Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 502 The enemy of my enemy is my ally (Please subscribe!!)
"Who is this person?"

Lan Yu asked in a deep voice.

"My Lord, this person is the remnant of Confucianism that you asked me to find!"

He Ronghua said with a smile.

"Nonsense! How can you say that this righteous man is a remnant of the evil? He is clearly a hero!" Lan Yu scolded.

"Yes, yes, Your Excellency the Duke is right. He is a hero, not a remnant." He Ronghua nodded repeatedly and introduced, "Your Excellency the Duke, this man is called Huang Bowen, a disciple of the Confucian master Li Dongyang. In order to avenge his teacher, he has been active in the front line against the court. In addition, the New Confucian Newspaper he founded is the best among the several anti-Ouyang Lun newspapers, and he is also the leader of many anti-Ouyang Lun alliances!"

"He is Li Dongyang's disciple, the best in private newspapers, and the leader of the anti-Ouyang Lun alliance. Very good!" Lan Yu was very satisfied with the person He Ronghua found.

While He Ronghua was introducing Huang Bowen, Huang Bowen was also observing Lan Yu.

"Are you Lan Yu, Duke of Liang of the Ming Dynasty?" Huang Bowen asked in a deep voice.

"My name is Lan Yu. Do you recognize me?" Lan Yu was curious about how Huang Bowen knew him.

"I heard that you fight without regard for your life, but you have never been a match for Ouyang Lun, is that right?" Huang Bowen asked.

"Uh..." Lan Yu was so angry when he heard this, but for the sake of the big plan, Lan Yu chose to endure it and smiled and said, "Ouyang Lun is indeed a difficult guy, but he won't be able to jump around for several days!"

"Huang Bowen, right? This time I came to you not to listen to you, but to cooperate with you to bring down Ouyang Lun!"

"When I came here, Elder Li personally told me to cooperate with you and try to deal a fatal blow to Ouyang Lun!"

"Would you like to?"

"What's in it for me?" Huang Bowen asked calmly.

"Benefits? There are many benefits! As long as you are willing to cooperate with us, you will get help from the Huaixi Party of the Ming Dynasty. Now that our Huaixi Party controls the Ministry of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty, do you think you will still be short of money in the future?"

Lan Yu asked a series of questions.

Hearing this, Huang Bowen fell silent.

Seeing this, Lan Yu continued, "If we hadn't secretly helped you small newspapers, do you think you could have made your small newspapers big on your own? You would have been wiped out long ago!"

"Ouyang Lun once came up with a method called newspaper management method. Your New Confucian newspaper is totally illegal and will be banned!"

"You want to overthrow Ouyang Lun and avenge your Confucianism and your teacher Li Dongyang. My goal is also to overthrow Ouyang Lun. We have the same goal, so of course we should cooperate!"

Hearing Lan Yu's words, Huang Bowen nodded immediately, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I agree to cooperate with you, but my teacher Li Dongyang cooperated with you in the past, but was ruthlessly abandoned by you in the end. This time, you must give me a promise when we cooperate again!"

"Your teacher Li Dongyang and those great scholars are completely useless. They boasted that they were unparalleled in debate, but they were scolded by Ouyang Lun in the court. He almost dragged us into the water. What we did was not ruthlessly abandoned, but it was called sacrificing the pawn to save the king. If we had fallen, you wouldn't be where you are today!" Lan Yu shook his head.

"I don't care. If you want me to cooperate with you, then write a written agreement, stating that your Huaixi Party and my Confucianism are allies, and promise that you will never betray me. In addition, after overthrowing Ouyang Lun, you must support my Confucianism, abolish all other schools of thought, and respect Confucianism alone! ”

Huang Bowen said in a deep voice.

"You have such great ambitions!" Lan Yu was a little surprised, but soon nodded, "I can write this covenant for you! But you must also promise to fully cooperate with the actions of my Huaixi Party and follow my command in everything!"

"As long as there is an alliance, everything will be up to you!" Huang Bowen nodded in agreement.

"Okay! Great! Go get some paper and pen!" Lan Yu said with a smile.

Soon, Lan Yu wrote a letter of covenant on the spot and handed it to Huang Bowen, "I wrote it clearly enough, is it okay now?"

Huang Bowen took the covenant and looked at it, then nodded. "The content is fine, but shouldn't it have your signature and handprint on it, Duke Liang? Only then will it be official?"

Hearing this, Lan Yu was stunned for a moment and muttered: "You are really cautious!"

"If I wasn't careful enough, I wouldn't be alive today. Thank you for your help, Duke Liang!" Huang Bowen clasped his fists towards Lan Yu.

"Since I dare to write this covenant, I dare to sign and seal it." Lan Yu didn't say anything more and immediately signed and sealed the covenant. When Lan Yu handed the signed and sealed covenant to Huang Bowen, he suddenly thought of something and looked at Huang Bowen with scrutiny, "Huang Bowen, you are not going to use this covenant as a token of your loyalty to Ouyang Lun, are you?"

"What are you talking about, Duke Liang? Ouyang Lun has done so much harm to my teacher and the Confucian school. He is my mortal enemy. How could I possibly join him? I wish I could eat his flesh and blood alive!!"

"Duke Liang is humiliating me by thinking of me like this! So... it seems we should not cooperate anymore!"

After saying that, Huang Bowen immediately turned around and prepared to leave.

"and many more!"

Lan Yu smiled and called Huang Bowen, "Brother Bowen, I said the wrong thing just now. I apologize to you. Our cooperation will benefit both parties. We have a greater chance of bringing down Ouyang Lun. How can we not cooperate!"

"What does Duke Liang mean?" Huang Bowen stopped and asked in a deep voice.

"Brother Bowen, since this is a covenant, from now on, everyone present is an ally. Let's sign and seal it. This will boost our morale. We must overthrow Ouyang Lun this time! And restore order to the Ming Dynasty!"

Lan Yu said loudly.

"Down with Ouyang Lun! Restore the bright and clear world!"

"Down with Ouyang Lun! Restore the bright and clear world!"

With the support of the Huaixi Party, various forces against Ouyang Lun united. On the one hand, they strongly supported the development of newspapers such as the New Confucian Newspaper and the Zhongguo Newspaper that slandered Ouyang Lun. On the other hand, they united officials at all levels to jointly write a letter to accuse Ouyang Lun of forming a clique for personal gain, suppressing and persecuting other officials, and plundering the people's wealth!

For a time, people from all over the country were boiling with resentment, and memorials impeaching Ouyang Lun flew into the capital like snowflakes and landed on the desk of Crown Prince Zhu Biao.

"Your Highness, this is a newly arrived memorial!"

The eunuch walked in holding a thick stack of memorials.

When Zhu Biao saw these memorials, he frowned, "Are these all about impeaching Brother-in-law Ouyang?"

"Yes, they are all memorials implicating Prince Consort Ouyang for forming a clique for personal gain and persecuting loyal officials. In addition, there are also memorials from several places where people protested and demanded severe punishment for Prince Consort Ouyang."

The eunuch told the truth.

"Put everything down here. I'll look at it when I have time." Zhu Biao pointed to the corner of the desk.

Hearing this, the eunuch immediately understood what Zhu Biao meant. He put down the memorial and said, "Your Highness, these past two days, officials from all over the country have impeached Prince Consort Ouyang. I know that Your Highness has a good relationship with Prince Consort Ouyang, so I want to help him block it, but how can I block it?"

"His Majesty will know it sooner or later. If His Majesty knew that Your Highness wanted to conceal these things in order to protect Prince Consort Ouyang, I'm afraid he would be very angry."

"I am just reminding you. I am leaving now!"

After saying that, the personal eunuch immediately withdrew. Zhu Biao was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly, "Eunuch Zhao is right. I can't hold out for long just by blocking like this. It will be troublesome if my father finds out through other channels!"

"I have to go talk to Brother-in-law Ouyang in person to see if there is any way to solve it. If there is no solution, I will take Brother-in-law Ouyang to find my father and confess to him. Perhaps the situation will be much better."

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao did not dare to delay and immediately got up and left the East Palace and rushed to the clan house.

When Zhu Biao rushed to the clan house, Ouyang Lun was having a barbecue on the grass with Princess Anqing, Tang Miaomiao, Xu Miaoyun and several children.

Seeing Zhu Biao coming, Ouyang Lun also said enthusiastically: "Wow! My hardworking brother-in-law, the prince, actually has time to come to me. You don't have to deal with government affairs!"

Now Zhu Yuanzhang has handed over more than 90% of the Ming Dynasty's government affairs to Zhu Biao. On weekdays, Zhu Biao is very busy and hardly sees other people.

"Since you're here, just relax. Anqing and I are making barbecue! Eat a few skewers first!"

After saying that, Ouyang Lun pulled Zhu Biao to sit down, "Anqing, I'm going to chat with the prince's brother-in-law for a while, I'll leave the barbecue to you!"

"No problem, we can definitely bake better than you!"

Anqing, Tang Miaomiao and Xu Miaoyun are all very happy.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao's eyes revealed a hint of envy, but soon Zhu Biao remembered the reason why he came here to find Ouyang Lun.

"Brother-in-law, something terrible has happened. How can you still be in the mood to eat? Barbecue!"

"Big event? Is the sky falling? Or is my Ming Dynasty going to be destroyed?" Ouyang Lun asked back.

"That's not that serious." Zhu Biao shook his head.

"That's not a big deal." Ouyang Lun handed Zhu Biao a skewer of meat and said, "Try it. This is skewered meat made with mutton from the grassland. Add my secret spicy sauce and it tastes just as good as the barbecue buffet we had last time!"

"Brother-in-law, I really have something important to discuss with you." Zhu Biao said hurriedly.

"Eat first and talk later. No matter how anxious you are, there's no rush to eat the skewers." Ouyang Lun said calmly.

After saying that, Ouyang Lun stuffed the mutton skewers into Zhu Biao's hands.

Seeing that Zhu Biao couldn't persuade Ouyang Lun, he could only take the mutton skewers and start eating. After taking a bite, Zhu Biao's pupils widened.

"Brother Prince, how does my kebab taste?"

"Hmm!" Zhu Biao chewed the barbecue and nodded repeatedly, "Delicious, so delicious!"

"Brother-in-law, I have eaten this mutton kebab before, but this is the first time I have eaten something as delicious as this. This is the best kebab I have ever eaten!"

Zhu Biao was full of praise for the mutton skewers.

"If it's delicious, eat more. These are all yours!"

As he spoke, Ouyang Lun placed a plate of meat skewers in front of Zhu Biao. "In addition to mutton skewers, there are also beef skewers. Both mutton and beef are native to the grassland. Asuna sent someone to deliver them to me from the grassland."

"It smells good, oh my god, it smells so good!"

Zhu Biao simply rolled up his sleeves, spread his legs, and started eating the skewers.

After masturbating for a long time, Zhu Biao finally lay down in the rocking chair with great satisfaction, with a look of aftertaste on his face.

"Brother-in-law Prince, now that we are full, we can now tell you about the big thing you brought." Ouyang Lun, who was also lying on the rocking chair, asked.

After hearing this, Zhu Biao suddenly realized, "Oh my god, I was so busy eating that I forgot about the important things."

"Don't worry, there's still time to talk about it now." Ouyang Lun said calmly.

"My dear brother-in-law, you have a really big heart, do you know that? In the past two days, the memorials impeaching you have piled up like a mountain, all accusing you of forming a clique for personal gain and suppressing and persecuting other officials. Moreover, many people have been misled by some private tabloids and have gathered in various government offices to protest, demanding that the court severely punish you!"

"However, I have temporarily blocked these memorials, and the emperor doesn't know about it yet!"

Zhu Biao said hurriedly: "I came here to discuss with you how to deal with it! If it really doesn't work, I will go with you to admit my fault to the emperor and seek leniency!"

"Is that all?" Ouyang Lun asked calmly.

"What do you mean by just that? This is a matter of life and death! If the emperor knew about this, he would be furious! If you are held responsible for all these crimes, the consequences will be disastrous! No, I'd better take you to see the emperor right now. If someone else reveals this to the emperor and says bad things about you, it will be disastrous!"

After saying that, Zhu Biao stood up and prepared to take Ouyang Lun to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to find Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Don't worry! Don't worry!" Ouyang Lun waved his hands lazily, "Brother-in-law, you are worrying too much. It is obvious that someone is causing trouble. Although we may not be walking or sitting properly, we should lie down straight!"

"If you think you can get rid of me with these, then I, Ouyang Lun, have wasted all my reputation."

Seeing Ouyang Lun so calm, Zhu Biao quickly asked: "Brother-in-law, so you should have a solution?"

"No." Ouyang Lun simply spread his hands.

"Uh..." Zhu Biao's face was full of black lines, "Brother-in-law, the enemy has already reached the bottom of the city wall, and you are not anxious?!"

"It's not like we haven't been beaten to the city gates before." Ouyang Lun remained calm.

"I" Zhu Biao was unable to refute for a moment. Zhu Biao knew that Ouyang Lun was talking about the time when hundreds of thousands of Northern Yuan troops arrived at the city of Peking.

"Brother-in-law, don't worry. This is not a big deal. Let's wait and see!" Ouyang Lun said slowly, "Maybe after a while, things will develop in a good direction!"

"This" Zhu Biao had nothing to say.

At this moment, Guo Zi and Wang Zhong came in at the same time.

"Master!"

"Your Majesty! His Majesty has ordered that you go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony!"

After hearing what Wang Zhong said, Zhu Biao stood up from his chair again and said anxiously, "It's over, it's over. Father must have known about your memorial!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here too! His Majesty also asked me to invite you along, so this saves me a trip to the East Palace!"

Wang Zhong saw Zhu Biao and continued.

(End of this chapter)