In the study room of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen chatted with Zhu Changxun, the king of fortune, for a while, and then suddenly changed the topic and said: "... Originally, according to the agreement between me and my uncle, after my uncle went to Beijing, he should let his uncle take care of the position of Zongzheng of the Sect. Now, however, the situation has changed a bit. ”

Zhu Changxun suddenly straightened his waist, and shouted a little eagerly: "Your Majesty, this is what you personally promised Gu, how can you regret it now?" ”

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly reassured: "Uncle, don't panic, it's not that my nephew wants to regret it, it's really some things that my uncle has done recently, which has found a reason for those officials who have nothing to do, and several gentlemen in the cabinet are unwilling to draft this edict now." ”

King Fu, who was still full of grievances, was stunned for a moment, and he hurriedly recalled what he had done since entering Beijing to make these civil officials seize the handle.

He thought about it for a long time and didn't feel that he had done anything worthy of impeachment by the civilian officials, but the resentment he had just filled with dissipated a lot. Zhu Changxun thought about it, but he couldn't understand it, and couldn't help but ask Chongzhen with a little weakness: "I don't know what Gu has done, is it worth letting these civil officials impeach Gu?" ”

Zhu Youzhen cleared his throat before he said slowly: "I heard that my uncle recently went to the bank to ask for a large sum of money, and refused to pay with paper money, because the bank's turnover was not effective for a while, and my uncle's people almost didn't smash the bank." ”

Hearing what the emperor said about this, Zhu Changxun suddenly became emboldened, and he complained to Chongzhen with confidence: "I was in a hurry to go to Beijing to reunite with my mother, so I was too hasty to leave and couldn't bring my belongings, so I ordered You Song to sort out the belongings of the Luoyang Palace, and then go on the road."

Although the place between Luoyang and the capital is peaceful, in order not to disturb the place, You Song can't bring more guards. Therefore, he deposited most of his belongings in this bank and prepared to withdraw them when he arrived in the capital.

Less than 2,000 miles from Luoyang to the capital, the profiteer who opened the bank asked for a handling fee of more than 100,000 taels of silver. Lone asks someone to get the money out, and he wants to take a stack of waste paper to fool me, isn't this teasing Lone? What do these officials have to impeach Lone? ”

Wang Chengen, who was standing in the corner, secretly looked at Chongzhen's face, but his face did not change, and he still listened to King Fu's complaint with a smile on his face.

Zhu Youzhen casually picked up a stack of documents from the table in front of him, then handed them to King Fu and said, "Uncle might as well take a look at what these officials say, of course I don't believe in these nonsense words." ”

Zhu Changxun took the document from Chongzhen's hand disapprovingly, and he thought to himself that these officials would probably impeach him for acting arrogantly and indulging in small problems such as domestic slaves.

He opened the file, and after reading a few lines of text, his face suddenly became serious, and with the sound of the document flipping, Zhu Changxun's face turned from black to white, and from white to red, and in the end, even his body trembled with excitement, which was obviously angry.

"This is simply a mouthful, reversing black and white, making something out of nothing, and spewing blood. Lone took out his property from the bank, but he just wanted to be safe, what does it mean to accumulate money and want to buy the minister, with bad intentions?

Lone did recruit a few house slaves, how did he become a recruit outlaw, intending to follow Zhu's example?

There is a house slave named Zhao Pu under Lone's hand, and Lone himself doesn't know, why did he become Lone and want to be Zhao Kuangyin...

It was the bastard who wrote these movements, and Lonely, Lonely, would never give up with him. Zhu Changxun was extremely angry, and he held the pieces tightly in his hands, as if he was choking the neck of the person who wrote them.

However, no matter how angry Zhu Changxun is, he doesn't know who to vent to at this time, because the names of the authors of these pieces are blacked out.

After shouting for a while, he realized that he was still sitting in the upper study, and his performance just now was really a little out of shape.

"Lone just lost a little bit of a gaffe, please forgive your majesty, but, but these pieces are really out of nowhere..."

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and motioned for Wang Chengen to take back the music in King Fu's hand, and then said: "Uncle don't be nervous, I said that I won't believe these nonsense." ”

Zhu Changxun just breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhu Youzhen continued: "However, although I am the son of the great tomorrow, I can't stop the mouths of the people, doesn't my uncle know the truth of the people's mouths?" ”

Zhu Changxun's heart rose again, and he hesitated for a while before lowering his voice and saying, "Your Majesty will always think of a way, right?" After all, Lone has paid a lot of price. ”

Zhu Youzhen's face suddenly became gloomy, and he said unhappily: "I haven't repented, now it's my uncle who has caused an accident himself, do you want me to clean it up?" ”

Zhu Changxun opened his mouth and was speechless, he was silent for a long time before he said in a weak tone: "Your Majesty must think of a way, you can't let me lose all my money, right?" ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen soften his face a little and said: "These officials also want to make some moves, so as to gain some fame and save some qualifications for their future, as long as my uncle comes out with some money, I will settle these rules for my uncle." ”

Zhu Changxun thought about it and felt that this was a helpless method, he thought he was unlucky and said: "As long as Your Majesty can make these officials not speak, Gu is willing to pay 10,000, no, 30,000 taels." ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head at King Fu and said, "Sincerity, uncle." If you don't show some sincerity, how can these officials let you go.

They know that you have withdrawn 1.5 million taels from the bank at one time, and you will have to withdraw another 3 or 4 million taels in a few days, so you will pay 30,000 taels, how can you suppress this matter? ”

Zhu Changxun suddenly said angrily: "Everyone in the world is surnamed Zhu, no matter how they say it, they are just a courtier, can Your Majesty still watch these people blackmail their relatives?" ”

Chongzhen was silent about this, and after King Fu vented his anger, he also sat back quietly. Even his father couldn't withstand the pressure of the civil officials, so he had to pass the throne to the eldest brother, and what ability did Chongzhen, who had just ascended the throne, have to let these officials withdraw their impeachment against him.

Zhu Changxun asked quite tiredly: "Then how much does Your Majesty think that Lone should pay?" ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen continue: "I think that if my uncle takes out one-tenth of his property, those officials will probably be satisfied. ”

"That's ridiculous, why?" King Fu obviously couldn't stand it, and Chongzhen proposed the number.

Zhu Youzhen said quietly: "And my uncle also wants to eliminate the negative impact on this incident among the people and officials in the capital." ”

Zhu Changxun suddenly stopped his anger and said, "What negative effect? ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at him and said: "Of course, my uncle doesn't have so much gold and silver deposits in the bank, and then he will deposit the silver back to reassure the court officials, and my uncle doesn't want to do anything with this gold and silver."

As for my uncle's deposit, I will guarantee it for the bank, and I will never lose a tael of silver from you. In fact, isn't it more convenient for my uncle to withdraw paper money than to use gold and silver? The officials of the province are clamoring in front of me.

I advise my uncle that you buy a 5-year Treasury bond and earn some interest. ”

Zhu Changxun thought about it for a long time before he said: "Since there is a guarantee from His Majesty, I will deposit the money back in the bank after I go back." But could the cost of convincing officials be lowered? ”

Zhu Youzhen lowered his head and thought about it, then picked up another document from the table, and then handed it to Queen Fu and said: "This is the document of several Chu clan clans who have repented within the high walls of Fengyang, and appealed to the Zongren Mansion through the eunuchs guarding the town, asking for a retrial of Chu Zong's case, uncle may wish to take a look." ”

The Chu Zong case is also known as the puppet Chu King case, and Zhu Changxun knows very well that this is a big case that has triggered a party dispute between the DPRK and China from the authenticity of the clan identity.

The cause of the case is that after the death of the third son of Zhu Xianrong, the king of Chu and the eighth king of Chu, who was sealed in Wuchang, Hubei, the posthumous palace man Hu Shi, got twin sons Zhu Huakui and Zhu Huabi, who were taken care of by Guo Lun, the internal supervisor of the palace.

In the eighth year of Wanli, Mingshenzong named Zhu Huakui's first heir, that is, the king of Chuding; Zhu Huabi was named the king of Xuanhua. However, when it was determined that the king would be attacked, Wang Ruoquan, the guest of honor in the palace, once said that Brother Hua Kui was not born to King Gong, but it was not taken seriously at that time, so Hua Kui was able to attack the king.

When Zhu Huakui ascended the throne, he was too young to serve as a director, and his uncle Zhu Xianhuai, the king of Wugang, acted as the government minister. Zhu Xianhuai obviously thought that Hua Kui was not the queen of Chu Gong, and thought that the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace of the king of Chu connected to the palace of Queen Chu Gong, took two fake sons, and took away the throne of Chu that should have been inherited by him.

Zhu Xianhuai was full of resentment, "restrained Zongyi, exploited the palace and family's bedroom, put it in a Jedi, forced the concubine, took bribes and killed people, committed crimes and violence, and took all the treasures and treasures hidden in the ancestors."

The people of Chu Mansion always held the attitude of calming things and allowing Zhu Xianhuai to steal property. Later, under the intervention of Zhao Xian, the governor of Huguang, his brother Zhu Xianzhen, the king of Dong'an, was appointed as the head of the sect. However, the sect members who doubted Zhu Huakui's legitimacy gradually ceased to be bound by him.

In the thirty-first year of Wanli, Zhu Huayun, a member of the Chu Sect, was reprimanded for offending the king of Chu for something, and he was dissatisfied, so he united 29 people from the same sect and sent people to complain. said that Zhu Huakui was a false king, and said that Zhu Huakui and Zhu Huabi were not Prince Chu Gong, Hua Kui was the son of Eugene Mei, the concubine of Princess Gong's brother Wang Ruyan, and Hua Bi was the son of Wang Yu of the Wang Ruwei family of the concubine clan, both of whom were born for a few months and then raised in the Chu Palace.

It is also said that Hua Zhen's wife is Wang Ruyan's daughter, which can be testified, so Hua Zhen knows very well. His statement was recognized by many Chu clans, such as Zhu Yingsui, King of Dong'an, Zhu Huazeng, King of Wugang, and Zhu Huaan, King of Jiangxia, and caused a protracted and wide-ranging dispute between the King of Chu and Chu Zong.

Zhu Huakui heavily bribed Shen Yiyi, the first assistant of the cabinet and the leader of the Zhejiang Party, and wanted to suppress the matter, and the Donglin Party members launched an attack on Shen Yiyi with the support of Shen Li, the second assistant of the Ministry of Rites, Guo Zhengyu, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Rites, and finally formed a party dispute in the DPRK and China.

Zhu Changxun thought about it carefully, and immediately retreated and said: "This case is very involved, and even my father and emperor have to deal with the mud. Besides, if the case is overturned for Chu Zong, wouldn't Gu be opening his eyes for the Donglin Party? ”