Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 339 Wang Chengen made up his mind

Wang Chengen thanked Zhu Youjian, he was very grateful to Zhu Youjian in his heart, and even secretly prayed more than once that if his Majesty Zhu Youjian could live a long life, he would voluntarily give up all his life.

This is not only because Wang Chengen is loyal and loyal, but also because Zhu Youjian always treats him much more affectionately than others.

Sometimes, Wang Chengen himself felt strange that His Majesty Zhu Youjian always regarded him as a relative, told him everything, told him, and even took the initiative to care about himself every time. To express my apologies.

Wang Chengen didn't know what he had done to make His Majesty Zhu Youjian so kind and even trusting to him.

The last time Xia Yongde who was likely to murder His Majesty was Wang Chengen's godson. Wang Chengen thought that after the Xia Yongde incident, he would fall out of favor and be dismissed by His Majesty as the admiral of the East Factory.

But what Wang Chengen didn't expect was that His Majesty Zhu Youjian didn't say anything, not even half a word of blaming himself. Sometimes, although he would show emotions in front of himself, it was more like being alone with his relatives. The real performance in front of me is average.

Wang Chengen didn't know how he could make His Majesty trust him so much.

At this moment, when His Majesty the Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian said that the safety of the emperor and the whole world was in his hands, Wang Chengen suddenly felt that the wet handkerchief in his hand weighed a thousand catties.

Wang Chengen knew what his majesty was afraid of, he nodded solemnly, and could not help but secretly swear that he would rather save his majesty than to accumulate all the sins, so what if he killed three thousand people by mistake, he would rather Go down to the eighteenth floor of hell!
Zhu Youjian didn't know Wang Chengen's inner activities at the moment. He saw that Wang Chengen's thick eyebrows were tightly frowned, and the wet handkerchief was squeezed out by him, and fell to the ground with a clatter. Where to start.

Although Wang Chengen didn't know why Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian trusted him so much, Zhu Youjian himself knew that there was no other reason. In the original history, Wang Chengen was the one who hanged himself with him. Chengchen, the eunuch who hanged himself with him in his most critical moment, he naturally had to believe it.

Because of this, although Zhu Youjian knew that Wang Chengen was not very good at understanding people's hearts and gaining insight into interests and interests, he still wanted Wang Chengen to be in charge of Dongchang and act as his eyes. Only Wang Chengen was trustworthy.

Seeing that Wang Chengen hadn't spoken for a moment, Zhu Youjian brought up something himself: "Recently, things seem to be calm, but there are a few things that can be pondered over. The case of sudden death in imperial prison, the drowning incident of the head of the Wuxi No. [-] court trial case, and the murder of the student Wei Dawei in Songjiang, these incidents seem to be unrelated, but they all have one thing in common, they all died by accident And where are there so many bold people who killed the magistrate first and then the students, and even killed the young prisoner Xia Yongde in the imperial prison? The capital of Wei Dawei and the drowning case was a student in Wuxi, and the time of death was different Not far away, does this mean that the deaths of the two are related, although these things are not related on the surface, but there may be many mysteries hidden."

"These people dare to kill people with status so recklessly, do they also dare to kill you, or even kill me?"

When Zhu Youjian said this, Wang Chengen also began to realize that there were indeed many major cases that seemed to be irrelevant but seemed to hide shocking conspiracies in the seemingly peaceful Jiangnan territory. As the admiral of the Dongchang, it is not that he has not been investigated by others. Although Wu Jiayin is not afraid of the powerful, he has no political opponents in the court who want to kill him. It is reported that the members are also people of good conduct, and they have never had any enemies.

"Now that the Jiannu Qing army is about to send its troops southward, once again plotting against half of our Ming Dynasty, some unfaithful and unjust people in the country are ready to make a move, especially some scholar-bureaucrats who are based on the world's business interests. It can be done, but as the lord of the world, I can only ease the conflict as much as possible, but you are different, you are the admiral of Dongchang, you have to do the knife, if you don’t become a villain, you can only let me Be a villain yourself."

When Zhu Youjian said this, Wang Chengen naturally understood what he meant: "Your Majesty understands, please rest assured!"

Wang Chengen now understands what he should do. When he left the Qianqing Palace, he still couldn't help but look back at the Qianqing Palace. He didn't know if he would end up like Chief Assistant Fan Jingwen, who was about to be abandoned by His Majesty one day. The end, even the end of killing him to appease the gentry's anger.

But he knew that for His Majesty's safety and great cause, he had to be such a villain.

Wang Chengen smiled sadly, clenched his fists tightly, and then came to the Dongji Incident Factory with a frosty face, and immediately reviewed the few cases mentioned by Zhu Youjian. The murderer in Wu Jiayin's case Who is it? Because the squires of Songjiang Mansion were killed six out of ten, all those who had contact with Wu Jiayin were interrogated strictly by Dongchang and no flaws were found; All of them were tortured, but they didn't get anything until they died.

But only the death of the two students seems to be traceable, and at this time, it happened that Wang Chengen also got some information through the report of the Yidong Factory.

"You mean that Tang Ying and Wei Dawei's classmates all said that they had had a dispute with Gu Lin, the founder of Duan Literature Society, because of their refusal to join the Duan Literature Society. Apart from this, Tang Ying and Wei Dawei Has Dawei ever had any conflicts with other people?"

Wang Chengen asked directly.

"No, according to the people of the Tang Ying clan, Tang Ying has always had a modest personality, and she loves to read books, and rarely interacts with others; while Wei Dawei has many friends, but they all say that she has an excellent personality and has never had any quarrels with others. fight."

After answering this question, Wang Chengen couldn't help but fell into deep thought: "Since this is the case, if Tang Ying's death is related to Wei Dawei's death, and Tang Ying did not drown but was killed, then the relationship between the two will be Death can only be related to Gu Lin from this literary club?"

Without waiting for the Dongchang Fanju to finish speaking, Wang Chengen immediately ordered Gu Lin to be arrested in the Imperial Prison, and he was going to be interrogated severely.

At this time, one of the head of the Dongchang couldn't help persuading: "Eunuch, this Gu Lin is an extraordinary student. He is the successor of Gu Duan Wengong, and he is quite prestigious among scholars. His newly established Duan Literature The society is also quite influential, and many senior officials in the court and central government have contacts with him, if we move him, I am afraid that it will easily attract criticism from the government and the public."

"You mean that the Duan Literature Society also has contacts with high officials in the court?"

Wang Chengen suddenly asked, and the head of the East Factory nodded.

"Then it's even more important to arrest! Once these literary, social and academic societies have contacts with high officials in the court, they will be suspected of interfering in political affairs, how can they be lightly spared!"

Wang Chengen yelled angrily.

(End of this chapter)