It's March.

In Xingwang's Mansion, because of Zhu Youqi's illness, the atmosphere is very depressing, Zhu Si rarely shows happiness in front of people recently, he has a deep relationship with his father, and it is also during the Chinese New Year this year that he understands that his father is not an ordinary disease, and he is likely to pass away in the middle of the year, and he began to prepare for the loss of his father at a young age.

At this time, news came from Jingshi, saying that the emperor was going to tour south, and issued an order in mid-February: "I will patrol from time to time and go south to Shandong and Jiangnan." ”

Rumors of dissuasion from Zhu Houzhao's southern tour continued to come from the DPRK and China, and the ministers felt that the emperor's southern tour was quite costly, and the motives for the southern tour were impure and should be stopped.

Then a tremendous exhortation began.

Historically, this exhortation lasted three months, and Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he directly ordered the court staff to kill and wound many ministers, but unexpectedly, the civil officials followed one after another, and it was not until mid-April that Zhu Houzhao found that the ministers were killed one by one, but there was still an endless stream, and he finally gave up.

Then Zhu Chenhao's rebellion happened, and in August, Zhu Houzhao finally embarked on the road of southern tour to find death......

Zhu Hao has also been gradually refining and implementing his own plan recently.

The first is to mention to Zhu Si the dispute between the court and the palace, so that Zhu Si understands that if you want to be a good king, you must not only be in charge, but also understand the old feud between the palace and the court.

Zhu Hao gave Zhu Si a lot of time to teach alone, and he would instill a lot of private work every time.

This day is the end of March, the county examination is over, Jinghong lives up to expectations, successfully passed the county examination, and is preparing for the government examination.

In a small class with only two teachers and students, Zhu Hao explained to Zhu Si the old feud between the imperial court and the Xingwang Mansion.

“…… Shizi, do you know why I encountered so much resistance when I entered the palace? Was he even kicked out of the palace for a while? Zhu Hao asked.

Zhu Si shook his head.

There are some things he has heard before, but children will not believe those "gossips" that they are unwilling to accept in their hearts, and he has never regarded Zhu Hao as an enemy.

Zhu Hao said: "To put it simply, the imperial court sent the Zhu family, the home of a thousand households, to move thousands of miles to Anlu to monitor the Xingwang Mansion nearby. ”

Zhu Si said with a bitter face: "I heard Yuan Changshi talk about this before, but hasn't the Zhu family moved away?" What are you telling me about this today? ”

"Actually, what I want to say is, do you know the cause of the grievances and grievances between the court and the palace?"

Faced with Zhu Hao's question, Zhu Si shook his head calmly.

"This has to start from the last years of Chenghua, Wan Guifei in the court...... Concubine Wan Guifei can be said to be in the harem during the Chenghua period, when Emperor Daxing Xianzong was bewitched by it, and even the mother of the prince at that time may die in her hands......"

Zhu Hao told the story in general, and told the secret of the royal family.

At present, the Ming Dynasty did not publicize much about the childhood experience of Emperor Zhu Youzhi of Hongzhi, and few people knew about it, and these things were only known to ordinary people after the revision of the Ming History, otherwise how could ordinary people understand the intrigue and brutal killing in the palace? The Ming royal family will not allow this kind of news to spread.

Zhu Si had never heard this story before.

He has always liked to listen to these strange stories, and under Zhu Hao's explanation, he substituted the characters in the story, especially the child who has not cut his hair after the age of five and has been hiding in Tibet to eat hundreds of meals......

"He's so pitiful, what happened?"

Zhu Si asked dumbfounded.

Zhu Hao said: "He is the later prince, Emperor Xiaozong of Daxing." ”

"Huh!? He...... He's my imperial uncle, huh? ”

Only then did Zhu Si understand that this story was not made up, but actually happened.

Zhu Hao sighed: "When Emperor Xiaozong was growing up, it can be said that he suffered a lot, and he has been in a state of fear and fear, for fear that he will die inexplicably one day...... In the last years of Chenghua, Wan Guifei was afraid that he would retaliate after becoming the emperor, so she wanted to abolish the crown prince and put Ling Zun on the throne......"

"What?"

This news surprised Zhu Sisi.

It turns out that this matter has something to do with his father?

Zhu Hao said: "At that time, many ministers dissuaded, coupled with the refusal of the celebrant eunuch and others to carry out the order, so the plan was not successful...... Don't think that Wan Guifei is good to King Xing, do you know why she wants to be King Xing? ”

Zhu Si pondered for a moment: "She wants to use my father...... This bad woman! ”

Plant a stereotype first, so that even if Concubine Wan and King Xing seem to be in the same political position, it will make Zhu Si hateful.

You are a bad woman, you killed the mother of other people's children, and you still want to kill the prince, and then use my father to be good?

Zhu Hao said helplessly: "It is precisely because of this incident that after Emperor Xiaozong of Daxing ascended the throne, he will take more precautions against Xingwangfu." Even now that we have reached the Zhengde Dynasty, the problem still exists...... Your Majesty has no children today, and in terms of the order of the heirs to the throne, if something happens to your Majesty today, the throne should pass to you......"

It is not the first time that Zhu Si has heard Zhu Hao talk about the issue of the crown prince's succession.

Hearing this, he couldn't help pursing his lips, his eyes were full of little stars, full of longing...... It seems that he really wants to be emperor.

Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Now that the emperor is in full bloom, if there is no accident, it is also possible to give birth to an heir in the future, or as before, find a pregnant woman to enter the palace and pretend to be his child......"

Zhu Sidao: "He ...... How could he be so reckless? ”

Because it was no secret that the emperor was looking for a pregnant woman to enter the palace before, and it had almost become the biggest scandal in the world, even Zhu Si felt that this cousin was too ridiculous.

How can the royal bloodline be tarnished because of your nonsense?

If that's the case, wouldn't you find someone who has nothing to do with the royal family to be the crown prince? The point is, he also robbed me of the position of prince.

"No way, the emperor and the vassal kings are already suspicious of each other, since ancient times, there have been many rebels against the vassal kings, and the emperor will naturally feel that someone will take away his throne, so he is wary of those who hold power in his hands, not to mention that Ling Zun almost robbed Emperor Xiaozong of the throne back then......"

Zhu Hao explained the situation.

Don't be indignant, but put yourself in the shoes of the causes and consequences of the power struggle.

Zhu Hao said: "Shizi, let me ask you, do you want to be the emperor?" ”

Zhu Si looked around, and when he grew up, he also knew that this was a very taboo topic and could not be heard by outsiders.

"I ...... Naturally, I wanted to...... But it can't seem to be helped, right? Zhu Si said with a bitter face.

Zhu Hao smiled: "If my expectations are correct, in a few months, there will be a rebellion by King Ning in Jiangxi, and then His Majesty will lead his troops south on the grounds of the royal driver's personal conquest, originally he was in the deep palace, and it can be said that there is no way to ......."

"Huh!? Cinnabar...... Zhu Hao, you don't want to assassinate...... This...... It's not going to be successful, is it? ”

Zhu Si heard Zhu Hao tell a lot of stories about ancient knights.

Even he could hear the idea of assassination from Zhu Hao's hints.

Zhu Hao said: "Without the assassination, where do we have the opportunity to get close to Luanjia?" I just want to ask you, do you support such a thing without your intervention? ”

Zhu Si was a little timid: "Even if I don't make a move, if someone related to me does such a thing, he will end up relying on me, right?" ”

Zhu Hao smiled and nodded: "Very good, you have the idea of loyalty, but this is contrary to your personal ideals and ambitions, those who achieve great things must not be confined to small sections, and they must find ways to achieve themselves, and sometimes it is worth taking certain risks."

"Alright, that's all for today's lesson, you can go back first. I'll tell you the follow-up to the story of that down-and-out old scholar and your lady......"

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Zhu Hao told Zhu Si about this, not to let Zhu Si plan to assassinate, none of them had such ability.

One is to test Zhu Si's reaction to becoming an emperor, and the other is to let Zhu Si know that Zhu Hao can help him become an emperor.

If Zhu Houzhao really has any accidents in the future, Zhu Si's heart will inevitably think of today's dialogue and ponder...... Could this be something that Zhu Hao secretly helped me do?

My cousin's death won't be a cat behind it, right?

Subsequently, Zhu Hao went to see Zhu Wanhong.

He wants to use Zhu Wanhong to do one thing, to make this uncle feel that the Xingwang Mansion has done a good job of handing over the new and old Xingwang, and let the court decide that although Xiaoxing Wang is easy to deal with, he is very ambitious, and he should be trapped in some special methods.

“…… Zhu Hao, I haven't seen your Mr. Tang recently, is he okay? Zhu Wanhong counted the balance paid by Zhu Hao for his errands, and asked intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhu Hao said: "Mr. Tang has been very busy recently and has met many people...... Forget it, uncle, how are you doing in Anlu lately? I heard that the Zhu family's manor outside the city has been taken over by a big family in the city? The Zhu family won't move back in the future? ”

Zhu Wanhong pouted: "You can gain a foothold as a Beijing teacher?" The Zhu family moved back to Beijing, and they needed silver everywhere, especially your second uncle...... Of course, the dog is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he is used to being lavish, where can he save money? Alas, if everyone in the Zhu family is like you, why worry about sitting on empty mountains and not having a prosperous family business? ”

Zhu Hao thought to himself, uncle, do you want to speak so directly? I'm a little embarrassed to praise me! You are hiding a knife in your smile, don't think I don't know that you don't have a good heart.

"How is King Xing's condition lately?"

Zhu Wanhong inquired tentatively.

Zhu Hao shook his head and said: "King Xing's illness is not a secret, and it can't be cured by asking for famous doctors...... Offer to let me go with ......"

"Oh? This is your chance. Zhu Wanhong said with a smile.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, I don't know what to say, don't you understand?

Zhu Hao could only continue to pretend to be confused: "If the prince stays in Jingshi for a long time, I will follow him, or I can help him a little, but he will only inherit the throne, and it is difficult to say whether he will be summoned to Jingshi by the imperial court, maybe he will just go through the motions, and he will return to the ...... after staying for long."

Speaking of which, Zhu Hao's hint is obvious.

Not only do you want to make meritorious contributions to the imperial court, but also want me to be alone with the prince, cultivate a relationship for a few more years, and think about the future of the Zhu family, you should suggest that your boss trap Zhu Houxi in the Jingshi, and use the way of hostages, so that he can't see the current group of subordinate officials and staff in the palace, and it is best to see me alone.

Zhu Wanhong smiled and nodded, and his eyes were a little more appreciative: "Zhu Hao, if you are left alone by the Shizi's side for a few years, you will definitely become the most trusted person in the Shizi...... However, this will not do you any good as an official in the DPRK and China in the future. ”