On the first day of the September 11th of the 19th year of Shenwu in the Ming Dynasty, just as Fujian was in ruins, the second imperial envoy sent by Zhu Hongsan to Henan came to Kaifeng.

This imperial envoy is Qian Yiai, the former prefect of Shuntian Prefecture. As one of the three capitals of the Ming Dynasty, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture was a high-ranking official of the third rank, and the official seals were made of silver. As Qian Yiai, who was wearing the red third rank official uniform, felt a little unwilling to go to the stinky water in Henan.

Qian Yiai was born in the fourth year of Chongzhen. He is only 31 years old now. He is a third-rank high-rank official. This can no longer be called a smoke from the ancestral tomb, but the ancestral tomb is on fire. It is very simple. Qian Yiai is too young, and Xia Wanchun, who fights Qian Yiai every day, is now only from the fifth-rank chief clerk. Xia Wanchun is two years older than Qian Yiai. Xia Wanchun and Qian Yiai are not in dealing with each other, and they will quarrel when they meet. Although the main reason is different political views and disagreements, Xia Wanchun is jealous of Qian Yiai's high position at a young age, which is also a secondary reason.

Qian Yiai's family has been an official for generations, and his grandfather Qian Shiyang has been the prefect, but his father Qian Qianyi will not talk about it. Therefore, Qian Yiai has been familiar with official affairs since he was a very young man, which means he will definitely not be a leader.

As the saying goes, the rafters that stand out first will rot first. No matter how big your background or how high your knowledge is, as long as you get angry, you will basically cut off your career. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there are more than 270 years, and there are 90 top scholars, but there are very few who can truly become the chief assistant of the cabinet, and you can count it with one hand. On the contrary, the reputation of the imperial examination was not obvious at that time, and the guys who only took the top two exams had a high chance of becoming the chief assistant of the cabinet, such as Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng.

So before Qian Qianyi retired, he told Qian Yiai that he was low-key and never show off. Qian Yiai was not a vain in the officialdom, and he also deeply agreed with his father. Qian Yiai had been in office in Shuntian Mansion for three years. The Beijing Office Organization Department of the Beijing Procuratorate appointed him as the top-notch, and Qian Yiai was still very satisfied with this appointment.

According to the appointment and removal rules of officials in the Ming Dynasty, the superiors must be promoted. Qian Yiai, the middle and upper class, can be retained for the original position, and the inferior one must be demoted. Qian Yiai is only in his thirties this year and does not want to make a name for himself so early. It is best to wait until he becomes a provincial and ministerial-level senior official after 40. Qian Yiai is now in the third rank. His life goal for himself is to become the minister of the central government forty, the cabinet for fifty, and the chief minister for sixty.

Qian Yiai's plan was perfect, but in response to that sentence, gold would shine everywhere. This time, the prince thought of him in Henan and recommended him to let Qian Yiai go to Henan to serve as an imperial envoy.

Qian Yiai was very dissatisfied with the prince's recommendation that he recommended himself before he discussed with him. Although Qian Yiai was the prince's adviser, the two of them had always been both teachers and friends, so the prince explained to him after recommending Qian Yiai.

The prince's reason is also very sufficient, that is, the matter in Henan must not continue to ferment. The prince has too many interests in Henan. If it is really revealed, then the prince will be the prince who is unlucky. There is another thing that the prince did not say, but Qian Yiai thought of it, that is, the prince does not want the matter in Henan to implicate Ma Mingyuan.

This time, Ma Mingyuan's resignation was inevitable, but the court knew that Ma Mingyuan was brought down by a conservative force this time, which made the emperor feel a little guilty. After all, the emperor was behind the new policy, and Ma Mingyuan was just taking the blame for the emperor.

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If the emperor has any debts in his heart, he cannot take ruthless measures to deal with Ma Mingyuan. However, it would be different if the corruption case in Henan was launched. The emperor is a petty person. Seeing that most of his money has been embezzled by these officials, he will definitely take his anger on Ma Mingyuan. At that time, the prince will not be able to rely on the power of the Ma family.

So, maintain the status quo, find a few scapegoats in the Henan affairs, and then give the court a satisfactory explanation, which is the task assigned by the prince to Qian Yiai.

Qian Yiai had no choice but to hear the prince say this, so he had to hand over the matter of Shuntian Prefecture and then head south to Henan with the emperor's imperial edict.

Qian Yiai's identity is different from Zhu Yuan. Qian Yiai is famous in both officialdom and literary status, so when he arrived at Kaifeng Governor Wu Peichang waited outside the city early.

Wu Peichang and Qian Yiai recognized them as early as Guangdong, but at that time Wu Peichang was just a doctor in the Ministry of Finance, and Qian Yiai was just a guest in the prince's mansion. But now it is different. Wu Peichang was a rank-in official, and Qian Yiai was even the imperial envoy representing the emperor.

Qian Yiai got off the sedan chair a hundred meters away from the welcome team and walked to meet Wu Peichang. Of course, this was a sign of respect. After all, Wu Peichang was much older than Qian Yiai.

When Wu Peichang saw Qian Yiai coming, he quickly bowed and said, "My minister Wu Peichang, with his colleagues from the Henan Governor's Office, I will pay homage to the imperial envoy!"

Qian Yiai rushed forward without waiting for Wu Peichang to salute and said, "Brother Xiwen, please get up quickly, you and my brothers don't want to talk to you!"

Wu Peichang smiled and said, "Brother Zigao, it has been five years since he left Nanjing in the seventh year of Shenwu. Brother Zigao is still so handsome! Haha!"

"Brother Xiwen, don't make fun of me. How can Yi Ai's knowledge be compared with his brother?"

Qian Yiai is a stinking foot. Everyone knows that Qian Yiai was a Juren from Nanzhili at the age of twelve. If the country had not been broken, Qian Yiai would have been able to have been a Jinshi before the age of 18. But Wu Peichang was different. Although Wu Peichang was a Jinshi in Chongzhen for ten years, he ranked in the third place. If he were not the same year as Ma Mingyuan, he would have been a prefect at most. Qian Yiai said this completely to compliment Wu Peichang.

Everyone loves to hear good things. Wu Peichang smiled and said, "Zi Gao, you'll be here this time. Now Henan is in chaos by King Yan and Zhang Jiayu. He just needs an capable official like Zi Gao to return the blue sky in Henan!"

Wu Peichang knew that Qian Yiai was the prince's confidant, and he himself was the prince's disciple, and he was also the prince's money bag. This time Qian Yiai came here and naturally had to speak to him.

Qian Yiai smiled slightly when she heard Wu Peichang say this, but didn't say anything. She just asked: "Brother Xiwen, Zigao came to be trusted by the emperor this time, so he naturally had to handle it impartially. But now we should go to see the King of Yan first, the emperor has an imperial edict for him!"

Since the shooting incident, Zhu Yuan knew that his imperial envoy's job was over, so he didn't go out every day and locked himself in Kaifeng Prefecture and refused to see guests.

Wu Peichang heard Qian Yiai say this and quickly nodded. The past half month has given Wu Peichang a headache. Although Zhu Yuan is not an imperial envoy, he is still a prince and a prince of the country (Zhu Hongsan's imperial edict has not been passed to Henan). Wu Peichang is responsible for Zhu Yuan's safety and daily drinking.

Food, if Zhu Yuan had something big in Henan, it would be a big trouble. Now that Qian Yiai is here, Zhu Yuan should have left. Wu Peichang was naturally very happy to hear that this big trouble was finally leaving.

"Okay, I have nothing to do today, so I happened to accompany Brother Gao to accompany me!"

Qian Yiai followed Wu Peichang into the city and came to the entrance of Kaifeng Prefecture. When the Jinyiwei, who was guarding the gate, learned that the imperial envoy had arrived, he quickly entered the mansion to inform Zhu Yuan who was waiting to die.

When Zhu Yuan heard that the imperial edict had arrived, he was so scared that he was shocked. He didn't know what his father would do with him, but he couldn't escape with a punishment.

Zhu Yuan quickly asked someone to take out his prince's clothes, put them on, ran out to welcome the imperial edict.

When Zhu Yuan went out, he saw that the imperial envoy was Qian Yiai, and his heart was filled with a cold. He knew that Qian Yiai was the prince’s confidant. Now that he came, he could still have his own good fruits to eat?

But there was nothing I could do about this, so Zhu Yuan could only accept his fate. Zhu Yuan knelt on the ground and performed the grand ceremony of three bows and nine bows, and then said loudly: "My son Zhu Yuan, long live to see his father!"

Qian Yiai is now an imperial envoy, representing the emperor Zhu Hongsan. After seeing Zhu Yuan kneeling on the ground, he took out an imperial edict and said, "In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor said: The emperor's system said: The problem of the prince Zhu Yuan is not good, which makes me very disappointed. Now he demoted Zhu Yuan to the general of the auxiliary country, changed his fief to Jiaohe County, Hejian Prefecture, and returned to Beijing immediately after receiving the edict, and punished him to study in the closed door for three years! I'm so proud!"

Zhu Yuan was shocked when he heard the imperial edict that he did not mean that King Yan Zhu Yuan was called Prince Zhu Yuan, but changed his name to Prince Zhu Yuan. Then he heard that he had demoted his title to General of the Supplementary State, and demoted him to level four. This really cost Zhu Yuan's life. Zhu Yuan's ambition was to be the crown prince and then take over his father's position, but now the prince is not yet a bad prince. The sharp gap in identity made Zhu Yuan stunned for a moment.

Qian Yiai finished reading the imperial edict and saw Zhu Yuan still kneeling on the ground. Qian Yiai asked gloomyly: "Zhu Yuan, why didn't you accept the imperial edict? Do you want to resist the imperial edict?"

Resisting the imperial edict is a major crime, not to mention that Zhu Yuan is also the emperor's son. The big hat of unfaithfulness and filial piety is enough for Zhu Yuan to go to Fengyang Prison to squat for the rest of his life. Qian Yiai really hopes that Zhu Yuan will resist the imperial edict so that he can report the truth to the emperor and he will solve an opponent for the prince at that time.

Zhu Yuan was not a fool, so he naturally knew the serious consequences of his resistance. He was just stunned just now. He heard Qian Yiai say this and kowtowed and said, "My son will accept the order!"

The emperor's imperial edict said that he would return to the capital immediately, and that would not be delayed for a moment. After receiving the imperial edict, he would immediately leave the city. He would not have any clothes, cars and horses.

After Zhu Yuan received the order, the Jinyiwei sent him on his horse and then escorted him out of Kaifeng City and returned to Beijing. As for how Zhu Yuan returned to Beijing, how he cried to his mother, Princess Kunxing, it was not Qian Yiai's business.

The 200 Jinyiwei who came with Zhu Yuan left, but there were still 300 imperial guards who stayed there. They were different from the royal slave Jinyiwei. The imperial guards' order this time was to protect the imperial envoy. Now the imperial envoy was replaced by Qian Yiai, and their order changed from protecting Zhu Yuan to protecting Qian Yiai.

Ding Changsheng originally thought he must be unlucky, but he heard that the imperial edict did not mention it to him, and he couldn't help feeling uneasy. At this time, he quickly stepped forward and knelt in front of Qian Yiai and said, "I will pay homage to the imperial envoy!"

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