high official

Chapter 853
A group of princes and ministers were called out of the house by the eunuch, and when they rushed to the palace, it was already past the time when the palace gate was locked.According to the rules, the palace gate must be locked on time, and it must not be opened for non-emergency military affairs!But Zhu Di ordered people to keep the door open for them, and they still didn't close the door after they entered the palace, which shows how furious and excited the emperor is at the moment!
It was dark early in winter, and it was already dark at this time. The eunuchs lit lanterns and led the princes and princes to the Qianqing Palace. No one spoke, or even made eye contact, but everyone knew why the emperor put They called into the palace!
After entering the Qianqing Palace, the princes and princes saw Zhu Di with his back to the door, his hands behind his back and his head up, staring at a picture of a tiger descending a mountain on the wall, fascinated.The princes paid homage to the emperor, but Zhu Di ignored them, neither turning back nor letting them get up.

The princes and ministers had no choice but to kneel there, waiting for the emperor to attack... Fortunately, they have practiced kneeling for many years, and they are used to it.

The monarch and his ministers stood side by side in silence, and after an unknown period of time, probably after a meal, Prince Zhu Gaochi staggered in with the support of two eunuchs.His legs and feet are not good, it is normal to come late, but it is not normal to come so late...

"My son, Zhu Gaochi, pay my respects to my father." Zhu Gaochi signaled the two eunuchs to leave, and he lifted the corner of his robe, and knelt down in front of the emperor. "I don't know if the emperor summoned his ministers overnight, what hadn't he learned?!"

"I don't dare to take the sacred teachings..." Zhu Di finally said his first sentence of the night, which was full of gunpowder: "My prince's wings are hard now, and I would like to ask you, what advice do you have?!"

"Father said this, this minister should plead guilty and punish himself." Zhu Gaochi's mouth trembled, and his voice quickly calmed down: "But I really don't know, how did this minister offend Father?!"

"Don't talk about pleading guilty and committing suicide all day?!" Zhu Di still didn't look back, and said coldly, "Even if I really want to kill you? Can you die obediently?!" Zhu Gaochi was about to speak, but Zhu Di sneered again: "Even if you want to die obediently, your loyal subjects will never agree!"

"Is it the king's land in the whole world, and the king's minister on the coast of the land! There is only one kind of courtier in the world, and that is His Majesty's courtier! A courtier will only be loyal to His Majesty, and will never be loyal to his son!" After the emperor finished speaking, Zhu Gaochi said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty's words are the words of the majority of the country, and the country is in chaos. My son dares to ask the father to take back these words!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! If you don't keep secrets, you will lose your ministers!" Xia Yuanji Jianyi, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rongjin Youzi and others could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, and tried to persuade them: "What your Majesty just said is really not what the emperor said about the ministers. Dao, please take it back!"

"I'm not even allowed to say anything!" Zhu Di laughed nervously and convulsively: "And he said it's not a conspiracy! Haha! Hahaha!"

"Your Majesty..." The prince and the princes and ministers had no choice but to kowtow again to plead guilty.

"Okay," Zhu Di raised his head and exhaled a long breath, and said slowly, "I will obey the crown prince's order to take back that sentence." He looked at the official who wrote the daily life note in the corner of the hall and said: "Just now Say, don't record."

Historiographers arrived in the Ming Dynasty, and they didn’t have the straightforward and unflattering demeanor before the Tang Dynasty. Basically, from the Tang Dynasty, they obeyed the emperor’s orders. A tool for suppressing political opponents.The historians were so frightened that they didn't dare to write a single word. Now that they heard the emperor's will, they naturally nodded their heads as if they had received an amnesty.

"Your majesty is wise..." All the ministers were also relieved. They thought that a storm should pass, but Zhu Di finally turned his head, and those blood-red eyes swept across the princes full of hatred.Everyone he swept over felt their hearts tremble, and hurriedly lowered their heads, not daring to look at the emperor... except the prince.

Zhu Di's gaze was also fixed on the prince, staring at the prince coldly, and the prince had no fear at all, looking at the emperor calmly.Although the prince's eyes were gentle, they were as firm as a rock. Under Zhu Di's sharp eyes that subdued demons and deterred the crowd, they were not messy at all, and did not fall behind...

This kind of anti-property gaze made Zhu Di extremely angry and anxious. He stretched out his arm and pointed his finger at the prince, less than an inch away from the tip of the prince's nose. His voice was cold and emotionless: "You ordered them not to go to the congratulatory form." of!"

"My subjects didn't order anyone," the prince said neither humble nor overbearing, "nor did anyone order them!"

"Then why are they so neat and not on the congratulatory table?" Zhu Di said through gnashing of teeth, "Do you want to say that I lost my way?!"

"Your Majesty," the crown prince said, "this is the people's will..."

'Snapped! 'Before he finished speaking, a heavy slap was slapped on the prince's face. The sound was so shocking that everyone in the hall trembled.

Zhu Di raised his hand, and slapped the prince on the face again, furiously said: "Come on! You are that person! You are that dog!" Then he kicked the prince to the ground... In less than three months, the prince was beaten twice by the emperor, which is not only shocking in this dynasty, but also unique in the 21st history.

The princes and ministers hastened to separate the father and son of the Tian family, allowing the emperor to beat the prince, it is a disgrace to the country and a stain on everyone present...

Those historians closed their eyes in pain, regretting that they couldn't remember the rare and explosive scenes in this world...

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The ministers tried their best to hold back the furious emperor, Zhu Di was still furious and said: "If you don't come up with a remedy before dawn, I will depose you, the prince!" Courtier, walk away with a flick of your sleeves.

Xia Yuanji and others looked at Zhu Gaochi and saw that his cheeks on both sides were red and swollen, so they hurriedly asked the eunuch to fetch crushed ice and wrapped it in a handkerchief for the prince to reduce the swelling.The prince held a ball of crushed ice in one hand, pressing on his cheeks on both sides, looking very weird.However, except King Zhao, no one is in the mood to make fun of the prince, even King Zhao can only secretly laugh in his heart...

'Before dawn, if you don't come up with a remedy, I will depose you, the prince! '

Although no one really took the emperor's furious words before he left, no one dared not to take them seriously.If there are not enough congratulatory forms before dawn, the embarrassed emperor may cancel the ceremony of moving the palace. At that time, he will lose face in front of the foreign kingdom and the vassal state. The emperor will put all the sins on the prince's head, and it is not impossible to abolish the prince...

"Everyone, what should we do?!" Jian Yi looked at the crowd worriedly, he was the official minister and the head of all officials.Although the Cabinet Grand Scholars are extremely powerful and are jokingly called prime ministers, they cannot be compared with the six ministers.So Jian Yi became the initiator of the topic without hesitation.

"What else can I do?" Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui got up from the ground. Although the ground of the Qianqing Palace was spotless, he patted his legs carefully, and said flatly, "Let all the officials write a congratulatory form."

"My lord, if they were willing to write it, how far would it be today?!" Jian Yi smiled wryly and said, "To be honest, the heads of our departments have been trying to persuade us these days, and we have used all methods of coercion and temptation, but Those guys just don't get in."

Zhao Wang sneered lightly, thinking that of course they would not enter, otherwise the king's efforts for so long would have been in vain?
In fact, King Zhao's method is exactly the same as that used in Nanjing, which made the famous Qingliu declare: "Whoever dares to present the congratulatory form will be cut off from his colleagues!" 'Similarly, the more people say it, the more people believe it, and the power of the word increases exponentially, and it becomes more and more difficult to offend.All the officials know that the law does not blame the public, and Shangfeng's threat is actually not powerful, but whoever dares to show up will be sprayed to death by his colleagues!
"The emperor has pointed out the way," His Royal Highness, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said coldly: "Just tell those officials what the emperor said today, and they will naturally obey..."

"That's natural..." Jian Yi nodded, but then shook his head and said, "But this way... is also extremely wrong!"

Of course it is extremely wrong!This is tantamount to making the conflict between the emperor and the prince public, and it is tantamount to convincing the prince of the crime of deceiving the public to resist him. How will His Highness the prince deal with himself!

"I don't care about so much, let's go through this hurdle first!" Zhu Gaosui was already full of ambitions, and everyone thought that the grandson had made a profit in this battle for moving the capital.But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the grandson was pushed by the emperor to the front line of the battle with the prince and his son. Even though he won a little power, he lost a reputation that was [-] times more precious!This battle for moving the capital turned the emperor and the prince against each other!Let the prince and grandson turn against each other!The real winner is him, Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui!

"This..." The ministers frowned tightly, not daring to respond to His Royal Highness Zhao Wang.

"That's right." His Royal Highness finally spoke. Under the gaze of everyone, he put down two veils wrapped in crushed ice, and said calmly, "The most important thing right now is how to make tomorrow's grand ceremony go smoothly, so that my dynasty can be as good as possible." It won't lose face in front of the subordinate country, and it won't leave regrets in the history books." After a pause, he said, "As for the others, they are all second..."

"Your Highness!" Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji and the three academicians bent down to their knees with tears in their eyes.They are all old officials who have experienced officialdom and have insight into people's hearts. How can they not know everyone's abacus? !They knew that His Royal Highness didn't have to be like this, nor should he be like this!He came to this step of sharp confrontation with his father for the sake of Daming, China, and the people... But, in the end, it was of no avail...

It was already the middle of the hour, and the time was extremely tight. Everyone hurriedly split up and called up familiar officials to tell them about the current crisis of His Highness the Crown Prince, hoping to impress their hard-hearted hearts and get that damn congratulatory form!

On the way out of the palace, Jin Youzi suddenly had a strange expression on his face, and whispered to Yang Shiqi beside him, "Brother Shiqi, tell me, the emperor lifted the ban on His Highness the Crown Prince and let him be in charge of the grand ceremonies, did you dig a hole for the Crown Prince?! "

Yang Shiqi didn't speak, but nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)