Father can be an enemy to the country

In the letter, Daotong first stated clearly that Zhu Liangzu wanted to kill him and had already requested an order. He had no choice but to ask him for help.

Then he told King Chu why Zhu Liangzu wanted to kill him.

To put it simply, since he sued Zhu Liangzu in front of the emperor during the Chinese New Year last year, Daotong, a small magistrate of Panyu, has become a thorn in Yongjiahou's side and a thorn in his flesh.

After returning to Guangzhou, Zhu Liangzu asked his son Zhu Xian to start looking for trouble with fellow Taoists. His men often went to Panyu to extort big business, smashed shops, and raped civilians, making the people suffer. Unspeakable.

Daotong personally led people to stop Zhu Liangzu's subordinates from doing evil, but his subordinates were brutally beaten. In anger, the Taoist sent archers to take those officers and soldiers back to prison.

Originally, he planned to imprison them for a few days to maintain the dignity of the government and send them back to the Dusi Yamen. Unexpectedly, the next day, Zhu Xian led his troops into the county Yamen and robbed the prison. Not only were the officers and soldiers rescued, but other prisoners were also released.

Zhu Xian also took the opportunity to urinate on the screen of Jiang Haiya in the lobby of the county government office, then took away his official hat and threw it into the river.

Daotong was so angry that he complained to his superiors. However, whether it was the Guangzhou Prefecture or the Chasi Bureau, they had never dared to offend Yongjiahou before. Now that Zhu Liangzu has become the general of Zhengnanfu and the commander-in-chief of the reconquest of Yunnan, no one is willing to wade into this muddy water.

Daotong also used the power given to him by the emperor to leapfrog his superiors and impeach Marquis Yongjia, but the result was the same.

But Daotong was also a very stubborn person. He believed that the evidence he had collected could not be caught by the emperor's eyes.

So he stopped for a long time, allowing Young Master Yongjiahou and his subordinates to humiliate him. His attitude of being helpless and frustrated made Yongjiahou and his group relax their vigilance and act more and more unscrupulously.

After a while, he continued to secretly investigate Yongjiahou's group, and finally discovered a fatal crime - his investigation found that Zhu Liangzu had received huge bribes from maritime merchants, not only acting as a smuggling umbrella, but also reselling to them at high prices the weapons used by the imperial court to attack Yunnan. Guns and artillery!

This is a taboo that no emperor can tolerate. I don’t believe that Yongjiahou can still pass it.

He even got conclusive evidence that Yongjiahou was reselling weapons and military supplies. Just when he was about to impeach me, he was discovered by Zhu Liangzu...

~~

Time goes back to a few days ago, in Guangzhou City, the extremely luxurious Yongjia Marquis Mansion.

As soon as Zhu Liangzu returned home, he received a report from his son that there were military organs that had been eaten inside and outside. He gave the evidence that they were reselling firearms to Daotong.

After Zhu Liangzu heard this, he no longer cared about having fun, and immediately dismissed Yingying Yanyan, and asked with a sullen face: "How do you know?"

"Foshan Guard found out that the account book was lost, so Zhu Hu severely tortured the officials and scribes he had access to, and soon found out who had stolen it." Zhu Xian said bitterly:

"Zhu Hu captured the military organ again and threatened the lives of his whole family, so the military organ was recruited."

"This damn Taoist fellow, I thought he had calmed down for a while, but I didn't expect that he secretly caused trouble!" Zhu Xian gritted his teeth and said:

"I'm going to take people to raid the Panyu County government office and bring him back and treat him well!"

"Don't be reckless." Zhu Liangzu shook his head and said, "That guy is registered with the emperor. There is still some risk in trying to kill him."

"Then we can't leave him alone," Zhu Xian said anxiously: "If we let him bring up the matter of reselling firearms, the emperor will not let us go."

"I told you before, you can't make money, no matter how much you give," Zhu Liangzu blamed his son: "You just don't listen!"

"Yes, my son is wrong. My son thinks that as long as it is recorded as destroyed on the grounds of being unqualified in the accounts, he can resell a batch of firecrackers and artillery on a regular basis. There is no way to verify it from above." Zhu Xian said depressedly:

"Normally, as long as Zhu Hu controls his brothers and doesn't let them talk nonsense, nothing will happen. But who would have thought that this bastard couldn't control his belt and actually slept with the wife of a military officer. Now What could he do? Just sell him out of anger."

As he spoke, he spat fiercely and said, "In the end, we were also implicated."

"Well, if you want others to not know, you have to do nothing yourself." Zhu Liangzu sighed and said: "How many times have I told you that when we are in our status, safety must be the first priority when doing things, but you just turned a deaf ear."

"Yes, yes, my son knows he was wrong. But how can he pass this test now?" Zhu Xian tactically admitted his mistake.

"First be polite, then be brave." Zhu Liangzu thought about it and said in a low voice, "Next post, I will invite fellow Taoists to have a meal tonight."

"When he is not in the Yamen, you can arrange for some gentlemen from Liang Shang to look for it and see if they can get back any evidence or something. If that doesn't work..." After a pause, he lowered his voice and said, "Just set a fire for him. Burn it all down."

"Hey." Zhu Xian responded and hurried down to make arrangements.

~~

That room is the Panyu County government office.

Daotong still didn't know that his informant had been exposed, and he was still in the holding room, seriously debating the ammunition with his staff.

This time the evidence is conclusive, and it is also regarded as evidence of conspiracy. He must overthrow Zhu Liangzu and eliminate this harm to the country. Therefore, the memorial was written extremely carefully, making sure to hit the point and make the final decision. Don't even make waves like before. stand up.

The two of them were contemplating their words when a knock came from the door: "Sir, Marquis Yongjia has sent someone to deliver an invitation."

"Oh?" Daotong's expression sank, he stood up and said, "Here he comes."

After saying that, he went to the front hall to meet the guests. After a while, he took an invitation and returned to the signing room. He handed it to his staff and said, "Will the Marquis of Yongjia receive any news?"

"That's not true." The staff member twisted his beard and thought: "Even if he could detect this kind of thing, he wouldn't be so quick."

"Then why did he suddenly invite me to dinner?" Daotong asked in confusion.

"It's hard to say, but I guess there will be no good banquet." The staff suggested: "It's better to just pretend to be sick and not go."

"No, I'm going." Daotong said decisively: "Firstly, I can't be looked down upon by him, and secondly, I can explore his tone and see if he knows anything."

"Oh, okay." The staff thought about it and stopped objecting: "Master, be more careful."

"Don't worry." Daotong said with a smile: "I am also an official of the imperial court. The most he and his son can do is humiliate me and dare not touch me at all."

After saying that, the two continued to deliberate on the memorial until the afternoon when it was finalized.

"Let's go here first and copy it when I come back in the evening." Daotong stood up, and after his staff left, he hid the draft and the evidence he obtained in a secret compartment under the bed. He stood up and took another look, and found no flaws at all. Then he said in a deep voice:

"Prepare the sedan chair, I am going to a banquet!"