His Majesty must have used an iron fist to submit so many lists, but with so many people, the emphasis is also different, and the power of the clan is relatively complex and too scattered. I am afraid that a group of people will be let go in the end, so the main force this time should be
To those members of the clan.
"So this list cannot be submitted like this. Eunuch Lu should submit two lists, putting the people who are the focus of care on one list, and some dispensable people on the other list, and let one go first.
So what, there will be plenty of time to cause trouble for them in the future." Yan Song still kept his smiling face, and killed the leading tiger first, so the rest would naturally have nothing to fear.
"Thank you, Mr. Yan, for your advice, otherwise it would have ruined His Majesty's important event." Lu Fang quickly expressed his thanks. It would be fine for him to be punished, but it would not be okay if it ruined His Majesty's important event.
"It's not as serious as Eunuch Lu said. Even if you miss it this time, there will be another time. Do you still think that these people can escape from His Majesty's hands? Dream on, sooner or later, we have to do it.
It's just to give His Majesty some peace of mind." Yan Song saw clearly that His Majesty wanted to do something that was just a matter of words and didn't even need an excuse.
However, as ministers, they naturally cannot allow His Majesty to bear this infamy, and a slight change would have another result, so why not do it.
"What Master Yan taught you is..."
"Haha, no problem, no problem. We are officials in the same dynasty. Naturally, we hope that Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty will get better and better. If there is any negligence in Yan's work, I hope Eunuch Lu will point it out."
"Master Yan is serious, then I will draw up a new list and send it to Your Majesty." Lu Fang did not hesitate and quickly made a new list. If the target is only people from the clan, it may be much more convenient, and those
For those who escaped, the only option before them now was to protect their lives wisely.
When Zhu Houcong saw the list, he couldn't help but marvel. This Zhu Sanyuan is a talent. We don't know whether what he said is true or false. Anyway, it seems to be true. Those on the list can indeed be arrested.
Capturing talents saved him a lot of worry.
"Are these just the people?" Zhu Houcong took a closer look and found that there were actually quite a few, but he was still a little dissatisfied. This may be due to the lack of people's hearts.
"Yes, Your Majesty, Lord Yan means to single out the members of the clan and focus on them this time." Lu Fang nodded slightly. Naturally, he would not take the credit that was not his due. It was completely unnecessary. His Majesty's kindness to him
Pampering is enough. There is no need to make Master Yan feel uncomfortable over such a trivial matter. There is no airtight wall in the world.
"Hey, young man, if you're interested, let's consider the remaining people lucky. Let's catch the top group first. Don't get involved. Just let Zhu Sanyuan take the people from Jin Yiwei and let him interrogate it.
, I'm too lazy to care about this." It happens that there is a shortage of people right now, and there is a talent like Zhu Sanyuan, so there is no need to use it in vain, and it is hard to say whether there will be thunder or something in it, so let him have a wave first.
"Nuo." Lu Fang nodded slightly. He was actually not very good at this aspect. He specialized in the arts. His personality determined that he was basically unable to do these things.
Moreover, his position here is to be tactful and tolerant. If he is arrogant and domineering, it will easily make people disgusted. Moreover, there have been a lot of things recently, and it is really difficult to get away from it.
People are in high spirits during happy events, and those who know the current affairs are heroes. It must be said that Zhu Sanyuan is still very aware of the current affairs, but those princes can only drag one or two into trouble this time.
But it doesn't matter. His main purpose this time is to reduce the clan's welfare. As for the idle prince, he can keep it. The problem is not big. It's just a title. Just keep it. It doesn't depend on whether he recognizes it or not.
Yes, if he really doesn't want to recognize you anymore and just change his name to another one, then there's no point in just holding on to the so-called prince title.
It is estimated that they will recognize the reality by then, and there will be no need for Zhu Houcong to waste his brains on thinking of some new systems.
Just as Zhu Houcong was thinking about it, the little eunuch below came to report that the Queen Mother was here.
Zhu Houcong was quite surprised when he heard the news. Queen Mother Zhang, what is she doing here?
After he came in, he saw her only a handful of times. Ever since he took over, the status of Queen Mother Zhang was still very embarrassing. After all, she was not Zhu Houcong's biological mother, and the two of them didn't see each other very often. But fortunately, Zhu Houcong still treated her well.
Although I don’t go there often, there is a constant supply of delicious food and drinks, and the number of maids and eunuchs in the palace has not decreased.
The emperor's attitude also determines the attitude of the people below. The palace is a very realistic place, and the warmth and coldness of human relationships cannot be more realistic. Zhu Houcong's attitude is here. Queen Mother Zhang's life is still very good. She should be content with admiring flowers and embroidering calligraphy every day.
That's right.
In addition, Zhu Houcong did not have any concubines, and the harem was very empty. She could run away as she pleased, and the two sides were on the same page. Therefore, Zhu Houcong wondered what the Empress Dowager Zhang was doing. There should be no intersection between the two parties, right?
But even though he thought so, Zhu Houcong was still quite curious because he had to meet him when he came.
In fact, I don't know how to face her, and this Empress Dowager Zhang is not the same. This can be regarded as a tacit understanding between the two parties.
"Well, Your Majesty." Queen Mother Zhang gave Zhu Houcong a slight salute as soon as she came in. This gave Zhu Houcong enough face and told him that she knew her position very well.
In fact, this is unreasonable, but Zhu Houcong doesn't care. What he cares about is that he was like this when he first came up. He probably had something to do with him, so he went to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and he didn't see him a few times a year. Suddenly, he
There must be something special about visiting.
"What is the Queen Mother doing? I can't bear it. Come and watch." Zhu Houcong didn't put on airs either. Although he did, people really cooperated with him. When Zhu Houcong first took over, this
Empress Dowager Zhang did nothing except help with the coordination. She was very cooperative and sent this country to Zhu Houcong. He should be grateful to the Empress Dowager both emotionally and logically.
But even though he said that, Zhu Houcong had no idea of letting a strange woman sleep on his bed. He just found a bench and sat on it, just to see what was going on. Looking at the time, it should be the latest thing.
Women are soft-hearted, especially women who lack love in the harem. It is probably because someone from their mother's family has committed an offense. They know that they are anxious about it, but they still come here. Why bother.
Moreover, she bowed when she came up and the two parties did not meet each other. No matter what, she was regarded as Zhu Houcong's mother in name, at least in the eyes of the world, so why bother.
Zhu Houcong asked someone to serve some tea, cakes and cakes, because he didn't eat these things and usually didn't prepare them here.
Empress Dowager Zhang sat down and Zhu Houcong did not speak. An awkward atmosphere spread between the two parties. The main reason was that there was really no intersection. Zhu Houcong didn't know what to say, so he just waited for Empress Dowager Zhang to speak.
Queen Mother Zhang was sitting a little cramped and felt a little uncomfortable. After hesitating for a long time, she slowly said: "The Ai family came here this time because they really have something to do..."
"It has been almost a year and a half since I entered the Forbidden City." Zhu Houcong said directly without letting her continue.
Queen Mother Zhang was stunned for a moment, but then she picked up the conversation and responded softly: "Yes, it's been almost a year and a half."
Although she has lived in the palace for a long time, because of Zhu Houcong's attitude, she is actually living a good life. This year is not long, but a lot of things have happened outside, and many people have come to complain to her, but she can
What to do, she was just a woman who had lived in the palace for a long time, but after a series of events that followed, she didn't feel that the emperor had done anything wrong.
Since Zhu Houcong took over, there has never been a shortage of silver in the palace, as well as all kinds of strange gadgets. She has never lacked anything interesting. This generosity is different from before.
"Speaking of entering the Forbidden City, I would also like to thank the Queen Mother for her help. Without the Queen Mother's help, I might not have been able to enter so easily. Moreover, the Queen Mother has never interfered in the government affairs since taking over. I would like to express my gratitude here."
Zhu Houcong directly put the matter on the table. Indeed, without the help of Empress Dowager Zhang, it would have been very difficult for him in the early stage. Empress Dowager Zhang's lack of obstruction was the greatest help to him, otherwise he would not be able to realize his great ambitions.
"No matter what happens, the Ai family didn't help. It's all the emperor's own fault. All the Ai family can do is not to cause trouble. After all, this is your Zhu family's world. The Ai family just handed over this world to the Zhu family.
Just in my hands."
Queen Mother Zhang shook her head. She did not take any credit. This world originally belonged to the Zhu family. It was already very good for her to get this treatment. She did not ask for anything. It was just that her mother's family really had no choice. They had talked to her several times.
This time, even her old mother came to threaten her with death. What could she do?
"The Queen Mother is so humble. She has no desire for power. How many people can do that? It has been more than a year since the death of the Emperor."
Zhu Houcong changed the subject and directly mentioned Zhu Houzhao.
"Yes." When talking about Zhu Houzhao, Queen Mother Zhang looked a little sad. Her son passed away at such a young age. As a mother, I know the sadness. At that time, she almost didn't recover and followed him.
"How did the Queen Mother think the emperor's brother died?" Zhu Houcong looked at Queen Mother Zhang with a smile. None of these guys could escape their involvement in Zhu Houcong's death. It was not a normal death anyway.
"Isn't it a cold?" Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Zhu Houcong with some doubts. This happened a long time ago. She had already accepted it, and she didn't know why the emperor proposed it.
"Cold? Do you believe it yourself, Queen Mother? You must know that the emperor's brother can fight tigers and leopards. He just fell into the water. How could he just go away like this with a cold? Queen Mother, do you believe it yourself?" Zhu Houxuan looked at Queen Mother Zhang with a smile,
These people are really cruel. Zhu Houzhao must have been desperate in his last days.
I heard that he finally wanted to switch to an imperial doctor, but unfortunately they wouldn't let him switch and would kill you abruptly.
But to be honest, that guy deserves it. You don’t know anything and you dare to touch the taxation aspect. You don’t have enough strength. That’s Tie Hanhan. Zhu Houcong is just sitting still now. It’s not that he doesn’t dare now.
It's just that the time hasn't come yet, and on the other hand, he doesn't need the money for the time being, so he just leaves it untouched.
But at that time, Zhu Houzhao didn't have many of his own people around him, and the Eight Tigers he trained were almost beaten. Let alone bringing it up, he shouldn't even think about it. He is really brave. Isn't this right?
, a very reasonable death.
"You mean, you mean that the prince of the Ai family was killed by an adulterer? Who is it? Who is it?" Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly stood up, clenched her fists, and her silver teeth were almost broken.
She always thought that her child died accidentally, but after hearing what the emperor said, she knew something inside. If she knew who it was, she would eat his flesh and tear apart his bones to relieve the hatred in her heart.
"Well, I didn't check it. Such a big thing probably wouldn't leave any clues. However, there must be something fishy about the death of the emperor brother. I can only say that he wasn't careful enough, and he also did something he shouldn't have done.
Thoughts, even if I have such a big advantage now and have not said that I want to change taxes, the emperor is still too courageous."
In fact, it cannot be said that Zhu Houzhao was very courageous. Who would have thought that Zhu Houzhao had never investigated this matter. After all, he was the biggest beneficiary of Zhu Houzhao's death. If he had nothing to do, he would check nothing more than those people.
It was enough to do it together, but he had no intention of helping Zhu Houzhao take revenge.
Of course, if you really want to investigate, there won't be any clues. Apart from other things, how can you still not know anything about Yang Tinghe? But it is completely unnecessary. If you tell the truth, Queen Mother Zhang will definitely go to Yang Tinghe and cause trouble. This is not to make you feel uncomfortable.
What.
"What does the emperor mean by saying this? Should my son die?" For no reason, Empress Dowager Zhang's face showed a hint of coldness, and she looked at Zhu Houcong with a somewhat unkind look. After all, after the emperor's death, this was the biggest problem.
beneficiary.
"Hey, Queen Mother, don't look at me. At that time, I was still practicing Taoism on Wudang Mountain, and I didn't even know that I was a prince. But when you think about it, you will know. There must be something wrong, although I don't know who it is.
, I don’t need to check if I don’t want to, but I know roughly who did it. Such a big thing must not have been done by just one or two people.”
Zhu Houcong raised his eyebrows and hurriedly took it out, so as not to take the blame himself.
Empress Dowager Zhang thought that this was also the case. Zhu Houcong didn't know anything at the time, and even if the emperor died, how did he know that the throne would be given to him. Thinking of this, her expression softened a little.
"Who is it?" Queen Mother Zhang's voice was a little hoarse. She finally accepted the fact that her son was dead, but now she was told that her son's death was not an accident. How could she bear it?
"It's all the people who have taken advantage of the cake. He wants to increase taxes and go to Jiangnan. Whose interests are being harmed by this?"
Zhu Houcong did not explain it clearly, but this is the truth. Of course, there are not many things that Empress Dowager Zhang can do. In fact, what can a woman in the palace do?
What needs to be said should be said, lest this guy think too much.