"Now that I think about it, it is a good thing that His Majesty was not willing to directly establish him as the foundation of the country! This is really knowing people but not their hearts. Let him go to the local area to experience it, and maybe he can truly know the nature of these princes."
Chen Wei said: "Father, we have to change the family!"
"Of course they have to be replaced. If this kind of person who doesn't know how to respect the gentry becomes the emperor, he is destined to be a single man again!"
Chen Qiyuan replied.
"In this case, the man named Chen Que needs to find someone to take revenge. This person is obviously wearing the same pants as the eldest son of the emperor. He is the real party of the eldest son of the emperor. He should understand the emperor's eldest son's thoughts, so he only has three consecutive trousers for three months. I didn’t want the benefits of more than a thousand yuan of silver coins, but told the eldest son of the emperor about this matter, so that among the officials in the entire Wu Dao Mansion, he was the only one who was not punished!”
Chen Wei replied.
"We don't have to impeach him. Someone will take care of Chen Que!"
Chen Qiyuan replied, and then said: "The key now is to send the emperor's eldest son away quickly. Since he refuses to cooperate with Jin Shen, then his stay in Haining will not be conducive to our Jin Shen!"
Chen Wei asked: "Father is talking about impeaching the emperor's eldest son?"
Chen Qiyuan threw the tea cup directly at Chen Wei, pointed at him, and yelled: "You idiot! Do you really think His Majesty will be happy if you impeach His Majesty's son?"
Chen Qiyuan added: "Your Majesty will be happy, but he is happy because he values the eldest son of the emperor more. It's not like you don't understand the Dufu. He hopes that his son will be like him and go against us Jin gentry, otherwise you think he sent these What are the princes doing here? This way we can see who we should be loyal to, and he is also looking to see which prince is worthy of entrusting him with the imperial power!"
"Father, calm down! Please tell me what we should do."
Chen Wei hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied tremblingly.
"Now that the exam is about to be completed, go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and find someone to ask them to put the emperor's eldest son first in the exam and promote him as soon as possible! If he doesn't leave, our Haining Jin gentry will lose nearly 100,000 yuan in silver coins every year just in the imperial examination!"
Chen Qiyuan said.
Chen Wei suddenly realized: "My father is still smart! I still let the ministers praise the eldest son of the emperor and praise his virtues. This will make the emperor uneasy! If someone takes the initiative to say that the foundation of a country is to establish virtuous people, the emperor will doubt the eldest son of the emperor even more. .”
Chen Qiyuan nodded and said: "You can't just praise the eldest son of the emperor. Doing so will make it appear that you have an obvious intention to praise and promote several princes who are serving outside the country!"
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"The Ministry of Civil Service passed the examination this year. Among the state and county officials, the princes who served as magistrates and counties all passed the examination with distinction. Is it true that because they are princes, they dare not judge otherwise?"
Capital.
Zhu Youxiao summoned official Zhang Jiedeng, the official secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, and asked about it because the test results came out.
Zhang Jie replied: "Your Majesty, this is not the case. The counties governed by the princes all have actual political achievements to prove it."
"Yeah?"
Zhu Youxiao smiled lightly.
"I dare not deceive you!"
Zhang Jie continued to reply.
"OK!"
Zhu Youxiao replied, looked at the ministers again, and then asked: "In the opinion of all the ministers, how should the princes who are training outside be arranged next?"
Zhang Jie first said: "Your Majesty, the princes are all effective in running the county, which shows their virtuousness. However, in my opinion, it is better to be promoted immediately to gain other experience."
At this time, Liu Hongxun stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the princes have not been in charge of the county for a long time. Can they stay in office for another year? Now that they are promoted, they cannot fully experience the depth of a local county, especially some with more gentry and subordinate officials. In a place with a large population and a large number of students, even if you are smart and capable, you may not even be able to control the county power within two or three years."
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao glanced at Liu Hongxun and suddenly realized something in his heart.
He discovered that Liu Hongxun was the real eldest son of the emperor.
After hearing this, Zhang Jie said with some eagerness: "Your Majesty, if you pass the exam with distinction, you should be promoted. If you don't get promoted, it would be unfair, and it would also make the princes suffer less."
At this moment, Zhu Youxiao suddenly changed the subject and asked Zhang Jie: "Zhang Aiqing, let me ask you, in your opinion, should the establishment of a country be based on direct descendants or virtuous people?"
Zhang Jie did not expect that the emperor would suddenly ask this, and was quite surprised.
For a moment, Zhang Jie began to think to himself that His Majesty suddenly asked what the meaning of this was.
But Zhang Jie didn't dare to think for too long. In this case, according to experience, it was best for him to answer directly according to what he thought, because basically, the emperor had already guessed what he wanted to say when he asked. If you say something against your will, it will be bad.
So, Zhang Jie replied: "Of course it is to establish a virtuous person."
Zhu Youxiao laughed: "Very good, I finally heard some ministers say that the foundation of a country is to establish virtuous people. I remember that ministers in the past advocated the establishment of direct descendants."
Then, Zhu Youxiao asked Zhang Jie: "Do you think the emperor's eldest son is a virtuous person?"
Before Zhang Jie had time to think about the meaning of Zhu Youxiao's words, he didn't expect the emperor to ask him again, so he replied: "Xian!"
Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then asked: "In this case, what do you think of establishing the emperor's eldest son as the prince? This is not only establishing a legitimate son, but also establishing a virtuous man."
Liu Hongxun was very excited after hearing this and asked quickly: "Your Majesty, are you serious about this?"
Zhu Youxiao did not answer.
At this time, Wang Zhen, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, became a little anxious because he saw that the emperor seemed to want to establish a crown prince: "Your Majesty, when a country is founded, it is necessary to establish a virtuous son. However, it is not completely clear whether the emperor's eldest son will be a virtuous son, so we cannot decide at this time. We should continue to observe Of!"
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Jie.
Zhang Jie did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would suddenly ask such a question, so he could only bite the bullet and reply: "Your Majesty, it is indeed better to establish a legitimate son than to establish a virtuous one. It is not clear whether the eldest son of the emperor is the most virtuous prince. You should be cautious. Your Majesty. Don’t be disturbed by him because he is your eldest son!”
"You! What do you mean by this?! Establishing a direct descendant is the easiest way to calm the hearts of the world. All virtuous people will take this as the best inheritance. This is not only the case for the Ming Dynasty clan, but also for the whole family. Before, Aren’t you all very active in demanding that the foundation of the country require the establishment of a direct descendant, and you also force your servants to remonstrate with you! What’s going on now, you don’t care that the foundation of the country requires the establishment of a direct descendant? It’s not what you said, the eldest son of the emperor is also wise Well, if such a legitimate and virtuous Qianlong is not the heir apparent, wouldn’t he be betraying God’s will?!”
Liu Hongxun asked the question quite impolitely, unabashedly revealing that he still wanted the emperor's eldest son to be the successor of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Jie was also helpless and thought to himself: "Who doesn't want to establish a direct heir? But what the eldest son of the emperor is doing now is like the second majesty. Who wants to have such a single husband as the king in the future?!"
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing when he saw this. He naturally knew the reason. He didn't blame Liu Hongxun, the eldest son of the emperor, because he knew that Liu Hongxun was a moral gentleman who had the feeling of establishing a legitimate heir and an elder, and it was out of public conscience.
And he also knew that Zhang Jie and Wang Zhen's so-called establishment of talents was not out of selfish motives.
But Zhu Youxiao doesn't want to expose it yet, because he wants to see which other ministers will jump out and show his true thoughts.
"There is no need to discuss this matter any further. Except for the assistant ministers, the ministers of the Ministry of Personnel should withdraw."
Zhu Youxiao said something.
Liu Hongxun still couldn't help but cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty!"
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