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

Chapter 73 Chao Gang is in chaos?
King Yan's mansion.

In the gazebo in the lake, Zhu Di and Dao Yan sit opposite each other.

Not far away, Ma He stood on the aisle to Liangning.

"I didn't expect that after planning for so long, it would all come to nothing."

Zhu Di sighed softly.

Lao Zhu named Zhu Biao's three sons as kings, which was tantamount to announcing that the prince would definitely choose among the three of them.

Zhu Di is out.

"Man proposes, God disposes."

There was no trace of frustration on Dao Yan's face.

"Since His Majesty did not directly appoint a crown prince, the matter has not yet been settled."

Looking at the lake, Zhu Di smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Who doesn't know what your Majesty's move means? How can I fight?"

He paused and sighed: "We all said before that there must be an expert behind Fu'er."

"But looking at his words and demeanor that day, even if there is someone behind him, the evildoer of Xi'er is far beyond the comparison of ordinary children."

That day, Zhu Yunzhen and the craftsmen came up with the "Flintlock Gun", but he was watching from the side.

Witnessing the entire deliberation process, it is very clear that Zhu Yunxuan came up with the "flint gun" piece by piece and slowly.

Dao Yan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "If he wasn't so smart, no one would have voted for him."

Dao Yan still insisted that there must be someone behind Zhu Yunxi's back.

Although Zhu Yunxi is a monster, it is absolutely impossible to reach that level.

However, after dealing with Zhu Yunxi, his evaluation of Zhu Yunxi has also improved a bit.

"Your Majesty now crowns all three of them kings, just hoping to use this name to let him do things."

"Since ancient times, how can anyone be named King of the South? Your Majesty's heart has long been made clear to the world."

"Nanwang's poetic talent is well known all over the world, and he has contributed suggestions to the court. If he succeeds in accomplishing a few practical things after taking charge of Yingtian Mansion, the ministers of the court will no longer be able to do what the Pu family did in Pingquan Prefecture. On the grounds that he is young, prevent him from being appointed as the crown prince."

Dao Yan has a clear understanding of this.

Zhu Di laughed and said, "What our father wants to do has never been impossible. Now that he has this intention, why should I fight for it?"

Dao Yan shook his head again and again.

"The King of Nan is young and is his legitimate grandson. If you want to make him the crown prince, it will be difficult without arousing opposition from the Manchu Dynasty."

Zhu Di was a little puzzled.

"Our father really wants to make him the crown prince, even if the whole court opposes it, so what? Just relying on these people, can it really be reversed?"

Whatever Lao Zhu is determined to do, no matter how many people oppose it, it can never be stopped.

Hu Weiyong case, Guo Huan case, Kongyin case... How many ministers were killed?
All the officials in the court were left empty-handed.

Dao Yan shook his head and laughed.

"It's not like anything else."

"If His Majesty is determined to crack down on corruption, no matter how many officials object, nothing can stop him."

"But if His Majesty wants to establish a crown prince, he must allow a smooth transition of the court, and cannot rely solely on forceful suppression."

"If the crown prince is newly established, everyone in the world will be enemies, and everyone in the world will not accept it. How will he inherit the great rule in the future?"

"Your Majesty wants to establish a crown prince, and he must convince everyone in the court and the opposition."

"If not, why didn't His Majesty directly appoint him as grandson? Instead, it took a lot of trouble to make him King of the South first?"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, he suddenly realized, and blurted out: "That's right. Our father doesn't need to convince the world, but the new crown prince must convince the world."

When he thought of this, his spirit was lifted, and he fell back immediately.

"Even so, what can I do?"

Dao Yan smiled and uttered three words: "Go back to Peiping."

Zhu Di was slightly taken aback.

"The current situation has turned into three kings competing for the throne."

Dao Yan analyzed: "The most dangerous thing is the dispute over the foundation of the country. Therefore, any emperor must be resolute and decisive when establishing a prince, so that no one will have a desire to compete, which will lead to instability in the government and the opposition."

"But right now, His Majesty wants to appoint Nan Wang as the heir apparent, but he is afraid that people will not accept him, so he can only take it slowly, and confer three people as kings at the same time. This has never happened before."

"In this way, although Nan Wang is given a chance to prove his ability, it also puts the court in a storm."

Listening to what he said, Zhu Di's expression gradually became serious.

"Your Majesty's body is already in its dying years, so it won't last too long."

"Since the three kings are established, all three will have a chance."

"Prince Heng is the eldest grandson. If His Majesty makes him the crown prince, no one in the court and the public will be able to say anything against him. Now he is only crowned king, but the civil servants behind King Heng will not be reconciled to this."

"The king of Wu has the support of honorable and noble military officials, and his power is huge. Now that he has the opportunity to fight for the heir, how can there be no reason for it?"

"The King of the South, whom Your Majesty favors the most, is actually the most powerful and lonely."

"It's just that he has the Holy Family and is so smart, which also has its advantages."

"I'm afraid it won't take long for the three kings to compete for the heir, and the court will be in chaos."

Dao Yan's voice was flat and not loud, but what he said was earth-shattering.

Zhu Di's face became more and more serious, erratic and unpredictable.

"If the three of them fight so hard that the government is unstable and the world is in chaos, then His Majesty will have no choice but to exclude all three of them and establish a new crown prince for the sake of the world and the Ming Dynasty."

"I heard that the merchants in Jinling City have already decided to strike when Nan Wang just went to Yingtianfu Yamen today."

Dao Yan then said.

Zhu Di's expression gradually became brighter and he asked, "Then what should we do?"

"You go back to Beiping first." Dao Yan said: "His Royal Highness returns to the frontier army to lead the troops, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

"No matter who among the three of them wins in the end, the imperial court will definitely suffer greatly."

"At that time, if Your Majesty chooses another prince, Your Highness will still have a chance."

"If it is not the case, His Highness holds hundreds of thousands of frontier troops, and it is still a way to advance."

"Ma He and I are still staying in Jinling City. As long as your Majesty does not appoint a heir, there will be room for change."

"If things can be done, I will send a letter back to Peiping with a carrier pigeon, and His Highness can follow the plan."

Prince Yan's Mansion has a lot of homing pigeons, and when he came to Yingtian, he brought a lot of them specially.

But these pigeons could only send letters back to Peiping, and there was no way to send messages back.

Of course, Dao Yan stayed in Yingtian, and if he had something to do, he would send a pigeon to report back, that's enough.

Zhu Di was silent for a while, nodded, smiled and sighed: "It's a pity that Xi'er is not the eldest son, otherwise, I wouldn't have to fight."

Dao Yan said with a smile: "This is God's will."

Zhu Di smiled and asked: "Thinking about the fact that the merchants in Jinling went on strike as soon as he took charge of Yingtian Mansion, in your opinion, how should he deal with it?"

Dao Yan pondered and said: "Generally speaking, it's nothing more than a means of killing chickens to scare monkeys, but this time the market strike may not be so easy to calm down. If he is really like this, he just fell into the hands of that group of people."

"In the current situation, I am afraid that within a day, impeachment memorials should fly to the inner court like snowflakes."

He thought for a while and found that he couldn't think of a good solution for a while.

Behind these businessmen's strike are the noble group and the civil servant group.

The two sides were originally incompatible, but this time they joined forces with a tacit understanding, just to give Zhu Yunxi a blow.

If Zhu Yunxi used thunder to do things like thunder, they would definitely use this as an excuse to set off a shocking storm.

But if this is not done, it will be very difficult to quell the crisis of the strike and restore the city of Jinling.

Unless Zhu Yunxi backs down and promises not to levy business taxes.

The more Dao Yan thought about it, the more he felt that this matter seemed simple, but it was very difficult to deal with it.

……

Zhu Di laughed loudly and said, "Then I'll leave it alone. The performance will be played tomorrow, and the return journey will return to Peiping."

"Let them fight!"

……

(End of this chapter)