A knife in love

Chapter 326

Zhu Sanjia had already guessed that they were two of his subordinates, so they bit their lips and howled.This was the secret signal he had agreed with all his subordinates, so he didn't panic when he saw the two of them appear.Seeing that Murong Danyan had drawn out her long sword, he knew that she was suspicious, so he hurriedly explained: "These two brothers were sent by me to guard the secret path, we don't need to panic."

Just now in the cave, Li Qiufeng had heard that Zhu Sanjia arranged for more than a dozen of his men to lurk in the secret passage, so hearing what Zhu Sanjia said, naturally his doubts disappeared.He turned his head and said to Murong Danyan: "Miss Murong, these are all Brother Zhu's friends, don't worry."

After Murong Danyan heard this, he also felt relieved, thrust his right hand behind his back, only heard a light "cha", the long sword returned to its sheath.Zhu Sanjia and his two subordinates didn't even look at Murong Danyan, they inserted their right hand indifferently, and put the long sword back into the sheath, this skill was very skillful, they immediately shouted out.

Murong Danyan had some doubts about Zhu Sanjia at first, but when he heard him praise himself, he was immediately elated, and thought to himself: "Although this person is rude, he still has some knowledge, and it's not all worthwhile!"

Zhu Sanjia said to the two men: "Is there anything wrong here?"

A man said: "Brother, don't worry, there is nothing unusual here. There is no news from Brother Wu and Brother Liu in front. It seems that no enemy has entered the secret passage."

Zhu San's family gave them a few more instructions, then turned to Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan and said, "Let's move on."

After the three said goodbye to the two men, they continued to walk forward.At this time, the ground under the three people's feet was slowly rising up, and they seemed to be moving from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside.There are more and more forks in the secret path, but the Zhu family is quite familiar with this secret path, and they didn't hesitate at all when they passed the fork.At the beginning, Li Qiufeng forcibly memorized the route he took, but later he passed through too many fork roads and couldn't remember it clearly anymore.He thought to himself: "Even though Brother Zhu talks insanely, he doesn't look like a bad person. If you follow him, you probably won't go wrong."

At this time, I heard Murong Danyan say: "Brother Zhu, you haven't finished your words just now. You said that Emperor Taizu did a wrong thing, which caused the royal family to fight each other and kill each other. This wrong thing was set up by him. Is it about Jin Yiwei?"

Zhu Sanjia shook his head while walking and said: "No, no, he set up Jinyiwei, who left a hidden danger to the Ming Dynasty. As for the beginning of the Jingnan battle, it was Emperor Taizu who left a secret decree. It was Hongwu 25 In [-], the prince Zhu Biao inspected Shaanxi, caught wind and cold on the road, and died of a serious illness after returning to Nanjing. The prince was loyal, and he was born to Empress Ma, so he was most favored by Emperor Taizu. His death made Taizu sad At the extreme, Zhu Yunqi, the son of Zhu Biao, was appointed as the grandson of the emperor. At that time, the emperor Taizu still had more than ten sons, among whom there were many outstanding figures. The emperor abandoned these sons, and took Zhu Yunqi as the grandson of the emperor , it can be seen that he really regretted Zhu Biao's death to the extreme.

"It's just that Zhu Yunqi was still young when he was established as the emperor's grandson. Emperor Taizu was worried that his throne would not be stable, so he continued to slaughter the founding heroes on the one hand, but on the other hand he sent a secret decree to the kings. In the secret decree, Emperor Taizu It is said that in order to prevent the treacherous ministers in the court from rebelling, if there is a change in the court, the kings must obey the emperor's secret edict when necessary and lead the army to "Jing Nan". The kings have the heart of disobedience, and the emperor can also order to "reduce the vassal" when necessary. Emperor Taizu originally thought that he had issued such a secret decree to the kings. The kings and the emperor are blood relatives, so they will naturally take care of each other. But Unexpectedly, how tempting is the emperor's throne? In front of the emperor, there is no need to pay attention to the principles of nature and human relations. Everyone's eyes are red, and they just want to sit on their buttocks. With this secret decree, the kings can lead their troops to "peace" In the name of "difficulty", the emperor had this secret decree, and he could also order to "reduce the vassal" to eliminate future troubles. Emperor Jianwen attacked King Yan, and King Yan raised troops to calm Nan. In the final analysis, it was all because of the secret of Taizu. Master Li, I said that Taizu was at fault for the battle of Jingnan, so I am not wrong, right?"

Li Qiufeng didn't expect the Emperor Taizu to have such a secret decree, so he nodded his head and said, "If that's the case, Emperor Taizu did make a mistake. It's just that I was a servant in the court, but I never heard of it. There was such a secret..."

Zhu Sanjia laughed, and said: "Just now I asked Mr. Li, how many emperors have he experienced from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to Emperor Jiajing, and which one of these emperors is most supported by officials and people? It is related to the secret decree. After King Yan invaded Nanjing and ascended the throne of God, he sent his confidantes to confiscate the secret decree issued by the Emperor Taizu hidden in the palaces. If anyone resists and refuses to hand it in, he will be regarded as an accomplice. , same crime as the treacherous party of the Jianwen Dynasty. For this secret decree, several princes were deprived of their titles and imprisoned to death. In the end, it took a lot of effort to finally receive all these secret decrees into the palace. Emperor Chengzu burned it himself. The reason why he wanted to do this was because he was afraid that some of his descendants would follow him and Emperor Jianwen. One would cut down the feudal clan, and the other would raise troops to calm down the situation.

"If you talk about Zhai's benevolent heart, Emperor Chengzu would never be worthy of this title. Among other things, he punished Fang Xiaoru's ten clans, which is not the means of a benevolent emperor. Among these eleven emperors, Emperor Xuanzong is the most loved by the courtiers and common people. Mr. Li, since you have served in the imperial court, naturally you know the deeds of Emperor Xuanzong?"

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said: "Emperor Xuanzong reused virtuous ministers, implemented the national policy of resting with the people, and advocated that 'it is better to save trouble than the provincial officials' and 'safety for the people'. He is an emperor with a very good reputation. The Xuanzong Dynasty was politically clear, and together with the Renzong Dynasty, it was called the 'Rule of Renxuan', which is not a lie."

Zhu Sanjia laughed and said: "It is Emperor Xuanzong who is most loved by the people and courtiers, but in the second year after he succeeded to the throne, he wiped out a minister's nine clans. Do you know why?"

Li Qiufeng was startled, and said, "This Li doesn't know..."

Zhu Sanjia said: "The minister didn't know where he heard the news, saying that the Emperor Taizu had a secret decree, allowing the emperor to cut down the vassal and the princes to calm down, so he wrote this matter into his private notes. The news was inquired by Jin Yiwei and reported to the imperial court. Emperor Xuanzong treated people generously, but immediately ordered Jin Yiwei to take down the minister, tortured him severely, and forced him to question the source of the news. In the end, in order to silence him, he killed the man, including the nine clans. Throughout Xuanzong's reign, even the major cases of Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion only imprisoned Zhu Gaoxu and killed his mastermind, and did not involve too much. The minister just wrote a rumor in his notes The whole family was copied and beheaded. With the kindness of Emperor Xuanzong, he actually did such a poisonous hand, we can know that there must be a huge secret behind this matter."

After hearing these words, Li Qiufeng remained silent, thinking to himself: "I just want to know the origin of Shajiabao, why did the Zhu family avoid the topic and talk about these irrelevant things? What he said meant that the secret decree of Emperor Taizu was extremely important, and those who knew about it violated the royal taboo, even a benevolent person like Emperor Xuanzong would kill people for this matter. If these things Ordinary people would find it extremely novel, but they just don’t know how this secret decree has anything to do with Shajiabao?!”

The Zhu Sanjia said as they walked: "After Emperor Jianwen made a big plan to cut down the vassal, he discussed with several trusted ministers how to start. Qi Tai thought that the most powerful King Yan should be cut down first, and Zhuo Jing, the servant of the household department, also handed over the secret letter. It is claimed that King Yan has repeatedly led troops to the north, which won the hearts of the army. If you want to cut down the vassal, you must first get rid of King Yan. However, King Yan has been in Beiping for a long time, so it is not easy to do it. You should first move the fiefdom of King Yan to Nanchang, and then transfer it to Nanchang. It’s just that Huang Zicheng objected, thinking that the King of Yan had no merit or fault. If he were to be deposed suddenly, the army’s morale and the people’s hearts would be dissatisfied. Therefore, it is the safest plan to find those princes who have public grievances first, and then wait for the opportunity to get rid of King Yan. Emperor Jianwen thought over and over again, adopted Huang Zicheng's idea, and immediately set out to cut down the vassal.

"Emperor Jianwen was the first to get rid of King Zhou. This King Zhou was the brother of King Yan's concubine. The reason why he got rid of him first was that he was afraid that he would join forces with King Yan. At that time, Emperor Jianwen sent Cao Guogong in the name of preparing for the border. After Li Jinglong passed through Kaifeng, he raided Zhou Wang's mansion, captured his whole family and took him to Nanjing. Then he was deposed as a commoner and moved to Menghua, Yunnan, where he was strictly guarded by local officials.

"In the following year, Emperor Jianwen successively removed the three princes of Qi, Xiang, and Dai, and abolished them as ordinary people. The king of Xiang couldn't bear the humiliation, and set himself on fire with his family to protect his name; King Qi was placed under house arrest in Nanjing; King Dai was placed under house arrest. In the fiefdom of Datong. Then he cut down the king of Min, abolished him as a commoner, and moved to Zhangzhou. This stormy action made the kings tremble with fear and panic.

"What kind of person is the king of Yan? He had set up his eyeliner in Nanjing and bought off many ministers under Emperor Jianwen. The news that Emperor Jianwen regarded the king of Yan as a serious problem and wanted to get rid of it was the fourth son of Wei Guogong Xu Da. Xu Zengshou's son Xu Zengshou revealed the secret to the eyes and ears of King Yan in Nanjing. After hearing the news, King Yan was so frightened that he found his confidant Yao Guangxiao to discuss. Yao Guangxiao encouraged King Yan to raise troops and said to King Yan that Taizu's edict said If there are traitors and sycophants in the court, the prince can raise troops to calm Nan. Right now, Emperor Jianwen disregarded his kinship, listened to the instigation of treacherous ministers, and killed the descendants of Emperor Taizu.

"After the two men had a secret discussion, they began to prepare armor and equipment. At that time, Emperor Jianwen not only secretly ordered the commander of the army stationed in Beiping to closely monitor the movements of the Yan Palace, but also sent martial arts masters to watch around the Yan Palace day and night. The evidence of King Yan's rebellion. At that time, King Yan was unable to mobilize the Beiping garrison, and there were no other soldiers except the royal guards. These thousands of royal guards only had waist knives. If they went into battle, the armaments were far from enough. Yao Guangxiao thought of a plan..."

When Murong Danyan heard this, he clapped his hands together and said, "I've heard people say this. Back then, King Yan secretly built armor and weapons in the palace in order to calm down the army. He was just afraid that people would hear his voice, so Yao Guangxiao did it." Thinking of a plan, they sent people to buy all the big geese inside and outside the city of Beiping, and scattered them in the mansion. These thousands of geese screamed, it was really earth-shattering, let the craftsmen rush to work day and night in the palace, There was not even a sound of knocking. Therefore, in just a few days, King Yan's Mansion was fully armed, and Emperor Jianwen was caught off guard."

Zhu Sanjia shook his head, and said: "These are just folklore. At that time, Yanwang Mansion was under the strict surveillance of the Beiping garrison and the martial arts masters sent by Emperor Jianwen. Wouldn't it be more annoying if they suddenly bought so many big geese? Doubt? What a formidable person Yao Guangxiao is, if he comes up with such a ridiculous scheme, he may be killed by himself before King Yan can speak."

(End of this chapter)