Bright Spring

This is a day like the sky is falling!Haitao dragged his exhausted body back to the Supervisor of Rituals, and sat in his room, feeling that he couldn't control his hands and feet, and he was in a trance for a while.

"Goddamn Xue Yan..." Hai Tao whispered to himself, gritting his teeth.He cursed silently in his heart again: This traitor who betrayed Emperor Jianwen and wanted to seek refuge with the King of Han!When the King of Han rebelled, he immediately acted as if he had severed his friendship with the King of Han. From now on, the old and new scores must be settled together!Our family is waiting to see what happens to Xue Yan.

When Zheng He died, Haitao never expected that the following things would become so serious and complicated.He actually delivered things for Zheng He and met Wang Jinghong privately, and even Wang Jinghong was implicated at this time.

As a result, Yang Qing and Wang Jinghong, who are now involved in the incident, are inseparable from Haitao.

Haitao regretted it now, it was too late!

Haitao could only carefully recall the rainy day more than half a month ago.He thought about it many times, mainly recalling the details...

At that time, Haitao met Zheng He when he was doing business. The guards in Jinyi and that little eunuch seemed to be outside the door?Maybe he didn't enter the house?

But Zheng He's door must be open, Haitao remembers this very clearly!And the people of Jinyiwei are outside the door, can they hear the words inside, have they heard what Zheng He entrusted?

Hai Tao couldn't be sure.He planned to find an eunuch to talk in the room tomorrow, and stand at the door to try it himself.

By the way, rain!It was raining that day, and the sound of rain was disturbing.Thinking of this, Haitao felt a little more lucky in his heart!

Later, Haitao went to see Wang Jinghong again, and the meeting place was in the hall.The little eunuch who followed Haitao knew about this, and Haitao was going to warn that eunuch as soon as possible, strictly forbidding him to speak about it!

But will Wang Jinghong confess to the meeting?

... On Yuqi Street on the south bank of the Qinhuai River, a shop had been closed for a long time, but it suddenly opened today.

Gao Xianning, a servant of the Imperial Academy, went to Zuixianlou to drink and came back, and found the movement.He guessed that the King of Han had some important business to send someone to Beijing before the great battle in Hu, so he hurried up the risky way.

Gao Xianning is a gentleman who values ​​magnanimity, but now he really can't be magnanimous.He found that the person inside was wearing a big hat, and the big black hat was pressed down so low that his face was completely covered.Gao Xianning's heart tightened suddenly, and it suddenly occurred to him that this might be a trap!

Just then, the man on the counter looked up.Seeing this, Gao Xianning let out a deep breath secretly, it turned out that the man was Yang Yong from Jin Yiwei.Afterwards, Gao Xianning felt that his legs were a little weak, and he was really frightened just now.He thought to himself: Why bother?

Perhaps only when the King of Han wins the battle completely, can he really get rid of the fear that he will be discovered someday.

"Mr. Gao, please come to the study." Yang Yong said calmly.

The two closed the door of the shop first, and then walked into the study inside.There are some cheap ceramic bottles in the study, and the tables and chairs are covered with dust.

Yang Yong said directly: "Does Mr. Gao know about King Zhao's rebellion?"

"I've heard it a little bit." Gao Xianning said.

Yang Yong seemed a little anxious: "I've been thinking about it for a few days, and I always feel that we can make meritorious deeds with this matter! But I don't read much, and I don't understand some things, and I don't know how to start, so I take the risk to come here and wait after [-]:[-] every day. I want to discuss with Mr. Gao."

Gao Xianning nodded silently, and looked at the short Yang Yong.

I remember that Yang Yong mentioned Wei Qing twice.Yang Yong is indeed a person who has not read many books, and the number of conversations with Gao Xianning is also seldom, so he said Wei Qing twice... Therefore, Gao Xianning guessed that Yang Yong took Wei Qing as an example, and he really wanted to make meritorious deeds. Mutually.

"What do you know?" Gao Xianning asked.

Now Yang Yong, as the confidant of Tan Qing, the commander of Jin Yiwei, knows a lot of inside information, so he immediately told the latest case.

Gao Xianning nodded from time to time, listened carefully, and then said: "Xue Yan investigated Wang Jinghong and Hou Xian because he suspected that they were the masterminds and framed King Zhao's rebellion! This case all started because of Zheng He's death."

"Huh?" Yang Yong was at a loss.

Gao Xianning glanced at him, "Zheng He and the other eunuchs stayed together in Yanwang Mansion in Beiping? They also spent a long time on the same boat when they sailed to the West. So Zheng He, Wang Jinghong, and Hou Xian were easily caught The inference becomes the same party.

General Yang also said just now that Huang Yan had a rift with Zheng He; and Yang Qing was found to be Huang Yan's accomplice, and Yang Qing was a member of the supervisor of ceremonies, so he could easily meet the emperor and empress.Therefore, it can be inferred that Zheng He's death may have something to do with Yang Qing... Who would most like to see the fact that King Zhao rebelled? "

Yang Yong rubbed his temples vigorously, and said with some confusion: "What does Mr. Gao mean, that Zheng He's accomplices are avenging him?"

Gao Xianning nodded and said: "It's just a possibility. Such a major event involves many lives, so there must be some motive for it to happen."

Yang Yongmin thought hard for a while, and asked, "I don't know something... The written evidence found from Yang Qing's residence is definitely not fake; so Yang Qing must have colluded with Huang Yan! How did Wang Jinghong and others know about them?

It has only been more than half a month since the incident, and that Wang Yu is far away in Beiping, so why was he bought by Wang Jinghong and other eunuchs? "

"I don't know." Gao Xianning shook his head and said, "But Xue Yan must be able to stand up to the inference, so Xue Yan will keep an eye on them."

Gao Xianning pondered for a while, and then said, "For example, inference: the relationship between Yang Qing and Huang Yan has long been known by Wang Jinghong and others. Wang Yu himself is a spy, and his purpose is to spy on King Zhao during the Yongle Dynasty; , People like Zheng He and Wang Jinghong are not in their current status, they are the confidantes of Emperor Yongle!"

Yang Yong nodded hesitantly.

Gao Xianning said: "It's very common for King Zhao to have people placed by the emperor's confidantes. After all, King Zhao is a vassal king; when someone says something about King Zhao, the emperor can verify the truth through multiple sources. False. Of course, King Zhao may have really rebelled, who can say clearly?"

He thought for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "It's Zheng He's death, I don't think it's that simple. There are many entanglements behind it!"

Chapter 5 and Six: Ridiculous Wisdom

In the study room of the jade shop, there was an old smell of dust.

Yang Yong of Jin Yiwei is short in stature, but he has a good face. His facial features are correct and his face is very fair.With an expression of admiration, he bowed: "Sir, you have a great plan, and you will worship the prime minister in the court from now on!"

Gao Xianning immediately shook his head and said: "General Yang has told so many things, so I can speculate and make wild guesses. What's the deal?"

There is no prime minister, but Gao Xianning is not very interested, because there is no prime minister in the Ming Dynasty.If his teacher Qi Tai hadn't been on the side of the King of Han, and the King of Han had used both hard and soft threats, Gao Xianning would not have wanted to come out again... At that time, it seemed that Gao Xianning came out to be an official because Ji Gang ordered him to He found it out; in secret, he still looked at it for the sake of his mentor and King of Han.

Yang Yong seemed to be very interested in the officialdom, and asked further: "Mr. Gao just said, what is involved in Zheng He's death?"

Gao Xianning took a look at Yang Yong, "Emperor Taizu strictly prohibited eunuchs from intervening in politics in view of the chaos of the Han Dynasty and the rampant eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty; the eunuchs in the Hongwu Dynasty had no power and power. The first emperor didn't think so. At that time, an eunuch school was set up in the palace to teach many eunuchs how to read and write; later, during the "Battle of Jingnan" and proclaiming the emperor to rule the country, the first emperors trusted and reused eunuchs.

Until the death of the first emperor, although the eunuchs could not compete with the honored officials, they gradually became a force because of the emperor's backing.This force played little role in the court and the army, but it could not be ignored in the palace.Confidants of late emperors like Zheng He and Wang Jinghong must have had many eunuchs attached to them over the years.

In today's imperial court, the counselors of the Yan Palace, the surrendered Jianwen civil servants, the founding heroes, and the Jingnan heros, these forces are intricate; there are also empresses and noble concubines competing for power, and the battle is accelerating, so these people have begun to make arrangements within a year or two.I guess Zheng He and others were also implicated in this vortex, so there was such a disaster. "

He paused, and then said: "Not long ago, the empress sent someone to whisper to me, instructing me to contact some civil servants and write a letter to persuade the crown prince as soon as possible; the emperor has already approved this matter. The empress is so anxious, so I recognized the identity of the empress and the noble concubine. The battle is bound to intensify!"

Yang Yong was startled when he heard this, and he admired Gao Xianning's insight in his eyes, he asked: "Can eunuchs be of great use?"

Gao Xianning said: "Yu Yangmou is almost useless, the conspiracy is very important; the nobles in the palace will fetch water, wash clothes and buy firewood for cooking by themselves? And Yangmou has already had an advantage in being the empress, otherwise how can he force the emperor now?" Are you going to establish a crown prince?"

Yang Yong took it for granted, and asked again: "How did Zheng He get involved?"

Gao Xianning shook his head and replied: "I can't be sure. Zheng He and other eunuchs were the late emperor's confidantes, and they also led troops in the army to fight. Like Zheng He's leading troops, they have a lot of rules. Maybe they are old with Jing Nan's heroes; Empress Zhang I wanted to eradicate this force when the opportunity was right, but I didn't expect the backlash to be so big."

Yang Yong said: "Isn't the Queen's archenemy our King of Han?"

Gao Xianning pondered for a moment, then said calmly: "Before Zhang Guifei had a prince, it was true."

Yang Yong thought for a long time, and said: "I roughly understand what Mr. Gao said. There are some things I can't understand for now, and I will talk about it later... What should we do now to make great achievements?"

Gao Xianning sat on the dusty chair and didn't make a sound for a while.

Yang Yong seemed to be in a hurry, and said to himself: "If it is true that King Zhao rebelled, the court will definitely send troops to put down the rebellion. Wouldn't this be good for our prince?"

"If it is true that the King of Zhao did not rebel, then it will not be true; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the court is not without wise men, that Xue Yan does not seem to be easy to be swayed." Gao Xianning said, "But we don't have to be true to King Zhao Conspiracy, as long as the court cannot find out the truth, suspicion will always exist; if there is suspicion, King Zhao can be persecuted."

Yang Yong asked: "What should I do?"