In the evening, all Zhu Biao's ministers were waiting in the main hall, and Zhu Xi and others also returned. The three princes and royal highnesses walked into the room with serious faces, which immediately made the atmosphere more solemn. At this time, Zhu Biao was still alone in the study, with no one.
Everyone knows how His Highness the Crown Prince is going to handle this matter.
The three brothers Zhu Feng sat on the chair, and the others knelt down and saluted. Except for Fei Ju, none of them were of high enough rank. If they arrived normally, they would not have to salute. But now it was obvious that the three princes were in a bad mood, so they naturally followed the rules carefully.
Zhu Xi raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, get up. Everyone here is my brother's confidant, and you have been working together with me these days. If any of you are involved in this matter, please come forward now.
I can also intercede for you and save your life."
The other two princes also nodded. Xu Yungong, Chang Mao and others would naturally not participate in this kind of thing. Guo Chong, Zhang Fan, Wu Bozong and others were not so short-sighted, and those with a guilty conscience had already knelt outside.
After they all said that they had nothing to do with this matter, the three brothers Zhu Feng didn't say anything more. They had been given the opportunity. If they couldn't seize it, they wouldn't blame the others. They just closed their eyes and waited for their elder brother to come out and make a decision. They had been running for a whole day.
exhausted.
Zhu Biao, who was in the study, took a sip of tea and told Liu Jin who was standing aside: "Let the second and fourth sons come over. The people outside should be dispersed. The rest will be dealt with tomorrow."
Liu Jin bowed and agreed, and Zhu Biao put down the letter in his hand. It would not be difficult to investigate the matter once it happened. Besides, those who were timid had already taken the initiative to explain what they had done. They only hoped that the prince would be given a lighter sentence.
According to their confessions, the highest official that could be found was that the Fengyang Prefecture General Magistrate colluded with the Huai'an Prefecture on the coast. The two worked together to transport materials directly to the north for sale by sea.
But Zhu Biao naturally didn't believe it. It was impossible for these two people and a group of low-level officials to achieve this point. Their energy alone was not enough to support these materials from leaving Fengyang Mansion.
Because there are currently a prince and three princes in Fengyang Mansion, the entire Fengyang territory has been under martial law. The transportation of such a large amount of materials will inevitably require a large number of convoys, and those who want to leave must go through inspection by the garrison.
These civil servants could not reach out to the generals, so Zhu Biao believed that there must be military generals involved, but he was not sure who it was. However, sooner or later, he would not be able to escape if he continued to investigate like this. Quan Xu had already begun to investigate.
After a while, Zhu Xi and Zhu Di walked in. After saluting, Zhu Xi said: "Brother, why don't you just take down all these guys? It just so happens that everyone in the corrupt official camp is almost dead."
Zhu Biao knocked on the table and said: "The big fish haven't taken the bait, so there's no need to worry. The small fish and shrimps can't escape. You two take my warrant and go to Suzhou, Yingzhou, and Sizhou respectively to dispatch city guards to protect Bozhou."
Zhu Di said doubtfully: "How much fighting power do they have? Why not ask the Marquis of Pingliang to bring elite troops over? Could it be..."
Zhu Di came to his senses mid-sentence. He and Zhu Xi saluted Zhu Biao and then hurried out, preparing to rush to the four states overnight. Fortunately, Fengyang Mansion was so big, and the states were not far away.
After sending them out, Liu Jin said worriedly: "Sir, would it be better to ask the Marquis of Pingliang to enter the city alone? His whole family, old and young, are in the capital, so he must not dare to disobey His Highness's order."
Zhu Biao smiled and said: "It's just a precaution. Those people who do this will not take any chances."
As mentioned just now, all the roads in Fengyang Mansion are under martial law. No matter how you go, you can't escape and be inspected by the soldiers. No matter who gives the order to let them go, they can't bypass Pingliang Hou Fei Ju, the commander of Fengyang army.
Now Zhu Biao's subordinates have basically arrived. Only Fei Ju, the Marquis of Pingliang, sent a message stating that they can arrive tomorrow. Fengyang Mansion is such a big place, even if there is wind and snow blocking it, it will take several hours to lead the troops to attack.
It can be seen that Fei Ju has something to do with this matter, but it is not known whether he is the mastermind or an accomplice, but in either case he has betrayed Zhu Biao's trust in him. Zhu Biao felt a little regretful because he was not on the list that Li Shanchang gave him.
Fei Ju, he added it on purpose.
I was thinking about his past achievements and trying to get him away from Hu Weiyong, but I didn't expect that this man ended up going astray. Now that all the elite Zhu Biao brought are in his hands, Zhu Biao will not be in good shape for a while.
Send someone to take it down directly, otherwise it will easily cause trouble.
However, although those elites belong to the commander-in-chief Fei Ju, the middle-level generals will not watch Fei Ju rebel. They are afraid that if the thieves cry out for the thieves, they will take advantage of the unclear situation to threaten that His Highness the Crown Prince has been kidnapped and directly lead troops to attack Bozhou.
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This is why emperors have disliked military generals since ancient times. The generals have to be careful no matter how they handle the military power in their hands. Otherwise, if they cause trouble, the emperor will not be able to wipe their ass.
Of course, the chance of this happening couldn't be smaller. After all, there is always a chance of survival in Zhu Biao's hands. Rebellion will only lead to death. Now is not the time to dominate the world with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
The second and fourth sons were asked to mobilize troops overnight to protect them just to dispel their delusions. Zhu Biao's own generals raised troops to rebel. Even if they were suppressed and killed in the end, it would still be him who would be embarrassed if word spread.
Two hours later, Liu Jin walked in and said, "Sir, the people kneeling outside are freezing to death."
Zhu Biao took a sip of hot tea and nodded and said: "They are quite sensible, so their family members will not pursue the case and let others carry them back."
Liu Jin went out to make arrangements, while Zhu Biao was waiting for news from Quan Xu. More than an hour later, Quan Xu walked in with a frosty air. Zhu Biao, who was excited even from a distance, trembled.
Xu also understood, so he didn't approach Zhu Biao after entering the house, and knelt down to salute.
Zhu Biao waved him to sit aside, and Liu Jin brought him a bowl of cold-repelling ginger tea. It was naturally too cold to ride a horse late at night in Quanxu's winter, so he quickly took a big sip to regain some energy.
Zhu Biao was not in a hurry. Seeing that he looked much more comfortable, he asked: "Has Fei Ju done something strange? Has the mastermind been found out?"
Quan Xu said in a deep voice: "The Marquis of Pingliang sent his generals to deliver the news all night long. After I captured it, I tortured it severely. Finally I learned that the news was to be passed on to Zhu Liangzu, the Marquis of Yongjia who was guarding Xuzhou Prefecture."
Zhu Biao frowned after hearing this. He didn't expect that other nobles were actually involved, and it seemed that Zhu Liangzu was the main conspirator. After all, Zhu Biao had known Fei Ju for a few months. Apart from fighting, his brains were used at other times.
It is not enough to plan corruption.
This matter is a bit difficult to deal with. After all, the people involved are beyond Zhu Biao's current jurisdiction. He can decide any official in Fengyang Mansion with one word. This is also the court's acquiescence.
But the magistrate of Huai'an and Marquis Yongjia of Xuzhou who are involved now need the court's order to capture them. After all, Zhu Biao was only responsible for relocating the people. It was against the rules to directly capture the officials of the big state without the emperor. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care, Zhu Biao
