I believe some readers have already guessed that the person Guo Zhiyuan is going to meet next is Zhu Changluo, the --- prince! As the crown prince, Zhu Changluo has not been liked by the Wanli Emperor, so Zhu Changluo, the prince, is really a little miserable, and he is worried about being deposed at any time all day long, it seems that the prince's power in the court is very weak, but this is actually not, there are still quite a lot of ministers in the court who support the prince, as the future emperor, who doesn't know that supporting the prince is equivalent to having the power of the dragon in the future? In fact, the Donglin Party was able to rise later, and once formed a dominant situation in the DPRK and China, relying on them to play a key role in the succession of Zhu Changluo.

Zhu Changluo is actually very aware of this, so he has been very clever to hide his strength, in front of the ministers of the court and the central government to put on a gentle and loyal appearance, sometimes even deliberately sell miserable, to win the sympathy of the ministers, I have to say that Zhu Changluo set up very successfully, so that later generations even have historians in the discussion If Zhu Changluo is not so short-lived (Zhu Changluo died after a month on the throne, setting a new record for the shortest reign of the Ming Dynasty emperor), if the reign can be longer, Perhaps there is a possibility that the fate of the Ming Dynasty will change.

But the author thinks that such conjecture is really a bit ridiculous, Zhu Changluo has begun to gradually expose his true nature after succeeding to the throne, and the reason why he has a short life is also because he succeeded to the throne. Excessive desire, if he didn't die, then the possibility of him becoming a generation of faint monarchs in the end is quite high, and it is even inferior to the later Chongzhen.

Guo Zhiyuan is actually very reluctant to go to the prince, in the demon book case, he actually used the prince, after a long time, the prince will definitely come back to his senses, and Guo Zhiyuan knows the truth that the prince is the mastermind behind the demon book case, this is equivalent to burying a thorn in the prince's heart, the prince even Zhao Shizhen wants to kill the mouth, at this time Guo Zhiyuan took the initiative to see the prince, it is really a bit like sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth!

But Guo Zhiyuan had to go, except for the prince, he really couldn't think of anyone who had such a big energy to help him win the court meeting, at this time in the court, the power of the Zhejiang Party is the largest, whether it is the Donglin Party or the Chu Party and other forces do not have the strength to compete with the Zhejiang Party at this time.

This can also be seen from the results of the upcoming "Otomi Jingcha" incident, which was originally a system of inspection of officials in the capital by the imperial court, which was initially three years and then changed to a ten-year examination. In the fourteenth year of Hongzhi (1501), it was set as a six-year examination. Zhengde four years (1509), the year of the year and the year of Hai for the year of the investigation, the Wanli Emperor was neglected in political affairs, the promotion of officials was inevitably influenced by the remarks of the courtiers, so at this time the Jingcha also gradually evolved into a tool for the various factions in the court to eliminate dissent, in 1605 Yisi Jingcha was presided over by Yang Shiqiao, the servant of the Donglin Party and the imperial Shi Wenchun of the Zuodu, they naturally would not let go of this good opportunity, and tried their best to eradicate Shen Zheng's cronies during the investigation, and gave Qian Menggao, Zhong Zhaodou and Yushi Zhang Yiqu, Yu Yongqing and others were impeached, but Shen Zheng seized the opportunity, saying that the Beijing inspection was unfair, Yang Shiqiao and Wen Chun were suspected of personal revenge, and finally the Donglin Party suffered a heavy blow after the Yisi Jingcha, Yang Shiqiao, Wen Chun, Liu Yuanzhen and others all lost their posts and went to their posts, although the power of the Zhejiang Party was also weakened, but on the whole, it was Shen Zheng's Zhejiang Party that won the party battle!

Therefore, Guo Zhiyuan can only seek the support of the prince, because there are people who support the prince in other forces such as the Donglin Party and the Chu Party, as long as the prince can support him, then these people will change their positions, and he will have a chance of winning.

Of course, it is not easy to convince the prince to support him, this time is different from the demon book case, Guo Zhiyuan actually grabbed the handle of the prince in the demon book case, so that the prince had to stand up and cooperate with him, but Guo Zhiyuan knew that the prince had actually killed him, how could he support him again?

And it is not easy for Guo Zhiyuan to see the prince, it has always been taboo for the prince to make friends with courtiers, the emperor doesn't want to be abolished by the prince and the courtiers before he abdicates, not to mention that Emperor Wanli has always disliked Zhu Changluo, at this time, if Zhu Changluo frequently interacts with the ministers of the court, isn't he looking for death?

Fortunately, Guo Zhiyuan's intelligence network in the capital has been rolled out, especially Guo Zhiyuan attaches great importance to developing his eyeliner in the palace, so that Shen Yuniang will not hesitate to buy eunuchs in the palace to provide intelligence, of course, the big eunuch He does not dare to buy, for fear of exposing his ambitions, only those little eunuchs who have the opportunity to go out of the palace to buy are the objects of Guo Zhiyuan's purchase, these little eunuchs can't do big things, but it is still easy to pass a message to the palace and hand a small thing or something like that.

When Guo Zhiyuan left the capital to take office in Fujian, the prince had someone send him a thousand taels of silver tickets in order to win over Guo Zhiyuan, so Guo Zhiyuan used this reason to let a little eunuch who had the opportunity to enter and leave the prince's Ciqing Palace bring 10,000 taels of silver tickets and his own greetings to the prince quietly, the prince wants to develop his own power, and naturally needs silver, so he believes that the prince will definitely accept the 10,000 taels of silver tickets, and he is naturally embarrassed not to see himself after receiving the silver tickets.

Sure enough, not long after Guo Zhiyuan asked Shen Yuniang to find the little eunuch to hand the silver tickets and worship posts into the Tai**, the prince sent someone to pick up Guo Zhiyuan, and it was the little eunuch who took Guo Zhiyuan to Ciqing Palace in the demon book case, Guo Zhiyuan knew what virtue this guy had, and he didn't wait for him to put on the score, so he didn't put a few silver tickets over, and the little eunuch didn't put on the score anymore when he saw that Guo Zhiyuan was so good at doing things, and said with a wave of dust: "Come on, we can be regarded as acquaintances, Master Guo, let's go with the miscellaneous family!" ……”

All the way to Ciqing Palace, it was daytime, but Guo Zhiyuan stood at the door of Ciqing Palace and felt a little swishing feeling, and the hairs on his body stood up, but he had no way to retreat at this time, so he had to walk in hard, and saw that the prince was still in the side hall where he saw him last time, but this time the prince didn't play chess anymore, he was holding the 10,000 taels of silver tickets given to him by Guo Zhiyuan, gently patting the table, as if he was thinking about something, and even Guo Zhiyuan didn't seem to find it when he came in.

Seeing Zhu Changluo's appearance, Guo Zhiyuan's heart became more and more drummed, and he stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" ……”

Zhu Changluo raised his eyelids, and saw that Guo Zhiyuan just bowed slightly and saluted him, instead of kneeling and bowing like ordinary ministers did when they saw him, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he raised the silver ticket in his hand and said coldly: "Guo Zhiyuan, you are really generous, your shot is 10,000 taels of silver, it seems that the palace looks down on you, you are very nourishing as an official in Fujian, and you have made a lot of money, right?" ……”