Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 409 Prince Yi thinks deeply: Under the throne, there are all wind and snow swords
Zhu Jianqi was imprisoned in the Zhongzheng Hall.

When the Forbidden City was being renovated in the ninth year of Jingtai, there was no money to build the Zhongzheng Hall. The Zhongzheng Hall was built in the 21st year of Jingtai.

The entire Zhongzheng Hall consists of Yuhua Pavilion, Yanqing Hall, Baohua Hall, Fuchen Hall and Yanfu Palace.

Yuhua Pavilion is dedicated to the Lamaist Buddhas.

Yanqing Hall is dedicated to Taoist immortals.

Baohua Hall is dedicated to the gods and Buddhas of Yi religion.

Fuchen Hall is dedicated to the gods of Christianity.

Yanfu Palace was built fifty years after Jingtai and was used to worship the gods of Mazu Temple.

Zhu Jianqi was imprisoned here, but he kept cursing him every day. The deposed Crown Princess Yang came to persuade her once, but she was scolded so much that she vomited blood and couldn't afford to fall ill after she returned.

No matter how much Zhu Jianqi scolded him, the attendants turned a deaf ear and remained silent.

"Sometimes when an emperor lives too long, it may not be a good thing."

Zhu Jianzhen was about to speak, but Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Fourth, I don't have much time left."

The entire Nuan Pavilion was wrapped in thick foam, the beams were removed, and there was no open flame. It was enough to ensure that he would not die.

Apart from preventing him from committing suicide, they paid no attention to anything else.

Zhu Jianjian can indeed understand the boss, but the person lying on the collapse is their biological father. His father dedicated his life to the Ming Dynasty, and in the end he didn't even have a decent dragon robe.

"Fourth brother, give him a way to survive."

Zhu Qiyu slowly turned his head and looked at him with a crooked face: "Fourth, do you want to merge the Ming Dynasty and the Shang Kingdom?"

Just sitting on the Fengtian Hall.

As a result, when he was about to die, the prince was so unfilial, making the old man's last journey uneasy. It can even be said that if this matter had not happened, the old emperor would have lived to be ninety.

"Fourth."

Such an emperor is respected and loved by the world as if he were a god.

Zhu Qiyu, who was sick, said slowly: "I have also been reflecting on it these days. The boss has been driven crazy by me."

He sat on the ground and cried.

"Anyone would be crazy. He has no military power, otherwise he would definitely rebel."

"I have been a prince for fifty-seven years, but I cannot bear to be unable to obtain the throne."

After being a prince for so many years, how could it be possible that there are not even a few loyal people?

The old emperor dealt with government affairs for seventeen consecutive days. On the second day after King Shang returned to the palace, he fell ill. He relied on his strong willpower to support King Shang back to the capital.

But they were sent to assassinate the fourth child, but there was no news, indicating that these people were killed. He seemed to be the prince in charge of the world, and he seemed to have more power than the sky, but in fact he had nothing.

Zhu Jianji said nothing.

He sat on the ground and cried for a long time. It was rare that he didn't curse anyone today.

"He has been shouldering a huge responsibility since he was a child, and he has been carrying it for more than fifty years. I blame him, the courtiers are finding fault, and people all over the world compare him with me. He feels miserable."

"I gave him great hope, but he couldn't get it. I asked him to be the prince, but he was shrouded in my shadow and lived a very depressed life."

"He is a miserable man."

"Besides, if he has an outstanding brother like you to compare with, he would have already gone crazy."

"Dad, my son is unfilial!" Zhu Jianyang kowtowed to the ground.

"You're luckier than him."

"Fortunately, we didn't end up in a situation where father and son were at war with each other."

These days, it is said that he is responsible for the administration, but in fact, half of the memorials are read and half are thrown away, and only half of them are swallowed up.

It was obvious that he had been completely forgotten.

He couldn't do it in colorful clothes, but he didn't want to give Zhu Jianqi a way out.

"At least he has been having fun outside for more than thirty years and has been a real emperor for thirty years."

"If the argument is wrong, I am the most wrong."

“Territory isn’t everything.”

"If it were me, I would go crazy after being the prince for decades."

"I never noticed it. I thought that being accommodating would change his character. In the end, it turned into a situation where father and son cannibalize each other."

"So he scolds and curses me every day. He is right. I shouldn't live for such a long time."

"I ascended the throne at the age of twenty-two. I am a young man who succeeds in his ambition. He is fifty-seven years old and is still the prince. Even though he is in power, the credit still goes to me."

"Just think of it as your filial piety to me."

But he knew the news that Zhu Jianji had returned to the palace.

"The bigger the country, the better."

He had no intention of enfeoffing the Shang Kingdom at all, but wanted to fight all the way west to open up the main road between the Ming Dynasty and the Shang Kingdom and integrate the two countries into one.

"The Ming Dynasty is already big enough and cannot expand anymore."

"The human heart is hard to control. When you are unable to do what you want, you will be pushed away by the officials and the people of the world."

At this moment, Zhu Qiyu had a deep understanding.

Changing the prince was not forced into the palace by hundreds of officials.

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to change the prince, but everyone in the world wanted to change the prince. What could he do?
"Humans, one day they will eventually grow old."

"I'm old."

"You're not getting any younger."

"Even if your son is diligent and a wise man, what about your grandson? Where's your great-grandson? There will eventually be a prodigal son, and he will definitely throw away the country you worked so hard to win."

"It is very difficult for Ming Dynasty to maintain such a territory."

"Recently, I have been reading Yuan History again."

"Do you know what I read?"

"The demise of the Yuan Dynasty was directly related to the large territory."

"The territory is too large, so we can only implement an extensive economy. To put it bluntly, it is a tax farming system. This kind of rough management will breed bugs everywhere and eventually swallow up the Great Yuan."

"Even if there is a railway, it cannot reach every corner."

"Let's just talk about the Ming Dynasty. Did the imperial power really go to the countryside?"

"Old Si, it's easy to conquer the world, but it's difficult to sit in the world."

"Why did I divide the kings among themselves instead of swallowing them all into the Ming Dynasty? Because if the Ming Dynasty cannot swallow them, even if there is a railway, it will be of no use."

"It took me twenty years to conquer the world, but it will take me two hundred years to govern it."

"I don't have two hundred years, Fourth, do you?"

Zhu Jianji had a look of hesitation on his face.

In his heart, he didn't want to let the boss go.

But since the old emperor used filial piety to suppress him, he could just pick a small country in Europe and let the eldest son succeed him.

He is not worthy of being asked to succeed the Shang Kingdom. What qualifications does an unfilial person have to be the emperor of the largest overseas country?

The old emperor also talked about the issue of territory.

This goes against his philosophy.

The Shang Kingdom is still in a foreign country, constantly expanding its territory, and it is still expanding now. It has not seen the territorial limit mentioned by the old emperor.

"When I sat in this position, I gradually realized that I couldn't help myself."

"Why not the boss?"

"Is what he did following his heart?"

"no."

"When he takes the position of prince, there will be all kinds of advisers around him. They will control your mind and amplify all your emotions. They can make a person crazy, and they can also turn a person into a tyrant or a coward. Of course , can also become a wise and wise king.”

"What is faint and what is virtuous? It's their standard."

"It is a compulsory course for disciples to amplify the master's emotions and give him advice."

"The reason why the boss has reached this point is certainly due to me, but why not driven by the world's civil and military forces? They made the prince crazy and forced him to go crazy. I knew it, but I had to go with the flow."

"Do you know the reason?"

Zhu Qiyu slowly turned his head and looked at the ceiling: "Because I am old. I never felt so powerless when I was young."

"Even though the power of the world is still in my hands."

"I can't do anything anymore."

"With or without it, there is no difference."

"When I was fifty, I could handle government affairs for six or seven hours a day. Now, I can't handle it for even an hour."

"After I finished saying this sentence, I forgot that sentence and kept doing the same thing over and over again."

"People are old and useless."

"So, I know that there is a conspiracy to promote the replacement of the crown prince, but I have to tolerate it. When I am sixty years old, I must find out everything."

"Fourth, you are fifty-seven years old this year, and you still don't feel aging. You are lucky."

"When you are sixty-seven or seventy-seven, will you still be like you are now?"

"The boss will go crazy, and so will your prince."

"Fourth, listen to dad's advice."

"The territory is too big for any good."

Zhu Jianjian's prince Zhu Youyi is also thirty-eight years old this year. After being the prince of Shang for so many years, does he really have no idea at all?
The old emperor was right, old people are criticized, and the emperor is no exception.

If Zhu Jianji lives another twenty years, his son will also go crazy.

No, if he lives for another ten years, his son will rebel.

At that time, if he was fighting outside and his son ascended the throne in Beijing, what would he do? He will face something more embarrassing than Yang Guang.

When Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo, Yang Xuangan rebelled, causing the northern expedition to end hastily.

And his son Zhu Youyi has ascended the throne. Is he embarrassed?
"But I am unwilling to give up the foundation of the Shang Kingdom to others." Zhu Jianjian listened to it more or less.

"Give it up to someone else? Is it also called giving it up to someone else if you give it up to your brother or nephew?"

Zhu Qiyu said: "He even gave up the throne to you. Why would he be reluctant to part with the Shang Kingdom?"

Obviously, the old emperor wanted Zhu Jianqi to be the King of Shang and the Emperor of Shang.

Zhu Youquan became the Prince of Shang.

It is equivalent to the exchange of foundations between Zhu Jianji and Zhu Jianqi.

But Zhu Jianji wanted to unify the world, at least the two continents of Asia and Europe, and made the Ural Mountains the central axis of the Ming Dynasty and the new holy mountain of the Ming Dynasty.

But this is obviously very unrealistic. Even in the modern era of high-speed rail and airplanes, it is impossible for such a terrorist country to be born.

The larger the territory, the faster the division.

Lao Su is the best example. He has annexed too many countries. These countries are not rich countries and have not yet had a century-old state.

Bitter and cold lands are easy to occupy, but the people in these lands have to be supported. Even if they are not supported, they will not be able to retain them, and they will still go to warmer areas. This is inevitable for economic development.

The Ming Dynasty occupies more than 10 million of the sacred land, and it is already very good to be able to keep it.

The general trend of the world must be divided if it stays together for a long time, and it must unite if it stays divided for a long time.

"father?"

Zhu Jianzhen wanted to say something else, but found that his father was asleep.

Halfway through the words, the old man's energy could no longer be sustained.

Zhu Jianji sighed deeply and exited the Yangxin Hall. He was still getting familiar with the palace. The crown prince's canonization ceremony had not yet been held. The old emperor meant that the sooner the better, and it was initially scheduled for the fifth day of May.

Even though he was not officially canonized, Zhu Jianji began to handle government affairs.

He lived in Cining Palace and handled the government affairs of the world.

In the next few days, Zhu Qiyu did not send an imperial edict to see Zhu Youquan, even though Zhu Youquan would go to Shu every day and request to visit the old emperor.

However, the old emperor was not allowed to do so, but he gave an oral instruction to reassure him.

As Zhu Youquan who lost his grandson position, it was really unfair.

He moved back to the Longevity Palace, and all the ministers and counselors who had gathered around him disappeared overnight.

After hearing that the emperor was ill, he went to the doctor every day and asked for decoctions, but was rejected by the court.

He should hate his fourth uncle.

But after his fourth uncle came to power, the first thing he did was to eliminate corruption.

In this special era of alternation between old and new, King Shang dared to directly eliminate corruption and show off his great talents and strategies.

This is another overlord like the old emperor.

Zhu Jianqi is far inferior.

In terms of national policies, Zhu Jianjian completely followed the national policies formulated by the old emperor. On the first day he took office, he spent more than one billion, and every day after that, he poured out money like a tide.

The capital was prospering visibly to the naked eye. Even though there were bubbles in this prosperity, it was really prosperous.

This is a benefit that Zhu Jianji must spread when changing the crown prince. Otherwise, how can the whole world celebrate?

Zhu Jianji expanded the Metropolitan Procuratorate to include five branches: southeast, northwest, and middle, dividing the country into five parts. He added censors and supervisors, strengthened the supervision center, and inspected local areas.

Further expand the authority of the Kedao spokesperson.

Obviously, unlike Zhu Jianqi, he felt guilty and worried about people talking nonsense.

Zhu Jianji may not necessarily be broad-minded, but he definitely dares to listen to the truth, because he dares to kill people and is also waiting for the opportunity to burn three fires to establish his power.

A vigorous crackdown on corruption began.

First clear out the functional departments such as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Supervisory History, and Factory Security, then clear out the center, and then clean up the local areas. No one can escape.

In the first week after Zhu Jianji took office, he executed more than 798 people, deprived families of their property, denounced central officials, and all the prisons in the capital were overcrowded.

The Beijing inspections will be restarted and inspections will be carried out every three years instead of every one year.

He followed the old emperor's political philosophy, which was to put the mediocre down and the capable up. The scope of the capital inspection was expanded to include all those who eat public food, and everyone must be inspected.

The most ruthless thing Zhu Jianjian did was to kill everyone in the Railway Bureau and Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Industry.

Within seven days, a minister of the Ministry of Industry, a minister of the Ministry of Industry, and more than 70 other ministers and chief ministers were killed.

Among them, nobles participated, and twelve people won the title, including the Jimo family.

Suddenly, the entire center was trembling with fear.

He stationed the elite of the Shang Kingdom in the capital camp and had more than 60,000 cavalry at his disposal, which was his greatest confidence.

The court's evaluation of King Shang has changed from good to bad, while the public opinion is exactly the opposite, and they all support King Shang's fight against corruption.

The Ming Dynasty's stolen goods and punishment treasury had long been in disrepair.

Haven't used it for too long.

After a week of killing, the entire treasury of stolen goods and punishments was filled.

Seeing that he wanted to kill people, Zhu directly issued an edict, announcing that all stolen money and fines would be used for civil welfare construction.

Market confidence has rebounded visibly.

The courtiers who had welcomed Zhu Jianji in the first place were regretting it now.

This guy has no martial ethics.

We supported you, but you started killing us. You could kill a few, but you didn't let your blood flow like a river.

Only at this moment did everyone realize the terror of the emperor.

Emperor Jingtai was not an emperor on horseback, but he was not merciless in killing people. Now that he was a real emperor on horseback, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were trembling again.

Zhu Jianji gave Zhang Fuhua a beautiful posthumous title and attended his funeral.

As the big devil in his childhood memories, the two of them kept exchanging letters. Their relationship was deep, but they were separated forever. He missed this old friend very much.

He promoted Leonardo da Vinci and promoted a group of courtiers who once had good relations as new princelings.

Then the killing spree began.

"Good kill."

Zhu Qiyu had just finished his porridge, and there were not many teeth left. The technology of dental implants these days was mediocre, and eating after the implants was not pleasant and troublesome.

"Fourth, you are the only one who has this courage."

"I originally placed my hope in my grandson, but after he came to power, he was corrupted by the court officials and forgot his promise to me."

"You are different. You are the emperor immediately."

"Bringing tens of thousands more elite cavalry, we can control the absolute security of Gyeonggi."

"But this number of troops is not enough. If we continue to mobilize troops from Shang State, and then from Wei State and Xi State to Beijing, your brothers will be more convinced of you and will definitely be willing to lend you troops."

"When purging the court, never touch the interests of the military."

"When the purge in the court is completed, we will purge the army."

Zhu Qiyu said: "The passages up and down in Ming Dynasty are not smooth. Sooner or later, there will be big problems. We must kill them and create a bloody road to make the up and down roads smooth and let the people at the bottom come up."

"A noble man from a humble family is a useful knife."

"You have been the emperor for so many years, you should know this. You don't need me to teach you step by step."

While talking, Zhu Qiyu wanted to stand up and take a walk.

Zhu Jianjian supported him: "Dad, my son knows that you will support him!"

This is his father!
He always puts the interests of Ming Dynasty first. Anyone who blocks the development of Ming Dynasty will be killed without hesitation, just like Zhu Jianqi.

"The support is just lip service."

"In terms of practical actions, I can't support it anymore."

"Your Majesty, as long as I don't move their interests, they will support me."

"But once I move, it won't be possible."

"Isn't it true that the boss wants to show favor, so I want to rebel against him?"

"You can eliminate corruption and kill people, but don't seize titles easily, let alone kill clans, let alone take away their lifeblood."

"In this case, Xungui will always be the sword in your hand."

Zhu Jianji understood.

In fact, in terms of crime, the noble's crime is enough to be punished by the clan, but it is just a title deprivation. Normally, the title deprivation is temporary. As long as you are obedient and obedient in a few years, you will be given a title, but the world certificate is not necessarily the case. .

There is only one Jimo family property, only the Jimo family property, and the title is still there.

It can be said that the fourth child is very good at dealing with nobles.

"Use factory guards well."

"I have adopted orphans over the years, and every year I attract new people from them and fill them into the factory guards."

"You have to make good use of them. They are your eyes in both the government and the public."

Having said this, Zhu Qiyu paused: "Did you know that my real trump card is called shadow."

"They are all elites selected from the best of the nursing homes."

"You can only enter the shadow after special training."

"Shadow, everyone has a single line of contact. Only I have their entire list, no one else."

"This is my trump card and my only trump card in governing the government."

"Boss, I don't know the list of shadows either."

Zhu Qiyu sighed: "It's not that I don't trust the boss, it's that he can't bear this heavy responsibility. If you leave it to him, it will be leaked soon, and then the shadow will be penetrated into a sieve, and it will be useless."

"I leave them to you today. I believe you can make good use of them."

Zhu Jianji knelt down to thank him.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Supporting me is more important than thanking you."

The implication is that these false gifts are useless, please let your brother go.

"Son, I agree to your request!" Zhu Jianji agreed and sealed Zhu Jianqi to the Shang Kingdom, and the two brothers changed kingdoms.

"Okay, okay!"

Zhu Qiyu was a little excited: "Your mind is broader than mine. Back then I couldn't tolerate my brother, and I was always criticized by the people."

"The Emperor of Eastern Europe, the largest country among the vassal states in the world, he is worthy."

"Tomorrow, grandson Xuan...oh, let's go into the palace."

Zhu Qiyu is used to it.

The new grandson Zhu Youyi is still presiding over the affairs of the Shang Kingdom.

"My failure, you must learn to sum up the experience, do not repeat the same mistakes, and remember that father and son can kill each other." Zhu Qiyu was talking about Zhu Youyi.

"My son knows." Zhu Jianjian nodded, but he actually had no clue.

This thing is an endless loop.

Unless the grandson is independent of the world and has no ambitions, such a person is not suitable for the emperor of this huge empire.

A good emperor must have ambition and the ability to match his ambition.

Such people just don't want to be subordinate.

"Where did I just say?"

"Oh." Zhu Qiyu remembered: "I asked Concubine Tan to move in with me. She is the only one left with me among my concubines. If the two palaces are separated like this, life will be really uncomfortable. Although It’s not in line with etiquette, but I don’t want to worry about that.”

"My son, I will help you block the rumors from the previous dynasty." Zhu Jianzhen didn't care about this trivial matter.

"Fourth brother, even though you are no longer young, you still have to take care of concubines. At least you will have someone who knows the truth when you are old. Unlike me, I am the only one left by your side."

Zhu Jianjian, like the old emperor, was a monk.

He only had four sons, three of whom were enfeoffed, and there were not many concubines in his harem. The point was that he was not interested in having concubines. He preferred to fight on the battlefield, and then rob other people's concubines, and then reward them to his subordinates after he finished his own.

"My son, I obey the decree." Zhu Jianji didn't quite listen.

Now that he has just taken office, it is a good time to make achievements. How can he waste time on women?
Your boss is not filial, but my boss is very filial.

You are too kind to your sons, so you are not filial. I will not do this to those brats. They are just tools for me to become the emperor.

"Dad, it's sunny outside. Can my son help you go out and take a look?" Zhu Jianjian said.

"Forget it, you still have big things to do. You have just been in charge of the government, and you can't handle it. Now you are confused. Go and get busy. Remember to transfer elites from the Shang Kingdom to rotate with the elites of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Qiyu gave him a few words of advice and let him go.

Zhu Jianji knelt down and saluted.

He has not knelt for thirty years, and he has to kneel almost every day these days, but he is willing to do so. Being able to serve under his father's knees is what all feudal kings dream of.

The old man is easy to serve and not too picky.

Zhu Jianzhen brought the eunuchs, palace maids and even some guards with swords in the Shang Kingdom. It can be said that the entire East Palace belongs to him.

And the guards with swords in the palace were all fawning over the new prince.

The maids serving in the palace are all trying to infiltrate the East Palace and contribute to the family. The entire Ming Dynasty is trying to infiltrate the Shang people and drag them down collectively.

Zhu Jianji was well aware of the bad intentions of these people.

He also knows that his own people will fall quickly, this is human nature.

He must seize this window of opportunity to reorganize the court and light up three fires.

The next day, Zhu Youquan entered the palace to pay homage to the old emperor.

"Of all my children and grandchildren, you are the only one I feel sorry for."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Your father is crazy and has little to do with you. In fact, I have also thought about setting you up, but Emperor Jianwen's lessons have made me give up this idea."

"You blame me, but I don't blame you."

Zhu Youqi's tears fell: "My grandson dare not blame grandpa, it is his fate that is bad."

"Yes, when you are born into a royal family, you have to face situations in which you have no choice but to do what you want."

Zhu Qiyu said slowly: "I have already discussed with your fourth uncle that your father will inherit the foundation of the Shang Kingdom. After the prince is canonized, I will make him the King of Shang. He will never return to the Ming Dynasty if he goes abroad."

"You are Prince Shang. You will succeed your father a hundred years from now."

"I will also find ways to arrange your other brothers so that you don't have to worry about anything."

"This is the only thing I can do for you."

These words made Zhu Youqi unwilling, but also uncomfortable.

He clearly felt the old man's death aura.

After being so angry with his father, he probably won't be able to survive for a few days.

But they are still worrying about their descendants. It is true that descendants are indebted to descendants.

"You should find a chance to persuade your father not to go to extremes. If the Ming prince doesn't do it, he won't do it. It's not a bad idea to become the emperor of the Shang Kingdom."

Zhu Qiyu asked him to step back, and suddenly stopped him: "Tell him, I don't blame him."

"Grandpa!" Zhu Youqi didn't expect that his grandfather would say such a sentence.

Zhu Jianqi made such a fuss, the Ming Dynasty suffered great losses, the old emperor lost five years of his life, the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil, and it was not an exaggeration to be sentenced to death.

But the old emperor said this.

Don't blame him.

Only yourself to blame.

It’s really great for your children and grandchildren.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "When you get old, no matter how many regrets and unwillingness you have, take them to the grave and don't leave them to your children and grandchildren."

He dedicated his life to the Ming Dynasty, but before his death, he burned his last drop of energy for his children and grandchildren.

When Zhu Youqi told Zhu Jianqi this.

Zhu Jianqi kept cursing, and from time to time he also cursed Zhu Youquan for being useless. When Zhu Youquan said the sentence "Don't blame him," Zhu Jianqi suddenly froze: "He, he said he doesn't blame me?"

At this moment, Zhu Jianqi had not washed or bathed for more than ten days. Her hair was disheveled and her whole body smelled bad.

"Grandpa said it's not your fault." Zhu Youqi cried.

"Don't blame me, don't blame me?"

Zhu Jianqi muttered to himself, but he couldn't listen to anything else Zhu Youqi said.

In the evening, Zhu Jianqi committed suicide by swallowing a foam lunch box.

The imperial doctor has already gone to rescue him.

The news was brought to the East Palace, but not to the Yangxin Palace.

"Unfilial! Disobedient! Bastard!"

"Are you tough now? What were you thinking about before?"

Zhu Jianzhen immediately exploded: "He wants to die. Is it okay to die after going abroad? Does he want to force his father to death? Doesn't he have any filial piety in his heart?"

"The entire palace is under martial law, no news is allowed to enter the Yangxin Palace!"

"Whoever dares to pass on even a single word will be punished by the Nine Clans!"

Zhu Jianji had a fierce look on his face: "If you tell the hospital again, you must save him at all costs! He wants to die, it's not that easy!"

"Execute all those who guard, deliver food, and serve!"

Throughout the Forbidden City, there was a roar of wind.

Everyone has heard that the deposed prince committed suicide by swallowing foam, and the Imperial Hospital is still rescuing him, so he is not sure whether he is alive or dead. But the new prince was furious and killed many people, and the news was strictly prohibited from reaching the Yangxin Palace.

On the contrary, the old emperor slept soundly.

He and Tan Yunxian slept on the same bed and were almost inseparable.

Two lonely old men joined a group to keep warm.

He used to take care of etiquette and sleep in separate palaces, but now that Zhu Jianji has succeeded to the throne, he doesn't care anymore.

When Zhu Jianqi was the prince, he had to be a god to protect Zhu Jianqi.

And when Zhu Jianji becomes the prince, he can be unscrupulous. An excellent prince can protect him from wind and rain.

The next day, he didn't know about Zhu Jianqi's suicide.

However, the East Palace received news that Zhu Jianqi had been rescued. He was not dead, but he seemed to be crazy and spoke incoherently and in a mess.

Zhu Jianjian showed no mercy to him: "Place him back and everything will be as usual, waiting for him to be granted the title of King of Shang, and he will be immediately sent to the Shang Kingdom to succeed him as a vassal."

Even though the old emperor did not have to pay homage at dawn and dusk, he still went to pay his respects every day after morning court.

"I told you not to come, why are you bothering? How old are you? Take care of your health, it's better than anything else."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "What is this man doing in his life? When he was young, he was devoted to his career, and when he is old, he is devoted to his children. At my age, I am better than you."

"Those sisters of yours rarely come to the palace to see me."

"And in these years, in order to be a god, I have to take care of this and that. I can't issue orders to them to enter the palace every day and be at my knees."

Zhu Jianji frowned.

This is not because Zhu Jianqi did something bad. Four of his younger sisters have already passed away, and his eldest sister Gu'an has also been gone for a long time. These old emperors don't know.

Zhu Jianqi was also concerned about his health and did not tell him.

Precisely because the princess was at risk of death, other princesses did not dare to enter the palace, fearing that the old emperor would think of his other daughters and spill the beans.

In the past few years, princesses often served in the palace.

Among the disciples, the old King Qixuan has also passed away, the eldest brother has gone crazy, and the fifth son has been assassinated. According to the messenger, he is speechless and may not die soon.

"After I have stabilized the situation of the court, I will let my sisters enter the palace to serve you." Zhu Jianjian said with a smile.

Zhu Qiyu nodded with satisfaction: "Who did the assassination of Lao Wu happen?"

"Still checking." Zhu Jianji hesitated.

"But you found someone you shouldn't be investigating?"

Zhu Qiyu pointed at King Zhao.

Among the four sons of Zhu Jianji, King Zhao was the most ambitious, with both motives and abilities.

"If the evil son dares to kill his own uncle, he will be killed without mercy."

Zhu Jianjian said seriously: "But it shouldn't be him. He went to court to refute the matter a few days ago. The minister of Dali Temple has already gone to Zhao State to investigate."

"My son suspects that he is the King of Chu."

"Which King of Chu?" Zhu Qiyu was stunned. One was in Europe and the other was in South America.

The reason why there are two Chu kings is because Zhu Youtang has always wanted to change the country's name, and Chu is a big country's name and cannot be sealed casually.

"The King of Chu in Europe."

"he?"

Zhu Qiyu wondered: "Why does he sow discord among my disciples? Even though he has ambitions for hegemony, he has no strength. The key is, what benefits can he get by assassinating the kings?"

"I haven't figured it out either."

Zhu Jianjian said helplessly: "But the evidence points to him."

"My son doesn't believe it either, so it's still under investigation."

As long as it's not King Zhao.

If it were King Zhao, wouldn't this force Zhu Jian to kill his son?

"Father, there is actually another possibility."

Zhu Jianji pointed at the Yangxin Hall: "This Manchu minister wanted to put a rope on his son, so he imitated the king and committed a crime."

"The purpose is to make the sons and ministers useful to them."

This possibility does exist.

But there are not many courtiers who have this ability, and they can be counted.

"Dad, do you think they dare?" Zhu Jianjian was also hesitant.

"Dare, they dare!"

Zhu Qiyu said very solemnly: "Fourth brother, don't think that you can go sideways in the Ming Dynasty because you have a team from the Shang Kingdom."

"One month!"

"Even sooner, your Shang Guo team will be assimilated, corrupted, and no longer loyal to you."

"Even if you select powerful ministers from the common people, it will still be difficult for them to use their fists. They will still have to enter this big dyeing vat and be dyed into colorful colors, which are not the colors of the royal family."

"The Ming Dynasty is different from your Shang Kingdom."

"There are more than 5,000 years of rules in this land. Rules that no one can break. Even when I was young, I could only break them for twenty years at most. In the end, I would return to the starting point."

"Such terrifying rules will quickly devour your team."

"If you are still complacent about your team, your death is not far away."

"Don't think I'm being alarmist."

"Why should I hand over my shadow to you? It's to protect your life."

These words frightened Zhu Jianjian.

He is the emperor of Ma Ma. He has encountered many fatal crises without dying. Will he die in this small palace? The key is that he is still the prince, the future emperor!
But the answer the old emperor gave him was far beyond his expectation: yes, it must be yes.

"Sitting in this seat is actually just following the general trend."

"If you follow their wishes, you will be the Holy King."

"If you go against their will, you deserve to die."

"The boss is an example."

"In terms of weakness, the boss is number one. This is the best mascot. Why should it be replaced?"

"Even I can't stop him from being replaced. You know what a terrible promoter there is."

"Fourth child, I ask you to learn from the failure experience of me and the boss, you have to take it to heart."

"Think about it, why was the boss replaced?"

"After he was replaced, he was able to save his life. Even if I wanted to kill him, the court officials would stop me. Why?"

"rule!"

"His crime is not worthy of death, or in other words, he is a qualified monarch, but it is not in the interests of most people, so he was replaced. This kind of rule is precisely to protect him and allow him to save his life. It shows that everyone is practicing the rules and maintaining the rules.”

"And you."

"You are a horse-riding emperor and a pioneering monarch. Why would the courtiers support you? Have you ever thought about it?"

Zhu Jianji shook his head.

Indeed, his existence was not in the interests of the civil servants, but the civil servants unanimously supported him.

On the contrary, the nobles who should support him the most have the smallest voice.

Really weird.

"Because your son is a conservative king and he fits the image of a perfect emperor in the minds of civil servants, so they chose you."

"The reason why I didn't choose Quer is because the example of Emperor Jianwen was before me."

"They don't care about the royal family fighting each other. They are worried that their own interests cannot be guaranteed."

"To put it bluntly, we are afraid of difficulties. In the event of a war, everyone's interests will not be preserved, so this situation must not occur."

"Even if I want to establish him, I can't succeed."

Zhu Qiyu cut open the heart and told it to Zhu Jianji.

Only at this moment did Zhu Jianji understand: "So I am just a transitional person? So after a hundred years, your son will die inexplicably?"

"You will die quietly."

"That's why now, they let you slaughter the court. Only in this way will more people stand on their side and your death will be accelerated."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Back then, I also encountered the same dilemma as you."

Zhu Jianjian immediately understood, if he had never met him before, why would the old emperor know everything about it? But he was very supportive of murder, proving that this path was beneficial to the imperial power.

In fact, one cannot simply distinguish between loyalty and treachery.

For example, Yang Yiqing was a defender of the Ming Dynasty, but he carried out unprecedented political experiments in the Jin Kingdom and made fun of the Jin Dynasty's political affairs.

Like Liu Daxia, he is obviously a power monster, but he will stand up for the emperor at critical moments. He cannot be said to be a bad person, nor can he be said to be a good person.

Good or bad cannot be judged at all because it is inaccurate and too absolute.

Top politicians like this are very complicated.

Each stage of life has different characteristics. If you want to analyze it in detail, you must analyze it based on the background and mentality at that time to get the relative results.

Why is it relative? Because there is huge contingency in a person's decision. Maybe a butterfly will make a different decision by flapping its wings.

"Dad, what did you do back then?" Zhu Jianyan understood immediately.

"Endure it, kill it, and finally blend in."

Zhu Qiyu didn't have a good idea.

It's nothing more than being patient first, then getting rid of people who are not in his interests, and finally integrating with people who are in his interests and becoming them.

"Join if you can't beat him. Nothing new, right?" Zhu Qiyu looked at him, and this was exactly the way to protect himself.

Zhu Jianji smiled bitterly: "Then you still support my son's murder?"

"How can you establish your authority if you don't kill people?"

"Why is the boss a soft persimmon? Because he doesn't dare to kill anyone!"

"You kill them until they bleed like rivers, and they will obey you and be afraid of you. When you sense something is wrong, you have to start merging with them."

"Why do I live to such an old age?"

"Just because no one in the world can let me die."

"In the past, the boss was so stupid that everyone in the world was worried that if I died, the interests of everyone in the world would be harmed, so I must live."

"Today, you came to succeed the throne. Your butcher knife made people tremble. Everyone in the world needs me as a protective talisman, so I must live."

"And you."

"As soon as my front foot dies, your back foot will follow."

Do you think I'm just a tool?

Zhu Jianzhen thought of another level: "Dad, if your son doesn't kill anyone, can he live a long life?"

"You think beautifully."

"The boss doesn't kill people, so he is treated as a soft persimmon and eventually rubbed into obsolescence."

"Que'er doesn't kill people, so the people in the world don't obey him."

That is to say, if you don't kill people, people won't be afraid of you; if you kill people, people will be afraid and kill you, and it won't be good if you sit in this position anyway.

"Then I have to die regardless of whether I kill him or not? Is it destined to be a dead end?" Zhu Jianjian said speechlessly.

"Do you know why they wanted to kill the king?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

Zhu Jianji shook his head.

He didn't learn these things in Shang Dynasty.

He was asked to handle government affairs. He was very good at marching and fighting, but he was desperate to save his life. He never thought about it. Who would have thought that the Ming Emperor would be in danger of death at any time.

"Use your brain, you can definitely think of it."

Zhu Qiyu looked better today and said with a smile: "Because the older emperor is difficult to control and knows too much."

"And a young emperor is ignorant and a fool and will be manipulated by them."

"Make the emperor crazy, make him an otaku, make him a loser."

"If it doesn't work, I'll kill him directly."

"Anyway, it will be great if the new king takes the throne."

"They, everyone under the throne, including your son, grandson, and your brother, they are all the ones who may hasten your death."

"Of course, this situation is not common. I am a special case. Do you know why?"

Zhu Qiyu explained: "Because I have guaranteed the interests of all classes in the world. When I am here, people in the world will have a good life. If I die, people in the world will have a sad life."

"The boss has proved this. So I have obviously lost all authority, but the people of the world still support me, and the boss is still replaced at my request."

"Lao Si, the secret to longevity is to fuse and become them."

"And there's a huge weakness in doing that."

"It's because I was pushed by the general trend of the world and followed what others said. Corruption was serious in the imperial court and the passages up and down were blocked. The Ming Dynasty seemed to be prosperous, but in fact it was boiling in the fire."

"And I can't change anything. Instead, I can only adapt to the general trend. Times make heroes. It's a very good saying."

"Do you want to say that I have absolute imperial power?"

"Yes, I can kill anyone."

"Can you say that I don't have absolute imperial power?"

"It's very reasonable. There are some families that I want to destroy, but I can't."

"You sit on this throne, and you are very knowledgeable."

"You have a lot to learn."

Zhu Qiyu's words made Zhu Jianji think deeply: "Dad, which path do you want your son to take?"

"I can't give you a plan for which path to take. It's just a matter of following the trend and maximizing your interests."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "That's why I give you a shadow. The shadow is the key to your life. This spy is a single-line connection. If one line is cut, everyone on the line will lose contact."

"The shadow cannot guarantee your power, but it can guarantee your life."

"Do you know that I have never left the Yangxin Palace in these years?"

"After Wang Zhi colluded with outsiders and sold information about Qianqing Palace, I knew that there were too many people serving in Qianqing Palace and it was really untrustworthy."

"So, I live in the Yangxin Palace, and I don't even take a step out of the Yangxin Palace. I don't go anywhere in such a huge palace."

"Personnel relations in Yangxin Palace are simple and can only be replaced occasionally."

"It's difficult to keep an eye on tens of thousands of people with one eye, but can't you keep an eye on more than 20 people?"

"No matter how big the waves are outside, I don't have any worries about my life. Even if someone wants to harm me, they can't do it unless an imperial doctor tamper with my medicine."

"But in order to prevent this, I have studied medical science for decades, and I have Concubine Tan by my side. All of my medicines come from Concubine Tan. They have been boiling them in the Yangxin Palace for the past two years, and they are all made by me." Raised orphan girl."

"Can you keep me from being so lonely?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head for him: "You can't do it. You are an eagle and like to soar on the prairie. You are an emperor on a horse and like to gallop on the battlefield."

"Not me. Although I seem to be an emperor on horseback, I have never fought a single battle. I don't even know how to ride a horse. I have no other hobbies except reading."

"So my method does not apply to you."

"You are a smart man. You should think about other things slowly. I can't die yet. I can protect you before I die. As soon as I die, it will be time for you to wield the wind, sword and snow sword alone."

(End of this chapter)