After the ceremony of canonizing the empress, several days passed.

The degree of discussion on this topic not only did not decline with the passage of time, but became more and more popular, and became the talk of many dignitaries and nobles in the capital, as well as ordinary people, after tea and dinner.

After all, since the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, since the death of Empress Fang, Jiajing has never been crowned a queen!

After many years, this vacancy of the queen has finally been filled.

The civil and military officials in the court were quite pleased with this, after all, the canonization of the queen can greatly stabilize the imperial power.

As the lord of the harem, the queen is in charge of the phoenix seal, assists the emperor in managing the harem, mothers the world, and reproduces heirs, setting an example for the subjects of the world.

Now, Empress Shen has given birth to a son for Her Majesty, so that she has even more weight.

As the only wife of the emperor, the status of the queen is naturally not what ordinary people can imagine, and it can be said that she is above ten thousand people in the real sense.

In the eyes of others, since the moment Zhu Zaiyuan was born, he has been appointed as the prince of the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that many people in the court have been thinking about betting on Zhu Zaiyuan in advance.

……

The capital, King Jing's Mansion.

At this moment, King Jing's Mansion is extremely busy from top to bottom.

The reason for being busy is very simple, because Zhu Zaizhen is already sending someone to pack his luggage and prepare to leave the capital and return to the fiefdom.

Since the incident of Yanguan, Zhu Zaizhen has known that his general trend has gone.

In Zhu Zaizhen's view, those officials must have been instructed by the third brother Zhu Zaizhen.

Otherwise, he would not have been so emboldened to make this request to return to the fiefdom in front of his father.

It was this incident that made Zhu Zaizhen realize that he was no longer qualified to fight with Zhu Zaizhen.

During the period when he left the capital and went to the fiefdom to settle for the domain, the original forces in his hands had already fallen apart and were absorbed by Zhu Zaikun.

Under the advantages of one another, he is no longer an opponent.

"Well, you can leave the capital in two days, and it's not bad to be an idle prince in the future!"

I saw Zhu Zaizhen retract his gaze from those unusually busy slaves, and comforted himself like this.

At this moment, I saw the housekeeper walking quickly in front of Zhu Zaizhen, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the palace has sent someone here, and he is currently waiting in the hall!"

After Zhu Zaizhen learned the news from the housekeeper, he nodded and commanded.

"Well, it seems that my father sent someone, take me there!"

"Yes, Your Highness, please come here!"

Under the guidance of the housekeeper, Zhu Zaizhen came to the hall in King Jing's mansion, which was specially used to entertain guests.

As soon as Zhu Zaizhen entered the hall, he saw an old eunuch in a crimson official uniform greet him, bow to Zhu Zaizhen and salute, "I've seen His Royal Highness King Jing!"

When Zhu Zaizhen heard this, after looking the old eunuch up and down, he waved his hand and commanded, "Well, sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Highness King Jing!"

When the old eunuch heard Zhu Zaizhen's words, he didn't excuse himself, and sat down on the vacant seat on the side.

After that, I saw Zhu Zaizhen look in the direction where the old eunuch was, and asked, "Did your father send you over?"

Facing Zhu Zaizhen's gaze, I saw that the old eunuch nodded, got up from the seat, leaned down, and replied respectfully: "Exactly, His Royal Highness King Jing, Your Majesty said that you should go over immediately!"

When Zhu Zaizhen heard this, after bowing his head slightly to the old eunuch, he followed up and said, "Well, I'm tired of my father-in-law!"

When the words fell, I saw Zhu Zaizhen winking at the housekeeper who was waiting on the side, who quickly understood and walked away immediately.

When the steward returned, he was followed by two servants, each carrying a wooden tray full of gold and silver treasures, and large silver tickets.

"My father-in-law deliberately made a trip, a little courtesy, not a respect!"

The old eunuch saw that Zhu Zaizhen had already said this, so he had no choice but to accept those things.

After that, I saw the old eunuch look in the direction where Zhu Zaizhen was, and proposed: "Without further ado, His Royal Highness King Jing, let's set off now, so as not to make Your Majesty anxious!"

When Zhu Zaizhen heard this, he withdrew his gaze from the old eunuch's body, and after a moment of silence, he said in response: "Well, it's just right, Gu also wants to see his father before leaving the capital!"

After that, Zhu Zaizhen followed the steps of the old eunuch, rode in a sedan chair, and marched in the direction where the Forbidden City was located.

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

After Jiajing put down the envelope in his hand, which was sent by the celebrant supervisor, he saw Lu Fang, who was waiting on the side, stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the slave maid got the news that His Royal Highness King Jing has begun to pack his luggage and is ready to leave the capital!"

When Jiajing heard Lu Fang's words, he replied imperceptibly, and then said, "Well, that's fine, it saves me a lot of effort!"

When Jiajing said this, his face was full of hatred for iron and steel, paused, and continued: "These two rebels have made their little known to everyone, and my face is about to be lost by them!"

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, she had to bite the bullet and comfort: "Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks, no matter how you say it, His Royal Highness King Yu and His Royal Highness King Jing are your own flesh and blood, and they are brothers......

Jiajing seemed to guess what Lu Fang was going to say next, only to see him wave his hand and interrupt with words: "Okay, there is no need to say any more, is there a brother like them, they can't even pretend to be at the very least!"

After this, Lu Fang seemed to suddenly remember, and changed the topic: "By the way, Your Majesty, the slave maid found that recently, many people in the court have been asking about the queen's preferences in private, you see......

When Jiajing heard this, the expression on his face suddenly became extremely cold, and he slapped the table suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Hmph, my child is still in infancy, and those people in the court have already put their hands on him, which is really unreasonable!"

Immediately, I saw Jiajing turn around, look in the direction where Lu Fang was, and command coldly: "Lu Fang, cut off all their outstretched hands, and the results of the treatment don't need to be reported to me!"

When Lu Fang on the side heard this, he immediately lowered his head and replied respectfully, "Obey, Your Majesty!"

Soon after this, I saw the guide eunuch step into the Qianqing Palace.

After the guide eunuch entered the Qianqing Palace, he subconsciously looked at Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon chair at the moment, leaned down, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Jing is waiting outside!"

Hearing this, Jiajing waved his hand, glanced at the guide eunuch, and then commanded, "Well, I know, let him in!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After receiving Jiajing's instructions, the guide eunuch did not stop for the slightest, and immediately turned around and left the Qianqing Palace.

……

Outside the Qianqing Palace, taking advantage of the gap between guiding the eunuchs to go in and report, Zhu Zaizhen looked at the Qianqing Palace that was close at hand.

At this moment, Zhu Zaizhen's face was full of complicated looks.

He knew very well in his heart that after leaving the capital this time, he would not know when he would be able to come back next time.

After all, in order to prevent the incident of Fengtianjing from happening again, the imperial court did everything possible to prevent those vassal kings who had already become vassals.

Without receiving an edict, the vassal king who had already become a vassal could never return to Beijing.

"Maybe next time, I have to wait until my father dies, and Lone may return to the capital!"

Just as Zhu Zaizhen's thoughts were flying, he saw the guide eunuch come to him with silent steps, lean down, and respectfully report: "His Royal Highness King Jing, Your Majesty is waiting for you inside, you can go in!"

"Well, I'm tired of my father-in-law!"

After Zhu Zaizhen finished speaking, after the guide led the eunuch to arch his hand, he picked it up

Ascending the stairs, he stepped on the stairs of the Qianqing Palace.

After entering the Qianqing Palace, I saw Zhu Zaizhen kneeling on the ground with a 'plopping", looked in the direction where Jiajing was, and said in a deep voice: "Erchen has seen his father!"

Hearing this, Jiajing glanced at Zhu Zaizhen, nodded, and ordered, "Well, get up!"

"Thank you, Father!"

After getting Jiajing's consent, Zhu Zaizhen slowly got up from the ground.

Subsequently, the father and son seemed to be unable to find a topic for a while, so they fell into a long silence.

Time passed slowly, and the atmosphere at the scene became more and more dull.

In the end, I saw Zhu Zaizhen stand up and take the lead in breaking the silence: "Father, the child is already ordering someone to pack his luggage and prepare to return to the fiefdom in two days!"

When Jiajing heard Zhu Zaizhen's words, after bowing his head slightly, he responded quite casually: "Well, that's good!"

After that, I saw Jiajing look Zhu Zaizhen up and down, and continued, "Do you need me to send you off then?"

When Zhu Zaizhen heard this, he immediately lowered his head and excused himself: "My father is in charge of every opportunity, and he should put state affairs first, and this little matter of the child should not involve his father's energy!"

Jiajing saw that Zhu Zaizhen's attitude was resolute, and he didn't force it, and after pondering for a while, he admonished: "Well, when the time comes to return to the fiefdom, send someone to bring me a letter, and I can rest assured!"

When Zhu Zaizhen heard Jiajing's words, he couldn't help but be a little moved, and immediately, he lowered his head and replied respectfully: "Yes, father, the son understands that when the son returns to the fief, he must send someone to report to your father as soon as possible!"

Then, I saw Jiajing turn around and glance at Lu Fang, and the latter quickly understood, and after bowing to Jiajing, he walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

Lu Fang knew that the next step was the time that belonged to Jiajing's father and son.

……

After Lu Fang left the Qianqing Palace, he saw Jiajing ordering someone to bring a map of the world, and then turned his gaze to the direction where Zhu Zaizhen was, and commanded: "Zhen'er, come, come here!"

When Zhu Zaizhen heard Jiajing's words, a trace of fear flashed on his face, but then, he still mustered up the courage and came to Jiajing.

"Father!"

"Hmm."

After Jiajing answered, he pointed to the world map on the bookcase and asked Zhu Zaizhen, "Have you seen this map?"

When Zhu Zaizhen heard this, he nodded, and replied without thinking: "Back to my father's words, my son has seen this map!"

After hearing Zhu Zaizhen's answer, Jiajing nodded imperceptibly, and turned to speak, "Well, it's good to have seen it!"

After that, I saw Jiajing pointing to the location of the Ming marked on the map: "Look, this is my Daming, here is Siam, Cochin, Korea, Japan, here is France, here is England, here is Spain......

At this moment, Zhu Zaizhen's gaze moved around with the migration of Jiajing's fingers.

Every time Jiajing points to a place, he will take it along with him and tell Zhu Zaizhen about the local humanities and customs.

After this, I saw Zhu Zaizhen pluck up his courage, looked at Jiajing with a curious face, and asked, "Father...... Father, the sons don't understand, what is it that you tell your sons and daughters......

Jiajing took in the expression on Zhu Zaizhen's face, raised his eyebrows, and then spoke: "My meaning is very simple, in the future, these places will need you to rule for me!"

When Zhu Zaizhen heard this, he looked in the direction Jiajing pointed, and at this moment, Jiajing's hand happened to fall on a strait on this world map.

Zhu Zaizhen clearly remembered that this strait was called the Strait of Malacca by Jiajing.

When Jiajing's words fell, Zhu Zaizhen's breathing inevitably became short, and he had already understood what Jiajing was trying to express.

Meaning, next, the Ming will expand aggressively, and they will be sent

Go and rule these places.

At the same time, Zhu Zaizhen also keenly received what Jiajing wanted to express, don't think about the throne, go overseas to be the emperor with peace of mind.

Jiajing took in the expression on Zhu Zaizhen's face, and after thinking for a moment, he looked in the direction where Zhu Zaizhen was, and continued: "I think you should know that the Rakshasa mission of my Ming Dynasty visited me not long ago, right?"

When Zhu Zaizhen heard this, he immediately lowered his head and replied without thinking: "Yes, father, the son knows about this!"

"It is said that this Rakshasa mission has signed a trade agreement with my Daming, and in the future, my Daming will have an additional income of 13 million taels every year!"

When Zhu Zaizhen said this, he sighed with emotion, what he didn't expect was that those barbarians would be so rich.

Jiajing seemed to see what Zhu Zaizhen was thinking, only to see him retract his gaze and ask unhurriedly, "Then do you know why they are so rich?"

When Jiajing said this, without waiting for Zhu Zaizhen to respond, he continued: "Because these gold and silver are what they snatched from those natives!"

……

After Jiajing finished speaking, he pointed to the location of the Americas on the world map, and continued.

"This is the Americas, and the country behind the Rakshasa mission that visited my Ming Dynasty is the country of Spain that I mentioned to you earlier, where they slaughtered natives and plundered their gold and silver!"

"This country called Spain has a huge fleet, which is currently plundering all over the world to feed back to the country, and its strength is not inferior to my Ming in any way!"

When Zhu Zaizhen heard Jiajing's words, a look of hindsight appeared on his face, and he subconsciously said: "So father, you will vigorously build a water division, and the purpose is to ......

Hearing this, Jiajing nodded, and then spoke, "Well, that's right, you have to remember to me that barbarians are afraid of power but not virtue!"

"If the Rakshasa Mission, who visited my Ming before, hadn't seen the strength of my Ming Dynasty, would they still be so peaceful?"

"If my Da Ming is extremely weak and weak, let alone sign a trade agreement with my Da Ming, when they go back, they will immediately organize a fleet to attack my Da Ming!"

When Jiajing said this, he couldn't help but sneer, his face full of mockery.

After Jiajing's explanation, Zhu Zaizhen gradually understood Jiajing's intention of saying this to himself.

Then, I saw Zhu Zaizhen organize the language in his mind, looked in the direction where Jiajing was, and said confirmly: "Could it be that my father wants to feed back to Daming by taking these places?"

Hearing this, Jiajing nodded, then put his gaze back on the world map in front of him, and continued: "Look, this is Cochin and this is Siam, these two places are rich in rice, and they can be used as the granary of my Ming Dynasty!"

"This is the Strait of Malacca that I mentioned earlier, guarding the main traffic routes, ships coming and going must pass through here, and when I take this place in the future, I can collect tolls from the ships that come and go!"

After this, I saw Jiajing pointing to the side part of the map of Japan, and continued: "In addition, according to the previous Japanese leader Wang Zhi, there is a huge silver mine here in Japan, as long as this silver mine is taken, within a hundred years, I will no longer have to worry about silver......

After listening to Jiajing's concept, Zhu Zaizhen only felt a trance, he didn't expect that Jiajing's idea would be so grand.

If all these ideas are realized, then the merits of his father will be immeasurable, even if he is called an emperor through the ages, it is not an exaggeration!

Thinking of this, Zhu Zaizhen glanced at Jiajing quietly, due to the distance between him and Jiajing in the past, Zhu Zaizhen couldn't see it very really.

But when he came to Jiajing, he realized that something was wrong.

"No, it stands to reason that my father is in his fifties this year, but not only does he not have a single gray hair on his head, but he also has no wrinkles on his face, and his mental state is also very good, and he looks like he is in his thirties

It's the same with people."

It is also thought of Jiajing's daily obsession with cultivating immortals and wanting to live forever.

At this moment, in Zhu Zaizhen's mind, such an unrealistic thought suddenly flashed: "Father should not be a successful cultivator, right?"

But soon, Zhu Zaizhen shook his head and threw this idea out of his mind: "No, how is this possible, so many emperors throughout the ages have wanted to live forever, but in the end, hasn't it become a handful of loess?"

"Father must have used some other method, yes, it must be so!"

Just as Zhu Zaizhen's thoughts were flying, he only heard Jiajing's voice ringing in his ears, pulling him back to reality: "Okay, I still have things to deal with next, so let's stop here, pay more attention to my body!"

When Zhu Zaizhen heard Jiajing's words, he nodded unsatisfactorily, leaned down, and said respectfully: "Yes, father, the child will retire!"

After that, Zhu Zaizhen did not hesitate at all, and immediately took a step and left the Qianqing Palace.

After walking out of the Qianqing Palace, I saw a stunned expression on Zhu Zaizhen's face.

The words that Jiajing had said before flashed through his mind like a slide.

"Although there is no hope for the throne, what my father said before is not bad!"

Zhu Zaizhen knows very well in his heart that there is still a long time before those goals are realized, and before that, he has to live well.

Then, I saw Zhu Zaizhen retract his gaze from a distance, his face was full of determination, clenched his fists, and said to himself silently: "Lone has decided, from today onwards, quit drinking!"

……

On the other side, the capital, in the palace of King Yu.

Recently, Zhu Zaikun's mood can be described as unusually good.

After all, judging from the news he received, in two days, his fourth brother Zhu Zaizhen would return to the fiefdom from the capital in a gloomy manner, and he would no longer be able to pose any threat to himself.

After Zhu Zaizhen returned to the fiefdom, he would be able to free up his hands and concentrate on dealing with the threat from Zhu Zaiyuan.

Although Zhu Zaiyuan is the child born to Jiajing and Empress Shen, he is a veritable son-in-law.

But unlike Zhu Zaiyuan, who was still in infancy, Zhu Zaikun had already grown up at this moment, and even had his own son.

And this also means that Zhu Zaikun can make arrangements in advance before Zhu Zaiyuan is full-fledged, and manage his own forces as much as possible.

In the final analysis, this is nothing more than a contest of "power", which can refer to many things, such as power, majesty, wealth, connections, confidence, and so on.

Although it is invisible or tangible, it does exist.

Previously, when the two brothers, Zhu Zaikun and Zhu Zaizhen, competed against each other and refused to give in to each other, it was Zhu Zaizhen's "potential" that overwhelmed Zhu Zaikun's "potential" and firmly gained the upper hand.

Later, after Zhu Zaizhen was sent by Jiajing to the fiefdom to become a vassal, Zhu Zaikun seized this opportunity and used his "potential" to overpower Zhu Zaizhen's "potential" to complete the big reversal.

Since then, Zhu Zaizhen has lost his position, and he is no longer Zhu Zaikun's opponent.

Just as Zhu Zaikun was still leisurely drinking tea in the room, he heard a knock on the door.

Seeing this, Zhu Zaikun unhurriedly put down the teacup in his hand and commanded, "Come in!"

When the voice fell, only to hear a 'squeak', the door to the room was pushed open.

Then, I saw the housekeeper of King Yu's Mansion walking quickly to Zhu Zaikun's side, leaning down, and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness King Yu, something is wrong, there is news that King Jing was summoned into the palace by His Majesty!"

After Zhu Zaikun learned the news from the housekeeper's mouth, a trace of surprise flashed on his face: "Oh, there is such a thing?"

Hearing this, the butler nodded, and continued: "Yes, His Royal Highness King Yu, this news was sent by our people in the palace, do you want to send someone to investigate?"

When Zhu Zaikun heard this, after pondering for a while, he commanded: "In two days, the fourth brother will leave the capital, and his father summoned him at this time, and there is nothing

It's not a shame!"

When Zhu Zaikun said this, he changed his words and continued: "But for the sake of insurance, let's check it out!"

When the housekeeper heard this, his expression immediately turned grim, and he replied in a deep voice, "Yes, His Royal Highness King Yu!"

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