Domineering Daming

The two sat down. Empress Zhang seemed to know that Zhu Youxiao was coming, and she was happy. She looked at Zhu Xu and said, "I heard that you haven't been out of the palace recently, so you are honest. After a while, I will ask the emperor to find you a Good teacher, read more books, your temper will not be so wild."

Recently, several emperors of the Ming Dynasty were not very glorious, and Zhu Youxiao was also born of a maidservant. He was not taken seriously and did not study much.

Zhu Xu nodded obediently, turned his eyes, glanced around, and suddenly approached Queen Zhang, and said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, you should be more careful these days, I heard that brother Huang cooks horse kidneys every day. You can't be robbed of favor by others at this time..."

As Zhu Xu said, his eyes were fixed on Queen Zhang's expression, not letting go of a single bit.

Chapter 26 Clues

Empress Zhang's expression didn't change after hearing this, she glanced at Zhu Xu from the corner of her eye, and said with a light smile, "Okay, your filial sister-in-law knows, so you don't have to worry about this, she knows what to do."

There is no trace at all, Zhu Xu secretly sighed, Queen Zhang is not simple.

After entertaining with Empress Zhang for a long time, Zhu Xu left Kunning Palace helplessly without showing any hints.

"Your Highness, Your Highness." Not far from Kunning Palace, Cao Huachun hurried over with an anxious expression on his face.

Zhu Xu looked at Cao Huachun, smiled and said, "What is it that makes our Eunuch Cao so anxious?"

Cao Huachun looked around, and said to Zhu Xu in a low voice: "Your Highness, the emperor has decided to move the capital to Nanjing, and neither the Chief Assistant nor the Second Assistant has any objection."

Zhu Xu stared at the boss, looked at Cao Huachun inexplicably in horror and said, "Where did the news come from? Is it accurate?"

Cao Huachun was also frightened, nervously lowered his voice and said: "It's from the Supervisor of Rituals, and the Minister of General Affairs heard that there are many such documents, and they have all been sent to the imperial court."

Zhu Xu's heart was pounding, looking up at the gray sky not far away, he didn't know what to say for a while.

He had been waiting for Zhu Youxiao's move, but he didn't expect it to be such a big move!

Since Zhu Di usurped the throne and ascended the throne in Nanjing, he felt uneasy, so he moved the capital to his royal city, Beiping.Since then, the voice of returning to Nanjing has been heard endlessly, even after a hundred years.

In addition, in recent years, the Jurchen riots and frequent earthquakes in the capital made this kind of voice even more common.But after all, it is not the mainstream, plus Daming has always been uncompromising character from top to bottom, this kind of voice has never become popular.

"Just, can this really work?"

After a while, Zhu Xu talked to himself thoughtfully.Moving the capital is not a simple matter, it involves all aspects, even Zhu Di, who had a strong army back then, had to go to Beiping by himself first, and take it slowly.

With Zhu Youxiao's current ability, if he wanted to move the capital, he might have to go through Qingliu. It stands to reason that it is absolutely impossible, and Zhu Youxiao should also know this.

But neither the first assistant nor the second assistant objected. What's the situation?

"What exactly is the emperor going to do?" Zhu Xu couldn't understand Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Xu walked back to Jinghuan Palace while pondering, Cao Wenzhao also got the news, came to Zhu Xu, and said, "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

He is the person who knows Zhu Xu best. He suppressed Wei Zhongxian just now. If Wei Zhongxian revived after moving the capital, wouldn't it be a waste of all their efforts?

Zhu Xu sat on the recliner, holding the teacup, and slowly sipped it.

This idea of ​​moving the capital is definitely not what Zhu Youxiao or Wei Zhongxian Hakka could come up with. There must be someone behind Zhu Youxiao.

"Don't worry, let me think about it."

Zhu Xu looked relaxed, no matter what Zhu Youxiao wanted to do, it had no effect on him.But what he had to evaluate was the consequences of Zhu Youxiao doing these things.

"Moving the capital is definitely not the real purpose of the emperor, what is he planning?"

Zhu Xu talked to himself, trying to figure out Zhu Youxiao's real intention.

"Your Highness." Cao Huachun glanced at Cao Wenzhao beside him, looked at Zhu Xu and said, "I feel that the emperor still wants to teach disobedient people in the court."

Zhu Xu raised his head and glanced at him, thinking silently, "If Brother Huang wants to control the court, he must change to someone who is obedient..."

Although Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister, he was exhausted from every detail, so there was a bachelor. It can be seen from Gao Jie, Gao Gong and others that their power even exceeds that of the legendary prime minister.

However, every emperor of the Ming Dynasty had eccentricities, but the last two, Tianqi and Chongzhen, had the worst control over the court.

Emperor Tianqi wanted to use the eunuch party to check and balance the Donglin party, but the internal ministers could not form a balance to balance the foreign ministers, and they were doomed to fail.Chongzhen also didn't believe in foreign ministers at all, and had a lot of suspicions about his internal ministers, which led to the massacre of foreign ministers. In just a dozen years, more than [-] chief assistants have been replaced, which shows that the monarch and ministers are alienated;

Ye Xianggao is not the kind of flattering person, he has always been fair and honest, he is not Yan Song, Xu Jie, nor Gao Gong, who can't figure out the holy meaning.Ye Xianggao became an official, and Han Yu took over as chief assistant. This person is also a stubborn person, not the kind of person who just bows his head and obeys orders.

The rest is Gu Bingqian. If you want to talk about this person, you can say that he is shameless to the extreme.

In order to flatter Wei Zhongxian's promotion, he took his son to Wei Zhongxian's mansion. He was over 70 years old at the time and wanted to recognize Wei Zhongxian as his godfather. Because he was too old, he was afraid that Wei Zhongxian would disagree, so he asked his son to recognize Wei Zhongxian as his grandfather!

Wei Zhongxian is younger than Gu Bingqian, and his son is not much older than Wei Zhongxian.

Such a person is no longer enough to be described as shameless.

Could it be him?Brother Huang wants the first assistant, and the second assistant to serve together?

Zhu Xu thought for a while, then looked up at the two of them and said: "No matter what the emperor wants to do, he needs someone to help him. Wei Zhongxian must ask Ni Wenhuan to write a booklet. You can let him know and ask him to find out. The person who came up with this idea is Who, for what purpose?"

Cao Wenzhao agreed, and quickly turned around and left.

Zhu Xu said to Cao Huachun again: "Xiao Cao, the old hag probably has returned to the palace, you should keep an eye on the emperor's wife."

Naturally, Cao Huachun also knew what Ke Shi had done in the palace in the past few years, and he said solemnly: "Your Highness, please rest assured, this servant will never let the old man do his best... Ke Shi will hurt the empress and the prince."

Zhu Xu nodded with a smile. Recently, because of Zhu Youxiao's sudden change, he has been under a lot of pressure.

Now that Zhu Youxiao summoned the first and second assistants, and talked about moving the capital, it must not be long before there will be another disturbance in the court.

But these have little to do with Zhu Xu. What he cares most about is the person who gave Zhu Youxiao an idea and the purpose behind the idea.

Knowing the beginning, Zhu Xu was not so anxious, and Jing Huan Palace returned to calm.He practiced calligraphy when he had nothing to do, and occasionally went to the imperial study to waste time, and then went to Queen Zhang's to eat and drink, quietly waiting for his brother's follow-up actions.

Sure enough, as soon as the news of moving the capital came out, the Donglin Party went crazy, and all kinds of papers flew to the imperial study room, and they lashed out. The normal ones made the emperor think twice, and the straight ones directly scolded the emperor Zhu Youxiao for forgetting his ancestors. Emperor Taizong's ancestral motto "The Son of Heaven controls the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country"!If this continues, the foundation of Taizu and Taizong will be lost, and Daming will perish!

But Zhu Youxiao didn't take it to heart at all, he didn't idle at all when he should eat and drink.

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In a flash, it lasted for three days. There was a lot of noise outside, but the palace was quiet as usual.

Cao Wenzhao hurried in from the outside, and said to Zhu Xu who was practicing calligraphy, "Your Highness, there is news from Ni Wenhuan."

Zhu Xu continued to write, and said lightly: "What news?"

Cao Wenzhao looked around and whispered in Zhu Xu's ear, "According to Ni Wenhuan, Wei Zhongxian will go to see someone tonight."

Zhu Xu raised the pen tip sharply, looked at the words on the white paper, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Well, the writing is really good. Alright, let's go meet this expert tonight!"

Chapter 27 Kidnapping

It was dark and the wind was high.