Zhu Zhanji smiled, he couldn't see what the future would be, but he believed that with his deployment, plus Li Qing, it would definitely not be too bad.

He patted his son's head and looked at Yu Qian, "Take the prince back to the East Palace to study first." ”

"Obey." Yu Qian arched his hand, and took Xiao Zhu Qizhen's hand with a gloomy expression, "Prince, let's go back." ”

Xiao Zhu Qizhen was a little reluctant and asked, "Father, can the retainer sleep with you at night?" ”

"Of course you can!" Zhu Zhanji said with a smile, "Let's go study first, and then my father will let someone pick you up." ”

"yes, okay." The little guy nodded and followed Yu Qian out of the hall.

The smile on Zhu Zhanji's face disappeared, and he raised his voice: "Let the Queen Mother come in." ”

After a while, the little yellow door hurried in with the Empress Dowager Zhang, and when the Zhang family saw his son's appearance, he immediately cried, "How did you make it like this?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said ashamedly: "My son is not filial." ”

"Don't talk about that." Empress Dowager Zhang said nervously, "What did the imperial doctor say?" ”

"Queen Mother, I have something to explain to you." Zhu Zhanji sighed and said, "There is no need to wait here, let's retreat for the time being." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The little yellow door retreated.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but sink in her heart, although she was mentally prepared, she still couldn't accept the facts, "Is there really no way?" ”

Zhu Zhanji sighed and said with a wry smile: "Let's get down to business." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang was silent, "You say." ”

"I will give you the right to oversee the country, the true power over the new king." Zhu Zhanji's face was serious, "You can even depose the emperor." ”

"Huh?" Empress Dowager Zhang was shocked, "Taizu has set a rule, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics!" ”

She loves her son, loves him, but she is also afraid of him, because his son is so wicked, she feels that this is a temptation.

"It's not a temptation, I will make a will." Zhu Zhanji said seriously, "Now that the situation is special, I also believe in the queen mother. ”

After so many years of temptation and observation, coupled with the fact that the next generation sees the unique advantages of the older generation, Zhu Zhanji is basically at ease with his mother.

Empress Dowager Zhang's expression was complicated, and she nodded bitterly for a long time.

"You can see all the major national affairs, and you have the right to depose hundreds of officials." Zhu Zhanji came up with a bombshell.

Empress Dowager Zhang was sincerely afraid, "Son, the queen mother doesn't have that ability." ”

"Let the cabinet Sanyang, the six ministries and nine secretaries do the specific affairs, you just need to look at the people." Zhu Zhanji said, "I found you a helper. ”

"Who?"

"Zhang Fu."

Zhu Zhanji didn't say anything about Yu Qian, because Yu Qian didn't have Zhang Fu's powerful position, and the outer court was enough for him to be busy.

At this stage, Zhang Fu is the absolute first person in the Ming Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager Zhang heard that she had his help, and her courage has grown a lot.

"The Queen Mother will do her best."

"Hmm... As a son, he can't serve his mother, but he still has to work for his mother, and his son is not filial. Zhu Zhanji's eyes were red.

"Son~ Don't say it..." Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't cry.

Zhu Zhanji smiled, "The prince tries his best to assist, but if he really can't help him, find a stable one among the vassal kings." ”

"If that's the case, who are you looking for?" Empress Dowager Zhang cried.

Zhu Zhanji pondered for a long time, and finally said, "King Xiang." ”

Xiangwang Zhu Zhandong was also born to the Empress Dowager Zhang, the son of Renzong, and he was not in Beijing, his foundation was very clean, and his age was moderate, so he was the best choice.

"The queen mother wrote it down." Empress Dowager Zhang wiped her tears, "Son, don't worry, the queen mother will do her best to assist Qi Zhen, and she will never welcome foreign vassals into Beijing unless she has to." ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded: "Also, if you really want to welcome foreign vassals into Beijing one day, kill the queen first, and then abolish the emperor." ”

"Huh?" Empress Dowager Zhang was shocked again, "You don't worry about her?" ”

"Hmm."

"Then why don't you just kill and bury?" Empress Dowager Zhang was puzzled, "The matter of Lizi killing his mother has not happened in history, and besides, you like her so much, isn't it good to let her accompany you?" ”

The contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been the same since ancient times, although the Sun family was brought into the palace by the Zhang family, but the relationship between the two is ...... To put it mildly: It's okay.

I want to kill her, but I'm also afraid that you have been in power for a long time, and you won't let go of power...... Zhu Zhanji said in his heart: No matter what, she is Zhen'er's mother, Zhen'er has the most profits, and she will not do evil to Zhen'er if she is evil.

Zhu Zhanji can be said to have calculated to the bones, if his young son really can't stabilize the court situation in the early stage, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he doesn't mind letting his brother succeed to the throne;

And in the early stage, Queen Sun couldn't stand up to her mother-in-law in the face of identity and status.

But if it is stable in the early stage and her son grows up in the later stage, if the Empress Dowager Zhang still does not let go of power, then Queen Sun, the daughter-in-law, will be the first to refuse.

The weight of Zhu Zhanji's mind is that Sanyang and Jianxia, who have been up and down in the sea for decades, are also difficult to reach.

This is also the reason why he can still play in the court of a group of people, and play smoothly.

Zhu Zhanji found an excuse: "Zhen'er is still young, and he can't be left without a father and a mother." ”

Where did Empress Dowager Zhang know her son's thoughts, she nodded and agreed, and didn't think much about it.

"Anything else?"

"The queen mother must guard against the Sun family." Zhu Zhanji said another sentence to break the divide, laying the groundwork for the future war between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded heavily: "The queen mother has written it down, son, do you have any wishes?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said affectionately: "I hope that the queen mother is healthy, safe, happy and ......happy."

"My son......!" Empress Dowager Zhang broke the defense and cried bitterly.

……

In the evening, Xiao Zhu Qizhen came to the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Zhanji finished calculating his wife and daughter-in-law and began to calculate his son.

Although his son is still young and may not succeed in his calculations, he has no time.

"Zhen'er, do you want to be a good emperor?"

There is almost no need to think about the multiple-choice questions, and the little guy naturally won't choose the wrong one," Erchen thought. ”

"Is my father a good emperor?"

"Father, yes." The question is too simple for the little one to get wrong.

Zhu Zhanji said again: "Does that mean that if you listen to your father's words, you can be a good emperor?" ”

Xiao Zhu Qizhen nodded: "Yes." ”

"Good son, listen to my father." Zhu Zhanji said softly, "If you want to be a good emperor, the first element is to think independently;

Don't believe what others say, but judge a person's goodness and badness and loyalty by what he does and the impact he causes. ”

"Never say what you really think in your heart, think more, think more, plan and then act." Zhu Zhanji earnestly taught, "Don't believe in a person wholeheartedly, because everyone will change." ”

The difficulty came up all of a sudden, and the little guy's thinking couldn't keep up, so he asked, "Isn't Teacher Yu too?" ”

"I can't."

"What about the Queen Mother?"

"I can't."

"Where's Grandma Huang?"

"Neither can we." Zhu Zhanji said, "Father is not to let you doubt them, but to let you have your own opinions, don't take their words as the words of a saint......"

Zhu Zhanji tried his best to explain, telling his son in the most straightforward words.

……

He spoke little by little, very carefully.

"For another example, when you see a bad official, the first thing you should do is not to kill him as if you were angry, but to think about how to kill him first, so as to achieve the effect you want, or minimize the adverse effects......"

Zhu Zhanji Balabala spoke, and the little guy listened very carefully, but did not digest it.

This is reasonable, and Zhu Zhanji is not surprised, but he still talks about it.

It wasn't until the little guy was sleepy and Zhu Zhanji himself was tired that the father and son fell asleep.

In the following days, the father and son stayed in the Qianqing Palace, Xiao Zhu Qizhen suspended his studies, Zhu Zhanji suspended his official duties, and let the six ministries and the cabinet jointly govern the government.

The Father is the Teacher, the Son is the Disciple!

Zhu Zhanji tirelessly repeated explanations, examples, and questions; Xiao Zhu Qizhen listened and memorized while answering questions.

His thoughts and character have been imperceptibly influenced by Yu Qian, and he has set up a great ideal: to be a good emperor.

The father spoke seriously, and the son listened carefully.

Zhu Zhanji was very pleased with his son's learning attitude, and his understanding was even more so, he found that his son was much smarter than he imagined and his thinking was also very open.

As the days passed, Zhu Zhanji's physical condition became worse and worse, but he still insisted on teaching.

Ten days later, all the questions raised by Zhu Zhanji were answered fluently by Zhu Qizhen, and they were completely in line with Zhu Zhanji's teachings.

"Father, the sons and daughters have all answered correctly, right?" The little guy said proudly, "The son has a good memory." ”

"Nope." Zhu Zhanji said with a calm face, "If it is an exam, my father can only give you zero points." ”

"Huh?" The little guy was stunned, and said, "Why, that's how my father taught his son?" ”

Zhu Zhanji snorted lightly: "Think about the reason yourself, let's continue to ......"

A day later.

"Father, did I get it right this time?"

"No, let's continue."

Two days later.

Three days later.

On the fourth day, Zhu Zhanji asked the usual question: "If a courtier is negligent and says that a disaster has occurred in a certain place, what should you do?" ”

Xiao Zhu Qizhen, who can answer the standard answer every time, is silent this time, just looks at him and doesn't speak.

"Why not?" Zhu Zhanji frowned.

The little one still didn't speak, just looked at him.

After a long time, Zhu Zhanji's frowning brows stretched out, and the most important thing, his son finally understood.

- Don't say what you really think in your heart.

"Father, how many points did the sons and daughters get?" Xiao Zhu Qizhen asked.

Zhu Zhanji smiled: "Full marks." ”

"Erchen will be a good emperor." He was small, but he spoke very seriously and in a firm tone.

Zhu Zhanji also smiled, relaxed and relieved.

"Zhen'er, go and lift the mat at the end of the bed and take out the things underneath," Zhu Zhanji said softly, "That's a gift from your father." ”

The little one ran to the end of the bed, lifted the mattress and mat, and took out a long wooden box.

"Open it and take a look."

Xiao Zhu Qizhen did so, opened the box and took out the painting scroll, and slowly unfolded it...... It's a man.

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