Chapter 432; Confession (Part 1)

After working until the fourth watch, Lu Yaoyao finished the work and went back to his room to rest.

The next day, I got up early in the morning and took Qiu Yu to the construction site of the Mid-level Villa.

As for Qiu Shuang, she stayed in the village. After all, there were still many things to do in the village, and Lao Kang alone might not be able to handle them all.

In the palace, after the morning court, Emperor Hongwen did not remember to deal with government affairs, but returned to Longshou Hall and had breakfast delivered to him.

Not long after, Wang De took King Jin to the Dragon Head Hall.

"The emperor's brother is here, come sit down and have a meal with me later."

"We brothers haven't had a meal together for a long time."

King Jin smiled and nodded.

"Your Majesty is right, my brother is really hungry."

"But Brother Xuan Chen is here, what's the matter?"

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen smiled and said, "I haven't asked about salt and iron matters for a long time. Judging from the current situation this year, Dongzhou is doing pretty well in all aspects."

"It's just that there are still many impacts from last year that have not been dealt with. I just want to know what the current income of Yantie is?"

King Jin nodded and immediately reported the situation.

"Salt Nabana, we got back 10% of the minerals from the Han family last year. The production of snowflake salt has increased a lot, and the income has been very considerable in just a few months."

"More than ten days ago, my brother went over to check the accounts. Currently, there are almost more than two million taels of silver income."

"How much snowflake salt is left in the warehouse?"

While the two were talking, someone from the imperial dining room brought breakfast to the table. Emperor Hongwen ignored it and went on to talk to King Jin about salt and iron.

However, Wang De, who was next to them, glanced at the people who brought the meals and immediately lowered his eyes.

"Brother Huang is joking. The supply of snowflake salt is currently in short supply. There are still many orders that have not been shipped yet. How can we still have inventory?"

"No, my brother is thinking about whether to expand the workshop."

"That has to be expanded."

Emperor Hongwen was very happy and made the decision directly.

"Brother Chen has already started preparations, but it's a pity that we have few resources. Even if we expand, the production volume will be greatly limited."

"Well, I have my own plan for this matter. The emperor will first expand on the current situation."

"How about the Ironworks?"

"The situation in the iron mill is roughly the same as that in the salt mill, except that iron is an important military supply and needs to be supplied in large quantities. Naturally, it cannot be sold to outsiders without any scruples like salt."

"So the money on the books is not much, only two to three hundred thousand taels. However, the needs have been distributed to all places, and there is still about 150,000 kilograms in inventory."

"This is what Brother Chen knew about ten days ago. It is estimated that it will be more than this number now."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good, very good. My dear brother, I will ask the Minister of Household Affairs to go with you later and transfer two million taels of silver from there to the treasury."

"Yes, my brother will go and explain in a moment, and then I will go to the Yanfang Iron Factory with the Minister of the Ministry of Finance."

"Bring in more people later, don't let anything go wrong."

"Okay, let's eat first."

The breakfast meal has been laid out here, and the person who brought it has left. When Emperor Hongwen greeted King Jin again, he did not forget to give Wang De a look.

Wang De understood immediately, walked outside the palace to find Huo Di and explained some things, then quickly returned to the palace and nodded to Emperor Hongwen.

King Jin saw the actions of the master and servant, and felt a little solemn in his heart.

At the same time, I was also very confused as to what Emperor Hongwen was going to do.

In the main hall of Fengqi Palace, as soon as all the concubines asked their respects and left, Nanny Li walked into the main hall with several chamberlains.

If you look carefully, these people are the servants from the imperial dining room who just went to Longshou Hall to deliver breakfast.

Several people knelt down respectfully to say hello.

"Get up."

Queen Wang put down her tea cup and asked calmly, "What did you say?"

The middle-aged chamberlain who headed the group recounted word for word what he had just heard in the Dragon Head Hall.

After he finished speaking, Queen Wang looked at the others.

After everyone had finished reporting, Queen Wang nodded.

Grandma Li understood and asked a few people to retreat.

"Mother, it seems we are too worried."

Hearing this, Queen Wang did not nod, but said calmly: "It's still unclear whether we are too careful or not. Since the Duke of Zhen Guo has some feelings, we still have to pay close attention."

Recently, there have been some small moves by the Ministry of War, which made Duke Zhen Guo smell something unusual, and he always felt that His Majesty seemed to have some intentions.

So I secretly asked someone to take the letter into the palace, hoping that the queen would pay attention to it.

However, in the past few days, there was almost nothing abnormal about the situation at Emperor Hongwen's side, and Queen Wang also had doubts in her heart.

But she still chose her brother Zhen Guogong.

"yes."

At this time, the atmosphere in the Dragon Head Hall was very heavy.

Just now, after Wang De made sure that everything was clean outside, Emperor Hongwen did not hide anything, so he went straight in and told what happened that year.

During this period, King Jin was always thinking about it, and many doubts filled his mind.

He couldn't understand why Emperor Hongwen suddenly came to him to tell him this?

What is his purpose in doing this?

Could it be a test? Or maybe he had revealed something recently, and Emperor Hongwen was preparing to attack him?

"Your Majesty, these are the things you said."

King Jin shook his head, his face full of disbelief.

"I know it's hard to believe, but it's all true. It's not the real Prince Ning. The real Prince Ning died not long after he was born."

At this time, Emperor Hongwen no longer called himself me.

"After I ascended the throne, I learned about this matter by chance, and had people investigate it secretly for several years."

"This is all a conspiracy, the Wang family's conspiracy to take over the world."

"Of course I was wrong here, I don't deny that."

King Jin looked at him, and many things were stirring in his heart.

He never dreamed that something like this would happen.

In the past, he had always thought that even if these things were to be revealed, it would be him who led the army into the imperial city and put a knife on Emperor Hongwen's neck to force him to explain everything.

He also imagined how Emperor Hongwen would deny it and how he would reveal the irrefutable evidence bit by bit and defeat all of Emperor Hongwen's defenses.

But today, what I had fantasized about countless times in the past did not happen, and the other party just said it directly.

It had a huge impact on his heart, making him feel like he was in a dream.

After a long time, he slowly said, "I guess these are true, so why would your Majesty tell me these things now?"

"I'm tired."

"I used to be very addicted to this seat, but slowly I discovered that although I am the one sitting in this seat, there is indeed someone else who is the real leader."

"Slowly, I felt that my entire life seemed to have been planned out, and I was just a pawn in it."

"It's like a puppet without flesh and blood, letting people pull the strings to influence the working life."
Chapter completed!