eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 466

The sudden change forced Zhu Houzhao to change the original itinerary, plus he added an injured person, no matter what, his trip out of the palace probably came to an end here.

Also because of this assassination incident, the Shenwuwei and Dongchang troops who had previously followed the secret protection no longer hid, and surrounded the emperor's chariots and horses at a very close distance.

During this period, two soldiers were injured as a result.

Counting the same thing, it is really annoying.

People other than the emperor naturally knew how big an assassination was, so this trip back to the palace was really depressing.

Zhu Houzhao sat in the carriage and could not say a word for a long time.

Mao Yuwen knew about this, and came to plead guilty. After all, there are still people who want to kill the king hidden in the capital, but Jin Yiwei didn't know about it before. If this is not negligence, what is it?
The carriage staggered towards the palace. Zhu Houzhao looked at the orange-red sunset, and said to Mao Yuwen, who was kneeling outside the curtain, "Those two assassins, you should be more careful when using torture. If they die, this matter will be settled." There is no proof of death."

"Yes. The minister must be digging out the person behind the scenes!"

"Go ahead and do it carefully. This matter needs to be investigated."

This is an assassination, so he will let go of the shackles on Mao Yuwen.

"Wei Chen understands."

After the person left, Zhu Houzhao glanced at him, only to find that Wang Zhi hurriedly avoided his eyes and lowered his head.

The so-called ambiguity is actually false. As an emperor, others will always be afraid of you.

Because of the large number of people, when the emperor's chariots and horses arrived in the capital, it was impossible to be silent. To avoid further accidents, Jin Yiwei directly cleared the streets, so the chariots and horses entered the palace like this.

Of course, Wenningbo himself took people home.

As for the assassination on the road, not many people knew about it because it had been ordered before, and Zhu Houzhao returned to Qianqing Palace safely.

It's just that it's impossible to hide it for a long time, there are so many people with so many eyes, Jin Yiwei even arrested two people and brought them back.

After Zhu Houzhao returned to the palace, Empress Xia came first in person.When she heard that the emperor was leaving the palace yesterday, she was really anxious.

At the same time, Jin Yiwei was in prison.

The man with the triangular eyes and the football face had already been hung up. They were suspended in the air and tied with iron chains. After a while, the hands and feet would ooze blood due to skin grinding, which can be said to be very painful.

Mao Yuwen didn't care about this, he walked in with his hands behind his back, and said coldly, "Are you talking about it yourself, or should I let the envoy beat you half to death before talking about it?"

Neither of them answered him.

Mao Yuwen knew it would be like this.

"Ti Shuai." Two people came from the side, one of them was holding a wooden plate with a few clusters of arrows on it, "Look at this."

Mao Yuwen narrowed his slender eyes, and after a closer look, he found that there was a faint word above the cluster of arrows: Rong!

Turn over the other two, but also the same words.

"Rong? What do you mean? Who are you referring to?" the subordinate said beside him.

Mao Yuwen thought about it carefully, "This kind of thing is the most unbelievable. How big a crime is it to assassinate the king? No one would engrave their name on it. We can't be easily fooled by this."

"But there must be a reason for engraving it on it, right? Why not another word?"

Mao Yuwen couldn't figure it out either, "Are there any other clues?"

"The other people who committed suicide, they took special poisons that we haven't seen before."

"very special?"

That's good news.As long as it is special, it has a special source.

As he spoke, someone brought something over.

It is wrapped in a piece of private cloth, and when you open it, it is indeed broken leaves, like tea leaves that have just been crushed.

Mao Yuwen wanted to reach out, but was stopped by someone.

"Ti Shuai, don't touch it! It's poisonous! It must have come down from some poisonous tree."

"Try it with a prisoner. See what it is, and go find it."

Such reckless remarks about human life seemed extremely common in Jinyiwei Prison.

Others don't find it so problematic either.

At least, they didn't ask them to try poison, did they?

This is actually a good clue.

Of course, the most important thing is these two people.

"Ask you again, who ordered you to assassinate?!"

The guy with the triangular eyes suddenly laughed strangely, and then roared, "Commander Mao, isn't it you who ordered us?"

What?
Some people were stunned for a moment.

Mao Yuwen was so angry that he trembled, "I've been talking so much nonsense, I really think Jinyiwei is a good place?! Come on! Use torture!"

"Haha, I knew it was so! The little emperor in the Golden Temple said that using heavy punishments to persecute Zhongliang is against human nature! It's so hypocritical that it seems true, and now these heavy punishments are still in prison!"

Mao Yuwen has rich experience, he raised his eyebrows lightly,
"You are not ordinary criminals. To treat assassins like you, all kinds of severe punishments will be used. Is it possible that you still think you are loyal?"

"Could it be that you speak Mao language?"

"Of course, I am loyal to His Majesty, why not Zhongliang?"

"Bah! Running dogs! If the little emperor really has benevolence in his heart, then he should abolish the factory guards. Why is he expanding Jinyiwei everywhere?!"

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Zhu Houzhao waited in Qianqing Palace for a while before Mao Yuwen, at least he wanted to listen to some preliminary judgments.

Mao Yuwen also knew the emperor, and no matter if such a major event was completed or not, he would first enter the palace and give the emperor an explanation.

So he put on his official hat and knelt down on the floor of Qianqing Palace.

"It's not the people in the countryside, nor the remote people, nor the bandits who rob houses on the road. They understand the court, and even understand His Majesty."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure. There is a person who has a lot of grievances, and I deliberately teased him to say a few more words."

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his fingers, "Could it be a family feud?"

"It's not like that. If it's a family feud, they shouldn't talk about so many things in the court."

"So, I'm dissatisfied with my governance."

"I think that should be the case."

Zhu Houzhao didn't feel any embarrassment, and said straightforwardly: "This range is too big."

After all, he has been in power for several years, and there are not a few people who have been executed by thunder.

"Your Majesty, even if ordinary people are dissatisfied with the imperial court, it is very rare for ordinary people to entangle the manpower and assassinate the emperor. Here, I have a guess. Your Majesty still remembers that the Jinyiwei was watching a person named Jiang Tongzu."

"Who?"

"It happened five years ago. This person was originally the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He was later reprimanded by His Majesty, but he was not hired again. He and several colleagues, although not in the temple, wrote articles and lyrics in private, revealing the truth. The feeling of resentment seems to have gathered a lot of people in the past few years."

"seem?"

Mao Yuwen's heart trembled, "Forgive me, Your Majesty. After a long time, I have become a little negligent."

"It's just a guess, right? Check them anyway."

It's been too long, and there are too many things, Zhu Houzhao can't remember clearly, but he knows one thing. "Ming Pao" is run by the government. It is not easy to do, and the scale is not large, so it can only be supported by blood transfusions.But even so, there are some large and small newspapers circulating.

The reason why Zhu Houzhao didn't move them was because whenever he wanted to carry out reforms in Daming, it was inevitable that many people would oppose them both openly and secretly.

Killing these people one by one will actually form a kind of political terror, and will inevitably result in many unjust killings, giving people a feeling of the emperor's bloodthirsty.And relax a little bit, take it away in one pot, not only is it justifiable, but also extremely efficient.

Anyway, once reforms are made, some heads will always be cut off.Cut off the heads of those who cannot reach a consensus, and there will naturally be more people who agree with the emperor.

And it's not that the emperor is bloodthirsty, this group of people gathered together to conspire against each other, at any time, that would be a serious crime to punish the nine clans, right?
You can't blame the emperor for raising the big case.

Of course, Jin Yiwei made a big move, and the emperor's assassination couldn't be hidden.

Obviously,

As soon as he arrived at Kunning Palace, Empress Xia came crying.

"His Majesty……"

(End of this chapter)