On the Double Ninth Festival, members of the royal family, several scholars in the cabinet, and several ministers of the state in Beijing rushed to the filial piety tomb to worship their ancestors.
Queen Xu has been suffering from frequent head illnesses recently, and according to Zhu Di's intentions, she will not let the queen come, but Queen Xu is willing to be criticized in this matter, so she still insists on coming.
As soon as he got out of the car and walked up the mountain, Zhu Di was worried about the queen's health, so he personally supported her, and the husband and wife walked up the Shinto Road together.
Behind them, it is naturally the prince and his wife, the prince Zhu Gaochi is obese, and it is really hard enough to ask him to go up the first step, sweat is flowing down his neck, and he has to grit his teeth and endure it.
Two powerful eunuchs supported him on the left and right, and it was still very difficult to walk.
On the Shinto stone steps in front, there were stones that thought that because of the changes in the underground, they were no longer so smooth, and they arched slightly, Zhu Di hurriedly helped the queen tightly, and whispered: "Queen, slow down."
Empress Xu smiled softly at her husband, her feet raised.
But Zhu Gaochi didn't pay much attention to his feet because he was being supported, and his feet were raised as usual, but he stumbled on the steps, and he stumbled forward.
Zhu Di heard the movement in front of him, turned his head and saw his son's clumsy appearance, he couldn't help frowning, slightly disgusted.
He is a martial artist, and he is still majestic, but this eldest son, he knows that it is not his son who is overeating, but he will not blame him, but when he sees this situation, he is still instinctively a little disgusted.
Seeing this, the second prince, Zhu Gaoxu, gloated and sneered: "The predecessors have fallen, and the descendants have also known the police" said and raised his legs leisurely and stepped up the stone steps.
He didn't say it loudly, and I didn't want the adults to hear it, but he was heard by a small person.
The emperor's grandson, Zhu Zhanji, was following behind and heard this sentence clearly.
Zhu Zhanji is eight years old this year, the eldest son of the crown prince, who is destined to be the emperor in the future, he has been educated by the emperor's mind since he was a child, and he is far more mature and sensible than children of the same age.
At this time, hearing the second emperor's uncle laughing at his father, Zhu Zhanji was very angry, his little face turned red, and he immediately followed: "There are more posterity to know the police" Zhu Gaoxu was taken aback, turned his head to see that it was Zhu Zhanji, and looked at the little guy's hostile gaze towards him, Zhu Gaoxu said secretly: "Although this kid is young, he is not a good stubble."
Xia Xun watched coldly, and also saw this confrontation in his eyes.
Everyone went up the mountain and swept the tomb of the first emperor with Zhu Di, and then because the queen was a little tired, Zhu Di took her to the side to rest.
Ninety-nine Double Ninth Festival, the sky is high and refreshing, since it is here, it is just for the queen to relax.
As soon as the emperor said to take a break, he went to the forest to relax, because it is usually difficult to get such a wild interest in the mountains and forests, that is, when he sees a small fish like needles swimming around in the stream, he can also watch it with relish for a long time.
Suddenly, Zhu Gaochu walked outside the forest, followed by Chen Ying and several other ministers, Zhu Gaochu looked disdainful, and snorted: "Stupid and stupid as a pig, you will be embarrassed once you come out, why do you know self-love so much, even this king follows him with a shameless face." ” An official next to him sneered: "The more you lose your face, isn't it better for Your Highness, Hehe, Your Highness should only watch the play, why bother to go to your heart." ” Zhu Gaoxu laughed insolently when he heard this.
Zhu Zhanji rushed up angrily when he heard this, although these people did not name them, how could he not know that this was talking about his father, Zhu Zhanji's little face was flushed with anger, and he was about to rush out with small fists in both hands, but suddenly there was a big hand on his shoulder, which held him down steadily.
Zhu Zhanji Huo Ran turned around, and saw that it was Xia Xun, Xia Xun shook his head lightly at him, and waited for the few people outside the woods to talk and laugh and walk over, Xia Xun let go of his hand, Zhu Zhanji said angrily: "The prince of the country should not stop me, the matter is the greatest, the father is insulted, how can the son of man sit back and look at the king of Han is my father's brother, but also my father's courtier, for my brother is disrespectful, for the minister is unjust, shouldn't he be reprimanded?"
Zhu Zhanji and Xia Xun are very close, first, he knows that Xia Xun is on his father's side, his father can be made the crown prince, and the auxiliary prince has made great efforts; Second, he has been very close to his aunt Ming'er since he was a child, so he is even closer to Xia Xun, and he has no scruples in front of him, plus after all, he is a child's surname, so he is outspoken.
Xia Xun smiled, pointed to a toad in the stream under his feet, and said to Zhu Zhanji: "If you ask a male toad, what beauty is, it thinks that beauty is its female toad."
Do you want to bother arguing with it?"
Zhu Zhanji thought about it and couldn't help laughing.
Xia Xun said: "The minister is not to prevent His Highness from doing his filial piety, but in front of the prince, His Royal Highness is not only a son, but also a courtier."
Those who are sons of men should fulfill filial piety, and those who are ministers should be loyal, then you have to choose how to better fulfill your duties.
Meaningless disputes will not bring any benefit to the crown prince, and sometimes temporary forbearance and indulgence of the other party's rampant are the means to promote his demise. ” Zhu Zhanji said depressedly: "It's not that Zhanji doesn't understand the truth that Guogong said, but sometimes, it's really unbearable.
My father has always endured it, and I still have to endure it now, and let him be humiliated."
Zhu Zhanji was sullen for a long time before he said: "Guogong, Zhanji is the grandson of the emperor, with fine clothes and food, and infinite glory, but I envy those ordinary children who are about the same age, I think I am far less happy than them."
Xia Xun sighed and said, "Your Highness envies them because Your Highness only sees them when they are relaxed and happy; They envy His Highness because they only see His Highness's infinite scenery.
All human beings are born with their own afflictions, and no one can be relieved of all afflictions unless " His deep gaze gradually moved to the high imperial mausoleum, and said leisurely: "Unless, it is someone who has passed away."
Zhu Zhanji seemed to understand, he stood there silently, and the injustice on his face gradually disappeared Xia Xun's participation in the mausoleum, which soon spread in the officialdom as a political signal for him to regain the emperor's attention and trust.
Immediately afterwards, the eldest son of the Duke of Fuguo received additional favors from the emperor, and the news that he was crowned as the general of the Zhengwupin Wude also spread, which further confirmed the previous rumor.
Then, there were rumors that the emperor intended to appoint the Duke of Fuguo as the general of Zhengyi to replace Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo.
The reason is very simple, the current acting general is Zhang Fu, the son of the British Duke Zhang Yu, who is young and has never led soldiers to fight before, so the emperor is not at ease.
Think about Li Jinglong, Li Jinglong, his son is still the god of war of the Ming Dynasty, his father is capable, but it doesn't mean that his son is capable.
The lone expedition to Annam, this important task, the emperor is not worried about handing it over to him, and he needs a person who can escort the battle, but the acting general Zhang Fu is the current British duke, and only the prince is higher than him in terms of status, so if he does not send a prince, then he has to send a person with the same status and seniority than him.
Such a person, in the entire court, there is no third person except for Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi, and Yang Xu, the Duke of Fuguo, so the rumor of sending Yang Xu to expedition to Annam is the most convincing one among all kinds of rumors, and it is widely spread among the government and the opposition.
In fact, the rumors in the officialdom are rarely groundless, either revealed by insiders, or deliberately created momentum by people with some kind of purpose.
The same is true of Xia Xun's rumors, the news that he regained the favor of the emperor and his son was given a grand favor was actually deliberately promoted by the prince's faction.
Although the crown prince's name has been decided, it is not uncommon in history to set up a prince and abolish a prince, Zhu Gaochi himself knows that his father really doesn't like him from the bottom of his heart, even if he weighs the pros and cons and makes him the prince, he still has no good impression of him, so his sense of crisis always exists.
Xia Xun is a staunch supporter of the crown prince, coupled with his status in the court, he is favored or disgraced, and the influence on Zhu Gaochi is too great, so as soon as he sees the opportunity, he immediately builds momentum for Xia Xun.
However, the news that Xia Xun was sent to the army was not a rumor spread by the prince's faction, it was actually the second prince's faction that spread the news, and it was actually Chen Ying's handwriting.
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Chen Ying complained a few days ago, and as soon as the news of the death of Chengguo Gong Zhu Neng came back, Chen Ying complained.
Zhu Gaoxu felt that it was a mistake for him not to go to Yunnan in the first place, and if he really became the king of Yunnan, in the case of Zhu Neng's death, he would probably be asked to control the soldiers and horses of Liangguang and Yunnan to command the war against Annam.
Zhu Gaoxu, who has always been brave and proficient in the art of war, is very confident, and after this big victory, he can not only have more military generals in the army to support him and cultivate more cronies, but he may not be able to shake his father's will and once again raise the idea of making him the crown prince.
The son inherits his father's business, compared with the royal brother who is obese, full of benevolence and morality, and likes to deal with literati and artists, he has too many advantages.
Chen Ying really has a hard time and can't say it, who would have thought of this kind of change, besides, leaving the capital, of course, has benefits, but the disadvantages are equally obvious, stay away from the center and become the king of Yunnan, even if you make a great contribution, can you make up for the impact of staying away from Beijing The problem is that all these things are just evaluations and speculations, and before they are really done, who can guarantee that the facts will definitely develop according to their own ideas, and besides, as a subordinate, he can't argue with Zhu Gaoxu.
When the news spread that Xia Xun was once again favored by the emperor, the Second Prince's faction was even more depressed.
Some time ago, the prince's faction was infighting, which made them see a joke.
As a result, this lawsuit was fought to the end, but it provoked Ji Gang's mad dog, there was a feud before, and now the feud is deeper, Chen Ying found that Jin Yiwei secretly stared at him.
The only thing to be thankful for is that Yang Xu, the backbone of the prince's faction, seems to have sat on a cold board, Zhu Gaoxu took advantage of this opportunity to buy people's hearts, and the news of Xia Xun's comeback was a blow to him.
Moreover, Zhu Gaoxu's cronies in the army told him that the emperor was a little uneasy about Zhang Fu being in charge of the war in Annam alone, and seemed to intend to send another general, and he was even more nervous when he got the news.
Several times in the entire Ming Dynasty, there are a few people who are qualified to sit on top of Zhang Fu except Qiu Fu only Yang Xu, Yang Xu and the comeback at this time, it is not to send Yang Xu to conquer the harbingers of Annan, Zhedong, Liaodong, all called Yang Xu has been skipped, now only the west and the south, Yang Xu has not intervened, and then let him go to the south to fight for a few years, and cultivate a group of officials of the prince's department, so do you want others to live So, if the emperor intends to send another general, he must take this opportunity over.
Chen Ying's method is: take the initiative to create rumors, if the emperor really has this meaning, I will break it first.
If the emperor didn't mean this, he would no longer have this idea.
This is not a question of rebellion of the surname, but of an emperor whose authority is absolutely unquestionable and unshakable.
Chen Ying's speculation is very accurate, and her speculation on the emperor's mental tricks is indeed accurate, and this rumor was successfully reported to the emperor's case through Jinyiwei, but Zhu Di is indeed unavailable.
If that's the case, it's better to let Zhang Fu let go of the fight, and don't send people at all.
But if you want to send someone who can suppress the British Duke, there is really no one else in the Manchu Dynasty except for the Duke of Qi and the Duke of Fuguo.
Zhu Di's mind was undecided, there were already rumors outside that there were noses and eyes, which really made him very unhappy, his original plan was indeed to send Yang Xu, but because he heard this rumor, he changed his mind and wanted to send Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi, to sit in Annan.
But he thought about it repeatedly, and remembered Qiu Fu's defeat in eastern Zhejiang, Qiu Fu had fought with him for so many years, and he still believed in Qiu Fu's ability to command the army, but after the failure of the eastern Zhejiang, he decided that Qiu Fu was only good at fighting in the north, and even the battle in the terrain of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River could not be fought well, and the terrain on the south side of Annan was more complicated than that in the south of the Yangtze River, could he adapt to it On the other hand, Yang Xu, Jiangnan, Liaodong, everywhere, regardless of politics, economy, military, all aspects of performance are remarkable, and the fight against Annan is a special battle that is carried out simultaneously by military and politics, and he has a great plan in Annan, and there is no room for mistakes, Yang Xu has become the best candidate in his mind.
Therefore, after thinking about it repeatedly, Zhu Di still decided to send Yang Xu to Annan.
Zhu Di pondered, and finally made up his mind, glanced up, and asked Zheng He, who was waiting on the side: "The main hall of Dabao'en Temple has been built."
Zheng He is also one of the presiding officials of Da Bao En, although he does not go often, he knows the progress of the project, and hurriedly agreed, Zhu Di said: "You and Yang Xu are ready, I will go to the main hall of Da Bao En Temple to pay tribute to the imperial examination."
Zheng He was secretly surprised when he heard this, and said in his heart: "The emperor just went to the filial piety mausoleum to worship the joint burial mausoleum of the first emperor and Ma Niangniang, why do you want to go to Dabao'en Temple to pay tribute again?"
But of course he couldn't say this, so he hurriedly agreed and hurried to make arrangements.
To be continued: