"What?"

Zhu Qizhen's brows were twisted into Sichuan characters, he sat on the stool and pondered, and after Jin Qi's reminder, he finally remembered.

In order to gain the support of the vassal kings, Taizong promised that the old system of Taizu would remain unchanged, and that the vassal states could have their own military power and be in charge of the local government.

It was at that time that King Yi began to annex land, and even pocketed Luoyang's rich minerals.

After the Henan prefect at that time reported, the Yongle Emperor did not deal with it in order to appease the vassal kings.

In the later period, Taizong cut off the military power of the vassal state, and King Yi took the initiative to cooperate, and Taizong turned a blind eye to King Yi's money-making.

Later, after the Renxuan and Xuan dynasties, there was Taizong's promise, but it was only because of Li Ji's incident that he changed a few subordinate officials of the palace, and did not touch King Yi's private wealth.

Because as a result, these private properties such as land deeds and land deeds owned by King Yi were legal in terms of procedures at that time, with the consent of Taizong.

Later, there was no problem with the fields purchased by business means, and now those who should pay taxes also pay taxes according to the law, so they can only pinch their noses and warn them.

"Since it is related to Taizong, then leave this alone for the time being. With these things today, he will not be able to sit firmly on this throne. ”

"Guo Mao, where's your news?" Zhu Qizhen asked again.

Unexpectedly, Guo Mao, who was calm in the past, showed a rare look at this time, and his eyes were a little flickering.

"Whatever you hesitate to say!" Zhu Qizhen was in a bad mood, and when he saw Guo Mao's appearance at this time, he was naturally angry.

Guo Mao didn't dare to hide it, so he could only tell what he saw today.

It turned out that after Guo Mao left the inn in the morning, he did not wait for the local Jinyiwei to contact him, but took the initiative to release the code to look for him, but even if he used the Jinyiwei who was secretly protected, he still found nothing, and even entered the stronghold reported by Jinyiwei twice before, only cleaning traces, no one lived, and Guo Mao found nothing for a whole day.

With Guo Mao's narration, Zhu Qizhen's face became more and more ugly, Jin Yiwei was the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, and now he had evaporated from the world, which was a provocation to him.

"Not a clue?" Zhu Qizhen asked with a blushing face.

"Now we can only be sure that the local Jinyi guard was not killed, it should be a captivity or a ......," Guo Mao lowered his head and did not dare to say any further.

"Or did you betray the court?" Zhu Qizhen finished speaking for Guo Mao.

Everyone in the room gasped, Jinyiwei's rebellion? This is really something that has never been heard of since the founding of the country, what is worthy of Jinyiwei's rebellion?

"The sin deserves death! Please forgive the emperor! "Guo Mao, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, is of course directly responsible for this matter.

Zhu Qizhen took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart, sighed and said: "The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the merits and rewards and punishments will be solved when this matter is resolved." ”

Guo Mao didn't get up, but groped out a letter from his body and held it above his head with both hands.

"An urgent report from the capital, please visit the emperor!"

Zhu Qizhen opened the wax seal, read the contents of the song carefully, and then slapped it on the table.

Several people were frightened, and they also knelt on the ground with Guo Mao.

"The emperor is angry! What is it that makes you so angry? Li Xian asked carefully.

Zhu Qizhen didn't speak, pointing to the letter.

Li Xian opened the song and looked at it, gasped, and his voice trembled a little: "Guangdong General Military Officer An Xiangbo Zhang An, and the commander Wang Qing died in battle, and Qin Cha Geng Jiuchou and Wang Hong are nowhere to be found.

The Beijing division was slow to descend and march into the army, Wang Ji garrisoned Chenzhou, Pingyuewei cut off food, and the military households fed on grass roots and bark.

Yu Qian sent the governor of Tongzhi Dong Xing as the left deputy chief soldier to ask for the thieves in Guangzhou, and Meng Jian, the household servant, was the counselor of military affairs; ordered Mao Fushou to beg Chenzhou to rebel against the seedlings, so that Wang Ji rushed to the aid of Ping Yuewei. ”

Zhu Qizhen was originally going to find out the situation in Luoyang and deal with it again, but looking at the current situation, there was no time for him to slowly investigate the evidence of King Yi's crime, and he had to rush to Guangzhou as soon as possible.

Even the chief officer dared to kill, but Qin Cha disappeared, except for the rebellion, everything else could be done.

"Guo Mao, let the Henan Metropolitan Commander Tian Li lead the troops to rescue the driver, and the young man will lead the political secretary and the officials of the judicial department to take over the affairs of Henan Mansion." Zhu Qizhen said in a cold voice.

"Obey the order!" Guo Mao was ordered to leave, but was stopped by Li Xian.

Li Xian's face was full of worry, and he persuaded: "Your Majesty, King Yi is one of the feudal kings of Taizu, and he is also Taizong's special grace, and I am afraid that if he moves, it will cause the world vassal kings to shake and cause turmoil in the government and the opposition."

And whether the officials of Henan Province are involved in it, there is no conclusion, rashly Sona, I am afraid that some people will say that you are suspicious and unkind, it is better to pass Tian Li first, and tomorrow we will go to the government to investigate, and then talk about whether it is to dismiss the officials of Henan Province. ”

Zhu Qizhen also knew that he was anxious just now, Li Xian's suggestion was more reasonable, but he had already made up his mind to depose King Yi, annexing so much land, and a bowl of soup with expensive grain prices would cost five yuan!

"The affairs of Henan Mansion, Li Xian, you will do it, as for King Yi, in order to avoid startling the snake, first determine the affairs of Henan Mansion, and then solve them together."

Guo Mao was ordered to leave, and Zhu Qizhen was still worried.

"Your Majesty, since Yu Shangshu and the cabinet have arranged the military affairs of the two places, they will definitely be able to suppress the thieves, you must not be too worried and hurt yourself!" Xiong Zongli admonished.

Zhu Qizhen's heart was in turmoil, he wanted to be quiet now, let everyone go back to their rooms to rest, and he still sat in place and didn't get up.

He was afraid that his decision would kill Geng Jiuchou and Wang Hong, and even a few people around him now, so he hurriedly summoned Tian Li to come.

Several people still wanted to stay with Zhu Qizhen, but they were forced to retreat by the emperor's eyes, only Fan Zhong still didn't leave, and stubbornly knelt there.

"Fan Zhong, you can also go back to the house to rest!" Zhu Qizhen's deep voice sounded.

"The minister is here to protect you!" Fan Zhong said.

"What else could be going on here? You are all next door to me, and you are protected by the brocade guards, go and rest. ”

Fan Zhong still did not move, and said: "Other ministers are not at ease, this shopkeeper does not look like a good person, in case there is a bad intention, what are you frightened, and it is difficult for the minister to die to atone for his sins!" ”

Zhu Qizhen also calmed down, and seeing that Fan Zhong insisted, he didn't want to say anything more, so he had to let him get up and sleep with him.

It is estimated that he was afraid that Zhu Qizhen would have any special habits, Fan Zhongning would not obey, so he lay on the side of the bed on the floor, and Zhu Qizhen couldn't help it, so he went with him.

The lights went out in the middle of the night, Zhu Qizhen pillowed his arm, this was the best day of accommodation since leaving Beijing, but he didn't feel the slightest sleep, and looked at the roof in a daze.

"Your Majesty, you haven't slept yet, have you?" Fan Zhong's voice came from under the bed.

Then he heard Zhu Qizhen hum and didn't move, Fan Zhong hurriedly looked for something to say.

"Childe, Lao Fan's card skills are okay today, right? That's right, hehe. ”

Zhu Qizhen remembered the scene in the afternoon and asked a little curiously: "Fan Zhong, I really didn't expect that you still have this craft, didn't you open a gambling house in the capital?" ”

Fan Zhong hurriedly denied: "You can't wronged me, I just used to like to play this, and I haven't entered the gambling house since I took the military position, so it's really a bit itchy to say that I want to play today." Hey hey ......"

The two chatted more and more, until Zhu Qizhen's eyelids began to fight, and the drinking order downstairs seemed to have stopped.

When he was about to fall asleep, a big hand secretly patted Zhu Qizhen.

"Your Majesty, there is someone outside the door!"