Chapter 67: The Chill of the Palace
"Father should think twice."
Zhu Gaochi lowered his head, his hands hung down, and his attitude was very respectful, like a filial son.
Zhu Di sat firmly on the Taishi chair, separated from Zhu Gaochi by a desk.
The eldest son is tall again.
The sudden discovery made Zhu Di a little distracted, and in a short period of time, the boss bumped into himself face for the second time.
Do you feel that you have grown up, so you want to prove yourself, and choose to rebel against your father's authority? Zhu Di was dumbfounded by his thoughts, and temporarily suppressed this thought.
The recent performance of the boss is not an impetuous character.
"What do you think?"
Zhu Di's calm tone made Zhu Gaochi feel relieved.
"It's not a good way to back down, and things haven't gotten to that point, so you won't choose to make compromises." Zhu Gaochi said in a respectful tone, emphasizing: "Father also said that even if we back down, people who say bad things about our father will come up with all kinds of reasons. ”
"Whether we go to inspect the guard station or not, you should go and check it first in the next few days, and it can't affect those military households who live in poverty." Zhu Di was noncommittal, and he couldn't see his thoughts from his face.
Zhu Gaochi couldn't ask, so he could only choose to retreat temporarily, and wait for him to find an opportunity to persuade his father one day.
Den.
With the departure of the eldest son, it immediately became quiet.
The lampshade on the candlestick, which glows because of the candle flame, reflects the delicate five-horse gallop pattern carved on the lampshade.
"When did I and my second brother and third brother start to get to the point where we can't tolerate it today." Zhu Di's always calm face finally showed a hint of loneliness.
"Even the eldest brother is starting to be suspicious of us."
Zhu Di will not trust anyone, he will not be confused because of a few words in the long history of the second brother, and he will not believe in this person's words.
But he has his way, Yao Guangxiao is in Yingtianfu, and he sends back all kinds of gossip for himself.
Zhu Di didn't make up his mind about many things, but the attitude of the second brother's long history made him suddenly sober, so it was better not to deceive himself.
Who let them be born in the royal family?
is the most ruthless imperial family, no matter how deep the relationship between the brothers when they were young, they can't withstand the struggle for power after all.
Once the suspicion is planted, with their identity, how can it be eliminated, and it will never be eliminated.
Just as the third brother hated himself for crushing him, the second brother must have something to look forward to.
If the eldest brother dies, the second brother should be happy and not sad, because he has the best hope of becoming the crown prince.
Who else is qualified but him?
It's a pity that he committed an accident last year and became a stain, and I don't know if my father will give up on his second brother.
Time is also fate.
If you don't come early or don't come late, it happened at this moment, presumably the second brother didn't think about the boring tea and dinner recently.
Zhu Di suddenly laughed.
In other words, when you encounter the situation of the second brother, you will vomit blood angrily.
And what about yourself?
Zhu Di gradually suppressed his smile, and after a while, he slowly shook his head.
Even if the second brother doesn't succeed, there is still a third brother.
He has no chance, so he has never coveted the position of the eldest brother, and the second brother may have been a little unconvinced since he was a child.
What about the third brother.
Zhu Di groaned, if the second brother didn't commit a crime, the third brother would not have a chance, but who let the second brother commit an accident at such a critical juncture.
Will the father give up the second brother? Does the third brother have any ideas?
Big brother, can you get through it?
Zhu Di's eyes gradually sighed, he never had a chance, so it was not as good as the eldest brother to live, and there would be no such bullshit.
How could he be willing to work hard for many years before he completely controlled the situation and suppressed the Beiping Dusi, at least in Beiping Mansion.
The eldest brother is in the prime of life, maybe he will get through it.
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Ying Tianfu.
Monks, Taoist priests, scholars, famous doctors, ......, no one knows what they are running around for, and for whom they are running.
Not only did the emperor set up the Jinyi Guard, but he also wanted to know the information of the entire Ming Dynasty in all aspects, and the following vassal kings and nobles, frontier generals, and ministers of the frontier, who was not like this.
There are many lackeys under the door of the capital, colluding, conspiring, spreading rumors, and clinging to various families.
Dead.
Two drums were exchanged in the imperial city.
The emperor day after day, no matter how big things are, he can't interrupt the emperor's rules for dealing with the music, even if the prince is sick and unconscious.
In the heart of this poor emperor, there is no one in the world who is trustworthy, and the least trustworthy is the official.
But the state cannot do without the people, and it is also inseparable from the officials.
Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed the corners of his eyes, his eyesight was getting worse and worse, although the candlelight was bright, it was becoming more and more difficult to watch.
With a sigh of sorrow in his heart, he got up and left the table, moved his body, and saw the light coming from the east outside the window.
"What's going on there?"
"Returning to the saint, it is the monk invited by the East Palace who is exorcising evil spirits." The eunuch bowed his head tightly.
Hearing the eunuch's reply, Zhu Yuanzhang muttered. "The medicine stone is useless, has it come to this point?"
Although he often went to see the prince, where could he not leave an inch, and he did not dare to delay state affairs, so he could only order someone to take care of him.
The crown prince is under the care of his crown princess and sons, and he is more attentive than himself.
His heart sank, and Zhu Yuanzhang no longer had extravagant hopes.
He stopped moving, and turned back to the desk, but this time he reached for the stack of notes that he had left in the corner.
There are those who impeach the feudal kings and those who impeach the generals.
"Let Jiang Xian."
It's already so late, but the eunuchs are accustomed to it, and when the emperor deals with the sparseness, he often summons officials to ask when he encounters problems, and he doesn't look at the time.
The emperor did not rest, looking for officials to inquire about state affairs, how dare the officials slack off.
Jiang Xian, who had not been summoned for a while, many of the Jinyi guards were suspicious of where he had offended the emperor, so they talked about it.
Jiang Xian was not shocked, and walked into the palace respectfully as usual.
"Tell me about it."
Zhu Yuanzhang threw a letter to Jiang Xian, there was no superfluous explanation, the person in front of him was too easy to use, and he used several people recently, who were not as good as Jiang Xian.
Jiang Xian silently picked up the note, opened it and saw that it was a note from the Inspectorate, which was to impeach Liang Guogong.
"Thousands of village slaves, rampant in the township, occupy Dongchang people's land, it is true."
"Hide the booty, it's true."
"It is true that the soldiers destroyed the pass of Xifeng."
"It's true to promote cronies arbitrarily."
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Zhu Yuanzhang's face finally changed.
He knew that many of these things were definitely not groundless, but he didn't expect that none of them were slandering Lan Yu.
"All true?" Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to confirm.
"It's all true."
Jiang Xian did not feel as happy as a saint because of the emperor's summons again, just like ordinary people.
He is Jiang Xian.
The commander of the Jinyi Guard, the Eagle Dog of the Son of Heaven.
There is only one person in his eyes, and that is the emperor in front of him.
It is his recognition that makes him a person that Zhu Yuanzhang can't get rid of, a brocade guard who was not only not abandoned after suspicion, but reused.
"Who are the people he promoted?" Zhu Yuanzhang regained his composure, but his tone was extremely cold.
Jiang Xian lowered his head.
But he only hesitated for a moment, and then gave a long list of names.
"Marquis Huaiyuan, hereditary commander, is now in charge of Shanxi's military affairs."
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