The most important thing facing Zhu Zhanji's regime was the threat from the Han Dynasty and other vassal kings. Now the power center adopted a "play hard to get" strategy. After discussing with several close ministers, Zhu Zhanji increased the number of Lumi of his two uncles to two.
Wan Shi. King Han congratulated his nephew on his accession to the throne, and took the opportunity to make more demands. Zhu Zhanji satisfied all of them, and even said to the court: "The emperor's grandfather once told his father that his second uncle had the intention to seize the throne.
You should be on guard. But his father treated him extremely generously. Judging from the memorial sent to him by the King of Han, if he is really sincere, he has changed his mind and has become a good person, so he has to obey him."
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Zhang Ning, however, was completely excluded from these major events. Issues that had nothing to do with rank. For example, Yu Qian was only in the seventh rank and was somewhat involved. The situation now is completely different from when he was allowed to make suggestions when he was welcomed in Nanjing. Zhang Ning seemed to
He has returned to his previous state of being unknown and doing idle work, and the things above have almost nothing to do with him.
In fact, Zhu Zhanji had not forgotten him, but he was unwilling to let him participate in state secrets anymore and had other considerations.
Last time the emperor sent the eunuch Haitao to talk things out, just to prevent Hu and Zhang from getting together. Since there was doubt about the relationship between Zhang Ning's life experience and Jianwen's legacy, Hu Ying's secret message rekindled the new situation.
The emperor's wariness of Jianwen's remaining ministers was very detrimental to Zhang Ning; therefore, it was impossible for Zhang Ning to be close to Hu Ying and form an alliance to make up nonsense. For the sake of his own interests, he obviously preferred to see Taizong
His death has nothing to do with Jianwen's carefully crafted conspiracy. When the time comes to use Zhang Ning to review the suspicious case, the authenticity will be much more reliable... Hu Ying will also automatically assume the role of monitoring and balancing Zhang Ning, because once Zhang Ning reports "
The "incense ashes" incident was false, and Hu Ying would have to bear the risk of being accused of deceiving the emperor. Moreover, Zhu Zhanji knew that Zhang Ning had made some progress in this industry before, so this kind of thing should not be investigated by novices who had no experience in it.
This is a game of checks and balances that Zhu Zhanji casually set up, and there is no solution. The natural conflict of pros and cons between the two leaves them with no choice.
...A few days later, Wang Zhen came for a private meeting again. Zhang Ning had already considered it carefully and truthfully revealed the matter of "incense ash" to Wang Zhen. As if Wang Zhen had found a treasure, he hurried back to the palace to report secretly. For him, this was
Another achievement in front of Wang Gouer.
Sure enough, Wang Gouer's expression changed as soon as he heard this. It seemed that the news was very important.
The suspicion that Wang Gouer had been unable to determine was solved with this news. The eunuch Haitao imprisoned Wang Meiren to test whether the "incense ash" was poisonous, but she died; and the incense ash should be Hu
What did Hu Ying do before? What did Ying Cheng submit? That means that Taizong Zhu Di was poisoned to death by Jianwen's minister Xizuo, and this Xizuo was by Taizong's side at the time.
Who is the most suspicious? Wang Gouer suddenly felt very stressed.
Wang Gou'er couldn't calm down anymore and couldn't sit still. He kept walking back and forth in front of the door, looking very anxious. "Godfather..." Wang Zhen bowed to the side and called. Wang Gou'er looked at him.
, said: "You did a good job on your errand, let's go down first."
"Yes, godfather." Wang Zhen had no choice but to step back.
Wang Gou'er couldn't even trust his godson in this matter. There were tens of thousands of eunuchs in this huge palace, and he was the boss of the eunuchs, but sometimes there was only one person he could trust. Because that person had the same status as himself.
After nightfall, Wang Gouer quietly came to a door and knocked lightly. A voice inside said: "Who is it? Our family just went to bed!" Then he blew twice and the room was slightly bright. .Wang Gouer said: "Me."
The light in the room immediately went out, the door opened slightly, and Wang Gou'er walked sideways. It was completely dark inside, and there was only the shadow outline of a head in front of Wang Gou'er. The other person's face was completely unclear, and the vague The person is not wearing a hat and has the outline of a bun on his head.
Wang Gou'er said in a deep voice: "You will go out to the palace to do shopping tomorrow, so you have to leave quickly."
"What's wrong?" said the voice, its tone also sounded sharp.
Wang Gou'er fumbled and put his mouth to the man's ear: "I won't let you go until it is absolutely necessary. Hu Ying found out the mystery of Taizong's death and has already exposed it to Emperor Xuande. I'm afraid it will happen sooner or later. You want to see the light. You go back and report the news... One more thing, I was responsible for the death of the palace maid named Zhou last time, but I couldn't help it. The method they did was really full of loopholes. You can explain it when you go back. , even if I didn’t point her out at that time, what she did wouldn’t have happened. If I pointed it out, I could still accumulate trust from the superiors. Didn’t I later successfully get things done for her?”
"Don't worry, Eunuch Wang, I will explain it clearly," said the voice.
Wang Gouer squeezed his wrist hard: "It's all up to you, don't make any mistakes. It's not appropriate for me to stay here for a long time. I'll tell you what I want to say."
"See you later."
The next day, a young man wearing sackcloth appeared on the post road. He had very handsome features and no beard on his mouth. He looked very young. The lack of masculinity was not because a woman was pretending to be a man. It was easy to identify a woman no matter how she dressed. He held When Zhang Shengyuan took the road, he said he was going to the funeral after passing the border. He followed the main road straight to the direction of the Chief Envoy of Huguang.
When he arrived in the countryside of Changde Prefecture, he was soon taken to a quarry on the border of Yongshun Division. After resting there for the night, someone drove a carriage to pick him up. When he got on the carriage, he was wrapped in a black cloth. The cover was placed on the head, and then the direction was lost.
The carriage stopped and bumped for a few days before he was taken out of the carriage. His head was still covered with cloth, and he heard a voice asking: "Huang An?" The young man was waiting to answer someone already beside him. Answered first.
When the cloth on Huang An's head was taken off, his eyes immediately squinted, and he gradually adjusted to the light before opening his eyes. The place he was in was not an open place. He saw that there were huts on all sides blocking his sight, and he could only see a patch of land above his head. The sky was blue, and the weather was quite good. There were two or three people standing around, and a middle-aged scholar-looking man was sitting on a wicker chair under the eaves. Huang An immediately bowed, "Master Zheng."
The person sitting was none other than Zheng Qia. Zheng Qia greeted him kindly: "Come and sit. If you're thirsty on the way, have a cup of tea first."
Huang An followed the instructions and walked to the eaves, leaned forward and sat down gently. Zheng Qia said again: "Don't be anxious, drink some water to moisten your throat, and what else happened in the palace?"
"Yes..." Huang An took a sip, and suddenly thought that the simple tea in this place was actually good. Then he coughed carefully and said, "Something happened, and the prince told me to leave the palace quickly. It is said that Hu Ying found out that a kind of 'incense ash' was related to the death of the puppet emperor (Taizong), and mentioned it in front of the current puppet emperor. The prince thought that the matter was exposed, so he hurriedly sent me back to report the news. "
At this time, Huang An remembered another thing Wang Gou'er ordered. Just when he felt that it was not easy to explain it abruptly, and no one else asked, Zheng Qia immediately asked another question: "Why don't Wang Gou'er talk to you?"
Go together?"
Huang An was stunned for a moment and said awkwardly: "Eunuch Wang came at night and was in a hurry. He left without saying a few words. He only asked me to leave as soon as possible the next day when I was out of the palace for shopping. Eunuch Wang didn't say that he wanted to talk to me.
I left together, and I didn’t even think about asking."
Zheng Qia nodded and said, "You have been tired from the journey. Please wash up and change clothes and rest for a while today. We will talk another day. This is General Zhou's home. If you need anything, you can tell him."
"General Zhou is the general named Mengxiong?" Huang An asked casually.
"Exactly." Zheng Qia joked, pretending to be relaxed, "I heard that his mother dreamed of a bear on the night he was born, so he gave him this name." However, Zheng Qia's joke could not hide the frown on his face.
A hint of worry.
"I'll take my leave first." Zheng Qia stood up.
Zheng Qia walked out of the thatched roof courtyard, and there was a huge mountain behind him. He and a follower walked on the mountain road for nearly half a day before vaguely seeing a Taoist temple in the forest. Zheng Qia walked straight into the Taoist temple where the statue of Taishang Laojun was.
He prayed devoutly in front of him. At this time, a fat Taoist priest appeared at the side door and said, "If you want to do good deeds, please come inside."
Zheng Qia bowed and left his entourage behind. He followed the fat Taoist priest into the door alone, passed through several buildings, and came to a hall. At this time, a strong Taoist priest about thirty years old walked in and said: "Immortal Lord
I'm meditating, why did you come?"
"Your Highness..." Zheng Qia knelt down and saluted, and then told the matter.
At this time, a voice from behind the gauze cabinet said: "Scholar Zheng came forward to speak."
"I obey the order." Zheng Qia hurriedly took a few steps forward and stood in the hall with the young man next to him. Zheng Qia was awarded the title of Prince Young Master, Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion and so on. Anyway, he was not too old at this time.
At this time, he said: "After Wang Gou'er accomplished something the year before last, I secretly sent people to wait for Huang An and told Huang An to call Wang Gou'er back, but he didn't leave; this time the matter was about to be exposed.
, he sent Huang An away, but he still stayed in the palace. This matter makes people uneasy."
"Wang Gou'er knows too many things. If he rebels, our situation will be very dangerous." Zhu Wenkui, the "Prince" on the side, hurriedly added. Zhu Wenkui is not tall, but he has a square face, a strong body, and is very
A spiritual person, his image is completely opposite to that of the literate Zheng Qiazhan.
Zheng Qia frowned and said: "Normally Wang Gou'er would not easily surrender to the enemy and rebel. If the false emperor Xuande found out that Wang Gou'er had murdered his grandfather, he would definitely not let him go."
"If he doesn't leave, he must be coveting the power and wealth of the palace!" Zhu Wenkui said unhappily, "So he himself knows that it is very dangerous, and he still takes chances."
Zheng Qia hurriedly agreed: "What your Highness said is absolutely true, and it should be for this reason. According to what I see, the reason why Wang Gou'er dared to stay may be that the false emperor Xuande was not sure of the fact that his grandfather was assassinated; this matter is nonsense.
Although Ying found key clues, she was unable to confirm it to the false emperor Xuande, so Wang Gouer thought there was still a chance."
Zhu Wenkui said: "In any case, this eunuch has other intentions and is a disaster."
At this time, the "Immortal Lord" said: "Wang Gou'er served me when he was young, and he is still very loyal."
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