Wang Ji froze in place.

Only then did he realize that King Zhou had been tricking himself.

He thought that he had successfully instigated the king of Zhou to rebel.

King Zhou is not stupid.

He knew that now his vassal kings could be said to be rich but not strong, and they could not compare with the vassal kings of the early Ming Dynasty, and it was almost impossible for the rebellion to succeed.

King Runing rebelled with the addition of guards, but it didn't take long for Wang Yangming to be pacified.

Therefore, King Zhou did not intend to rebel, but to be the first person to come out for the benefit of the entire world's powerful officials and gentry.

"Yes!"

The guards had already come over, escorted Wang Ji, and dragged him out.

Wang Ji shouted because of this: "Your Highness! Do you really want to watch them come to clear your farmland, and ask you to pay for the imperial court, and even engage in all kinds of ministry, otherwise you will have to be demoted?! ”

King Zhou said: "Thunder, rain and dew, all for Jun's grace!" How can you incite a lone rebellion? ”

"Please also ask Your Highness to let the ministers understand! Why are you doing this?! ”

After hearing this, Wang Ji continued to ask.

King Zhou said: "The new deal is nothing more than being forced to cut away a large amount of benefits to the imperial court every year, but if you raise troops for you, once you fail, there will be nothing, and this deal is not cost-effective!" And if the other vassal kings raise troops and succeed, they will naturally change the current mean clan government, and they will not cure the crime of orphans because they killed you. Therefore, Lone's best choice now is to borrow your head to express Lone's determination to obey the New Deal. ”

When Wang Ji heard this, he was furious: "Old fox, you old fox!" ”

And Wang Ji was dragged out by the guards not long after scolding and cut off his head.

Bang!

Zhang Gui was practicing marksmanship against a wooden target in a post house.

But as soon as he finished firing a shot, he saw Xia Yunyi walking quickly: "Master Hou! A sentinel came to report that the king of Zhou had led all the officials and gentry of Kaifeng Mansion out of the city for ten miles to meet us, and also brought all the field books and account books of their mansion, and expressed his absolute cooperation with the implementation of the new policy. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Gui put away his handcuffs and said with a smile: "It seems that King Zhou is quite interesting." ”

"When I saw the fate of King Fu, I knew how serious the fate of going against the court was."

Xia Yunyi replied.

"You're right, let's go see him."

Zhang Gui said.

"Yes!"

Not often did, Zhang Gui met Zhu Suqin, the king of Zhou, and his son Zhu Gongqi.

The king of Zhou first presented Wang Ji's head and the document that made him worship Tianjing, and said: "Please send your majesty to the court, the minister of the Zhou Wangfu Shi Wangji is on the side, and he actually wants to bewitch the eunuchs in the palace, force the ministers to rebel, and even directly instigate the ministers to rebel, and even write this document by himself!" And the minister Zhu Suqin, in order to prevent him from really becoming a thief in my Zhou Wangfu because of this, he had to order him to be killed first! Please also understand your minister's loyalty! ”

Then, King Zhou said: "In addition, the minister Zhu Suqin will never dare to despise the heart of the imperial court, and is willing to offer the prince's mansion and field books to Zhongcheng to show that the minister supports the new policy!" ”

"As for the crimes of the palace forcibly occupying the people's land, usurping the imperial power and raising taxes without authorization, and embezzling the people's interests reflected in the Tianshu account books, they are all committed by the Changshi Wang Ji in collusion with the corrupt officials and cunning officials in the palace. But the minister is negligent, so he is willing to ask His Majesty to punish the crime of negligence! ”

King Zhou knew that Zhang Gui and others were in order to implement the new policy, and at the same time identify the loyalty of the vassal kings, and did not necessarily eliminate the clan, so he first showed his loyalty by borrowing Wang Ji's head, and then showed his attitude of supporting the new policy by taking the initiative to donate the field book and account book, and also pushed the sins he had done before in the Zhou Wangfu to Wang Ji, who had no proof of death, but he still took the initiative to admit a crime of negligence, and in order to give Zhang Gui and others a step down.

After hearing this, Zhang Gui also said: "Since His Royal Highness is just negligent, this Hou naturally doesn't have to say much, what His Royal Highness plays, this Hou will truthfully report to Your Majesty!" ”

Xia Yunyi here let people take over the field books and account books of the Zhou Palace.

And King Zhou hosted a banquet for Zhang Gui and Xia Yunyi and others.

Therefore, the implementation of the new policy in Kaifeng Prefecture was also smooth.

Next, Ben Hou went to Nanyang to meet the King of Tang, and then went to meet the King of Lu, as long as the property of these two vassal kings was also successfully cleared, then there would be no major problems with the implementation of the new policy in Henan. Ben Hou can also return to Beijing with peace of mind. ”

Zhang Gui turned the flintlock handcuff in his hand and said to Xia Yunyi.

Xia Yunyi nodded and said, "What the Hou Ye said is that I hope King Tang and King Lu can also be more interesting." ”

One time I arrived in Nanyang.

Just when Zhang Gui and Xia Yunyi didn't know what Tang King Zhu Shuoxi's attitude was towards the new policy and couldn't grasp it from time to time, they heard a report from the whistle that Tang King Zhu Shuoxi had led Tang Wang's family of clan children and local officials and gentry out of the city ten miles to meet them.

Xia Yunyi couldn't help but say to Zhang Gui: "Master Hou, it seems that this Tang King, like King Zhou, is still afraid of the imperial court. ”

Zhang Gui smiled and blew his handcuff and said, "Ben Hou hopes that they can oppose it strongly, so that they will continue to support them." ”

"Lone has seen the Marquis of Suizhou and Xia Zhongcheng, and has set up an extension seat in the palace for the two to receive the wind and wash the dust, I wonder if the two can enjoy the light?"

Tang King Zhu Shuoxi was indeed very kind when he saw Zhang Gui and Xia Yunyi.

Zhang Gui said: "Your Highness's invitation, how can I wait." ”

"In that case, please both of you."

Zhu Shuoxi said.

Xia Yunyi suddenly had an idea, and said to Zhang Gui: "Master Hou, do you want to let the lower officials go first, and you will rest outside the city for a while?" ”

Zhang Gui understood what Xia Yunyi meant, so he nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Seeing that Xia Yunyi was suspicious of himself, Tang Wang was not angry, but said: "That's fine!" ”

Saying that, King Tang first accompanied Xia Yunyi into the city, and also said: "Gu has asked the mansion to prepare the field book and account books, and Zhongcheng can check it at any time at that time." ”

"Then you will offend Your Highness at that time."

Xia Yunyi said here and instructed his standard camp: "Take over the defense of Nanyang City!" ”

As he spoke, Xia Yunyi instructed Liu Kui, the prefect of Nanyang, who was also on the side: "Prefect Liu, let your soldiers temporarily withdraw from the city and camp. ”

"Yes!"

Governor Liu immediately agreed.

And Xia Yunyi said to the Tang King here: "Your Highness, please forgive this official for taking the liberty of the court, for the sake of the great uncle's business in the court, it is better for us to be a villain first and then a gentleman, so please also ask your palace guards to withdraw to the backyard of the palace, and how about the front yard of your palace and the royal city will be taken over by the Xichang official school later?" In addition, it is appropriate to set up a seat in the front yard. ”

"You guys!"

At this time, Zhu Qijun, the third son of Tang Wang, couldn't help but snort angrily.

Tang Wang hurriedly glared at his son, and then smiled: "You should be like this." It's just that the child is rude, please forgive me! ”

Xia Yunyi smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay! How can this official care about your stomach! In fact, in Kaifeng, we also did this, and now we are doing this in order not to favor one over the other. ”

"Understood!"

So, Tang Wang said: "Chuan Gu ordered, the royal city guards and the front yard guards all withdraw to the backyard!" ”

After that, Zhang Guicai entered the Tang Wangfu with the Xichang Official School, and let his people from the Xichang take over the guards in the front yard of the Wangcheng and the palace.

For a while, as soon as Yanxi began, Zhang Gui first asked Tang Wanglai: "I heard that His Royal Highness has three sons, why do you only see two sons now?" ”

"Heaven Descends"

Therefore, Tang Wang said: "The dog Zhu Qiqi is not in good health and cannot come to meet guests, please forgive the Hou of Suizhou!" ”

Zhang Gui nodded after hearing this.

"What, Suizhou Hou wants to see our eldest brother?"

At this time, Zhu Qijun asked.

Zhang Gui intently asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Zhu Qijun suddenly got up and sneered: "Then you may never see each other in this life!" ”

"That's right, my eldest brother said, today I and other clan disciples have to kill you!"

At this time, Zhu Qixuan, the second son of Tang Wang, who had not spoken, suddenly shouted.

For a moment, all the clan disciples present stood up and pulled out the Yanling knife hidden under the table.

It didn't take long for a gleaming Yanling knife to be pulled out.

At this time, Zhu Qixuan shouted again: "Go! Slash him to death too! ”

For a moment, Zhu Qijun first approached within five steps of Zhang Gui, and stabbed Zhang Gui in the abdomen with a knife.