Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, and Zhu Di look at me and I look at you.
"Fourth, you said..."
"Second brother, it was obviously you who suggested it!"
"How about the third child tells me..."
The three little ones were coy and couldn't say what they meant for a long time. Zhu Biao pretended to be angry:
"You left without telling me!"
"Brother, don't leave..."
When Zhu Xi saw Zhu Biao fluttering his sleeves and about to leave the East Palace, he quickly grabbed him.
"Brother, have you been out of the palace often recently?"
The three of them tried to give Zhu Biao some words in a tentative tone.
Zhu Biao is angry and funny. When these three guys stick their butts out, he knows what the other person wants to do?
"Um!"
Zhu Biao naturally would not reveal the existence of Zhang Yi, but only replied with one word.
Seeing that Zhu Biao couldn't take the bait, Sanxiao could only continue chatting awkwardly:
"I just don't know what it's like outside the palace. Is it fun outside?"
Zhu Biao said with a straight face:
"You still want to go out to play? It's not like you don't know the rules in this palace. The prince is not allowed to leave the palace if he is underage. When you become the king and have your own palace in the future, you can leave if you want!"
Although Lao Zhu had not been crowned king at this time, his children probably knew their future destiny.
The three little ones wailed when they heard this.
"How many years does it take to become an adult?"
"Brother, I don't like being this prince. Before my father became emperor, we could still run around. If we wanted to leave, we would be locked up in this smelly palace. We were just like prisoners. Everyone said Yingtian Mansion was good, but we live in In this Yingtian Mansion, but you don’t know what Yingtian looks like?”
Zhu Di was the youngest and the naughtiest. After Zhu Biao said this, he couldn't help but complain.
But halfway through his words, he felt Zhu Biao's eyes become sharp.
Zhu Di was frightened and quickly knelt down.
"Who said you are descendants of the Tian family? Your wealth and life are related to the country, how can you go out at will?
The Ming Dynasty has just been established, and there are countless Mongolian spies outside. Even if I leave the palace, I have to be careful. How capable do you think you are? "
Zhu Di knelt down, a little unconvinced:
"I'm not the emperor, so it doesn't matter if something happens..."
"You say it again?"
The word "emperor" once again stimulated Zhu Biao's nerves, and he became angry.
Zhu Di seemed to know that he had said the wrong thing and was so frightened that he cried. Zhu Biao turned around and asked the already shocked Zhu Xi and Zhu Fan:
"You think so too?"
Zhu Xi and Zhu Fan shook their heads and rattled, naturally they would not admit it.
Zhu Biao suddenly felt a little uninterested and turned around to leave.
Brotherly love, emperorship?
The fourth child's words today can be regarded as childlike, but when they grow up in the future, will they really not covet the throne of the emperor?
Zhu Biao left the East Palace and had nowhere to go.
So he came to the imperial study room that he was familiar with.
When Lao Zhu was working, he didn't really like eunuchs coming in to bother him. Zhu Biao declined the eunuch's notification and went in alone.
He was about to call out Zhu Yuanzhang, but he saw that his father seemed to be sitting upright, but in fact he had already slept on the chair for a while.
He took a deep breath, but did not wake up Zhu Yuanzhang.
From the time he became emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang spent more than six hours a day reviewing memorials in the imperial study room at twelve o'clock a day. After being stimulated by Zhang Yi's phrase "one emperor through the ages", he became more diligent.
Zhu Biao looked around and found a blanket. He was about to put it on the emperor, but found that Lao Zhu had been awakened.
"You came……"
When the emperor woke up and found that it was Zhu Biao, his guard relaxed a lot.
"I didn't ask you to accompany your mother, why did you come here again?"
"My father is working hard for the imperial master. It is already a sin for my sons and ministers not to take care of my father's worries. How can I still rest?"
"Nonsense, can I be the same as you? There will be plenty of time for you to work hard in the future..."
Although Lao Zhu was scolding Zhu Biao, his eyes showed relief.
Immediately, he sat up straight and instinctively picked up the memorial and wanted to review it, but he remembered something and asked:
"Did Chang Yuchun's daughter say anything?"
Zhu Biao:......
This is probably what Zhu Yuanzhang meant when he asked him to find Queen Ma.
Although Lao Zhu arranged inspections in many places, there were no inspections in Qingxin Temple. Lan went to find Zhang Yi to ask about his future. The emperor was very concerned about Zhang Yi's answer.
Among them, Chang, the future crown princess, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally wanted to know what Zhang Yi would say to her?
Zhu Biao thought for a while, but in the end he did not express his speculation. He just said:
"What the Chang family sister said is exactly the same as what we heard from Zhang Yi!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was thoughtful and said to Zhu Biao seemingly casually:
"The marriage between you two was arranged by me and your Uncle Chang when we were young, but if...if you have any idea, I can change you to a princess!"
Zhu Biao shook his head and said:
"Father, the future is illusory, and what Zhang's brother said may not be true. If he breaks the promise because of this kind of thing, it will chill Uncle Chang's heart, and it will also hurt the prestige of the Tian family! And Zhang My younger brother gave an idea to Changchang’s sister, saying that the weather has changed and he can change her destiny!”
“The number of days has changed, is it because of the vaccination?
Those stinky Taoist priests are just annoying, and they hide their words behind closed doors. The same goes for that kid Zhang Yi. I really want to hang him up and torture him to see how much he has hidden? "
Lao Zhu felt a little irritated when he mentioned this matter, but he just said it casually.
Determine Zhang Yi's value and understand that boy's character.
He knew that once his emperor's identity was exposed, there was a high probability that Zhang Yi would tell nonsense.
That kid is by no means an upright person. With the concerns about his identity, Zhang Yi will never be able to speak freely as he does now.
But I don’t know how long I can keep my identity a secret?
In the future, if he wants to take advantage of Zhang Yi, he must find a suitable way to get along with him.
Zhu Biao read some worries in Lao Zhu's eyes, and an idea flashed in his mind.
Since he could guess his fate from Zhang Yi's clues, wouldn't his father know?
He is "one emperor through the ages", so why would his grandson be imprisoned for his whole life? Did the emperor never think of the possibility of his absence?
Maybe……
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to face this possibility?
Or does he already have a backup plan in mind?
Is that plan a plan to replace yourself?
Zhu Biao took a deep breath and suppressed his random thoughts.
"Okay, just watch, go out and go back and have a good rest!
I just received news that Kong Xixue's son will arrive in Yingtian today. I will recruit him into the palace tomorrow. You can get closer to him.
In the lineage of Yan Shenggong, even if we don't like him, we can only hold them high. After all, the world still relies on those scholars to govern. If we do too much, they will be cold to their hearts. "
Zhu Biao heard this and said:
"Father Huang Ran Kong Ne came to the capital, is he planning to... train this person well?"
"Nurturing is not an issue. It's best for the Kong family to stay in Qufu honestly. If the old guy from the Kong family hadn't acted like a monster, I would have at least given him some dignity.
Regardless of whether Kong Kejian or Kong Xixue, their hearts are not really towards the Ming Dynasty. I don’t like the Kong family, but it’s very difficult to change them.
In this case, I might as well look forward to the third generation!
After all, the Kong family holds [religious power]. Those guys are writing books and spreading rumors in Qufu. I can’t attack them easily. Public opinion..."
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh when he mentioned this.
In fact, he was not aware of this problem before he became emperor. In the past, everyone rebelled together and the situation was precarious.
So whether it was Li Shanchang or Liu Bowen, they all got along quite happily. But when he became the emperor, there was a vague gap between the emperor and his ministers.
This layer of separation is between prime ministerial power and imperial power.
According to Zhang Yi, that brat, this is a fight between the scholar group and the king. This kind of fight has never subsided since the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism.
Scholars need to sell what they have learned to the emperor's family to realize their ambitions.
But why does the emperor not need scholars to help him govern the world?
Therefore, even if there is an invasion by foreigners, the Kong family, which represents the spiritual totem of scholars, will be respected, and this respect will not be transferred based on the emperor's preferences.
Because the power held by scholars, in addition to sharing the power of governing the world with the emperor, also had the power to spread knowledge and dominate public opinion.
The king can suppress the scholars for a while, but he cannot stop those people from talking nonsense.
How many emperors have been slandered by those guys in history books and written as cowards.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't like this situation, but he had to compromise. This was also the reason why he brought Kong Na to Yingtian.
However, Zhang Yi's evil tricks seemed to open up Lao Zhu's thinking.
There seems to be a way to pry open the communication rights firmly held by those scholars?
We will discuss this matter later. The emperor shook his head to disperse the distracting thoughts in his mind and said to Zhu Biao:
"Kong Kejian and Kong Xixue are people who have benefited from the Yuan Dynasty. Their minds have been made up. Even if the Ming Dynasty drives out the Mongols in the future, it will be difficult to gain their favor. Therefore, whether these two people fight for it or not is not important.
Whether the Kong family is committed to the imperial court depends on their third generation. Now that Kong Ne is still young, he has the value to win over!
Let him witness the prosperity of my Ming Dynasty and show me kindness, and he will naturally be different from his fathers! "
Zhu Biao was confused: "Father, since you plan to win over the Kong family, why do you treat Kong Kejian like this? Are you not afraid of passing on the hatred when you treat Kong Kejian like this?"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled:
"Kong Kejian is so smart, I will naturally teach him a lesson. How can I be afraid of the Kong family? Even if the Kong family hates me, they will be incompetent and furious at most. What else can they do except write a book to scold me in future generations?
What's more, I also found an outlet for them to vent..."
"Father, are you referring to the Zhang family?"
"That's right!"
Zhu Biao already had some understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang's methods, so he reacted immediately.
No matter how much the Kong family hates Lao Zhu, there is nothing they can do against the emperor. When people are incompetent and angry, they just vent their anger on others.
Is there any better target to express anger than the Zhang family?
Both the Zhang and Kong families are from aristocratic families, and both were traitors to the Mongols. Why is it that Longhu Mountain is now prosperous, but the Kong family is being suppressed?
Lao Zhu deliberately brought Zhang Changshang and the Kong family together. Firstly, he used Longhu Mountain to stimulate the Kong family. Secondly, he may not have wanted to use the Kong family's hatred to restrict Longhu Mountain, which he was planning to support.
This is the emperor's mind.
"As for Konne..."
Zhu Yuanzhang said!
(End of chapter)
