The daily life of the great grandson of Ming Dynasty

After Empress Xu and Zhu Gaochi came to the palace, they became busy.

As the prince, Zhu Gaochi began to go to court on the second day after he came to Nanjing.He had to get familiar with the affairs of the court as soon as possible, as well as the ministers in the court.

Empress Xu has to be busy dealing with various things in the harem.Although she has never handled palace affairs before, she has managed Yanwang Mansion in an orderly manner over the years, and she is no stranger to handling palace affairs.In addition, there are experienced nuns in the palace to help.However, before Zhu Di sent troops to invade Nanjing, everyone in the palace was in danger, causing chaos in the palace, and many eunuchs and maids stole a lot of money from the palace.Also, many palaces were destroyed.

Although Zhu Di had already ascended the throne, he did not deal with the affairs of the harem.Even a big man like him can't handle things in the harem well.Before Empress Xu came to Nanjing, the affairs of the harem were temporarily managed by Ma Sanbao.

Ma Sanbao can not only fight the enemy with Zhu Di on the battlefield, but also deal with the big and small things in the palace.During this period of time, he managed the harem pretty well.

After Empress Xu returned to the palace, she found that many rules in the palace were not good enough, so she re-made the rules.The requirements for eunuchs and maids in the palace are stricter.Of course, in order to appease people's hearts, she first increased the monthly silver for the eunuchs and maids, and released the older eunuchs and maids from the palace.

Under the management of Empress Xu, the harem quickly restored order, and the rules were stricter than before.Of course, the treatment of eunuchs and court ladies has also been improved.As the saying goes, there is no rule without rules, and the stricter the rules, the quieter the harem will be.

Empress Xu didn't want Zhu Di to worry about the affairs of the harem while he was busy with the important affairs of the previous dynasty.

Both Zhu Di and Empress Xu are very busy, the only one who is not busy is Zhu Zhanji.

Because there are a lot of things going on in the court recently, Yang Shiqi can't teach Zhu Zhanji to read for the time being.But Master Daoyan went to teach Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Zhanji became untaught.However, he would read and practice calligraphy by himself every day.In the dream, continue to follow Zhu Biao to read.

After Zhu Zhanji read the book for an hour, he put down the pen in his hand and took Heiyu to Qiongyuan to play.

At this time, it is August, and the weather in Nanjing is still a bit hot.In Beiping Prefecture, autumn begins in August, and it becomes cooler.Because of this, Zhu Zhanji prefers Peiping.

The flowers in Qiongyuan are bright and beautiful, attracting many bees, butterflies, and dragonflies.Heiyu likes to play with them very much, and Zhu Zhanji specially brought them here to play.

After playing for a while, Zhu Zhanji and Heiyu became hot, and they sat in the gazebo drinking tea, one person and one cat.

At this moment, Chen Wu came over.

Seeing that his expression was a little heavy, Zhu Zhanji quickly asked, "What happened?"

Chen Wu saluted Zhu Zhanji first, and then said respectfully: "Your Majesty just issued an order to punish Fang Xiaoru's ten clans."

"Ten Clans?" Zhu Zhanji looked surprised, "You heard me right, did you really punish the Ten Clans?"

"Your Highness, the decree has been issued, and the slaves have heard correctly, they really belong to the Ten Clans."

"Ten Clans?" Zhu Zhanji was stunned, "Isn't it Zhu Jiu Clan? Where did the Ten Clans come from?"

"There is another family that is Fang Xiaoru's students and friends." The first time he heard about the Zhu Shi family, Chen Wu was very frightened.

Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses, and asked, "What did this Fang Xiaoru do to provoke the emperor's grandfather to kill his ten clans?" It must be this Fang Xiaoru who angered Grandpa Huang.

"Today His Majesty summoned Fang Xiaoru and wanted Fang Xiaoru to serve the court. His Majesty Fang Xiaoru was very friendly, but Fang Xiaoru didn't appreciate it. He not only cried and cried in front of His Majesty, but also pointed at His Majesty and cursed His Majesty. Your Majesty was very angry and asked him if he didn't care about the nine clans. He actually said that the ten clans can do nothing to him. When His Majesty heard this, he immediately issued an order to punish Fang Xiaoru and the ten clans."

After Zhu Zhanji finished listening, he frowned slightly, with a "sure enough" expression on his face.

"Before coming to Nanjing, Master once wanted to ask me to intercede for Fang Xiaoru."

"Master, why did you ask you to intercede for Fang Xiaoru?" From Chen Wu's and his group's point of view, Fang Xiaoru didn't know what to do, and he deserved to be punished by His Majesty.

"The master valued his talent very much, spoke highly of him, and said that if he died, the seeds of reading in the world would be extinct."

When Chen Wu and Wang Zhong heard this, they all showed shocked expressions.

"This Fang Xiaoru... Excuse me for talking too much, I have never heard of how powerful Fang Xiaoru is in the palace." Chen Wu, Wang Zhong and the others had been in the palace all along, and they still had some understanding of the affairs in Emperor Jianwen's palace. "Although he is that important minister, I haven't heard of any amazing talent in him."

Wang Zhong nodded and said, "I've never heard of it, either." He once met Fang Xiaoru, who was a very ordinary-looking person, and he looked ordinary, and there was nothing extraordinary about him.

"Who knows what the master likes in him." Zhu Zhanji had never met Fang Xiaoru, but out of curiosity, he looked for Fang Xiaoru's article.His writing is very good, but not amazingly good.It's not that he is boasting. After a few years, he can write articles of this level. "I once told the master that a person like him would not submit to the emperor's grandfather. If he is sensible, I will intercede for him. If he is not sensible and seeks death by himself, no one can save him. Now, I guess bingo."

"Your Majesty treats him respectfully, but he yells at His Majesty. He is really courting death."

"He is loyal to the villain Uncle Yunwen, but unfortunately his loyalty is based on sacrificing the lives of relatives and friends." Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said with some sarcasm, "He wants to become his own loyalty, then You should commit suicide on the day the bad guy Uncle Yunwen was burned to death, and go underground to follow the bad guy Yunwen." There are not many ministers who are loyal to the bad guy Uncle Yunwen, and some of them commit suicide to follow.

"Do you think he is afraid of death, or is he not afraid of death?"

Chen Wu and Wang Zhong thought for a while and said, "I should still be afraid of death."

"It's not shameful for people to be afraid of death, but if they ignore their relatives and friends for the sake of the so-called loyalty, it's selfish." Zhu Zhanji didn't sympathize with Fang Xiaoru, who was punished by the ten clans, but pitied him. Involved relatives and friends, "Obviously you can commit suicide to fulfill your loyalty, so that you will not implicate your relatives and friends, but in the end, in order to show your loyalty and righteousness, you kill your relatives and friends. Do you think that a person like him is a righteous person?"

"No, no matter what Fang Xiaoru's reason is, it's wrong to implicate those innocent people." Chen Wu felt that in this world, relatives and friends are the most important people, and the whole clan should not be killed because of his own selfishness.

"So he is a nerd. Even if such a person keeps him, he will harm the country." Zhu Zhanji sighed, "A civil servant and a nerd are two different things." Over-reliance, listen to Fang Xiaoru and Qi Tai and other nerds.

"Your Highness said yes."

Zhu Zhanji picked up Heiyu and said to Chen Wu and the others, "Go to Qianqing Palace."

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is in a rage, you go..." Chen Wu persuaded.

Zhu Zhanji smiled slightly at Chen Wu: "Don't worry, no matter how angry Grandpa Huang is, he won't blame me."

Hearing what Zhu Zhanji said, Chen Wu and Wang Zhong felt relieved.

As soon as Zhu Zhanji walked to the door of the imperial study, he heard Zhu Di's roar.

Li Qian saw Zhu Zhanji coming, as if seeing a savior, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "I have seen Your Highness."

"Is the emperor still angry?"

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is furious. Go in and try to persuade him. Your servant is worried that His Majesty will be mad at you." Li Qian and the others wanted to persuade Zhu Di, but because Zhu Di was too angry, they were too scared to say a word.

"Does the imperial grandmother know?"

"The servant did not dare to tell the empress."

"Don't tell the emperor's grandmother for the time being." Zhu Zhanji walked into the imperial study with black jade in his arms, and found that there were fragments on the ground outside the imperial study.

Ma Sanbao squatted on the ground, carefully picking up the debris.Seeing Zhu Zhanji coming, his face was happy, he quickly stood up and saluted: "I have seen Your Highness."

Zhu Zhanji made eye contact with him, and Ma Sanbao immediately understood and retreated quietly.

"Grandfather, I'm here to see you."

When Zhu Di saw his precious grandson coming, his distorted face due to anger softened instantly, but it was still very ugly.

"Zhanji, why are you here?"

"Grandpa Huang, you are angry, of course I want to come and see you." Zhu Zhanji kicked the debris on the ground aside, "Grandpa Huang, anger hurts your liver, don't make yourself angry."

Zhu Di had a gloomy face and did not speak.

Heiyu felt Zhu Di's fear, and hid in Zhu Zhanji's arms, not daring to show his head.

"Grandpa Huang, isn't he just a nerd who doesn't listen to you? Is it necessary to be so angry about him?" Zhu Zhanji said deliberately, "You are so angry with him, you think highly of him."

Zhu Di was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

"Grandpa Huang, the more angry you are, the more you care about him. Does he deserve your face?" Zhu Zhanji tilted his head and said, "How can he let Grandpa Huang give you face?"

The overwhelming anger in Zhu Di's heart was instantly soothed by Zhu Zhanji's words, "You are right, how can he let me show him face."

"Grandfather, are you stupid? You are so angry about an insignificant life that you almost broke your body." Zhu Zhanji comforted, "This Fang Xiaoru is not Confucius and Mencius, and he doesn't have the talent to shock heaven and man. If you don't use him, Daming will never end."

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's last words, Zhu Di glared at him lightly: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I'm not wrong. This Fang Xiaoru is not the generation of Guan Zhong and Zhuge Liang. Without him, Grandpa Emperor, you can still manage the Ming Dynasty well." Zhu Zhanji continued, "Besides, I think the ministers in the court now They are all more capable than him, so why are you angry about him." In his opinion, his husband Yang Shiqi and the others are more capable than Fang Xiaoru.

"Grandpa Huang is angry at him for contradicting me."

"Grandpa Huang, the more he is like this, the less you should be angry, or you will fall for him." Zhu Zhanji helped Zhu Di analyze, "Grandpa Huang, just wait and see. Today's incident spreads, everyone Everyone will think that this Fang Xiaoru is a loyal man who is not afraid of death. He did this on purpose, in order to fulfill his loyalty, but you fell for his tricks."

"Really?" Zhu Di felt that Zhu Zhanji's words made sense, and he seemed to be really fooled.

"Grandfather, when the villain Uncle Yunwen was burned to death, some ministers committed suicide and followed him."

Zhu Di nodded lightly: "There are some."

"Grandpa Huang, why didn't this Fang Xiaoru commit suicide to follow the villain Uncle Yunwen? Isn't he a minister of the villain Uncle Yunwen? Isn't he loyal to the villain Uncle Yunwen?"

When Zhu Di heard this, he instantly understood what Zhu Zhanji meant.

"He used the lives of his ten clansmen to fulfill his righteousness. Grandpa, do you want to fulfill his wish and let his name go down in history?"

"Of course I won't let him do what he wants."

"Grandfather, if you want to punish his ten clans, you will not only follow his way, but also hurt your own reputation." Zhu Zhanji neither likes nor dislikes Fang Xiaoru. After all, he doesn't know each other. He only knows that he is a nerd.The reason why he pleaded for his relatives and friends was not because of him, but because of his grandpa.Since ancient times, nine clans have been punished at most, and ten clans have not been punished. If his grandfather really punished Fang Xiaoru's ten clans, he would have a brutal reputation in history. "Grandpa Huang, it is enough for you to kill him alone."

"Killing him alone, isn't he taking advantage of him?"

"Grandfather, why are you so stupid? You kill him alone and save the lives of his ten clans, which shows your tolerance and generosity." Zhu Zhanji said seriously, "The most important thing is to show that you are seeking talents. A thirsty heart."

"There is some truth in what you said, but just killing him alone is too cheap for him."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji knew that Fang Xiaoru had really offended his grandfather.

"Then grandpa, you don't want to punish the ten clans. There has never been one in history. You don't want to be No.1 in history, do you?"

Zhu Di has regained his sanity, and he also knows that it is not appropriate to punish the ten clans.

"Then the Ten Clans will not be punished."

At this time, Ma Sanbao came in with tea.

Zhu Zhanji took the teacup from him, and put it in front of Zhu Di with both hands.

"Grandfather, take a sip of tea to calm down."

Zhu Di took the teacup, took a few sips of tea and said, "I won't punish his ten clans, but I don't want to take advantage of him, so let's punish his nine clans." Although Zhu Zhanji's words just now made sense, Zhu Di He felt that Fang Xiaoru had hurt his face, and he couldn't just kill him alone. Otherwise, in the future, the ministers would look like Fang Xiaoru and curse at the emperor, that would be fine.Besides, the former treacherous ministers were all from the Jiu Clan, and Fang Xiaoru was no exception.

Hearing what his grandfather said, Zhu Zhanji didn't say anything more.If he intercedes for Fang Xiaoru's family again, he will make Grandpa Huang unhappy.

"As long as you don't become the first person in history to punish the ten clans, Grandpa Huang, I'm afraid that people in future generations will call you cruel." Only Zhu Zhanji dared to speak to Zhu Di so bluntly.

Ma Sanbao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and then lowered his head even lower.

"Zhanji, do you think grandpa is cruel?"

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "Grandpa Huang, you treat him regardless of previous suspicions. It's because he didn't know what to do and angered you."

Zhu Di's expression softened a lot when he heard the words of his precious grandson.

"Grandpa Huang didn't love you for nothing."

"Grandfather, I didn't love you for nothing."

"Did you love me for nothing?" Zhu Di was startled by Zhu Zhanji's words, "Tell me why you love me?"

"Grandfather, in order to prevent you from being punished by future generations, I came here to persuade you not to punish Fang Xiaoru's ten clans." Zhu Zhanji said straightforwardly, "I was afraid that you would get angry, so I came here to persuade you not to be angry. , Am I hurting you?"

Zhu Di was amused by his grandson's words: "Yes, yes, yes, you are hurting Grandpa Huang, Grandpa Huang thank you."

Zhu Zhanji waved his hand and said, "Grandpa Huang, you usually love me the most, so I will love you too."

Zhu Di stretched out his hands and rubbed Zhu Zhanji's little face, and said with a smile, "He is really a good grandson of Grandpa Huang."

"Grandfather, are you not angry now?"

"Not angry."

"That's good." Zhu Zhanji said with a smile, "Grandpa Huang, then I won't bother you."

"Go and play." Zhu Di still had a bunch of memorials to approve, so he didn't have time to play with his grandson.

Zhu Zhanji walked out of Qianqing Palace with Heiyu in his arms. Li Qian came up and said to him gratefully, "Your Highness, thanks to you."

"Okay, you can work with peace of mind."

"Slow down, Your Highness."

After Zhu Zhanji left, the little eunuch hurriedly said to Li Qian: "Your Highness is really amazing, once he comes, His Majesty will not be angry."

"Your Majesty loves His Majesty the most. Your Majesty will naturally listen to what your Majesty says." Thinking of Zhu Di's anger just now, Li Qian once again showed a frightened look on his face, "It's a good thing that Your Majesty is here, otherwise our life today will not be so bright." Better off."

"Eunuch Li, to tell you the truth, the servants were so scared that they almost peed their pants."

Li Qian raised his hand and hit the little eunuch on the head: "If you pee your pants, you will not be far from death."

"The servant knows, so the servant holds back."

"Okay, you go down first."

"Thank you, Eunuch Li."

Zhu Zhanji met Empress Xu who rushed over halfway: "Grandmother, where are you going? Are you looking for Grandpa?"

"Zhanji, where is your grandpa now, but is he still in Qianqing Palace?"]

"Grandmother, did you go to Grandpa Huang to punish Fang Xiaoru and the ten clans?"

"You heard that too?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded his head lightly: "Grandpa Huang has just decreed that it will be changed to Zhu Jiu Clan, so you don't have to go."

Empress Xu looked surprised: "What's going on?"

"I went to persuade Grandpa Huang just now, and Grandpa Huang changed his mind." Zhu Zhanji shrugged and said, "I advised Grandpa Huang to kill Fang Xiaoru alone, but Grandpa Huang said that killing him alone would be too cheap for him, so he just It has been changed to Zhu Jiu Clan."

Empress Xu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, she reached out and touched Zhu Zhanji's head, "Zhanji, you did a good job."

"Grandmother, don't try to persuade Grandpa Huang, Grandpa Huang won't listen." Zhu Zhanji still has some understanding of his grandfather's temperament, "If you go to persuade Grandpa Huang not to punish Fang Xiaoru's nine clans, Grandpa Huang will angry."

Empress Xu nodded and said, "As long as it's not from the ten clans." Empress Xu understood Zhu Di's temperament better than Zhu Zhanji, and she also knew that it would not be successful to persuade Zhu Di not to punish Fang Xiaoru's nine clans.

Zhu Zhanji stretched out his hand to hold Empress Xu's hand, and said with a smile, "Grandmother, let's go back."

"Okay, go back."

Zhu Zhanji sent Chen Wu to the East Palace, telling Zhu Gaochi not to go to the Imperial Study.

Zhu Gaochi felt relieved when he learned that Zhu Di had changed his mind and no longer punished Fang Xiaoru's ten clans.

"It's fine if it's not the Ten Clans."

Dao Yan sighed heavily: "Fang Xiaoru is still..."

"However, it is still a bit serious to punish the Jiuzu. I will go and persuade my father." In Zhu Gaochi's view, Fang Xiaoru deserves death, but it is not enough to punish the Jiuzu.

"His Royal Highness, I advise you not to go." Chen Wu persuaded boldly.

"Why?"

"Your Highness advised His Majesty to kill Fang Xiaoru alone, but His Majesty felt that killing Fang Xiaoru alone would be too cheap for him, so he changed the ten clans into nine clans." Sure enough, His Royal Highness was expected, and His Royal Highness really went to the Royal Study to persuade His Majesty to take Fang Xiaoru back. The will of the Nine Clans. "His Royal Highness, His Highness said that he managed to stop His Majesty from being furious. If you try to persuade His Majesty to spare Fang Xiaoru's nine clans, His Majesty will definitely be furious, so Your Highness should not let you go."

"But, the crime is not up to the Nine Clans."

"His Royal Highness, His Majesty dealt with treacherous ministers before." Chen Wu continued, "Fang Xiaoru will not be a special one of them."

"His Royal Highness, the young Highness is right, you can't persuade His Majesty to withdraw his will."

Chen Wu said again: "His Royal Highness, His Highness also said that if you are not him, His Majesty will not give you good looks."

Zhu Gaochi understood what Zhu Zhanji meant, and he sighed slightly: "Okay, I won't go to the imperial study."

"His Royal Highness, Your Highness also said that you should not bring up the matter of Fang Xiaoru in the future, especially in front of His Majesty. And don't let His Highness King Han and King Zhao know." Zhu Zhanji was worried about his father.

Zhu Gaochi nodded: "Okay, I understand." After finishing speaking, he asked, "Do you have anything else to say about Zhanji?"

"No more, the servant will leave."

After Chen Wu retreated, Dao Yan said to Zhu Gaochi: "His Royal Highness, anyone can intercede for Fang Xiaoru, but you can't."

"Master, I understand alone." Although Zhu Gaochi felt that Fang Xiaoru's crime was not so serious, he would not be so stupid as to make Zhu Di angry because of Fang Xiaoru.When he was the eldest son, his father was dissatisfied with him in various ways.Now that he is the crown prince, his father will only have higher demands on him.Although during this period of time, the father was not as dissatisfied with him as before, but it did not mean that the father really did not have any dissatisfaction with him.If he went to intercede for Fang Xiaoru, the second and third younger brothers would definitely catch up on this matter, and if the father spoke ill of him, then the father would probably be very angry with him.

"Your Highness can persuade His Majesty to change his mind. It is not easy to punish Fang Xiaoru and the nine clans." Dao Yan is the second person who understands Zhu Di's temperament best besides Empress Xu. "If it is not Your Highness, anyone can persuade the Emperor Neither will succeed."

"Father loves Zhanji the most on weekdays, so naturally he can listen to Zhanji's words." Zhu Gaochi said with a self-deprecating smile, "If you try to persuade him alone, not only will you not succeed, but you may even increase your punishment."

"His Royal Highness, you don't have to care about the people from the previous dynasty." The people from the previous dynasty in Dao Yan's mouth refers to the ministers of Emperor Jianwen.

"I don't know." Zhu Gaochi was too lazy to talk about this topic, "Master, let's continue studying."

"it is good."

Zhu Di made another decree to reform Fang Xiaoru's nine clans, which soon spread.

Zhu Zhanji's persuasion to Zhu Di also spread.

Yang Shiqi and the others originally planned to persuade Zhu Di not to punish Fang Xiaoru's ten clans, but they didn't expect Zhu Zhanji to persuade them before them.

"I heard that His Majesty was furious, but I didn't expect that His Majesty would dare to persuade His Majesty, and the persuasion succeeded."

"It is said that His Majesty persuaded His Majesty to kill Fang Xiaoru alone, but His Majesty felt that Fang Xiaoru was arrogant and did not intend to spare his family, so he changed his mind and changed it to Zhu Jiu Clan."

"This Fang Xiaoru doesn't know what's good or bad. His Majesty wants to use him regardless of past suspicions, but he yells at His Majesty. Your Majesty is right not to allow him."

"It's fine if it's not the Ten Clans."

"Fortunately, His Royal Highness succeeded, otherwise there would be the matter of punishing the ten clans, this..."

"I didn't expect your highness to have a heart of benevolence and righteousness at such a young age."

"I heard that the little Highness is the most filial and caring to His Majesty and Empress Dowager."

"As long as it's not from the Ten Clans."

Once the crime of killing the ten clans is created, there will be frequent incidents of killing the ten clans in the future, which is not a good thing for officials and ordinary people.

Fang Xiaoru in prison was quietly relieved when he learned that Zhu Di had changed his mind and only punished his nine clans, not his students and friends.

Fang Xiaoru regretted it when he said the phrase "I can't punish the ten clans?" to Zhu Di.He also knew in his heart that his students and friends were innocent.

Knowing that it was His Highness the Emperor's grandson interceding, Zhu Di changed his mind and did not punish his ten clans.Fang Xiaoru thanked Zhu Zhanji in his heart.

Zhu Zhanji didn't know that because of this incident, he gained a wave of favor from the ministers.