Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

The stench of a corpse filled the entire room.

The guard who opened the wooden box was suddenly frightened when he saw a human head and almost dropped the wooden box to the ground.

"Who will send me a head?"

Zhu Zhen was furious!
Someone must be playing a prank on me. This was a deliberate prank on me, but who would play such a prank? You know, this wooden box might have come from the court.

The more he thought about it, the angrier Zhu Zhen got. Maybe someone was trying to get him. Just as he was about to go over to see whose head it was and trace its origins, he was stunned.

Because he saw the appearance of the human head.

It’s Lao Liu!

Although it was a little rotten, it was still recognizable as Lao Liu.

He was one of his confidants, who was arranged by him to Jinling a few years ago. He was specifically responsible for cheating in the imperial examinations. Normally, after cheating, he would leave Jinling, hide somewhere for a while, and then come back to report to him the results.

Since Zhu Zhen really couldn't get any news from Jinling, he thought that Lao Liu had already gone into hiding. But no one could have imagined that it would be a human head that came back this time.

A rotten and smelly human head, but still recognizable as Lao Liu's.

Zhu Quan was stunned for a moment, and then he started thinking, who in the whole of Jinling could kill Lao Liu and send his head back?

Two figures immediately emerged in his mind.

One is Zhu Yuanzhang and the other is Zhu Xuan.

Thinking of this, Zhu Quan trembled all over, cold sweat broke out on his body involuntarily, and his legs went weak.

You know, this is the imperial examination!
The most important official selection system of the Ming Dynasty was the system in which the people selected were all talented people who could govern the country. If there were any problems with these people, the Ming Dynasty might collapse and the government would not be able to function properly.

As a vassal king, it is very inappropriate to interfere in the imperial examination.

Zhu Quan not only intervened, but also arranged people to cheat in the imperial examination. The most important thing is that Lao Liu's head was sent back, which means that he must have been caught and the case was traced back to him.

This matter is as serious as Zhu Quan's previous embezzlement of military pay.

Zhu Quan can still divert the main contradiction, but can he?
Zhu Zhen couldn't imagine how serious the consequences would be.

"Father!"

Zhu Mengwan noticed his father's strange reaction and felt very strange. He quickly supported him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Seeing Zhu Zhen sweating profusely, he looked like he was frightened.

However, as a vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhen guarded Wuchang. He had killed many people here before when he suppressed rebellions by the natives. He would not panic at the sight of a head.

There must be a reason.

Zhu Zhen asked, "Are you sure that the heads came from the imperial court?"

Zhu Mengwan nodded and said, "It is certain that the man has the token from the palace, and the flag hung on the boat is also our Ming Dynasty dragon flag."

You know, ordinary merchant ships would never dare to fly this flag, and some government ships did not dare to fly it either. Only ships coming out of the palace dared to fly it, otherwise if they were discovered, they might die a miserable death.

It is basically certain that the head came from the palace.

Someone in the palace delivered it specially to him.

Zhu Zhen felt cold all over. Zhu Mengwan could also feel the stiffness and coldness on Zhu Zhen's body. He thought something serious was going to happen, so he asked quickly, "Dad, what's wrong?"

In the end what happened?
A human head would not scare Zhu Zhen to this extent.

"Go down, all of you."

Zhu Zhen began to chase them away. He said that some things could not be easily known to others, and then said, "Take the head away and throw it out to feed the dogs."

After the guard left with the head, Zhu Zhen dared to say, "Third Brother, we might... be finished!"

Zhu Mengwan said in shock: "Father, what happened to the head?" Zhu Zhen had no choice but to briefly explain his plan.

In fact, he did this for two purposes, one of which was to make money.

You know, not only Zhu Quan had private soldiers, but he also had private soldiers. Those private soldiers were recruited from the natives in the south. As a vassal king with military power, it was impossible for him to not have private soldiers.

As long as there are soldiers, they can feel safe.

Only then will we have the ability to resist no matter what happens in the future.

However, to maintain private soldiers, he needed money and food. He did not dare to embezzle military pay, but he could get money to maintain the soldiers through other means. Not only did he help scholars cheat, he also did business and had caravans for overseas trade.

These are the most basic operations between their vassal kings.

Zhu Zhen's overseas trade in Wuchang was much more convenient than that of Zhu Quan and others, and he started implementing it several years earlier.

The second purpose is to disrupt the people around Zhu Xuan.

Zhu Zhen had an idea. If he helped those scholars to take the exams, then in the future Zhu Xuan would be surrounded by a bunch of useless people who knew nothing. How could the court not be in chaos?

By that time, when the vassal kings form an alliance to rebel, Zhu Xuan may have no one he can use around him.

They could ride the wind and waves, directly enter Nanjing, and capture Zhu Xuan alive. This would be such a wonderful thing, but now they have been discovered, it is not beautiful at all, it is also very scary.

If anything is not handled properly, people will die, many people will die!
"Father, you..."

Zhu Mengwan was stunned.

They never thought that their father could be so bold as to do such a heinous thing. He was going to kill their entire family.

"I don't want to either!"

Zhu Zhen sighed, "If I don't do some things, our fate will be equally miserable. I just wanted to take back the initiative, but I didn't expect that Lao Liu had been discovered. Alas!"

"what should we do?"

Zhu Mengwan was in a state of confusion.

Next, I might really die.

"I will go to Beijing and confess later."

Zhu Zhen knew how serious the problem was. After struggling for a while, he decided to ignore it and said, "After I leave, the King of Chu will be you. When I see your grandfather, I will ask him to leave the King of Chu to you."

He felt that Lao Zhu must have known what he had done.

Sending a head here was just a warning to him, or perhaps a reminder to make him go to Beijing and confess his crime.

If you plead guilty now, you may be able to get a lighter sentence.

"Father!"

Zhu Mengwan almost cried when he heard this. He and his family didn't know why they had to take this path. He quickly said, "Father, you don't have to go. I... I don't think it's necessary to go to Beijing."

Zhu Zhen said weakly: "If I don't go to the capital, do I have to wait for your grandfather to send the Royal Guards to capture me and bring me to the capital?"

Old Zhu's bloodline suppressed him, crushing him to death.

He was also extremely afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang's severity.

"uncertain!"

Zhu Mengwan was still somewhat sober and calm.

Zhu Zhen was panicking and couldn't calm down. He was thinking bad things, but Zhu Mengwan was different. He said calmly, "Father, think about it. If the emperor knew about this, would he ignore everything and just send someone to send a head?" (End of this chapter)