"What did you say?" Zhu Di still seemed a little incredulous, and asked again.

"His Royal Highness the Second Prince misses you very much." Jiang Xinghuo replied affirmatively.

Zhu Di was silent for a moment, he sat down slowly, staring at the floor tile in front of the table, as if he saw the child who was connected to his blood thousands of miles away through this floor tile.

It is the second child born to Zhu Di and Queen Xu, although he has been straightforward since he was a child, he is very slow to learn things, and when he grows up, he is not comparable to his eldest brother except for his superb martial arts and good at fighting and killing, but Zhu Di likes this child who is like himself, but unfortunately now Zhu Di is already the emperor, but he is not the eldest son, and from the patriarchal point of view, he cannot inherit the throne.

Zhu Di closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, his face was already full of indifference.

"I see." He said lightly.

At this time, Zhu Di called loudly: "Recruit all the cabinet on duty." ”

Jiang Xinghuo seemed to vaguely guess what Zhu Di meant, but he didn't move his feet.

"I don't like these sour people, but right now, I don't mind hearing them."

The indifference on Zhu Di's face softened a little, and said: "This test method is now the top priority, not only in the center of the imperial court, but also in the world. ”

Jiang Xinghuo said: "Yes." ”

He had already determined what Zhu Di was going to do.

Sure enough, when Sanyang and Hu Guang from the cabinet came to the palace, Zhu Di's opening remarks were very direct.

"The eldest prince has been thinking about it behind closed doors for three months, and the affairs of the cabinet will be temporarily handed over to the national teacher to preside."

Zhu Di just sat on the couch, his eyebrows opened and closed, but he seemed to be a ferocious tiger.

He pointed to the pile of notes in the open box on the table, and said: "These notes are all secret folds of qualified ministers, you see, many of these people are meritorious ministers, they all make meritorious contributions to the country, and I use them heavily, but they say some nonsense without beginning or end for their own selfish interests. ”

The cabinet members were silent, they knew that what the emperor said was true, this time the examination law touched the interests of many people, and the opposition was very loud, so it is not surprising that some people spoke in private, not to mention that this group of civil officials who began to take over the temple at the end of the Hongwu Dynasty experienced the struggle of the Hongwu case, and now they have controlled the court for nearly 20 years, which is deep-rooted, how easy is it to ignore the demands of these people?

And why did the emperor say this to the cabinet members, in fact, they could roughly guess that some words were not only said to them, so that they could cooperate with Jiang Xinghuo's work, but more importantly, they wanted to use their mouths to convey the words to the eldest prince Zhu Gaochi, which was the most important.

Yang Shiqi said carefully: "What Your Majesty means, how should our cabinet deal with the letter from the Secretary of State?" ”

This is actually another way to ask "how to follow Jiang Xinghuo to do things during the period when Jiang Xinghuo presided over the cabinet", after all, Jiang Xinghuo and Zhu Gaochi must have different ways of leading the cabinet.

And no matter what, Zhu Di's current characterization of these secret folds is just "nonsense", not a more serious nature.

Zhu Di sneered: "The dynasty has its own laws, and now, I have decided to take out the means of killing chickens and monkeys, and uproot the mediocre talents in the corpse position one by one, so as to set an example." ”

At this moment, the big guy's expression froze.

Several members of the cabinet looked at Jiang Xinghuo, and obviously, things had become a little delicate.

Yang Rong thought in his heart: "It seems that His Royal Highness the Great Prince has been thinking about it behind closed doors for three months, but there are some things to say, and it may not be the protection that His Majesty has exerted on him." ”

Yang Shiqi even decided that this time the national teacher was not taking over a good job, but a thorough dirty job, which was used by the emperor as a white glove to clear the resistance to change the law, and to open the personnel of the central temples, which was too offensive.

But Jiang Xinghuo's expression remained unchanged, but he thought a little, obviously, this time is an opportunity for both risks and opportunities, even from his personal point of view, it is also a good opportunity to establish prestige and expand his power, offending people is offending people, but since they are going to change the law, how can they not be offended? It's not a peaceful way to visit the Qinhuai River.

Hu Guang, who had been silent, said weakly: "Your Majesty think twice." ”

"Think twice? I've thought twice about it. ”

Zhu Di's eyes became sharp, staring at the cabinet members and said: "I have never been willing to touch them, because I am thinking of the old feelings, thinking of Emperor Taizu Gao's appointment of them, but now, it is time to change, if I ignore it again, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in their hands sooner or later!" ”

What the Emperor said to them today was somewhat unexpected.

This made the cabinet members gradually come back to their senses, if they were just talking to them, why did they need to say so much?

Therefore, I am afraid that these words were not just said to Zhu Gaochi through their mouths, but to the entire courtiers.

But why did the emperor ask them to send a message?

Everyone in the cabinet fell into a short period of thought, but before they could think, Zhu Di slapped the case violently, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and said, "How can I forgive them? ”

He said word by word: "I want them to know that my country does not need moths!" Not only that, but these mediocre people must all be swept out of the temple to warn the world! ”

This is the first time Zhu Di has said such things since he ascended the throne.

The cabinet members present, including Hu Guang, all showed a look of horror.

They are not afraid that the emperor will sweep away a batch of moths from the corpse and vegetarian meal, which will be beneficial to their subsequent careers, because whether it is Xie Jin, Huang Huai, Jin Youzi, Hu Yan, these people who went out after the cabinet was gilded, they were all rising step by step, they were afraid that Zhu Di would get out of control.

After all, although the emperor has been on the throne for more than a year and seems to be able to manipulate the temple with ease, his personality is still essentially violent and fierce, and no one knows what crazy things he will suddenly do.

But what worries them more is something else.

And it soon became a reality.

After they all realized, Zhu Di sighed again and muttered to himself: "I have been feeling cold recently, and my body is a little unwell, so I should recuperate for a few days. ”

can look at Zhu Di's fierce appearance, how can it be like occasionally feeling cold, and his body is so weak that he can't see things? Now I am afraid that I have the strength to put on my armor and fight for a day.

Everyone thought to themselves, it's over, the emperor locked up the eldest prince, retreated into the background, and pushed the national teacher to the forefront.

- Things are in big trouble.

"Your Majesty, now that we are at the end of the year, what should we do about the country's major policies?"

The cabinet members next to Jiang Xinghuo were all panicked at this time.

They originally thought that Zhu Di would be thunderous and angry after expressing his position, but who knew that it was so light-hearted. Hidden?

But Zhu Di's next words surprised this group of cabinet members even more: "The country's major policies are not in a hurry for the past two days. ”

The ministers looked at each other, and they didn't know how to reply, and they really couldn't answer this question.

"Your Majesty, this."

However, Yang Shiqi was the quickest to slow down, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, you must not, now is a difficult time for state affairs."

Zhu Di interrupted: "The dynasty is thriving, but it is just cleaning up a group of mediocre talents, how can there be so much to say?" ”

Zhu Di shook his head, his eyes swept over the ministers: "I have made up my mind, you don't need to persuade again, if you dare to dissuade again, don't blame me for not thinking about love." ”

With that, Zhu Di got down directly from the imperial couch and walked straight out.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

The ministers could only bow and watch the emperor leave.

When the emperor left, Jiang Xinghuo looked at the cabinet members who were going to work under him for a while in the future.

Soon, three shocking news came out of the palace in succession.

The eldest prince was ordered to think behind closed doors for three months, and the emperor occasionally felt cold and wanted to drop out of the court to rest for a few days, while the national teacher temporarily took over the cabinet.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing here?"

"I don't know, I guess there's a big move, right?"

There are many guesses, but few can guess.

In their eyes, the emperor seemed to be a moody man, sometimes violent and murderous, sometimes irritable and irritable, sometimes happy, but quite talkative.

But no matter what, Zhu Di is the emperor, and the emperor's thoughts, except for those who are extremely close to and know him, are difficult to guess.

But everyone knows that the emperor does not go to court or watch the twists and turns, and this time it has obviously become an opportunity for Jiang Xinghuo to promote the final result of the examination method.

In this short period of time, Jiang Xinghuo had almost the power of an emperor.

It's like Zhang Juzheng's words, "I'm not a photograph."

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Harem.

Empress Xu personally came over with ginger soup to ward off the cold and carefully fed it to Zhu Di.

"Chi'er didn't make such a big mistake, why bother?"

Zhu Di was originally lying on the couch with his eyes closed, letting Empress Xu serve and drink the soup, he suddenly opened his eyes and said, "I heard that my daughter-in-law came to look for you?" ”

Zhu Di is naturally not talking about others, but Zhang.

When Empress Xu heard this, the spoon in her hand paused slightly, and said softly: "It's here to greet me." ”

After Zhu Di became the emperor, although the royal family did not pay attention to the morning and morning provinces, it was still very common for this kind of royal family members to enter the palace to greet him.

Zhu Di bowed slightly, and then sighed.

"It's true that Chi'er was affected by them, but as the saying goes, flies don't bite eggs, and over the past year, Chi'er has sometimes, and some things have indeed gone too far."

Zhu Di felt a headache when he thought of what happened in the court today.

If it weren't for a coincidence, he wouldn't want to push Jiang Xinghuo to the foreground and temporarily bingguo.

But now that everything has come together, Zhu Di believes that this is the best solution for him at the moment.

Since her husband said so, Queen Xu could only nod silently and didn't say anything more.

At this time, it was almost sunset, and according to tradition, Zhu Di should rest soon.

It's just that at this time, as soon as Empress Xu went out, Zhu Di got up, and heard a cry outside, he turned around to look in the direction of the palace gate, and saw Zhu Zhanji in a red coat standing there, his face full of tears and grievances.

"Grandpa Huang" Zhu Zhanji choked up and shouted, and ran to Zhu Di's side with two small short legs.

Zhu Di squatted down, picked Zhu Zhanji up, and said softly: "What's wrong?" Tell Grandpa Huang? ”

Zhu Zhanji sniffed, raised his wet eyes, and sobbed: "Mother refuses to forgive me. Woo."

This sentence startled Zhu Di: "What did you say?" Who won't forgive you? ”

Zhu Zhanji pursed his mouth, and said aggrieved and uncomfortable: "Mother ignores me." ”

Zhu Di's eyebrows furrowed: "Tell grandpa slowly, what's going on." ”

As soon as Zhu Zhanji said, Zhu Di understood, this matter really has something to do with Zhu Zhanji, Zhang joked at that time, asked Zhu Zhanji if he wanted a younger brother or a younger sister, Zhu Zhanji followed her mind and said that he wanted a younger brother, Zhang asked Zhu Gaochi to go to the temple to pray for blessings and give birth to a boy, Zhu Gaochi was approved, otherwise, he would not let the pregnant Zhang go out to worship Buddha in the winter.

And now because the monk taken in by the Zhang family has caused a great disaster, Zhu Gaochi can only think about it behind closed doors for the time being, and the good period of power expansion was suddenly interrupted, and the matter of fighting for the crown has also been a little turbulent, so after returning home, he naturally has no good face to show the Zhang family.

Zhang's family knew that he was at a loss, and he didn't dare to do anything with Zhu Gaochi, but he inevitably got angry with his son, complaining that if Zhu Zhanji didn't say that, he wouldn't go to the temple, and if he didn't go to the temple, there would be no follow-up This was a woman's unreasonable complaint, but Zhu Zhanji took advantage of the end of school in the main hall and went directly into the harem to complain.

Zhu Zhanji's move was not instructed by his father Zhu Gaochi, but this kid pretended to be smart, but Zhu Zhanji, who is a ghost and a ghost, is not simply to trap his mother, but has his own reason.

"Grandpa Huang, my grandson knows that I am wrong, you let my mother forgive me! Ask the emperor for grandpa! Zhu Zhanji hugged Zhu Di's neck and shook it coquettishly.

Zhu Di didn't know how to coax the child, after all, Zhu Di's character has been so domineering since he was a child, unless Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma beat him, or the eldest brother Zhu Biao reprimanded him, otherwise, the second brother and the third brother had a conflict with him, and Zhu Di had to go up and fight. Regarding how to coax children gently, Zhu Di is really inexperienced.

When Zhu Zhanji said this, although Zhu Di was not shaken, he was not so angry with the fuse on Zhu Gaochi's mansion.

"Well, stay in the palace today, and wait for tomorrow the emperor's grandfather will take you to see your mother, so that she can tell you well, okay?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded, reached out and grabbed the placket on Zhu Di's chest, and pulled it hard: "Grandpa Huang promised me that I must let my mother forgive me!" ”

Zhu Di touched the top of his head with a smile and said, "Okay, promise you." ”

Zhu Di's doting on his eldest grandson is actually a bit like Zhu Yuanzhang's treatment of Zhu Xiongying when he was a child.

After Zhu Xiongying's death, Zhu Yuanzhang's love was transferred to Zhu Yunwen.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang is very proud of his grandson, so after Zhu Biao went to Guanzhong to inspect and came back from illness, he did his best to help Zhu Yunwen clear the obstacles, Zhu Yunwen became the emperor's grandson, Zhu Yuanzhang began to pave the way for him to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, and Zhu Yunwen has been smooth sailing since he was a child, except for a little setback before ascending the throne, he hardly suffered much.

Zhu Di was very incomprehensible and dissatisfied with his father's preference at that time, but when it came to himself, this kind of intergenerational relatives was particularly obvious.

When Zhu Di was the king of Yan, he didn't understand why his father had to launch a huge temple purge from time to time, and he felt that this was not a good thing for the entire Ming Dynasty.

But now that it was him, he understood, and even wished that the butcher's knife was wielded more fiercely.

It can only be said. Question Zhu Yuanzhang, understand Zhu Yuanzhang, become Zhu Yuanzhang, and surpass Zhu Yuanzhang.

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At the same time, Zhu Gaochi's mansion.

Before thinking about it behind closed doors, Zhu Di specially issued an order to allow everyone in the cabinet to hand over the work to Zhu Gaochi, which was Zhu Gaochi's last semi-public appearance, to say everything that should be said, and to convey his intentions to other officials who followed him through these people, so as not to cause turmoil in the court.

"Your Highness, this test is a big move, can it be done?" Yang Pu asked.

When the rest of the people heard this, they immediately pricked up their ears and listened.

Obviously, this question is also the focus of their attention.

In the past few months, they all know that the officials are busy promoting the examination method, but the degree of secrecy is very high, and the final list has not been announced, and it is difficult to say whether this examination method is thunderous and rainy, or it is really thundering and raining.

Now, they urgently need to know Zhu Gaochi's judgment on this matter, which will affect their follow-up work.

Zhu Gaochi pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know very well, but you can ask the national teacher more." ”

Yang Pu, who asked the question, heard this, and his face was slightly gloomy.

The rest of the cabinet members, including Hu Guang, bowed their heads and remained silent.

Zhu Gaochi's attitude was a little subtle, I don't know if he didn't trust Hu Guang who was present, or if he had any other concerns, but obviously every decision he made at this moment would affect the situation in the imperial court, so if Zhu Gaochi wanted to avoid the limelight for the time being, not expressing his position was also a statement.

"Then we will follow the normal regulations of the cabinet in the future? Your Highness thinks it's appropriate to do this?" After half a ring, Yang Shiqi raised his head and asked slowly.

Everyone looked at Zhu Gaochi one after another, obviously wanting to know Zhu Gaochi's attitude.

This sentence is very simple to translate, it is nothing more than being in Cao Ying's heart in Han.

Zhu Gaochi smiled and said, "That's how it should be, just follow your wishes, just do things normally."

When he was at a low point, these henchmen could still firmly support him, which undoubtedly made Zhu Gaochi feel very gratified, and all of this was brought about by his convincing charm in the past.

In fact, in the history of Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, Zhu Gaochi's charm is also the reason why he has been the crown prince for 20 years but has always stood tall, and even finally ascended to the throne.

For example, Yang Pu, in the history of Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, he stood on Zhu Gaochi's side clearly because of the dispute between the prince and the prince, and then was put in prison as a scapegoat in an incident, and Yang Pu still studied diligently in prison, never stopped, and read through the scriptures and historical books throughout the ten years, until Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, Yang Pu was released from prison, which can be regarded as a preach.

Zhu Gaochi looked around and continued: "However, this matter involves a lot of things, and if there is something difficult to deal with, you need to consider it carefully and be more careful."

"But in general."

Zhu Gaochi paused and said: "The national dynasty has rules, but what the national teacher wants you to do, you can do it, and cooperate with the national teacher, understand?" ”

Everyone's reactions were different, but they probably accepted it, they did not turn away from Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Gaochi did not embarrass them.

Yang Rong's expression was calm, and he arched his hand and said: "Although Jiang Xinghuo has the talent to govern the world, after all, the temple has shallow qualifications, I am afraid that Your Majesty will drop out of the dynasty, this kind of thing is really big and difficult to do."

Zhu Gaochi shook his head and said, "This is different, the national teacher is hand-picked by His Majesty and is the most ideal candidate. He is familiar with the examination method and is good at reform, so it is also appropriate for him to take charge of the examination alone, sweep away the moths, and thoroughly promote and implement the examination method. ”

"However, if there is really a large-scale personnel change, I am afraid it will not be a good thing for the imperial court."

Yang Shiqi's rebuttal caused a commotion.

Yang Shiqi's words are obvious, not only not for the imperial court, but also for Zhu Gaochi's forces.

Everyone was gossiping, and Zhu Gaochi waved his hand and said, "Hugh is going to mention it again!" ”

His gaze swept over the faces of several people and said, "Everyone, the overall situation is important. ”

Everyone felt a pinch.

They are the closest to the center of power, and the future is uncertain, but they are still uneasy in the face of the storm that is about to sweep through the temple.

"If there is nothing else, please go back, from now on, I will close the door and thank the guests, and I will live in peace." Zhu Gaochi stood up.

"Take care, Your Highness." Several people agreed in unison.

Zhu Gaochi nodded with satisfaction and left the flower hall.

(End of chapter)