"Does it still make sense to say this?" Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Shiqi. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Makes sense. Others don't believe in the edict, but Weichen does. Yang Shiqi got up as he spoke, knelt straight in front of Zhu Zhanji, and bowed respectfully: "Weichen is willing to swear allegiance to His Highness, and fight for this old life to ensure that His Highness will be a great treasure in the future!" ”

Zhu Zhanji was confused by Yang Shiqi, stared at him for a long time, and then gritted his teeth and asked, "Where the hell are you?!" ”

"Your Highness doesn't need to be careful, civil officials such as us have always taken it as their duty to maintain the imperial unity!" Yang Shiqi's face was full of righteousness, and he said in a deep voice: "So we are absolutely loyal to the emperor, and we will work hard to protect the country!" Everything is for the sake of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Shiqi in a daze, and didn't know what to say. You must know that before that, for a long time, the civil official group represented by Yang Shiqi was absolutely loyal to his father, Zhu Gaochi, who was still the crown prince at the time. Even Zhu Gaochi's position as the crown prince was exchanged for the first emperor by the civil officials of Xie Jin's generation.

In the following nearly two decades, in order to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, many civil officials angered the first emperor, offended the Han king, and were arrested by Ji Gang. In the past 20 years, I don't know how many civil officials have been imprisoned, tortured, tragically killed, and separated from their wives......

However, they still have no regrets and are loyal, and always regard the protection of the prince as an overriding matter, this huge loyalty has made Zhu Zhanji envious many times, has it finally come to him?

"Is loneliness the foundation of the country?" Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Shiqi in a daze, and it took a long time before he had no head or brains to hold back a sentence.

"Your Highness thinks that you are not the capital of the country?" Yang Shiqi smiled and asked rhetorically.

"Of course, loneliness is the foundation of the country!" Zhu Zhanji shook his head and roared out from the bottom of his heart.

"Then what questions does Your Highness have?" Yang Shiqi looked at the "Zizhi Tongjian" on the table, and said: "Looking through the history books, has Your Highness ever seen a case, is there an allusion to the civil official abandoning his heirs to protect his children?" ”

"Not really." Zhu Zhanji stroked the "Tongjian" on the table and shook his head slowly. The civil bureaucracy, especially after the Han Dynasty, was a group of like-minded people who had Confucianism as their teachings. In their view, Confucius's ethics are as inviolable as the rules of heaven, and it is the unshirkable duty of the civil and official clique to maintain this set of social ethics based on Confucian dogma!

Therefore, in the eyes of civil officials, the system of succession is natural and untouchable, and they will risk their lives to maintain this system, because it is related to their beliefs and the value of life!

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji does not doubt Yang Shiqi's sincerity, as long as the other party believes that he is the prince, it is unlikely that he will have any crooked thoughts.

Zhu Zhanji's complexion changed, and he quickly sorted out the causes and consequences, and his attitude towards Yang Shiqi also changed sharply. He helped Yang Shiqi up with both hands, and said with a guilty face: "It's a lonely person who doesn't know a good person, bachelor, don't go to your heart, please get up quickly!" ”

After Yang Shiqi got up, he said earnestly: "The current difficulties are only temporary, Your Highness must not be discouraged, looking at the emperor's arrangement for you this time, it shows that your position is still very solid, as long as you don't make mistakes again, no one can snatch your position as the prince." ”

"Why did the bachelor teach me?" Zhu Zhanji stood up respectfully and hugged his fist. He knew very well that it would be difficult for him to contact the outside world for a long time, and these scholars were his only lifesaver.

"Obey the teachings of my father, Taoguang and self-cultivation. If Your Highness looks at it in a few years, you will definitely find that the situation is very different. Yang Shiqi twisted his beard and said unhurriedly.

"Oh?" Zhu Zhanji glanced at Yang Shiqi with some suspicion, and asked softly: "In a few years, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will already be Wang Zhongde's world, will there still be a place for me Zhu Zhanji?" ”

"Hehe, Your Highness is obsessed." Yang Shiqi shook his head and smiled, and said with a sharp gaze: "Weichen has never heard that a courtier like Wang Xian can still get a good death." ”

"But there are also ...... of becoming Cao Cao," Zhu Zhanji said quietly. At this point, His Royal Highness Taisun no longer doubted Yang Shiqi at all, because he realized that the reason why Yang Shiqi was actively moving closer to him was because everyone had a common enemy-Wang Xian.

"Wang Xian is not Cao Cao, and he can't become Cao Cao." Yang Shiqi said with a determined face: "At that time, there was the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, then the disaster of the Yellow Turban, and then Dong Zhuo's abolition of the emperor and the relocation of the capital, the decline of the Han family to the extreme, and the people of the world no longer recognize the emperor as the master." This gave Cao Mengde the opportunity to coerce the princes of the Son of Heaven. After another pause, he said: "However, I am the founder of the Ming Dynasty, the male monarch and the holy lord are numerous, the world is in the heart, and the sea is salty, Wang Xian is impossible to replace the Zhu family, if he wants to be Cao Cao, the world will fight together!" ”

"You can't just count on people's hearts, when the Mongols entered the customs, and the Jin State and Liao State in the future, what kind of hearts can those Tartars get? It's not the same to occupy the Central Plains for 100 years? Called a lonely man an emperor? Zhu Zhanji sighed and said: "There are also Zhao Kuangyin and Yang Jian, can it be said that Chai Rong and Yuwen Yong are not saintly monarchs and are unpopular?" ”

"What His Highness said is extremely true, it is true that we can't just count on people's hearts and minds, we have to find ways to weaken Wang Xian." Yang Shiqi nodded and said softly.

"Don't act rashly, if you say something offensive, you can't fight him." Zhu Zhanji shook his head categorically, and said with a sad smile: "In this Ming Dynasty, no one can beat him, maybe only God can accept him." ”

"Eh, Your Highness, don't be discouraged, you must know that if the moon is full, you will lose, and if you are strong, you will be humiliated." Yang Shiqi was very optimistic: "Indeed, Wang Xian is now in charge of the brocade clothes and guards, and he has the power of the world's soldiers and horses, and Shandong Province has become his private territory. ”

"Oh, what crisis?" Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Shiqi, a little confused.

"A crisis of confidence. His power is so great that it makes everyone feel uneasy! What's more, he still has no way of being a minister, he dares to kill the dragon son and grandson, and even the death of the first emperor He has to bear a lot of responsibility! Yang Shiqi said in a deep voice: "Throughout the ages, such power and such crimes are all heroes who commit great treachery and evil, and bring disaster to the country and the people!" Everybody gets it! ”

"Not bad." Zhu Zhanji nodded, let Yang Shiqi say this, he really felt that Wang Xian was no longer tolerated.

"As long as his evil deeds are revealed, everyone in the world will hate him to the core!" When Yang Shiqi said this, his expression was gloomy and weird, and he didn't have half of his demeanor at all. And most importantly, the reason why Wang Xian seems invincible is because the emperor gave him unconditional trust. If everyone said bad things about Wang Xian to the emperor...... Hmph, love is no match for Jin Jian! ”

"Makes sense......" Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but bow his head and said: "If you can really make your father wary of Wang Xian, things will be easy to do." ”

"Your Royal Highness, the emperor is not vigilant against the prince of Zhenguo now?" Yang Shiqi sneered: "There are some inside information, which is far from what is known outside. ”

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up, because of the centrifugal defense between father and son, he was far less aware of these inside affairs than Yang Shiqi.

"Actually, after the emperor ascended the throne, he already had problems with Wang Xian." Yang Shiqi said in a deep voice: "This is not difficult to understand, the prince's great cause has not been accomplished, and the two sides are allies on the same front, so they can naturally be close." As soon as the prince's great cause was completed, the two sides became monarchs and ministers, and they were no longer allies. Everything in the world belongs to the emperor, Wang Xian wants more points, and the emperor has to give up one more point, and the game has started since then! ”

"Makes sense." Zhu Zhanji nodded and motioned for Yang Shiqi to continue.

"At that time, Wang Xian wanted the power of the world's soldiers and horses, how could the emperor agree? Wang Xian chose to retreat and retreat to Jinan! He knew that the emperor's reform would definitely anger the nobles, and without his own suppression in the capital, the nobles would definitely make trouble. Speaking of these embarrassing pasts, Yang Shiqi did not have the slightest shame on his face, and said: "When the emperor is so troubled that he can't stand it, he will naturally agree to his conditions and ask him to go out of the mountain to clean up the situation." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Zhanji responded, and listened to Yang Shiqi continue: "The emperor sent people to invite him twice and three times, but Wang Xian was unmoved, and he had to wait until the situation was the most favorable for him to descend from the sky and pick all the fruits!" Your Royal Highness, if you are the emperor, will you receive this affection, won't you be angry in your heart? ”

"Yes." Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "If Wang Xian hadn't left Beijing at the beginning, there would have been no chaos behind." My father will not be humiliated in Changling. ”

"Your Highness is on point! Those humiliations and tortures were deliberately caused by Wang Xian, but now he still wants the emperor to accept his affection, Your Highness, you say, may the emperor feel comfortable in his heart? Yang Shiqi sneered and said.

"Probably not. Looking at my father's revenge on my third uncle and grandfather, he is not as kind as he seems. Zhu Zhanji said softly.

"Isn't this over, the emperor is now defending Wang Xian in every way, in addition to the old feelings, more to suppress the nobles and avoid chaos in the army." Yang Shiqi mentioned this stubble, and he was still angry and said: "Originally, this time I can catch all the nobles!" Wang Xian only caught a few scapegoats and kept the rest! Isn't this just raising your own respect?! ”

"You dissipate your anger," Zhu Zhanji knew that from the standpoint of a civil official, of course, he wanted all the nobles to go to hell. But this is not the time to argue, he smiled bitterly and comforted Yang Shiqi: "Those nobles have passed this time, not to mention that they have collapsed, but I am afraid that they will no longer be a threat." ”

"What His Highness said is extremely true!" Yang Shiqi immediately said in a deep voice: "May I ask Your Highness, when the rabbits are gone, what are you doing with the hounds?" ”

"Hmm." Zhu Zhanji nodded, and his hazy face finally revealed a trace of sunshine and said: "Gu now believes that the bachelor is the nemesis of God who has come down and cleaned up Wang Xian!" (To be continued.) )