Overt conspiracy?
Li Ruolian lowered his head, not knowing what the conspiracy Chongzhen was talking about.
Chongzhen did not explain, but started to think of a countermeasure in his mind.
Xue Lian has the leverage over Wang Aoyong, Li Wenyao and Wang Xiantong.
He first instigated Wang Aoyong to massacre the people, and then told Wang Zhixin about the plan.
If Wang Zhixin had not reported it, Xue Lian would have accomplished two things at the same time.
First, he successfully bought the king's heart; second, the king's failure to report the fact that he knew he was going to massacre the people would give him an advantage.
If Wang Zhixin reported him...
Xue Lian would put all the blame on Wang Aoyong.
Chongzhen then had two choices.
One, kill only Wang Aoyong; two, execute Xue Lian and Wang Aoyong at the same time.
If only Wang Aoyong was killed, the nobles who were caught would be even more afraid of Xue Lian.
Because he could easily kill Wang Aoyong with the help of the emperor.
This is an extremely terrifying ability.
If he executed Xue Lian and Wang Aoyong at the same time, the nobles would be even more unhappy.
They had all occupied people's land, and Xue Lian's death meant that they would also die in the future.
After all, in their eyes, Xue Lian only occupied people's land and did not massacre the civilians.
The land occupied by Xue Lian was only a few hundred hectares, worth only fifty thousand taels of silver.
And the silver that Xue Lian bribed Wang Zhixin with was as high as 100,000 taels!
Only a fool would use one hundred thousand taels of silver to cover up the ugliness of fifty thousand taels of silver.
The evidence Wang Zhixin mentioned was definitely Chongzhen’s idea!
In this way.
The personal conflict between Chongzhen and Xue Lian would escalate into a conflict between Chongzhen and the noble group.
No...not enough.
Once this sign appears.
The existing nobles will try every means to get rid of him.
The death of the eunuch who served Queen Zhou was a warning!
The nobles told him that they had the ability to kill the eunuchs.
If they wanted, they could attack Queen Zhou or even the emperor himself.
It wasn't just the nobles who rebelled.
The military generals leading troops to fight outside would rebel against the Ming Dynasty or even surrender to the enemy.
Because the final destination of a military general is to become a nobleman!
How can the military generals fight well if the emperor treats his nobles like this?
(Although there are precedents for civil officials to be granted titles, throughout the more than 200 years of Ming Dynasty history, only three civil officials were granted titles, the last of which was Xinjian Earl Wang Shouren.)
call......
Chongzhen thought about it for a long time and finally figured out the matter of Yangwu Hou Xue Lian.
Overt conspiracy!
A complete conspiracy!
Xue Lian laid everything out in the open, betting that Chongzhen would not dare to kill him.
Because the consequences of killing him are much more serious than the consequences of not killing him.
When doing things, we should pay attention to the words gains and losses.
This is true from the common people to the princes and nobles and even the current emperor.
This is the first time Chongzhen felt threatened since he traveled through time!
"Your Majesty, the person who is going to read the letter and those letters are all in the Yangwu Marquis' Mansion. Please give your instructions." Seeing that Chongzhen had been silent, Li Ruolian could not wait any longer.
This matter cannot be delayed. The longer it is delayed, the more disadvantageous it will be for him.
Chongzhen squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "What letter?"
"Ah?" Li Ruolian was stunned at first, then he understood Chongzhen's thoughts.
He bowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty, I understand. I will take my leave."
After Chongzhen nodded, Li Ruolian left quickly.
After leaving the imperial city, he jumped on his horse, changed his clothes with two trusted men, and headed straight for a secret house in the city.
After arriving at the secret house, he whispered a few words to his confidants.
Soon, the confidant came in with a man wearing a straw hat and cloth clothes.
"Sir, the person has been brought here."
The confidant introduced Li Ruolian's identity to the man: "This is Li, the commander of the Jinyiwei."
"Ahem, nice to meet you, Commander Li." The man took off his straw hat as he spoke.
Li Ruolian looked closely and saw that the man was in his thirties, with a haggard face and a withered body, as if he was seriously ill.
"What's your name?" Li Ruolian asked.
"Wang Wu."
"I told you everything?"
Wang Wu bowed his head and said, "I'll buy my life for two hundred taels of silver."
Li Ruo Lian nodded and continued to ask: "Is it too little?"
Wang Wu knelt down hurriedly and said, "It's not too little, it's not too little. I'm suffering from tuberculosis and won't live long. Let alone two hundred taels of silver, even twenty taels of silver would be my willingness."
Li Ruo Lian nodded, and then asked someone to bring him two hundred taels of silver and handed it to him: "I'll give you half an hour to go home. You can say whatever you want, but you can't tell the truth."
"Someone will come to find you in half an hour."
"I understand." Wang Wu took the silver, knelt on the ground and kowtowed in gratitude, then stood up and left.
Half an hour later, the Jinyiwei brought Wang Wu back again.
"Change into this outfit and follow us." A confidant said, pointing at the Jinyiwei uniform on the table.
After packing up, the group left the house and went to Yangwuhou Mansion.
The Yangwu Marquis Mansion had already been surrounded by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
Except for the Jinyiwei, no one is allowed to enter or leave at will.
Li Ruolian was the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, so of course his Embroidered Uniform Guards did not dare to stop him.
After leading people into the yard, Li Ruolian pretended to stroll around and then went to the study.
There were three people in the study, one of them was sitting and the other two were standing.
The atmosphere was very depressing.
"You guys go out and close the door." Li Ruolian said to the two people standing there.
"Yes, sir."
The two left.
There were only four people left in the room.
Li Ruo Lian's eyes fell on the person sitting there, "Wang Shide, you looked at something you shouldn't have looked at, do you know what the consequences are?"
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