The most urgent person was Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen. He was like an ant on a hot pan and was directly burned to the fire.
The people around were Empress Ma, Zheng Qiao, Guo Jie and other ministers, as well as eunuch Cao and others. Zhu Yunwen walked quickly and said, "The first thing I have figured out now is whether someone below privately committed an imperial edict?"
Zheng Qia replied without thinking: "Your Majesty, this kind of thing is impossible. All the ministers around you are all Jinshis and officials, who would do such stupid things? If some irrelevant people do not have the ability to find such as assassins, there is no need to do so."
No matter what, things have happened and have caused ups and downs, and even Wuchang City has entered a state of martial law. The Jianwen Party is the most suspicious because the evidence found on the spot is very intuitive.
Queen Ma said coldly: "If it were something we did, how could we leave the handle on the scene? This is clearly a frame-up! Maybe it was a play that the people from Yao Ji who sang themselves, which not only harmed us, but also put on an innocent victim mask for themselves!"
After hearing this, everyone was speechless and it was difficult to say what Queen Ma was like in person, but everyone had a sentence in their hearts: Women's views.
What intentions did Yao Ji and Zhang Ning party create conflicts and conflicts within themselves? If they just wanted to get rid of the Jianwen Party instead of taking advantage of it, why did they have to be justified in welcoming Jianwen to the throne and restore the throne? In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that Emperor Jianwen no longer has much real power at this time, but King Xiang was trying to establish a good relationship after all; and Yuchen Jianwen also hoped to form a harmonious situation... That is, in the Huguang pattern, everyone hopes for peace within and people's hearts.
Zheng Qia stepped forward and bowed, "I have a word."
Zhu Yunwen said: "Mr. Zheng has something to say, but it's okay to say it."
Zheng Qia looked at Empress Ma from Yu Guangli. In fact, he didn't want to talk about confidential matters in front of this woman, but she had no choice but to be the queen. "The total number of assassins should be more than ten. These people will not get any benefits to assassinate nobles themselves, and the risks are extremely high. There must be a force behind them to support this. At present, it seems that the Wei Minister felt that the conspiracy of the bureaucrats of the pseudo-District in the capital was the most likely. The reason is very simple, because this matter is most beneficial to the pseudo-District in Xuande:
They first spread rumors on the grounds of the prince, create disagreement, and then the assassination case was released. If the assassination of the King of Xiang was successful, Huguang would inevitably fall into civil strife. At that time, the army of the puppet dynasty was at the city and could pacify Huguang. If it was not successful, it would be a disaster for Your Majesty, which would naturally be the appearance of Your Majesty and his ministers conspiring to kill the King of Xiang and avenge the prince. In this way, the internal grudges of Huguang were questioned, which was also extremely beneficial to the puppet dynasty. No matter how they planned, they could watch the fire from the other side of the river, and the fisherman would benefit."
When Jianwen heard this, he suddenly felt that it was reasonable and well-founded, and the ministers also agreed with this statement more. After all, the literati and ministers spoke much more reliable.
Zheng Qia turned his head and mentioned again: "If Wang Gou'er's news said that the prince was in the capital's imperial prison, it was true; then the recent assassination case was out of the hands of the pseudo-King bureaucrats. They had conspiracy to launch a divisive plan. Wang Gou'er also said that secretly escorting the prince spreading rumors was only the first step, and there was still a second move; Wang Gou'er mentioned the second move was just in line with the current situation, and there were signs first, so there should be no mistake."
After Zheng Qia's argument, Emperor Jianwen remembered that Wang Gou'er's news did emphasize that a treacherous ministers were planning another conspiracy step. Isn't this confirmed?
Several people were talking about it, and successively discussed Zheng Qiao's statements and suggested responding to the proposal.
But Zheng Qia couldn't help but mention his previous thoughts again: "There is something a little inconsistent about this matter... Your Majesty can issue an order to recall Wang Gou'er and rescue the prince."
Queen Ma felt that Zheng Qia said something strange and immediately agreed: "Zheng Qia said it well, it is important to save the prince!"
Although Jianwen is no longer as powerful as the emperor, he is still not a woman who can make decisions. Moreover, because Taizu's command to strictly order the harem and eunuchs to interfere in politics, Jianwen's words to the emperor's grandfather were practiced, and the one who did not listen to the most was the woman's words.
However, Jianwen has a tendency that he is particularly willing to believe in the scholar-officials who are knowledgeable. The suggestion of recalling Wang Gou'er and saving the prince was not only Queen Ma's intention, but Zheng Qia also said so. Emperor Jianwen did not care about the life and death of the prince. His main concern was that he felt that doing this was useless. Wang Gou'er was most likely not to obey the imperial edict; and Zheng Qia's intention was to test Wang Gou'er, and he had already thought about the possibility of not following the imperial edict... But what should he do if Wang Gou'er really didn't obey his orders? He broke up immediately, or would he uncover his weakness again? Let everyone see again that my imperial edict is just a piece of paper...
Furthermore, Emperor Jianwen felt that there was no need to test Wang Gou'er at all. He guessed it himself, and Zheng Qia didn't really doubt it. He was just for the sake of harsh strictness and caution.
Jianwen has been fifty years old since he ascended the throne, and his personality has basically not changed much. He is willing to listen to the literati, but he has to convince him first, because he is not a person without opinion; the national policies such as reducing the vassal state when he first ascended the throne were decided by himself.
After thinking about it, Emperor Jianwen said: "The most urgent thing is how to deal with it now. It is not harmful to delay other things slightly."
Zheng Qia has been with Emperor Jianwen for more than 20 years and has already figured out his temperament. This is Zheng Qia's second advice, but it seems that it is not effective. It is because his way of saying it is unconvincing. He thought that he could not give advice to death, so he had to think of another way... Anyway, there is always a way to convince the emperor, because he knows that the emperor trusts the scholars and officials in his heart, and this is the premise.
At this time, even Guo Jie, whose cousin was killed by Yao Ji, said: "At present, I have to send someone to the King of Xiang to lobby. I want them to truly believe that this matter is a conspiracy of the court, which is difficult for a while; but as long as I convince the King of Xiang to temporarily stabilize the situation for the sake of the overall situation, it is also beneficial."
Guo Jie's cousin was killed, but later the palace fire case occurred, and there was no too much involvement and investigation there, and it was finally left unresolved, which eliminated Guo Jie's hatred. The main reason was that the ministers of the Jianwen Party did not want the two sides to have a conflict... The reality was before the face, and there was already rumors that the Xiangwang Group wanted to form six ministries and nine ministers, and would reuse the loyal ministers who had always followed Emperor Jianwen.
In Guo Jie's opinion, this matter is indeed difficult to deal with. There was a case of fire before. Less than half a year later, the assassination in the downtown area occurred, which was all involved with Jianwen and other ministers. How could others believe it one after another and nothing to do with it?
Jianwen looked back and his eyes were on Zheng Qia: "It is better for Mr. Zheng to go. You have had contacts with Concubine Yao and Wenbiao. If you are familiar with each other, you will be more calm and discuss major issues."
Zheng Qia could not shirize it, so he had to say, "I obey the order."