Chapter 199: The Case of Killing the King
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The death of the Son of Heaven is a national funeral, and there is an extremely cumbersome process, which has been passed down from Zhu Yuanzhang to the present.
But now is not the time of peace, the northern aliens are eyeing each other, and a large part of the country has been lost, so it is naturally impossible for the hundred officials to abandon the work at hand to mourn the emperor. In the past three days, hundreds of officials began to return to their respective yamen, and the soldiers and civilians in the capital also returned to normal life.
In the palace, Empress Zeng and Wang Xiangnian nervously supported Concubine Chen and sent Yue Guogong out of the palace.
Hou Xuanyan looked at their nervous looks, and shook his head secretly, a group of innocent people, without their own protection, let alone protecting the child's throne, it is difficult to live. If a new monarch is really established, these people are not popular figures with the new emperor.
Empress Zeng is not the queen mother now, because the little emperor has not been born after all, and it is impossible to ascend the throne. Wearing a filial piety suit, without a phoenix crown and xia quilt, it looks like a widow who has just lost her husband. In addition, she was originally an honest character, and she couldn't see the majesty of the main palace lady at all, she looked at Concubine Chen's slightly bulging belly, took Concubine Chen's hand and said: "Yue Guogong, there are three of us mothers, but it all depends on Guogong." ”
Concubine Chen and Wang Xiangnian were like two puppets, nodding their heads in agreement.
"These two are not as good as the queen.
Hou Xuanyan arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, the traitors who plotted to kill the former emperor have been caught, and the ministers are about to go out to wipe out their relatives, and those who are left behind are loyal ministers and good generals." He next plans to take advantage of the murder of the monarch to eliminate dissidents at once, and breathe with the ladies in the palace in advance, so that they can strengthen their sense of teammates.
Concubine Chen clenched her hands into fists, clutched the queen's plain clothes, and tilted her head to speak. Whispered: "Sister." The three of them looked at her together, who knew that Concubine Chen was gone, and lowered her head with a red face.
Empress Zeng said impatiently: "What's the matter, you said it, when the prince leaves the palace, it's useless for you to tell us." ”
Concubine Chen mustered up her courage and murmured: "That Liu Ge Lao said, if my sister gave birth to it, it would be a daughter."
Empress Zeng and Wang Xiangnian looked at Hou Xuanyan with a worried face, obviously asking him to make up his mind.
Hou Xuanyan's throat moved slightly, with a helpless face, the four people who forged the edict were all here, and they had become a small group of people who were closely related at this time. The members of this small group are absolutely dependent on each other at the moment, but the three in front of him, plus a small one in his stomach, reminded Hou Xuanyan of one word: one god with four pits.
In addition to selling cuteness, these three people basically want to ask themselves for answers when they encounter problems. This time it was an expedient measure that was forced out, and I was also taking one step at a time, without a clue.
Hou Xuanyan sighed in his heart, but his face looked like he was in his chest, and said: "This matter is very easy, let's talk about it when the time comes, just listen to my arrangement." ”
This sentence listened to my arrangement, and the hearts of the three people, although they didn't get any clear answers, they were actually relaxed, how big is this heart? The ease of frowning and dissipating the suspicion made Hou Xuanyan stunned. He, envy!
Hou Xuanyan said in his heart: I really want to be as carefree as you, and sure enough, only stupid people are the happiest.
"Two highnesses, please go back, the minister is out of the palace."
"Guogong has worked hard all the way, let's go and rest." A queen and a concubine held hands and walked to the maids in the distance behind them.
Hou Xuanyan called Wang Xiangnian aside, and instructed earnestly: "Princess, the two mothers are both women, just you, you have to take care of them, don't forget the emperor's entrustment." ”
When Wang Xiangnian heard him call himself a master, he instinctively straightened his chest, and when he heard the emperor, he was even more excited, and asked: "Don't worry, even if the old slave dies, it will not endanger the two mothers." ”
Hou Xuanyan said disapprerovingly: "My father-in-law is loyal, which is commendable, but you think, how cunning and vicious those traitors are, even the former emperor was poisoned by them, if I hadn't found out, you would still be in the dark." ”
Wang Xiangnian just straightened his waist, and asked with a sad face: "Then what should I do?" ”
Hou Xuanyan said with a righteous expression: "Alas, I didn't plan to get involved in the affairs of the palace, after all, it's not good to say." In this way, I will send a group of people to the palace as guards, and my father-in-law will give your confidants and palace maids a little instructions, and you don't need to let them do anything, just write down the big and small things in the palace and talk to the guards every day. ”
Wang Xiangnian said happily: "It's still thoughtful to the old slave, and the old slave has thanked the grandfather for the girls." ”
Hou Xuanyan said modestly: "Wherever and where, this is what I should do." ”
After bidding farewell to these three cute gods, Hou Xuanyan came to the palace gate, and the guards were in front of the noon gate, with a solemn look in armor.
The next person to deal with is the person who is diametrically opposed to the three people in the palace, these people have endless conspiracies and tricks, but unfortunately their strength is not enough. Hou Xuanyan knew that this was a rare opportunity to collapse the power of Qian Qianyi and others in one fell swoop. As the saying goes, if you cut the grass and don't remove the roots, the spring breeze blows and grows. This force has the most fertile soil in Jiangnan, and Jiangnan is their root.
Outside the noon gate, the somewhat scary-looking guard Zhang Yiguan brought a BMW. Hou Xuanyan turned over and took his guards to the yamen of the criminal department.
Huang Binqing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was originally from Zhoushan, Fujian, because he was loyal to Zhu Yujian, Emperor Longwu, and when Zhu Yujian left Fuzhou, Zheng Zhilong naturally refused to let him continue to occupy Zhoushan. Zheng Cai of the Zheng family led troops to the door, drove him out, and came to Jinling to defect to Emperor Longwu. Emperor Longwu thought that he was loyal, and greatly appreciated him, and promoted him to be the secretary of the criminal department.
Huang Binqing also relied on himself to be the emperor's confidant, and he has always been arrogant and domineering, bullying his colleagues and harming the people. Although Emperor Longwu is a good person, he also has his shortcomings, and he really doesn't have many henchmen. This Huang Binqing's evil deeds also made him condone and cover up.
In history, when the Southern Ming Dynasty was exhausted, this person guarded Zhoushan and specialized in killing the soldiers of the Lu Dynasty.
Today was his first day back at the Criminal Department, and he heard his subordinates say that a large group of people was coming, so he hurried out. Seeing that it was Hou Xuanyan, Huang Binqing didn't dare to slack off, and greeted him and wondered: "Yue Guogong, what are you doing in my criminal department?" ”
"Interrogate the king's killers and purge the remnants."
Huang Binqing's eyes lit up, and he cleared the rest of the party, this is a fat difference. Qian Qianyi and Chen Zilong are both Jiangnan families, and their relatives and friends are old, which one is not wealthy. As the secretary of the Criminal Department, how can he give this opportunity to others. He immediately said righteously: "The Yue Guogong has bothered, since this official is the secretary of the Criminal Department, this matter is incumbent, so I will convene the personnel of the Criminal Department and hold a trial." ”
Hou Xuanyan laughed, this evil deeds surnamed Huang had long been reported to him by the Hidden Elephant Camp, and he was pressed to the bottom of the volume in the Suzhou study. Originally, he didn't have time to clean him up, and he didn't want to fall out with Emperor Longwu for him, but now he still has to stretch out his hand, he just doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. You must know that this murder case is the most important step for yourself, you have to eliminate all the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and you still want to take it alone.
"The surname is Huang, someone accused you of having a very secret relationship with Chen Zilong, and your criminal department secretary has been withdrawn by me. Come on, take them back to the prison and torture them. "Hou Xuanyan is a heavy minister, although it is fake, but his authority is no less than that of Dolgon, who is a pseudo-Qing person. After all, there is still a little Shunzhi by Dolgon's side, and the emperor is still in his mother's womb.
Huang Binqing's intestines were all repentant, and he walked to the criminal department when he was set up, and shouted loudly with his feet off the ground: "Grandpa Guo, I'm joking, I won't try it, don't try me, the official is wronged, wronged, ah~"
The other officials in the Criminal Department watched this scene and their hearts were pounding. In a word, to deal with a Shangshu, this Yue Guogong is clearly going to take advantage of the murder case to kill the king.