General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 221 Reckless

Outside Dali Temple, Zhu Zaiyu looked at Lu Bing in astonishment and asked, "What does the governor want to say?"

"You can't... you."

Lu Bing just guessed that Zhu Zaishun wanted to disobey, but as long as Zhu Zaishun hadn't made a move, Lu Bingneng couldn't say this sentence in public.

Looking at Lu Bing who was speaking incoherently, Zhu Zaihan became more determined.

"Take it!"

"Here!" Zhu Xizhong stepped forward and pushed Lu Bing down.

"Jinyiwei guards Zhu Xixiao, and will temporarily take charge of Jinyiwei from now on."

Zhu Xixiao, who was carrying a strong crossbow, glanced at Zhu Xizhong, then at Zhu Zaiyan, and then bowed his head and sang.

"Here."

"Wait a minute." Zhu Zaiyan winked at Zhu Xixiao: "Shang Shu of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, Counselor of the Garrison Office, Zhang Jia, is sent to jail for disrespect."

"The minister will die."

Zhang Jia said that he deserved to die, but his heart had already flown to the prison.

How could Zhang Ji fail to see the meaning of this battle, at this juncture, the imperial prison is a blessed place, and this blessing is not enjoyed by ordinary people.

"Cheng Guogong took over the left-behind divisions of the Five Armies, Mr. Zhang stayed in the prison, and Mr. Gao went back to the palace with Gu. Feng Bao went to the garrison hall to hand over Mai Fu's seal."

Zhu Xixiao looked at Zhu Zaiyu with some embarrassment and said, "Your Highness, this... Is this inappropriate?"

"What's wrong? Does Gu not have the right to make decisions on the fly?"

Yes there is.

But when the Son of Heaven gave you the right to act arbitrarily, he didn't say he could cut off his chance!
"Let's all go on errands."

"Here."

Everyone sang and left. Only Lu Bing, who was held down by Zhu Xizhong, yelled: "TNND Zhu Xizhong, you are so stupid! Can't you see what the prince wants to do?! If something serious happens, do you know what a crime it is?"

"Now that I'm the Duke, I'll go on an errand. I'll leave this place to Zhang." Zhang Juzheng looked at Lu Bing and said, "Captain Lu, how many people in the south of the Yangtze River have sacrificed their lives for this new law to get to where they are today. It will be abolished at your suggestion." Do you really have the heart?"

"Stop making noise here! In the future, I, Daming, will write a biography for rebellious officials and thieves, and you, Uncle Zhang, will definitely be indispensable!"

After Zhang Juzheng signaled Zhu Xizhong to leave, he turned to Lu Bingyi and said: "If it can make the common people rich, what's the harm in making Zhang a minister."

"Please also invite Dudu Lu and Zhang Buyuan to go in and have tea first."

As soon as Zhang Juzheng waved his hand, Ti Wei behind him escorted Lu Bing into the cell of Dali Temple.

What he saw was Ning Jue who was lying on the couch and sleeping soundly.

Lu Bing couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"This Ning Kezhong, is he still sleeping soundly here?"

Before Zhang Juzheng could speak, Ning Jue opened his eyes and said displeasedly: "I've woken up a long time ago! What is the Dali Temple in Nanjing asking for so much money from the household department every year? Dudu Lu, can you check this group of people carefully?" Dust has been falling from the roof early in the morning, I don't know, I thought someone climbed on the roof to sing..."

Lu Bing lowered his head and let out a "hum", then walked towards a cell in the distance.

"Aren't you two here to inspect the prison?"

Only Zhang Jia said with a relaxed smile, "We've been in the same class now."

"Dadu...Wenfu, since the new law was implemented, I have been worried all day long. Now that I am in prison, I can finally sleep soundly."

Lu Bing kept silent, and before waiting for a long time, Zhang Jia's snoring came from the next door.

"No, Zhang Jifu?! Zhang Jia?! Are you really asleep?!"

Ning Jue looked at Zhang Juzheng cautiously and asked, "This is the crown prince...rebelling?"

Zhang Juzheng hesitated for a moment.

"It's...it's okay."

At this moment, Ning Jue didn't know how to describe his mood, so he could only stretch out his hand and said, "6."
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The Qingning Palace is like a formidable enemy, and Mai Fu, who Zhu Zaiyan thought would be arrested everywhere, immediately returns to the palace and kneels outside the Qingning Palace.

After hearing the news, Zhu Zaishun rushed over and ordered Feng Bao who was behind him, "Feng Bao, go and hand in the seal of Eunuch Mai."

Without any hesitation, Feng Bao stepped forward and walked to Mai Fu's side.

"Old ancestor, offended."

Just when Feng Bao was about to touch the big seal in front of Mai Fu, Mai Fu raised his hand and slapped Feng Bao on the face.

"Crack!" There was a crisp sound, and Zhu Zaiyu immediately scolded angrily: "Mai Fu! I want to hand over your seal!"

"Your servant knows!" Mai Fuxuan even kowtowed to Zhu Zaixun.

Immediately, he raised his hand towards Feng Bao again and slapped him again.

"You are a genius! The emperor ordered you to serve His Highness well. Is this how you serve Your Highness?"

Feng Bao didn't say anything even after being slapped, he just took the big seal from Mai Fu's body, and then retreated to Zhu Zaihen's side.

"Your Highness, the Great Seal is here."

Feng Bao raised the big seal in his hand above his head. This big seal, which symbolized the power of life and death in the eight mansions in Jiangnan, finally fell into Zhu Zaihen's hands.

Mai Fu knocked his head on the ground.

"His Royal Highness! Think twice! Father-in-law ordered the new law to be stopped immediately. Continue to implement this new law. The world is in chaos. Father-in-law would rather bear this eternal infamy than stop this new law. You are the prince, father and son are one..."

Looking at the big seal in his hand, Zhu Zaiyu gritted his teeth and roared: "This is a disorderly fate, I will die alone without obeying the imperial edict!"

"Feng Bao! Immediately pass down the order, the new law in the south of the Yangtze River remains the same, recall the previous edict, and each battalion will patrol the river."

Zhu Zaiyu finally said this sentence.

Mai Fu, who was kneeling on the ground, could only let out a long sigh.

"Alas! Alas!"

Just when Zhu Zaishun signaled everyone to take Mai Fu down, he saw that Feng Bao, who had just been sent by him to deliver the order, had already retreated.

And standing in front of Feng Bao were teams of Tiwei with knives.

"Presumptuous! Whose order are you following?"

As soon as Zhu Zaiyu finished speaking, Ti Wei, who had just forced Feng Bao back to Qingning Palace, fell to his knees with a "crash".

"I'm waiting for ten thousand deaths!"

Mai Fu kowtowed his head in front of Zhu Zaiyu again, and said loudly: "Your Highness, please enter the palace!"

Ti Wei in the palace also shouted in unison: "Please enter the palace, Your Highness!"

Until there were blood marks on Maifu's forehead.

Another team of Tiwei came over with Gao Gong and Zhu Xizhong holding their knives.

Mai Fu said again: "Your Highness, please come back..."

Before Mai Fu finished speaking, a steel knife lay across Mai Fu's neck.

"Mai Gonggong, are you really so unafraid of death?"

"The servant is a dog sent by the emperor to Nanjing! Your Highness, the emperor, you can accept it anytime you want, but even if your highness kills the servant with a knife, there will be others in Nanjing to stop your highness. The servants can't just sit and watch. I’m watching His Highness do stupid things!”

"Then you can just watch the people hang upside down?!"

"This matter is serious!" Mai Fu shouted these four words with exposed veins: "Your Highness! Stop!"

The big seal of the garrison hall is nothing more than a lump of copper.

It does not possess any mystical powers.

All power comes from people. These guards have already made their attitude clear. They support Jiajing.

Zhu Zaihen, who knew he couldn't do anything, sighed helplessly, then stared at Mai Fu and said: "That Gu won't go back to the palace. If Gu returns to the palace, these gentlemen and Cheng Gong, I'm afraid I'll never see him again." Here we are, go to prison alone."

Mai Fu kowtowed again, and then said loudly: "As long as His Highness is ordered to return to the north, it will be done!"
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In less than two hours, Mai Fu accompanied Zhu Zaixun, Gao Gong, and Zhu Xizhong back to Dali Temple.

The moment he saw Mai Fu, Zhang Juzheng did not put up any unnecessary resistance.

A group of people were stuffed into the prison in one go.

Zhang Jia climbed up on the bed with unfinished thoughts, stood behind Mai Fu and did not make another sound.

Except for Zhu Xizhong and Zhu Zaiyu, no one was surprised by this result, and took advantage of the opportunity to express a wave of loyalty to Zhu Zaiyu. Lu Bing and Mai Fu were the ones to do it.

As long as Zhu Zaixun is still the prince, they will not be in too much danger.

As for the matter of abolishing the prince, after reading the history books, the only one who does not regret the abolishing of the prince is the chess master of the Han Dynasty. A person like Jiajing should not do it unless it is absolutely necessary, not to mention that King Yu and King Jing are no different. Zhu Zaiyu is more suitable to be a prince.

The lesser of two evils, it is easy for everyone to make their own choice.

Only Lu Bing walked out of the cell with a look of indignation, and threw Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, and Feng Bao one by one, and then Zhu Xizhong three somersaults in a row.

"Nonsense!" Then Lu Bing closed the cell door with a bang.

For Lu Bing and Mai Fu, the real trouble has just begun.

After all, most of the things in this world are done well, but the hardest thing is to clean them.

As soon as Fang came out of the cell, Lu Bing's expression suddenly sank.

"How to deal with the aftermath?"

Mai Fu took a deep breath and said: "For such a big matter, we can only tell a big lie first."

"Then the Supervisor of Rites will report the truth, and the Secretary of the General Administration will report Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, Zhu Xizhong, Lu Mou, Mai Gonggong, and Counselor Zhang to cause drunken riots and fight in the street. It is easy to be convicted later, but this Can you fool me?"

"Let's try to fool him first. We are the only ones who have been ordered to move now. Governor Lu is watching..."

Before Mai Fu finished speaking, Lu Bing punched Zhang Hao in the eye socket, giving Zhang Hao a black eye on the spot. Zhang Hao said with a look of astonishment: "Is this going to start? I'm not ready yet. ?!"

"Let's get some injuries first, and then we'll fool the ones behind us! Why are they so stunned? Beat them!"

Zhang Jia, who was kicked to the ground by Lu Bing, said with a look of resentment and indignation: "I understand the truth, but you let me hit you twice!"

"There must be someone who wins, right?!"

Just when people outside Dali Temple were "hanging" their wounds.

A figure who had been squatting here for several days came out from the alley and rushed towards Dali Temple.

It's just that Zhu Xixiao, who had swollen eye sockets, found out before the man rushed into the prison.

"Someone came to the prison to steal something!"

"His grandma, really doesn't have eyes, doesn't he?! Has he eaten the guts of the ambitious leopard?!"

It took less than a quarter of an hour.

Zhang Quan, who escaped from the restaurant that day, was dragged into prison by Zhu Xixiao.

"Shut up for me first, let's talk when I'm done!"

"Here!"

Zhang Quan, who was dragged into the prison, looked at Ning Jue in the prison with grief and indignation.

"Mr. Ning, I'm useless. I didn't think of a way to save you! I'm the one who conspired against Taiping Wharf! It's not Mr. Ning who led the charge!"

Looking at Zhang Quan who was dragged into the cell in a mess.

Zhu Zaiyu was laughing, and Ning Jue was also laughing.

"What are you laughing at, Your Highness?"

"He is a righteous man, but he is too reckless, but what can recklessness do?"

"But what is the difference between what he does and what His Highness does?"

The smile on Zhu Zai's face froze in an instant.

"Your Highness, why don't you laugh?"

"Gu Tian doesn't like to laugh."

After pondering for a long time, Zhu Zaishun looked at Zhu Xixiao who was outside the prison.

"Zhu Zhenfu."

"The minister is here."

"Don't report to Governor Lu beforehand, let him go after Gubei returns."

"This...here."

(End of this chapter)