Chapter 706: Cultivating Scheming (Fourth Update)
After Zhang Yanling left the palace, his face was gloomy and terrifying.
No matter how he said it, he was also a person who started a family, but he was threatened by a bear child, and in the end he had to obediently obey his orders, which made him feel the most angry.
When he arrived in front of the carriage, he met the butler who came up to salute without opening his eyes, and he kicked him away.
"Sir, you ......"
This housekeeper specializes in the affairs of the outer courtyard, and he is very aggrieved, he hasn't understood what is going on until now, why did he become Zhang Yanling's punching bag?
Even if the master suffers from the little eunuch's cowardice, don't make a knife on a little person like me!
Zhang Yanling said angrily: "You repeat, what did he say that I was raised by the emperor and the queen?" ”
The housekeeper probably felt that his instigation was a little too much, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, it's the villain's mistake, the villain didn't understand and talked nonsense!" ”
Zhang Yanling said angrily: "After I go back, I will find someone to beat forty sticks, and if I can get out of bed in a month, add forty more!" ”
Zhang Yanling This means to beat forty sticks, the sticks in Jianchangbo's mansion, but they will kill people, before a maid did something wrong and made Zhang Yanling unhappy, and he died after beating more than 20 sticks. Sometimes Zhang Yanling was angry, and even beat people with a stick himself, all until the skin and flesh opened.
Zhang Yanling returned to the mansion and entered the study angrily, originally he had discussed with those flattering people to go out for fun, but at this time he was completely out of interest.
"Again, my sister knows that she has to beat me with a stick! This kid can actually come out of the palace where the palace is strictly forbidden, don't someone help him behind him!? ”
Zhang Yanling secretly pondered to himself, no matter how capable the little nephew was, it was impossible for him to come up with such a complete plan to leave the palace, "Could it be that Liu Jin's eunuch played yin with me?" ”
Zhang Yanling naturally didn't think of Shen Xi, no matter how he thought about it, he didn't think that those East Palace speakers had the courage to act so recklessly, not to mention, those people didn't have the ability to do this.
But Liu Jin and other chamberlains are different.
As long as the emperor and empress can be concealed, the prince will have smooth sailing out of the palace, and as for the nervousness of Liu Jin and others, it can be disguised to show him.
"I can't recognize the prince, you Liu Jin can't even recognize a little eunuch, right?" Zhang Yanling clenched his fists, and at this time he was almost certain that it was Liu Jin, who had just accepted his benefits, who was behind him.
He originally wanted to win over Liu Jin to do things for him, but now it seems that he, the owner of the money, was betrayed and used by Liu Jin, which made him extremely annoyed.
"Master, the big master is here." Another housekeeper from the outer courtyard came in and said to Zhang Yanling respectfully.
Zhang Yanling waved his hand, got up and went to the main hall to greet Zhang Heling, he is a person who is easy to be angry, and it is easy for Zhang Heling to find that he is in a bad mood.
"I heard that you entered the palace twice today, but what is the important matter? Why didn't the queen mention it to her brother? Zhang Heling came to ask his younger brother about entering the palace.
Zhang Yanling hung his head and said, "It's not a big deal. ”
Zhang Heling sneered: "You are becoming more and more capable, in the past, His Majesty and the Empress rarely summoned you into the palace, but now they will summon you into the palace from time to time to talk, and even hide it from your brother, do you still have me as a big brother in your eyes?" ”
Zhang Heling's dissatisfaction with his younger brother is not only because his younger brother gave a woman to Emperor Hongzhi, but also because Zhang Yanling is now in contact with foreign officials privately...... Those local officials who want to enter Beijing can only find someone who can speak in front of the emperor, and the cabinet and the officials of the six ministries don't have to think about it, they can only go through the door of their relatives, Zhang Yanling received a lot of benefits from it, but it did not pass Zhang Heling's hands.
"Does Big Brother want to know everything?" Zhang Yanling said with an unkind face.
"You still dare to lose your temper with me?" Zhang Heling's anger suddenly came up, "I'll just ask you, what did the queen tell you when you entered the palace twice today?" ”
Zhang Yanling said angrily: "It's a good thing if my sister says anything, but these two times ...... It's all because of the prince, I'm being played with in the palm of my hand! ”
At this time, Zhang Heling was a little confused, frowned and asked, "Who are you talking about?" What happened to the prince? ”
Zhang Yanling didn't want to say such a humiliating thing by a child, but he felt that it was still necessary to let his brother know. With his own strength, it is impossible to send the prince out of the palace to play often, so he can only find a way to pull his brother into the water together.
"Are you saying that the prince was able to plan out of the palace by himself to play, and even found your mansion by himself?" Zhang Heling's eyes widened when he heard this, and he was shocked.
Although the little nephew has grown up and has some insights into things and things, in Zhang Heling's eyes, he is still a bastard who is not enlightened at all, how can he come up with such a thorough and complete plan?
"Yes, he also said that preparations were made in advance, so that Liu Jin's eunuchs did not dare to disturb his room at will, so he could come out safely today!" Zhang Yanling said angrily.
"Fart! This kid is clearly talking nonsense. Behind his back, Zhang Heling was unceremonious to his little nephew, "Can he have such a city government and scheming?" Don't be those eunuchs pretending to be confused in their hearts, right? ”
Zhang Yanling sighed: "That's what I'm worried about, Liu Jin and Gao Feng, relying on the prince's growing age, began to play tricks behind their backs, catering to the prince everywhere, and using the benefits we sent to them for their own benefit." I'm afraid that these people will continue to produce some moths when they turn around! ”
After Zhang Yanling finished speaking, he fell silent. At this time, he thought about the whole thing again, and the biggest question was not how perfect Zhu Houzhao's plan was, but how could Liu Jin and the other eunuchs be completely unaware?
There is only one explanation, it is not that the crown prince concealed them, but that they worked together with the crown prince to conceal the emperor and empress. That being the case, Zhang Yanling thought that the prince came out to carry the black pot because of Liu Jin and others secretly instigated.
"I have to guard against it."
Zhang Heling said coldly, "The prince is getting older, if you can't let the prince rely more on you and me, the status of our Zhang family may plummet in the future." ”
"Don't you like to pour some gadgets, remember to send him some, as for Liu Jin and the others, don't be busy cleaning them up yet, otherwise I'm worried that they will die." Tell the queen and let her come forward and slowly replace these people. The East Palace must be the land of our Zhang family, and the people of the East Palace must obey our dispatch. ”
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Unconsciously, Liu Jin didn't know anything, and he was suspicious and hateful by the Zhang brothers, and if he learned about it, he would definitely cry out in his heart.
Because of the whole thing, Liu Jin didn't know anything at all, the prince just took a nap in the palace for less than two hours, it was peaceful, and everything was normal after that, he couldn't be suspicious out of nothing, right?
The bear child Zhu Houzhao was proud in his heart, this was the biggest heart he had played in his life, and at the same time he hid it from almost everyone, so that he finally saw the outside world for the first time, and took this opportunity to often go out of the palace to play in the future.
Play is secondary, the focus is on the sense of accomplishment of doing things hard and succeeding, which makes him feel confident.
On April 24, Shen Xi went to the Wenhua Hall to give a lecture, Zhu Houzhao felt bad in the past few days, and hurriedly asked Shen Xi to tell him about the events of that day.
The bear child has a strong desire to express himself, but unfortunately he has been depressed for the past few days and can't find someone to talk to. When he finished speaking, the whole person was crazy with joy, and he asked a few eunuchs waiting outside to look straight into the palace gate.
"What the prince wants to do, although he does it, he must not say it." Shen Xi said, "Even if it's me, you have to hide it." ”
Zhu Houzhao's immature little face wrinkled again, and asked, "But we did it together?" ”
Shen Xi said: "Does the prince know what scheming is? ”
"Huh!?"
The bear child's face was confused, and he didn't know what Shen Xi meant by this.
Shen Xi sighed, is it a little early to explain this to the bear child?
It is indeed difficult for a ten-year-old child to hide his stomach full of worries, but considering that the bear child will ascend the throne as emperor in a few years, he thinks that the sooner this kind of education, the better.
If the emperor has no scheming, he will let the people around him who rely on him understand his character, and his every move will be eaten to death. This is also the fundamental reason why Zhu Houzhao made Liu Jin and others arrogant at the beginning of his succession.
Liu Jin often served Zhu Houzhao's side, and he grasped the emperor's preferences very thoroughly and catered to him everywhere. If it weren't for someone taking advantage of Zhengde's fear of being conspired to usurp the throne, it is estimated that Liu Jin would have been arrogant.
As the so-called success is also virtuous, defeat is also virtuous!
It can be said that in the Zhengde Dynasty, the imperial power was under Zhu Houzhao's absolute control, but countless people used the emperor to seek personal interests for themselves, whether it was the original eunuch party, or the later Jiang Bin and others, they all took advantage of Zhu Houzhao's ignorance of hiding his thoughts, and did everything he liked to achieve his goals.
"Scheming is to plan secretly without telling others what you think in your heart." Shen Xi patiently explained, "Imagine the prince, if the matter of leaving the palace is known to many people, it will inevitably reach the ears of His Majesty and the Empress, and they will allow you to leave the palace?" ”
"Of course not." Zhu Houzhao pouted and said, "But you know, I just told the second uncle." ”
Shen Xi nodded and said: "So you have to choose a good person to tell, sometimes honesty is also a means to buy people's hearts." If the crown prince doesn't tell Jian Changbo, then Jian Changbo won't help, but if he tells a few more people, and Jian Changbo feels a strong danger, then he will go and confess to His Majesty and the Empress......"
"Huh?"
What Shen Xi said was completely beyond the cognition of the bear child.
Shen Xi said: "When the prince thinks about things, the first thing is to put himself in his shoes and think about what choice the other party should take if he encounters such a situation? ”
Zhu Houzhao scratched his head and said, "How do I know what others think?" ”
"No one is born with a sense of other people's minds. If the prince wants to be the king of the Ming Dynasty in the future, he will sit on the four seas and make all the nations come to the court, so he must learn this kind of scheming. Even I, the crown prince, have to tell selectively, just hide everything else in my heart. Shen Xi said.
"That'...... What are the benefits of doing this? Zhu Houzhao asked.
Shen Xi nodded, it's okay, although it seems that this question is very stupid, but this kid knows that doing things has its purpose and interests.
"If the prince ascends the throne as the son of heaven, he must control the ministers, if he can't understand some things, or doubt whether the other party is loyal and treacherous, then he will not express his opinions at will, choose to be silent, then as a courtier, he will feel that the prince has a city, his wisdom is also high, and he only has a strategy in his chest, they will be honestly afraid, frightened, and even honest." Shen Xi continued to induce Zhu Houzhao.
Shen Xi regarded himself as a godfather who preached the scriptures, but what he said was not something that Zhu Houzhao could fully understand at his age, and it would take time to change little by little.
Zhu Houzhao pondered for a moment and said: "That is, when I encounter something, I first think about what he will do, and if I don't understand, I won't speak, so that he will feel scared and take the initiative to tell me the truth?" Sir, that means that, right? ”
Shen Xi said with a smile: "Things can't be generalized, but what the prince said does make sense." ”
"Okay, then I'll try, tomorrow I'll have a class with other gentlemen, and I won't talk to them...... But it's very boring if I don't speak, can I sleep? ”
The bear child was still serious just now, and as soon as he turned his head, he began to giggle and joke, which gave Shen Xi a headache.
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