Chapter 459: Sixteen Years of Zhengde
Tang Yin said: "Meng Zai, have you ever told others these words?" β
Jiang Lun smiled: "I don't need to say it, but whoever knows it doesn't ...... Many people in the palace are secretly talking about this topic......"
Tang Yin almost wanted to slap his head!
Jiang Lun is a famous big mouth in the palace, he won't hide it after learning the news, especially when the wine comes up, and it doesn't spread to everyone in the palace?
But then he realized a problem, an ordinary person in the palace can associate the real dragon or the Xingwang Mansion from the news of the emperor's illness, so the high-level of the palace will not have this level of awareness?
"Does His Royal Highness King Xing know about this?"
Tang Yin asked.
Jiang Lun shook his head: "I guess...... No one would say such a thing to him. β
Tang Yin said: "Then who is teaching His Highness recently?" Who is in charge of the daily schoolwork......
Tang Yin is now difficult to contact Zhu Si, even if Yuan Zonggao didn't say that he would drive Tang Yin away, he actually treated Tang Yin as a marginal figure.
Tang Yin would be watched when he entered and exited the palace, and he was not allowed to approach the inner courtyard of the palace, and now Zhu Si could not come out to class like he did when he was still the prince.
"Yuan Changshi personally taught." Jiang Lundao.
Tang Yin took a long breath.
I thought to myself, Yuan Zonggao is really an old fox, and now that the prince has inherited the throne, or knows that the relationship with the prince was a little estranged before, he wants to contact King Xing by teaching in person to make up for the rift, so he will treat me as a shoe and abandon it.
"King Xing should know about this, so that he can be mentally prepared." Tang Yin's meaning was to let Jiang Lun find an opportunity to tell Zhu Si about the situation, after all, Zhu Hao had a back hand.
Jiang Lun asked puzzledly: "Now that Your Majesty is just a dragon body, we will rashly conclude that the court is going to change the sky...... Could it be too early to tell? β
Tang Yin said: "Remember what Zhu Hao said, right? He said that there will be a real dragon in the palace in the next two years, do you believe it or not? β
"Faith!"
Jiang Lun resolutely shut up and no longer raised objections.
Even Tang Yin didn't expect that Zhu Hao would be so good in front of Jiang Lun.
Sure enough, Jiang Lun left in a hurry, probably trying to inform his eldest nephew about the emperor's illness.
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Zhu Houzhao returned to the capital.
Immediately lived in the leopard room, still not in the palace, making it difficult for civil officials to see their faces, all the decrees were issued through the so-called emperor Zhu Approval, but in fact, everyone knew that this was the meaning of the people around the emperor, and even the cabinet gradually lost control of the power of the court.
After Jiang Bin returned to the capital, he stepped up the suppression of the old forces in Dongchang, Jinyiwei and the civil official system, especially his former rival Qian Ning, who was almost killed directly, and many people in Qian Ning's faction disappeared inexplicably, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead, and they were estimated to have been secretly eliminated by Jiang Bin.
"The people of the capital are panicking......
Su Xigui still stayed in the capital to watch the wind.
He now gets up early every morning, no matter whether he has something at hand or not, he will go to Zhu Hao as soon as possible.
Before and after the New Year, he stayed with Zhu Hao, also because he really couldn't understand the chaos between the DPRK and China, and he had to have Zhu Hao by his side to give advice.
Although Zhu Hao just remained silent many times, Su Xigui still liked to bother Zhu Hao, as if with Zhu Hao by his side, he would be at ease and could deal with it at any time if something happened.
Zhu Hao asked: "How do the people of the DPRK and China evaluate this matter now?" β
"Alas!"
Su Xigui let out a long sigh, "This year has passed, and I am going to celebrate the New Year on the first day of the new year as usual, but His Majesty is not in the palace, why should I let the minister go to the leopard room to congratulate the New Year?" Many ministers are now at home, and they are worried about being implicated by the Ning Wang case or Jiang Bin's purge of political enemies, who knows who will be the next person to deal with Ping Yubo?
"In addition, there are rumors that the palace examination will be held on March 15, and it seems that the fame of the little master Jinshi is close to ......."
Zhu Hao smiled indifferently.
Historically, after Zhu Houzhao returned to Beijing, he participated in farming, and he vomited blood in front of everyone on the day of the Tianli ceremony, and his condition began to become serious until he died.
Yang Tinghe and other civil officials also began to discuss the question of who to succeed to the throne from the day of cultivation, and after Zhu Houzhao's death, they decided to let Zhu Si succeed to the throne.
Zhu Hao shook his head and said, "The palace test will be postponed again." β
"Oh? How do you say that? Does the little master think that His Majesty will not survive until then? β
Su Xigui's question was very direct.
Recently, he has been coming to Zhu Hao, in fact, there is something that he can't say clearly but is looking forward to in his heart, that is, when the emperor will die.
Maybe only Zhu Hao can tell him the answer, Su Xigui now respects Zhu Hao very much, and simply regards Zhu Hao as the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang.
Zhu Hao said: "As I expected, Your Majesty will appear at the Tian Ceremony in the first lunar month, and as long as his condition improves slightly, he will continue to mess around and let his condition recur." It is difficult for a person to recover from a deep illness, and it takes a long time to recuperate slowly, but do you think that with His Majesty's heart, he is the kind of person who can calm down and recuperate? β
"This ...... That being said, how did the little master expect that the palace examination would not be held as scheduled? Su Xigui was looking forward to Zhu Hao saying a word, Zhu Houzhao was about to finish playing.
"Wait, don't talk too much, it should be soon!"
Zhu Hao is also waiting for everything to be like historical development, Zhu Houzhao died in the continuous toss, with the inheritance rules of the Ming Emperor, Zhu Si ascended the throne as scheduled, and I believe that Yang Tinghe will not do anything that is detrimental to the majesty of the imperial court on the issue of righteousness.
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Everything was as Zhu Hao expected.
In that year, the Jitian ceremony was set on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Every year at the beginning of spring, the emperor has to preside over the sacrificial ceremony of spring ploughing, this is the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, last year was not held because the emperor was out on a southern tour, this time it was rumored that the emperor was terminally ill, and the emperor seemed to want to prove that his body was safe in this way.
In previous years, the new science and technology scholars, especially the jinshi who were selected to enter the Hanlin Academy through the top three of the first class and the Shujishi, will be invited to participate together.
But because this palace test has not yet been held, Zhu Hao is not a jinshi in the strict sense, so naturally he will not be invited.
Most of the princes and nobles and civil and military officials in the court were invited to go, this was the first time they had the opportunity to face the emperor after the emperor returned to Beijing, even if the sacrificial ceremony was in progress, they could not get close to the emperor or make a speech, but looking at the emperor's state from a distance, they could probably know what the emperor's condition was.
Yang Tinghe went with him on the same day.
Jiang Mian, who had just returned to Beijing with him, accompanied him, while Liang Chu stayed in the cabinet.
"I don't know what Your Majesty's condition is, if it is ominous, Your Majesty should not be allowed to attend such a ceremony...... It's still cold in the spring......"
Jiang Mian said on the way with Yang Tinghe on foot.
Cultivation was a major item in the Ming Dynasty rituals, and it was carried out around the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs.
Before the construction of the outer city during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, it already belonged to the suburbs of Beijing, but there were many houses in this area, and many of its builders had official status, and they were sold to ordinary people after they were built.
The weather was not bad, and although there were clouds, the sun still shone through the gaps between the clouds from time to time.
Zhu Hao and Su Xigui drank tea for a while as always, but Su Xigui changed his tricks every day to bring some "good things" to Zhu Hao, invited Zhu Hao to appreciate, and even sometimes sent antiques, calligraphy and paintings to Zhu Hao, which meant to give each other, but Zhu Hao only did appreciation and rarely accepted it.
The gift Su Xigui brought on this day was a long-established female singer who had just been bought back from Jiangnan, she was eighteen years old, and she was already an "older young woman" on the stage, but for Zhu Hao, it was Miao Ling.
Su Xigui originally intended to let Zhu Hao "mention something", but after arriving, he just hid behind the curtain tent, watching the female actor on the opposite stage, wearing a costume to perform, humming I don't know what she is singing, it is probably a Jiangnan minor tune, in short, it is the kind that makes Zhu Hao feel unpleasant.
"As expected by the little master, His Majesty really went out of the city to participate in the cultivation sacrifice on the outskirts of the city, and it is said that he rode a horse to ......."
Su Xigui admired Zhu Hao's insight, but he was not sure about Zhu Houzhao's physical condition.
Zhu Hao said: "Then I'll guess again, go out vertically and come back horizontally." β
"Huh?"
Su Xigui was extremely shocked, his eyes widened and said, "Is it that he died today?" Ah, no, no, the little master means...... I can't stand the hard work of farming and fall ill on the spot, right? β
Zhu Hao smiled: "Perhaps, how dare we be fallacious?" β
"This ......"
Su Xigui was embarrassed.
Saying that the emperor went out vertically and came back horizontally, isn't this called a "fallacy"? How dare you make a mistake!
But...... I like it.
"If that's the case, how long will it last?"
Su Xigui still wanted an accurate answer.
Zhu Hao pointed to the sky.
Su Xigui sighed: "It means that everything is providential? Manpower can't be changed? If only that were the case...... Hope everything goes well, Anlu...... Hehe, the world will be peaceful by then...... I'm afraid that the tail won't fall off. β
What he was worried about was that even if Zhu Si really became the emperor, he would not be able to solve the group of traitors in power around the emperor, who would dare to guarantee that Zhu Si would not become a puppet after he ascended the throne?
Zhu Hao smiled and asked, "Will it be?" β
"There should be a small master to help with advice, it shouldn't be."
Su Xigui's face was full of compliments.
Zhu Hao shook his head: "You don't need me to make a plan, who in the DPRK doesn't want those traitors to be finished sooner?" If it weren't for His Majesty's backing, they would have been arrested and imprisoned by Wenchen a long time ago...... Even the nobles in the palace will not tolerate them disturbing the country. β
After Zhu Houzhao's death in history, it was really not Zhu Si's own hand to solve Jiang Bin and others.
The civilian clique launched a "coup d'Γ©tat", issuing an edict in the name of Zhu Houzhao, "strike the military regiment training camp, the battalion soldiers return to the regimental camp, and the border soldiers are all dispersed and returned to the town", so that Jiang Bin's military power in his hands was completely empty, and then Jiang Bin felt that a catastrophe was coming, and fled west in a hurry, preparing to go to Xuanfu's own territory to rectify the soldiers and horses, but as soon as he left Bei'anmen, he was held down, and his house was confiscated and imprisoned......
Although he did not die until June, it was Zhu Si who personally issued the order, but at this time his influence in the DPRK and China had basically disappeared, and the main ones who did it were Yang Tinghe and others.
While talking here, the sound of humming downstairs has not stopped.
Su Xigui's doorman here hurriedly came and said eagerly: "The head of the house, something is wrong, it is said that His Majesty suddenly vomited blood when he was sacrificing in the southern suburbs, and Jitian Li stopped and didn't say anything, and His Majesty was also driven back to the city by Luan!" β
Su Xigui was extremely shocked when he heard this, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and the eyes that looked at Zhu Hao had a deep meaning.
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