Chapter 8 The Two Princes
Huiwang Zhu Changrun, the sixth prince, is twenty-four years old this year, and has been relying on the capital for one reason, dislike the lack of money. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info has been grinding hard all day long, and he wants a little more money to build his own palace, but the state has never had money for him.
According to the generation, Zhu Changrun, the king of Hui, is the uncle of Emperor Chongzhen, and now he has a feeling of being roasted on the fire.
As soon as the news that Emperor Chongzhen was preparing to clear the land and reform the tax system came out, Zhu Changrun felt that things were not good.
"Lord Wang, four families have sent posts!" The old eunuch came to Zhu Changrun's side and said cautiously, as an old eunuch who has been by Zhu Changrun's side since childhood, Zhang Neng naturally knew that the prince of his family was angry, but there was no way not to say this kind of thing.
Picking up the tea on the table, Zhu Changrun drank the tea dry, and said with a sneer: "Post? None of them are well-intentioned, and at this time they came to find this king, and they wanted to use this king as a gunman! Is the emperor a good friend? Wei Zhongxian is down, what can I do? ”
"Lord Wang, the stakes are very high!" Zhang Neng had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Now among the nobles in Beijing, the number of princes is the largest!" ”
Huiwang Zhu Changrun snorted coldly, waved his hand and said, "What can I do?" I don't have an acre of land now, what does this have to do with me? This king will not go to this troubled water, you release the news to this king, just say that this king occasionally feels cold, unwell, closed door! ”
As a twenty-four-year-old prince, Huiwang Zhu Changrun is not stupid, but very smart.
If you don't leave in the capital, the emperor can allow himself, for the sake of being the emperor's uncle, maybe he can give himself more money. What if you make trouble? That's the act of looking for death, I haven't been a vassal yet, once the emperor makes a place where birds don't and gives him a vassal, what should I do?
Pretending to be sick in the capital and not leaving? Huiwang Zhu Changrun is not so stupid, so he will become the target of public criticism sooner or later. As an imperial uncle, he is quite old and still has no qualification, what do you want to do? Originally, I was going to ask for money, and then I left.
In the past few years, I have to come out a little, but there are 200,000 taels, which is far from my expectations.
Now that I think about it, it is better to leave Beijing early, so that I will not encounter such a bad thing.
At this time, a eunuch suddenly came outside, walked in quickly, bowed and saluted before saying: "Lord, King Gui is here, he is outside, the slave and maid can't stop him, His Royal Highness King Gui has to break inside!" ”
King Gui? Your own brother? Hui Wang Zhu Changrun waved his hand and ordered: "Let him come in!" ”
As soon as the words fell, a young man had already walked in outside, and said in a hurry: "Brother, have you heard about everything?" The emperor is going to collect taxes, this matter can't be like this, how can he be allowed to come like this, the Ming Dynasty can't let him be so nonsense! ”
"Confused!" Huiwang Zhu Changrun's face suddenly changed greatly, slapped the table fiercely, and scolded loudly: "Nonsense, sit down for me!" ”
Glancing at his younger brother, Zhu Changrun, the king of Hui, didn't know what to say. One of the reasons why the two of them can still stay in the capital today is because of their mother. His mother is Emperor Li, who is now the concubine of Emperor Li in the palace.
Because of this affection, he and his younger brother can still be respected in the capital, and now they are in trouble with the emperor, what good fruit is there to eat?
Since Chengzu Qingjun's side, the vassal kings have been raised by the imperial court, what can he and his younger brother do?
"What are you going to do?" Hui Wang Zhu Changrun looked at Gui Wang Zhu Changying and asked loudly, "Do you have land?" What does it have to do with you whether or not to levy taxes? Others haven't made a fuss yet, what are you making a fuss about? Isn't it too comfortable? ”
"But Brother Huang, that's the rule set by Taizu, the emperor's relatives and nobles don't pay taxes." Guiwang Zhu Changying blushed and argued: "It has nothing to do with us now, what if we wait until we become vassals?" After that, it has something to do with us. ”
Glaring at his younger brother, Huiwang Zhu Changrun cursed in his heart, this is his own brother, a compatriot, why is this IQ so bad?
"Isn't there a vassal king? They haven't made a fuss yet, you make a fuss! Because of his anger, Huiwang Zhu Changrun couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: "In the next few days, you will be in my house, you are not allowed to go anywhere, I am sick, you are here to take care of me!" ”
"Brother Huang, are you sick?" Guiwang Zhu Changying's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said with concern: "Are you looking for Lang Zhong?" No, I'll go to the Tai Hospital right now and find the best Tai Doctor! ”
Seeing his younger brother's anxious appearance, Huiwang Zhu Changrun was angry and funny, and when he saw that he was really going to run out, he couldn't help but scold: "Sit down for me!" ”
Seeing that his imperial brother was like this, King Gui took a closer look, and found that the imperial brother didn't look sick at all, and sat on the chair angrily: "Pretend to be sick and pretend to be sick, and don't make it clear, I've been worried for so long, Brother Huang, does this matter really matter?" ”
"Tube? How? You name it, I'll listen! Huiwang Zhu Changrun was suddenly choked with anger, and was immediately laughed angrily, glaring at Guiwang Zhu Changying.
"We can go into the palace to find the emperor's advice!" Guiwang Zhu Changying spoke directly, with excitement in his expression: "With the nobles in Beijing, the emperor's relatives and relatives, these people have gone, I don't believe that the emperor can still go his own way!" ”
Looking at his younger brother, Hui Wang Zhu Changrun rubbed his swollen head, didn't bother to talk to him anymore, and said directly to the eunuch Zhang Neng on the side: "Do what this king just said, send someone to King Gui's mansion to inform him, and say that King Gui sees that this king is sick and is here to serve this king!" ”
"The prince's brotherhood is deep, and it will definitely be a good story!" The eunuch Zhang Neng is cunning and cunning, so he naturally understands what his prince means.
"Brother!" Guiwang Zhu Changying was suddenly anxious, the imperial brother didn't call anymore, and directly called his brother, this title has not been called for some years: "I'm not staying in your mansion, I'm going back to the mansion, what's the matter here." ”
Staring at King Gui for a long time, until he was a little hairy, Zhu Changrun, the king of Hui, said, "Who? Who told you to come to the king and say these things? ”
Seeing that his younger brother was so persistent, Huiwang Zhu Changrun finally realized that something was wrong, squinted his eyes, and asked his younger brother in a deep voice.
"Brother Huang, who is anyone, I thought of it myself!" Guiwang Zhu Changying didn't dare to be his imperial brother, flicked his sleeves, and said loudly.
Hearing his younger brother return like this, Huiwang Zhu Changrun naturally understood that there must be someone stirring up trouble behind. Although his younger brother doesn't say it, he can guess eight or nine without leaving ten, and when he comes out of the civil officials of the Ghost King's Mansion, I'm afraid he will count his brother's father-in-law.
What are these people going to do? At this time, confront the emperor and establish prestige? Huiwang Zhu Changrun's face suddenly turned black as the bottom of a pot, and said to Zhang Neng: "Send someone into the palace and tell the concubine, just say that the king is seriously ill, let the concubine and the emperor say, let the emperor send the imperial doctor, and ask for the best imperial doctor." ”
After speaking, he turned his head and looked at King Gui Zhu Changying: "In addition, I also told the mother concubine that King Gui is here!" ”
"Yes, lord, the slave will do it!" Zhang Neng nodded and said with a serious face.
King Gui glared: "Brother Huang, you are just pretending to be sick, why are you still alarming the concubine, you are talking about finding a doctor, and using the concubine to find the emperor, our brothers will go by themselves, I will go to the hospital, which doctor dares not to come?" Eat the bear's heart and leopard gall! ”
"You know a!" Huiwang Zhu Changrun slapped the table and said loudly: "Stay here obediently for me, follow me, you dare to sneak out, don't blame me for not recognizing your younger brother!" ”
"Okay, listen to you, listen to you!" King Gui turned around angrily, obviously he was still very jealous of his brother.
Glancing at his disciple, Huiwang Zhu Changrun's face was still ugly, now that the news has just spread, it is already the case, if you wait until the news spreads, I don't know what will happen, and the capital is afraid that it will be chaotic.
The news of his illness spread to the palace, on the one hand, for others to see, and on the other hand, for the emperor to see.
Huiwang Zhu Changrun knew that in this eventful season, he and his younger brother would become the biggest target in the capital, and no matter who they were, they would find them. It is impossible for the emperor not to stare at this side, once things fluctuate, he and his younger brother will bear the brunt.
I hope that the mother concubine can understand and tell the emperor as soon as possible, and the emperor should not be suspicious.
After figuring out for a long time, Zhu Changrun, the king of Hui, made up his mind, after this incident, he must be a vassal domain, no matter how much money the court gave him. Find a way to take her mother out, Huiwang Zhu Changrun still has such an idea in his heart.
Maybe this time is a good opportunity, after thinking about it, his mood suddenly became a little irritable, Zhu Changrun picked up the tea bowl and found that the tea bowl was empty. glanced at his brother's tea bowl, didn't care about it, picked it up directly, and drank the tea directly in one gulp under King Gui's surprised gaze.
In the palace and Kunning Palace, Queen Zhou was listening to the palace maid's report to herself, and her face became more and more solemn.
After pondering for a long time, Queen Zhou slowly spoke: "This palace repairs a book, you take it out of the palace and hand it over directly to my father, don't let anyone see it, don't have any mistakes, understand?" ”
For her father, Queen Zhou can't understand it, and I'm afraid he won't watch it from the side this time.
But Empress Zhou also knew that Emperor Chongzhen would never be soft this time, and the last time she saved her younger brother, the emperor was quite dissatisfied with herself and the Zhou family. If something happens this time, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as last time.
As soon as she wrote a few words, Queen Zhou put down her pen again, frowned and said, "You let people go to the Guozhang Mansion, spread the news, and let the Guozhang enter the palace immediately!" ”
"Yes, sis!" The palace maid agreed, bowed and withdrew.
Empress Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, she still decided to talk to her father in person, and her father didn't necessarily listen to the letter! (To be continued.) )