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Volume One: Yangzhou Merchants Chapter 1,334: Something Happened in the Harem

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    "Your Majesty, this is a memorial from most of the parties." The Minister of the Ministry of War came to the Fengxian Hall respectfully and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.  This time, the case of Li Shanchang involved the power of the court and completely changed it.  A prime minister with a high and powerful position will allow the person in power to act arbitrarily, conceal the truth from the emperor at the top, and win over officials at the bottom, which is in danger of neglecting the emperor.  This time, Li Shanchang actually secretly mobilized troops and horses without telling the emperor, which almost caused a civil war in the Ming Dynasty. He also fabricated evidence to frame Zhongliang in the court.  With irrefutable evidence, Li Shanchang was imprisoned. After Qiu, he was interrogated and executed, and the entire Li family was confiscated.  At the same time, the emperor ordered the Jinyi Guards to arrest Li Shanchang's associates. A total of more than 300 officials were arrested. Everyone in the court was in danger.  At the same time, the emperor announced that the position of prime minister will no longer be established in the future, and the entire Zhongshu Province will be dissolved. Because of this incident, there are probably thousands of people who will lose their official positions.  Then, the emperor issued an order to increase the power of the six ministries. The six ministries were directly responsible to the emperor. All emergency documents were uploaded directly to the emperor by the six ministries, instead of being reviewed by the prime minister before being handed over to the emperor.  No one will focus on the position of prime minister anymore, because that position is no longer there, and the piles of memorials will no longer have the prime minister to help sort them, and they will all be handed over to the emperor for review.  Originally, the emperor was already working hard enough, reviewing memorials until late at night every day, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not feel tired because of this. He discovered many mistakes of the officials below, and many cases were solved again in his hands.  A fair verdict.  The ministers of the six departments were grateful to Chen Feng. Because of this incident, the status of the six departments was improved. There would no longer be a prime minister above their heads. They no longer had to look at the prime minister's face. They were directly responsible to the emperor.  .  This time, most of the memorials were sent and presented directly to the emperor by the Ministry of War. In the past, they had to be read by the prime minister first.  Zhu Yuanzhang opened the memorial, and immediately his face lit up with joy.  Okay, that¡¯s great!  Tens of thousands of Tatars were wiped out. Now, the Tatars have retreated to the city of Shangdu. They will only wait for the ice and snow to melt in the spring to take back Xanadu!  Zhu Yuanzhang has always been worried about the safety of Dadu. Now, after seeing the good news about Dadu, he was immediately happy.  At the same time, we also saw the news that Zhu Di had arrived safely in Dadu. Because there was no war in Dadu, Chen Feng had already returned to Dadu with Zhu Di.  Zhu Di moved into the palace in Dadu, but he didn¡¯t live anywhere else. He just found a house in the palace where Chen Feng lived.  With such a low profile, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more happy. If Zhu Di lived in the Jinluan Palace, even if he just sat on the dragon chair of Tuohuan Timur, Zhu Yuanzhang would be suspicious.  "Moreover, Chen Feng also said in the last sentence of the memorial that he hired a teacher for Zhu Di and is now asking Zhu Di to learn the Four Books and Five Classics.  However, because he did not get the emperor's permission, Zhu Di was not allowed to call this teacher his teacher.  This is a good thing!  When he was in Yingtian, Zhu Di refused to learn knowledge and always practiced martial arts everywhere with a bow and arrow. Once, he shot one of the two peacocks in the harem. If Concubine Ji had not discovered it early, I am afraid that the peacock would have died.  He was plucked, stewed and eaten.  It seems that letting Zhu Di go to Dadu is a good move. Of course, he has to send people to secretly protect Zhu Di, just in case Chen Feng has other intentions Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled again. If Chen Feng really had other intentions, he would have been there long ago.  I don't want to surrender anymore, but now, Chen Feng has always been very loyal, and it was Li Shanchang who was the alarmist.  "Go back to Dadu, stabilize the Tatars in Xanadu, and create opportunities for our army to attack Helin." Zhu Yuanzhang said to the Minister of War.  "Yes." The Minister of War responded immediately and stepped back.  "His Royal Highness, Zhu Di, has arrived in Dadu with Prince Chen." On the other side of the palace, in a room, a voice said to Zhu Biao.  "Okay, let's look for an opportunity. Aren't the Tatars making trouble there?" Zhu Biao said.  "However, since Zhu Di went to Dadu, he has been staying in the palace of Dadu. For the time being, we have no chance." The sharp voice seemed to make people's ears numb. Fortunately, everyone in the palace was  Already used to it.  "Then let Zhu Di live a few more months, hum." Zhu Biao said depressedly. At this time, the wound on his finger had healed, but the wound in his heart had never healed.  When he came out of the room, the old father-in-law put on the face of a slave again, and he didn't have the aura to kill anyone just as he spoke.  My husband has walked this road many times. He was one of the first eunuchs to enter the palace.  However, as we walked today, the road seemed a bit awkward.Something is wrong.  After walking a few more steps, he felt his eyes were a little blurry, and slowly, he fainted.  He didn¡¯t know how long it had been since he fainted. He only felt a severe pain in his head. He sat up vigorously and shook his head.  Where is this place?  He remembered that he fainted in the corridor. Why was he in the same room now?  The room was a little dark. He looked around, and suddenly, he was shocked.  In the front, there is a woman leaning over the desk, wearing palace clothes. At first glance, she should be a palace maid.     How is this going?  The old father-in-law stepped forward and pushed the other person: "Hey, where are you? Did you save me?" The old father-in-law thought that the palace maid helped him here after he fainted, but he had no memory of it.  That¡¯s all.  Thinking like this, her husband pushed her. Unexpectedly, with this push, the other party suddenly fell to the ground, with blood flowing from her mouth.  The body is already cold.  Dead man!  Suddenly, all the hair on my husband¡¯s body stood up. What¡¯s going on?  Death in the palace is a big deal, especially now. I am the only one with this dead palace maid. No matter what, I can't escape.  Let¡¯s go first!  Thinking of this, the old man was filled with strength, turned around and walked to the door.  "Creak." The door was pushed open, but it wasn't my husband who pushed it.  "Qiu Shuang, the empress is calling you." A voice came from outside, and it was a palace maid.  Who would have thought that as soon as the palace maid opened the door, she first saw a panicked old man.  Her husband ignored her, pushed her away, turned around and left.  "Qiu Shuang, Qiu Shuang!" At this time, the palace maid had already discovered Qiu Shuang lying on the ground, and immediately shouted: "Someone is coming!" Before the old man ran twenty steps, two guards happened to come in front.  When the old man was like this, when he heard the shouting inside again, he came up immediately and took the old man into custody in a few strokes.  "Yes, that's him! He killed Qiu Shuang!" The palace maid just ran out and said to the two guards.  Zhu Yuanzhang stretched himself. There were not many memorials today, but he finally finished reading them so quickly. It seemed that he could rest early today.  "To report to the Emperor, something happened in the harem. The Empress ordered the servants, if it is too early for the Emperor to read the memorial today, please ask the Emperor to come over and have a look." Eunuch Liu said on the side.  Something happened in the harem?  What big thing could happen?  Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Queen Ma was not a bluff, and something big must have happened.  "What's the matter?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.  "It seems that a eunuch killed a palace maid." Eunuch Liu said, what exactly happened, because Eunuch Liu did not see it in person, and he couldn't talk nonsense.  ¡°This kind of thing actually happened in the harem?  Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "Let's go, let me go and take a look." "My queen, this slave was wronged. How could I kill someone?" A sharp voice said: "This slave has been loyal to me for so many years in the palace.  , serve the empress" "The emperor is here," Eunuch Liu shouted.  Immediately, everyone in the hall stood up and said, "Welcome to the Emperor." Zhu Yuanzhang stepped in, looked at Queen Ma and Concubine Ji in front of him, and said, "What is going on?" The harem was owned by Queen Ma.  Because Empress Ma was too kind, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Concubine Ji to be in charge of the punishment of the harem and to jointly manage the harem.  Now, the two of them are working together to investigate the murder case of the old man.  "Your Majesty, today, in the bedroom of Qiu Shuang and Chun Shuang in the corner of Cining Palace, Chun Shuang discovered Qiu Shuang's body. At that time, Eunuch Tang was coming out of there and was caught by the guards."  Queen Ma said.  Autumn frost?  There were not many maids in the harem, and Zhu Yuanzhang also remembered that this maid was the former maid of Concubine Li Shu, and this Eunuch Tang was also the former eunuch of Concubine Li Shu.  Now, Eunuch Tang has killed Qiu Shuang. It is obvious that there is an inside story!  "Concubine Qi, what do you think?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked Concubine Qi.  "Your Majesty, this Eunuch Tang has never admitted his guilt. I feel that he should be punished because he talks too hard." Concubine Qi said.  "Your Majesty, this slave is unjustly accused, this slave is unjustly accused!" Hearing Concubine Ji say that she wanted to be tortured, how could an old man like Eunuch Tang endure it, so he hurriedly shouted.  "Stop, who told you to speak?" Concubine Qi said, "Come here, give me twenty slaps first!"   It is also a sin for the master to take the initiative to make noise without being allowed to speak.  Immediately, two palace guards stepped forward, firing their bows left and right, and there was a snapping sound, accompanied by Eunuch Tang's screams.  Twenty mouth blows were finished quickly. At this time, Eunuch Tang¡¯s cheeks were already swollen.  "Your Majesty, this Eunuch Tang has always said that he was unjust, but he completely answered the wrong questions." Concubine Ji said.  "Eunuch Tang, I ask you, why did you kill Qiu Shuang?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.  Eunuch Tang was trembling all over: "Your Majesty, how dare I kill someone? I was wronged." "Then why are you in Qiu Shuang's room?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.  "Old slave, I don't know. I fainted. When I woke up, I was in Qiu Shuang's room." Eunuch Tang said.  This answer was so poor that even Zhu Yuanzhang knew it. It seemed that the donkey's head was wrong.  "Then where did you faint?" Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask.  "On the corridor east of the Crown Prince's Palace." Eunuch Tang was beaten to a point where his mind became even more confused and he opened his mouth to speak.  ¡¾Hey, want to read this book for free?  Follow us on WeChat: and read]
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