In the study room of Yuqing Palace, Zhu Youzhu was writing hard, concentrating on the paper, not knowing what was happening in the palace, Liu Jian, the speaker of the East Palace, stood behind Zhu Youzhu and bowed his head slightly.

Liu Jian has been familiar with the scriptures since he was a child, and he often has the ambition to serve the country in his chest, since he served as a lecturer in the East Palace, every time he lectures with Zhu Youzhang, he deeply feels that Zhu Youzhang is intelligent and benevolent, and he never dares to be sloppy in teaching. Liu Jian expected that Zhu Youzhu would ascend to the throne and would be able to do something great. It's just that Wan Guifei has passed away from illness for more than a month, and the emperor is sad and sad every day, seeing that his body is not as good as day by day, and the remnants of Wan Guifei flatter the emperor every day, and do everything they can to flatter, and they are calling the soul of Wan Guifei, and they are asking for the sealing of Wan Fei, and I don't know what to do to Zhu Youzhu in private.

Seeing Zhu Youzhu's dedication to writing a strategy, Liu Jian slowly walked to the chair and sat down, and couldn't help but think of Zhu Youzhang's bumpy life experience full of hardships:

In the past, the emperor favored Concubine Wan, Concubine Wan covered the sky with one hand in the harem, and was arrogant, and soon won a son in one fell swoop, which made Concubine Wan unbeatable and domineering, but what Concubine Wan didn't expect was that the prince she gave birth to died in less than a month, and Concubine Wan was sad and sad at the moment, crying in the arms of the emperor. It's also strange to say, Concubine Wan has never been pregnant since then, whether she is worshipping God and seeking Buddha or looking for good doctors, her stomach has never moved, this time Concubine Wan panicked, and in a hurry, she actually forbade other concubines to get pregnant, and found that there were pregnant concubines, Concubine Wan let people pour a dose of medicine to knock out the fetus, so that no prince was born in the harem, and when the emperor was 30 years old, he found that he had no children under his knees, and his mood gradually became depressed. As soon as these words came out, the eunuch Zhang Min next to him "plopped" and fell to the ground, and said something that surprised and delighted the emperor. It turned out that six years ago, there was a palace man Ji who was pregnant, and Concubine Wan sent someone to have an abortion for Ji's, and the abortion palace maid had a lot of friendship with Ji's family, and she couldn't bear to pour medicine, so she reported to Concubine Wan that Ji was not pregnant, but had a strange disease, and Concubine Wan sent Ji into the cold palace. Later, Ji gave birth to Zhu Youzhu in the cold palace, and Concubine Wan learned that Zhang Min went to drown Zhu Youzhang, Zhang Min saw Zhu Youzhang, who was willing to act according to Concubine Wan's orders, so he simply disobeyed Yang and Yin, and helped Ji to raise Zhu Youzhu secretly. After hearing this, the emperor immediately summoned Zhu Youzhang, and the next day he issued an edict to appoint Zhu Youzhu as the crown prince and named Ji as a concubine. After Concubine Wan learned of this, she jumped like thunder in the harem, but the overall situation was decided, and Concubine Wan had to wait for an opportunity to act secretly. Shortly thereafter, Concubine Shu died violently in the palace, the cause of death is unknown, and Zhang Min also committed suicide by swallowing gold the next day, after the Empress Dowager Zhou heard about this, she was afraid that Zhu Youzhang's life would not be guaranteed, so she personally raised Zhu Youzhang, and taught him: "In the future, the concubine will give you food, don't eat it." Zhu Youzhu kept these words firmly in mind, no matter what delicious things Concubine Wan took out and how she tricked her, she never opened her mouth to eat, and even the tea at Concubine Wan's place did not dare to drink it easily. Concubine Wan saw that she couldn't do harm in secret, so she simply slandered Zhu Youzhu in front of the emperor and encouraged the emperor to abolish Zhu Youzhang. At this time, there were several princes under the emperor's knees, and under the bewitchment of Concubine Wan and his party, he had the idea of abolishing Zhu Youzhu and setting up another prince. One day, when the emperor ordered the eunuch Huai En to abolish the crown prince, Huai En hit his head on the ground and resolutely refused, and the emperor simply dismissed Huai En from the post of the eunuch of the palm seal, and asked another person to draft the decree. At this critical juncture, there was an earthquake in Dongyue Taishan, and Qin Tianjian reported that this matter was related to the abolition of the crown prince, and if the prince Zhu Youzhu was abolished, there would be a greater curse. When the emperor heard the news, he had to put the matter aside, and the identity of the crown prince Zhu Youzhu was kept.

When Liu Jian was thinking, Zhu Youzhu had already completed the strategy he had made and presented it to Liu Jian for review. Liu Jian couldn't help but nod while watching.

After Liu Jian finished reading the strategy, Zhu Youzhu asked with a smile next to him, "What does Mr. think?" ”

Liu Jian praised: "What Your Highness has done is very much in line with my wishes, Your Highness thinks, how should the world be governed?" ”

Zhu Youzhu said eloquently: "The Han and Tang dynasties were prominent for a while, when the two dynasties were prosperous, the world was politically harmonious, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the treasury was abundant, and foreign people came to see each other. If I rule the world, I will be merciful, close to the people and love the people, diligent in government affairs, fair and strict, not competing with the people for profit, not caring for my own selfishness, not arrogant and extravagant, and not greedy for glory and enjoyment. ”

Seeing that Zhu Youzhang's thin body was straight, Liu Jian couldn't help but say: "What His Royal Highness said is extremely true, the Book of Han records that after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he successively ordered the recommendation of more than 100 literary virtuous people. The unfinished is down, the lower is from the top, the mud is in Jun, only the Zhen is doing, the gold is melting, and the only smelting is casting. (Therefore, when Yao and Shun practice virtuous government, the people will be merciful and live long; If they are tyrannical and tyrannical, the people will be greedy and despised. The people above educate the people below, and the people below obey the people above, like clay wrapped in a model, subject to the potter's processing; It is like metal wrapped in a vessel, to be cast by a smelter. This shows the importance of the king, His Royal Highness has a long way to go, and the burden of the Ming Dynasty is on His Royal Highness's shoulders. ”

Zhu Youzhu answered: "I will do my best to live up to the mission." After moving his sore wrist for a moment, he continued: "I remember that the Book of Han also said: 'The holy king rules the world, and the little is learned, and the long is the talent, and the lord is to nurture his virtue, and the punishment is to deter his evil, so the people know the friendship and shame it.'" (The wise king rules the world, and teaches the younger ones to learn good habits, and to the older ones gives them posts to see their talents.) They were cultivated in virtue by their positions and their virtues, and punished them from doing evil, so that the people knew what was right and were ashamed to offend their superiors. It can be seen that the king must be conscientious and conscientious in governing the world, and the rewards and punishments are clear, if he listens to and believes partially, his ears and eyes are blocked by villains, the rewards and punishments are improper, and the people are resentful, and the world will be in chaos. ”

Liu Jian listened to Zhu Youzhu's impassioned words, and couldn't help but arch his hand to Zhu Youzhu and said: "Your Highness has the heart of loving the people and can have the ambition of Lingyun, which is really a blessing for my Ming." ”

Zhu Youzhu saw Liu Jian's situation, and said busily: "Mr. smiled, I just talked about it today, as for the luck and misfortune of Daming, it should be up to me to do things." He also knows that many things are easy to say, but difficult to do, just like many decrees, although they sound good, they are not easy to implement. ”

Liu Jian's face was shining: "The government decree is difficult to implement, probably because of two situations, or the officials are not effective in implementation, or the resistance is too great, I think that everything should be done slowly, neither in a hurry, nor in distress." As he spoke, he lowered his voice to the level that only two people could hear: "Just like at this time, the government is in turmoil, and I don't know if Concubine Wan and his party will still bewitch the emperor, His Royal Highness must make up his mind and then act." ”

Zhu Youzhu also lowered his voice and said, "Are Liang Fang, Wanxi and the others still dead?" ”

Liu Jian replied: "Liang Fang is still in order, I didn't see him have too many activities, but he was very happy, he privately asked to see the emperor a few days ago, I don't know what slander he made to the emperor?" ”

Zhu Youzhu didn't speak after hearing this, and the morning sun reflected on his young face, which was bright.