my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 121 The rise of the emperor

Chapter 121 The rise of the emperor

In fact, there is nothing wrong with being lied to.

As long as the truth is not exposed, of course everyone will continue to dance and have fun.

The crux of the problem is that this matter must be exposed.

This guy Xie Jin...is different, he likes to form cliques.

Relying on his fellowship and fellowship, this Wenyuange University scholar has attracted a large number of 'upright' ministers.

And then using his special relationship with the prince, in fact... is creating a so-called princeling party.

Zhang An lived his whole life, but after being beaten by the great wisdom of various major companies, he woke up to the methods and routines of people like Xie Jin.

What they are best at is to grab a certain future helmsman, and then form a gang in the name of this person. On the surface, it seems to be creating momentum for you, but in fact...

The prince is already the crown prince and the future emperor, why do you need people like you to form a clique?The prince himself is the largest faction in the world in the future.

Xie Jin's mind was different.

He needs to show his own value. If he can't show his own value, how can he play his role?

Ever since, he pulled people's heads, created momentum, and showed his unusual relationship with the prince everywhere.

Of course, many people like to climb into Xie Jin's relationship, get in the car ahead of time, and just wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne, and they all rise to the top.

Many princes in history, in fact, also knew that as a prince, they should not form cliques, but in the end, they were all dragged into trouble by people like Xie Jin, but they ended up in a miserable end.

So the key problem is not that the princes are stupid, but that there are always many smart people in the court who make trouble out of nothing, until things get out of control and they are eventually taken over by others.

Zhu Di is actually quite a sober person, and maybe he found that the King of Han was not like a king, so he finally chose to kill Xie Jin, and still kept Zhu Gaochi's position.

But Zhang Anshi was still worried that Xie Jin would become more and more crazy.

Zhang Anshi was silent for a moment, and then said to the Crown Princess Zhang, "Sister, I think people like Xie Jin and He Liuwen are uneasy and kind."

Mrs. Zhang listened, and gave Zhang Anshi a meaningful look: "Huh?"

Zhang Anshi frowned and said: "They are foreign ministers, why do they always come to look for brother-in-law? What's the matter, can't we go to the court to talk about it? And this He Liuwen, I heard from people outside that this man's heart is not upright, so brother-in-law should not talk to him He's a good deal."

Mrs. Zhang said: "I've heard people say that this man has a clean sleeve and is upright. Of course, the gossip outside is not to be believed. It's just that when your brother-in-law was conferred the crown prince by His Majesty, he did a lot of hard work..."

Zhang Anshi sneered and said: "Sister, you and brother-in-law are really confused. Brother-in-law is the eldest son, and he should be the crown prince. No matter how confused your majesty is, you know that this is Gangji. Once your majesty ignores these things, it will inevitably turn into chaos in the future, your majesty." Such a sober person may have doubts before being named the crown prince, but it is already a certainty that my brother-in-law will become the crown prince."

Zhang Anshi continued: "Since brother-in-law deserves his name as the crown prince, what is the real meaning of Xie Jin's so-called good words in front of His Majesty at that time?"

"Xie Jin is a very smart person. It is impossible for him not to understand the mystery of this. That is to say, he has long been convinced that his brother-in-law must be the prince, but at that time, he always spoke well in front of His Majesty. Could it be... ...Is this really for brother-in-law?"

Mrs. Zhang didn't have much contact with foreign court affairs, and she actually didn't want to, but Zhang Anshi's words made her frown.

She is not a confused person, she is naturally clear that she is the concubine and her husband is the prince, there are not many people in this world who can really be trusted, and her brother shares weal and woe with her, so I have to think deeply about what he said.

Zhang said: "Your brother-in-law is too generous. I will talk to him in a few days."

Zhang Anshi said again, "There is also this He Liuwen, in my opinion, don't let him come."

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "Why are you in such a hurry. If you issue an order to evict guests today, your brother-in-law will not look good. Okay, okay, I know you are doing it for the sake of your brother-in-law, but you must have a degree in everything, your family Brother-in-law knows the severity."

Zhang Anshi sighed: "If you don't listen to your brother, you will be at a disadvantage!"

Mrs. Zhang chuckled: "Okay, okay, don't be angry with my family's Confucian. Come, let's see if the clothes Sister cut for you fit or not."

Zhang Anshi still muttered: "Sooner or later, my brother-in-law will be burdened by this He Liuwen, this He Liuwen..."

"Come here." Mrs. Zhang was sullen and scolded in a low voice.

"Oh." Zhang Anshi had no choice but to say, "Here we come."

After trying on the clothes, some of them didn't fit well, but Zhang's brows were filled with joy: "My family's An Shi is taller again, I will change it again tomorrow."

Zhang Anshi said: "Oh."

At this time, he was too tactful to talk too much, he greeted Mrs. Zhang, and ran out in a hurry.

At this time, Zhu Zhanji outside was poking his head.

Seeing Zhang Anshi running out, he staggered to catch up: "Uncle, Uncle..."

Zhang Anshi stopped, dragged him to the side of the rockery, deliberately put on an angry look and said, "Didn't you say to ignore me these few days."

Zhu Zhanji said: "I heard from them that that great sage turned out to be Uncle's benefactor."

Zhang Anshi snorted coldly and said, "So what, what does it have to do with you?"

Zhu Zhanji said: "It's really strange, why the great sage didn't take a fancy to me, but uncle."

At this time, Zhang Anshi did not continue to show his face on purpose, but touched Zhu Zhanji's head affectionately: "This is because Uncle is upright and kind, and the most important thing is that Uncle has courage."

"Courage?" Zhu Zhanji opened his eyes wide.

Zhang Anshi said: "That's the kind of courage that, although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go on, do you understand?"

Zhu Zhanji said: "Although there are tens of millions of people, how can I go?"

At this moment, Zhang Anshi lowered his voice and said, "Have you ever beaten a treacherous minister?"

Zhu Zhanji shook his head immediately: "Mother and concubine said, you are not allowed to beat people."

Zhang Anshi sighed: "This is the result of being raised in the hands of a deep palace woman."

"Who is the deep palace woman?"

Zhang Anshi said: "You still want to sue. Well, you can sue yourself, and see if sister believes you or me."

Zhu Zhanji drooped his head with a little frustration.

Zhang Anshi touched Zhu Zhanji's head again, and said earnestly: "Uncle, you are the one who hurts the most in my heart. If you want to be successful, it is not impossible. I will teach you to do one thing and keep it. From then on, everyone in the world will treat you You look at it with admiration, but...do you dare to do it?"

Without even thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji said, "Don't dare."

Zhang Anshi grimaced: "Oh my God, why does our Zhang family have blood like yours! Not to mention that everyone in your Zhu family is a ruthless person, and every generation of our Zhang family has been loyal and unparalleled. How did you get here?" Here, is it like this? Zhan Ji, my dearest relative, you are confused."

The child still couldn't bear the excitement, Zhu Zhanji said: "Okay, I dare to do it, and then?"

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "You have to do as I say, and you can't betray Uncle, you know? Uncle is timid and can't stand being frightened."

"Oh."

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evening.

Xie Jin and He Liuwen came to the East Palace together.

Xie Jin came here more often, of course, most of them were excuses for business.

Over the past six months or so, His Majesty has gradually begun to hand over some political affairs to the prince, which gave Xie Jin more excuses.

And Xie Jin's reputation is very good, plus Zhu Gaochi was able to become the prince, he made a lot of efforts, almost whenever he had the opportunity, he would speak well for Zhu Gaochi in front of Zhu Di.

Zhu Gaochi has a generous temperament and often treats Xie Jin favorably.

As for He Liuwen, he was also quite excited at this time.

He clings to Xie Jin's side, and this time he came back from Annan, and got huge benefits from Annan's power minister Hu, which can be described as both fame and fortune.Today, he entered the palace to meet with the emperor, and the emperor showed great praise for his entry into Annan.

At this time, Xie Jin took him to meet the prince again. Once the prince favored him, coupled with His Majesty's praise for him, and his achievements in entering Annan, his future prospects must be limitless.

Xie Jin said: "This time you entered Annan, it can be said that you have worked hard. I am already helping you to be active. I invite you to be the censor of the right deputy capital."

He Liuwen thanked with great joy: "Thank you, Mr. Xie."

Xie Jin said: "I want to say thank you, Your Highness the Prince."

After all, he looked at He Liuwen with a meaningful look.

He Liuwen was more pleased, but he also noticed something. The way he looked at Xie Jin at this time was even more different, as if Xie Jin at this moment represented not only the Wenyuan Pavilion University scholar, but also His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Later, you don't need to say much in front of His Highness, I will speak well for you."

"Yes, thank you." He Liuwen looked at Xie Jin gratefully.

When the two went to the East Palace, Zhu Gaochi met the two and asked about Annan's situation.

He Liuwen then said: "This matter has been reported to Your Majesty. This Annan Hu family is the Grand Master of Annan Kingdom. He has been serving the Lord wholeheartedly. Everyone in Annan calls him a good man. It is a pity that Annan Kingdom has no heirs. Now... The bloodlines of the clan were also cut off, when I went to Annan, I found that the entire Annan Kingdom was governed by the Hu family in an orderly manner, and the Hu family has always been respectful to me, Daming..."

He was rambling on, but in fact, An Nanguo was far away in the sky, and the information was not smooth. The impression of the Manchu monarchs and ministers about An Nanguo could only be heard from He Liuwen.

Zhu Gaochi nodded again and again: "Father also summoned the palace, and has already issued an order to grant the Hu family a golden seal and canonize him as the king of Annan. However, He Yushi went to Annan this time and went back and forth for a year. He was displaced along the way. Hard."

He Liuwen said: "I am ashamed, but I just tried my best."

Zhu Gaochi saw that it was getting late, so he said: "You can accompany me to have a meal here, so as not to go back at this time, I will be hungry."

He Liuwen was ecstatic in his heart, and naturally knew that he had gained the trust of the prince.

As long as this matter spreads, everyone will know that he has become the prince's confidant.

So he hurriedly said: "Your Highness loves me so much, I... I am ashamed to be worthy of it."

Immediately, Zhu Gaochi had a meal with the two of them. In fact, the meal in the East Palace was very simple. Zhu Gaochi asked some things, and He Liuwen also answered fluently. Zhu Gaochi said to Xie Jin: "This man is honest and will become a great weapon."

Xie Jin hit the iron while it was hot: "Your Highness, this time the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is vacant, and he has made great contributions this time. I hope to invite Your Majesty..."

Xie Jin didn't continue talking about the rest.

Zhu Gaochi pondered for a moment: "This requires the permission of the emperor, and I have no objection."

In fact, what Zhu Gaochi was waiting for was no objection, Xie Jin smiled and said: "Your Majesty also cherishes He Liuwen's talent, it seems that he is sure."

He Liuwen said: "His Royal Highness is very kind and virtuous, and I will do the work of a dog and a horse."

Zhu Gaochi was not very used to these words. During this process, he did not contribute, but the other party seemed to be able to get promoted because of his credit.

But Zhu Gaochi was kind, but he didn't say much.

After eating some water and wine, He Liuwen got up to urinate.

This is not so much the East Palace, but it is not the East Palace. It is just Zhan Shifu. There are several respectful houses nearby. He Liuwen can go there, and there is only one respectful house used by officials who come and go here on weekdays.

He was a little drunk, but he was extremely excited, knowing that soon, he might become an assistant officer of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and his future was immeasurable.

So he entered the Gong's room, which was very smelly, after all, it was not for real nobles, He Liuwen pinched his nose, and was about to untie his belt.

But at this moment... there was a bang...

He Liuwen only felt that his mind was blank, his legs trembled, and he collapsed to the ground.

Gunpowder smoke rose, all kinds of strange things flew around, he was trembling, and he was about to faint.

On the other side, somewhere in the dark.

Zhang Anshi took the Huozhangzi, and then stuffed the Huozhangzi into Zhu Zhanji's hand.

Zhu Zhanji: "..."

Zhang Anshi said: "Remember what will happen later, when someone comes, you will cry, and... remember what I taught you."

Zhu Zhanji held the fire folder, opened his eyes wide, and looked at his uncle: "..."

Zhang Anshi patted Zhu Zhanji's head: "My dearest and dearest Zhanji, my uncle still has something to do. My uncle still needs to go to Guangda Shengxue to benefit the common people. I will leave the matter here to you. Remember, ah! Uncle loves you."

Zhu Zhanji: "..."

He only noticed a blur in front of his eyes.

Then with a whoosh, Zhang Anshi disappeared and disappeared into the darkness.

Zhu Zhanji was still holding the fire folder, his little hands trembling slightly.

He opened his mouth to say something, but found that Uncle's body was gone.

He opened his eyes in confusion, as if he felt that his little head couldn't turn around.

At this time, Zhan Shi's mansion was in chaos from top to bottom.

Soon, a group of eunuchs came hurriedly with lanterns.

They saw He Liuwen fainting from fright in Gong's room, but no one was willing to drag him out.

Later, someone discovered Zhu Zhanji again.

Zhu Gaochi and Xie Jin also rushed over.

Seeing this scene, his face changed drastically.

"Quick, save people quickly." Zhu Gaochi said.

Finally, He Liuwen woke up slowly, and immediately after, he was disgusted by himself.

He let out a howl.

And at this moment, crying sounded.

Everyone looked in the direction of the crying, who was it not Zhu Zhanji?

Zhu Zhanji cried very sadly, as if he was the one being bombed now.

So much so that he burst into tears, and his small body was still twitching.

A eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and hugged him up.

Someone also found the fire pocket in his hand.

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly said: "Don't cry, don't cry... The child must be scared. Why are you here at this time?"

Zhu Zhanji stretched out his hand, pointing in the direction of He Liuwen and said: "He is a traitor, father, he is a traitor!"

After Zhu Gaochi heard this, his face changed drastically again.

The eunuch at the side hurriedly coaxed: "Your Highness, stop talking, stop talking."

At this time, Zhu Gaochi probably understood what happened, and his face was ugly.

Xie Jin is even more like a mourning concubine, like a dead mother.

Then He Liuwen looked at the child in disbelief, he was already in a panic, and hearing Zhu Zhanji's words at this time, he was already so frightened that he was about to pass out.

"Ah..." He Liuwen wailed loudly and said, "Your Highness...why does Your Highness treat you like this?"

Zhu Gaochi was speechless.

He Liuwen said again: "Even if I feel sorry for Your Highness and Young Highness, how can I humiliate my servant so much, even...even..."

Zhu Gaochi's body was shaking.

Xie Jin didn't say anything, because you can't beat or scold the child in front of you, and you can't even reason with him.

Zhu Zhanji continued to cry, crying more sadly than He Liuwen, still chattering: "He is a traitor, a traitor... Father..."

This night, no one fell asleep.

A note was quickly stuffed into the palace through the crack of the Meridian Gate, and soon an eunuch sent the note to the Supervisor of Rituals.

Today, Yi Shiha, who is on duty at the Supervisor of Rituals, dared not neglect, held the note, and went madly to the palace.

"His Majesty……"

At this time, Zhu Di had already gone to bed.

Hearing movement, a wheel turned over.

He is a very vigilant person, perhaps because of the habits of his military career all the year round.

Although he woke up suddenly, he was full of anger: "Who is it?"

Yi Shiha came in on tiptoe: "Your servant has something to report."

"What's the matter?" Zhu Di was slightly angry.

Yishiha said: "There was an explosion in Zhan Shifu."

Zhu Di was shocked when he heard this: "Where is my grandson...how is my grandson?"

"Fortunately, it was only the firecracker that exploded... it was just the latrine."

Zhu Di: "..."

"It seems to be a firecracker ordered by His Royal Highness."

"Is he injured?" Zhu Di was shocked again.

"His Royal Highness was not injured, but was frightened."

Zhu Di couldn't sit still any longer, and stood up with his shoes on.

Empress Xu also heard the movement, she got up nervously and frowned, "He must be very scared."

"Yes, I cried for a long time."

Empress Xu frowned: "How could such a thing happen?"

Yi Shiha then said: "Censor He Liuwen is injured."

"Who is He Liuwen?" Zhu Di asked in surprise.

Yi Shiha said: "Your Majesty forgot, you summoned him at noon yesterday, he just came back from Annan."

After hearing this, Zhu Di remembered something, and then said, "What was he doing in the East Palace at that time?"

"Bachelor Xie Jinjie, he said that he wanted to report to His Royal Highness about Annan. Your Majesty, you forgot that His Royal Highness is also involved in some matters concerning the Ministry of Rites."

Zhu Di nodded. He was really annoyed by the affairs of the various ministries. Now the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites, as well as the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment, are almost all handed over to the prince.

But Zhu Di was only in charge of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War.

Zhu Di said, "How could he be injured?"

"Your Majesty, didn't you say it? It was His Royal Highness who was careless, and took advantage of He Liuwen's respect, and lit a firecracker."

"His mother!" Zhu Di was furious.

Empress Xu said: "Who is His Majesty scolding?"

Zhu Di said straightforwardly: "Of course the one who scolded is the prince!"

Empress Xu: "..."

Zhu Di was furious, and said viciously: "He is not young anymore, how could such a thing happen? This must be due to his improper discipline, he can't even manage his own family, and I still expect to hand over the country to him? Huangsun Xiaoxiao At this age, at the age of being ignorant, I have been frightened this time, if there is anything wrong with it, I will definitely take the crown prince."

Empress Xu said: "Your Majesty calm down."

Zhu Di sighed heavily and said, "Why didn't I have a good son."

After that, he continued angrily: "How many other doctors are there? I have recruited so many people who have read poetry and books to teach the emperor and grandson to read. What is the purpose of letting the emperor and grandson study? Is it just to recognize those few words? ? It is to let them teach the emperor and grandson what to do and what not to do."

"But take a look at them and see what they look like. It's really unreasonable. Someone, make an order, and give those people... all of them thirty lashes, and beat them hard."

Yi Shiha said: "The servant obeys the order."

Only then did Zhu Di say, "How about the aftermath?"

"The emperor's grandson has been coaxed to sleep by the crown princess, it seems...he was not frightened at all afterwards."

Zhu Di finally heaved a sigh of relief, and said happily: "It's also fortunate that nothing happened."

He felt a little happier: "This child dares to play this at such a young age, but he is very similar to me! Men, you can't be like a prince, you only know what you want, you have to have blood, dare to play this at a young age, and when you grow up, I will Take him across the desert, he can be a vanguard officer."

Also Shiha dry laugh.

Zhu Di looked at him and said, "Is there anything else?"

"One more thing..." Yi Shiha was silent for a moment, and said: "After the emperor finished lighting the firecrackers, he pointed at He Liuwen and kept saying a word."

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows: "What are you talking about?"

"The emperor's grandson kept saying that He Liuwen was a traitor! He Liuwen heard this and was greatly insulted, so he left in embarrassment immediately. The prince wanted to keep him, but he didn't respond."

Zhu Di frowned even deeper, and subconsciously said, "Into him..."

Having said that, Zhu Di paused for a moment, but then changed the subject, and said: "This is not good. He has worked hard and made great achievements. You can't insult him like this. In two days, I will call this He Liuwen into the palace. I will personally reward him, lest someone Said that our Tian family is mean and ungrateful."

But at this time, Zhu Di's face showed a bit of anger again, and said: "After all, this matter is still the prince's fault, and those damned doctors. Look, they took Professor Huangsun What has it become, hmph!"

Zhu Di walked back and forth in front of the dragon couch with his hands behind his back, and he couldn't help saying: "The crown prince should also teach me a lesson. If the emperor's grandson goes astray in the future, he must be a father. blame."

Empress Xu was relieved when she heard that Zhu Zhanji was fine, but she also felt a little worried when she heard that Zhu Zhanji insulted the minister.

Zhu Di said: "Okay, sleep, you step back."

He glared at Yishiha.

Yi Shiha listened, and hurriedly withdrew.

But who knows, the next moment, Zhu Di followed Yi Shiha and rushed out of the hall.

I was also shocked.

But Zhu Di was outside the hall, and he was trying his best to scan the roof of the bedroom by the moonlight.

Seemingly uneasy, he picked up another small stone and threw it viciously towards the top of the temple.

Snapped……

The small stone made a crisp knocking sound on the glazed tiles on the roof of the hall, and then rolled down.

Only then did Zhu Di turn his gaze back from the direction of the top of the hall, shook his head, and muttered, "Hmph, fortunately this kid is not here, if he still dares to come, I will just beat him to vent his anger."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went back to the bedroom in a hurry.

Empress Xu looked at Zhu Di who was coming back, and said, "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

Zhu Di said casually: "It's okay, sleep, sleep."

Empress Xu gave Zhu Di a meaningful look with her phoenix eyes, and then fell silent.

Silent all night.

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Zhenjiang is close to the capital and is the gateway of the capital.

At this time, a young man with the appearance of a embarrassed scholar appeared on the street. His hair was disheveled and his clothes were dirty, like a beggar.

It's just that although he is dressed in rags, if you look carefully, the material of the clothes looks like satin.

He limped and appeared on the street, and soon attracted the attention of several gentlemen.

These gentlemen followed all the way.

But I saw him keep asking people for directions, heading towards the pier.

These gentlemen were in shock, because the identity of the other party was really unpredictable.

If we say that he is an ordinary refugee, although his clothes are tattered, he looks luxurious. In addition, when he speaks, he speaks a very pure official language. People who can speak this kind of official language are obviously by no means ordinary people. Some ordinary scholars would not have such a pure accent.

The officials can be said to be well-informed, and the reason why they didn't approach easily was because they knew that the other party might not be an ordinary person, and they didn't want to cause trouble for themselves.

The man then came to the pier, boarded a boat with a black flag, and was instructed to buy a ticket. He seemed to have no money, so he found a jade pendant from his body and wanted to mortgage it there. Ticketing.

The ticket seller saw that the jade pendant was not easy, so he bought a ticket for him with his own money, and took the jade himself.

So, holding the ticket, the man boarded the boat.

After the gentlemen looked at each other, one of them said in a low voice: "I'm leaving, I think I'm going to the capital."

Another person said: "If you go to other places, we brothers can ignore it, but if you just go to the capital, let's ask."

Immediately, the two gentlemen rushed up, stopped the man, and shouted coldly: "Who are you?"

The man looked startled, and immediately said: "Don't take me, don't take me, I'm going to see Emperor Daming, I'm Chen Tianping, Prince Annan, I'm going to sue the imperial court!"

As soon as this remark came out, the two gentlemen looked at each other with shock in their eyes.

This man named Chen Tianping said again in the purest official language: "In the country of Annan... someone conspired to usurp the throne and kill my Annan clan. The emperor of Ming was deceived by treacherous officials!"

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Regarding the accent of the Annan nobles, you can watch the videos of the last Vietnamese nobles in the late Qing Dynasty. Their accents are purer than 90.00% of the common people in the late Qing Dynasty.

Also recommend a book: "Taoist Fighting the Sword at Night", written by a friend, you can read it if you are not in the book.

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