Zhu Zhen knelt down and confessed, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, everyone here didn't want this atmosphere to continue, everyone felt that the emperor was a little abnormal today, if there was evidence, take it out, why use this way to force the king of Chu to confess? Is it to show the supremacy of imperial power? But this approach is too naïve!

Zhu Yunwen sat down, looked at everyone, and raised his hand: "King Chu, since you have confessed your guilt, then confess, the others get up, and listen with me!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After everyone thanked him, he got up and sat down, looking at the king of Chu kneeling in front of him, and he didn't dare to come out.

After confessing his guilt, Zhu Zhen's mood also stabilized, he first wiped the sweat on his forehead, tidied his hair slightly, looked up at the emperor, sighed slightly, and said:

"Things have to start from the first year of Jianwen, that is, on the morning of October 25, the minister received a letter from Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, judging from the content, it was he who wrote this letter immediately after he arrived in Beiping, that is, Beijing."

The content of the letter shocked the minister, in the letter he admitted to killing Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, but according to him, he was hinted by the King of Yan, that is, the concubine Zhu Di, that Fu Youde could not be allowed to enter the Great Wall again, and it was better to die outside. In Wang Bi's opinion, this kind of thing must have been instructed by the first emperor, he struggled all the way, and finally made up his mind, and the day before arriving in Kaiping, he killed Fu Youde, the prince of Yingguo, who was in good condition, and killed all Fu Youde's personal soldiers on the charge of poor guards. ”

Soon after, the first emperor died, Zhu Di was immediately ready to move, Wang Bi regretted it again, he felt that he was deceived by Zhu Di, it was likely that Zhu Di wanted to rebel, so he borrowed his own hand to get rid of Ying Guogong. But the matter has come to this point, and there is no way to undo it. ”

"Later, Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, with the help of King Zhou, suddenly appeared in Daning and quickly took over the military power.

Later, Wang Bi and Feng Shengbing split into two routes, Feng Sheng led his troops to raid Yehuling, intending to occupy Shanxi and threaten Henan; Wang Bi led his troops to enter the customs from Xifengkou and joined forces with Zhu Di! ”

“......”

"At the end of the letter, Wang Bi was very optimistic about the prospects of the rebellion, thinking that if the king of Zhou and the king of Yan joined forces, and Feng Sheng was the commander, if he could occupy Hebei and Shanxi, he could confront the imperial court across the Yellow River, and no matter how bad it was, it could become the Northern and Southern Dynasties!"

“......”

"The minister hesitated again and again, and frankly speaking, the minister was indeed a little panicked at that time, and he didn't know how His Majesty would treat Wei Chen, especially my princess is still Wang Bi's daughter, and most of the minister's children were born to the princess, so the minister replied to Wang Bi, and the minister suggested that he repent and be loyal to His Majesty, Your Majesty is a merciful monarch and will forgive him."

Later, he wrote back to the minister, saying that it was impossible for him to turn back, Fu Youde was a person that His Majesty was ready to use, and if he killed Fu Youde, he would destroy His Majesty's plan, and he would die without redemption. And he also said that he was too aggrieved when he was the first emperor, and now he just wants to have a good time, and he doesn't care about life and death. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly: "This sentence is actually very unlucky, but at that time, Wang Bi and his ministers did not realize this. ”

"When the minister received the letter, it happened to be when Zhu Di subdued the Daning army and supported more than 200,000 troops, so the minister also had a wait-and-see mind, so he replied to Wang Bi with a letter, asking him to take care of his health, and the princess was still waiting to reunite with him!"

"Haha," Zhu Zhen suddenly laughed, his eyes full of tears: "This is all my own death, if there is no letter, the minister is still the king of Chu in the Ming Dynasty, enjoying the glory and wealth, but unfortunately, if you do it, you will have to pay the price!" ”

Listening to Zhu Zhen's desolate laughter, all the kings shuddered in unison, what a thought of heaven and a thought of hell! The Buddha does not deceive me!

"What happened after that was far beyond my expectations."

Zhu Di killed Wang Bi soon after, maybe he didn't worry about Wang Bi leading the troops, he took Wang Bi's head to Zhending to deceive Geng Bingwen. After Geng Bingwen planned to commit suicide, the imperial court was in danger of Zhending's army, and he was shocked every day. But unexpectedly, Ping'an suddenly led the First Cavalry Army of the Guards out of Bauhinia Pass to attack Beiping, Zhu Di had to withdraw his troops, and the imperial army finally turned the corner. ”

"At that time, the minister thought that the imperial court had no good generals, and it was likely to fall into a tug-of-war with Zhu Di, because Zhu Di had more cavalry, and the imperial court had more infantry, and Zhu Di still had an advantage in the wilderness of Hebei."

"But Your Majesty Shengming Candlelight, strategizing, quickly enabled Ping'an, Sheng Yong, Geng Xuan and Xu Huizu, surrounded Beiping on all sides, and soon conquered Baoding safely, Sheng Yong conquered Tongzhou, Geng Xuan conquered Yongping, Xu Huizu conquered Juyong Pass, Beiping fell into embattlement, even if Zhu Di colluded with Mongolia, it was useless, and finally defeated and died!"

"Your Majesty's handling of Zhu Di's rebellion is very harsh, but the only problem is to let go of Zhu Di's wife Xu Yihua, which is also an important reason why I am in this field today."

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhen raised his head, stared at Zhu Yunwen, wanted to speak and stopped, and finally sighed and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is thirsty, can you give the minister a glass of wine!" ”

Wine? Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, explained a few words in a low voice, and then Liu Zhen ran out, not long after, after more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs, a pot of wine and a cup were placed on everyone's table.

Zhu Zhen knelt on the ground, so his wine glass and wine jug were also on the ground, he gently poured a glass of wine, raised it to his eyes, sighed slightly, and then drank it all, and then poured two more glasses, both of which were drunk in one go.

After drinking three glasses of wine, Zhu Zhen's face turned from pale to ruddy, and his mood stabilized a little, he poured another glass of wine, stared at the crystal clear glass and transparent wine, pursed his lips, looked up and said: "Speaking of which, these glasses and wine are the inventions of His Majesty, which are really good things, but it's a pity that I can't drink them again in the future!" ”

The sentimentality in Zhu Zhen's words seemed to stimulate some young princes, and several young princes in the back row, for some reason, actually sobbed, even the older princes in front of them were a little sentimental, and the atmosphere suddenly became sad.

Zhu Yunwen suddenly felt that it was not a good idea to drink wine for the King of Chu, as if he had forced him to die, but in fact, he didn't deserve it? So Zhu Yunwen frowned and coughed, and Liu Zhen immediately said in a loud voice: "Silence! No noise in front of Your Majesty! The crowd immediately suppressed their tears and did not dare to speak.

Zhu Zhen settled down and continued: "Before and after Zhu Di raised his army, many of the courtiers had a deep friendship with him, some of them were simply friends, and some of them secretly sent news, but His Majesty basically did not pursue it, this is a move to stabilize the court, which is understandable. Because they don't know each other, and they don't dare to contact each other, they are so afraid that they will inevitably be grateful to Dade and loyal to the emperor, but there is a premise in this, that is, no one will thread the needle for them! ”

But what everyone didn't expect was that Xu Yihua survived, she died her husband and three sons, how could she not hold a grudge? So when she was a little better, she began to look for opportunities to provoke. ”

At the end of the third year of Jianwen, Li Jinglong was transferred back to Beijing from Shaanxi, because the Yellow River was overflowing, he went south from Hanzhong and south along the Yangtze River from Wuchang. That time, he had a secret conversation with Weichen, and Weichen knew that he was not only Tongyan, but also very dissatisfied with His Majesty's lack of reuse of him, according to him, His Majesty's comment to him was that he was very timid and unusable, in short, it was an embroidered pillow, which was useless, so he was holding back a fire in his heart, and he had to do something to show His Majesty! ”

"What? Just because of this? ”

"Li Jinglong, he's sick!"

After everyone heard this, they couldn't help but communicate in a low voice, but they were quickly stopped by Liu Zhen.

"Yes," Zhu Zhen seemed to hear the noise behind him, and he said with a smile: "The minister also thought that this Li Jinglong was sick at that time, according to him, he didn't want to pass through Yan, but His Majesty didn't reuse him, and that kind of comment made him feel ashamed." At the time of the first emperor, his status was far above Xu Huizu, and he thought that he could completely command the army, conquer Beiping, and capture Zhu Di alive. Therefore, he is extremely disdainful of Yiguo Fairness and Security, and he feels that it is his shame to be on an equal footing with such a reckless man. ”

However, the minister also knew many things from his mouth, and these things were told to him by Xu Yihua. And Li Jinglong also mentioned that Xu Zengshou admired Zhu Di very much and was an object that could be won over, but when the minister asked him what Tongyan had done, he found that it seemed that His Majesty had an unpredictable prophet and transferred him to Taiwan before Zhu Di rebelled, away from the center, so he had no chance to Tongyan, and even if he did, it was a trivial matter. ”

"That time I chatted with Li Jinglong for a long time, from that day on, the minister made up his mind to rebel, Li Jinglong gave the minister two million taels of silver tickets, which he obtained from selling tea and horses in the northwest, and the minister was very moved at that time, because I wanted to rebel and needed a lot of money, so I promised to seal him as the king with a different surname after success, Yongzhen Guangxi."

"After that, we kept writing letters, and Li Jinglong soon found out that Yun Xi also had bad intentions, so he provoked him and promised to help him to take the throne, Yun Xi is a person," while speaking, Zhu Zhen glanced at Zhu Yunxi, the king of Taiwan, who was not far away, hesitated, and said: "Yun Xi is a person with great ambitions and talents, he has always felt that he is the son of Chang, the concubine of Xingzong, and thinks that he has a noble bloodline and should inherit the great unification." After His Majesty ascended the throne, he named him the King of Wu, and the title of King Wu should not be given lightly, because before the first emperor ascended the throne, he called himself King Wu. The title of King Wu made Yun Xi slightly balanced. It's just that he didn't expect that in less than a year, His Majesty would change it to Taiwan, which made him very dissatisfied, so he hit it off with Li Jinglong, and he also had bad intentions. ”

It didn't take long for Feng Xingjian to take refuge in Weichen, he was very dissatisfied with His Majesty's split of Jinyiwei, he thought that sooner or later one day His Majesty would restore Jinyiwei's privileges of detection, arrest, interrogation, etc., but later found that His Majesty did not mean to be here, so he was resentful. By chance, Feng Xingjian discovered the secret of Li Jinglong and Wechen, originally we thought that a catastrophe was coming, but we didn't expect him to take refuge, which couldn't help but make Wechen think that it was all God's favor, so he was even more determined to rebel. ”

"Because Yun Xi was very anxious, the minister discussed with Li Jinglong, let him stand in front, attract His Majesty's attention, and at the same time win over the Yangtze River Naval Division to command Luo Haichao, intending to murder His Majesty when His Majesty crossed the river. Luo Haichao originally served as the water division of Dongting Lake, and it was not difficult to win him over; When Li Jinglong was training troops in Fujian and Zhejiang to defend against the Japanese, he also connected with the Japanese people, because the imperial court wanted to recruit the Japanese, so the Japanese planned to fight once, which was in line with Li Jinglong. When the minister knew, it was too late, he had already transported the Japanese people to the north bank of the Yangtze River, preparing to attack and kill His Majesty, and Weichen could only let it go. ”

"And Xia Yuanji was also dissatisfied with the 'gentry receiving grain in one', so he secretly allocated grain to meet Li Jinglong in Jiangbei. Because the attention of the imperial court at that time was focused on Yun Xi, who frequently entered the palace, no one noticed it, which couldn't help but make the minister very happy, which was also a reason why the minister easily moved into Beijing. ”

"As for the matter of the Mongol envoy, it doesn't matter, even if he doesn't come, I will have to send it. After this envoy left, he went down the river, and the minister secretly ordered Luo Haichao to arrest him and sink him in the river. ”

"But I didn't expect that Your Majesty had already seen the fire, sent Wang Du back to Beijing, transferred the guards into the city, sealed the Investigation Division, secretly arrested Feng Xingjian, captured Luo Haichao, defeated Li Jinglong's family and the Japanese people, and then imprisoned Weichen with lightning speed, so the general trend has gone."

“......”

"As for Jianyi, the minister did communicate with him several times, what do you say about him? Very cautious, but he didn't say it to death, so the minister thought that if there was really that day, he would definitely be willing to take refuge in Weichen and would not be a loyal minister! ”

“......”

"Your Majesty, this is all that has happened, the big mistake has been made, and the minister regrets it, but he wants to die quickly!"