At the end of September, the climate in Beijing is slightly cool, the mountains in the distance are slowly fading green, the roadside and the fields are gradually covered with fallen leaves, but the Qinhuai River still echoes with poignant and amorous songs. It's the harvest season of the year again, whether it's officials, farmers or merchants, they all start to get busy, and the entire Ming Dynasty presents a prosperous scene.

It is estimated that the counterinsurgency in the north will not be able to stop for a while and a half, so Zhu Yunwen ordered the officials of the household department to ensure the work of collecting autumn grain, and at the same time ordered the military department and the governor's office of the five armies to count the grain stocks in various garrisons to facilitate the distribution. At the same time, he ordered the household department to mobilize grain from Henan, Shandong, Liaodong, Suiyuan, Shanxi, and Beiping, but required that the grain from Beiping should be placed in Zhigu first, and then allocated according to the order of Yang Wen, the general soldier of Beiping.

On the lawn in the imperial garden, Zhu Yunwen and Ma Hui held their son Zhu Wenkui's hand and accompanied their son to learn to walk. Zhu Wenkui is almost ten months old, and he can already stand up with something, and he can even stagger two steps with the support of adults, but his body is still too soft, and he will fall if he doesn't pay attention. Looking at the emperor, queen and prince frolicking on the grass, the queen mother sitting next to her was also full of spring breeze, and the one serving by her was Li Yushi, who had already slept and was named a talented person. This little girl is currently the third person in the palace after the queen mother and queen, but she is extremely cautious, without any pride, nor does she oppress the eunuchs and palace maids, and is very respectful to the queen and the queen mother. The queen and the queen mother are very satisfied with her, so she is also the one who serves by the queen mother's side. It's just that when the little girl looked at the three people on the lawn, although she was smiling, there was a trace of imperceptible envy in her eyes.

Seeing that his son had been gone for a while and was a little tired, Zhu Yunwen picked up his son, took the queen's hand, and walked to the lawn to give a salute to the Empress Dowager Lu: "The queen mother, the son is polite." ”

The queen mother stood up with a smile, first wiped the sweat beads on her forehead with a handkerchief, and then handed the handkerchief to Li Yushi, a talented person beside her, and then took Zhu Wenkui with her hand, patted Zhu Wenkui who was screaming, and said with a smile: "Little girl, you are really a troublesome little guy, look, your father and emperor are tired and sweating." ”

Zhu Yunwen wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and chuckled: "Queen Mother, Erchen has been busy recently, and sometimes he neglects to ask the Queen Mother for peace, and it is not strange to ask the Queen Mother." Today is a little more free, so let's hurry up and see Quier and the queen mother. ”

"Hehe, it's okay, Yun Wei, you are the emperor, and dealing with the government is the right thing. Now that you have not been on the throne for a long time, but there is a rebellion in the north, it is normal for you to be busy. Yunwen, you have to remember that you inherited the world of Emperor Taizu, and don't live up to his old man's expectations. ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly knelt down: "Please rest assured that the queen mother, the sons will definitely do their best to live up to the trust of their grandfather and father." ”

"Well, it's good that you have this heart, the queen mother believes in you." The Queen Mother hurriedly helped Zhu Yunwen up.

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Zhu Yunwen chatted with the Queen Mother for a while, and when she was chatting happily, Liu Zhen ran over from a distance, and after saluting everyone, he said: "Your Majesty, Feng Xingjian, Director of the Investigation Department, and Hou Tai, the secretary of the Criminal Department, have something important to ask to see." ”

Zhu Yun paused for a moment and said, "Let them wait for a while, and I will arrive later." Then he saluted the queen mother and said, "Queen Mother, the sons are busy." ”

"Okay, go ahead."

Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yunwen looked at the two kneeling on the ground, his face was pale, and said, "What you said is true?" What evidence is there? ”

Feng Xingjian said in a humble manner: "Your Majesty, although it is only speculation at present, the minister thinks that eight or nine is not far from ten. ”

Hou Tai also said: "The minister thinks the same way. ”

Zhu Yunwen pressed his forehead, fixed his mind, and said, "What do you mean is that Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song Guogong who died a few days ago, is a fake, and the real Feng Sheng has long since disappeared, right?" ”

Hou Tai said: "When the news of King Zhou's rebellion came, and Feng Sheng committed suicide immediately when he heard the news, the minister felt a little strange, even if Princess Zhou was Feng Sheng's daughter, she would be implicated, but it would not be to the point of suicide." Therefore, the minister suspected that there was a problem, and Feng Sheng might also be involved in the rebellion, so the minister found Lord Feng and conducted an investigation. ”

Feng Xingjian continued: "What Lord Hou said, the last general felt that it was very reasonable, so the minister sent people to inquire everywhere, and sure enough, he found a suspicious point, first of all, according to the officials of martial arts, after Feng Sheng arrived at martial arts, he almost closed his door, not to mention the students of martial arts, even if Changxing Hou and others went to visit, they never showed up, which is a bit abnormal; Secondly, the last general found that Feng Sheng's funeral was very simple, the eldest son Feng Yuancheng and the second son Feng Sidao escorted Feng Sheng's coffin back to Dingyuan for burial, because the emperor ordered Feng Sheng to be suspected of rebellion, and his son was not allowed to attack the lord, as a result, Feng Sheng's family hastily buried Feng Sheng, and then went their separate ways, and soon disappeared; Based on these considerations, the last general sent someone to dig Feng Sheng's grave, and after an autopsy, it was found that there were no injuries on the bones of the deceased, but according to the treasury of the Ministry of War, Feng Sheng's left leg, back and left arm were seriously injured, and there should be scars. So according to these facts, the last general judged that the one who died must not be Feng Sheng, and the real Feng Sheng was likely to have escaped from Fengyang and disappeared. ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at Feng Xingjian, and said in his heart that this kid was really bold, and he actually dug up the grave of Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, although it was fake, but he was bold enough, but this move was really meritorious, so he said: "Feng Xingjian, Hou Tai, you can track down Feng Sheng's fake death, it can be described as a great achievement, I am very relieved, and I will give you one hundred taels of gold each." ”

"Your Majesty."

"Then where do you think Feng Sheng went?"

"This," Feng Xingjian arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, when he found out that Feng Sheng was not dead, the minister had been thinking about this problem, it is unlikely that Feng Sheng would escape alone, and the most likely person to help him was King Zhou, and even the last general suspected that these things were planned by King Zhou, and the executor was likely to be Zhu Youstew, the son of King Zhou." So Feng Sheng should be in Daning now, if Feng Sheng is in Daning, then who will raise troops and who will hold Wang Bi and Wang Bi will probably be different from what was expected before. ”

"Daning rebelled, it is very likely that Feng Sheng is secretly playing ghosts, and it is impossible to know if Wang Bi is held hostage by him, and it is not possible."

Zhu Yunwen sat down on the chair and looked at the map, if Feng Sheng was in Daning, then it makes sense why King Zhou and Wang Bi would take risks, Feng Sheng is a meritorious general, has made many military exploits, has countless henchmen, and has the ability and prestige to plan such a major event. Zhu Yunwen pondered for a while, shook his head, and said, "Come on, summon the scholar king of Wuyingdian University to spend the discussion." ”

Wang Du came quickly, and after understanding what was going on, he was also surprised, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the map and looked at it for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister suggested that this matter should not be made public, just treat Feng Sheng as dead, and if he appears again, he will be executed for impostor." In addition, it is necessary to notify the generals in the northern frontier immediately so that they can take precautions. ”

"Well, I'll make an order."