Ming Dynasty: Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 34 Shocked the government and the public!

After taking Yang Shiqi out of the dungeon of the Duke of Kaiguo's Mansion and sending him back to the Prince of Wu's Mansion and making all the arrangements, Zhu Yunhuan immediately went to the office of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

"I pay my respects to His Majesty the King of Wu."

Upon hearing that the King of Wu was coming in person, Jiang Lin hurriedly led a group of officials from the Embroidered Uniform Guard to greet him.

He was slapped several times by Zhu Yunhuan that day and also filed a complaint in front of the emperor, for which he was fined three months' salary. However, there was no resentment on his face at this moment.

The other officials were all very surprised.

I don’t understand why King Wu suddenly came to the Jinyiwei Yamen.

Zhu Yunhuan went straight to the point and said, "I have something urgent to do. I need to immediately dispatch a thousand Jinyiwei officers and soldiers to accompany me on this mission. Is that okay?"

When these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard was the emperor's personal army. Although Prince Wu was the emperor's grandson and had a noble status, he had no job in the court.

Why did he need to mobilize the Jinyiwei to do his job?
And there are so many of them.

A pacification envoy stepped out and asked, "May I ask Your Highness, King Wu, do you have an imperial decree from His Majesty?"

Before Zhu Yunhuan could answer, Jiang Li bowed and said, "Your Majesty has already given me an order. If the King of Wu comes to ask the Jinyiwei to dispatch troops to do something, the Jinyiwei must obey your order and do it without any mistakes."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunhuan couldn't help but smile.

As expected, Old Zhu had already made arrangements.

But if Yang Shiqi hadn't pointed it out, he would never have thought of this.

After hearing Jiang Li's words, the other Jinyiwei officials naturally had no objections. They all clasped their fists and bowed, saying, "Your Highness, the King of Wu, please give us your instructions."

Zhu Yunhuan immediately called for his troops.

Soon, a thousand Jinyiwei officers and soldiers marched out of the camp in a mighty procession.

It was already sunset, and people on the streets of Jinling were rushing home before curfew. When they saw this scene, they were all surprised and started talking about it.

The Jinyiwei was not just a secret agency, it was also an army in itself and one of the 547 guards of the Ming Dynasty.

During the Hongwu period, when a large-scale war broke out, the Jinyiwei would also draw some troops to fight on the front lines.

Many of them have fought on the battlefield and are veterans of many battles.

However, the Jinyiwei was a very special guard post.

The Jinyiwei stationed in the capital not only had the responsibility of guarding the capital and the palace, but also had the power to arrest officials and civilians.

However, precisely because of this, the Jinyiwei usually do not deploy on a large scale.

Sending out dozens of people to carry out the mission is already amazing.

This kind of noisy mobilization of hundreds or even thousands of troops was something we had seen before during the Hu Weiyong case.

At that time, the Jinyiwei was not called Jinyiwei, but Yiluansi.

The Hu Weiyong case shocked the government and the public, and the blood flowed like a river.

Today, the Jinyiwei was dispatched again with such fanfare. What on earth happened?

The people stood on the roadside and watched from afar, discussing the situation in private.

The news seemed to have wings and flew all over the sky.

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Xianwang Palace.

After Zhu Yunwen returned home from the palace, he was talking with Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru.

He is extremely satisfied with these two teachers.

Both of them were knowledgeable, and Zhu Yunwen deeply agreed with the principles they taught him.

I just feel that the two teachers are very knowledgeable and have great insights, and I should learn from them.

One day, when I ascend the throne, I will use my two teachers to govern the country. If so, we will usher in an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity.

Zhu Yunwen was in a particularly good mood at the moment.

"I can't believe that my third brother didn't go to the palace to accompany Grandpa Huang to study and listen to the great scholar's lecture today."

Zhu Yunwen was overjoyed: "He acts so arbitrarily and capriciously, how can the emperor not be angry?"

"Even though you are like this, you still want to fight for the position of crown prince."

"Grandpa Huang is quite angry today. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to redeem the bad impression he has left in Grandpa Huang's mind."

Fang Xiaoru smiled and stroked his beard.

"Although this boy has talent, his moral character is not good and he lacks steadiness."

"If you love to have fun and enjoy yourself, you will never achieve anything."

"It's a pity that the position of crown prince cannot be delayed for long."

"Otherwise, as time goes by, his shortcomings of not being studious, being playful, lazy, willful and rude will all be exposed one by one."

"Compared to your highness's modesty, courtesy, intelligence and eagerness to learn, he is not even worthy of being mentioned in the same breath."

"I originally thought that for a short period of time, he would pretend to be studious and ambitious in order to please His Majesty."

"I didn't expect that he would be lazy and not go after only one day of studying in the palace."

"If your majesty is not blind, he will not make him the crown prince and pass the throne to him."

Huang Zicheng smiled and said, "Mr. Fang is absolutely right. Besides, our plan is already working."

"Right now, rumors are spreading all over the capital. When the time is right, we will submit a letter to denounce him, and that will be his end."

"No hurry, no hurry!" Fang Xiaoru said, "The evidence must be more solid, and no flaws can be revealed."

"Of course." Zhu Yunwen said, "Please rest assured, teachers. I will be very careful in my work. The evidence will be ironclad and no one can overturn the case."

He went on to say, "Today, he overslept and beat to death Ling'er, the maidservant who was serving him."

"That was the person given to her by mother. He just beat her to death without asking mother's opinion. Where is filial piety in his eyes?"

"This is also one of the evidences of the crime. However, there is no rush to investigate it now. We can investigate it together later."

As he was speaking, someone rushed in from outside.

"Your Highness, something happened outside."

Fang Xiaoru was dissatisfied and shouted: "Don't panic when encountering things. How can you behave like this?"

When he became Zhu Yunwen's teacher, he immediately put on the airs of a teacher and disciplined the people in Prince Xian's mansion at will.

"What you said is correct, sir." The man did not dare to refute and quickly admitted his mistake.

Fang Xiaoru asked, "What happened?"

"The King of Wu went to the Jinyiwei to mobilize a large number of troops. I'm afraid there are more than a thousand of them. They came out of the Jinyiwei office with murderous intent. I don't know what they are going to do. Now the outside world is spreading like crazy."

"What?" Fang Xiaoru stood up suddenly.

"What is he trying to do by arbitrarily mobilizing a large number of Jinyiwei? Is Jiang Li, the commander of Jinyiwei, going to let him do whatever he wants?"

Zhu Yunwen then asked: "Then do you know where he is going?"

"I secretly asked someone to inquire, but even the Jinyiwei didn't know. His Royal Highness the King of Wu didn't say. However, judging from the direction they are heading, it's where the nobles in the city live."

Huang Zicheng's face changed slightly, and he said, "That's not right! Although he is the King of Wu, he cannot mobilize a large number of Jinyiwei without authorization. Even if he wants to do this, Jinyiwei will not obey. Did His Majesty give him an order? But what happened, why do we know nothing about it?"

Fang Xiaoru pondered and said, "Something big must be happening."

"We will split into three groups."

"Your Highness Prince Xian, go to the palace immediately and inquire about the situation to see if this is the will of His Majesty."

"Brother Huang, you should go to the East Palace now and meet Concubine Lu. Maybe there will be some news there."

"I'll go outside and watch what the King of Wu is going to do with his large number of Jinyiwei!"

(End of this chapter)