Since Wang Yan came to power, there have been many problems, and he has also offended many people, causing dissatisfaction among many conservatives.

Although the traditional force is very strong, this attack on Xuzhou, the Ming army ended in failure, so that Wang Yan's prestige has declined, but in any case, he is a great hero who single-handedly recovered Nanjing, and is the pillar of optimus in the Ming Dynasty, but it is true, but it cannot be denied.

King Lu instigated the Tang King to raise troops to Jingnan, in fact, it is a little unreasonable, after all, there is no problem in the Ming Dynasty now, and Wang Yan did not force the prince of the Zhu family to self-immolate.

The so-called "Jing" refers to calming, sweeping, and clearing. "Jingnan" represents the meaning of pacifying the troubles, quelling the wars, and sweeping away the traitors.

But now in the Ming Dynasty, there seems to be no trouble, they need to be swept away, and putting forward this slogan is obviously very shameless, and most people in the world can see that this is a rebellion and seizure of power.

King Lu naturally knew this, and this was exactly what he needed, otherwise how could he be behind and oust King Tang from power.

In the Tang Palace, the Tang King stood with his henchmen, watching King Lu's carriage go out of the mansion.

There are not a few large families in Nanjing, and there are not a few people who cover an area of hundreds of acres, because the house is too big, so the mansion can also run a carriage.

The Tang Palace, which was the residence of Zhao Zhilong, the original Nanjing town guard, has two rail slots on each threshold, which are just as wide as the rails, just for the carriage to pass through.

King Tang watched the carriage out of the mansion, and when he saw the guards closing the door of the mansion, his face immediately fell, King Lu wanted to use him, why didn't he use King Lu?

The carriage left the Tang Palace, and when King Lu returned to the palace, he immediately entered the study and summoned his confidants to talk.

The person who came was called Wu Mingzhong, one of the important staff of King Lu, who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty before and was captured by the Ming army, and surrendered to King Lu, and he has been following King Lu.

It is difficult for a politically tainted person like him to gain a foothold in the Nanjing court, so only by following King Lu and striving for a dragon merit can he change his fate.

"King Tang has decided to raise troops to make it difficult, and the preparations on our side must also be done, and there must be no mistakes!" King Lu sat at the desk, leaning back on the Nanmu chair, his eyes suddenly opened, and he glanced at Wu Mingzhong, "How is that person now?" Would you like to work with Lone? ”

The person in King Tang's mouth is naturally Zhu Cihuan, the fifth son of Chongzhen, who was secretly placed under house arrest by him, that is, the third prince of Zhu in folklore.

"Your Highness, that person is a waste, he didn't dare to come out in the first place. Now he doesn't want to live his life like an ordinary person because he doesn't want to be in the world because of him, and he just wants to live his life like an ordinary person. Speaking of that person, Wu Mingzhong looked helpless.

"Oh?" King Lu left the Nanmu chair with his back and sat up, Zhu Cihuan was very important to him, otherwise he would not be able to oust King Tang from the stage, so he tossed and turned, and really made a wedding dress for others, "Is he really confused or fake, do you really think Lone is for him?" ”

"I guess I'm pretending to be confused and trying to get by."

"I can't let him continue to pretend to be confused like this, I have to let him understand that if he doesn't cooperate, Lone won't make him feel better." King Lu's bloodline is too far away from the current imperial lineage, and he needs Zhu Cihuan to cooperate with him in order to make the world surrender, saying that he looked at him fiercely, "Let people separate his wife and children from him first..."

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The development of commerce and the gathering of the rich and powerful have made the prosperity of Nanjing far greater than that of Chang'an and Luoyang in the Han and Tang dynasties, and comparable to Kaifeng and Lin'an in the Song Dynasty.

At any time of the year, the city is full of people, and on both sides of the streets, all kinds of flags are like clouds.

It's just that the prosperous and prosperous city of Nanjing, since the king of Chu toured Huguang to the west, the atmosphere has been a little strange, as if there is something terrifying, brewing and fermenting in the city.

The usually lively city of Nanjing is now somewhat quiet, although the shops are still open, and the business is still done, but there are few people talking. It turned out that in the teahouse and wine shop, people liked to talk about real-time the most, but now they can't hear the discussion, and even the most popular storytelling and singing reviews are deserted.

Outside the city of Nanjing, it is mainly inhabited by outsiders who have just moved here, who flock to Nanjing from all around to find opportunities, some from Zhejiang, some from Jiangbei, and the people are very mixed, and they are usually very noisy.

In the teahouse where the storyteller is talking, in the past, there must be a lot of people, and there are not a few people who criticize the imperial court decrees, if they have unique opinions, there are still people who echo them, and of course there are also supporters of the imperial court who come out to oppose them.

Now, Wai Guo Cheng also seems to have been affected, it turns out that everyone goes to the wine shop and teahouse to eat, in addition to filling their stomachs, the main thing is to create an atmosphere, but now they are really just for eating, even if they speak, they keep their voices low, and try not to let others hear.

Early in the morning, at a noodle stall on stilts on the side of the street, people who were about to go to work were sitting at the table eating pasta in twos and threes.

A young diner dressed as a subordinate asked the restaurant for a bowl of wonton, a plate of pickles, and two oil cakes, and found an empty table in the corner to sit down.

After a while, someone came over, and the young man thought it was the shopkeeper who had brought the wonton, and when he looked up, he saw a fortune teller in a Taoist uniform standing in front of him.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! Donor, can you sit on the poor road? The fortune teller asked with a smile.

The young man looked at him and paused for a moment before nodding a little unhappily.

The fortune teller didn't care, leaned the banner of "gossip and word measurement, iron mouth straight break" on the table, sat down opposite the young man, and then ordered a bowl of somen noodles.

After a while, the young man's wonton and the fortune teller's somen noodles were served, and the two picked up their chopsticks and bowed their heads to eat.

From a distance, the two seem to be eating their own food, and there is no intersection, but if you get closer, you will find that they are still talking in an undetectable voice while eating noodles.

"What's wrong with Tang Wangfu lately?" The fortune teller asked softly.

"There are a few people in the palace." The young man ate wonton and replied: "I listen to the accent from Jiangxi and Fujian." ”

"What are you doing?" The fortune teller's chopsticks paused, and the noodles slid into the bowl again.

The young man's eyes swept over the stall, and when he saw that the diners were all eating noodles with their heads down, no one paid attention to them, so he whispered: "The palace is heavily guarded, I don't know, but in the past few days, King Tang has summoned them every day, often talking about late night!" ”

"The Tang King has always had dealings with the forces of Jiangxi and Fujian, which doesn't mean anything!" The fortune teller pondered for a moment and said: "This matter is very important, there is no room for mistakes, you have to think clearly!" ”

"Oh! Among these people, the identities of two of them can be confirmed, one is Jin Shenghuan's chief staff Jiangxi envoy Wu Zunzhou, and the other is Zheng Yuanhou Zheng of the Zheng family! ”

The court officials can't move around at will, and they need to report to the court wherever they go, and the fortune teller heard this, and his face suddenly sank. "Okay, I'll report to the top, and you will continue to investigate when you go back!"

(End of chapter)