Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

Chang Yanling was sweating profusely, standing stupidly in place and not knowing what to do, even so, but he was not sure that the other party was the real prince, how could the prince be in this small courtyard, and it was very strange to see him at such a time.

"Li Ruolian, you go over and talk to him.

Zhu Cihong looked at Chang Yanling, of course he knew what the other party was thinking, like the prince, but he didn't dare to admit it, if he was a liar, it would be a big loss.

Chang Yanling is a descendant of Chang Yuchun, and he is also one of the few nobles in Nanjing who did not surrender with him, so he can use it.

"Yes.

Li Ruolian came to Chang Yanling's side, took out the token and handed it over, and said: "This official Jinyi Wei pro-army is the commander of the envoy Li Ruolian, you should recognize the authenticity of this token."

When Chang Yanling heard this, he took the token and looked at it carefully, and after a while, he was sure that the token was indeed real, and after returning the token to Li Ruolian, he immediately came to Zhu Cihong and knelt down.

"Minister Nanjing Jinyi Wei commanded

Chang Yanling to see His Royal Highness the Prince!" Chang Yanling directly reported to the official position, title and official position, if there is an official position in the court, he will be given priority to report the official position, and at the same time he was shocked in his heart, seeing His Royal Highness like this, it is obvious that he came over in a small way, otherwise how could he see him in this dilapidated small courtyard, could it be for the sake of the New Deal?

Thinking about it, he secretly said in his heart that the new policy of the imperial court was resisted by everyone here, if it was to deal with this matter, it was estimated that it would not be easy, although he knew that His Royal Highness was ruthless in the capital, killing people and establishing authority, but that was at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and what he controlled was only the political power, as long as he disposed of a few powerful ministers.

But Nanjing's side is different, there is no one on His Highness's side, and it is not something that can be solved by dealing with a few ministers, and it may even cause a big rebellion, and it is not only a problem of officials, but also involves the issue of people's voice, all officials are against it, this matter is very tricky, and the new deal is destined to be unable to be implemented.

"Jin Yiwei's investigation list has your name in it.

Zhu Cihong took the hot tea brought by Zhang Huaibin, glanced at Chang Yanling, and said with a smile: "I have seen the records in it."

When Chang Yanling heard this, his heart jumped suddenly, he was investigated by the Jinyi Guard?

Thinking about it, he glanced at the house, there were still many Jinyi Guards in the room cleaning up the account books, and the ground was full of boxes, which were full of account books.

This made his face pale and pale, and he was investigated by

the Jinyi Guard, how could he have a good end? Don't look at the fact that he himself is also the commander of the Nanjing Jinyi Guard, but this is a false position, and he has no authority at all, and all the officials in Nanjing have a meal here, except for the officials of the six departments in Nanjing, who need to manage Nan Zhili, the others are all pensioners.

His Royal Highness sent Jinyi Wei to Nanjing to investigate, needless to say, it is definitely a check and an accurate, the noble officials here, which one did not see anything unseemly, and the boxes of account books could not be books, and they were definitely evidence of the crime.

"Your Highness, Your ......"

he touched the cold sweat on his forehead, and he didn't know what to say, although he himself was not as arrogant as others, but there were more or less problems, such as good fields, bribes or something.

Thinking about it, Chang Yanling's kneeling legs were a little weak, and seeing the rumored Prince Jianguo with his own eyes was under a lot of pressure, much greater than he imagined, because His Royal Highness looked too deep for people to see, but there were so many ledgers here, why did he just summon him?"

Zhu Cihong took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "This palace looks at your records, although there are a few illegal things, but you generally abide by the rules.

"I came to you because I had something to explain to you.

"Although His Royal Highness commands, the minister will not give up!" Chang

Yanling suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, hearing this, it seems that he is not looking for trouble, then everything is easy to do.

"When Bengong came to Nanjing, the problem of the new policy of the imperial court was on the one hand, and Bengong knew that the people here were against the new policy.

Zhu Cihong stood up, personally helped Chang Yanling up, and continued to smile: "So, this palace hopes that you will say words of support when the time comes."

"This ......"

Chang Yanling was flattered and bent over, he was quite happy in his heart, he could get in touch with the current prince of the prison country, and his future was unlimited, but His Royal Highness's words immediately made him a little entangled.

If he said a sentence in support of the new policy, then he would not be isolated by all the officials in the south of the Yangtze River, then it is possible that he will be mixed up in Nanjing in the future, he will be excluded everywhere, and he will be framed if he does not do well.

"Give you some time to think about it.

Zhu Cihong looked at the sky and tidied up his clothes, which were made of cotton, so even though the weather was very cold now, he could stand it, and he felt a little warm with the addition of seven or eight stoves in the house.

Chang Yanling stood at the door, the cold wind blew, which made him a little swaying, he thought about what His Royal Highness did in the capital, he really killed a lot of dukes, marquis, and officials, but he killed it in a proper name, making people have nothing to say on their faces.

Although he is far away in Nanjing, everyone knows what big news there is in the capital, His Royal Highness seems to be very kind at the moment, and the tone of his voice to himself seems to be very gentle, but he was a dismount when he came up before.

The first sentence that came up was: Jin

Yiwei is investigating you! Then talk about the conditions, of course you agree, if you don't agree, your crime Jin Yiwei investigation is clear, and it is natural for you to deal with it.

"Your Highness, of course the minister is on the side of the court, and any policy of the court, as a courtier, is of course fully supported. After

thinking about it for a while, he still felt that he was on His Highness's side, otherwise, he didn't know how to face treatment in the future, and I was afraid it would be more terrifying than being isolated.

"Okay, Marquis Huaiyuan really understands righteousness.

Zhu Cihong got up, looked at the sky again, and continued: "The sky is almost bright, and the palace will summon everyone in the yamen of Yingtianfu, and you will now take someone to take over the city defense and open the city gate." Gao

Wencai. "

The minister is here!"

"You brought the four hundred people who sent orders to various places to follow Chang Yanling, and as soon as the city gate was opened, go out immediately.

Zhu Cihong said and walked outside.

"Minister's order!" Gao

Wencai came to Chang Yanling and said, "Let's go." Chang

Yanling's heart was pounding, listening to His Highness's words, four hundred people went to various places to give orders, what does this mean?

This can't help but make people reverie.

The remaining 100 people, under Li Ruolian's orders, began to pack the cleaned account books into boxes, and then carried them outside.

The group walked towards the yamen of Ying Tianfu.

......

After Chang Yanling, Gao Wencai and others came out of the courtyard, he took everyone to summon the Jinyi Guard in Nanjing, and after the people were summoned, the sky was already dark.

"What's the matter?"

"It's been a long time since there's a big assembly, and it's still a big gathering at this time.

"Probably

not, we don't seem to have the authority to investigate anyone, and we don't need to arrest anyone."

"Hey, who are these people, I haven't seen them, they don't seem to be our Jinyiwei in Nanjing. After

a while, Chang Yanling summoned all the Jinyi guards in Nanjing, about four or five hundred people, it is estimated that they are all Chang Yanling's trustworthy people, and the rest of those who did not come to gather are estimated to be all major nobles, gentry children, mixed positions in Jinyiwei, white-collar workers.

Nanjing Jinyiwei is not under the control of Li Ruolian, and is directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, so when the Jinyiwei of the whole country was cleaned up, Nanjing ignored it, and Nanjing's Jinyiwei was left to spare some people when the capital was moved to Beijing during the Yongle period, and it has long been a virtual existence for more than two hundred years.

"Okay, stop arguing, I'm ordered to take over the city defenses.

Chang Yanling looked at his lazy and lazy subordinates, standing in a crooked formation, and then looked at Gao Wencai beside him, and the four hundred people standing behind him like javelins, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"Let's go!"

Chang Yanling led everyone towards the city gate.

Soon the crowd came to the city gate.

"Someone is coming!" Seeing

a group of people rushing over, the city defense commander immediately drew his saber and shouted: "Who is ahead!" "

This official Nanjing Jinyi Guard commander is ordered to take over the city defense!"

Chang Yanling ran forward, directly took out the Jinyiwei token, handed it to the other party to check and confirm the identity, his token was engraved with the words Jinyiwei's pro-army command envoy, but it was also engraved with the word Nanjing, these two words for a moment, it means that it is a false position, and the status of the Jinyiwei in the capital is very different.

"It turned out to be Master Hou.

As soon as the city defense commander saw Chang Yanling's face, he immediately recognized it, and the token didn't need to be checked, but asked: "Dare to ask

Hou Ye whose order is it?" They are under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Military Department, and without the order of the Military Department, he does not dare to change the guard to others, although Chang Yanling is the Hou Ye.

"Naturally, it is the order of Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Ministry of War, we are just temporarily taking over the city defense, you go to see Shi Butang now, he has an order. Chang

Yanling's face did not change when he lied, his words were righteous, his face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he said that it was the same as the truth.

"But there is

a warrant from the lord of the department?" Without the handwritten warrant of the lord of the ministry, the city defense commander was still a little uneasy.

"Shi Kefa has something to arrange, gather a few of your city defense commanders to go over, arrange some things in a unified manner, explain it, it will be over soon, where is there a warrant to write at this time, anyway, you will be back soon." "

Chang Yanling is so unburdened that he doesn't have any burden in his heart, anyway, it's just to open the city gate and let Gao Wencai and the others out, this is not a matter of opening and closing the door, when Shi Kefa asked, he said that it was His Highness's order, and the other party had nothing to say.

"This ...... All right. The

city defense commander hesitated, made a simple arrangement with his subordinates, and left.

"Open the gates. Chang

Yanling saw people walking away, so he led people directly to the city gate.

"Master Hou, this is not yet the time to open the city gate. The

deputy commander reminded.

"Ben Hou told you to open it!" Chang

Yanling scolded, according to the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he had no worries.

"Open the city gate!" The

deputy commander's face changed slightly, the other party was Master Hou, he couldn't afford to provoke him, open it early, open it early, anyway, if something happens, it's none of his business.

As soon as the city gate opened, the four hundred people behind Gao Wencai immediately rushed out of the city and scattered, one of them rushing in the direction of the tax army.