This traveler only wants to choose the lowest difficulty

Chapter 42 Jane in the Emperor's Heart

In the capital city of Ming Dynasty, in April of the lunar calendar, after Xiaoman.

The capital located in the Jianghuai River began to feel the heat of early summer, just like the fiery mood of Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunqi in the palace when he received the latest battle report.

Under the guidance of the eunuch, Li Jinglong hurried into the inner study room. After saluting, Zhu Yunqi couldn't wait to ask him to look up.

Li Jinglong knew that the emperor would have something important to call him into the palace so eagerly, but Zhu Yunqi's first words still made his heart beat a beat slower.

"Li Aiqing, Suishui is at war."

Li Jinglong was taken aback, and couldn't help blurting out.

"Is it really in Sui Shui?"

Zhu Yunwen nodded.He is only 25 years old this year, and because he has been well maintained in the palace, he looks even younger in appearance.But the three years of war since he took the throne had matured his mind.

He continued:

"Not only in Suishui, but also Zhu Di, Ping An, He Fu, and Xu Zuhui."

Hearing the news, Li Jinglong's mouth opened wide, and Zhu Yunwen's eyes were also complicated. He picked up a piece of paper on the case and said to Li Jinglong, "It's exactly the same as what is said on it!"

What Zhu Yunwen held in his hand was the fate note written by Wang Dong to Li Jinglong.That's right, Li Jinglong actually gave this thing to the emperor frankly.

If it were someone else who told the fortune-telling of the regime himself, and then openly told the emperor what he had calculated, it would definitely be suicide.But it is different for Li Jinglong.

He is a figure similar to the Minister of Gu Ming left by Zhu Yuanzhang to the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen. Old Zhu believed in the power of family affection all his life, just as he hoped that the nine vassal kings assigned by him to guard the border could become the help of the Nanjing court because of the bond of family affection. During his lifetime, he also hoped that Li Jinglong, the son of his adopted son Li Wenzhong, would faithfully pass the military power to Zhu Yunqi through him because of the benefits formed by the bond of family ties.

Of course, the result is somewhat different from the expectations of the elderly.Here on the Nine Sides, as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang entered the soil, Zhu Yunqi began to cut down the vassals. Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign, and the blood flowed like a river.Li Jinglong in the center was even more aggressive, and directly sent away all the troops that Zhu Yunqi had handed over to him, which was equivalent to old Zhu entrusting him with a villa to pass on to Zhu Yunqi. There is only one bathroom left in Zhu Yuanzhang's villa.

Even so, Li Jinglong will not die. There is no way. From Zhu Yunqi's point of view, there is nothing left in the Central Army. A group of big shots in the court who stand on the side of the Central Army, such as Xu Zuhui, are all kinds of heroes Afterwards, to put it bluntly, they did not support him, Zhu Yunqi, but they supported Huang Ming's orthodoxy and Zhu Yuanzhang's will.

Only Li Jinglong, who was defeated in the army, really supported him, because if Zhu Yunqi hadn't killed him for the sake of face, he would have died eight times if Huangming Zhengtong had been the emperor.

Li Jinglong also understands that his life depends on the emperor now, and hiding any news from the emperor will damage the mutual trust between the two, that is, damage his own survival foundation.

The relationship between the two made Zhu Yunqi trust Li Jinglong even more, to the extent that even if Li Jinglong told his regime's fortune-telling privately, he would not suspect the other party's wrong intentions.

Li Jinglong got the fate paper calculated by Wang Dong for this war more than half a month ago. Although he didn't want to believe this kind of thing, seeing Wang Dong's confident appearance, Li Jinglong was also a little uncertain, and he was always afraid of this paper. The above stuff will happen.

Then, for more than half a month, the news that came in confirmed Wang Dong's accuracy time and time again.

Li Jinglong finally couldn't sit still, and decided to give this piece of paper to Zhu Yunqi for review.After all, based on his relationship with the emperor, in the view of Li Jinglong now, he is destined to retire with the country. After all, at this time, he has no idea of ​​embarking on an unimagined path.

When he got this fate paper, Zhu Yunqi didn't believe it at first, and even had contempt for Li Jinglong's belief in these things in his heart.

But the subsequent situation made him more and more surprised, because every turning point on the fate paper happened in reality.

Gradually, all kinds of predictions that were originally unreasonable on the paper became a line. When the time developed to the Battle of Suishui, Zhu Yunqi couldn't help but believe the content on the paper.

But at this time, something that distressed him also happened at the same time, because in the destiny, the outcome of this mighty Battle of Suishui was the defeat of the Central Army.

What could have been laughed at originally has now become a curse in Zhu Yunwen's eyes.

Li Jinglong obviously thought of this too, he raised his head and asked tentatively: "What does the Holy One mean?"

"I want to meet this kingly man."

Li Jinglong said with some embarrassment: "If Your Majesty wants to see a Taoist priest, I'm afraid there will be criticism from the court."

After hearing Li Jinglong's words, Zhu Yunwen was silent for a long time, and finally angrily threw the fate paper back on the case.

He ascended the throne at the age of 21, followed the instructions of the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and created a court composed of upright gentlemen.

Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, and Fang Xiaoru, none of them are celebrities and leaders of Confucianism.

As soon as this group of people came up, they got Zhu Yunwen into Dong Zhongshu's tricks. Today they cut down the vassal and tomorrow they pushed the order of grace. As a result, they made a mess, but Zhu Yunwen got the infamy of harming the same family. The other real effect is that Zhu Di directly rebelled. .

It is impossible to say that Zhu Yunwen has no opinion on them.However, the situation of the Jingnan War has reached the present state. Apart from this group of Confucian scholar-bureaucrats who uphold integrity and believe in the rule of law, there is really no other force in the court that can firmly support Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di in the struggle.

So even if Zhu Yunwen didn't want to, he could only be tied more and more deeply by these Confucian leaders.

Zhu Yunwen was also a little scared when he thought of what kind of criticism would be caused in the court if he really recruited a wandering Taoist priest to the palace to ask for instructions.

After thinking about it, Zhu Yunwen said: "Then you go and ask for me."

Li Jinglong nodded. He could understand what Zhu Yunwen meant mainly because he wanted to ask Wang Dong if there was any way to resolve the fate he had calculated. At the same time, his own thought was that this guy Wang Dong was already in the heart of the emperor, so he couldn't let it go. He escaped.

Back at Cao Guogong's mansion, Li Jinglong exchanged for Li Da to ask.

"Has Daoist Wang behaved restlessly in the past few days?"

Hearing the master's question about Wang Dong, Li Da's expression was a little strange, and he replied honestly: "Daoist Wang hasn't been restless these days."

Li Jinglong then asked: "What has he been doing in the mansion for the past few days?"

"A few days ago, Wang Daoren was very keen on collecting antiques."

"What about now?"

"He seems to have spent all the money, so he won't accept it."

"Then he won't be bored and want to run."

"It seems that I don't want to."

Li Jinglong couldn't help being a little strange when he heard the words. Although his Duke Cao's mansion is large, it is impossible for people like Wang Dong to come in and out at will in most places. A place where people under some handymen stay.These places are chaotic, and most people will definitely feel bored after staying for a few days. How can Wang Dong stay there?
"What does he do every day?"

Hearing this question, Li Da's expression became even weirder. After a long time, he spit out a few words: "Join in the fun, wander around... I will never tire of it."

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