Li Dongyang pursed his lips, thought for a while, and then slowly said: "Wait and see."
His words happened to be heard by a minister in charge of the Ministry of Personnel next to him. The man also came up and couldn't help but say, "Is something wrong with Your Majesty? It seems something is wrong in the palace today. Mr. Li, it's better to go in and take a look."
Liu Jian also persuaded him, but at this time, Li Dongyang was moved and called the little eunuch and ordered: "I'll bother you to go into the palace and say that I'll ask you to meet with Mr. Liu."
The father-in-law hesitated for a moment and then left immediately.
In the personal military service room, Zhu Youting seemed a little tired. Who was behind this made him feel a little headache. This was just for Liu Chengfeng to leave, but when he saw Liu Chengfeng's tired look, Zhu Youting felt a little unbearable.
But how could Zhu Youzhang sleep peacefully if he left such a disaster in the palace?
His eyes were still unconsciously looking at Liu Chengfeng. Only Liu Chengfeng was the most proficient in this matter. Just from the confession just now, Liu Chengfeng could see many unusual things. If it were someone else, he would have neglected the powerful relationship here.
Zhu Youzhang never thought that the palace was full of dangers. In fact, even if he was an emperor like him, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Liu Chengfeng's eyes were covered with blood, and he had not slept all night. Now he encountered such a difficult thing again. Although the emperor said nothing, he knew the look he looked over. He smiled bitterly at first, then gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, it's important, and this matter must be thoroughly investigated."
Zhu Youzhang nodded, neither agreed nor shook his head to be accurate, and said after a long time, "You'd better go and take a break first, take a break. I'll use it again."
Liu Chengfeng was indeed a little tired at this time. But when he asked him to go to bed, he couldn't sleep even if he had something to worry about. He said seriously: "Your Majesty. I don't know when this person will come out to harm others. I dare not sleep. It's better to start now."
Although these words were plain, their tone was extremely firm. Zhu Youzhang couldn't help but feel a little moved at this time. He was originally a sentimental emperor. In fact, he had always had various thoughts about Liu Chengfeng, sometimes he wanted to make great use of it, and sometimes he wanted to suppress it. After all, the issues he considered are often lofty. If he could not plan for the long term, how could he control the national weapon?
It is precisely because of this purpose that Zhu Youzhang has always followed the strategy of suppressing Liu Chengfeng. Although this method is not very successful. Liu Chengfeng is young and easy to be the Duke of the People, but in his actual position, Zhu Youzhang has been suppressing Liu Chengfeng. This is the most normal consideration for an emperor, but now, the expression shown by Liu Chengfeng makes Zhu Youzhang feel guilty.
This is a very strange psychology. When an emperor feels guilty towards his ministers, he usually has two choices. One is to learn from Zhu Yuanzhang that the white knife goes into the red knife, and there is no guilt when a person dies. But Zhu Youzhang belongs to the latter, and he suddenly realizes that this guy can entrust him.
Zhu Youzhang shook his body and stopped persuading him. It was related to the safety of the palace, so he had to be careful.
"Let's talk about how to start checking."
Liu Chengfeng said seriously: "Your Majesty, it is actually simple to investigate. This person is so scheming and familiar with the eunuchs in the church. He has a thorough understanding of everyone in the palace. In the opinion of a humble minister, this person's status in the palace must be not low, and this person should have a background of being spared. If he stays in the palace, how could he easily collude with the rioters? In addition, this person will also often go in and out of the palace and communicate with people outside. If you want to investigate, you have to start from this aspect. In fact, there must be not many people who can meet these conditions."
Liu Chengfeng added: "And this person must have a good relationship with the eunuch Zheng Qiu in the hall. Otherwise, how could an old man like Zheng Qiu, who had been in the palace for a long time easily tell outsiders about his drinking?"
Zhu Youzhi nodded and said, "When I say this, I feel a little surprised and have a good status. I guess I am the admiral of the 12 prisons in the palace, the eunuchs such as the seals and the young prisons. There are no more than fifty such people in the palace. In addition, because of official business, I often go to and from the palace to the palace, so there are even fewer people like this, and I have a good relationship with Zheng Qiu..."
Liu Chengfeng responded and said, "At most two or three, there are not even two or three. It is actually very easy to find out this person."
Zhu Youzhang thoughtfully and nodded slowly and said, "Then check it out, come and invite Mou Bin."
Mou Bin was actually waiting outside for an order. When he heard the order, he immediately came in and bowed to salute. Zhu Youzhang ordered him, but he did not dare to neglect and went to do it immediately.
In fact, this matter is very fast to handle, and I am afraid that there will be a reply within half an hour.
But at this time, an eunuch entered the duty room and said, "Grandmaster Li Dongyang, Liu Jian asked for a meeting."
Zhu Youting browsed deeply. At this critical moment, there was no interest in meeting the two of them. The state affairs might be able to entrust them to these two, but the hidden things in the palace were still preserved. He said impatiently: "Tell him that I have something to be busy here, so let them stay for a while."
"Your Majesty, the ministers from the outside court are already waiting anxiously and are speculating..."
Zhu Youzhang waved his hand and said, "I know, let's go down, tell them, wait a little longer."
After he finished his order, he smiled at Liu Chengfeng and started chatting. He suddenly said, "What's wrong with Lianzhou? I heard that Lianzhou has now become the richest place in the world. Merchants gathered. I also heard that after the merchants went to sea, even the ports for going to sea were not enough. Although Lianzhou has ten counties now, it is still too small. The imperial court collects so much money every year, and it also depends on Lianzhou. If there were no such many merchants, how could the inner treasury be abundant?"
When Zhu Youzhang spoke, Liu Chengfeng's face showed a nervous look. He couldn't help but wonder, is this palace fond of Lianzhou? The current Lianzhou is no longer the bitter and cold Lianzhou in the past. This is Liu Chengfeng's old capital. If he was taken back by the palace, he would have no place to cry.
However, Liu Chengfeng actually didn't believe that the palace would take back Lianzhou at will. In fact, the reason is very simple. The prosperity of Lianzhou is based on opening the sea. Once the court takes back Lianzhou and still implements the maritime ban, then Lianzhou will decline rapidly and the last one is worthless.
And the court would never agree to open the sea in the palace. This involves the fundamental interests of many ministers and will never let go.
Zhu Youzhang obviously saw the unnatural on Liu Chengfeng's face, and couldn't help but smile and said hurriedly: "Do you think I am a robber and have you been thinking about the land of three cents of Ji? Don't worry, I have no interest in Lianzhou, but I just think that the sea trade needs to be expanded."
What he said suddenly surprised Liu Chengfeng. In fact, although Lianzhou has a large land, there are many mountains, and a large number of merchants and population have poured in. In addition, it has become the only external window for the Ming Dynasty and a distribution center for goods entering and leaving the customs. That place is now overcrowded, but Zhu Youzhang suddenly said that he wanted to explore maritime trade. What does this mean?
Liu Chengfeng's heart thumped, but he couldn't even think about it, so he quickly held his breath and replied seriously: "What Your Majesty said is that sea trade is related to the annual entry of the court. Expanding sea trade is indeed a good thing that benefits the country and the people."
His words were just a matter of pointing out, but he just agreed with Zhu Youzhang's point of view, but he did not involve himself.
Zhu Youzhang just smiled and didn't say anything else.
After a few greetings, Mou Bin finally got a message, came in personally and reported: "Your Majesty, I found out. According to Your Majesty's intention, I found out that one person is the most suspicious. It is Wang Xi, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Duzhijian, but... just..."
Zhu Youzhang's face regained his coldness and said coldly: "Where are the people?"
"When I took the people there, Wang Xi seemed to know something was wrong. He had already... had already committed suicide by accepting a lot of arsenic." Mou Bin seemed a little cautious and looked at Zhu Youting's face.
Dead...
Zhu Youzhi raised his eyebrows. This was beyond his expectations. However, since the person is dead, he has nothing to say. After being silent for a long time, his face gradually became cold, and then he slowly said to Liu Chengfeng: "Since the person is dead, what should we do next?"
Liu Chengfeng said: "Since there are no rioters in the palace, I will leave the palace and go and take a break first, and then pull out the rioters outside the palace."
Zhu Youzing smiled slightly and said, "No need to be so troublesome. Let me cut these rioters out."
He waved and said to Mou Bin: "I'll go to the court hall later. I'll say that I'm not feeling well now. Today's court discussions will be broken. I'll ask someone to go to the Eastern Palace and invite the prince to the palace. No mistakes should be made."
Liu Chengfeng, who was sitting on the side, suddenly showed a look of surprise on his face. How could he not understand what Zhu Youzhang wanted to do in such a arrangement? But if this arrangement continues, it will be earth-shaking for the entire court and the emperor, who has always been gentle and steady in his work, is actually going to play like this, and Liu Chengfeng is not surprised.
The palace has strengthened its defense. None of the people who celebrated their birthday yesterday have left the palace now, and the palace is only allowed to enter but not leave. In addition, the emperor has not shown up yet. If he thinks about the prince entering the palace to meet, these clues are actually very obvious. The emperor is trying to set up a suspicion array and confuse the rioters outside the palace.
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The first chapter was delivered. I typing yesterday until after two o'clock, so I woke up at around eleven o'clock in the morning, sweating, and I was so embarrassed to finish typing.
Chapter completed!