Chapter 394: The Unconscious King
The chaotic battle in the palace is finally over......
But this is only the beginning, it is just the first time that the secrets hidden in the palace are officially opened to the outside world, and then the tragic experience of King Tang was greatly exaggerated by the newspapers.
Why was he imprisoned?
Why was he secretly executed by the emperor?
A vassal king, who is still the emperor's great-great-uncle in terms of seniority, and a hereditary prince, a nobleman who retires with the country, even if it is not said in the past that the emperor can be executed by a secret decree, he must be tried and convicted through normal procedures! Then why did the emperor secretly execute him in such a hurry? The reason is very simple, they know what they shouldn't know, they know what the emperor doesn't dare to see, and they have to kill them in order to kill them, so it goes without saying what they shouldn't know.
Can there be anything other than treason?
Can there be anything else besides this, can the emperor be forced to kill people and kill his great-great-uncle?
If the matter of the emperor's fornication with the slaves, which has been rampant before, can only be said to be a speculation by some people, without any real evidence, and only made up according to the brains of Ding Qixiang and the two people, then the tragic experience of King Tang and the Duke of Qianguo is a real hammer......
"That's miserable!"
In the tavern last time, a merchant who had just come from Anqing said.
"King Tang's hands and feet were shackled and worn out, most of his hair was burned, his whole body was burned and wrapped in bandages, if it wasn't for Jinyiwei's death, he and Qianguogong would have been burned to death, and several Jinyiwei would have died!"
He said with an exaggerated expression.
"Did you really see that?"
A drinker next to him said.
"Of course I saw it, they got on the boat next to me, but their big ship was slower!"
The merchant said.
"Look, King Tang, they're back!"
Then a person outside ran and shouted.
The people in the tavern immediately poured out, and at this time, the streets outside could already be said to be crowded, and countless ordinary people who had just seen this sensational tragedy in the newspapers stood on both sides and waited silently. Then he saw a motorcade of carriages coming, and they were open-topped, and they could not be covered with burns like this, and soon they passed in front of the tavern, each with a mummy covered in bandages. Not only Tang Wang and Mu Tianbo, Ye Feng, these brocade guards and surviving house slaves are also in the carriage, if Tang Wang and Mu Tianbo are a bit exaggerated, a few of them are really necessary.
Especially Ye Feng, not only his body, but also his head was wrapped in bandages, and the bandages were oozing with ointment and cell fluid, and the only exposed mouth was a black and red piece of ointment mixed with cell fluid.
It was absolutely miserable.
"King, who harmed you like this!"
Then there was a mournful cry on the side of the road, followed by several of Tang Wang's old subordinates rushing forward.
After all, he is the Yunnan Metropolitan Division, and most of the Yunnan officers in various departments of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion are transferred from him, and it is very simple to find a few old subordinates. This kind of scene doesn't have an emotional one, a few old departments came to greet it, and then they were furious by this scene, this is the most perfect script.
Tang Wang raised his hand.
It was clear that he wanted to say something, but finally he put it down weakly.
Well, he actually just took the medication.
In order for him to be able to feel better in the severe pain of burns all over his body, it is necessary to mix some other things with this medicine, and at this time, Tang Wang is dazed and can't get up when he thinks about it! But in the eyes of the people watching the excitement on both sides, this scene was obviously too badly injured, and it was already difficult to speak, and they were basically dying. Look at the circles of bandages on his body, look at the terrifying colors on his hands and feet, and you can see how much Tang Wang has been tortured during this time......
"Faint King, Unconscious Monarch!"
An officer raised his head to the sky and roared.
Then he and his companions cried.
Everyone watched with affection as this one vassal king and one prince walked by.
"Senseless Faint King!"
Wang Fuzhi sighed in the crowd.
If he still had some illusions about the emperor before, now he has no illusions at all. Tang Wang and Mu Tianbo, as the chief and deputy envoys of the clan and the nobles, must be important objects for the emperor to woo, especially the Tang King, who holds military power, Mu Tianbo is also the number one among the local heroes in Yunnan. Now that they are treated like this by the emperor, they must not agree to collude with Jiannu, and finally fell out with the emperor, and the emperor was afraid that they would leak the news, so he simply killed people and killed them.
Otherwise, it's not enough to win them over, how can they be killed!
You must know that this is what the emperor lacks the most.
There are only a few Wenchen around him, and then there are the local forces of the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the core control area of Yangqing, and those gentry dare to make trouble, and the militia of Huangzhuang next to him immediately picked up the stick. But the combination of Tang Wang and Mu Tianbo can allow the emperor to obtain a truly reliable base at once, which is the strength that the emperor lacks the most.
Obviously, the emperor's collusion with the construction of slaves is not only conclusive, but also carried out for a long time, and it has begun in Chang'an.
"Let's go, go find Duke Chu!"
He said to a few representatives of the four peoples beside him.
"Yes, it's all come to this point, does Duke Chu still want to continue to protect the emperor?"
A delegate said.
Immediately after that, they called a taxi carriage and boarded the carriage and went straight to the palace, but after they entered the noon gate, they learned that the Duke of Chu had gone to the hospital to personally treat the Tang King and the Duke of Qianguo......
"Go to the hospital!"
Wang Fuzhi said very simply.
But as soon as they came out of Chengtianmen, they saw the officer waiting on the side, Wang Fuzhi looked at him with a puzzled gaze, the latter glanced at him, Wang Fuzhi nodded knowingly, and then continued to go straight to the royal street. The officer rode behind and followed at a distance, and on what was arguably the most prosperous commercial street in the world, they quickly turned to a restaurant on the side of the street. Wang Fuzhi and the others' carriage stopped, and they went straight upstairs to ask for a private room, and poked their heads out of the window, and the officer saw it and immediately turned around and followed.
"What's the matter with this captain?"
Wang Fuzhi asked, looking at his rank.
"Representative Wang, Jinyiwei has long known that the emperor and Jiannu colluded, and it actually started when he was in Chang'an. Those Japanese slaves did not go from the Gui Domain, but were paid by the Datong Society, purchased from the Japanese State, and then took advantage of the Beiyang Naval Division's expedition to the Japanese State, and the defense of the Bohai Sea was empty, and it was transported to Tianjin by the Dutch and then transported to Yanmen Pass by Jiannu. The person in charge of contacting Dolgon was Jiang Xizhe of the Datong Society, who had secretly arrested him before, he confessed all his plans, and Jinyiwei also detained those Japanese slaves in Anqing, but the Duke of Chu was hindered by the prison and did not allow Jinyiwei to continue the investigation. ”
The captain whispered.
"That's right, such a collusion can't be completed all at once, it will take a few months for the envoy to go back and forth between the two places, it must have started in Chang'an, the emperor has been plotting for many years!"
A delegate said.
"How much do you know about Ding Qixiang and the others?"
Wang Fuzhi asked.
"What I can know is that they didn't just confess their identities as the newspaper said, but the entire plan, but they were still suppressed by Duke Chu. The brothers were in charge of communications at the staff headquarters, and on the day they arrived in Fengyang, Jinyi Wei Fengyang Station sent a very thick confession. In addition, there is a separate thing, what it is not clear, but that thing was taken away and locked up by the Duke of Chu himself, and it is estimated that except for the Duke of Chu himself, no one in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can know what it is! ”
The captain said.
"The secret letter, it must be the emperor's secret letter to Dolgon, maybe it's an alliance covenant!"
One of the delegates said excitedly.
"I don't know."
The captain said.
"That's what I know, and the reason why I tell you is because I was promoted by King Tang when he was in Yunnan, and it can be said that King Tang treated me like a mountain. Now that the king of Tang has been harmed by the faint monarch into such a half-dead, this revenge must not be avenged, I don't care if he is the emperor or not, even if it is the emperor, such a faint monarch has to overthrow him! ”
He went on to say.
"Yes, what are you doing with such a faint king!"
The representative just chimed in.
"Then the British Parliament can behead their dumb king, why can't we depose a dumb king? What's the use of keeping such a faint king? It is enough for the Ming Dynasty to have a prison and a duke of Chu, not only did he not make any contribution to the governance of the country, but he also wanted to lure the wolf into the house and collude with Jiannu to seize power for him, such a faint monarch is enough to cut off his head! ”
Another representative said.
"But there is no evidence for these, at least there is no one who can get to the Great Hall of the Four Peoples, it is not enough for you to report alone, you must have complete human and physical evidence!"
Wang Fuzhi said.
"It's easy, then it's up to you to have the guts!"
The captain said.
"How?"
Wang Fuzhi asked.
"It's very simple, intercept Ding Qixiang and the two!"
The captain said.
"The Four People's Assembly has the right to supervise the judicial affairs of the imperial court, if the Four People's Assembly wants to ask them something, even the Duke of Chu has no right to stop it, as long as you can intercept them and ask for real evidence from their mouths, isn't it? And as far as I know, Ding Qixiang's cousin Ding Qirui has been transferred back to Nandu, he was the prefect of Huguang before, and he has a close relationship with Ma Shiying, so he should not be Ding Kuichu's fellow party, if he comes forward to persuade Ding Qixiang to recruit supplies, it will not be difficult! Anyway, if he doesn't recruit it, he will die, and if he recruits, he can still save his family. ”
He continued.
"Yes, go back and gather the other delegates, let's stop these two people, and then take them to the Great Hall of the Four Peoples, and let them explain clearly in front of all the delegates what the emperor has done! If they really have a secret letter or something, and they are hidden by Chu Gong, then we will go to Chu Gong on behalf of the people of the world to ask for it, and I don't believe that Chu Gong can continue to protect him! ”
The delegates immediately became excited.
Wang Fuzhi hesitated, but finally nodded.