At the end of the early dynasty, when Xie Zhi and Zhu Houzhao returned to the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongzhi had regained consciousness, except for the weakness after some serious illnesses, but there was no sense of powerlessness when he was terminally ill.

Zhu Houzhao was very happy, ran to Emperor Hongzhi's side, took Emperor Hongzhi's hand and asked, "Father, are you really well?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi had already felt that he had added a lot of strength to him, and he could feel that his energy was much stronger.

In response to Zhu Houzhao's inquiry, he stroked Zhu Houzhao's head lovingly, and said lovingly: "I am much better, have things been done smoothly in the past few days?" ”

A child's success is the happiest thing a parent can do.

Even if Zhu Houzhao is just a child of an ordinary family, there is nothing wrong with asking about the child's career first after his seriously ill father recovers from a serious illness.

Through this period of tempering, Zhu Houzhao was also comfortable with the affairs of the court, and he did not say anything vaguely, and replied directly: "Erchen handled it quite handily. ”

After talking about his own affairs, Zhu Houzhao did not forget to put gold on Xie Zhi's face, and replied: "With Xie Wu's help, the sons and daughters are more obedient, father, the herbs that cured his father were found by Xie Wu, at that time, Commander Mu and Gonggong Xiao all found the herbs, they were afraid of taking responsibility and did not dare to give their father medicine, only Xie Wuli used his own." ”

Xiao Jing and Mu Bin, who were standing on the side, heard Zhu Houzhao say this, and they only had to smash their mouths.

They really can't say anything about this matter, no matter what the situation was at the beginning, now that Emperor Hongzhi has recovered from his illness, he is grateful for his credit.

They explained too much, as if they were jealous of Xie Zhi.

Mu Bin and Xiao Jing stood there without saying a word, but Zhu Houzhao didn't intend to let him go, named the two of them, and asked, "Right?" ”

What else can they say, they can't deny it, right?

didn't deny it, that was equivalent to admitting it, Zhu Houzhao didn't say anything more, and began to tell some trivial anecdotes with Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongji was bored listening to it all the time.

After a long time, Emperor Hongzhi said: "If the prince has something to do, go and get busy, I will talk to Xie Zhi." ”

"Erchen is not busy, Erchen will stay here to accompany his father."

Stupid, Emperor Hongzhi obviously has something to say to himself, what is the matter with you staying here!

Xie Zhi only complained one sentence on the side, and he didn't need Emperor Hongzhi to say a second sentence, so Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "Erchen understands, Erchen will go first." ”

Zhu Houzhao left, and Emperor Hongzhi sent the rest of the room away.

When the entire dormitory was empty, Zhu Houzhao asked, "How has the prince behaved these days?" Just tell the truth! ”

Zhu Houzhao's performance in the past few days is still extremely good, and Zhu Houzhao's performance in the past few days is as good as Emperor Hongzhi, and there is no trace of the posture of a faint monarch and tyrant recorded by later generations.

After Emperor Hongzhi asked, Xie Zhi told the truth and replied directly: "Your Highness has been quite diligent these days, and you can deal with all the folds that should be dealt with every day." ”

Xie Zhiben is sincere and sincere to put gold on Zhu Houzhao's face.

After all, just now, Zhu Houzhao had said good things about him.

It's just that when Xie Zhi said this, Emperor Hongzhi was unhappy, and asked, "Your requirements for him are limited to this?" ”

Xie Zhi doesn't understand, isn't it the most basic requirement to be diligent and love the people as an emperor? Why is it wrong for him to comment on Zhu Houzhao like this.

Xie Zhi was stunned for a long time and didn't know how to answer.

Emperor Hongzhi asked rhetorically: "You are honest and like me, can you be regarded as a good emperor?" ”

This is asked, even if it is not, Xie Zhi has to say yes!

Xie Zhi replied: "Yes, Your Majesty should be Mingjun." ”

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Xie Zhi with some displeasure.

Is he still wrong to make a sycophant?

Xie Zhi was speechless, and Emperor Hongzhi immediately said: "The Ming Dynasty is in need of change at this time, and it is not easy for Zhongxing to maintain a generation, and it is not easy for the prince to keep the cause of Zhongxing, so the prince can only be diligent, but also have the heart to forge ahead." ”

Say it earlier! That's what it meant.

If this is the case, Zhu Houzhao must have it.

Whether others have the heart to forge ahead, Xie Zhi doesn't know, anyway, Zhu Houzhao has.

As far as Zhu Houzhao is concerned, you are not afraid of the ground that day, and it is not a problem to make a hole in the sky.

Xie Zhi pulled up a smile and replied, "Your Highness must have no problem doing this." ”

Zhu Houzhao is the best at pushing through the old and bringing forth the new, there is no doubt about this.

The voice fell, and after a long time, Emperor Hongzhi hesitated a little and said, "If I officially pass on to the crown prince now, what do you think?" ”

There is no emperor in the past dynasties who gave up the throne to his son when he was strong.

Qianlong in the later dynasty was also passed on after his reign of sixty-one years, but he was still firmly in control of the government when he was nominally the emperor, and he still had the final say on major affairs in the court, and the emperor and the emperor were just different titles.

Emperor Hongzhi didn't want to do the same.

If that's the case, it's not impossible, anyway, Emperor Hongzhi only has to find that son later, and after all, he will pass on Zhu Houzhao, and there is nothing wrong with overdoing it early.

After thinking about this, Xie Zhi didn't rush to speak.

He thought so, but not necessarily Emperor Hongzhi also thought so.

What is the intention of Emperor Hongzhi to say this, he does not dare to speculate, if he wants to live a long life, he has to be careful to speak.

After a pause, Xie Zhi said: "Your Majesty is in the prime of life, and after recovery, you can still deal with the government affairs, and you can also let Your Highness sharpen it for a few more years." ”

This is the standard answer, and it is also the result that Zhu Houzhao wants to see.

Zhu Houzhao, that guy wished he could get away with it for a few more years.

Emperor Hongzhi was not very satisfied with this answer, and waved his hand and said: "I originally thought that the prince had such a temperament, and I was worried that he would be able to bear this burden after a hundred years, but now it seems that the prince has this ability, as long as he is bold, he can become it." ”

The Yellow Paper Emperor already had this thought, and it was actually in vain for Xie Zhi to say anything.

Saying that, Emperor Hongzhi smiled and asked: "After I gave the throne to the prince, I walked around with the queen, and the prince just shook his hand and did it." ”

What does this mean?

Before Xie Zhi could react, Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go and get busy!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi sent them away, and Xie Zhi didn't stay any longer, turned around and exited the dormitory.

Xie Zhi came out, and Zhu Houzhao scattered out of nowhere, grabbed Xie Zhi and asked, "Father designated that he asked you about the performance of the palace in the past few days, right?" ”

The thing that Emperor Hongzhi said was so bold that it was difficult to say it even in front of Zhu Houzhao.

If it's hard to say, I simply won't say it.

Zhu Houzhao had already guessed some results, so just follow what he said.

Xie Zhi replied vaguely: "Well, but Your Highness, you just have to rest assured, the minister will only say good things about His Highness in front of His Highness, and will never tell His Highness, if there is a bad word about His Highness, then it is not a minister." ”

Xie Zhi has been in the dormitory for so long, if Emperor Hongzhi blames Zhu Houzhao for something, it will not be good for Zhu Houzhao to suspect the complainant on himself.

After all, Zhu Houzhao is about to officially become the emperor, and he can't offend Zhu Houzhao at this time.

Zhu Houzhao has a lot of shortcomings, but the measurements are very large, believe in a person, that is absolutely believed, and there will never be any doubts.

Zhu Houzhao slapped Xie Zhi on the body, and said with a smile: "That's specified." ”

Emperor Hongzhi's illness gradually recovered, and he began to deal with some court affairs one after another, and met with some courtiers.

During this period, a number of people who contributed to their illness were also rewarded.

Among these meritorious people, not only Xie Zhi and Imperial Physician Liu, who have really made achievements, but also Mu Bin and Xiao Jing have also been praised.

For this matter, Zhu Houzhao is still full of old days.

At one point, I felt that on the condition of Emperor Hongzhi, the two of them only shirked the blame, but now they have been rewarded, which is really unfair.

Xie Zhi was quite calm, in this matter, he couldn't care too much, it was enough to have Zhu Houzhao to speak for him, if he kept chattering, it would seem that he was a little careful.

After meeting Emperor Hongzhi in the Qianqing Palace that time, Xie Zhi never went to the Qianqing Palace again, nor did he see the Hongzhi Emperor again, and he gradually put the things that the Hongzhi Emperor said into the back of his mind.

This is a big deal, Emperor Hongzhi doesn't say it, he just doesn't know about it.

After all, Emperor Hongzhi had just regained his consciousness at that time, and his consciousness was still a little chaotic, so he didn't think it through for a while.

Emperor Hongzhi no longer mentioned it, and Xie Zhi only thought that he had never heard of it, and he couldn't always catch Emperor Hongzhi, so he had to let Emperor Hongzhi honor this matter, right?

Emperor Hongzhi was completely supportive of some of the things he had done, and it made no difference to him whether he was replaced or not.

In this way, a month passed, and Emperor Hongzhi was completely cured.

Radiant and looking a lot more energetic than ever.

During this month, most of the government was still in charge of Zhu Houzhao, and although Emperor Hongzhi had met with several courtiers and seen some twists and turns during this period, he never interfered with Zhu Houzhao's decision.

After Emperor Hongji recovered, everyone thought that it was time to regain power.

didn't think about it, but Emperor Hongzhi summoned three scholars in the cabinet to the Qianqing Palace, Xiao Jing and Xie Zhi of the celebrant supervisor.

As an auxiliary general during this time, Xie Zhi was summoned by Emperor Hongzhi with these important ministers.

After these people arrived one after another, Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a long time before saying, "I am ready to officially give the throne to the crown prince." ”

"What?"

Everyone, including Xie Zhi, was stunned.

Xie Zhi thought that Emperor Hongzhi was just talking about the matter of the Zen throne, but he didn't expect that he really had this plan.

And the other people heard about Emperor Hongzhi's meaning for the first time, how could they not be shocked.

Liu Jian was the first to exit and asked tentatively, "Is it Your Majesty's body?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi was so anxious about the Zen position, except that the condition was not under control, they couldn't think of any other reason.

After Liu Jian asked, Emperor Hongzhi seemed to be afraid that he would not believe it, so he actually got up, walked a few steps in the room, waved his hand and replied: "No, my illness has been cured, and I feel more energetic than ever in the past few days." ”

Without waiting for Liu Jian to ask again, Emperor Hongzhi took the initiative to reply: "Daming can have such a vibrant situation now, all because Xie Zhi and I said that one county is rich and one country, and the first rich and strong in the clouds has driven the wealth and strength of the Ming Dynasty, but I feel that this is not enough, and I have to completely eliminate the remaining chronic diseases, but these chronic diseases left in the end have been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, I don't have the determination, nor the guts, the prince is young and strong, it is most appropriate for him to do this thing, and the sooner this thing is done, the better." , the later you do it, the deeper it will be.

If I work for a few more years, not only will I lose the best time to eliminate this chronic disease, but then the prince's young and unyielding temperament will also be smoothed out, and who will dare to eliminate this chronic disease. ”

Xie Zhi always thought that Emperor Hongzhi didn't look down on Zhu Houzhao, but you still couldn't look down on it.

I really didn't expect that Emperor Hongzhi had a lot of appreciation for Zhu Houzhao's newborn calf's character of not being afraid of tigers.

Emperor Hongzhi has already said everything he can say, and he has already made up his mind.

Liu Jian and the others are really not good at persuasion, if they are in a public spirit, if Da Ming still wants to be more rich and powerful, then they still need to go down to eliminate stubborn diseases.

The further down you go, the more you have to move the cake, and it's going to be a difficult process.

And those who can do this must have courage and boldness, and not be too scrupulous.

I don't know what to do.

Daming may soar with this change, or it may collapse because of it.

Don't be afraid of failure and don't dare to try.

Liu Jian and the others didn't stop it anymore, and Emperor Hongzhi said again: "The celebrant will draft an order, and I will officially take the throne on the third day of the next month." ”

Xiao Jing, who had not spoken, heard Emperor Hongzhi's instructions before he said: "Your Majesty, today is already twenty, is it a bit hasty for more than ten days?" ”

The Emperor's Junior Treasure is different from the Crown Prince's Imperial Treasure.

The crown prince can give orders wherever he sits down, and the emperor is a first-class treasure, which requires the cooperation of multiple yamen to complete the etiquette step by step.

As early as January, Emperor Hongzhi had asked Xie Zhi on this issue.

That shows that although Emperor Hongzhi did not reveal a word to outsiders about this matter, he considered it for a month.

Since it has been thinking about it for a month, it must have been thought of a long time ago, so why should Xiao Jing mention it at this time.

After Xiao Jing's suggestion, Emperor Hongzhi quickly replied: "The Ministry of Rites and Rites will speed up the preparations, and the new emperor must be registered on the third day of the next month, and the new emperor must also start preparing for the new emperor's year name." ”

Didn't the Hongzhi Emperor in history reign for 18 years? It's only been fifteen years, and next year is only sixteen, and there are still three years to go, so the butterfly effect brought by him as a traverser is too big, right?

Emperor Hongzhi had obviously made up his mind about this matter, and Liu Jian and others even persuaded him no longer.

changed a question and said: "There is still an autumn festival to be held this year, and the new emperor suddenly ascends the throne, and the scholars of the world will inevitably be panicked."

This is also a suitable excuse, after all, the emperor has changed, and he does not know the emperor's preferences, let alone the new means of governing after the new emperor ascends the throne, and whether the ones they have prepared are appropriate.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and replied: "If I can't recover from this disease, then the crown prince will not ascend the throne, and the autumn festival will only be held in various places, and the impact will not be great. ”

This response is also reasonable, Emperor Hongzhi is cured, if Emperor Hongzhi dies suddenly, will it become a matter of Qiufu and block this news secretly?

Emperor Hongzhi obviously made up his mind, and even if he found more reasons to persuade him, he could be counterattacked by Emperor Hongzhi.

Even so, Liu Jian and others could only admit it.

These days, they have also had a lot of contact with Zhu Houzhao, the unobtrusive young man in the past no longer exists, and now this prince is a lot calmer.

If I ascend the throne by the crown prince, it should not be much worse.

Liu Jian, Xiao Jing and the others no longer refutated, and Emperor Hongzhi opened his mouth with a smile again, and said: "Except for the new emperor who ascended the throne, everything else remains the same, Xie Zhi has not yet been an auxiliary general, and several other secretaries have their own duties, as for the future appointment and dismissal, all the princes have the final say, and I will not interfere." ”

The meaning of Emperor Hongzhi's words is obvious, his tenure of Liu Jian and others and his affection for the monarch and ministers are only here, and how to appoint and dismiss them in the future is a matter for the new emperor.

Liu Jian and the others didn't think about it in this way just now, but now when they hear Emperor Hongzhi say this, how can they be a little sad.

The Zen position of Emperor Hongzhi represents that the glory that belongs to them is gone.

The new emperor will inevitably reuse his men and horses when he ascends the throne, and in any way he will not entrust them with important tasks such as these old ministers of the previous dynasty.

After all, their ideas are very different.

Whatever they thought, the matter of Emperor Hongzhi's Zen throne is now a foregone conclusion.

After discussing the matter, Emperor Hongzhi sent a few people out casually.

After all, the matter of the new emperor's accession to the throne has little to do with Emperor Hongzhi, and in this matter, Emperor Hongzhi doesn't need to worry much, but Liu Jian and others are different.

Some of the etiquette when ascending the throne does not need them to do it bit by bit, but in general, they need to control one direction.

Moreover, as soon as Emperor Hongzhi's will came out, there would be officials everywhere with various ideas.

They also have to deal with the folds.

Xiao Jing still has to go to the matter of drafting the purpose, so he is naturally very busy.

Now at this time, it seems that only Xie Zhi is left, he knew that he was an auxiliary general before, and now he is still an auxiliary general, he just needs to handle his own affairs step by step as usual, and he really doesn't need to worry about other things.

Now the only thing he worries about is the people who come to pat him.

After all, now he is an official auxiliary general, and the celebrity in front of the new emperor, relying on him is equivalent to relying on the new emperor.