"Your Majesty, I think this is absolutely impossible!"
As soon as the words were spoken, Hanlin scholar Liu Sanwu was shocked when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words. He immediately knelt on the ground and refuted.
A few days ago, he was secretly summoned by His Majesty and went into the backyard to discuss the matter of establishing a crown prince. At that time, he made his point clear and established the emperor's grandson as crown prince.
After returning, Liu Sanwu calculated carefully and became more and more determined. Even if His Majesty was more interested in King Zhu Di of Yan, he would fight to the death to remonstrate with him.
Of course, there are considerations for the country, the country, and the country. The emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen is a benevolent, filial, and observant person. Although he is fifteen years old, he already has the demeanor of a benevolent king.
This is very similar to Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao, and all the Hanlin scholars were delighted to see him.
On the other hand, King Zhu Di of Yan has been in the north all year round, fighting on the battlefield. He is upright, arrogant, and extremely murderous. If this person becomes the prince, wouldn't he become another iron-blooded emperor a hundred years later?
Today, His Majesty is ruthless and ruthless. Throughout thousands of years of history, this has never happened before. Although Liu Sanwu is old, he has a clear mind and knows that what the world needs is a benevolent king.
Therefore, when His Majesty said that he preferred King Yan more, Liu Sanwu did not hesitate at all, and even did not hesitate to offend Long Yan.
No one else spoke, even Yang Jing, the usually upright Minister of the Ministry of Justice, remained silent at this moment.
They were waiting for His Majesty's response. If one person said the rebuttal, it would be enough.
The person sitting on it is not a kind person. He has always been arbitrary in the world, and his emotions and anger are invisible.
Now that His Majesty has expressed his views, even if they, the ministers, have any thoughts in their hearts, it is enough to say them once without having to repeat them too much.
Otherwise, it may be difficult to save your wealth and life!
Unexpectedly, His Majesty's expression did not change, and he remained as calm as ever.
Facing Liu Sanwu's objection, Zhu Yuanzhang just asked calmly: "Why?"
"The emperor's grandson is now rich and he is the legitimate son. After his son's death, his grandson inherits the throne, so he is suitable to control the rites. Now that he has established King Yan, where will the two kings of Qin and Jin be placed?"
Liu Sanwu took out what he had said before again, almost bursting into tears, and continued: "Your Majesty, the emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Yunwen is benevolent, filial and generous, and is most similar to His Highness the Crown Prince. It is most suitable for him to inherit."
Looking at the grass and knowing the wind is blowing, Zhao Mian also said: "What Mr. Liu said is absolutely true. As the saying goes, the great authority has its own right position, the elders and the younger have their own order, and it is said that they have their own direct sect. If you follow it, you will be public, and if you go against it, you will be private. , I hope your Majesty will understand clearly."
"hehe!"
Zhan Hui heard this and sneered: "The two adults are absolutely sure, but they seem to have forgotten something!"
Liu Sanwu raised his head, narrowed his old eyes slightly, and said, "If Zhan Shangshu has any opinions, why don't you just tell them all at once? Why hide your head and show your tail here?"
"I don't dare to admit my opinion. It's just that Liu Hanlin kept talking about etiquette. Did he forget that the emperor's eldest grandson is someone else, not His Highness Zhu Yunwen?"
When Liu Sanwu heard this, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. After thinking about it carefully, he remembered that when it came to etiquette, there was indeed one person who was more qualified to be called the emperor's eldest grandson.
That is Prince Yiwen’s third son, Zhu Yunxi!
At the beginning, Prince Yiwen married Chang Yuchun's daughter and became his concubine. He had two sons, Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunxi.
As for Zhu Yunwen, he was born to the step-concubine Lu. Although he was born before Zhu Yunxi, in terms of status, he was far inferior to Zhu Yunxi, who was born to the main concubine Chang.
It's just that the main concubine Chang died of illness in the eleventh year of Hongwu, and it was natural that her step-concubine Lu would be restored to her rightful position.
Later, the eldest son Zhu Xiongying died young, and Zhu Yunwen, born to the Lu family, was older than Zhu Yunxi, so it was not too much to be called the eldest son.
However, even if the Lu family was promoted from a step-concubine to a principal concubine, her son Zhu Yunwen could only be called Zhu Biao's eldest son from a legal perspective, not his eldest son!
The difference between one word and one word makes a world of difference, so Zhan Huicai satirized Liu Sanwu without even recognizing the correct position of the legal system.
In such a situation, Liu Sanwu naturally considered it and did not get entangled in the legal system. Instead, he said: "Zhan Shangshu must not forget that His Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson was kind, honest and filial. As we all know, His Highness the Crown Prince passed away, and His Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson cried day and night. He is so virtuous, benevolent and filial, how can he not be established as a crown prince?"
Although Liu Sanwu only praised Zhu Yunwen in his words and did not mention Zhu Yunxi in a few words, the meaning was very obvious.
The prince passed away. As the eldest son Zhu Yunxi in the legal sense, he did not show any achievements. Isn't this a huge mistake?
Zhan Hui obviously received the signal sent by Liu Sanwu, and secretly thought that this old dog was avoiding the important and choosing the light, and only picked up the favorable points to narrate Zhu Yunwen, lest other people would not know about it.
Moreover, he deliberately emphasized this matter several times in front of His Majesty, making it clear that he wanted to take advantage of His Majesty's deep feelings for Prince Zhu Biao to have a love affair with the whole family!
As people mature with age, the ancients were honest and did not deceive me. Zhan Hui was not annoyed at all. He followed Liu Sanwu's words and said: "Liu Hanlin has a sharp tongue. I discussed etiquette with you, but you told me that benevolence, filial piety and virtue are wise. In this case, Your Majesty said before, why can’t His Highness King Yan be made the crown prince? Could it be that Liu Hanlin feels that His Highness King Yan is not wise enough?”
Liu Sanwu's beard and hair were all spread out, his old face showed strong anger, and he said angrily: "I have always heard that Zhan Shangshu was born with a dangerous nature. When I saw him today, it is true! How did I ever say that King Yan is not wise enough?"
Liu Sanwu really couldn't say this. Talking about the prince's shortcomings and shortcomings in public and in front of the emperor would be life-threatening.
What's more, King Zhu Di of Yan guarded Beiping, repelling and killing the remnants of the Meng Yuan Dynasty several times. It can be said that he has made great military achievements, and his ability is extremely outstanding among many princes.
However, now that the conversation has begun, Liu Sanwu has to continue to explain, saying: "I think that although His Highness King Yan has great military achievements, he is arrogant. Since ancient times, only by governing the world with benevolence and filial piety can the world be long-term and stable. I hope your Majesty will learn from it." ."
Zhan Hui immediately picked up the conversation and said: "Your Majesty, I think what Liu Hanlin said is somewhat true, but the position of the crown prince should be arranged in an orderly manner. Now the eldest grandson of the emperor is His Highness Zhu Yunxi, so he should be the eldest grandson of the emperor. !”
"Can……"
Seeing that Zhan Hui was about to fight with him as his direct eldest son, Hanlin scholar Liu Sanwu blew his beard and glared angrily. He glared at Zhan Hui fiercely, but it was difficult to refute.
Liu Sanwu once taught Zhu Yunxi, Zhu Yunwen and many princes, and he deeply felt that among these princes and grandsons, only Zhu Yunwen had the true inheritance of Prince Yiwen.
Needless to say, the other princes can only be idle princes from now on, but Zhu Yunxi is naughty by nature, does not want to make progress, and does not complete his daily homework.
If he hadn't been born into an imperial family, Liu Sanwu would have really wanted to hit him on the head a few times to see if he could wake up his sleeping head.
Precisely because the contrast is too obvious, Liu Sanwu loves Zhu Yunwen even more. His inner love also plays a role in his words.
Therefore, Zhan Hui's remarks, which were similar to nonsense, really made Liu Sanwu very angry. He really didn't know what benefits it would bring to him if Zhu Yunxi succeeded him as the crown prince.
Thinking of this, Liu Sanwu had a flash of inspiration, and looked at Zhan Hui with a bit more contempt.
Yes, that's the case. No wonder Zhan Hui is so persistent. Even if he muddies the waters, he firmly supports Zhu Yunxi's rise to power.
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