Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 894 Dirty water is pot after pot

Why did King Xiang dare?
This sentence was deafening, and it directly hit Zhu Yongyin's heart.

Why in the end?

Could it be that it was because King Xiang was so stupid that he didn't realize the serious relationship?

Obviously not!

At least before the news of the disturbance in the Min Palace, King Xiang had always been known as a virtuous king among the clan.

This reputation doesn't just come from his recklessness.

More importantly, he often made comments on many government affairs of the imperial court, and even helped local officials manage them locally.

Such a person, would he not know what his actions meant?How risky is it?
If he knew, then why did he dare to do it?
The answer is actually quite obvious...

Zhu Yongyin sighed and said.

"Whether it is the Son of Heaven or the Supreme Emperor, he and King Xiang are both uncles and nephews. In terms of blood relationship in this court, only King Xiang is the closest. Besides, King Xiang is the oldest vassal in the lineage of Emperor Renzong. In the folk, they are regarded as the elders of the long house."

"The so-called inseparable relatives, for the emperor and the Supreme Emperor, Prince Xiang is a relative, you and I are distant, even if they look like equals, they are different after all."

Seeing this situation, a smile flashed across Zhu Huixun's eyes, and he finally felt relieved.

It seems that this King Yi is not stupid, he can be regarded as "clear at one point".

This "reason" is hard to understand if it is difficult to understand, and easy to understand if it is easy to understand, it is nothing more than blood relatives.

You must know that under the influence of the patriarchal system, the concept of family has long penetrated into the bones of almost everyone.

From the common people's family to the official's and noble family's, it is unimaginable how much they value blood relatives.

Especially when power struggles are not involved, the relationship between uncle and nephew can be said to be the closest relationship besides the father-son relationship.

If nothing else, just look at the British government. Zhang Fu had paved the way for Zhang Fu to manage the British government after his death, and he was not at all worried that Zhang Fu would bully the orphans after his death. widowed mother.

Zhang Fu and Zhang Fu, two brothers, no matter what their talents and means, they all did their best to plan for the British government. Even if they knew that in the end, this property belonged to the little British prince who had just turned ten years old, but they didn't think so. Slacking off, or giving birth to a usurping heart.

This is the most common relationship between clans, helping each other and growing together. The reason why this kind of relationship can be formed is inseparable from the long-standing tradition and moral concepts.

Relatively speaking, although the royal family is more complicated, as the oldest uncle in the emperor's lineage, King Xiang is the closest to the emperor both in terms of status and patriarchal relationship.

In other words, under this relationship, even if he made a mistake, as long as it wasn't a big mistake, the emperor wouldn't take it too seriously.

The answer is simple, but especially in the eyes of a clan like King Yi, it is actually a matter of course.

Of course, Zhu Huixun knew very well that this was not the case.

However, many times, he is actually a little strange. Logically speaking, King Xiang is the closest elder of the emperor, at least in terms of blood.

Therefore, if the emperor wants to entrust important tasks, King Xiang should be given priority.

But relying on Zhu Huixun's dealings with the emperor so many times, he could vaguely feel that the emperor was not only alienated from King Xiang, but also seemed to have a trace of disgust.

This actually made Zhu Huixun a little confused. If it was because King Xiang published such a memorial to persuade the emperor to bow his head to the Supreme Emperor, the emperor's tolerance would be too narrow.

The clan is different from honorable ministers. For a clan vassal like King Xiang, no matter who becomes the emperor, his status will not be affected. Therefore, he does not need to stand between the emperor and the emperor.

At the beginning, the reason why King Xiang posted this memorial was probably out of good intentions, just like what Zhu Huixun said, he wanted to bridge the relationship between the Son of Heaven and the Supreme Emperor.

Although this idea was a bit naive, after being in contact with King Xiang for so long, Zhu Huixun knew very well that this was indeed something King Xiang could do.

In fact, under the current suzerainty policy of the imperial court, most of the vassals did not have a deep feeling and understanding of the dangers of political struggles.

Even Zhu Huixun himself, if he hadn't gone through the turmoil of slandering Ren Temple, he would not have realized that being a clan is dangerous at every step.

Not to mention King Xiang, although he is the direct descendant of Emperor Renzong, he is the youngest son of Empress Chengxiao Zhang. He has two direct elder brothers, especially the elder brother Zhu Zhanji, who was canonized as the emperor as early as Taizong's time. Grandson, the status is almost unshakable.

The entire environment in which he grew up was smooth sailing for King Xiang, and he didn't even suffer any setbacks in the local area.

There are so many clans and vassals in the court, only King Xiang is known as a virtuous king. Zhu Huixun guessed that the biggest reason is that when he was still a prince, he had always been fascinated by brothers and sisters, the harmony of Tianjia Therefore, even in the local area, he set an example and did not want to embarrass the royal family.

For such a person, it is entirely possible that he gave the emperor a lecture out of kindness.

What's more, because of this incident, King Xiang has already been taught a lesson, and was dragged to the clan's mansion to be punished. He was beaten and lost face. This is already a very serious punishment for King Xiang who has always been pampered.

Therefore, Zhu Huixun didn't think that the emperor would care about such a trivial matter.

However, the facts are right in front of our eyes. If it is said that at the very beginning, when the emperor re-established the clan mansion, it would be understandable to have a senior clan to sit in charge, so the old Min King was left to sit in the clan.

The Son of Heaven can completely hand over the clan affairs to King Xiang after the situation stabilizes. Anyway, King Xiang is actually in charge of the specific affairs.

But what Zhu Huixun knew very well was that the Son of Heaven had never thought of this from the very beginning, and King Xiang had never been in his consideration.

Treating King Xiang, the Son of Heaven is actually like treating the Supreme Emperor. He has done impeccable face-saving. On the surface, it seems that there are a series of preferential treatment, even partial protection, but in reality... things that are really beneficial to King Xiang , the emperor actually didn't do a single thing.

As far as King Xiang's current situation is concerned, his reputation has been ruined and his clan hates him. It would be fine if he was sent back to the fiefdom, and he would not listen or watch after closing the door. However, the emperor detained him in the capital, seemingly unwilling to punish him. , but in fact, doing so made King Xiang suffer even more.

In fact, because of this incident, Zhu Huixun once insinuated Shu Liang's words. After all, he was the one who served the emperor.

But regarding this, even with an identity like Shu Liang, there was no deep taboo, and he spoke vaguely. It was enough to see that the joints in the middle were not as simple as what they saw in front of them.

Intuition told Zhu Huixun that there must be some deeper entanglements or even festivals between the emperor and King Xiang, so that even with the emperor's heart, he couldn't let go of it.

Of course, as a smart person, Zhu Huixun naturally knows the truth of the unpredictable, and sometimes curiosity can kill people...

It doesn't matter if you don't know the specific reason, as long as the emperor knows what the emperor's mind is.

Moreover, and more importantly, not many people knew about the true attitude of the Son of Heaven towards King Xiang, so it was perfect to confuse Prince Yi and his son who had just entered Beijing.

As long as King Yi came to such a conclusion, no matter what King Xiang did, King Yi would feel that it was the "own business" of King Xiang and the emperor, the Supreme Emperor.

The conflicts between my family members belong to my family members, or that sentence, breaking the bones and connecting the tendons...

After solving the last hidden danger, then of course, it is time to enter the final topic.

"It's good if you can understand. Logically speaking, you shouldn't do this kind of talk about the emperor, but since you and I are both in Beijing, we should help each other, so I won't hide these words from you, you It’s good to know what’s in your heart.”

Zhu Huixun continued as if he had given an order with concern.

"Actually, the dispute between King Min's Mansion and King Xiang has nothing to do with you, but this matter involves the reform of the suzerain vassal, so I have to mention it to you."

Hearing this, King Yi frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"Brother Wang, what you mean is that apart from those civil servants, King Xiang is also behind the scenes?"

"Scum!"

First he cursed, and then Yi Wangfang continued to ask.

"Why did he do this? Could it be that it was to retaliate against the criticism of the princes against him last time?"

After forming an inherent impression of a person, all behaviors of this person will be rationalized involuntarily.

King Yi is in this state now.

Without waiting for Zhu Huixun to explain to him, he had already found the reason himself.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Huixun breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't show anything on his face, he just said.

"I don't have any evidence, it's just a guess. But, you have to know that the affairs of Zongxue have always been taken care of by King Xiang, and he is the closest to the Ministry of Rites."

"This king has been in Beijing during this time, and I have also found some contacts, and inquired about the specific measures that the Ministry of Rites is preparing to appeal. Although I don't know the details, but just by listening to the names, some of them can be guessed at sevens and eighty-eight. The direction is to strictly protect the survey, be cautious about marriage, establish a system of worry, and severely punish..."

"The fault of these directions is that you have a very good understanding of the clan's situation. It is difficult to grasp it so accurately. Hu Jin has not been out of Beijing for a long time. How can he know so much about the clans in various places?"

Quietly looking at the opposite, Zhu Huixun's tone became a bit meaningful, said.

"And, recently, although he has been confined in the mansion, he has been writing letters to His Majesty. You know, if he submits the memorial, he needs to go through the clan mansion, but if he wants to write a letter from home, no one will know. What did he write about..."

In fact, this was also something that Zhu Huixun was puzzled by. When he saw the memorial in the palace, he was very puzzled. Every measure proposed by the emperor precisely aimed at the core problems of the clan.

Logically speaking, this kind of measure can only be worked out if you have a good understanding of the clan, but you don't know where the emperor came from.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Huixun couldn't figure it out. It can only be attributed to the fact that there are many talented people around the emperor. Maybe he has already paid attention to the clan's problems. He has been investigating in private for a long time, but only now.

Of course, how the emperor took these measures is not important. What is important is that in the current capital, there is a clan member who is "close" to the emperor and has a deep understanding of the clan's situation.

As for King Xiang, of course Zhu Huixun knew what his family letters were about. Well, the Son of Heaven hates this uncle very much. One of the reasons is because Shu Liang once hinted to him that he stopped all the memorials of King Xiang, and His Majesty did not want to see King Xiang.

Therefore, it's not that King Xiang didn't want to write the memorial, but he wrote it, all of which were suppressed by Zhu Huixun.

With all these factors together, Zhu Huixun himself felt it was a waste if the pot of dirty water was not poured on King Xiang's head.

Seeing Yi Wang gradually becoming aggrieved, Zhu Huixun sighed, and continued to fan the flames, saying.

"Don't worry, these things are just my guesses."

"Perhaps, King Xiang really thinks that there is a big problem with the suzerain vassal. For the sake of the country, it is not certain that he thinks that reform is needed."

"Bah, you hypocrite!"

Zhu Yongyin spat, looked at Zhu Huixun, and said.

"Brother Wang, you are still too benevolent. Just because King Xiang dared to make a big fuss before Wang Shuling, it can be seen that he is a villain with a good face who will take revenge."

"Why for the country?"

"The way I see it, he just hates our clan and vassals. He ruined his business last time, so he wants to take revenge."

"Think about it, he instigated His Majesty to reform the Zong vassal, and he curtailed the civil servants and asked them to speak good words for him in front of His Majesty, so that he can continue to compete with you for the position of Da Zongzheng."

"On the other hand, once the reform of the suzerain vassal is implemented, then his anger will be released greatly. Even if it fails, but brother Wang, don't forget that such a big matter can't get around the clan mansion, your majesty If you really want to do it, you will have to be forced to come forward, and then you won’t do it, and you won’t do it, he’ll just watch the joke in the Ten Princes’ Palace.”

"This person is really scheming, extremely sinister and cunning!"

The more Yi Wang spoke, the more excited he was, he almost jumped up from his seat, which shows his current state of mind.

Ah this...

Zhu Huixun blinked, smiled wryly, and said.

"This point, you think more thoroughly than me, but, alas, in the capital, these things, I'm afraid you can't hide..."

Hearing this, Yi Wang almost blurted out and wanted to pat his chest to help.

However, in the end, he still didn't forget his current situation. After thinking about it, he also squeezed out a smile and said.

"Brother Wang, there is no need to worry. This matter is not trivial. His Majesty must be very cautious. Since we are all in Beijing, we can always find a way..."

(End of this chapter)