The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 259 Give Your Grandson a Seat

The Fengtian Gate opened, and hundreds of civil and military officials filed in.

Unlike other emperors, generally speaking, civil and military officials wait in the hall before the emperor ascends to the throne.

But in Zhu Yuanzhang's case, he sat down first, and all the officials came in.

It has to be said that entering Fengtian Hall under Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze put a lot of pressure on the courtiers.

You must always be careful about your own direction. If there is confusion, you will naturally be reprimanded or even beaten.

And when the ministers entered, they all lowered their heads and couldn't look directly at it. Could it be disrespectful.

The ministers saluted, and after the mountain shouted long live, it represented the beginning of the early dynasty.

Just for this time procedure, it will take about two sticks of incense in total, which is about half an hour for later generations.

"Give a seat to our grandson."

This is the first sentence of Zhu Yuanzhang's early court.

All the officials below turned their attention to Zhu Ying who was standing beside Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Ying, who was dressed in a dark red uniform, had an extremely powerful aura, even standing next to Zhu Yuanzhang, she was not suppressed.

Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt sorry for his eldest grandson, and at the same time sent a signal to the officials that standing in front of him was Huangming's eldest grandson.

Under the eyes of the courtiers, the eunuchs moved a smaller dragon chair, and Zhu Ying just sat on the golden platform.

Although some ministers are already very aware of Zhu Ying's existence, these are relatively high-level officials, and most officials are not aware of Zhu Ying.

Even if they heard something, it was only a scrap of water.

The extremely similar appearance of Zhu Ying and Prince Zhu Biao shocked most of the officials.

If you say it's not your own, who would believe it?

It's just that most of the courtiers were still a little bit surprised and unsure about such a sudden appearance of the eldest grandson of Huang Ming.

Because most people have never even heard of the existence of Zhu Xiongying.

From the 15th year of Hongwu to the 25th year of Hongwu today, in ten years, [-]% of the ministers at this court meeting are considered newcomers.

Therefore, it is not considered to know the royal secrets at all.

"Ten years ago, our eldest grandson, Zhu Xiongying, the prince's eldest son, passed away due to illness."

"However, it seems that even God does not want to take away our grandson's life. The next night after the burial, the stars shifted and the earth dragon rolled. No one knew. Our grandson's mausoleum sank and the coffin collapsed. In the underground river."

"We hate those quack doctors. Our eldest grandson obviously faked his death, but he was diagnosed as real. After this change, grandson woke up in the Yangtze River and was rescued by the people."

"There is a great horror between life and death. Our eldest grandson survived, but lost his past memories. From the dark river to the long river, the clothes on his body are also in pieces, and it is difficult to prove his identity."

"That's how it is. Without everyone knowing, our eldest grandson has been living in the wild for ten years, and no one knows!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was inevitably much louder.

Sensing the change in the emperor's mood, the courtiers kowtowed one after another.

"Get up."

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's order, he got up again.

Of course, these are the etiquettes that the courtiers have trained long ago. Regardless of whether the emperor is furious, happy, or sad, he needs to kowtow.

"We have to thank the fourth brother. It is he who brought our grandson to the capital so that we can meet him."

"When our eldest grandson was in Beiping, he was bumped into by the fourth son. He was a little uncertain, so he was sent to the capital for us to take a look."

"The appearance of our eldest grandson, the lovers have all seen it, and the appearance of the prince can be seen at a glance, it must be closely related."

"This is our most beloved grandson. The grandson we hold in our arms and brought up with the queen, let alone the past ten years, is 20 years, 30 years. We can recognize it at a glance!"

"Afterwards, the incident of the Xiaoling Mausoleum must have been heard by all the lovers. It was us who dug up our grandson's tomb and found out. Only then can we prove our grandson's life experience."

"Not only that, but in the hands of our eldest grandson, there is still a bellyband embroidered by the empress herself. The embroidery on it was checked by Concubine Ning herself, so it is certain that it was embroidered by the empress."

Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly.

This is to explain and prove Zhu Ying's identity. Although Zhu Yuanzhang can make a final decision, he must also consider the impact of his grandson's reputation.

In terms of appearance, the Xiaoling incident, and Concubine Ning's certification, Zhu Ying's identity can be said to be beyond doubt.

But in the audience, Zhu Yunwen lowered his head, his face was full of resentment.

He didn't expect that the appearance of his elder brother turned out to be brought to the capital by his fourth uncle Zhu Di.

"Fourth Uncle is out of his mind. He brought the eldest brother from Beiping to the capital. He wants the throne. He is in the early court, and he is extremely dissatisfied with the emperor's appointment of me as grandson." '

'It turned out that the fourth uncle hated me so much. He would rather let the elder brother whose background was unknown at the time be in the position than to push me away. Could it be that he would be of great benefit? '

'Looking at our elder brother's appearance, it is not something to provoke, I am afraid that the fourth uncle will steal the chicken and lose money. '

Zhu Yunqi speculated in his heart, and at the same time became more dissatisfied with Zhu Di.

If it weren't for the manipulation of the fourth uncle Zhu Di, today would be a good day for Zhu Yunwen to be canonized as the grandson.

After experiencing the two months when the eldest brother entered the palace, he was especially drilled.

It is obvious that Zhu Yunxuan no longer dares to be jealous or hate his eldest brother, but there is no place to vent his unwillingness.

Now I know that it was my fourth uncle Zhu Di who caused all this, and all the dissatisfaction was poured on my fourth uncle Zhu Di, even at this time, Zhu Di was still far away on the southeast coast.

It also did not affect Zhu Yunqi's hatred for him in the slightest.

At this moment, Zhu Di, who was thousands of miles away, was standing by the sea, watching the great sun rising from the sea in the distance.

Behind him are the officials who have been serving him all the time, Zheng He who later made seven voyages to the West, and today's Ma He and Ma Sanbao.

"Sambo, do you know what day it is today?"

Looking at the red sun gradually rising over the sea, Zhu Di suddenly asked Zheng He.

Zheng He obviously hesitated. After hesitating for a short while, he still said: "Today, the twelfth of September, if I remember correctly, should be the day when His Royal Highness, the grandson Yunwen, canonize the grandson."

Such a major event, as a eunuch, Zheng He, naturally could not forget it.

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and sighed: "Yes, if nothing changes, if Zhu Ying does not enter the capital, today will be the day when my nephew, the great-grandson, canonize him."

"However, thinking about it, today is probably not a good day for nephew Yun Wen. It is the time of the early court, and the emperor will definitely introduce the existence of the eldest nephew to the civil and military officials on this day."

"As for this king's nephew Yunwen, he can only stand under His Royal Highness Jinluan, looking at his elder brother, standing where he once stood. I guess it doesn't feel very good, hahaha!"

As he spoke, Zhu Di laughed out loud.

Zhu Yunqi didn't have a good impression of Zhu Di, why did Zhu Di have any affection for Zhu Yunqi.

Thinking of Zhu Yunqi's collapse at the moment, Zhu Di was the only thing that could make him happy.

Regarding Zhu Ying and Zhu Yunqi, in fact, from the bottom of his heart, Zhu Di really prefers Zhu Ying to be the prince.

Jurisprudentially speaking, Zhu Ying is the eldest brother's legitimate son, and as an uncle, he has nothing to complain about.

In the two months since he came to the southeast coast to suppress the Japanese pirates, Zhu Di's thoughts are not so entangled anymore.

Perhaps this has something to do with Yao Guangxiao not being by his side.

After all, Yao Guangxiao's persuasion for many years is indispensable for the matter of becoming emperor.

Zhu Di himself adores his father, and wants to be like his father and achieve great things, so becoming an emperor is a dream in his heart. Coupled with the subtle influence of Yao Guangxiao, this is why he is very keen on the throne.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the sudden rise was also due to the death of his elder brother Zhu Biao, which made him see opportunities and possibilities.

And Zhu Ying's appearance was completely an accident.

"Three Treasures, you said that if this king had known about today's situation, what would he have done when he met Zhu Yingda's nephew for the first time?"

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Di asked again.

Faced with this question, Zheng He trembled all over his body. It involved royal affairs, so he didn't know how to speak.

When Zheng He entered the palace, the eunuchs who led them taught these young eunuchs that as eunuchs, they must not hear or ask about royal affairs.

If you can't do it, your life is almost over.

Regarding this famous saying, Zheng He never dared to forget it even though he was under the command of Zhu Di in Beiping.

Facing this question, after a moment of silence, Zheng He replied, "I don't know."

"Eh"

Zhu Di sighed softly, and then said to himself: "You don't know, and neither does this king. If you go back to the beginning, it seems that this king has no choice."

There was some helplessness in Zhu Di's tone.

As for the deep affection of the eldest brother, if Zhu Ying was really found out to be the eldest grandson of Huangming, would Zhu Di have to go ahead and kill Zhu Ying secretly?

Zhu Di actually thought about this question carefully, and the final answer was that it was impossible.

Even if he did it all over again, he still had no choice but to bring Zhu Ying to the capital and hand it over to his father.

All these choices, in the final analysis, still fall on the elder brother Zhu Biao.

Although he was cruel and heartless to the officials in Beiping, he really couldn't do anything to the elder brother's eldest son.

Of course, this is also what Zhu Di now feels, even if he does something, it has a lot to do with the fact that the throne will not fall to him.

If he knew that after Zhu Yunqi became the emperor, he would eventually be deprived of the emperor's throne by himself, then his current thoughts and results would be unknown.

"Compared to Yun Wen's nephew, I have to admit that my eldest nephew's ability is still much stronger."

"Compared to the eldest nephew, Yun Wen is like a child who has not grown up. The nine sons of the dragon are all different, and they are all the children of the eldest brother. The difference is really big."

Speaking of this, thinking of himself, Zhu Di couldn't help but find that the same is true for his sons.

Facing Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Di sighed again.

He knew very well that the possibility that he wanted Zhu Gaoxu to inherit the throne was almost gone.

Originally, the father liked Zhu Gaochi more, but now the relationship between the boss Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Ying is very good, so there is no need to think about the result.

"Go back." Zhu Di said softly.

The red sun in the distance has jumped above the sea at this moment, shining extremely brightly.

In Zhu Di's eyes, Zhu Ying at this moment is like the first red sun, and it won't take long before it will be like the sun in full bloom.

In the court hall, Zhu Ying sat quietly on the dragon chair.

In fact, it is impossible for the officials of the court to directly recognize Zhu Ying's identity just by relying on Zhu Yuanzhang's few words.

It's just that at this juncture, no civil servant would come out to die at an untimely time.

Even the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the officials of the six divisions, even Zhu Yuanzhang had criticized them, and these people who are still active in the court are still keeping their lips tightly shut now, without the slightest intention to speak.

The Yanguan system is Zhu Yuanzhang's only remaining constraint on the emperor. After all, the prime minister is gone, and he is also worried that future generations will be too useless, so where the Yanguan system was established, it was given a high political status.

Even if he impeached himself, in order to maintain the detached status of the officials, Zhu Yuanzhang endured it.

Of course, the officials are not fools. Unless there is sufficient evidence to prove that Zhu Ying is a fake, if they interfere with the inheritance of the throne, they really think that they have lived too long.

At the very beginning, the Lu family actually wanted to use the officials to accomplish their goals.

However, after Zhu Ying quickly took control of the imperial guards and gained the respect of the soldiers of the army, she gave up this idea.

The Lu family was born at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and has a great understanding of the wars in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty.

Therefore, Mrs. Lu knew very well that Zhu Ying, who was supported by the army, was not something that officials could fight against.

When it comes to Zhu Ying, His Majesty will never step back. In this matter, it is very likely that the [-] or so officials in the court will all be replaced.

In the court hall at the moment, the one who laughed the happiest was the Huaixi Xungui Group headed by Sapphire.

The official appearance of His Royal Highness the eldest grandson represents that the entire Huaixi noble group will have a new backbone just like the prince is alive.

And Sapphire herself has a deep blood relationship with Zhu Ying, and is a serious relative of the emperor.

Now His Royal Highness Changsun attaches great importance to warriors, which also makes Lan Yu and others very supportive.

But civil servants are also very smart.

At this time, in fact, the vast majority of civil servants don't care much about who will be the emperor.

The active courtiers have already begun to ponder in their hearts what the character of His Highness the eldest grandson is, and what kind of political inclinations he will have in the future.

With Zhu Yuanzhang's decision on the first day of October, the canonization of the eldest grandson of Emperor Ming, and King Yu as the queen grandson, today's court meeting was officially opened.

Zhu Ying was also able to see this meeting, which was the most high-level meeting in the entire Ming Dynasty.

However, from the beginning of the meeting to the end, Zhu Ying felt more and more disappointed and bored.

This feeling is similar to the feeling he felt when he first came into contact with the memorial.

Apart from the intimidating strong sense of ritual at the beginning, Zhu Ying was left speechless after lifting the veil of mystery.

(End of this chapter)