Full text, no ads, Chapter 954: Retreat to advance
Xia Xun abandoned his horse and boarded the car, walking with Huang Zhen. The car left the royal road and entered the bustling urban area, and the speed also slowed down. [ ] (Full-character e-book free download)
Xia Xun asked with a smile: "It is a joy to congratulate Mr. Huang for taking charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate now and ranking as the ninth minister. I wonder what your plans are for the future?"
Huang Zhen hurriedly said: "I'm about to ask the Duke for advice!" Then he told Xia Xun his plans one by one. After hearing this, Xia Xun looked at him with a slightly weird look, which made Huang Zhen feel scared and couldn't help but said awkwardly: "
Uh...does the Duke think that there is something wrong with the official's thinking? The official is about to ask the Duke for advice on this matter. If there is anything wrong, please ask the Duke for advice!"
Xia Xun smiled, patted Huang Zhen on the shoulder with emotion and said: "Old Huang, you and I have known each other for more than ten years. Frankly speaking, I have always thought that you are a good friend, but I have never thought that you are a great person."
Wise man. After listening to your words today, I understand what it means to be as wise as a fool! How can real great wisdom be possessed by a person who is sharp-edged and praised by everyone? Your idea is very good, and the emperor uses you to govern.
According to my guess, the Metropolitan Procuratorate just wants to stabilize things. National affairs and personal matters should be done as you plan. Your idea is not wrong!"
Huang Zhenqian said with a smile: "The Duke of the State is making ridiculous compliments. I just don't have great ambitions. How can I be worthy of the four-character praise of great wisdom and foolishness?"
Xia Xun chuckled and said, "You're just a person who knows how to advance and retreat. I don't know how many people who claim to be smarter than you can't do it. It's easy to say 'just give up when it's good', but how many people are 'willing to give up'?
What about 'let go'? This is great wisdom in dealing with people. At this point, even the prince of my country is not as good as you!"
Huang Zhen became frightened and said quickly: "The Duke is too modest, he is too modest. What the Duke said will make me feel ashamed. In this case, let me act according to what the Duke said."
Xia Xun nodded and said: "Yeah! That's a good arrangement. Just now, the King of Han was drunk and wanted to break into the palace. He was blocked by Xu Yelu, the commander of the soldiers and horses. Taking advantage of the drunkenness, the King of Han actually rushed him out.
He was beaten to death. The emperor was furious and had already taken him into the palace, stripped him of his crown and clothes, and wanted to imprison him in Xihua Gate. He was going to tell the world and demote him to a commoner."
Huang Zhen was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "In this way, the position of the prince will be as stable as Mount Tai!"
Xia Xun shook his head slightly and said: "Otherwise, even if the King of Han is demoted to a commoner, as long as he is still under the emperor's nose, it will be a big disaster!"
In terms of ambition, Xia Xun believed that the King of Han was indeed better than the prince. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the great heroes of the generation, these subsequent kings of the Ming Dynasty cannot talk about martial arts.
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With Zhu Gaoxu's great ambition and lack of talent, he has no sense of propriety in doing things and does not know how to advance or retreat. If he becomes emperor, he will only think about Qiang Ye Shengzu. It won't take long for Ming Dynasty's family fortune to be completely destroyed by him. In his hands.
, I am afraid that it will cause chaos everywhere. Although there are no foreign enemies powerful enough to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, the domestic flag of righteousness will be raised high and rebels will be everywhere, eventually becoming its gravedigger.
When Qin Shihuang was alive, who would believe that the mighty Qin Empire would end after its second generation?
When the Sui Emperor was alive, who would believe that the powerful Sui Empire collapsed?
There is no shortage of people who are so happy about their achievements and want to be militaristic.
At present, the situation in the north has changed. Emperor Yongle may not need to conquer Mongolia five times as in history. He died of a sudden illness during the last expedition to Mongolia, and the prince Zhu Gaochi only lived one year longer than his father. If because of this change, Zhu Di
Even if his life span is only extended by one or two years, it is difficult to say whether the prince will survive to succeed to the throne.
What the emperor did when he was angry was not accurate. His own flesh and blood was the son he loved most. If he was imprisoned in the capital, the emperor would regret it after a while and go visit him before showing mercy.
He wanted to let him out and return him to the king's title, but it was just a matter of words, and variables still existed, so Xia Xuncai said that as long as he was kept in the capital, even if he was a commoner, it would still be a big disaster.
Common people, all people in the world are common people, but how can you really treat the emperor's son like a common person?
When Huang Zhen heard this, he said nervously: "Is it necessary to put him to death? He is the emperor's biological son. If the emperor had more than ten or twenty sons, he might not cherish him very much, but the emperor only has three sons.
Besides, the emperor was originally the king of Yan. He was the prince since he was a child and became the emperor's emperor early. Those emperors lived in deep palaces and inland. When their heirs were older, they lived separately. The family ties were not as strong as this. I wanted to kill him...
I’m afraid the emperor will definitely refuse.”
Xia Xun smiled and said: "Of course. Besides, even if the emperor is willing, we can't encourage the emperor to kill the prince. If the emperor regrets it in the future, whoever makes progress will be unlucky, and there will definitely be no good fruits. What we have to do,
Not to put him to death, but to plead for mercy for him. A vassal king who is a vassal is more threatening than a commoner in the capital, haha, the latter is more threatening!"
Huang Zhen thought for a moment and then said with enthusiasm: "Yes, what the Duke said is very reasonable. The vassal king becomes a vassal, and from then on he cannot take a step away from the vassal state. Even if he returns to the capital according to the imperial edict, the time will be short. The prince and grandson serve him every day.
Being by the emperor's side, but the King of Han was vassalized and was not allowed to return to the capital. As time went by, the emperor's love naturally faded, and he became more affectionate with the prince and grandson."
Xia Xun smiled and said nothing.
In Jinshen Palace, Prince Zhu Gaochi fell to the ground crying and begging for the King of Han. Zhu Di was furious and rebuked: "I have to cut off my personal love for your sake. Do you want to raise a tiger to cause trouble? He doesn't care about you at all.
Brotherhood, you still beg for him like this!"
Zhu Gaochi cried and said: "Father, have mercy! No matter what the second brother does, he will always be my brother. When my mother passed away, she never forgot about my three brothers. She hoped that we three brothers could live in harmony and not ruin the friendship between our families. Now if
The second brother is demoted to a commoner and imprisoned in the palace. My son is the eldest brother of the second brother. How can I sleep and eat well? How can my mother's spirit in heaven be able to rest in peace!"
Zhu Gaochi kowtowed again and begged: "My father has plans for my son, don't I know it, but if I want to keep my son's position as the crown prince, my brother, my mother's compatriot, must be a prisoner from now on, I would rather give up the crown prince!"
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Zhu Di was moved after hearing this, and suddenly thought of his deceased wife. Zhu Di felt sour in his heart, and shed tears unconsciously from his tiger eyes. He shed tears, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Zhu Di has been decisive in killing and killing in his life, and nothing has ever fettered my heart!"
Why did you give birth to such a careless son?"
Zhu Gaochi also burst into tears and cried: "Father, please forgive Gao Xu this time!"
Zhu Di's face was gloomy and he struggled for a long time before he said bitterly: "Why am I willing to make your mother's spirit in heaven uneasy? That's all! I will spare this evil son once and seal him in Le'an Prefecture, Shandong Province, and tell him to be killed immediately.
To the vassal state, you go and deliver a message for me, telling him to pack up and go on the road immediately, and not to come to see me, I don’t want to see him!"
Zhu Gaochi was overjoyed and kowtowed quickly to thank him. He got up with difficulty, and just as he was about to go out, Zhu Di stopped him again and warned him: "Gao Chi, remember, if Gao Xu doesn't know what to do, he will still be picky about the land of the feudal country.
Don't agree. Remember, if you seal the vassal in Le'an Prefecture, you will only return one of the palace guards, and it will never change."
Le'an Prefecture in Shandong Province is only a short distance away from Beijing, and Beijing has been designated as the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty. As long as the palace is completed and moved there, there will be the Ming Dynasty Shu. Hundreds of thousands of troops from the Beijing camp will be stationed here, plus the northern frontier army.
It was originally the second main force of the Ming Dynasty army after the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp, and it could be said to be impregnable.
Zhu Gaoxu was in Le'an Prefecture, with only four counties and one guard. If there was any movement, the imperial army would arrive at any time and capture him in one fell swoop. If the distance between King Yan's territory and Emperor Jian's capital was so close, he would never be able to move again.
No matter how brave he is, no matter how stupid Jian is, he has absolutely no chance of success.
Zhu Gaochi understood this and quickly agreed and left.
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Xia Xun whipped up his horse and whipped his whip back to the Yang Mansion. When he was announced, the whole family was naturally happy. Ming'er and several ladies had long heard that the husband had been released from prison, but they had not seen him come back. Now that they heard that he had arrived, the whole family
They all came out to welcome him. They took grapefruit leaf water to wash away all the bad luck on their husband's body, and then welcomed him into the house and sat down.
All the old ladies and eldest girls who were in charge of the affairs of the house, both inside and outside, came to express their congratulations to the master. After a lot of fuss, Xiaoying watched the whole family show their true feelings, but she just pursed her lips and smiled, but there was something sparkling in her eyes.
The real master was back and everything was settled. She no longer had any reason to stay in the Yang family. She should have said goodbye and left, but she couldn't say these words.
She is an eighteen-year-old girl, and once she has a partner, her love is so passionate that even the girl's reserve and pride cannot be suppressed, so she can only comfort herself by saying that the Yang family is in a commotion and it is not appropriate to come forward at this time, deceiving herself and others.
It's also good to stay a little longer.
"Okay, okay, the master has just come back. He must be tired. Everyone, please go out and let the master calm down. Xian Ya, take these naughty guys out!"
Xie suddenly clapped his hands and ordered with a smile. The housekeepers, mothers, and eldest girls at home all left one after another. Xian Ya also led several nannies to hold the younger ones and hold the older ones, and took all the children out. Xiaoying
We were guests. The husband and wife were reunited and it was hard to stay, so he just said hello and went out with Xian Ya. Only Xia Xun and his woman were left in the hall. After thanking him, he asked: "I am very happy to come back, sir, why are you so upset?"
Heavy?"
Xia Xun was startled, then laughed and said, "That's nonsense, what's on my mind?"
Ming'er said quietly: "Having been your bed partner for so long, why don't I express your joys and sorrows? It is a great joy for my husband to come back safely, but he pretends to be happy on the face, but his heart is depressed. Concubine
Why don't you come out?"
Xia Xun was silent for a moment and sighed softly: "I still can't hide it from you. However, you don't have to worry. My husband is not depressed, but he is just worried. Because he has been unable to calm down and sort out the clues, he has this concern in his heart, so he doesn't
Very happy."
Su Ying said in surprise: "My husband has even taken care of things like going to jail and getting out of jail. It's such a clever plan. What else is there to worry about?"
Xia Xun smiled faintly and said: "Although I guessed the beginning of the story, I didn't guess the end. Ying'er, this matter is not over yet..."