The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Wang Jiaping had already anticipated this matter. Even though Zhang Fan would not contribute too much now, it did not mean that Zhang Fan would not do anything in the future. What's more, this matter was too obvious. Therefore, there will definitely be a lot of commotion in the future, and Wang Jiaping also expected that if the matter really reaches that point, Zhang Fan will no longer be able to stand by and watch, and he will definitely join in. , and when Zhang Fan joins in, then all this will become more intense, but it will also be easier.

In short, Wang Jiaping's thinking also prompted him to confront Zhu Yijun more fiercely now, in order to intensify this contradiction, and while intensifying this contradiction, the most important thing is that he wants to speed up the process of things, Let Zhang Fan join in as soon as possible, so that this matter can be ended earlier.

It can be said that Wang Jiaping really worked hard to make the court stabilize one day earlier, and he even knew that this way of his would kill countless people because of it, but even So, he still decided to do it. After all, it was mentioned before that Wang Jiaping had already settled this matter. As long as this matter can end early, then those who will definitely sacrifice more valuable at a cost.

Therefore, Wang Jiaping had such an idea.

But other people, even including Zhang Fan, they don't know Wang Jiaping's thoughts, but they can really see what Wang Jiaping has done. What do other people think? Zhang Fan doesn't know, but Zhang Fan knows that if Wang Jiaping continues like this, then in the future, no, it won't take so long in the future, and Wang Jiaping will definitely sacrifice for what he has done in a short time. He has paid the price, and Zhang Fan has already calculated the time when the price will come. I am afraid it will not take long.

And this matter was indeed as Zhang Fan expected, but the result was slightly different.

After the matter of Zhu Changluo was made clear by Zhang Fan, the debate on this matter in the court began, and this kind of debate was really fierce. It can be said that it started from Wang Jiaping brought up this matter. This matter is becoming more and more intense day by day, but there is no tendency to reduce the intensity at all.

And this situation has been maintained for half a year.

In the past six months, Wang Jiaping really did everything he could do, and he never relaxed about this matter.

As for Zhu Yijun, facing Wang Jiaping like this, he naturally had a headache. In the beginning, Zhang Fan might have given him an idea to delay him for a while, but Zhang Fan's idea is naturally not omnipotent. It is definitely not the kind that can be delayed for a long time, so in the end, Zhang Fan's methods are completely useless.

However, although Zhang Fan was smart, he couldn't compete with Wang Jiaping's persistence. He came up with a few methods, but they didn't work. After that, Zhang Fan didn't know what to do. For those who are easy to get away from, after all, he has made up his mind in the first place, not to get too involved in this matter.

The same is true for Zhu Yijun. After Zhang Fan helped him at the beginning, he naturally felt that it was okay. In addition, Zhang Fan has been taking care of him in every way since he was a child. Therefore, as a method When it was no longer possible, Zhu Yijun would naturally take the initiative to ask Zhang Fan if there was another way to delay the matter.

But as time went on, Zhu Yijun felt that it was really not an option for him to go to Zhang Fan all the time. After all, he was getting old, not to mention being an emperor. When these two things were added together, the problem of face became a problem. It is very important, and it is precisely because of this, that in the future, when Zhu Yijun encounters any troubles in this matter, if Zhang Fan takes the initiative to come to him and give him advice, then he will naturally be happy, But if Zhang Fan didn't come, then Zhu Yijun would naturally not force it. Maybe he also knew that Zhang Fan probably had no other way, so he wouldn't say anything more about it.

But if things go on like this, another problem arises. In today's matter, the "national struggle" is no small matter. Even if he is the emperor, this matter is not something that he can handle immediately if he says he can. Therefore, , this matter, in fact, Zhu Yijun has absolutely nothing to do.

Even after he returned to the palace, it wasn't that he couldn't find someone to discuss with. For example, he was also very concerned about this matter, and she was also Concubine Zheng who was on Zhu Yijun's side. As far as Zhu Yijun is concerned, she definitely needs to pay more attention. After all, this matter is closely related to her son and her own interests, so how could she be careless.

And she is not a stupid person, think about it, she can gain a firm foothold in a place like the harem, which is more mixed and intertwined than the imperial court, and even win the victory, she is definitely A smart and scheming person, but even so, no matter how strong her desire is for this matter, she cannot easily solve it.

Think about it, the reason Zheng is able to be today is entirely because she holds Zhu Yijun firmly in the palm of her hand, and holding Zhu Yijun does not mean that she has everything. If that's the case, then this matter won't be so troublesome at all, just a word from Zhu Yijun is enough.

Now that it has come to this point, it shows that Zhu Yijun obviously has nothing to do with it, and those people headed by Wang Jiaping are really too difficult to handle.

In a word, Zhu Yijun really couldn't think of any reason to help him delay this matter.

But the nature of this matter is different after all, and for Zhu Yijun, maybe it was not at the beginning, but now he has also been really popular by Wang Jiaping, so he has also become very stubborn, This matter, Zhu Yijun has become determined now, he just has to let Zhu Changxun be the prince, not Zhu Changluo.

Of course, in this, Zhu Yijun's doting on Zhu Changxun did account for a large part of the reason, but at the same time, he didn't hate Zhu Changluo and his mother and concubine Wang Shuyuan, it was just that he couldn't breathe out and always felt uncomfortable. .

Sometimes, it always makes people feel that Wang Jiaping and Zhu Yijun really shouldn't be like this, but it just happened like this.

In short, that's what happened, and now, although Zhu Yijun really can't find any reason to procrastinate, but for Zhu Yijun, that doesn't mean he can't find a reason. It is necessary to compromise with Wang Jiaping and follow his words, not to say that it is impossible to do so, but in this way, Zhu Yijun always has the feeling of admitting defeat.

Of course, since Wang Jiaping became the chief assistant, it can be said that Zhu Yijun has compromised with him countless times. His style of conduct, and his attitude of "treating people equally" regardless of whether he is facing a minister or the emperor, all in all, Zhu Yijun has nothing to do with Wang Jiaping. It has only been more than a year since he joined the chief assistant, but Zhu Yijun has already received a lot of anger from Wang Jiaping.

But those things before were trivial, not to mention that Wang Jiaping also had a big reason, and the things he insisted on were not Zhu Yijun's disagreement, but Zhu Yijun's hesitation.

Speaking of which, this debate over which prince should be appointed as the crown prince is actually the same. At the beginning, Zhu Yijun did not mean that just because he loved Concubine Zheng, he must make her son the crown prince. Yes, at the very least, under the influence of Zhang Fan for so many years, Zhu Yijun may still have some innate small thoughts, but he has a certain level of grasp in the general direction, so this piece Even before Wang Jiaping said it, he was not sure.

Emotionally, he naturally hopes that Zhu Changxun can become the prince. After all, the Zheng family is his favorite concubine, and it is very normal for Zhu Yijun to have such thoughts in order to please the beauty.

But from a rational point of view, especially the rationality cultivated by Zhang Fan, it also told Zhu Yijun that normally, he should make Zhu Changluo the prince, which was not wrong no matter how you looked at it.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun's delay in establishing a prince was precisely because he was unable to make a firm choice amidst the contradiction between emotion and reason.

Originally, Zhu Yijun's hesitation was made firm by Wang Jiaping's sudden actions. It was not because of anything, but because Zhu Yijun was so angry with Wang Jiaping. It broke out completely, even though he clearly knew that what he did might not be right, but he still wanted to do it, it can be said that this whole thing makes people feel that it is really not easy to say.

But now, Zhu Yijun had run out of reasons to avoid Wang Jiaping, but obviously, Zhu Yijun would never give up on this, and just compromised with Wang Jiaping, so Zhu Yijun immediately made a decision.

Just when he knew that Wang Jiaping would still bring up this matter at court that morning, but he himself had no reason, he made a decision, what decision, he said he was sick and refused to court.

The emperor is also a human being, although the ministers would shout long live, long live, but the emperor is just an ordinary person, plus the emperor as the ruler, there are some things that cannot resist the temptation and indulge in sensuality. Pampered and pampered, delicious and delicious, but in fact, many emperors are still not as good as ordinary people. Let alone Zhu Yijun's father, Zhu Zaihou, that is a practical example.

Of course, this is not to say that Zhu Yijun is just like that. The meaning of what I say here is that Zhu Yijun is just an ordinary person, and he has just been given the title of emperor. It is not surprising that the emperor said that he would not go to court because of illness.

Moreover, in fact, on this point, the emperor and the ministers are almost the same. Some people are really sick because they are really dying. The reason is just pretending to be sick, and since the ministers can do this kind of thing, as the emperor, it becomes more natural to do so.

And compared to the ministers, even if the emperor lied about being sick, no one would be able to see it. If the ministers were like this, find someone to go to his house to take a look at him on the grounds of caring, which can also tell the truth Yes, but the emperor was sick, so he stayed in the palace, and since it was in the palace, these ministers couldn't come in and out at will.

What's more, even if the eunuchs and maids in the palace were bribed to find out the real news, these ministers would not dare to do anything, or else they could tell the truth and say that the emperor lied to others. The crime of deceiving the emperor is to be beheaded. Obviously, no one dares to do this in this matter.

Therefore, if Zhu Yijun claims that he is sick, no one dares to say anything, no matter whether he is sick or not. They don't want to come to court anymore, but even if they know about it, they can't do anything.

However, there are still some unusual things about this matter, and the source of this unusualness is actually Zhang Fan.

Compared with other courtiers, Zhang Fan has a very special place. Zhu Yijun has not taken back the badge that Longqing gave him back then. It is not that he has forgotten it, but Zhu Yijun originally planned it this way. Perhaps he has forgotten Zhang Fan's title of "Three Waist Card", but he will never forget what Zhang Fan can do.

All in all, in one sentence, Zhang Fan can enter and leave the palace at will, and his power, in the entire palace, no matter whether people want it or not, only Zhu Yijun and Queen Mother Li can take it back. For example, for Concubine Zheng, no matter how good her relationship with Zhu Yijun is, she has no right to interfere in this matter.

Moreover, based on the relationship between Zhang Fan and Zhu Yijun, it would be impossible for Zheng Guifei to persuade Zhu Yijun to take back Zhang Fan's power, and she might even get burned because of this.

In short, Zhang Fan has the right to enter and leave the palace at will, and he does not need to report to anyone in advance, so naturally no one will forget this matter.

At this time, Wang Jiaping naturally thought of Zhang Fan.

Now when Zhu Yijun said he was sick and would not go to court, other ministers in the court could not enter the palace to see what was going on with Zhu Yijun. Even if it was for the reason of visiting, they knew that Zhu Yijun would never agree. , only Zhang Fan can go to the palace.

Therefore, at this time, Wang Jiaping naturally thought of Zhang Fan, after all, only Zhang Fan could handle this matter.

Wang Jiaping found Zhang Fan and asked him to do this, but what Wang Jiaping asked was not to ask Zhang Fan to go to the palace, to persuade Zhu Yijun to let go of his childish temper and come to court quickly, even the Wang family Ping, on this matter, he also knew that Zhu Yijun could not force this, otherwise it would only make things more difficult.

What Wang Jiaping meant was also a very common idea, that is, to let Zhang Fan enter the palace, on the grounds of visiting, to see Zhu Yijun's face first, and then talk about it. Persuade Zhu Yijun to come back earlier and go to court.

But when Zhang Fan faced this seemingly troublesome matter, he nodded and agreed without saying a word. It was not because of anything else, but because Zhang Fan, no, not only because he wanted to argue about this matter now. As for who is the prince, Zhang Fan only started from the affairs of the court, and he understood what it would be like if the emperor didn't go to court. Therefore, even if Wang Jiaping didn't look for Zhang Fan, he would still go to the palace. Take a look, and persuade Zhu Yijun to come to court as soon as possible.

You must know that even Zhang Fan, who can be said to be completely ignorant of history, knows about the fact that the famous Emperor Wanli did not go to court for 20 years, although the original Zhang Fan did not know what caused it to happen. But now it seems that it is because of this "country-based dispute" that countless ministers supported Zhu Changluo, which made Zhu Yijun unhappy.

At the same time, regarding this matter, Zhu Yijun had no good reason to reject these people. Therefore, Zhu Yijun simply resisted. Aren't you bothered every day? Me, that will naturally not bother me.

With this in mind, Zhu Yijun will not go to court.

Zhang Fan only knows this, but in fact, Zhang Fan has not thought about this matter. Perhaps the special system of the Ming Dynasty allowed even a huge empire where the emperor had not been in court for 20 years to continue to operate, but after all , this kind of operation will definitely not be normal, there must be some deviation, and this kind of deviation, a day or two, or even a year or two may be nothing, but in 20 years, it is definitely It's going to be a big problem.

Therefore, even if Zhang Fan is only doing this for Zhu Yijun, for the immediate consideration, it is impossible for him to let Zhu Yijun do this, not to mention that this matter is also related to the matter of establishing the crown prince, so it is even more impossible for Zhang Fan to turn a blind eye , he had to go to the palace to face the saint, explain the seriousness of this matter to Zhu Yijun, and he also wanted to persuade Zhu Yijun to come to the court as soon as possible.

When the matter came to this point, Wang Jiaping had actually succeeded. It was not about the matter of setting up the prince, but about the matter that he wanted Zhang Fan to get involved. It was indeed a success. In this way, Zhang Fan It's really hard to stay out of it,