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Zhao Yinxuan's group of surrenderers trembled with fright when they saw the tragic death of King Jingjiang's family, they didn't expect this new master to be so ruthless, and their relatives could be ruthless to clean it up.

After King Jingjiang was executed, the second people to come up were Qu Shiqian and Zhang Tongchang's apprentices. The two were dressed in red prison uniforms, with straw sticks on their heads and hands tied behind their backs.

Qu Shiyun said to Zhang Tongchang behind him: "Don't mountain, the teacher will go first and wait for you under Jiuquan!" ”

Zhang Tongchang smiled and said, "Haha, teacher, please go, the disciple will be here soon!" ”

After Qu Shiyun finished speaking, he walked onto the execution platform, put his head under the guillotine, closed his eyes and waited for death.

At this time, in the Jingjiang Palace, Zhang Huangyan knelt in front of Zhu Hongsan, begging Zhu Hongsan to let Qu Shiyun and Zhang Tongchang go.

And Zhu Hongsan sat on the chair and did not speak, but stared at a copy of the Jinyi Wei's urgent report in his hand and was stunned.

Zhang Huangyan found that the emperor's attention was not on him after talking for a long time, so he quickly coughed and asked: "Your Majesty, now Qu Shiyun and Zhang Tongchang are about to be beheaded, and these two must not be killed!" Please let them go, Your Majesty! ”

Zhang Huangyan's words woke up Zhu Hongsan, he looked at Zhang Huangyan, and said with a smile: "Xuanzhu, I didn't want to kill the two of them in the first place, they are different from Zhu Hengyu, I just see if Qu Shiyun is really loyal to Zhu Youlang!" ”

After Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, he said to Li Chengen beside him: "Lao Li, you go and pass the decree, escort Qu Shiyun and Zhang Tongchang back to the prison, and send them to Beijing with the generals who surrendered in a few days!" ”

Zhang Huangyan heard that Zhu Hongsan finally spared Qu Shiyun and the two, and breathed a sigh of relief, although he was not released, and he was also imprisoned in Nanjing Prison, but after all, he left a life, so that he and his teacher Qian Qianyi could also have the opportunity to rescue again.

After Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, he handed the Jinyi Wei emergency report in his hand to Zhang Huangyan, and said, "Xuanzhu, take a look!" This is a secret report from Beijing, and it seems that my two sons are not worried! ”

Zhang Huangyan took a look and found that in addition to the urgent report of Jinyiwei, there were also two secret folds, one was written by the crown prince Zhu Hai, and the other was written by Meng Zhangming, the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Zhang Huangyan first looked at Jinyiwei's urgent report, and it turned out that it was said that the crown prince Zhu Hai suddenly used the prince's seal letter to mobilize the three guards of the East Palace, and closed the nine gates of Nanjing, saying that he would close the city to search for the culprit.

The prince's secret fold explained to Zhu Hongsan in detail why he mobilized the three guards of the East Palace, because the prince found that the examination questions were leaked in the examination being held in Beijing, and he was afraid that the criminal would escape, so he had to use his own guards.

Seeing this Zhang Huangyan was shocked into a cold sweat, the three guards of the East Palace are the joint names of the prince's personal guard, the prince's Xunwei and the prince's Yiwei, each of the three guards has 1,120 soldiers, far less than the 5,600 people of the normal one guard, and these three guards are mainly responsible for the East Palace guards and ceremonial servants, as well as the halogen book and honor guard. So these people are also some ceremonial soldiers, similar to the Han generals around the emperor. However, this is also an armed force of more than 3,000 people, and if it is used correctly, it can still cause some damage.

After Zhang Huangyan finished reading the prince's secret fold, he hurriedly opened the secret fold of the imperial history Meng Zhang Ming, and what was written on it was even more unbearable. Meng Zhangming heard the rumor in Jingshi, saying that the prince was preparing to take advantage of His Majesty's expedition to emulate the story of Lingwu in the Tang Dynasty, and then crown His Majesty the Emperor as the Emperor.

Zhang Huangyan read poetry and books, and naturally knew that this Lingwu story refers to the story of Li Heng, Tang Suzong, who directly established himself as the emperor without the consent of Laozi Li Longji in Lingwu, and then enshrined Laozi Li Longji as the emperor. Now that such a major event has occurred in the DPRK and China, how can Zhang Huangyan of the princelings not be anxious.

"Your Majesty, Meng Zhangming's recitals are full of reports, and there is no real evidence, and the minister feels that the prince has no other ideas!"

Zhu Hongsan snorted: "Hmph! Lao Tzu is not dead yet, can't he wait? Where is the rain without wind? Since there are rumors in Beijing, someone must have thought so! ”

Zhang Huangyan listened to Zhu Hongsan's heart-wrenching words, and was just about to explain two sentences for the prince, but how did he know that Zhu Hongsan interrupted Zhang Huangyan and said: "Okay, don't say it, just draft the will!" The palace guards and the three guards of the East Palace, as well as the Yamen of the Beijing Division, are all controlled by Qian Yong! Zhu Hongyi is old, let him care for the elderly at home! The crown prince Zhu Hai is not doing well, let him study behind closed doors and not contact outsiders! ”

When Zhu Hongsan left Nanjing, he handed over the task of guarding the imperial city to Zhu Hongyi, and the defense of the capital to Qian Yong, and now he handed over these two positions to Qian Yong, which shows that Zhu Hongsan is no longer at ease with Zhu Hongyi. After all, Zhu Hongyi and the prince are too close, if what Yushi Meng and Zhang Ming said is false, it is easy to say, but if it is true, it is not easy to do. Zhu Hongsan, whose hometown was gone, immediately became a lonely person, although he was not as lonely as Li Longji as the emperor, but it was enough for Zhu Hongsan to drink a pot.

As soon as Zhu Hongsan's golden mouth opened, it became a foregone conclusion, and Zhang Huangyan's information was unknown, so he couldn't say anything for the prince, so he had to go down and draw up the decree according to Zhu Hongsan's intentions.

Zhu Hongsan, the bitter emperor, fought desperately in front, but the sons in the back demolished each other for power.

Here's the thing, after Zhu Hongsan left Nanjing, the political situation in Nanjing was stable in the first few months, the new chief assistant Ma Jiyuan came to power, and the interests of those big landlords in Nanzhili were guaranteed, so no one was making trouble.

Therefore, the crown prince Zhu Hai has been very leisurely in the past few months, although Zhu Hai is called Jianguo, but Zhu Hongsan left him very little power space, and Zhu Hai has no right to appoint official positions above the fourth grade, so he can only report to the Guangxi front line for the emperor's approval. And the promotion of middle and low-level officials below the fourth grade is a matter for the Organization Department, and Zhu Hai can't interfere. Zhu Hai's only role as a supervisor of the state is to be a rubber stamp, and he can reply to the rules sent by the cabinet at the semi-monthly court meeting, and he does not even have the right to oppose it.

Without Zhu Hongsan by his side, Zhu Hai has been a lot easier in the past few months, one day in February, he saw that the weather was good today, and decided to take his personal little eunuch Shuangxi out to visit his old friend Qian Yiai.

It has been a year since Qian Yiai became the magistrate of Shangyuan County, and he has deeply experienced the difficulties of grassroots officials in the past year. There are thousands of threads above and a needle below, and everything has to be done somewhere. Garbage cleanup requires local personnel, maintenance of public order requires local personnel, local personnel need local personnel to collect grain and taxes, and local personnel need to be dispatched to collect and treat displaced people, these are okay, because they are all the responsibilities of Shangyuan County, so those officials are quite handy.

The most infuriating thing is that the new emperor has changed, and the political affairs have become more complicated. The emperor wanted to build a development zone outside Jinshan Gate and build a new factory, and the land acquisition and demolition work naturally fell to the locality. In addition, the emperor wants to engage in some basic civil welfare and reopen the previously fictitious "Nursing Home", "Leaky Garden" and "Huimin Pharmacy", which requires money and manpower.

It's easy to say, it's not okay to let the townships go out into conscription, but where does the money come from? The central government has allocated only half of it, and the other half is called local support, with what set? Don't you want to give out the other half? Qian Yiai can't help it, if he wants to be a good official, he has to make political achievements, and if he has no money, he can only be cheeky and go to various big families in the county to make a fortune.

But fortunately, Qian Yiai's father is still in power, and who doesn't know the old Qian Ge in the cabinet, so Qian Yiai can still ask for silver.

This morning, Qian Yiai was just ready in the yamen, and at noon he was going to Yinga wine bureau, and it was the Shen family in the city who arranged for Qian Yiai to eat. At this moment, a servant outside the door came in and reported: "Master, there is a person outside the door who asks to see him, saying that it is the family of Master Zheng of the Ministry of Finance!" ”

Master Zheng Qian Yiai knew that it was Lang Zhong of the Jiangsu Qing Officials Division of the Ministry of Finance, which was the upper eyelid and the God of Wealth in the entire Jiangsu Province, so Qian Yiai naturally didn't dare not see it, so he hurriedly asked people to invite that family member in.

A middle-aged man in his forties came in with the official outside the door, and he saw that he should be dressed as a housekeeper, and the housekeeper probably got his master's instructions, knew the identity of Qian Yiai, and came into the house to be very respectful to Qian Yiai.

The housekeeper saluted and said: "The grass people pay a visit to the master, the grass people are the housekeepers of the Ministry of Finance Jiangsu Qing Officials Department Master Zheng, my master has something I want to ask the master to help me do!" ”

The housekeeper said respectfully, but Qian Yiai didn't dare to take it big, it was true that he was an old man, but the county official was not as good as the county official. This old man Shen holds the money and grain taxes of Jiangsu Province, if he is unhappy, it will be a little difficult for you to go to Yuan County for a while, and it will be enough for you to drink a pot of money.

"There, Lord Zheng usually takes care of my Shangyuan County, and my county naturally responds to all requests, I wonder if Lord Zheng has anything to do this time?"

"Master, it's not a big deal, it's my young lady's cat that was lost yesterday, this cat has been raised by my young lady for many years, and her feelings are very deep, and my young lady cried last night after being lost. My lord really has no choice, so I ask the official here to help me find it, but I don't know if it will work? ”

The housekeeper said politely, but this matter is extremely rude, you lost a cat in the family of a four-pinlang and asked the county officials to help you find it? The emperor doesn't have such a big shelf!

But there is no way, Qian Yiai has a request for help, and the demolition work of the development zone outside the city is underway, which is the work that the emperor has ordered to do many times, if it is not done well, Qian Yiai will have no way to rise. And all the appropriations from the higher authorities have to go through this Jiangsu Qing Officials Division, and Zheng Langzhong will move his mouth, and he will give you half a month late, and you will not be able to eat and walk around.

There was no way for Qian Yiai to accompany the smiling face and said: "Don't worry, this housekeeper, this official will arrange for someone to look around Lord Zheng's house, and I must not make Miss sad again!" ”

After Qian Yiai finished speaking, he called the head of the county government and asked him to bring fifty people and follow Steward Zheng to help find it.

Steward Zheng was satisfied and took the official to find the cat, and Qian Yiai calmed down and prepared to change clothes to go to the banquet. At this time, the official outside the door came in again and reported: "Master, there is another person outside the door, saying that he is a friend of the master and wants to see the master!" ”

Qian Yiai was in a bad mood and said angrily: "What? It's the cat in Lang Zhong's house that was lost, so let's send someone to find it? ”