The next morning, the city of Beijing was greeted by a gloomy and bad weather, and the golden Forbidden City in the center lost some of its color.

A bird's-eye view of the entire Forbidden City, passing through the Wumen Tower, is the five Jinshui Bridges located in the center of the square, and then the magnificent three major halls, the Fengtian Palace, the Huagai Hall and the Jinshen Palace.

The Qianqing Palace is located behind the central axis of the three major halls, and it is the designated residence of the Ming Emperor.

"Concubine Wan!"

Zhu Jianshen, who was lying on the dragon bed, looked at the roof with great concentration, and since Wan Zhen'er's death, he was getting thinner and thinner, and suddenly stretched out a palm and called softly in a delirious sense.

The attending physician Liu Wentai gave Zhu Jianshen a pulse, and the bitter gourd face became even more bitter, and he shook his head gently in the face of the minister kneeling outside, and he was already very unoptimistic about His Majesty's condition.

When Wan An, the first assistant of the cabinet of the dynasty, suddenly felt that the situation had become bad, and the Ming Dynasty was afraid that the sky was really going to change this time, and he was sad for a while.

He was an orthodox thirteen-year jinshi, entered the Hanlin Academy as a Shujishi, and was later awarded the editor, because he had no background, he chose to call himself a nephew to Wan Guifei, and he was close to Wan Guifei's younger brother Wan Tong, so he was successfully promoted to the first assistant of the cabinet.

Thanks to his obedience and knowing how to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages, especially to win the trust of His Majesty, he has been in the position of Shoufu for ten years.

It's just that Concubine Wan Guifei died of illness at the beginning of the year, and now once His Majesty dies, then he will lose the two most famous "big backers" one after another.

As soon as he thought of this, before the officials next to him had any reaction, Wan An had already begun to wipe his sleeves, and two lines of hot tears had overflowed his cheeks.

Li Zixing, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, secretly marveled at Wan An's acting skills, but reminded softly: "Yuanfu, Your Majesty is now critically ill, and the lower officials are already like a knife, so summon His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the palace to accompany him!" ”

If you really want to change the dynasty, then the wisest thing to do now is undoubtedly to do everything possible to please the new monarch, rather than continue to show off your acting skills in front of the old emperor.

"You reminded you right, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince enters the palace!" Wan An felt that Li Zixing's proposal was reasonable, so he nodded and said.

"It's not right!" The second assistant Liu Ji stood up to stop it, but he gave his own explanation: "Today, the dragon is sick, and the dragon is angry!" If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is summoned to the palace at this time, I am afraid that it will damage His Majesty's dragon spirit, this is the next policy! When the Empress Dowager Zhou is passed on, the Empress Dowager Zhou presides over the overall situation, so that you can have both! ”

"Liu Ge Lao's words are also reasonable!" Wan An actually didn't want Zhu Jianshen to really die, so he agreed with a bit of luck.

As the head of the dynasty and the person His Majesty relies on the most, he naturally has to always be tied to His Majesty's interests, and in order to prevent Emperor Chenghua from being suspicious, he has to distance himself from the crown prince.

It's just that this deliberate estrangement doesn't have much intersection with the crown prince Zhu Youji. Now that His Majesty is in the prime of life, it is better to gamble again than to temporarily hold on to Buddha's feet.

It was precisely because of this that he decided to bet on Emperor Chenghua, hoping that Emperor Chenghua would survive this catastrophe, and he would still be the unbreakable evergreen tree as the first assistant of the dynasty.

Li Rong, the eunuch of the Si Li palm seal, listened to the exchange of several ministers on the side, and saw that Wan An actually agreed not to summon the crown prince, and looked thoughtfully at the second assistant Liu Ji, who had the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Once Your Majesty really has an accident this time, then this court will definitely be involved in a bloody storm.

Wangfu Street, the Prince's Mansion.

When the prince goes out of the cabinet to read, the cabinet officials will send them to review and other officials to give lectures, draw up the beginning and end of the scriptures, and send them to read every day.

In the thirteenth year of Chenghua, at the invitation of the minister, Zhu Youzhi was arranged to go out of the cabinet to study.

It's just that at that time, the location of the class was arranged in the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City, but in February this year, Zhu Youzhu married the crown princess Zhang Yujiao, and the prince who became a relative naturally moved to live outside the palace.

Zhu Yougui is the crown prince, and his studies are naturally more valued by the courtiers, both in terms of the number and quality of teachers, and the daily curriculum is full.

The first lecturers were Xu Pu and Liu Jian, but each lecturer was nine-year without special reasons, and now the second lecturer is Xie Qian, the editor of Hanlin and the head of the Zuo Shu, and Zhang Sheng, the left of the Zhan Shifu.

Liu Jian, who has now been promoted to a bachelor's degree in Hanlin, came uninvited today, and after replacing Xie Qian's course, he began to teach Zhu Youji.

Zhu Youzhi is trying to adapt to this new identity, in order not to let others see the clues, he naturally sits in front of the desk and talks less and listens more, and even deliberately creates a dull image for the other party.

Zi said: Those who rule by doing nothing, their Shun is also the same? What is a husband? Gong Ji is just to the south. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what is the explanation? Liu Jian came to the case with a book, but suddenly asked.

Liu Jian studied under Xue Xuan, a great Confucian of science, a scholar in the fourth year of Tianshun, a native of Luoyang, Henan, and entered the Hanlin Academy as a Shujishi.

He is fifty-five years old this year, although he is not tall but looks very sturdy, with a standard Chinese face, bright eyes, and a strong Henan accent.

Zhu Youzhu met Liu Jian's hopeful gaze, and spit out four words very cooperatively: "Do nothing!" ”

"Not bad! According to the words of the sage, the only person who can govern the world by doing nothing is Shun, right? What did he do? It's just sitting solemnly on the throne of the court. Liu Jian's bladder was high, and his face was slightly red.

When he finished speaking, his face was filled with a look of longing, as if he longed for the Ming Dynasty to have a good monarch who ruled like Shun.

Zhu Youzhi smiled and said nothing in the face of the excited Liu Jian, he didn't like the boss who was in charge as an employee in his previous life because he took kickbacks, and he hoped that the leader could rule the way.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, how can the world be governed? How did the people become rich? Liu Jian is a little old man with good eloquence, and after talking eloquently about the rule of Wenjing and King Kang's humility, he suddenly threw out a question.

Zhu Youzhu knew that the other party had been around for a long time and dared to instill the concept of governing the country in himself, but he still said quietly: "Please Liu Shi to solve your doubts!" ”

"Now that the virtuous ministers are in the court, as long as the traitors are removed, the factory guards are abolished, and the upright officials are reused, then they can be prosperous!" Liu Jian stroked his beard and gave an answer as if it were a matter of course.

Zhu Youzhu knew that Liu Jian was one of the leading figures of the so-called Qingliu Xianchen in the civil official group, so he quietly bowed his hand and said: "Be taught!" ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, if you ascend to the throne in the future, do you know how to use the virtuous in this dynasty?" Liu Jian's conversation was serious, and he continued to ask.

Zhu Youzhu knew that the other party was going to nominate the candidate he wanted in advance, so he said quietly: "Please ask Master Liu for guidance!" ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, today's governance should focus on the rule of officials, and you only need to reuse upright officials to rectify the officialdom, and you can get rid of the traitorous ministers and local corrupt officials in the court. Looking at the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty, Wang Shu, the former Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department, should be the most upright, and Wang Shu can be appointed as a heavenly official! Liu Jian liked Zhu Youji's humble attitude very much, and even recommended him.

Although Zhu Youzhu knew that he could not easily believe the comments of the literati, he also examined the courtiers he was about to face in combination with the information of later generations.

Wang Shu, a native of Shaanxi, was orthodox for thirteen years, entered the Hanlin Academy as a Shujishi, and was reappointed as the left commentator of Dali Temple after three years of examination, and served as the governor many times, and later served as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department. It's just that the admonitions are frequent, and the words are not true, and Emperor Chenghua ordered Zhishi last year.

Zhu Youzhi knew that this person liked advice very much, but he had never heard of any outstanding achievements, so he said quietly: "Remember it!" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Although Liu Jian knew that Zhu Youzhu was an obedient and well-behaved student, he couldn't help but bow his hand with joy when he saw Zhu Youzhu behaving so well-behaved.

A very definite news has just come out from the palace that the old emperor is now seriously ill, and this time it is likely that he is really going to die, so the prince in front of him is about to ascend the throne.

As long as things go well, then the court will definitely usher in a big reshuffle.

The Mei Party headed by Wan An will definitely fall, and the factory guards will not be reused by His Majesty, so the whole world will be completely controlled by their gang of Qingliu officials.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the complacent Liu Fenjian in his eyes, but somehow a thought suddenly popped up: In the prosperous era of literati and the ruling class, the common people are still the stepping stone that no one cares about under the prosperous era.

It's just that with the fusion of the two souls, he feels that he is actually Zhu Youzhu who has a dream, how can he still let the world that belongs to his own family be led to the abyss by these Wenchen?