However, what Zhu Gaojiu understood, Zhu Gaoxu did not understand.
This Prince Han of the Ming Dynasty was finally figured out by his father.
"Fourth brother, the old man was furious last night. He called the boss over and scolded him. I don't know where the evil fire came from." Zhu Gaoxu said.
"As a younger brother, I would like to advise you that the power of a king is unpredictable." Zhu Gaojie shook his head.
He didn't know why the old man was so angry, but he knew that Zhu Gaoxu was probably making some small calculations now, thinking about fanning the flames, and maybe the old man would destroy the prince.
Although the idea is wonderful, the reality is cruel. If the prince is deposed, who will balance the king of Han?
The King of Han spent all day comparing himself to Tang Taizong Li Shimin, not knowing that this was a way to die, but he was tolerated by the old man.
Li Shimin was the emperor who killed his brother and imprisoned his father!
You, King of Han Zhu Gaoxu, also want to imitate him?
While the old man was using the King of Han to decentralize power to the Crown Prince, he was also using the Crown Prince to suppress the King of Han.
Therefore, whether it is the prince or the king of Han, the most they can do is give a warning, and the old man will not take action.
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The reason why Zhu Gaojie reminded the King of Han was because he had a good relationship with the King of Han.
Before the old man ascended the throne, the four brothers had always had a good relationship.
After the old man ascended the throne, the prince, the king of Han, and the king of Zhao fought for the imperial power and were beaten to death.
But Zhu Gaojie, who had always been ignored by the old man, was regarded as a brother by his three brothers.
Brothers who have no interest disputes with them are real brothers.
Because everyone knows that Zhu Gaojie has nothing to do with the throne.
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"Fourth, Fourth, are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid?" Zhu Gaoxu patted Zhu Gaojie's shoulder and said earnestly, "Why don't you have any idea at all? You are also a prince!"
"Second brother, please don't make fun of me. The old man has always disliked me and thinks my personality is too meek. What bad intentions can I have?" Zhu Gaojie said with a "sincere face".
What the Prince of Han said was that he hated iron but could not become steel. In fact, if Zhu Gaojie really showed his ambition for the throne, the Prince of Han would have turned against him.
There are no true brothers among the royal bloodline.
If there was really a fool who believed it, the grass on the grave would have grown ten feet high.
"Forget it, you and I will go to the palace to find out what the old man says." said the King of Han.
"What are you doing to drag me along?" Zhu Gaojie raised his eyebrows, "It's not been a day or two that the old man doesn't like me, and I still get in front of him to make him unhappy?"
"Aren't you going to become a vassal soon? My second brother will beg you for mercy and reward you with a good fief. We are a family with broken bones and connected tendons." The King of Han said boldly.
As long as it does not affect his own interests, the King of Han is still happy to be a good second brother.
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imperial study room
"I inspected Shuntian Mansion in February and ordered the prince to supervise the country for two months. More than thirty bad debts were left in the royal study room. How is this country managed? Are all the officials in the East Palace useless!"
Zhu Di slammed the memorial in his hand to the ground, which made the ministers in the imperial study shrink their necks in fright.
What seemed to make Zhu Di so angry that he wanted to kill him was actually not a big deal.
Bad debts refer to debts that cannot be carried out due to external forces. For example, Shuntian Prefecture wants to build an extra palace, but the Ministry of Revenue cannot come up with the money; another example is that the Chief Envoy of a certain province has a case of embezzlement of public funds. The amount is not too large, but only some are found to be pushed to the government. It would be too laborious to investigate the little official who is blamed on the stage, and it would not be good if we don’t investigate...
The Ming Dynasty had a vast territory, and the imperial study room handled hundreds or even thousands of bad debts a day, and there was no month where dozens of bad debts were not handled. The Crown Prince has only issued more than 30 bad debts in two months, which is considered a meritorious service. The Crown Prince was really unjustly scolded this time.
But the ministers will die forever, and the emperor will live forever. If the emperor says you are wrong, even if you are right, you have to make up the mistake for yourself.
If you are wrong, the emperor will just scold you.
But if you are right, then the emperor is wrong. Can the emperor admit that he is wrong? If he does not want to admit it, then you will die. When you die, the emperor will throw the blame on your grave. Wouldn't the emperor be right?
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After a long time, the eunuch saw that Zhu Di's anger had subsided, and then he bravely stepped forward and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the King of Han and King Qi want to see him."
"What are the two of them doing here... Treason!" Zhu Di immediately figured out what this little bastard, the King of Han, was doing.
He must have heard that the prince was scolded and came over to fan the flames!
"Let them get out!" Zhu Di said angrily.
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"The Emperor has a decree, declare it, and the King of Han and King Qi will come to see you!"
The King of Han and Zhu Gaojie looked at each other, walked into the imperial study and bowed.
"My son, please see your father and say hello to the Holy Father."
Zhu Di was wearing a white robe today, standing in front of the two of them, and said coldly: "With you 'good sons', of course I will be fine."
When King Han heard the old man's sinister tone, his heart skipped a beat.
"Prince Han, why do you think of visiting me, an old man today?" Zhu Di patted Prince Han on the shoulder, with a cold look in his eyes: "You have been claiming to be Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty all day long. Why, you want to test me, and then do something A change in the Xuanwu Gate?"
The King of Han bent over, his forehead covered with sweat as he was frightened by the old man's pressure: "I don't dare, I don't dare."
The Xuanwumen Incident was a coup launched by Li Shimin, the second son of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty at that time, near the Xuanwu Gate, the North Gate of the Taiji Palace in Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
A group of heroes headed by Li Shimin launched a mutiny at Xuanwu Gate, stained Chang'an City with blood, and completely seized control of the entire Tang Empire.
The King of Han may have really had the idea of a "Xuanwu Gate Incident" in private, but how dare he admit it in front of Zhu Di!
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"I would like to state here that Emperor Zhu is slandering me, he is slandering me!"
In Zhu Gaojie's mind, Li Shimin was still arguing arrogantly, "It is clearly recorded in the history books of our dynasty that my launch of the Xuanwu Gate Rebellion was an act of righteousness to eliminate relatives and save the Tang Dynasty from the fire and water!"
"If I remember correctly, the emperor under the history compilation system at that time did not have the right to view historical materials related to himself, because only in this way could historians record the facts with confidence and boldness." Ying Zheng said unhurriedly, "But you But you asked again and again to see the actual records of Emperor Gaozu. In order to cater to your request, the historian responsible for editing could only delete the original content so much that the history lost its original true appearance. Li Shimin, you What are you afraid of?"
"Ying Zheng, his mother!"
Li Shimin was furious when the truth was revealed: "Bai Qi, come on, come on, I'm willing to join forces with you to beat him up!"
Bai Qi's eyes lit up: "I've wanted to beat him for a long time, but he always runs around the pillar. Li Shimin, go and block the other end of the pillar, and I'll see how he goes around this time!"
"Bai Qi, you are a minister of Qin!" Ying Zheng was anxious.
"This Qin minister is not appropriate!"
"Beat the bastard Qin Shihuang!"
"Kick him in the ass! Kick him in the ass!"
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