The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

Ning Yi and Gao Qingshui had a very pleasant conversation.

After leaving the brothel, he didn't rush back home, but went to Zuixian Garden first.

The shopkeeper personally served beside him, pouring wine for Ning Yi and said with a flattering smile: "Your Highness, these are the important news we have recently found in Zuixian Garden."

Ning Yi looked at the private affairs of various ministers and dignitaries listed, and nodded with slight satisfaction.

"It seems that after the renovation, the efficiency of Zuixian Garden has indeed improved a lot."

The shopkeeper admired and said, "Your Highness is truly amazing. Only then can we develop so quickly."

Ning Yi used to think that the Zuixianyuan intelligence agency was too simple.

Just asking the waiter to go out and find out a bunch of gossip won't be of much use.

Just formalize everything.

Five departments were set up. The first one was to focus on the imperial palace and find ways to break in. Any disturbance would be reported immediately.

The second target was the princes, especially the second and fourth princes, to keep a close eye on what they were doing.

The third place targets the ministers. They want to know what they did every day, what kind of guests they received, and even which concubine they spent the night with.

Fourthly, some officers of the Beijing Camp and the military movements are of vital importance to the entire capital city and have always been firmly controlled by Emperor Wu. Ning Yi wants to fight for military power, but he cannot get involved openly and can only do it secretly.

As for the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince, they both definitely have their own private armies, which they keep hidden.

Wu Lingyun used to gather a bunch of refugees and bring discarded junk. Ning Yi looked down on them and thought they were useless, so it would be better to disband them.

Fifth, all walks of life in the capital are investigated, and even peddlers and hawkers are not spared.

After doing this, the effect is indeed much better.

Ning Yi was still dissatisfied: "The news is still too marginal."

The news from the ministers and the princes were all trivial matters on the periphery.

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, it's already difficult for us to find someone to sneak into their house. If we go deeper, it will not be solved in a short time."

Ning Yi closed the book and reminded: "That's not difficult."

"We can directly target those within their ranks, such as finding evidence against them, controlling their families, and using threats and inducements. Many people are willing to betray information."

"Once they do it once, there's no going back. They just have to obey."

"Don't worry about revealing any flaws. Even if they investigate, they won't be able to find us."

There are both online and offline people, and even when the offline people are deployed, they don’t know who the online people are.

The shopkeeper nodded slightly and said, "I'll have someone do it later."

"Also, what's the layout like in Jiangdong?" Ning Yi asked.

After taking over the disaster relief task, Ning Yi began to arrange for his men to go to Jiangdong to make arrangements.

The shopkeeper immediately said, "Your Highness, rest assured. We have already arranged for personnel to assist in the affected states and even counties in Jiangdong. The information we have received is quite complex and is being sorted out."

This made Ning Yi satisfied: "Okay, keep watching."

"The next steps..." Ning Yi tapped the table with his fingers and was silent for a moment: "Place personnel among the border troops and gather information about them."

"Border troops?" The shopkeeper frowned. "Your Highness, it's difficult to get border troops. They're too far away, and..."

Ning Yi glanced at him, and the shopkeeper quickly shut up.

"Just keep an eye on it if I tell you to. The border troops are extremely important to this prince. If you can avoid being noticed, you can win over some of the border troops."

It is not easy to win them over quietly, as border army officers generally do not have a good relationship with the princes.

The princes fought for the throne and tried to win over the civil officials in the court, but Emperor Wu was too lazy to care.

Even if there is more trouble, it is nothing more than a verbal battle.

If the military generals were to be won over, it would touch the nerves of Emperor Wu, as there was a high possibility that the military generals would join the prince in rebellion.

The shopkeeper said: "Your Highness, rest assured. I will immediately send a capable assistant to the border town."

"It's just that, regarding the silver..."

Gathering information and recruiting people is very expensive.

Ning Yi didn't care: "This prince will send another batch as soon as possible."

There is plenty of gold and silver in the treasury of his mansion.

You can't have children if you keep it, so you might as well make good use of it. Otherwise, if something happens, it will all become someone else's.

After everything was arranged, Ning Yi asked, "Please keep a close eye on the news from the six major grain merchants in the capital, especially those related to disaster relief grain."

The shopkeeper immediately assured: "Don't worry, Your Highness, this old servant has never dared to be careless."

Your Highness attaches great importance to disaster relief grain, and the whole capital knows it.

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In the backyard of the prince's mansion, Yang Ziqin just walked out of the room and saw that her personal maid who came back from the front yard looked unhappy and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"If you have something to say, just say it. Are you trying to deceive me?" Yang Ziqin glanced at her indifferently.

We grew up together, so we naturally understand each other.

The maid looked around, then came up to her and whispered, "Miss, the servants in the front yard just said that His Highness went to the brothel today."

"What?" Yang Ziqin couldn't believe it. "Whoever is gossiping and slandering His Highness like this wants to be beaten to death."

Although she was extremely dissatisfied with Ning Yi.

She has become Ning Yi's wife and has even been a couple. She can say that Ning Yi is not good and will not allow anyone else to say anything against him.

Especially the servants, who spread such rumors.

The maidservant said anxiously, "Miss, how dare I deceive you?"

"The servant in the front yard just now heard with his own ears that His Highness and Commander Qin were discussing going to the brothel."

Yang Ziqin's face looked extremely ugly, it seemed to be true.

"How dare he go to that kind of place? Does he want to embarrass me?"

Now she no longer calls herself "this concubine", but changes it to "this young lady".

The maid also chimed in: "That's right, how could Your Highness go to such a dirty place? It must have been that honest-looking big black guy who came up with the idea and tricked Your Highness into going there."

Yang Ziqin felt the same way. Commander Qin was definitely not a good person and should be driven away and replaced by someone from their Yang family.

At night, Ning Yi came back after eating and drinking and continued to look through official documents.

The door was suddenly pushed open. Ning Yi was puzzled to see that Yang Ziqin, the noble woman, had combed her hair into a young lady style, looking a lot younger.

But his expression was quite cold.

Ning Yi: "It's so late, why are you here instead of taking a rest?"

Seeing how perfunctory he was, Yang Ziqin just looked up and didn't bother to pay any attention.

I'm so angry. You feel comfortable going to brothels, so you have no interest in me anymore?

She was furious in her heart, but she spoke even more coldly: "Can't I come in and take a look? Is there something shameful going on here, His Highness?"

Glancing around, there was nothing else except a table full of miscellaneous information.

Ning Yi frowned: "I'm busy and don't have time to argue with you. Go and rest first."

He didn't have time to argue with Yang Ziqin right now. He didn't know what was wrong with this woman today. She just looked at him with disdain.

Yang Ziqin became even more unhappy and asked directly, "Did you go to the brothel today?"

Ning Yi was surprised: "How do you know? Did you plant spies there?"

"Bah." Yang Ziqin was dissatisfied: "Don't slander me. How could I possibly arrange for someone to work in such a filthy place?"