Liang Chu, Mao Cheng and others were in a state of confusion.
This little prince is really not in a hurry, he is simply playing with us like monkeys!
I waited four days before I came to pay homage to your father's grave, and when I saw that I had finished paying homage, I didn't leave in a hurry. Does that mean I have to stay for a few more days? How reluctant was this to give birth to you and raise you?
Is the throne so unattractive to you?
After everyone returned to the city.
Mao Cheng took the lead and decided to send someone to urge them.
"Eunuch Gu, I leave this matter to you. You must convey our message. If we don't set off again, the situation in the capital will change, and I'm afraid the world will be in chaos... As the prince, you should think about the people of the world, and you should not linger any longer.
, it’s better to start early.”
Gu Da deliberately put himself in a difficult position.
But he still followed the instructions of Mao Cheng, Liang Chu and others and went to Prince Xing's Mansion to persuade him.
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This persuasion finally worked.
That night, news came from Prince Xing's Mansion that in the morning of the next day, Crown Prince Xing, after bidding farewell to his mother and concubine, would leave for the capital to succeed to the throne.
Liang Chu and others breathed a sigh of relief. They arranged Luan Jia's arrangements that night and arranged the ceremony. Liang Chu also wrote a letter to the capital to inform Anlu of what happened here.
The second day of April.
Zhu Si went to visit his mother early in the morning, while Liang Chu and others were waiting in the front yard of the palace.
Yuan Zonggao was also waiting outside, wondering what was going on inside as the mother and son parted ways.
When Zhu Si came out, everyone noticed tears in the corners of the young man's eyes as they saluted, indicating that he was very reluctant to part with Anlu's personal affairs and did not want to say goodbye to his mother and go to the capital.
"Yuan Changshi, this young master... why is he like this?"
It was finally time to set off. In front of the main entrance of Prince Xing's Mansion, Zhu Si turned around in three steps and finally boarded the carriage. Liang Chu couldn't help being curious and asked Yuan Zonggao on the side.
Yuan Zonggao sighed: "Perhaps the prince came to Beijing the year before last and stayed for a long time. He was unable to see the princess for a long time. His Oedipus was so anxious that he would never come back again this time..."
"What is this nonsense?"
Mao Cheng frowned when he heard this.
Liang Chu narrowed his eyes slightly, but in fact Yuan Zonggao was right.
Isn’t this trip to the capital a “one-way trip with no return”?
According to the wishes of Yang Tinghe and Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu's fourth small sect was to succeed the big sect. After leaving, his mother would no longer be his mother. It was completely reasonable for her to be so reluctant to leave her.
If Princess Jiang is unable to reconnect with Zhu Si about her mother-son relationship and can only exist as an aunt, then it will probably be difficult for mother and son to meet again in the future.
"The prince is so benevolent and filial, we are so lucky." Liang Chu sighed with emotion.
Hearing this, Mao Cheng nodded heavily.
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Zhu Si and his party finally set off for the capital.
In fact, Zhu Si desperately wanted to be the emperor. As for whether he was filial or not...it's really not certain. This was all done in accordance with the wishes of Zhu Hao and Tang Yin. He had to show his attachment and reluctance to Prince Xing's palace and his mother, so as to fight for the throne after arriving in the capital.
And make all preparations to consolidate the imperial power.
When they were resting that night, Zhu Si secretly called Tang Yin to him.
"Sir, there is nothing wrong with my performance these two days, right?"
Zhu Si said, "I'm doing a good job, please praise me."
Tang Yin nodded in approval: "Your Highness has done a good job in following and implementing the 'ease' formula. This will make everyone in the court feel that the crown prince does not have much desire for the throne, so that more benefits can be obtained."
Zhu Si was puzzled: "What exactly are we fighting for?"
Before Tang Yin could speak, Zhang Zuo couldn't help but interjected: "We have to fight for everything. When we get to the capital, we will probably be controlled by others. If we want to arrange for someone to be an official in the court, we will have to be controlled by others..."
Having said this, Zhang Zuo saw Zhu Si's expression was unkind and quickly lowered his head, not daring to speak any more.
"What Zhang Fengzheng said is reasonable. After arriving in the capital, everything will have to start from scratch. It does not mean that you can control everything after taking the throne. This imperial edict was nominally issued by the late emperor, but in fact it was a conspiracy between the chief assistant and the queen mother. Jiang Bin's influence
After the fall of the emperor, the sycophants around the late emperor will be questioned and dismissed one by one, so as to fear that the power of the civil servants will become stronger and the imperial power will be completely suppressed."
Although Tang Yin's political consciousness was not high, under the influence of Zhu Hao in the past few years, he finally knew who his future enemies would be, and Zhu Si could listen to the truth.
Zhu Si slapped the table: "It would be great if Zhu Hao was by my side. He has many ideas and will definitely be able to arrange everything for us!"
Zhang Zuodao: "With Mr. Tang here, it's actually the same!"
Immediately, he was glared at by Zhu Si again, and Zhang Zuo stepped back with a smile.
Tang Yin said: "Zhu Hao is very resourceful and everything is planned by him. Now the last tip bag he has prepared can be opened."
"Is it time yet?"
Zhu Si asked in surprise.
Zhang Zuo opened his mouth, then closed it, and Zhu Sida said: "If you have something to say, just say it!"
Zhang Zuo then said: "It's better to open it as soon as possible and be prepared!"
Zhu Si nodded happily: "Okay, open it."
This time Tang Yin was prepared. He no longer waited for Lu Song to bring backup and presented the tips bag himself...
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In Beijing, it is already the sixth day of April.
News about Anlu has not reached the capital yet, but now the imperial court has imprisoned Jiang Bin, and the eradication of Jiang Bin's influence is still in progress.
The imperial court no longer had to worry about the role of the imperial edict in Jiang Bin's hands. It immediately announced to the world that Zhu Houcong, the eldest son of Prince Xing, would be the heir to the throne based on the imperial edict drafted by Yang Tinghe.
As a result, people in the capital quickly stabilized, and everyone was waiting for Zhu Si to arrive in the capital and officially ascend the throne as emperor.
Those with ulterior motives gave up their thoughts and lamented that King Xiaoxing was so lucky that the throne fell on his head without doing anything.
"...The young master is saying that you had anticipated all this and even wrote a tip to the new emperor?"
Su Xigui has been pestering Zhu Hao these days, waiting for the new emperor to arrive in the capital so that he can claim credit. Staying with Zhu Hao will make it much more convenient for him to claim credit.
Su Xigui was excited when he learned that Zhu Hao had arranged everything secretly.
Zhu Hao smiled and nodded slightly.
Su Xigui didn't have the time to think about why Zhu Hao would tell him such a confidential matter. He was completely unaware that he might be used, and just wanted to figure out everything.
"The first two tips in the little master's tips are just arrangements for the departure. The last one..." Su Xigui naturally wanted to know the contents of the third tip.
Zhu Hao stood up and came to the window of the teahouse. He looked at the busy traffic outside and stood with his hands behind his hands. He had a feeling of looking down on all living beings and feeling superior.
"The third copy is just to tell Zhu Si what name he should use when entering the capital... The small sect succeeds the big sect. It is just the wishful thinking of Mr. Yang Ge. What the new emperor wants to do is to inherit the throne, but not to inherit."
"ah!?"
Su Xigui was really surprised, "This... is a new arrival, and I haven't even secured the throne yet. Is it... too risky?"
Zhu Hao said: "Now that His Majesty's will has been announced, do you think Mr. Yang Ge will choose someone else to be the emperor because the new emperor has no heir? Doesn't that mean that Mr. Yang can influence the emperor's ownership at will? With his orthodox civil servants
With your identity, would you do something so outrageous?"
Su Xigui nodded: "That's the truth, but the Queen Mother..."
"The Queen Mother is the Queen Mother. Everything must be based on the imperial edict of Emperor Daxing. Whoever is selected according to the law cannot be changed. If we don't work hard now, we will raise it after we succeed to the throne. I'm afraid everything will be ruined.
That's too late!"
Zhu Hao said, "And we must fight with the civil servants in this way to make the civil servants pay attention to the issue of great gifts, so that they will not be interested in fighting for power and gain, and do the things of uniting the party and defeating those who are different!"
Su Xigui immediately woke up, stood up and went to the window, sighing: "The young master is really far-sighted. It seems that after the new emperor ascends the throne, the capital will not be too stable in a short time... In the past, Jiang Bin and other sycophants were in charge, and in the future, it will be controlled by civil servants."
affairs of state!"
Zhu Hao looked sideways at Su Xigui and said with a smile: "So when the time comes, the new emperor will need to cultivate his own people in the court, especially those ministers who can hide in the dark but can help him. By then, Huang Gong will probably become the new emperor's right-hand man.
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"Ah? This... Haha, I hope so! No rush, no rush, everything will wait until His Majesty's throne is stable..." Su Xigui had ten thousand wishes in his heart, but he could not admit it with his mouth.
He also had to hide his inner ecstasy.
Zhu Hao's analysis is well-founded. If the new emperor enters the court, aligns with the civil servants, becomes a puppet controlled by Yang Tinghe, and swallows his humiliation for the sake of the stability of the throne, only then Su Xigui should be worried, because if Yang Tinghe controls the emperor, he will attack his political opponents.
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But if the new emperor shows his insistence on great gifts from the moment he ascends the throne and conflicts with the interests of mainstream civil servants, then there will be a rift between the emperor and his ministers. Although it is not a big conflict, Yang Tinghe will not be able to deal with political opponents with peace of mind.
Zhu Hao's arrangement was in line with the interests of Su Xigui and his benefactor Huang Zan. Of course, Su Xigui supported it with both hands.
Zhu Hao asked again: "How much can Su Dongzhu and Huang Gong do for the new emperor? I mean right now."
"this……"
Su Xigui thought for a while, Huang Zan was in Nanjing, and he had no official status in the capital. He had money but didn't know where to put it. How could he help?
But then he understood and said respectfully, "Please tell me, little master."
Zhu Hao said: "We can't be idle in the capital. Why don't we first see who can be used by the new emperor, such as those who have secret quarrels with Mr. Yang Ge, such as people from the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Shangshu, or people who are close to Wang Shangshu?
They may face suppression, and then there are the colleagues who were pushed out to Nanjing in the past few years because of Mr. Yang Ge... Su Dongzhu has extensive connections, so it shouldn't be difficult to secretly investigate who they are and compile a list, right?"
"Oh, how can this be difficult?"
When Su Xigui heard this, wasn't it easy?
Who in the DPRK had a grudge against Yang Tinghe, or who was not part of Yang Tinghe's faction and was brutally suppressed, it would be easy to figure out who they were.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "It can't be said that it's easy. It can only be said that you have to work hard for the new emperor and then die. Dongzhu Su will make a list and I will secretly submit it to the new emperor. It may be a great achievement by then."
Zhu Hao knew history very well, but with so many ministers in the DPRK now, it would take a certain amount of connections and financial support to investigate clearly which ones were not from the same faction as Yang Tinghe.
Historically, it is difficult to record whether a minister belongs to Yang Tinghe's faction. Even the civil servants who later participated in the Zuoshunmen incident were coerced into it. It does not mean that they were willing to side with Yang Tinghe from the beginning.
With Su Xigui here, Zhu Hao can make arrangements in advance by listing the list, letting Zhu Si know who is available and who must be alienated in advance.