high official

Chapter 1063 Sending Letters
Hearing the old eunuch's words, Zhao Wangping broke out in a cold sweat for nothing. Zhao Ying's meaning was very clear - before the prince or grandson returned to Beijing, he should kill Zheng He by force, kill the king, and then forge a will to ascend the throne!
Although he already knew that this step would be unavoidable in the end, but when the matter came to an end, King Zhao knew how difficult it was to make this decision!

Not to mention that after killing the king, he must be nailed to the pillar of shame for killing his father and usurping the throne. The prince and grandson will definitely publicize this matter, making the world ashamed to be with him.Just say that Zheng He is sitting in the palace and the army is protecting the palace. With the current strength of Zhao Wang, I am afraid that there is no way to win quickly.Once he can't win quickly and his plot is exposed, he will be criticized by thousands of people and besieged by the whole world!
Seeing that King Zhao's expression changed several times and his face was full of confusion, he just couldn't make up his mind.Zhao Ying sighed secretly, and then persuaded him in vain, "My lord, don't let it stop, but let it mess you up!"

"I know, this king knows..." Zhao Wang nodded, and said bitterly: "But once this matter is launched, it must be resolved quickly, and it will become a fait accompli before everyone reacts! But our preparation time is too long. In short, most of Shangzhiwei's army is still out of hand, and the palace gate of Xiyuan is still under the control of Zheng He..."

"My lord! You can't wait until you are fully sure of this kind of thing before doing it, and the opportunity will be completely missed!" Zhao Ying said in a deep voice: "We now have four of the twelve guards, and the three guards of the lord himself, plus Zheng He. The army is going to guard everywhere, and what we really need to face is no more than 1 people at most! We can form a force that is twice that of the enemy locally! My lord, if we are five or six points sure, we must give it a go. My lord, of course it can be done!"

"If..." Zhao Wang subconsciously wanted to ask, 'If the destiny is not with me, what should I do? ' But the question was so ridiculous that he swallowed it back.But the hesitation at this moment has been clearly reflected in Zhao Ying's eyes.

"The old slave will take down a palace gate within three days. The martial law in Beijing will be maintained for another three days." Zhao Ying already understood that it is impossible to expect King Zhao to make a decision immediately.I could only sigh, and took a step back: "My lord can still think about it. If you still can't make up your mind after three days, then Wang Tu Baye will stop talking about it, and this old slave will have to think about retreating..."

"Okay." Zhao Wang nodded, exhaled deeply, and said, "This king will not let you down."

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Martial law is still in place throughout the city, and the Zhengjia Liang store in Qianmen is also closed like other stores, as if to minimize trouble as much as possible.

Inside the shop, several shopkeepers, accountants, clerks, and a scribe in a wheelchair were playing Pai Gow as if bored.This doesn't seem to be surprising at all. If you can't do business, you always have to find something to pass the time.

But if you look carefully at the dominoes on the table, you will find that these people are not playing cards at all. They place the dominoes in different positions and form different shapes, and they are constantly changing the situation carefully. Do some sort of deduction.

Among these few people, the leader was not a man dressed as a shopkeeper, but an extremely ordinary-looking guy. He folded his arms and looked solemnly at the scribe sitting in a wheelchair.The scribe held a few dominoes in his hand and threw them into the area representing the prison, meditating with a solemn expression.

"Mr. Yan, what's the situation now?" When the guy opened his mouth, it was Wu Wei's voice.

"Restraining each other, no one can do anything to the other." The scribe called Mr. Yan is naturally Yan Qing, Wang Xian's number one counselor.He pointed to the dominoes that were divided into two camps, one large and one small, and said: "Although King Zhao is powerful, the three great scholars successfully dragged Zheng He into the water. Zheng He has the forbidden army and imperial edicts in his hands. King Zhao will not lose everything. Why not him."

"As long as we can't do anything about Zheng He, then the golden seal sent to us will be the biggest trouble for King Zhao!" Wu Wei followed Yan Qing's words: "As long as we send it to the prince or grandson, the prince may rely on it." Come back!"

"That's right. Although King Zhao claimed that Jin Yin was stolen from the palace by a university scholar, this matter is too unimaginable, and not many people will believe it." Yan Qing nodded and said: "At that time, as long as Eunuch Zheng stands up, it proves that the emperor was once in the university. If the soldiers were awake when they arrived, this golden seal can command civil and military affairs to a large extent."

Apart from the precious material, the emperor's seal has nothing special about it.The reason why it has supreme power is because everyone believes that it represents the will of the emperor. A seal that is believed to be stolen and a seal that is believed to be given by the emperor represent a world of difference!The former is a stolen royal treasure, while the latter is the representative of the emperor's power!

The key factor that determines whether this seal is the former or the latter is how people in the world view this matter.People in the world believe it is the former, then those who hold the seal will not only have no benefit, but will be attacked by groups, and people in the world believe it is the latter, then the holder of the seal will be the emperor's spokesperson and can command the world!

"So we should send this golden seal immediately," Wu Wei nodded and said, "It's just that the grandson is close and the prince is far away. I don't know where to send it." Mansion, but the crown prince is nearly two thousand miles away in Nanjing.

"Supposedly, it is naturally given to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Yan Qing looked at the cards on the table, his eyes became more serious, and he frowned, "But I'm afraid it's too late..." After a pause, he explained: "In the current situation, Zhao The king knows better than us that once the crown prince returns to Beijing, he will be in big trouble. So I speculate that he will give it a go in the next few days!"

"So, can His Royal Highness be more confident?" Wu Wei said softly.If Zhu Zhanji changes horses but does not change people, he can arrive in the capital in one day after receiving the order.

"Yes. But judging from the current relationship between the prince and the grandson, I'm afraid there will be many side issues." Yan Qing nodded slightly, with a lot of concerns in his eyes, and sighed: "Let's see what the adults think."

"En." Wu Wei nodded. Although the connection with Wang Xian was fine, it took time for the message to pass after all.

In the evening, Wang Xian's instructions finally arrived, ordering Wu Wei to send the two decrees to Xuanfu and Nanjing respectively, but there was no mention of the golden seal.

"What do you mean, my lord?" Wu Wei asked Yan Qing in confusion. "Why don't you mention how to deal with the gold seal?"

"My lord's meaning is very clear. The golden seal is temporarily in our hands. As for who and when to give it, it depends on the situation." Yan Qing breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that Wang Xian would treat the prince and grandson as one, so that They handed the golden seal to Taisun nearby.

"Okay." Wu Wei nodded in agreement, and ordered the shopkeeper at the side to send two orders out of the capital.

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According to the rules set by Emperor Taizu, the army's rations should be shipped directly by the nearby government.However, after the capital was moved, military rations had to be shipped from the south, which could not be met by government water transportation alone. Therefore, many grain stores started the military ration business, selling grain received from various channels to the army to supplement military rations.But this kind of business is not something everyone can do. A grain store with a background can do this kind of business with a lot of volume and profits, just like getting a cornucopia.If a grain store without a backstage wants to get involved in this kind of business, it will lose its entire family and lose all its money, and there will be no bones left after being eaten.

Zheng's grain shop obviously belongs to the former. They supply more than a dozen barracks with grain at the same time. Today's several carts of grain are sent to the barracks stationed near Chaoyangmen.When Boss Zheng personally escorted the car to the gate of the barracks, the officers and soldiers guarding the gate laughed and said, "What wind brought Boss Zheng here?"

"There is martial law in the city, there is no business in the store, and idleness is idleness." Boss Zheng went over with a smile, and stuffed a bunch of copper coins into the hands of the leader, and said with a smile: "Buy some wine for everyone."

The little school took the copper coin, smiled knowingly, and said, "Go in."

Boss Zheng thanked him and entered the barracks with food.The gate guard distributed the copper coins to his colleagues, and he only left three or five copper coins on the string of money.

After a while, the little school was on duty, and just happened to meet a group of soldiers who were going to patrol the city. The little school stopped the leading Baihu and said, "Qi Baihu, I borrowed money from you last time." A bunch of copper coins were passed to the hundred households surnamed Qi.

Qi Baihu was stunned for a moment, and laughed and scolded: "If you don't tell me, I forgot, such a small amount of money, forget it."

"Don't tell me, it's easy to borrow and repay, and it's not difficult to borrow again." The school gave a string of copper coins to hundreds of households.Baihu had no choice but to take it, stuff it into the boot leaf, and made an appointment to have a drink later, and then led the team to the city.

After Baihu and his men climbed to the top of the city, it was getting dark. Baihu walked to the corner of the city wall, took advantage of people not paying attention, threw the money string outside, coughed at the same time, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, come here, I will Say a few words." The string of money fell from the high city wall and landed on the side of the moat with a clatter.

The soft thud was completely covered by Baihu's voice. The officers and soldiers watched Baihu walk to the other side of the city wall, and naturally surrounded him as he said. Don't doze off at night, don't be lazy, and don't let people get close to the city wall. If something goes wrong, I'll skin him! Did you hear that?"

"Understood." The soldiers responded scatteredly.

"Cheer up! Do you understand me!" Qi Baihu looked annoyed.

"Understood!" This time the answer was much neater.

Just as the soldiers turned their backs to the outside of the city, a man wearing a black water tank unexpectedly appeared in the moat. With both hands, he stepped ashore from the water, grabbed the money string, turned around and returned to the water.The water waves swayed silently in the night, as if no one had ever been there before.

"Let's go." Yue felt that the things should have been picked up, so Qi Baihu waved his hands, telling his subordinates to do what they should do.

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Under the cover of the night, the man went ashore from the other side of the moat, quietly found a certain distance, then spread out his movements and ran away.After running for a mile or so, a knight leading a steed came up to meet him, and the man threw the money string to the knight.

The knight touched the dent on a copper coin with his fingers, and said softly: "Nanjing, Prince." Touching another copper coin, he said softly: "Xuanfu, grandson." The horses split up and galloped away.

(End of this chapter)