The Jinyiwei team that Zhu Yuan accompanied was, and naturally the eyes and ears of Emperor Zhu Hongsan. After such a big incident occurred in Kaifeng Prefecture, Zhu Hongsan soon received news from the Jinyiwei.

Zhu Hongsan was not angry after seeing the entire incident, because Zhu Hongsan was ready to fail when he started sending Zhu Yuan out. Zhu Yuan was a fifteen-year-old child, and he was the opponent of the old fried dough sticks in Henan. However, Zhu Hongsan did not expect that Henan officials were so cruel that they actually killed seven or eight scholars in order to defeat Zhu Yuan.

Zhang Jiayu has already seen that the incident of fire is not simple, and there is a very likely mastermind behind the scenes. As the emperor, Zhu Hongsan also saw that this incident is not just a matter of fire.

There are a few doubts in this case. Why did Ding Changsheng bring his men to the gate? Zhu Yuan did not order Ding Changsheng to bring his gun. The guards sent to Zhu Yuan were all from the imperial guard divisions in the palace, and they were the most elite soldiers of various field troops. Can you see those unarmed scholars so scared that they fired? The imperial guard division naturally used the latest and best weapons because they guard the palace, but the chance of fire has been greatly reduced. Why did they have to go to the door before they fire? These things are so strange.

It’s hard to think about who did this. It’s just the prince, the King of Qin and the King of Chu. Among them, the King of Qin is the most suspicious. Although Ding Changsheng was born in the Fourth Division and King of Qin Zhu Jiang was born in the Second Division, the two had no intersection, but Zhu Jiang’s uncle Ma Rufeng was the deputy commander of the Second Division back then.

There is also the prince. He served in the Second Division back then. Although ordinary soldiers did not know that the prince was in the army with him, Ma Kun, as the commander of the division, knew that, so the prince also had this suspicion.

As for the third king of Chu, Zhu Huai, his grandfather was Tong Yangjia, who was in charge of military affairs. The military officers of each unit were Tong Yangjia's people, so it was very simple to accomplish this.

Zhu Hongsan thought of his sons having a headache in order to compete for the throne. Zhu Hongsan threw the Jinyiwei information on the ground, then sat on the dragon chaise and rubbed his forehead.

At this time, the eunuch Li Chengen walked in and saw the emperor like this and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Zhu Hongsan sighed and waved his hand and asked, "It's nothing, Lao Li, what's wrong?"

Lee Chengen quickly bowed and said, "Young Master, I'm here!"

The prince is here? Maybe he heard some news and came to him to drug Zhu Yuan. Zhu Hongsan nodded and asked Li Chengen to bring the prince in.

Zhu Hai is already twenty-six years old this year. After years of court training, he is already a mature prince. After entering the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Hai knelt down and kowtowed and said, "Father, my son, please pay me a blessing to my father!"

Zhu Hongsan waved his hand and said, "Get up, what's wrong with the prince coming today?"

But the prince did not get up, but kowtowed and cried: "Father, my son was outside Nanchang City and almost died under the iron hoofs of the Qing cavalry. Wu Chaoye and his son were desperately protecting his son and using his body to block the Qing Dynasty's bows and arrows for him. The son was able to survive. However, Wu Chaoye and those soldiers all died to protect him! The father taught his son to be grateful, so the son respected Wu Chaoye's widow's widow, and his father also gave the title of the first-rank lady of Xu, but... but...

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Zhu Hai said sadly and knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. Zhu Hongsan had a headache, but now he was even more upset by Zhu Hai's crying like this.

Zhu Hongsan asked in annoyance: "Crown Prince, don't cry, what's going on?"

"Father, but Xu's only son Wu Chaocui, who was beaten to death by his fourth brother, was called for justice in Kaifeng, but he didn't expect to die at the hands of his fourth brother!"

When it comes to this, Zhu Hai took it out of context. Xu died at the entrance of Kaifeng Prefecture, but was not beaten to death by Zhu Yuan's order, but was trampled to death by the escaped students. However, it was Zhu Yuan's guard who shot, and it was not an exaggeration to count Xu's death on Zhu Yuan.

The news Zhu Hongsan received was just that the guards of Zhu Yuan, Henan, shot and killed the student. Xu's death was not reported because it was a matter of the Ministry of Rites, so Zhu Hongsan didn't know it now.

After Zhu Hai finished speaking, he looked up at his father, Zhu Hongsan, and then continued, "Father, Wu Chaocui was beaten to death because of his own fault, but Xu died at the hands of his fourth brother. What do you think of all the nobles in the court like this?"

Zhu Hai was still chattering endlessly, Zhu Hongsan couldn't bear it and stood up and cursed: "Okay, stop talking, what do you think you should do? Zhu Yuan is my son. Would you let my son pay for his life for Xu?"

When Zhu Hai saw his father angry, he was secretly happy. He saw that his fourth brother who wanted to show off would be in trouble.

"Father, the court has a system of discussing relatives and nobles. As the son of the father and prince of the country, the fourth brother naturally does not have to pay his life for the Xu family, but this time he must also be punished so that the nobles can feel at ease!"

Zhu Hai was right. No matter what, Xu died because of Zhu Yuan. You, the prince of the emperor, dare to kill the nobles. Then, will you play Zhu Yuanzhang's trick in the future? So Zhu Hongsan will severely punish Zhu Yuan no matter what, and use it to appease a large number of nobles in the court.

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and asked, "Crown Prince, you are the crown prince of the country and Zhu Yuan's brother. How should I punish Zhu Yuan?"

Of course, Zhu Hai hoped that his father would abolish Zhu Yuan's throne and demote him to a commoner, and it would be best to be imprisoned in Fengyang Royal Prison and never come out. However, Zhu Hai knew that if he said this, he would be disgusted by his father's emperor, so he had to pretend to be kind and respectful.

"Father, my fourth brother is the younger brother of my son. When I followed my son, my son was really ruthless to punish my fourth brother. I would ask my father to be arbitrary!" Zhu Hai knew that no matter what he said, the father was unhappy if the punishment was severe, and he was unhappy if he was light. It would be better to let the father decide for himself!

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said, "Then you will remove Zhu Yuan from the vassal state, change the title of Jiaohe County, Hejian Prefecture, and demote the title of the king to the general of the auxiliary state!"

The royal family had eight ranks in total, and the first rank was the prince, such as King Chu, King Yan, King Fu, King Lu, King Gui, etc. The prince was the prince's concubine's son, such as Zhu Hongsan's ancestor, Zhu Mengju, the prince of Jiangxia, was one. Further down, it was not the king's title. The prince's concubine's concubine was the general of Zhenguo, the next generation was the general of the auxiliary state, and the second generation was the general of Fengguo. The prince's concubine's concubine's son was not even the general, and could only be the lieutenant of Zhenguo, the auxiliary state, and the third rank. Zhu Hongsan was the lieutenant of Fengguo at that time, the lowest rank.

Now he has lowered Zhu Yuan from the prince to level four and become a general of the auxiliary country. This kind of punishment is cruel enough. Zhu Hai is very full of it when he heard it

I mean, now Zhu Yuan no longer has the capital to compete with him.

After dealing with the unlucky guy Zhu Yuan, Zhu Hongsan looked at Zhu Hai and asked, "You should have heard of the matter in Henan! What should the prince thinks should be done?"

When Zhu Hai heard Zhu Hongsan ask about him, he quickly bowed and said, "Father, Henan has always been a place of four battles. Although Wu Peichang had some minor mistakes, he could not hide his achievements. At the same time, he needed to recuperate after the war, so the minister thought that in Henan, a safe person would still be sent to serve as the imperial envoy."

Zhu Hai had no choice but to say this. He had too many interests in Henan. Zhu Hai was different from his younger brothers, Zhu Jiang, Zhu Huai, Zhu Yuan and others had factories and imperial villages given by the emperor, so they were not short of money. But the prince was different. The country was yours in the future. You would be embarrassed to compete with your younger brothers? So Zhu Hai could only rely on the 15,000 silver dollars allocated to him by the court every year.

Of course, 15,000 silver dollars is not enough, but the prince's Eastern Palace is a family, such as maids, palace maids, eunuchs and servants. These are all the prince's wages, so this 5,000 silver dollars will be enough. But Zhu Hai would not be able to do other things, such as buying an official or rewarding those who have made meritorious services, and there is nothing to do.

In the past, Zhu Hai went to ask his uncle Ma Mingyuan for help. After all, Ma Mingyuan's family has a great career, and 100,000 silver dollars is still no problem. However, as Zhu Hai grew older, he did not want to be controlled by Ma Mingyuan, so Zhu Hai worked hard in Henan.

Henan was the land of Zhongzhou, and the wars were destroyed the most in the late Ming Dynasty. Therefore, after peace in the world, in order to resume production as soon as possible, the court invested a lot of money and food in Henan, and some of these became Zhu Hai's small treasury. Of course, it was not only the prince's family who used Henan as the small treasury. Ma Mingyuan, Tong Yangjia, Feng Ziyong and others had industries in Henan, but it was just a matter of how many things were.

It is precisely because Zhu Hai was too deeply involved in Henan that Zhu Hai did not want Zhu Yuan to really turn things out in Henan, which would not be good for anyone. Zhu Hai believed that the best result was to find a few scapegoats and let them take the blame. As for the others, the general direction was good, but some individual stinky fish fish were fishy. What we need to do now is to find these stinky fish and then purify the official team.

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and asked, "Crown Prince, do you have any good candidates?"

Zhu Hai was overjoyed when he heard Zhu Hongsan ask him, and quickly said, "Father, my son thought that Qian Yiai, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, was good. Qian Yiai was alert and capable, and he would definitely be able to find out the matter in Henan and solve his problems for his father!"

Zhu Hongsan thought about it and said to Li Chengen beside him: "Okay, just do as the prince said. Lao Li, go to the Military Affairs Office to pass the order, let Qian Yiai, the prefect of Shuntian, serve as the imperial envoy, and grant the right to act cheaply!"

Zhu Hai was overjoyed when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this. Now there is no need to worry about the matter in Henan.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Zhu Hai who was bowing and retreating, and his heart was very gloomy. He originally wanted to use Henan to attack the increasingly large Chu party in the court, but he did not expect so many things to happen in the court in the past month. Just ten days ago, news came from Fujian that the negotiations with Zheng Chenggong had broken down, and Zheng Chenggong actually sent troops to attack the Fujian Navy. Now the court has internal and external troubles, and the government must be stable at this critical time. In order to stabilize the government, the idea of ​​using the Military Affairs Office to replace the cabinet will be put aside. (https:)
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