Factory owner is king

Chapter 127 Aftermath
"Four drums, drums, drums, clothes up,
It's too late to stop at the fifth watch.

When will I have the pastoral pleasure,
Sleep until the world is cooked. "

After reading "Poems of the Early Dynasty" leisurely, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the crowd of civil and military men under the jade steps, and said, "Back then Qian Zai thought it was too tiring to be an official, so I let him go home and enjoy his idyllic happiness." Okay. So those of you who were officials in our Ming Dynasty, are you really that tired?
Yesterday was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and at the same time, in order to celebrate Ping An's efforts to bring peace to peace in Sichuan, I specially allow you officials to spend one day in private.How about it?Did you sleep well last night? "

Above the golden hall, there was complete silence, and the five dared to answer.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and continued: "If you don't say anything, then listen to me. I didn't sleep well yesterday, very badly, and stayed up all night! Guess why?"

Slapping the Longshu case in front of him heavily, Zhu Yuanzhang roared angrily: "Because Liang Guogong Lanyu has rebelled! Three thousand battalions of the three major battalions of the Imperial Army that led me have rebelled! The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, except Xinguo Gong Tang and the leader Apart from the soldiers helping me to quell the chaos, the others are either silent, or even plotting to rebel! Those who are silent, I don’t blame you, I just pretend that you really don’t know.” Sweeping coldly Glancing at the queue of honorable generals, Xuan looked away again: "But those rebels really don't understand. Old Zhang..."

"His Majesty."

"Proclamation."

"Observe the decree." Pulling out a volume of imperial decree that had been prepared a long time ago from his sleeve, Lao Zhang began to recite it aloud.

The content of the imperial decree is not complicated, but it is detailed. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's wishes, he described the rebellion last night, and at the end he stated that the whole case of treason should be thoroughly investigated and all evils should be eliminated.

"Remember, I will never tolerate anyone."

The cold voice echoed above the Golden Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang got up and left, ending the morning court.

. . . . . . .

"Master Jiang, the emperor asked our family's Dongchang and your Jinyiwei to cooperate in the investigation of Qingliang Guogong's treason. After much deliberation, our family thinks that you and I should explain it to each other face to face, so as to avoid accidents. What kind of misunderstanding." Xu Ruyi said, holding a teacup.

"It should be explained clearly, but at this time, and this person you bring, Jiang doesn't understand, are you sitting here as the master of Dongchang, or are you sitting here with Jiang as the small gate master of Tianmen?" What about talking?" Jiang Huan looked sullenly, looking at Li Caiyu and Xu Ruyi who were sitting opposite.

Zhu Yuanzhang established the East Factory to check and balance Jinyiwei. Xu Ruyi and Jiang Huan have the same hearts as Ming Jing.Since it is a check and balance, the identities of the two are opposite in a sense.The emperor will never allow two people to get along very closely, especially if the two parties in power have a secret meeting in private, if the emperor finds out, there will be no need to talk about the consequences.

Fortunately, in the city of Nanjing, if the two snakeheads Jiang Huan and Xu Ruyi want to meet, there are still many places and ways.For example, the place they chose for this meeting was the prison of Jin Yiwei.

"Haha." With a smile on his fat face, Li Caiyu said: "In this Jinyiwei prison, if you can't hide it from the emperor's eyes and ears, then we think that you, the Jinyiwei commander, might as well just wipe your neck. gone."

"Of course I don't have any problems in the Zhenfu Department. I'm worried about you." Jiang Huan pointed at Xu Ruyi and Li Caiyu: "You didn't reveal your whereabouts when you came, did you?"

"How could it be?" Li Caiyu waved his hand: "Don't think too much about the emperor. Although the East Factory has not been established for a long time, there is still my Heavenly Gate behind it. We are not living for nothing."

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense anymore. It's late at night. Let's finish what we have to say. Starting tomorrow, I, Jin Yiwei, still have work to do." Jiang Huan looked a little impatient.

"Don't worry, you have to say it sentence by sentence, and you have to do things one by one." Xu Ruyi smiled slightly: "Let's use the identity of Dongchang Changchang to chat with you, the commander of Jinyiwei, first." chat, and then, as the head of the Tianmen Sect, talk to Venerable Tianwei of the White Lotus Sect."

After a moment of silence, Xu Ruyi said: "I know, the emperor has long wanted to punish Liang Guogong, and kill the honorable generals in the army by the way. You Jinyiwei must have put a lot of effort behind it. Our family would like to ask In a word, what exactly does the emperor want to do?"

"Didn't the emperor tell you?" Jiang Huan frowned and thought for a while, then said, "It's okay to talk to you. Earlier, Jin Yiwei made a list according to the emperor's wishes. After the emperor read it, he ticked off a few A name, roughly meaning, except for these few people, others..." Jiang Huan stood up with one palm and made a downward cutting movement.

"Where's the list? Can you show it to me?" Xu Ruyi asked.

"What do you want this for?"

"Ask knowingly." Xu Ruyi snorted coldly: "According to the Emperor, you are responsible for the arrest, and our family is responsible for the trial. After the trial, you will continue to arrest. There is no list. If the trial goes wrong, our family will not be able to explain it, right? "

Seeing Jiang Huan's "None of my business" look, Xu Ruyi frowned: "You won't give it?"

Jiang Huan smiled "hehe" and didn't respond.

Li Caiyu on the side smiled sinisterly and said: "Uncle Feng, it seems that your White Lotus Sect still has a few officials in the court. Aren't you afraid that our little sect leader will give you a confession and let you arrest him?"

"Leader Li." Jiang Huan gritted his teeth secretly: "Don't go too far, my White Lotus Sect is not afraid of your Tianmen, if you can threaten me, I can threaten you too! The third hall master of Fu Lu Shou of your Tianmen In the middle of the court? It's not good for everyone to die!"

"It's not good." Li Caiyu nodded: "But...do you know who the head of the Three Halls of Fu Lu Shou is? Or...you forgot your predecessor's Left Protector?"

"Hmph." Jiang Huan suppressed his anger, took out a roster from his pocket, and threw it on the table: "Look for yourself."

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang." Xu Ruyi picked up the roster with a smile, flipped through it, and put it in her arms.

"The matter of Dongchang and Jinyiwei is over, let's talk about the matter of Tianmen and Bailian Sect." Xu Ruyi stretched out her little finger and picked her ears: "You probably won't be able to decide what will happen next, but it doesn't matter. Just tell your Buddha mother later, we just wait for the news, there is no rush."

"I can't be the master." Jiang Huan said sarcastically: "But among you, who has the final say, you, the little sect leader, or Hall Master Li?"

"Of course our little sect master has the final say." Li Caiyu restrained her smile and said seriously: "I'm just a hall master. The Tianmen has always had only one voice. It used to be the old sect master, but now it's the little sect master."

Xu Ruyi glanced at Li Caiyu in surprise.

It is said that since the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Ruyi vaguely felt that Li Caiyu's attitude towards her had changed. . .Respectful?
Every time they met before, Li Caiyu always took the initiative to come to Xu Ruyi, and usually came to give orders and instructions.But the most recent meeting, Li Caiyu left a rare contact information, so that he can take the initiative to inform Li Caiyu to come to meet, and just now Li Caiyu justified his name, Xu Ruyi always felt that there must be something on the Mid-Autumn Festival night that made Li Caiyu's attitude It's a pity that such a change happened, but he couldn't think of it.

"Okay, there's no need to flatter, let's just talk about the matter." He reached out and gestured outside, and after a while, a plate of peanuts was brought up.

"Zhu Di, King of Yan in Beiping, has objections. As long as the emperor dies, he will find a chance to raise the flag. I believe your White Lotus Sect should be aware of it. And your plan in Shu has now become a joke. , anyone with a discerning eye can see it. Our family would like to ask, when the imperial court and the King of Yan meet in battle, where will your White Lotus Sect plan to go?"

"This..." Jiang Huan hesitated.To be honest, the White Lotus Sect has no specific plans for this kind of thing that will happen in a few years. Now Xu Ruyi asked, but he couldn't talk about it. At the moment, he can only shake his head pretending to be profound: " You also said that I can't be a master, so if you have something to say, you can say it, and I will tell the Buddha mother later."

"That's it." Xu Ruyi chuckled lightly, without revealing it: "There is only one throne, between King Yan and the eldest grandson of the emperor, our family bet the treasure on the eldest grandson of the emperor. And our family's meaning also represents the meaning of Tianmen .”

"You are really loyal." Jiang Huan sneered, grabbed a few peanuts, and chewed them while still in his mouth.

"I want you, the White Lotus Sect, to also help His Highness the eldest grandson to deal with King Yan together." Xu Ruyi leaned forward slightly.

"Help the court to quell the rebellion? Did I hear you right?" Jiang Huan pointed to himself, with an inexplicable look: "Our White Lotus Sect was originally a rebellion by the court. You asked us to help the court? Why?"

Xu Ruyi twisted her sore neck and said, "How about giving you a piece of land?"

"You are joking?"

"Our family never jokes with strangers."

"Am I a stranger?"

"Am I familiar with you?" Xu Ruyi sneered.

"..." Seeing Xu Ruyi's serious look, Jiang Huan frowned and said, "Tell me in detail."

"Don't think too much, our family can't be the master of Yan Fan in Beiping, and the court has no possibility to give it to you. What our family said is..."

. . . . . . .

Beiping, Prince Yan's Mansion.

"Amitabha." Monk Daoyan clasped his hands together: "Liangguo's official affairs have failed, and the poor monk congratulates the prince for taking one step closer to world dominance."

Hearing the news from Nanjing just now, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, was not as happy as he imagined, but said with some sadness: "Although this is the case, but a generation of famous generals ended up like this, father, it is still a bit too ruthless." gone."

"The emperor's way has always been like this, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Always like this?"

"Throughout the ages."

Zhu Di stood up: "If the lonely king in his year came to the Ninth Five-Year Plan, he would live up to the kindness and friendship of the soldiers. With this oath, please wait and see."

"Amitabha." In Gujing Bubo's eyes, there was a rare smile, which was fleeting: "Liang Guogong will not be the first, nor will he be the last. Since the emperor raised the butcher knife, after that, It won’t be easy to let go.”

"The lonely king knows." Zhu Di nodded. He didn't want to talk more about this kind of "birds are hidden, rabbits are dead and dogs are cooked." The topic changed and Zhu Di asked: "Master, you plotted against us in the capital before. I wonder if you have any news?"

Dao Yan thought about it for a while, and replied calmly: "My lord, according to various indications, the most likely one is perhaps the newly established Duke of Dongchang, Xu Ruyi."

"The eunuch?" Zhu Diqi asked.

"Exactly." Dao Yan nodded and explained: "Being born in the inner palace, he has the opportunity to get close to His Highness the eldest grandson. Being able to become the factory owner of the East Factory shows that the emperor has a certain recognition of his loyalty and ability. Based on these two points, the poor monk is [-]% sure that he is the black hand from last time."

"That's it..." Zhu Di pondered, and was about to say something more when a guard rushed up and handed him a letter.

Looking at the style of the envelope, Zhu Di frowned.

Then he opened the envelope, read it again, smiled wryly and shook his head, before he could speak, Dao Yan on the opposite side spoke first: "Duoyan Sanwei?"

"Yes" Zhu Di handed the letter to Dao Yan, and said: "Yesterday, Duoyan Sanwei secretly sent an envoy to ask the lonely king for money and food under the pretext of preparing for winter. How do you think the master should handle this matter?"

Duoyan Sanwei refers to the nomadic Mongolian tribes who lived in the Northeast for a generation. According to today's theory, the specific location is probably the boundary of the three Northeast provinces.Among these Mongolian tribes, the three most powerful tribes are called "Duoyan", "Taining" and "Fuyu".Being good at riding and shooting can be regarded as the innate talent of nomads.But the ensuing shortage of materials and poverty is inevitable.Before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, they could enrich themselves by plundering the Han people, but in front of Emperor Hongwu, they could only pretend to be sheep.

But it doesn't matter, fortunately they still have an ambitious Yan Wang Ye Zhu Di around them.Zhu Di had long coveted the cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei for a long time, but it was only because there was Ning Wang Zhu Quan between the two parties that he did not dare to blatantly collude, otherwise, he would have become Zhu Di's private soldiers long ago.

Zhu Di and Duoyan Sanwei have been in collusion for five years. Secretly, King Yan sent salt, iron, grain, grass and other materials to Duoyan Sanwei, and Duoyan Sanwei promised that they would obey King Yan's orders when necessary.

When is it necessary?What kind of orders do you have to obey?It was tacit understanding on both sides.

But the problem is that, five years later, Zhu Yuanzhang is getting older and older, but he is not deaf and blind, giving people a feeling of being old and strong. At the beginning, Duoyan Sanwei was somewhat restrained, but slowly , I became a little greedy, and I came to Zhu Di's place to fight the autumn wind if I had nothing to do, and I was eating a lot of food, which made Zhu Di a little impatient.If he refuses, firstly, he has paid too much in the previous five years, and secondly, he is really envious of Duoyan Sanwei's power; don't refuse, when will his father die in the way of heaven, and how much he has to pay is the leader .

"My lord." Dao Yan finished reading the letter, and said in a deep voice, "The power of Duoyan Sanwei is indispensable, I believe the lord understands it in his heart."

"Of course the lonely king understands, but the lonely king..."

"Since it is indispensable, there is nothing to hesitate about. Compared with that chair, what is a little food, gold and silver?"

"The lonely king understands." Rou nodded in pain, but Zhu Di didn't say anything more.Dao Yan was right, compared with the throne, everything is worth it.

(End of this chapter)