prosperous age

Chapter 420 Chapter 419
Yu Wang stood aside and began to reflect on his words and deeds during this time, while Wei Guangde stood quietly and observed.

So far, Wei Guangde feels that King Yu has a really good personality and is not difficult to get along with.

But King Yu is now thinking about memories, thinking of the time when he was still in the palace.

At that time, there were not only him and King Jing in the palace, but also the second elder brother, and the second elder brother was the destined prince.

Because the mother and concubine are not favored, King Yu has noticed since he can remember that the reward he received is much worse than that of his brother King Jing, let alone the second brother of the prince.

At that time in the palace, almost everything revolved around the second elder brother, as if the emperor father had only one son like him.

Perhaps it was at that time that King Yu developed a low self-esteem.

And when he entered the school for enlightenment, perhaps it was really because he was relatively stupid. No matter what knowledge he learned, he was a beat slower than the second brother and King Jing, and he seemed very dull.

But it doesn't matter. At that time, King Yu already knew from his mother and concubine that he would be a vassal king in the future. Since he was a vassal king, he naturally didn't need to know too much.

At that time, King Yu only hoped that such a carefree life could continue. When he became an adult, he would be chosen by his father to be a fief, and he could live freely in the country.

However, all this changed until that night. King Yu still remembered that the second elder brother who was with them day and night did not show up in the school for several days in a row.

Because they already knew before that the second elder brother would be formally crowned prince, and the prince would not be able to study in the study hall, but would go to the Wenhua Hall, which is the so-called "out of the pavilion", so they didn't care at first.

However, when they woke up and found that the palace was covered with white curtains, they knew that the second brother was actually dead.

Although those Tianyu kings didn't dare to say a word outside after being taught by their mother and concubine, their young hearts already understood the fragility of life. Thinking about the lively and active second brother before, he disappeared in just a few days.

After the second brother died, King Yu, as the oldest among the princes, thought that he would be valued by his father and receive the same treatment as the second brother, but in the end he still thought too much.

Even though the concubine mother tried her best to fight for him at that time, she failed because she was not favored. At that time, the concubine mother had been pretending to be very happy in front of him, but she often cried silently when she was behind his back.

King Yu saw all this and kept it in his heart.

However, for him at that time, there was nothing he could do, as if he was destined to miss that position.

The second elder brother died of illness suddenly, and he didn't understand what the illness was, but since then he has developed a cautious and cautious character. With a low self-esteem character, he appears even more dull and dull in the palace.

He moved out of the palace and moved into King Yu's mansion, because his mother and concubine and himself were not favored, so the items carried by King Yu were shabby compared to King Jing.

Afterwards, after his mother and concubine died of illness, King Yu began to live in fear, not because he was afraid that someone would murder him, but because he was the eldest child of Emperor Jiajing.

At that time, although King Yu knew that he should inherit the great treasure according to the ancestral system, he lacked paternal love since he was a child. The image of Emperor Jiajing in King Yu's mind was extremely vague, so he didn't think much about it, maybe it was in the palace. At that time, he always thought that he would only become a prince in the future.

Moreover, King Yu at that time was also extremely sensitive. When rumors spread that Emperor Jiajing might intend to make King Lijing his heir, he felt heartache and deep fear for a moment.

He was worried that he would be hated or even secretly murdered because his existence hindered King Jing from being crowned crown prince.

He didn't want to fight for that position. When his father arranged for Gao Gong to be a lecturer in the palace and take charge of all the affairs of the palace, King Yu chose to let go. He didn't want to take care of anything.

He entrusted the trustworthy eunuch Li Fang to arrange the affairs of the inner courtyard of the palace, while all the affairs of the outer courtyard of the palace were handed over to Gao Gong.

He wanted to use this method to express that he did not intend to compete for the throne, so that he could live a good life.

However, he did not expect that whether it was Li Fang or Gao Gong, who had arranged the affairs of the palace in an orderly manner, they were still working hard to expand their influence and power for him, and wanted to help him compete for the crown prince with all their strength.

It's just that King Yu at that time didn't intend to fight, but just watched their efforts silently and completely delegated power to them.

At first, King Yu delegated power just to show his indifferent way of handling things, but he didn't expect that such an approach would have such an effect. After decentralizing, the palace was well managed by Li Fang and Gao Gong, and there was no chaos at all.

And Gao Gong's tossing outside seems to have brought back the sense of presence of Prince Yu's Mansion in the capital. At least many officials in the court have more or less shown their closeness to Prince Yu's Mansion.

At this time, King Yu began to realize that to find a capable and trustworthy courtier, their ability can handle things better than him, without having to do everything by themselves.

Although King Yu's Mansion has also experienced many hardships, especially because of the Ministry of Households, the King Yu's Mansion was almost destroyed because of the disturbance. Not only did King Yu deeply understand the importance of money, but also the importance of rights.

Status, sometimes it is really not as good as a little real power.

However, it seems that just recently, after knowing that his father has confirmed that his fourth younger brother, King Jing, will be the domain of De'an Mansion, he suddenly became swollen.

Even at the beginning, when the battle between King Yu's Mansion and King Jing's Mansion was the most intense in the capital, King Yu actually didn't have many thoughts of fighting for the throne in his heart, but it was up to them to fight, because deep in his heart , I can't feel the Emperor Jiajing's concern for him at all. Will such an emperor pass on the throne to himself?
Yes, King Yu, who had no intention of fighting at all, was hit on the head by a pie for no reason. As the only prince who was left in Beijing, he knew what his future was.

And just today, he experienced fear again, which hadn't happened in many years.

At that time, because he was indifferent, no matter what storm he faced, he could deal with it calmly, but now?

Just because of Emperor Jiajing's words, I became worried about gains and losses, worried about losing what I was about to get.

At this time, King Yu looked at Wei Guangde, "You are right, you have been a little bit lately."

Speaking of this, King Yu was a little silent, and he continued after a while: "To tell you the truth, I didn't expect to be able to do it before."

Wei Guangde's words made Wei Guangde feel a little depressed, but he still didn't understand. When he first came into contact with Yuwang's mansion, he didn't realize that Yuwang didn't mean to fight for the heir at that time. Kings vying for the crown prince.

But what King Yu said just now does not seem to be false from the feelings he expressed.

At this moment, Li Fang who was beside King Yu was not there. When Wei Guangde came over, Li Fang had already gone to the carriage to talk to Chen Ju.

Although Chen Ju has been helping King Yu's mansion with things, he is in the way of the rules. After all, this is near Xiyuan, so it is not easy for him to come and meet King Yu directly.

There were only two people standing here talking, maybe it was because Wei Guangde had not been in the palace for a long time, and he hadn't shown a strong attitude of wanting King Yu to compete for the crown prince, so King Yu could say these words in front of him.

Although there were some contradictions, Wei Guangde still understood that it seemed that Gao Gong and the others carried King Yu forward along the way of King Yu's Mansion.

The basic qualities that a monarch must have, great talent and general strategy, cannot be seen from King Yu. This may be a successful monarch.

Looking at "Zizhi Tongjian", Wei Guangde knew the three basic qualities written in the book, as a king should possess, namely the so-called "benevolence", "ming" and "wu".

Three basic qualities must be possessed, namely the so-called "benevolence", "ming" and "wu".

"Benevolence" is the benevolence of the emperor. It does not mean being gentle and kind or full of benevolence and morality, but the benevolence of the world. It is necessary to "promote education, cultivate politics, nourish the people, and benefit all things."

Does King Yu have this quality?
King Yu is a good person. As for whether he has great benevolence and righteousness, Wei Guangde thinks that as long as his own interests are not harmed, King Yu should accept it. At least if the interests are not damaged too much, King Yu should be willing to show his " Benevolence".

"Ming" does not mean being able to see the details clearly, but refers to the king who can see the state of the country clearly, can distinguish the ability of his subjects, understands the way of governing the country, and has his own clear position.

In fact, the word "Ming" is a bit general, and Wei Guangde can't sum it up, but he knows the general meaning.

King Yu has lived outside the palace for many years. Although he has been walking among the people for a while, he is outside the palace after all, so he knows a lot. Let him down.

As for the way of governing the country, Wei Guangde felt that King Yu didn't think in that direction, or that he didn't have a specific goal. The word "bright" used on King Yu seemed a little dark.

As for the last "wu", it doesn't refer to martial arts, it doesn't mean that the king should use military force and kill aggressively, but it refers to taking advantage of the situation and making accurate and firm decisions based on reason, so as not to be deceived by gossip. influences.

Therefore, this "wu" does not mean to act arbitrarily, but to be courageous and responsible.

So can King Yu deserve the word "Wu"?
Obviously, judging from the previous situation where King Yu was concerned about gains and losses, King Yu could not afford to be a king.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help but feel the urge to support his forehead, King Yu is really not a qualified king.

But immediately, Wei Guangde thought that perhaps it was precisely because Yu Wang was such a person, a relatively weak king, that he might be able to give the talented ministers below him room to use their means.

Of course, King Yu could not be compared with Emperor Jiajing, who dared to fight Yang Tinghe and other ministers until he defeated them not only because he was the emperor, but also because he had a firm heart.

In fact, if Emperor Jiajing and King Yu neutralized each other, they would really be a perfect monarch in Sima Guang's eyes.

Emperor Jiajing has "Ming" and "Wu" in him, while King Yu has "benevolence" together.

In fact, based on the political situation in the early days of Jiajing, if Emperor Jiajing hadn’t changed his nature to practice Taoism, the Jiajing Dynasty might have ushered in a resurgence, but because Emperor Jiajing practiced Taoism, only the situation of "Jiajing New Deal" was created.

Of course, such a situation was not created by Emperor Jiajing. It can only be said that it was a group of ministers who chose to stand in line with Emperor Jiajing because of the "Great Rites". But it is precisely because they have been in the middle and lower levels of officialdom for a long time that they have a clear understanding of the various problems existing in the Ming court, and they can come up with practical solutions.

Although it seems that many new policies are not perfect, there are many flaws, resulting in many new policies are actually in a trial state, most of them are implemented in a certain province, not the whole Ming Dynasty, but it still greatly changes the political atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Emperor Jiajing would adopt these suggestions, to a large extent, it was also related to his ascension to the throne as a vassal king, and he needed to make some achievements to stabilize his position.

"Your Highness, it's not easy for us to get to this point. Please don't say what you said just now, Your Highness."

Wei Guangde bowed at this time and said to King Yu.

King Yu nodded, and said with a casual smile: "It's my king's fault, it made Guangde laugh."

At this moment, Zhang Juzheng, who was dressed in a green robe, was slowly approaching from a distance, with a relaxed expression on his face, obviously he had finished the matter.

"We should be done here."

King Yu saw it and spoke to Wei Guangde.

"That's right, you're done, Your Highness should go back to the palace as soon as possible, otherwise it's not good to be seen by others."

Wei Guangde reminded in a low voice.

Wei Guangde could understand that King Yu was worried about the previous incident and came here in person.

Now they have done everything they can do. At present, it seems that only Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites has not done a good job, but according to Wei Guangde's judgment, it should be harmless, so he started to think about the finishing touches.

After hearing Wei Guangde's words, King Yu nodded and looked in the direction Zhang Juzheng was coming from.

Not long after, Zhang Juzheng came over, and the eunuch beside him walked towards the carriage where Li Fang and Chen Ju were.

After Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng greeted each other, Yu Wang also handed Gao Gong's letter to Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng frowned slightly at first, and it took a long time for him to relax, and then he said something similar to Wei Guangde to Yu Wang.

"Your Highness, don't worry. What Wu Shangshu insists on is only the duty of the Ministry of Rites. If there are Qin Tianjian and those alchemists, His Majesty will not pay attention to Wu Shangshu's words."

Zhang Juzheng also understands that, as the minister of the Ministry of Rites, he played the role of rescue after the solar eclipse. As for Emperor Jiajing's thoughts, he and Wei Guangde have the same opinion. Those who know the most about gods and ghosts have the same opinion, and they should dispel Jiajing. The emperor's concerns are right.

What's more, Wei Guangde's excuse is also impeccable, that is, the riots in Fujian.

Before, the court's handling seemed to be inappropriate, and Zhang Juzheng also believed that stronger measures should be used to suppress it as soon as possible, otherwise Jiangnan might really cause major turmoil, which would be bad.

(End of this chapter)