The death of the crown prince Zhu Zaili, Jiajing is indeed very sad, as a parent, who does not love their children, even if Jiajing, the emperor, is no exception.

When the emperor's eldest son Zhu Zaiji died, Jiajing was already very sad, and when the second son Zhu Zaili died, Jiajing was even more grieved.

To be honest, he didn't have much impression of the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Zaiji Jiajing, because Zhu Zaiji died less than two months after he was born, and he couldn't even scream his father, so how much impression could he have.

For the second son of the emperor, Zhu Zaili, Jiajing was deeply impressed, but he trained this son as a successor.

When Zhu Zaili was three years old, he made him the crown prince, and when Zhu Zaili was a teenager, he ordered him to supervise the country, and the depth of his expectations can be seen.

It's a pity that such a successor, trained for more than ten years, died like this!

These days, Jiajing's mind is almost all about getting along with his second son Zhu Zaili, and he is in grief all the time, so that his cultivation has stopped.

He still remembers the scene when Zhu Zaili called him "Father" for the first time under the guidance of his mother, and how excited he was at that time.

He still remembers that Zhu Zaili was gentle and obedient and cautious, and once, he specially asked Zhu Zaili why he was so cautious, and Zhu Zaili replied like a little adult: "I don't dare to raise my hand from time to time, saying that the sky is above."

He still remembered that whenever there was a major event in the court, this good son did not dare to make his own decisions, but took the ministers' recitals and hurriedly ran to find him.

He remembers...... A lot, a lot.

Every time he thought of this, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

How can such a well-behaved son die like this, how can it not be very sad.

At this time, Jiajing was very sad, and Yan Song was also very sad.

As for the reason, it's simple.

Because the current crown prince Zhu Zaili died, according to the Ming ancestral system, next, the crown prince will be passed to the third son of the emperor, Zhu Zaili.

If Zhu Zaikun succeeds as the crown prince, or even then supervises the country, then his life will not be easy.

You must know that Zhu Zaikun is Yang Cong's closed disciple, and the relationship with Yang Cong is too good to say, it is rumored that His Royal Highness the prince rarely even stays in his own Yuwang Mansion, and stays in Yang Mansion all day long, and his master Yang Cong is like father and son.

If this kid succeeds the crown prince and oversees the country, then it will be fine!

He was really afraid, afraid that this kid would clean him up at the instigation of Yang Cong, if that was the case, then even if he was favored by Jiajing again, it was estimated that he would be finished.

Would Yang Cong do this?

He was sure that Yang Cong would definitely do this!

Yang Cong, this guy, is in the shadows, such a good opportunity, this guy can't let it go at all.

So, what to do?

Did Zhu Zaikun do it, and let the fourth son of the emperor, Zhu Zaizhen, succeed him as the crown prince?

If it can be like this, it is naturally the best, the fourth son of the emperor Zhu Zaizhen does not have a master, and besides, this kid stays in the palace all the year round, studying with the prince Zhu Zaili, and the relationship with him is still quite good.

If the fourth son of the emperor, Zhu Zaizhen, can succeed him as the crown prince, then he will be able to continue to call for wind and rain in the court.

It's a pity that he doesn't have the ability to kill a prince, and even if he does, he doesn't dare.

Because Jiajing only has eight sons in total, at this time, the eldest prince and the second prince are dead, and the five, six, seven and eight princes have all died early, that is to say, Jiajing has a total of two sons at this time, if he kills one more, it will be strange if Jiajing does not go crazy.

If you can't kill the third son of the emperor, Zhu Zaikun, can't you let the fourth son of the emperor, Zhu Zaizhen, succeed him as the crown prince?

Not necessarily!

Jiajing, the emperor, is still relatively easy to fool, and the fourth son of the emperor, Zhu Zaizhen, is even more favored by Jiajing, and it is not impossible to find a way to make him grow up and be young.

As for how to operate it, it is naturally difficult for Yan Song, an old fox.

He thought about it for a few days, and soon he had a solution.

That night, Yan Song bathed and fasted, and then took a group of relatives and went straight to Doctor Guanglu, Zhu Guo, Young Master, Young Master, Shaobao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Gong Chengbo, and Tao Zhongwen, a scholar of the University Branch.

What kind of person is this Tao Zhongwen, why are there so many titles, this guy, there seems to be no one who has two orphans in the history of the Ming Dynasty, but he has three orphans alone, isn't it the sky, there doesn't seem to be such a famous minister in the history of the Ming Dynasty!

In fact, this Tao Zhongwen is not an important minister of the court, he is just a monk, as for his title, it is a false title given to him by Jiajing, and he does not have any real power.

Tao Zhongwen is one of Jiajing's most trusted monks, and in normal times, he is teaching Jiajing to practice the art of immortality!

So, why would Jiajing favor a monk so much and add so many false titles to him?

Could it be that Jiajing is so confused that he doesn't know that he has been played by a monk?

This question is really hard to say, Tao Zhongwen's ability to pretend to be a ghost is not ordinary, in short, some of the things he did made Jiajing breathtaking, so Jiajing trusted him so much.

So, what did he do?

It is rumored that the reason why he made his fortune was because he solved the problem of Jiajing without a queen, and I don't know what he ate for Jiajing, in short, after Jiajing ate his "immortal medicine", he began to spread out, and the prince and princess gave birth to a bunch.

This incident is enough to impress Jiajing, and he still has a lot of magical performances.

For example, once, the crown prince Zhu Zaili had smallpox, and even the imperial doctor was helpless, he volunteered, ran to the East Palace to do a ritual, and burned some talisman water for the prince to drink, and the prince Zhu Zaili was miraculously cured!

For another example, once Jiajing was on a southern tour, and there was a sudden strong wind on the road, which made Jiajing uneasy, and Jiajing couldn't help but ask him what the sign was.

He pinched his fingers and said mysteriously: "This is a good omen, a sign of fire and virtue." ”

Sure enough, that night, the palace where Jiajing lived caught fire.

He behaved so amazingly, Jiajing didn't worship him as a god!

In fact, these things are not strange in later generations, but people in this era are a little unable to understand the mystery.

For example, Jiajing's infertility is not a terminal disease that has no cure, and he probably got such a prescription before he ran to fool Jiajing.

For another example, the smallpox of the crown prince Zhu Zaili is not curable, he may have a prescription at hand, so he went to the East Palace to pretend to be a ghost, and mixed the medicine for smallpox in the talisman water, so that the prince drank it, and the prince's smallpox was good.

For another example, what kind of omen of fire virtue, this is even more nonsense, Yang Cong can make Xia Yan's tent catch fire inexplicably, and it is naturally not difficult for him to make Jiajing's palace on fire.

In short, Tao Zhongwen won Jiajing's favor by virtue of his ability to pretend to be a god and a ghost, and in front of Jiajing, he was like a god.

If, Tao Zhongwen is willing to help, pretend to be a ghost, and say that the third son of the emperor Zhu Zaizhen is not the true son of heaven, and the fourth son of the emperor Zhu Zaizhen is, Jiajing may really fall for his evil and make the fourth son of the emperor Zhu Zaizhen the crown prince!

This is the purpose of Yan Song's visit to Tao Zhongwen.