The next day, the situation between the DPRK and China was still tense, Chen Qiang, the right capital imperial historian, issued three impeachment chapters in a row, and Zhao Wensheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, indulged in domestic slaves and bullied the people, and was dismissed; Li Jie, the governor of the Heavenly Patrol, appointed a private person and accepted bribes, and was dismissed from office and examined in Beijing; Hu Guangbu's political envoy Su Bin formed a party for personal gain, with ill intentions, and was dismissed and imprisoned on the spot.

This means that the purge of the Shu Wang Party has developed in depth, and the people in the DPRK and the Central Committee are panicking.

Early in the morning, Jia Jue received the edict of the crown prince Zhu Wucheng, accompanied by a small yellow door, Jia Jue came to the East Palace, the East Palace is located on the east side of the imperial city, close to the Donghua Gate, and the Wenhua Hall is the prince's daily reading and office place.

"The prince is in the study, uncle, please come in!"

Jia Jue nodded, and at this time, a voice in Wen dialect came from behind him, "Uncle Zhongwu, please stay!" ”

"Is there anything wrong with Shousuke?"

"It's still early, let's talk."

Jia Jue nodded, since he returned to Beijing, he had been reminded by Wen Fangyan several times, and he was very grateful to him.

The two walked to the empty square, and Wen Fangyan said slowly: "Have you heard about what happened this morning?" ”

"Are you talking about the princess of Shu and the prince of Shu?"

Wen Fangyan sighed and said, "I'm talking about the matter of the second auxiliary family. ”

“.....”

Jia Jue was stunned, he had been sorting out the batch of secret files of the West Factory that had been transported back from the Zhou Mansion from last night to this morning, and even the matter of promising to teach Daiyu to practice throwing pots was pushed away, and he really didn't know about Zhang Fu, could it be that this old thing was hung up in advance? Didn't you say that you wouldn't vomit blood until Chinese New Year's Eve and die?

Wen Fangyan glanced at him and said, "I'm afraid that the limit of the second assistant is only in the past one or two..."

Jia Jue lowered his head and thought for a moment, and asked, "Shoufu, if you have anything to order, please feel free to say it." ”

"I don't dare to take orders, but.... There is something I want to say hello to Chung Wu Bo in advance. ”

"Shousuke, please speak!"

Wen Fangyan walked a few more steps with his hands behind his back before he said slowly: "Although His Majesty is ready to start a war with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang families, Wu Shichang's words are right, without the rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, what will the imperial court use to expand the armament war, what he said is not alarmist, I have also seen a lot of Jinyiwei and Dongchang's secrets, these big families live in luxury and erosion, they have lived in a rich and gentle township since childhood, as long as the court does not force them to death, they will obediently obey the instructions of the court."

Originally, I also supported His Majesty to solve the big families in Suzhou and Hangzhou by force, but now the situation has changed, Zhou Yang is dead, Zhang Fu is also going to die, and the Wu family has been punished by His Majesty for legitimate reasons. At this time, the Jiangnan civil official group has completely become a plate of scattered sand, and we only need to win over some of them, divide some of them, and suppress some of them to control Jiangnan. There is no need to make a big move, after all, it is the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, and it will be rebuilt if it is broken, and the cost is too great. ”

"But, what does Your Majesty mean..."

"This is exactly what I want to say to you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely ask you about the possible turmoil in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I hope you can handle this matter impartially, although you have a grudge with the Zhang family, but this matter is a business matter.... I'm not trying to stop you from taking revenge. ”

Jia Jue nodded with a smile, and asked again, "Do you know what Your Majesty will do with the Zhang family?" ”

"What to dispose of!"

Wen Fangyan sighed, "There is no conclusive evidence. ”

At this moment, Niu Jizong walked over and said loudly from afar: "It's not early, it's time to go in!" ”

At the moment when Jia Jue, Wen dialect and Niu Jizong walked into the Wenhua Palace, a major event also happened in the Qianqing Palace, outside the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, the concubine Wu couldn't kneel, Wu was the biological mother of Zhu Wuxiang, the king of Shu, she knelt outside the hall for more than half an hour, she wore her hair and her forehead was blue, she didn't know how much she kowtowed, and she couldn't help but think of the son of the Zongren Mansion who died tragically yesterday and the daughter-in-law and eldest grandson who hanged themselves this morning, lying on the ground and crying bitterly.

Wu's crying made the palace maids around her cry too, Dai Quan saw that Wu was crying sadly, and wanted to persuade her but didn't know what to say, so he had to sigh and retreat to the side.

At this time, Wu's heart was full of sadness, she lost her son, daughter-in-law and eldest grandson in one day, and now the entire Wu family was also affected because of the emperor's purge of the Shu King Party, an hour ago, her mother came into the palace and told her what happened in the morning, her father, brothers and nephews were arrested in Dali Temple Prison, the most worrying thing for her was the little grandson Zhu Dakang who was locked up in the Zongren Mansion, the child was frail and sickly since he was a child, he was only ten years old this year, once he was imprisoned in the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, he didn't know if there was a chance to see him again in this life.

The more she thought about it, the more sad she became, she knew that she couldn't save the Wu family, so she wanted to beg the emperor to release her little grandson, even if she was left in the Zongren Mansion, so that she could be closer to her and the emperor, maybe one day the emperor would think of it and release it, if she went to the Fengyang Emperor's Mausoleum, whether she could grow up safely was two words.

"Your Majesty, the concubine intercedes for the emperor's grandson!"

Wu shouted helplessly, his voice was weak, and fine snow foam floated in the sky, Dai Quan hurriedly asked the palace maid to help her up, and persuaded: "Niangniang, don't kneel, get up!" You go back first, Your Majesty is busy at this time, and when he is done, he may go to see you. ”

Wu shook her head weakly, she knew that the emperor would not go to see her, at this time, the tip of her nose was cold, Wu raised her head, and a ball of snowflakes rolled in the air, falling obliquely, and slowly tears flashed in her eyes, and she didn't know if the little grandson was alone in the small black room, and slowly forced her eyes, only the whistling wind was left in her ears, her thin body could no longer support it, she weakly shouted, "Your Majesty, the concubine pleads for the emperor and grandson!" Suddenly, his body went limp, and he fainted on the ground.

Everyone exclaimed, Dai Quan was so anxious that he stomped his feet and scolded: "Don't send Niangniang back to the palace quickly, go and ask for a doctor!" ”

Emperor Tianyou is in the study of the dormitory at the moment, and he can't hear Wu's shouts, but Dai Quan has already passed the news in, and he has decided to completely purge the Shu Wang Party, and there is a long list in front of him, densely packed with nearly 100 people, all over the Ming Dynasty, two capitals and thirteen provinces, nearly half of which are Beijing officials, and the lowest are Zhengwupin, which are the objects he wants to eradicate.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Niangniang fainted, and the old slave was sent back to the palace in person."

"Take good care of the people of the palace!"

Emperor Tianyou got up and walked a few more steps with his hands behind his back before slowly asking, "How is the matter of the Zhou Mansion investigated?" ”

When Wu Shichang still shouted that Zhou Yang was not killed by him before he died, Emperor Tianyou began to order someone to re-investigate this eucalyptus, and it turned out that the matter was indeed strange, Dongchang interrogated the killers who rushed to the Zhou Mansion with Wu Shichang one by one, and the confessions obtained were roughly the same, when they arrived, the men of the Zhou Mansion had already been killed, and the reason why Wu Shichang killed those female scrolls was because Zhang recognized him.

In addition, I learned a news from those killers that the reason why Wu Shichang ventured to the Zhou Mansion was to get some things from the Zhou Mansion, as for what they were, they didn't know, but it was certain that those things were very many, or very large, because Wu Shichang had prepared several large cars.

Zhou Kun didn't know this, perhaps, Zhang Fu knew some inside story, but unfortunately, he was about to die, the imperial doctor went to see it, and he stopped taking the medicine since early in the morning, and he couldn't pour it in.

What's more, the imperial doctor suspected that Zhang Fu had been poisoned.

Emperor Tianyou suspected that it was the same person who poisoned Zhang Fu and destroyed Zhou Yangmanmen, this person actually saw through his calculations, and the skill of his wrist made Emperor Tianyou shudder, and he began to realize that this person might be by his side.

Emperor Tianyou slowly calmed down, and thought of the Zhang family again, he couldn't help but sigh slightly, things can't be rushed, he turned around and picked up the secret report sent by Jinyiwei, and suddenly remembered something, so he asked Dai Quan: "What is the prince doing?" ”

"In accordance with Your Majesty's will, we are summoning Shoufu, Zhenguo Gong and Zhongwu Bo to discuss the affairs of Jiangnan."

Emperor Tianyou nodded, and then thought of the King of Shu's family, and his eyes also showed a dazed and dark look, and he thought for a while, "Let people go and see...."

At this moment, Wang An, the deputy head of the Qianqing Palace, rushed in like a gust of wind and knelt down at the feet of Emperor Tianyou, "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu Niangniang!" ”

Emperor Tianyou felt as if he had been hit hard in the chest by a heavy object, and his whole body trembled!

Dai Quan immediately greeted him, and Emperor Tianyou waved his hand, "Go and bring the imperial grandson into the palace." With that, he walked out quickly.