Chapter 838 Emperor Chongping: It turned out to be his plan
Jiangning County, Jiulong Lake
The vast night covers the entire earth like a curtain. Today is undoubtedly a sunny day. A crescent moon hangs in the sky. A few sparse stars around it cast a faint clear light. On the lush forested lake in the southwest,
The lights are like fireflies.
A awning boat floated on the water, and with the sound of "clatter" water, the boat slowly moved towards the south bank.
Guo Yizhen abandoned the boat and landed ashore, jumped up a few times, entered the dense forest, and came to a small courtyard with a bamboo fence and a thatched house.
In the east chamber, candlelight illuminated Chen Yuan's tall figure on the wall. Except for the howling cold wind on the winter night, everything was surprisingly quiet.
"Sir, I'm back." The old man in a cotton robe said.
Chen Yuan looked up and saw a young man wearing a bamboo hat and night clothes entering the side room and asked, "How are you doing?"
Guo Yizhen said: "It was just a little bit close. Later, Uncle Yong Ning came and failed, but the crown prince of Chu died on the spot."
When Chen Yuan heard this, his brows furrowed into the Chinese character "Chuan" and he said: "It's just a child, and it doesn't even count as interest. It will also arouse the vigilance of the palace."
Guo Yizhen hesitated for a moment and said: "Master, Miss...she is still with Uncle Yongning."
"Don't mention her in front of me." Chen Yuan said in a deep voice, and with a "Peng" sound, he hit the bed with his fist, venting the anger in his heart.
Chen Xiao was so preoccupied with searching for the heir of the deposed prince that he delayed many important matters. As for her being around Jia Heng, no information was sent to her. This is simply unreasonable!
Guo Yizhen reminded: "Sir, according to the news from Jinling, Uncle Yongning seems to have found out our identity."
The news about the remnants of King Zhao spread a lot in Jinling City. Naturally, Guo Yizhen stayed in Jinling City to investigate and immediately informed Guo Yizhen through secret channels.
Chen Yuan frowned and said coldly: "I have been hiding for a while recently. It is not appropriate to act in a big way now."
Now that one hit is missing, it is no longer appropriate to blindly assassinate him. However, it is almost conceivable that if his grandson died young in Jiangnan, the man in the palace would definitely go crazy with anger.
In Shenjing City, Daming Palace
The morning glow of early winter reflected the eastern sky, and the rays of light fell on the branches of the sycamore trees in the palace garden. Frost and dew hung on the fingers, reflecting the morning light, sparkling like clear glass.
It is already winter, and the ground dragon has been lit in the East Nuan Pavilion of Kunning Palace. The room does not seem cold. The cold wind is howling outside. Emperor Chongping is having breakfast with Empress Song beside him.
Empress Song handed over the red dates and glutinous rice porridge and said softly: "Your Majesty, Ziyu has been away from Jiangnan for so long. Is it time to come back?"
Emperor Chongping put down Kuaizi and said in a low voice: "After he has inspected the Zhen family, he will almost be able to return to Shenjing."
Empress Song, with a hint of concern on her jade face, said softly: "Your Majesty, what exactly is going on with the Zhen family? There has been a lot of buzz inside and outside the palace recently?"
Emperor Chongping said in a deep voice: "The Zhen family has been too shameless in recent years. I don't know how many court officials have gone to court to impeach the Zhen family. I have tolerated it again and again, but the Zhen family still doesn't know how to restrain themselves. This time we must severely punish them."
Queen Song said: "Your Majesty, Princess Chu and Princess Beijing..."
Emperor Chongping looked gloomy and said in a low voice: "One code is another code. It is precisely because the Zhen family thinks they are powerful and they have been so self-righteous these years."
Empress Song simply said a few words and stopped talking. She was not helping the Zhen family to plead for mercy, but was carefully testing the emperor's attitude towards the King of Chu.
At this moment, Xiang Daiquan of the Daming Palace, who was standing with his hands lowered under the pillars, suddenly saw an eunuch looking at the door. He quickly approached lightly. After a while, he left and returned again, and came to Emperor Chongping and whispered softly.
Said: "Your Majesty, the memorial delivered by Uncle Yongning from Jiangnan has arrived."
When Emperor Chongping heard this, he put down the porridge bowl in his hand, took the handkerchief and wiped his mouth, saying: "Bring the memorial here."
Dai Quan greeted the inner prisoner, holding a lacquered wood secret box, then opened it with a key and took out the memorial.
Emperor Chongping reached out to take the memorial. Under the attentive gaze of Empress Song, he unfolded the memorial and read it. Immediately, his face became as calm as a lake.
The main report in the memorial is Jia Heng's recent inspection of the Zhen family, which can probably determine the deficit of the three major weaving bureaus of Jinling Tirenyuan.
"Your Majesty, here are two more letters." Dai Quan picked up the two memorials and handed them over.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongping took the memorial from Dai Quan and read it. The middle-aged emperor's hand holding the memorial was trembling slightly.
The King of Chu was assassinated, the prince died young, and the former King of Zhao's party was causing trouble in the south of the Yangtze River... Jia Heng recorded the detailed events in his memorial.
These keywords are like sharp weapons, licking Chongping's nerves hard.
"These treacherous ministers and traitors!" Emperor Chongping shouted, anger appearing on his face, and the evil spirit rolling in his eyebrows, as if a biting cold wind swept through the entire Kunning Palace.
All the people in the palace and the eunuch had a look of fear on their faces, and they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to express their anger.
Empress Song was secretly observing the changes in Emperor Chongping's face. When she suddenly heard the thunderous anger, she was equally shocked and said softly: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
"The King of Chu was assassinated by gangsters in the Jiangnan Posthouse. Unfortunately, Chen Chun, the crown prince of King Chu, died young." Emperor Chongping said in a deep voice, his face as gloomy as water.
When Empress Song heard this, her heart skipped a beat. She looked surprised on her fair-skinned jade face, and whispered: "Your Majesty, what's going on?"
The King of Chu was assassinated, who could be so bold and reckless, and even the crown prince of Chu King was unfortunately killed?
Emperor Chongping said coldly: "It was the remnants of King Zhao who were behind this. They took advantage of the situation when the Zhen family was raided and King Chu moved to the post house to assassinate them. What on earth were these officials in the south of the Yangtze River doing? Even the guards of the Jinyi Mansion hid it from them.
, and this Fang Yaochun actually went to Zhen’s house to cancel his engagement on the day King Chu was assassinated.”
Finally, regarding the movement of offering wine to Fang Yaochun in the Nanjing Imperial College, it was naturally Jia Heng who made a mention. It was this move that to some extent announced Fang Yaochun's fate.
Upon hearing the word "King Zhao", Queen Song's beauty suddenly changed, her eyes flashed, and she said softly: "Your Majesty, King Zhao is not..."
"Although King Zhao is dead, his son, the remnant party, and some of his comrades who miss King Zhao cooperated with others and sent dead soldiers to assassinate the vassal king. This is for me." Emperor Chongping said with a cold face.
, got up, his eyes were suppressing a raging anger.
After so many years, people like the deposed prince and King Zhao still harbor treasonous intentions. The last assassination attempt at Ciyun Temple was the work of these people!
There are also places in the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, many officials wanted to depose the prince, and some imperial censors Qingliu were sent to Nanjing, but they still did not give up after many years!
Dai Quan handed over the memorial and said: "Your Majesty, here is another memorial from Uncle Yongning."
Emperor Chongping suppressed the boiling murderous intention in his heart, looked at Dai Quan, reached out to take the memorial, and started to read it.
It recorded in detail some details of the assassination of the King of Chu, and he finally asked himself to take the blame. Because he was busy working in the camp in the south and north of the Yangtze River, he did not notice the treachery in advance, and he was guilty of the divine grace.
"Your Majesty." Empress Song looked at Emperor Chongping, her beautiful eyes full of worry.
Every time the deposed prince and King Zhao's party appear, His Majesty will be furious. Sometimes she feels scared when she sees him.
"Ziyu took the blame himself, saying that he was busy with military affairs against the captives and neglected to protect the King of Chu. He also mentioned in the memorial that the Fuzhou Navy was in urgent need of reorganization as the main camp in the south and north of the Yangtze River, and he wanted King Shuirong of Beijing to go south to reorganize it.
Navy, he wants to do his best to detect this case and find out the traitor." Emperor Chongping's face was gloomy, but there was no trace of happiness or anger on his face.
Empress Song said softly: "Your Majesty, Ziyu seemed to be doing his best to deal with the captive incident some time ago."
Emperor Chongping said coldly: "These rebels must have thought that the Han Dynasty could not deal with the Jurchens, so they sneaked into Jinling to stir up trouble and took the opportunity to cause trouble. Now they are even more frantic and want to assassinate the vassal king."
My mind couldn't help but think of the snowflake-like bullets in Jiangnan earlier. Did King Zhao rebel against the party and want to take the opportunity to ruin his affairs?
Perhaps seeing that his country was stable, they could not start a secret rebellion, so they deliberately sabotaged it.
In fact, as Jia Heng had previously expected, the emperor fell into a rumbling paranoia of persecution.
Jiangnan officials still have a small group of anti-Party forces that are like poisonous snakes, waiting for the opportunity to move, waiting to cause trouble when the Han Dynasty is weak.
Thinking of this, the emperor's eyes were full of anger, but he still suppressed it forcibly and said to Dai Quan: "Send someone to summon Shui Rong into the palace. I have something to ask you."
Dai Quan's heart trembled, he respectfully obeyed the order, and then went to the military aircraft office to look for Shuirong.
Daming Palace, inner study room
Shui Rong was dressed in a silver-white python dragon suit, with a black gauze official hat on his head, and a piece of green emerald buckled in the middle of the hat. The green color was eye-catching. He was in his early twenties, with handsome appearance and slender figure.
"Your Majesty has arrived."
Shui Rong followed the sound and walked up to the middle-aged emperor with a face as clear as water. He saluted and said, "I am a humble minister, Shui Rong has met the Holy One. Long live the Holy One. Long live the Holy One."
"Shui Qing is flat." Emperor Chongping said, and he came to the study and sat down on the chair behind the imperial eucalyptus. Because it was winter, the chair was also covered with a mattress.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shui Rong stood up, with respect on his young and handsome face, and said, "I don't know what your Majesty ordered when he summoned me."
Emperor Chongping did not beat around the bush and said: "This time I summoned Shui Qing because I had an errand to send. Jia Ziyu mentioned that the land south of the Yangtze River is particularly important for the navy, and the camp in the north and south of the Yangtze River has been reorganized. The navy in the Guangdong Sea has been
We can also guard Guangdong Bay, but the naval divisions of Hangzhou and Fuzhou are in urgent need of rectification after previous defeats. Jia Ziyu strongly recommended Shui Qing to me."
When Shui Rong heard this, he was startled and said happily: "Uncle Yong Ning recommends a minor minister to the Holy One?"
At this moment, Shui Rong's heart was excited, and he felt quite excited and excited that "Ming Gong actually knows my name".
No wonder Shuixun is like this, because Jia Heng's current reputation has such meaning.
Emperor Chongping muttered: "Jia Ziyu said that Shui Qing is a loyal and wise man who can handle the great task of rectifying the navy of the two places. Shui Qing also knows that the Jurchens invaded our Han territory through the sea before. As Jia Ziyu said, the navy
From now on, this will be my main direction of military deployment in the Han Dynasty's invasion of Jurchen."
In fact, the emperor was also a little confused deep down in his heart.
Judging from the results of the previous army reorganization in Datong and Taiyuan, Shui Rong was too young, not resolute enough, and his talents were somewhat inferior. However, Jia Heng praised Shui Rong in his memorial as a talented man who was worthy of a big task.
When Shui Rong heard what Emperor Chongping said, he was very excited. He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to go to the south of the Yangtze River to rectify the navy in Fuzhou and Hangzhou."
A scholar dies for a confidant. In this great Han Dynasty, only Uncle Yongning knows him!
After Shui Rong returned to Beijing from Datong and Taiyuan, he actually heard a lot of gossip, mainly questioning his own ability. All kinds of gossip are very unpleasant.
Seeing Shuirong's sincere expression, Emperor Chongping nodded secretly. No matter what, his willingness to take the initiative in doing things did have merit.
After pondering for a moment, he said: "In addition, there is another matter. The King of Chu was assassinated in Jinling and the prince died young. Jia Ziyu is currently handling the matter. You send an order to Ziyu and ask him to use the Jinyi Mansion Guards to investigate the rebels and use the emperor to investigate.
The sword protects good and evil, no matter who is involved, if there is any treason, he will be severely punished!"
"I obey the order." Shui Rong accepted the order with his hands raised, but there was already a turbulent wave in his heart.
The deposed prince, King Zhao's traitor to the party is really haunting, and every time he appears, he will cause a bloody storm.
After the water dissolved away, Emperor Chongping's face turned gloomy, and murderous intent boiled in his heart.
It’s just that if you think about it deeply, you will inevitably have some hesitations.
If Jiangnan continues to be involved, will it damage his sanctity? Will it make more people miss...that person?
In fact, among Emperor Longzhi's sons, the deposed prince was kind and kind. Compared with today's Emperor Chongping, especially the Emperor Chongping after the Shuxing Prison, some older officials in the south of the Yangtze River did treat the polite and virtuous corporal very kindly to the deposed prince.
Have a good impression.
Thinking of his eldest brother who was kind and generous to others, Emperor Chongping's eyes were complicated, and the hand holding the red pen in his hand was gently exerting force.
That man's affair with Concubine Jing was originally a plan of his...
"Kacha..." A sound interrupted the middle-aged emperor's long-term thoughts. The clear voice made Dai Quan, who was not far away, tremble with fright. He quickly lowered his head tightly, his heart awe-inspiring.
Apparently due to excessive force, the ink pen in his hand broke off, and the tip of the pen with red ink fell on the yellow dragon robe, immediately staining the dragon head pattern.
Under the thin brows of Emperor Chongping, his eyes looked out the window at the winter palace. In Chang'an in winter, the northwest wind was a bit strong, blowing the glazed tiles and bringing up a cloud of dust.
The middle-aged emperor's complexion was frosty, and his eyes were firm.
He did nothing wrong. This was all for the sake of the Han Dynasty!
Since he came to the throne, he has worked hard and worked hard to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty. That's why he had the Beijing camp to quickly put down the chaos in Henan and achieve a great victory in Jiangnan.
And this is just the beginning. In the future, Liaodong will be regained in his hands and the world will be rebuilt!
Otherwise, how could that man with his weak temperament be able to govern the crumbling Han world?
At this moment, the cold-faced emperor cut off any strange thoughts deep in his heart.
In the city of Shenjing, as King Chu was assassinated in the south of the Yangtze River, and the remnants of King Zhao were behind it, Yang Guochang, Han Huang, Zhao Mo and others in the cabinet also learned the news one after another, and they were all shocked.
Fortunately for Yang Guochang, the Qi Party's base was not in Jiangnan, and they had an indifferent attitude towards large or small prisons. However, Han Huang and Zhao Mo were different. After hearing this news, they came together to see Emperor Chongping.
Han Huang looked across at Xiang Daiquan in the Daming Palace, cupped his hands and said, "Eunuch Dai, please let me know. We have something important to ask to see your Majesty."
"Your Majesty has something to say. If you come here because of the assassination of the King of Chu in Jiangnan, there is no need to say anything further." Dai Quan's fair face was expressionless and he said: "Your Majesty said that since Yongning Bo took over in Jiangnan, with his fair temperament
, I will definitely be able to live up to my expectations, so you don’t have to doubt me.”
As soon as these words came out, Han Huang and Zhao Mo looked at each other, feeling slightly startled.
On second thought, it seems to be the truth.
Because since Jia Heng became the governor of Jinyi, the corruption in the previous imperial mausoleum or the corruption in Hedao Yamen has basically been well-founded, and he has never made any accusations or wanted to implicate, showing a character different from cruel officials.
An image of uprightness.
In other words, Yong Ningbo's structure is that of a military minister and a prime minister, not a sycophantic and cruel official. The latter is a chamber pot that will be thrown away after use.
Han Huang's expression paused, and he thought clearly about the joints. He looked at Zhao Mo and said, "Go back, and leave this matter to Uncle Yongning."
Zhao Mo nodded and put aside his worries for the time being.
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Jinling, the mansion across the street from the manor where Zhen's family lives, was originally a mansion purchased by Zhen Qing.
Four or five days had passed since King Chu was assassinated. After King Chu's eldest son Chen Chun was buried, Zhen Qing left the sad place of the post house and came to the mansion to rest and heal her heartache.
As time passed, the entire Jiangnan officials became anxious and worried about the assassination of King Chu and the incident involving the remnants of King Zhao.
Especially after Fang Yaochun of the Imperial College was invited to Jinyi Mansion for tea and detained, this panic was undoubtedly magnified to the extreme.
In the past few days, Jia Heng sent Jinyi Palace Guards to investigate Chen Yuan's whereabouts. On the other hand, he retrieved the files of Jiangnan officials from the Ministry of Personnel, mainly looking for officials in their resumes who had contact with the deposed prince and King Zhao.
The latter frightened many elderly officials in Jiangnan.
When the news came out from the Jinyi Mansion's Zhenfu Division, the detectives of Jinyi Mansion had already begun to retrieve from the archives of memorials the officials who had written about King Zhao and deposed the crown prince.
When Jiangnan officials heard about this, they were frightened and kept silent.
This is equivalent to tracing historical issues. Who dares to say that there was no mention of the deposed prince and King Zhao in the memorial. If someone took out a memorial and quoted it out of context, and derived from it the admiration for the deposed prince, it would be a disaster.
Chen Xiao said softly: "Do you really want to investigate those gang members?"
She actually didn't know how many gang members Chen Yuan had in Jiangnan. Chen Yuan had been wary of her in the past.
Jia Heng pondered and said: "We must check, Xiaoxiao, do you think Jinling City is much quieter now? Look at the dogs on Suzaku Street who don't dare to bark even more when they see the guards of Jinyi Mansion."
Chen Xiao: "..."
After thinking about it, he said worriedly: "But if you look for a needle in a haystack, you may not be able to find anything. Are you really going to create a big prison?"
Jia Heng looked at the girl intently and said: "Don't worry, this is not a temporary matter. It can be investigated for a year or two. Some methods can be used, but they cannot be left out."
In fact, he didn't want to cause serious injustice, because not only did he have a bad reputation and easily attract people's hatred, but he was also prone to injustice, and Miaoyu suffered greatly from it.
However, he can be used as a cause to plan to split up Jiangnan Province.
Following Kang Mazi's example, Anhui and Jiangsu were split into two parts. Anhui was governed by northerners, and the monolithic Jiangnan officialdom was geographically divided.
But the problem is, firstly, who to recommend as governor, and secondly, the emperor's will and the game between the Qi and Zhejiang parties.
It would definitely be suitable if it were Lin Ruhai, but Lin Ruhai has to return to Beijing to serve as the Minister of Household Affairs.
Li Shouzhong? The former Imperial College offered wine, his reputation was spread throughout the country, and he had the title of censor of the capital to oversee a province. His qualifications were barely enough, but this matter should not be rushed, and it needs to be planned slowly.
Of course, it can also be used as a bargaining chip to form an alliance with the Chu Party.
"We're here." Chen Xiao said softly, looking at the mansion not far away, interrupting Jia Heng's thoughts.
Jia Heng responded and got off his horse. Today he planned to come over and take a look at the millstone.