Dou Zhang's luck didn't last long.

Xu Jin came to Nanjing first and came with a holy decree, not because of the accident that Hua Xiaoji took the lead into, this holy decree directly announced that the emperor had decided to canonize King Zhou as the crown prince, so he sent the cabinet chief assistant to Nanjing and ordered His Royal Highness the prince to leave for Beijing immediately.

This is like a bolt from the blue for Dou Zhang.

Because he knew that everything was over, the battle of Nanjing, and the defeat was decided.

When Xu Jin left, Dou Zhang's impeachment had not even arrived in the capital, and what he couldn't understand was why the emperor made a decision so quickly and made King Zhou the crown prince!

Xu Jin and Dou Zhang are also really old friends, and when they heard that Dou Zhang actually launched an impeachment, their expressions were calm: "Regarding the fact that many officials in Jiangnan are still greedy for ink, His Royal Highness and Deputy Envoy Zhao have already checked the crime and played the court to impose heavy punishment on officials who should violate the law. ”

Dou Zhang was like an out-of-body body, paralyzed and speechless, so anxious that Mrs. Dou didn't know what to do.

Lan Ting came to meet Dou Zhang.

"No, I should have known that I had other intentions, right?"

By this time, of course, Dou Zhang had already understood that he had already been exposed, and King Zhou and Zhao Jibei obviously knew Chu Chu and Hua Xiaoji's actions well, and even arranged for their eyes and ears to follow him left and right, so that before they acted, they would grasp the crimes of those unjudicial officials one step earlier and report them to the court for accountability, but they didn't know that the plan had been exposed, and they still followed the rules, what was the result? thought it was a killer feature, but it had already been withdrawn from the bottom of the kettle.

He is equivalent to hitting the tip of the gun of the Zhou Wang Party directly!

Hua Xiaoji came out, Chu Chu confessed, which has damaged his official reputation, and now even Xu Ge Lao only uses "big disappointment" to give away, you can imagine how the emperor will be angry when he receives his letter of impeachment against King Zhou, but so many subordinate officials were present that day to hear about it, King Zhou and Zhao Don't clearly warn him that this matter "knows in his heart", it is he who insists on doing it!

King Zhou is clearly prepared, and those party members who lobby corrupt officials and bend the law are bound to be spared, and they will be wiped out by King Zhou, and his insistence that he has no knowledge is tantamount to a joke.

Everyone is making money, and this battle is lost to public opinion and the emperor's heart, which is a complete defeat for him

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Dou Zhang, of course, understood that struggling was useless.

"I just hate that I didn't know sooner." Lan Ting said.

"It's come to this, I have nothing to say, but I don't regret it, so don't say much, Dou, just listen to the punishment." Dou Zhang smiled bitterly.

"How does the Dou Guild confess?"

"I was confused for a while, moved by interests, so I was tempted by the Linzi Wang Party."

"That's really unrepentant." Lan Ting stared at Dou Zhang: "This is in the garden of Duke Dou's mansion, and Duke Dou doesn't have to worry about the wall having ears, and he still refuses to tell the truth?" ”

"Don't have to listen to the truth, Dou may as well say bluntly, in Dou's view, Zhou Wangxun is still not the master, in fact, even today's saints can't turn the tide, extraordinary times must use extraordinary talents, the king is incompetent, only with the courtiers to govern there is a way to return to the sky!"

"I finally got it." Lan Ting raised his eyebrows: "It turns out that the reason why Duke Dou was persuaded by the traitors was only because he had the idea of ruling the world together with the monarch and the ministers, which was understandable, but I dare to ask Duke Dou, why did he conclude that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must not be able to follow the advice, and the eight princes can implement the monarch and the minister to rule the world together?" ”

"With such a simple truth, why do you want to ask knowingly?" Dou Zhang is still cautious.

"If the monarch is weak and the minister is strong, he will definitely be able to ensure the peace of the world?" Lan Ting couldn't bear the anger in his heart: "No matter how weak the Son of Heaven is, there will always be an adult pro-government one day!" Unscrupulous means such as Zheng Xiu, the Duke of Wei, once the power is held by him, can he really focus on the society and the country? ”

"Empress Dowager Shengde, I really have the desire to be a chicken! King Zhou succeeded to the throne, and the country was controlled by the Wang family! ”

"Joke!" Lan Ting took the case: "Zheng Xiu is really powerful, he can really understand people's hearts, Hua Xiaoji is reckless and impulsive, Dou Mansion Yin is jealous of the Queen Mother, Zheng Xiu can actually know everything about winning over one by one, such a heart-attacking technique, Zhao Lanting really sighed. ”

"Don't do it anymore, I only have one sentence, which is to instruct the Linzi King Party."

"Then, I don't have to spend more time with Dou Gong." Lan Ting left the table.

Later, when he talked about this with Xu Gelao, Xu Gelao was not full of emotion.

"It's the fault of the old man, he never realized that Dou Zhang had such a ...... If the Empress Dowager Shengde really imitated Wu Zhou's ambitions, why did she retire to Cining Palace for many years? Today's benevolence and filial piety, the mother is far better than the biological mother, if the Empress Dowager Shengde really wants to interfere in the government affairs, why do you need to endure it so far. ”

"Because His Highness is raised by the king after all

The Queen Mother is on her knees. Lan Ting also felt ridiculous: "And no matter how the Empress Dowager Shengde retreats, Ning Guogong's family will be prosperous after all, and in Dou Zhang's opinion, Concubine Zheng has no children after all." Therefore, even if Zheng Xiu's power leans towards the government and the opposition in the future, it will only be temporary, and the eighth prince's foreign family, Luomen, will break with Zheng Xiu sooner or later, and at that time, the relatives will inevitably rely on the courtiers in order to fight against Zheng Xiu. ”

Xu Jin also said frankly at this time: "The old man would rather believe in the Ningguo Mansion than believe in Luo Kong and the like." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will have to rely on the assistance of important ministers such as Elder Xu Ge in the future."

"In the future, we have to count on a group of rising stars as the main support." Xu Jin still reminded in the end: "Don't really decide not to return to Beijing with His Royal Highness, but ...... Go to Fenyang to handle the funeral first? ”

"The court has asked for a favor, and you can postpone your return to Beijing." Lan Ting did not hesitate.

He is now unable to bring to justice Zheng Xiu, the culprit who killed Li Gong's father and son, and may not even be sentenced to death by Dou Zhang, although Hua Xiaoji and Chu Chu are directly related to this case, one of them is unintentional, and the other is ordered by others, and the heads of the two of them are not enough to comfort Li Gong and his uncle.

I can't help the spring return, of course, I have to accompany the spring return to help the family return to their hometowns and assist the foreign family in the funeral.

Xu Jin also knew that Lan Ting had made up his mind, and he didn't persuade much, but his expression was quite comforting: "Your grandfather passed away early, not only did he not arrange your marriage when he died, but even put the burden on your shoulders, before he died, the only thing he felt at ease was that he was afraid that you would not be able to be independent because of marriage, and he would not be able to make peace with his wife in the future. You are more fortunate than your grandfather, and you are a person who knows how to cherish, and now you can always think about everything for the sake of your wife's room, and the little two can help each other in harmony. Don't, now the East Palace is fixed, you are the prince's close minister, the will of the prince back then, can be regarded as half realized, next, I hope you will always adhere to the original intention, continue to assist the prince, and achieve the national fortune of the revival of the stable society. ”

"The court will not dare to forget the original intention."

At this point, the battle of the three princes for the position of the East Palace was finally settled, but Lan Ting temporarily "parted ways" with the prince, but before the prince set off, there was almost a storm in the palace of King Wu.