Chapter 3079 (1/2)

Hearing this, Emperor Zhou an was very satisfied and said with a smile: "I am worthy of being the Minister of my humerus. This matter is indeed as you guessed. There are many twists and turns in it! Do you know the Zhen family in Jinling?"

Although he wanted to catch all the remaining evils, he didn't want the most capable ministers to misunderstand and and ruin the great event.

Bai Yixiu was stunned, and then answered without hesitation: "in those years when Wei Chen was a salt inspector in Yangzhou, he ostensibly fought with those salt traders, but in fact he was fighting with the Zhen family. Wei Chen can say impolitely that the Zhen family was in Jinling at that time, that was an earth emperor.

Although they don't have military power, the nearby military and horse departments listen to orders to increase! Most of the salt tax and salt related income fall into the hands of the Zhen family. How can Weichen, a tough opponent, forget? If your majesty didn't take care of Weichen, Weichen couldn't leave Yangzhou and Jiangnan alive! "

Zhou an Di nodded. What Lin Aiqing said was consistent with his investigation. In those days, the Zhen family was as rich as the enemy's country.

At that time, the emperor's nursing mother was Mrs. Zhen, so she took more care of the Zhen family. Even Mrs. Zhen's daughter entered the palace and became imperial concubine Zhen.

Imperial concubine Zhen was gorgeous and favored in the palace. She gave birth to the prince.

For a while, the limelight was boundless, and the Zhen family became more and more prosperous. In fact, if they know their duty, they will not have a follow-up end. But those people don't think so. They always want more.

The reason why the supreme emperor did not start with the Zhen family in Jinling was also because of the imperial concubine Zhen and the seventh prince.

If the Zhen family had not supported the rebellion of Princess Zhen and her son, the seventh prince, the supreme emperor might not have punished the Zhen family.

In that mutiny, the prince and the seventh Prince died.

The supreme emperor lost two highly valued and beloved sons at once. He was also in poor health, unable to recover and bedridden.

Seeing the turbulence of the imperial court and the instability of the country, the supreme emperor saw that the third son was capable and directly became the crown prince. Then he abdicated a few days later and let the third prince succeed.