Chapter 458; Take action

"Those little things, are they important to have that seat?"

Prince Ning nodded inwardly. Compared to that position, his dissatisfaction with Lu Yaoyao was nothing.

"And there are some things that you can keep in your heart and release them later. There is no need to dwell on them all the time."

These words made Prince Ning even more satisfied. Indeed, the most important thing now is that seat.

Regarding Lu Yaoyao's dissatisfaction, I will keep it in my heart for now and wait until I have the opportunity to release it slowly.

"Thank you sir for reminding me. I have learned a lesson."

"Your Highness is serious."

"Now the emperor has decreed the marriage. Although the two are not married yet, their future is almost certain."

"The current His Highness can be regarded as her junior. It's time to talk about some things."

"But everything still has to wait until King Jin returns to Beijing."

Prince Ning nodded again.

Another ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

"Miss, do you think the emperor can succeed this time?"

On the construction site halfway up the mountain behind Chengyuan Villa, Lu Yaoyao was lying back and swaying leisurely on the rocking chair as usual.

Compared to the tranquility here, the capital city not far away has been a bit noisy these days.

Three days ago, the Dengwen drum, which had been silent for many years, was beaten.

It turned out that more than a dozen soldiers from the camp on the outskirts of Beijing sued the superior officials for embezzling military pay.

And that Shangguan was one of the confidants of Lord Zhen Guo and the top leader of the camp on the outskirts of Beijing.

As for whether there is corruption, of course there is, but it is just calculated by others.

The person who plotted against him was Emperor Hongwen.

This confidant of the Duke of Zhen has good abilities, but he likes gambling. Not only does he like it, but the children under his knees also like it.

Not long ago, due to the calculations of some thoughtful people, the father and son owed a huge sum of money.

The background of the creditor is also unusual. He is an old county prince in the royal family, and is now a member of the royal family.

If they were ordinary people, the father and son could still intimidate people based on their status, but when they met this old Zongzheng, the abilities of the father and son were obviously not enough.

After all, behind this man is the entire royal family. Even if he is the confidant of Duke Zhen, how can Duke Zhen challenge the entire royal family for him?

Especially now that Emperor Hongwen and Duke Zhen are clearly fighting?

No, in order to pay off the debt first, this guy had no choice but to embezzle public funds.

This move was exactly what he wanted, and the day after public funds were misappropriated, the Dengwen drum sounded.

In addition to suing him for embezzlement of public funds, he also took advantage of the government for many years.

Ghost pay is a common situation in the army, that is, some soldiers died or escaped due to some accidents. According to the rules, the military status of these soldiers needs to be cancelled.

But this man did not disappear, and he still received military pay as usual, but in the end all the military pay fell into his pocket.

Of course, this situation is inevitable, and the court is not unaware of it, but the number of ghost pay quotas is also limited.

But this time, Lou Zi from the camp on the outskirts of Beijing was a little more aggressive.

Outside the capital city of Dongzhou, there are two camps, the first is the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and the second is the camp on the west mountain.

Each camp has 100,000 soldiers, and the commanders of both camps are members of the Zhenguo Gong.

As soon as the complaint came out, Emperor Hongwen took it very seriously and immediately asked someone to investigate. As a result, the investigation caused an uproar in the court.

The actual number of soldiers in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing was less than 70,000, but the annual military pay was based on 100,000 people, and the number of ghost payers actually reached 30,000.

As soon as such an appalling situation emerged, Emperor Hongwen immediately ordered a thorough investigation of all the camps in Gyeonggi, the Military and Horse Division, the Forbidden Army, and the Xishan Camp.

The situation of ghost pay exists everywhere. However, the situation on the side of the Military and Horse Division and the Forbidden Army is not serious, but the Xishan Camp has reached a huge number of 20,000.

At this time, Emperor Hongwen became furious and arrested all the top leaders of the camp.

Among them was Yan Yi, who temporarily took over from the King of Jin and was in charge of the Zuo Imperial Guard.

Not only were these people arrested, but their families were also put under custody, and as the investigation progressed, more and more people were uncovered.

Many people in the capital were terrified.

"Success? You look down on Duke Zhen too much."

Lu Yaoyao smiled and shook his head.

Even though Emperor Hongwen's move this time was very big, there was almost no chance of success.

The Duke of Zhen will not let go so easily.

"He is not in the capital now, what else can he do?"

"Just because he is not in the capital, it is not easy for the emperor to succeed."

She knew about Emperor Hongwen's move this time, and King Jin had told her about it.

They have never thought about successfully regaining control of Gyeonggi, because they know very well that this is not an easy task.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Emperor Hongwen and King Jin's plan was just to take the military power out of the hands of Duke Zhenguo, and they never thought about taking control of it themselves.

They all knew very well that if they wanted to take over, the Duke of Zhen would definitely not agree and would even fight back.

So since they knew that the Zhenguo Guild was counterattacking, why did they take the Zhenguo Guild out of the capital and give him the opportunity to counterattack?

Since we are going to take action, why not just arrest the Duke of Zhen in the capital?

To put it bluntly, they are afraid.

The people in Duke Zhen's hands are all over Dongzhou. It is not easy to touch him. If he is touched rashly, his people everywhere in Dongzhou will definitely be in chaos.

There will be fires everywhere and they will be in great trouble.

Therefore, Duke Zhen Guo cannot move. Let him leave the capital. It seems to give him a chance to counterattack. But will Duke Zhen Guo really fight back?

Obviously it's impossible. After all, if it turns out to be the other way around, the outcome may not be certain.

As long as he doesn't move, his people everywhere in Eastern Continent will be at peace.

Their purpose from the beginning was to dismantle the power of Duke Zhen Guo step by step. They did not want to seize the power from Duke Zhen Guo and hold it in their own hands.

"Why? Could it be that Duke Zhen Guo can still resist?"

"On the contrary, he will definitely not, but he will never give up what he has in his hands easily."

"If he doesn't give up, and the Emperor doesn't give up, then shouldn't the stalemate continue?"

"No, someone will come out and take over."

Lu Yaoyao shook his head and continued, "Those are all national affairs. What does it have to do with us? What are you talking about?"

"Isn't His Highness Prince Jin coming back soon? The capital is in chaos now, aren't you worried that he will be in a bad situation when he comes back?"

"What does he have to worry about? What does this incident have to do with him?"

"He only has the Left Imperial Guard in his hands, so at worst he won't do it."

King Jin didn't have much in his hands, and he had said so before leaving.

When he comes back this time, he will resign from the post of commander of the Left Imperial Guard. Originally, he said that he would not take care of the iron workshop and salt workshop. However, Lu Yaoyao still has some needs for the salt workshop, so the iron workshop can be handed over, and the salt workshop can be handed over.

It must be held in hand.

This was also something he and Emperor Hongwen had discussed. King Jin wanted to take this opportunity to turn from light to dark, allowing Emperor Hongwen to absorb the firepower, while King Jin acted secretly.
Chapter completed!