Chapter 141
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty orders Chu Nan to be the imperial envoy to investigate N
Chapter 141 The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty orders Chu Nan to be the imperial envoy to investigate Nanjing!
"Ah?" Chu Nan was stunned when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang say it should be him.
"Your Majesty, why is it me?"
"Why isn't it you?" Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned when he heard it.
"Didn't you say it yourself? This person must follow me to the grassland, and this person must be an important official whom I trust."
"Why are you talking about yourself?"
"Yes." The princes were also surprised after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's analysis.
"Mr. Chu, you are talking about yourself!"
"I didn't expect Mr. Chu to be so selfless. I can't believe it. He usually acts like a coward!"
"Mr. Chu, we really admire you!"
"This..." Chu Nan exploded after hearing their words. Was he talking about himself?
He couldn't help it. If he really agreed to this and really went back to Jinling to deal with the people of Jinling, wouldn't he be eaten alive?
Thinking about this, he spoke directly: "Your Majesty, I am talking about Mr. Yao, not me?"
"Yao Guangxiao also followed His Majesty to the grassland. He is also an important official. Why didn't you choose him?"
"Him?" But after hearing Chu Nan's words, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head.
"No, no, no, Chu Nan, you are wrong. I cannot choose him. Have you forgotten that boy deserted the battlefield? It is good enough that I did not punish him, but I entrusted him with an important task? How many people will be dissatisfied with that?"
"So now the only person who can be entrusted with this important task is you. Don't refuse. I will appoint you as the Imperial Envoy, holding the Imperial Sword. After you return to Nanjing, you can kill whoever you find out!"
"This..." But Chu Nan was even more speechless after hearing this. Zhu Yuanzhang, what are you talking about? Do you really think this is a TV series?
Do you really think those people will listen to your Imperial Sword? They may listen on the surface, but secretly they treat your Imperial Sword as scrap metal.
At the same time, Chu Nan also became annoyed. How could he have forgotten about Yao Guangxiao? Now with this recommendation, he, Chu Nan, was the only one suitable to be the imperial envoy.
This time, the poison was used on himself.
"Why..." Hearing that Chu Nan still wanted to refuse, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
"Do you, Chu Nan, want to refuse?"
"Chu Nan, what are you afraid of? I will arrange for the Royal Guards to protect you. I don't trust anyone else with this matter. After all, it was your own plan, and you know best what to do."
"You just need to calm those people down and make them think that you are the one investigating and I haven't returned yet."
"Don't worry, you are very capable. I will not let someone like you die like this."
"This..." After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang say this, Chu Nan had no choice but to agree.
Chu Nan thought about it and decided that this was actually a good idea. After all, this could create a false impression for those people in Jinling.
The purpose was to make those people in Jinling think that Chu Nan was not important, so he was sent to Jinling to be the imperial envoy.
Yao Guangxiao is very important because although he was defeated and fled in the battlefield, he was not hurt at all and was still protected.
So they were certain that the person who used the poisonous scheme was Yao Guangxiao.
"Your Majesty, I obey your command." After thinking it through, Chu Nan agreed.
"Okay, okay." Seeing that Chu Nan agreed, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction.
"Since you agreed, then let's do this. Go back and have a good rest. We will set off for Datong tomorrow, and then we will split up in Datong."
"Yes, I'll take my leave." After Zhu Yuanzhang had made all the arrangements, there was no need for Chu Nan to stay here anymore. He took a few steps back and walked out of the tent.
Since he was going back to Nanjing to be the imperial envoy, he had to make some plans. Although Nanjing was Zhu Yuanzhang's base camp, there were probably many undercurrents, and he would be easily disturbed if he went back.
But there is no need to worry too much. After all, he is now the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei and has considerable power.
Then he returned to the camp to make arrangements.
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Jinling.
The residence of Hu Weiyong.
At this moment, Hu Weiyong was sitting in the main seat, while his confidant, Chief Censor Tu Jie, was reporting the situation on the side.
"Sir Hu, the current situation is not good. According to intelligence, the Northern Yuan army collapsed and was even defeated by Your Majesty. They lost nearly 100,000 elite soldiers, and Wang Baobao was shot by an arrow."
"It looks like we have the upper hand over the Northern Yuan people this time..." Tu Jie didn't continue, but his words were already very clear.
They were completely wrong in betting on the Northern Yuan people to win this time. The Northern Yuan people were completely defeated!
"How hateful!" Thinking of this, Tu Jie's face turned embarrassed.
"We gave the Beiyuan people so much help, and what's the result? They didn't even win. They are so useless and trash!"
"Okay." After hearing Tu Jie's words, Hu Weiyong stopped him from speaking. His face was very calm, as if he was not affected at all by the defeat of the Northern Yuan people.
"Let the Northern Yuan people lose. We bet on them winning, and we should have expected them to lose. Otherwise, how could they be driven out of the Central Plains?"
"We just need to do our job well and erase all evidence of contact with the Beiyuan people. That's all."
"You are worthy of being Lord Hu." After listening to Hu Weiyong's words, Tu Jie felt that he was too hasty and agreed.
"I will do it shortly."
"Anything else?" Hu Weiyong asked again.
"Nothing else?"
"Yes, yes, it is indeed a big thing." Hearing Hu Weiyong's words, Tu Jie hurriedly replied.
"Sir, the news from the front is that His Majesty said he would return to Nanjing, and he also discovered a spy among the army."
"So His Majesty announced that he would come back to investigate these spies, and he also sent the imperial envoy back to investigate and handle the matter first."
Tu Jie frowned after he finished speaking: "Master Hu, then we must make preparations early. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang is back, and we must eliminate all things that are not good for us."
"What does it matter?" But after hearing Tu Jie's words, Hu Weiyong's expression remained calm.
"It will take at least a month for Zhu Yuanzhang's troops to return to Nanjing. There is no need to rush to remove the evidence. We can wait for ten or twenty days."
"But Lord Hu, I just said that Zhu Yuanzhang also sent an imperial envoy." Tu Jie became anxious again.
"Imperial envoy?" Hu Weiyong laughed when he heard it.
"If I, Hu Weiyong, recognize him, he will be the imperial envoy. If I, Hu Weiyong, do not recognize him, he will be the same in Nanjing."
As he spoke, Hu Weiyong's face suddenly became serious: "I, Hu Weiyong, have always been inferior to Zhu Yuanzhang. I am convinced that he is a capable emperor."
"Then in the officialdom, he was always inferior to Li Shanchang, but I was convinced that he was my teacher and capable."
"But I am now the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty. I am second only to the emperor and above everyone else. I would be afraid of any imperial envoy. So why should I be the prime minister?"
"By the way, who is this imperial envoy?"
(End of this chapter)