The most ruthless imperial family!

In order to pay for a mere few million in loan sharking, Zhu Cijiong, the loan king of the Ming Dynasty, actually thought of betraying his own brother!

It is a pity that the Ming Dynasty not only had Zhu Cijiong, the loan king who did not care about brotherhood, but also Wu Sangui, a loyal minister.

Wu Sangui's life now is much harder than that of Zhu Cijiong. Although Zhu Cijiong was blamed by the King of Hell, he was the king of the Ming Dynasty and the half-brother of Emperor Hongxing. Although Zhu Cixiang had a wealthy son, Zhu Cijiong's right to inherit the throne was fierce.

It was a discount, but his vassal king was still there.

But what about Wu Sangui?

In the Qing Dynasty, he was the prince with a green flag, the king of Pingxi, and the general of Pingxi. Although he was poor at that time, he had the right to rule Gansu and Shaanxi. Duama was too busy in the east to care about it.

Gan and Shaanxi, naturally let him do whatever he wants.

And Wu Sangui didn’t owe that much loan shark at that time!

But now, although Wu Sangui has improved from a second minister to a third minister, his title of ruling the northwest has not yet come down. Zhu Cixiang only made him a Duke of Jin. This duke was still before Wu Sangui defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhu Cihong used the name of Prince Fujun

In other words, the original title has only been restored, and the Shaanxi-Gandhi territory occupied by Wu Sangui has not been granted to him.

So we don’t know yet whether Wu Sangui can continue to be the king of the northwest!

In order to appease the thousands of families under him who had lost all their money in Monk Yuan, Wu Sangui borrowed more than 2 million taels of usury from Shanxi and Shaanxi merchants who were protected by Zhu Cijiong before rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and defecting to the Ming Dynasty! In addition to the usury borrowed before,

The capital alone is two million and several hundred thousand taels, and the profit is three cents a month, which is almost 70,000 taels. The daily interest to be repaid is as high as more than two thousand taels.

Every day when Wu Sangui opens his eyes, he is burdened with more than two thousand taels of debt from the King of Hell! Can he not worry about it?

What if Zhu Cihong refuses to let him become the king of the northwest and refuses to acknowledge the debt he owes to the king of hell?

These days, Old Wu is almost dying of anxiety!

Just when he and his group of confidants who came from the Guan Ning Army were anxious every day, someone suddenly submitted a letter to Wu Sangui's Duke of Jin's office, reporting a shocking case involving the fifth prince Zhu Cihuan and the eunuchs who were plotting evil.

The leader Gao Yushun is about to go to Yan'an through Xi'an Mansion to seek refuge with the acting king Zhu Cijiong. Of course Wu Sangui has not received the secret letter from Gao Yushun, but his younger brother Wu Sanfu has been investigating the matter and has also found out that Gao Yushun is planning to protect Zhu Cihuan, and Yuan Guifei is going to seek refuge with the acting king.

Wang Zhu Cijiong's matter. So he sent someone to report Wu Sangui secretly, asking him to pay attention to intercept it.

This presented Wu Sangui with a huge problem.

Is Emperor Chongzhen behind Zhu Cihuan and Gao Yushun? Have they colluded with His Highness the King of Dai? Have they taken refuge under the Emperor's order? If they are captured, will they start a war with the King of Dai?

"My lord, since someone has reported this matter, we can't ignore it."

"Yes, Duke, we can't stop the fire. The imperial guards are so powerful. If we ignore them, the emperor will know about it sooner or later."

"Uncle, when that time comes, it will be difficult for Third Sister to gain a foothold in front of the Emperor."

Among the Duke of Jin in Xi'an Fucheng, Wu Sangui's confidants all had the same idea, which was to arrest people!

If you catch Zhu Cihuan and Gao Yushun, you can express your loyalty to Zhu Cihong in Nanjing! If you express your loyalty, you should be able to become the king of the northwest, and there will probably be a solution to the loan sharking situation.

Seeing that his confidants all had the same idea, Wu Sangui turned his attention to Liu Sheng again.

Liu Sheng stood up suddenly and saluted Wu Sangui: "My lord, please lead the troops to capture him!"

Wu Sangui nodded: "I'll leave it to you. Remember, you must not hurt the fifth prince, Yuan Guifei and Gao Yushun. Especially Gao Yushun! The fifth prince is still young, and Yuan Guifei is a woman. If you can explain this matter clearly,

Only Eunuch Gao is left!"

"I understand." Liu Sheng nodded heavily.

I understand, I understand, but it is not that easy to capture Eunuch Gao! Because Gao Yushun is still in Chongqing Mansion! Where can we capture Liu Sheng?

Zhu Cihuan and Concubine Yuan, under the escort of Song Xiance's son Song Qingtian, left Chongqing, entered Guanzhong through Hanzhong, entered Fengxiang Mansion, and then booked an inn in Fengxiang Mansion to stay. After settling Concubine Yuan,

After Zhu Cihuan, Song Qingtian went to Xi'an to submit letters.

Therefore, those captured by Liu Sheng were Concubine Yuan Guifei and Zhu Cihuan, who had been arranged for him to capture in advance. It turned out that Emperor Zhu's royal guards might be really powerful in the southeast. But in Wu Sangui's territory in the northwest, they had no foundation.

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Song Xiance saw this loophole and applied eye drops to Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong, Wu Sangui and Emperor Chongzhen.

After arresting, no, he should have invited Zhu Cihuan, who knew nothing, and Yuan Guifei, who was frightened, to Xi'an Mansion. Wu Sangui put the two people under house arrest while finding someone to draw their portraits, and they also carried them with them.

Together with the tokens, including the order that Zhu Cihong issued to Concubine Yuan that day (not allowing her to commit suicide and asking her to take care of Zhu Cihuan), Liu was sent to Nanjing to show Zhu Cihuan during the day and night.

Also arriving in Nanjing with Liu Sheng was Luo Xiushen, who was sent by Zhu Cixang to accompany the acting king Zhu Cijiong. Zhu Cijiong's eyes and ears in Xi'an were as good as those of Jin Yiwei. Many Shaanxi merchants had debts with the Dai Wang's palace, so they naturally had to act as eyes and ears.

So Wu Sangui got the news about the fifth prince, Concubine Yuan and Gao Yushun. They heard about it almost immediately. Among the news they learned, Gao Yushun was arrested!

This time Zhu Cijiong and the people around him couldn't sit still. Tian Cunzhi immediately left for Xi'an. If he wanted to meet Gao Yushun, he had to ask the whole story clearly!

But the problem is that Wu Sangui doesn't have Gao Yushun but he says he doesn't. Can Tian Cunzhi do it? Can the acting king Zhu Cijiong believe it?

They are all good brothers from the imperial family!

"The Duke of Jin really didn't have Duke Gao and his ministers to ask him personally. Eunuch Gao stood in front and left Chongqing Mansion first! Maybe, maybe he went to the King of Dai."

"Liu Sheng, don't talk nonsense. King Dai has never seen Gao Yushun who doesn't have this problem at all!"

In the East Nuan Pavilion of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, Liu Sheng and Luo Xiu Shen were arguing loudly in front of Zhu Cihong.

These two people were originally considered to be Emperor Zhu's, but are they still? They have been following Wu Sangui and Zhu Cijiong for more than four years, almost five years, so they have received this kindness, right? They should also speak for Wu Sangui and Zhu Cijiong now.

In other words, regarding the issue of Gao Yushun's whereabouts, of course neither of them can fully believe what they said. The most likely possibility is that Gao Yushun is still detained by the Dashun Army!

"What's the relationship between the Duke of Jin and the King of Dai?" Zhu Cixiang lowered his voice, "Is it possible to work together? The governor of Sichuan, Ma Shiying, is worried that Chengdu is about to fall. Although I sent troops along the Yangtze River and the Han River, the two

None of the roads are easy access to Sichuan. Since ancient times, it has been easier to get to Bashu from north to south!"

Liu Sheng shook his head: "Your Majesty, the Jin State suffered too much in Monk Yuan. It borrowed usury to appease the more than 300 thousand households under it. Now it wants the thousands of households below to send troops to attack Sichuan. I'm afraid it won't work without two or three million.

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Yes, Zhang Xianzhong’s four sons were frightened!

Moreover, there is a severe drought in Guanzhong this year, and grain production has been severely reduced. Each thousand households are unstable internally, and the people on the territory where they are stationed are also unstable!

"King Dai can't pay out his debts. King Dai has more debts. In recent years, he has relied on loans to maintain his situation on Luliang Mountain." Luo Xiu Shen said, "If you borrow money, you have to pay it back. It's not difficult to borrow again."

What a good brother!

Emperor Zhu said in his heart: He couldn't even pay off the loan sharks worth millions, so he had to find me, his brother, and the Third Prince Zhu didn't live up to his name!

"Then there is no need to send troops," Zhu Cixiang sighed, "Let the bandits be comfortable in Sichuan for a few years. Fortunately, Sichuan has never been the home of the emperor. As for the debts of the king and the Duke of Jin, let them take the creditors to Wuhan and wait.
Chapter completed!