On this day, the decree came out.
Zhu Yunzhen was named King of Heng, Zhu Yunxi was named King of Wu, and Zhu Yunzhen was named King of Nan.
When the news came out, the entire court was shocked.
Zhu Biao's three sons were crowned king together, which is a very clear signal.
It means that His Majesty has decided that the future prince must be selected from among the three.
Otherwise, only one of his sons can be crowned king based on his status as the deceased prince.
Moreover, this conferment is different from that of other princes.
Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yunxi, and Zhu Yunxu did not have clear fiefdoms, and Zhu Yunxu was only seven years old, not yet old enough to be crowned king at the age of ten.
This has never happened before.
On the same day, according to the imperial decree, Yin Gu Kuan of Yingtian Mansion neglected his duty and was immediately dismissed from office. Zhu Yunzhen, King of the South, temporarily took charge of Yingtian Mansion.
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Huangfu.
Huang Zicheng’s residence.
"Mr. Huang, teach me!" Zhu Yunwen looked anxious and bowed deeply to Huang Zicheng.
Now that Xiaoru has left Yingtian Mansion, all he can ask for is Huang Zicheng.
At this time, Huang Zicheng was the Minister of Taichang Temple.
In the court, it is also said to have a high position and high authority.
What's more, Huang Zicheng is the representative of the Jiangnan gentry, and behind him are the entire Jiangnan gentry family.
When the imperial edict came out today, Zhu Yunwen was already very anxious and hurriedly came to ask Huang Zicheng for advice.
"The emperor's eldest grandson, don't worry for now."
Huang Zicheng asked him to sit down, touched his beard, pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty did not directly appoint King Nan as his grandson, so there is still room for change."
Qitai, the left minister of the Ministry of War next to him, nodded and said: "That's exactly it."
"It is unprecedented in ancient times to directly establish a grandson as the crown prince instead of his son."
"If we continue to abolish the elders and establish younger ones, it will be difficult for both the government and the public to be convinced."
"Although His Majesty intends to make him the crown prince, he has to worry about the consequences of doing so."
Zhu Yunwen looked frustrated and said: "I originally thought that the second uncle and the fourth uncle were the biggest competitors."
"But I never expected that my second uncle would die, my fourth uncle would not be mentioned, and in the end it would be me, my biological brother, who would be made the crown prince."
He lightly tapped his feet and said: "My fourth brother and I are from the same mother and father. Yu Zi, he has inherited the throne. As the elder brother, I should be happy."
"But the fourth brother is only seven years old. Although he is smart, how can he control those noble warriors?"
"Furthermore, I don't know where my fourth brother heard other people's lies, and he must impose additional business taxes... this matter..."
He sighed softly, his words conveying deep love and deep responsibility.
He is indeed a genius in the acting department.
Even though there are only his confidants Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai in front of him, and no outsiders, he still does not forget to show the warm family love that blood is thicker than water.
"The position of the Son of Heaven was given by Heaven. How can we still give in to one another?"
Huang Zicheng scolded: "The emperor's eldest son has a heart of benevolence and righteousness, and values ​​​​feeling. This is a good thing. But the battle for power is about the country, the country, and the country, and the benevolence of women must not be preserved."
Zhu Yunwen had no intention of giving in. He just showed his benevolence and righteousness, and immediately took advantage of the situation and said: "Mr. Huang is absolutely right."
"In the current situation, all the emperor's grandson has to do is to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai."
Huang Zicheng said: "If Your Majesty directly appoints him as grandson, the whole government and the public will rise up to oppose it."
"But now he has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats, and recently donated a "flint gun" to the country."
"The case of the Pu family in Quanzhou was dealt with appropriately. He also has a famous poem that shocked the world. His Majesty commended him for his meritorious service and made him king. It is the right thing to do. The ministers in the world, the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty, could not say anything against it."<
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Huang Zicheng is not good at running a country and fighting wars, but he is quite good at analyzing political struggles in the court.
The most important thing about the political structure of the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu Dynasty was nothing more than two forces.
One is the Civil Service Group, and the other is the Honorable Group.
On the surface, it seems that the power of the noble group is stronger, and the civil servant group can only behave with its tail between its legs.
But in fact, the officials of the imperial court must be scholars after all.
After more than 20 years of imperial examinations, the influence of civil servants has spread throughout the imperial court and various local government offices.
Moisturizes things silently.
The civil servant group is slowly infiltrating into every corner of Zhu Ming's court. This kind of influence is the most terrifying.
When Zhu Biao was still alive, he represented the Xungui Group.
As the prince, Zhu Biao has been in charge of the country for more than ten years, so he is the greatest honorable person.
But Zhu Yunwen is different. Zhu Yunwen's mother, Lu, is the daughter of the civil servant Lu Ben.
Zhu Yunwen was naturally valued by civil officials.
After Zhu Xiongying's death, with the help of the civil servant group, Zhu Yunwen had already regarded himself as the emperor's eldest grandson.
If Zhu Biao does not die and inherits the throne in the future, Zhu Yunwen will still be established as the prince.
In this way, the investment of the civil service group in him will naturally be rewarded.
Once Zhu Biao dies, this process can be greatly accelerated.
But they didn't expect that Zhu Yunxun would come out of the blue and break everything.
Speaking of which, Zhu Yunxuan is also the daughter of the Lu family, and her identity is no different from Zhu Yunwen's.
But there are a few points. First, Zhu Yunzhen was not the eldest son, which was a bit unacceptable to the Confucian scholars who believed in establishing heirs rather than children.
Of course, this is the least important thing.
After all, in the eyes of these people, interests are the most important thing, and justice is just a sign that can be discarded at any time when necessary.
The second point is more important, that is, Zhu Yunwen has been surrounded by a group of people from the civil service group for a long time, who have educated him, trained him and attracted him to become "one of their own".
As for Zhu Yunzhen, because he is young, he has not yet been trained in this way.
Naturally, they were relatively repulsive to Zhu Yunxun.
This kind of "school" dispute cannot be changed by Zhu Yunxuan writing a few poems and showing off his talent.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many talented literati in history who were suppressed by the civil service group.
Not to mention, Zhu Yunxuan also proposed the national policy of increasing commercial taxes, which they absolutely cannot accept.
"Now, Your Majesty will confer all three of your brothers on the throne."
"What His Highness Changsun has to do is to take advantage of the situation and let King Wu and King Nan fight, while His Highness Changsun sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight."
Huang Zicheng analyzed: "How can things be so easy when the world is difficult?"
"Now that Your Majesty has put King Nan in charge of Yingtian Mansion, you are putting him on the fire."
"Yingtian Mansion is the capital of the Ming Dynasty. King Nan had previously proposed to increase commercial taxes. Now that he is in charge of Yingtian Mansion, he should be the first to do so."
"It's easy to sit and talk in the court, but it's not so easy to do things."
"Do more and make more mistakes; do less and make fewer mistakes."
"As long as you read the saints' articles carefully and remember the four words "filial piety, benevolence and righteousness", you will never make any mistakes."
"But if he wants to govern Yingtian Mansion, then he has to do nothing."
"Once you do something, you don't have to worry about making mistakes."
"Now that His Majesty has conferred the title of Three Kings, the people behind King Wu will not sit idly by and will definitely deal with him."
"We just have to go with the flow."
"When the time comes, it will be difficult for Your Majesty to appoint him as Crown Prince again."
After analyzing the pros and cons, Zhu Yunwen's eyes suddenly brightened, and he bowed deeply.
"Listening to Mr. Huang's words today, I was enlightened and enlightened. I will study with Mr. Huang and see how he works."
Chapter completed!