Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 753
On the square outside the Meridian Gate, overcast clouds gathered, covering the sky and the sun, a flash of lightning flashed across the sky, and the bean-sized raindrops began to fall sparsely, hitting the heads of everyone.

"Boss, it's raining..."

After all, they are the pampered clan children who are not afraid of big troubles when they make troubles, but after the impulsive energy subsides, most people are still afraid.

You must know that although they are of the blood of the Tian family, royal relatives and nobles, they can usually be unscrupulous, but they also need to bear corresponding responsibilities.

To put it bluntly, most of these people are going to inherit the title, and to a certain extent, they actually represent the face of each palace.

This special identity is actually a double-edged sword!

Outsiders will look at them high because of this, but everything they do will also implicate the family to be responsible.

This can't be reflected in normal times, but don't forget, now they are in the capital city, at the foot of the emperor, they make mistakes, and it is their family who are often directly reprimanded.

Therefore, although it was very happy when making troubles, but now they are kneeling outside the palace, and the emperor has not given any words for a long time, these people can't help but feel a little bit drummed.

Of course, there are also those who are not afraid of trouble, such as Zhu Fanzhi, who took the lead in making trouble, heard the voice of the people behind him cowering, the prince of Xiangling turned his head and glared at him irritably, and said.

"What's the matter if it's raining, are you still afraid of getting caught in the rain?"

"Uncle Wang and Yinjian are called in now, and they don't know how to be scolded. Let's kneel outside and get wet in the rain, so we can't take it anymore?"

Zhu Fanzhi was tall and big, and his fists were hard at ordinary times. In addition, he was worried about Zhu Yinyan's situation in the palace, so he spoke in a bad tone, which immediately made the other clan children dare not speak.

However, complaints are definitely unavoidable, and even some clan children have begun to regret at this moment, why did they follow Zhu Fanzhi to the ten princes' residence to make trouble.

At this time, among the disciples of the clan, a young man who was slightly thin but with a firm face couldn't help frowning and said.

"Fan Zhi, what you said is wrong. King Xiang is domineering, wantonly bullying the clan's children, and now he offended the deceased King Min's great-uncle. We should be scolded and beaten. We are all descendants of the great-grandfather. How could this idea come about?" Don't you have any responsibility?"

"I know that you are worried that Yinzhen and Uncle Wang will be blamed in the palace, but what's the use of worrying at this time?"

"We're all kneeling here, we got sick in the rain, when something happens to Yin Xun and Uncle Wang, we won't even have the energy to go to the hall to complain to them!"

This boy was not very old, only about sixteen or seventeen years old, but his appearance was quite calm and resolute, and his words were well-organized, and he immediately got the support of many clan disciples.

"Yes, yes, Boss, we are not afraid of getting wet in the rain, but we can't do it in vain. Then His Majesty will think that we are really causing trouble for no reason!"

"Cheng Lian is right, we have to save our energy, and when the time comes to complain to His Majesty, we dare not get sick."

"Boss, it seems to be raining heavily..."

Looking at the clan children who suddenly became messy, Zhu Fanzhi's heart burst into anger, but when he raised his head and met the eyes of the talking boy just now, he lost his temper immediately.

The young man who spoke just now was named Zhu Chenglian. He was the first son of the current acting king Zhu Shixiu, and he was also the heir of the acting king who had been canonized by the court.

In terms of seniority, he is a generation lower than Zhu Yinyuan and Zhu Fanzhi, but in terms of status, he can be regarded as the first echelon among the clan's children.

Of course, in Zongxue, this kind of status doesn't mean much. After all, the clan is different from ordinary lords and ministers.

The latter two attach great importance to status, because their status directly determines the power in the court in the future.

In the circles of the capital and the imperial court, power means many things.

However, for the children of the clan, whether you are the prince's son or the county prince's son, there is actually not much difference.

After all, it is impossible for the various fiefdoms, even the prince and the county king, to belong to each other or even influence each other.

To put it bluntly, if the emperor hadn't established a religious school, these people might not even see each other for the rest of their lives. Even if they were offended, it would be nothing more than not interacting with each other forever. Anyway, things that could threaten them , For example, matters of succession, naming, marriage, fiefdom and salary are all in the hands of the court, and other people, whether they are princes or county kings, cannot interfere.

Therefore, in the small circle of Zongxue, as long as the difference in status is not too big, not the kind of difference between the prince and the bastard of the general of the town, basically everyone is more inclined to associate with the same temperament, and even the seniority is not very high. In other words, a good relationship treats each other according to their age and according to the etiquette of their peers.

Of course, this difference in status is not completely unaffected, and the most obvious is in the daily necessities of life.

The children born in the mansions of various vassals or those who are favored, because the mansion has more salary, so they live a better life and have more followers, while other children with lower status, or children who are not favored, have less money in their hands , Occasionally live a little tight, that's all.

In fact, even though Zhu Yinyu and Zhu Fanzhi had different personalities, they were all very popular among Zongxue. A large part of the reason was that they were generous enough.

And the same is true for Zhu Chenglian, the heir apparent who spoke just now.

Unlike Zhu Yinyu's outstanding talent and Zhu Fanzhi's impulsive recklessness, although Zhu Chenglian has a noble status, he is usually very low-key, even dull.

Speaking of which, this has something to do with his childhood experience.

The generation of kings was first entrusted to Zhu Gui, the thirteenth son of Taizu's concubine. Compared with other brothers, this generation king is much luckier.

As one of the Kings of Sai who was conferred by the Taizu, he was once abolished as a commoner during the Jianwen period, but after Taizong ascended the throne, he quickly restored his title. His domineering personality has not changed, and, more importantly, he has lived long enough.

The first acting king didn't die until the 11th year of Zhengtong, and he lived a full 72 years old, killing his son to death.

The current acting king is Zhu Gui's grandson Zhu Shi, but to be honest, the new acting prince has been living a bad life.

As for the reason, it is actually very simple. During the Jianwen period, Zhu Gui was deprived of his title and confined in isolation, and lived a hard life.

After Jing Nan, although he regained his title, he attributed the reason why he was targeted by Emperor Jianwen to his concubine Xu.

In Zhu Gui's view, if it weren't for the fact that his concubine Xu and then Princess Yan were also compatriots of the later empress Xu's mother, Emperor Jianwen would not have picked him to take the lead.

For this reason, Zhu Gui treated Xu Shi and her son, Zhu Xunxiu, Zhu Shi's father, very poorly. The manor was left to die on its own, and the dignified prince and concubine were forced to farm the fields for a living, and were often bullied by Zhu Gui's concubine and two concubines.

For this matter, from Taizong to Xuanzong, they have issued several decrees to reprimand and even punish, but Zhu Gui became domineering and refused to even recognize the imperial decree.

Even at that time, many ministers in the court guessed that if it weren't for the fact that the Xu family was canonized by the Taizu himself, the Dai Wangzhengfei with the golden seal, and she was the sister of the Empress Taizong, they could not be sure of Zhu Gui's character, and they would directly hit him. It is possible to kill Xu Shi.

Xu's case, as her son, Zhu Xunxiu naturally had a very sad life, and died of depression at the age of 26.

In the second year of Xuande, the acting princess Xu was seriously ill. Before she died, the last memorial to the court was to ask the court to seal her two grandsons, namely the two children left by Zhu Xunxiu.

It's true that Zhu Gui treated Xu's mother and son so harshly that even his two grandchildren refused to give the genealogy, forcing the Dai Wangfei to go against the rules and write the genealogy before she died of illness.

When the memorial arrived at the imperial court, Emperor Xuanzong, who had already reprimanded Zhu Gui several times, had no choice. After discussing with the Ministry of Rites, he simply bypassed Zhu Gui and directly canonized Zhu Xunxiu's eldest son, Zhu Shi, as his grandson.

However, after all, Xuanzong is Zhu Gui's grandnephew, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so the court can only do so much.

Although Zhu Shi was conferred by the imperial court and has the status of a grandson, the entire Daiwang Palace is still controlled by Zhu Gui's two favorite sons, King Guangning and King Lucheng.

It wasn't until the seventh year of the orthodox government that Shi, acting chief of the palace, couldn't stand it anymore. He risked the charge of deceiving the emperor and played against his conscience, saying that Zhu Gui was "old and sick, unable to manage affairs", so the imperial court directly issued an edict and took away Zhu Gui. Gui and his two concubine sons had the power to act as agents of the Dai Palace, and handed it over to the grandson Zhu Shi to manage it, which could be regarded as putting Dai Fan on the right track.

However, Zhu Shi's character is cowardly, and although Zhu Gui was called "old and chronically ill" by Chang Shi, he is actually in good health, and beating people in the street is not a problem, so although Zhu Shi has obtained the power to act as an agent of government affairs , but after all, Daifan is Daiwang's Daifan, and he is still embarrassed by Zhu Gui's beatings and scolding at every turn.

As the eldest son of Zhu Shi, Zhu Chenglian grew up in such an environment. Although he is the eldest son of the Dai Palace, he has suffered from his great-grandfather's eyes and neglect since he was a child, and he has also seen his father's cowardice and helplessness.

Perhaps for others, going to the capital to study is a hard job, but for Zhu Chenglian, even if Zhu Gui is dead now and his father has become the real acting king, he still hates that place very much and doesn't want to go there. back to the place.

Or maybe it was because of this that he was very envious of Zhu Yinyu, a son of the clan who could be protected by his grandfather in everything. After arriving in the capital, the mansion he visited the most was Prince Min's Mansion.

What kind of person is Zhu Yinxuan? After learning about Zhu Chenglian's experience, he quickly understood his emotions. Therefore, under the old King Min's instruction, the entire Minwang Mansion treated Zhu Chenglian like the young master of the mansion.

Although it is a bit chaotic to say so, for Zhu Chenglian, this short one-year life in the capital did make him feel the long-lost family affection. It was viewed by the grandfather.

It was precisely because Zhu Fanzhi knew this that it was difficult for him to criticize Zhu Chenglian. In the Zongxue, the three of them had the best relationship. Therefore, Zhu Fanzhi knew that Zhu Chenglian was no less sad than Zhu Yinyu when King Min passed away. The same is true of the king's wrath.

But he still couldn't figure out what Zhu Chenglian was thinking at this moment...

As if sensing Zhu Fanzhi's doubts, Zhu Chenglian raised his head and looked at him, his eyes were slightly red, and said in a deep voice.

"Fan Zhi, don't do useless things. Don't worry. If Your Majesty is partial to King Xiang this time and blames Yin and his son, I will go to beat the Dengwen drum myself. If the Dengwen drum doesn't work, I'll go to the Taimiao Weeping Temple. , I will go to Fengyang Ancestral Mausoleum and Weeping Mausoleum."

"An unfilial and unrighteous person like King Xiang, who has caused such a thing, if he can still stand in the capital, then I will fight for the position of acting king and son, and I will also take King Xiang to Fengyang High Wall !"

After the words fell, everyone present fell into a stupor, even Zhu Fanzhi was stunned for a while.

As a good friend of the acting king's son, he knew that Zhu Chenglian was very boring, but very screwy, but he didn't expect it to be so screwy.

Zhu Fanzhi suddenly felt ashamed. He kept saying that he was loyal, but if he really risked everything like Zhu Chenglian to seek justice, he thought he would not be able to do it.

What's more, he knew very well that Zhu Chenglian's character, since he said it, meant that he had already made up his mind.

All of a sudden, Zhu Fanzhi didn't know whether to persuade him to calm down, or to support him in helping his friend...

However, he didn't need to decide, because at the moment when all the clan children were stunned, there was a loud shout from the side.

"Bullshit!"

"King Zhennan has come out!"

Everyone looked back, only to see Zhennan Wang and his son standing in front not far from the palace gate, followed by a group of civil and military ministers with the same astonished faces.

Further back, it was the gloomy King Xiang riding on the shoulders.

However, the stern shout just now was not what King Xiang said, but what King Zhennan said.

As for King Xiang, he just coldly swept around the clan disciples present, and then ordered the subordinates to lift their shoulders and leave the palace gate.

However, before leaving, he took a deep look at the leaders Zhu Fanzhi and Zhu Chenglian, wondering what he was thinking.

Seeing this situation, everyone suddenly fell silent and hesitated for a moment. After the conversation just now, Zhu Fanzhi glanced at Zhu Chenglian, didn't say anything, got up first, and stepped aside.

With him as a demonstration, the other clan disciples all got up and moved out of the way.

After King Xiang's Jianyu passed by, a group of civil and military ministers walked up to King Zhennan and said something, and then they all left. However, King Zhennan and his son stood still, motionless, waiting After getting all the officials to leave, Zhu Fanzhi and Zhu Chenglian took a few clan children and surrounded Zhennan Wang and his son...

(End of this chapter)