Here, Zhu Gaoxian took his confidants and important ministers to discuss matters in the East Palace, and the family members were not idle.

In addition to the officials in the capital quietly gathered together to plot, those who were really behind the scenes also began to sit together and began their plots.

"It's really a strange thing, what kind of fame is this prince doing?"

Somewhere in Hedong, the patriarchs of several major families gathered together, their faces cloudy.

The patriarch of the Pei family said with some annoyance:

"He actually did this to so many Confucian scholars, and his heart was so vicious, how could he be worthy of being the prince of a country?"

Their Pei family suffered heavy losses this time, not only did they lose many bright juniors, but even a waiter of the Ministry of Rites was dismissed from his official position and went home to retire.

Therefore, he was extremely dissatisfied with Zhu Gaoxian in his heart, and he couldn't wait for something to happen in the East Palace immediately.

And the Lu family on the side also suffered a lot of losses this time, the two guards near the Academy, several of the generals were members of their families, and then befriended the rest of the generals through money, but this time they were ordered by Zhu Gaoxian to be wiped out, and the Jinyi guards were dragged out and all of them were cut off!

Although the Lu family still has the rest of the forces in the court, but this loss also made the head of the Lu family regret it, you must know that it is not easy to befriend the generals in the army, with Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxian's prestige in the army suppressed, their Lu family also spent a lot of effort and money, and it was not easy to win over these generals, and as a result, Zhu Gaoxian was killed this time!

Therefore, he was also very dissatisfied and said:

"I think the prince is Hu Lai! Do you really think that I will be afraid of him by forcing him down? ”

"If he still wants to sit on that throne safely, he should know to let us go!"

The Pei family has many literati, while the Lu family is deeply involved in the army, the two families have one culture and one martial arts, and they have won over and cultivated many officials and generals, and their power is indeed not small, so many times, they can't help but have some contempt for Zhu Gaoxian between words.

The one who lives in the middle of the crowd is the Cui family in Hedong.

Since the Han and Tang dynasties, the most prominent is the Qinghe Cui clan, but after hundreds of years of war and the destruction of the Meng Yuan, the Cui clan has long begun to wither.

In today's Ming Dynasty, this Cui family can only barely be said to be a Hedong clan, but even so, they cannot be underestimated at all.

Although these families have long been different, they are no longer as powerful as the former Shi clan gate lords, but exist as local wealthy families, but their power is still huge and intertwined, and they are already an extremely powerful force in the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the head of the Cui family said coldly:

"Don't talk nonsense."

"The prince's move, in the old man's opinion, is a faint move, which is not surprising."

"If you force it down for a while, in addition to bringing backlash to himself, it just cheapens us."

"It's just some Confucian students, and some low-level generals, you can appease yourself, it's useless to talk more."

There was a hint of cunning in his eyes:

"Right now, the old emperor is seriously ill, and the prince must be staring at it all day long, thinking about when he will succeed to the throne, so he made such a stinky move!"

"As long as we can seize the opportunity, we will naturally be able to set off the general trend, control the overall situation, and force him to make concessions."

"What did the Tatars say?"

The head of the Lu family said with some excitement:

"I have people contact several princes, and they all agree to come down, ready to unite and concentrate their forces to break through the border pass and rush in!"

The situation on the Tatar side was different from that in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the old lord, there were more than a dozen princes, and they also had a large number of troops in their hands, and they were strong and strong.

The head of the Cui family nodded and commanded:

"You also have to put more effort into building a good relationship with those princes, and the old lord will also have to pull the line, this time, maybe we will have to rely on their Tatar power to control the situation in the entire north!"

When the head of the Lu family heard this, he hesitated a little, and he hesitated and said:

"Those Tatars, although there are a lot of soldiers and horses, but the prince has also displayed hundreds of thousands of troops in the northeast and northwest, if we really want to fight, the Tatars may not be able to help us much......"

"Confused!"

The head of the Cui family stood up and shouted angrily:

"What if he has soldiers?"

"As long as we secretly help the Tatars to ventilate the news, solve the logistics, and find a way to delay the footsteps of those troops in the northeast, won't the Tatars be taken down in one fell swoop by then?"

"As for the northwest side, hasn't King Han already gained a firm foothold with our help?"

"When the time comes, he and Tatar should join forces, and how much resistance will there be in the northwest?"

"Speaking of which, the prince has displayed hundreds of thousands of heavy soldiers in these two places, but those Tatar soldiers in Mobei are not eating dry food!"

"I don't believe it, with us secretly helping the Tatars, can the prince's army still resist it?"

The head of the Pei family on the side was suddenly overjoyed, he was now a hundred people who didn't like Zhu Gaoxian, and when he heard the words of the head of the Cui family, his heart was also happy.

"The head of the Cui family, Gao Jian!"

He said beautifully:

"As long as the Tatars defeat the prince's hundreds of thousands of troops, his position in the army will definitely plummet, and if we find a way to exert force in the court, maybe he will not even be able to inherit the throne at that time, haha!"

"This Da Ming, he is not the only prince!"

"When the King of Han rebelled, then another prince would go up, or simply let the King of Han continue to ascend, hahaha!"

Several people looked at each other and smiled, their eyes full of unstoppable ambition and desire.

After a long time, the head of the Cui family snorted coldly:

"As long as the Tatars go south and defeat the prince's army, there will naturally be other princes who can't hold their minds at that time, whether we support the king of Han or other princes."

"When the prince is driven to the south, this south of the Ming Dynasty is our world!"

"Isn't it beautiful that the Tatar alien race is not to be feared, and maybe it is also an immature wolf, and when the time comes, we will let the prince who supports the upper position fight with him in the ring, and both sides will rely on us, isn't it beautiful?"

These big families have long been deeply rooted in their ambitions, and they only think about eating meat and drinking blood, and strengthening the family, and they never think about the life or death of the people of the Ming Dynasty!

Secretly trading with the Tatars and sending large quantities of forbidden goods in exchange for wealth, they have long been accustomed to it, and even think that the court is not enough.

However, what they didn't expect at all was that Zhu Gaoxian had already been guarding against them!

In addition to the secret agents of the Jinyi Guard, who are secretly monitoring everyone day and night, they are constantly sending secret orders to the army, just waiting for the moment when these people show their feet!

At that time, it is the best time for Zhu Gaoxian to prepare to close the net, take a thunderous blow, and eradicate the family!