On the second day of the fifth month of the 21st year of Wanli, the capital, which was gradually tending to be calm, was once again detonated by two things:

The first thing was that Wanli, who had always been ignorant of Li Rusong's arrogance and domineering in Liaodong, suddenly ordered Li Rusong to lead 80,000 Liaodong Army, as well as the Red Flame Army and Liaodong Iron Cavalry under his command, to go to Yunnan to join forces with Mu Rui, the Duke of Yunnan Qianguo, to defeat the Donghu Dynasty that invaded Mubang.

What excited the hundred officials the most was that in addition to issuing an order, Wanli did not let the military department and the household department allocate a penny of military salaries, and even did not issue an order to order various officials along the way and in Yunnan to cooperate with the Liaodong Army.

This is not clear to let Li Rusong go to death! And the best thing is that this is the emperor's order in the name of the country's righteousness, if Li Rusong does not obey, he will be the enemy of the world. However, if Li Rusong obeys the order and leads the army to leave the old nest of Liaodong, he will be a tiger who has lost his teeth, and in the end he will either die with the Burmese invading army, or he will lose his military power and become a weak person who recognizes people.

Many guys who coveted the wealth of Liaodong and the power of the general army of Liaodong were ready to move at this time, constantly colluding in secret, discussing how to carve up the huge interests of Liaodong after Li Rusong fell. They are like a group of greedy rats, staring at the land that Li Rusong divided to the people of Liaodong, as well as the goods in the hands of the people, thinking about how to set up a name, using trumped-up charges and fake land deeds one by one to turn the wealth and goods, the land reclaimed, and the accumulated property of countless Han people in Liaodong with great hard work into their own private property!

There are even shameless people who quietly send henchmen to Liaodong. wants to find Daishan, the eldest son of the wild boar skin who escaped in the battle of Hetuala, and wants to collude with the Tartars and follow Li Rusong's example of cutting Liaodong to be the grass-headed emperor for a while.

On the other hand, the Liaodong Army, except for the beginning of the ploughing court to sweep the holes to completely sweep away the power of the imperial court in Liaodong and blockade the Shanhai Pass, there was no movement quietly. But those henchmen sent to Liaodong by those who had evil intentions were all robbed and killed as soon as they arrived at Shanhaiguan, and their bloody heads hung on the city gates, warning those who had evil intentions towards Liaodong.

Only people like the Jin merchant Zhang Jia and some people on the southeast coast who worked closely with the Wufeng fleet did nothing at this time. Patiently waiting for something. At the same time when Li Rusong was clearing the imperial court forces in Liaodong, these people received a secret letter from the Wufeng fleet: wait and see what happens, there will be big movements around June, otherwise you will bear the consequences!

Just a few dozen words. But it also frightened these high-powered, rich guys who were afraid of the country. You must know that now their interests and net worth and lives have been firmly tied to the Wufeng fleet. Even quite a few people's children and relatives. Under the arrangement of the Wufeng fleet, it has occupied a large area of land in overseas places such as the Philippines. But the lives of these people. But it is all in the hands of the Wufeng fleet, as long as the Wufeng fleet raises its fingers, these people will definitely fall to the ground.

While these people have gained huge benefits through cooperation with the Wufeng fleet, they have not thought of using various tricks to elevate the top of the Wufeng fleet and pocket the huge Wufeng fleet. But the people who have these thoughts, one by one, died ugly, and the few guys who survived were also warned by horror, and they all squatted at home honestly every year to get huge benefits from the Wufeng fleet, and ignored anything else.

But everyone knew in their hearts that if they were abandoned by the Wufeng fleet, they would lose their huge benefits of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, and they would have nothing to do with each other. Therefore, after receiving the letter from the Wufeng fleet, these people personally came forward to restrain their subordinates and their families as soon as possible, and patiently waited for the results.

On the sixth day of the fifth month, a bigger event completely detonated the entire capital: the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Changluo, was assassinated by the White Lotus Sect demon in the palace Ciqing Palace, and died of serious injuries!

The news spread that the entire Ming Dynasty was shaken, and the civil and military officials were keenly aware that a major earthquake was coming!

This is the ninety-five supreme son of the emperor who will inherit the throne in the future and become the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Changluo! Although Wanli has never been waiting to see this son, he usually does not have the slightest care and preferential treatment for him, and even his usual treatment has been deducted by officials and eunuchs in the palace, and he has lived a miserable life, but this is the heir of the Ming Dynasty after all.

The murderous White Lotus cultists were extremely arrogant, not only assassinating Zhu Changluo in broad daylight, but also shouting the White Lotus slogan: "Vacuum hometown, no mother", Shi Shiran left.

Wanli, who received the news, was furious, and on the same day, Zhang Jing and Liu Shou, two big spy chiefs who controlled Dongchang and Jinyiwei, scolded him for scolding him with blood, and ordered him to solve the case within three days.

"Since the demons of the White Lotus Sect dare to assassinate my eldest son in Ciqing Palace, wouldn't they also have the courage to assassinate me! Today, the eldest son of the emperor was assassinated by the White Lotus Sect, and he didn't even have a guard to block him, so wouldn't it be easy for the White Lotus Sect demons to assassinate me in the future! What are you eating these things for? I actually let the demon sneak into the palace, and after assassinating the prince, I can easily leave, what is the use of raising you rice buckets! Wanli, who was angry, completely forgot that it was because he snubbed Zhu Changluo that his son's bedroom was not protected by any guards, and several eunuchs who served were still old, weak, sick and disabled, and angrily put all the blame on Zhang Whale and Liu Shouyou, and angrily reprimanded.

"Weichen (minion) should die, the emperor atones for his sins, take care of the dragon body!" The two were so frightened that they didn't even dare to breathe, so they could only keep kowtowing and asking for guilt.

You must know that Zhu Changluo's killing this time is not just as simple as the prince being killed, but also involves the contradiction between Zhu Changxun, the son of Zheng Guifei, Fugong Wang, and Zhu Changluo's competition for the crown prince. Before Zheng Guifei repeatedly pounced Wanli, abolishing the matter of growing up and establishing children, if it weren't for the ministers who forced each other to die and admonished each other many times, countless ministers would rather die than obey, I am afraid that King Fugong would have become the prince.

Now that the eldest son of the emperor was suddenly killed, but Concubine Zheng and King Fugong were unharmed, is there anything else in this? Could it be that Zheng Guifei or Zheng Guifei's family, in order for King Fugong to become the crown prince and ascend the throne in the future, secretly sent assassins to assassinate the emperor's eldest son, and deliberately framed the White Lotus Sect?

Wanli knows very well that these ministers under his hands, after Zhang Juzheng's death, are like a group of unleashed mad dogs, who bite whom, they don't care at all. It is estimated that by tomorrow morning at the latest, a large number of officials will write to impeach Zheng Guifei and the Zheng family, and even burn the fire to themselves.

Heartache over the death of the heir, fear of the White Lotus Sect demons, and headaches for the future forced Wanli to lash out and order Zhang Whale and Liu Shouyou to investigate the matter thoroughly, and reprimanded the two of them fiercely, before dragging his tired body to Zheng Guifei's bedroom to rest. He still has to keep his spirits up and face the noise of the hundred officials tomorrow morning.

At the same time, tens of thousands of Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyi Weitiqi swarmed out all over the capital like mad dogs, and began to search for suspicious criminals. Once someone is found to have suspicious deeds, he will immediately arrest him on the spot without hesitation, put him in a prison and torture him, and kill him directly if he resists the slightest.

At this moment, all the ministers also forgot about Li Rusong's lawlessness and arrogance in Liaodong, and forgot their original duties, and gathered together in groups of three or five, gathering among the mansions, wine shops, and green buildings, and discussing countermeasures in a whisper, how to obtain the greatest benefits in this chaos.

No one noticed that several inns and liquor stores in the capital had been emptied, and thousands of falcon troops were hidden in the Forbidden City, which was known as the safest in the world.

"Hehe, this Zhu Changluo still has some ability, but unfortunately the means are still a little tender. Let's use this as our base camp for the time being, and let's do it the night after tomorrow! Li Rusong was dressed as a eunuch in the palace, sat on a bed, and said with a smile.

This is the Ciqing Palace, the sleeping palace of Zhu Changluo, who was assassinated, and the falcon came here to clear the remaining clues after Zhu Changluo's death. Unexpectedly, Zhu Changluo secretly built a secret room under the Ciqing Palace, and there was a secret passage leading to the garden near Zheng Guifei's bedroom, where a small amount of weapons and armor were stored, and it seemed that he also had his own plans and intentions. Unfortunately, before his plan could be implemented, he was killed by the Falcon.

At this time, Li Rusong, who came to the capital secretly, heard this, and immediately ordered Xiao Congee to lead all the falconers and horses to lurk in the palace and hide in the secret room.

"Brother, Zheng Guifei's son King Fugong is currently under our control, and the guards around the dormitory are also ours, just because Zhu Changluo was assassinated, Wanli has sent a lot of masters of Dongchang and Jinyi Guard near Zheng Guifei's dormitory. I guess I have to wait for the 'murderer' to be arrested tomorrow! Sigh porridge sat on the side and drank tea, and said with a smile when he heard the words.

"Oh!? That's good, Wanli, the dog emperor, only thinks about his own pleasure and indulgence, no matter whether the people in the world live or die, it's time for him to pay the price! (To be continued......)