Chapter 213 The Powerless and Powerless Little Prince
For a moment, there was an unpredictable situation in the court, and everyone looked at each other, not knowing what would happen next.
Chen Yun's firm request to deprive Zhu Zhanzong of his title power and demote him to a commoner was beyond everyone's expectations. Some smart people thought carefully about the events of the past few days and realized something was wrong.
It was almost one-sided. The huge crowds of people denounced Zhu Zhanzhen, as if there was an invisible hand pushing it. This was a premeditated suppression of Zhu Zhanzhen, just like a partisan dispute in the court. One side obtained a powerful accusation.
He will definitely try his best to kill the other party.
Instead, people like him were used as guns, but in the final analysis, it was Zhu Zhanzhen who had misbehaved and was caught by others, allowing him to attack such a large area wantonly.
But who is it? Who wants to be the enemy of the Prince of Zhujiang County? The astute minister set his sights on the other three imperial grandsons. Zhu Zhanyong was the least suspicious.
Zhu Zhanchun and Zhu Zhanzhen were both sent out to join the vassal state after the last time they were in charge of the country. They had conflicts when they were in charge of the country. Many people know this, and Zhu Zhanchen himself is not an easy person to get along with.
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But the one who is more suspected than Zhu Zhancheng is Zhu Zhanji. Before Zhu Zhancheng emerged, Zhu Zhanji was almost the only one, but now when it comes to military power and the development of Weihai Port and Xiangjiang Port, Zhu Zhanji obviously has trouble in everything.
Lagging behind Zhu Zhanzhen and wanting to mobilize civil servants, Taisun obviously had many supporters.
Most of these adults who can stand in the court are very skilled, and they can instantly sense that this may be an open and secret fight between the emperors and their grandchildren. If you are not one of them, or you don't want to join one yet, it is best to
remain silent.
Zhu Gaochi, who was already annoyed, spoke out: "Your Majesty, although Zhan Ming has made mistakes, his crime is not serious. Please punish him to show your severity, and please show mercy to your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, please punish me to show your severity, and please show mercy to your Majesty." Several great Yuan officials behind him echoed, and the Crown Prince spoke loudly. The Dong Palace's words made the civil servants who had previously helped Chen Yun hesitate to speak.
Wow, what a weight the prince has.
The prince's bottom line is very obvious. He can be punished, but he cannot be punished so severely. Zhu Zhanzhen did something wrong, but you can get away with it if you give him the pretext of rebellion.
Zhu Di looked around: "Weizhe, what do you think?"
The matter still fell on him. Xia Yuanji said respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County made the mistake of attacking Mr. Chen in the war of arrogance. He had no respect for the king's laws and his behavior was too contemptuous of the imperial power. He was indeed arrogant because of his favor.
If you have too much power and are arrogant, you should be severely punished."
"But..." Xia Yuanji hurriedly answered his but, for fear that he would be too late and would not have time to answer it.
"What Dr. Chen said about His Royal Highness Prince Zhujiang and Wenda was to overthrow and exceed the standard. I think this is an over-understanding. In recent years, novels have become popular. Due to newspapers and periodicals, the number of people who are reading and literate has increased a lot. His Majesty also said
Yes, we should also be more relaxed about folk culture. Your Majesty is magnanimous and will not go to jail just because these sentences or two are not to your liking. This charge is very unfounded, and I believe that we should not be punished for this."
Xia Yuanji is still an old fox. The first thing Zhu Di said today was to be more tolerant of folk books. He had ordered [Origin] to be burned and no longer published. Wenda rushed into the Guangdong vassal army. He did not mention Zhu Zhanyi's matter but first
This set the tone for the crimes of Wenda and the books and periodicals. Wenda was punished so lightly that Zhu Zhanchang must also be punished lightly for this crime.
Don't bring up these ghost charges of rebellion. The penalty is to punish Zhu Zhanchen by beating people.
So why does Zhu Di like Xia Yuanji? It's because he understands his own feelings and grasps the key points in the leader's words very well.
"Gao Chi, what do you think?" The ball reached Zhu Gaochi's feet again.
"My son, I hope your majesty will show mercy."
If there is no other nonsense, then it is basically agreed.
Zhu Di called the eunuch and whispered a few words, and then said to the courtiers: "Zhu Zhan, the king of Zhujiang County, was young and frivolous, and behaved badly. He beat the court ministers in the court. He had no respect for the king's law and no respect for etiquette. He ordered him to be taken into custody starting today."
For two months in the Zongren Mansion, I will eat fast and recite Buddha's name, revoke the gold seals of the tiger talisman of the four southern vassals, and fine me a three-year salary. I will take back the Emperor Yongle's sword and hope that the descendants of the royal family will take it as a warning."
"Long live your majesty, your holy majesty."
Zhu Zhanzhen returned to the pre-liberation period. The Emperor Yongle's sword was gone, he no longer had the right to kill at will, the tiger talisman golden seal was gone, all the military power of the four vassals was gone, and he was fined for three years. This doesn't matter.
This little money is enough for what.
All of a sudden, Zhu Zhanzhen fell from the sky to the ground, from a county king with real power to a county king with no real power but just good looks.
This punishment was not too severe. Although Zhu Zhanzhen was still allowed to retain the title of county king, all the real power in his hands was taken away, leaving almost nothing behind. Of course, Zhu Di did not care about the property he had earned.
Zhu Gaochi's face didn't look very good. It was obvious that someone had premeditated targeting his son. How could a father not be angry?
This set the tone for the Pearl River County Prince matter. It was obvious that the civil servant group represented by Chen Yun had won the victory this time, directly pulling down a powerful figure like Zhu Zhanzhen.
The matter was settled in the morning, and they began to discuss the Northern Expedition. Zhu Di asked the cabinet to briefly explain the current division of eighteen chief secretaries. It was obvious that Zhu Di was very satisfied with this plan, and only needed to make some minor modifications.
, he was ready to give the order.
"The major events of the Northern Expedition have been decided. We will set off in the spring of next year. I will personally conduct the expedition while the prince will supervise the country."
"Your Majesty, I have been feeling unwell recently. It is too cold in the north to shoulder the important task of supervising the country. I would also like to ask your Majesty to order the King of Han to supervise the country and allow me to go to Yingtian Mansion to recuperate for a while."
Zhu Gaochi stood up and put down his pick respectfully.
The amiable fat prince is very tough today. He doesn’t agree with the Northern Expedition. Don’t ask him to supervise the country. Now there are still people who are obviously messing with my son. So I won’t do it. I will reach out and push the Han prince to come. Anyway, he has already wanted to do it.
It's time to supervise the country.
After what happened in the court today, with his intelligence, could he not figure out who wanted to target Zhu Zhanzhen?
The King of Han was overjoyed. This was something he had dreamed of. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the boss gave up his power?
But when I thought about it carefully, I felt that something was wrong. The boss looked kind, but he had never given up power like this. Out of caution, Zhu Gaoxu did not answer the call at this time.
Zhu Di stared at Zhu Gaochi with some anger in his eyes, but it dissipated after a while.
Although Zhu Gaochi was scolded the most by him, if the important task of supervising the country was given to him, he would feel at ease only if it was handed over to him. Zhu Gaoxu was not this material. Zhu Zhanji would definitely not be willing to let Zhu Zhanji stay. After all, he wanted to establish a
I didn't get great merit last time, so I will definitely go this time. If Zhu Gaosui were to supervise the country, he might not be able to convince everyone.
Moreover, Zhu Di was going to do something big this time, something bigger than everyone expected. Zhu Gaochi had to be the one to supervise the country, otherwise he would not be at ease.
Zhu Zhanchun and Zhu Zhanyang had experience in supervising the country, but he was not satisfied with Zhu Zhanchun, and Zhu Zhanchang had just demoted him.
For a while, it became cold again in the court, and Zhu Di's tone softened a lot: "You go back and recuperate first, and we won't go out until spring next year. The weather has also warmed up. You, the prince, can't leave the court and the people of the world alone."
