Chapter 54: Conspiracy

Liu Jin no longer looked in the direction of Emperor Zhengde, turned around, and slowly paced towards Cining Palace. The group of fans and eunuchs in the back are more powerful than the lonely people in Zhengde.

When they arrived at Decining Palace, all the eunuchs and palace maids knelt on the ground, but they were as if the emperor had arrived. Liu Jin didn't even look at it, and directly raised his feet into Cining Palace to meet Empress Dowager Zhang.

Empress Dowager Zhang is only in her forties now, properly maintained, and her charm still exists, but Liu Jin is a eunuch, standing solemnly in the audience at the moment, and said slowly: "The slave greets the Queen Mother!"

"Hmm!" Empress Dowager Zhang nodded noncommittally and said, "Gonggong Liu, do you have something to do here?"

"Does the Queen Mother know about today's Taihe Hall Imperial Court Meeting?" asked Liu Jin without answering.

"The mourning family is just sitting in this palace, where can they take care of so many things!" Empress Dowager Zhang also understood what Liu Jin wanted to say, but she didn't want to help Liu Jin out, so she said like this.

At this time, Liu Jin wanted to get the help of the Queen Mother, and teach the unruly vassal kings and courtiers led by Li Dongyang a lesson, and said at the moment: "Today's court meeting, Li Dongyang refuted His Majesty's will to reduce the cost of the vassal king's garrison due to the emptiness of the treasury, and the old slave came here to report this matter to Niangniang!"

"Well, what Li Dongyang did was also what he should do!" Empress Dowager Zhang said, "There is chaos, and the cabinet has the responsibility to refute it!"

"How is this a chaotic life?" Liu Jin looked at the Empress Dowager Zhang with sharp eyes, and said, "Since ancient times, there have been many examples of feudal kings holding garrisons to rebel, not to mention others, even Emperor Jianwen, isn't it also ......"

"Gong Liu!" Empress Dowager Zhang's jade face turned pale with fright, and she only heard her say, "Emperor Chengzu is not something you and I can criticize casually, you should be cautious?"

"The old slave knows his mistake!" Liu Jin also understood, admitted his mistake superficially, and then said, "But the old slave helped His Majesty to reduce the garrison of the vassal king, and it was really for the sake of His Majesty's country!"

Empress Dowager Zhang also knew the meaning of Liu Jin's words, and said at the moment: "The mourning family also knows that Liu Gong is the greatest guarantee of His Majesty, but everything should not be rushed, like Liu Gong, directly cut the military expenses of all vassal kings, Liu Gong is not afraid that the king and the king of Ning will raise troops to make trouble?"

"This is also true!" Liu Jin also couldn't help but nod and said, "The Queen Mother's words are not bad! It's just that the vassal king is the biggest threat to Niangniang!"

"Oh!" Empress Dowager Zhang asked inexplicably, "What does Gong Liu mean by this?"

Liu Jin smiled lightly and said, "Niangniang, have you forgotten that incident twenty years ago?"

When the Queen Mother heard this, her face changed, and she said, "What does Liu Gong mean?"

"The Queen Mother should still remember how the naughty boy on the dragon chair came to be, right?" Liu Jin said coldly, "If the matter leaks, I'm afraid that the first person who wants to pull Niangniang off the throne of the Queen Mother is these vassal kings." So that they can go one step further!"

"This is impossible!" Although Empress Dowager Zhang's face was sad and panicked, she just said, "The things of the past, only God knows, the earth knows, you know, I know! I don't say, if you don't tell you, who can spread it!"

"But these vassal kings are a big threat after all, Niangniang!" Liu Jin was stunned by Empress Dowager Zhang's performance, and continued to stimulate, "They are a guillotine hanging over the heads of Niangniang and our family, once the matter is revealed, both of us will die and have no place to be buried!"

"But like you, cut military spending, these princes are like ghosts, I'm afraid they won't give in so easily! If they are in a hurry, I'm afraid that they will jump over the wall in a hurry, and they will really repeat the old things of Yongle! At that time, we could only wait to be killed!" Empress Dowager Zhang also slowly agreed with Liu Jin's words, but she was a woman after all, but she was also looking forward and backward, just thinking about keeping the glory and wealth in front of her, and not wanting to cause more trouble.

Liu Jin already knew what this seemingly noble woman was thinking, pursed her lips disdainfully, and said, "Okay, then it's up to Niangniang, if I eradicate these vassal kings one by one, Niangniang won't support it anymore, right?"

"As long as you don't mess around, it's good to cause chaos in the world!" Empress Dowager Zhang didn't care about the life or death of the vassal king, paused for a moment, and said, "Also, you don't have to deal with the real power of the king and king Ning first, otherwise the chaos will be a big deal!"

"The old slave is naturally saved! Niangniang can rest assured that she will enjoy this glory and wealth in the palace, and I will clear the world for Niangniang!" Liu Jin Zhizhu said in his hand.

"Okay!" Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but relax when she saw that she had temporarily appeased Liu Jin, and said, "Gong Liu, it should be okay now, right?

"The old slave retires!" Liu Jin raised his hand slightly, turned around and slowly withdrew from Cining Palace, and while walking towards the soft sedan chair out of the palace, he thought: "The scene of this great court meeting is also weird, those courtiers came forward to oppose it, and it can be said that they were guided by Li Dongyang, but those meritorious nobles, the king of the Liujing domain also came forward together, and the power is weird! Not to mention that there is also a joint letter led by the acting king and the king of Ning, it seems that someone is targeting our family behind the scenes, and our family must think about it!"

After thinking about it, Liu Jin got on the soft sedan chair and urged them to go back home quickly, ready to go to his military advisor to discuss countermeasures.

His military advisors are his sister-in-law, Sun Cong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Wenmian, a native of Huating, both of whom are just broken talents, just because Liu Jin once gained power, he ascended to heaven.

Sun Cong and Zhang Wenmian both agree that there is someone behind this matter, otherwise how could the vassal kings scattered in the Ming Dynasty come to the joint book, and how could the meritorious relatives in Beijing come forward.

At that moment, Liu Jin made up his mind and sent his own expert factory to investigate. Most of these insider factories are gangsters recruited by Liu Jin, gangsters and strong men, and their skills are naturally not ordinary. However, in three days, there was a clear return, Liu Jin immediately found Sun Cong and Zhang Wenmian to discuss the matter.

"King An?" Zhang Wenmian is now white, Liu Jin sent his sister-in-law out, and he always had to leave a personal counselor by his side, so he didn't let him out for the time being.

"That's right!" Liu Jin had a faint flash of fire in his eyes, "This King An is far away in Ningxia, but he dares to connect with us at will and frame our family, it's really hateful!"

"Brother-in-law!" Sun Cong said, "There is no need to be angry, since this King An does not know whether to live or die and seeks his own death, we will clean him up, so as to set an example for the king of the world!"

"Yes! I used to think that as long as we defeated a group of scholars led by Li Dongyang, we would be able to grasp the key points and decide the situation, and not wanting these vassal kings would be a big obstacle!" Zhang Wenmian echoed.

"Now I know, it's not too late! The kings of the world's vassal domains are headed by the acting king, the king of Shu, and the king of Ning. These princes, we can't touch them easily, just fight down this King An first, and kill the chicken to show the monkey!" Liu Jin's voice was like the Nine Shadows Yama, announcing the death sentence of King An.

Immediately, he turned around and glanced at Zhang Wenmian: "Wenmian, you are the most anxious, how do you think you should deal with this King An?"

"Heifeng Village is in Ningxia, and Wu Sanxing, the owner of the village, has already secretly taken refuge in our expert factory, and this time in return, Heifeng Village was wiped out by Zhu Zhi, the son of King Na'an!" Zhang Wenmian did not directly answer Liu Jin's words, but talked about Heifeng Village.

"What does Wen Mian mean, let Wu Sanxing kill King An?" Liu Jin said with a murderous look in his eyes.

"This will not work!" Zhang Wenmian hurriedly persuaded, "We support the bandits of Heifengzhai and other bandits, one is to expand our intelligence eyes and ears, and the other is to organize and train a force to come out, and when the incident arises, we can save the emergency! If Wu Sanxing is allowed to assassinate King An, not to mention whether it can succeed or not, at least our overall situation will be destroyed! After all, the assassination of the vassal king is not a trivial matter!"

"Then what do you mean?" Liu Jin said coldly.

Hearing the coldness in Liu Jin's tone, Zhang Wenmian trembled unconsciously, and said: "We can send some gold beads and treasures over to support Wu Sanxing's recovery, and then attack the people of Ningxia and turn Ningxia upside down! Then report this matter to the emperor, although Your Majesty is playful, but he also loves the people of Limin, if he hears that King An is not good for governing the place, he will definitely criticize King An, and then Liu Gong, you will add fuel to the fire, and it will be just around the corner to win this King An!"

Zhang Wenmian is a trick that is not leaky, it is a failure, and it is difficult to involve Liu Jin, Liu Jin pondered for a while, and then he also understood the viciousness of this strategy, smiled predictably, and said: "Wenmian is indeed worthy of our family's ovary! This strategy is really good, you will send the brothers of the expert factory to act according to the plan, let Wu Sanxing recruit troops, this time do not fight to bring down King An, I vow not to give up!"

For a while, the room fell into the sound of conspiracy and laughter, and fell into calm for a long time.

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Ningxia, Anwangfu.

These days, because he defeated Liu Jin once, Zilong is also full of interest. Xi Wu Xiuwen is also more diligent. However, the cultivation of swordsmanship has also improved a lot, and the strategy of military writing has leaped thousands of miles.

On this day, Zilong had just finished the morning sword practice with Wan'er, and the maid Xiaocui happened to walk in in a panic again.

Xiao Cui had a bitter face and smiled embarrassedly: "But it's not, it's that the prince is now angry in the study, reprimanding the little prince, I came to report it to the young lady to see if you went to the rescue scene!"

"Oh?" Wan'er wondered in her heart, a few days ago, Zhu Zhi led the troops to exterminate Heifeng Village, and King An praised Zhu Zhi in front of so many people, why did he suddenly reprimand Zhu Zhi today. At that moment, I couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Do you know why?"

"I heard that the bandits from Black Wind Village have resurrected again!" Xiao Cui walked over and whispered.

"What?" Zilong was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Didn't the little prince say that he had already eliminated the Black Wind Village? It's only been a long time, why is it resurrecting again!"

Xiao Cui rolled her eyes and said, "How do I know! I also heard from the senior executives in the house, he said that in the past two days, people have frequently come to report, saying that Heifeng Village has revived, and now it is not only robbing the people, but it is said that he has also killed many innocent people, burned the people's houses, and arrested all the women up the mountain." Now the people in the countryside in the north of the city have fled south!"

"How can this be?" Zilong heard this, and couldn't help but think of the tragic situation of his hometown being burned down that day, his eyes were split, and he turned around immediately, ready to go to King An to ask for clarification.

Wan'er was also worried about Zhu Zhi being trained, and when she saw Zilong like this, she immediately chased after Zilong and came to the outside of King An's study.