Zhu Yuan, the fourth son of Zhu Hongsan, is also the grandson of the last emperor Chongzhen, and is the direct bloodline of the two emperors. It's not that these scholars want to be really loyal to that mean ghost Zhu Youzhen, but that Zhu Yuan is their best tool to achieve their personal goals.

If the Donglin Party and the Cantonese Party were second-class citizens in Zhu Hongsan's court, then these Han officials of the former Manchu Qing Dynasty were third-class citizens. These guys were all some wall grass back then, and they couldn't be compared with Huang Daozhou, Liu Zongzhou and others who died for the Ming Dynasty. Even those officials who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and died for the Manchu Dynasty, such as Hong Chengchou and others, cannot be compared.

These guys don't have any political discipline at all, anyone can come, Li Chuang came to surrender Li Chuang, the Manchu Qing Dynasty came to surrender to the Manchu Qing, and now Zhu Hongsan has been replaced, and he is even more rude, righteous and shameless to take refuge in Zhu Hongsan. However, it is precisely because of the two ends of these people that there is no force in the DPRK that is willing to accept them. The Chu Party looked down on them at all, and the Donglin Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Guangdong Party were similar, and those who could climb to a high position in Zhu Hongsan's court were all officials who desperately resisted the Manchu Qing Dynasty back then, and naturally looked down on these guys who had no moral bottom line.

Qu Shiyun will not say it, the emperor is gone, and he has to fight to the death with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Zhejiang Party would rather be killed in the whole city than shave his head, and the Guangdong Party is even more so, and the three loyalists in Lingnan all hold high positions in Zhu Hongsan's court. Therefore, when these capitulation factions saw that there was no spokesperson in the court, they began to look for a prince, hoping to get a dragon in the future.

But at that time, Zhu Hongsan and several adult princes had a force, and Zhu Hai needless to say, Ma Mingyuan was standing behind him. Behind Zhu Jiang stood the military, the big fat man Zhu Huai, and there was also the Tong family's forces behind him. So the surrender faction chose Zhu Yuan.

Zhu Yuan's conditions are really good, his mother is the eldest princess of Chongzhen, and his father is the founding emperor of Xinming, this identity is definitely the first choice for the next emperor. The most important thing is that this Zhu Yuan has just come of age, and there is no big force behind him, so these surrender factions have elected a representative figure to contact Zhu Yuan, and this figure is Chen Mingxia, the chief military aircraft of the Military Aircraft Department.

Chen Mingxia was born in Donglin, and at the beginning, he naturally actively moved closer to the organization, and wrote a poem praising virtue to pat the sycophants of the bigwigs of the Donglin Party. Originally, the Donglin boss was Jiang Yueguang, and the old Jiang had a good temperament, although he despised Chen Mingxia as a person, he could get by on face. But when Jiang Yueguang retires and changes to Qu Shiyun, Qu Shiyun has a strong temperament, and he scolded Zhu Hongsan back then, not to mention that you are a little bastard Chen Mingxia.

Therefore, Chen Mingxia complimented Qu Shiyun several times, and he put a cold fart on his hot face, and the most serious one was scolded by Qu Shiyun in front of the ministers, so Chen Mingxia hated Qu Shiyun to death.

The eldest princess Zhu Yujiao has a docile temperament and does not fight for power and profit in the harem, so she is very popular, and Emperor Zhu Hongsan also likes her. But this fourth son of the emperor, Zhu Yuan, is not like his parents at all, he is very much like his grandfather, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, who is anxious and harsh to the people around him. After Zhu Yuan became sensible at the age of twelve, he found that everyone around him taught him to be close to the prince's brother, and in the future, this will be your king, and you must respect the prince's brother, even his mother, the eldest princess Zhu Yujiao, said so.

At first, Zhu Yuan didn't know it when he was young, but as he got older and knew the importance of rights, he couldn't help but have that kind of thought in his heart. What's wrong with your prince? Isn't it just a few years longer than this king? So that this king will submit to you for the rest of your life? In the future, you will be the emperor, but this king will be monitored for a lifetime, and this king is not convinced!

In this way, Ding San matched Ding Si, widows matched widowers, and the surrender faction of Zhu Yuan and Chen Mingxia began to hook up.

At this time, if Zhu Hongsan was weaker than other emperors in the Ming Dynasty, such as Wanli who wanted to change the crown prince, maybe although Zhu Yuan was open-minded, he would be the life of a prince in the future. But I didn't expect Zhu Hongsan's methods to be very tough, and Zhu Hongsan was very dissatisfied with the prince, so this time he could let a prince be a messenger and be responsible for Henan's affairs.

Zhu Yuan was overjoyed after getting the news in the palace, several elder brothers have formed their own forces, and now it is finally their turn, he must let his father see that he is not worse than the prince in terms of ability.

Zhu Yuan stood beside Zhu Hongsan and heard that he had found such a teacher called Hanako, and Zhu Yuan was quite reluctant in his heart. In Zhu Yuan's heart, the ideal teacher should be Chen Mingxia, who has the means, the ability, and a large number of literati behind him, which is the right person for his teacher. Zhu Yuan looked at the old man in front of him, with gray hair and beard, wearing a long robe that had been washed many times, his face was black, it seemed that he hadn't washed his face for a long time, and he really didn't know how his father chose such a teacher for himself.

Zhu Yuan didn't know when he was young, although this teacher was not good-looking, his character was countless times stronger than that Chen Mingxia, and the most important thing to be a man was to be a person. Although Zhu Hongsan is vicious and vicious, he does not treat his own people like this, the trust of Ma Mingyuan and other civilian officials, the righteousness of the generals in the army, and the concern of the people of Li are the capital of Zhu Hongsan's success.

Although Zhu Yuan didn't like this old man called Huazi, he didn't dare to disobey his father's order, so he had to come over to salute Yu Chengchan.

Zhu Hongsan saw that he had finished saluting, and then said, "Zhu Yuan, Yu Aiqing, you will set off in three days!" Zhu Yuan, you can take a look at your mother these days! ”

Zhu Yuan is now an adult prince, and he can't enter the palace at all without the emperor's order, so there are few opportunities to look at his mother, and now he nodded happily when he heard his father say this.

After the Qianqing Palace was over, Zhu Yuan and Yu Chenglong left the palace together, at this time Yu Chenglong was already Zhu Yuan's teacher, and Zhu Yuan had to send the teacher away before leaving.

Zhu Yuan saw the teacher get into the sedan chair and was just about to go back to his Yanwang Mansion, when he happened to see the green roof of the East Palace not far away, and his heart moved to the East Palace.

At this time, Zhu Hai, the crown prince in the East Palace, was talking secretly with Qian Yiai and Xia Wanchun, and the facts that happened in the court today were unexpected, and Zhu Hai didn't know the bottom in his heart, so he brought his two strategists to discuss.

At this moment, the little eunuch outside the door said: "Master, King Yan is here, say to meet Master!" ”

Zhu Hai was stunned when he heard that his younger brother was coming, why didn't Zhu Yuan come to see him in the palace?

Zhu Hai looked at Xia Wanchun and Qian Yiai, Qian Yiai didn't speak, Xia Wanchun said: "Your Highness, the emperor chose King Yan as this messenger, King Yan and the prince are friendly, this time I must be here to ask what to do." ”

Zhu Hai thought about it, and it was almost the same. "Okay, the two gentlemen sit down for a while, and I'll come back when I go to the palace to have a look!"

Zhu Hai got up and followed the little eunuch out of the door, and the Qian Yiai in the house twisted his beard and smiled silently.

Xia Wanchun hates Qian Yiai's farts the most, but he still makes a look of being a bamboo in his chest, Xia Wanchun said angrily: "Qian Zigao, what are you laughing at?" Isn't what the official said right? ”

Qian Yiai likes to see Xia Wanchun's angry appearance the most, and then said with a smile: "Haha, Brother Cungu said that King Yan came to inquire about Henan, but Brother Wei didn't see it that way!" ”

Xia Wanchun frowned when he heard Qian Yiai call him a brother and said: "Qian Zigao, you don't play a score, this official was born in Chongzhen for four years, you were born in Chongzhen for five years, why do you call yourself a brother?" ”

"Brother Cungu Xian, you don't understand this, so people say that there is no order to learn, the master is a teacher, and he is a brother in Chongzhen's seventeen years, you can be a teacher, let alone a brother!"

Xia Wanchun heard Qian Yiai say this, and he really didn't have the slightest words to refute it. Xia Wanchun worshipped Chen Zilong as his teacher, and was known to Zhang Pu, the leader of the Restoration Society, and was deeply influenced by the two in terms of article integrity. Reading Bible history at the age of five, being able to write poetry at the age of seven, and writing "Milk Substitute Collection" at the age of nine, Xia Wanchun was also a prodigy in Songjiang Mansion back then.

But these are really too bad compared with the money and love of the twelve-year-old people, there are many people who study in Nanzhili, and there are so many places to lift people every year, and it is more difficult to lift in Nanzhili than in the country, so there is a gold and silver jinshi in Nanzhili.

Xia Wanchun was speechless by Qian Yi's love, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: "Qian Zigao, what does your knowledge have to do with today's Yan Wanglai?" ”

"Brother Cungu Xian, for my brother said that King Yan came to demonstrate today, do you believe it or not?"

Xia Wanchun was stunned when he heard Qian Yiai say this, Zhu Yuan, the king of Yan, he had also seen it, he was a very good young man, and he was polite to people, how could he come to demonstrate? Is it just for the emperor to send him to be a messenger?

"Impossible, King Yan has also seen it, it's different from what you said!"

Qian Yiai saw that Xia Wanchun didn't believe it, and said with a smile: "Okay, Brother Cungu, let's make a bet, if I say it right, you will serve me as a brother when you see me in the future!" What do you think? ”

Xia Wanchun heard Qian Yiai say this, and smiled contemptuously: "What if you lose? Will it be good to see me retreat in the future? ”

Qian Yiai clapped his hands and said, "Okay, it's decided!" Brother Cungu, wait to salute your brother! ”

The two were arguing here, Zhu Hai had already entered the main hall in the front hall, and Zhu Yuan saw that the prince was coming, so he hurriedly got up to salute. The crown prince is the prince, although Zhu Yuan is the prince and the younger brother, but he also has to give the prince a great gift.

Zhu Hai hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhu Yuan and said, "Fourth, you don't have to do this when you come to my brother, you and my brother are naturally close!" ”

Zhu Yuan laughed when he heard Zhu Hai say this, stood up and sat down. After the two brothers sat down, Zhu Hai asked, "Fourth brother, what are you doing here?" Is there any difficulty in the trip to Henan? ”

"Haha, the younger brother is here to apologize to the prince's brother!"

"Why did the fourth brother say this?"

"Brother Prince, Brother Prince, Brother is not talented, he was elected by his father as a messenger, Brother Prince also knows that his father attaches great importance to the affairs of Henan, and Brother Prince's visit this time is probably not good for Brother Prince's disciples, so I will apologize to Brother Prince first!"