Chapter 228 Ouyang Lun went too far!Zhu Yuanzhang wants to go to Beizhili in person! (Please subscribe!)
Walk out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Lan Yu asked Li Shanchang with a puzzled look, "Old Prime Minister, why do I feel that there is something wrong with His Majesty's reaction?"
"Yes, I also think there is a problem." Song Guogong Feng Sheng continued: "Logically speaking, His Majesty knew that Ouyang Lun beat the imperial envoy, and may have even killed Zhou Zhen who was sent by him. Just this matter alone, It was enough for His Majesty to order someone to be arrested, but why was the response so much duller?"
Yingchuan Marquis Fu Youde said in a deep voice: "Not only that, we also told your majesty that Ouyang Lun's business with the prairie people was a serious crime! And they were all facts, but your majesty just said that he knew it. Is it possible that he wants to continue? Indulge Ouyang Lun?"
Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi lamented: "I only knew that our Majesty was very kind to his son, but I didn't expect that he was so protective of his son-in-law!"
Li Shanchang waited for Lan Yu and others to finish speaking before speaking.
"You shouldn't have come this time."
what! !
Hearing this, Lan Yu and others were stunned.
"Old Prime Minister, didn't you ask me to call the Huaixi brothers? When Song Guogong and others heard that they were going to deal with Ouyang Lun, they were all willing to help. Why did it turn out that they shouldn't have come again." Lan Yu said in confusion.
Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, and Wang Bi also looked at Li Shanchang with doubtful eyes.
"Hey, against all odds, we have forgotten His Majesty's suspicion." Li Shanchang sighed: "When I came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, His Majesty was already very angry. I didn't even say anything more, and His Majesty was already ready to deal with Ouyang. Lun, but when you guys came in and directly participated in Ouyang Lun's performance, His Majesty became more vigilant."
"Don't forget, compared to the Prince Consort Party who has not yet fully grown up, us Huaixi children are more fearful to His Majesty."
"Your Majesty has been wary of us Huaixi descendants for a day or two, but what does this have to do with dealing with Ouyang Lun?" Lan Yu said not quite understanding.
"Lanyu, what the old prime minister means is that we used too much force this time, making your majesty think that we are targeting Ouyang Lun, but he will not make a decision so easily." Song Guogong Feng Sheng said solemnly.
Li Shanchang nodded, "I want to say that this is what Lao Feng meant. In fact, if the four of you don't come today, His Majesty may have made up his mind. This time he won't blame us. If he does, it will be Ouyang Lun's good luck. But as long as we report If those things are true, then Ouyang Lun will be finished sooner or later."
"Old Prime Minister, Duke Song, are we going to do something? So that His Majesty can make a decision as soon as possible?" Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, said.
"Yes, I sent a lot of spies to Beizhili during this period. I originally thought that if His Majesty really wanted to capture Beizhili, I would let them serve as internal agents, but it was enough to set off a storm in Beizhili. "Lanyu's eyes were sinister.
"No!" Li Shanchang decisively refused, "As far as I know, His Majesty has arranged a large number of Jin Yiwei in Beizhili. The original Jin Yiwei commander Mao Xiang and the Jin Yiwei's rising star Ji Gang are both in Beizhili. It is necessary to look after these two. If we act in a lowly manner, we may not drag Ouyang Lun into the water, but will dirty our own hands, and even make His Majesty more suspicious of us!"
"This won't work, that won't work, then if it doesn't work, we can only wait?" Lan Yu said frankly: "This Ouyang Lun is just a poor scholar. He got the top prize in the exam with some cleverness and married a princess. How much can you do if you go to a place like Northern Xinjiang where birds don't shit?"
"Lanyu, don't worry, let's listen to what the old prime minister has to say first." Song Guogong Feng Sheng patted Lan Yu on the shoulder.
Li Shanchang thought for a while, and then said: "What we have to do now is really to wait. Although His Majesty became hesitant because of our intervention, what Ouyang Lun did must be dealt with. After all, Ouyang Lun is not His Majesty's biological son. , once the evidence is conclusive, it will only be a matter of time before His Majesty takes it down."
"The reason why His Majesty asked us to leave is probably because he didn't want us to interfere. We must listen to this."
Song Guogong Feng Sheng nodded, "This time it was Ouyang Lun's own fault, and there is no need for us to get too involved."
"Ouyang Lun is really cheap." Lan Yu even wanted to personally lead the troops to capture Ouyang Lun and let Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao know who is stronger and more trustworthy between him and Ouyang Lun!
"Let's not get together again after we get out of the palace. We should go back to our respective homes. During this period, we should be more honest. We should do what we should do and stop doing what we shouldn't. Let's wait until Ouyang Lun's matter is over. The others told me, let's watch the fire from the other side and reap the benefits!" Li Shanchang thought of something again and said again: "If you don't take action, you won't take action, but we must be prepared with both hands. Lan Yu, your spies must keep an eye on Beizhi. Lieutenant, don’t let go of Ouyang Lun’s every move, and report the situation over there in time.”
"Okay!" Lan Yu nodded heavily.
"Lanyu, how loyal are your spies? Don't let Jin Yiwei and Ouyang Lun find out and turn us all in." Song Guogong Feng Sheng asked.
"Don't worry about this. These spies are all my adopted sons, Lan Yu, and their loyalty is absolutely guaranteed! And they only listen to my orders!" Lan Yu said with great confidence.
"Adopted sons?!" Li Shanchang was shocked, "Didn't His Majesty ask you to dismiss those adopted sons a long time ago? Why do you still keep them?"
"Dismissal? To put it simply, these adopted sons have been with me since they were young. They know nothing but fighting and killing people. How can they live if they are dismissed? Anyway, I have taken them out of the army and they are just doing some intelligence gathering. You guys Not to mention, the effect is really good, otherwise where would our information come from?"
"Even if His Majesty knew about this, he would probably only blame it."
Lan Yu smiled.
After hearing this, Li Shanchang and Feng Sheng said nothing else. They walked out of the palace while talking quietly, and each got on the carriage and left.
Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Zhu Yuanzhang has been thinking for a while.
He was a little surprised as to why Feng Sheng and Lan Yu suddenly came to the palace to participate in Ouyang Lun's performance today.
Since Hu Weiyong, Zhu Yuanzhang has been far more afraid of the Huaixi Party than he is dependent on it.
"Jiang Yu."
"Your Majesty, I'm here." Jiang Gu kept crawling on the ground.
Regarding Zhou Zhen's matter, their Jin Yiwei team was a bit lax, and everyone was gone. Only then did they realize that the key is that they don't know where Zhou Zhen has gone until now!
So before Li Shanchang came, Jiang Yu was called and scolded by Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Has there been any movement among the people in Huaixi during this period?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.
Huaixi Party?
Why did your Majesty suddenly ask about the Huaixi Party?
Could it be because Feng Sheng and Lan Yu just came to sue Ouyang Lun?Yes, yes, with so many things happening, it is possible that the Huaixi Party wants to attack Ouyang Lun, causing His Majesty to be suspicious!
At this point, Jiang Yu seemed to be grasping at straws, thinking about it in his mind, and suddenly something really struck his mind.
"Your Majesty, this morning the brothers of Jinyiwei saw that Yongchang Hou Lanyu went to the residence of Korean Duke Li Shanchang and stayed there for a full hour before coming out!"
"Oh!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed, "It happens to be the time for me to ask Li Shanchang to enter the palace in the morning."
"Li Shanchang entered the palace on the front foot, and Feng Sheng, Lan Yu and the others followed behind. It seems that it was discussed long ago."
"Are they so intolerant of Ouyang Lun!"
"And what is this Ouyang Lun doing!?"
After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jiang Zhen again, "I won't punish you for Zhou Zhen's matter for the time being. When I find Zhou Zhen, I will talk about it. The Jin Yiwei will do their best to find Zhou Zhen's whereabouts. They want to see the person alive and the body even if he dies!" "Yes! !”
Jiang Wei quickly agreed.
"Also, prepare yourself. I plan to go to Beizhili in person."
"Ah!" Jiang Wei was quite shocked and raised his head suddenly.
"Ah what! If you were more capable, you wouldn't let me make such a decision!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Get out and get ready."
"It's Your Majesty." Jiang Yuma stood up and then stepped back.
With Jiang Wei leaving, only Zhu Yuanzhang and the eunuch Wang Zhong were left in the huge Hall of Supreme Harmony.
"Your Majesty, are you really going to Beizhili again?" Wang Zhong asked cautiously.
"Well, everything this time is weird, and it even involves Xu Da and Tang He. They are too important to the Ming Dynasty. I don't trust others to handle it." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Wang Zhong, you also go down and get ready, and come with me to Beizhili."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Zhong nodded.
"By the way, what's going on with the queen? I'm busy dealing with government affairs these days and I don't have time to go and take a look." Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask.
"The Queen's health is not very good, but fortunately the imperial doctor goes to Kunning Palace to take the Queen's pulse every day, so there is no big problem." Wang Zhong said truthfully.
"I understand. I will go see the queen later. You don't need to follow An Anjing. Prepare well for going to Beizhili." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
"Yes."
Kunning Palace.
"Chongba, why are you here?"
Queen Ma, who was taking medicine, asked in surprise when she saw Zhu Yuanzhang appearing in front of her.
"Of course I came to see our girl."
Zhu Yuanzhang took the medicine bowl from Queen Ma and personally gave Queen Ma stomach medicine.
"Chongba, I'm not so sick that I have to lie down on the bed. I can take medicine by myself, and everyone is watching!" Queen Ma said, rarely shy.
"You are our girl, so naturally we have to give you medicine. It depends on them, and we drink our medicine."
"Open your mouth, ah!" Zhu Yuanzhang said softly.
Queen Ma obediently opened her mouth and drank the medicine given by Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Chongba, don't worry. The imperial doctor just said that my body is a little weak, and the medicines prescribed are all for regulating the body. As long as I take good care of myself, I will be fine." Empress Ma said with a smile.
"Of course we are not worried. Our girl has the best body. She can chase us for several miles with a feather duster!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
I took two more sips of medicine.
Empress Ma took the initiative and asked, "Chongba, you came here today not just to see me."
"I still can't hide anything from my sister." Zhu Yuanzhang put down the medicine bowl, "Everyone else, please step aside. The queen and I have something to discuss."
"Yes."
The eunuchs and maids in Kunning Palace retreated one after another.
"Sister, we received news today that Ouyang Lun did some bad things in Beizhili. The Minister of Punishment Zhou Zhen who I sent to investigate has no news. Now the Huaixi Party in the DPRK wants me to deal with it immediately. Ouyang Lun, the more this happens, the more I want to clarify the matter."
Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.
"Oh! Zhou Zhen, the Minister of Punishment, disappeared in Beizhili. This is a big deal." Empress Ma was also quite shocked and asked: "Chongba, do you suspect that this kid Ouyang did it? "
"Other than Ouyang Lun, no one else has the guts to attack an imperial envoy." Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly: "According to the information collected by Jin Yiwei, Zhou Zhen went to Ouyang Lun's Chief Secretary's Yamen on the day he arrived in Peking, and was beaten violently. Without saying anything, he was thrown out of the Chief Secretary's Yamen."
"Even if Zhou Zhen's disappearance has nothing to do with Ouyang Lun, his beating of the imperial envoy is a capital crime!"
"Feng Sheng and Lan Yu also came to complain today, saying that Ouyang Lun was doing business with the prairie people privately. Jin Yiwei has already verified this news, but based on my understanding of Ouyang Lun, he can do this. Before the sea ban was lifted, he dared to build ships, but now it's just on land, there's no difference."
"Sister, we really didn't accuse him wrongly this time. If he really did these things, don't blame me for being cruel."
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Queen Ma's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but worry about Ouyang Lun.
"Chongba, if Ouyang Lun really commits an unpardonable crime, I won't blindly favor him, but I only have one request, and that is, no matter what, you must not take action until it is clear. "
"Well, we know that." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "This boy Ouyang Lun is no longer the immature number one scholar and small county magistrate in the past, but a feudal official with military and political power. Even if I want to touch him, I have to do it." Think twice.”
"Chongba, what are you going to do?" Queen Ma asked.
"Sister, I plan to go to Beizhili in person. Whether it's Ouyang Lun, Xu Da, or Tang He, I'm afraid no one can suppress it except me. If something happens, I can control the situation in time. Beizhili The position of Zhili is very important, nothing can happen!"
"You don't want to go this time, and we won't take Biao'er with you. Your mother and son are in the capital, so we can rest assured. If something happens and Biao'er inherits the throne, you can also help Biao'er watch over the palace. I have already arranged the allocation of power for the guards and the army inside and outside the capital."
Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly: "What do you think of this?"
Empress Ma shook her head, "Biao'er has a calm mind and is skilled in government affairs, and he has high prestige among the children of Huaixi, the officials of Eastern Zhejiang, and other civil servants and generals. It's enough to have him in the capital, but it's you and me who are Chongba." worried."
"I'd better go to Beizhili with you. You will have someone to discuss things with you."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "That's okay, we're just worried that your body won't be able to bear it."
"I'm fine with my health. Didn't Ouyang give Biao'er a 'Red Flag' carriage? That one rides smoothly and is fast. Let's take that one." Queen Ma said.
(End of this chapter)
