Cao Wuxian and Zhu Yujiao left quietly, as silently as when they came, and no one knew where they were going, including Zhu Ping'an.

No matter how much guilt he felt for the two of them, Zhu Ping'an never thought that what he did was wrong. It is impossible for Zhu Cihong to tolerate Zhu Ping'an's high achievements, and it is impossible for Zhu Ping'an to sit still, and sooner or later the two of them will face a situation of not dying. Now, Zhu Cihong died in the hands of Ma Shiying, and it also prevented Zhu Ping'an's hands from being stained with the blood of the royal family. This result is already the best for Zhu Ping'an.

Although Zhu Ping'an had tightly sealed the news, the movement between Cao Wuxian and Zhu Yujiao was really not small, and someone had already sent the news to Tang Wang's mansion as soon as possible.

Tang Wangfu is now different from what it used to be. On that day, the mansion given by Emperor Yixing was obviously unable to meet the needs of Zhu Yujian, who was about to ascend the throne as the emperor, as the son of a country, he would also have a very large team and civil and military team, in this regard, the number of civil and military personnel and the quality of talents under Zhu Yujian's command were far from comparable to the original Zhu Cihong.

Zheng Zhilong was about to be appointed as the Marquis of Nan'an and the governor of Fujian, and he also carried honorary titles such as Prince Shaobao. Since Zheng Hongkui and others have become Zhu Yujian's henchmen, the power of the Fujian Zheng clan in the court will soon swell.

As the key person in the liaison between Zhu Yujian and Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui is the one who sent the news of tonight's incident to the Tang Palace. In addition, when he entered the mansion, he was followed by another person.

Zheng Hongkui was very careful when he talked about this matter, and tried his best to avoid implicating the Nanjing Rebellion in the Zheng family. He knows Zhu Yujian's character and temper very well, if he knows that the Zheng family is actually mixed with a chaotic minister and thief like Ma Shiying, then his importance to the Zheng family will be stopped. What Zheng Hongkui has to do is to blame Zhu Ping'an for this matter.

As Zhu Yujian's best friend. Zheng Hongkui can also feel the contradictory mood in Zhu Yujian's heart at present. From the perspective of family affection, the eldest son Zhu Ping'an fought all the way, saved him from danger several times, and made great contributions in the process of his ascension to the throne. For this eldest son and his deceased mother, Zhu Yujian's heart is grateful and guilty.

But in the choice of the position of the prince, Zhu Yujian poured his feelings into his sister-in-law Zhu Linyuan.

Although Zhu Ping'an is capable. But his mother was from a humble background, and when she was in trouble in the past, Zhu Yujian would not hesitate to hand over everything she had to her eldest son. But now is different from the past, if Zhu Ping'an is appointed as the prince, then the newly established imperial court will hide many hidden dangers on the foundation of the law.

One more thing, Princess Zeng will not tolerate this happening. She followed Zhu Yujian to wander for many years, and also gave birth to a son-in-law, and now she can see the moon when the clouds are open, but she wants her to give up her son's position as the prince. How can she accept this?

The most critical point is that Zhu Linyuan was raised by Zhu Yujian and his wife since he was a child, and the relationship between a family of three is far from being comparable to Zhu Ping'an, the eldest son who has been away for many years. Zhu Yujian loves and dotes on his sister-in-law, and Zheng Hongkui knows it well.

"You mean, Her Royal Highness Princess Kunxing is still alive?" Zhu Yujian, who was dressed in a blue dragon-patterned collared robe, put the tea in his hand on the table, which was very unexpected.

Zheng Hongkui, who came in a hurry, sat down in the next position after Zhu Yujian gave in twice in a row. nodded, "Back to the prince's words." It is true, fifty percent of the night patrol soldiers of the Soldiers and Horses Division saw and heard with their own eyes, and later the guards of the General Military Mansion and Lu Zhenfei's Mansion blocked the road, and the idlers were driven out, as for what happened later, what is the situation of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess now. I don't know! ”

Zhu Yujian's brows furrowed unnaturally. The eldest princess and Cao Wuxian actually assassinated Zhu Ping'an, what does this mean? It can only be shown that the killing of Emperor Yixing that day was indeed inextricably linked to Zhu Ping'an. Unexpectedly, Zhu Ping'an wanted to assist himself, the father, in ascending to the throne. actually took a risk, and it was involved in such a rebellious answer.

Seeing Zhu Yujian's annoyance and uneasiness, Zheng Hongkui hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Don't worry, Lord Wang, the General Military Mansion and Lu Zhenfei are bound to be reluctant to publicize this matter, so we don't have to worry too much." Those who know about this matter, etc., have already dealt with it accordingly to ensure that it will not leak out! ”

Zhu Yujian nodded approvingly. hasn't ascended the throne yet, if you provoke such a commotion, it is indeed very unbeautiful! Fortunately, Zheng Hongkui responded in a timely manner, and finally there was nothing wrong.

Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Zheng Hongkui did not continue the topic. In all dynasties, the matter of establishing a prince can always involve countless open and secret battles above the court, although cruel, but it is a golden opportunity for the rise of the family.

Today's matter, but by taking advantage of the topic, a seed was planted in Zhu Yujian's heart, and this seed will continue to take root and sprout in the future, until finally the balance of Lichu completely tilts to Zhu Linyuan, who is supported by the Zheng family.

As a close friend who was always by his side when he was imprisoned by the high wall, Zhu Yujian's trust in Zheng Hongkui completely exceeded the friendship of ordinary monarchs and ministers. And Zheng Hongkui not only has a high status in the Zheng family in Fujian, but also has a wide range of friends and long sleeves in the court. Therefore, a large part of the civil and military team identified by Zhu Yujian came from his Jianyi.

Zheng Hongkui did not live up to Zhu Yujian's expectations, and did not appoint cronyism when recommending courtiers, but recommended them according to their character, talent, and talent. For example, ministers such as Huang Daozhou and Shi Kefa, who are recognized as having high moral character, have nothing to do with the Zheng family. Of course, Zhu Yujian also knows how to repay the favor, and Su Guansheng and Huang Mingjun, who are good friends with the Zheng family, also joined the cabinet.

The rest of the cabinet ministers, Zeng Ying, Zhu Jizuo, Li Guangchun, and Lin Xuji, are all scholars of the East Pavilion University, and they are respectively the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Households.

Originally, Shandong and Jianghuai both recommended Lu Zhenfei and Zhao Guangchen to join the cabinet, but Zheng Hongkui mobilized Shilin and a group of officials to oppose it, and finally, Zhu Yujian agreed to appoint Lu Zhenfei as the governor of Huaiyang and continue to be in charge of Caoyun. Zhao Guangchen remained in Shandong.

For this reason, Zheng was very elated, believing that he had won a big victory in the first battle with Shandong. Even Zheng Zhilong personally set up a banquet for this purpose, and invited Zheng Hongkui and other children of the clan to celebrate.

Visit Tang Wangfu tonight. In addition to what Zheng Hongkui just returned, he still has one more thing to tell Zhu Yujian.

When Zhu Yujian heard this, he laughed, "I want to recommend talents gradually, so why do you have to be at this time, tomorrow." Wouldn't it be more appropriate for the ministers to discuss matters at that time? ”

Zheng Hongkui put on a solemn expression, "This person is a talent in the world, and he gradually dare not slack off for a moment, so he hurriedly came to the door to ask for a meeting, and implored the prince to make great use of this person!" ”

Seeing Zheng Hongkui's expression, Zhu Yujian also restrained his smile, and at the same time wondered what kind of person could make Zheng Hongkui pay such attention.

"This person has been valued by Lord Chongzhen since he was in the Chongzhen Dynasty. At that time, it was supposed to be of great use, but it was the thieves who later captured the Beijing Division, and this person had to be exiled to Jiangnan! He entered the cabinet during the Yixing Dynasty, but he failed to apply what he had learned, and the first emperor was martyred. During the Nanjing Rebellion, Ma Shiying and others forced Zheng Ge Lao to death, and searched for this person all over the city. It is enough to see the jealousy of this person. ”

Zheng Hongkui peeked at Zhu Yujian's expression, and said unhurriedly: "It's a coincidence. When Nanjing was in turmoil, this person happened to be rescued by my Zheng family's subordinates and was able to escape the catastrophe. Entrusted! ”

Zheng Hongkui said this, but Zhu Yujian suddenly remembered a person's name, "Could it be ......!" ”

Zheng Hongkui smiled, "The prince expected it to be good, who else but him?" ”

Zhu Yujian was stunned. Then he was overjoyed, "Such a virtuous person, this king should personally go out to greet him!" ”

When Zhu Yujian and Zheng Hongkui came out of the flower hall one after the other, they saw a person already waiting at the second gate, dressed in a cyan Confucian robe, with only a net towel on his head, although the snow had fallen in the sky, this person was still standing under the corridor, looking at the sleep of the lotus pond not far away, thoughtfully, the worry between his eyebrows flashed.

"But where is the Qingquan Princess?" Far away, Zhu Yujian couldn't wait to shout.

Fang Yuegong turned around, Zhu Yujian in front of him was just a homely collared robe, but the eyes that looked at him were extremely eager, and he slowly saluted at the moment, "Sin Minister Fang Yuegong knocks on the prince!" ”

Zhu Yujian took a few steps forward and grabbed Fang Yuegong's hands, "This king is fortunate to have met Mr. Qingquan, it is really a blessing for three lives." If he had learned of the arrival of his husband in advance, the king should have gone out of the house to greet him, but now he is lazy and lazy! ”

Fang Yuegong's heart was warm, Tang King Zhu Yujian was virtuous and loyal, and he really lived up to his reputation, but when he saw Zheng Hongkui's figure at a glance, Fang Yuegong's heart sank again, and he lowered his head randomly.

Zheng Hongkui smiled, "The prince is thirsty for talent, and it is difficult to sleep today. ”

Zhu Yujian's winning streak was wonderful, and even ordered Zou Jing to prepare wine and food immediately, and add braziers and other heating things.

Seeing Fang Yuegong, Zhu Yujian was indeed in a good mood. Fang Yuegong is famous, and Chongzhen's evaluation of him in the early years is "This person has the ability to be the first and secondary, and he should be a generation of famous ministers!" ”

It's a pity that later, the army of thieves captured Beijing, and Fang Yuegong, as the governor of Shandong, failed to enter Beijing to show his skills.

After Emperor Yixing succeeded to the throne, the first person recommended by Zheng Sanjun was Fang Yuegong, and the two joined forces to implement the new policy. Not to mention anything else, just say that the treasury of the Yixing Dynasty is empty, and in this case, Fang Yuegong, who is in charge of the household department, in accordance with the will of the Yixing Emperor Zhu Cihong, supplied Sun Chuanting's Northern Expedition army for more than half a year.

There is also the most critical point, Fang Yuegong was the governor of Shandong, and he once participated in Zhu Ping'an's new policy in Shandong, and he can be said to be the one who knows the most about the operation of the Shandong system.

Zhu Ping'an's Shandong has its own system, from the common people to officials at all levels, willing to attach themselves to Zhu Ping'an, and even unwilling to serve elsewhere, because the imperial court only knows the surface of Shandong's new policy, but does not know its essence.

Zhu Yujian is about to ascend the throne and become emperor, what he lacks is a practical talent like Fang Yuegong, and Zheng Hongkui recommended him, which is undoubtedly a send-off. What's more, Zhu Yujian also heard that since the chaos in Nanjing, Zhu Ping'an's subordinates have also been searching for Fang Yuegong's whereabouts. (To be continued......) R1292