Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 335 Emperor Qianxi is sensible enough
"Song Ying, do you mean that my relatives and my beloved concubines conspired to frame you alone?"

Zhu Gaoxu walked to the window, looked at the dazzling sunshine outside the window, turned his back to Song Ying, and spoke slowly.

Li Jinglong's grandmother is Zhu Yuanzhang's half-sister, so Li Jinglong's father Li Wenzhong is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew. Zhu Di should call Li Wenzhong "cousin" when he sees him, and Li Jinglong should call Zhu Di "cousin."

From this perspective, Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu are cousins ​​who have not yet entered the fifth server.

"The sinner dare not!"

Even if Song Ying decided to fight Wu Gao and Qu Nengyu to the death, he would not be carried away by his passion after all.

After listening to what Zhu Gaoxu said, he woke up suddenly and hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister made a mistake. The guilty minister was indeed talking nonsense. Please punish him."

Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty was about to lead his troops to conquer Oara. If the emperor were to deal with Jiangyin Marquis Wu Gao, Pingyang Boyuneng, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, and Minister of War Yang Rong at this time, wouldn't it mean that he would kill the generals before the battle and shake the morale of the army?
Zhu Gaoxu was quite satisfied with Song Ying's answer and performance. He turned around and sat down in front of the main hall, and then cast his sharp eyes on Wu Gao and Qu Neng.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty."

Wu Gao decided to strike while the iron was hot and put Song Ying to death, so he hurriedly spoke.

Zhu Gaoxu first pretended to be surprised and said "Oh", then frowned and said: "What is your crime?"

"Your Majesty, eight years ago, Song Ying lost his mother. During the period of Ding You, he acted like an unfilial and immoral beast and committed adultery with a Wala maidservant."

Wu Gao told the story sadly: "Three years ago, this woman was desperate, so she took a five-year-old boy to the Beiting Dusi. The minister was confused for a moment and felt compassion, feeling that Song Ying was taking care of her under the orders of the imperial court. The army annihilated the horse thieves in Beiting Province. I was afraid that it would affect the imperial court's efforts to suppress the thieves, so I secretly quelled the matter for Song Ying."

When he said this, he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have committed the crime of harboring. Please punish me."

"three years ago?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought about it for a moment, then looked sideways at Song Ying and said, "If I remember correctly, you were promoted to the commander of Beiting City by virtue of your ability to eliminate thieves."

"Yes."

Song Ying said with a face ashen as death.

At that time, there were several groups of powerful horse thieves in Beiting, openly plundering merchants and people, and confronting the imperial court. Zhu Gaoxu specially asked Zhu Di to appoint Song Ying as general to destroy the bandits.

Song Ying lived up to his expectations and spent more than half a year wiping out thousands of horse thieves in Beiting. From then on, he became a blockbuster and became another general in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty.

"Go and call Saihaji."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Kang Ping and ordered.

Kang Ping bowed and said yes, then walked away quickly.

After a while, the Jinyiwei commander Sai Hazhi led several Jinyiwei captains to the outside of the hall.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live my Emperor."

Zhu Gaoxu stood up and walked to the door of the hall, glanced at the kneeling ministers on the ground, his eyes stayed on Song Ying, and ordered Sai Hazhi: "Capture him."

"According to the order."

Saihazhi bowed and accepted the order.

Then, with a wave of his hand, the two captains behind him rushed out, one on the left and the other on the right, and roughly lifted Song Ying up from the ground.

"You keep an eye on him for me."

Zhu Gaoxu could not let Song Ying die inexplicably, and specifically told Sai Hazhi: "I will deal with him after my imperial commander returns victoriously from the expedition. Before that, no one is allowed to torture him, let alone let him commit suicide."

"The minister leads the order."

Sai Hazhi hurriedly bowed and accepted the order.

Of course he understood that Emperor Qianxi was protecting Song Ying in disguise.

A quarter of an hour later.

Outside the Secretary's Office.

Down the corridor.Qu Neng quickly caught up with Wu Gao, followed him and whispered: "Marquis Jiangyin, you raised concubines for Song Ying, and raised children for him, but this person actually repays you like this, it is simply disgusting!"

"Those who repay kindness with hatred will definitely die more than deserved."

Wu Gao said coldly without looking back.

Qu Neng said again: "If I hadn't worked so hard in front of His Majesty today, I'm afraid even Cao Guogong wouldn't be able to come to power!"

"Not only Duke Cao, I'm afraid the four of us will be roasted on the fire by Song Ying!"

Wu Gao slowed down, waited for Qu Neng, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Pingyang, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly, don't beat around the bush."

Qu Neng said with a worried look on his face: "According to my opinion, Your Majesty is very angry about the fight between you and me."

"The quarrel in front of the emperor just now almost brought disaster to Duke Cao Guo and Yang Shilang of the Ministry of War. Cao Guogong is the prince's young master, and Yang Shilang is the minister of the East Palace. If you are not careful, it will cause disaster to the East Palace."

"Who said no?"

Wu Gao then said: "The history of the dynasty for thousands of years is full of blood and tears. Generally speaking, when important officials in the dynasty fight, neither party will end well."

When he thought of this, he was also frightened. Fortunately, Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty was sensible enough and did not attack important officials like them on the spot.

Qu Neng lamented: "Despite this, the battles between important ministers still continue throughout history."

"In my opinion, if both parties are smart enough, one should not overpower the other and become the dominant family."

As Wu Gao walked, he stroked his beard and said: "What the imperial power needs is checks and balances. Only balance can be stable and there will be no trouble. Otherwise, if the two sides fight unscrupulously, they will either perish together or anger the emperor."

"What you say sounds reasonable."

Qu Neng quietly approached Wu Gao and said, "But I heard that your guard captain Zhao Hu, for some unknown reason, got drunk and ran wildly on horseback, even falling off his horse and dying. This thing is really weird!"

"Qu Neng, it is indeed the spy you planted beside me!"

Wu Gao suddenly pointed at Qu Neng and shouted angrily, lowering his voice: "Do you know what the crime of spying on the important generals of the imperial court is?"

"I, Qu Neng, swear by the spirits of my ancestors in heaven, that Zhao Hu is not my eyes and ears at all, and I don't know his origins either!"

Qu Neng was almost furious and said: "You and I are both governors of the Shaanxi-Pu Dudu Mansion. We are dignified as military attaches of the first rank. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, there are less than 20 governors. Arranging spies to monitor the governor, who can bear this crime? Even if I No matter how dissatisfied Qu Neng is with you Wu Gao, he would not dare to place spies around you!"

"Whose eyes and ears will Zhao Hu be?"

Wu Gao stopped, clasping his hands behind his back, frowning and thinking.

Qu Neng answered: "You are a general who has been guarding the fortress for the imperial court since the end of Hongwu. During the Yongle period, you achieved many military exploits with the Supreme Emperor. Now you are a first-grade governor. Who dares to plant spies around you?"

Wu Gao's back felt cold, and he suddenly woke up and said: "That can only be Your Majesty——"

"Speak carefully! Speak carefully!"

Qu Neng interrupted quickly.

In the current era of the Ming Dynasty, where imperial power is paramount, "if the king wants his ministers to die, they must die", even the crown prince Zhu Zhanyu cannot send people to monitor the first-grade military generals guarding one side.

Otherwise, it would be treachery and evil intentions!

There is only one person in the world who can do whatever he wants to all civil and military officials without being restricted by the laws of the Ming Dynasty!

This person is Zhu Gaoxu, Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty!

"Uncle Pingyang, I didn't say anything just now."

Wu Gao looked around and found that there was no one around, and the soldier on duty in the distance was twenty steps away from them, so he could not hear the conversation between them at all.

"Marquis Jiangyin, I didn't say anything just now."

Qu Neng immediately said with a straight face: "Farewell!"

(End of this chapter)