Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 120 Chapter 120, Wu Sangui was suddenly proud, Emperor Chongzhen did it for your own good
After Wu Sangui walked out of the palace gate, he suddenly burst into laughter.

This smile inevitably made his subordinates baffled, and some people couldn't help asking: "Why are you laughing, my lord?"

Wu Sangui said proudly: "I am laughing at that prince's stupidity."

The subordinates became more and more inexplicable: "Huh?"

Everyone stared suspiciously at Wu Sangui, who was covered in dirt and looked somewhat atavistic, and wondered whether the protagonist had gone crazy because of too much stimulation.

Wu Sangui chuckled and didn't explain, but there was a calculation in his heart.

As we all know, civil servants in the Ming Dynasty were never afraid of the emperor, and they even took pride in arguing with the emperor. The main reason behind this was to limit the imperial power and win more power for the official class.

Therefore, once the emperor made any mistakes, those speech officials would rush to bite like mad dogs, and criticize the emperor in various memorials.

If a certain speech officer can force the emperor to admit his mistakes, then this person will immediately become famous all over the world. In the future, let alone an extremely talented minister, he will be able to achieve great success.

For example, the famous Lord Hai Rui!

If the emperor wants to do this, let alone the prince, he must behave with his tail between his legs.

However, Zhu Cihong is not this kind of prince who is a man with his tail between his legs, but a very high-profile prince.

Of course, like before, Zhu Cihong fought for Daming, so the high-profile was high-profile. The officials also knew that the life and death of Daming depended on Zhu Cihong, and there were Li Banghua and Shi Bangyao who suppressed him. Naturally, no one dared to say that Zhu Cihong was wrong.

But today is different.

Zhu Cihong openly drew his gun in the palace and resisted arrest in violation of the imperial decree. This is a violation of the rules.

Moreover, the person he resisted arrest was Fang Gongqian, a eunuch who dominated Dongchang!
Dongchang and Jinyiwei, these are the things that the civil servants hate the most, because they are the shackles imposed on the civil servants by the emperor.

Not to mention eunuchs, the official class would like to see the disappearance of the bureaucracy, a decentralized organization composed of eunuchs.

Now that something happened to a great eunuch who was the governor of the East Factory, how could the officials be indifferent?

In addition, Daming's situation has obviously improved now, and Li Zicheng has been beaten back to Henan. Everyone doesn't need to be so concerned about the overall situation, and can continue the game of fighting for power and profit.

Next, all Wu Sangui has to do is to find a few officials, and then connect his contacts in the court to impeach Zhu Cihong together!

"As long as we gather a little more evidence and make a confession of being tortured, the prince will be completely speechless!"

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui's smile became more and more wanton!

Prince, prince, do you think you have won?

You are still too young.

Something like a reckless man cannot be played in the Ming court!
Wu Sangui dusted off the dust, whistled, and happily walked home.

On the other side, Zhu Cihong also came to Fengtian Hall.

At the door, he met the British Duke.

Zhu Cihong didn't care about Wang Chengen who was on the side, and directly pulled the British Duke aside: "Old Zhang, tell me, do you understand what's going on?"

The Duke of England touched his head and said softly, "What's wrong, His Royal Highness?"

Zhu Cihong said: "Just now Wu Sangui brought people to arrest Fang Gonggan, but I beat him away."

"Killed away?" The British Duke's expression suddenly became a little weird, and he subconsciously glanced at the pistol on Zhu Cihong's waist.

He still had a better understanding of Zhu Cihong's character.

The British Duke took a deep breath and said softly: "Your Highness, this Wu Sangui may be trying to make trouble for you behind your back. The old minister also heard some rumors last night."

Zhu Cihong glanced at the Duke of England, and said, "Which side are you standing on?"

The British Duke patted his chest: "Your Highness, you don't need to ask this question, of course I'm on your side!"

Zhu Cihong laughed: "Okay, I feel at ease with your words."

Wang Chengen couldn't help but said, "Your Highness, go in quickly, Your Majesty is still waiting. By the way, Lord Yingying, please wait a moment and rest in the side hall first. Your Majesty wants to meet with His Highness alone."

Zhu Cihong didn't panic at all, and nodded towards Duke Ying, and walked into the imperial study room openly.

Chongzhen was sitting inside, with a mountain of memorials in front of him. He was in a daze, or rather lost in thought, over a memorial.

Zhu Cihong said: "Father, my son is here."

Only then did Chongzhen come back to his senses, and smiled: "Come on, sit down."

Zhu Cihong sat down at the side, and cut straight to the point: "Father, what is going on with Wu Sangui? Last night, a lot of people were arrested, and today the situation has become even worse. All the arrests were made at the gate of the palace. Already!"

Facing Zhu Cihong's questioning, Chongzhen also felt a little guilty, secretly cursing Wu Sangui for not being able to do things.

If you want to arrest someone, just arrest him, why was he still discovered?

It's good now, but I want you to clean up for me, what an incompetent person.

Chongzhen calmed down, and said slowly: "There are actually certain things involved in this, but I can't tell you for a while. My son, please be safe and don't be impatient. Wait until I let Wu Sangui find out the truth of the matter. After that, you will know."

Chongzhen still intends to fool the past and not let Zhu Cihong know for the time being.

Because Chongzhen felt that Zhu Cihong's character of drawing a gun because of a disagreement, if he really found out, Wu Sangui's investigation would basically not be able to continue.

Seeing this, Zhu Cihong muttered more and more in his heart, isn't this cheap old man going to do something to me?

But it’s impossible to think about it. Everything Zhu Cihong did during this period was for Daming. Chongzhen, as the emperor of Ming Dynasty, was the biggest beneficiary. In addition, Chongzhen gave Zhu Cihong such great power not long ago. How come? It doesn't look like Chongzhen is going to do something to Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong suddenly understood, and said, "Father, isn't this guy Wu Sangui talking irresponsibly in front of you again, slandering my minister?"

After much deliberation, this is the only possibility.

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, a trace of panic flashed across Chongzhen's face, but it was immediately covered up.

Chongzhen said seriously: "No, no, anyway, don't worry, I'm your father, and of course everything I do is for your own good."

In Chongzhen's mind, Wu Sangui was here to help find out who framed Zhu Cihong this time. Of course, it was good for Zhu Cihong and not harmful.

Zhu Cihong had a panoramic view of Chongzhen's expression, and he had fully understood the ins and outs.

To put it bluntly, it is Wu Sangui, the grandson, who is behind the scenes and wants to plot against me.

Then this father... Well, judging from the fact that the classic quote "I'm all for your own good" is uttered, it should be fooled by Wu Sangui.

Zhu Cihong pointed at the key point: "Father, you can't trust Wu Sangui. This person has always held a grudge against his minister for taking his military power, and wants to take revenge on his minister. If everything is left to him to investigate, then the final result will be very serious. It may be that he said on the surface that he wanted to find out the grievances for his ministers, but secretly used the imperial decree you gave him to fabricate a lot of black materials about his ministers, and finally achieved the result of discrediting and even bringing down his ministers."

Zhu Cihong’s historical novels in his previous life were not just read for nothing. The various routines of political struggles have long been written by the authors, and they are very familiar with them.

After hearing what Zhu Cihong said, Chongzhen was also taken aback for a moment.

It feels like it makes sense.

After a brief hesitation, Chongzhen still said: "Anyway, go back first, don't you still want to train your prince's army? Later, I will send a batch of equipment to your army. As for those of you who were arrested I will also tell Wu Sangui, as long as it is true that the matter has nothing to do with them, they will be released immediately."

Zhu Cihong was also a little speechless after hearing Chongzhen's words.

It seems that the father was really limped by Wu Sangui, at least for the time being, there is no way to save him.

At this moment, the voice of the system suddenly sounded in Zhu Cihong's mind.

"Triggered at the sign-in location, the host is asked to sign in at Wu Sangui's study to trigger the counterattack mission against Wu Sangui, the time is not limited."

Zhu Cihong's eyes lit up immediately.

Sure enough, it is worthy of the system, and it is reliable at critical moments.

No need to think about it, there must be something in Wu Sangui's study that will allow Zhu Cihong to defeat Wu Sangui's attack in one fell swoop!
The most important thing is that this time the sign-in task is not limited, so there is a lot of room for manipulation.

Zhu Cihong rolled his eyes and stood up: "Since the father insists on this, then the minister will retire."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Cihong cupped his hands towards Chongzhen, turned around and left.

Anyway, Chongzhen can't be persuaded anymore. When the time comes, let's speak directly with evidence, and that's it.

After Chongzhen watched Zhu Cihong leave, he was also a little dazed: "Lang'er, are you leaving now?"

Leaving before the matter was resolved, Chongzhen felt that this Zhu Cihong seemed to be different from his impression.

This made Chongzhen feel a little uneasy, so he called Wang Chengen: "You send someone to watch the prince, don't let the prince go to Wu Sangui to cause trouble, and report to me immediately if you have anything. Also, Dongchang Bian also passed on a decree, let all the fans in Dongchang stay with me well, and don't affect Wu Sangui's investigation!"

From Chongzhen's point of view, what Zhu Cihong wanted to do was to go directly to Wu Sangui's mansion, or use Dongchang.

Block both of these roads, and you should be safe.

After Wang Chengen left, Chongzhen also breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to himself.

"Long'er, you are still young and too impulsive. I don't know that doing things like you will cause people's resentment, which will not be conducive to your succession to the throne in the future. Let me teach you a lesson this time, and let you know how the emperor solves the problem. Yes, in the future you should learn a little bit, you can’t always go ahead in everything, confront the ministers head-on, so that in the end you don’t even know who is framing you!”

Chongzhen took inventory for a long time, feeling that things should be safe, finally he was relieved and smiled.

"Come on, please bring in the British official, and the old Fan Ge are here too? Then let them come in together."

Next, Chongzhen felt that he only needed to appease the supporters of Zhu Cihong, such as the British government, and let them wait until the truth came out, and then it would be settled!

(End of this chapter)