As long as the Ming Dynasty no longer has the energy to deal with the Pseudo-Ming and needs to fight wars elsewhere, there is no need to mobilize troops against the Pseudo-Ming so quickly, thus buying time when they don't have to be attacked, so that there is enough time for them to prepare.

"It's just that they all miscalculated your highness's plan."

Ji Wenjing said with a smile.

It was indeed wrong, and it was wrong in a very outrageous way.

Zhu Xuan had not yet thought of launching direct military action against the Pseudo-Ming. He just wanted to use the Pseudo-Ming as a graduation training base for the military academy. In the future, all students taught by Lan Yu would be sent to the Pseudo-Ming for training.

In addition, it also became a pilot project for letting the vassal kings fight out.

As long as Zhu Gaoxu and his men succeeded, Zhu Xuan would have enough reasons to arrange other vassal kings to expand the Ming Dynasty outward.

The princes of the Ming Dynasty should not only see the land of Ming Dynasty.

And see the whole world.

The world is so big, you have to go out and give it a try.

Zhu Xuan said: "Mr. Ji, are you sure your calculations are accurate?"

Ji Wenjing shook his head and said, "I am not calculating, but guessing. I am just guessing. Apart from this, there seems to be no other reasonable explanation."

That's true, some things can only be guessed.

Zhu Xuan thought that Ji Wenjing's guess made sense.

"Your Highness, don't think too much. If my guesses are all correct, that's good. You can take corresponding measures. If my guesses are wrong, it will delay your judgment."

Ji Wenjing didn't know that he guessed correctly.

His guesses were always accurate.

However, Zhu Xuan pondered for a long time and said, "Whether it is true or not, this is probably the case. The unrest on the border does not have a big impact on our Ming Dynasty. The border garrisons have enough ability to suppress the unrest, except for Li Jinglong. I have sent a telegram to have someone keep an eye on Li Jinglong. It's not a big problem!"

Zhu Xuan did not have much confidence in this Ming Dynasty's god of war.

If it was a real God of War, that would be fine, but the problem is, it’s not real.

"Your Highness has a plan in mind. There is no need to consult me ​​specifically."

Ji Wenjing added: "Let's just wait for the results."

In this case, Zhu Xuan asked Ji Wenjing to go down first and then continue to wait for the results from various places.

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When Zhu Quan arrived in Goryeo, he was not in a hurry to counterattack. Instead, he sent people out to find out Li Bu's background. This time he did not dare to act recklessly, but only temporarily.

This was the opportunity that Zhu Yuanzhang fought for him to redeem himself.

He could be unhappy with Zhu Xuan, but he would never dare to be unhappy with Zhu Yuanzhang, otherwise he would not have to atone for his sins and would be sent back to Beijing to be executed.

Zhu Quan could still feel that Zhu Yuanzhang treated him well and was still protective of him, but he was just good and far from what he wanted, so it was easy for him to have all kinds of messy thoughts.

No matter how chaotic they were, they would not dare to do that on the battlefield of Goryeo, at least in the early stages.

When Zhu Quan arrived, Zhu Yunhu didn't care about what was happening on the battlefield in Goryeo. He gave the opportunity to redeem himself to his seventeenth uncle and went back to Pyongyang to investigate his own affairs.

Some things must be clarified.

Zhu Yunhuan could not tolerate the assassination for no reason and would never let it go.

Return to Pyongyang.

Before Zhu Yunhuan returned to the palace, he was approached by a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

"Lu Guangsheng, a captain of the Imperial Guard, pays respect to His Royal Highness Prince Wei."

The captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard named Lu Guangsheng bowed before Zhu Yunhuan and spoke politely.

"Sir Lu, please don't be so polite. What have you found out while I was away?" Zhu Yunxun asked expectantly.

Lu Guangsheng bowed and said, "Your Highness, we dare not investigate the interior of the palace randomly. We can only wait for Your Highness to come back. Therefore, we have not started yet. We have only investigated the origins of those assassins and the origin of the East Palace token."

Hearing this, Zhu Yunhuan said, "What is there to be afraid of, Lord Lu? There are evil people from the White Lotus Sect inside my palace. You can investigate however you want. There is no need to be cautious."

He said it was casual, but Lu Guangsheng didn't dare to be casual at all.

Prince Wei is the emperor's grandson and His Highness's elder brother. They would never dare to investigate without his consent. They are also worried that they might find out some unknown secrets that cannot be spread, which would bring trouble upon themselves and they would not even know how they died.

"Did you find out the origin of the East Palace's token?"

Zhu Yunhuan didn't bother about why he didn't dare to investigate his own palace.

"Please, Your Highness, follow us to a quiet place where we can talk again."

Outside was not the place to talk, so Lu Guangsheng took Zhu Yunhuan to the yamen.

Zhu Yunhuan could trust this captain, so he followed him to the Jinyiwei's yamen in Pyongyang. This place was actually not a secret, so they went straight in without any need to hide anything.

"Lord Lu, what are the details?"

Zhu Yunhuan asked as soon as he sat down.

Lu Guangsheng said: "Let's talk about the East Palace token first."

This token is of great importance. It is obvious that someone wants to instigate a fight between the emperor's grandchildren. If it is confirmed that the token comes from the Eastern Palace, they can't believe what will happen.

But it definitely didn’t come from the East Palace.

Lu Guangsheng was very sure about this. The token had nothing to do with the Eastern Palace. Someone really just wanted to sow discord and put the blame on Zhu Xuan for everything here.

"Lord Lu, please speak!"

Zhu Yunxun said politely.

Lu Guangsheng took out the token, turned it over, rubbed it with his fingers for a while, and said, "Your Highness can feel it here."

Zhu Yunhuan didn't understand what it meant, but he imitated Lu Guangsheng and rubbed the back of the token with his fingers. Suddenly he found a little bump and said, "It seems to have words on it."

"Yes, there are words on it."

"This is an accidental discovery by us. If it is the token of the Eastern Palace, there is no way such hidden words would exist on the back."

Lu Guangsheng said this and waved his hand.

Someone brought a piece of white paper and a piece of charcoal.

Under Zhu Yunhuan's puzzled gaze, Lu Guangsheng covered the back of the token with white paper and rubbed the white paper with charcoal.

The words on the back are not so obvious and difficult to see normally, but there are obvious convex and concave feelings. If you rub charcoal on white paper, it is easy to wipe out the words through the convex and concave feelings.

"Your Highness, please look!"

Lu Guangsheng placed the white paper in front of Zhu Yunhuan.

"Qian!"

Two small words appeared on the white paper. Zhu Yunhuan had never heard of the words "Qian" on anything in the palace. This alone was enough to prove that there was something wrong with the token and it had nothing to do with the Eastern Palace.

"It is the Qian family. The things in the palace have nothing to do with the Qian family."

This is what Lu Guangsheng found. He added, "Based on the two characters Qian, we searched everywhere in Pyongyang and even in the entire Liaodong area for a blacksmith with the surname Qian. Finally, we found him. Come, bring Qian Laoer."

In other words, even the witness who proved the token was found by the Jinyiwei.

Zhu Yunxun completely let it go, and it really had nothing to do with Zhu Xuan. (End of this chapter)

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