In mid-November, when Gao Mengji, a soldier from Huaiyang, took his domestic servant Mu Hu to Beijing to report on his work, he met a teenager on the outskirts of Yangzhou. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It is common to meet men, women and children on the road, but the teenager Gao Mengji met is very unusual: this teenager is wearing bright yellow underwear and the underwear is woven with dragon patterns!

Although at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the rites and music had collapsed for a long time, the family of food and clothing was not embroidered and red, and the maids of large families were not dressed in red, and the disciples of Xu Li were more suitable for daily clothing in the city. But there is only one color and style of robe that is still strictly forbidden to be worn, and that is the bright yellow dragon robe!

However, at this moment, Gao Mengji was extremely shocked to see this young man wearing dragon-patterned yellow underwear.

This teenager's identity is definitely not ordinary!

In order to understand the doubts in the happiness, Gao Mengji personally stepped forward to grab the young man regardless of his identity, and decided to ask the truth.

"This official is Huaiyang Bingbei Dao Gao Mengji, who are you? How dare you wear a dragon robe? ”

When the young man heard this, he was not panicked and frightened, but was cramped and uneasy, but said in an old-fashioned manner: "I am Zhu Cihong, the crown prince of Huangming!" ”

Gao Mengji froze for a moment.

"Oh my God! It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! ”

Gao Mengji was so frightened that he almost collapsed due to lack of oxygen, and it took a long time to react.

He felt that the matter was very important, so he immediately played everything to the emperor as quickly as possible.

After Zhu Youhua finished reading the recital, he was not half surprised, but had a kind of happiness after the conspiracy succeeded!

After a few sets of combination punches, those Donglin parties finally couldn't hold back and began to fight back!

Zhu Youhua is not afraid that they will engage in conspiracy, but he is afraid that they will swallow their anger and be a turtle with a shrunken head!

As long as they have a tandem in private, Zhu Youhua is confident that he will get the handle to rectify them!

He immediately issued an order, summoned Feng Kezong, the governor of Jinyi Wei, and ordered him to deploy manpower to secretly monitor the backbone of the Donglin Party, and specially instructed Feng Kezong to send more manpower to keep an eye on Hou Sui, Hou Fangyu's father and son, if it is found that their father and son have correspondence with the left, they must be intercepted and the evidence will be handed over to him in person.

Since the fall of Beijing, the whereabouts of the crown prince have been in the spotlight, and many ministers are looking forward to the appearance of the prince, so the officials in the court and the central government are unanimous, and they all recommend to distinguish the authenticity of the prince.

At this time, Zhu Youhua was embarrassed to understand the will of the ministers and gave Donglin the truth. He also wanted to see how clever the conspiracy of those Donglin Party was, and if he could successfully solve the case, it would naturally be great.

Zhu Youhua decided to send someone to see and secretly bring the young man into Nanjing, since the young man claimed to be the prince, things would be easier, after all, there were still many ministers who had seen the prince. So Zhu Youhua selected Li Jizhou, the former servant of the East Palace, from among them, and asked him to judge the authenticity of this prince first.

So Li Jizhou was ordered to hurry all the way, and finally found the young man in the local area, although Li Jizhou was an errand in the Beijing palace and saw the prince, but it was a long time ago, and at this time, he looked at it for a long time and felt a bit similar, so he knelt down and kowtowed: "The slave kowtows to the little master." ”

The young man looked at Li Jizhou and said, "This palace recognizes you, but I forgot what your name is." ”

"Slave Li Jizhou, at the behest of the emperor, welcomes the young master into Beijing."

At this time, the young man asked: "Welcome the palace into Beijing, do you plan to give me the throne?" ”

Li Jizhou thought about how I would know this, but he didn't dare to say it clearly, so he had to answer: "The slave doesn't know about this matter." So he took the opportunity to take out the imperial scroll and handed it to the young man.

On November 13, Li Jizhou personally escorted the boy to Nanjing, and then returned to the palace to report to the emperor.

After Zhu Youhua got the report, he first sent someone to arrange for the boy to live in Xingshan Temple, and then sent two inner eunuchs who had been on errands in the palace of the Northern Capital to visit and take the opportunity to distinguish the true from the fake. Then he immediately set off to say goodbye to the young man and return to the palace to report to the emperor.

"If you don't know whether it's true or false, you dare to pay homage to the prince! What a bastard! ”

In the palace of the Qianqing Palace, after Zhu Youhua heard what the two inner prisoners had done, he was very angry, and directly expressed his opinion with action, and sent someone to pull the two inner prisoners out and beat them with a hundred sticks, so that they could reflect on themselves, but they did not want their lives.

Although Zhu Youhua was angry, he was still sensible, knowing that if he really killed these inner prisoners, it would show that he was weak-hearted, but it was easy for outsiders who did not know the truth to suspect that the young man would be not a prince but also a prince at that time.

Therefore, even if the three internal prisoners are killed, the problem still cannot be solved, especially after the officials in Nanjing heard the news that the crown prince of the first emperor came to Nanjing and stayed in Xingshan Temple, the news spread even more ten, ten to hundred, all the ministers were very excited, and enthusiastically handed the name to the young man to ask for a visit, and sent precious gifts one after another, hoping that the "His Royal Highness the Prince" in their eyes could laugh at it, and they couldn't wait to start making political investments one by one.

Zhu Youhua received a secret report from Feng Kezong of Jinyi Wei in the palace, and on the day the young man arrived in Nanjing, the Xingshan Temple where he lived had always been full of people. The city of Nanjing is even more boiling, the gentry and people of the whole city heard the news that the prince did not die and successfully arrived in Nanjing, they were all excited, every family put up lanterns, toasted to celebrate, and prayed for His Royal Highness the prince, which was even more lively than the New Year.

Zhu Youhua finally felt that he had underestimated the conspiracy set up by the Donglin Party at this point, this time, their plan was obviously very thorough, not leaky, interlocking, and the morale of the gentry and people in the city was successfully stimulated with the success of the prince Nanlai, and if he did not handle it well, his reputation might be greatly damaged, and the legitimacy of the throne would also be shaken.

So Zhu Youhua immediately ordered that hundreds of officials should not visit the young man privately, and secretly sent someone to send the young man to live in the mansion of Feng Kezong, the governor of Jinyi Wei, in the name of improving the living conditions of the prince, but secretly ordered Feng Kezong to strictly guard the prince who was difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.

The next day, Zhu Youhua summoned the ministers on this matter, and in front of the ministers, Zhu Youhua gave them a thorough explanation: "Recently, there is a childish son who said that it is the first emperor's East Palace, if it is the son of the real first emperor, that is, my royal brother, he should be raised and commended, so as not to be lost." ”

The implication is that even if this young man is really the crown prince, I don't plan to give up the position of emperor to him, at best, I just keep him in the palace and keep him from being displaced. So whether it is the crown prince or not, it is impossible for him to inherit the throne again, your gifts are all in vain, save that thought as soon as possible!

In the face of the discussions between his subordinates and the gentry and the people of Nanjing, Zhu Youhua decided to send another eunuch to determine the authenticity of the prince, and at the same time sent Hou, Bo, Jiuqing, Hanlin, Ke, Dao and other officials to examine it together.

So Lu Jiude, the former governor of Jingying, was ordered to come to the boy's residence. After Lu Jiude arrived at the young man's residence, he walked up without saying a word and began to look at the young man carefully, looking at the young man back and forth, and felt that it was not enough, so he wanted to look again.

Unexpectedly, the young man suddenly became angry and scolded Lu Jiude: "Lu Jiude! Why don't you kowtow when you see this palace? ”

After hearing the young man's admonition, Lu Jiude involuntarily knelt down and kowtowed: "The slave is rude." ”

The young man then said in a tone that was almost reprimanding: "I haven't seen you for a few years, and you are so fat, it can be seen that you are living a very chic life in Nanjing!" ”

Lu Jiude didn't distinguish anything, and continued to kowtow: "Take care, master!" ”

Then he said goodbye to the boy and walked out with a frown. After coming out, he said to the cronies and eunuchs around him: "Our family has not tried to serve the East Palace, how can we recognize it; It seems to be a little similar, but it is not true. ”

Then he warned everyone: "Wait and watch! If it was the real prince, he should be strictly guarded; Even if it's fake, it's definitely not an ordinary person, and he must be prevented from escaping! ”

After the order, he hurried back to the palace to report the situation to Zhu Youhua.