cough cough cough ......

Emperor Chongzhen was coughing very hard, and the cough was deafening!

Wow wow......

The crown prince Zhu Cihong was also howling there, crying so much that it was a filial piety that touched the sky!

What the pavilion guy and Wei Shuai, who rushed to Xipu after hearing the news, and the ten princes in Beijing saw such a scene of a sick father lying in bed and a filial son crying bitterly.

It's just that this atmosphere looks a little wrong, although Chongzhen, who was lying upright on the dragon bed, was pressing a few thick quilts, and coughing desperately, looking as if he was about to die. But this cough sounds a bit fake, and it's full of breath, not like it's about to die!

The filial son who was standing by the bed and crying, it didn't seem that there were any tears coming down, he was just howling, and he didn't know if his throat would be broken?

There is also a Queen Zhou who is frowning, watching the emperor father and son pretending to be dead and pretending to be filial, crying and laughing.

Of course, Zhu Cihong knew at this time that Emperor Chongzhen was pretending to fall into the water! At most, he was wet with his trouser leg or something, and he definitely didn't choke on cold water, and of course he didn't get any wind chill - Prince Zhu had spies by Emperor Chongzhen's side! Before Zhu Cihong returned to Xipu, Emperor Chongzhen also passed on a meal, delicious and drunk, how could he look like he was going to die?

This Emperor Chongzhen has obviously learned badly, and he has learned to play dead to win sympathy - he still fell into the water in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and I don't know if he slipped into it himself, or was pushed into the water by someone sent by a prince who couldn't wait to usurp the throne...... What a basin of dirty water is this, and it is poured on your most filial son like this, does your conscience really not hurt?

The disappointment in Zhu Cihong's heart! Chongzhen is such an honest emperor, and now he has learned badly, and he doesn't know who he learned it from? I don't think there is anyone around Emperor Chongzhen who is more treacherous?

Now that the important ministers are here, Zhu Cihong didn't cry anymore, and turned his head and walked out of Emperor Chongzhen's bedroom, Wei Zaode, Wu Xiang, Cao Youyi, and a fat prince in his forties - that is the blessed king Zhu Yousong, these people also sneaked out of the dormitory and followed Zhu Cihong to the courtyard.

The four of them wanted to salute Zhu Cihong, but they were stopped by him with a wave of his hand, and then he looked at Zhu Yousong, the king of fortune, who seemed to be a little drunk, and frowned: "Uncle Wang, have you drunk too much again?" ”

Zhu Yousong is the Hongguang Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty who was blackened by the Donglin Party in history and quickly became the first faint monarch in the ages, and he is now the head of the thirty-three kings who are vases in Nanjing - he is the closest prince to Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong's father and son, and in addition to liking to drink, there is nothing unbearable. If he is not an emperor now, he has no threat to the gentleman of Donglin, so naturally there will be no evil deeds...... He's a vase, and who has nothing to do with him!

And he didn't threaten Zhu Cihong much, now Zhu Cihong's three brothers are alive, and Emperor Chongzhen is "obsessed with women" again, and he has enlarged the belly of several waiters and palace maids, and will soon add a few brothers and sisters to Zhu Cihong. There are many children, and it is good to eat the meaning of Zhu Cihong, a poor and rebellious son! So why can't this throne be Zhu Yousong's turn!

In addition, Zhu Yousong himself has no children - his son died when Luoyang City was broken! It's a man in his forties again, he drinks too much, his health is not good, and he probably won't be able to give birth to a son. Such a prince, Zhu Cihong will not be on the stage if he embarrasses him again.

So these days, Zhu Cihong still respects this uncle very much, gave him a mansion in Nanjing, and rewarded him with 10,000 acres of land and a villa outside Nanjing, and also made him the commander of the Zongren Mansion, and handed over all the imperial affairs that were originally in charge of the Ministry of Rites to the Zongren Mansion.

In other words, Zhu Cihong regarded King Fu as an old elder of the clan and held it high!

"Prince, uncle, I'm good at this, and it's Chinese New Year's Eve...... today" King Fu smiled, then lowered his voice and asked, "Prince, what's going on?" Do you want my uncle to take the lead in persuading you? ”

Wu Xiang on the side also said: "Master Chitose, the old minister has been robed in yellow robes......"

Cao Youyi also patted his chest and said: "Now all the armies inside and outside, except for Zuo Liangyu's army, the rest will support His Highness!" Moreover, the new army has more than 150,000 soldiers, and there are 20,000 Yangtze River water divisions, and Zuo Liangyu's people can't beat us. ”

"Chitose Lord," Wei Zaode shook his head, "The matter of the new deal has not yet been completed, and the Tartars in the north will go south at any time, and Zuo Liangyu has ill intentions...... Think again! ”

This Wei Zaode is now a "great reformer", and if he wants to leave his name in history in the future, he will also write a biography according to "The Biography of Zhuge Liang", so of course he should consider the problem comprehensively.

In fact, it is not Zhu Cihong's first choice to usurp the throne immediately, not because he is afraid of the "left madman" upstream, but because he has a larger reform plan.

In Zhu Cihong's view, it would take a few months to a year for the Qing Dynasty in the north to get Li Zicheng and Datong Mansion before they went south. It is estimated that the time of going south will be a little later than in history.

And these months to a year, for Zhu Cihong, is a window of time for reform and army reorganization.

During this time, he should refrain from unnecessary civil wars. Civil wars are not the same as foreign wars, which can unite people's hearts and minds and are sometimes more conducive to reform. The situation of the civil war was the opposite, once the civil war began, Zhu Cihong had to make concessions to the priests in order to maintain the security of the southeast interior, thus missing the best opportunity for reform.

"Your Highness, the Donglin Conference is about to be held!" Wei Zaode said again, "Now that the Chitose Lord has the righteousness of 'protecting the name and guarding Konglin' in his hands, as long as the conference opens, the Donglin Party will be controlled by the Chitose Master...... It's better not to make a fuss. ”

According to the plan, the Donglin Conference was held after the provincial examination in Enke Province - the Donglin lifters should be easier to speak at this time. If you say it well, you will be a jinshi, and if you don't say it well, you will be named Sun Shan!

Who is this Jinshi diploma for, but Zhu Cihong's words are a matter of one word!

As long as the Donglin Party is usurped by Zhu Cihong, the next reforms will be much easier...... The landlord class intellectuals in the southeast must have their organization in order to contradict the imperial court; if there is no organization, they will be scattered, and although the strength is great, they cannot form a joint force.

Moreover, the strength of the Southeast Shi Dafu was originally a mouth cannon, and the military strength was almost zero. Without the Donglin Party as an organization, they would not have been able to grasp the guidance of public opinion at all, and they would not have been able to struggle.

"It's better to slow down...... Zhu Cihong thought for a long time, and still felt that there was no need to bet on this, "It's better to take a slow, anyway, the power is already in hand, and there is no shortage of this title." Besides, with Yingzong in front of him, even if he is the Taishang, he can cause trouble. ”