Chapter 400: The Secret Uncovered
Zhu Yonghao felt like he was going crazy.
I couldn't accept this deliberate game, and I was terrified of the consequences of what I had just done.
"Father, you ...... "plot against me!" Why do you ......?"
"You ask me if I can give you a chance, but I have been giving you a chance! This decree is your last chance. If you just put your ambition under control, you can get one last chance to keep everything. "Unfortunately, you're not sure.
"Father, son, son unknown."
"I didn't make up my mind completely. But you made me decide. β
"Hah! Ha ha! Zhu Yonghao smiled and slowly got up.
"Father, why should you! What excuses do you make! You can't tolerate me anymore! will design to attract me! You led me step by step! Because I've always done things without reproach, you want to knock me out of position but you can't do it. If it weren't for the grip on me, you wouldn't have been able to act for two days! You've been watching me make mistakes, just to catch me! Isn't it! β
Zhu Yonghao's two lines of tears rolled down.
Indeed, this full house has come to bear witness.
Not to be a testimony of his dethronement, but to see what ridiculous things he did! His father, the emperor, is too ruthless! In order to justify him, he did not hesitate to beat around the bush for such a big circle, and at this moment, as a minister, an elder of the royal family, and the queen mother, he is ugly......
"Okay. I'm here to help! Someoneβ" Zhu Yonghao roared.
At this point, he only had one last chance left. Even if it's just a dying throe.
He had quietly retreated to the door, and if his men took the room, there might be a turnaround.
However, after a few breaths, his people did not come in.
His back was already leaning against the door, and he found that the door could not be pushed open.
"Idiot!" The Emperor stepped forward in a rage. This time, it was a kick in his waist! "Aren't you ashamed enough! For the sake of your face, for the sake of the royal family, I only let these people see your ugly deeds, don't you understand my hard work! β
The emperor was puzzled and slapped out again.
"Do you know that if I see through you, will you let your people control you?"
After the emperor said that, there was movement outside, saying that Zhu Yonghao's secret manpower had been taken down.
"Your people have long been targeted. I'm here, if I don't make it loose enough on the outside and tight on the inside, how can I make you make a move? Kan Xin, tell him what news you just brought! β
Kan Xin stepped forward and reported them one by one:
"In the palace, the queen of Kunning Palace has been controlled, and the concubine has already noticed it, and deliberately lured the queen to take action. The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and the queen is caught.
The commander-in-chief of Jingwei made Liu Tao be targeted early, and waited until Liu Tao frequently mobilized manpower and the personnel were completely assembled, and our talents could make a move. Liu Tao was arrested.
Since yesterday afternoon, people who have left the city in the direction of the palace have been monitored, and a total of more than 230 suspicious people have been found. Half an hour ago, our people all went out to detain this group of seemingly scattered, but in fact sneaky people, and after interrogation, hundreds of them admitted that they were assigned.
There was a guard at the back door of the paddock who was bought......"
Kan Xin glanced at the prince and continued: "Similarly, I didn't startle the snake, but the people who were put into the paddock by His Highness in the past few days were all secretly watched, and half an hour ago, we took them by surprise and caught them off guard......
Zhu Yonghao didn't listen anymore. He sat on the ground, leaning against the door, and he knew to himself that it was over.
All his actions were seen by others.
His father, who he thought was going to die, has been watching him rehearse and act.
Undoubtedly, Lao Shi should also be controlled at this moment.
"The courtyard of the Ten Princes, when the gang poured oil, they were all taken down. The person who just came in to pass the ceremony deliberately voted for His Highness's favor...... However, it is true that there was a fire in the residence of the King of Thailand. β
"I didn't expect you to really set it on fire!" The Emperor frowned and shook his head. "How many charges do you deserve?" From the collision and contempt of that day, to the bribery and bribery in the middle, to the arson and threat of the king at this moment...... If you really want to count it, a bully is a certainty. But if that's all, that's it, it's ......
"Father, you listen to your son's explanation."
Zhu Yonghao burst into tears, he knew that he had been defeated, so he could only beg for it.
"Father, you are so tempted, and the sons and daughters must fight for the family and supporters behind them! Erchen didn't lie at all, Erchen is really for Da Zhou, you have experienced the succession, so you naturally know the danger, Erchen is just trying his best to fight for and keep his current position, and Erchen didn't really do anything to the eighth brother. It's just a means, and Erchen hasn't been ruthless once! β
Zhu Yonghao pulled the hem of the emperor's clothes and cried, just hoping to make his father soft-hearted.
"That's when you're not ruthless!" The emperor didn't forget that the person who was still calling him at the last moment just now might not have the heart to break the net.
The emperor crouched in front of the crown prince:
"I know the cruelty of taking the heir, and although you are angry about doing this, I can really understand it. But there is one thing that I can't bear at all! β
It's a pity, Zhu Yonghao couldn't have imagined that the emperor made such a big move, not to see his ambition and force him to "rebel", but to wait for him to expose one thing.
The emperor can tolerate his son being ruthless in the process of seizing the heir, but he can't tolerate his son stealing his own corner when he is alive and well!
Zhu Yonghao is unknown.
The emperor threw down a bamboo tube.
Zhu Yonghao was stunned on the spot.
Then he collapsed to the ground, unable to say a word.
"What is this, I don't need to say anything more!"
What is it? Zhu Yonghao recognized it at a glance. There was a letter in the bamboo tube, which he wrote and sealed with his own hands.
Only half of the fire paint mark on the seal remained, indicating that it had been opened.
His father saw what was inside. And his father, the emperor, apparently recognized his handwriting.
This time, he's completely finished.
Even if he had a hundred mouths, he couldn't tell.
His people were actually intercepted! After being intercepted, he didn't even have a chance to destroy this letter, so it can be seen what kind of people are staring at him!
Zhu Yonghao suddenly shuddered.
But that day, his dead soldier was chased by Yu Bohong's people, jumped off the cliff successfully, and committed suicide by taking poison. This time, will he be captured alive?
Could it be that the assassination of that day ......
The other party deliberately did not catch all his killers...... is to deliberately provoke the father and the emperor and then take the position......
Zhu Yonghao quietly looked into Yu Bohong's bottomless eyes.
He was cold, but he couldn't help but shake his head and shake his head again.
Impossible, impossible!
"I could never have imagined that you would be so bold as this!"
The emperor kicked Zhu Yonghao in the chest, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood......
This letter from the crown prince was sent to Yan Andi's sworn enemy, the Tartars.
He actually has the ability to support the Tartar and let the Tartar be used by him!
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Kan Xin and his people have been secretly staring at Zhu Yonghao.
Shortly after the Emperor summoned the Eight Princes and prepared the Holy Decree today, they knew that the time to catch the fish would come.
Several roads to the north were ambushed by them.
Athletic, hat-wearing, and horse-ridden masters were planted in their hands.
Fearing that the other party's dead man would commit suicide and destroy all the evidence, they had already prepared.
The smoke takes the lead, the horse falls into the trap, and the iron hook is dispatched. As soon as the net came down, the jaws of the dead were also removed, and at the same time, their legs and hands were wrapped with thin wire ropes.
They didn't even have a chance to grit their teeth and kill themselves, let alone destroy the bamboo tube letter on their bodies.
Kan Xin caught two passers-by, two letter tubes, and went to different targets.
One of them was their cronies somewhere in Yan'an, and asked the other party to cooperate with the letter in a commanding tone.
There is also a name along the way, but it was personally opened by a certain Great Khan of the Tartars.
If the emperor could still suppress a moment or two when he saw those words, then after opening the letter and reading it, he was angry and rushed straight to his head.
Unfilial son!
He had the ability to drive the Tartars, and ordered them to prepare for an attack as soon as they received the letter. It is best to press in on a large scale, with the greatest efforts and the greatest battle to contain Yan An, and do his best to create a riot and oppress Da Zhou, while his people will help them with the inside and outside to help them rob Yan An. The letter told them to make a big fuss and burn, kill, and plunder as they pleased, and the greater the riot, the greater the reward he would give later......
The Emperor was dumbfounded.
Thinking that a few days ago, Zhu Chengyi knelt on the ground despite his serious injuries, and took out the secret letter against Zhu Yonghao's accusations turned out to be true! Zhu Chengyi said that the prince colluded with the Tartars to seek heavy profits, and repeatedly tried to clean up Yan'an for profit...... Prince, digging the corner of Da Zhou!
This matter, to be specific, has to go forward.
Zhu Chengyi has never known where Zhu Yonghao's inexplicable hostility towards him comes from.
Because there is no enmity, one can only guess that it is due to interests. So Zhu Chengyi has been investigating the crown prince in recent months, and asked his father to help him find out where Yan'an and the prince may be connected.
However, there are not many ways for Yan'an to involve money, only one: commerce.
Trade with the Western Regions must pass through Yan'an.
If it is more imaged, Yan'an is like a throat area, stuck on this trade route.
This trade route has existed for thousands of years, and the tea and silk of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the handicrafts of gems from foreign lands all have to go back and forth through this road, and the total price of goods bought and sold each year may exceed 10 million taels of silver, or even more.
As the first pass into the Great Zhou, Yan'an not only collected a part of the tax, but also fulfilled the obligation to protect the caravan. This part of the tax is usually divided between Yan'an and the Great Zhou court. In fact, this silver has always been Yan Andi's largest income.
Therefore, if it is said that the prince hates Yan An for the sake of profit, it can only be on this path.
Can......
If Zhu Yonghao is the emperor, then he hates and dislikes Yan An for dividing the tax "five", so he is hostile to Yan An and wants to destroy Yan An and remove Yan An, which is understandable.
However, he is just a prince, but why has he always instigated the withdrawal of the DPRK and China? Is it a rainy day? No way!
Therefore, Zhu Chengyi suspected that he had a personal enmity with Yan An because of his interests, or that as long as Yan An existed, it would affect his interests.
But on this trade route, all of them are begging for Yan An's protection, and only one kind of person is hostile to Yan An.
That's the Tartars!
Tartars are scarce for most of the year. Robbing - the fastest way to come, and it is also the most common means of obtaining supplies for their ancestors.
But in the last decade, the Tartars have become more enlightened.
If you go head-to-head with the caravan to rob, not only are you prone to casualties, but if you are unlucky, the other party is selling large items, then the tartar is not convenient to take away at all. In the end, it is very likely that the gains outweigh the losses, and they will have to be pursued by the Yan Anjun.
Moreover, things similar to tea and satin are easy to grab and not easy to carry, and often lag behind. These are not necessary for the Tartars, they have to think of reselling and digesting, which is very troublesome.
So, in recent years, the Tartars have changed their ways.
They quietly set up mobile checkpoints, collected the so-called "marching tax", and changed places every three or two days. There is no damage and it is easy to escape. The point is, they are more controllable. From the previous ten caravans grabbing one, it has become ten caravans at the moment collecting eight.
King Yan An has been distressed by this, and every time he hears the news, he will attack in the air.
In the vast desert, it is not easy to pursue, and it is even more difficult to find people, so I have been deflated repeatedly.
But how can the Tartars stop one by one, not only pinching the time and route of the major caravans accurately, but also controlling the patrol route of the Yan Anjun and calculating to avoid it? And, how did they digest the sum of money that they had not looked down on before? With whom did they exchange the money for what they needed?
In fact, King Yan An and others have always suspected that Yan An has hidden a group of people, and what they are doing is to pour out the information of the caravan and help digest the Tartar silver. And if this group of people wants to successfully settle in Yan'an and stretch out their hands in the major caravans, they must be from Da Zhou or Yan'an, and they must also have a certain strength.
In the past few years, the Tartars were too arrogant, which not only affected the tax revenue of Yan'an and Da Zhou, but also made the major caravans dissatisfied and rumors. There are exaggerated words, saying that the reason why Tartar knows all about the major caravans is because Yan An colluded with Tartar to resell caravan information......
When King Yan'an heard this, he was angry, not only did his money be damaged, but even his reputation was tarnished, and he was determined to make a difference.
So in the past two years, Zhu Chengyi has been secretly investigating this matter as a gentleman.
The year before last, he personally followed for two months, led people to mix in a large caravan, and successfully found a long chain of interests.
That time, they not only wiped out a group of 300 Tartar teams, but also found out a group of people who were hiding in the major inns, restaurants and checkpoints in Yan'an. This group of people is a one-line contact, just check and check, and the last line is found in the capital. wants to check the main envoy, Yan An is no longer suitable for meddler.
King Yan'an only sent a secret letter to the emperor about this matter, and then he no longer asked.
But since then, the Tartars have converged a lot, and Yan'an has strictly controlled the protection of the caravan a lot, and in the past two years, although the caravan has not been deducted by the Tartars, although it has not been eliminated, it is obviously less, and it is no longer a climate. The earlier remarks that Yan An had colluded with the Tartars gradually disappeared......
However, after Zhu Yonghao's aggressive and hateful actions, Zhu Chengyi really couldn't help but suspect that his hatred came from Yan Andi's biggest unsolved case at the moment, and he was killed by himself and colluded with the people behind the Tartars.
Zhu Chengyi felt that Zhu Yonghao's relative wealth to other princes was extraordinary. He is very good at smashing silver to do things, such as Zhu Yonglin, who was smashed too much by his silver and willingly became his dog. He can spend a lot of money wherever he goes, even if he has no intersection with Rong An that day. Where did he get so much money?
So following this direction, Zhu Chengyi collected the list of Zhu Yonghao's disciples and the list of the people of the Yan family's direct relatives, and asked his father to continue to check.
I didn't want to, but I really found something.
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