Sun Zhong?

Hearing Yang Hongze say this name, Shen Yichen was really a little surprised.

He still has a good impression of Sun Zhong, when Li Shimian, the priest of the country, was wrongfully punished by Wang Zhen and punished by the Dutch school, Shen Yichen led the prisoners of the country to knock on the grievances, and Sun Zhong, the uncle of Huichang, helped to say a few good words in front of the queen mother, and finally got Wang Zhen's compromise and regression.

Now Yang Hongze said that Sun Zhong hoarded rice and grain and wantonly raised the price of grain, which is equivalent to subverting Shen Yichen's impression.

"Do you have proof?"

"Without proof, would I talk nonsense?"

Yang Hongze replied with some sarcasm, although he was willing to participate in the food shortage and famine from the perspective of the farmer, it did not mean that the two sides had any possibility of reconciliation.

Shen Yichen's questioning is simply an insult to himself.

"Do you know that in the eleventh year of orthodoxy, Han Xing, a slave of Huichang Bosun Zhong, lent money to the people of Binzhou, and the principal and interest increased several times, and finally forced hundreds of people to die?"

Sun Zhong has also done this kind of thing?

In the eleventh year of orthodoxy, Shen Yichen went out of the town to control the water in Shandong, and he didn't have the extra energy to pay attention to the evil incident of a relative's house slave in the imperial court, so it was naturally impossible to know.

"I'll talk about it in detail."

Shen Yichen arched his hand, and his attitude was very polite.

For Shen Yichen's politeness, Yang Hongze was very useful, perhaps this is the first time in several years that the other party has shown a posture of "showing weakness".

"In the early years of Huichang Bo Sun Zhong, he was a prelude to the Honglu Temple from Jiupin, and his family background could only be called worry-free food and clothing, far from reaching the point of Zhong Ming Ding food. During the regent period of Empress Dowager Zhang, she set an example and severely suppressed the dictatorship of her relatives, resulting in Hui Changbo never being as rich as the old relatives of the court. ”

"In the seventh year of orthodoxy, the Empress Dowager collapsed, and with the pro-government of the Emperor Taishang, Uncle Sun Zhong of Huichang was favored. As a result, he began to buy industries in Beijing to make money, and then he was not satisfied with the income of normal operations, and used domestic slaves to drive casinos, lend money, embezzle, etc., which made the people miserable. ”

"In the eleventh year of orthodoxy, Sun Xing, a slave of Huichangbo's family, complained about lending money in Binzhou, and the local department really couldn't stand it and complained to the imperial court about it, and some officials took the opportunity to submit a chapter to impeach Huichangbo."

"Shen Zhongtang, might as well guess what the result is?"

Let's say it, Yang Hongze showed a sarcastic smile on his face, almost writing the answer on his face.

"Hold it high and put it down gently."

"That's right, Emperor Taishang remembered that Hui Changbo was a relative of the country, and he didn't know that the house slave was illegal, so he only disposed of Han Xing and sent him to the Tieling garrison in Liaodong!"

"Then how can this hoarding of rice and grain and driving up the market price prove that it is related to Huichangbo?"

Shen Yichen asked the key point, in the eleventh year of orthodoxy, Sun Zhong threw the pot to the house slave, and this time he could do it again. Even if it is not his own grandson Zhu Qizhen who is in power, his daughter is still the queen mother of the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu still wants to give this face.

Finding out the mastermind behind the scenes is the key to asking the guilt!

"There is no need to prove it at all, because this time the person who controls the price of food in the market is Han Xing!"

Hearing Yang Hongze say Han Xing's name, Shen Yichen understood why the other party was so angry. He even did not hesitate to put aside his grievances with himself for the time being, and revealed all the masterminds behind the inflated food prices.

Huichang Bo Sun Zhong was arrogant to such an extent, he got the sinners who were sent to the border back to the capital division, and he also did illegal things in an open and honest manner, it is not too much to call him an extralegal fanatic!

"I didn't expect that Daming suppressed his relatives for more than 70 years, and he still failed to completely eradicate the drawbacks of the law."

Shen Yichen said with some embarrassment, in a sense, this is not the disadvantage of relatives, but the disadvantage of "rule by man".

"Now that you know who the main envoy behind it is, do you dare to take this matter to help the people?"

Yang Hongze stared at Shen Yichen, this time his tone did not have a sarcastic meaning, but instead had an expectation that he did not want to admit in his heart.

"Of course, if everyone pursues advantages and avoids disadvantages, is there still justice in this world?"

"At least I'm Shen Yichen, and I don't want to be that cold-eyed bystander!"

The loud words made Yang Hongze speechless for a while, and his heart could be described as mixed.

Yang Hongze knew these inside stories, but it was not the result of any investigation, but that he and Hui Changbo now belonged to the same interest group of the Emperor Taishang, and the other party did not hide these at all.

It was not only Huichang Bo Sun Zhong who led the hoarding of rice and grain and the inflating of grain prices, but also many high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China. Even if he didn't personally participate in it, his followers, vassals, and shop slaves maintained the same tacit understanding more or less.

After all, only when the ordinary people's families are ruined can they reasonably and legally acquire and merge land and property, buy more domestic slaves, rent more tenants, and maintain their own fine clothes and food.

Otherwise, just relying on the meager anger of the imperial court, and the Daming treasure banknote, which is not much stronger than wiping the butt paper, how can you be a master?

To put it more exaggeratedly, even top-level nobles like the British Mansion and the Chengguo Mansion can hardly guarantee that their shops and farms will not be stained in the mud.

Yang Hongze knew the obstacles and difficulties behind him, so he chose to remain silent, until he saw Shen Yichen resolutely accept the people's life, envy, jealousy, admiration, and yearning for all kinds of emotions followed, causing him to be very entangled in his inner emotions.

"The reason for the famine in the north of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the hoarding of grain and raising the price of grain by the powerful people led by Sun Zhong, the chief of the Ming Dynasty, is that the supply is far from sufficient. Even if you curb the rise in grain prices, you still can't solve the shortage of rice and grain, and you can't cure the symptoms but not the root cause. ”

After that, Yang Hongze was silent for a while before he continued to speak: "But no matter what the process is, I hope you can make the people no longer hungry and cold." ”

After saying this, Yang Hongze looked at the room and stopped talking to Shen Yichen.

The nine-day Jingtai first year Yiji Ke examination is being held step by step at the same time, the Forbidden City, which is also nominally blocked in the Nangong, has not really reached a closed state, and Zhang Xuan, who received the emperor's secret two good horses, appeared in the Nangong at this moment!

Seeing Zhang Xuan coming, Ruan Lang, the old eunuch guarding Zhu Qizhen, left the courtyard with great interest and stood outside the palace gate to stand sentry.

Ruan Lang is an Annan person brought by the southern expedition during the Ming Dynasty, you must know that in the process of the southern expedition of the Ming Dynasty, the strategy of "cutting the grass and eradicating the roots" was adopted for the feudal barbarians, and those who dared to resist were directly killed when they became adults, and they were castrated and brought into the palace to become eunuchs at an early age.

Including the famous Three Treasures eunuch Zheng He, he was actually a prisoner of young children castrated in the Battle of Yunnan.

Ruan Lang has gone through five dynasties, and it can be said that he watched Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen grow up, so he naturally became closer emotionally. Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu asked him to guard it, and he was directly rebelled without suspense, but became a close confidant of the emperor.

It can only be said that the foundation of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu is unstable, not only because there are not enough cronies among the officials of the foreign courts, but also because the internal officials can not find enough trusted manpower except for a few cronies and eunuchs in the Qiandi period.

In addition, even if Zhu Qiyu was ruthless and imprisoned his brother Zhu Qizhen, he was still not harsh in terms of treatment. Not only did they maintain the service of eunuchs and palace maids, but even the former concubines came to Nangong to accompany them, so that so many heirs could be bred in history.

In other words, although Zhu Qizhen was imprisoned in Nangong, the concubines could enter and leave freely, and most of the eunuchs and guards were emotionally biased towards the emperor, and the blockade of Nangong became a real existence.

Zhang Xuan, who is now serving as the governor of the right capital, was able to quietly enter the South Palace with the help of the eunuchs and guards in the palace.

"Zhang Xuan, the governor of the right of the minister, knock on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Seeing Zhu Qizhen sitting on the couch, Zhang Xuan bowed five times and bowed three times respectfully.

Many times from the etiquette salutation, you can read the other party's attitude, and it is obvious that Zhang Xuan has decided to stand on Zhu Qizhen's side.

The reason that prompted him to make up his mind was that the Empress Dowager Sun ordered the eunuch to set up a supervisor to befriend Wuqing Hou Shiheng, and made some progress. The other party did not explicitly refuse the queen mother's wooing, showing a wait-and-see ambiguous attitude.

Zhang Xuan knew that Shi Heng was not a thing in the pool, and what was even more terrifying was that he also had crazy ambitions, a Marquis of Wuqing who was in charge of the five military camps, there was no way to satisfy Shi Heng's appetite, and he wanted to be a very popular minister at the time, and the power was tilted towards the government and the opposition!

If Shi Heng is shaken, then the power of the two emperors in the palace will be fundamentally reversed, and the balance of victory will gradually tilt towards the Emperor Zhu Qizhen, and it is time to add more chips.

Seeing Zhang Qizhen's attitude so respectful, Zhu Qizhen's face was full of smiles, and he directly got up and helped him up, and said very closely: "Zhang Aiqing is my minister, why do you need to do this great gift now in Nangong?" ”

"There is a difference between monarchs and ministers, even if Your Majesty loves you, Weichen must abide by the duties of a courtier!"

Zhang Xuan's answer made Zhu Qizhen feel more and more satisfied, and he said with some emotion: "If the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces were as loyal and patriotic as Zhang Aiqing, there might not be a scene where I retreated to Nangong today." ”

Zhang Xuan dared to answer other words, and before he figured out the emperor's intentions, he could only bow down and stand aside in silence.

"Zhang Aiqing, I have heard outside the Saiwai that the title of the Duke of England was passed to the concubine Zhang Mao, and this kind of ignoring the elders and children of the concubine is simply incompatible with etiquette!"

When Zhu Qizhen said this, he was simply indignant, in a sense, he had empathy with Zhang Xuan. According to the etiquette, he is the only concubine of his father, and King Yu is not qualified to steal the supreme position at all. If such a ritual collapses, won't the country be a country in the future?

The same sentence also touched Zhang Xun's heart, and he finally couldn't help but reply indignantly: "When my brother was alive, he never said that he would let the prince take the title, but it was a pity that in the battle of the horse leather shroud in Tumu Fort, His Majesty made the decision to let that Zhang Mao inherit the title." ”

"How can a young son who is only nine years old be in charge of the huge British Mansion?"

"What Zhang Aiqing said is very true, I deeply sympathize with this matter, and it has been inherited since ancient times. If I can ascend to the position of a great treasure again, I will definitely put the chaos out of chaos anyway! ”

The British dukedom is the bargaining chip that Empress Dowager Sun promised to Zhang Xuan a long time ago, and now it is said through Zhu Qizhen's mouth, which is equivalent to Jun Wu's jokes.

Of course, the premise is, can Zhu Qizhen regain his position as a treasure?

"Emperor Shengming!"

Zhang Xuan got the promise he wanted, and knelt down again to show his loyalty, and at this point, Zhu Qizhen didn't need to hide it, and said directly: "I am the emperor and the Tartar, and I ordered the king to take the position of superintendent of the country, and temporarily take the position of the unification." ”

"I didn't want the bird to occupy the dove's nest, I forced Chan to abdicate and become the emperor, and imprisoned in this southern palace."

"The king has no king, no brother, but heaven and earth do not tolerate. But now that the DPRK is treacherous and evil, there is an urgent need for loyal ministers like Zhang Aiqing to raise their arms and shout, I wonder if Zhang Aiqing is willing to create an enlightened and prosperous era with me? ”

Zhu Qizhen was imprisoned in the South Palace, which can be said to be like a year, always worried that Zhu Qiyu would attack him, and one day the news of the emperor's violent death came out of the palace. And if it continues to be delayed like this, waiting for the end of the big competition in the first year of Jingtai, there will be a group of protégés of the Son of Heaven belonging to Emperor Jingtai to enter the court.

Don't underestimate the role of the protégé of the Son of Heaven, it is difficult to say that there will not be a ruthless character like the second Shen Yichen, who plays a key role in changing the situation of the dynasty.

Hand-picking Shen Yichen as the third yuan and the first is the most regrettable thing in Zhu Qizhen's life so far, and the royal driving and personal expedition can only be ranked behind. With the threat of death and a sense of urgency of time, he needs to win over Zhang Xun and other loyal ministers to a coup d'état as soon as possible.

Otherwise, the longer the time drags on, the lower the hope of restoration!

In the face of Zhu Qizhen's inquiry, Zhang Xuan's heart was surging, and he subconsciously wanted to accept it, but the words never came out of his mouth.

No matter how tempting the English dukedom is, how close it is to the dragon's work. But choosing to rebel is a road of no return, either succeed, die, or even destroy the whole family!

Today, His Majesty's series of operations, in a sense, have obtained the legal authorization of Ming Yingzong after three resignations and three concessions, coupled with the prestige brought by the submission of the King of Time and the Mongol Great Khan, can the coup really succeed?

"Zhang Qing, don't let me down!"

Seeing that Zhang Qi didn't give a definite answer for a long time, Zhu Qizhen's tone instantly became a little cold.

The experience of the Northern Hunt made him distorted and suspicious, and he was no longer the high-spirited Ming Yingzong at the beginning. The purpose of his restoration was not for the sake of the court, but purely for revenge and power.

Those who cannot be loyal to themselves are their enemies!

Zhu Qizhen's cold tone woke up the hesitation in Zhang Xuan's heart, and he hurriedly explained: "It's not that the minister is unwilling to create an enlightened and prosperous world with the emperor, but now the imperial court is under the control of Qian and Shen Yichen. ”

"If Wuqing Marquis Shi Heng did not abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, I am afraid that it will be difficult and dangerous for the emperor to ascend to the throne of the unification again!"

The key to the restoration is to be in charge of the army, the core point of which is the five military camps in Shi Heng's hands, if he is not co-opted, Zhang Xuan will not dare to gamble his full net worth no matter what.