Wanli 1592

Chapter 752 The Emperor's Honesty

As the night deepened, most people were asleep, but there were always some people who were so preoccupied that they tossed and turned all night long.

Xiao Ruxun couldn't sleep, he was so preoccupied, he simply got up and lit a candle to write a letter to his family in the tent.

I went out to fight for more than half a year and didn't go home. Although I wrote many letters to go back, I still couldn't help worrying about the situation of my wife and children.

Picking up a pen to put her thoughts and worries on paper, Xiao Ruxun kept recalling the good times with her relatives. Suddenly, a breeze blew by. Xiao Ruxun raised her eyes and saw a kneeling man not far in front of her. A man in black.

"Governor Xiao, Your Majesty welcomes you."

Xiao Ruxun frowned.

"Where are the guards outside my tent?"

"Life is safe, I just fell asleep, Governor Xiao, please forgive me, His Majesty specially ordered that this matter is of great importance, and no outsiders should know, including Governor Xiao's personal guards."

Xiao Ruxun took a deep breath.

"You are different from the person I met before, why should I trust you?"

The man took out a token, stood up slowly, took two steps forward, and offered it to Xiao Ruxun with both hands. Xiao Ruxun saw that it was indeed the token, then looked at the man in black who showed his true colors, and nodded slowly .

"The governor knows, how should I go? Does Your Majesty have any arrangements?"

"Your Majesty has already made arrangements to ensure that Governor Xiao will return within two hours. Please Governor Xiao come with me."

As soon as the man in black reached out his hand, Xiao Ruxun stood up, changed his clothes, blew out the candles, went outside the tent, and saw two "soldiers" in Zhennan army uniforms standing outside the tent, saluting Xiao Ruxun.

"This is a special arrangement, but when Governor Xiao is away, no one enters the tent. The rest of the matter will be arranged by Governor Xiao when Governor Xiao returns." The man in black explained.

"You are really well prepared."

Xiao Ruxun looked at the man in black with an unkind expression.

"For His Majesty, Governor Xiao please forgive me."

Xiao Ruxun didn't say anything more.

It has been more than half a year since I saw Zhu Yijun last time. I went away with his entrustment, and now I come back with brilliant results, which can be regarded as living up to the entrustment. Xiao Ruxun is open-minded in his heart. Zhou Mi, if you think about it, it must be a big deal.

Xiao Ruxun did not speculate.

But he also seemed to realize something.

Soon, he saw Zhu Yijun again at the place where he and Zhu Yijun had met twice before.

"Minister Xiao Ruxun pays homage to His Majesty!"

"Ai Qing, please get up!"

Zhu Yijun was very happy to see Xiao Ruxun again. For this general who dared to risk the world to tell him the truth, Zhu Yijun's trust in him is naturally immeasurable. This kind of trust can be compared with Zhang Cheng, although Xiao Ruxun led the army outside, but Zhu Yijun never worried that Xiao Ruxun would support himself.

It would be better to say that he has no time to take care of these things now, he is already devastated just facing the officials.

"Aiqing, after half a year, you've lost weight."

Zhu Yijun held Xiao Ruxun's hand with sincerity in his eyes.

Xiao Ruxun smiled slightly and said: "It is my wish to do something practical for Daming. Now that I can live up to His Majesty's entrustment and wipe out all the northern captives, I can come back to see Your Majesty."

"Aiqing is the only person who can really share my worries in the civil and military affairs of the dynasty. The rest are well-dressed, but they are not even as good as an eunuch. They concealed the truth from me and made me think that Ming Dynasty was a peaceful and prosperous age. If Xiao Aiqing hadn't told me the truth , I am afraid that I will never know the truth for the rest of my life.”

Zhu Yijun held Xiao Ruxun's hand harder and harder, then lowered his throat, and said softly to Xiao Ruxun: "I called Xiao Aiqing to come here in the starry night, do you know why Xiao Aiqing?"

Xiao Ruxun shook his head: "I don't know, is there anything Your Majesty needs to tell me?"

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Didn't you notice that there is something missing around me?"

Xiao Ruxun looked around, feeling a little out of harmony.

"That's right! Why aren't His Majesty's servants around?"

Logically speaking, even if it was a secret summons, the most confidant eunuchs around the emperor could be present, but Zhang Cheng, the eunuch that Xiao Ruxun had dealt with before, was nowhere to be seen.

"Aiqing Conghui, Zhang Cheng is now the supervisor of the East Factory arranged by me."

Xiao Ruxun was taken aback for a moment, and then understood what the emperor meant.

"Your Majesty means..."

"Zhang Jing, the former governor of the East Factory, lied to me and was taken down by me. Zhang Cheng was loyal to me, so I reused Zhang Cheng. In addition, Luo Sigong, the commander of Jinyiwei, also lied to me. After preparing for the ceremony of presenting prisoners, I will find a suitable Someone to replace it, take it down."

What Zhu Yijun said was murderous.

"Could it be because of... what happened in Shanxi?"

Xiao Ruxun understood immediately.

"That's right, the facts in Shanxi are too big. I don't believe that Jinyiwei and Dongchang didn't hear anything about such a big thing, but they never told me and lied to me. As my eyes and ears, they did this. , is a betrayal of me, and I will never tolerate them."

Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "This time I contacted Xiao Aiqing using a dark line arranged by me that was different from Jin Yiwei. Only Zhang Cheng and I knew about this dark line, and Jin Yiwei didn't. They are all my people, and now the entire inner palace is under my control."

The more Xiao Ruxun heard it, the more he felt something was wrong.

What does the emperor mean by this?
Also involved in the Queen Mother?
Seeing Xiao Ruxun's confused expression, Zhu Yijun said: "It's time to explain some things to Aiqing. I didn't say it before because I was worried that this matter would disturb Aiqing's mind and make Aiqing unable to fight Beilu with all her strength. Now the Beilu is in crisis. Hold on, I can say it."

"Your Majesty... what do you mean?"

Xiao Ruxun was at a loss.

"Three years ago, when the Korean War ended, Aiqing led troops from Japan to Tianjin Wei, and then came to the capital to offer prisoners to me. During this period, I did one thing."

Xiao Ruxun hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what's the matter?"

"At that time, Zhang Wei, the second assistant of the cabinet, led a group of ministers to force me to force the palace and establish a prince. If I don't establish a prince, they will not stop for a day. They regard the Ming ancestors' laws as nothing, and my majesty as nothing. Let me face Nothing, let me be seen as a joke by all the people, I couldn't bear it, so I secretly ordered the people around me to leave the capital with secret letters, and prepared to call Aiqing to lead troops into King Qin of the capital."

"Leading troops... into King Jingqin?"

Xiao Ruxun was shocked.

It has to be said that for Xiao Ruxun who has spent six years in Daming and has become more and more accustomed to life in Daming, the meanings contained in these words are still quite large.

The meaning of bringing troops into King Jingqin is to ask Xiao Ruxun to assist the emperor in launching a mutiny.

Launch a mutiny, control the capital, let the emperor use his military power to launch a counterattack against the officials, control the officials, and even... kill.

A mutiny led by the emperor himself...

Has Zhu Yijun reached the level of a puppet emperor?
(End of this chapter)