Chapter 766: King Min did not come
With the arrival of the King of Zhou, the remaining princes also came to the capital one after another. After all, they could express their dissatisfaction by delaying time, but if they really stayed in the fiefdom, most of them would not have the courage. After all, the army of the court was not vegetarian.
However, not everyone can see the situation clearly. For example, there is still a prince who received the invitation and did not come to the capital, and this person is Zhu Shi, the king of Min.
Zhu Shi was originally enfeoffed in Gansu, but Yunnan was just defeated and the territory was very unstable, so Lao Zhu transferred Zhu Shi to Yunnan and took charge of Yunnan with Mu Ying.
Originally, Zhu Shi was a perverted person, and he soon had a conflict with Mu Ying when he arrived in Yunnan. He was also very cruel to the local officials and people. When he was unhappy, he even executed officials and the people at will, which caused great public grievances in Yunnan. Even Mu Ying wrote letters to list Zhu Shi's crimes many times.
However, Zhu Ying was also lucky. As soon as Mu Ying sued him, Lao Zhu was already in poor health at that time and he didn't have time to deal with Zhu Ying's affairs. Moreover, after Lao Zhu passed away, Mu Ying was seriously ill due to grief. Later, Zhu Biao died, which gave Mu Ying another heavy blow. So not long after Zhu Biao passed away, Mu Ying also died.
As soon as Mu Ying died, Li Jie's old friend Mu Sheng inherited the title of Xiping Hou. He originally had a eldest brother Mu Chun, but unfortunately Mu Chun died early and had no children, so the title was inherited by Mu Sheng. This was also what Li Jie reminded Mu Sheng at the time.
The conflict between Mu Sheng and Zhu Shi was even more intense. Both sides were young people and both disliked each other. So Mu Sheng also wrote many letters to report that Zhu Shi was rampant in Yunnan. However, Zhu Yunsheng had just ascended the throne and was not convenient for attacking these vassal kings for the time being, so he could only temporarily suppress Zhu Shi's crimes.
As a result, no one expected that after receiving the invitation, Zhu Shi did not come to the capital. He just sent someone to find a reason to say that Yunnan was far away and he was in poor health and should not travel a long distance, so he would not come this time.
As soon as this news came out, the entire capital was also sensational, especially the vassal kings who came, all stared at the movements in the palace. The fact that Zhu Yu did not come was also a big blow to Zhu Yunyu's prestige. If he did not counterattack, then his prestige, as the emperor, would fall to the bottom.
"I'm so brave. I haven't been in trouble with him yet. He dares to take eye drops!" Zhu Yunxiu became more and more angry as he spoke, and finally slapped the table hard and said angrily.
Zhu Yunyu was surprised by the fact that Zhu Xu was not here, because Zhu Xu was actually a prince with a very lack of presence. Compared to Zhu Quan, Zhu Xu was not worth mentioning at all, so Zhu Yunyu did not expect that he was the only one who did not come.
"Your Majesty, don't be angry. Mu Sheng has complained about King Min a lot in recent years. I guess he knows his crimes, so it's normal that he doesn't dare to come to the capital because of guilt." Li Jie smiled and explained.
"Yes, it must be because he is guilty and dare not come!" Zhu Yunxi's eyes lit up when he heard this, but then he said angrily, "No matter what the reason, since he doesn't come, he is openly against the court. Now the princes outside the palace are waiting to see my jokes, so we must deal with King Min more severely!"
"This is simple. Mu Sheng and King Min have had a conflict for a long time. You only need a secret order from His Majesty. Mu Sheng can quickly take King Min down and send him to the capital to question!" Li Jie smiled again.
If it were other princes, it might have to be a bit of trouble, but King Min was simply a man who was killed by himself. He should have won over the Mu family when he went to Yunnan, but he had a conflict with the Mu family. Now the court wants to arrest him is just an imperial edict.
"Just do it like this, just use King Min to establish his authority, so that there will be others who will not take me seriously in the future!" Zhu Yunxiu immediately agreed. Since King Min is shameless, don't blame him for turning against others.
"By the way, how are you preparing for the sacrifice?" Zhu Yunxi suddenly asked again. This time, summoning the princes to Beijing was in the name of offering sacrifices to Lao Zhu. Zhu Yunxi did not intend to just do it, but was really ready to sacrifice for a good sacrifice and also went to Nanjing in person. At that time, these princes would also go with them.
"Beijing has been ready for a long time, and Nanjing only needs to prepare for reception, so the problem is not big. In addition, the route is still to take a steamboat from Taijin. Now there are steamboats on the Yangtze River. You can drive all the way to Nanjing, which doesn't take much time." Li Jie replied with a smile.
"That's good. I'll ask someone to sort out the crimes of King Min over the years and announce them to the world tomorrow. We will set off for Nanjing the day after tomorrow!" Zhu Yunxiu immediately made a decision.
After the discussion on the matter, Li Jie thought about it and had nothing else to do. He was about to get up and say goodbye, but Zhu Yunxi suddenly said, "Brother-in-law, King Ning came to me yesterday and told me something. I think this matter is not very simple, so I want to hear your opinion."
"King Ning? What did he say to His Majesty?" Li Jie also asked curiously when he heard this. Li Jie was still very interested in the person of Ning. After all, he was unlucky in history. His troops were obviously stronger than Zhu Di, but he was deceived by Zhu Di and he was depressed and unsuccessful all his life.
"You know that King Ning, you must be unwilling to stay, so you considered imitating the Fourth Uncle going to sea for a long time. And coincidentally, he also wanted to go to India, but now he was snatched away by the King of Xiang." Zhu Yunsheng said with a smile.
"I really didn't expect this, but King Ning came one step late. King Xiang had already announced his trip to Tianzhu, and it was also a benchmark among the princes, so we couldn't change it." Li Jie was surprised at first, and then said helplessly.
"Yes, I told King Ning that way, but King Ning told me another thing, that is, the fourth uncle wrote him a letter to him and invited him to the Americas. He was not willing to go, but now that India is occupied, he looks down on other places, so he told him yesterday that he might go to the Americas to find the fourth uncle in the future." Zhu Yunxiu smiled again.
"Huh? The Fourth Uncle also invited King Ning!" Li Jie said in surprise when he heard this.
"As well? Uncle Fourth invited other people?" Zhu Yunxiu immediately heard the meaning of Li Jie's words and asked immediately.
"Yes, after I came to Beijing, I talked with him, but he told me that the fourth uncle also invited the King of Zhou to America." Li Jie immediately replied, Zhu Di quietly invited the two princes to America, and he knew this, and I don't know much in private, and I'm afraid only Zhu Di himself knew this.
Chapter completed!