Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1092 is not a good stubble

Since Wang Yan came to power, there have been many problems and offended many people, causing dissatisfaction among many conservatives.

Although the power of tradition is very strong, the attack on Xuzhou by the Ming army ended in failure again, which caused Wang Yan's prestige to decline, but in any case, he was a great hero who single-handedly recovered Nanjing and was the pillar of the Ming Dynasty. , but true, but undeniable.

King Lu instigated King Tang to raise troops to Jingnan, which is actually a little unreasonable. After all, there is no problem in Daming now, and Wang Yan has not forced the prince of the Zhu family to set himself on fire. The overall situation of the country is very good, and Jingnan is obviously very inopportune at this time.

The so-called Jingnan, "Jing" refers to pacification, leveling, and elimination. "Jing Nan" represents the meaning of quelling disasters, quelling wars, and sweeping away treacherous officials.

But now in Daming, there doesn't seem to be any disasters, and they need to smooth it out. It is obviously shameless to raise this slogan. Most people in the world can see that this is a rebellion and seizure of power.

King Lu naturally knew this, and this was exactly what he needed, otherwise he would be behind and drive King Tang out of power.

In Tang Wang's mansion, Tang Wang and his confidants stood together, watching Lu Wang's carriage leave the mansion.

There are not a few big families in Nanjing whose houses occupy hundreds of acres of land. Because the houses are so big, horse-drawn carriages can also be used in the mansion.

Tang Wangfu was the original mansion of Zhao Zhilong, the governor of Nanjing. There are two track grooves on each threshold, just as wide as the track, just for the carriage to drive through.

King Tang watched the carriage leave the mansion, and when he saw the guards closing the gate of the mansion, his face immediately collapsed. King Lu wanted to use him, so why didn't he mean to use King Lu?

The carriage left Tang Wang's mansion, and when Lu Wang returned to the mansion, he immediately entered the study and summoned his confidantes for a secret talk.

The person who came was Wu Mingzhong, one of the important staff of the King of Lu. He had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty before, and after being captured by the Ming army, he surrendered to the King of Lu and followed the King of Lu all the time.

It is difficult for a person with political stains like him to gain a foothold in the Nanjing court. Therefore, only by following King Lu and striving for the merits of a dragon can he change his destiny.

"The king of Tang has decided to raise troops to calm the situation. We must also make good preparations on our side. There must be no mistakes!" King Lu sat at the desk, leaning back on the big nanmu chair, his eyes suddenly opened, and he looked at Wu Mingzhong. One glance, "How is that person now? Are you willing to cooperate with Gu?"

The person Tang Wang said was naturally Zhu Cihuan, the fifth son of Chongzhen who was secretly placed under house arrest by him, also known as the third prince Zhu in folklore.

"Your Highness, that person is a waste. He hid himself and didn't dare to come out at the beginning. Now he says he doesn't want the world because of him, and suffers from wars. He just wants to live his life like an ordinary person." Speaking of that person, Wu Mingzhong It's a look of helplessness.

"Oh?" King Lu backed away from the nanmu chair and sat upright. Zhu Cihuan was very important to him, otherwise he would not be able to drive Tang Wang from the stage. Then he would really make wedding dresses for others after he tossed and tossed about. Is he really confused or fake, does he really think that Gu is for him?"

"It's probably pretending to be confused, trying to get away with it."

"We can't let him continue pretending to be confused like this. We have to let him understand that if he doesn't cooperate, it won't make him feel better." King Lu's lineage is too far away from the current emperor's lineage, and he needs Zhu Cihuan to cooperate with him to make him feel better. The world surrendered, he said with a hard look, "Let someone separate his wife and children from him first..."

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The development of commerce and the gathering of the rich and powerful have made Nanjing far more prosperous than Chang'an and Luoyang in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and comparable to Kaifeng and Lin'an in the Song Dynasty.

No matter what time of day the city is full of people, the streets are lined with flags and banners like clouds.

It's just that in the bustling city of Nanjing, since the King of Chu visited Huguang westward, the atmosphere has been a little strange. It seems that something terrifying is brewing and fermenting in the city.

The normally bustling city of Nanjing is now a little quieter. Although shops are still open and business is still going on, there are few people talking to each other.It used to be that in teahouses and restaurants, people like to talk about real time, but now they can't hear the discussion, and even the most popular places for storytelling and singing and commenting are deserted.

In the outer city of Nanjing, the people living here are mainly foreigners who have just immigrated here. They flock to Nanjing from around to look for opportunities. Some are from Zhejiang, and some are from Jiangbei. The people are very mixed, and they are usually very noisy.

In the storytelling teahouse, there must have been a lot of people in the past. There were not a few people who criticized the imperial government's decrees. Fists and feet are facing each other, so lively.

Now, Wai Guocheng also seems to be affected. It used to be that everyone went to restaurants and teahouses to eat, in addition to filling their stomachs, mainly to create an atmosphere, but now it is really just for eating. Others hear.

In the early morning, at a noodle stall downstairs hanging on the street, people who were going to work were sitting at the table in twos and threes eating noodle.

A young diner dressed as a servant ordered a bowl of wontons, a plate of pickles, and two pancakes from the store, and then found an empty table in the corner and sat down.

The pickles and pancakes were brought up first, and the man bowed his head and started to eat. After a while, someone came over. The young man thought it was the wontons brought by the store, but when he looked up, he saw a man wearing a traditional uniform with a banner The fortune teller stood before him.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! Benefactor, can I sit down?" the fortune teller asked with a smile.

The young man looked at him, paused for a while, and then nodded unhappily.

The fortune teller didn't care too much, and leaned the banner of "eight trigrams to measure characters, iron mouth to break straight" on the table, sat down opposite the young man, and ordered a bowl of plain noodles.

Not long after, the young man's wonton and the fortune teller's plain noodles were served, and the two picked up their chopsticks and lowered their heads to eat.

From a distance, the two seem to be eating their own food, and there is no intersection, but if you get closer, you will find that they are still talking in undetectable voices while eating noodles.

"What's unusual about Tang Palace recently?" the fortune teller asked softly.

"A few people came to the palace." The young man replied after eating wontons, "The accent is from Jiangxi and Fujian."

"What are you here for?" The fortune teller paused with his chopsticks, and the noodles slipped into the bowl again.

The young man scanned the stall and saw that the diners were eating noodles with their heads down, and no one was paying attention to them, so he said in a low voice: "The palace is heavily guarded, I don't know, but in the past few days, the king of Tang Call them to meet, and often talk late into the night!"

"The King of Tang has always had contacts with the forces in Jiangxi and Fujian. This doesn't mean anything!" The fortune teller pondered for a moment and said, "This matter is of great importance and there is no room for error. You have to find out clearly!"

"Oh! Among these people, there are two identities that can be confirmed. One is Jin Shenghuan's chief aide, Jiangxi Inspector Wu Zunzhou, and the other is Zheng Xi, An Yuanhou of Zheng's family!"

The court officials were not allowed to move around at will, and had to report to the court wherever they went. The fortune-teller's expression sank when he heard this. "Okay, I will report to my superiors, and continue to inquire after you go back!"

(End of this chapter)