Zhu Gaoxian raised his eyebrows: "The imperial study can be mixed in, what else do you dare not do?" ”

"To be precise, I'm more familiar with this place than your Qi Wangfu."

Wearing a demon mask, dressed in black, and with a full moon scimitar at his waist, Ah Qi walked out from behind the screen.

Su Wu held his breath, a little unsure of Ah Qi's identity.

Ouchi Deep Palace, covered saber, this doesn't look like a good person no matter how you look at it!

The corners of Zhu Gaoxian's mouth rose: "You old guys, you let you in like this?" ”

The Shadow Attendant is the most mysterious person in the palace, and no one knows how many Shadow Attendants there are, nor what the name of the leader of the Shadow Attendants is. They were like guards in the shadows, everywhere, guarding the emperor at all times.

And the people who know the shadow servant, in addition to the emperor himself, are probably only Zhu Di's four princes.

When Zhu Gaoxian went south, the old man transferred Ah Qi to guard, and since then, Ah Qi's shadow attendant status has been deprived and he has become Zhu Gaoxian's shadow.

"No, there's a good chance they won't let me in." Ah Qi said indifferently, "It's just that they are all in the Jiming Temple now, and they are not in the palace." ”

"You're looking for me, you can't just want to climb the walls of the palace, right?" Zhu Gaoxian said with a smile.

"I'm not as idle as you think." Ah Qi took out a secret letter and threw it to Zhu Gaoxian, and said angrily, "This is what you want." ”

"Good work."

Zhu Gaoxian received the secret letter and thanked him perfunctorily, which made Ah Qi have a toothache.

King Qi, a bastard, laughs sweeter than anyone else when he asks for something, and once you are worthless to him, he immediately turns his face and denies people.

……

Zhu Gaoxian opened the secret letter, looked at the scribbled font on the page, and frowned slightly.

After a long time, his brows relaxed, and he smiled: "It's getting more and more interesting?" ”

Ah Qi was a little curious: "Who are you thinking about?" ”

"You've wronged me this time." Zhu Gaoxian said innocently, "I didn't provoke anyone, he provoked me first." ”

Ah Qi turned his mind and asked tentatively: "King Han, or the crown prince?" ”

"I have no grievances with the prince, why should I pit him." Zhu Gaoxian chuckled, "Next, it's up to this prince to see what he wants to do." ”

……

Jiming Temple

"Long live the Lord, the prince asks to see you." Tang Cheng held the dust whisk in his hand and said respectfully.

Zhu Di sat on the chair, and Long Yan stretched: "Xuan." ”

"No." Tang Cheng bowed his head slightly and walked out.

Zhu Di looked at Yao Guangxiao and found that the old monk was sitting on the futon unhurriedly and chanting.

"Old monk, what do you think the prince will say when he comes?" Zhu Di asked lazily.

Yao Guangxiao paused: "It's nothing more than the more than forty officials of the East Palace and the Qi Palace" who were sent to prison. ”

Zhu Di asked with interest: "You say, what will he say to me when he comes in?" ”

Yao Guangxiao pondered: "I don't know. ”

"Is there anything in this world that you don't know?" Zhu Di raised his eyebrows.

Yao Guangxiao said leisurely: "If people are not gods, how can they know everything and know everything." ”

"Gotta stop me talking nonsense, it's all." Zhu Di smiled, "You old monk, the more you live, the more you can pretend, if it weren't for me knowing what kind of virtue you are, I'm afraid I would really believe in your evil." ”

Yao Guangxiao smiled but did not speak.

After a while, Zhu Chubby, who was wearing a black gauze wing crown and a red round-necked dragon robe, came over panting and bowed to Zhu Di: "Son-in-law Zhu Gaochi, ask the saint to bow." ”

"I'm there." Zhu Di waved his hand casually.

Then, the prince bowed to Yao Guangxiao again: "Young master." ”

The black-clothed monk bowed slightly: "Well, how is the prince doing lately?" ”

The crown prince Zhu Gao smiled shyly: "I have unloaded the burden of prison, I have been much more idle recently, and my health has been much better." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Di quipped, "Why, I asked you to supervise the country before, could it be difficult for you?" ”

The crown prince wiped the sweat from his forehead and said stupidly: "My father entrusted my sons with the important task of supervising the country, and my sons did not dare to complain. It's just that now the fourth brother is in charge of the country, the country is peaceful, the court is peaceful, and the four brothers' talents are better than their sons and daughters a thousand times, and they can take on a great cause. ”

Zhu Di said contemptuously: "What, you are touting the fourth child so much, do you still want to give him the position of the crown prince?" ”

The prince knelt down and said calmly: "The sons dare not figure out the holy will, and they all listen to the arrangement of the father." If the father does not let his son be the prince, the son will not do it. If the father and emperor let the fourth brother move to the East Palace, the son tried his best to cooperate. ”

"Bad seeds!" Zhu Di's face was gloomy, "Why did Lao Tzu give birth to such a son as you, I don't want anything, I don't fight for anything, what kind of prince are you going to be!" ”

The prince smiled innocently and did not refute.

His move is called retreat as advance.

Zhu Di's temper is soft and not hard, the more he fights with him, the more he will get on him, and he may do something irrational. But if it is to welcome him with softness, the old man may not be pleasant, but he will not make any big trouble after all.

Don't look at a "waste prince", Zhu Di has been talking about "waste prince" for so many years, and I haven't seen the prince move out of the East Palace.

The more the old man scolded, the more stable the position of Zhu Chubby Prince became, and the thunder and rain were small.

But if one day the old man suddenly has a very good attitude towards the prince, Zhu Fatpang will be really vigilant, just like the calm before the storm.

"If there's anything, just say it, and get out of the way." Zhu Di said angrily.

The prince made a series first, and then said: "Erchen heard that the Jinyi Weibei Town Fu Division and the South Town Fu Division made Lu Chaoyang go to prison, I don't know if it's true?" ”

Zhu Di said lightly: "What's the matter, Lu Chaoyang and Ji Gang colluded to rebel, and now he is sent to prison, which is right." ”

The prince seemed to suddenly realize, and then said respectfully: "Erchen thinks that Lu Chaoyang should not be imprisoned. ”

"Why?" Zhu Di asked.

"Lu Chaoyang has just made great contributions in Shandong, and at this time, the court praised Lu Chaoyang a lot, and his father ordered him to be in charge of the reward of the Fusi of Nanzhen, which even recognized this meaning." The prince said, "Now that Lu Chaoyang is in prison, isn't this saying that my father misjudged Lu Chaoyang?" ”

Zhu Di snorted coldly and said: "What if you make a meritorious service, I have always had clear rewards and punishments, and it is a reward for ordering him to be in charge of Nanzhen Fusi, he colluded with Ji Gang to rebel, the evidence is conclusive, and the crime is unforgivable!" ”

The prince looked innocent and said: "Erchen dares to ask, can Lu Chaoyang really be charged with collusion and rebellion with just a letter of unknown authenticity?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhu Di looked at the prince with a threatening look, "Are you questioning my judgment?" ”

The prince bowed his head and said, "Erchen doesn't dare." ”

"What don't you dare, you are the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Di said in a yin and yang weird tone, "What else does your prince dare not do, I'm afraid that the people in the court who support you as emperor have more sand than Mobei." ”

The prince was silent and did not answer this hot hand.

The more Zhu Di thought about it, the more angry he became, pointing at the prince and saying angrily: "Get out!" ”

"The retainers retired." The prince stood up and saluted, and left silently.

After the prince left, the anger on Zhu Di's face suddenly subsided and turned cold.

"My crown prince of the Ming Dynasty really understands the tricks and tricks." Zhu Di said coldly.

Yao Guangxiao said flatly: "The prince clearly came this time for the officials who were imprisoned because of Ji Gang, but after he came, he did not intercede for the people who were imprisoned in the East Palace, nor did he accuse Luo Xiu of the Han Dynasty of acting recklessly, but instead brought up Lu Chaoyang from the Qi Palace. ”

"Hmph, the prince has a clear heart, no matter whether he intercedes for the imprisoned people in the East Palace, or blames Luo Xiu, it will not have any effect in the end." Zhu Di said coldly, "Lu Chaoyang is a person from the Qi Palace, and he has nothing to do with the East Palace. And the prince took Lu Chaoyang out to talk about things, which can not only test my attitude, but also not implicate the East Palace, which is really a good means and a good calculation. ”

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said: "The prince is resourceful, isn't this a blessing for Your Majesty?" ”

Zhu Di shook his head and said: "He is too close to the civil officials, and his style of doing things has been assimilated into the style of the civil officials, I don't like it." ”

Yao Guangxiao didn't understand it very well, so he just thought it was Zhu Di who valued martial arts and light literature.

As everyone knows, Zhu Di not only emphasizes martial arts and ignores literature, but also hates Wenchen more.

Emperor Xiaozong Hongzhi and Emperor Wuzong Zhengde, the emperors of the two dynasties were suppressed by Wenchen, like puppets.

In the Jiajing Dynasty, the ministers were played by Emperor Jiajing, and the result was?

The Ming Dynasty is almost gone!

In the Jiajing Dynasty, the ministers found that they couldn't fight Jiajing, and they couldn't kill Jiajing, so they could only desperately curry favor with Jiajing for the power in their hands, and the generals still couldn't raise their heads, pushing the Ming Dynasty into a precarious situation.

If it is said that Wenchen brings disaster to the country and the people, it seems too paranoid, and the operation of a country cannot lose Wenchen, but if Wenchen is praised too high, it is the same way to destroy the country.

The reason why the Jiajing dynasty is so dim is that the emperor accounts for half of the reason, and the Wenchen accounts for half of the reason.

This is also the reason why Zhu Di does not like the crown prince, Zhu Chupang has been immersed in Confucianism since he was a child, and the reason why he will be supported by a large number of ministers from the government and the opposition is precisely because once the prince ascends the throne, the ministers have a chance to rise.

Zhu Di's eyes were sharp, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

……

Imperial prison, also known as heavenly prison, is a case in which most of the criminals belong to high-ranking officials such as Jiuqing and county guards, and the emperor needs to personally issue an edict to convict them. All dynasties have different names, such as the Western Han Dynasty harem with a court, of which the court prison, or the court secret prison, imprisoned the guilty concubines and clans. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Liu Gong thought that he was guilty of a serious crime, so he was imprisoned.

For example, the North Military Prison of the Han Dynasty, the Inner Tang Prison, and the Luoyang Temple are also edict prisons.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was only one edict prison, that is, the "Jinyi Prison" of the Fusi of Beizhen, which was heavily guarded, heavily guarded inside and out, and the officials of thousands of households and hundreds of households of Jinyi Guard patrolled here day and night.

In the deepest compartment of the prison, the man wore a disheveled head, dressed in a dirty prison uniform, his hands and feet were chained as thick as a baby's arm, and his eyes were empty and silent.

His name is Ji Gang, and he used to be the owner of Jinyiwei.

(End of chapter)