Chapter 20 The Appointment of the Prince (Ask for Follow-up!) )
Today, it is the beginning of the Hanlin bachelor's Liu Sanwu scripture feast.
Zhu Yuanzhang paid special attention to the scriptures and feasts, allowing learned people to give lessons to the emperor, lecture on history, use the past to prove the present, take history as a mirror, and learn the lessons of rule.
Liu Sanwu was an erudite man, an ancestral intellectual.
Zhu Yuanzhang's "Great Message" is a preface written by him.
The books of "Collection of Rites" and "Universal Tongzhi" are also the general revision of Liu Sanwu.
The sound of frustration echoed inside and outside the Wuying Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang listened intently.
On this polite occasion, even the Han generals who stood guard in front of the emperor removed their armor and put on robes to show respect.
Just as Liu Sanwu, a bachelor of Hanlin, finished today's professor and was about to get up and leave.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked coldly: "Sir, King Yan is as heroic as me, how can he stand up?"
Liu Sanwu looked in a trance.
How can you mention the matter of the establishment of the reserve in a proper manner?
And talk to me.
What's even more outrageous is that you ask me if it's okay to make King Yan the crown prince?
It's a sinkhole!
If you don't get it right, you fall into it.
None of the officials dared to say much about the major affairs of the opposing princes.
Because at this time, most of the royal kings had heavy troops, especially Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who controlled the soldiers and horses along the border, and in recent years, he has repeatedly made military exploits, and his prestige has been greatly enhanced, and he has coveted the throne for a long time.
Among the kings, the King of Jin and the King of Yan are the most relied on.
Zhu Li, the king of Jin, is also a ruthless person.
Liu Sanwu was on an errand in the Jin Wangfu two years ago, giving lessons to the prince of the Jin Dynasty, and he knew that Zhu Li, the king of Jin, was a grudge-minded master and liked to split others.
But when the emperor asked, he couldn't help but answer.
The emperor in front of him is still an emperor who is not easy to fool, and he will cut people if he disagrees.
After Liu Sanwu was stunned for a short time, he immediately stepped forward and said: "The elders and young are orderly, if you establish the king of Yan, where will your majesty put the two kings of Qin and Jin?"
He gives the image that there are not many cities, and he always says whatever he wants.
Moreover, Liu Sanwu is 80 years old this year, and he is not afraid of retaliation at all.
To live to this age, it is enough to be Ben!
It was this kind of temperament that made Zhu Yuanzhang take the lead in asking him about the establishment of the reserve.
After listening to Liu Sanwu's answer, Zhu Yuanzhang looked as usual.
The young and the old are orderly, and it is not the turn of the fourth?
Who prescribes?
Lao Tzu is the founder of the country, all the rules have to be decided, I have said that the young and the old are orderly?
At this time, Lao Zhu's "Emperor Ming Zuxun" had not yet been released, so there was no legal basis for "no heirs".
You can't take the rules of the previous dynasty and set up my Ming prince!
Non-compliance and non-legality are two different things.
The primogeniture system, although similar in various dynasties, has its own characteristics and is not the same.
As long as Zhu Yuanzhang is willing, what can he do if he makes the fourth Zhu Di the prince?
Who would dare to say half a word?
Of course, at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not intend to make King Yan the crown prince, but just threw bricks and jade, released rumors, and looked at the attitude of the ministers.
It doesn't matter who makes the prince.
What matters is who is more able to stabilize the situation and prevent future turmoil.
This is the true meaning of Lichu!
With the death of the crown prince Zhu Biaoxu, the establishment of the prince has become the most important thing in the Ming Dynasty.
In these three months, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and even officials from all over the country, were waiting.
If the emperor doesn't speak, who dares to take the initiative to mention it? Casual discussions?
Especially the kings who commanded the army on the nine sides.
They have long been fighting openly and secretly, pointing at the crown prince's throne.
In the twenty-third year of Hongwu, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, recruited the Northern Yuan Taiwei Nai'er without spending money, and made great achievements without blood.
Zhu Li, the king of Jin, was jealous of Zhu Di's merits, and went to the crown prince Zhu Biao to tell Zhu Di that he did not listen to his own constraints and took risks.
Zhu Di entered the pilgrimage to see him, and the king of Jin offended the king of Yan again.
When the crown prince Zhu Biao was alive, he was still able to suppress the kings.
Now that the crown prince is gone, the kings of Qin, Jin, and Yan are all eager to try, and the tension is very obvious.
"In Mr.'s opinion, who should the prince appoint?"
Zhu Yuanzhang threw out a thunder again.
Liu Sanwu replied decisively: "The emperor's grandson is rich, the son of the heir, the son of the grandson, and the heir is the heir, and it is suitable for the ceremony." ”
It is incumbent upon us to maintain the etiquette system!
As for which emperor to appoint, I don't say that you know.
His Royal Highness Zhu Yunwen, who else could there be?
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent after hearing this.
Well?
Didn't the Emperor understand what I meant?
After a short wait, Liu Sanwu said with a straight face: "Your Majesty please appoint His Royal Highness Sun Yunwen as the emperor's grandson, so as to prevent the kings from coveting the throne!" ”
Good guys, stand in line!
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him.
The heart says that you old stick, I don't know if the sky changes from time to time?
My grandson, Yunxi, is now okay!
In the afternoon of the same day, the will of Wuying Hall was announced.
Liu Sanwu, a bachelor of Hanlin, was demoted from a bachelor of Hanlin to a doctor of Guozijian.
All of a sudden, it went from the fifth grade to the eighth grade.
A minister kindly asked, "What happened at the feast yesterday?" ”
Liu Sanwu immediately blew his beard and glared: How did Lao Tzu know what was going on!
When he told the emperor's question, he couldn't help but speculate.
Could it be that His Majesty intends to make King Yan the crown prince?
For a time, inside and outside the government and the opposition, there were different opinions.
Jingshi, Yanwangfu.
Zhu Di looked at the carved beams and paintings in distraction.
According to the imperial court system, tomorrow is the day he leaves Beijing and returns to his fiefdom.
I don't know when I will be able to return to Beijing again.
I don't know if I have a chance to touch that seat in this life......
"Your Highness, there is news from Beiping that the King of Jin sent people to monitor the palace of King Yan, and wants to search for evidence that His Royal Highness has exceeded the system."
It was an old monk in black who spoke with a solemn appearance.
Yao Guangxiao, known as the demon monk.
Ten years ago, Queen Ma died of illness, and Zhu Yuanzhang selected senior monks to serve the kings and chant scriptures to pray for blessings.
Yao Guangxiao had a very happy conversation with Zhu Di, and invited himself to Beiping to become Zhu Di's main adviser.
"The third brother is still so impatient, he thinks that if he knocks me down, he will be able to win the crown prince?"
Zhu Di said indignantly: "He's just a fool, and he doesn't look at the current situation!" ”
"Your Highness already knows?" Yao Guangxiao raised his eyebrows.
"The father and the emperor let the two imperial grandsons accompany him every day, isn't he ready to set up the emperor's grandson!"
Zhu Di's eyes flashed with a light that had been hidden all along.
"Those two little bastards, no matter who is made the emperor's grandson, I will never have a chance again!"
"And that Liu Sanwu, his grandmother has a leg, I hate to crush him!"
Zhu Di scolded his mother angrily.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
It's just two little ghosts, how to compare with Lonely? Liu Sanwu actually invited the emperor's grandson!
Traitor!
"Ah, yes, yes, yes! Your Highness is right! ”
Yao Guangxiao hurriedly took the sword from the wall and handed it to Zhu Di.
He said seriously: "Your Highness, please hold the sword, ride a fast horse, and go to Jilong Mountain quickly." ”
Zhu Di was puzzled: "What are you going to do there?" ”
Yao Guangxiao said: "Three hundred steps south of Jilong Mountain is the location of Guozijian, Liu Sanwu lives there, and I also ask His Royal Highness King Yan to quickly cut off Liu Sanwu's dog head to vent the hatred in his heart!" ”
“......”
Zhu Di glared at Yao Guangxiao angrily: "You old bald donkey!" ”
With a "clang", he pulled out the sword and put it on the monk's shoulder!
Yao Guangxiao smiled and was not afraid.
He knew that King Yan had a hot temper, and the more he persuaded him, the more he couldn't stop him, so he simply stimulated him.
Zhu Di naturally would not make a death move to Yao Guangxiao.
The two have known each other for ten years, and the tacit understanding they have cultivated cannot be broken up overnight.
In Zhu Di's eyes, Yao Guangxiao is an old hooligan monk.
In Yao Guangxiao's eyes, Zhu Di is a bandit prince, and the two have the same smell.
After receiving the sword, Zhu Di sighed: "Why can't you understand what you said about your father?" ”
"How good am I? Can't he see it? ”
Yao Guangxiao comforted: "Your Majesty Xu is worried that His Royal Highness's brothers will kill each other. ”
Zhu Di was already angry in his heart, and when he heard this, he was even more angry, and immediately shouted in a low voice: "If you set up the emperor's grandson, your uncle and nephew will not kill each other?" ”
The murderous intent in his eyes was hard to hide, like a hunting tiger.
Yao Guangxiao smiled meaningfully: "Your Highness is angry, and the poor monk has his own tricks." ”
Facing his gaze, Zhu Di immediately woke up.
What is impulsiveness for?
If I am detected by the Jinyi Guard and catch the truth, I am afraid that my father will dismiss my military power as soon as possible.
If you want to do big things these days, you have to outwit your brain!
"What the master said is that he is lonely and impulsive."
Zhu Di bowed seriously to Yao Guangxiao.
Yao Guangxiao nodded with satisfaction.
He knew that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was a fierce tiger, and he had to give him a sense of hunger and anxiety.
Only in this way can he maintain his aggressive nature, arouse his desire to conquer, and maintain his bloody nature of hunting.
Tigers hunt animals, they are always extremely cautious, and they will kill from behind!
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