Jinyi champion

Chapter 422

New Year is coming.

After the new year, in Anluxing Prince's Mansion, Princess Jiang called Yuan Zonggao and Zhang Zuo and asked about his son's situation in the capital.

"...Chang Shisi has already played the memorial in advance, asking the court to let the son return to the palace as soon as possible on the grounds that the Anluxing Palace has no owner and many things cannot be carried out. Report to His Majesty, or stay in the middle..."

What Yuan Zonggao meant was that I have worked hard and done everything that should be done, but the court refused to let him go, and there is nothing I can do about it.

Zhang Zuo said: "Yuan Changshi, can you urge me a few more times? I heard that His Majesty has gone to Nanjing. If you don't return to the capital for a long time, will the matter of being appointed be delayed forever?"

Yuan Zonggao looked at Zhang Zuo with deep meaning in his eyes, as if conveying a kind of thought... You have already answered the answer to this question, why are you asking me?

Princess Jiang sighed: "Don't embarrass Yuan Changshi anymore, this is the decision of the imperial court. If the imperial court intends to embarrass me to build the palace, it will definitely delay the matter indefinitely... I just don't know how the prince is in the capital?"

Zhang Zuo said: "Princess, don't worry, the son is protected by a special person in the capital, and there are Mr. Tang and the young master of the Zhu family to teach him at ordinary times. Except that he is not in Anlu, the rest is the same as in the palace... With Mr. Tang's great talent and great strategy , will not disappoint the entrustment of the late king."

These words were clearly choking on Yuan Zonggao.

Yuan Zonggao felt very awkward when he heard this.

You say Tang Yinxiong is a great talent, so what have I become?

Did the deceased King Xing entrust his son to me, or Tang Yin?

Concubine Jiang's face was full of sadness: "As long as my son is not made things difficult by others and can study with peace of mind, I am afraid that he will leave home for a long time, not adapt to the life in a foreign land, and there will be no one to take care of him when he is sick... Is there anyone in the palace who can send me The capital will take care of the daily necessities, so let’s send them along.”

Yuan Zonggao said: "There is no clear order from the imperial court, I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

Zhang Zuo said: "Yuan Changshi, even if we are all courtiers, we should be more considerate of the prince at this time. Even if the imperial court makes the prince wait in the capital to be enshrined, it doesn't mean that he must be locked up and not allowed to see guests." ? Send a few people to take care of him personally, is this also illegal?"

Yuan Zonggao said in his heart that Eunuch Zhang is clearly playing against me.

Today is like eating gunpowder, every sentence is against me, and the court blames me for something wrong with my relationship. At that time, I will order to reprimand you for ineffective supervision. You are not a person in the service department, right?

At that time, won't my long history be criticized by the court?
But Yuan Zonggao didn't want to chatter in front of Princess Jiang, so he could only bow and salute: "The princess decides everything."

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Prince Xing's Mansion wanted to send the third group of people to the capital to take care of Zhu Si's daily life, but he didn't know that the news sent back by the capital was not just to comfort Princess Jiang, Zhu Si's life in the capital was indeed good.

There is no restriction on personal freedom, and there is no delay in schoolwork. In addition to the previous teaching of the Four Books and Five Classics, the teaching of the art of emperors has been added. Zhu Hao's teaching can be said to be close to reality, hitting the nail on the head... usually Zhu Si will also come into contact with all kinds of interesting things Things, his figure is left everywhere in the capital...

Saying that Zhu Sile didn't want to return at this time, he didn't wrong him at all.

But for Tang Yin and other staff and officials of the palace, the more anxious they are as the year approaches.

"...Jiang Mengzai brought someone to the Marquis of Jianchang's mansion to give a gift a few years ago, and the gift was accepted. I don't know whether the Marquis of Jianchang went to the palace to speak for the son. There are rumors that your majesty is ignorant of the son's entry into Beijing, but it is true. The Empress Dowager conspired with His Majesty's close ministers, Jiang Bin and others, and no one reported on the succession of the son, and His Majesty can't remember such a thing..."

On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Tang Yin summarized what he had learned and reported it to Zhu Hao.

It's all true.

How could Zhu Houzhao care about his cousin?It was all caused by Queen Mother Zhang and Jiang Bin... Of course, it was also caused by Zhu Hao and Zhu Wanhong behind the scenes.

Zhu Hao said: "I think there is nothing wrong with the prince staying in the capital."

Tang Yin sighed: "It's easy to be controlled by you, isn't it?"

"It can't be called control, it should be called learning from each other. During the time in the capital, the son grew up very quickly. He learned to meet outsiders alone. He knows a lot about the affairs of the market and understands the sufferings of the people's livelihood. I really can't figure it out. He returned Going to Anlu, returning to the cage of King Xing’s Mansion, what a good thing for him. After inheriting the position of King Xing, if he wants to leave Anlu City, he will be stared at and impeached, what’s the point of that?”

From Zhu Haozhi's point of view, although Zhu Si is like a bird in a cage now, he has a high degree of freedom. If he returns to Anlu, he will really become a bird in a cage, and a flashy canary.

Xing Wang Zhu Youzhu left Anluzhou City and went to the river embankment to express his condolences. Zhang Yezheng, the governor of the state at that time, participated in the performance. The vassals of the Ming Dynasty could not leave the territorial cities casually. The court has always been on guard against the local vassals like thieves.

"Then what do you think is the best time for the son to return to Anlu?"

Tang Yin tried to ask.

Even Tang Yin himself felt that Anlu was good, at least he had a sense of belonging in the past few years.

Zhu Hao said: "It's hard to say, maybe His Majesty suddenly remembered this, and issued a decree that the crown prince can go back, otherwise, at the end of next year...whether you need to go back at that time will be another story."

"Where did you say that?" Tang Yin was puzzled.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, could it be that I told you that the mischievous emperor, in history, fell into the water on the way back to Beijing and got sick, and died soon after arriving in the capital?

If that's the case, it is estimated that Yang Tinghe will play the imperial court at the meeting and let Xing Wang stay in the capital temporarily, so that he will not have to go to the place to meet the new emperor's preparations, and he can be the emperor by stuffing people into the palace on the spot.

But this is not the effect Zhu Hao wants to pursue.

Temporarily controlling Zhu Si is one of Zhu Hao's plans, but it is also necessary for Zhu Si to return to Anlu smoothly before Zhu Houzhao dies.

Only in this way can the initiative to inherit the throne be firmly in Zhu Si's hands. If he stays in the capital and waits to be pushed into the Golden Palace by civil servants, the result is likely to be that Zhu Si has always been a puppet... the dispute over the ceremony It needs a reason to show Zhu Si's toughness in a timely manner.

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During the Spring Festival of the fifteenth year of Zhengde, other people's families gathered together, but the staff of Xingwang Mansion in Beijing were far away from their families and were homesick.

New Year's Day.

Everywhere in the capital is very lively.

Zhu Si didn't need to go to class, so he asked to take him out to play. Jiang Lun was going to see Zhang Yanling, Marquis of Jianchang that day, but was told that Zhang Yanling would close the door to thank guests for the next two days.

"It's clear that I have received money and don't want to do things."

Jiang Lun mentioned this matter when he paid New Year greetings to Tang Yin.

It wasn't until this time that he realized that the friend Zhang Yanling he had made before was useless at all.

Tang Yin absently looked at the passing vehicles on the road, and suddenly turned around and asked, "Where's Zhu Hao?"

"Ok?"

Jiang Lun didn't take it seriously, "Mr. Zhu is not on your side, then the dead son's side..."

"No, how could he not call me when he died at his son's place? I didn't see him when I got up this morning. Could it be that he has some plan that I don't know about?"

Tang Yin felt uneasy. He couldn't see Zhu Hao on the first day of the new year. He felt that Zhu Hao had some conspiracy behind his back.

But in fact, Tang Yin was really superstitious.

Because Zhu Hao was busy preparing for his laboratory in the capital that day...

When he came back at noon, Tang Yin was already blocking people in the yard where Zhu Hao was sleeping. Zhu Hao asked dissatisfiedly: "Didn't it be agreed that you don't come here less? Are you afraid of being stared at?"

Tang Yin said directly: "Why did you go?"

When Zhu Hao explained his itinerary, Tang Yin felt strange and looked over in bewilderment.

"The general examination is coming soon... His Majesty is not in the capital now. After the general examination, the palace examination is probably hopeless. I may have to stay in the capital for a year or a half longer. The affairs of Anlu can't be left behind, and science and technology need to be updated all the time. Then After all, it’s about my family.”

What Zhu Hao meant was that even if I am in the capital, I can't delay making money.

Zhu Hao continued: "At the beginning of the year, the number of candidates coming to Beijing to take the exam will further increase. I am going to go out to meet with them to discuss knowledge, but I was asked about the teacher's inheritance..."

Tang Yin frowned: "Am I embarrassing for you?"

"That's not it."

Zhu Hao said with a smile, "I don't want to embarrass you. At this time, you have a big responsibility on your shoulders. It's better to be an invisible person for the time being... By the way, sir, you'd better see Mrs. Zhu more often recently. The capital is very lonely, and I want to talk to someone about many things, but recently...you seem to have left him out in the cold."

The person Zhu Hao mentioned was naturally Lou Suzhen.

Since Lou Suzhen and Zhu Hao arrived in the capital, they arranged a small courtyard for her to live in, where she grew flowers and grass, and usually embroidered and painted.

Because Tang Yinze was still alive, it was not easy to "strike", and sometimes he became bored and dared not face Lou Suzhen alone.

Zhu Hao could only understand that Tang Yin, a middle-aged man, was a little afraid of women because of emotional setbacks, and he didn't dare to face his heart.

When Tang Yin heard Zhu Hao mentioning Lou Suzhen, his expression was not good.

But Zhu Hao dragged him to see Zhu Si.

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On the afternoon of the first day of the first lunar month.

The imperial court sent people to deliver the decree, but it was not the emperor's imperial decree, but the empress dowager's decree.

Empress Dowager Zhang praised Zhu Si's filial piety and willingness to learn in Yizhi, and urged him to study hard... and sent two maids to serve him, almost frightening the lively Zhu Si until his legs went limp.

Anyone would guess that the Queen Mother's purpose is to plant eyeliner around Zhu Si, to inform the palace of Zhu Si's every move, and if Zhu Si wants to attack him, someone can act as an internal response at any time.

"Zhu Hao, what do you think we should do? They are in the backyard, and they said they would stay outside my room at night. They won't... assassinate me, right?"

Zhu Si panicked, pretending that Tang Yin on the side was a little transparent, and only asked Zhu Hao for his opinion.

Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Don't worry, if the Empress Dowager really wants to attack you, you don't have to wait until now, this is the capital..."

Tang Yin also echoed: "Being a courtier, being open and aboveboard, there is no need to worry about whether you will be harmed by those in power. It is really unnecessary."

From Tang Yin's point of view, it is as easy for the Queen Mother to crush you to death as to crush an ant, so why use some unconventional means?
Zhu Si still didn't quite believe it: "If you punish him without teaching, people in the world will definitely criticize him, so he wants to murder him secretly."

Tang Yin frowned.

Zhu Si usually looks carefree and joking, but his sense of crisis is far stronger than ordinary people.

But no... a little too timid?

Zhu Hao said: "The queen mother is just putting eyeliner around you... Maybe she is dissatisfied with the information reported by Dongchang and Jinyiwei every day. But have you heard of countermeasures? This is an opportunity for us."

(End of this chapter)