he didn't move his steps, just greeted him from a distance, and King An was the same, and his face was a little stiff.

"Hehe, the two princes, the last general was ordered to escort the king of Taiwan to the Zongren Mansion to study, and now that the person has been delivered, the last general will leave!"

"Well, there's General Lao Ji." King Han smiled slightly and nodded.

……

After Ji Gang left, King Han and King An led Zhu Yunxi into the gate of the Zongren Mansion, and the three of them passed through the hall of the front office and came to a small courtyard in the backyard, there were only two guards guarding the door, they saw the three princes, and quickly knelt down to give a salute, Zhu Yunxi took out two gold leaves from his arms and threw them gently, the two guards were stunned for a moment, and they didn't know what to do.

Han Wang Zhu Song said softly: "This is the reward of the King of Taiwan, don't hurry up and thank you!" ”

The two guards glanced at each other and said in unison, "King Xie Tai's reward!" Then the gold leaf was put away.

After entering the house, Han Wang Zhu Songping retired from the eunuch who was serving, looked around, and then said in a low voice: "Yunxi, this is where you study, I and your Uncle An sent someone to clean up, but the environment is simple, Yunxi, you will just take a break." ”

"Two Uncle Wang, thank you." Zhu Yunxi looked around, it was indeed relatively simple, but it was very tidy, and there was a charcoal fire in the house, which was very warm, and he hurriedly thanked the two uncles.

Due to their age, King Han, King An and Zhu Yunxi have a very good relationship, especially since Zhu Yunxi became a vassal, they have sent a lot of gifts to the two kings every once in a while, so the relationship between the three is even closer.

But at this moment, King Han and King An didn't know what to say.

Looking at the embarrassed looks of the two uncles, Zhu Yunxi suddenly laughed: "Yunxi's law is not strict, which will cause a big disaster; The emperor's small punishments and big commandments are all for the sake of Yun Xi, and the two uncles don't have to worry. ”

"Okay," King An Zhu Ying observed Zhu Yunxi's expression, sighed and said: "Yunxi, although I and your Uncle Han Wang are not very capable, small things can still be done, if you need our help, just say it." ”

"Well," Zhu Yunxi thought for a while, and finally said: "My nephew is nothing here, but I'm a little worried about my nephew's family, Zhou Xin, Hu Ying, and Ji Gang are not good people, I'm afraid that the princess will be wronged." ”

"Smack!" King Han slapped the table heavily: "Yunxi, don't worry, if your nephew and daughter-in-law are missing a single hair, and your uncle will blame the emperor, he will definitely behead Zhou Xin, so you don't have to worry!" ”

"Brother Twenty doesn't have to be so excited, we will enter the palace in a while and meet the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother will definitely have some arrangements, with her old man coming forward, Zhou Xin and others dare not make a mistake!" King An shook his head and said.

"Thank you two uncles for that!"

"Yunxi, you're so polite!"

The three chatted for a while, and King Han and King An said goodbye to Zhu Yunxi and left the Zongren Mansion.

Not long after, Huang Zicheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Wu Yunli, the chief eunuch of Cining Palace, came to the Zongren Mansion to visit Zhu Yunxi. Seeing the arrival of the two, Zhu Yun cried bitterly, saying that he was wronged, while Wu Yunli and Huang Zicheng comforted him and asked him not to think about it.

After a long time, Wu Yunli and Huang Zicheng said goodbye to Zhu Yunxi and rushed to the Taiwang Mansion to comfort the princess Zhao and others.

That night, Zhu Yunxi tossed and turned, but he couldn't sleep, and he felt deep regret. In his impression, his elder brother Zhu Yunwen is an indecisive and soft-hearted person, since he ascended the throne, he has abolished torture such as Ling Chi and beheading, and the major crime of rebellion only affects the three clans; And he pays attention to evidence in everything, and would rather let it go than kill by mistake. All this gave Zhu Yunxi an illusion that as long as he did it secretly, his brother couldn't grasp the handle, so he had no way to take it.

Therefore, in Zhu Yunxi's heart, some people look down on his brother Zhu Yunxi, and some are even more indignant. If his mother doesn't die early, then he will be a righteous prince, but it's a pity......

King Yan's rebellion actually had a precursor, but his brother was indecisive and did not deal with it decisively, which eventually caused a catastrophe; Moreover, in the process of counterinsurgency, he was very conservative, and did not adopt the correct strategy of Cao Guogong directly attacking Beiping, and adopted the so-called strategy of dividing troops and attacking together, which led to the protracted counterinsurgency, and in the end it was just a fluke victory.

After the rebellion, there was no rest and recuperation, but the army was raised year after year, the army was exhausted, and the "country of non-conquest" of the first emperor was conquered.

Coupled with the praise of many officials, Zhu Yunxi was a little hot-headed, and felt that his brother Zhu Yunxi was vulnerable, and it seemed that as long as he ascended to the heights, he could gather in response to overthrow Zhu Yunwen and become the emperor himself.

For this great and lofty goal, Zhu Yunxi has made a lot of preparations, but all of this has been completely shattered today by a light and fluttering holy decree far away in Kaifeng, and now he is under house arrest in this small courtyard, without any ability to resist.

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Investigations Division.

Zhou Xin frowned, stared at Hu Ying and said, "Master Hu, have you checked it all?" Confirmed? ”

"Lord Hui, it has been confirmed that there are indeed two people in the Taiwang Mansion whose whereabouts are unknown, one is Master Gu Zhengben, and the other is the servant Fan Zhongguang."

"Is there no trace left?" Zhou Xinhu asked suspiciously.

"This, it's really not," Hu Ying hesitated for a moment, and said: "I thought that they probably left the palace at night, and we were just monitoring at that time, and we didn't block the palace, so we gave them a chance, and the lowly position should be damned!" ”

"Well," Zhou Xin responded, but instead of getting angry, he paced, and suddenly turned around and said, "Hehe, it's good, it's good, they escaped well!" ”

"What does this mean, sir?" Hu Ying was a little puzzled, and Ji Gang also looked at Zhou Xin suspiciously.

"It's very simple," Zhou Xin clasped his hands behind his back and said lightly: "This shows that the mastermind of the rebellion is likely to be someone else." ”

"What do you mean?"

"If King Tai is the mastermind, why did this Gu Zhengben and Fan Zhongguang run? You know, the king of Taiwan was not condemned at that time, and besides, after so many days, where can they go? ”

"That's right," Ji Gang slapped his thigh: "My lord, what should we do next?" ”

"The whole city is under martial law, a big search, they must be caught!"

"Yes!"