Zhu Changxun said that You Song is his son Zhu Youxiang.

If according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen's sons who are less than ten years old are not considered, then Zhu Youxiang is definitely the first heir.

As for Zhu Changxun himself, since the apocalypse ascended the throne, unless there is another battle of martyrdom, he no longer has the right to inherit in law.

Although Zhu Changxun is ambitious, he has also understood over the years that if he wants to sit on that throne, the resistance is too great.

Not only will the Donglin Party, which had prevented his father from appointing himself as the prince, resolutely oppose it, but even the other newcomers will never ignore the traditions and rules and be tampered with. And he did not have the elite soldiers and fierce generals under Zhu Di, the king of Yan, nor did he have an invincible Sanbao eunuch by his side. As for the one on Wudang Mountain, he is a master outside the world, so he is not counted in the world at all.

Back then, Wanli wanted to treat Zhu Changxun as his heir, so he told him a lot of royal secrets. Since the early years of Wanli, Yu Dayou, Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng and other veterans have passed away, and there are only three acquired masters who are clearly recorded in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

After Qi Jiguang died in the sixteenth year of Wanli, and Li Shizhen died in the twenty-first year of Wanli, only Li Chengliang was left in the Ming Dynasty.

Although the acquired master is far from having the ability of an innate master to ignore the encirclement of the army and escape calmly, a master who is at the top of the day after tomorrow can already have a little ability that only an innate master has, which can be regarded as a huge deterrent.

Back then, his mother Zheng Guifei spared no effort to entrap Li Chengliang, and Li Chengliang was also loyal to their mother and son. The struggle for the national capital can last so long, in addition to Wanli's own insistence, Li Chengliang's foreign aid is also an important guarantee. Otherwise, they only rely on a bunch of eunuchs, how can they harden the Manchu Dynasty Zhu Zi?

It was also in the later period that Li Chengliang was old and weak, and the deterrence was no longer there, so they could no longer resist the pressure of the court, and Wanli had to give in.

This also involves another person, a person that Zhu Changxun hates to the core: Mr. Donglin Gu Xiancheng.

Gu Xiancheng is also a genius in the sky, and in the treacherous court, he pulled up a party called the "Donglin Party" and gathered nearly half of the officials in the entire court.

As long as you think about the party formed by so many people, and it is actually named after him, you can know how much influence he has in this force, which is simply incredible.

If you don't understand, you can look at the various parties in later generations, whether there are any, or which ones are not named after party ideas, but after party leaders, to know how influential this person is.

The reason why Zhu Changxun hated Gu Xiancheng to the bone was precisely because the Donglin Party he founded led by Gu Xiancheng was the absolute main force against him in the entire national capital dispute.

Even in the final tiebreaker, it was Gu Xiancheng who personally stepped out and defeated the old and decrepit Li Chengliang with the strength of the accumulation of energy, breaking the deterrent power of Li Chengliang's acquired master.

Just to prevent Li Chengliang's deterrent effect on Siyi from being reduced, this matter was only known to a few parties within the imperial court.

So externally, Li Chengliang is still an acquired master of deterring the Quartet. Internally, the Chinese officials of the DPRK no longer look at him.

The only thing that made Zhu Changxun happy was that Gu Xiancheng was born late after all, and when Jiajing was forty-three years old, he was only fourteen years old, and his qi storage was not yet complete. Just because he was born a little late, although he was able to defeat Li Chengliang, who was old and frail, his combat power could already defeat the old and decrepit Li Chengliang, but in the realm, he could only store his qi and store his qi for a lifetime.

Thinking of this, Zhu Changxun gloated and laughed a few times, laughing inexplicably at the man in front of him.

"Over the years, I have always recalled that when my father and emperor were bent on making me the prince, even Shen Shixing and other ministers had the intention of compromise, so how did Gu Xiancheng and other Donglin Party gather so many courtiers to oppose me?"

"What did the prince think?"

"Righteousness! In fact, they didn't do anything but shout. But they will shout, they will call, they will always put themselves on the highest ground of morality. They will find all the reasons in favor of their point of view, and then they will keep emphasizing them, and then they will ignore all the reasons of the other person and say that their own point of view is absolutely correct. They only say that they are long, why don't they say that they are virtuous? Chang Luo can be regarded as the eldest son, but he is simply a concubine, a concubine, how can he have the right to inherit? ”

The man's eyes showed disappointment: "That's it? ”

"Of course not. There are also interests. Zhu Changluo is not good at anything, and there is no power behind his mother. Well, it should be said that there are no new forces. There is also a queen mother behind her who has been protecting him. But no matter how powerful the Queen Mother's family is, it has already gained power. On the contrary, if the Zheng family behind his mother gains power, he will have to share the food from the courtiers. Wasn't that the case with Wanjia back then? And Zhu Changluo himself is incapable, which is more in line with their wishes. Although it is a bit of a boast to say this, if my Ming Dynasty really produces another Taizu, a strong emperor like Chengzu, won't these courtiers have to become grandsons? How can they be willing? ”

The man finally showed a satisfied look: "The prince can see it thoroughly." In this dispute in the court, although they keep saying that it is a dispute between gentlemen, and they are ashamed of what they say, they are actually all about their own interests in their hearts. It's just that the Donglin Party organs have exhausted their calculations, but they haven't calculated that Taichang himself is not good, but he really gave birth to a ruthless son. If it weren't for the inexplicable death of the apocalypse, maybe the current Ming Dynasty would not be what it is now. ”

Zhu Changxun also nodded: "Tianqi is worthy of being the emperor's grandson when his father was alive, although I was afraid every day during his reign, and I couldn't stop worrying." But at least his hand comparison with the Donglin Party really makes me want to be exposed every time I think about it. If he can survive until now and regain the power of the imperial power, he may not be impossible. ”

The man also accompanied Zhu Changxun and sighed for a while, before he said: "The prince said earlier that the little prince would replace Chongzhen, what does it have to do with these realizations?" ”

"If I don't go, Donglin and the others, the opposition will not be so resolute. The rest of the parties have no need to stop them. After all, Chongzhen's sons are young, and when they are worried about internal and external troubles, in order to prevent the lord from being suspicious, they do not support the young master, but choose the adult royal brother to ascend the throne. In this way, we take advantage of the righteousness. As for interests, Zhou Kui was greedy for profit, and Tian Hong was in power, wouldn't he be more unpopular with the courtiers than my timid and fearful uncle? The courtiers don't want these two relatives to gain power. ”