Almighty Nongmen Phoenix

Chapter 458;
"Those little things, can they be as important as that seat?"

King Ning nodded in his heart. Compared to that seat, his dissatisfaction with Lu Yaoyao was really nothing.

"And some things can be kept in the heart and released later, there is no need to keep thinking about them."

These words made King Ning even more satisfied, indeed the most important thing now is that seat.

Regarding Lu Yaoyao's dissatisfaction, I put it in my heart first, and it will not be too late to release it slowly when I have a chance in the future.

"Thank you sir for reminding me, this king has been taught."

"Your Highness is serious."

"Now the emperor has issued a decree to confer marriage. Although the two are not yet married, the future is almost certain."

"His Royal Highness can be regarded as her junior, so it's time to talk about some things."

"But everything still has to wait until King Jin returns to Beijing."

King Ning nodded again.

In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed.

"Miss, do you think the emperor can succeed this time?"

On the mountainside construction site behind Chengyuan Villa, Lu Yaoyao was lying on the rocking chair as usual and swaying leisurely.

Compared with the tranquility on her side, the capital city not far away has been a bit jittery these days.

Three days ago, the Dengwen Drum, which had been silent for many years, was sounded.

It turned out that more than a dozen soldiers from the camp in the suburbs of Beijing sued the superiors for embezzling military pay.

And that Shangguan is one of the confidantes of Lord Zhen Guo, the leader of the camp in the suburbs of Beijing.

As for whether there is corruption, of course there is, but it is just being calculated by others.

And the person who plotted against him was Emperor Hongwen.

This confidant of the Duke of Zhen has good abilities, but he likes to gamble a little bit. Not only he likes it, but the children under his knees also like it.

Not some time ago, under the calculations of people with good intentions, the father and son owed a huge sum of money one after another.

And the background of the creditor is not ordinary, he is an old county king in the royal family, and now the royal family is upright.

If they were ordinary people, their father and son could still intimidate them by virtue of their identities, but when they met this old Zongzheng, their father and son's ability was obviously not enough.

After all, behind this person is the entire royal family, even though he is the confidant of Duke Zhen, how could Duke Zhen challenge the entire royal family for him?
Especially now that Emperor Hongwen and Lord Zhen Guo are clearly fighting?

No, in order to pay back the debt first, this person had to embezzle public funds.

And his move was exactly what he wanted. The day after the public funds were embezzled, the Dengwen drum rang.

In addition to suing him for embezzlement of public funds, he has also been eating ghosts for many years.

Ghost pay is a relatively common situation in the army, that is, some soldiers disappeared or escaped due to some accidents. According to the rules, the military status of these soldiers needs to be eliminated.

But this one didn't disappear, and he still got the military salary as usual, but all the military salary fell into his pocket in the end.

Of course, this situation is inevitable, and the court is not unaware of it, but the number of places for ghost pay is also limited.

But this time, the guy from Daying in the suburbs of Beijing made a big stab at it.

Outside the capital city of Dongzhou, there are two big camps, the first is the camp in the suburbs of Beijing, and the second is the camp in Xishan.

Each camp has [-] soldiers, and the commanders of the two camps are all from Zhen Guogong.

As soon as the complaint came out, Emperor Hongwen attached great importance to it, and immediately asked for an investigation. As a result, the investigation caused an uproar in the court.

The actual number of soldiers in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing is less than [-], but the annual military salary is paid according to [-], and the number of ghosts has reached [-].

As soon as such a shocking situation came out, Emperor Hongwen immediately ordered a thorough investigation of all the camps in Gyeonggi, the Bingma Division, the Forbidden Army, and the Xishan Camp.

The situation of ghost pay exists everywhere, but the situation on the side of Bingmasi and the imperial army is not serious, but the Xishan camp has reached [-].

Now, Emperor Hongwen was furious and arrested all the leaders of the camp.

It also included Yan Yi, who temporarily took over the King of Jin's temporary management of the Left Imperial Guard.

Not only were these people arrested, but their family members were also taken into custody, and more and more people were found out with the investigation.

Many people in the capital were terrified.

"Success? You look down on Duke Zhen too much."

Lu Yaoyao smiled and shook his head.

Although Emperor Hongwen's actions are very big this time, it is almost impossible to succeed.

Lord Zhen would not let go so easily.

"He's not in the capital now, what else can he do?"

"Because he is not in the capital, it is not easy for the emperor to succeed."

Regarding Emperor Hongwen's actions this time, she knew in advance that King Jin had told her about it.

They never thought about successfully regaining control of Gyeonggi, because they knew very well that this was not an easy task.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Emperor Hongwen and King Jin's intention was just to get the military power out of the hands of Lord Zhen Guo, and they never thought about controlling it by themselves.

They all knew very well that if they wanted to take over, Duke Zhen would definitely not agree, and would even fight back.

So since they knew that the Zhen Guo Guild would fight back, why did they get Duke Zhen out of the capital and give him a chance to fight back?

Since it is necessary to do something, why not directly press Zhen Guogong in the capital?
To put it bluntly, they are afraid.

The people in the hands of Duke Zhen are all over Dongzhou, and it is not easy to move him. If he is moved rashly, his people all over Dongzhou will inevitably be chaotic.

There will be fires everywhere, and they will be in a lot of trouble.

So Lord Zhen can't move, and letting him leave the capital seems to give him a chance to fight back, but will Duke Zhen really fight back?

Obviously impossible, after all, if it is reversed, the outcome may still be uncertain.

As long as he doesn't move, his people all over Dongzhou will be safe.

Their purpose from the beginning was to disintegrate the power of Lord Zhen Guo step by step, not to take the power from Duke Zhen Guo and hold it in their own hands.

"Why? Could it be possible that the Duke of Zhen can oppose it?"

"It's definitely not the case, but he will never give up what is in his hand easily."

"If he doesn't give up and the emperor doesn't give up, then don't we have to go on with the stalemate?"

"No, someone will come out and take over."

Lu Yaoyao shook his head and continued, "Those are important national affairs, what do they have to do with us? What are you talking about?"

"Isn't His Royal Highness Jin Wang coming back soon? The capital is in a mess now, don't you worry that he will be in a bad situation when he comes back?"

"What is he worried about? What does this have to do with him?"

"He only has the Left Imperial Guard in his hands, so if it's a big deal, he won't do it."

King Jin didn't have anything in his hand, and he said it before he left.

When he comes back this time, he will remove his position as the commander of the Left Imperial Guards. Originally, he said that he would not manage Tiefang and Yanfang, but Lu Yaoyao still has some needs for Yanfang, so Tiefang can be handed over. Fang must be held in hand.

And this was something he had discussed with Emperor Hongwen. King Jin wanted to take this opportunity to turn from light to darkness, so that Emperor Hongwen could absorb the firepower, and King Jin would act secretly.

(End of this chapter)