What? You said King Qiong wanted to rebel?
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the urgent letter that Jiang He was holding with both hands and reached out to take it.
Under the gaze of Zhu Di and Xu Huizu, he unhurriedly opened the letter.
This urgent letter was written by Qiongzhou's prefect, Yuan Chongli.
In the letter, he described in detail the series of arrangements King Qiong had made after he went over.
And most importantly:
It was about the whereabouts of the 200,000 taels of silver that Zhu Yuanzhang had allocated.
From opening the envelope to reading the letter;
Zhu Yuanzhang's breath became thicker and thicker, and his expression became worse and worse.
His weathered face darkened unknowingly.
After reading the letter, Zhu Yuanzhang slammed it heavily on the table and said fiercely,"What is this little brat doing with so much money?”
Driven by curiosity, the King of Yan, Zhu Di, mustered up his courage to take the letter that Zhu Yuanzhang had slammed on the table.
"Look! Look! Take a look!"
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in a fit of anger, did not care. He just pointed at the letter on the table and shouted at Zhu Di and Xu Huizu,"One of you is a good younger brother, and the other is a good brother-in-law, but you do such ridiculous things all day long!”
Zhu Di grabbed the letter sent by the magistrate of Qiongzhou and immediately flipped through it.
The Minister of War, Xu Huizu, also quickly leaned over.
Zhu Di looked up and said to Zhu Yuanzhang,""Father, the magistrate of Qiongzhou didn't say anything. Is there a need for you to be so angry?”
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang tried his best to control his emotions. He pointed at Zhu Di's nose and said,"You don't know, but this kid used the excuse of King Xiu's Mansion to make at least a million taels of silver when he went back and forth to Jingzhou.”
When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, even Zhu Di was shocked. He said seriously,"A million taels?"
No matter how much money he had, it was more than enough to build a palace, let alone a lord's mansion.
The surprised Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, continued to read the letter.
Then I looked up
He pleaded with Zhu Yuanzhang,"Father, isn't Twelfth Brother engaged to the third daughter of the Xu family? This money might even be used to arrange the wedding. Moreover, Qiongzhou…"
"Go, go, go!"
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't wait for Prince of Yan Zhu Di to finish his sentence. He pulled a long face and waved his hand vigorously."Stop finding excuses for him. Let me ask you, how much money did you spend to marry the eldest daughter of the Xu family?”
The marriage of Prince Zhu Di and Princess Xu Miaoyun was arranged by Empress Ma.
The momentum could not be said to be grand.
Apart from the civil and military officials, even the relatives and neighbors of Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown and Xu Da's hometown were invited to the banquet.
After such a large-scale wedding banquet, the reported amount was only 120,000 taels of silver.
He had wanted to absolve his twelfth brother, but his father had rebuked him.
The Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, had nothing to say and could only shut up obediently.
at this time
Xu Da's eldest son, Xu Huizu, who was still reading the letter, looked serious. After a long time, he raised his head and said to Zhu Yuanzhang,"Your Majesty! This matter was probably not that simple.”
"Hmm?"
The words of Xu Da's eldest son, Xu Huizu, quickly attracted the attention of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.
The two of them didn't say anything and signaled Xu Huizu to continue.
Xu Huizu placed the letter on the table and said seriously,""Your Majesty, please take a look. The letter from the prefect of Qiongzhou said that His Highness King Qiong rode his horse along the coast the moment he arrived in Qiongzhou. The next day, he went to borrow 400,000 taels of cultivation from the prefect of Qiongzhou.”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xu Huizu and asked,"What does that mean?"”
"It means that Her Highness King Qiong is definitely hiding something from us!”
Xu Da's eldest son, Xu Huizu, had a determined look in his eyes. He said with certainty,"It could even be said that this matter was planned by Her Highness King Qiong from the beginning to the end.”
"From borrowing money from the officials to mobilizing 3,000 imperial guards to go south to Qiongzhou overnight, what does this mean?”
This time, Xu Huizu did not wait for Zhu Yuanzhang to ask again and continued to analyze,""It means that from the beginning to the end, His Highness King Qiong never thought of building the mansion. Building the mansion was just an excuse for him to borrow money from everywhere.”
The Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, frowned when he heard Xu Huizu mention the word "amassing wealth".
No one interrupted him. Xu Huizu continued to analyze."This humble subject thinks that the reason why His Highness King Qiong borrowed so much money was because he lacked money for what he wanted to do!”
"And he chose to go south to Qiongzhou to hide his identity.”
Upon hearing this, the Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, was expressionless. However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the main seat, nodded silently.
After getting his approval, Xu Huizu continued to analyze boldly,""Mobilizing three thousand imperial guards is enough to explain His Highness King Qiong's motive!”
At this point, Xu Huizu raised his tone.
"What motive?"
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di asked this question almost at the same time.
However, the former was just doubtful, while the latter was obviously doubtful.
" Take 3,000 imperial guards to the south of Qiongzhou Province and collect millions of taels of silver. With this foundation, if His Highness recruits troops and horses in Qiongzhou Province and sets up a troop..."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened and he spat out a few words," What do you mean?”
"This humble subject thinks that His Highness King Qiong might rebel! We have to be careful!"
Boom!
The moment Xu Huizu said this, everyone present was shocked.
Some of the palace maids and eunuchs almost went limp and knelt down.
"Bullsh * t!"
As soon as Xu Huizu finished speaking, the strong King of Yan, Zhu Di, could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He went forward and grabbed Xu Huizu's collar, raising his hand to hit him!
"Fourth Bro!"
With Zhu Yuanzhang's roar, Zhu Di's fierce right fist stopped in mid-air with difficulty.
With half a finger's distance, Zhu Di's punch would have flattened Xu Huizu's nose.
The King of Yan, Zhu Di, raised his hand to hit him, but Xu Huizu, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, did not dodge.
The two of them were in a deadlock.
Zhu Yuanzhang, whose face was a little dark, slowly said,""Fourth brother, don't be rude!"
"I want to ask who was the one who was rude and hurtful first?" Zhu Di said with a stern face.”
Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly,"No one said anything hurtful. Huizu is just speculating."”
The King of Yan, Zhu Di, glared fiercely at Xu Huizu again. He put down the boxer in his hand and released Xu Huizu's collar.
"Your Majesty!"
Xu Huizu was about to speak, but Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and stopped him."Alright, the two of you can leave. We know what to do about this matter!”
"Here!"
Xu Huizu, assistant minister of the Ministry of War, retreated.
After Xu Huizu left the office, Zhu Di said anxiously,""Father, you must not listen to Xu Huizu's slanderous words. He..."
Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened as he interrupted,""What about him? Just because he doesn't pee in the same pot as you two brothers, you think he's targeting you two brothers everywhere?”
Zhu Di looked at Zhu Yuanzhang without saying anything.
"Let me tell you, Huizu really doesn't have you as his brother-in-law, and he doesn't have Twelfth Brother as his prospective brother-in-law.”
"But his heart is filled with Big Ming! He's pretending to be a ruler!"
"I know that the Twelfth Brother won't rebel, but if someone else does this, can you guarantee that he won't rebel?”
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang say this, Zhu Di did not say anything else.
"Alright, get lost!"
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and took back the letter on the dragon table.
"Your son will take his leave!"
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