Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 24 The only person to be chosen as the direct heir is the eldest grandson of the emperor.

Hearing this question, Zhu Xuan's big eyes rolled around, as if he thought of something, and said: "Second brother knows."

"Yunxi knows?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply curious and said, "Okay, let's call Yunxi into the palace in two days and ask him clearly."

Zhu Xuan explained: "Grandpa asked the second brother directly. He might not dare to tell. How about grandpa allowing me to leave the palace to find the second brother, and we can give the answer directly to grandpa?"

"Ha ha……"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Zhu Xuan was more playful and wanted to go out of the palace to see Zhu Yunxi and have some fun. He didn't take it to heart and said with a smile: "When you leave the palace, you need to take Hou Xian and Yan with you." Guan must be protected by someone, but my dear grandson likes to go out of the palace?"

It is normal for children to be playful.

In the past few years, the little sweet grandson has been staying in the palace. Today, if he comes out to see the excitement outside the palace, it is understandable even if he doesn't want to go back.

"miss you!"

Zhu Xuan nodded obediently and said: "My grandson is tired of being in the palace. It would be best if he could go out. If grandpa doesn't allow it, my grandson can stay in the palace forever to accompany grandpa."

"Of course you can go out, but I can only find your second brother!"

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Zhu Xuan and Zhu Yunxi had the best relationship.

"Thank you grandpa!"

Zhu Xuan said happily.

They, grandfather and grandson, laughed together and continued eating vermicelli.

After eating, they left the alley and continued to visit other places.

"My dear grandson likes to play outside, so are you interested in hunting outside the palace?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought that the little sweet grandson was indeed bored in the palace, so it would be good to go outside to relax.

Now, he has the cabinet helping to read the memorial. He has more free time and wants to take his darling grandson to do other things. In fact, he just wants to pamper Zhu Xuan.

"Grandpa wants to take his grandson hunting?"

Zhu Xuan immediately said with interest.

Zhu Yuanzhang doted on him and said, "That's right. After we have settled the current affairs, we will take our good grandson to hunt."

"Okay, okay! Grandpa is the best!"

Zhu Xuan said happily.

Seeing his grandson so happy, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and put all his worries behind him.

After having fun outside, they still have to go back to the palace.

Zhu Xuan was also tired and was carried back to rest by Hou Xian.

Zhu Yuanzhang was still full of energy, especially after recalling what Zhu Xuan had just said, he wanted to implement it immediately, but he also knew that this kind of reform could not be rushed and had to be done step by step.

Taking too big a step can easily backfire.

In addition, the reform will touch the interests of many people, and preparations need to be made, such as gathering troops, deploying royal guards in advance, etc.

"My dear grandson really looks like us."

Zhu Yuanzhang said, thinking of Zhu Biao again.

It would be great if Biao'er was still here, with my sweet grandson, by our side.

"Your Majesty, Jiang Yu is here."

Yun Qi came in and said.

"Call him in!"

After a while, Jiang Wei came in with a memorial.

The above is a list of some ministers, which Zhu Xuan mentioned last time. Whether they are supporting Zhu Yunwen or the ministers behind Zhu Yunxi, they must all be severely punished and given a good beating to prevent them from forming secret cliques. After Zhu Yuanzhang read it, he snorted coldly and said: "Jiang Gu, please follow our instructions and arrest all the people who have committed the most crimes on the list and send them to prison. The remaining ones... the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the left and right people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. If the imperial censor enters the palace, we will punish him severely!"

"Yes!"

Jiang Wei followed the order and immediately left the palace and led his troops to capture the people.

This is just an appetizer. Zhu Yuanzhang also wants to reform the tax system. What he will do next may involve killing more people. If some people are not killed and some blood is shed, the reform will not be successful.

Soon, another storm swept through the court.

As more and more people were arrested, people in the court were panicking. Some ministers were worried that like the killing of Hu Weiyong, Zhu Butcher would wield the butcher knife again and kill people wantonly. They had to keep a low profile.

However, the number of people killed this time was much less than that of Hu Weiyong.

But some veterans in the officialdom, with their keen sense of smell, discovered the problem. Behind this turmoil was the issue of supporting the emperor's grandson.

Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and Fang Xiaoru definitely supported Zhu Yunwen. They were not implicated in this turmoil and were gathering together for discussion at this time.

Although Fang Xiaoru has not yet been reused, he can stay in Yingtian and serve as a bachelor in the Imperial College. He can occasionally enter the main hall and give a few lectures to the princes and grandsons, and it is not yet time for the ten clans to be exterminated.

"Your Majesty did this because he didn't want us to continue fighting."

Huang Zicheng spoke first.

Not wanting to fight is the second best thing. The last thing I want to see is the behavior of forming cliques.

Qitai said: "Two years ago, the emperor's second grandson suddenly received His Majesty's appreciation and moved to live outside the palace. Everything about him changed and he became much smarter. We are behind the emperor's eldest grandson, but behind the emperor's second grandson, there are still There are Lan Yu and other noble Huaixi nobles, who are powerful enemies."

They felt that it was good for Zhu Yunwen to be emperor.

They were trembling under Lao Zhu, living a very hard life, and were about to be killed at every turn. With the prince gone, it was possible that the emperor's eldest grandson in power was relatively weak, so he could live a more comfortable life by letting them manipulate him.

Now that another Zhu Yunxi has emerged, not only is it not their turn to take charge, but if Zhu Yunxi is allowed to take over, they will definitely be squeezed out.

No matter what, Zhu Yunwen must win.

Qi Tai said worriedly: "Your Majesty has not seen the emperor's eldest grandson for two years. What do you think we should do?"

"I think it's okay to worry about nothing."

Fang Xiaoru said calmly: "According to etiquette, when a prince is appointed, he must be a direct descendant, and it must be the emperor's eldest grandson."

In his ideal and various Confucian etiquette, Zhu Yunwen must be the emperor, and no one can shake this position.

"Even if a direct descendant is established, it will not be the emperor's eldest grandson's turn."

Huang Zicheng said: "The biological mother of the emperor's second grandson is Crown Princess Jingyi. Strictly speaking, the status of the successor crown princess is far inferior to that of Crown Princess Jingyi. In terms of status, the emperor's eldest grandson is not as good as the emperor's second grandson."

Fang Xiaoru: "..."

If the position is passed according to qualifications, Zhu Yunwen will have nothing.

"This incident is His Majesty's warning to us. Killing some people is considered a blow. If the fight continues, I'm afraid we will not be spared."

Qi Tai thought for a while and then said: "I suggest that you calm down for a while and then think of other ways. The most important thing is to let the emperor's eldest grandson regain His Majesty's favor. The emperor's eldest grandson was left out in the cold two years ago when he beat the wild man. When the child incident started, I found some time to talk to that wild child and asked him to help the eldest grandson of the emperor and say a few good words in front of His Majesty."

Everyone in the court knew that His Majesty loved Zhu Xuan very much.

This favor lasted four years.

If you want to resolve the conflict and bring Zhu Yunwen back to the top, you still have to start with Zhu Xuan.

"Let's do this first!"

Huang Zicheng agreed.

Fang Xiaoru thought about it and finally did not refuse.

At the same time, Lan Yu was also worried because several of his adopted sons were taken to prison and he anxiously led a group of people to see Zhu Yunxi.

(End of this chapter)