Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 942 Identity Exposed
Cold comes and summer goes, winter goes and spring comes, and the westerly wind blows for another year. In the blink of an eye, the New Year of the two years of co-government has passed, and the officials have finished their holidays and started to get busy again.

However, although the government and workshops in various places have resumed normal operation one after another, the taste of the New Year among the people has not dissipated, and the crisp sound of firecrackers is heard from time to time.

Early in the morning, a fast horse stepped on the melting snow and galloped to the city of Hangzhou.

A lot of vegetable farmers who came into the city to sell vegetables had already gathered outside the city. The cavalry reined in their horses and waited anxiously for a moment while looking at the city gate.

Seeing this, the cavalry immediately urged their horses forward, showed their badges and documents, and galloped non-stop along the street, through the busy streets, and ran directly to the governor's office under the surprised eyes of the crowd.

The cavalry came to the yamen, but before the door was opened, he quickly got off his horse, then rushed to the door on the steps, raised his hand, knocked on the iron ring on the door continuously, and shouted loudly: "Open the door quickly, open the door..."

The soldiers knocked several times in a row, and after a while, the door opened a gap, and an officer stuck out his head, and shouted unhappily: "Governor Yamen, don't be presumptuous!"

The soldier hurriedly cupped his fists and explained: "Sir, my master has something urgent to report to the governor!"

The officer frowned, and after hearing what the soldier said, he didn't make things difficult in the end, "Come in through the side door!"

After finishing speaking, the gate was closed by the general, and then a small gate next to it creaked open, and the soldiers hurried in through it.

Xiao Qihui, the governor of Zhejiang, surrendered. At that time, King Lu promised him excellent conditions, and he was considered to be on King Lu's boat.

Just after the morning watch, Xiao Qihui got dressed under the service of his servants, washed up, and after a little activity, he was ready to start dealing with the government affairs accumulated during the New Year.

At this moment, he was taking a walk in the yard, when an aide from outside hurried into the backyard, saw him, and immediately rushed over.

When Xiao Qi met the staff, he was his confidant for many years, he followed him when he was a Ming official, and he did not leave him when he was an upright official, and now he is serving the Ming Dynasty together with him.

There are two ways to become an official, one is to take the Jinshi examination and test for merit, and the other is to become an aide to a high-ranking official and be recommended by a high-ranking official to enter the officialdom.

The master who came here was surnamed Huang, and he had followed Xiao Qihui for many years, Xiao Qi knew how to use it very smoothly, he was a little bit reluctant, but he still had to arrange a place for him as an official, otherwise he would stay by his side forever, after a long time, I'm afraid there will be complaints, and if it is delegated, it can also become his pawn in the local area and his future resources, and this situation is very common in the officialdom.

Xiao Qihui also saw his aides approaching in a hurry, "Mr. Huang, why are you in such a hurry?"

The aide walked up to him, "Master Futai, Liu Zhi County of Yuyao sent an urgent letter, Futai had better read it immediately."

As the governor of a province, Xiao Qi will definitely need some obedient people in the local area as his hands, feet and eyes and ears, otherwise he will be easily overwhelmed by political opponents or people who want to take his seat.

This Liu Zhixian of Yuyao is a member of Xiao Qihui and one of his aides. He just raised his fame and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty with him.

He has operated Liu Zhifu to be transferred to Huzhou as a co-prefect, promoted him to the sixth rank, and in a few years will make him a magistrate and make him a prefect of a county.

Xiao Qi would hear that it was an urgent letter from Liu Zhi County, and he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, he will be transferred in a while, what's the rush, could it be that he poked something in Yuyao and asked him to help wipe his ass?
Xiao Qihui rejected this idea in his mind, this Liu magistrate has been his staff for three or four years, and he has always done things safely. Since he was placed in Yuyao as the county magistrate, he has also achieved quite a lot, so he shouldn't have made trouble for him.

At this time, Xiao Qi would take the letter in doubt, there was a wax seal, indicating that it was a confidential matter, he tore it open and read a few lines, his face immediately changed.

Mr. Huang at the side, seeing Xiao Qihui's expression, couldn't help asking: "Futai, what is it?"

Xiao Qihui was speechless for a while, and after a long silence, he suddenly handed the letter to Mr. Huang, "Sir, take a look for yourself!"

Then Mr. Huang took it over and took a look, his face was also shocked, "Is this news reliable? Prince Yizong actually appeared in Yuyao, and was mistakenly arrested by the government and thrown into prison."

This is really a bit too surprising, Huang Xiaoqi's face will be cold, he didn't expect that Liu Zhixian really made a big mess for him, he couldn't help saying angrily: "This Liu Yixin, he dares to make fun of such a thing, how can he Can you send the fifth prince to prison?"

Mr. Huang hastily read it again carefully, and then said: "Futai, this incident really cannot be blamed on Liu Zhixian. The letter said that it was the brother-in-law of Li Xiancheng in Yuyao City who fell in love with someone else's property. A patrol inspector in Yuyao falsely accused the fifth son of the emperor as a fugitive, so he mistakenly took the fifth son of the emperor into prison."

"Liu Yixin has not been transferred to Huzhou yet. He is the chief official of Yuyao. What the subordinates do is what he does. He cannot get rid of his involvement in this matter. Maybe this official will also be implicated." He is an official, his virtue is unmatched, so many eyes are staring at him, he can't help being even more angry when he hears Li Xiancheng.

This time he operated Liuzhi County to Huzhou as the magistrate, through the relationship of Zhang Kentang. Although he is also from the King Lu faction, Zhang Kentang did not deal with him very much. He was demoted and could not get along with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang bureaucrats. Go, and Zhang Kentang's condition is to right this Li Xiancheng.

"Going to Taiwan, what should we do now? Should we immediately send someone to pick up the five sons of the emperor and report to the imperial court, so as to reduce the impact."

"Yes! Make up for it!" Xiao Qihui listened to the staff's words, nodded, and walked into the house, "Let someone go immediately, no, Ben Fu wants to go in person, sir, hurry up and mobilize the troops..."

The staff member hurriedly bowed and was about to turn around, but Xiao Qihui stopped suddenly, turned his head and frowned and asked: "Sir, who is happy and who is not happy when the fifth son of the emperor comes out at this time?"

The aides were stunned, the Chongzhen bloodline had a strong impact on the Ming Dynasty. Back then, whenever a prince fled to the south of the Yangtze River, there would be no such troubles as Fulu's struggle for power.

After Jiashen, the reason why the Ming Dynasty was so chaotic was not because of the loss of a center. After the entire system lost its core, everyone felt that they could be the core. A plate of loose sand.

In this situation, it was not until the Ming army captured Nanjing, Wang Yan elevated Longwu's status, and tried to barely stabilize the legal status of Tang Fan, that the Ming Dynasty barely regained a center.

At this time, if the matter of the fifth son of the emperor is reported, will the King of Chu recognize it?Will there be another false prince case?What will be the attitude of King Lu and King Tang?

Just now, when Mr. Huang and Xiao Qi saw the fifth prince, their heads exploded. Now that I think about it carefully, this matter is not easy to handle. If it is not done well, there will be a big problem and a big disturbance, and they will never accept it. to what good.

"Futai, you have to be careful about this matter!"

Xiao Qihui took it very seriously, "This matter cannot be reported directly to the imperial court. Ben Fu wrote a secret letter, and the master sent it to Nanjing immediately and handed it directly to His Royal Highness King Lu. Don't let other people know, including Zhang Kentang. Benfu will send troops to Yuyao to control all those who know the news, and the news of the appearance of the fifth prince must not be known to anyone."

(End of this chapter)