Changshi asked with some hesitation: "The tax superintendent is easy to dismiss, but the ...... standing behind the tax superintendent"

The provincial tax supervision department is under the jurisdiction of the Liangjing Tax Supervision Institute, and behind the tax supervision court is the one in the East Palace.

The one in the East Palace, like his old son, started with soldiers, and that one is not a good temper.

King Gu said lightly: "Do you know who your predecessor is?" ”

Changshi thought for a while and asked, "But Yu Tinggang?" ”

King Gu asked, "Do you know how Yu Tinggang died?" ”

Changshi knelt down and said: "The prince is angry!" ”

Yu Tinggang had spoken and advised many times, but was executed by the king of the valley.

In fact, this is not the first long history of the palace to advise the king of the valley, there was another long history of the king of the valley before, named Liu Jing, this person is the mentor of the king of the valley, and he has admonished the king of the valley ten times, but the king of the valley still insists on going his own way.

The name Liu Jing is not famous, but his father is very famous.

——Sincerity Bo Liu Ji, the word Bowen, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, the folk still circulate the saying "Zhuge Liang in three parts of the world, and Liu Bowen in one country".

In the past, Nanjing was in an emergency, and Liu Jing went to Beijing to offer sixteen strategies that were not adopted by Emperor Jianwen, so he gave advice for Li Jinglong, but Li Jinglong did not listen to Liu Jing's strategy, so he returned defeated. In the second year of Jianwen, Liu Jing went to Beijing with illness, and entered the "Wenjianlu" tens of thousands of words to state the military affairs, Emperor Jianwen did not take it to heart, Liu Jing realized that Jianwen was incurable, so he resigned and returned to his hometown.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he cherished Liu Jing's talent and ordered him to enter Beijing, but Liu Jing refused to go. His Majesty the Emperor thought that this could not be helped, and he was directly forcibly taken away.

After entering Beijing to see the emperor, Liu Jing said: "People and ministers are masters, and they will die without being second." After a hundred generations of His Royal Highness, he can't escape the word 'usurpation'. ”

Zhu Di thought to himself that this brother is really kind, so let's go to prison honestly. Liu Jing really had a kind, and hanged himself in prison that night with braids.

The king of the valley asked, "How have you done what I told you to do?" ”

Changshi said: "The minister has taken the prince of Shu to the palace, and people are waiting for you at this time." ”

The king of the valley bowed slightly: "My nephew, I lost my temper with his father King Shu, and ran to Changsha to join the king, of course the king should do his best to entertain the landlord." ”

Changshi bowed his head and was silent, of course he knew that the king of Gu was not so kind, and the reason why he was willing to accept the prince of Shu was entirely because the appearance of the prince of Shu was too similar to that one.

……

Chengdu, Sichuan, Shu Wangfu.

After reading the letter, Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, placed it on the candle flame and allowed the secret letter sent from Beijing to turn to ashes in the flames.

Gao Zheng, the commander of the Chengdu Central Guard, asked: "Lord Wang, what do you say over there in Beijing?" ”

He and the King of Shu are in-laws, in charge of the guards of the Shu Palace, and his son Gao Sheng married the eldest daughter of the King of Shu, the lord of Changning, therefore, the relationship between the Gao family and the Shu Mansion is extremely close, and Gao Zheng has always been the most powerful general of the King of Shu.

The king of Shu said calmly: "The matter has been revealed, we have embezzled public taxes, privately occupied people's land, and resold illegal salt, these dirty things have been found out by Shen Qingyu, the new leader of Jinyiwei, a letter from Beijing, Jinyiwei's people are coming to Chengdu non-stop, and they want to ask us about the crime, presumably because of the order of the East Palace." ”

Gao Zheng's face turned pale: "This, how is this good, the person in the East Palace has always done things to do things, I am afraid that we will not be able to escape this time!" ”

The King of Shu is not necessarily afraid, because he is the uncle of the East Palace, and the younger brother of His Majesty today, the family will not tear their faces after all, at most they will be punished one or two.

But his high politics is different, although his son married the lord of Changning, he can be regarded as a relative of the emperor, but this is not enough to make Jinyiwei retreat. You must know that the people of Jinyiwei dare to masturbate even the King of Han!

If the blame is on his head, he will be dismissed from office at the least, and the whole family will be exiled!

The King of Shu shook his head and sighed: "This king has already told you, don't touch the private salt, that thing is the lifeblood of the imperial court, salt, iron, tea and horse, as long as anyone dares to touch it, the imperial court will give you a head to touch the melon." ”

If it's just embezzlement of public taxes and private occupation of private land, which clan hasn't done any of these things, even if it's a crime, as long as it doesn't go too far, at most it's a verbal punishment, and Your Majesty and the one in the East Palace won't be serious. ”

Now that the court is pursuing it, which of you and I can be spared, don't look at me, I am also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river now, and it is difficult to protect myself, my little nephew Gao Xian will not recognize this uncle-nephew relationship, and he is in a hurry, he even dares to kill me. ”

The King of Shu is a sensible person, well-read classics, tolerant and elegant, good at reading, close to Confucianism, able to write, and his grandfather often calls him "Shu Xiucai".

He is different from those brothers who can fight well, he does not have the ability to lead soldiers, but he has the talent to turn evil into good fortune.

His princess is the daughter of the general Lanyu, and the prince of Shu is Fang Xiaoru, a professor in Hanzhong. After Lan Yu's death, his henchmen were more than 15,000 people, and Fang Xiaoru was sentenced to ten clans, but the king of Shu, who had an inextricable relationship with these two people, was safe and sound, not only that, but also had a very good relationship with Zhu Di.

After Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, the king of Shu went to Beijing to meet him, and the old man once said to him earnestly: "The virtuous brother is benevolent and filial by nature, intelligent and erudite, and his reputation is well-known, and the army and the people are obedient." However, the land of Shu is dangerous, and the fangs live together, and the appeasement of Dian An is very heavy. Where all self-love, in order to soothe the arms of brothers. ”

If he could, the King of Shu really wanted to be quiet for the rest of his life, but if he was in a high position, he would inevitably be involved in the whirlpool.

Some pickled things in the palace, the king of Shu is not ignorant, but he is rarely restrained. To be honest, he is not bad for the silver, and he only turns a blind eye to the people around him.

But as time went on, he found that his in-laws were also involved in the resale of illicit salt, helpless, the king of Shu could only move in it, wanting to help the Gao family wash his hands, but the water was too deep, and it was even more difficult to wash his hands in the golden basin, but it was not impossible.

However, before the Gao family was whitewashed, Jinyiwei found the traces first, and followed the clues all the way to Chengdu, fortunately, the king of Shu was well-connected, and the informant in Beijing heard the news, so he could make some preparations in advance.

Gao Zheng's face was hideous: "If you don't do anything, it's better to take advantage of the fact that the people from the East Palace haven't come to Chengdu yet, we will kill people, sell stolen goods, and wash the Jinyi Guards in Chengdu with blood." As long as there is no evidence, the East Palace will not be able to move us! ”

King Shu nodded: "Yes." ”

Gao Zheng was a little surprised: "The prince agreed?" ”

He also thought that with the always cautious character of the King of Shu, even if he could agree, he would hesitate for a long time, but he didn't expect to agree so happily.

"What can the king disagree with, but you have to promise me a few things beforehand."

The King of Shu said, "First of all, you have to do this matter yourself, and you can't involve the Shu Palace." ”

Gao Zheng nodded: "This is natural. ”

The King of Shu said: "Secondly, after you kill people and destroy the evidence, bring a bundle of hemp rope to me, and let me help you go to Beijing City to ask for guilt and expose your series of crimes." In this way, it is also possible for me to make meritorious deeds. ”

Gao Zheng's expression froze: "The prince is joking, right?" ”

The King of Shu said lightly: "You were joking with me first." ”

Gao Zheng was embarrassed.

After a long time, the King of Shu sneered: "Use your dog brain to think about it, can this trick work!" ”

With the character of my little nephew Gao Xian, he will sit back and wait for you to destroy the corpse and clear the blame? ”

Don't be silly! With his style, I am afraid that he will kill people first, and then collect testimony and go through a process, if he can't collect criminal evidence, then he will forge a criminal evidence and hand it in, at that time, where is your head? ”

Gao Zheng asked with some grievances: "The prince's style of acting is so rampant, isn't he afraid that His Majesty will ask for guilt?" ”

"Guilty?"

The King of Shu looked at Gao Zheng like a fool, "What do you think is the relationship between him and His Majesty?" He is the prince appointed by His Majesty, in order to crown him as the crown prince, His Majesty even used some inexplicable charges to abolish the eldest son, and now the prince has sole power, and his status is no less than that of Prince Yiwen in the Hongwu Dynasty! ”

Not to mention that things are rampant, I have lived for so many years, and I have never seen my fourth brother spoil anyone so much after the death of Empress Xu. ”

Even if the crown prince rebels, Your Majesty will probably only be greatly surprised, and order the twelve guards in the capital to stay put, and not hinder the crown prince from usurping the throne! ”

If the crown prince rebels and there is not enough grain and grass, maybe His Majesty will ask someone to send him tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass! ”

As the so-called authorities are fascinated, bystanders are clear, and the King of Shu simply doesn't know much about this.

How much the great grandfather doted on his eldest brother Yiwen Prince Zhu Biao back then, and how much His Majesty loves the current Prince Zhu Gaoxian!

Gao Zheng was helpless, so he could only ask: "Lord Wang, is there no way to do it?" ”

"It's not that there is no way."

The King of Shu smiled bitterly and took out a delicate wooden box, on which a small silver lock was attached, and after taking off the silver lock, a brand-new letter lay inside.

"This is the letter that King Gu just sent me, you can see for yourself."

"King of the Valley?"

Gao Zheng opened the letter with doubts, flipped through it, and after only a general glance, he was so frightened that he almost lost his soul, and the letter fell to the ground.

"King of the Valley, did he eat the gall of the ambitious leopard, how dare he!"

Gao Zheng hurriedly said, "Lord Wang, we can't be dragged into the water by the King of the Valley, he has a problem with his brain, and he doesn't know which way he was possessed by an evil spirit, he is confused, this is going to lose his head!" ”

"Of course I do."

The King of Shu sighed, "My stupid son ran to Changsha to join the King of Gu after being angry with me, which stabbed me in a big basket." The bastard of the king of the valley is going to rebel, isn't this a hole in his brain! ”

Gao Zhengdao: "The appearance of the little prince is indeed ......"

"Like that god."

……

"Like, too much."

"It's so similar."

"At first glance, the old man's own grandson."

King Gu glanced in at the crack in the door, and saw that the young man sitting inside was Zhu Yuexian, the third son of the King of Shu, King Chongyang, and couldn't help but sigh, "My nephew looks exactly like Emperor Jianwen!" ”

It's just that compared with Emperor Jianwen, he still lacks one thing. ”

King Gu then turned to look at Changshi behind him, "I asked you to find a dragon robe worn by Emperor Jianwen, did you find it?" ”

Changshi replied: "The prince can rest assured, the minister has already prepared, in the past, when the city of Nanjing was broken, the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace scattered and fled, and the minister heard that there was a eunuch who served by Emperor Jianwen's side wrapped a dragon robe of Emperor Jianwen, so he took this dragon robe back, as long as King Chongyang wore this dragon robe, even if the old minister of Jianwen came, he would not be suspicious." ”

"Okay, great!"

King Gu was overjoyed and said, "You go and spread it to the outside world, just say that King Chongyang is Emperor Jianwen, when I was guarding the Jinchuan Gate in Nanjing, I quietly opened the door at the critical moment and let Emperor Jianwen go." Now that Emperor Jianwen has returned to my palace, I want to support Emperor Jianwen to return to the throne. ”

Changshi hesitated a little: "Lord Wang, do you really want to do this, this is a rebellion!" ”

Gu Wang's face turned cold: "What, you have an opinion on my words?" ”

"Don't dare."

"Why don't you do it soon?"

"I understand."

Immediately, King Gu changed his kind face and pushed the door in: "Virtuous nephew, I haven't seen you for a long time, I think about it very much!" ”

Zhu Yuexian, the king of Chongyang, hurriedly got up and saluted: "Uncle, nephew is polite." ”

"You're welcome, it's all family."

King Gu waved his hand and said, "This king knows, you have some conflicts with your father King Shu, and you run away from home, it doesn't matter, as long as you come to Changsha, this is my territory, you can treat this place as your home!" ”

What is needed, just tell me, what you want! ”

King Chongyang was quite moved, but he didn't expect his Uncle Gu Wang to be so enthusiastic: "Uncle, this is really tormenting my nephew, how can my nephew bear it." ”

King Gu said with a smile: "The virtuous nephew is too polite, if this king asks for help one day, I hope the virtuous nephew will also help me." ”

The young King Chongyang patted his chest and said heroically: "Uncle rest assured, as long as my uncle says a word, I can let my nephew go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire!" ”

"Okay, good nephew, with your words, this king is relieved."

……

"My stupid son, King Chongyang, looks very similar to Emperor Jianwen, so he has been hidden in the palace by me, unwilling to let him go out, so as not to cause disaster, in the final analysis, this is also to protect him, so as not to be used by people with intentions."

The King of Shu sighed, "This kid had a dispute with me because he was locked up in the palace all the year round, and he sneaked out. I don't know how the king of the valley inquired about this matter, and he was kidnapped and deceived to get my son to the palace of the king of the valley in Changsha. ”

King Gu is a bastard, he actually wants to use my son's appearance to pretend to be Emperor Jianwen, so as to arouse public opinion and take the opportunity to rebel. The king of the valley also wrote to me, wanting to drag me to rebel together, doesn't this kill me! ”

Gao Zhengdao: "Who lent the courage of the King of Gu to rebel, the King of Han had the power of Shandong Province and rebelled, and was easily captured by the prince, like a plaything in the palm of his hand." As far as King Gu's family background is concerned, it is not half of that of King Han, how dare he rebel? ”

"God knows who lent him the courage, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the East Palace, exterminated the Nuer Gandu Division, slaughtered the Korean royal family and the royal family of the Japanese Kingdom, and killed bloody people in the southwest, even his own brother King Han did not escape the catastrophe, subdued everyone, but did not wake up King Gu."

The eyes of the King of Shu flashed with wisdom, "The letter of the King of the Valley, I kept it in my hand and did not send it, I originally wanted to report the King of the Valley when the time came, but I didn't expect that now it has become a tool for us to make meritorious contributions." ”

(End of chapter)