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Liu Zongzhou and Qian Qianyi looked at each other and smiled at each other. In fact, what they relied on was not going north to rescue him at all, but the prince in their hands.The Ming Dynasty paid more attention to civil affairs than military affairs. From the beginning of the founding of the country, there were only two heaviest punishments for civil servants: corruption and rebellion.

Even if the emperor wants to kill a person, he can only accuse him of rebellion. The crown prince has not ascended the throne. Are they rebellious?

Liu Zongzhou's strategy is very simple. If the crown prince becomes the throne, he will use the forces in the south of the Yangtze River to insert Zhu Youjian's knife from behind, and finally succeed in seizing power.If the prince did not ascend the throne, the crime of treason would not be established.

The three of them seemed to have calm expressions, but they were actually staring at the corridor outside the hall.It's already past noon, and the news should have arrived yesterday, why hasn't the messenger arrived yet?

"My lord, something bad happened." A young official dressed as a fourth-rank official hurried in from outside. Zheng Hongkui recognized this as Liu Zongzhou's student, the newly promoted fourth-rank official.

"What's the proper way to be flustered? Didn't the old man teach you not to panic when things happen?" Liu Zongzhou was unhappy. The other party was indeed a scholar, but he was a second-generation rich man from Jiangsu and Zhejiang who had won a job in front of him.The family donated a lot of money this time.

"The city, outside the city was surrounded by golden soldiers."

"Ah!" Liu Zongzhou was so frightened that he slid down the chair first, Qian Qianyi quickly got up and looked for the back door to escape, only Zheng Hongkui's face changed drastically, and he got up and was about to go out to gather people.

"General Zheng, you must protect the crown prince." Liu Zongzhou was paralyzed on the ground and couldn't stand up, but he still told Zheng Hongkui who had already left to protect their amulets.

"What's going on?" Qian Qianyi pricked up his ears and listened for a long time, but he didn't hear the sound of cannons outside the city, so he revealed half of his body and asked.

"My lord, the officer was patrolling the city just now, and a large group of hairless bandits came from the north..."

After listening to the other party's detailed description, Liu Zongzhou and Qian Qianyi realized that it was not Jin Bing who came.Especially Qian Qianyi, he has seen Jin Bing with his own eyes, of course he knows that Jin Bing has a "pig tail".

"It's over, it's the emperor's people who came." Qian Qianyi was even more frightened when he knew the truth. The emperor sent a large army, and this matter might not be as simple as they thought before.

"Go and tell General Zheng that you must not fight with the troops outside the city." Liu Zongzhou came to his senses, as long as it wasn't the golden soldiers who came, he could stand up from the ground immediately.

"Brother Qidong, what should we do?" Qian Qianyi found out that he was not as good as Liu Zongzhou after something happened. He could at most write some poems to brag.

"Brother Muzhai, as long as the prince is in our hands, no one can touch us unless Zhu Youjian comes in person." Liu Zongzhou was very confident, and he could criticize whoever he wanted in government affairs.

They are a bunch of rascals who have mastered culture.

"Then let's..." Qian Qianyi originally wanted to say: Then let's go to the prince's place quickly, but the rescue was interrupted by a noise outside.

"What's the matter?" Qian Qianyi was unhappy, why so many things happened.

"Master, Zongbing Zheng's subordinates have rushed in." Qian Qianyi's old servant ran in and said.

"That's right, protect us and go to the prince together."

"No, sir, the Fujian soldiers have already sent the crown prince outside the city, and they are here to arrest us."

"What?" Liu Zongzhou was the first to stand up stunned. He really never thought about why Zheng Hongkui would turn against him at this time. He thought that Zheng Hongkui was in his own hands.

However, Liu Zongzhou never imagined that Zheng Hongkui actually received a letter from Zheng Chenggong two hours ago, and he already knew what he should do at that time.

Chapter 4 Seventeen: The Rise of New Forces

The letter Zheng Hongkui received contained only one line: Great Victory in Jiangbei, Millions of Elite Soldiers.

If you know this, you're still playing a fart, so hurry up and choose to stand in line!Zheng Hongkui directly took over the prince himself and then sold Liu Zongzhou and the others cleanly.

Without the support of Zheng Hongkui's troops, Liu Zongzhou and Qian Qianyi's garrison surrendered directly. The murderous aura displayed by the Thirteenth Army alone is enough to make everyone dare not face it squarely.

This is not the worst thing Liu Zongzhou felt. The worst thing is that when he knew that the leader of the army was Xiong Tingbi's descendant and she was a beautiful girl, he basically knew that the cards he could play might be destroyed for a while. Mostly.

But Liu Zongzhou also understood that a little Miss Xiong's family would not defeat him, he just lost the chance of victory.From this point of view, Zhu Youjian just pulled back the prince's trump card again.

Zhu Youjian's side can only bring the situation back to the way it was before.He Liu Zongzhou can go to the field, but his image has not been damaged, and he can still influence many people in the court.

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Outside Hangzhou City, Qiaosi Town.

All the officials involved in the prince's southward journey are all detained here, and they must be held separately.For this reason, King Lu donated a manor to Xiong Lijing for use, and expanded it into a prison based on it.

Wang Chengen didn't meet Xiong Lijing directly when he came over, but called Uncle Qing in advance.

"The villain welcomes the prince and grandpa!" Uncle Qing greeted him out of the gate, and stood beside the gate very politely.

"My brother is too polite. Although you and I have never met, we have known each other for a long time. This old slave is just running errands for the emperor's grandfather. Why bother you to greet him personally. Ashamed!" This person who looks like a servant of the Xiong family is actually the head of the Xiong family.

The two sat down, and Uncle Qing personally waited on him and made a pot of good tea.In this Ming Dynasty, who dare not know Wang Chengen.The No. [-] eunuch in the palace can come to see him, a man like a housekeeper, in person, of course not the prince.

"Wang Gonggong is here, what can I learn?" Uncle Qing can guess why, but in fact, all Xiong's family members know it well.Miss Xiong's entry into the palace is nothing more than a certainty, and now that the court is overturning Xiong Tingbi's case, they have no reason to refuse.

But entering the palace is nothing more than a concubine, there is no need for Wang Chengen to come forward in person, this is something that Uncle Qing can't figure out.

"It's a great blessing for me to come here this time. I came to Hangzhou with Yuan Jixian, the new minister of punishment and governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Zhang Tongchang, the new minister of Dali Temple, governor of Zhejiang and son-in-law."

Wang Chengen finished speaking very calmly, but Uncle Qing's heart was surging.Whether it's Yuan Jixian or Zhang Tongchang, they are all from the Chu Party, that is, old friends of the Xiong family.

Judging from their official positions, these two people are obviously here to try the prince's case.Now it is the Thirteenth Army who is in charge of Zhejiang, which means that the army is temporarily in charge of administration.

And at least half of the Thirteenth Army was influenced by the Xiong family, and now it is the main force of the imperial court stationed in Zhejiang. To put it bluntly, it came to stabilize the southeast.

This is tantamount to Zhu Youjian using the power of the Chu Party to firmly hold the backbone of the Donglin Party in Hangzhou and suppress them in Hangzhou.

"Not only that, the old slave came this time, and announced the transfer of nearly 50 officials, all of which are to transfer officials from Zhejiang to Hubei to promote the recovery of the entire Hubei."

"The villain is grateful for the emperor's great kindness and virtue for the thousands of people in Hubei, long live long live long live!" Uncle Qing hurriedly bowed.

In fact, this matter is definitely not only aimed at Hubei, but that the entire war zone where wars have occurred in the past two years requires a large number of administrative cadres.Zhu Youjian just transferred a group of officials from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to fill these areas, and also deployed a large number of officials from Nanjing to exchange blood.

But why did you tell Uncle Qing about this?

"The old slave heard that some stubborn people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang considered themselves saints, and often opposed the emperor's marriage in the court. Saying that he is the Ming matchmaker who married Liu Rushi to Miss Liu, this is a good story through the ages."

"Ah!" Uncle Qing was stunned. The amount of information in Wang Chengen's words was too much, it was simply brilliant.

Happiness came so suddenly that Uncle Qing didn't know how to laugh when he was happy.Uncle Qing understood that Wang Chengen's visit this time was firstly asking the Xiong family to propose marriage in a semi-public manner, and secondly, he must have other matters to ask the Xiong family, otherwise Wang Chengen would not personally come forward just to propose marriage.

"The villain thanked the father-in-law on behalf of the deceased young lady's father!" Uncle Qing bowed down to Wang Chengen firmly.

"Oh, old brother, you have broken this old slave. This is all the grace of the emperor. The emperor is a nostalgic person. Three years ago, the royal family suffered a disaster in the capital. Several princes suffered together with the emperor. Now I think about it. tears.

Especially the prince, in front of Li Chuang and all the people in the capital, he burst into tears in front of the mourning hall that Li Chuang set up for the emperor.Li Chuang forced him to kneel, but the prince refused to kneel abruptly, which eventually became a good story.Why!The old slave couldn't bear to see it..."

Uncle Qing understood why Wang Chengen had to come.Whether it's Zhu Youjian's idea or Wang Chengen's own thoughts, this is both a deal and a request.

Wang Chengen hoped that the Xiong family would use their influence to eliminate the resistance that hindered Xiong Lijing's ascension to the queen's throne. At the same time, this person was also the key to offending the prince.

He is Liu Zongzhou.

At the same time, Zhu Cihong gave up the position of prince and changed his life, and returned to the sequence of princes. Zhu Youjian did not pursue the matter of rebellion.

The current situation is that in the absence of Zhu Youjian's actions, only the Xiong family in the imperial court has the strength to balance the forces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.This blame can be regarded as the Xiong family's back.