Ouchi.
Zhu Yunwen quietly stopped a young eunuch.
He took out a piece of silver from his pocket and put it in the little eunuch's hand.
The little eunuch's eyes suddenly widened and he knelt down quickly.
"Your Highness Prince Heng, you absolutely dare not accept this slave!"
Zhu Yunwen patted him on the shoulder and said: "My father-in-law, you have worked hard to serve my grandpa. With this little money, I will reward you with buying some tea."
"This..." The little eunuch was a little hesitant and did not dare to put away the money.
"You accept what we reward you. It's not a bribe. Grandpa Huang won't chop off your head. Why are you hesitating?" Zhu Yunwen said as if he was a little dissatisfied.
The little eunuch then put away the money and kowtowed again.
"My servant thanks King Heng for the reward."
"Get up!" Zhu Yunwen stretched out his hand to help him up.
The little eunuch's face was full of gratitude, and he stood aside with great respect.
"Ahem." Zhu Yunwen coughed twice and asked, "Grandpa Huang is in a good mood today. Did you say anything?"
The little eunuch thought for a moment, hesitated for a while, and then spoke.
"Today, the common people, students, Duke Liang, and all the ministers all wrote to Your Majesty, requesting the establishment of King Nan as the crown prince. Your Majesty did not say anything, but he did not seem very happy."
The young eunuch recalled Lao Zhu's expression, then looked at Zhu Yunwen in front of him, considered it for a moment, and then said: "His Majesty also reprimanded the generals in the army who wrote letters, saying that they should mind their own business and train their troops to fight well. Don't come. Take care of the court’s affairs.”
Is Grandpa Huang really angry?
"Um!"
A happy look flashed across Zhu Yunwen's face, and he nodded slightly.
"I know, you go down first."
The little eunuch bent down to salute, took a few steps back, then turned back and walked towards Zhu Yuanzhang's residence.
Zhu Yunwen did not stop and left quickly.
Outside, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai had been waiting.
They did not dare to ask the eunuchs in the palace for information.
For ministers, this is a taboo.
If Lao Zhu knew about it, it would really be over.
We can only instruct Zhu Yunwen to inquire.
With Lao Zhu's love for his descendants, even if he knew about it, he would not be severely punished.
Maybe even pretend not to know.
"The father-in-law next to the emperor said that the emperor was not very happy when he received the news of the petition to establish Prince Nan as the crown prince."
"The emperor also reprimanded the generals in the army who wrote letters, asking them to mind their own affairs and not to interfere in court affairs."
"That's right!" Huang Zicheng was so excited that his spirit was shaken and his volume increased a bit.
Originally, he was a little uneasy about this matter.
I'm afraid that it will be self-defeating all of a sudden.
Now that I got the news that Zhu Yuanzhang was unhappy and reprimanded the generals in the army, a stone in my heart finally fell to the ground.
The heart of an emperor!
This is the heart of an emperor!
No matter how favored Zhu Yunxuan was, the emperor would not allow anyone to seize power from him.
"Then we will continue to exert our efforts and invite all the ministers in the court to come and give advice."
Huang Zicheng touched his beard, feeling quite proud of himself.
This plan was his idea.
Once you succeed, you will be proud of yourself.
Qi Tai added next to him: "Those people are all old cunning people. I'm afraid they won't be easily persuaded, right?"
The ministers in the court are not ignorant people in the countryside, let alone the Imperial Academy students who are easily instigated.
It's not that easy to persuade them all to submit letters with just a few words.
Only generals like Lan Yu, who did not understand the complexity of the court situation and only knew how to fight and charge, would be deceived by Huang Zicheng.
The high-ranking officials in the court all have eight hundred tricks, and each one is more cunning than the last.
Unless you are one of your own, how can you easily do things for them!
Especially on such a major matter as the establishment of a new governor, he will never express his position easily.
"Don't worry, the general trend has been achieved. If those people still don't submit a letter and lag behind others, they will feel uneasy."
"Establishing a reserve bank is a big deal. The bigger the deal, the more cautious everyone is. The more they will follow the crowd and not go alone."
When Huang Zicheng analyzed the politics of the court, he did seem to have everything under control.
Qitai nodded slightly.
This is the truth.
But for some reason, something felt wrong in his heart.
"I heard that someone recently picked up a stone from the Yangtze River, with the words "The King of the South will be established, and the world will be prosperous" written on it. Who could have done this?"
They only got the fish belly book in the fish market, but they didn't get any divine stones in the Yangtze River.
This kind of auspiciousness can only deceive ignorant people.
In the eyes of people like Qi Tai, they naturally understood that there must be someone behind the scenes who was playing tricks and creating myths.
Huang Zicheng also thought for a moment and said: "Speaking of which, I also heard that there was a nursery rhyme being circulated at the Jinling Market recently, "Hello, King Nan, King Nan." King Nan is a descendant of the Heavenly King. If he can be established as the emperor's grandson, the Ming Dynasty will prosper from now on."
While talking, the two of them looked at each other, and both saw deep doubts in each other's eyes.
If they didn't do this kind of thing, then who was doing it?
At this time, Zhu Yunwen interjected from the side: "Two gentlemen, could it be my third brother?"
"Several noble generals came to see him today. They were talking secretly in the room. I don't know what they said."
This sentence reminded Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, and their eyes lit up.
"Yes, we are not the only ones who want King Nan to fall."
"Isn't it the same with King Wu? We have gained momentum, and they are following suit."
"I just said that some ministers followed our petition and asked for the crown prince even though we didn't persuade them."
"And those nobles and generals..."
Huang Zicheng seemed to suddenly realize: "Several parties have joined forces this time. After thinking about it carefully, it seems that the people of King Yan and King Jin have also ended up."
"There are also some people whose motives are unclear and cannot be discerned, but they are also involved."
"King Nan has offended the public, everyone must take him down."
Qitai nodded and said: "This is also a powerful boost for us. Otherwise, our strength would not be enough to create such a big noise."
"That's right!" Huang Zicheng looked at Zhu Yunwen and said, "No matter what, King Nan is the biggest threat to you right now. Let's work together to deal with him first."
Zhu Yunwen also looked happy.
With so many people taking action together, why worry about Zhu Yunzhen not falling this time?
"Without further delay, let's split up now and convince those who are undecided to go to the palace together to see the king and ask him to make King Nan the crown prince."
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Court.
Lao Zhu sat high on the dragon throne and accepted the worship of hundreds of civil and military officials.
After three bows and nine kowtows, a grand ceremony was completed.
The eunuch used his high-pitched duck voice and shouted loudly: "If there is something to do, start the court, if there is nothing to do, leave the court."
Generally speaking, this kind of dynasty is just a formality where the emperor accepts the worship of hundreds of officials and goes through the formalities.
Unless there is some special reason, if the ministers of the DPRK really want to discuss something with the emperor, they will wait until they retire from the DPRK before asking for an audience alone or summoned by the emperor.
When you are in power, you won't say anything easily.
That's why the eunuch shouts like that every time.
After shouting, you can normally retreat and dissolve the court.
But today, as soon as his voice fell, ministers came out to give advice.
"Your Majesty, the prince has been dead for many days, the country has no heir, and the government is unstable."
"Now, His Royal Highness, King Sun Nan of the Four Emperors, has both political integrity and talent, a virtuous character, and a loyal heart for both the government and the public. They all think that King Nan should be made the crown prince. Please make a decision as soon as possible."
After he finished speaking, he knelt down and prostrated himself on the ground.
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(End of chapter)
