Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 937 The News From Yiming

"Chen Yiming, kowtow to Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

In the Wenhua Palace.

Seeing the meticulous salute of the old man in the crimson robe underneath, Zhu Qiyu was filled with emotion, and walked down the imperial steps himself, and helped Yiming up.

"Sir, please hurry up, there is no need to be so polite!"

Different from other people's polite address, Yiming can be regarded as Zhu Qiyu's husband in the real sense.

After all, Cheng Jing was an eunuch. Although he had outstanding talents and learning, in terms of status, he still couldn't afford him as the king's Fu of King Tan.

Therefore, it is Yiming who is really responsible for teaching Zhu Qiyu. Although he is not known as Wang Fu, as the long history of Prince Yi's mansion, Yiming is his real teacher.

Because of this, after Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, although Yiming was promoted to an official position, he was not transferred to the center, which caused a lot of discussion in the court.

"The gift can't be ignored!"

Yiming is not young anymore, he can even be said to be very old. If Zhu Qiyu remembers correctly, after this year, he will be seventy.

In terms of qualifications, he is not a serious Jinshi, but a member of the Imperial Academy. However, in terms of talent and learning, there are not many people who can compare with him.

Yiming's father, Yizhi, was a well-known Confucian in the government and the public. More importantly, he was handpicked by Emperor Taizong to teach the grandson of the emperor at that time, who was also the teacher of Emperor Xuanzong.

If it weren't for the fact that Yizhi was already 75 when he entered Taisun's mansion and was too old, he must have been a famous official of the generation.

As Yizhi's son, Yiming's family has a long history of education since he was a child, which is very rare. Without a Jinshi background, he was exceptionally selected to be an official of the Imperial Academy.

In addition, he was also responsible for the compilation of Xuanzong's Veritable Records. Although he was not Qingliu, his reputation among scholars was no worse than Qingliu's.

Because of this, Yiming was recommended by Chen Xun to be the Hanlin scholar.

Zhu Qiyu naturally knew his character, so he gave a wry smile, but he didn't force it, and after Yiming saluted sternly, he said.

"Sir, you have worked hard in the past two years. It is my fault that you are still running around for me at such an advanced age!"

"The court is precarious. As a minister in the hidden mansion of Prince Yi, you should lead by example and set an example to show His Majesty's virtues. How can you excuse your old age to resign. Your Majesty ordered the ministers and other old officials of the palace to scatter as officials. It is selfless. How can there be any such thing?"

After a few words of politeness, Zhu Qiyu returned to the throne, and also ordered someone to give Yiming a seat.

Then he asked.

"Sir, you are busy with travel and dust, and you came to see me as soon as you arrived in the capital, but what's the hurry?"

"Your Majesty has learned from you that I have two things to report to Your Majesty."

While talking, Yiming stood up and spoke.

"The first is because of Song Wenyi, the eunuch in charge of Liaodong, who was transferred back to the capital, and the second is because of Yang Jie, the governor of Jinyiwei."

Hearing the name behind, Zhu Qiyu straightened up immediately.

"Yang Jie?"

"Have you heard from him, sir?"

Yiming didn't seem to expect that Zhu Qiyu's reaction would be so great.

Leng Leng, he opened his mouth and said.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, when I was about to leave Suzhou after receiving the transfer order, a man suddenly came to my residence. He claimed that he was ordered by the governor Yang Jie to submit a secret document to His Majesty. "

"At that time, he took out Yang Jie's token, and held a secret decree from His Majesty ordering local officials to assist Yang Jie to act cheaply, saying that the matter was of great importance and he needed to enter Beijing quickly, and asked the minister not to leak the news in advance."

"After checking the token and the decree, I speeded up my pace. When I arrived at the capital, I immediately came to see your majesty. This is the envoy. I ordered you to hand over the token to your majesty. Please read it."

While talking, Yiming took out a tightly sealed secret letter from his sleeve and handed it over.

The servant placed the secret letter on the imperial case, Zhu Qiyu glanced at it, and on it was written in lower case letters "Yang Jie Qizuo, the envoy of the town caregiver", but he couldn't see anything.

He raised his hand to take it apart, and quickly browsed through it, but to his surprise, the content was an apology.

In this letter, Yang Jie claimed that he was not acclimatized to the environment, and since he arrived in the Xuanfu, he became ill and delayed the affairs of the court, so he hereby pleads guilty.

After reading it, Zhu Qiyu frowned tightly.

Some weird!
Yang Jie is not in the Xuanfu, that's for sure.

Moreover, just now Yiming also made it very clear that the person who came to him held the secret decree Zhu Qiyu gave Yang Jie.

This shows that the visitor did not intend to hide from Yiming the fact that Yang Jie was dispatched in secret besides selecting the avant-garde of the government army.

However, in this letter, what is written is that Yang Jie has been ill in the Xuan Mansion for a long time...

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Qiyu asked.

"Sir, did the person who gave you this report say anything else?"

Seeing the emperor's cautious look, although Yi Ming didn't know what happened, he also knew that the matter might be serious, so he replied immediately.

"He refused to say anything, only said that he would hand over the secret to His Majesty."

"However, this person has no official status, and he is not a postman at the post station. Although he has taken the secret decree, I have seen that it does not look like a fake. However, I have not received news that the court ordered Yang Jie to act cheaply, so I am afraid that he will forge the decree. , so I asked to read the dense and sparse content first, and then play it."

"The messenger hesitated for a while, then opened the letter, and after the minister checked that there was no problem, he forwarded it to His Majesty."

Is that right?

Zhu Qiyu frowned, and read the letter again, but still didn't see anything.

At this time, Shu Liang who was serving at the side suddenly spoke, saying.

"My lord, I dare you to let my servant take a look at this letter?"

The monarch and his ministers were right, but was suddenly interrupted by an eunuch, and Yi Ming's face immediately turned a little ugly.

However, although he is a master of Confucianism, he is not ignorant of the world, old-fashioned, relying on the old to sell the old, looking at the python clothes on Shu Liang, he knows that this is not an ordinary eunuch.

Although he looked dissatisfied, he still didn't say much until he found out Shu Liang's identity.

Shu Liang has always kept his duty, so he spoke at this time, presumably it was not aimlessly.

After a little hesitation, Zhu Qiyu nodded and handed the letter to him.

After receiving the secret letter, Shu Liang read it again, but obviously didn't see anything. He frowned and thought for a moment, then Shu Liang's eyes suddenly fell on the faint ink stain on the back of the letter paper.

After hesitating for a moment, Shu Liang seemed to have thought of something, and handed the letter paper to Wynn who was beside him, while he took the envelope and carefully tore it open along the edge.

The moment he saw the inside page of the envelope, Shu Liang's expression suddenly changed. Immediately, he quickly stepped forward, gently spread the envelope, and placed it on the imperial case.

"My lord, look..."

Zhu Qiyu's eyes fell on the envelope in front of him, and his eyes became awe-inspiring in an instant.

Because, at the lower right corner of the inside page of this envelope, there is a small, grinning ghost head drawn with a thin ink pen, with a big mouth.

Although there are only a few simple strokes, like graffiti, but after looking at it for a long time, it makes people feel a little chill inexplicably.

Lonely soul!

This elite organization specially selected by Zhu Qiyu at the beginning has a total of ten teams, and each team has its own logo.

This smiling face is the mark of the team that Zhu Qiyu sent to Yang Jie's side.

The moment Zhu Qiyu saw this ghost head, he immediately raised his head and asked Yiming.

"Who has touched this letter? Where is the sender now?"

Perhaps it was because the sign was so unexpected that for a moment, Zhu Qiyu didn't care that the teacher who had taught him was standing in front of him, and he was approaching with an imperial aura, which made Yiming feel a strong sense of oppression.

The body bent involuntarily, Yi Ming hurriedly said.

"Return to Your Majesty, this letter has not been touched by anyone except the minister and the messenger. As for the messenger, it is now placed in the post."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment, motioned Wynn to send the envelope on the imperial case to Yiming, and asked.

"Since you have checked the letter, sir, have you noticed the pattern on the inside of the envelope?"

The voice of these words was flat, but Yiming felt inexplicably that the sense of oppression in front of him was stronger than before.

His eyes fell on this graffiti-like pattern, he frowned and thought for a while, finally, he shook his head and said.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I didn't deliberately check the envelope at that time, but if there is such a pattern, I wouldn't have missed it."

The implication is that when Yiming first got this letter, there was no such pattern on it.

At this time, Shu Liang also lowered his voice and said.

"My lord, if there is no such mark on it when the Bachelor of Rites examines it, then there is only a possibility that someone added it later."

"The Bachelor of Rituals just said that no one else has touched this letter except him and the messenger..."

The meaning of these words is no longer clear.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the small pattern in front of him, didn't speak, just glanced at Shu Liang, who immediately understood and said.

"My lord, this servant will go to the post station and bring you here!"

Saying that, this Eunuch Shu took two steps back, then hurriedly left the Wenhua Hall, leaving Yiming standing in the hall, who hadn't recovered from the shock of the emperor's aura just now.

Seeing Shu Liang's leaving back, Zhu Qiyu calmed down, but a trace of worry rose in his heart.

The current situation is obvious. The content of this letter is just a cover, and the real content is not written in the letter.

If nothing else, this should be to prevent news leaks.

Since, apart from Yiming, only the courier has touched the letter, it means that he painted the ghost head later.

In this way, the identity of the messenger is self-evident.

But the problem is that the lonely soul is an absolutely loyal team that only obeys Zhu Qiyu's orders. Before leaving, Zhu Qiyu's order to the lonely soul is to protect Yang Jie's safety.

That being the case, even if he sacrificed his life, the lonely soul would unswervingly carry out this order.

But now, the lonely soul has returned to the capital alone. Could it be that...

Zhu Qiyu's gaze suddenly turned cold, and a trace of killing intent could not help but float in his eyes. Although it was fleeting, but at that moment, the atmosphere in the hall dropped to freezing point, but still made Yiming below shiver uncontrollably.

At this moment, Yiming finally felt clearly that the young man in front of him was no longer the prince he had taught in Prince Yi's mansion.

Although it seems that there is no difference, in two years, this king has become a real emperor.

Taking a deep breath, Yi Ming completely lost the naturalness he had when he first entered the palace, and boldly, he asked.

"Your Majesty, what happened?"

This sentence made Zhu Qiyu finally realize that there was someone else underneath.

So, he temporarily put his thoughts behind him and restrained his momentum, but he didn't say anything to Yiming, he just said.

"Sir, there is no need to worry. Something has happened. However, the specific situation will not be known until the messenger arrives."

"Let's not talk about this, sir just said that apart from this letter, there is something about Song Wenyi to report. What is it?"

This is clearly off topic.

However, Yiming is not someone who likes to get to the bottom of things. It is obviously not a trivial matter that this matter can make the emperor lose his composure.

If the emperor doesn't want to say it, it's better not to ask more questions.

Thus, Yiming cupped his hands and said.

"Your Majesty, I heard some rumors along the way when I came to Beijing this time, saying that Your Majesty transferred Song Wenyi to Beijing to replace Eunuch Cheng Jing as the Supervisor of Ceremonies. I dared to remonstrate with Your Majesty. Although Song Wenyi is talented, but Love goods."

"He has been guarding Liaodong for many years. He often accepts bribes. What's more, he has repeatedly set up a name and deducted military pay. This time, His Majesty has investigated the border military settlements. Although Song Wenyi has donated a lot of private land to the court, it can also be seen that he is usually in Liaodong. rampant."

"Although I'm in Gansu, Jin Shangshu mentioned this person to me when he thoroughly investigated the military case."

"If this generation of eunuchs is handed over to be in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies, it may damage His Majesty's holiness, and what's more, it may cause chaos for the court."

"Therefore, I dare you to ask Your Majesty to think twice and choose another capable eunuch to succeed Eunuch Cheng."

Yi Ming said these words very seriously, obviously, he had already prepared for it.

If it was another time, Zhu Qiyu might still be in the mood to explain it to him, but what happened just now, at this moment, his mind is no longer on a mere Song Wenyi.

What's more, the matter of Song Wenyi was mentioned in the reports of Jin Lian and the Ministry of Household Affairs. He had already made up his mind, and it was still the same sentence. Zhu Qiyu had his own thoughts on transferring Song Wenyi back to Beijing.

However, this idea, I can neither tell Yiming, nor am I in the mood to tell him.

So, after pondering for a moment, Zhu Qiyu said.

"I know about this matter. When Song Wenyi returns to Beijing, I will ask him personally. Don't worry, sir."

Yi Ming has been in the officialdom for many years, and when he heard this, he knew that the emperor was perfunctory him, so he couldn't help being a little disappointed, cupped his hands, and was about to speak again, but saw that the emperor had already continued.

"Mr. has been exhausted all the way, and he must have not had time to rest. The post station is simple and simple. There is a mansion in the east city. Although it is not big, it is better than clean. I will give it to Mr. to live in temporarily."

"I will send someone to the post station later to carry your husband's luggage there. The court affairs are busy, and I don't have time to hold a banquet for him to clean up the dust. I will order the imperial dining room to cook some food. You can use some in the side hall first. After the house is cleaned up, I will order someone to send Mr. out of the palace!"

This sounded like a discussion, but in fact, there was no chance for Yiming to refuse.

Thinking of the incident just now, Yiming swallowed the words again, and cupped his hands.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your compassion, Your Majesty Long En, I am inexplicably grateful."

"Um……"

Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu's face looked better, said.

"Then sir, let's go to the side hall to rest for a while. By the way, the matter of the secret letter just now, sir, don't mention it to anyone, just pretend that this matter has never happened, understand?"

The voice was flat, but Yi Ming couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and said earnestly.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will keep my mouth shut!"

(End of this chapter)