The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Born as a prince, no matter how old or young, there are many privileges. Of course, there are differences among them. Some princes will be established as princes, and they will also ascend the throne in the future and become the new emperor. , but those princes who cannot become princes, and will not become emperors in the future, are not to say that they will die. At the very least, they will be crowned princes, and they will be crowned kings as princes. Compared with other hereditary princes, they are also What is different is that the prince can have a piece of land if he is named a prince. If he or his biological mother can get more favor from the emperor, then the land he can get will be better. Life will naturally be much better.

All in all, as a prince, even if he is not crowned prince, it is actually not a big deal if you think about it. Even if you think about it carefully, if you go outside to be a vassal king, there is nothing you can do. It’s all about spending money and enjoying life, but being an emperor has to work hard, not to mention dealing with the different opinions put forward by so many different people in the court. , but those princes and brothers who live without him are happy and happy. Of course, no one knows who would prefer such a thing.

But there is one thing that can be confirmed, as a prince, there are only two destinations in the future, either the emperor or the prince.

But even though that is the case, this prince cannot be sealed indiscriminately. Generally speaking, if the emperor only has one prince, then there is no need to think so much. This prince must be the prince, but if If there is more than one, then you have to wait. Only after the crown prince is established can you become a king. After all, every prince has the possibility of becoming a crown prince, so there is no rush for this matter. Once the crown prince is crowned, Only other princes can become kings.

Therefore, the three princes of Zhu Yijun, the first prince Zhu Changluo, the third prince Zhu Changxun, and the fifth prince Zhu Changgao, the ministers can only call them His Royal Highness, after all, they are not crowned princes and princes.

That is to say, among the three of them, one must be crowned prince first, and then the other two will be crowned princes.

In a word, even the crown prince has not been crowned yet, so how can it be possible to crown the king.

But Zhu Yijun didn't think about it that way. He had to do the opposite. Obviously, he should be crowned prince first and then king. Zhu Yijun just wanted to delay the time so that Zhu Changxun and Zhu Changluo could have a fair competition opportunity in the future. , so he came up with such a method, "Three Kings Simultaneously".

The three sons who have not yet been canonized are all conferred as vassal kings, and the position of the crown prince is waiting for nothing. In the future, things will be easy to talk about.

After Zhu Yijun came up with this method, he was a little complacent, and no matter how he thought about it, he felt that the method he came up with was really good, very good, but even so, Zhu Yijun was not so self-righteous that he felt that he was Emperor, so the decision I made will definitely be carried out. After all, I have experienced people like Zhang Juzheng and Wang Jiaping. What's more, the one who comes up now is Wang Xijue who is very kind to me but is actually very tough. Therefore, Zhu Yijun knew that if he raised this matter so abruptly, Zhu Yijun believed that the ministers in the court would never agree to it.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun needs someone in the court who can agree with his method and is willing to speak for him, and at the same time, this person's status in the court must not be too low.

After thinking about it, Zhu Yijun also thought of many people, Zhang Fan was the first one he thought of, but Zhang Fan would definitely not agree to this matter, Zhu Yijun still understood this very well.

And if even Zhang Fan, who had such a good relationship with Zhu Yijun, disagreed, Zhu Yijun knew that it would be even more useless to find someone else.

But not all people are like this, there is still one person Zhu Yijun can find, that is Wang Xijue, although Wang Xijue's persistence in court affairs is also very stubborn, but Zhu Yijun knows that Wang Xijue is still very accommodating to himself, Zhu Yijun didn't know the reason for Wang Xijue's behavior, but he did know about it, but he didn't have to know the reason for this kind of thing, just knowing this was enough.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun stopped talking too much, and directly approached Wang Xijue. After he finished talking to Wang Xijue about this matter, Zhu Yijun originally thought that Wang Xijue would object, and Zhu Yijun also did it in view of the possibility that Wang Xijue would object. Lots of preparation.

But in the end, what Zhu Yijun didn't expect was that Wang Xijue didn't say anything against him. After listening to what he said, Wang Xijue did hesitate, thinking about something, but after Wang Xijue finished thinking, he didn't say anything. Anyone who wanted to object, instead nodded in agreement with Zhu Yijun's method.

This surprised Zhu Yijun very much. He never thought that Wang Xijue would agree to this matter. Therefore, when he heard that Wang Xijue actually agreed to this matter, Zhu Yijun's expression was as surprised as he wanted. Surprised, but even if he was surprised, the most important thing is that now Wang Xijue has indeed agreed to his method, so for Zhu Yijun, everything is easy to say.

So, immediately afterwards, the two began to discuss how to deal with this matter, and since both of them agreed on this matter, Zhu Yijun, as the emperor, came up with such a solution, and Wang Xijue, as a minister, was also the head of the cabinet. Assistant, familiar with all the affairs of the court, so the planning is also very smooth.

As a result, it didn't take long for the two of them to discuss one, at least they thought it was a very good solution.

No, in fact, it is not that exaggerated to talk about the solution that was discussed. After all, this matter, no matter how you say it, is just like this. Not a bad time to talk about this.

Speaking of it, although both of them agreed to do this, they actually had different thoughts in their hearts. Zhu Yijun really wanted to do this, but Wang Xijue was not, and Wang Xijue was not stupid. After Zhu Yijun said this, he could imagine that if Zhu Yijun really did this, there would definitely be a lot of people in the court who would oppose it. After all, if he did this, he would not know how long it would take , and by that time, I am afraid that the form of the court will change a lot. The most important thing is that if it waits until then, Zhu Changluo's advantage as the eldest son of the emperor will be very small. Therefore, the ministers will definitely not agree. of.

I would like to add a word here, although they are all sons of the emperor and have the right to inherit the throne, and it is not a time of great chaos, in fact, it is not necessary to follow the rule of "establishing the elders but not the young" , but the reason why the ministers opposed Zhu Changxun was not because of how Zhu Changxun was. After all, Zhu Changxun is still a child now, no different from Zhu Changluo. No one knows whether it will be good or bad in the future.

The reason why the ministers opposed Zhu Changxun was entirely because of his mother concubine Zheng Guifei. Although Zheng Guifei was a concubine in the harem, people in the court knew her quite well. They all knew that Zheng Guifei was very scheming Yes, of course, if it's just scheming, then it doesn't matter. Thinking about Queen Mother Li back then, she was also very scheming.

But while Concubine Zheng is scheming, she is also very ambitious. Everyone knows this, but this is different. Queen Mother Li was indeed scheming back then, but she was not ambitious She just used her scheming in the harem, and has nothing to do with the court, and Empress Dowager Li never took the initiative to win over anyone in the court to use for her.

But Concubine Zheng is completely different. Not only is this woman scheming, but she holds the entire harem firmly in her hands. The most important thing is this woman, who is very ambitious. This point, Even if the officials in the DPRK have never been in contact with her, they still know this. After all, members of her Zheng family win people's hearts everywhere in the DPRK. won't do that.

In this way, it is very clear, if you have no ambition, then what are you doing in the court to attract so many people? These ministers have nothing to do with you, and even now you have suppressed the harem, not only will no one say anything, I am afraid that some people will secretly praise you for your good methods, but now you are good, not just in the harem Toss, even stretch your hands into the court, and start to toss these ministers. In this way, as long as you are an individual, you can see that your motives are not pure.

In this way, facing such a person whose motives are not pure, if her son becomes a prince, or even becomes an emperor in the future, then the whole world will fall into the hands of such a woman , this is not bad.

In fact, even now, I don’t know where it came from, but it is said that Concubine Zheng wants to be a woman like Empress Lu and Wu Yan.

And this kind of thing, naturally, these ministers will not agree.

Therefore, in fact, so many ministers in the court now oppose making Zhu Changxun the crown prince, and it is actually entirely because of Concubine Zheng.

In fact, when you think about it, this matter is really interesting. Originally, there was no difference between Zhu Changxun and Zhu Changluo. Because of Concubine Zheng who is very persistent in this matter, the ministers are the ones who oppose Zhu Changxun. In other words, there are so many people in the court who oppose Zhu Changxun and support Zhu Changluo. In fact, this situation is completely caused by Concubine Zheng. .

Unexpectedly, he obviously hoped that his son could become a prince and become an emperor in the future, so that a mother is more expensive than a child, and as the queen mother in the future, he will also be able to control the world.

But now it is because of her own thinking that it has become the biggest obstacle to this matter. I am afraid that Concubine Zheng does not know this yet, but if she knows, she does not know what she will do thought about it.

Of course, how Concubine Zheng Gui will think about this matter has nothing to do with the ministers in the court. If she is happy, the people in the court may be annoyed; I will be happier, it's such a simple relationship, but in reality, the ministers in the court don't care what will happen to Concubine Zheng.

In short, Zhu Yijun came up with such an idea, and not only him, but even Wang Xijue agreed with this idea. Although Wang Xijue's ideas may be different from Zhu Yijun's, the most basic thing is that he did it with the utmost care. Like Zhu Yijun, sometimes thoughts are very important; other times, actions are very important, but in this case, needless to say, actions are naturally more important.

After figuring it out, they also agreed to this matter, and the two of them also made a plan, and the rest is to announce this matter to the public.

Obviously, for Zhu Yijun, he felt that as the emperor, he had already discussed this matter with the chief minister of the cabinet, so it was very simple, and there was no need to do anything special, all he needed to do was tell the matter That's it.

Of course, Wang Xijue didn't think so in his heart, but Wang Xijue really didn't have any good solution for this matter, and the most important thing is that now he has already agreed to this matter, and he even "planned" with Zhu Yijun. "Well, in this way, even if you want to think about other thoughts, it will be useless at all.

Therefore, time is not a problem, and since time is not a problem, Zhu Yijun naturally hopes that the sooner this matter is announced, the better. After all, he can appease Concubine Zheng after completing this matter. He couldn't stand the imperial concubine making trouble with him like this every day.

Therefore, after the two agreed, they decided to bring up this matter in the morning court the next day.

In the early morning of the next day, the ministers were all very surprised, because Wang Xijue did not propose to Zhu Yijun the matter of establishing a crown prince. Although Wang Xijue was not as firm as Wang Jiaping on this matter, he was not as soft as Zhao Zhigao. Wang Xijue never mentioned things by name, but he would mention them, but today, Wang Xijue didn't say anything, which made the officials in the hall very puzzled.

But after that, Zhu Yijun spoke up: "My dear friends, I have something to say today, Mr. Ge, you should speak for me."

When Zhu Yijun spoke, all the ministers present were taken aback. It was not unprecedented in the past, but at that time the emperor issued imperial decrees, but this time, it was obvious that Zhu Yijun had something to discuss with the ministers. It was the first time, so the people present were very curious about Zhu Yijun's words.

But next, Zhu Yijun said to let Wang Xijue speak out. In this way, the people present had to start guessing what was going on.

And obviously, the thing that comes to mind the most, without a doubt, is definitely Li Chu's matter, and if Zhu Yijun can say it in such a calm manner, everyone present is guessing, if Li Chu decides, Then Zhu Changluo is most likely.

In just such a split second, almost everyone thought of the same place, and they all felt that this was really the case, and all of them felt happy. Needless to say, those who supported Zhu Changluo always felt that My persistence has won, and after Zhu Changluo ascends the throne in the future, I am afraid that he will not treat them lightly.

And even those who supported Zhu Changxun were happy in their hearts. After all, the reason why they supported Zhu Changxun was because the Zheng family forced them to do so. If it is over, no matter how angry the Zheng family members are, this matter will be over. In this way, they will be liberated from the persecution of this matter, which is naturally a matter for them. Good thing.

Of course, some people turned their attention to Zhang Fan. After all, everyone knew about the relationship between Zhang Fan and Zhu Yijun. If it was such an important matter, it was impossible for Wang Xijue to know about it, but Zhang Fan did not.

But what these people greeted was Zhang Fan shaking his head, and Zhang Fan also had an expression of not understanding what was going on.

Therefore, in the entire hall, everyone's eyes were fixed on Wang Xijue who stood up.

After Wang Xijue stood up, he turned around, faced the ministers, and said, "Now, the empress has not come out, so the crown prince should be left empty, and what your majesty means is that the three kings should be promoted simultaneously, and the three princes should be crowned kings for a while." In time, if the empress has not come out yet, then choose the crown prince from among the three princes, "

As soon as Wang Xijue finished speaking, he simply stood back.

And in the main hall, everyone who heard his words was stunned. They really didn't expect that Wang Xijue, or Zhu Yijun would say such a thing. It was completely different from what they thought just now. They will never accept things that are different, or even run counter to each other.

But now, what Zhu Yijun asked Wang Xijue to announce was not in the form of an imperial decree, so when these people refuted it, it was different.

If it was an imperial decree, then the people below would definitely stand up one by one in an orderly manner, kneel in front of Zhu Yijun and ask him to take back the imperial edict, but if the current matter is said like this, then things will be easy to handle. These people are a group of people Standing up, it didn't take long for the hall to be full of people kneeling, and this time, even Zhang Fan was no exception.

"I implore Your Majesty to take back the plan of 'Three Kings Simultaneously'," the voice was slightly noisy, resounding through the entire hall,