Zhu Ming has no ambitions, because his eldest brother Zhu Biao's position is so stable, as solid as a rock!
Not just him, all the princes have no ambition.
Even Zhu Di only fantasized about it at first, but soon calmed down and no longer had any delusions.
I have to say that Lao Zhu did this very well. Although the princes were not brothers, they still got along very harmoniously.
But things are different now. The boss no longer wants to be the crown prince.
This is not called ambition by Zhu Xi. He also has a loyal heart, let alone wishful thinking.
According to the process, excluding the eldest son, the second eldest son is Lao Zhu's son. Moreover, he is also a direct descendant. Zhu Biao is not the prince, it can only be him.
Zhu Ping's heart was filled with excitement, and his whole body was surrounded by a huge sense of happiness. He took a deep breath, licked his face and said, "Father..."
"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were cold, "What do you want?"
"My son..." Zhu Xi met his father's eyes, and his boiling blood immediately cooled down, but he really didn't want to give up, so he had to change his words, "Eldest brother has been supervising the country for so long, it is indeed too hard, since... eldest brother
If you are tired, you might as well let me take a rest."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned deeper, "What did you call Biao'er?"
"Brother... ah no, Crown Prince, Your Highness the Crown Prince." Zhu Xi quickly changed his words again. At the same time, with his heart pounding, he cursed secretly: "I won't let those who want to be, and those who don't want to be, won't let go. How can there be such a thing?"
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That is the throne!
The Nine-Five Supreme Being, above tens of millions of people, controls the wind and rain, dominates the world, and holds the power of life and death. With just one thought, wars thousands of miles away are raging. Who can not be moved?
Zhu Fang wanted to try harder, "Father, son, minister..."
"Bang--!"
Just in the middle of the words, Rushan's father's love came one after another, and Zhu Xiang suddenly had stars in his eyes.
Zhu Yuanzhang was filled with murderous intent: "What the hell do you want to do?"
"I...I..." Zhu Xi was almost frightened and his brain shut down, "I don't know what I want to do?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyelashes were all empty, and he couldn't tell the second brother's thoughts. He immediately vented all the grievances he had suffered from the boss on the second brother, and he couldn't stop him.
@#￥%……
After such a beating, Zhu Ping lost half his life and lay on the ground wailing.
Zhu Yuanzhang finished venting his anger, straightened his robes, and said in a friendly manner, "Biao'er, go back with your father!"
They are both children of the same father and mother, and their treatment is completely different.
Even Li Qing, an outsider who was unhappy with Zhu Chong, felt that Lao Zhu was too partial.
Little did he know that people love young children and emperors love their eldest sons. This has been true since ancient times.
Zhu Biao shook his head and said nothing.
Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily, "You forced us to do this."
With that said, he started beating his dick again.
"Prince, eldest brother, brother...my brother..." Zhu Xiang yelled, very sad and angry, "You go back with your father, my brother, please!"
Zhu Biao had a headache. He pulled Zhu Yuanzhang away, stood in front of Zhu Xi, and said seriously: "Father, it's okay for me to go back, but... I have conditions."
"Tell me." Zhu Yuanzhang retracted his foot that was about to kick the second child, "Just tell me what conditions you want."
"No more indiscriminate killings in the future!" Zhu Biao said seriously, "At the same time, we must also rectify the Jinyi Guards. They abused torture. Among the officials who were executed, there were a large number of those who had been beaten to death."
Zhu Biao sighed: "Nowadays, when officials mention the Jinyiwei, they have already turned pale!
Even when people in the capital scare their children, they will say that the Jin Yiwei is coming, and the crying children will stop crying when they hear the Jin Yiwei. Doesn't this show the seriousness of the problem? "
"Father, the power of the Jin Yiwei has now become so great that it is almost out of control!" Zhu Biao was filled with worry, "It is true that the Jin Yiwei only obeys orders from the emperor alone, but have you ever thought about it, father, what if they do evil behind your back?
"
Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth but was speechless.
Zhu Biao said again, "Father, you often say that you need to balance the forces of all parties, but is it balanced now?"
"What you said makes sense." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly, "I promise you this, is there anything else?"
"Ease the relationship with your ministers!" Zhu Biao said, "My ministers are still saying the same thing. The country needs monarch and ministers to rule together, not the emperor's dictatorship. My father is wise and powerful, but can all the descendants be wise and powerful?"
Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and said, "Okay! I promise you this, come back with us!"
"My son, I have one more condition!"
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and said, "Say!"
"Please give me an edict to punish yourself!"
"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, "You want us to issue an edict to sin against ourselves."
Zhu Biao said calmly, "So many people were killed, discipled, and exiled, couldn't they be unjust?
Even if not, if such a treacherous person was born under my father’s rule, doesn’t my father have any responsibility?”
"Biao'er, let me tell you, the emperor will neither admit his mistakes nor admit his mistakes. He can correct his mistakes, but he must never admit them." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice, "You will do the same when you become emperor."
Zhu Biao smiled bitterly, "Then there's nothing more to say."
"Biao'er, don't go too far." Zhu Yuanzhang was really angry this time. He suppressed his anger, "Do you really think we dare not destroy you?"
"It's time for my father to be deposed."
"You...!" Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he raised his palm and slapped him. As soon as Zhu Ping got up from the ground, he was faced with a big dick, and he was stunned.
For a moment, my brain couldn't keep up with my mouth, and I blurted out: "Why are you hitting me? Hit him!"
"You're the one I'm beating."
@#￥……
"That's too much. I didn't contradict you, so why did you beat me?" Zhu Ping was very sad and angry, extremely sad and angry, "Mother, please take your son away!"
Li Qing also felt that Lao Zhu had gone too far, so he and Zhu Biao pulled him away.
Zhu Biao helped Zhu Chong up and said calmly: "Since my father doesn't want to, then let's appoint someone else!"
With that said, he helped his second brother to walk back.
"Come back, come back to me." Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and said dejectedly, "Okay, we promise you."
Zhu Biao turned around and said hesitantly, "Seriously?"
"The Emperor keeps his promise, how can we lie to you?"
Zhu Biao nodded.
This negotiation was a happy one for everyone. Although Zhu Yuanzhang suffered a defeat, he saw his son's growth; although Zhu Biao still had to work hard, he saw his father's transformation.
Although Li Qing will lose his power due to the reorganization of the Jin Yiwei, it is also great for him to be able to relax.
Only Zhu Xi didn't get anything. He got a beating in vain and didn't even have the space to reason.
…
Zhu Yuanzhang was true to his word and attacked Jin Yiwei the next day.
The reason why he was so decisive was because the road had been paved. With the demise of Yi Gong and Twenty Hou, as well as the great change of blood in the court, there would no longer be any intricate forces to restrict his son.
The remaining noble ministers are either law-abiding and honest, or they are simply princelings, so there is no need to clean them up.
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also realized that the power of Jin Yiwei was indeed too great, and it must be reorganized to regain balance.
To him, Jinyiwei is like a sword. Once it is used up, even if it is not thrown away, it must be sheathed.
As a result, all the torture instruments that Jinyiwei was proud of were destroyed, and he was deprived of his right to be detained first and then interrogated. Apart from the necessary surveillance of officials and spying on intelligence, they were not allowed to interfere too much with officials;
Even if a suspect is arrested, he must first go to Tianting and obtain approval before arresting the person.
Jin Yiwei's momentum and authority plummeted!
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also issued an edict to sin against oneself, but the so-called edict to sin against oneself almost always talked about how hard he worked, and it was just a self-recognition.
But when I got to the place where I admitted my mistake, I only heard a soft sentence: I listened to the villain Mao Xiang's slander, which caused some innocent officials to be in trouble.
At this point, the first commander of the Ming Dynasty Jinyi Guards, Mao Xiang, came to an end!
On the day of his beheading, only Li Qing came to see him off.
On the execution platform, Mao Xiang knelt there and looked up at the sky, silent for a long time.
Li Qing looked sad. Putting aside his personality and character, this boss was indeed very kind to him.
There was still half an hour before three-quarter noon, when Li Qing walked up to him and squatted down, saying softly: "Is there anything else you're worried about?"
Mao Xiang looked at him blankly for a while, then slowly said: "If you can, help my family."
"Okay." Li Qing nodded and stood up to leave.
"Li Qing."
"Um?"
"Thanks."
Li Qing smiled, a bit bitterly, sighed, and walked down the execution platform.
After a while, the Minister of Punishment took out a fire stick and threw it away, and said with murderous intent, "It's three o'clock at noon, behead!"
The executioner raised his sword and chopped it down hard.
Li Qing watched Mao Xiang being beheaded, watched his family collect the body, and watched the wooden cart drift away...
…
Time passed day by day, everything seemed to be developing in a good direction, the people's lives were getting better and better, and the turbulent situation in the court gradually calmed down with the death of Mao Xiang.
In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu's reign, Xiao Qi grew up to be a young man and was awarded the title of Prince Ning.
I recall that when he first attended Lao Zhu's birthday party, he was just a little kid who was teased by a few unscrupulous brothers. In the blink of an eye, he became a vassal king who wanted to guard one side.
In order to ease the relationship, Zhu Yuanzhang held a grand banquet in Fengtian Palace Square and specially invited all the officials in Beijing. The emperor and his ministers toasted together and drank together, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
But there are always some people who get drunk when they gain power and get high when they drink.
An unpopular censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate came to the imperial court under the influence of alcohol and admonished Zhu Yuanzhang that he should not wantonly enfeoffment and talk about the dangers of enfeoffment.
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, but his son kept begging for mercy, saying that he was not guilty of the crime and could not kill him arbitrarily.
On the happy day, Lao Zhu endured it.
But the censor didn't realize it, but he was moved by himself. The more he talked, the more he talked, and finally he even said: If the seal is not stopped in time, if the feudal king is not strictly monitored and his power is reduced, one day, there will be a war with the Han Dynasty.
The Seven Kings Rebellion was an even more terrible disaster.
Li Qing secretly sighed: It's only a few hundred dollars a month, what are you trying to do with your life?
Sure enough, Lao Zhu couldn't bear it anymore and dragged him out and executed him on the charge of alienating the relationship between father and son.
After this banquet, the relationship between monarch and ministers, which had just eased, began to feel alienated again, and Zhu Biao became more disappointed with his father, and the relationship between father and son became worse and worse.
Li Qing looked at Zhu Biao, who was tortured physically and mentally, and whose spirit was getting weaker and weaker. Finally, taking advantage of an opportunity for the two of them to be alone, he said the treacherous words that had been buried in his heart for a long time:
"Your Highness, you might as well let someone else take the seat of the Crown Prince!"