Shen Wansan felt relieved after hearing this.
The emperor needed a way out.
This meant that Zhu Rong really wanted to help him.
If Zhu Rong comforted Shen Wansan and guaranteed that Shen Wansan would be fine,
He was probably the one who really couldn't sleep.
Zhu Rong did not answer directly. Shen Wansan had a flash of inspiration.
He knelt down and said,"
"Rich man Shen Xiu is willing to offer half of his wealth in exchange for the emperor's mercy!”
When Zhu Xiong heard this, he couldn't help but laugh.
Shen Wansan was frightened by Zhu Rong's laughter. Did he say something wrong again?
"You're smart, but you like to speculate on other people's thoughts!”
"If you think you're smart, you might lose your life!”
Zhu Rong's words were not without reason. In his memory, Shen Wansan's fate changed because of this problem.
In the sixth year of Hongwu, after Shen Wansan repaired the city wall, he wrote to Emperor Hongwu,
He wanted to use his meager strength to reward the three armies for the emperor.
Emperor Hongwu was furious. How dare an ordinary person touch the power of the world and reward the three armies? He almost killed this fellow.
If it wasn't for Empress Ma's persuasion, this guy would have already stained Nanjing with blood.
Of course, his fate was not any better. After his family was exiled to Yunnan, he soon died in a foreign land.
This was a typical case of being smart.
It was true that the Emperor had opinions about Shen Wansan, but if he was invited to Nanjing to build the city wall, the Emperor would not make things difficult for him as long as he completed it beautifully.
However, he was afraid that the Emperor would be put in a difficult position. Instead, he was over-guessing the Emperor's thoughts.
In the end, he would flatter the horse's leg and eventually bring about his own destruction.
"Forgive me, King Wu, forgive me!"
Shen Wansan realized that he had said something wrong and quickly kowtowed to beg for mercy.
Zhu Rong asked,"
"Do you know what mistake you made?”
Shen Wansan shook his head in confusion. He had offered half of his family's assets.
Could it be that he had committed another taboo?
Zhu Rong said,"
"The emperor needs a way out of this!”
"It's because everyone, including the officials, knows that you're innocent. But even if you're innocent, you can't ignore the emperor's mighty virtue!”
"If it was someone else interrogating you, they would find an excuse to kill you. Anyway, compared to the dignity of the emperor, your life is obviously less valuable."
"At that time, not to mention half of your Shen Wan San's family property, all of it will belong to the official!”
"You actually used half of your family property in exchange for your life. Do you want to tell the world that the Emperor is blackmailing you?”
Shen Wansan broke out in cold sweat.
If it wasn't for Zhu Rong's reminder, he would have almost killed himself.
At the same time, he understood that his little cleverness was not worth mentioning in the court.
He quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
"Your Highness Wu Wang, please give me a way out. This Shen is willing to pay any price!”
"Haha, I don't need to give you anything. You just need to write a memorial to the emperor and you will naturally be able to escape."
Zhu Rong answered Shen Wansan's question,
"A petition?"
Shen Wansan's eyes were filled with confusion. What did His Highness want him to write?
Zhu Rong asked Shen Wansan to lean in and whispered something into his ear.
Shen Wansan's pupils dilated, and his legs went weak from fear.
He looked at Zhu Rong in horror. This guy was indeed a child of the Zhu family.
If this matter was done, it would probably be more serious than him donating half of his family's wealth.
"Your Highness, you want me to offend all the merchants in the world!”
"Then are you going to do it or not?"
"I'll do it, I'll do it…"
No matter how unwilling Shen Wansan was, he didn't dare not do it.
This was the token of allegiance that Zhu Rong had instructed him to pass to the Emperor. If he passed this test...
From then on, the grudge between him and the Emperor would vanish into thin air, and from then on, the sword on the head of the Shen family would disappear without a trace.
Just because of this, so what if he offended the world?
As the wealthiest merchant in the world who had experienced two generations of the imperial court, he naturally had no lack of decisiveness.
"My lord, I did 1."
"Alright, follow me back to the Embroidered Uniform Guards!”
Zhu Xiong brought Zhu Xiong to the Jinyiwei headquarters in the south of the General Administration Department.
He had just alighted from the carriage when he saw a little eunuch poking his head out. If this wasn't Xu Tong, who could it be?‘
"Why are you here?"
"This servant thought that Your Highness would come here, so I waited here!”
It was already late summer and early autumn, and the weather was slightly cold.
Xu Miaoyun was waiting at the entrance of the street. As the autumn wind blew, Xu Miaoyun trembled slightly.
Zhu Rong nodded. Xu Tong was a nimble kid who knew the big picture.
He asked,
"Why didn't you tell me my name and wait inside?”
"Your Highness, you are the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, but this servant is just a servant!”
"Relying on Master's name to use a fox to intimidate a tiger, that would only hurt Master's reputation. Xu Tong wouldn't dare to do such a thing!"
"Very good!"
Zhu Rong patted Xu Miaoyun's shoulder. This kid was smart.
He was still hesitating whether he should teach Xu Tong the Bone Silk Palm, but now he finally made a decision in his heart.
"Come in with me!"
Zhu Rong brought her and Shen Wansan up the steps of the Jinyiwei Yamen.
Soon, someone stopped him.
"Who are you?"
Zhu Rong chuckled and threw the token over.
When the man saw Zhu Rong's clothes and the token, he broke out in cold sweat.
"Greetings, Your Highness Wu Wang!"
Zhu Rong nodded and led Shen Wansan and the others in.
The arrival of the Jinyiwei commander shocked the entire yamen.
Not long after, a middle-aged man rushed over with a group of Embroidered Uniform Guards.
"I am the deputy commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Mao Xiang. Greetings, Your Highness!”
"Greetings, Commander, Your Highness, King Wu.
This group of people knelt before the Emperor and paid their respects to the new commander. Zhu Xiong nodded and turned his gaze to Mao Xiang.
This deputy commander of the Brocade Guard was the trusted aide of his father.
The Jinyiwei came from another branch of his father's organization called the Inspection Department.
Most of the Jinyiwei's people were from the inspection department.
This included Mao Xiang. If Zhu Xiong had not interfered and changed history, he would have been the first commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
"It seems that Imperial Father is also afraid that I will ruin it, so he found another person to cover for me!“
"If I can't subdue this person, I reckon that the Embroidered Uniform Guards won't follow me wholeheartedly!”
Zhu Rong was well aware of the Emperor's arrangements, but he did not point them out.
He said,
"This is Shen Wansan, I brought him from the Ministry of Justice's prison.”
Mao Xiang and the other Embroidered Uniform Guards looked at Shen Wansan excitedly.
Since the Emperor established the Brocade Guards, because the commander was still pending, the Brocade Guards had never seen blood in its scabbard.
Was the person in front of him the top case of the Brocade Guard?
"Sir, don't worry and leave him to me. I guarantee that he will tell me how many illegitimate children he has tomorrow.”
Shen Wansan looked at everyone sharpening their weapons and almost collapsed to the ground.
Zhu Xi was speechless.
Did I ask you to do this?
He coughed, understanding that Mao Xiang had misunderstood.
Zhu Rong said with a straight face,"
"I didn't ask you to torture me. Can't you be more civilized?”
Mao Xiang was speechless.
Your Highness, this is the Jinyiwei. You want to talk about civilization with the Jinyiwei?
"Give him a room and some pen and paper!”
"Serve this king well!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Mao Xiang and the others didn't know what Zhu Xiong was up to. He could only make arrangements for Shen Wansan.
"Your Highness, please!"
Mao Xiang led Zhu Rong to his office and placed piles of secret scrolls in front of him.
"Your Highness, this is the secret information we have collected about the officials. Please take a look!”
"As long as you give the order, we will immediately go out and arrest him!“
"Put it here, Xu Tong, help me take a look."
Zhu Rong pushed all the secret scrolls to Xu Miaoyun with an expression that said he was going to destroy them.
Mao Xiang's face darkened.
He said bluntly,
"Your Highness, the secret scroll of the Embroidered Uniform Guards is an internal secret. Although this little eunuch is Your Highness 'subordinate, he is not a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guards."
"Even if you are the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, you have no right to hand over these things that should have been handed over to His Majesty to a little eunuch?”
Zhu Xiong chuckled. This guy did have some opinions about him.
He understood the Emperor's arrangement. He had thrown him into the Brocade Guard to train himself. The Emperor really hoped that he could play a role.
However, the Brocade Guards were the Emperor's eyes. If Zhu Rong messed around, wouldn't Old Zhu suffer a double loss?
Thus, although Mao Xiang was his subordinate on the surface, he still had to be directly responsible to the Emperor.
Moreover, Mao Xiang might not have no objections to his sudden appearance as a leader.
It was very simple. If it wasn't Zhu Rong, Mao Xiang would be the leader of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
Compared to the position of the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, he was far from being the Deputy Commander.
Zhu Xiong saw through Mao Xiang's thoughts and was happy.
Good, it was naturally best to have such a rebellious subordinate.
As long as he worked hard to report to his father, his father would soon dismiss him.
At that time, his reputation as a useless good-for-nothing would spread far and wide.
It was best to offend such a subordinate.
This way, he would work even harder to report.
When Zhu Xiong thought of this, he already knew what he should do.
His face turned cold as he picked up the inkstone on the table and threw it at Mao Xiang.
Suddenly, an inkstone flew over. Mao Xiang was also dumbfounded.
This bastard actually beat someone up with a weapon?
Mao Xiang used his hand to block the inkstone, but the ink on the inkstone was still wet.
Dyeing him black,
"Your Highness!"
"Lord Mao!"
Hearing the commotion inside, the Brocade Guards all ran in.
Seeing the scene in front of them, everyone was stunned.
This Wu Wang was on his first day in office, and he was already at odds with Lord Mao?
Most of the core members of the Embroidered Uniform Guards had followed Mao Xiang up from the Inspection Department. The people from the Rearguard Commandery and the Rites and Luan Department were the minority.
These people were standing on Mao Xiang's side.
They all glared at Zhu Xi,
Zhu Rong was amused.
He had offended all his subordinates on his first day at work.
The plan was indeed useful. This could make his father angry and obtain the system reward.
He could also ask Old Zhu to get rid of him as soon as possible.
Zhu Xi chuckled and stood up, staring at Mao Xiang.
"What, you want to rebel?”
"Let me tell you, if this king wants him to see the secret scroll, he can see it."
"If you're not convinced, then get lost and complain to the emperor!”
"As long as I am still in the position of Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, I will have the final say here!”
"Get out!"
"Yes, my lord!"
Mao Xiang's eyes were filled with a dark haze as he forcefully suppressed the rage in his heart.
He brought his subordinates out.
"Lord Mao, Your Highness is going too far. We don't accept this!"
"Why don't you report it to His Majesty?"
Mao Xiang waved his hand to stop his subordinates from talking. After he dismissed his subordinates, he said,
His eyes were filled with killing intent.
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