I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 71 The complicated court situation, civil servants and nobles
It's the day, and the decree is issued.

Zhu Yunxuan was granted the title of King Heng, Zhu Yunxi was named King of Wu, and Zhu Yunxi was named King of Nan.

When the news came out, the whole court was shocked.

Zhu Biao's three sons became king together, which is a very clear signal.

It means that His Majesty has decided that the future prince must be selected from among the three.

Otherwise, only as the old prince, only one of his sons can be crowned king.

Moreover, this canonization is different from that of other princes.

Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunxu did not have clear fiefdoms, and Zhu Yunxu was only seven years old, not yet ten years old enough to be crowned king.

This is also something that has never happened before.

On the same day, according to the imperial edict, Yin Gu Kuan of Yingtian Prefecture neglected his duty and was immediately dismissed from office. Zhu Yunzhen, King of the South, temporarily took charge of Yingtian Prefecture.

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Yellow House.

Huang Zicheng's residence.

"Mr. Huang, teach me!" Zhu Yunwen looked anxious and bowed deeply to Huang Zicheng.

Now that Xiaoru has left Yingtian Mansion, all he can ask for is Huang Zicheng.

At this time, Huang Zicheng was the Minister of Taichang Temple.

In the court, it is also known as the high position and weight.

What's more, Huang Zicheng was originally a representative of the Jiangnan gentry, and standing behind him was the entire Jiangnan gentry.

When the imperial edict came out today, Zhu Yunqi was already anxious, so he hurriedly came to ask Huang Zicheng for advice.

"The eldest grandson of the emperor is not in a hurry."

Huang Zicheng asked him to sit down, touched his beard, pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty did not directly appoint King Nan as his grandson, so there is still room for change."

Qitai, the left minister of the Ministry of War next to him, nodded and said: "That's exactly what happened."

"Stopping the son and directly appointing the grandson as the crown prince is something unprecedented in ancient times."

"If the elders are abolished and the younger ones are replaced, it will be difficult for the government and the public to convince them."

"Although His Majesty intends to make him the crown prince, he has to worry about the consequences of doing so."

Zhu Yunwen looked depressed, and said: "I thought that the second uncle and the fourth uncle were the biggest competitors."

"But I never expected that my second uncle would die, my fourth uncle would not be mentioned, and in the end it would be me, my biological brother, who would be made the crown prince."

He stomped his feet lightly, and said: "My fourth brother and I are of the same mother. Yu Zi, he inherited the big position. As an elder brother, I should be happy."

"But the fourth brother is only seven years old. Although he is smart, how can he manage those noble and powerful generals?"

"Furthermore, my fourth brother didn't know where he heard other people's lies, and he must impose an additional business tax... this matter..."

He sighed softly, his words were full of love and responsibility.

He is indeed a genius in the acting department.

Even though there are only my confidantes Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai in front of me, and there are no outsiders, I still don't forget to perform the warm family affection that blood is thicker than water.

"The position of the Son of Heaven is bestowed by the heavens, can it be possible to give it up?"

Huang Zicheng scolded: "It is a good thing that the emperor's eldest son has a benevolent heart and attaches great importance to feelings. But the battle for power is about the country, the country, and the country, and the benevolence of women must not be tolerated."

Zhu Yunqi had no intention of giving in at all, but just showed his benevolence and righteousness, and immediately cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Huang is very right."

"In the current situation, what the eldest grandson of the emperor has to do is to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai."

Huang Zicheng said: "If your majesty directly appoints him as grandson, the government and the public will all rise up against it."

"But now he has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats, and recently donated a "flint gun" to the country."

"The case of the Pu family in Quanzhou was handled appropriately. There is also a poem that shocked the world. His Majesty commended him for his meritorious service and made him king. It is the right thing to do. The ministers in the world, the civil and military officials in the dynasty, all can't say anything against it."

Huang Zicheng was not good at governing the country and fighting wars at all, but he was quite good at analyzing the political struggles in the court.

During the Hongwu Dynasty, the most important thing about the political structure of the Ming Dynasty was nothing more than two forces.

One is the civil servant group, and the other is the noble group.

On the surface, it seems that the noble group is more powerful, while the civilian group can only behave with its tail between its legs.

But in fact, the officials of the imperial court must be scholars after all.

After more than twenty years of imperial examinations, the power of civil servants has spread throughout the imperial court and various local government offices.

Moisturizing is silent.

Civilian groups are slowly infiltrating into every corner of Zhu Ming's court. This kind of influence is the most terrifying.

When Zhu Biao was still alive, he represented the Xungui Group.

As the prince, Zhu Biao has been in charge of the country for more than ten years, and he is the greatest nobleman in his own right.

But Zhu Yunwen is different. Zhu Yunwen's mother, Lu Shi, is the daughter of civil servant Lu Ben.

Zhu Yunwen was naturally valued by civil officials.

After Zhu Xiongying's death, with the help of the civil servant group, Zhu Yunwen had already regarded himself as the emperor's eldest grandson.

If Zhu Biao does not die and inherits the throne in the future, Zhu Yunwen will still be established as the prince.

In this way, the investment of the civil servant group in him will naturally be rewarded.

Once Zhu Biao dies, this process can be greatly accelerated.

But they didn't expect that Zhu Yunxun would come out of the blue and break everything.

Speaking of which, Zhu Yunwen's mother is also the daughter of the Lu family, and her identity is no different from Zhu Yunwen's.

But there are a few points. First, Zhu Yunzhen was not the eldest son, which was a bit unacceptable to Confucian scholars who believed in establishing heirs rather than children.

Of course, this is the most irrelevant.

After all, in the eyes of these people, profit is the most important thing, righteousness is just a signboard, and it can be discarded at any time when necessary.

The second point is more important, that is, around Zhu Yunqi, there has long been a group of people from the civil service group, who educated him and trained him to become "one of his own".

And Zhu Yunxi, because he was young, had not yet been trained in this way.

Naturally, they were relatively more repulsive to Zhu Yunxi.

This kind of "school" dispute cannot be changed by Zhu Yunxuan writing a few poems and showing his talent.

Otherwise, there would not have been so many talented literati in history who would have been suppressed by the civil society.

Not to mention, Zhu Yunxi also mentioned the national policy of increasing business taxes, which they absolutely cannot accept.

"His Majesty now crowns all three of you brothers as kings."

"What His Highness Changsun has to do is to take advantage of the situation and let King Wu and King Nan fight, while His Highness Changsun sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight."

Huang Zicheng analyzed: "The world is difficult, but it's not that easy."

"Now His Majesty lets Nanwang take charge of Yingtian Mansion, this is putting him on fire."

"Yingtian Mansion is the capital of the Ming Dynasty. King Nan had previously proposed to increase commercial taxes. Now that he is in charge of Yingtian Mansion, he should be the first to do so."

"In the court, it's easy to sit and talk, but it's not so easy to really do things."

"Do more and make more mistakes, do less and make fewer mistakes."

"You only need to read the sage's articles well and keep in mind the words "filial piety, benevolence and righteousness", and you will never make any mistakes."

"But if he wants to manage Yingtian Mansion, then he can't help but not do things."

"Once you do something, you don't have to worry about making mistakes."

"Now that His Majesty has sealed the Three Kings, the people behind King Wu will not sit idly by and will definitely deal with him."

"I just have to follow the trend."

"At that time, it will be difficult for His Majesty to appoint him as the crown prince."

After analyzing the pros and cons, Zhu Yunwen's eyes suddenly brightened, and he bowed deeply.

"Listening to Mr. Huang's words today made me enlightened and enlightened. I will follow Mr. to study and see how he struggles."

Huang Zicheng nodded slightly: "Your Highness, Changsun, just sit high and leave the rest to me."

(End of this chapter)