Chapter Twenty-Six: Faith in the King

"Hey, haven't you heard that the current emperor is actually not the biological flesh and blood of the previous emperor, but the son of Lord Yue."

"I said, you can be careful, you can't chew your tongue in this kind of thing, once the people in Dongchang hear it, they will definitely arrest you and put you in prison."

"That's true, but this thing has been spread with noses and eyes, and people can't help but believe it. No one dares to say it on the bright side, that is, talk about it behind the scenes, just imagine the queen mother, the young widow, it is inevitable that the deep palace is lonely...... The harem is full of eunuchs, and the one who comes and goes most often is not Lord Yue......."

There is a saying that rumors are not terrible, but terrible, ignorant people, after hearing them, they began to continue to spread, and the more they spread, the more exaggerated they became. Some of them are spread falsely, and some of them have ulterior motives.

Soon, such rumors spread all over Beijing, and even in other places, they gradually spread. However, it is a whisper, and no one dares to say it publicly. Zhang Yan and Zhu Ciyan live in the deep palace, of course they won't hear about it, and the people in Dongchang, even if they hear the news, they don't dare to report it.

Lord Yue took care of everything day by day, and naturally he didn't hear it, the people of the Changfeng Dart Bureau, and some of his subordinates who had nothing to go out, heard about it, but they didn't dare to tell Lord Yue either.

Dengzhou, Shandong.

Here in Dengzhou Mansion, there lived a vassal king, who was the younger brother of the carpenter emperor, Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters.

As the second heir of the Ming Dynasty, two days after Carpenter Zhu's death, he was thrown out by Zhang Yan and became a vassal. Compared with other vassal kings, Zhu Youzhen is very cupy, because most of the princes' fiefs are 10,000 hectares, and those who are favored are even 20,000, just like King Fu, but he is only 5,000 hectares. However, this is also because the land annexation in the late Ming Dynasty was too serious, and if you want to give more, you can't get so much land for a while. Five thousand is not less.

Today's Xinwang Mansion, there is a guest, no one knows what this guest does, but after arriving, he was invited by Zhu Youzhen to the back study, and the door is guarded by cronies, and no idle people are allowed to approach.

"Brother Wang, why did you come here suddenly. The vassal king is not allowed to leave the fiefdom without permission, and if it is known, he will lose his head. ”

Zhu Youzhen's voice was very low, even if the door was full of cronies, his voice knew that another person in the room could hear it. This is none other than the blessed king Zhu Youxiang.

"Brother Wang, I naturally know what is involved, Brother Wang. However, I was forced to come here out of desperation. Zhu Youxiang also said in a low voice.

"Brother Wang, what's going on, if you don't have to go in person, if there's anything, come and say something, it's okay." Zhu Youzhen said.

"How dare I entrust such a confidential matter to others. Brother Wang, have you ever heard of such a thing......" Zhu Youxiang said mysteriously.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Youzhen hurriedly asked.

"I heard people say that the current emperor is actually not the flesh and blood of the first emperor, but was born by Yue Su and Zhang Yan, and now our Ming Dynasty is no longer surnamed Zhu, but surnamed Yue." When Zhu Youxiang said this, his eyes stared at Zhu Youjian, checking his expression.

Zhu Youzhen had also heard of this rumor, but he took a deep breath and said carefully: "Brother Wang, you can't say such nonsense, if you come out of your mouth, it will enter my ears, and that's it." Once it is passed out, it will be destroyed. ”

"What about destroying the door, can I be the descendants of the Zhu family and watch the Ming Dynasty fall into the hands of others." Zhu Youxiang's voice raised.

"Brother Wang whispered, don't be heard. The things you are talking about are nothing but rumors, and they cannot be counted. said that the current emperor was not born by the first emperor, who has evidence. The imperial sister-in-law is virtuous and virtuous, and her mother is the world, how could she do such a thing. Zhu Youzhen hurriedly persuaded.

"Proof! How there is no evidence. I heard people in the palace say that the death of the first emperor is very strange, and it seems that he was killed because he knew about Yue Su and Zhang Yan's adultery. Otherwise, the first emperor worked hard every day and was in good health, how could he say that he would die if he died. There is also news that when the first emperor was seriously ill and died, he intended to pass on the throne to his younger brother, and at that time, the palace and outside the palace were full of Yue Su and Zhang Yan's people, and the news could not be transmitted at all. As soon as the first emperor swallowed it, they pretended to pass on the holy decree, and set up Zhu Ciyan, a little bastard, as the emperor and take away my Ming dynasty. Zhu Youxiang gritted his teeth and said.

What he said is not worth refuting at all, it makes sense to say that there are some Yue Su people outside the palace, but in the palace, most of them are Wei Zhongxian's people, if Carpenter Zhu really has the heart to preach the will, it is not easy.

However, Zhu Youzhen did not refute it, and he didn't know if he had forgotten the character of Wei Zhongxian, but said: "Brother Wang, this is even more groundless, how can you talk nonsense." What's more, we have no soldiers and no power, even if this thing is true, what can we do? I think, let's not say anything, just be a prince of peace. Go back quickly, lest you be discovered, and suffer unwarranted calamity. ”

"I, the descendants of the Zhu family, how can we be afraid of those treacherous evils. You say that there is no basis, then let me ask you, when the first emperor died, why did Zhang Yan expel you from the capital in a hurry? Also, when the Liukou were in turmoil, Beizhili, Shandong, and Shanxi were all soldiers and horses, and all of them were elite soldiers and strong generals, why didn't he Yuesu directly go out to suppress the bandits, and he had to wait until the Liukou became bigger, and after our vassal king was strangled and killed, he would send troops. And Zhang Yan, even more at that time, obeyed Yue Suyan, my father had already asked for help, but the court did not send a single soldier, and Zhang Yan did not urge, which led to my father being brutally killed by the rogue...... "For Zhu Youxiang, what he hated was naturally this matter, not to mention that his father was dead, and the rogues also robbed all the property of the palace. Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiang actually shed tears and continued sadly: "I pretended to be a common man, and finally escaped from Luoyang and took refuge in Kaifeng. Liukou immediately attacked and opened the seal, at that time the Yuesu army had already left Beijing, but the soldiers did not move, but only ordered people on the north bank of the Yellow River, the other bank to watch the fire, fortunately Kaifeng was strong, the king of Zhou scattered his wealth, recruited dead soldiers, and barely held the city. Afterwards, Yue Su recovered Henan, I returned to Luoyang, and asked him for land in my house, but he refused to give it, and I went to the court, but I still got an ambiguous reply, and Yue Su used various reasons to prevaricate and prevaricate. Yue Su is just like this, but why Zhang Yan treats the descendants of the Zhu family like that, it can be seen that there must be clues in it. ”

The property of King Fu's family is countless, although the land given to his family was 20,000 hectares at the beginning, but during the years of his father's reign, he took advantage of it and seized it by various means. As a result, it was all gone at once, not to mention, Yue Su didn't even want to give the 20,000 dumps, and finally came up with a way to offset it with silver. Moreover, the 15 million yuan that was promised was still paid in installments, and now it has arrived in the account, only 5 million, and the remaining 10 million yuan has not been given yet.

After Zhu Youxiang finished speaking, Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything, except for shaking his head, he sighed, looking very cowardly.

"Brother Wang, I know that Yue Su is now in power all over the world, and most of the military generals are his henchmen, we have no soldiers and no power, and the strength and weakness are already clear. However, I believe that evil prevails over good, and it is not impossible to get rid of the adulterer and adulteress, and the little bastard. There are still loyal and righteous people in the world, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, is loyal and righteous, and is often excluded by Yue Su, but also because Xiong Tingbi, the father-in-law of Yang Yishan, who impeached Yue Su's protégé, has to tremble every day. Therefore, I think that if Yuan Chonghuan is persuaded to rebel for the Guoxing Division, Shanhaiguan is very close to Beijing, and if he is taken by surprise and unprepared, he will definitely be able to attack the Beijing Division in one fell swoop. When the time comes, the king brother ascends to the top and shouts, we are willing to jointly promote the king brother as the emperor, ascend the throne of the great treasure, and help the Ming Dynasty. In the capital, there are not a few righteous people, such as Han Yi and other loyal ministers of Donglin, who helped the first emperor to ascend the throne back then, and were mostly excluded and suppressed by Yue Su, I believe that when Brother Wang leads the army into Beijing, they will definitely stand on Brother Wang's side and cut off all the traitors together. ”

The more Zhu Youxiang said, the more impassioned he became, as if he had seen that the army had entered the capital and divided the corpses of Yue Su's five horses.

"This ......" Zhu Youzhen looked embarrassed and said: "Brother Wang, this is really unacceptable, at present, the Ming Dynasty is full of external troubles, and the Jurchens are eyeing my Ming Dynasty, if our brothers are in the wall, they will definitely be seized by the Tartars and take the opportunity to enter the customs, and it will be inevitable that the lives will be ruined." Also, today's saint, the matter of life is just a rumor, there is no evidence, once it is the first emperor's own flesh and blood, let me wait for how to be worthy of the first emperor. Therefore, Brother Wang wanted to mention this matter again, but Brother Wang should not have heard it. ”

"Brother Wang thinks about the overall situation everywhere, and he really has the style of a benevolent king, and the foolish brother didn't look at the wrong person. Otherwise, for my brother, I will help you contact Yuan Chonghuan and ask him to send troops to Qingjun's side, kill the traitor, and help the king's brother ascend the throne. As he spoke, Zhu Youxiang stood up.

"No, no...... If the royal brother is like this, will he not be deceived by the foolish brother for disloyalty and unrighteousness, and he will definitely not be able to do so. Zhu Youzhen persuaded hard.

"Brother Wang, rest assured, since this matter was brought up by me, once the matter fails, it will naturally be borne by me alone, and I will never implicate Brother Wang. Okay, it's not too early, and the foolish brother will take his leave first. After Zhu Youxiang finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly got up and chased after him, and said bitterly: "Brother Wang, this matter must not be overbearing, please don't be rash." In this way, don't leave first, stay here, listen to the foolish brother, don't do stupid things, otherwise not only will your life be lost, but you will also have to take the door. ”

"I don't have a full door anymore, and I am the only one left in the Fu Wang family. I can have today, all thanks to the pair of dog men and women, this revenge is not avenged, I am in vain as a son of man. The country of my Ming Dynasty may definitely fall into the hands of these chaotic ministers and thieves, and Brother Wang doesn't have to stop me, I have made up my mind. Zhu Youxiang finished his words with pride, shook off Zhu Youzhen, pushed the door and left.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't stop him when he saw it, so he could only let his henchmen escort him carefully to prevent him from being seen by others.

When Zhu Youxiang left the palace, Zhu Youjian returned to the back study, entered the study, closed the door, sat back in his position, and then slapped his face three times.

"Smack!" "Smack!" "Smack!"

The sound settled, and Zhu Youzhen said indifferently: "You heard what you said just now." ”wW