Zhu Chenhao had great ambitions, and like some vassal kings, he never thought that he was not qualified to be the emperor, but he was much smarter than some vassal kings, and he did not think that rebellion was a good idea, and the possibility of success was not enough.

For so many years, Zhu Chenhao has been a prince with a kind personality on the surface, but what he has done is not well known, he has a close relationship with officials from all over the world, and with his special status as a prince, as long as he wants to make friends, I am afraid that no one will refuse. What's more, his methods are also very clever, in addition to giving these officials rich benefits, he will also secretly collect the bad deeds of these officials, so that these bad deeds become the handle at hand, at a critical time, he wants who to contribute to him, basically there is no mistake.

But Zhu Chenhao is actually very cautious, the officials he has befriended are basically officials from Jiangxi Zuo, covering the surrounding Nanjing Fengyang Mansion and other places, and the surrounding areas must be settled, so that no matter whether it is to collect money or his Ning Wangfu to make any outrageous moves, no one will go to him for trouble and expose his secrets.

On the contrary, in the capital, Zhu Chenhao has not made any moves, Zhu Chenhao knows very well, although there are many dignitaries and nobles in the capital, but this is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and a careless person will cause trouble. The more profitable the place, the greater the risk, and the secret agents in the capital are all over the factory, and it is even more difficult to cultivate a network in the capital.

Zhu Chenhao's idea is that to cultivate candidates, one is to choose the right person, and the other is to be extremely secretive; For Zhu Chenhao, the heads of the inner court and the outer court are not the best candidates, and the person he needs must be able to be lifted up by himself, from an inconspicuous corner to a person who is useful to him, for this person, he will be grateful to Dade, and for himself, it is even less noticeable. After thinking about it, he chose the candidate Liang Chu, who served as an editor in the Hanlin Academy.

In the third year of Zhengde, Liu Jin was still popular, and when the outer court was still lingering, Zhu Chenhao saw the clues, although Liu Jin's downfall was unexpected, but it was by no means unforeseeable, this person was too domineering, such a person was not long enough, and after the fall of Liu Jin, what was the pattern of the imperial court, Zhu Chenhao took his advisers to do a lot of deductions, and finally believed that Yang Tinghe would be the head of the outer court outside the city; Once Yang Tinghe comes to power, one of the things he must do is to cultivate his cronies, and the experience of being an official in the Hanlin Academy for many years will make Fei Hong, Liang Chu and others fall into Yang Tinghe's sight.

Fei Hong can't be used, this person is too straightforward, has a rough temperament, and has too close a relationship with Yang Tinghe. When Yang Tinghe fell, Fei Hong also gave Yang Tinghe a gift, and the relationship between the two was unbreakable, if he chose Fei Hong, it was tantamount to exposing his mind under Yang Tinghe's nose, which was extremely dangerous. Yang Tinghe was quite scheming with this person, and Zhu Chenhao would never take this risk to let Yang Tinghe know that he had plans to cultivate power in Beijing.

In comparison, Liang Chu is a better candidate, this person is known for being honest and straightforward, it doesn't seem to be easy to get it, but Zhu Chenhao quickly caught his handle, although Liang Chu now has a good reputation, but he didn't know that he was also a suave figure in the early years. The boiling hormones and the commotion in his bones made him do a lot of ridiculous things, in addition to haunting the green buildings in the capital to do some amorous things, he also had dewy feelings with some women in Beijing who admired him.

What's even worse is that Liang Chu married a family in his hometown of Nanhai County when he was young, and after he was a jinshi, he went to the capital, for the sake of the future, he lied that he was unmarried and quietly divorced his wife and married the daughter of the then Ministry of Rites Wailang as his wife. If this kind of behavior is only in office in the Hanlin Academy, it is fine, but if Liang Chu wants to make a difference, it will become a lever to be attacked.

After Liu Jin fell, Liang Chu and Fei Hongguo were pulled into the green clouds by Yang Tinghe as expected, and became cabinet elders overnight, at this time, the evidence that Zhu Chenhao painstakingly collected came in handy.

One day the wind and rain were like obscurity, Liang Chu received a gift at home, a large package of gifts was full of old things, but Liang Chu recognized the old things at a glance, a belly pocket embroidered with green plums evoked his terrified memories, the wife of the year named Mei Xiang, he left a lot of ecstasy memories on the wonderful body covered by this belly pocket, goodbye at this moment, the sweetness is no more, what is left is only horror.

Then there are some things that I gave to the celebrities in Beijing, hairpin rings and other things, and there are a lot of poems written to those women in the early years, these sweet words are still blushing when I see them, and blushing is secondary, these things all represent their absurd past.

Liang Chu was scared enough, who turned over his old past, if these things were announced, his position as a cabinet scholar would be deposed, and after many years of hard work, he finally reached the center of power, would he be ruined if his ass was not hot?

A few days later, Zhu Chenhao sent someone to invite Liang Chu to the banquet, Liang Chu didn't want to have anything to do with the vassal kings, but the person who came took out a small dress that he gave to a certain noble lady back then as a lifeline, and Liang Chu realized that the person who cared about his old affairs turned out to be Zhu Chenhao, the prince of Ning.

The choice and trade-off is painful, but it is for a fool who does not know the current affairs, for Liang Chu, this qiē choice is simple, he entered Zhu Chenhao's net without any struggle, although Zhu Chenhao repeatedly assured that he had no intention of knowing about this, and the evidence would be destroyed, but Liang Chu knew that this was to coax a three-year-old child.

Liang Chu made up his mind, even if this Ning Wang Ye wanted to control himself, it would be impossible for him to become like the eyeliner of King Anhua who worked for his great rebellion, at most, he would help him covertly without violating his loyalty, without violating the standard of loyalty, Liang Chu actually didn't understand it too well.

Things didn't seem to be that bad, and Prince Ning didn't seem to force him to do anything out of the ordinary. On the contrary, Prince Liang's mansion successively had several more beautiful and lovely concubines, all of which were gifts from Prince Ning. Although he knew that this was Ning Wang's chess piece, Liang Chu was also calmly used, although it was some chess pieces, but the means of these chess pieces were really wonderful, which made Liang Chu very satisfied.

A year later, King Ning came to the capital, and the two met secretly again, this time King Ning gave Prince Liang some Jianyi, for the monopoly of Yang Ting and power in the cabinet, Fei Hong hugged Yang Ting and his thighs, and Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, seemed to know all about the current situation of Prince Liang's exclusion. It is rare for Prince Liang to have a chance to talk, even if the prince in front of him has ill intentions, but it is better than no one to talk to.

Zhu Chenhao gave him an idea, and after a reasonable analysis, let him focus on having a good relationship with the queen mother, with the current situation, only the queen mother can be compared with the emperor, there is Song Nan by the emperor's side, and Yang Tinghe of the outer court can't touch the edge, not to mention him Liang Chu, only to take the harem route but there is a lot to do. Liang Chumao suddenly opened, he obeyed Zhu Chenhao's advice, anxiously narrowed the relationship with Empress Dowager Zhang, and finally succeeded in becoming Empress Dowager Zhang's most trusted cabinet minister.

Yang Tinghe's later idea of trying to have a good relationship with the Queen Mother was inspired by Liang Chu, but in fact, if you talk about the importance of the status of the two, although Yang Tinghe is more important, but if you talk about the close Cheng Dù, it is Liang Chu first.

The queen mother arranged to secretly check whether the emperor was infertile, and Prince Liang participated in the whole arrangement, and the result was known earlier than Yang Tinghe, it was Prince Liang who informed Zhu Chenhao of the news that the emperor could not have children, and it was from this time that Prince Liang's mood changed, and he suddenly realized that the current situation was about to change dramatically.

Zhu Chenhao was naturally overjoyed, so he had a third meeting with Liang Chu, this time Zhu Chenhao bluntly told Liang Chu, since the emperor has no heirs, the battle for the imperial heir will be the main focus of the future court, while everyone does not know the truth of this matter, he Zhu Chenhao wants to strive to make his son the most likely candidate.

Prince Liang was relieved and moved, the son of King Ning is undoubtedly qualified to become the choice of the emperor's heir, if he can really put the son of King Ning on the throne of the emperor's heir, then he will definitely become the first person to make the first contribution in the future; So Prince Liang redefined the standard of loyalty in his mind, and actively assisted King Ning to complete this matter became his top priority.

Zhu Chenhao told Prince Liang about Song Nan and Kang Ning, and Prince Liang immediately revealed the matter to Yang Tinghe, and Yang Tinghe would definitely inform the Queen Mother, and then use this matter to suppress Song Nan, and then the situation was that Yang Tinghe and Song Nan became mortal enemies, so that no matter who could win, there would be one less competitive opponent in the selection of the imperial heir in the future. Prince Liang also built yì Zhu Chenhao, taking advantage of the fact that the news has not leaked now, he needs to be familiar, and let King Ning bring his son to the capital, and contact the Queen Mother more, at least leave an impression in the Queen Mother's heart, once the Queen Mother decides to choose a candidate, at least she will have a head start over others.

Zhu Chenhao was very satisfied with this meeting, he was very happy to see that Liang Chu finally stopped thinking that he was coerced by himself, of course, when the emperor was infertile, it was an opportunity, and Liang Chu also needed to plan for the future, and the alliance between the two became solid. This is a great thing for both parties.

What happened later was somewhat expected, such as Song Nan's bad luck and the fact that he was stripped of two military positions, of course, the matter of the Tartar buckle was an accident, if there was no such thing, Song Nan would probably be finished, but even so, if it can cause no possible confrontation between Song Nan and Yang Tinghe, this matter will already be considered a success.

Up to now, it is conceivable that if Yang Tinghe proposed a candidate for the emperor's heir, Song Nan would never agree, and if Song Nan and Zhang Lun and others were candidates for Jianyi, Yang Tinghe would definitely be desperately opposed. The two tigers are naturally competing for profit, and this third party is Zhu Chenhao.

Liang Chu exerted all his ingenuity, and the energy he had accumulated in his life was used in this matter, and he also pressed all his future on this matter.