Chapter 25: Death
Before the New Year, on the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the pregnant Liu Shuren gave birth to a prince, the fifth son of the emperor, named Zhu Youzhen.
Liu Shuren gave birth during the day, so Zhu Youxiao didn't know, but when he later found out, it was already the Chinese New Year's Eve, and he was too busy, until after the New Year, he personally went to see it and made up a gift.
Originally, this was just a trivial matter, as the crown prince Zhu Changluo has already added this, there are already five sons, although there are occasional premature deaths, but as the newborn of the fifth son of the emperor, there is really nothing special about it, no matter how you look at it, he has nothing to do with the throne, and it is best to be a feudal feudal country.
But what is strange is that it is the attitude of the imperial grandson, although he is just the usual inquiry and concern, but compared with the attitude of other princes and princesses, it suddenly seems different.
In the face of the friendly kindness of the imperial grandson, Liu Shuren was surprised inexplicably, so she took her son and went to the small courtyard of Zhu Youxiao every day.
Liu Shuren saw it very clearly, even if the crown prince ascended the throne in the future, the throne could only be produced among the sons of the prince grandson and Xi Li Xuanshi, and he definitely had nothing to do with his son.
And judging from the matter of the prince himself, the chances of the grandson ascending to the throne are much greater than that of Xi Li's son. At this time, in the face of the kindness of the grandson, when is not close, when to be close.
Yes, she also ignored the rumors and approached the imperial grandson. It's just that he secretly prays to the gods every day, and if he wants to take it, he will let the grandson take his life and wealth.
Faced with this situation, Zhu Youxiao could only smile helplessly, he only went to take a look out of concern for this only younger brother in the future, and thought of the impact of his different actions in the past.
At this moment, he can only pinch his nose to accept Liu Shuren's closeness and faint refuge, but fortunately, Zhu Youzhen can grow up safely in the future, and he can use it as his arm and benchmark.
Time gradually passed, Zhu Youxiao lived a peaceful life in the palace, got up early every day, practiced martial arts and read, and learned about the operation of the 24 prisons in the palace.
However, as time passed, Zhu Youxiao gradually shifted his focus to martial arts training. On the one hand, the training of martial arts skills is becoming more and more arduous, and it takes a lot of time to accumulate proficiency; On the one hand, he was not interested in these ancient Chinese books at all.
Although in his previous life, he also fantasized about reading through countless ancient books and classics, and then quoting scriptures in front of others, saying allusions and sayings that others couldn't understand to pretend. However, after really reaching this era, he was faced with countless obscure texts every day, and he really couldn't arouse his interest in reading.
In addition to practicing martial arts, he mostly reads the books that he brought in his mind. After sorting out, he found that he had downloaded an app that contained a lot of local files in electronic versions of classic books, which surprised Zhu Youxiao inexplicably.
However, in the eyes of outsiders, this imperial grandson has become a martial artist who only likes to practice martial arts and does not like to read. This performance made the people in the Donglin Party both happy and anxious. Happily, if you don't study, you can't understand the reason, which is easy to control, and the anxiety is because you are afraid that the emergence of an emperor like Wuzong will improve the status of the military attaché.
Therefore, when Zhu Youxiao gradually showed his liking for martial arts and dislike of literature, they began to operate intensively.
Zhang Juzheng in the Wanli period made civil officials realize the importance of education, or the importance of the prince's right to education. The identity of the emperor was so useful at a critical moment.
If the Donglin Party had appeared, if Zhang Ju had been a member of the Donglin Party, they would probably not have attacked, but said that Jiang Shangyi Yin would have been sent to Jun Yaoshun. Zhang Juzheng gave an example, so that the later generations of literati saw the hope of being in charge of the government alone.
Zhu Youxiao is living a peaceful life, but the court is not quite quiet, because this year is the year of Jingcha, Xinhai Jingcha. The presiding officer is Sun Piyang, the secretary of the ministry, a member of the Donglin Party.
And so the Great Purge began. According to the statement in "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", the Donglin Party basically held great power, but because of the mixing of a fierce man, the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang began to gradually unite.
This fierce man is Li Sancai, and the reason is that he wants to enter the cabinet. The three parties were extremely jealous of him and were very afraid of him entering the cabinet, so they united to attack him and prevent him from entering the cabinet. Li Sancai did not block the attack and went back to his hometown to farm.
Because of this opportunity, the three parties deepened their mutual cooperation, jointly resisted the strength of the Donglin Party, and began to fight back.
It can be said that their tossing was fruitful, three years later, Shoufu Ye Xiang Gao Xia Ye retired home, and three years later, it was a new round of Jingcha, presided over by Zheng Jizhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Li Zhi, Zheng Jizhi is the Chu Party, and Li Zhi is the Zhejiang Party.
So, the Donglin Party people all went home, and Fang Congzhe of the Zhejiang Party became the first assistant until Wanli died.
This is the main line of the struggle of the imperial court in the next few years, and with the name of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", Zhu Youxiao will look at the political struggle between these civil officials again and see the fire, and it is extremely clear.
These news were all inquired about by Wei Zhongxian, and Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with the ability of this eunuch, basically he could complete the things he explained, and let him use it very easily.
The only thing that made Zhu Youxiao a little worried was the rumors that Wei Zhongxian was not castrated and that he was proficient in room surgery. Whether it is the biography of Yeshi that he had heard and read in his previous life, or the only more reliable historical material he currently has at hand, "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", it is all described like this.
This made Zhu Youxiao very awkward, a group of eunuchs mixed with a eunuch with male ability, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't feel comfortable.
Could it be that Wei Zhongxian is the protagonist? Looking at the previous descriptions of those things in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think so.
This is absolutely unbearable!
Actually, this problem is very easy to solve, just take him out and go to the worship room again. At this time, Wei Zhongxian is not yet nine thousand years old in the future, and it is no problem to toss it.
After coming out of the Jingshi room, Wei Zhongxian's face turned pale and pale, not because he was stabbed again, but because he was frightened. He didn't know why Taisun would know the secret that he hadn't been castrated, he had never told anyone.
was stabbed for no reason, which made Wei Zhongxian's heart feel a deep chill, and Zhu Youxiao's image in his heart suddenly became unfathomable, becoming so mysterious, so unpredictable≡ after beating this, Wei Zhongxian became honest, and some small actions behind his back were also reined in, serving his grandson wholeheartedly.
Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao was also quite satisfied, and basically achieved his original intention, a capable villain like Wei Zhongxian must be beaten and beaten frequently, so that he can be frightened and bold.
As for another major scourge in history, the Hakka guest Yinyue, Zhu Youxiao turned a blind eye. Although she formed a rivalry with the Wei Dynasty, she would still go out of the palace to have trysts with people. There is nothing new under the sun, and if there are more times, people will naturally find out about their behavior.
But Zhu Youxiao didn't care much, first, she was very good at serving people, and took care of Zhu Youxiao very thoughtfully, so many years without credit and hard work. The second guest Yin Yue is also very self-aware, and she did not bring this atmosphere to the Ciqing Palace, and she is still very responsible in the palace.
However, for this woman's inappropriate behavior, she was a little tired of eating Wei Chao, even if she was a eunuch, she didn't want her head to be green, but she was reluctant to enjoy the beauty and beauty of the Hakka family, so she had to pretend not to know for the time being.
However, although there are many trivial matters, they are not taken to heart by Zhu Youxiao, he still lives peacefully, practicing martial arts every day, and asks Qi Jin and Yu Zhigao, two veterans, about the battle formation. He has a lot to do in the future, and now he has to lay a good foundation for himself.
This kind of life lasted throughout the thirty-ninth year of Wanli, until the coming of September.
This month, Concubine Wang Gong passed away.
When Zhu Youxiao got the news and rushed to Jingyang Palace, he found that it was unexpectedly deserted, and there was no one except for a few sneaky little eunuchs in green robes.
The door of Jingyang Palace, which had been locked for many years, had been opened, and the rusty lock had been removed and discarded aside.
Covering his mouth and nose, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly walked through the main gate and walked towards Concubine Wang Gong's bedroom.
As soon as he walked to the door, he heard an affectionate sentence coming from inside: "My son has grown up like this, what a pity for my mother's death!" ”
Inside, there was a long silence.
Walking to the door, Zhu Youxiao walked in his footsteps. In those events in the Ming Dynasty, there was a detailed description of this scene, when Concubine Wang Gong died, there were people from Concubine Zheng Guifei watching, and she didn't dare to say anything, for fear of causing trouble to her son.
It's just that when he came in just now, he didn't see anyone, but after thinking about it, this time is not the same as the situation in history, because of his own reasons, the prince's life has been much better over the years, maybe this is also the change he has brought about!
But even so, Concubine Wang Gong still didn't say anything, Zhu Youxiao looked through the crack in the door, only to see the two holding hands and facing each other, crying silently.
Zhu Youxiao didn't go in, he knew that at this moment, it only belonged to the mother and son.
"Mother's ......" A cry came from inside, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly pushed the door in, only to see Concubine Wang Gong's hand hanging down softly, swaying with the wind. And Zhu Changluo was lying on the boat, crying loudly.
After watching it for a while, Zhu Youxiao sniffed and turned to leave, he couldn't stand such a sensational picture the most. And it's useless for him to stay here, he's young, and it's not his turn to meddle in this matter.
After leaving Jingyang Palace, Zhu Youxiao came to the place where he practiced martial arts, practiced fiercely, and vented the inexplicable emotions in his heart.
The death of Concubine Wang Gong was just like a stone falling into a lake, splashing a ripple, and then quietly disappeared, without a sound.
Except that Zhu Changluo will miss her, no one will miss her when she talks about it at most, and sighs at most, this is a hard-working woman.
And Zhu Youxiao's grandson's life, after such an episode, once again returned to calm. The entire East Palace, because of Wanli's attitude, is still only a corner that is easy to be ignored in the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, and even when people talk about it, they faintly compare the prince and the grandson, and even in their mouths, the status of the grandson is higher.
Even the eunuchs in the palace also stayed away from the people in the Ciqing Palace, although they were not offended, they also shirked everything, but if it was said that the attitude of the people around the grandson was immediately different, and they were extremely attentive.
Listening to the information fed back by the people below, Zhu Youxiao deeply realized that the emperor was the supreme god in this palace, and his attitude determined everything.
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