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Chapter 160 Third Inheritance of the Throne 【Add rewards for Xin Yuhua Ye】

As the saying goes, there are three great things about being unfilial, even if it is a family of ordinary people, let alone the king of a country.

If you think about it carefully, Zhu Houzhao is about 20 years old now, and he should have a full house of children at this age.

The most important thing in the royal family is the prince and the grandson, especially the emperor of a country. If there are no children under his knees, it is not a small problem.

That is to say, Zhu Houzhao was young, so this issue was not taken seriously by the civil and military officials. If Zhu Houzhao was in his thirties, there would be no prince under his knees. I am afraid that the civil and military officials would write to ask Zhu Houzhao to accept the harem.

Emperor Hongzhi only loved the Empress in his life, and only had a son, Zhu Houzhao, under his knees. In Zhu Houzhao's generation, Zhu Houzhao didn't even have a sibling.

Even Chu Yi subconsciously ignored the problem that Zhu Houzhao had no children.

If history does not change, then Zhu Houzhao will collapse inexplicably in the future, but because he has no children, the throne falls into the hands of a cousin like Emperor Sejong Jiajing.

There is a saying that people die and the government is dead. After Zhu Houzhao's death, the ministers headed by Yang Tinghe completely eliminated the policies promulgated by Zhu Houzhao when he was in power, and even the "Ming Wuzong Records" compiled by Yang Tinghe as the leader smeared Zhu Hou. photo spot.

It is conceivable that the successor to Zhu Houzhao's throne is just Zhu Houzhao's cousin, and there is no relationship between him and Zhu Houzhao.

It can even be said that Emperor Jiajing supported Yang Tinghe for smearing Zhu Houzhao, and there were some problems with Emperor Jiajing's own success. If Zhu Houzhao, the former emperor, was wise and martial, with this set off, wouldn't the Jiajing Emperor be shrouded in the halo of Zhu Houzhao? ?

More importantly, Zhu Houzhao has many deadly suspicions. Some people speculate that the civil service group headed by Yang Tinghe counterattacked and Zhu Houzhao was killed.

If Zhu Houzhao had a prince under his knees, these people wouldn't dare to be so crazy. They really won't avenge their own father after taking the throne.

Think about the Ming Dynasty, the two emperors who died the most strange and suspicious, the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao and the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao, both of them fell into the water and contracted the cold and died. bit.Moreover, there are similarities in comparing the actions of the two emperors Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Youxiao when they were in power.

Zhu Houzhao favored Liu Jin in the early stage, and later tried to take control of the military power and get rid of the control of the civilian system. As for Zhu Youjian, although he was named a carpenter emperor, the famous eunuch Wei Zhongxian was introduced by Zhu Youjian to fight with the civil officials. When Wei Zhongxian was in power, the taxation of the Ming Dynasty was still sufficient, the border grain and soldiers were never in short supply, and he still took the initiative in the confrontation with the Houjin.

When Zhu Youxiao fell into the water and collapsed, Chongzhen succeeded to the throne. He listened to the words of Wenchen, put Zhu Youxiao's last words behind him, killed Wei Zhongxian, and abolished Dongchang and Jinyiwei. As a result, Daming fell into the abyss.

From the two emperors Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Houzhao, it can be seen that the consequences of the emperor's childlessness are quite serious.

Chu Yi really didn't notice this before, but now someone is attacking him with the fact that the emperor has no queen. The other party is not targeting the emperor, but just wants to cause trouble for Chu Yi.

After all, Zhu Houzhao was only [-] years old, and no one could have imagined that Zhu Houzhao would have no children in his entire life. Even those who secretly made up rumors would never have imagined that.

It was fine that he didn't notice it before, but now that someone reminded him, Chu Yi had to take it seriously.

If the emperor has no descendants, the consequences are quite serious. If it is said that the prince was trained by himself, then the changes made by Zhu Houzhao during his reign may continue through the hands of the prince.

But if it was an outsider who came to sit on the throne, it would be hard to say.

The most crucial point is that if the emperor has no heirs, it will be difficult to stabilize people's hearts. Zhu Houzhao will collapse inexplicably in the future. If there is no reason for this, Chu Yi himself does not believe it.

Anyway, the emperor has no queen, and if he is quietly killed, he will die. After all, no one will go to the bottom of it. If there is a prince, even if you have that kind of intention, you should also consider whether it will be settled by the autumn queen in the future.

Taking a deep breath, Chu Yi slowly got up and said to Du Qian, the little eunuch standing beside him, "Du Qian, bring these cases and follow the Governor to the leopard room for a walk."

Du Qian followed Chu Yi to the leopard room with the case in his arms.

Yang Tinghe and Chu Yi took care of the government affairs in the DPRK. At most, Zhu Houzhao read the important memorials selected by Chu Yi, Yang Ting and them.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao's days have been quite leisurely. Even because of riding around in Beijing, there is a terrifying atmosphere everywhere, and none of the important officials in the court came to disturb Zhu Houzhao, but it made Zhu Houzhao a lot cleaner.

On this day, a sedan car appeared outside the leopard room.

I saw a white-haired figure appear, and a young man beside him was supporting him. If a powerful person saw him, he would have immediately recognized him as Zhang Mao, the British public figure who was the leader of all the nobles in the capital. .

Zhang Mao glanced at the little eunuch angrily and said, "Go and report to the son of tomorrow, and tell the old minister Zhang Mao to ask to see you!"

Zhang Mao has been the emperor of several dynasties, and as the head of the nobles, he has been in charge of the Beijing camp for more than [-] years.

At this moment, he naturally nodded in fear, and hurriedly ran into the leopard's room to pass the message for Zhang Mao.

Soon Zhang Mao's grandfather and grandson were invited into the leopard's room.

When he saw Zhang Mao, even Zhu Houzhao stepped forward and said, "The old man is not resting in the mansion, so why do you have time to see me!"

Zhang Mao paid a visit to the shrine and said, "The old minister is here to apologize to His Majesty!"

Duke Wei and Duke Ying are all honored with the country. Zhu Houzhao also respected Zhang Mao very much. He hugged Zhang Mao and said, "Old Duke don't need to be too polite, get up quickly!"

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao said to Gu Dayong: "Gu Dayong, quickly prepare a seat for the old prince, I will sit down with the old prince and talk!"

Zhang Mao thanked the emperor, sat down, looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty!"

Only then did Zhu Houzhao look at Zhang Mao and said, "Why did the old prince say this!"

Zhang Mao said slowly: "A few days ago, Huang Huai and Huang Kui mobilized troops and horses privately, but the old minister, as the admiral of the Beijing camp, didn't notice it, and almost caused Huang Kui and these chaotic ministers and thieves to cause great disaster. The fault of the minister is not small, especially Come and apologize to Your Majesty!"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then chuckled: "What does the matter of Huang Huai and others have to do with the old prince, although the old prince is admiral of the capital, it is impossible for him to be permanently stationed in the army, and it is natural for Huang Huai and others to transfer troops privately. I've kept the old man a secret, so the old man doesn't have to blame himself for this."

Zhang Mao said with a look of gratitude: "I have received Your Majesty's trust, and the old minister is very frightened. There is a sentence in my heart that I don't know whether to say it to Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said: "The old prince is the pillar of the country, and can be called my elder. If you have anything to say, just say it bluntly."

Zhang Mao looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "The old minister urges Your Majesty to stay away from Chu Yi, and don't repeat the mistakes of Yingzong's favor with Wang Zhenzhi!"

Immediately, Zhu Houzhao's face became a little ugly, but seeing Zhang Mao's honest and sincere expression, Zhu Houzhao sighed in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao was not surprised that Zhang Mao disliked him favoring Chu Yi. When he favored Liu Jin before, Zhang Mao said the same thing.

The shadow of the battle of Tumubao on Zhang Mao was too deep, so the old prince would speak up whenever he saw that a certain servant might become Wang Zhen.

Whether it was Wang Zhi during the Chenghua period, or Liu Jin, or even Chu Yi, Zhang Mao had directly admonished the emperor, hoping not to favor the servants, but to take Wang Zhen as a warning.

Even Zhu Houzhao, as the emperor, didn't know what to say in the face of Zhang Mao's direct remonstrance. At this moment, Chu Yi came with Du Qian in the distance.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up when he saw Chu Yi, and Zhang Mao couldn't help frowning because of his reaction.

Chu Yi can know the rumors among the market, so Zhang Mao can also know, Zhang Mao is not just here to plead guilty, in addition to plead guilty, persuade Zhu Houzhao to stay away from Chu Yi and other servants, accompany more concubines and concubines in the harem, and reproduce children. purpose of this trip.

Zhang Mao's white-haired, arrogant appearance, plus the fact that the other party was still qualified to sit opposite Zhu Houzhao when he met Zhu Houzhao, he didn't even need to think about his identity, Chu Yi probably guessed it.

In this capital, there are only a few people who meet these requirements, but combined with the information from the East Factory, Chu Yi can almost confirm Zhang Mao's identity.

Zhang Mao looked at Chu Yi, and his eyes naturally showed a bit of dislike and disgust. Chu Yi still knew something about this British prince, so when he noticed Zhang Mao's dislike, Chu Yi was not surprised at all. .

After the battle of Tumubao, Zhang Mao had no good feelings for the servants, which was no secret in the capital at all.

Taking a step forward, Chu Yi first bowed to Zhu Houzhao, and then said to Zhang Mao, "Chu Yi has seen the British Lord!"

Zhang Mao stroked his beard, but glanced at Chu Yi indifferently, and snorted softly.

Chu Yi didn't take it seriously and signaled to Du Qian to submit the case, and then said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, in the case of Huang Huai and others conspiracy, in which the principal and accomplices have been arrested and brought to justice, these are the cases of the principal and accomplices. Zong, please also ask Your Majesty to review it in person."

Zhu Houzhao looked at the thick stack of case files, and said with a bit of anger: "My partner has bothered, I will read it carefully!"

At this moment, British father Zhang Mao said to Chu Yi with a bit of sarcasm: "Director Chu has been so majestic these days. In this capital, the name of Director Chu can almost stop a child from crying at night. Your Majesty trusts you so much. Director Chu, don't want to create any unjust, false and wrong case!"

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Chapter 160 The Son of Heaven's Secret

Chu Yi just smiled and said, "The old man should know better than Chu whether those who were thrown into prison by Chu deserved what they deserved!"

Zhang Mao snorted, Chu Yi's every move in the past few days has been watched by many people, including the British public Zhang Mao.

With Zhang Mao's old qualifications and network of connections, what is going on with the officials in this capital? Even if Zhang Mao can't know all of them, he at least knows a little bit about it.

It was precisely because Zhang Mao knew better than anyone what the officials who were investigated by Chu Yi were, that he only came to see Zhu Houzhao after a few days of indifference.

If Chu Yi really implicated innocent people in making wrongful convictions, Zhang Mao would have come to see Zhu Houzhao to impeach Chu Yi long ago.

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly, and did not think he was looking at Zhang Mao and said, "Old Prince, don't worry about everything, I believe that Chu Dafan will not deceive me, and besides, these people deserve what they deserve, if I don't kill these people this time, I really will I don't know what they will do in the future."

Zhang Mao sighed, Zhu Houzhao's trust in Chu Yi far exceeded his expectations.

When Liu Jin was in power for a while, Zhang Mao persuaded Zhu Houzhao. At that time, Zhu Houzhao's attitude towards Liu Jin was not as trustworthy as he is now towards Chu Yi.

The difference between the two is obviously a little bit worse, but this is not surprising. If Zhu Houzhao didn't completely trust Chu Yi, how could he have handed over the two departments of the Sili Supervisor and the Imperial Horse Supervisor to Chu Yi.

Zhang Mao talked with the emperor for a while and then left.

Only Chu Yi, Gu Dayong and Zhu Houzhao were left in the palace.

Zhu Houzhao said to Chu Yi: "Chu Dafan, the old man has such a temper. When the Civil Fortress changed, the old British man Zhang Fu disappeared in the battlefield. Since then, the old man has been disliked by all the servants, but he Nothing bad at all.”

Being able to ask Zhu Houzhao to explain to Zhang Mao shows that the relationship between the British public and the royal family is very close.

Chu Yi smiled and said: "As His Majesty said, the old prince is not targeting one of the ministers, it's just that the influence of Wang Zhen's actions on my Ming Dynasty was too bad, so that the old prince had no effect on all the servants. Everyone has an opinion."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about the old companion there. If there is anything, I will share it for the big companion."

Chu Yi nodded slightly, thinking of the purpose of his coming here, he couldn't help showing a bit of hesitation on his face.

Zhu Houzhao, who was looking through the case files, raised his head and noticed Chu Yi's expression and couldn't help but put the case files down and said, "My partner is hesitant, is there something you want to tell me!"

Chu Yi took a deep breath, looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, not long ago, there was a rumor in the capital. I don't know if it should be told to Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Oh, what are the rumors, let's hear it, my partner."

Gu Dayong was stunned for a moment, and his face showed a strange look. Anyway, Gu Dayong is in charge of the West Factory. Although Yuhuatian has not returned to Beijing, it does not prevent Gu Dayong from learning about Beijing through the channels of the West Factory. movement.

Hearing Chu Yi mentioning the rumor, Gu Dayong couldn't help but think of a rumor mentioned in the West Factory intelligence he saw the day before yesterday.

Chu Yi said slowly: "Your Majesty, there has been a rumor in Beijing recently that it is said that His Majesty has no children, but it is because His Majesty is not close to women, and he favors me and other servants..."

With a bang, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help slamming the memorial in his hand on the table, and his face was ugly: "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous! Who should humiliate me like this!"

Regarding whether Zhu Houzhao likes male sex, Chu Yi really didn't notice Zhu Houzhao's inclination and hobby. Looking at Zhu Houzhao's reaction at this time, Chu Yi knew that even if Zhu Houzhao might change in the future, at least he didn't have that. tendencies.

With a light cough, Chu Yi said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty, calm down. The reason why these people made up such rumors is that they want to be disgusting and wait for His Majesty, but this also exposes a fatal flaw of His Majesty."

After all, Zhu Houzhao was not a fool. After calming down, he looked at Chu Yi and said solemnly, "Does your partner mean that I have no children under my knees?"

Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty is the son of the emperor. If there are no sons, the country will not be stable and the society will be unstable. It is inevitable that people will criticize it! Even after a long time, it is impossible to say that there will be There are thoughts in life that shouldn’t be there.”

"They dare!"

With a cold snort, Zhu Houzhao said gloomily.

After a while, Zhu Houzhao looked at Gu Dayong, then looked at Chu Yi and said: "Gu Dayong, Chu Dayong, you are all people I trust, and I am actually very suspicious, whether it's the queen or a few concubines. , It's not that I haven't been favored, but there is still no dragon seed born, you say, is it I..."

It's not surprising that Zhu Houzhao murmured in his heart. After all, whoever it is, so many women, one or two are not pregnant, but none of them are moving, so it can only be their own problem.

It's just that Zhu Houzhao couldn't speak to outsiders about such extremely private questions, and it could even be said that even the imperial doctor did not dare to ask.

Otherwise, once any rumor spreads, what face will he have as a dignified king of a country.

That is to say, Gu Dayong and Chu Yixin are extremely important, and treat the two as his confidants. In addition, Chu Yi mentioned this point, so Zhu Houzhao reluctantly expressed his doubts.

Chu Yi and Gu Dayong looked at each other. To be honest, the less people know about this kind of privacy, the better, but it is a matter of national origin. Chu Yi is even more aware that Zhu Houzhao suffered a lot in this regard, even his own life. It's all caught up, so it's absolutely impossible for him to sit back and watch.

Only when Zhu Houzhao's throne is stable, and only with Zhu Houzhao's support, can he justifiably carry out his ideas and gain a lot of luck.