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Chapter 317 The Prince's Draft... Five Yang and Two Yin, Liu Xi's Actions

In the [-]st year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, in February and March, strong earthquakes occurred repeatedly in Tai'an Prefecture and Laiwu and other counties. "The earthquakes were like thunder and Mount Tai was shaken."

In April, the Ministry of Rites reported again: "Mount Tai is the ancestor of the five mountains. In January and February, four of the mountains were shaken, and the disaster was particularly unusual." The imperial court sent envoys to report the sacrifice.

After the Taishan earthquake, the Qintian Supervisor reported: "It should be in the East Palace." After this day, the Yi Chu incident came to an abrupt end, and the prince was able to retain his throne.

After the Yi Chu incident, probably because the emperor felt guilty, or for some other reason, he issued an edict to select the crown prince to show the stability of the crown prince's position.

When a prince chooses a concubine, all unmarried girls between the ages of [-] and [-] will stop marrying. Official media from various places will first collect statistics and collect picture albums of girls from good families and submit them to the local county magistrates. Time is spent selecting thousands of beauties.

County officials from various places will then uniformly escort the beauties based on the list. They will go to Beijing to participate in the primary election in June of the following year. After many selections, the list of beautiful ladies to enter the palace will be determined in September of the next year.

Yes, at this stage it was just a draft. After the show girl entered the palace, she had to undergo a month or two of palace etiquette training. Around November of the end of the year, the empress dowager, the empress and the emperor finally selected the crown prince for the prince.

After such a process, the real crown princess may not be determined until the [-]rd year of Chenghua. Moreover, the beauties who failed to be drafted, and even the beauties who were not drafted into the palace but have entered the capital, will not be wasted.

If they are willing to stay, they can enter the palace as female officials or maids. Anyway, in the end, they will benefit the emperor.

The draft that started in the summer of the [-]st year of Chenghua caused a wave of turmoil in the capital. The business of various famous painters was very good.

However, these things have nothing to do with Xu Xin. He is still the same as before. He goes to the palace every day to accompany him to study, and occasionally accompanies the Crown Prince to care for his younger brothers and sisters, as a sign of "brothers, friends, and respect."

On this day, Zhu Youtang had just come out of the palace of the Thirteenth Prince recognized by Concubine Wan Gui. On the way back, Zhu Youtang clenched his fists tightly.

"Shouren, I want them to die!"

Zhu Youtang's voice was filled with murderous intent. A few days ago, news came from Zhang Min's hometown that Zhang Min's father-in-law, who retired from old age and returned to his hometown, died of serious illness and passed away.

But today in the Thirteenth Prince's palace, Zhu Youtang hit a wall. The Thirteenth Prince's attitude was very bad, and he bluntly said that His Highness did not need to care about him in the future. Moreover, he also saw Liu Xi, the new governor of Dongchang. Both of them did not suppress their voices when talking, saying that the prince was hypocritical.

Zhu Youtang admitted that the things he did were indeed staged, but he also asked himself that he had indeed fulfilled his responsibilities as an elder brother. Basically, I will try my best to fulfill all the reasonable requests of the royal brothers and sisters.

Before Zhu Shisan became successful, he was very grateful to him as the prince. Unexpectedly, Brick hooked up with Wan Guifei and Liu Xi's gang, and his face completely changed. He was really an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf. .

In addition, Zhang Min's death was a knot in the heart of Prince Zhu Youtang. At first, many eunuchs and maids took care of the prince and Concubine Ji Shu, but only Zhang Min was always by his side. This wife had a special status in Zhu Youtang's heart.

The recent bad news and the stimulation he had just received made Zhu Youtang's anger no longer suppressed, and he actually said that he wanted them to die.

"Your Highness, there are many people in the palace, and the walls have ears. Be careful what you say!"

Although Xu Xin was sure that no one was eavesdropping around him, he still had to remind Zhu Youtang to keep the prince vigilant at all times. Although he was basically certain that the crown prince Zhu Youtang succeeded in ascending to the throne, the addition of a "butterfly" like Xu in the world was likely to cause an unusual storm.

Just like the previous world, Zhao Xu in history had no children, but he, Xu, helped and allowed Queen Meng to give birth to an orthodox royal heir, instead of some Prince Duan who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun.

As for King Duan, it is said that he was later sent to the north to seal a city. The name of that city was...Five Kingdoms City. I don’t know who it was? Is it such a bad idea?

"Shouren, I know."

After experiencing so many things, Zhu Youtang has grown up a bit. He acted like he was just chatting and walking with Xu Xin, lowered his voice and asked again, "Do you have any good ideas here, or outside the palace?" of……"

"Your Highness, the Thirteenth Prince is your brother. Even if you succeed to the throne in the future, you must not have murderous thoughts."

Xu Xin first persuaded Zhu Youtang that this was the duty of a minister, and he had to be in awe of the Heavenly Family.

The emperor and the prince are both political creatures, and they will grow up sooner or later. If you discuss with him carelessly today how to murder the emperor's heir, and then one day his mind will suddenly change, this will be your way of killing him.

Of course, Xu Xin only had a reverence for the "Tian Family" on the surface. In fact... he could steal the queen in front of the officials of the Song Dynasty, and it was not impossible to do it in the Ming Dynasty.

He has survived several lives and only has a sense of awe for the unknown and powerful power. The secular imperial power is nothing, he can step on it whenever he wants.

In this life, the "Wang Family" is tied up, and the cause and effect are deeply entangled, so you have to be careful in your actions. At least at this stage, you still need to develop in a wretched way.

"I understand that the Thirteenth Emperor's brother is his father's prince after all. He has joined the clan and has been granted the title of prince. When the time comes, let him guard the border!"

Zhu Youtang has already decided the outcome for the Thirteenth Prince. He cannot be killed but cannot be tortured. The Ming Dynasty has been experiencing renewed border troubles in recent years, and it is in need of the prince to guard the borders and take the lead to make contributions. As for the prince being killed, just avenge him when the time comes.

"The eunuchs around Concubine Wan Gui are indeed a bit excessive. However, most of the eunuchs are incompetent and greedy. The liquidation in the future will only be a matter of your will."

"But you can take control of the matter of cleaning up the eunuchs by yourself in the future. This is a force that restrains the outer dynasty, and it is easier to control. After all, they are just slaves of the Tian family, and all power comes from the nobles."

When Zhu Youtang heard what Xu Xin said, he nodded in agreement.

"Now, the two guys who really threaten you are Liu Xi and Yu Huatian. Just like Eunuch Zhang Min is your arm, Concubine Wan Gui's greatest help is them. If they are gone..."

When Xu Xin said this, he remained silent for the time being, as he stopped talking about some matters. When Zhu Youtang looked at him again, Xu Xincai said again: "There was news from outside the palace that the martial arts leader Tie Ruyun was missing."

"A few days ago, Liu Xi asked someone to calculate the so-called five yang and two yin. Zhang Min's father-in-law once said that Liu Xi's power-absorbing method was a defective and incomplete method. To absorb his power that day, it required rain to transform the field. Help. Liu Xi should be looking for a way to break through to a higher level."

(End of this chapter)