Xingwangfu, the powerful of the capital gathered here.

It has been more than 100 years since the Ming Dynasty was founded, and many powerful families have gone through several generations, and the class in the capital has long been solidified.

Although Zhu Youzhi promoted several new nobles, the old nobles belonged to the majority faction, especially since they had become an organic whole through marriage.

Wu Xun has been deeply rooted since the beginning of the country, and as long as he is not overly carved like the Chengguo Mansion, he can usually accumulate a strong influence.

If it weren't for the strange number of emperors like Zhu Youji, the person with the highest prestige in the Ming army today must still be a British military rank who is married to many nobles.

In addition to the Wuxun group that relied on the ancestors, Qi Xun of the Ming Dynasty was also a very large group, and they could also operate their networks in the capital for generations.

Compared with Wu Xun, Qi Xun is like mushrooms after a rain. As long as there is a queen or queen mother in the family, then it is usually possible to be expensive with a woman, and can be exchanged for noble status such as earls and marquises.

In the case of Yingzong, in addition to the relatives of the Empress Dowager Qian, there are also the relatives of the Empress Dowager Zhou, and the two younger brothers of the Empress Dowager Zhou were canonized as Marquis Qingyun and Changningbo respectively.

In addition to Wu Xun and Qi Xun, there are also endless princesses and concubines.

These princesses and concubines belonged to the royal family, and although they did not have real power, they were usually active in the top social circles of the capital.

King Xing got married today, and almost all the top magnates in the city came.

Not to mention that everyone wants to bet on King Xing, just this wedding of King Xing as a prince, there is no reason why they can't come.

It's just that the courtyard that has just returned to the happy scene, as a figure hurriedly ran towards King Xing above the main hall, everyone turned their heads to look at the hall.

"What's going on?"

"I'm afraid something is wrong!"

"Shall we get out of here first?"

……

When the eldest princess first came to ask for help, it only attracted the attention of some people. But with the figure of the guards who greeted the relatives, and the reactions of those people in the hall, they all had a premonition that something bad had happened.

"Jiang Bin participated in the assassination of the year?"

The eyes of the Marquis of Xiangcheng and other important martial artists were all widened, and they looked extremely shocked.

If it is okay for other crimes, whether it is Shangshu interceding for the Jiang family, or putting pressure on the emperor together, it is always the means they can use.

It's just that this kind of stabbing crime cannot be exempted at all, let alone participate in it. If they jump out to intercede for the Jiang family now, and the charge of Jiang Bin's accomplice is buckled on their heads, then their whole family will suffer.

"Is Jiang Bin a madman?"

When the nobles in the courtyard heard the news, they also showed an incredible expression.

Although they were all against the emperor in their hearts and did not like this emperor who infringed on their core interests, in fact, they were even more afraid of death in their hearts.

If it is a puppet emperor, it is okay, but the current Hongzhi has already mastered the military power, and there are a group of important ministers who help him, and now it is simply who provokes who dies.

As a result, Jiang Bin dared to participate in the assassination of the year, and this time he would definitely be bloodied by Hongzhi of the Nine Clans, causing hundreds of Jiang clansmen to become ghosts.

"What is it now?"

"I sent a gift to Jiang Bin yesterday, will I be implicated!"

"Smack...... I'm confused, the day before yesterday I proposed marriage to their Jiang family! ”

……

Just now, he kept saying that "you need to calm down in case of a major event", but now the magnates are extremely panicked, but they are worried about whether the fire of the Jiang family will burn on their bodies.

The magnates in the capital are all smart people, maybe they don't understand so many intrigues, but as long as any family suddenly gets rich and rich, they will marry their own daughter or marry each other's daughter.

Like the crown princess Zhang family, who suddenly made a fortune earlier, Zhang Luan's eldest son originally planned to marry the daughter of Princess Jiashan, which is the prevailing alliance method for the powerful in the capital.

Now that the Jiang family is about to make a fortune, Ning Yuanbofu wants to marry the Jiang family to deepen the relationship between the two sides, so as to rely on the future influence of the Jiang family to make Ningyuanbofu to a higher level.

It's just that now that such a big thing has happened to the Jiang family, Ning Yuanbo can't sit still, and he is very afraid that this oral marriage will affect Ning Yuanbo's mansion.

Need to calm down in the face of big things?

The eldest princess saw the reaction of the gang in her eyes, but she showed a self-deprecating smile.

Just now, these people tried their best to persuade themselves to be calm, and they dared to hang high because it was none of their business, but the matter burned to them, which was a completely different reaction.

At this moment, she also realized that relying on these people to save her eldest son was simply a dream. I'm just being used by them, and it's impossible to help at all.

As soon as she thought of this, her heart suddenly twisted like a knife.

If he hadn't been enraged by their tricks to help King Xing, the emperor would not have settled old accounts with him, and his eldest son would not have died.

In the final analysis, all this is caused by these people, and it is this group of hypocrites who indirectly killed their eldest son.

Li Jin, the Marquis of Xiangcheng, had no time to pay attention to the eldest princess at the moment, and all his thoughts were on this bombshell-like matter: "Does Princess Xing also have to be affected?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent.

Since Jiang Yan is Jiang Bin's niece, it is naturally impossible to be spared. What's more, where is Jiang Yan Princess Xing, she and King Xing have not married at all, so it is the daughter of the ordinary Jiang family who is connected.

As for her so-called reincarnation status of the golden phoenix, everyone is a phoenix that has fallen into the water is not as good as a chicken, not to mention that it is still a golden phoenix that has not been certified by Dongfang Dao, and the dead golden phoenix is even more worthless.

"This marriage can't be consummated!"

"It's not just that it can't be knotted, there is no Jiang family in the capital!"

"I knew I was going to be defeated, and I shouldn't have given a generous gift the day before yesterday!"

……

The magnates in the courtyard did not sympathize with the Jiang family's suffering, but more because of the fall of the Jiang family and felt sorry for their earlier investment, this time it can be said that they have lost all their money.

The news was like a huge shockwave, and even the red candles in the hall were suddenly extinguished.

"No, it's not true!"

Zhu Youqi was wearing a very festive groom's dress today, but after all, he was still a fifteen-year-old boy, and he said loudly in disbelief.

Ever since he saw the man in the painting, he didn't think about it and had feelings for the beauty in the painting.

These days, he is looking forward to it day and night, and he only hopes to marry the fairy in the painting as soon as possible. For the sake of this marriage contract, he did not hesitate to offend the emperor at the beginning, but he didn't expect it to be a joy and an empty one.

Seeing Zhu Youqi's fierce reaction, Jingcheng Hou Li Jin and the others couldn't help but silently exchange glances.

Although Zhu Youqi, the king of Xing who is not deeply involved in the world, is very easy to control, it is difficult for this king of Xing to face the emperor who is as wise as the sea alone, and he is not even an opponent at the same level.

At this time, Zhang Jingming, an official of Xingwang Mansion, had already heard the news, but he came over and whispered to reassure: "His Royal Highness Xingwang, please calm down first!" ”

"This king's marriage has been ruined, how can he calm down now? This...... This must be the emperor's revenge on the Jiang family! Zhu Youqi's eyes were already ruddy, but he pointed the finger at Zhu Youji.

Fortunately, there are not many people around, and the voice is not too high.

Zhang Jingming looked around very nervously and there were indeed no outsiders, so he warned seriously: "His Royal Highness King Xing, please be cautious in your words and deeds!" ”

"Lord Zhang, where is there such a coincidence in this world, it must be the emperor who framed the Jiang family in order to stop the Jiang family!" Zhu Youqi also realized that this was inappropriate, but he still questioned it firmly.

Jingcheng Marquis Li Jin and the others shook their heads gently, but they knew that King Xing in front of them still underestimated the tyrant, and the reason why the tyrant was able to win the support of a group of important ministers and the people was precisely because of the adoption of the statecraft strategy of "keeping the right and surprisingly upright".

You can say that Hiroji is brutal, but you can't accuse him of being mediocre.

What's more, this case was jointly investigated by the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Shuntian Mansion, and it was not so much that the emperor framed the Jiang family, but that King Xing was still too tender.

Zhang Jingming knew that now was not the time to dwell on this point, so he proposed very seriously: "King Xing, now is not the time to discuss whether Jiang Bin will participate in the assassination, the top priority is to send someone to break the marriage contract with the Jiang family as soon as possible!" ”

"You let this king break off the marriage contract with the Jiang family?" Zhu Youqi couldn't believe his ears, and pointed to his nose and asked incredulously.

Hey?

When Li Jin, Marquis of Jingcheng, heard this, he also looked at Zhang Jingming in confusion.

Although they couldn't survive the catastrophe for the Jiang family, they could only watch the wedding be destroyed, but they couldn't understand that Zhang Jingming actually proposed to break the marriage contract with the Jiang family.

In this era, the marriage contract can be said to be a gentleman's alliance between the two parties.

Even if the status is as noble as King Xing, if King Xing unilaterally dissolves this marriage contract with the Jiang family, even if the Jiang family is about to be beheaded, it will be despised by the world.

Zhang Jingming saw that King Xing was so resistant, so he had to lean into the ear of King Xing Zhu Youqi and said: "His Royal Highness King Xing, this is the arrangement of that one, please let me talk about the deep meaning later!" ”

Although he knew that Xingwang Zhu Youqi was a natural lover and had always wanted to marry that golden phoenix Jiang Yan, the current situation really required immediate action.

The crime committed by the Chiang family was not to occupy people's land and kill innocent people, but to assassinate the emperor in a rebellious way.

Although King Xing was still in the palace at that time, if Jiang Bin succeeded in assassinating the emperor, then the throne would fall to King Xing Zhu Youqi, so King Xing had a certain suspicion in this matter.

On the contrary, the woman who is now married to King Xing is actually the daughter of the Jiang family, so these two things are not unrelated, and it can even be suspected that King Xing instructed Jiang Bin to assassinate the emperor in order to seize the throne.

It is precisely like this, in order to prevent the emperor from taking the opportunity to attack King Xing, King Xing must now take the initiative to cut ties with the Jiang family, so as to clear the suspicion of his assassination case with Jiang Bin.

"No, this king would never do that! The Jiang family has suffered this catastrophe today, and this king wants to tear up the marriage contract, how do the people of the world think of this king? Zhu Youqi cherished his reputation very much, but he said loudly with great resistance.

This......

Zhang Jingming saw that Zhu Youqi was so pedantic, and shook his head helplessly.

"Prepare the car, this ...... This king is going to enter the ......" Zhu Youqi's mind flashed the fairy in the painting, and a wave of blood suddenly surged into his heart.

The eyes of the guests present lit up, and they immediately cheered up their spirits, faintly showing that King Xing was going to do a manly thing.

Who knew that after Zhu Youqi hesitated in the hall for a long time, he turned out to be like a deflated ball, and finally swallowed back what he wanted to say.

Ay......

Xiangcheng Hou Li Jin and others vaguely guessed that Zhu Youqi wanted to enter the palace to confront Hongzhi, but judging from Zhu Youqi's demeanor, it was clear that he was already a coward.

In fact, even if King Xing dares to go to the palace theory, I am afraid that he will be humiliated.

Zhu Youzhu is a high emperor after all, and although Zhu Youqi is the closest prince to the throne, he is not an emperor after all, and he is not qualified to talk to Hongzhi at all.

"How did Jiang Bin's involvement in the assassination find out?"

"Song Cheng and Wang Yue are not to be underestimated, and it is said that Liu Zhong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is also good at peeling off the cocoon!"

"It's okay if you don't have a handle, but if you have a handle, I'm afraid it will inevitably be investigated, so don't do anything out of the ordinary!"

……

The topic of the courtyard guests returned to the affairs of the Jiang family, but they thought that there were many capable people around the royal family now, and some cautious people were even more serious about telling everyone.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

After hearing this admonition, many nobles took two steps back.

Who doesn't have one or two secrets in their hearts, and once these secrets are found out by the emperor, even if they don't fall into the Zhulian Nine Clans, I'm afraid they will have to destroy the whole family.

At this moment, they realized the terrible consequences of going against the emperor, and they were likely to follow in the footsteps of the Jiang family, and they couldn't help but have the idea of retreating in their hearts.

Although it is very painful to sacrifice economic interests one after another, if the whole family is destroyed because of arguing with the emperor, it is actually a loss-making business.

In fact, as long as they live in peace, with the grace of their ancestors, although they can't be as rich and expensive as before, they can eat and wear without worrying.

Xingjibo Yang Wei and Captain You Tai glanced at each other, and immediately stood up silently and left Xingwang's Mansion, probably not coming here again in the future.

With the two of them taking the lead, most of the personnel in Xingwangfu, which was still overcrowded just now, quickly left.

The news that the Jiang family was connected to the nine clans spread throughout the capital, and it also caused a great sensation.

"I didn't expect Jiang Bin to dare to do such a rebellious thing!"

"I don't think things will be so simple, have you ever thought about why Jiang Bin wanted to participate in the assassination!"

"According to what you mean, Jiang Bin was also instructed by others, and Jiang Bin was actually a helper...... Help! ”

……

The people in the capital were still condemning Jiang Bin's evil deeds, but someone quickly linked the assassination with the Jiang family's marriage to a daughter, and even had a terrible thought.

As more and more people think of conspiracy theories, they have begun to seriously think about the possibilities, and they also have a different perception of Xingwang Zhu Youqi.

"King Xian? I don't know where Xian is? ”

"Now many scholars say bad things about Your Majesty, but Your Majesty makes us eat our stomachs!"

"Not only is it to have a full stomach, how many families in the suburbs of the city have put on new cotton clothes and built new houses at home!"

……

The people in the capital have begun to worry about the current emperor, that is, they have pointed the finger at Zhu Youqi, who has the name of a virtuous king, and they clearly know that Zhu Youzhu has given them a lot.

It's just that life has to go on, especially now that the price of rice is skyrocketing.

The last grain of rice in the Royal Rice Store was sold out, and a sign was erected early this morning: The Royal Rice Store was closed for three days, and we ask for your understanding.

"What's going on?"

"What else can it be, there must be no rice!"

"Now Cao rice can't go north, and North Korean rice can't come east, it's rare for the royal rice to have rice!"

……

In the face of this suddenly displayed billboard, it was more like erecting a white flag to illegal profiteers, and someone next to him fanned the flames, causing the people to suddenly feel like ashes.

"Three hundred Wen, don't pull it down!"

When the royal rice shop hung up the war-free card, the rice shop in the capital seemed to have sounded the assembly call in unison, but it raised the price of rice to an unbelievable level together.

On the contrary, some people who have broken stoves can only silently find the last copper plate in their pockets in the face of these illegal traders who monopolize rice, even if the price is high.

Xing, the people are bitter!

Death, the people suffer!

Originally, the powerful people in the capital did not intend to use such a brutal way to loot their compatriots, but they were really squeezed too hard by Hongzhi recently, and now they urgently need to squeeze oil and water from the people. (End of chapter)