"Yes, if Your Majesty was here, King Hun wouldn't be so arrogant.”
"His Majesty is still the best. He will never ask us for money!”
"Everyone, we have to find a way to bring His Majesty back. Otherwise, who knows if King Hun will do something even more outrageous in the future.”
“......”
With a little provocation from Zhang He, the group of dignitaries exploded with righteous indignation.
Jiao Jing and Chen Mao looked at each other, secretly admiring Zhang He.
"Alright, everyone should know what to do about bringing back the emperor. It's getting late, so everyone should go back and prepare. Tomorrow, we'll go to King Hun and ask for an explanation.”
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Zhang Rong prepared to let everyone leave.
After all, they had secretly gathered together. If Zhu Qiyu discovered them, there might be some unnecessary trouble.
...
Imperial Palace, Cining Palace!
Li Yongchang came in front of Sun Ruowei and whispered,""Empress Dowager…Empress Dowager…"
If it was in the past, he would never dare to wake Sun Ruowei up. After all, everyone had a bad temper when they woke up. The only difference was the size.
Rashly waking the sleeping Empress Dowager was undoubtedly a very risky thing to do.
"Hmm?"
Sun Ruowei was woken up by Li Yongchang and opened her sleepy eyes."Little Li, what's the matter?”
She also understood that if it wasn't for something important, Li Yongchang would never have woken her up.
Li Yongchang leaned forward and whispered,"This old servant has just received news that King Hun has sent people to forcefully demand money from the nobles in the city.”
Although they had gone through a round of cleansing, Sun Ruowei and Zhu Qizhen's foundation in the Imperial Palace was too thick. There were always some fish that had slipped through the net that were hidden deeper.
"What is it? Zhu Qiyu forcefully asked for money from the nobles?”
Sun Ruowei was stunned when she heard that. The sleepiness on her body disappeared, and her face was filled with disbelief.
"Is the news reliable?" she asked in surprise.”
"It's reliable. We got a total of five hundred thousand gold taels. Those nobles are really rich.”
Li Yongchang nodded and sighed.
He also did not expect that the nobles in the city were actually so rich.
The conversion ratio between gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty was 1:10, which meant that 500,000 taels of gold was equivalent to 5,000,000 taels of silver.
A small request and he was able to get five million taels of silver. From this, one could see how wealthy Xun Gui was.
Sun Ruowei's expression was also very ugly. She snorted coldly."With so much money, those dignitaries actually handed it over just like that. If we give this money to Yexian, I'm afraid we can bring the emperor back.”
Li Yongchang's expression froze when he heard that. He didn't know how to respond.
He didn't need to think to know that Zhu Qiyu had raised this money to fight against the Wala. However, Sun Ruowei wanted to use the money to redeem Zhu Qizhen.
A man is innocent, but he is guilty of holding a treasure.
If they gave him five million taels, he would probably be even more greedy and ask for more money from Da Ming. He would also be even more determined to break through Beijing.
There was no other reason than money moving people's hearts!
With money but no strength to protect it, it would only end up as a piece of fat meat in the eyes of others.
Sun Ruowei did not dwell on the five hundred thousand gold taels for too long. She sneered,"Taking out so much money for nothing, I believe that the dignitaries will definitely not let this matter rest. Zhu Qiyu is looking for trouble for himself again.”
"Yeah, I really don't know what King Hun is thinking, he actually has the intention to kill Xun Gui.”
Li Yongchang nodded. He was very puzzled.
In his opinion, it was not a smart decision to offend the noble group for some money.
......
The night was silent!
Early in the morning, a loud horn sounded, waking up the sleeping Beijing.
"What's going on? What does King Hun want now?"
"Have you heard? Last night, King Hun sent someone to Xun Gui's house to ask for money.”
"Really? Wouldn't King Hun offend Xun Gui to death by doing this? Is he really not afraid at all?"
"Who knows what King Hun is thinking, but it doesn't affect us much. It seems that King Hun is quite friendly to the civil officials.”
“......”
The group of civil officials discussed animatedly. They gathered in groups of three to five and discussed what had happened last night.
From their tone, it was not hard to tell that they were gloating at this moment.
This was also a very normal phenomenon. The conflict between civil officials and dignitaries had always been very serious. They were the kind that did not like each other. Now that they saw the dignitaries suffer, the civil officials naturally seized the opportunity to hit them when they were down.
To put it bluntly, the conflict between civil officials and dignitaries was essentially for the right to speak in the court.
"Ta Ta Ta!"
Countless soldiers and horses were heading toward the gates of the palace.
In recent times, soldiers from all over the world had arrived, causing the number of soldiers in the city to swell to around eighty thousand.
Although there were more soldiers in the city, the military power was still in the hands of Zhu Qiyu.
Of course, this was only on the surface. Undercurrents were surging in the interior.
"Yu Qian, do you know what King Hun is trying to do?”
Wang Zhi frowned slightly and asked Yu Qian beside him.
The last time Zhu Qiyu had gathered the soldiers in the city, a bloody conflict had erupted. In just two days, Zhu Qiyu had gathered his soldiers again, which made him feel extremely uneasy.
Yu Qian shook his head and said," I don't know. Last night, Cheng Jing only informed me that King Hun was going to hold a court meeting today. He didn't mention anything about gathering troops."”
His heart was also filled with confusion, not understanding what Zhu Qiyu was up to again.
Hu Fou hesitated for a moment and said,""Last night, King Hun sent people to ask for money from the court officials. Today's gathering of troops may be related to this matter.”
Last night, after Zhu Yi sent Wei Zhongxian off, he immediately ran to Hu Fou's residence and told him everything that had happened.
Originally, Hu Fou didn't know why Zhu Qiyu wanted money from the dignitaries, but now that he saw Zhu Qiyu gather his troops again, he suddenly understood.
Money moved people's hearts, Zhu Qiyu might be planning to use Xun Gui's money to buy the morale of the army.
Wang Zhi was startled when he heard this. Then, he was suddenly shocked. A glint flashed across his eyes as he looked at Zhu Qiyu in front of the city gate."Could it be…"
He wasn't stupid. After Hu Fou's reminder, he instantly came to his senses.
If Zhu Qiyu really used Xun Gui's money to buy people's hearts, then he really had to praise him. Although this move would offend Xun Gui, he had to admit that this move was indeed powerful.
With the strength of the Breaking Ranks and the temptation of money, Beijing City would completely belong to Zhu Qiyu.
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