If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 315 King Zheng’s Party

After a night of hustle and bustle, both Fugang and the palace have returned to their former tranquility.

Just under the calmness, there are also some undercurrents surging.

The fact that an immortal appeared in Fukang is something that cannot be covered up. Not only are there various rumors circulating among the people, but even officials at all levels are also discussing this matter.

And for officials, in addition to discussions, they also need to submit official documents to the court.

This is an incredible political achievement for local officials. That is to say, Zhu Di did not like to engage in these things as much as Qianlong, otherwise officials from various places would be able to report [-] kinds of auspiciousness to the court every year.

But even so, when Zhu Di first succeeded to the throne, he did some such things for the sake of the legitimacy of his succession, such as welcoming living Buddhas to Beijing and asking Queen Xu to write Buddhist scriptures.

It's just that Zhu Di was more or less face-saving, and the practice of the Qianlong Dynasty, which was not very popular in the Ming Dynasty and later the Qianlong Dynasty, was that growing a fungus was a sign of auspiciousness. Most of them were relatively similar.

Moreover, this kind of immortal appearance is truly auspicious to today’s Ming Dynasty!Naturally, it is even more important to report to the court and prove to the people of the world that Ming Dynasty has been blessed by God.

This kind of auspicious thing is a great political achievement for the court.

After all, in the understanding of traditional Chinese culture, only if the emperor is wise and virtuous, the ministers are honest and upright, the government of the world is harmonious, and all industries are prosperous, can God be moved and be given auspiciousness.

As for the appearance of immortals, it is of a higher level. According to historical records, only the wise emperors of ancient times had immortals appear in the world.

So reporting an auspicious sign to the court would not only add political achievements to these local officials and show that they have done a good job, but it would also put gold on the face of the court and the emperor.

And there is a very critical issue. The immortal appeared in Zheng Fan. In a sense, it can also be said that it was King Zheng's virtue that moved the immortal to come to the world.

Although Zhu Zhancheng had never competed for the reserve position, as Zhu Zhancheng's status rose, there were naturally people who wanted to support him in ascending to the throne.

Although Zhu Zhanji had the upper hand, as he once said, "A good grandson can prosper for three generations," Zhu Zhanji's position as grandson should have been as stable as Mount Tai and unshakable.

But Zhu Zhanqi's achievements over the years are really too dazzling.

Since ancient times, the greatest achievement, whether for kings or civil servants and generals, is to expand territory.

Although after the rise of Confucian culture, the expansion of territory became no longer so dazzling. It is still the early Ming Dynasty, the court is full of military virtue and has been fighting foreign wars, but it is still a very remarkable achievement to be able to attack a country.

Especially during the Second Northern Expedition, Zhu Zhanquan killed generals, captured flags, and pacified Mongolia on the battlefield, which was enough to make him the most dazzling presence in the Ming Dynasty today.

If Zhu Zhanchuan, like Zhu Gaoxu, was just a warrior, then there wouldn't be that much going on, especially when Zhu Zhanchuan said that he only wanted to be a prince and had no interest in the throne.

But it happened that Zhu Zhanqun had made great achievements in literary and political affairs. The entire system of money orders and the Ming Dynasty treasury that has brought the Ming Dynasty's finances to a near-resurrection was proposed by Zhu Zhancun.

If the emperor's grandson is replaced by Zhu Zhanjun, others may not be sure, but at least Xia Yuanji from the Ministry of Revenue will definitely support him.Coupled with the three kings of Liaodong, King Ning and King Zhao who had benefited from the conquest of Japan, although these five vassal kings dare not say that they will all support Zhu Zhankun, one King Zhao can still guarantee it.

As for Zheng Fan himself?With a whole mountain of gold and millions of taels of silver mined every year, he also holds the Qingyu Guard, which is now rated as the strongest army in the world, and has an army that far exceeds the size of other vassals...

That is to say, Zhu Zhanjuan himself is no longer interested in the throne, otherwise he would raise his arms and want another Fengtian Jingnan. This start would be much better than Zhu Di himself.

At the very least, the Jiuzhou Guard, Tianjin Guard and Qingyu Guard, this is the strength of the ten guards. When Zhu Di raised his troops, he deceived King Ning's Duoyan Guards and subdued the garrisons around Peiping. Together, they did not have so many troops.

Compared with Zhu Zhanyu, Zhu Zhanji was far behind in terms of support from civil servants and military generals.

Although some ministers in the court insisted on passing on the throne to the direct eldest son, they wanted to establish and maintain the orthodox legal rationale for the transfer of the Ming Dynasty throne, instead of doing such outrageous things as "the emperor's soldiers and horses are strong."

After all, Zhu Di's incident of Fengtian's appeasement can be regarded as a bad start for the Ming Dynasty. If future generations of ambitious people want to follow suit, it can be regarded as a precedent to follow.

Because of this, for Zhu Di himself, he hopes to maintain a stable and orderly inheritance of the Ming Dynasty throne.

This is also the reason why Zhu Di wanted to cut down the vassal before. He wanted to eradicate the possibility that future generations would imitate him and seize the throne, and would not let future generations point at his spine and call him a thief who wanted to usurp the throne.

But times have changed, and now the Ming Dynasty has changed its policy, and Zhu Di himself is more optimistic about Zhu Zhanjuan, so there is no doubt that Zhu Zhancheng has an advantage over Zhu Zhanji in some aspects.

This advantage is magnified to the court, that is, there are currently more people willing to support Zhu Zhanchun than those who support Zhu Zhanji.

Although this was only private support, and no one made a clear statement or stood up to say that Zhu Zhanquan or Zhu Zhanji should inherit the throne, the two forces of the Zheng Wang Party and the Taisun Party had already formed in the court.

These officials of Zheng Fan undoubtedly belonged to King Zheng's party, and naturally they spared no effort in building momentum for Zhu Zhankun.

As for Zhu Zhanquan's own will, have you never heard of the old story of Song Taizu wearing a yellow robe?

If the situation is really a foregone conclusion, whether Zhu Zhanqi himself is willing to inherit the throne is actually not particularly important.

On the other side, Xu Bin, who received the task specially assigned by Zhu Zhanchun, was also secretly contacting the remnants of Jianwen hiding in Fugang, preparing to fish out more people with evil intentions in accordance with Zhu Zhanchun's request.

On the contrary, it was Zhu Zhanjuan himself. After explaining the matter, he no longer cared about government affairs and just accompanied Meng Qinglin around the palace, which was not yet completely completed.

This is one of the reasons why Zhu Zhanqi let the Zhang family live in the hot spring annex. Although the main body of the palace has been basically completed, many furniture, utensils and other objects must comply with the prince's regulations. This is something that cannot be done in the Japanese country. Many The things were brought back by Zhu Zhanqun when he came back this time, so the palace has not yet completely dealt with these things and things.

However, Zhu Zhanjun and Meng Qinglin didn't pay too much attention to this. While walking around the palace, they were also discussing the training of the army.

(End of this chapter)