Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 331 Chapter 331, Zhu Yousong went and returned, Fan Jingwen was shocked

In Daming, many secrets are actually not secrets.

Dongchang is indeed a first-class intelligence organization in Ming Dynasty, but as the ruling class that has been deeply rooted in Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, the officials' infiltration of Dongchang is also very powerful.

In other words, there are some eyeliners from the officials in the East Factory, which is originally some unspeakable tacit understanding between the royal family and the officials.

Therefore, when Zhu Yousong had just set foot on the second day of returning to Jingshi Road, the interior of Beijing City was already fried.

"What, King Fu was captured by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince again?"

In the cabinet, when Fan Jingwen heard the news, he was dumbfounded.

At this moment, Fan Jingwen suddenly felt that the position of the chief assistant of the cabinet under his buttocks was too hot!
Li Banghua smiled wryly, and said: "Yeah, I don't know what His Highness the Crown Prince thinks, obviously His Majesty has sent a decree to release King Fu, but he actually captured King Fu again."

The expressions of the other cabinet elders were probably similar to those of Li Banghua. They all looked at Fan Jingwen eagerly, hoping that the chief minister of the cabinet could come up with an idea.

Fan Jingwen's heart was in a mess.

Zhu Cihong hadn't been idle in the capital for the past few days, and a large number of clans had been liquidated by Zhu Cihong.

Those who were more jumpy, Zhu Cihong was directly assigned to the frontier to guard the Great Wall, and those who were more cooperative stayed behind, and arranged some relatively free positions for them to do.

But in any case, from now on, the monthly support money from the Ming court will definitely disappear. These clans will only be able to rely on themselves in the future, or they will starve to death.

Fan Jingwen and the others in the cabinet had spent a lot of time in settling these clans in the past few days. They finally got it done, and now something like Prince Fu was arrested for the second time happened. You can imagine Fan Jingwen's speechlessness at this moment.

It's impossible for this matter to continue to grow, right?
You must know that being stabbed in the spine by hundreds of thousands of clan members is uncomfortable enough, but if it continues to get bigger...

Fan Jingwen took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "At present, only His Highness the Crown Prince can give an explanation for this matter. Everyone, follow the old man to see His Highness the Crown Prince."

The rest of the pavilion elders looked at each other and knew that this was the only way at present, so they all nodded in agreement.

Just as they walked out of the door of the classroom, a eunuch came in front of them.

"My elders, Your Highness welcomes you."

Fan Jingwen paused for a moment, and his heart suddenly became clear, knowing that Zhu Cihong should have sent someone to discuss with him about King Fu.

Thinking of this, Fan Jingwen felt much more at ease.

As far as Fan Jingwen was concerned, he was not really worried that things would get worse. At most, he would just kill a group of clansmen. They were all relatives of the royal family. What kind of relationship did they have with officials like Fan Jingwen?

What Fan Jingwen was really worried about was that Zhu Cihong would go his own way without communicating with the officials at all, which would cause a split between the official class and the royal family. This is the most terrible thing.

Soon, Fan Jingwen and others arrived at Fengtian Hall.

Next to Chongzhen's imperial study, Zhu Cihong specially asked someone to get a smaller room for office and discussion.

Seeing a few people coming, Zhu Cihong put down the brush in his hand, and said with a smile: "My lords are here, please sit down."

As soon as Fan Jingwen sat down, he said, "Your Highness, what is the matter about King Fu?"

Fan Jingwen is the grand master, and he can be regarded as the "minister of the hidden mansion" given to Zhu Cihong by Chongzhen. On weekdays, he would meet with Zhu Cihong several times a month in the Prince's Mansion to discuss matters, so he was more straightforward when speaking.

Zhu Cilang said with a smile: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that the palace sent Fang Gonggan to keep an eye on King Fu, and then found some evidence of him colluding with slavery."

Fan Jingwen and the others were shocked when they heard the words: "Construct a slave?"

Originally thought that King Fu was displeased by Zhu Cihong, so why did it have anything to do with Jiannu?
It's really a bit big to go from the internal struggle of Ming Dynasty to the external enemy all at once.

Fan Jingwen immediately came to his senses and said, "So this is the real reason why His Royal Highness arrested King Fu?"

Zhu Cihong chuckled, nodded and said, "Exactly. Come on, everyone, please take a look at these confessions."

Fan Jingwen and others took these confessions and examined them carefully.

The confessions were all made by Wang Dayu and others, which described in great detail how the Shanxi merchants cooperated with the Manchus to infiltrate the interior of the Ming Dynasty.

Since Wang Dayu himself is a core figure of the Wang family among the eight major Shanxi merchants, the names of many officials of the Ming Dynasty are clearly written in it, and the highest level has even reached the right minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty!

Fan Jingwen was really shocked at this moment, and even a little numb: "Is this, this, this, Jiannu so, is it so rampant?"

Zhu Cihong's expression was serious, and he said in a deep voice: "That's why my palace has already received the imperial father's order, but still wants to send someone to take Zhu Yousong down immediately."

"My lords, please think about it. After all, Zhu Yousong is the Fu King of Daming and has great prestige in the clan. Once he joins forces with Jiannu, how much damage will it do to Daming?"

"That's why I must not allow this thief to return to Nanjing, otherwise, Jiangnan will finally settle down, and he will mess everything up again!"

Listening to Zhu Cilang's loud and loud words, the elders fell silent for a while.

After a while, Li Banghua took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, this matter... Does Your Majesty know about it?"

Zhu Cihong obviously expected this question a long time ago, and immediately said: "Father didn't know about it at the beginning, but this palace has already asked Fang Gonggan to hand over those bank notes to Father's palace, presumably at this moment Wang Chengen has already sent someone south to the bank to withdraw money."

In such an important case, having a confession is of course not enough, but if there are millions of taels of silver as evidence, obviously the weight is completely enough.

Fan Jingwen's complexion changed, and after a while he said: "Fu Wang... well, why is he doing this?"

Zhu Cihong sneered, and said: "It's nothing more than trying to make up for his father's regrets back then, but he didn't even look at it, is he worthy?"

After Zhu Cihong said these words, the faces of everyone present changed even more.

This is an entanglement related to the throne of the older generation, and it cannot be casually involved.

Fan Jingwen hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please rest assured, the old minister will discuss with several adults and come up with a charter."

Zhu Cilang waved his hand and said: "No need, this matter is of great importance, let's go straight to the joint trial of the three divisions!"

Fan Jingwen was shocked when he heard this.

The joint trial of the three divisions basically means that the entire imperial court will be involved. At that time, the cabinet headed by Fan Jingwen will also be difficult to control, which shows Zhu Cihong's determination.

After pondering for a moment, Fan Jingwen gritted his teeth and said, "Then follow His Royal Highness's wishes!"

After hearing Fan Jingwen's words, several other pavilion elders looked at each other with worry in their eyes.

Now, I'm afraid there will be another shocking case!

(End of this chapter)