Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 289 Lin Tong Comes
Qin Shao was stunned for a moment.

Immediately, he also understood that wandering around in his original house, if he expected correctly, it should be Jiang Bin and the others who were investigating him.

It's normal to think about it, after all, he has been hanging around the emperor for so long.

Now that Zhu Houzhao has been wanting to continue to recruit and employ him, it is natural to investigate his situation clearly.

According to the news from Wang Yun's return, if the empress dowager hadn't disappeared suddenly and Zhu Houzhao was too busy to touch the ground, he might have ordered him to go to Beijing long ago.

"However, their people stayed here for a few days and left one after another. Later, there were only two people left, and they seemed to have left in the past two days."

"left?"

Qin Shao was a little surprised.

Because of the influence of TV dramas in his previous life, he always felt that Jin Yiwei, as an intelligence agency, was omnipotent.

But after getting to know them well, I know that these people are just ordinary people. Of course, they are much more sophisticated than ordinary people, but it is not that exaggerated. After all, the traffic and information in this era are not so distributed.

In fact, it takes a lot of manpower and time for them to obtain detailed information.

It's just that it seems a bit unexpected that these people only stayed for a few days. Could something happen?
"Yes, they left. Our people watched them leave, and the prince knew it."

Zhu Chen replied.

"Have you told the prince?"

Qin Shao thought about King Xing's body. He could not tell King Xing about many things now. He tried his best to avoid letting him know that he was worried.

"This subordinate didn't intend to tell the lord, it's just that the lord wants to go to the small courtyard by the way when he goes out, and those are ambushing around there, so we have to... tell the truth."

Zhu Chen said hesitantly.

"Don't worry! It's all right!"

The voice of Xing Wang Zhu Youzhao sounded outside the door.

He was leaning on a walking stick, and Zhang Zuo opened the curtain behind him and walked in.

Naturally, the soldiers outside would not stop King Xing when they saw him, so Qin Shao didn't notice when they entered the door.

Apparently both Zhu Youzhu and Zhang Zuo heard their conversation.

Qin Shao stood up and pulled out the chair for Zhu Youzhao to sit down.

He is not in good health, but he still needs to exercise properly. In the evening, Zhang Zuo will accompany him for a walk around the garden in the mansion. Obviously, he came to visit his son after exercising.

"The people from Jin Yiwei probably came here for a routine investigation. We have done it rigorously, and nothing will happen! I guess it was because you were close to the emperor before, and they still want to reuse you, so let's investigate by the way!"

Zhu Youtang took a sip of water and said.

"The people in Jin Yiwei were fine in the early years, and they searched for news everywhere. Now they are more and more trained towards the frontier army, and their ability to inquire is getting lower and lower! In the end, it is because of the lack of energy of the personnel, King Ning's side has been tossing like that , Didn’t they go to investigate without any results?”

Zhang Zuo said disapprovingly, apparently a little contemptuous of Jin Yiwei's current ability.

Speaking of King Ning, Qin Shao was suddenly alert.

It seems that it won't be long, that is, next year, King Ning will rebel, which is considered a big event during the Zhengde period.

After all, a feudal lord wants to rebel and replace himself, which cannot but be said to be a big event!
It's just that so many people know that King Ning has ulterior motives, why didn't Zhu Houzhao and Jin Yiwei notice it?

Is it true that the function of Jin Yiwei has degenerated?

But thinking about Zhu Houzhao's whole body and mind on the frontier army and wanting to have military power, his mind is not as complicated as some emperors, most of his mind is on conspiracy rather than conspiracy, and Jin Yiwei's role as a secret service agency is less.

"How do you guys know that King Ning has ulterior motives?"

Qin Shao was very curious how King Xing and the others knew this in advance.

Although King Xing's Mansion has its own news channel, it is more about the capital and the court. I didn't expect to be familiar with other vassals.

After all, there are not too few vassal kings in Daming today. If you want to know the movements of various vassal kings, it will consume manpower and financial resources...

According to Qin Shao's understanding, Zhu Youzhao didn't seem to have the same thoughts as King Ning, so how could he understand King Ning's situation?

"Your Majesty does not know that Sun Sui, the governor of Jiangxi, has repeatedly accused King Ning of buying weapons privately, colluding with bandits, and plotting rebellion, and some officials of King Xing's Mansion have also reported it. It's just that King Ning made friends with some officials in the court. Being suppressed, even though the emperor heard about it, he didn't pay much attention to it."

"However, many vassal kings know these things. The emperor has been married for so many years and has no heirs. Naturally, many people have different ideas."

Zhang Zuo said.

"Prince Ning is very successful and public, his mind is not clear, and sooner or later something will happen! But the emperor is indeed young, and he does things..."

Zhu Youzhu sighed.

"King Ning is such an idiot, why are those people willing to support him?"

Qin Shao recalled that the King Ning in history seemed to be rather idiot, and the rebellion was suppressed within a few days, and he was simply vulnerable.

"If he is shrewd or as uncontrollable as the current emperor, those people will still choose him!"

Zhu Youzhu laughed.

Qin Shao understood instantly.

He remembered that he had seen the history of King Ning's rebellion, which was very nonsensical. He heard that he seemed to insist on appointing Tang Bohu, a great talent, but he was clever and sneaked away!

Now that I think about it, this guy is just an idiot. Those people think that he is easy to control, so they turn a blind eye and close their eyes to watch him grow bigger on purpose.

Even if someone accused him of rebellion, he was still suppressed by Yang Tinghe and others, and even said that they sent someone to accuse him, telling him to calm down and be more honest.

He didn't want to, but he heard that the imperial court wanted to take away his guards. Thinking about the fact that the team he had worked so hard to build would be gone, King Ning immediately declared his rebellion when he got excited!
It's just that this is the previous history. I don't know if there will be any changes in this life. After all, the trajectory of many things has changed.

"Those Jinyiwei left within a few days after they arrived. As expected, there must be something wrong with Shangjing."

Zhu Youzhu thought for a moment and said.

"Is something wrong with Shangjing?"

Qin Shao was a little surprised.

What will go wrong in Beijing now?
Jin Yiwei left suddenly. Those people belonged to Jiang Bin's subordinates. It must be that Zhu Houzhao had something else to do.

According to what he knew now, the empress dowager had just been buried, and Zhu Houzhao should have gone to the imperial mausoleum. What else would happen?
"The emperor should be fighting with those ministers again, right?"

Zhu Youzhu guessed.

"The emperor is still too young, too tough, hey! But those people are indeed old and cunning, and they know the emperor's nature. The funeral of the empress dowager will definitely test the emperor, and the emperor's temper is bound to be unbearable, hey..."

Zhu Youzhu obviously knew the affairs of the court very well.

……

On the third day, Qin Shao did receive a tip,
The so-called informant was actually sent by Zhang Cong from the capital.

He said that the time for the test was postponed to April because of the funeral of the Empress Dowager.

In addition, something happened to Zhu Houzhao.

He actually took the opportunity to go to the imperial mausoleum to bury the empress dowager, and went to Duoyanwei.

These things were known by those people in the court, and they were very angry, but in fact, they were more panicked.

The emperor had won the battle of Yingzhou earlier, which caused a lot of influence in the frontier army. Now the minister of the Ministry of War is still Wang Qiong, and the cabinet feels great pressure.

Now the emperor took advantage of the opportunity to go to the imperial mausoleum and went to Duoyanwei. If it continues, the consequences...

Soon, the news that the emperor went directly to Duoyanwei to drink with the Mongolians regardless of the empress dowager's burial, was disrespectful, filial, and treasonous.

More and more people wrote to criticize the emperor, and the news was spread everywhere in the capital, and there were many discussions.

The influence seems to be getting bigger and bigger, and the tabloid led by Yang Shen even criticizes the emperor's vain Gu Xiaoyi.

The number one scholar Shu Fen even wrote "Longsheng's Filial Piety to Answer People's Heart Letter", arguing with the emperor about filial piety from three aspects: filial piety, natural principles, and human desires, and bluntly pointed out that Zhu Houzhao's actions violated filial piety.

The irony is that Shu Fen is the little official Zhu Houzhao saw kneeling in the cold water with a pale face that day, and he felt pity for him.

Shu Fen's memorial made waves in the court, and it was published in Yang Shen's newspaper.

The Six Ministries, Imperial Academy, Dali Temple, Pedestrian Division, Thirteen Supervisory Censors, and the Six Divisions have even more accusations against the emperor.

They put pressure on the emperor, and also asked the cabinet to write a letter together, asking the emperor to convict himself.

Zhu Houzhao was angry and busy recently, so he fell ill directly and is now bedridden.

In this way, those people are still relentless, saying that the emperor must punish himself.

The emperor smashed a lot of things in the inner palace, and Jiang Bin and the others were helpless.

We can only send people to guard the place where Zhu Houzhao lives, so as not to disturb Zhu Houzhao's recuperation by those who are tossing around the door.

Jiang Bin also found Zhang Cong and the others, hoping that the Jinghua tabloids would help fight the ring and say something to the emperor.

Although Zhang Cong and the others wrote several rebuttal articles, the impact was not great.

In this matter, Zhu Houzhao was indeed caught by someone, and it is not so easy to turn the tables.

And those people elected Shu Fen as the representative!
Shu Fen is a role model of filial piety!

Zhang Cong had a headache and didn't know how to solve this matter.

……

Qin Shao took Zhang Cong's letter and read it twice, and couldn't help sighing.

He understood Zhu Houzhao's mood. Those ministers were really powerful, and his temper was indeed a little impatient.

Those people are best at the pressure of public opinion, and Zhu Houzhao is lacking in this aspect. It can also be said that he is too proud and disdains to use these methods.

King Xing was right, people are too rigid and easy to break.

Who is not like that when one is young?

In his previous life, he also competed alone, but the tempering of life made him gradually understand how to advance with retreat, and how to behave in a smooth manner.

"Sir!"

A familiar cry sounded outside.

It was Zhu Chen's voice.

"what's up?"

Qin Shao stood up.

"My son! Commander Lin Tong asked to see me."

"Lin Tong is here?"

(End of this chapter)