The Zhang family is now truly the first noble family. Three generations have held great power and prominent positions, and are deeply trusted by him.
Under such circumstances, a lot of people naturally gathered under the door.
Zhu Youxiao wanted to fight this battle personally, far away from the capital, and even more so, he wanted to go outside the customs.
The most important thing is that before he goes on the expedition, he has to attack the Kong family in Qufu.
It is inevitable that he will offend a large number of people, and those literati will definitely criticize him with words and writings.
Even if he had a newspaper, he would not be able to completely control such influential public opinion.
The people of the world may not know him as the emperor, but they must know the saint Kong.
In that case, how could he hand over the entire capital to Xungui, or the Zhang family?
After all, it is really rare to find a person who can remain calm in the face of huge interests.
At that time, it is not impossible to carry out a Tumu Fortress uprising under the instigation or coercion of some forces.
Now that the overall strategic plan has been tentatively decided, the next thing to be arranged is the logistics supply of the army.
The Kong family was as rich as any country. As long as they could successfully copy the money, whether it was food, grass or military pay, it wouldn't be a problem.
Therefore Zhu Youxiao is not worried about this.
What he needs to think about is how to ensure that there will be no problems with the transportation supply.
When fighting a war, an army alone is not enough.
This logistical supply line is the top priority, especially the headquarters of Xuan Army.
As for Liaodong, he will personally be in charge of the Liaoshen area, and with his own pro-military control, there will be no problems.
Zhu Youxiao thought carefully about the logistics supply of Xuan Dajun and decided to make an exception and promote Lu Xiangsheng.
He was a loyal minister to begin with, although this is not the Chongzhen year in history.
But judging from the last time he dared to confront Zhang Ruitu directly and insisted on defending himself, the young Lu Xiangsheng is no different from the one in history.
As the saying goes, time waits for no one, so Zhu Youxiao immediately summoned Lu Xiangsheng and discussed the matter with him alone.
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Under Zhu Youxiao's urging, Wei Zhongxian also sent his confidants, carrying the emperor's handwriting, and traveled day and night. It took two days and finally arrived at Cui Yingyuan's base camp in Dongchang.
With the emperor's instructions and Wei Zhongxian's death order, Cui Yingyuan did not hesitate at all and once again came to the execution room where Xu Hongru was imprisoned.
At this time, Xu Hongru had already been tortured by Dongchang's gangsters and was on the verge of death.
If he hadn't been kept useful, he would have died under the torture of the gangsters long ago given his small body.
"Xu Hongru, I'm going to ask you again, do you want to cooperate?"
Listening to this familiar voice and these words that he had already heard from Cocoon, Xu Hongru was not moved at all.
He is not a fool, nor is he a brave warrior who is not afraid of death.
It's just that he guessed that these people didn't dare to let him die, so he endured the torture and didn't let go.
Only in this way can he live. Living is better than anything else. Even now he only has half a life left, but that is still living.
Looking at Xu Hongru lying motionless on the thatch, Cui Yingyuan was also quite patient.
He said to himself:
"We have just received an order from His Majesty. As long as you are willing to cooperate, Your Majesty will be extraordinarily merciful and spare your life."
"If you are still unwilling, then there is no use keeping you."
"This file only gives you a quarter of an hour. Think carefully about whether you want this chance to survive."
After Cui Yingyuan finished speaking, he took out the yellow silk from his arms and respectfully placed it in front of Xu Hongru's eyes.
At this time, Xu Hongru was already thinking about whether this was a trick or true.
But no matter what, he felt that he still wanted to take a look at the contents of the yellow silk.
In fact, before reading the contents of Huang Juanzhong, Xu Hongru didn't care at all about Cui Yingyuan's words about killing him.
During these days, he heard almost as many threats as he suffered torture.
But after reading it, he believed that what Cui Yingyuan said was true.
Because this yellow silk is stamped with the emperor's jade seal, an emperor like Cui Yingyuan would never dare to cheat.
As for how he recognized him, it must be attributed to the fact that when he first started preaching, he had frequent contacts with local officials.
I also have some understanding of the imperial court's official seal and the emperor's jade seal.
And the content is not much different from what Cui Yingyuan said.
Although he didn't say anything about killing him if he refused to cooperate, deep down in his heart, he felt that this was his last chance to survive.
After a while, Xu Hongru gritted his teeth and sat up with difficulty. He looked at Cui Yingyuan with a slightly painful expression and asked:
"What you said is true?"
"As long as I cooperate with the drama and falsely accuse the Kong family of conspiring with me to rebel, is the emperor really willing to let me go?"
"My rebellion is no small matter. I want to kill the nine tribes."
"Even if the emperor is really willing to let me go, what about the civil and military officials of the court?"
"Where are the literati and gentry in the opposition?"
"I'm afraid that when the Kong family is fine, I will be cut to pieces first."
Cui Yingyuan replied with a sneer:
"You can only choose to believe, unless you don't want to live."
"Your Majesty said so sincerely that if he wanted to kill you, he would have killed you long ago. Why waste so much time on you?"
"As for whether you can save your dog's life afterwards, it's just a trivial matter. Your Majesty has his own way."
"Whether the Kong family will be overthrown or not is not your concern. You just need to do what you are told."
Xu Hongru thought about it carefully and thought so.
The current emperor is not as ruthless as the previous emperor.
In the past two years, he has shed a lot of blood by killing officials in the capital, which is known to the whole world.
"Okay, I agreed, but you have to remember that if you break your promise, I will definitely expose this matter."
"If I die, you and the Emperor Zhu will not be able to live well."
Listening to Xu Hongru's childish and cruel words, Cui Yingyuan did not respond to him, but continued:
"Then it's up to you to persuade the leaders under you. I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer by then."
"Remember, don't play any tricks. Your little cleverness won't do much. Don't waste your chance to survive."
Then he shouted outside:
"Here are two people, take him and wash him well first, and invite some more doctors to treat his wounds."
Then he walked out in steps.
Not far from the execution room, one of Cui Yingyuan's confidants came over and whispered:
"Big stall, what if Xu Hongru comes to show off?"
"Unless he really doesn't want to live, he will cooperate obediently."
"Watch him closely. Everything he says and does must be in your sight. You can't leave him even half a step away."
"I'm going to reply to the factory owner and Long Live Lord."