Chapter 63: The Calm Before the Storm
"Don't the people have any opinion on this? Will those great Confucian saints in the country watch these things and ignore them? Public opinion is difficult, not even the emperor. ”
Hearing what Zhou Yang said, the prince seemed to have found some opportunity, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Bengu knows, Bengu knows what to do!"
The crown prince's eyes kept flashing brightly, and he now knew how to get rid of the four princes.
Since Emperor Deyuan favored the four princes, he tried to find a way to make him unable to continue to be partial.
The murder of the imperial concubine can be said to be contrary to human ethics, and it is also the most taboo thing in Confucianism in the Zhou Wu dynasty.
And the most respected scholar of the Wu Dynasty this week is Confucianism, and more than half of the courtiers in the court are from Confucianism.
Those old-fashioned and stubborn scholars must have no way to tolerate this matter, so they will ask Emperor Deyuan to conduct a thorough investigation of the meeting.
What's more, now that the evidence is conclusive, there is almost no need to check it, and the letters written by the four princes to Zheng Tianxiang have been scattered throughout the capital.
Presumably, many Confucian disciples have seen these letters, and then they only need to contact the Confucian scholars who have complained about this matter.
used the influence of those Confucian scholars to force Emperor Deyuan to severely punish the four princes.
In the face of the opinions of those Confucian scholars, Emperor Deyuan had to think about it even if he was an emperor.
"Hongu knows what to do!"
After Zhou Yang's reminder, the prince now knows what to do next.
He couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and left the prison quickly, apparently busy contacting those Confucian students in the capital.
As long as you dare to get those Confucian students before tomorrow's court meeting, then even if Emperor Deyuan deliberately favors the four princes, the Confucian scholars will not agree.
Looking at the prince's happy figure, the corners of Zhou Yang's mouth also showed a sneer.
"It's really an ostrich head, but that's fine, then you can have a good fight, and this palace is only responsible for watching a good show."
Saying that, Zhou Yang looked at the corpses all over the ground in this prison.
He let out a long sigh.
These are the people who gave their lives for a power struggle, and they almost became one of them.
If you want not to be used as a pawn by others, you must let yourself have enough strength to hold the chess pieces in your hands and make yourself a ruler.
And the crown prince and the fourth prince in front of him are the first steps to become the ruler of the son.
Tomorrow morning will be the time when the four princes are ruined.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yang's eyes showed a rare look of tenderness.
"Mother, starting tomorrow is the time for me to truly avenge you!"
This night, the capital is very lively!
The four princes sent the city defense army overnight and began a large-scale search in the city, trying to find out all the letters scattered in the capital that Zhou Yang said.
Although De was biased towards him, he did not want evidence to fall into the hands of others.
But after searching for most of the night, there was no effect, let alone searching for those letters, not even a single piece of paper was found.
The four princes were furious, pointing at those people in the city defense army and scolding them for being bloody sprinklers.
How did he know that what Zhou Yang said about unintentionally falling in the capital was just a rhetoric.
That night, he did make these letters all over the capital, but he sent someone to secretly stuff them all into the cracks of the doors of the great Confucians in the city.
Although these great Confucians were not officials in the court, they were all leading figures among the scholars, and many powerful ministers in the court were from their disciples.
Especially the Qiu family, known as the Wensheng of the Zhou Wu Dynasty, and Qiu Meng, the contemporary family of the Qiu family, taught the first emperor back then, and even the current Emperor Deyuan has also listened to his teachings.
This old master Qiu can be said to be the leader of two generations of emperors and scholars.
The most important thing is the way of heaven and humanity, and the emphasis on opening and closing the mouth every day is filial piety.
Zhou Yang also specially instructed Zhao Wuyang to stuff a lot of letters into the old master's home that night, presumably in the past two days, the old master Qiu has also seen those letters.
There's going to be a lot going on!
The four princes did not stop, and the crown prince was naturally busy there.
He also contacted the officials in his camp overnight, as well as the Confucian scholars who took refuge under him.
Almost in the capital, all the Confucian scholars he could contact were all encompassed by him, either with great righteousness or with heavy profits.
Anyway, this night, the prince didn't stop for a while.
It wasn't until the early hours of the morning, when the sky was about to dawn, that the people on both sides slowly stopped.
The whole capital is silent, but in the early morning sky, it is already full of dark clouds, giving people a feeling that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings.
Until the sky was bright, the civil and military officials slowly walked towards the palace, ready to participate in the early dynasty.
The fourth prince of the crown prince, Zhou Yang, is also among them.
The three of them met outside the palace and each looked at each other, and the eyes of the crown prince and the fourth prince could almost collide with sparks, and it could be seen from this gaze that the two were now regarded as water and fire.
However, the eyes of the two looking at Zhou Yang were different.
The fourth prince was eager to directly break Zhou Yang's corpse into pieces, and he sent people to work for most of the night last night, but in the end he found nothing.
He even doubts now that Zhou Yang said that he left the letter in the capital, is he talking nonsense there?
It's just to confuse the public and bluff.
However, he couldn't see any expression on Zhou Yang's face now, Zhou Yang just had such a wooden face, as if he hadn't woken up, just like sleepy-eyed.
The prince's face was full of confidence when he looked at Zhou Yang, and the Confucian scholars he contacted last night all said that they had received letters that had been stuffed through the cracks in the door.
And those letters, the prince has also seen with his own eyes, and it is indeed the notes of the fourth prince written to Zheng Tianxiang.
Among those letters, there were not only the assassination of Concubine Xian, but also other dirty things done by the four princes and Zheng Tianxiang.
The Confucian scholars were deeply disgusted with the things that the four princes had done.
They had been plotting for most of the night last night, waiting for the last impeachment of the four princes this morning, so that Emperor Deyuan could severely punish the four princes.
Now his attitude is completely certain, no matter what, he can suppress the four princes fiercely.
Even if Emperor Deyuan wanted to protect him, it would be impossible.
The early dynasty has not yet begun, and the smell of gunpowder is already full among everyone.
And on the side of the four princes, there is already a kind of minister who is ready to defend the four princes.