When Zhang Mingwei heard what he said, he understood that the prince's grandfather was naturally the father of Empress Zhou, and that Zhou Kui, who was also famous in later generations.

Thinking of Zhou Kui's deeds, he couldn't help but stare at Zhu Cilang, with a little pity in his eyes, and for a moment, he didn't say anything.

Emperor Chongzhen next to him saw his expression and remembered what his father-in-law did, and he couldn't help but feel sank in his heart.

Zhu Cilang didn't think so much, but just urged Zhang Mingwei to say, "Sir, tell me quickly!"

Zhang Mingwei had a serious expression and said slowly: "When the capital city fell, Jiading Bo Zhou Kui did not die for his country. This is a sure thing."

Emperor Chongzhen had already seen his father-in-law's character in the Wuqing Marquis. He was not surprised when he heard Zhang Mingwei's words at this time. Therefore, he had no emotional fluctuations compared to Zhu Cilang.

When Zhu Cixuan heard this, he was a little stunned, with a look of disappointment on his face, but he was still a little unwilling to accept it, so he immediately asked, "What happened later? Is there any uncertain news?"

After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei continued to say seriously: "One of the things recorded in history is that after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he recovered the stolen goods and helped the money. Jiading Bo was forced to hang himself, his eldest son was beaten to death, and his second son and nephew were tortured and almost died. He had to hand over more than 500,000 silver when his wife and his wife were forced to hang himself, his eldest son and his nephew were tortured and almost killed."

There is another saying, which is that there are more than three million taels of silver. He thought this was too exaggerated, so he chose the statement that it was a smaller amount.

But even so, Emperor Chongzhen was amazed: "So many?"

After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei turned to look at him and said, "This is what is written in historical materials."

"Sir, what else?" Zhu Cixuan didn't have much idea, but just asked again.

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he turned around and looked at him and said, "The second uncertain thing is that when the city was broken, the prince did not escape and was offered to the thief by his ministers. Then Li Zicheng and the prince fought against Wu Sangui, but unexpectedly the Jianlu suddenly appeared, and he was defeated and fled west in a hurry. Then the prince's whereabouts were unknown from then on."

Hearing this, Zhu Cixuan blinked his eyes, and after passing his future in his mind, he asked in a little puzzled manner: "What does this have to do with my grandfather?"

After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei nodded and said, "Jianlu entered the pass, and occupied the capital without any blood. Then the famous case of Prince of North and South in the early Qing Dynasty occurred, involving Jiading Bo and the Prince."

After a pause, he saw that Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Cilang were very concerned, so he continued: "It is said that the prince escaped from the treacherous army, returned to the capital, and went to Jiading Bo's Mansion to visit Princess Kunxing. But Jiading Bo did not dare to recognize him, and Princess Kunxing came out when she heard the news. The two hugged their heads and cried, alarming the neighbors. Jiading Bo presented the prince to Dorgon, the regent of Jianlu..."

When he heard this, Zhu Cilang was stunned. He couldn't figure out how this could be possible? That was his own grandfather!

Emperor Chongzhen clenched his fists again, very angry, but still tried hard to suppress them.

"...At that time, Jianlu entered the pass under the banner of avenging His Majesty, and a crown prince suddenly appeared. Then Jianlu should support the crown prince to ascend the throne, which is the right thing to do." Zhang Mingwei continued to tell, "But this is obviously impossible! So Dorgon summoned the surrendered ministers of the Ming Dynasty to distinguish them. The crown prince talked and told the old story, but the surrendered ministers were ashamed and dared not recognize them. Dorgon ordered Jiading Bo to point out, but Jiading Bo said it was pretending. But others still said that the crown prince was real. In the end, Dorgon imprisoned the crown prince in a prison and later died in prison."

"Impossible, this is impossible..." Zhu Cixuan was so unbelievable that he started shouting.

He originally hoped that his grandfather would be able to die for the country, but he was hit a little while before, and what he didn't expect was that his grandfather actually did something to betray him, which made him unable to accept it for a while!

Seeing him like this, Zhang Mingwei was really sympathetic, so he comforted him and said, "I just said that this matter is not sure. The matter recorded in the official history is just the day when the capital was attacked by the thief. Of course, this official history was also compiled by Jianlu."

Although he said this, Emperor Chongzhen didn't think of anything unreasonable and became even more angry. Hearing that Zhu Cilang was still shouting, he shouted loudly: "Enough!"

Zhu Cilang was startled by his slap, and immediately shut up and didn't dare to yell again.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he turned to look at Zhang Mingwei, sighed and said, "The wind knows the strong grass, and the slander knows the sincere ministers. However, even if some people are not at that level, I probably know what they are!"

What he meant was obviously Zhou Kui. However, Zhang Mingwei could probably guess that Emperor Chongzhen probably did not expect Zhou Kui to be so inferior, so he had the anger and sigh at this moment.

Hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, the smart Zhu Ciyang also understood what he meant, but he still felt a little unbelievable, so he asked Emperor Chongzhen: "Father, is this matter true?"

"It doesn't matter whether it is true or not, child..." Emperor Chongzhen comforted him a little lovingly, then glanced at Zhang Mingwei, and then continued to say forcefully: "I and the gentleman will revive the Ming Dynasty and will not let such a thing happen again."

While speaking, seeing Zhu Cilang's mood was very depressed, he persuaded him: "Actually, I was dissatisfied with him before. I actually helped Marquis Wuqing to fool me, which made me a little confused about what he was doing. Now that I think about it, he is afraid that Marquis Wuqing might lose money as soon as he opened the hole!"

Zhu Cixuan, who was beside him, knew in his heart that his father had said this, and that was probably not wrong. However, despite this, his emotions never improved, and he seemed to be a little unwilling to believe it.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Mingwei said, "After all, after more than four hundred years, it may not be known whether it is true or false. Why not do this? Your Majesty might as well borrow money from Jiading Bo and see what Jiading Bo said?"

In history, Emperor Chongzhen borrowed money and Zhou Kui was so messy that he did not happen until the beginning of the 17th year of Chongzhen.

After hearing what he said, Zhu Ciyang couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope in his heart. What if?

To be honest, even Emperor Chongzhen had this idea. So, when Emperor Chongzhen saw Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Okay, tomorrow morning, I will find an excuse to try him."

After all, he is the prince's grandfather, the queen's father, and the father-in-law of the Ming Dynasty. He cannot convict him first because of possible things in the future.

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he remembered something and said to Zhu Cixuan sternly: "There must not be any news about this matter. If you inform me in advance, you will not be able to try it out, do you know?"

"My son understand!" Zhu Cilang answered quickly after hearing this. Even Princess Kunxing in the side hall agreed.
Chapter completed!