In the Forbidden City's Chufang Palace, Zhang Yuan has been in a trance recently. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

His mental state is very poor, he is often in a daze, even if he often serves the prince, he is easy to wander out of the world, and everything he thinks in his heart is what the Zhang brothers said to him that day.

Zhang Yuan is a smart man, he knows that once he gets on the thief ship of the Zhang brothers, he will not be able to get down, so he must now find a new backer in order to resolve the crisis in front of him.

Empress Zhang was the one who promoted and reused him, and could have been used as a backer, but unfortunately, Empress Zhang's many restrictive measures towards her husband, as well as the ruthlessness she showed to the rest of the women around the emperor in front of Zhang Yuan, made Zhang Yuan feel that Empress Zhang was an extremely dangerous figure.

In addition, the Zhang brothers and Queen Zhang are a family, and the Zhang brothers said that he can be reused is completely due to their recommendation, which makes Zhang Yuan worried.

If Zhang Yuan and Empress Zhang confessed to the Zhang brothers' ill intentions, it would be difficult for Empress Zhang to stand by him, because in the eyes of Empress Zhang, she was just a slave, and Zhang Yuan could not betray her master, and his master naturally included Empress Zhang's maiden family, that is, Empress Zhang's two younger brothers.

After thinking about it, Zhang Yuan can only take refuge with the emperor or the crown prince.

The world belongs to the emperor, he is just a eunuch in the palace, even if the emperor trusts, he is also Zhang Yong, Xiao Jing and other famous old eunuchs, he Zhang Yuan is not young, but the qualifications in the palace are too short, he has not done anything practical for the emperor, and even after the emperor realized that he was the person sent by Empress Zhang to monitor him, he still had some prejudice against him, and then Empress Zhang had to send him to take care of the prince.

Now Zhang Yuan can rely on only the prince Zhu Houzhao.

Originally, Zhang Yuan was full of expectations for the crown prince to ascend the throne, thinking that he could fly on the branches and become a phoenix, but who knew that at the last moment, the emperor turned the corner and let him kill the king, he didn't have the guts, but he didn't know when the emperor would die, and his heart became more and more uneasy, because the prince's attitude towards him was very indifferent recently.

Zhu Houzhao is also in a low mood these days, he is listless in class every day, the East Palace lecturer lectures, he is basically in the left ear and out of the right ear, different from sleeping and playing in the classroom before, Zhu Houzhao is basically in a daze these days, and he has no intention of playing after class, and the whole person suddenly becomes calm, but in fact, he feels confused about the future.

"What if my father really died? I used to think it was good to be the emperor, to be able to control the whole world, let them listen to me, and play whatever I wanted, but now it doesn't seem like this at all. ”

Zhu Houzhao's mind flashed all kinds of thoughts, "I don't know how to govern the country, I don't know anything about military affairs, and what kind of Tatars, it's not like sending elite soldiers to the past, just like Huo Qubing and Wei Qing, driving the Tatars to jump all over the grassland like rabbits, what if I fail in Tumubao like my grandfather?" In addition, if my father dies, I don't understand the treasury, the six ministries, and the general administration department......"

"Young Master Liu and Mr. Xie are very good, but my father asked them to be ministers who take care of their lives, and they are clearly in charge of me, as if they are in control of the government, so I won't be a puppet, what should I do if Young Master Liu usurps the throne? My mother and I were orphans and widows. Isn't Song Taizu the country that Chen Qiao Mutiny seized from the Later Zhou Chai family? After Zhao Kuangyin's death, he was usurped by his brother again......"

Zhu Houzhao doesn't know much about the affairs of the court, and he has no concept of who is loyal and who is traitorous among the ministers of the court, but he is just blindly worried that his father is dead and no one will support him, and he has no bottom in his heart about the affairs of the court, he has always wanted to be the emperor before, but now he has no confidence.

After all, Zhu Houzhao is just an immature child, even if he occasionally complains about his parents, he really woke up when his father was dying...... Oh, it turns out that without my father's protection, even if I become an emperor, it is very dangerous.

"Prince, this article, did you go back yesterday to review?"

When Yang Tinghe asked a question, Zhu Houzhao just looked up at him in a daze, as if he was stupid, lowered his head and continued to be in a daze.

Yang Tinghe was at a loss for anything, in the past, the prince didn't sleep in class, but now he is listening to the lecture, but whether he listens or not is another matter.

Since the prince didn't want to interact with him, Yang Tinghe could only continue to talk.

For the lecturers of the East Palace, it has long become a habit to talk to themselves, and it is only during the class that Zhu Houzhao interacts with a lecturer more and often listens enthusiastically, and only when Shen Xi takes the "Twenty-one History" class. Because most of what Shen Xi tells is not history, but vernacular stories, the content he talks about is what Zhu Houzhao likes to hear.

Later, Jin Gui and others tried to use Shen Xi's method to tell the story, but unfortunately they couldn't get the point, because what they learned was fundamentally different from Shen Xi's knowledge system.

Shen Xi came into contact with history since he learned chronicles, and he had his own unique opinions, while the history of this era was mostly in the form of chronicles, and the historical content was rarely coherent, let alone knowing what the prince wanted to hear, or what content could arouse the interest of children.

After the class on this day, Yang Tinghe and the attendants of the East Palace of the Zhufang Palace left the palace from the direction of Donghua Gate together, while Zhu Houzhao continued to sit at the desk in a daze, sighing, and Zhang Yuan, the regular attendant who was standing aside, was also unrelenting, so that the atmosphere behind the Caifang Palace was extremely weird.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty sent the old slave to summon and invite Your Highness to go to the Qianqing Palace, Your Majesty wants to test the prince's knowledge." Xiao Jing, who had just taken over as the eunuch of the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch, personally brought someone over to pass the word and asked Zhu Houzhao to go to the Qianqing Palace.

Even if Zhu Youzhu was on the sickbed, he did not neglect his son's studies, and after his condition improved slightly, the first thing he did was to explain to Liu Jian, the first thing he did, and asked Liu Jian to tell the officials of the East Palace that no matter what happened in the Qianqing Palace, even if he really died, his son's studies could not be delayed after he ascended the throne.

If it weren't for Liu Jian's old age and body, he would almost be unable to walk, and Zhu Youzhu would have planned to let Liu Jian become his son again.

It's a pity that Emperor Hongzhi also realized that his responsible gentlemen are now important ministers, assisting him in achieving today's peaceful and prosperous world, his son's studies, and his son's future stability, and he can only hope that his son's officials can be as responsible and capable as Liu Jian and others.

But not everyone is Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, these three, in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, they are unique sages, at this time Zhu Youzhu can't help but miss Cheng Minzheng, if Cheng Minzheng is not dead, at this time the cabinet and the East Palace officials will not be so talented.

In fact, Zhu Youji's worries are purely superfluous.

Removing the unexpected factor of Shen Xi's history, and now he looks down on the East Palace speaker, Jin Gui, Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu and others will also appear in the future, although these people have not made much achievements, but at least they have completed the handover of Zhengde and Jiajing, and have not made the downhill road of the Ming Dynasty go too fast.

Zhu Houzhao used to be very resistant to his father's assessment, just like in later generations, students like Xiong Zizi who don't study well on weekdays certainly don't want to take the exam, because they often can't answer the questions and stare dryly.

If you want to say that Zhu Houzhao performed at his best, it was only during the time when Shen Xi was there, Shen Xi would give the bear child a surprise practice before the exam, and then teach him some exam preparation strategies, so that he could feel the fun of cramming his feet temporarily.

But after Shen Xi left, Zhu Houzhao's study became rigid and mechanical again, boring and boring, and he couldn't remember it after learning, so he simply had to get by.

However, after experiencing Hong's critical illness, the emperor's father asked him to take the assessment at this time, and the bear child was a little expectant and wanted to see how his father's condition was.

Without Zhu Youji's summons, Zhu Houzhao had to stay in the Chufang Palace these days, and he couldn't even go to the Kunning Palace.

Recently, Empress Zhang has basically never returned to Kunning Palace, she lives in Qianqing Palace, taking care of her husband without clothes, Empress Zhang occasionally asks her son to come over to ask for peace, but she doesn't want her son to worry about her husband's condition, only when Zhu Youzhi is in better spirits, will people call her son.

As for other times, Zhu Houzhao can only stay in the East Palace to study, because Zhu Houzhao has a stubborn temperament, and Empress Zhang herself is not at ease.

Zhu Houzhao took Zhang Yuan and others to the outside of the Qianqing Palace, the same as before, still waiting for Xiao Jingxian to go to the news.

Zhu Houzhao was a little worried, he wanted to see his parents, and he actually let a eunuch who had no eggs go in to report it? I am the only son of my father, the future son of heaven! The more he thought about it, the more unhappy he became, and the bear child went straight to the Qianqing Palace without waiting for Xiao Jing to reply, only to see the old lady sitting on a chair outside, staring at him with exhaustion on her face.

Zhu Houzhao was about to step forward to salute, Queen Zhang waved her hand and pointed to the inside, and the bear child knew that his father was receiving the minister.

This time, there was only one minister Zhu Youzhi saw, and it was a separate meeting between monarchs and ministers, this person was no stranger to Zhu Houzhao, and he even had a good impression of this old guy, because unlike Li Dongyang and Liu Jian, who were not smiling, this old minister was smiling every time he saw him, and occasionally made a little joke with him.

Zhu Houzhao has a good impression of this old minister, because this person is the grandfather-in-law of "Mr. Shen", who he has always liked very much-Xie Qian, a scholar of Dongge University!

Although Zhu Youzhu and Xie Qian were talking inside, there was only a door inside and outside, and the door was not closed, and what was said inside could be clearly transmitted.

Zhu Houzhao didn't have much knowledge, and he didn't listen to it from the beginning, but after listening to it roughly, he felt that his father had a request for help, and he was actually trying to persuade Xie Qian.

But listening to Zhu Youji: "...... Mr. Xie, I also know that sending Shen Qing's family to the northwest will put him in danger, but for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, such a risk is worth it, and the safety of the people and the stability of the court are more important than anything else...... My time is numbered, but I ask Mr. Xie to be considerate. ”

"I also know that Shen Qing's family is the grandson-in-law of Mr., and Shen Qing's family has already married a wife room before marrying Xie's little daughter, so I decreed that Shenmen Xie was given a flat wife, and all the expenses are no different from the main wife. I wonder what Mr. thinks? ”

Compared with the emperor father of the bear child, Xie Qian's voice was much lower, and even if Zhu Houzhao put his head on the door panel, he didn't hear what Xie Qian was saying clearly.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao began to mutter: "The Shen Qing family that my father said is not Mr. Shen?" Didn't he go to the southeast coast to fight pirates, why did he go to the northwest again? And will you be 'in danger'? ”

"It's not good, if Mr. Shen dies, then who will play with me? In the future, when I become the emperor, I still want him to do nothing and write martial arts novels to me every day, if he dies, who will write them for me after I ascend the throne? ”

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