Idle courtiers

Chapter 503 If I Choose

Jiajing: "Zhou Nan, if it were you, who would you choose?"

Zhou Nan was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I am terrified. The establishment of a crown prince is a matter of the heavenly family. It depends entirely on the father's will. How dare I talk nonsense." From ancient times to the present, matters involving the struggle for the throne Could it be that it is dangerous and inexplicable, if you are not careful, you will kill people's heads.

What a shrewd monarch Jiajing is, if he doesn't answer properly, he really can't get out of Yuxi Palace today.

Zhou Nan only felt a layer of hairy sweat on his vest
Huang Jin also said cautiously: "This is His Majesty's family matter, outsiders don't dare to talk too much."

"My family affairs are the world's affairs, so don't worry about it." Jiajing said, "When the throne is handed over, don't you civil servants all have to discuss it? In the past, when the crown prince was established in each dynasty, there were hundreds of officials who elected each other, but it's okay to say. "

Huang Jin: "The servants only know how to serve the master, but they don't know anything else."

Zhou Nan knew that today's words could not be said anyway, so he simply kept silent.

Jiajing: "It seems that I have to call the roll, Zhou Nan, you say it."

Now Zhou Nan has no choice. From his heart, he naturally hopes that King Jing will be established as the prince.Li Xiaowanli, what a joke, if that's the case, I have to consider resigning and going home.

However, that cannot be said.

His heart immediately moved, and he suddenly had an idea: "Your Majesty, from the standpoint of a civil servant, I recommend Yu Wang Zhu Yijun to be in charge of the East Palace."

Jiajing: "What's the reason, Baiguan really have this idea?"

Zhou Nan could tell from his tone that the emperor was satisfied with Zhou Nan's answer.

Jiajing has always liked Xiao Wanli, a clever grandson. Under the motto that the two dragons will not meet, he can only enjoy family happiness from Xiao Wanli, and get a little emotional comfort in his later years.

It has to be said that although Xiao Wanli is young, he is exceptionally precocious and can read.Compared with King Jing, who was rude and impulsive, and seemed stupid, no matter how he compared him, he had the air of a wise king.

Moreover, Jiajing was hurt by Xiao Wanli who lost his mind when he was young, and he was more emotionally inclined to this grandson.

"Yes, all officials are willing to support King Yu." Zhou Nan said affirmatively: "From the perspective of the court's internal and external ministers and ministers of various ministries, they are more willing to establish a young monarch."

Huang Jin realized that it was not good, and sternly shouted: "Master Zhou speaks carefully."

Jiajing's gaze became sharp: "Let Zhou Nan keep talking."

Zhou Nan: "It's like Emperor Wuzong's grand visit in the 16th year of Zhengde, and there are several clans that can inherit the throne. Yang Tinghe discussed with hundreds of officials, and finally supported His Majesty who is fourteen years old and young and heroic. This is due to His Majesty's virtue. what!"

Huang Jin was so shocked that he was covered in cold sweat, and couldn't help shouting: "Master Zhou, please stop."

"You, what a rebel!" Jiajing's face turned blood red, pointing at the door: "Get out, get out, I don't need your servant here anymore, get out, don't let me see you!"

"I'm terrified, I'm leaving." Zhou Nan pretended to be terrified, and ran out in a panic.

Speaking of which, he has been living in Xiyuan for a while, and today he has time to go home to visit his two wives.

Sitting on the sedan chair, Mr. Zhou stroked his nose and pondered.

The words he said in Jiajing today obviously successfully planted a seed, and the emperor should be able to weigh the importance of it.

The so-called reason why Yang Tinghe made Jiajing the new emperor was not because of Jiajing's virtues.In fact, the emperor was far away in Anlu, Hubei, and he only went to Beijing for a year to brush his face when offering sacrifices to the Taimiao.With so many feudal princes in the Ming Dynasty, who knows who you, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old brat, are.

The key to Jiajing's ability to stand out from the crowd of contenders for the throne is his youth.This is in response to a saying in the officialdom: diplomas are indispensable, and age is a treasure.

The Ming Dynasty has always raised feudal princes like pigs, and the court wishes you to be as stupid as possible.

As a result, princes and lords from all over the world have nothing to do all day long, doing things like bullying men and women, carrying cages and birds, and setting up a dung-making machine.This is true for adults, let alone a child of thirteen or fourteen.

When Zhengde died suddenly, he had an unclear relationship with Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet. It can be said that the entire civil servant group was closely united with Mr. Yang Ge.From the personal interests of civil servants, they are naturally willing to choose a young emperor who is easy to control.

Yang Tinghe thought this way, and so did Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng during Emperor Jianwen's time.

In this way, Yang Shoufu singled out Jiajing from thousands of clan candidates.What he thought was that Jiajing was only 14 years old at the time, and there were still six years left before he was 20 years old.These six years were enough for him to completely empty the emperor.

Who would have thought that Jiajing, a 14-year-old who was raised as a pig, was the top three ruthless people with political means among the kings of the Ming Dynasty.As soon as he ascended the throne, he cut off Yang Dang three times and five times.

Just now when Jiajing asked Zhou Nan who should be crown prince, Zhou Nan would naturally speak well for King Jing.It's a pity that King Jing really doesn't have any shining points on him, so he can't do anything at all.If you blindly praise it, it may be self-defeating.

Therefore, Zhou Nan simply promoted Xiao Wanli, and used the struggle between imperial power and prime minister power in the early years of the Jiajing Dynasty as an example.Jiajing experienced this incident firsthand, and he also learned a painful lesson. Why didn't he know that the master and young ministers were suspicious, Tai Ah was very stubborn.

That's right, Jiajing is the grandson of Aixiao Wanli, but don't forget, he is still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.All he thinks about is how to consolidate the monarchy. At this time, he has to weigh whether Xiao Wanli can hold the situation once he dies.

The answer is no, how can a four-year-old boy be the opponent of the elites in the court.

At that time, will the imperial court come out with Huo Guang, or even Wang Mang?
Jiajing didn't dare to think about it, nor did he want to think about it.

Even if King Jing's conduct is not correct, he is an adult after all. As far as the methods he showed in fighting for the crown with King Jing are clumsy, there are still some countermeasures, which are better than letting Xiao Wanli's mother and son be helpless in front of the court officials It's good to be bullied to the point of being powerless to resist.

"If I were Jiajing, I would definitely choose King Jing." Zhou Nan was sure that what he said just now had an effect on Jiajing, and he relaxed.

He rubbed his nose, muttered to himself with a wry smile: "Is my performance today a traitorous official? I don't know what will be recorded in the history books in the future? Li Si, Zhao Gao? Who cares? The most important thing is to live, and I can't control the others!"

After being kicked out of Yuxi Palace by the emperor, Zhou Nan simply talked to the Supervisor of Rites and asked for two days off.

He first went back to Xun Fangyu's place for a day to adjust his mind and body.The next day, just as I was going to get together at Ah Jiu's place, Yu Er came over and said that Mrs. Nine had gone to Xu Xiang's mansion today.I heard that the old man is returning to the mansion, please go over and talk, and kowtow to Xu Shoufu by the way.

Zhou Nan was very surprised: "It's not the New Year or the festival, what is the ninth lady going to the prime minister's house for?" According to the feudal etiquette, the wife had to inform her husband before returning to her natal home.

Yu Er said: "Ninth Madam heard that a famous doctor came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she went over and asked him to take the pulse."

Zhou Nan was startled, and asked anxiously, "Is there something wrong with Mrs. Ninth's body?"

Yu Er: "That's not true, Mrs. Ninth is very good."

"That's weird. Why don't you go see a doctor? By the way, who is that famous doctor?"

Yu Er: "I heard it's called Li Shi or something?"

Zhou Nan: "Li Shizhen?"

Yu Er: "That's right, that's the name. I used to be an imperial physician in the imperial hospital."

Zhou Nan immediately became interested, so he can go to meet such a famous doctor for a while.So he took the sedan chair and rushed to Xujie's mansion.

Today is Xiumu's day, and Xu Jie happened to be there, talking with Ah Jiu in the study.

Seeing Zhou Nan, he said: "Zimu is here, the old man is about to send someone to invite you!"

"Meet the chief assistant." Zhou Nan finished his salute, and then asked Ah Jiu: "I heard that you came to see the doctor, are you sick?"

Ah Jiu: "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Concubine, I'm fine."

"It's okay, what doctor are you looking at?" Zhou Nan was anxious.

"Go down!" Xu Jie asked Ah Jiu to step down, and said to Zhou Nan: "I asked Ah Jiu to come here. Doctor Li recently collected medicine in Yanshan, and came to stay at the old man's house for two days. Ah Jiu and you have been married for some time, and we haven't seen each other for a long time." Pregnant, I asked him to help me with my pulse."

"So that's the case, what did Doctor Li say?" Zhou Nan also felt strange, Ah Jiu had been married to him for so long, why there was no movement in his stomach, it shouldn't be!
Xu Jie said: "Based on the pulse, Doctor Li said Ah Jiu's yin deficiency, so it doesn't matter, just take a few medicines. Moreover, according to Doctor Li, Ah Jiu is also male, so don't worry about the children. "

Only then did Zhou Nan breathe a sigh of relief. Although he felt that traditional Chinese medicine was too mysterious, because there was no quantification of data indicators, the system was rather chaotic.In many cases, it is directly related to the doctor's medical skills.When you meet the right person, it is natural that the medicine will cure the disease.If you meet a quack doctor, you will be unlucky!
Unlike Western medicine, once you enter the hospital, you don’t care about the three sevens and 21, you go for a physical examination first, and all the indicators come out.If the indicator is wrong, adjust the data to normal first.The doctor's medical skills are not the decisive factor, the key is the equipment and detection methods.

However, although Chinese medicine has a little free heart syndrome, it is very useful for treating difficult and miscellaneous diseases.

According to Li Shizhen's diagnosis, in terms of Western medicine, the reason Ah Jiu was not pregnant was because of her low body temperature.It's simple, just adjust your body.

Zhou Nan absolutely believed in Li Shizhen.

After talking about the family affairs, the two talked about the court affairs.

In the past few days, the political situation of the Ming Dynasty can be described as turbulent. Not to mention the cabinet ministers, no one in the court can stay out of it.

Zhou Nan: "Excuse me, Chief Assistant, how is Hai Rui doing now? Everyone at Kedao has been submitting apologies for the past few days. What does the cabinet think?"

He wondered in his heart, Ke Dao collectively wrote a letter to attack the palace, this is simply appalling, who organized and planned it, and what is the purpose?
Xu Jie naturally knew what Zhou Nan wanted to ask, so he said first: "Hai Rui is now in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, waiting for the joint trial of the three judicial departments. Take care. Ordinarily speaking, for Hai Rui's crime, he is exiled anyway, and decapitation is possible. However, don't worry. The science and justice are in chaos now, and there is no possibility of a joint trial by the three justices. Let it go on for a while, and it will be a while .In any case, we have to save more vitality for the country."

(End of this chapter)