The news that Feng Bao, the former director of the East Factory, was assassinated outside the gate of the Waidong Factory was like having wings. It only took an hour or two for the news to become known throughout the capital.
People inside and outside the palace are discussing this matter. Everyone may have different ideas, but one thing is the same: Who is so bold as to assassinate Feng Bao?
When Gao pragmatic learned the news, he was studying with the emperor.
Although Zhu Yijun became the emperor, his academic performance was not much different from when he was the prince. The titles of Gao Gong and Zhu Xizhong changed from "Knowing the Prince's Classical Banquet" to "Knowing the Classical Banquet", which also applied to Shi Xing.
It also changed from "together with the knowledge of the prince's banquet affairs" to "together with the knowledge of the affairs of the banquet", and "the prince's lectures on officials on the feast day" also took advantage of the situation to remove the word "prince" and became "on the occasion of the scriptures and lectures on officials".
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When the prince upgrades, everyone will upgrade accordingly. That's it. A change of soup does not change the medicine.
If there is any difference, it is difficult to say that no one dares to say that Zhu Yijun is not allowed to eat until he has finished memorizing the text.
Of course, everyone can't guarantee whether Concubine Li dares to do so. After all, she is the emperor's biological mother. In this era where filial piety is as big as the sky, as long as the emperor is not starved to death, no one will make any high comments.
Zhu Yijun has been very busy during this period. He had just resumed classes when he encountered such a big event as Feng Bao's assassination. He couldn't help being surprised and asked: "How is your senior companion? Has the news been reported to the imperial concubine?"
Gao Pingshi was much more surprised than Zhu Yijun. Looking at the young eunuch who came to report the news, he secretly wondered: Feng Bao was assassinated? The murderer actually had a magical pomegranate? Who could have done this...
Suddenly his expression changed, and he secretly said something bad: Damn it, you are trying to harm me!
Gao Jingshi quickly winked at Xu Guolian, today's lecturer. Xu Guo was a smart man. Although he didn't understand why Gao Jingshi was in such a hurry, it was obvious that he wanted to suspend class.
"Your Majesty, after such a big thing happened, it must be difficult for Your Majesty to study with peace of mind. Why don't you come here first today?" Xu Guo put down the book and asked gracefully.
"Okay." Zhu Yijun agreed quickly, but then felt that he spoke too quickly, as if he didn't want to study, and added: "My eldest companion was attacked, and my mother and concubine must have been shocked. As a human son, I dare not
Don’t go to comfort Zhaofu.”
This was a good reason. Xu Guo expressed his satisfaction, complimented him a few words, and announced that class was over.
As soon as Xu Daoguan left, Zhu Yijun waved his hand to let the young eunuchs go out. Then he suddenly showed joy and smiled pragmatically at Gao: "Old slave, you've got your retribution."
It turns out that although Feng Bao has always been Zhu Yijun's first companion, he was sent to Zhu Yijun by Concubine Li, and he was under Li Guifei's orders. Whenever Zhu Yijun's performance was not good enough, he would report it to Concubine Li immediately.
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Over time, Zhu Yijun didn't feel any closeness to him at all, but only felt bored. In addition, he now had Gao Pragmatic, a shady guy who wanted to kill without blood, who often provoked him in front of him, so Zhu Yijun was dissatisfied with Feng Bao.
It's already very deep.
Gao Pingshi smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, be calm, be calm. If your concubine knows that you are like this, I'm afraid she won't be able to please you."
Zhu Yijun waved his hand with great momentum and said: "It doesn't matter, I have already replaced the people in Wenhua Palace, and they are all reliable now. Besides, doesn't this mean they have all gone out?"
Gao Jingshi rolled his eyes in his heart: So what if it's a different time? Among the young eunuchs in the Wenhua Palace, there are at least two or three people who are Feng Bao's cronies, two of whom are Chen Hong's cronies, and even Zhang Cheng's cronies.
One. Among the remaining people, four are Chen Ju's people and two are Huang Mengyu's people... you just don't know it.
But before Gao Jingshi could speak, Zhu Yijun hurriedly asked: "By the way, Jingshi, do you think...who will assassinate this old slave Feng Bao?"
"Alas..." Gao Pingshi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "How do you know who it is now? I think the person who is most suspected now is Wei Chen."
Zhu Yijun was shocked: "You? Are you the person you sent?" He became angry: "What are you doing! Killing this old slave will relieve your anger, but you can't do it yourself!"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Of course I didn't do it. Do you think I can be so stupid?"
After all, Zhu Yijun had been watching politics for a year or two. Hearing what Gao Pragmatic said, he suddenly understood and suddenly said: "You have always had a bad relationship with the old slave, and there are a group of servants who even dare to go out to roam the grassland. At the same time, you also
Because the Ministry of War and the Beijing Camp have permission to help them develop firearms...so if anyone has both the motive and the ability to assassinate the old slave, you will bear the brunt."
Gao Pragmatic spread his hands: "There is no wiser person than the Emperor. It seems that I can now think about how to write a self-defense memorial."
But Zhu Yijun did not continue to joke. Instead, he pondered and asked: "Can you make sure that this matter was not done by your servants on their own initiative?"
Gao pragmatically said with certainty: "That's for sure."
"So decisive?" Zhu Yijun asked in surprise: "Are they that honest?"
Gao Pingshi explained: "The emperor is unaware of something. Although I have many servants and their skills are not bad, they are scattered in various places. There is only one team in the capital, with a total of only about fifty people.
Even among these fifty-odd people, there are more than thirty who are stationed at Jian Xinzhai, and only a dozen who accompany the minister. The person who informed me just now said that there are more than twenty assassins, so the number is no longer consistent."
Zhu Yijun said "Oh" and asked again: "What else?"
"Also, although I have a bad relationship with Feng Zhangyin, there is no deep hatred between the two parties. How could they think that killing Feng Zhangyin would make me happy? They are not fools. They assassinated the great eunuch who was the chief eunuch of the ceremony.
Who can handle it? At least I certainly can't, so aren't they looking for death? Besides, I have strict management of my subordinates, especially those who make their own decisions without orders. The fines can make their hearts ache.
, how dare they be so presumptuous?"
Zhu Yijun still trusted Gao Pragmatic. After hearing this, he scratched his head and murmured: "This is strange. Who else did this old slave Feng Bao offend?"
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said: "Has the emperor ever thought about another possibility: Feng Bao's assassination was not someone else targeting him at all, but him himself making a show."
Zhu Yijun's eyes lit up and he said, "Keep talking."
Gao Pragmatic thought for a moment and said: "Although Feng Bao may not know that the emperor is dissatisfied with him, judging from his previous efforts in Yongning Palace to prevent me from continuing to study with the emperor, it seems that he has great opinions towards me...
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Zhu Yijun interjected: "Yes, if it hadn't been for my uncle's insistence yesterday, it would have been difficult for me to convince my mother and concubine to agree."
"So, is it possible that Feng Bao wanted to design a scheme to implicate Chen in this case, and then whether the case was successfully falsified by him or ended up being an unresolved case, at the very least it would be difficult to remove Chen's suspicion. In this case
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"This way he will have the opportunity to slander you in front of my mother and concubine and squeeze you away from me. Then I will be forced by him to have no one to talk to!"
"Your Majesty, Sheng Ming." Gao pragmatically said: "But there is still suspense about this matter - how did Feng Bao frame me? I'm afraid the so-called evidence alone is not enough. He should have other means."
The two young men looked at each other and suddenly said together: "That witness!"