high official

Chapter 1137 Nemesis
"Is it still meaningful to say this now?" Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Shiqi.

"It makes sense. Others don't believe in the will, but my minister does." Yang Shiqi stood up, knelt down in front of Zhu Zhanji, kowtowed respectfully, and said: "My minister is willing to swear allegiance to His Highness to the death. His Highness Bao will become a great treasure in the future!"

Zhu Zhanji was confused by Yang Shiqi, stared at him for a while, Fang gritted his teeth and asked, "Where are you from?!"

"Your Highness, you don't need to worry too much. Civil servants and I have always taken it as our bounden duty to protect the emperor's order!" Yang Shiqi said in a solemn voice with an upright face, "So we are absolutely loyal to the emperor, and we will desperately defend the country! Everything is for Daming Jiangshan Sheji!"

Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Shiqi in a daze, not knowing what to say.You know, before that, for a long time, the civil service group represented by Yang Shiqi was absolutely loyal to his father, Zhu Gaochi, who was still the prince at that time.Even Zhu Gaochi's position as prince was bought by the civil servants of Xie Jin's generation from the former emperor with his life.

In the following nearly 20 years, in order to protect His Royal Highness, the civil servants offended the first emperor, offended the King of Han, and were arrested by Ji Gang. In the past 20 years, I do not know how many civil servants have been imprisoned, tortured, killed, and their wives and children separated...

However, they still have no complaints or regrets, remain loyal, and always regard protecting the prince as an overriding event. Zhu Zhanji has envied this great loyalty many times, but has it finally come to him?
"Is solitude the country's foundation?" Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Shiqi in a daze, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence.

"Your Highness, don't you think that you are not a country?" Yang Shiqi asked back with a smile.

"Guoben is of course alone!" Zhu Zhanji shuddered and roared from the bottom of his heart.

"Then what questions does Your Highness have?" Yang Shiqi looked at the "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" on the table, and said seriously: "Looking through the history books, has Your Highness ever seen a case, is there any allusion of civil servants abandoning their elders to protect their younger ones? "

"That's not true." Zhu Zhanji caressed the "Tongjian" on the table and shook his head slowly.The civil official group, especially the civil official group after the Han Dynasty, is a group composed of colleagues with Confucianism as the doctrine.Confucian ethics, in their view, are like the rules of heaven that cannot be violated. Maintaining this set of social ethics based on Confucian dogma is an inescapable duty of civil servants!

Therefore, in the eyes of the civil servants, the system of heir succession is a matter of course and cannot be changed by lightning. They will risk their lives to maintain this system, because it is related to their beliefs and the value of life!
So Zhu Zhanji didn't doubt Yang Shiqi's sincerity. As long as the other party believes that he is the prince, it is unlikely that he will have any wrong thoughts.

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Zhu Zhanji's complexion changed, and he quickly sorted out the cause and effect, and his attitude towards Yang Shiqi also changed drastically.He lifted Yang Shiqi up with both hands, and said with shame on his face: "I don't know good people alone, bachelors, don't take it to heart, please get up quickly!"

After Yang Shiqi got up, he said earnestly: "The current difficulty is only temporary, Your Highness, please don't be discouraged. Looking at the emperor's arrangement for you this time, it shows that your position is still very firm. As long as you don't make mistakes again, no one can take it away. Your crown prince."

"Why did the bachelor teach me?" Zhu Zhanji stood up respectfully and cupped his fists.He knew very well that it would be difficult for him to communicate with the outside world for an unknown period of time, and these grand scholars were his only life-saving straw.

"I would like to follow the teachings of my father, keep a low profile and cultivate my character. Your Highness will look at it in a few years, and you will find that the situation is quite different." Yang Shiqi said calmly, twirling his beard.

"Oh?" Zhu Zhanji glanced at Yang Shiqi suspiciously, and asked softly: "In a few years, the Ming Dynasty may already be Wang Zhongde's world, will there still be a place for me, Zhu Zhanji?"

"Hehe, Your Highness is obsessed." Yang Shiqi shook his head and smiled, his eyes were sharp and he said: "I have never heard that a minister like Wang Xian can still have a good death."

"But there are also people who become Cao Cao..." Zhu Zhanji said quietly.At this point, His Highness the Grandson no longer doubted Yang Shiqi at all, because he realized that the reason why Yang Shiqi actively approached him was because everyone had a common enemy——Wang Xian.

"Wang Xian is not Cao Cao, and he can't be Cao Cao." Yang Shiqi said with confidence, "At that time, there was the rebellion of the ten permanent attendants first, then the disaster of the Yellow Turban, and then Dong Zhuo abolished the emperor and moved the capital. The Han Dynasty declined to the extreme. The people of the world no longer recognize the emperor as the Lord. This gave Cao Mengde the opportunity to coerce the emperor to order the princes." After a pause, he said: "However, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were many heroes and lords, and the world returned to the heart, and the people in the world were convinced. Well, it is absolutely impossible for Wang Xian to replace the Zhu family, if he wants to be Cao Cao, the whole world will attack him!"

"You can't just count on the support of the people. When the Mongols entered the customs, and the Jin Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom, what kind of hearts can those Tartars win? Why not occupy the Central Plains for a hundred years? Call them lonely and widowed and become emperor?" Zhu Zhanji sighed: "There are also Zhao Kuangyin and Yang Jian. Could it be that Chai Rong and Yu Wenyong are not sages and heroes, and they are unpopular?"

"What Your Highness said is very true. We really can't just rely on people's support. We have to find ways to weaken Wang Xian." Yang Shiqi nodded and said softly.

"Don't act rashly. When you talk about offensive words, you can't beat him." Zhu Zhanji shook his head resolutely, and said with a sad smile: "In this Ming Dynasty, no one can beat him. Maybe only God can accept him." go."

"Hey, Your Highness, don't be discouraged. You must know that when the moon is full, you will lose, and if you are strong, you will be humiliated." Yang Shiqi said very optimistically: "Indeed, Wang Xian is now in charge of Jinyiwei and the power of the world's soldiers and horses, and the province of Shandong has become his personal. The territory, which seems to be blooming with flowers and cooking with fire, is actually on the verge of crisis!"

"Oh, what crisis?" Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Shiqi, a little confused.

"Crisis of trust. His power is so great that it has made everyone feel uneasy! What's more, he has no way to be a courtier. He dares to kill the sons and grandsons of the dragon, and even the death of the first emperor is very responsible for him! "Yang Shiqi said in a deep voice: "From ancient times to the present, such power and such crimes have all been treacherous, evil, and disastrous to the country and the people! Everyone gets to punish him!"

"That's right." Zhu Zhanji nodded, and let Yang Shiqi say this, he really felt that Wang Xian was no longer in the world.

"As long as his evil deeds are publicized, everyone in the world will hate him to the bone!" When Yang Shiqi said this, his expression was gloomy and strange, and he had no demeanor at all. "And the most important point, the reason why Wang Xian seems invincible is because the emperor gave him unconditional trust. If everyone speaks bad things about Wang Xian to the emperor... Hmph, love is no match for Jin Jian ah!"

"It makes sense..." Zhu Zhanji couldn't help nodding his head and said: "If the father and emperor can really be wary of Wang Xian, things will be easier to handle."

"Your Highness, do you know that the Emperor is not vigilant against Lord Zhen?" Yang Shiqi sneered, "Some inside information is far from what the outside world knows."

"Oh? I would like to hear the details." Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up, because the father and son were on guard against each other, and he knew far less about these inside stories than people like Yang Shiqi.

"Actually, after the emperor ascended the throne, he had already had problems with Wang Xian." Yang Shiqi said in a deep voice, "It's not difficult to understand. The prince's great career has not been accomplished, and the two sides are allies on the same front. Naturally, they can be close. If the prince's great career is successful, both sides He has become a monarch and minister, and is no longer an ally. Everything in the world belongs to the emperor, and if Wang Xian wants more points, the emperor will give up more points, and the game has begun since then!"

"That makes sense." Zhu Zhanji nodded, signaling Yang Shiqi to continue.

"At that time, Wang Xian wanted the power of soldiers and horses in the world. How could the emperor agree? Wang Xian chose to retreat and live in Jinan! He knew that the emperor's reform would definitely anger the nobles. Without his suppression in Beijing, The nobles will definitely make trouble." Yang Shiqi didn't show any shame on his face when he mentioned these embarrassing past events, and said: "When the emperor can't stand the trouble, he will naturally agree to his condition and ask him to come out to clean up the situation."

"Well." Zhu Zhanji responded, and heard Yang Shiqi continue: "The emperor sent people to invite him twice or three times, but Wang Xian was unmoved. He had to wait until the situation was most favorable for him before he fell from the sky and took away all the treasures. Your Highness, think about it, if you were the emperor, would you accept his kindness? Wouldn't you feel angry?"

"Yes." Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "If Wang Xian hadn't left the capital, there would have been no troubles later on. Father would not have been humiliated in Changling."

"Your Highness is on point! Those humiliations and tortures were originally caused by Wang Xian on purpose, but now he wants the emperor to accept his favor. Your Highness, do you think the emperor may feel comfortable?" Yang Shiqi sneered again and again.

"Probably not. Seeing Father's revenge on my third uncle and Grandpa Huang, he is not as benevolent as he seems." Zhu Zhanji said softly.

"That's the end of it. The emperor now defends Wang Xian in every possible way. Apart from the past affection, it is more to suppress the nobles and avoid further chaos in the army." Yang Shiqi mentioned this incident, and he is still very angry. Said: "Originally , This time we can wipe out all the nobles! Wang Xian only caught a few scapegoats and kept the rest! Isn’t this just raising the bandits’ self-respect?!”

"Calm down," Zhu Zhanji knew. From the standpoint of a civil servant, of course he wished that all the nobles would go to hell.But this is not the time to argue, he smiled bitterly, and comforted Yang Shiqi, saying: "Those nobles have passed through this time, not to mention that they are devastated, but I'm afraid they will no longer be a threat."

"What Your Highness said is very true!" Yang Shiqi immediately said in a deep voice: "May I ask Your Highness, what are you doing with the hounds after all the rabbits are gone?"

"Hmm." Zhu Zhanji nodded, a ray of sunshine finally appeared on his gloomy face and said, "Gu now believes that the bachelor is God's nemesis who came down to clean up Wang Xian!"

(End of this chapter)