Ouchi, the Imperial Study.

It was getting late, and Zhu Yuanzhang was still reviewing the chapters.

When he opened a new book, his face suddenly changed slightly.

This is the Qin chapter on the official of the Imperial Historical Tower.

"In ancient times, there was a saying that the eldest son was established, and the saint was silent, and it was not the truth of heaven and earth."

"The establishment of elders is nothing more than to reduce brotherly strife and avoid the scourge of strife."

"This dynasty removes the old and innovates, washes away the old evils of the previous dynasty, and creates new rules for eternity."

"Today, there are four emperors, His Royal Highness Sun Nanwang, who is only eight buckets tall and rich in five cars. Brilliant and momentarily prosperous. Derby sages, unmatched by the world. According to the minister's opinion, he should break the rules of the formation and become the prince. ”

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang unconsciously sighed.

He knows very well how obsessed these civil officials are with their eldest son, and why did they suddenly change their attitudes?

Immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang threw the piece aside and opened another one.

It turned out that Zhu Yunxi was appointed as the prince again.

Immediately after that, the third, the fourth......

Within a day, hundreds of officials wrote to the king of Linan as the prince.

"This is unprecedented!"

What kind of character Zhu Yuanzhang is, he immediately noticed the abnormality in it.

At this moment, the little eunuch came to report, and Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, asked to see him.

"Didn't he call himself sick and take leave of absence in the house?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled.

I heard that after Lan Yu was slapped by Zhu Yuanxi, her temperament changed greatly and she closed her door, what is the matter today?

"Xuan!"

Zhu Yuanzhang commanded, and the little eunuch hurriedly spoke.

"Weichen Lanyu, see Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

Soon, Lan Yu got up and came in and made a big salute directly.

Although the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, the imperial court has very strict regulations.

But all along, Lan Yu relied on his high military merits and was very familiar with the emperor, and would not solemnly make such a big gift.

It's very casual.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not good at punishing him for this matter.

Lan Yu felt that it should be, we are close to the emperor and have a good relationship, so we don't need such a serious salute, see more outside!

But since being slapped by Zhu Yunxi, Lan Yu has figured out that she can't be as casual as before.

Therefore, when I came to see Zhu Yuanzhang this time, I would be so serious.

"It's not in the court, why do you need to make such a big gift! Hurry up! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said politely, but there was a rare happy smile on his face.

He was very satisfied with Lan Yu's actions today.

On the surface, the courtesy of kings and ministers seems to be just a ceremonial thing, and it is insignificant.

In fact, it reflects the real activity of the courtier's heart.

Especially an old minister like Lan Yu who fought with him.

The attitude is contemptuous and the etiquette is casual, which shows that Lan Yu always feels that the country has its own share in her heart, so she is so presumptuous.

For the emperor, it is actually a provocation.

Lao Zhu Ke never thought that the Zhu family's country still had someone else's share.

No matter how much merit has been made.

The king is the king, the minister is the minister, and Lao Zhu does not allow anyone to overstep.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Lan Yu kowtowed again before standing up.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile: "Why do you have time to enter the palace today, but you have something to play?" ”

Lan Yu took out a book from his sleeve and saluted: "Since the death of the crown prince, the prince has been hanging and has not been established, and the court is unstable. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his face suddenly sank.

Zhu Yunxi is Lan Yu's nephew, is he here for this matter?

That blue jade's courage is inevitably too big.

Is this what he should say as a courtier?

Lao Zhu's anger rose little by little.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that His Royal Highness the Fourth Emperor Sun Nanwang is gifted and intelligent, loyal and virtuous, although he is not the eldest grandson, he is like a king."

"The new dynasty of the country should be broken and the new should be eliminated, and not be trapped by the old rules."

"I respectfully ask Your Majesty to make His Royal Highness King Nan the imperial grandson."

Lan Yu said, holding the piece high and kneeling down again.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a little suspicious of his ears, did he really hear it wrong?

The prince invited by Lan Yu is not Zhu Yunxi, the king of Wu, but Zhu Yunxi, the king of the south?

He took the piece and looked at it, and a smile gradually appeared on his face, but soon the news disappeared without a trace, and there was no joy or sorrow.

At this time, there was a commotion outside.

Although it is far away, it is also faintly audible.

It seems that there is a large crowd gathering outside the palace.

"What's going on out there?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Your Majesty!" The steward and eunuch in the palace ran in in a panic, knelt down and said: "There are tens of thousands of people in the city, gather in front of the palace gate, and collectively write to the court. ”

Since Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he created a system in which ordinary people can directly go to the book of the Son of Heaven.

All the people of the Ming Dynasty, if they have any grievances, they can directly beat the drums outside the palace, appeal to the imperial court, and the emperor will personally accept them, and the officials shall not stop them, otherwise they will be punished heavily.

However, in reality, very few people will beat the drum.

Not to mention that tens of thousands of people gathered outside the palace gate like today.

"What's the matter?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Your Majesty." The steward and eunuch replied tremblingly: "The people ask Your Majesty to appoint His Royal Highness Sun Nanwang, the fourth emperor, as the prince!" ”

When he said this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

In the matter of establishing a prince, even the important ministers of the imperial court do not dare to say a sentence and a half sentence easily.

At present, tens of thousands of people are directly writing to the court, which has never happened before!

From ancient times to the present, it is unheard of.

This is almost no different from forcing the palace, will Your Majesty be thundered and angry?

"Oh, I see." Zhu Yuanzhang replied lightly, noncommittal.

The steward and eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Your Majesty, hundreds of students from Guozijian also jointly signed a public letter, asking Your Majesty to appoint King Nan as the emperor's grandson."

"Got it, anything else?" Zhu Yuanzhang's language and expression were still as usual, and he didn't know whether he was happy or angry.

"I heard that dozens of generals from the Gyeonggi camp also wrote a letter requesting King Linan to be the prince, and the chapter has already arrived at the General Administration."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face changed, and he glanced at the eunuch who was kneeling on the ground.

"Everyone takes care of their own affairs, isn't it enough for them to toss up and train their troops to fight? Do you want to toss the affairs of the imperial court? ”

This time, Lao Zhu's voice seemed to have a hint of anger.

The steward and eunuch knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head.

"Let's go down." Lao Zhu waved his hand.

The steward eunuch suddenly retreated as if he had been pardoned.

Lan Yu stayed by the side and asked for her leave.

He was persuaded by Huang Zicheng to come to the letter to ask for Zhu Yunxi to be appointed as the prince.

But at this moment, hearing that this incident made such a big noise, Lan Yu, no matter how stupid she was, could see some signs that something was wrong.

No matter how you look at it, it's a bit of a forced palace.

Lan Yu's heart sank to the bottom all of a sudden.

Could it be that he fell for Huang Zicheng's old fox's scheme?

This group of civil officials, as expected, does not have a good thing.

But he had just written a request before, but now it was difficult to take it back, so he had to leave quickly.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't keep him, and asked him to leave with a straight face.

As Lan Yu's figure gradually moved away, he turned his head and looked around left and right, and saw that the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting were not beside him, Zhu Yuanzhang's originally serious and tense face slowly appeared with a smile.

He suddenly laughed happily.

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(End of chapter)