Chapter 13                                                             �

King Dai did not want others to know that he had a close relationship with Zhou Mengchen.

Therefore, the place where Zhou Mengchen and King Dai met this time was not in the royal palace, but in a folk house in Datong.

I think Dai Wangyi has been rooted in Datong for more than 100 years, so I don’t know how many such arrangements are.

This time the conversation between King Dai and Zhou Mengchen was not as polite as last time.

When King Dai saw Zhou Mengchen, he asked directly: "Mr. Xu of Lord Zhou is extremely charming. Xiao Wang has to be moved. There is only one thing that I don't understand. That is, Lord Zhou took great pains to take such pains as soon as he took office. I don't know why?"

The King of Dai looked at Zhou Mengchen with bright eyes.

Zhou Mengchen knew that King Dai did not trust Zhou Mengchen.

After all, this matter is of great importance, how can we make Dai Wang believe in someone who has only met twice?

This is a matter of rush.

It was not Zhou Mengchen who was anxious, but the people of Datong who were even more anxious.

Zhou Mengchen knew that today he would not give Dai King a reason to believe, and Dai King would not act with him at all.

Zhou Mengchen said: "King Dai, I naturally have something to ask for. It's not anything else, but the property of the Raoyang Prince's Mansion. If I remember correctly, 70% of the wealth of the Dai Prince's lineage is now in the Raoyang Prince's Mansion."

King Dai couldn't help but twitched on his face.

Almost half of the property of the Raoyang Palace belongs to the Daiwang Mansion. How could he be calm at this moment? However, the Daiwang is relatively cowardly, but his desire for money is not great. After all, even though the Daiwang's property was embezzled a lot by the Raoyang Palace, the quality of life of the Daiwang will not be reduced a little.

Money is really something outside of some people.

The King Dai said, "Not enough. I have also inquired about you, Lord Zhou. You are a popular person in the eyes of Your Majesty. My King Dai Mansion is in a remote place in Datong. Even if all the property of my King Dai's lineage is only a few hundred thousand taels, how can it be seen by Lord Zhou?"

Zhou Mengchen smiled softly and said, "Since King Dai saw it, I will tell the truth. This is not what I mean, but------" Zhou Mengchen pointed to his head.

The King Dai was shocked and said, "Is this what Your Majesty mean?"

Zhou Mengchen said, "You said this, but I have never said it."

King Dai sat on the chair with a look of fear in his eyes. He said, "Your Majesty, what are you doing? What does Your Majesty mean?" He seemed to be talking to himself. He suddenly remembered Zhou Mengchen in front of him, and suddenly leaned forward and said, "Mr. Zhou, you are a popular person around Your Majesty. Can you tell me what Your Majesty means?"

Zhou Mengchen naturally made nonsense. However, Zhou Mengchen made such nonsense also well-founded. Rather than talking nonsense, it was just to guess Jiajing's meaning. He whispered: "I'm just talking about today's affairs here. After leaving such a door, I don't recognize anything."

The King of Dai said, "That's natural."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Then this matter?"

The King Dai said, "Since it is Your Majesty's intention, how dare Xiao Wan not obey?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Xia Yan is dead. Almost all the policies he left behind have been overturned. The only thing is not only not overturned, but has been implemented with great fanfare. Do you know what is?"

The King of Dai shook his head.

The King of Dai was timid and cowardly. He was scared to death when he mentioned Jiajing. He did not have the heart to pay attention to the twists and turns in the court on weekdays. After all, the vassal kings were a group of people who had lost power. Even if they care about politics, they would not be able to return to the court. Instead of doing so, it would be better not to care.

Many great vassal kings are like this.

Zhou Mengchen said: "It is the court's reform of the salary of the vassal kings. In fact, the vassal kings have reproduction more and more, and the court can no longer support it. There is a large shortage of money and food in the court."

The King Dai said, "Isn't that enough?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "It was enough, but the people sent by Xia Yan to investigate turned up a lot of things. The vassal kings in various places were rampant and illegal. They interfered with the vassal department and ignored human lives. And so on. His Majesty was furious. He wanted to move all the vassal kings to Beijing to live."

"Of course I have to share my worries for Your Majesty."

"And the lineage of the Dai Wang is not clean. There are some things that are not so easy to forget about when the Datong Mutiny happened."

The King Dai seemed to really not understand and said, "What happened during the Datong Mutiny?"

Zhou Mengchen calculated silently that this generation of kings was about the same age as him. During the Datong Mutiny, he was probably around ten years old. Many of the inside stories were unknown. Zhou Mengchen then added fuel to the fire and processed many rumors.

After hearing this, King Dai suddenly stood up and said, "My family is in the name of Emperor Gao, guarding Datong. I dare not say that I have made contributions to the country, but I will never dare to betray my ancestors and have sex with the Tartars. Please give me a clear look."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Dai Wang calms down. It doesn't matter how I think about this matter. What is important is what the emperor thinks and what the court thinks? And the Dai Wang can guarantee himself. But the Dai Wang has been reproducing for a hundred years, is there no one who is down and unfilial?"

King Dai was completely frightened by Zhou Mengchen.

He said: "All Lord Zhou said is obedient. I just hope that Lord can protect my lineage of King Dai, move to other places, or simply move to Beijing."

Zhou Mengchen was overjoyed and said, "Please rest assured. You are a noble man in heaven and as a subordinate, you are not willing to offend him. Now it is a matter of nobility. Since the King of Dai is willing to cooperate, I can also give King of Dai a guarantee. It will definitely ensure that the King of Dai is safe and sound."

The King Dai then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What do you want Xiao Wang to do?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Just do one thing, let the King of Raoyang rebellion."

Since Zhou Mengchen is ready to start a major case, the case must be big. Not big, it is not enough to involve so many people. But after thinking about it, the only crime of treason is enough.

However, in this way, Datong will be bloody inside and outside. Zhou Mengchen would not want to do so, but if he did not do so, there will only be more people who will die in Datong this winter.

Life is priceless, and the lives of ten people are not more noble than the lives of one person. This is the logic of the era of peace. But in this era, the lives of most people are obviously more important.

Of course, Zhou Mengchen did not think that these people were innocent. It was nothing more than Zhou Mengchen's procedural error. He should have investigated first and then convicted. He became convicted first and then added charges.

After Zhou Mengchen secretly met with King Dai, Xu Wei was already waiting here.

Zhou Mengchen asked, "Does there any progress in meeting King Raoyang?"

Xu Wei said, "Please look, sir."

Zhou Mengchen looked at the two memorials on the table. One was impeached by King Dai, and the other was King Raoyang, but the other was the governor of Datong, Zhou, who was illegally ritualized by King Dai. Needless to say, this was Zhou Mengchen's memorial. The ink color was still new, and it was obviously written by Xu Wei just now.

Zhou Mengchen asked strangely: "Is this?"

Xu Wei said, "Sir, in order to win the trust of King Raoyang, I will draft a memorial for you. After reading it, King Raoyang felt it was very good. He asked me to draft a memorial to impeach King Dai on his behalf."

Zhou Mengchen looked carefully and said, "It's indeed a good article. Mr. Wang deserves to be the number one article in Jiangnan."

Xu Wei's articles are of course of quality online. Even if they are made up for crimes, they are written with great momentum and improper meaning. More importantly, these two articles were written by Xu Wei in a very short time. This writing is indeed a matter of relying on the power of the king.

Xu Wei said, "You are polite, sir."

Zhou Mengchen said: "So, King Raoyang did not notice it at all?"

Xu Wei said: "Not only did I not realize it, I also gave my subordinates a thousand taels of pen and various gifts I gave to the adults for at least ten thousand taels of silver. And after the matter was completed, I would offer it to you ten thousand taels."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen suddenly thought of something and said, "Where do you think King Raoyang has so much money?"

When Xu Wei heard this, he thought silently. Datong is a poor place, and even the wealthiest Dai Wangfu family of all households is only a few hundred thousand. If we look at it in proportion, the royal family of Raoyang is around 300,000 to 400,000. But the problem is that most of these are real estate, not money that can be used at any time.

It is similar to Fengcheng Hou Mansion.

However, when the Marquis of Fengcheng saw thousands of taels of silver, he thought it was a big sum of money. King Raoyang was a little too generous.
Chapter completed!