Chapter 26: The first step against him
"Not necessarily." Zhu Changxun narrowed his eyes slightly, and his tone was warm and clear.
"Then who does the third brother think it will be?" Zhu Changhao said he was a little puzzled.
Except for their eldest brother Zhu Changluo, who is the crown prince, who else would not want to see the third brother marry the daughter of Ye Xianggao, the head of the dynasty?
Zhu Changxun turned his head to look at the yellow lanterns scattered on the street outside the window, and asked instead of answering: "Then who do you think will be responsible for the demon book case that shocked the government and the opposition five years ago?" ”
"Isn't it the crown prince?" Zhu Changhao said with some surprise.
At that time, the crown prince had just been canonized, and the foundation was not yet stable, and the demon book case occurred. Overnight, snow-white paper was all over the streets and alleys of the capital, and it was written that the emperor wanted to abolish the crown prince and replace it with the king of Fu.
At first, everyone suspected that it was done by Zheng Guifei, the biological mother of Fuwang Zhu Changxun, but later someone found that the above content was openly ridiculed and ridiculed by the Zheng family, and it would definitely not come from Zheng Guifei, and turned the object of suspicion to the prince, thinking that in order to keep his position as the crown prince, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not do anything to break the boat.
Although this incident was finally found out to be committed by Poor Xiucai Shengguang, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is just a perfunctory attempt by the emperor to let the case be closed earlier.
Zhu Changxun smiled faintly: "The prince looks the most suspicious on the surface, but he is not so stupid." At that time, my father did have the idea of changing me, if he decided that it was not a demon book but a book from heaven, and then pushed the boat down the river to comply with this providence, wouldn't his position as the crown prince be in jeopardy? ”
"It's not the prince, it's not the concubine, so who else can it be?" Zhu Changhao suddenly felt some pain in his head.
"Think about it again," Zhu Changxun looked at him and said, "If I lose both the prince and the prince, who will benefit in the end?" ”
"The ...... who will benefit in the end," Zhu Changhao repeated in a low voice.
Their father had a total of eight sons, the second, fourth, and eighth all died young. At present, there are only the eldest prince Zhu Changluo, the third blessing king Zhu Changxun, the fifth king of Rui, and the sixth Hui king Zhu Changrun and the seventh Gui king Zhu Changying, who were born to the same mother.
The prince excluded, the third brother excluded, and he himself excluded the idleness, and the rest was just ...... The sixth Zhu Changrun and the seventh Zhu Changying.
Although the biological mother of the sixth and seventh children, Concubine Li Jing, has passed away for many years, and when the demon book case happened five years ago, they were still young, but Concubine Li Jingfei is the niece of the current Empress Dowager Li, and after Concubine Li Jingfei passed away, they were also raised by the Empress Dowager by her side.
The Queen Mother is in her twenties and listens to the government, and she has some political means, if she wants one of Chang Run and Chang Ying to be the prince, it is not impossible to make some unsolved cases.
After having such a conjecture, Zhu Changhao asked tentatively: "The third brother should not suspect that the demon book case was committed by the emperor's grandmother, right?" ”
Zhu Changxun smiled and said: "The imperial grandmother eats fasting and recites Buddha on the surface, and there is no dispute with the world, but I am afraid that this may not be the case. ”
"So what does the third brother mean is that the assassination of Ye Jiangshu was also done by the imperial grandmother?"
"Not necessarily," Zhu Changxun said, "but also about the Jurchens outside." Nanurhachi was ambitious, bent on entering the Central Plains, and constantly provoked wars on the border. In the past two years, when I led the troops at the border pass, I defeated him many times, I am afraid that he has already regarded me as a thorn in his side, and he wants to get rid of him as soon as possible. ”
There is a saying among the Jurchen tribes, which is called "Do not remove the blessed king Zhu Changxun, where to find the picturesque rivers and mountains".
And preventing the marriage between the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Fuwang Mansion is the first step to deal with him.