The correct way to open the first favorite concubine of Ming Dynasty

Clothes are not as good as new, people are not as old.According to a secret report from the emperor's servant who was close to the East Palace, the emperor summoned Jin Zhong, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Jin Zhong is an old hero who has followed Zhu Di to conquer the country since Jingnan. Zhu Di trusted him. Not only did he not throw him into the imperial prison like other officials in the East Palace, but he also ordered him to investigate whether the prince was unfaithful, disfilial, or disobedient during his supervision of the country. Conspiracy.

Jin Zhong replied on the spot that the prince was benevolent and filial, there was no conspiracy or conspiracy for the delay in welcoming the driver, it was purely accidental.

"Yingjia came too late in front of the people of the world, and he said he was benevolent and filial! He faked benevolence and righteousness to all officials to win people's hearts, and then his wings hardened, and he was blatantly unfilial to me!" Zhu Di said angrily: "Jin Zhong , now even you are relying on the crown prince, you are not loyal to me, you want to deceive me!"

Jin Zhong, an elderly man, knelt down tremblingly, solemnly took off his hat and put it aside, and replied: "It is because I am loyal to the emperor that I can't get promoted and make a fortune for myself, cater to the holy will, and slander the prince. I am old and sick, I want to serve His Majesty loyally, it is only a few years, and I am afraid I will not have the blessing to assist the Crown Prince in the future. What I can do for Your Majesty is not to let the traitors frame the Crown Prince, deceive the Holy Majesty, and make the Holy Majesty regret it in the future! " Speaking of this, he was choked with sobs and tears, kowtowed and said: "The old minister is willing to sit together with nine clans, so that the prince has no plan to deceive the king."

Every sentence came from the bottom of his heart, and Zhu Di was in tears. He got off the dragon chair and helped him with his own hands: "Get up, you are getting old too. After all these years, I know your loyalty, so don't kneel again."

Jin Zhong struggled to get up, tears streaming down his cheeks.The monarch and his ministers wept at each other. At the end, Zhu Di smiled and said: "Our beards and hair are all white, and we still have to weep and hurt our bodies for these young people. Let's take care of them! Let the imperial doctor show you tomorrow, and don't say anything unlucky."

The two talked earnestly until late at night before the emperor ordered Jin Zhong to prepare a sedan chair to send him back.

In the early morning of the next day, the prince made an apology.Although the emperor did not release the arrested officials of the East Palace, his anger was restrained and he did not investigate further.

In the morning of that day, Yang Shiqi hurried back to Jinling, and immediately entered the palace to meet the emperor.

The emperor asked Yang Shiqi again the question Jin Zhong asked.

Yang Shiqi nodded and replied: "The prince is still the same as before. He is extremely loyal and filial to His Majesty. He came late to welcome you, and neglected His Majesty. All the sins are the sins of the ministers and have nothing to do with His Highness."

The emperor's anger subsided another three points, but he still did not release the officials of the Eastern Palace who were in prison.

Heidan and I knelt in the Taimiao and returned to the East Palace near noon. After meeting the prince and concubine, Heidan didn't care to rest or say goodbye, so he hurriedly turned around and asked what happened yesterday.

The prince faltered, saying that he was dizzy in the morning and couldn't see things, and his foot disease happened again, so he couldn't meet him for a long time.

Heitan said with concern: "I was not well at first, but I knelt for a few more hours... Is Father's health better now?"

The princess sneered and said nothing.

As a woman, I seem to understand her expression.

I can't believe what I'm thinking of.

If it's true, then my three views have collapsed...

Zhu Gaochi, the Ming Renzong in history, the founder of the rule of benevolence and propaganda, a good comrade with a strong body and a beautiful heart, is obsessed with beauty and delays such a big event? ? ?

My heart seems to have been blown by a strong wind, and no grass can grow.It's too ruinous... Fortunately, no one was killed this time. If Zhu Di got angry and took a chance on a minister, the minister would die unjustly...

Heidan is a young man with a strong body. He doesn't know that a weak person will get dizzy if he does too much of a certain kind of exercise.The crown princess listened indifferently, her eyes were glued to the Kodan painted on her nails, and she played with her fingers over and over again, as if the son was not talking about her husband.

Does she think her husband is worthless, or does she hate him for pampering other women?Or, she doesn't care who he loves and pets at all?My knowledge is too shallow, I can only read that she is holding back the disdain in her heart, but I don't know what she is thinking deep in her heart.

The more Heidan spoke about being considerate of his father, the more shy and embarrassing the prince appeared, which confirmed what I thought in my heart.

It seems that even a virtuous gentleman is not perfect.

Thinking about Ming Renzong's early death in history, I really want to persuade him to restrain himself from being a womanizer, recharge his energy and store up energy to live a few more years, so as to make this rare prosperity last longer.However, as a future daughter-in-law, I really have no position to persuade my father-in-law's housework through my mother-in-law.

With the crown princess's ability to control the East Palace, the East Palace is like an iron bucket.Although everyone was curious about the real reason of the incident, the Eight Immortals of various forces showed their magical powers and took turns to spy, but the truth about the prince's dizziness did not get out at all.

If there is even a little bit of leakage and the emperor finds out, the East Palace will be over.

So when I found out that the eunuchs and maids who used to meet in the East Palace before the Northern Tour disappeared, although I secretly felt pity, I didn't find it strange at all.

Zhu Di didn't investigate further, but he never let him go.

A group of officials from the East Palace were imprisoned in the cold and damp Jinyiwei Prison.

Prison, hell on earth.In addition to being decapitated by the emperor and tortured at any time, the food in the prison was so filthy and unpalatable, there was a lack of medical care, and there were overgrown insects and rats.

Others can say that Xima (official title) Yang Pu’s family is poor, and the whole family eats his salary alone. Once he was imprisoned, he lost even this meager income (the official salary in Ming Dynasty was very low) .At first, the family was able to send him some meals, but later the family really couldn't open the pot, so they stopped sending meals.

After the East Palace heard about it, the crown prince came forward and politely asked Ji Gang to treat him kindly, but Ji Gang couldn't tell what the emperor wanted, so he said directly, "I dare not agree to Your Highness' request."The honest man Zhu Gaochi returned to the East Palace, crying with anger.

What's the use of tear ducts now, you tightened your belt at that time, didn't you just have nothing to do...

That's not all.Yang Shiqi, who escaped prison because of a business trip, was bitten by the censor under the king of Han. Every day, he read several memorials, saying that all the officials in the Eastern Palace were imprisoned, and Yang Shiqi should not be forgiven alone.Zhu Di also threw him into imperial prison due to public opinion.

So far, among the famous "Three Yangs" in history books, only Yang Rong is still free.

Yang Rong is an official of the crown prince.And Yang Rong has indeed been following the prince's orders.

But the emperor didn't regard him as the prince, thinking that he didn't stand on either side of the prince or the King of Han.

During the Northern Expedition, the emperor ordered him to give Heitan lectures on classics and history in the army, and he was also in charge of Yuxi.That is to say, every imperial decree counts only when it is issued by Yang Rong's hand.

When he came back from the northern tour, the emperor had a poisonous attack, so dangerous, and the one who ordered to investigate the case, besides Ji Gang, was Yang Rong.

Anyway, I admire this thin old man, Mr. Yang.

However, it is precisely because there are only a few people left such as Yang Rong and Jin Youzi, who was repairing the book, that they have not been arrested, Donggong is even more afraid to walk around with them frequently.

If these people were arrested again, the East Palace would have no important ministers to use in the court, it would be like having their hands and feet cut off.

Cutting off limbs was exactly what Zhu Di wanted.

These ministers are all loyal ministers and cannot be killed, he knows.

But if you don't kill them, you can't let them be used by the prince-now is not the time.

So he chose to lock them up.

Among them, Yang Shiqi was released within a few days, but Yang Pu was locked up for ten years.

During those days in the East Palace, there was bitter wind and bitter rain.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor intends to suppress the prince, and the snobs will flock to those who flatter the king of Han and trample on the prince in turn.There are also officials with integrity under the crown prince's command, but the crown prince specifically instructed them to put their own safety first, and not to force themselves to stand out.

There was no one to help shelter him from the wind and rain, so every move the prince made in the hall was easily blamed.

Every time an edict is issued, without the King of Han's signal, the dog raised by the King of Han will find a gap to find a fault and come forward to bite; if you do nothing and rule by doing nothing, you will be scolded for not being devoted to state affairs and not sharing the worries of your father.

It is wrong to do it; it is also wrong not to do it.Doing more is wrong; doing less is also wrong.Embarrassed.

Every day is exhausted, exhausted, difficult to deal with, and incapable of doing anything. Only Heidan can help share some of the bitterness and suffering.The rest were carried by the prince alone.

Although I once complained in my heart that the prince himself committed evil and caused disasters for nothing, but seeing him so forbearing and sincerely protecting his subjects with his own body, I can't help but admire and be moved.

Heidan also worked extremely hard in those days.

In addition to helping the prince with government affairs and court battles, he also had to go to the emperor to have fun.

The courtiers turned against each other, the emperor's uncle showed his sword, and the emperor's ancestor was ruthless.The hot and cold world boiled down to a pot of boiling hot soup, and he had to bite the bullet and taste it spoonful by spoonful.

He and I supported each other, being sweet to each other tenderly, trying to fight against the bitterness of life, but under the chaotic situation, the wedding date became more and more distant day by day.

Seeing that Donggong was losing power, the officials in charge of drafting for the grandson's wedding had a difficult time.

Now the king of Han is in power in the court, and the crown prince has overwhelmed the limelight, and he is likely to replace him.If they try their best to organize the draft for the grandson with great fanfare, they will definitely offend the king of Han, and the fate of offending the king of Han will be in the imperial court; To deal with it, the quality of the selected beautiful women is not good, offending the grandson or even the emperor is a dead end.

The holy will is like the sea, it is difficult to guess, one wrong step is drowning.

When the situation of seizing the heir apparent was not clear, the officials in charge of the local drafts resorted to a trick to save their lives.

It just so happened that natural disasters have occurred frequently in recent years, such as floods here, severe droughts there, and countless locust plagues and hailstones. All localities have requested to suspend the draft for various reasons.

The emperor's kindness is great, he is sympathetic to the people's sentiments, he can't bear to disturb the people's recuperation, and considering that the grandson is still young, he agreed, and said there is no rush.

As for whether Zhu Di really agreed because of the reasons stated in the imperial edict, and how much the grandson's marriage was affected by the struggle for succession, it is up to everyone to interpret it.

In short, this delay has dragged on for more than a year.

After a long life-and-death struggle between the East Palace and the Hanwang Party, the winner was finally decided temporarily in the 13th year of Yongle.