After Wang Zhi left the palace, he returned to his temporary residence in the capital.
Gao Yi placed him in the Jinyiwei official office.
For Wang Zhi, Beijing at this time was a strange capital.
North Korea became the place Wang Zhi was most familiar with outside of his hometown in Guangxi. After returning to Beijing for a long time, he stayed in the government office honestly and never thought of leaving.
This time when the emperor summoned him, he left for the first time.
Because Wang Zhi knew that in North Korea he had the status of a palace visitor, and it was fine to behave in a high-profile manner. But when he returned to the capital, which was full of nobles, he could only allow himself to be patient.
There are many people staring at me.
A man who loves to cling to powerful people has stayed in the Jinyiwei official office for such a long time, but he has not spoken a word to the Jinyiwei commander Zhu Ji and the commander Tong Zhimenda.
After Wang Zhi returned to his residence, he began to pack his luggage. Cao Jixiang sent someone to pick him up, and the carriage stopped at the door.
This time I followed Cao Jixiang out of Beijing. I don’t know when I will come back next time.
However, Wang Zhi also seemed to be very open-minded. This time he returned to Beijing and met His Royal Highness the eldest prince, whom he had taken care of for a long time, which was a great gain...
After packing his luggage, Wang Zhi went to Cao Jixiang's home in Beijing. In the evening, Cao Jixiang took Wang Zhi to a banquet with Xu Youzhen, a first-class official of the Ming Dynasty, at the largest restaurant in Beijing.
When he first met Xu Youzhen, Wang Zhi looked at him and thought he was just another chubby eunuch, because Xu Youzhen's beard was sparse, as if it was sticking up, and he did not have the temperament of a first-class official in the dynasty. Compared with Wang The Wang Yue and others I met in North Korea were very different.
But after Cao Jixiang introduced him, Wang Zhi immediately felt panic.
This is truly a man who has reached the pinnacle of his official career.
Cao Jixiang invited Xu Youzhen to dinner. Cao Jixiang specially brought Wang Zhi with him, just to tell him one more thing. If a eunuch wants to get the power and dignity he dreams of, he does not just have to serve the emperor. He only needs to make achievements on the sea. One day, you will also Being able to drink and chat with the powerful officials of the day.
During this period, Cao Jixiang praised Wang Zhi many times. After three glasses of wine, Cao Jixiang said something more that he would take Wang Zhi to establish a lasting contribution to the Ming Dynasty. He also extended an invitation to Xu Youzhen to board the ship.
Xu Youzhen laughed out loud after hearing the invitation to get on the boat...
The day after the banquet for Xu Youzhen, His Majesty the Emperor sent Gao Yi out of the palace to give him food and wine... which gave Wang Zhi the illusion of leading an army on an expedition.
After staying in Beijing for another three or four days, Cao Jixiang took Wang Zhi and hundreds of followers and left Beijing again.
Wang Zhi, who was sitting in the carriage, kept looking back at the capital with a melancholy look on his face, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart...
I advise you to have a glass of wine, and there will be no old friends when you leave Yangguan in the west... Wang Zhi knows very well that he is not worthy of such words at this time, but next time, when he leaves Beijing again, His Highness the First Prince can stand at the top of the city. , watching myself leave... Next time, I am destined not to be an unknown person.
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It has been a month since His Majesty the Emperor returned to the palace, but he has not stayed overnight in Kunning Palace once. Every time he comes out of Kunning Palace, he is very unhappy.
In addition, the eunuch Zhang Tong next to His Royal Highness the Second Prince was killed by Gao Yi's staff, and the people in the palace associated it with him.
It is said that what the Second Prince did over the past year or so was found out by His Majesty the Emperor, and His Majesty also turned his anger on the Queen.
It spread for a long time, and Queen Mother Zhou also learned some of it.
She then came forward, summoned the emperor, and persuaded Zhu Jianshen many times.
At first, Empress Dowager Zhou didn't understand much about what Zhu Youhua did. She only knew that the brothers had many quarrels and often fought, but what child didn't fight, so she didn't take it seriously.
But at this time, after the matter became serious, Queen Mother Zhou also learned more about it. After learning that Zhu Youhua actually drowned three people alive because he liked to watch people struggling in the water. ŴŴŴ.BIQUGE.biz
Such a ridiculous thing actually happened in the palace, and the prince became the instigator.
Empress Dowager Zhou was a woman and had no decision to make. However, she still dissuaded the emperor, interceded for her grandson, and complained for her daughter-in-law.
The queen has been in the palace for many years and has two legitimate sons with you. You must not hurt your relationship because of this. It is not the queen's fault that the prince is naughty. It is also your fault. You and your wife need to teach you together, and you cannot neglect the queen...
Zhu Jianshen could only keep nodding, indicating that he obeyed his mother's words.
In fact, Zhu Jianshen also thought a lot during the period after he returned to the palace. There was no foolproof plan at this time. He was not cruel enough to let his child die for no reason. At this time, Zhu Youhua was only seven years old. Although he thought He got Zhu Youhua out of Beijing, but he didn't know what to say to the queen Zhang Yan, and he also felt reluctant to let go.
Sometimes, he even thought about giving Zhu Youhua another chance...
But his reason told him that he couldn't do this.
The direct son succession system of the Ming Dynasty was formulated by Emperor Taizu Gao Zhu Yuanzhang.
At this time, the succession system was most suitable for the Ming Dynasty. Although the bloodshed did not disappear with this system, it also made it clear that the transmission of imperial power was orthodox, and the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.
Even Zhu Jianshen, who had held imperial power for a long time, found it extremely difficult to shake this foundation.
Even their own loser Xu Youzhen, the new loser Wan An, and some duplicitous people in the court would not agree to abolish the inheritance rights of their second son.
In a certain respect, abolishing Zhu Youhua's status as heir is more difficult than changing the tax system or opening sea routes, because it has already shaken the foundation of the country.
No official dared to stand with Zhu Jianshen on this issue.
After returning to the palace for more than a month, Zhu Jianshen only saw Zhu Youhua twice. It was when he went to Kunning Palace to see the queen and his sixth son, Zhu Youkai, that he saw...
In more than a month, Zhu Jianshen had his first drunken experience, but after he sobered up, he still had to face the same thing... The torment and pain in his heart did not diminish much...
To be honest, the supreme emperor also said the slightly decadent words that everything is difficult.
However, Zhu Jianshen was not frustrated. He only got drunk once and immediately gave up the weak way of drinking to relieve his sorrows...
When Zhu Jianshen was in a dilemma, the Supreme Emperor Zhu Qizhen returned to the city of Beijing where he was born and raised.
But after returning to the familiar capital, Zhu Qizhen's freedom disappeared instantly, and he returned to Nangong.
Zhu Jianshen also took this opportunity to take the queen, prince and princess to Nangong to meet the Supreme Emperor...
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