Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 326 The three brothers of the Xu family are also different

The next day, during the morning court, when the three brothers Xu Huizu, Xu Yingxu and Xu Zengshou were about to go out, they saw with a look of surprise that Zhu Ming also came out of their yard.

"Hey, good morning. You are going to court too, right? You just happened to take me along." When Zhu Zhen saw the three brothers, he hurried over.

"No, you stayed overnight last night?" Xu Zengshou looked at Zhu Chu in stunned silence. They all saw that Zhu Chu came out of their sister's yard.

Good guy.

"Aren't you afraid that my father will break your legs?" Xu Yingxu's face turned dark.

You are shameless, but we still want it. How can this be spread out?

However, Zhu Chu Shizhu, who was not afraid of boiling water, shrugged and said: "I am not to blame for this matter. Who told my old Taishan (father-in-law) to insist on letting me marry the daughter of the Tang family? For the happiness of your girl, I will do whatever it takes." I stubbornly refused to agree, and my father even forced me to kneel in the palace for several hours yesterday."

He was just talking nonsense. How could it last for several hours? It was less than an hour.

"My father is so good, why do I want you to marry someone else's daughter?" Xu Zengshou asked curiously, finding it unbelievable that even for the sake of their sister, it shouldn't be Xu Da who forced Zhu Chu to marry someone else.

Moreover, the two families have equal status. If Tang Xin is really allowed to marry first, Xu Miaojin's status will not be guaranteed.

Whoever passes through the door first will be the Princess of Dian and the official concubine.

Xu Huizu's heart was moved, and he interrupted with a slight hum: "Well, of course father has his own considerations, this matter is not our concern. Since His Highness also wants to go to court, then come with us. It happens that my car is spacious , you can take my car."

After saying that, Xu Huizu took the initiative to hold Zhu Zhen's hand and walked forward quickly.

Behind them, Xu Yingxu and Xu Zengshou looked at each other.

Given their family's status, they didn't need a few carriages, mainly because they used to ride in the same carriage as their eldest brother.

After all, Xu Huizu is the eldest son and the eldest son of the Duke of Wei, so his standards are different from those of his two younger brothers.

However, although everyone knows that Xu Huizu is the eldest son, he will inherit Xu Da's title in the future.

But in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, only the children of the vassal princes and the princes who had not yet become vassal would be named the crown prince. In other words, only the children of Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, that is, his grandsons, were qualified to be called the crown prince. .

Xu Huizu now holds the position of the Governor of the Left Army in the Xunwei Department and is awarded twenty dans of rice every month.

Zhu Ming followed Xu Huizu into his carriage. As soon as he entered, Xu Huizu came over.

Zhu Ming was startled by Xu Huizu's big face and exclaimed: "What are you going to do? I am your sister's man."

Xu Huizu was almost close to Zhu Chu's face, staring at Zhu Chu with burning eyes.

It was so close that Zhu Zhen almost kicked him out of the car.

Zhu Ming admits that he is handsome, but he is not a manly woman.

Of course, he was overthinking it. It was still dark at this time, and Xu Huizu couldn't see clearly even if he wasn't so close.

Xu Huizu suddenly said: "Tell me honestly, why does my father want you to marry Tang Xin? Is it His Majesty's intention?"

Zhu Ming's heart moved, and he said with a smile: "What? So what if it is? So what if it's not?"

Xu Huizu gritted his teeth and suddenly fell limply on the chair, muttering: "How could this happen? How could this happen?"

Zhu Ming looked at Xu Huizu with a deep look, a coldness flashing in his eyes.

Xu Huizu seemed to have noticed something. He looked at Zhu Zhen in the dim carriage and murmured: "Do you know what it means if you marry the daughters of my Xu family and Tang family at the same time?"

Even other sons of Zhu Yuanzhang did not have such an honor as a concubine from a double duke's family.

This is too exaggerated and too outrageous.

Xu Huizu couldn't help but sigh: "What is your Majesty doing? The current crown prince is His Highness the Emperor's Grandson, and His Highness the Grandson is the qualified heir."

Zhu Zhen just sneered silently.

Although Xu Huizu was Xu Da's eldest son, Xu Da obviously did not reveal the tacit understanding between him and Zhu Yuanzhang to his children.

But Xu Huizu was not stupid either. He was at least more politically aware than his two younger brothers. From what Zhu Ming revealed, he sensed something was wrong about him marrying Tang Xin.

Xu Huizu gritted his teeth and even said: "Once you marry my sister and Tang Xin at the same time, and with your current power in Yunnan and the grasslands, I am afraid that the entire Ming Dynasty will be yours, and you will be the only one in the world. Yes. Zhu Chu, Zhu Chu, what on earth do you want to do? And how can His Majesty keep letting you continue to grow up."

"Unexpectedly, my uncle is actually a pedantic fake Taoist," Zhu Zhen finally couldn't help it anymore and said sarcastically.

Xu Huizu argued angrily: "I just don't want to see the Ming Dynasty bring disaster to Xiao Qiang. Once you compete with His Highness Taisun for that position, the country will be in chaos."

Zhu Ming shrugged and said quietly: "That's why they have to force me to compromise. Once the two princes Tang He and Xu Da become my backers, and with the assistance of the generals with high reputations in the army, just like you As I said, all soldiers and horses in the world must obey me. Zhu Yunwen? He can't control my eldest nephew. Including my brothers, they have to lie down for me whether they are dragons or tigers. .Who dares to dissent?"

Xu Huizu was shocked when he heard this and looked at Zhu Zhen in shock. What did he say? What did he say?

Is it possible that Your Majesty wants to establish another crown prince?

"What virtues and abilities do you have?" Xu Huizu angrily scolded: "Zhu Qi, Zhu Qi, you are just a vassal king, you are just His Majesty's eighteenth son, neither heir nor eldest son. Don't do whatever you want. You should serve the country loyally. It is only to assist His Highness the Grand Sun."

"It's really rotten wood that cannot be carved," Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "This is my Zhu family's business. There is still a folk saying about family separation. Even children who are neither direct children nor eldest children can inherit part of the family property. What's more, before I Before the second brother died, the elder brother eventually succeeded the younger brother. If my eldest brother died, it would be my second brother who should be the crown prince. Why should Zhu Yunwen be the crown prince in his turn? At that time, you wouldn't talk about establishing a direct heir or eldest son? So your moral standards can be adapted to changes?"

"You," Xu Huizu was overwhelmed and speechless.

Zhu Ming continued: "What's more, my king's mother will soon become a noble concubine. If I continue to make great achievements, it may not be impossible to establish a queen. By then, I will also be the legitimate son. What? I, the king Not qualified?"

Xu Huizu opened his mouth wide and forgot to breathe. His whole body was shaking and he was so shocked that he could not speak.

Zhu Ming glanced at Xu Huizu lightly and said lightly: "You are Miaojin's eldest brother, and I treat you as a family member. But you'd better not get involved in matters related to the throne."

Xu Huizu was posthumously named Zhongzhen after his death in history, also known as Xu Zhongzhen.

Although the final result of the Battle of Jingnan was Zhu Di's victory, Xu Huizu was not loyal to Zhu Di, even though Zhu Di was his eldest brother-in-law.

So much so that Zhu Di later stripped him of his salary and title, and put Xu Huizu under house arrest until his death.

There was nothing wrong with him wanting to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, but the mistake was that Xu Huizu seemed a bit pedantic and rigid. Zhu Min did not expect that he was also Zhu Yunzhen's great-grandson.

"Uncle, don't rush to take your position. What you want to be loyal to is His Majesty and whoever becomes the new king in the future. What you want to protect is the entire Ming Dynasty, not a single person," Zhu Min lowered his eyes. He persuaded with eyes.

Xu Huizu took a deep breath and suddenly shouted angrily: "You are such a treacherous minister and traitor who is so eloquent and eloquent. If you want to rebel, the civil and military officials of the entire court will treat you with cold eyes. Who will protect you and the country?" Get out of here, my car is too small to accommodate a big man like you."

Then, Xu Huizu stopped the coachman, opened the door, and stared at Zhu Zhen.

Zhu Ming shrugged and went down as soon as possible. Do you think he would like to sit down?

It's just that this sudden conflict surprised Zhu Zhen, and Xu Huizu was the heir to the Duke of Wei, if he caused trouble for him.

Zhu Ming frowned. This was why Zhu Yuanzhang wanted him to win over Tang He. At this time, the necessity of a political marriage was reflected.

Zhu Zhen didn't say anything more and jumped out of the carriage.

Xu Huizu looked at Zhu Ming deeply, then closed the door and asked the driver to continue driving towards the palace gate.

Xu Huizu's mood was very complicated along the way.

Yu Gong, for the sake of the stability of the country, what he has to do is to support the reasonable emperor grandson as the new king.

But privately, Zhu Min was his brother-in-law and the biological son of His Majesty, so it was not his turn to point fingers.

"But if I don't care about this matter, how can it be done by the ministers?" Xu Huizu thought to himself, already having some calculations in his heart.

At the same time, on the other side, Xu Yingxu and Xu Zengshou passed by. The two brothers were riding in a carriage. They were surprised when they saw Zhu Zhen abandoned on the road.

"Why was Your Highness kicked out of the car by eldest brother?" Xu Zengshou stuck his head out of the car window and looked at Zhu Ming curiously.

"Your Highness, please get in the car." Xu Yingxu asked Zhu Zhen to get in the car first, as it would be hard to leave him on the road.

Zhu Zhen didn't show any politeness and got on the carriage directly.

Then he was caught in the middle by the two brothers of the Xu family, and they were all curious about the dispute between Zhu Zhen and Xu Huizu.

Zhu Ming shrugged. Since Xu Huizu knew everything, there was no need to hide it.

"I told you, don't be afraid. In fact, my father, your father, and Tang He, the three old guys don't know what they think. They insist that I marry Miao Jin and Tang Xin at the same time," Zhu Ming said bluntly. Speak up.

Xu Yingxu was stunned, frowning, and vaguely noticed something.

Xu Zengshou was outspoken and yelled: "How is it possible? Even if my father is old and confused, he can't let you marry another woman at the same time. Otherwise, what will happen to my sister?"

Zhu Ming glanced at Xu Zengshou, "If you shout like this, you may be despising the Holy Emperor, or even insulting His Majesty. Aren't you afraid of the crime of deceiving the Emperor?"

Who do you think is stupid?

Xu Zengshou said sarcastically: "I said about my father, not your Highness's father." Xu Yingxu stretched out his hand to stop him and told him to stop talking nonsense. At the same time, he looked at Zhu Xi and said: "Your Highness, can you You know, you marry the daughters of two duke families at the same time, what does that mean?"

Zhu Xinxin said the same thing, does it have to happen again? Why don't we wait until we are closer to the palace gate to break it? That way he can also take less steps.

Did he already think he would be kicked out?

"It's nothing more than that they plan to let me take control of tomorrow's army." Zhu Ming shrugged. After all, he responded directly to Xu Yingxu's question. At the same time, he also took the initiative to say: "Before, in the court, those generals were in front of me. Your Majesty is loyal to me, haven't you all seen it, and my father didn't say anything, right?"

So this was tacitly approved by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Does Your Majesty want to appoint a new crown prince?" Xu Yingxu took a deep breath.

Once the crown prince is replaced, it is not a trivial matter. In serious terms, it can even shake the foundation of the country.

Xu Zengshou on the side finally understood what was going on, but he couldn't help looking at Zhu Zhen with bright eyes, and exclaimed: "You mean that His Majesty wants you to be the new king? Then doesn't my sister want to be the queen? I Xu The family is about to rise? Queen Xu?"

"Shut up," Xu Yingxu shouted angrily with a black line in his head.

Can you shout about this kind of thing? Although the horsemen driving the carriage are all from the Xu family and are trustworthy people, what will happen if such words get out?

Xu Zengshou quickly reached out to cover his mouth, but unlike Xu Huizu, Xu Zengshou looked at Zhu Zhen with bright eyes, as if he had discovered a treasure.

Zhu Xi felt funny.

Although they are brothers and both are Xu Da's sons, the results are different.

For example, Xu Huizu was pedantic and rigid, abiding by the so-called respect for teachers, and the king of heaven and earth, his teacher, and what he emphasized was orthodox inheritance.

After all, Xu Huizu himself is the eldest son, and he relies on his birth to stabilize his position. It is also in his interest to support this idea.

Xu Zengshou is very simple and easy to understand. Who is Zhu Yunwen? Not familiar.

But Zhu Zhen is his brother-in-law, and this is his own family.

If you ask Xu Zengshou who he wants to be the new king in the future, without even thinking about it, it will definitely be Zhu Zhen.

Xu Yingxu fell into deep thought.

Zhu Zhen knew that Xu Yingxu was hesitant and still making a choice.

However, Zhu Zhen actually had no intention of letting the three brothers of the Xu family get involved. Anyway, he didn't intend to let them do anything for him. It would be better to say that Xu Huizu was able to be blocked by them only after he accidentally made Xu Huizu aware of the hidden secret. .

"No," Xu Yingxu suddenly exclaimed: "With my eldest brother's character, he is definitely planning to impeach our brother-in-law in the morning. We must stop him."

Judging from Xu Yingxu's call to brother-in-law and his tone, Xu Yingxu had already made a choice.

Zhu Zhen smiled. If he had a choice, he certainly didn't want to become enemies with the three brothers of the Xu family. In that case, only Xu Miaojin would be caught in the middle.

How could Zhu Ming bear to make his woman sad?

Therefore, Zhu Ming was very pleased with the choice of Xu Yingxu and Xu Zengshou.

As for Xu Huizu.

"He can't make waves," Zhu Xi said with a relaxed expression: "In today's Ming Dynasty, if those three brothers get together, once they join forces, the whole world will not be able to stop them from doing what they want to do."

If Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da and Tang He join forces, no one in the entire Ming Dynasty can say no in front of them.

If Xu Huizu really couldn't understand the situation, he would only be humiliating himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang is the current emperor. How can you, a descendant of the Xu family, stop or interfere with whoever he wants to be the new king?

Don’t lose sight of your identity and status.

You are just Xu Da's son, so what if you are Xu Da himself?

Outside the palace gate, as Mao hour approaches, civil and military officials begin to light Mao as usual.

During this process, Xu Huizu became independent. He no longer stayed with his two brothers and stayed far away from Zhu Yun. Instead, he moved closer to Zhu Yunwen's Taisun Party.

Zhu Zhen just watched all this with cold eyes and said nothing.

When the noon hour was over, the palace door opened, and all the officials filed in to prepare to go to court.

However, when the officials arrived at the main hall where the morning dynasty was held, they unexpectedly discovered that two people were already standing there.

It was none other than Tang He and Xu Da.

The two princes have already taken their positions.

Originally, Xu Da was supposed to be the number one military commander, but at this time, he and Tang He each stepped back to give up the position of the leader.

As the officials entered the store, Zhu Zhen walked straight to the first position without hesitation.

"You're so rude," Tang He turned to Zhu Chu and joked.

"He has always had this character," Xu Da smiled bitterly and shook his head, remembering that when he first went to court, this boy dared to seize his position.

However, with Zhu Xi's achievements today, he is really qualified to stand in the first position.

Zhu Ming shrugged and said to himself that you two old guys are willing to escort me, and you can't say anything about being polite.

From now on, we don’t have to rely on him to follow the horse’s lead.

The civil servants and military commanders distinguished the left and right. The military commanders were led by Zhu Zhen, while the civil servants were naturally led by the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunzhen, who was wearing a bright yellow python robe.

Wait until all the officials are arranged step by step.

The Huangmen Minister came out first and shouted: "Your Majesty is coming to court, and all the officials will kneel to greet you."

Everyone knelt down.

"Shanhu."

"Long live."

"Call again."

"Long live."

"Three calls."

"Long live."

Under the guidance of Huangmen Shilang, the rhythm of the three shouts of long live will naturally not be disordered, but neat and uniform.

When all the officials knelt to greet him, Zhu Yuanzhang had already come to the dragon throne and sat down.

"Everyone loves you."

"Long live thanks."

Only then did all the civil and military officials stand up.

Naturally, the next step is the usual morning routine.

"When there is something going on, we will start, and when there is nothing going on, we will retreat."

The Huangmen servant shouted.

In fact, according to the usual practice, given Zhu Yuanzhang's workaholic attitude, there was no such thing as withdrawing from the court when there was nothing to do. Instead, he always took the initiative to discuss political affairs.

Maybe it was because they celebrated Tang He's recovery last night, so the three brothers didn't have a good rest, so they shouted like this.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Xu Huizu stood up and shouted with his hands clasped in fists: "Your Majesty, Xu Huizu has something to report."

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xu Da with some confusion.

Xu Da was actually wondering. He didn't go home last night, and he really didn't know what Xu Huizu was going to do.

As for the few people who knew about it, Old God Zhu Zhen was there. Even if Xu Yingxu and Xu Zengshou were anxious, they couldn't stop them.

Xu Huizu raised his head and said with an upright face: "Your Majesty, King Zhu Chu of Dian is a vassal king. Logically speaking, after the partial concubine is canonized, there can only be one more official concubine at most. It really shouldn't be consecrated to my sister at the same time. Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin, the daughter of Duke Xin, are both princesses of Dian. This matter is inconsistent with etiquette."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.

(End of this chapter)