This old guy's face is as thick as an iron wall, and he is tough and tough.
He will be the grandson of whoever is in power. Even if he is a junior in his own family, he can still behave in a groveling manner. But the problem is that he is an old fox who knows how to ingratiate himself very well. He is a typical person who adapts to the changing times in the tide of the times.
"Uncle, didn't you say you took refuge with Mr. Yang Ge? With him supporting you, there is no need to care about a small role like me. From now on, the rise and fall of the family will still fall on you."
There was a hint of contempt in Zhu Hao's tone.
You are pretending to be a grandson, so I am not allowed to act like a grandpa in front of you?
Zhu Wanhong still held the cup of tea in his hand and sighed: "Little ancestor, don't make fun of me. This Jin Yiwei is eating the imperial food. No matter how big the old official Yang Ge is, he still eats the royal food. Uncle, how can I not be able to tell which is more important?"
"
Zhu Hao said: "I may also eat royal food in the future, so which one is more important?"
"Of course, Your Majesty is the most important... I, the Zhu family, swear allegiance to Your Majesty. As a royal guard, I will serve Your Majesty to the death, no matter how dangerous it is, I will never frown."
Zhu Wanhong expressed his position in front of Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao smiled bitterly and said: "You can definitely take me out, tell Mr. Yang Ge that I am your Majesty's, send me out to be a minor official for a few years, and let me endure hard work for a few more years. Maybe after a few decades, I won't be here."
When His Majesty takes charge, I will not be able to bear it any longer, so I will resign and return home."
Zhu Wanhong stared at Zhu Hao.
He could tell that this was the way his eldest nephew told him the threat. If he followed this way, he might become the host.
"Oh my, little ancestor, please stop joking. Is your uncle the kind of person who sells his nephew to gain glory? Besides, how many years can Mr. Yang Ge stay in the court? The new emperor is young and powerful, and he will definitely treat you as a stock-in-trade in the future.
, it is only a matter of time before you join the cabinet as prime minister and assistant."
Zhu Wanhong raised his neck and drank the tea in the cup, patted his chest and said, "From now on, little ancestor, you have the final say. Uncle, I can't do anything else. I only follow orders and do things like the rest of the three. From now on, you have the final say in the Zhu family!"
Zhu Hao sighed softly: "I'm afraid uncle, you have nothing to say about this matter, right?"
Zhu Wanhong sneered: "Does it matter what I said? I just didn't want to say it in the past... When my little ancestor, you are admitted to Jinshi, my uncle will send a royal guard to escort you home. Let's see who dares not to listen to you!"
This ability to draw cakes...
Zhu Hao feels that Zhu Wanhong is a person who knows how to cater to things. Listen to the pie in the painting. If I pass the Jinshi exam, you will escort me home and let me go back to be the head of the family?
Trampling everyone in the Zhu family underfoot?
"Okay, I'll take note of what uncle said. Don't let uncle try to use me to get anything for you..."
Zhu Hao narrowed his eyes.
Hinting again.
Zhu Wanhong laughed: "Speaking of what you are seeking, little ancestor, I heard that you are very familiar with the old staff of Prince Xing's Mansion. Do you know the new Commander Zhu of the Imperial Guard...? Can you introduce me to the arrangement? I don't ask for it.
Besides, you can also find a way to send gifts upwards..."
Zhu Hao thought to himself, the villain's true nature has been exposed.
It seems that the Zhu family are all the same, but they express themselves in different ways. After all, Zhu Wanhong is also a small person trying to survive in the cracks. It is unrealistic to ask him to be strong-willed, but this change is really shameful.
"I'm not familiar with it. I don't know everyone in Prince Xing's Mansion. That's it. I have to go back to prepare for the imperial examination, so I won't send you away, uncle."
Zhu Hao issued an eviction order.
Zhu Wanhong said: "My little ancestor still needs to prepare for the palace examination? Even if you rank last in the palace examination, you are still a weakling... My uncle will wait for you to pass the Jinshi examination and let you return home in glory. The Zhu family will follow your lead in the future!"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "It's better not to mention the matter of returning to the Zhu family for now. As long as the uncle expresses in front of Mr. Yang Ge the past that I endured humiliation and entered Prince Xing's mansion as an informant. I am a member of the Zhu family, and my interests with the Zhu family should be the same."
That’s it.”
"Ah……"
Zhu Wanhong finally heard it.
Even if Zhu Hao now has the trust of the new emperor, he still wants to break into the civil service and does not want to be the second Jiang Bin.
This disappointed Zhu Wanhong, but from a long-term perspective, this will not affect Zhu Hao's future influence in the court.
That is to say.
The little ancestor is still the little ancestor, and Zhu Hao's status in the eyes of the new emperor will not be affected because Zhu Hao chooses to move closer to Yang Tinghe's faction. This can only be said that the little ancestor plans to infiltrate the enemy and work as spies, so the two uncles and nephews will become
A "close comrade".
"Okay, uncle will definitely speak to you if he has the chance."
Zhu Wanhong was very polite and immediately nodded and agreed.
…
…
Inside the palace.
Zhu Si became emperor, but he knew few people in the Forbidden City. After living there for two days, he became afraid that "everyone wants to kill me." He even asked Lu Song to ask Zhu Hao if he could move out of the palace.
"The number of guards that the Royal Palace Guards Department can bring to the capital is only more than 400 people. Except for the 100 people assigned to the Royal Guards, the rest are staying in the palace. However, His Majesty has no close followers, so he feels that he is weak.
.Your Majesty’s wish, if it really doesn’t work, you can move to the Leopard Room…”
Zhu Si was truly alone in the palace.
After hearing what Lu Song said, Tang Yin asked, "What does your Majesty do after dark?"
Lu Song said: "Accompanied by Zhang Fengzheng...Eunuch Zhang, I reviewed the memorial, but there are many things that Your Majesty does not understand, and I still need to ask Eunuch Wei and others. The only ones who are trustworthy around Your Majesty are a few father-in-laws from the Royal Palace Chengdu...
"
When Zhu Si became the emperor, he lived in the inner garden of the deep palace. In addition to bringing the guards from the Royal Palace's Yiwei Department, there were also several eunuchs from the Palace's Chengdu Department. However, there were only six eunuchs from the King's Palace Chengdu Department, so they all came with him.
, and it cannot give Zhu Si a sense of security.
Tang Yin wanted to ask something else, but Zhu Hao preempted him: "Why don't you let Mr. Tang enter the palace to accompany His Majesty?"
"ah?"
Tang Yin was shocked when he heard this and said, "Zhu Hao, don't come up with bad ideas. You are not allowed to mess around with this kind of thing."
When Tang Yin said this, he almost covered a certain part of his body with his hand. If the emperor felt lonely and scared in the palace, he might have castrated some of the people he knew and brought them into the palace.
Zhu Hao said: "Your Majesty's opinion is correct. You should not live in the palace for a long time. You need to establish a stable channel for your Majesty to enter and leave the palace, and your safety must be fully guaranteed."
"What? Mr. Zhu, this is not a child's play. It involves a major matter involving His Majesty's safety. There is no way..."
Lu Song wanted to say something, but when he remembered Zhu Hao's threats to Tang Yin before, he seemed to understand something.
If you don't bring the emperor out, you have to bring the people into the palace.
But there are so many people in the palace, and most of them are not the emperor's trusted subordinates. If someone is discovered entering the palace, they are not allowed to tell the outside world?
But if the emperor goes out of the palace in disguise, the goal will be much smaller, and the emperor's loneliness in the palace will be eliminated because he leaves the palace to mingle in the market.
Tang Yin understood and asked, "How to ensure His Majesty's safety?"
Zhu Hao spread his hands: "This requires Commander Zhu and Lu Qianhu to send people to protect them, and then we need to take over the command and control power of the Beijing camp and firmly control it. With the Beijing camp in hand, Your Majesty, as long as he does not leave the gate of the capital,
, there is no problem in terms of safety.”
Lu Song asked: "Then how to control the capital camp?"
Zhu Hao said: "The person in charge of the capital camp now is Wang Xian, the Minister of War. Mr. Yang Ge now does not believe in military men, but only in civil servants. However, Wang Xian and Wang Qiong are close. They belong to the same faction. Mr. Yang Ge is about to fight against the two."
It would be better for His Majesty to take advantage of the impeachment of the two royal ministers and hand over the transfer power of the Beijing camp to the British Duke Zhang Lun. Since Zhang Lun's prestige in the court is far less than that of his grandfather, then this power can be
Take it back into your own hands step by step."
Lu Song and Tang Yin were both in a daze after hearing Zhu Hao's plan.
They were far less familiar and keen on the situation in the capital than Zhu Hao, and they couldn't understand the brilliance of Zhu Hao's plan for a while.
Tang Yin frowned and said: "The British prince you mentioned has been in charge of the capital for decades, and only seized power for the late emperor during the Zhengde Dynasty. Now it is going to be returned to his grandson. Aren't you afraid that he will still fall to Yang Ge's side?
"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "The Beijing camp is now under the control of Mr. Yang Ge. If we go to get it openly, do you think Mr. Yang and many civil servants will give in? Only by handing it over to the third party faction can they have the chance to gradually get it.
, and Zhang Lun’s prestige is not enough. With the Zhang family’s political consciousness and the power in his hands, should he turn to the new emperor or to the civil servants? Don’t you have this in mind?”
Although Lu Song didn't understand what he heard, he nodded: "I will definitely convey Mr. Zhu's words to His Majesty."
Zhu Hao said: "In my estimation, the impeachment of the two kings and their ministers in the Liu Ke matter will be concentrated in the next few days, and Mr. Yang Ge in the court will definitely use this to force His Majesty to express his position.
"Your Majesty could initially raise concerns about the past achievements of the two ministers in an attempt to preserve them, but after some resistance, you can comply with Mr. Yang Ge's wishes and let the Ministry of Punishment investigate."
"this……"
Lu Song did not expect that Zhu Hao would start to worry about things that had not happened and make predictions. He even described the process as if he had been there in person.
"After the Ministry of Punishment has completed the investigation, Jin Yiwei will take over. At that time, His Majesty proposed that the British Lord should take over the promotion of the Beijing camp again... But tomorrow, Your Majesty can first attack Yangge Lao about Princess Chiang's entry into Beijing..."
The plan proposed by Zhu Hao is basically in line with historical trends.
Historically, Zhu Houcong came to the capital to become emperor. On April 26th, the third day, he proposed to let his mother come to the capital. After encountering obstacles, the next day, April 27th, he proposed to give his father the title of emperor.
It can be regarded as the first shot of the great ceremony.
Although Zhu Si was restrained in every aspect in the early stages of the Great Ceremony Conference, it was not without success. At least Princess Chiang successfully entered Beijing and was named the Queen Mother before the end of the year.
As for the impeachment of Wang Qiong and Wang Xian, it all happened before the end of April.
Zhu Hao just wanted Zhu Si to use Wang Qiong and Wang Xian to be impeached and gain control of the capital camp in one fell swoop, which would be equivalent to controlling the military power of the entire capital. In addition to ensuring that the throne would not be stolen by military mutiny, he could also ensure that the throne would not be stolen by military mutiny.
There will be more variables when the emperor quarrels with civil servants in the future court.
Only with military power in hand can he speak confidently, so as to avoid Zhu Si from using the trick of giving up the throne and returning to Anlu to become king again to make the civilian officials compromise.