In the past few days, Wang Shouren and Yang Shen have carefully investigated all the clues on the night of Zhu Houzhao's assassination. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Shouren suddenly realized that he had missed an extremely important clue, he had smelled a faint smell of cattle and sheep on the Assassin's body.

With such a clue, the spearhead was first pointed at the Tatar missions stationed outside the city and could not leave.

But what puzzled the two was that the Tatars had no need at all, or they didn't have the courage to assassinate the Ming prince.

Regardless of whether they had a reason to do so, it was enough to exclude the Tatars from the fact that Zhu Houzhao had a notorious reputation for being stupid and foolish, and that once he inherited the throne, he would only benefit the Tatars and do no harm.

Besides, sending a mission to assassinate the head of the empire is such a brainless thing, which is probably something that only a junior like Prince Dan can do.

What's more, the three assassins this time were worse than Jing Ke, more than a few hundred streets away, plus a fruit stall, and their IQs were so low that they couldn't even figure out who the assassination target was.

It's simply hilarious to send such a person to assassinate him.

But if the Tatars, who are the most suspected, are excluded, the other forces of the Ming Dynasty will not be eligible for the list.

The Ming Dynasty's control over the vassal king was extremely strict, and he was not allowed to leave the fief without an edict, and the three guards of the government army were also cut down.

doesn't even have the qualifications to be martyred like Zhu Di, who would be willing to risk raiding his family and killing his head to do a business that has no return.

In the end, Wang Shouren and Yang Shen unanimously concluded that the assassination was entirely an attempt to cause trouble.

The mastermind was either the cabinet, or the Tatars, or even a conspiracy planned by the two families together, the purpose of which was to intimidate the prince into agreeing to a mutual market on the frontier.

As soon as Wang Shouren told Zhu Houzhao about such a conclusion, Zhu Houzhao immediately sneered and slapped the table: "The Tatars are so bold that they dare to calculate Lao Tzu's head, are they really as carefree as a child?"

I can't help but be annoyed that Zhu Houzhao is not annoyed, this is the first time he has experienced life and death since he arrived in Daming, and he is almost completely gameover, not being angry is simply not his style of Zhu Houzhao.

"Why the Cabinet was excluded so quickly, there is already a consensus between the Tatars and the Cabinet on the issue of mutual trade." Wang Shouren did not quite understand Zhu Houzhao's thoughts, and according to him, this assassination must have been a scene staged by the cabinet and the Tatars.

"My father is not dead, and although the old slippery heads in the cabinet don't look down on me as a prince, they still have at least a conscience." Zhu Houzhao explained.

"According to my estimate, there are important Tatar people in the Tatar mission, and they can't stand the insult so they use this method to get back to the field."

Wang Shouren didn't understand that the cause of such a serious political incident could not be so simple.

Zhu Houzhao laughed, Wang Shouren has no experience in doing squirrels at all.

Even a person who is eloquent will have a time when he is hot-headed, because after being in a position for a long time, the self-esteem he has cultivated is more important than anything else.

"Hehe, they want the border market, but Lao Tzu doesn't agree." Zhu Houzhao sneered: "Even if you agree to the idea of opening the sea ban, the master still wants to stir up yellow for him." ”

Wang Shouren said: "Actually, the ministers feel that the considerations of the cabinet elders are still very far-reaching, after all, it is clear that now the national strength cannot cope with a battle with the Tatars. ”

Zhu Houzhao pursed his lips, this Wang Shouren still hasn't learned to look at things from the perspective of development.

If Tatar is now at the height of its national power, then why do they have to do everything possible to demand mutual markets. It must be that the internal disputes of his own family have not been resolved, and he is powerless to enter Juyong Pass.

Outer Mongolia is located inland, with only pastures and no fields, let alone maritime borders, so their economy is completely predatory, and if they cannot solve their internal problems, they will never have the ability to invade the Central Plains on a large scale.

However, the Ming Dynasty has a vast sea area and rich resources, as long as the sea ban is opened to engage in foreign trade, there will naturally be a lot of silver flowing into China.

Once the court had the silver in its hands, the north had nothing to fear.

Now is the time to fight for time!

If the sea ban is not opened, it is to sign a 100-year non-aggression contract, so that the Tatars can calmly use the weapons provided by the Ming Dynasty to solve their worries, and then they will inevitably tear up the contract and invade the Central Plains.

The opening of the sea ban and the veto of mutual markets will greatly delay the pace of unifying the Tatar steppe. Even if they finally solved the problems on the grassland, the economic center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty had basically taken shape.

With such a large depth north of the Yellow River, it won't take long for the Tatars to gallop freely, and besides, the hundreds of thousands of border troops in their own country are all eating dry food?

Zhu Houzhao told Wang Shouren in detail about his planning blueprint, but he didn't.

The deep-rooted small-scale peasant economic thinking of the ancients could not understand how money came from the fastest, nor did they understand the truth that the faster the flow of materials, the more money there was.

Zhu Houzhao silently calculated the time, the era of the Great Voyage was about to begin, and at this time, Spain and other countries in the West had already launched maritime trade and armed plunder.

Daming must not lag behind with them!

You'll understand when you see mountains of silver in the future.

Zhu Houzhao said to Wang Shouren.

Then he asked him to go to the cabinet, ask why the murderer has not been caught yet, and let Wang Shouren play freely, and reveal the news that the killer came from the Tatar mission to the cabinet without a trace.

Wang Shouren took the order and left, and conveyed Zhu Houzhao's meaning to the cabinet very directly.

As long as the mastermind behind the scenes cannot be caught, there will be no room for negotiation in the affairs of the mutual market, and unless the sea ban and opening can be exchanged for the same value, the disaster of border troubles in the north can be avoided.

When Wang Shouren went, the cabinet was preparing for lunch, he sniffed the mutton soup that had just been served and said, this mutton soup is not good, the smell is still so big.

The cabinet elder was sent by Zhu Houzhao to make such a fuss, where was he still in the mood to eat.

It's been almost a few months since the Tatars came, and they can't just be left with no way back. If the terms of the mutual market could not be agreed, the Tatar mission would not be able to return to the steppe.

If the Tatar Khan's people who misunderstood their own people were detained by the Ming Dynasty, the matter would be a big deal.

But this killer, really...... It's really a **** ancestor! Liu Jian's beard was about to be twisted off by himself, and he was excited to scold his hometown.

The Cabinet has nothing to say.

The assassination took place in the Prince's Mansion, there were few witnesses, and they didn't know where they were, whose subordinates they were, and there was no trace left, so how could people check!

Some people have even begun to wonder viciously whether this is a play written and directed by the prince himself, or in order to force the cabinet to immediately start handling the matter of opening the sea.

But when he heard that Yu Mingxiao was injured in the arm in order to protect the prince in the assassination, the injury was extremely dangerous, and the upper two inches was the heart, and this idea was immediately self-defeating.

For such a long time, everyone knows the prince's love for Yu Mingxiao, and it would be terrible if even the person he liked was willing to take it out and cut it a few times.

Just when the cabinet was silent, Li Dongyang, who had been staring at the hot steam coming out of the mutton soup, suddenly lit up.

"Mutton soup, strong smell?"

Snap, he slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "I'm afraid that this breakthrough point is really with the Tatars!" ”