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Chapter 102 Xie Jin’s highlight moment, the crown prince is finally established
Soon, Zhu Di also started his own actions.

He summoned a large number of nobles.

For Emperor Yongle, the words of these old brothers who followed him to conquer the world were naturally more credible.

Without beating around the bush, Zhu Di asked them directly who they approved of being the crown prince.

In fact, choosing to ask these people already showed Zhu Di's tendency - after all, who doesn't know that Zhu Gaoxu has won the hearts of military generals?

Among the nobles, even Zhu Neng quickly made a choice - Zhu Gaoxu.

After all, Zhu Gaoxu had charged into battle with them. It was a friendship born of blood and fire.

As for the Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, I’m sorry, who are you?
There were only three people who did not choose to support Zhu Gaoxu.

Two of them remained silent, one was Yan Keng and the other was Zhang Yu. Neither of them spoke.

Although Yan Keng had made up his mind to support Zhu Gaochi, there was no need to offend Prince Gaoyang at this time. Zhang Yu was a steady person and had the same idea and did not want to offend anyone.

Besides, for such a big matter as establishing a crown prince, it might not be an option to protect yourself wisely.

There is another one, Jin Zhong, Minister of the Ministry of War.

"Your Majesty, have you not seen what happened to Sui Yang, the second son of Qin? If you do not appoint a prince as your direct descendant, it will lead to chaos in the world. Your Majesty, please make the prince a prince!"

He knelt on the ground and said loudly in the strange eyes of all the nobles.

If he is really just an ordinary Minister of the Ministry of War, a mere second-rank official, then of course there is nothing to say. A large group of nobles are standing on the opposite side of him. And in this case, Zhu Di has not thought of it. Now that he has asked , you must be mentally prepared, after all, if you really want to say it, Li Erke will have something to say.

But Jin Zhong, he is really extraordinary. In other words, being able to stand with the nobles as one of the subjects of Zhu Di's inquiry already shows that he is extraordinary.

Jin Zhong, he had already entered the Yan Palace in the 24th year of Hongwu. He started as a guard and worked all the way to a long history document. He was even one of the main planners of Jingnan (after all, Zhu Di had few literati).

Later, when Yao Guangxiao was stationed in Peiping, he accompanied the army on expeditions and helped manage military affairs. He was Zhu Di's effective counselor.

Even in the end, he became a confidant of Emperor Yongle. Zhu Di would listen to Jin Zhongfu's advice on major state decisions. Although he was not in the cabinet, he participated in the ruling of many major events together with Yao Guangxiao. It can be seen that he was under Zhu Di's leadership. The importance of status in the heart.

Therefore, his words made Zhu Di silent. He had to consider this old man's opinion.

But the matter is not over yet. The dynasty still needs a prince after all. After all, in that era when the average life span of emperors was not long, Zhu Di had no idea. He might not be able to get up one day. This kind of thing cannot be postponed. .

So he secretly found many ministers, such as Huang Huai, Yin Changlong and others.

Ask civil servants, it goes without saying.Even if we don't consider the emperor himself and what Yan Ya said before, they are all loyal supporters of the heir apparent, not to mention that the prince Naofumi is in the same group as them.

But no one could convince Zhu Di.

Until Xie Jin appeared.

At this time, Xie Jin was one of the seven-member cabinet and could be regarded as Zhu Di's confidant.

It is said that after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he quickly formed his own cabinet to help handle affairs. The two people in front of him, Huang Huai, were members of the cabinet.

Xie Jin entered the cabinet at that time, and he was not only a cabinet minister, but also one of the chief editors of the Yongle Dadian. His status was second only to Yan Ya, the Duke of Yue who had an overall overview.

Needless to say, the importance of Dadian in Zhu Di's heart. He can become the highest-status person below Yan Ya, which shows that Zhu Di still favors him.

When Zhu Di found him, his first words were that Zhu Gaochi was kind and he should be made the prince (the eldest son of the emperor is benevolent and filial, and the world will return to his heart).Zhu Di was expressionless.

Because this is not the first civil servant to say this, he is already somewhat immune.

The current situation is that the nobles basically support Zhu Gaoxu, while the civil servants all stand by Zhu Gaochi.

Xungui is not good at words, and he himself is inclined towards Zhu Gaoxu, so he has nothing to say.

The civil servants were all eloquent, but after all, he had heard too much about the idea of ​​establishing a direct descendant and a benevolent prince.

Asked his confidant Yan Keng, this boy was usually very active and close to Zhu Gaochi, but this time he went out of his way and supported Zhu Gaochi, which surprised him.But when asked about the reason, it was still the same rhetoric as the eldest son, with nothing new at all.

Do you still need to say this?When I raised the army, do you think I didn’t understand it thoroughly?If it was really because of this, why would I ask you?

well.He sighed internally.

In fact, he also knew that the Ming Dynasty really couldn't stand the trouble. Zhu Gaochi still had a good way of governing the country. If he were to come, he would definitely be better than Zhu Gaoxu.But in his heart, he was very partial to Zhu Gaoxu and wanted him to succeed him.Especially when I saw him, I felt like I was seeing my former self.

When I ask this question, I actually want to find someone who can completely convince me.

It's a pity that these civil servants are really useless, and it seems that Xie Jin is no exception.

Zhu Di was silent for a moment, then waved him off.

But what he didn't expect was that at this moment, Xie Jin unexpectedly unleashed his ultimate move.

He suddenly stood up from his seat, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, stared into Zhu Di's eyes, and said:

"Good grandson!"

Zhu Di was startled.

In his mind, he recalled the precocious child. Not only was he extremely intelligent, but he was also cute in appearance. He won his heart. Most of Zhu Gaochi's few favors were due to his son.

Thinking of this child, Zhu Di couldn't help but smile.

He nodded.

Jie Jin smiled, and finally, everything became a foregone conclusion.

In July of the first year of Yongle, Zhu Di officially issued an edict, canonizing the eldest son Zhu Gaochi as the prince, the second son Zhu Gaoxu as the king of Han, and the third son Zhu Gaosui as the king of Zhao.

In the court that day, Zhu Gaoxu's expression was extremely gloomy.Although he was canonized as King of Han, he was not happy at all.

Even if his party members are all over the government and the public, he is still an out-and-out loser.What's even more terrifying is that he has been banished to Yunnan, and his age has already reached the point of leaving the feudal clan. In other words, he will not be able to stay in Nanjing for long.

And once he leaves the center of power, he will inevitably lose the chance to make a final comeback.

We must find a way to stay in the capital.

Zhu Gaoxu thought this way, and he was not going to give up yet.

(End of this chapter)