The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

Prince Zhu Zaihou: "Teacher, Spain and Portugal are only the size of the provincial government of Zhejiang Province, but they can have such great strength by sailing. If our Ming Dynasty can also have a strong maritime fleet, wouldn't it be better than this so-called Spain and Portugal are 100 times stronger?"

Although Zhu Zaihou himself is generous and courteous, and likes the ways of Confucius and Mencius, he is a prince who is determined to forge ahead and hates evil like hatred. In his plan, if he becomes emperor, he will inevitably carry out a vigorous reform to get rid of all the ills of Ming Dynasty. .

This kind of thinking has a lot to do with Gao Gong, the teacher.

Gao Gong himself is aloof and arrogant by nature, likes to point out the country, to inspire words, hates evil like hatred, and is of medium EQ, not as shrewd as old foxes like Yan Song and Xu Jie, and has a bad temper.

It is precisely because of Gao Gong's nine years of teaching that Gao Gong's character slowly infiltrated into the character of the prince Zhu Zaihou, and the prince is young and vigorous, and his character is more radical than Gao Gong.

Hearing that the prince said that he wanted to learn Spanish and Portuguese~taoya, Gao Gong couldn't help sighing: "It's difficult, the sea ban was ordered by the Taizu himself. In the 14th year of Hongwu, Taizu ordered the prohibition of private communication with overseas countries by coastal people. In the 23rd year of Hongwu, Taizu issued the "Forbidden Traffic to Foreign Domains" again. In the 27th year of Hongwu, it was Overseas trade was completely banned, and the Taizu also prohibited the private use and trading of imported spices, spices, etc. In the 30th year of Hongwu, Taizu issued an order again to prohibit the Chinese from going to the sea to communicate.”

The prince listened silently. When he was studying, Gao Gong had told him about this period of history, but now that Gao Gong mentioned it again, the prince realized—this is [ancestral system]!

The ancestral system cannot be violated.

Although the prince has great ambitions, he is still full of admiration for the wise and powerful Taizu. He feels that since Taizu banned the sea, there must be a reason for him.

At this moment, the thought of forbidden sea gained the upper hand in his mind.

"By the way, teacher, this king will go to the court for the first time to listen to the government tomorrow, and the officials who are accompanying him on this southern tour are the ones who are talking about it. Is there anything I need to pay attention to?" The prince was a little nervous.

Gao Gong said: "Prince just need to remember, try to speak less and observe more, mainly pay attention to the leaders of various factions in the court, such as Guan Yingzhen, Shen Yiguan, Yuan Shijiao, Li Sancai, Yang Bo... Now go to the southern tour, With all kinds of interests involved, these people can be said to fight for blood..."

The prince was at a loss: "No, what about Yan Song? He is the chief assistant of the court."

Gao Gong Zhizhu held his hands and smiled: "Yan Song can be said to be difficult to deal with, or easy to deal with. He is alone and has not formed a party like the others. For the prince, it should be easier to clean up. Except In addition, Ge Lao Zhang Bi and Xu Zan are all alone, and Minister of Rites Shen Shixing is also a person without party affiliation, and they are all objects that can be wooed."

(Yan Song squints and smiles: I like that you think so the most.)

The prince is very perceptive, and soon understood the meaning of Gao Gong......

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"A lot of officials came here this morning~~"

Yan Song came to the Meridian Gate early and saw many more officials than before.

Yan Nian said with a smile: "It must be that these officials heard that the prince is coming to participate in politics today, so hurry up and get acquainted."

Yan Song laughed. Yan Nian was quite right. It is estimated that many officials wanted to take the opportunity to join him. After all, this was the work of a dragon.However, Yan Song is not very optimistic about Zhu Zaihou. Although Jiajing likes to practice Taoism or something, he has a long life and a long reign. According to the original history, Jiajing has at least 40 years before the emperor dies.

When he is a prince, he is most afraid of this kind of long-lived father. When he ascends the throne, he will become an old man.Moreover, the position of prince is too long, which is a threat to the throne. Many such princes did not end well in the end, and were killed by their father.

Soon, the prince came to the Meridian Gate in a sedan chair, and immediately caused a great commotion, and people gathered around, and some officials even fought secretly in order to be one step faster than others.

"His Royal Highness is a thousand years old!"

"His Royal Highness, Wan An!"

The prince has a handsome appearance and a graceful temperament of 4.5 elegant, which is very in line with the standards of beauty control in the minds of scholars. The prince's performance is also very perfect, and he is very decent and generous in dealing with all the officials. He is like a spring breeze and has won the favor of all the officials.

Yan Song watched from a distance, but he didn't intend to go up.

However, after the prince saw Yan Song, he came over with a smile and greeted him politely.

"His Royal Highness, Sheng'an." Yan Song returned the salute, surprised in his heart.

For the prince's character analysis, there is at least a stack of tens of thousands of words of analysis materials on Yan Song's desk, which was done by Gai Nie.

Yan Song knew that the prince didn't like corrupt officials very much, so he didn't expect that the prince would take the initiative to show his favor to him.

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Chapter 185 Hai Rui Was Pulled Out Again [1]

The focus of this court meeting is the list of officials who accompanied the Southern Tour and the list of officials who stayed behind in the central government of the capital.

These two lists may seem simple, but in fact they contain a lot of knowledge!In recent days, the various factions in the DPRK have racked their brains for these two lists, and have fought openly and secretly for a long time.

First of all, it is confirmed that Yan Song, the first minister who is the most comfortable and capable in Jiajing, will naturally follow Jiajing on the southern tour and handle various difficult things for Jiajing. The official agrees, once Jiajing turns the corner to Xiudao, it is estimated that all the officials will rebel, and Yan Song will help turn this corner.

Later, Jiajing had an idea. During the six months (or one year) of the southern tour, Jiajing would ask the prince Zhu Zaihou to cut off those party members. The prince cannot be left to hinder him, and on the prince's side, Zhang Bi, Zhang Ge, and Xu Zan, Xu Ge, are left to assist the prince.

As long as this is achieved, and the crown prince Zhu Zaihou really did, then the major parties and others who are far away in the south of the Yangtze River will be beyond their reach and hard to resist.

And Jiajing thinks so 09, and all parties have similar ideas.The southern tour with Jiajing is necessary, because there are too many troubles in Jiangnan, and they don't mediate conflicts in Jiangnan. It is estimated that Jiangnan will have a big accident.And if you give up the imperial center, if the prince's nerves attack them, it will be a big loss.

Therefore, in order to maintain their respective influence in the center of the capital and reduce the influence of their opponents in the center of the capital, all the major factions in the court have spent a lot of thought, fighting openly and secretly, calculating and planning, which is by no means inferior to a large-scale battle. Huge partisanship.

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It took half a month of fighting openly and secretly, and after the major factions fought and compromised, the list finally came out.

(Jiajing was impatient: "Damn Xipi, a group of people are chattering, and they have delayed my time for practicing Taoism!")

In this list, Prince Zhu Zaihou Jianguo and Zhang Bi Xuzan are assistant ministers. During Emperor Jiajing's southern tour, these two will take care of the court affairs in place of Emperor Jiajing.

As for the princelings, the teacher Gao Gong, without accident, was directly promoted from the Hanlin Servant to the Bachelor (from the fifth rank) to the Ministry of Punishment (temporary) (the third rank), which is simply the promotion of the line of fire.

This result, the most uncomfortable thing is the Zhejiang Party, because the secretary of the Ministry of Justice is Shen Yiguan, and the Ministry of Justice is the private land of the Zhejiang Party, and now he is directly recruited by ~cha as a princeling, and he is also the second in command of the Ministry of Justice. up.

What frightened the Zhejiang Party even more was that they were afraid that this was the rhythm of Jiajing's attack on them. Otherwise, why would they transfer Shen Yiguan and let Gao Gong take charge of the Ministry of Punishment?

But the only good news is that the current strength of the princelings is too weak, like a newborn child, it is not certain who will win or lose.

The Zhejiang Party was 'killed', and other parties were also relieved, as long as the target was not aimed at themselves.