"Father, since you are unconscious, don't wake up."
Zhu Youji's words were very soft, but in Emperor Tianqi's heart, they were like a bolt from the blue.
His body trembled, and he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "You can't do this. I am the Nine-Five Emperor, your father, and I am the True Dragon Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. You want to usurp the throne." ?”
"Aren't you afraid that your ancestors will come to find you?"
"Ancestors?" Zhu Youji looked at Emperor Tianqi and suddenly showed a contemptuous smile. He shook his head and said, "Father, there are some things I don't want to say. Don't force me."
"To be honest, the fact that my second son became like this and that I became like this are all caused by you, right?"
"Do you really have no responsibility at all?"
"After I die, who will care about the flood?"
"I am saying this not only for my second son, but also for you!"
"What?" Emperor Tianqi's face instantly turned ugly, "What do you mean?"
"Father, if it weren't for your cleverness, how would the Japanese people be able to imitate the God-breaking Crossbow?"
"If it weren't for your arrogance and feeling that the entire imperial court was in control, how could you have cultivated people like Yan Song and Zhu Wuli, making you unable to get rid of them and having to take a risk?"
"The second brother's methods are also learned from yours."
"For the sake of longevity, you disregarded the life and death of the people, ignored all the princes, and allowed them to fight in factions and weaken the country's strength. At this time, have you ever thought about the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty?"
Facing Zhu Youji's questioning, Emperor Tianqi turned pale and shouted coldly: "I am right, I cannot be wrong, I can control everything, I have contributed to the Ming Dynasty, and I have wiped out the Kunlun Demon Sect. I have contributed to the Ming Dynasty." ,Yes...that's right, I am the Mingjun..."
"Father, it is undeniable that you were meritorious in the first half of your reign." Zhu Youji nodded and acknowledged Emperor Tianqi's achievements, "You repaired the Great Wall, promoted business between the north and the south, sent vassal kings and generals to guard the four directions, and destroyed You have made great contributions to the Kunlun Demon Cult in making the martial arts world surrender to the imperial power."
Hearing this, Emperor Tianqi's face looked much better. However, the next moment, Emperor Tianqi's face changed again.
"But after the Kunlun Demon Cult was destroyed, you changed."
"He devoted himself to immortality, practiced Taoism and refined elixirs, ignored the people, ignored the court, and allowed the powerful and treacherous ministers to take over. This turned the good Ming Dynasty into this state. The people were in poverty, officials and businessmen colluded, and the entire Ming Dynasty was like a dying patient that could collapse at any time. .”
"It's possible to be like this, Father, you must have contributed a lot!"
Zhu You was extremely calm, but his words were like a steel knife, piercing into Emperor Tianqi's heart.
In an instant, Emperor Tianqi even felt that his breathing became unsmooth.
"That's enough, shut up!"
Emperor Tianqi shouted angrily: "You don't understand anything. How can you understand my feelings? You are still young and you still have infinite possibilities, but I am old. I am afraid and worried every day. I'm afraid that I won't wake up the next day, how can you understand this?"
"Stop talking to yourself here!"
"I eat more salt and travel more than you do, and it's not your turn to tell me what to do!"
Emperor Apocalypse's furious expression resembled that of a dying old wolf, stubbornly guarding his territory and ethnic group.
Looking at this scene, Zhu Youji felt a sense of sadness in his heart.
Birth, old age, illness and death are the natural laws of nature.
No one can escape the fate of death.
Even if the emperor's life is as strong as the sixth life, and the tenth level of innate heaven has been cultivated to the limit, it is still unable to explore the limit, reach the realm of transcendence, and pursue the elusive eternal life.
However, Emperor Tianqi, who had a low level of cultivation, could only draw water from a bamboo basket in vain even if he used the power of the whole country.
There is no way to immortality in the lower world.
This is the consensus of all warriors.
Mortals are just mortals in their lifetime.
It cannot transform a mortal into an immortal, even if it is congenital, it will only extend its lifespan.
The road to immortality is difficult, how can it be so easy?
If you take a few pills, you can become an immortal and live forever, then the streets will be full of immortals.
Zhu Youji knew in his heart that he must go to the upper world. In addition to those agreements, he also wanted to find the opportunity to live forever. Otherwise, even if he was an emperor in the lower world for a lifetime, he would be nothing more than a handful of loess in the end.
"Father, you have no choice. Although I don't plan to kill the king or my father, I can still make you unconscious. If you agree, I can give you a manor after the completion of the matter. If you don’t agree to live in a feudal land for retirement, I can only..."
Zhu Youji didn't finish what he said, but Emperor Tianqi knew the meaning very clearly.
A person who is petty is not a gentleman, and a person who is not poisonous is not a husband.
Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters.
If you want to become a qualified emperor, the most important thing is to be ruthless.
There is not much affection between the two parties, not to mention that they are still pretending to be father and son.
When Zhu Youji started to take action, he felt even less burdened.
After a long silence, Emperor Tianqi finally agreed.
"I can promise you, but you must also promise me that except for him, you cannot kill other brothers and sisters, let alone the royal family."
Emperor Tianqi put forward the last condition.
"You can't kill your brothers and sisters, I can promise you this."
"But the other one?" Zhu Youji shook his head slightly, his eyes became cold, and he said: "Most of the royal family members nowadays are moths. In troubled times, heavy laws are used. If you don't kill, you won't be angry with the common people. If you don't kill, you won't be angry with the common people. In order to rectify people's hearts, they colluded with the courtiers and did things like chickens and dogs, and they deserve to die."
"Even so, their surname is Zhu, and their bodies also have the same blood flowing in their bodies. If you attack them, how will you face your ancestors in the future?" Emperor Tianqi looked a little nervous and asked sternly.
"I, Zhu Youji, act with no shame from heaven, no shame from the earth, and no more shame from my heart. I am open and honest, so why should I be afraid?"
Zhu Youji laughed, his expression calm and composed.
"Father, I have resigned."
After speaking, Zhu Youji took a deep look at Emperor Tianqi, turned around and left.
Emperor Tianqi looked at Zhu Youji's leaving figure and suddenly felt that he had never seen through Zhu Youji, never seen through this fourth prince, he was so strange...
After walking out of the room, Master Wuhen came up to him.
"how?"
"Has Emperor Tianqi agreed?"
Zhu Youji glanced at Mr. Wuhen, nodded, and said: "I agree, let's proceed according to the plan. The first step of the plan has been mostly completed, and only the final step is to gather the court forces."
"Let's go and see Wei Zhongxian. He is a smart man and he will agree."
"Yes." Mr. Wuhen nodded. He knew very well that Wei Zhongxian had no choice. Just like Emperor Tianqi, the only outcome for not agreeing was death.
As long as Wei Zhongxian agrees to cooperate, then he can start the court meeting, let all officials enter the Jinluan Palace, announce that the crown prince supervises the country, use edicts to pressure the officials, force the officials to stand in line, recognize the legitimacy of Zhu Youji, the crown prince of the East Palace, and formally take over the power of the court.
In this way, the entire court was under Zhu Youji's control.
Whether it was Zhu Wuwu, Concubine Wan Guifei, or anyone else, they could no longer stir up trouble.