Ganlin Palace.

All the officials who came to report the matter lowered their heads and said nothing. After a long silence, Zhu Yunxuan asked coldly, "What did he say?"

After the imperial emissary came back, the case was handed over to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. The Minister of Punishment took a step forward and replied cautiously: "Elder Zeng said that he taught his descendants to be ineffective and made a big mistake, and he is ashamed of His Majesty's trust. Farewell to Your Majesty, I have no face. I implore Your Majesty to treat him... severely."

Zhu Yunxuan's heart sank: "...he really said that?"

"Yes, it is his eldest grandson Zeng Jin and his two nephews who want to collect money in Qinzhou in the name of Mr. Zeng Ge, and relatives in the family also participate. The wind of enclosure has been prevalent in Qinzhou, Yuzhou and other places for a long time. After repeated prohibitions, Ge Yin relied on the power of the king. In the early years, they only occupied those unowned lands, and later it evolved into the occupation of civilian fields. There are as many as five hundred hectares of land."

"Did Zeng Huai know in advance?"

"I don't know, when the minister went to his house, Zeng Jin had been beaten to pieces with a whip by Zeng Ge, and he was only hanging with one breath. "

Zhu Yunxuan was stunned. He recalled the sight of poverty he saw in Zeng Huai's secluded home that day. His teacher was never someone who covets wealth and pleasure. He believed that he didn't know: "Who pulled them in?"

"...It's King Xian. According to Zeng Jin's account, it was he who met a steward of King Xian's mansion in the restaurant, and was persuaded by the other party's words, so he contacted his cousin in his hometown without telling the story of Zeng Ge. And the relatives, let them do things with the people of King Xian, and they tasted the sweetness later, and they became more and more serious."

Zhu Yunxuan smashed the imperial case with a punch, and he knew that this King Xian was a scourge sooner or later, but he did not expect that he could even do such things: "Since you said that the wind of enclosure has been prevalent for a long time, why has no one been there before? Reported to the court?"

The official who reported the matter lowered his head a little lower, and said hesitantly, "It was mentioned as early as the time of the late emperor, but..."

No need for the other party to continue, Zhu Yun also understood that his father emperor was afraid that he knew about these things, but he turned a blind eye and ignored it. His uncle, his cousin, had made great efforts when Emperor Zhaoyang ascended the throne. , Although he is not so polite to his nephew now, for more than 20 years ago, he had always followed the lead of Emperor Zhaoyang, and Emperor Zhaoyang also valued him very much. It was just taking up more land, so Emperor Zhaoyang naturally wouldn't do anything to him. After that, the king became bolder and bolder. Not only did he occupy it himself, but he also recruited other nobles and court officials to follow him. To win people over.

"Also, this matter seems to have something to do with King Zhao."

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxuan's brow furrowed fiercely: "King Zhao? What is he doing again?"

"According to Zeng Jin's confession, the ministers went to interrogate the steward of Prince Xian's mansion. According to him, using this method to coerce and lure old Zeng Ge was an idea given to King Xian by a guest of Prince Zhao's mansion. At first, King Xian only wanted to King Zhao pulls it for his own use, but the people in Prince Zhao's mansion told him that compared with King Zhao... Your Majesty, you trust Mr. Zeng Ge more, as long as Mr. Zeng can speak good words for King Xian in front of His Majesty, it will be cheaper to do anything in the future."

"They are so courageous!" Zhu Yunxuan slammed the imperial case with another punch, but this time he was completely annoyed, "Go and call King Zhao for me!"

"Your Majesty doesn't need anyone to summon the minister, the minister is here."

Liang Zhen walked into the hall slowly, glanced at everyone present with a smile but not a smile, and then looked at Zhu Yunxuan: "I don't know what your Majesty has summoned to the minister?"

Zhu Yunxuan looked at him coldly: "Do you admit that King Xian went to seduce Zeng Jin and used this as a pretext to blackmail Zeng Huai?"

Liang Zhen raised his eyebrows and asked the minister of punishment: "What does this have to do with this king?"

The Minister of Punishment took the risk and repeated what he just said: "The steward of Prince Xian's mansion has signed and confessed, saying that it is indeed what King Zhao's servants did when they went to entangle King Xian."

"Guest? Which doorman? There are not many doorkeepers in this palace. Who are you talking about?"

Being blocked by Liang Zhen's words, the punishment department still wrote in red and white, and it took a long time before he was embarrassed to plead with Zhu Yunxuan: "I haven't found that person, so it's not easy to go to the Prince Zhao's mansion to search..."

Liang Zhen sneered: "You go to search now, this king opened the door for you to search at will, and this king also wants to know who did this kind of thing?"

Seeing his calm state, Zhu Yunxuan's expression turned colder, and he said in a deep voice, "King Zhao stays, you all retreat first."

When everyone was gone, Liang Zhen smiled and hooked the corners of his lips, and asked Zhu Yunxuan, "Your Majesty, are you trying to interrogate the minister in person?"

"Did you ask someone to do it?"

"Yes." In front of Zhu Yunxuan alone, Liang Zhen happily admitted it.

Zhu Yunxuan's pupils shrank suddenly: "Why?"

"Old Zeng Ge's grandson is called Zeng Jin, right? It's unusable, he is still in his thirties and is still a recorder of the ninth-rank Zhan Shifu. Zeng Ge returned to office and became the first assistant in the cabinet. He wanted to ask the old man to help clear it up. Dredging promoted him as soon as possible, but this old Zeng Ge was too pedantic and rigid, and resolutely refused. Zeng Jin was resentful, and when he was provoked by others, he naturally wanted to bring back the ancestral shelter he did not enjoy from other places. "

"I asked why you did this?!" Zhu Yunxuan raised his voice abruptly, with anger in his eyes, hating Liang Zhen's hippie smile.

The smile at the corner of Liang Zhen's mouth faded, his eyes darkened, and he explained seriously: "Last year, Zhou Langzhong from the Ministry of Works asked a minister to propose a change of course for the Yellow River. The minister mentioned that Mr. Zeng Ge happened to be there at the time, and the two scolded him severely, saying that he was lying to confuse the public and bring harm to the country and the people. It is feasible and imperative, but there must be a lot of resistance in order to get things done, not to mention that the group of people headed by King Xian are worried that they will hurt their interests and cause the enclosure to be exposed. I will definitely not agree, and I will try my best to dissuade…”

"So you dealt with them all to kick these stumbling blocks away? That's how you handle things?!"

Liang Zhen narrowed his eyes lightly and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister said that the ministers who bullied you will help you to bully you back. King Xian was not a good thing in the first place, and now it's a crime that deserves it."

Zhu Yunxuan was full of anger: "What about Zeng Huai?! What did he do wrong?! In order not to let him get in your way, you tempted his nephews and clansmen to do such things?! When did I need your help? I am?!"

"If those people are really upright, it would be useless for the minister to seduce them... Does your majesty really think that Zeng Huai is suitable for the chief assistant of this cabinet? Yes, he is highly knowledgeable and upright, but he is too conservative and doesn't want to change his mind. , always holding on to that set of sages and sages. He can be a prince and a teacher, but he can't be a minister! Your Majesty, you have chosen the wrong person from the beginning! ... He has been urging His Majesty to stand up. , fanning the flames in His Majesty's ear to keep His Majesty away from his ministers, what's the use of keeping such an old man?!"

Zhu Yunxuan sneered with red eyes: "I chose the wrong person? Do you think I can only have you by my side, and you will be satisfied with everything?! Yan Shixue is like this, Zeng Huai is like this, you will The trusted people around me are removed one by one, but I just want me to be under your control forever and be a puppet emperor at your mercy!"

Liang Zhen's eyes became more serious: "Is this how Your Majesty sees ministers?"

"Did I say it wrong? Since I ascended the throne, one after another, when have you ever respected my wishes? You don't like me after I stood up, I don't like me using others, and you humiliated me again and again. I, put a mark of humiliation on my body, and even forced me to eat the life-giving medicine that made me die! You have never regarded me as a human being! I am just an item of yours, you must take For myself, if I can't have my own will, everything depends on you, why do you?!"

Zhu Yunxuan's red eyes were full of hatred, and he vented his pain: "It's fine for you to do this, but you still want me to thank you under the banner of helping me and want me to thank you, and make me nauseous! In your eyes! Everyone else is wrong, they deserve to be damned, and they are not worthy to point the country in the court, only you are right, you are the most capable, and that's the case, why don't I give you this throne now!"

Liang Zhen frowned and took a step forward, clasping his shoulders: "Enough, stop talking."

Zhu Yunxuan pushed hard and stepped back: "Why don't you say it?! Does King Zhao dare to listen?! Isn't King Zhao the most shameless?! What? Can't you hear what I said now?! What do I owe you? ?! Even if you helped me to get this throne, I have already paid it back, why are you persecuting me like this?! Why?!"

At the end, he raised his hand and punched his stomach with two fists, bending down in pain while enduring the sudden pain, staring at Liang Zhen with tears streaming down: "You still want me To give birth to a son for you? It's absurd in the world! I hate this evil seed! As long as I think of your blood on his body, I can't wait to dig him out and smash his bones to ashes!"

Zhu Yunxuan fell down, and Liang Zhen finally panicked, rushed up to hug the person, turned back and rushed back to Gao An outside the hall and shouted: "Go and pass the imperial doctor!"

Zhu Yunxuan's face was no longer bloody, and his head was covered in cold sweat. He was hugged by Liang Zhen, and there was no warmth in his eyes: "I won't let you get your wish, you give up, never will …”

"Don't say it," Liang Zhen suddenly lowered his head and hugged the person hard, "I beg you...don't say it."

Zhu Yunxuan's empty eyes fell on the jade stone above the imperial case, and tears blurred his eyes. He reached out and grabbed it with difficulty, and threw it to the ground. After the harsh sound, the jade was torn apart.