Chapter 12 Finally in the Quagmire

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Before long, Zhu Zhanji really fulfilled what he said, found a reason, and executed Zhu Gaoxu, who had been demoted to a concubine and detained in the Xiaoyao Palace outside Xi'an.

On that day, Zhu Zhanji summoned some civil and military officials to visit his second uncle Zhu Gaoxu, who was under house arrest, under the pretext of being idle, and deliberately released him, and watched the garden in the palace without guessing with him.

Except for Xuanwu and Du Ziheng, who were closer, the officials followed behind them not far away, and the attendants and entourage were not as close as they were on weekdays.

"I and Uncle Huang swim together, and let go of the past suspicions, all Aiqing, please feel free to take a look at the good autumn light in this imperial garden."

In the eyes of outsiders, this is completely the emperor with a benevolent personality and generosity, who cares about his flesh and blood affection, and gives Zhu Gaoxu preferential care, he should be grateful to Dade and change his past.

But Zhu Zhanji thought that for Zhu Gaoxu, this was a rare freedom for him in the three years of house arrest, and it was also the closest he got to himself.

He asked someone to relieve Zhu Gaoxu's soft tendons in advance, so that he could slowly recover his strength, if he had the intention to make trouble, it happened that Xuanwu and Du Ziheng could take advantage of his new strength before he was born and his old strength was exhausted, and then capture him, and also gave himself a reason to deal with him.

Zhu Zhanji knows very well that Zhu Gaoxu has always been angry about his failure to become the emperor, and he has been thinking about it for so long, raising the dead for so many years, and he has tried his best, but he has never found a way to attack him directly.

He deliberately added fuel to the fire, seemingly leading Zhu Gaoxu to see the scenery in the garden, but in fact, when he talked to him, it was all old things that poked his heart.

"Has Uncle Huang always thought that this world should be yours, so he is still indignant? You have a strong self-perception ability, an outgoing personality, and the air of a king; The appearance is dignified, the cool Xiao Emperor Grandpa, has the appearance of a king, and when Jing is difficult, the Emperor Grandpa has promised you that he will pass on to you after winning the world, and the Emperor Grandpa is not the eldest son to succeed to the throne, what is the need to stick to the old rules and establish a successor? โ€

Seeing that although Zhu Gaoxu was silent, his expression showed that he was talking about his heart, and Zhu Zhanji talked more and more eloquently.

"Back then, the ambiguity or silence of the imperial grandfather on the issue of establishing the prince gave the civil and military officials a lot of room for imagination. Qi Guogong Qiu Fu and the concubine Wang Ning and others began to write to support you as the crown prince, the reason is that 'Jing is difficult and meritorious'. As a result, it was precisely because you were too eager with them that the imperial grandfather made up his mind. Do you know that the more people who support you, the greater the suspicion of the imperial grandfather will be towards you. The family affection of the father and son of the heavenly family has never been comparable to the struggle for imperial power, the emperor's grandfather has won the world, he is suspicious and cautious, he used to be like this for you, and then he was like this for his father. Do you think you're losing because you're not the firstborn? Wrong, you lose less than your father's talent, not as good as your father's forbearance. โ€

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu's unconvinced face, Zhu Zhanji smiled: "Uncle Huang thinks that he is better than his father and emperor everywhere, right?" Have you ever thought that you can do better than your father? Yes, at the beginning, the emperor's grandfather listened to Xie Jin's advice: 'The prince is respectful, benevolent and filial, and the world knows it. It is an act of disorder. 'I didn't dare to make you the crown prince, but he didn't look down on his father at all, he gave you so many opportunities, but you disappointed him again and again, and in the end, let my father win the world. โ€

Speaking of Emperor Yongle, Zhu Gaoxu was also angry, "Hmph, how could he have given me any chance, it was because he didn't fulfill his promise back then that I became your father's and son's subordinate minister and prisoner." โ€

Deliberately ignoring Zhu Gaoxu's arrogant style of not claiming to be a criminal minister, Zhu Zhanji shook his head, "Uncle Huang's words are wrong, although you are good at making some small moves and making some intrigues behind your back, you do not have a far-sighted imperial pattern, and you are destined to lose in the battle for imperial power, which is full of intrigue and blood. โ€

He looked at Zhu Gaoxu and smiled with a look of pity, "Father, he became the crown prince from the son of King Yan, and he grew up in your disdainful and hateful eyes, and the challenge of the third emperor uncle Zhu Gaosui, he became the crown prince, but he was attacked on all sides, all of this was actually set up by the emperor's grandfather." Although the emperor's grandfather reluctantly made his father the crown prince after repeated trade-offs, he set many tests for him, doubted everything and even hit everything, and even let the two imperial uncles join forces, just thinking that if the father and emperor are not good, he just justifiably re-established you as the prince, but unfortunately, the father passed the test, but you did not. โ€

Zhu Gaochu shouted, "Nonsense, you nonsense, because he likes you, he has been defending Zhu Gaochi's dead fat man, where is the test?" โ€

Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Gaoxu sympathetically, "I know that Uncle Huang is cowardly on the outside and on the inside, but I never thought that you have reached this day, and you still don't know where you lost!" After my father was made the crown prince, the emperor's grandfather gave you a different treatment from ordinary vassal kings out of consideration for the balance of power, and even let you' Etiquette rank is more than the heir', you will be sealed in Yunnan, but you refuse to be sealed and let it go, let you stay in the capital, and even agree to let your son go to Nanjing, where his father and the emperor are in prison, to carry out secret surveillance on him, and for this reason, in the name of separating the father and son of the heavenly family, demoted Xie Jin to the right senator of Guangxi's political secretary, and soon after, he posthumously degraded Xie Jin as the right senator of Jiaozhi, and sat back and watched you secretly collude with Ji Gang and freeze Xie Jin alive in the snow. In his heart, it is clear which is more important and which is lighter. โ€

Zhu Gaoxu stiffened his neck, "Father, he doesn't like your father, but he likes you, if it weren't for you, how could I not be the prince?" โ€

Zhu Zhanji saw that Zhu Gaoxu was only entangled in these subsections, and became more and more disdainful of this imperial uncle who seemed to be powerful.

"He gave you a chance, you don't have the ability to grasp it, who can you rely on? Seven years after Yongle, the emperor's grandfather expanded the territory outside and made great achievements, and his father was ordered to supervise the country and be responsible for handling the daily government affairs of the dynasty. However, the authorization given to him by the emperor's grandfather did not include: civil and military expulsion, tribute of the four descendants, and border transfers. Of these three items, the first is the right to appoint and dismiss personnel, the second is the right to receive foreign affairs, and the third item is the right to command military affairs. The emperor's grandfather even made a strict rule before leaving Beijing: the prince was not allowed to stay alone to meet the court officials. In order to prevent the father from forming a party for personal gain. โ€

Zhu Gaochu hated and said: "Doesn't this just show that my father prevented Zhu Gaochi's dead fat man from plotting against him, but unfortunately, after all, he made the dead fat man succeed, maybe his father died of illness on the way to the north, and it was the conspiracy made by the dead fat man." โ€

"Uncle Huang, saying this can only show that you are suitable to be a general, but you are not suitable to be a king. The flesh and blood of the heavenly family itself have to face the division of imperial power, the father and the emperor and the emperor grandfather are not only father and son, but also the sharers of the power of the dynasty, if the prince is powerful, it will endanger the position of the king, so the emperor grandfather must check and balance. And the emperor's grandfather was so powerful that his father did not dare to respond head-on, so he had to fight and retreat. At this time, if you had made a good move, you could have reaped the benefits of the fisherman, but unfortunately, you missed the opportunity again and again, so that you could not form an army. โ€

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was sullen when he heard the old things, Zhu Zhanji became more and more happy, "In the seventh year of Yongle, just because my father criticized Liu Guan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, at the court meeting, the emperor's grandfather wrote to him in Beijing and said: 'I have ordered you to supervise the country, and all affairs will be lenient and strict against impatience. If the minister has a minor fault, don't be humiliated; and do not listen to the ...... of likes and dislikes,' and nine days later, he wrote again: 'Be kind to the ministers, and do not let your likes and dislikes be. All meritorious heroes who commit crimes and transfer soldiers must be executed. Although his father only criticized and did not make decisions such as administrative punishment against Liu Guan, the emperor's grandfather still thought that he had crossed the line and touched the power that belonged to him, and issued a serious warning to his father, at that time, what were you doing? โ€

Zhu Gaoxu rushed out, "Add a fire to him and let him take care of himself." โ€

"Yes, at that time, you obviously listened to the words of the strategist and made some good moves, but unfortunately, his father was better, after Liu Guan's incident, his father understood where the boundary of his power was, and he became more and more cautious, and did not dare to cross the thunder pool by half a step. Although you and your third uncle walked around the rumors and slanders, subverting and distorting the truth of the matter, which made the emperor's grandfather suspicious, and many of the measures taken by his father during his imprisonment were vetoed one by one after he returned to Beijing, my father still worked hard to govern, was diligent and thrifty, and was filial and respectful. โ€

Thinking of the difficult years when Emperor Hongxi was the crown prince, Zhu Zhanji sighed, "The imperial grandfather not only strengthened the control of his father, but also ordered the six departments to report the daily administrative affairs of the prince one by one during the expedition to the north, and wrote down the detailed reasons for his rewards and punishments to figure out the motives behind them. As a result, the father is in charge of the country, and the emperor's grandfather is in charge of the son, and the transmission process of power is completely under the secret control of the emperor's grandfather. โ€

"In the tenth year of Yongle, Geng Tong, the right man of Dali Temple, repeatedly admonished the emperor's grandfather, saying that it was wrong for him to veto the prince's proposal after returning to Beijing. The fierce imperial grandfather Long Yan was furious, put him to death, and put him to death, at that time, the position of the crown prince of the father was already in jeopardy. โ€

"In the twelfth year of Yongle, when the imperial grandfather returned to Beijing from the northern expedition, his father sent someone to greet the holy driver one step late, and there were some inappropriate wording in the recital submitted above, and the imperial grandfather thought that he was snubbing himself, and a few days later, he thought that the princelings members - the official subordinates of the East Palace, Shangshu Jianyi, the bachelor Huang Huai, the emperor Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu, and the Zhengzi Jin Zhong were imprisoned.

"But at that time, you don't know how to retreat as advance, you don't understand that it is the emperor's power tricks, thinking that the emperor has lost the emperor's heart, and repeatedly makes stupid moves, makes a big show, recruits troops and horses, and even uses the emperor's chariot and crown clothes, which arouses the emperor's suspicion of you, and has the intention of rejecting you, although the father intercedes, did not abolish you as a concubine, but finally made a ruthless heart, drove you to Le'an, and forced you to surrender."