Sapphire!
An arrogant and domineering name appeared in Liu Sanwu's mind.
Lan Yu, Duke of Liang, was the brother-in-law of King Chang Yuchun of Kaiping, who was also the father-in-law of Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao.
As a result, Liang Guogong Lan Yu naturally became a die-hard princeling and tried his best to protect Crown Prince Zhu Biao's status as heir apparent.
Now that Prince Yiwen has passed away, and his eldest son Zhu Xiongying has died young, only Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunwen are left.
Zhu Yunwen was born to the Lu family and had nothing to do with the Chang family, but Zhu Yunxi was different.
He was born to the Chang family, a descendant of the Kaiping King lineage. When it came to closeness, Lan Yu naturally preferred Zhu Yunxi, the son of the Chang family.
Liu Sanwu felt his head hurt when he thought of the arrogant and domineering Duke of Liang Lan Yu. Such unreasonable warriors were really the nemesis of scholars like him.
If it were Lan Yu who was standing in the court today instead of Zhan Hui, Liu Sanwu felt that he would have received a few fists.
Zhan Hui and Lan Yu have always been close, and they are both die-hard princeling members. Therefore, there are sufficient reasons to support Zhu Yunxi's rise to power.
But, don’t you think your Majesty knows this?
Liu Sanwu sneered in his heart. According to etiquette and law, His Majesty established Zhu Yunxi as the crown prince. It was reasonable and reasonable, and no one could object.
But since His Majesty did not do this, but instead used Yan King Zhu Di as a cover to ask the courtiers for their opinions, it naturally meant that Zhu Yunxi was not within the scope of his consideration.
The reason is naturally simple. His Majesty must be worried that his relatives will gain power and monopolize power and disrupt the government.
Zhu Yunxi is only fifteen years old, and his ruler is weak and his ministers are strong. When your Majesty a hundred years later, Zhu Yunxi inherits the throne, will he be able to suppress these arrogant and domineering ministers?
The power of the relatives is too powerful. His Majesty is worried and naturally will not sit idly by. It is ridiculous that Zhan Hui cannot even understand this.
Liu Sanwu's old eyes lit up, and he felt more and more that he had gradually understood His Majesty's painstaking efforts. He became more determined and said: "We think that His Royal Highness Zhu Yunwen, the eldest grandson of the Emperor, is more suitable. Firstly, His Highness the eldest grandson of the Emperor is well-known for his benevolence and filial piety, and the courtiers are convinced; secondly, in the future, When His Highness ascends the throne, there is no need to worry about the dictatorship of his relatives and the harm to the government!"
As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the hall. All the ministers and ministers were twitching and secretly thought boldly. Can such things be said openly?
Zhan Hui's face was even more ugly, his narrow eyes glanced at Liu Sanwu coldly, and he remained silent.
He did not dare to answer such words. If His Majesty thought that the exclusive power of relatives mentioned in Liu Sanwu's words might become a reality, then a killing no less than that of the Hu Weiyong case would begin in the future.
Thinking of this, even though Zhan Hui has been in the officialdom for many years, he can't help but feel two wars and fear in his heart.
In fact, not long after the prince passed away, he had a conversation with Lan Yu, Duke of Liang.
The content was nothing more than involving the future crown prince position. At that time, Lan Yu made it clear that he would not recognize anyone except Zhu Yunxi.
Zhan Hui was so frightened by such bold words that he did not dare to respond, for fear that the Jinyi Guards would hear him. If His Majesty found out, his head would be in danger.
Lan Yugui was the Duke of Liang and was given the title of Crown Prince and Tutor. He held a high and powerful position and was undoubtedly the leader of the princelings.
As long as he raises his arms, other civil and military officials will definitely respond and support Zhu Yunxi. What will your majesty think then?
The exclusive power of relatives has existed since ancient times, and every time it brought bloody consequences, it was not uncommon for the dynasty to be in danger and the dynasty to change.
If such a crime is really found out, given His Majesty's temperament, if the butcher's knife is prepared for a rainy day, there will definitely be heads rolling in and rivers of blood flowing.
Zhan Hui only felt a chill on the back of his neck, as if there was a butcher's knife sharpening behind his back, and it might fall at any time. After just a few breaths, he broke out in a cold sweat on his back.
The other people also thought of this, and couldn't help but feel frightened. When they looked at Liu Sanwu, they seemed to be stabbing with knives.
Why are you bringing this up so politely? I don’t see that none of us are saying anything extreme. You are an old boy in your eighties, so you have probably had enough to live until the end of your life, but we are still young.
Zhang Mian was even more angry. His newly married fourth concubine was still 90% new.
Liu Sanwu felt like a light on his back, probably because he could think of several of his colleagues' cannibalistic thoughts, so he didn't say much and knelt there with lowered eyebrows and eyes.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the dragon chair, had no expression, but his heart was really strange.
He was clearly talking about what it would be like for King Yan Zhu Di to be the crown prince, but as these ministers talked, the topic went off the rails.
What about Zhu Yunwen, what about Zhu Yunxi, what kind of disputes between concubines and concubines, what kind of exclusive power of relatives, these are not within the scope of his consideration.
In fact, he summoned six ministers and Hanlin scholars just to do a little test. Although the number of people was small, to a large extent, this was the voice in the court.
Liu Sanwu and Zhan Hui, who had the most quarrel, were divided into two factions and had different opinions, but they both believed that the emperor's grandson should be made the prince.
The reason is naturally simple. It is nothing more than etiquette and benevolence and filial piety. It seems that with these two things, the age of the successor can be ignored.
Is it to facilitate some invisible goals of these ministers?
He scanned the ministers below. With 3,500 years of experience, it was not difficult to make such a judgment. He had never been an emperor, but he had seen at least 1,800 emperors.
For those guys whose lives don't last more than a hundred years, are they also so boring and boring in the court, full of intrigues and intrigues?
Zhu Yuanzhang was greatly disappointed. It was just a meeting. These ministers seemed to have forgotten the issues he raised and went directly to the answers they believed.
Everything he said was to make the answer in their eyes come true, as if he, the emperor, only had to wait for his ministers to finish the debate and then stamp their seals for confirmation.
He didn't feel angry, but there was blood running wildly in his body, as if this old body felt some kind of provocation.
To be more precise, it should be called the anger of the national destiny, and when it is fed back to him, it is the joy and anger of emotions.
Suppressing his anger, he did not respond to his ministers' questions, but asked again: "I want to make King Zhu Di of Yan the crown prince. What do you think?"
The atmosphere became tense for a moment, and the ministers who were still standing in Fengtian Palace also knelt down on the ground.
The emotion called fear flowed among the seven people and became stronger and stronger.
They were already highly respected ministers, but they still felt fear at this moment, as if the person sitting above them was not an old king, but a vigorous founder of the country.
Zhan Hui was terrified. There was no emotion in His Majesty's words. He just mechanically repeated the previous questions.
But just this repetition is enough to prove many problems. Zhan Hui's sense of smell is very sensitive, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve this position.
After just a moment of thought, he understood the purpose of His Majesty's convening of them for discussion this time.
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