Ming Dynasty: Abandoned baby at the beginning, Zhu let me be the emperor

"Your Highness!"

Early in the morning, Zhu Ming was startled by Chen Ling standing at the head of his bed.

Looking at Chen Ling who was standing in front of him meticulously, Zhu Ming shook his head.

Although the Jinyiwei come and go without a trace, it is a manifestation of their ability.

But sometimes he also wants Chen Ling to change this habit.

It was really scary that it suddenly appeared.

"what's up?"

Zhu Ming rubbed his eyes and asked impatiently.

"The brother in charge of the investigation has news. There have been no personnel changes in the East Palace recently."

Chen Ling took a step back somewhat awkwardly, but the matter was so urgent that he rushed in without waiting for Zhu Ming to wake up.

"Who did it?"

Zhu Ming was also a little surprised when he heard this.

There are not many people in the Eastern Palace, and even if there are people in the court, no one would be willing to risk Wang Ganju's limelight to help this or that person.

Wasn't the person who silenced Wang Ganju the Crown Princess's men?

“This has not been investigated clearly yet.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Ling also shook his head. The person who was investigating had no information in this regard yet, so he couldn't guess.

Just when Zhu Ming was disappointed, Chen Ling suddenly seemed to remember something and her eyes lit up.

"Although the perpetrators have not been found, the soldiers guarding the city said that there was a group of merchants recently, about seven or eight people, who behaved in a well-trained manner and were very suspicious."

The investigators were unable to find out who did it, but they did manage to track down several people with suspicious signs.

"The time they entered and left Hunan also coincided with the time when Wang Ganju's family disappeared until we arrived."

The most important thing is that according to the records of entering and leaving the city, the time when this group of merchants and Wang Ganju's family got into trouble was too coincidental.

Chen Ling believed that there was no absolute coincidence in this world.

"Check immediately to see where this group of people went."

Zhu Ming frowned, immediately looked at Chen Ling and gave an order in a deep voice.

If I'm not mistaken, this group of people should be the ones who helped the Crown Princess kill Wang Ganju's family.

It is very likely that we can find out from them who the princess and her husband have been hiding together.

"Also, how come the Hunan prefect and the provincial governor didn't report such a big thing?"

Zhu Ming had just finished giving the order when he remembered something and called out to Chen Ling who was about to go downstairs.

Even if Wang Ganju was guilty, he was once a fourth-rank official and a provincial governor.

His family was also a prominent family, but they were wiped out just like that.

At first he thought it was because of inconvenient transportation that he was cut off from the news.

But until today, he has not heard anyone in the capital submit a memorial to report this matter.

If Chen Ling hadn't reminded him, he would have almost forgotten about it.

The Hunan prefect and the Hunan provincial governor probably also had secret dealings with the Crown Princess.

"There's no need to inform them about this matter. We also need to investigate who they have met during this period of time."

Zhu Ming looked at Chen Ling seriously, and his tone became even more serious.

Now that I think about it, the prefect and the provincial governor of Hunan were at least lax in their administration and might even have concealed the truth.

They can no longer believe it. If we want to investigate this matter, not only can we not ask them for help, but we must also be careful with them.

"The official knows."

Seeing this, Chen Ling nodded heavily again, then jumped out of the window again and disappeared from Zhu Ming's sight.

After giving Chen Ling the order, Zhu Ming fell into deep thought again.

If the Crown Princess had any allies, she might even risk the wrath of the world and kill dozens of people in Wang Ganju's family to silence them.

This person must be extremely powerful and ruthless.

And now in the court, there is still someone who meets these conditions...

For some reason, Zhu Ming's mind suddenly emerged with the man who stood opposite him and the Crown Princess at the celebration banquet.

Zhu Di, King of Yan.

"Fourth Uncle!"

Thinking of this figure, Zhu Ming was also shocked.

But didn’t Zhu Di seize the world from Zhu Yunwen through the Jingnan Campaign?

When did you go to help the Eastern Palace?

But think about it, now that I am supporting Zhu Yunhuan and Zhu Yunwen in the fight for the throne, regardless of success or failure, I have already changed history.

It is not impossible that Zhu Di formed a brief alliance with the Crown Princess.

"It seems that I still need to go to the army when I have time."

Although there is a possibility that Zhu Di has formed an alliance with the Lu family, Zhu Ming has no evidence after all, so he still has to go to the big tent outside the city to test Zhu Di's attitude.

"What's the situation outside the city?"

Shen Miao sat in the prefect's seat, looking calmly at Wang Juren who was standing beside her.

With the assistance of these people, she has grown from a rookie to an experienced prefect.

He is also able to handle all government affairs in Shanxi with ease.

In just one month, Shanxi was able to get out of the disaster and became very famous.

"My Lord Prefect, in my opinion, Black Tiger Mountain can't hold out for much longer."

Wang Juren took a half step forward, bowed towards Shen Miao, and responded respectfully.

For unknown reasons, the bandits outside the city started an internal conflict and fought for more than half a month.

Hu Wei from the Black Tiger Mountain actually held out for more than half a month under the siege of other bandits.

"Where is Lord Zhang Xing?"

Shen Miao nodded and asked again.

Since Zhu Ming's return, a group of imperial envoys have come to Shanxi and have imprisoned or dismissed officials.

These people were also selected from the Hanlin scholars in the capital.

But among so many people, only Zhang Xing and Wang Juren could be considered his confidants.

"Master Zhang Xing is still supervising the construction of a private school."

Wang Juren responded, and then looked at Shen Miao cautiously: "Do you want Master Zhang Xing to come back?"

"Just let him fix it."

Shen Miao shook her head and raised the brush beside her: "I will write a letter of persuasion now, you send someone to deliver it to Black Tiger Mountain."

Wang Juren was quick-witted and immediately ran over to help Shen Miao grind the ink.

"What's the point of appeasing these bandits?"

Although Wang Juren cooperated with Shen Miao and ground ink for her to write a letter of persuasion to surrender, he was still confused.

In his opinion, bandits are bandits, and it would be best if they could attack and kill each other until everyone was killed or injured.

It also saves them from sending troops to wipe out the rebellion.

It is really unnecessary to issue an imperial decree to appease these bandits.

"After the Shanxi mutiny, the garrison of this province lost a great general."

While writing on the paper, Shen Miao patiently explained her plan to Wang Juren.

"Hu Wei was able to lead a hundred men on a hilltop and hold out for so long under the siege of so many bandits. He is also a rare warrior."

Hearing this, Wang Juren nodded affirmatively.

He didn't believe in the character of these bandits, but he still recognized Hu Wei's ability.

Shen Miao also began to admire talent.

"Zhu Ming handed Shanxi over to me, so I must govern Shanxi well."

As Shen Miao spoke, she looked in the direction of the capital, stopped writing and blew away the ink on the letter of persuasion to surrender, and after confirming that it was correct, she nodded.