Wenyuan Pavilion.
Zhu Gaoxu summoned important civil and military ministers.
After all, His Majesty the Emperor is seriously ill, which makes everyone panic and panic.
So now that the prince is back, he wants to take charge of the overall situation and stabilize people's hearts.
"You are all the cornerstones of the imperial court. You should stabilize the imperial court in times of crisis!"
"His Majesty the Emperor's body is indeed a little weak, but now he has recovered some energy and energy, so I don't want to hear any more rumors about the Emperor's dragon body. Do you all understand what I mean?"
Hearing this, all the ministers were frightened and immediately nodded to indicate that they understood.
In these days, because His Majesty the Emperor is seriously ill, there have indeed been a lot of rumors.
And they, the ministers, are the highest officials of various temple supervisors. If people in their own departments spread rumors, they, the ministers, are also responsible for negligence!
After warning everyone, Zhu Gaoxu got down to business.
"The first thing is that the Longevity Festival is approaching. In the past, the emperor lamented that people's livelihood was difficult, so he never made any big plans. But things are different now. Our Ming Dynasty has developed well in recent years, and it is really time to celebrate. .”
"My dear ministers, what do you think?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately started talking.
The so-called "Wanshou Festival" is the emperor's birthday. It means "Longevity without Borders" and is a national holiday.
During this Wanshou Festival, the whole country has a three-day holiday, and celebrations are held at the same time, so that "the government and the public rejoice together."
In the capital, the ministers wished the emperor a birthday, offering wine, nectar and various gifts. The emperor also rewarded officials according to their rank, and everyone happily congratulated the emperor on his birthday.
Therefore, Wanshou Festival, "New Year's Day" and "Winter Solstice" are also called the three major festivals.
However, both Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Emperor Yongle Zhu Di were diligent and thrifty emperors, so they never held the Wanshou Festival in a big way. They only gave symbolic banquets to officials and then ended there.
To put it bluntly, it was because the imperial court was poor and had no money at that time!
Emperor Taizu Gao never was extravagant or wasteful. He loved the people like his son throughout his life, so he would naturally not waste money and people because he lived too long.
As for Emperor Yongle Zhu Di, it was purely because he was poor and had no money.
The imperial court has launched so many big projects at once, and he, Zhu Di, has to go on a personal expedition to the Northern Expedition to Oara. The finances have long been stretched. How can there be any spare money to celebrate Zhu Di's birthday?
Therefore, Yongle has never had a good Wanshou Festival from the beginning until now.
But it’s different now!
The imperial court is rich!
And the royal family is richer!
Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, frowned, but did not raise any objection. Instead, he asked a question that he was more concerned about.
"Your Highness, is the cost of the Longevity Festival allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs, or..."
When Zhu Gaoxu heard what he said, he immediately laughed angrily.
This Xia Yuanji is really a damn talent.
Since the separation of financial and taxation power, Xia Yuanji has gone down the road of iron rooster and never returned.
No matter who came to his account department to ask for money, he would scrutinize it for a long time without being open-minded at all!
"Can the royal family provide for themselves?"
"Old Xia Tou, you are good at everything, but your structure is too small!"
Xia Yuanji's face was expressionless when he heard this, and he automatically ignored Zhu Gaoxu's sarcasm.
Huh, the layout is small?
Wouldn't it be better to have a smaller layout?
Nowadays, various states and capitals are developing people's livelihood. It is easy for my household department to save so much money. We must not spend all the money on the blade!
Besides, when His Majesty the Emperor celebrates his birthday, your royal family should have paid for it!
Well, nothing wrong, no problem at all.
"I intend to have all the clan princes who are serving overseas vassal vassal return to the capital and celebrate a lively Wanshou Festival together. All ministries and departments should make preparations. Don't neglect any of the princes!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was a little surprised.
This is really a big deal!
Call all overseas kings back to Beijing!
The travel expenses alone are a big expense!
Compared with this, everyone is more worried about other things.
The Crown Prince suddenly decided to hold a grand Wanshou Festival and summon overseas kings to return to Beijing. This looked like he was fulfilling the long-cherished wish of His Majesty the Emperor!
Is it possible that the emperor's illness is really so serious that he is counting the days?
Everyone is not stupid, and naturally they will not object if they think of that possibility.
No matter how arrogant you are, it’s all paid by the royal family anyway, and they don’t feel bad about it.
After agreeing on this matter, Zhu Gaoxu once again raised another matter.
"The second thing is that I want to call the North American president back to Beijing to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor."
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.
All the ministers' expressions changed drastically and they subconsciously spoke out against it.
North American host?
Zhu Zhanji!
His Royal Highness the Great Grandson back then!
Why did you call Zhu Zhanji back so neatly?
Isn't this deliberately disgusting?
Back then, when King Zhu Gaoxu of Han Dynasty and his great grandson Zhu Zhanji were competing for the throne, both sides were about to have their brains knocked out. Have you, the crown prince, forgotten all this?
Zhu Zhanji failed to seize the rightful son, so it didn't matter if he wasn't killed. He was sent to far away North America, which was also a good choice.
After all, North America is not only a barbarian land, but also too far away from the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains. If nothing unexpected happens, Zhu Zhanji will never be able to return to the Ming Dynasty in his life.
In this way, the influence of the former crown prince Zhu Gaochi's lineage will be reduced to a minimum, or even completely eliminated with the passage of time.
This is the result everyone wants to see.
After all, the Ming Dynasty only needs one prince, and that is Prince Zhu Gaoxu!
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty must not experience another battle for the right to inherit the throne, as that would only destroy the great situation in which the Ming Dynasty thrives with all its waste!
Because of these considerations, die-hard princelings such as Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji and others, as well as die-hard princelings such as Gu Zuo, Xie Jin and Wang Jing, sternly opposed it and showed a stubborn attitude of disobedience.
Gu Zuo even asked a heart-wrenching question.
"Your Highness, is this your intention or His Majesty's?"
"Once this person gets old, he becomes most sentimental and wants to see more of his relatives and friends. This is human nature and understandable!"
"But if someone takes this opportunity to return to the Ming Dynasty and has thoughts that they shouldn't have, what should we do?"
Gu Zuo's words were already very cryptic, but everyone was smart, so they naturally understood the underlying meaning of his words.
If this is the intention of His Majesty the Emperor to summon Zhu Zhanji back to the capital to pay homage, then who can guarantee whether His Majesty the Emperor will make any irrational decisions after the ancestors and grandsons meet, and whether Zhu Zhanji will give birth to an unreasonable child? The ambition you should have?
After all, everyone present knew that Emperor Yongle’s favorite descendant was Zhu Zhanji!
Xia Yuanji also objected loudly and did not give Zhu Gaoxu any face.
"Your Highness's move will be a disaster rather than a blessing for the Ming Dynasty, and I will never agree with it!"
“Why do we still do it if we know there will be hidden dangers?”
Looking at the angry Xia Yuanji, Zhu Gaoxu only felt a little headache.
"Okay, okay."
"This matter is settled!"
"I said, can you open up the situation one by one?"
"When Gu was still the prince of Han Dynasty, he was able to defeat Zhu Zhanji. Now that Gu is in the East Palace, can he still be defeated by a North American master?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, then smiled bitterly and shook their heads.
"As I said before, you just need to know some things well, but I don't want to hear any more rumors, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind!"
