Just as Li Qin led his cavalry at full speed toward Shanhaiguan.
In the capital of Wu.
Emperor Zhu Qizhen of the Wu Kingdom sat on the throne in the palace, sighing repeatedly.
He was grieving for his eldest son, the crown prince, who had just died.
The crown prince he had just appointed suddenly died while inspecting Liaodong.
Although he didn't like this son, he was still his son, and yet he died like that.
I've heard that Li Qin of Liaodong has been secretly dissatisfied with the Crown Prince.
The crown prince died suddenly as soon as he entered his territory; he must be implicated.
He has already summoned Li Qin back to the capital. Once Li Qin arrives in the capital, you'll see how I deal with him.
Just as he was sighing and pondering how to deal with Li Qin, his personal eunuch, Wang, hurriedly walked in.
Upon seeing the eunuch Wang hurrying towards him, Zhu Qizhen immediately asked impatiently:
"Wang Zhen, what happened?"
"Your Majesty, an urgent report from the Embroidered Uniform Guard in Liaodong."
Wang Zhen, holding the urgent report from the Liaodong Imperial Guard, obediently and respectfully handed it to Zhu Qizhen.
Zhu Qizhen frowned upon hearing the words "urgent report from Liaodong".
Seeing Wang Zhen's hurried appearance, I immediately had a bad feeling.
He then immediately took the urgent report from Wang Zhen's hand.
After reading the above content, Zhu Qizhen's face grew increasingly grim, and in the end, he angrily threw the urgent report on the ground.
"Li Qin, that Li Qin, he disregarded the important responsibilities I entrusted to him, he actually dared to lead a rebellion!"
And what else did they say was that they wanted to "purge the court of corrupt officials"?
To say that I have treacherous officials around me is tantamount to saying that I am a foolish ruler who cannot distinguish between loyalty and treachery.
Zhu Qizhen, already enraged, descended into a state of madness.
He then angrily picked up the urgent report he had thrown down and continued reading it.
This urgent report detailed the process of Li Qin issuing his proclamation denouncing the traitors.
It is obvious that Li Qin has rebelled.
Faced with this situation, Zhu Qizhen looked at the urgent report in his hand and finally said:
"Good, very good, since you've rebelled."
That's perfect, I also need to avenge my crown prince. I will personally lead the three major camps of the capital to quell Li Qin's rebellion.
I will personally lead the army into battle!
Wang Zhen, go and summon all the cabinet officials. I am going to personally lead the army.
He personally executed Li Qin, that traitorous minister, by cutting him into a thousand pieces.
Upon hearing Zhu Qizhen's words, Wang Zhen immediately went down to summon the cabinet and all officials.
As soon as he left, Wang Zhen nervously loosened his clothes.
His underwear was soaked with cold sweat.
At that moment, he was extremely fortunate that the emperor had not mentioned him.
You should know that Wang Zhen had put in a lot of effort in the court to help Li Qin succeed his father.
Moreover, he also received a considerable amount of money from Li Qin.
It can be said that his relationship with Li Qin was the deepest.
I had been trying to win him over, because he had been expanding his power in the court over the years by relying on the emperor's trust.
The Li family has deep roots in Liaodong and is an absolute power in the region.
He had always been trying to win over Li Qin, even though he had taken Li Qin's money to help him take over his father's job.
He also hoped that Liaodong would support him in the future and help him consolidate his position in the court.
But I never expected this.
That guy Li Qin not only didn't help me, but he actually rebelled.
If a purge were to take place now, he would definitely be implicated.
No, I have to find a way to distance myself from that guy Li Qin.
You can't let people think you're colluding with him.
Otherwise, I'd be dead.
After figuring all this out, Wang Zhen made up his mind that he must take the toughest stance on Li Qin's matter.
This time, I can draw the line between myself and him as far as possible.
Thinking of this, Wang Zhen couldn't help but slam his fist on the wall in frustration.
His original intention was to win over Li Qin, gain his support in the provinces, and expand his influence in the court.
However, their power did not expand, and they even got into trouble with Li Qin.
Li Qinke really ruined him.
After angrily punching the wall a few times, he immediately went to the cabinet.
They prepared to summon the cabinet and the heads of the six ministries to go to the emperor.
The current Grand Secretary is Yang Shizhong, one of the regents left by the late king. He comes from the Yang family in the northwest and has a very high prestige.
The second-in-command was a man named Yu Gan, who was also an old minister left behind by the late emperor.
However, Yu Gan kept contradicting the emperor, which displeased the emperor, and the emperor kept saying he wanted to kill him.
These two are the people left behind by the late emperor in the cabinet. The remaining three people in the cabinet were all put in by His Majesty the Emperor in recent years.
They are Xu Youzhen, Qian Qianyi, and Sun Zhixie.
Xu Youzhen and Sun Zhixie were his men, while Qian Qianyi was known as one of the leaders of the so-called literati.
He had always looked down on them, which made him very unhappy.
However, these three people were different from Yang Shizhong and Yu Gan. All three of them were personally selected by Emperor Zhu Qizhen.
When Wang Zhen entered the cabinet, he found that all five members of the cabinet were present, discussing the arrangements for the Crown Prince's death and who to send to Liaodong to bring back the Crown Prince's body.
Upon seeing Wang Zhen enter, the five of them immediately stood up. Among them, Grand Secretary Yang Shizhong, with a smile, asked:
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