Daming: I was exposed by Zhu Di's Sims life!

Yang Shiqi, a cabinet bachelor, hurried into the building of the East Palace. The crown prince, with his fat stomach on his back, stretched out his hand to greet Yang Shiqi: "Yo, Mr. Yang, long time no see, you still look good."

However, Yang Shiqi was not in the mood to joke, and said seriously: "His Royal Highness, something serious has happened. The grain and grass sent from Huitong River to Tongzhou to King Qi has sunk!"

The smile on Zhu Gaochi's face froze: "What did you say?"

He thought he heard it wrong, this matter was so nonsense, so nonsense that the prince didn't want to believe it.

Who the hell is playing me! !

"The grain ship collided with a merchant ship and sank when it was about to reach Tongzhou. It was just sent from there in an expedited [-] miles. All passages were cleared. It was just sent to the cabinet. After seeing it, the minister came to it without stopping. You report." Yang Shiqi smiled wryly, "Now, this urgent document should have been delivered to His Majesty."

Zhu Gaochi held his forehead and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead: "Wait a minute, I have to slow down."

The prince felt that his mind couldn't move anymore, all this was so sudden that he felt as if he had been struck by five thunderbolts.

"Is there an explanation from the Ministry of War?" Zhu Gaochi asked suddenly.

There were two people escorting the food and grass, one was Zhu Gaochi, and the other was Fang Bin, Minister of the Ministry of War.Among them, Donggong is responsible for decision-making, and the Ministry of War is responsible for implementation. If you ask who is most suspected of the sinking of the ship, it must be the Ministry of War.

Yang Shiqi shook his head: "The Ministry of War definitely doesn't know about it now. It happened so suddenly that it sank when it was approaching Tongzhou. This is beyond anyone's imagination. This is God's will, not man-made."

God's will...man-made? !

A familiar figure suddenly appeared in Zhu Gaochi's mind, a young but heavy-hearted figure.

"Go! Call the grandson!" The prince shouted without hesitation.

……

As soon as Zhu Zhanji walked into the study, he saw his father sitting on a chair with a gloomy face. Only the father and son were left in the room looking at each other. They were quiet and depressed, as if there were invisible colloids in the air, making it difficult to breathe.

"father……"

"You did it?"

Behind the calm is the storm, and the father and son speak at the same time, quite tacitly.

Zhu Zhanji was taken aback: "What's the matter?"

"I don't want to talk nonsense with you, tell me honestly." Zhu Gaochi said in a deep voice, "Before you went to the Ministry of War, did you go to find Fang Bin and ask him to help you send it to Tongzhou for King Qi? Food and grass hands and feet?"

Zhu Zhanji pretended to be stupid: "What? What are you doing, Dad, what are you talking about?"

Zhu Gaochi could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, stood up and pointed his chubby fingers at the forehead of the emperor's grandson, and shouted: "Whenever you come here, you still stay here with me and pretend to be stupid. You really think you are very clever. Can no one discover your indiscriminate means!"

The crown prince is well aware of his son's temperament, he is born with intelligent bones, if he can carve it well, after years of training, he will definitely become an outstanding heir and become the future sword bearer of the empire.

However, it was because he was too smart that Zhu Zhanji was so arrogant that he grew bolder and acted more recklessly.

From the tiny details of Zhu Zhanji's expression, Zhu Gaochi already had the answer in his heart. This answer made him unwilling to face the reality-his son did the sinking of the ship.

Up to now, Zhu Zhanji has also shown his cards: "Father, don't worry, the people I entrusted with this matter are hiding very deeply and will not reveal their flaws. Even if Jin Yiwei drained all the water in the Grand Canal, they will It can only be concluded that 'the grain ship sank due to an accident', and our East Palace and the Ministry of War will not be implicated."

"madness!"

Zhu Gao was trembling with anger, "You idiot, you idiot!"

Zhu Zhanji was a little confused: "Father, what do you mean by that?"

Zhu Gaochi raised his forehead: "The person in charge of supervising the transportation of grain and grass is me, followed by the Ministry of War. Fang Bin, Minister of the Ministry of War, is one of our people. If you ask who is most likely to be involved in this matter, it must be me, because I have a motive , also has this ability.”

Zhu Zhanji spread his hands: "As for the evidence, as long as they can't find evidence, won't the emperor suspect that someone is slandering us behind the scenes, or they will suspect... It was King Qi who did it! It was done to frame our East Palace. The emperor is very suspicious, and he will not jump to conclusions lightly without evidence, but I can guarantee that no one will be able to find the evidence. "

"You think you're smart?" Zhu Gaochi laughed back angrily, "Will King Qi care about the evidence? Even if there is no evidence, he can guess that our East Palace did it. This is the greatest possibility!"

"Whether King Qi cares about his useless use, when did our East Palace fear him?" Zhu Zhanji said disdainfully.

"Do you really think that my East Palace is not afraid of him, King Qi?" Zhu Gaochi said with some tiredness, "That's a lunatic, he never acts according to common sense, and he has the support of the largest faction in the court, the 'Xunqi' , is controlling Jinyiwei, Dali Temple, and is the favorite prince of the old man, why do you think that the East Palace can not pay attention to King Qi's mansion? If King Qi is pushed into a hurry, such a madman, no matter what He looks pale and powerless in front of him!"

The prince has many political enemies. After the old man ascended the throne, the Eastern Palace has always been the most powerful party in the court.As the saying goes, the heights are overwhelming, and the higher you stand, the more enemies you will make. However, Zhu Gaochi has always been able to defeat all opponents with ease.

It wasn't until he met King Qi that Zhu Gaochi encountered a difficult enemy. If an irreversible struggle broke out between King Qi's mansion and the East Palace, the final result would be a loss for both sides.

So Zhu Gaochi has been controlling the East Palace all the time, don't try to do things absolutely, he has a good command, and has always controlled this distance very well.But he never expected that it was his own son who lit the fuse in the end.

"The old man is from the army. What he hates the most is that soldiers are fighting in the front, and someone is stabbed in the back."

Zhu Gaochi sighed, "You have committed a big taboo, this time the old man will probably make Long Yan angry. I told you before, don't touch this matter, don't touch this matter! But you don't listen, and you don't know Is it because of my own death, or was bewitched by someone, that I really did evil out of my guts and committed a heinous crime, this time I am afraid that even I will not be able to escape."

As soon as the words fell, the messenger from the palace arrived.

It's just that it's not the eunuch who came to pass the decree this time, but a general wearing gold armor, riding a horse, and holding a sword. This is the general of the Twelve Guards.

The upper twelve guards are independent from the general army under the jurisdiction of the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies and the Ministry of War, that is, the twelve guards guarding the pro-army, namely: Jinyiwei, Banner Guard, Jinwu Qianwei, Jinwu Guard, Habayashi Zuowei, Habayashi Right Guard, Fu Jun Wei, Fu Jun Zuo Wei, Fu Jun Right Guard, Fu Jun Vanguard, Fu Jun Rear Guard, Huben Left Guard.

In the Yongle Dynasty, the upper twelve guards were added twice. The first time was when Zhu Digang took the throne, he promoted the three guards of Beiping to the pro-army and renamed them Jinwu Zuowei, Jinwu Right Guard, and Habayashi Qianwei.

The second expansion was Yanshan Zuowei, Yanshan Right Guard, Yanshan Qianwei, Daxing Zuowei, Jiyangwei, Jezhouwei, and Tongzhouwei.

22 The pro-army guards, orally used to be the "Twelve Guards of the Hongwu Dynasty", except for the special Jinyiwei, the rest are elite guards, obeying the emperor's orders.

"The emperor's oral order: order the prince and grandson to stay in the East Palace, and not take half a step without purpose, and wait for their punishment. I hereby!"

The cold voice was conveyed between the halls of the East Palace, and the sergeants of the Upper Twelve Guards blocked every door of the East Palace without the slightest hesitation, guarding the gates with knives.

The Crown Prince's Mansion in the East Palace, which was resplendent one moment, became a chilling cage the next moment.

The old man has always done things like this.Either don't do it, or do it absolutely.

The young emperor's grandson was dumbfounded. He never expected that the emperor would be so domineering and ruthless, and he would seal it up as soon as he said it. It was just a verbal order, and he drove the lofty East Palace into the dust.

"Zhanji, Zhanji, you really know how to cheat."

Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly, "Forget it, just treat it as the sin I committed in my previous life. You'd better pray that the old man will soften his heart and give me a chance because of my years of hard work."

Things have come to this point, in fact, Zhu Gaochi already knows it in his heart.

This time, I let my son have a hard time, I'm afraid it will be hard to escape.For the emperor to go to war so aggressively, he must have made a decision in his heart. Even if he could keep the crown prince, he would have already stepped into the grave with half a leg, and he had no capital to go down with Prince Qi's mansion.

The sky in the Eastern Palace has collapsed!
The king of Zhao is disabled, the king of Han is abolished, and now the prince himself is on the edge of the cliff. Among the four princes, only King Qi is left alone, becoming the first heir of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanji was in a trance: "How could this be, how could this be..."

Zhu Gaochi patted the emperor's grandson on the shoulder, and sighed: "Zhan Ji, don't blame yourself too much. Companion to a king is like companion to a tiger. For so many years, I have worked hard and never had a single day of comfort. Now, I have nothing to worry about."

"Father and son, we will honestly wait for the emperor's punishment and see what the outcome can be."

……

On the Tongzhou Canal, a huge merchant ship was stopped by another merchant ship.

The sergeants with knives jumped directly to the opposite deck, and the crew was frightened and overwhelmed.No one expected that just next to Shuntian Mansion, on the canal, there would be some daring water bandits who dared to block the road and rob!

Before the more than ten guards with knives on the merchant ship could react, they were beaten up by the group of sergeants.

"Escape!"

One of the crew members was about to jump into the river, but he was grabbed by the neck and pulled back, and his body fell back on the board.

"Why are you running? I'm here for business."

Zhu Gaoxuan waved his hand, "Chi Rong, ask someone to move out all the food in the ship's warehouse."

Chi Rong got the order and walked towards the boat warehouse with a group of people.

The captain of the merchant ship swallowed, seeing that the gang of water bandits had no intention of killing anyone, he bravely walked up to Zhu Gaoxuan, cupped his hands and said, "Master, if you want to grab the food, you can grab the food, as long as you don't use a knife, you will be killed Easy to say."

"Give me a fart, I'm buying it!" Zhu Gaoyi glanced at the captain, "How many stones and grains do you have on board?"

Knowing that he couldn't hide it, the captain replied honestly, "Four hundred shi."

"Four hundred stones? Are you serious?"

Zhu Gaoxu was taken aback, "You think you are a grain ship?"

A stone of rice is about 200 catties, and 400 stones of grain, converted into catties, is 8 catties!

The food and grass consumed by [-] elites a day is only two hundred shi.

Originally, Zhu Gaoxuan planned to grab a few more ships, and he would stop if he got enough food for [-] shi, as long as he could reach Shuntian Mansion, but he didn't expect that the first ship he just grabbed would overfulfill the task.

"Master, you are right, this is really a grain ship."

The captain said helplessly, "We came from Suzhou, and we were ordered to escort grain to Shuntian Mansion to deliver grain to the folks who built the palace."

"This..." Zhu Gaoxuan rubbed his head.

This is to grab their own head ah!

The grain for the construction of the palace was cut off?

"There is no need to panic, you have already completed the task." Zhu Gaoyi patted the captain's shoulder and said with relief, "Anyway, even if your ship's food is delivered to Shuntian Mansion, it will be delivered to me, it's just an early delivery That's all."

The captain blinked: "What do you mean?"

……

Zhu Gaoxuan really didn't lie to the captain, even if the ship's food was sent to Shuntian Mansion, it would fall into the bowl of the Northern Expedition Army.

In any case, this Northern Expeditionary Army will definitely go to Shuntian Mansion to borrow food. Shuntian Mansion is the closest city to the barracks, and it is also the only city capable of supplying [-] elite rations.

In order to support the army's rations, the Shuntian Mansion must only rely on the food reserves in the granary. It will allocate food and grass from various sources to restore blood to the Northern Expeditionary Army.

As for this ration ship, it is likely that it will be converted into military rations just after arriving in Shuntian Mansion, and it will fall into Zhu Gaoxuan's hands.

It's just that Zhu Gaoyi cut off his beard halfway.

This is also the fastest way Zhu Gaoyi can think of to solve the food shortage crisis.

The grain ship sent from the south of the Yangtze River sank, so Zhu Gaoxuan set his sights on the Grand Canal. This Grand Canal transports countless ships every day, and if a few ships are cut off, they can always make up enough for the Beizheng army to persist to Shuntian Mansion. Forage.

It's just that he didn't expect such a coincidence that the first boat just intercepted was a grain boat transported by water.

……

Zhu Gaoxuan took out the tiger talisman and said: "In the name of the imperial court's northern conscripts, I will conscript the grain on your ship. Now you can take the people back to Suzhou by the same route. I will send a letter to the prefect of Suzhou. You will not receive any punishment." Punishment, on the contrary, the imperial court will give you credit."

"What?!" The captain was dumbfounded.

This Tiger Talisman... doesn't look like a fake.

There are inscriptions engraved on the Tiger Talisman, rather than inscriptions, it is more like a pattern-like character, which is extremely difficult to imitate.Each different tiger talisman can only dispatch a certain army, and the emperor has more than one tiger talisman, or even many, so it is difficult to imitate it just by having a one-time or several-faced relationship with a certain one.

In order to prevent counterfeiting, the cut surface of each pair of tiger charms is not smooth, but uneven. When the two tiger charms are together, they are completely seamless, like a piece of undivided whole. The word "conformity" comes from here. .Even if the forger has seen the original Tiger Talisman, it is difficult to imitate.

The captain didn't know what to do for a while, he thought he had encountered a water bandit, but he didn't expect to encounter a general holding a tiger charm.

It seems that there is no difference. Many armies are actually well-organized bandits.