Zhu Di's emotions became excited. He was a person with more obvious emotions, but for the first time Hao Fenglou saw such complicated emotions in him.

These emotions contain anger, pride, and even a hint of fear.

Zhu Di continued: "During the Jingnan Dynasty, Jianwen was in charge of the country and I covet the world. Now, the offensive and defensive momentum is different. I am defending and he is attacking. I cannot underestimate him. Although he is pedantic, he is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp. If he has the chance, he will bite my throat like a hungry wolf; just like I was eyeing him a year ago."

"I will never allow any mistakes. No one knows how many people in this court are his accomplices and how many Kaicheng Marquises. During the crisis, I was on the verge of life and death every day, but I must not take risks now. So someone must take charge of this matter. I think about it. This person must be able to cover up the eyes and ears. For the people in the world, Jianwen is dead. Since he is dead, I cannot draw pictures and follow the map. The person in charge of this matter must be absolutely confidential. Hao Fenglou, I have given this matter to you because you can do this. You are clearly looking at it.

The upper part can be the thousand households of the Jinyiwei, but in secret, it can be my sharp blade. The most important point is that if I want to ensure absolute confidentiality, I must never allocate money and grain from the treasury and the national treasury, otherwise there will be traces to follow. I can't believe anyone in the palace ban and the court. Any suspicious allocation of money and grain may alarm the snake. But you are a hundred households in the Neidongcheng. Don't you keep escorting the silver in the Donghuamen every month? From now on, there is no need to escort, no, you have to escort, but you only need to send 30% into the palace, and the others are your silver."

Hao Fenglou understood that he had become the object of "heavy responsibility". I believe there are more factors on Donghuamen.

Although the Dongcheng Qianhu Office is under the jurisdiction of the Beizhen Prefecture Department, it has a large amount of silver and money income, in a sense, it is equivalent to forming a separate yamen. Although it is not independent of the Jinyiwei, it has more autonomy.

And this money can be used for other purposes.

When Hao Fenglou saw the opportunity, he couldn't help but say, "I understand."

Zhu Di smiled faintly and said, "Just understand. This matter is protracted and I am not in a hurry. After all, you are a smart person and can stand alone. I ask you to do it. As for the money that was intercepted, the people recruited secretly, and other matters. I won't ask more questions. You still have your thousand households in the Jinyiwei side. In order to prevent the matter from leaking, the staff of the Thousand Households in Dongcheng should not let them interfere in this matter. You can secretly recruit good families and set up secret places near the capital to practice. You have to do the necessary equipment yourself. All personnel involved in this matter must not disclose their identity, but..."

Zhu Di hesitated for a moment and continued, "Since you want the horse to run away, I will definitely not let you not eat grass. All the recruited personnel are secretly organized into personal troops, so they are called Shenwu Guards. But it cannot be announced to the public for the time being. As for you, I have ordered you to be the Thousand Houses of Shenwu Guards. That's all I should say. On the one hand, you are on duty in the Jinyiwei, and on the other hand, you must step up your business. The Jinyiwei tree attracts a lot of wind. It's okay to deal with ordinary rebels, but it's not easy to deal with Jianwen. If Jianwen is executed in the future, I will have a heavy reward. Do you understand?"

Hao Fenglou was energetic. The structure of the Shenwuwei was quite a bit like a special task force in later generations. Hao Fenglou knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him. Sometimes he could even do whatever he wanted to do, not to mention that although the value of this Shenwuwei was only active underground, if he combined his identity as an Jinyiwei, it would be completely different.

Furthermore, because the matter was secretly involved, he was only responsible to Zhu Di, which gave Hao Fenglou a lot of freedom. He not only controlled a certain degree of independent financial power, but also completely controlled the personnel appointment and removal of Shenwuwei.

Hao Fenglou took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, I am afraid that my talent is negligent and shall betray Your Majesty the heavy trust."

Zhu Di smiled and said, "You will also be humble? No need to be humble. I believe in you. Then again, you usually have to be on duty in the Jinyiwei, and it is indeed more difficult to be alone. With that, Princess Jing has been secretly investigating Jianwen, but there has been no progress. After I return to the palace, I will summon her into the palace and ask her to help you."

Hao Fenglou is happy to see the joining of Princess Zhu Zhiling of Jing Kingdom. On the one hand, he is a princess and can mobilize much more resources than Hao Fenglou; on the other hand, Hao Fenglou and Zhu Zhiling have always been happy to cooperate and have a tacit understanding.

Zhu Di continued: "Whenever there are any clues, go to the palace to report immediately. Of course, no one is allowed to disclose this matter." Zhu Di looked at Hao Fenglou with a meaningful look and said: "Even the King of Han and King Zhao are the same."

Hao Fenglou couldn't help but think: "What does Your Majesty mean? Did you realize that he was too close to the King of Han and King Zhao? No, at least in this regard, Zhu Di was not too disgusted, but why did he say this? It would be fine if others were deceived. After all, the King of Han and King of Zhao were close relatives to Your Majesty, and there was no need to hide the matter of Jianwen. Could it be..." Hao Fenglou thought of a possibility that His Majesty wanted to leave room for this, that is, to add a trump card. The Shenwu Guard may not only deal with Jianwen in the future, and it may even be Zhu Di's ace to eliminate dissidents. If so, then it is indeed impossible to disclose it, because for an emperor, anyone may be his enemy, and even his own son is no exception.

Hao Fenglou sighed. The only thing he deserved to be thankful was that he was not qualified to be Zhu Di's enemy because it was terrible to have such an opponent.

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "You go down."

Hao Fenglou bowed and said, "I'm going to leave."

Zhu Di seemed to have thought of something at this time and suddenly said, "Wait, I have another thing I want to tell you. After I return to Nanjing, I will issue an edict to designate the eldest son Zhu Gaochi as the crown prince."

"Ah..." Hao Fenglou deliberately looked surprised. In fact, he might have thought of this, but he just deliberately hid his shortcomings.

Zhu Di turned his back and said, "The reason I told you is that I hope you can make the King of Han and King Zhao be prepared. It is time for me to give the world an explanation. After experiencing today's events, I finally understand that to defeat people's hearts, we must use thunderous means to make people fear and conquer them, and also need to be kind to the rain and dew. Pacifying people's hearts is the best method for the prince. Let me give my subjects a little hope."

He sighed long, as if a big rock in his heart fell to the ground.

Hao Fenglou nodded and stepped out.

This assassination deeply shocked Zhu Di. It was not that he was frightened by the assassination, but that he was shocked by Liu Xi's fearlessness. Zhu Di took two actions, one was the Shenwu Guard and the other was the crown prince, with one tough hand and the other weak hand.

When he came out of the tent, Hao Fenglou asked himself, if he had been Zhu Di, what measures would he take. After careful consideration, he realized that these two methods were the best choices.

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Back at the camp, Hao Fenglou pretended to be as usual, arranged some defense, and went to find King Zhao for wine at night. Zhu Gaosui was in a good mood, but when the news of Hao Fenglou's establishment of the prince was revealed, Zhu Gaosui was stunned for a moment.

He sighed and said, "You are such a crow's mouth, you can tell anything bad. Forget it... This matter has nothing to do with me after all, but I am afraid that I will toss and turn tonight."

After saying that, Zhu Gaosui stood up indifferently and said quietly: "The capital can't stay there anymore, so I will just go to the vassal state. In a few days, I will write a letter to beg my father for approval. Hao Fenglou, are you willing to follow me to go to Zhangde? Although Henan is not as good as Jiangnan, if you are willing to go with me, I will order you as the chief minister. We will eat and drink there, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so there will be no worries."

Hao Fenglou smiled and shook his head, saying, "Your Highness is kind, and I am humble. But my parents are still in Nanjing, so I am afraid I can't follow you."

Zhu Gaosui smiled reluctantly and said, "Yes, your parents are in Nanjing, so you have to be with them, but what about this king? Because my parents are in the capital and my brothers are in the capital, I have to leave here. I am poorly born in the imperial family. Who said that my surname is Zhu? You have the ethics of heaven, and all I have is glory and wealth."

Hao Fenglou was a little drunk and muttered to the point of wine: "Your Highness is a vassal, after all, here is a place of right and wrong. After Your Majesty's approval, I will definitely have to see you off. There is no banquet that will last forever in the world, but... I still make friends with Your Highness."

Zhu Gaosui smiled and said, "Nonsense, what does it mean to make friends with me? It seems like you have made friends with me after a break. I haven't agreed to be friends with you yet." He shook his head and sighed: "Actually, I am different from the prince and the Han king. They have the world in their hearts, but what I want is just to be a normal person. If you want to be a human being, how sad it is." He looked at Hao Fenglou and said solemnly: "I have made friends with you. If you have time, you may not come to Henan to see me. If you don't come, I must write a long letter to break up with you."

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Chapter completed!