Daming: You are really my eldest son

Chapter 111 I share one ink with the world

Zhu Ji never imagined that the worship, which he thought was completely reasonable, plunged the capital into an unprecedentedly fierce debate.

The courtiers originally thought that Zhu Yuanzhang, who was a father, must not tolerate such a rebellious thing as his own son going to someone else's grave as a filial son.

I don’t want the story of King Yong’s sacrifice to the grave spread all over the streets and alleys of the capital. Those who are good at making up stories can even hear what Zhu Ji said and shed a few tears, but there is still no movement in the palace. .

For a while, many people couldn't sit still.

Feng Sheng, who had been tied to Zhu Ji for a long time, took the lead and complained about this matter to Zhu Ji at the convenience of being on duty in Prince Yong's Mansion.

"Your Highness, I didn't say that, you've gotten carried away with this matter. Your Majesty worships heaven and ancestors, and wants everyone in the world to recognize you as a prince.

But now that you are paying homage, how should the people of Ming Dynasty view your relationship with His Majesty in the future? "

In front of Zhu Ji, Feng Sheng did not speak out what was in his heart.

It doesn't matter what the common people think, the key issue is what the emperor thinks.

As soon as you follow others to worship the sky and recognize your ancestors, you are carrying bamboo baskets and burning paper money on your back feet, making it clear that you want to put the face of the emperor on the same table as a pair of dead people.

If he fell out of favor in front of Zhu Yuanzhang because of this, wouldn't he and Xu Da also want to suffer?

Having spent more time with Feng Sheng than Xu Da, Zhu Ji certainly knows what this prospective father-in-law is thinking.

Seeing Feng Sheng who was about to burst into blisters, Zhu Ji poured a bowl of cool white water in front of Feng Sheng:

"Don't worry, outsiders will not understand the relationship between me and the old man. Besides, the old man is angry, but if I don't burn this paper, do you think he can sleep peacefully?"

Handing Feng Sheng a self-experienced look, Zhu Ji grinned and said:
"Those people outside are really good at describing how I cry at the grave, and they almost cried until I lost my breath."

Gossip is often ridiculous in the face of the truth.

Obviously only a few people know the truth about this.

But for those who closed their eyes and plugged their ears, these gossips are not only not ridiculous, but they are like a sharp knife, the handle of which is in their hands, and Zhu Ji's neck It happened to be delivered to the knife.

Just as Feng Sheng was worried, the morning of this day was not peaceful.

Before the censors who could not control Liu Ji opened fire, the courtiers were surprised to find that Hu Weiyong and Song Lian, who were not very easy to deal with, came together for the first time.

"Your Majesty, King Yong went out of the city in plain clothes yesterday to pay homage to Uncle Enyang and his wife. This act violated filial piety and even damaged the face of the clan. I ask Your Majesty to deal with it strictly."

Although he is a staunch princeling, Song Lian's impeachment today has nothing to do with the prince.

As a firm Confucian defender, after examining this matter from the perspective of ethics and dynastic rule, he found that Zhu Ji's actions not only violated filial piety, but also had a negative impact on the Zhu family, so he was not afraid of offending Zhu Ji and even Zhu Yuanzhang only wanted Daming to return to the track of Confucianism from top to bottom.

Unlike Song Lian, Hu Weiyong was not afraid of the bad influence Zhu Ji's actions would have.

He just discovered from the close cooperation between Zhu Yuanzhang and his son during this period that this King Yong was not as simple as it seemed, so he hoped to hit Zhu Ji's prestige and power in the court and the opposition as much as possible.

So it was the same objection, Song Lian said something, but this Hu Xiang played around a bit.

"Your Majesty, after the dispute over Puyi, Emperor Yingzong of the Zhao Song Dynasty, there were many factions in the Great Song Dynasty, and they criticized each other for being unreasonable. It still makes people sigh. If your majesty has no attitude towards this matter, it will be inevitable in the future. Repeat the same mistakes."

These words are basically a warning to Zhu Yuanzhang - you are not good at being an elder, if he is made emperor in the future, he will definitely not recognize you as a father.

Hu Weiyong had no doubts, and he hit Zhu Yuanzhang's deathbed with a single sentence.

Just because the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty is weak now, Zhu Yuanzhang needs the unprecedented unity of his family.

Now that Zhu Ji wants to recognize two pairs of parents, no one can say whether he, the king of Yong, is on Zhu Yuanzhang's side or on the side of his adoptive parents.

But according to Zhu Ji's performance during this period, it is obvious that he still does not change the habits of the countrymen.

Whoever kisses who is sparse, has eyes to know.

With these two people taking the lead, there were voices of second opinion inside and outside Fengtian Hall.

Kneeling on the ground, Hu Weiyong's lowered head and the corners of his mouth couldn't help evoking a smug arc. He understood that the impeachment of Song Lian and himself had already analyzed Zhu Ji's behavior from the outside to the inside, and the righteousness was on his side. There will be no wakefulness.

But as Zhu Ji said, there is no third person in this world who understands the relationship between their father and son better, not even Liu Ji.

What's more, it was Hu Weiyong.

Sitting on the imperial steps, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't feel any anger in his heart when he saw that the hundreds of meters long line from his feet to the Meridian Gate were all kneeling on the ground.

Among these courtiers, Song Lian and others may really persuade themselves for the purpose of maintaining Confucian ethics and the rule of the Zhu family, but people like Hu Weiyong really have no selfishness?
He said that Zhu Ji's actions would lead to party disputes, but the current situation in the court was like lice on a monk's head, that was obvious.Isn't the largest party in his Hongwu Dynasty the Huaixi Noble Party with Hu Weiyong at its core?

If it weren't for the joint efforts of his father and son to fight together, after forcibly setting up the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and cleaning up those simple-minded warriors one by one, how could Hu Weiyong be so peaceful during this period of time?
However, it is not appropriate for Zhu Yuanzhang to come forward to answer these people's questions clearly.

"Xunzi has a saying, so if you punish without teaching, the punishment will be complicated and evil will prevail. Since you keep saying that King Yong is rude, you might as well call him here, let him listen to what you say, and let us know, he What's going on in your head?"

The courtiers who are twisted together are the most difficult to deal with.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was not worried at all.

Although he felt a little jealous in his heart, Zhu Ji's worship was originally what he expected.As long as he, the emperor's own father, did not expressly object, it is expected that with Zhu Ji's eloquence, it should be easy to solve the predicament in front of him.

The courtiers, who were still confused by the appearance of staged victory, didn't realize that a fierce counterattack was on the way. While shouting His Majesty's sage, they began to think about the words to criticize Zhu Ji later in their hearts.

Only Liu Ji was the only one, who obviously had the mentality that everyone was intoxicated and I was sober, but was forced to pretend that I was indignant with the world.

(End of this chapter)