"What, Eunuch Li, has something changed again?" Su Hao asked.
Li Long made a gesture to Wan Xiang who was standing behind him, and Wan Xiang quickly stepped forward to fill Li Long's cup with wine. Li Long picked up the cup and did not persuade Su Hao, but drank slowly by himself, as if
He looked thoughtful. When the glass of wine was finished, he put down the glass, sighed, and said, "Well, it's really troublesome to talk about it."
"Oh..." Su Hao responded softly without asking further questions. If Li Long didn't want to talk about matters involving the emperor, it would be inconvenient for him to inquire. He didn't know if Li Long was willing to let him know what happened.
things, so I can only wait for Li Long to speak.
Li Long took a chopstick and ate the dish. After brewing some emotions, he said: "Originally, our family has already made an agreement with the Holy One. The Holy One appreciates your talents very much and agreed to call you to the front of the temple in front of everyone.
The presence of the ministers will give you a chance to perform. If you perform well and are recognized by the ministers, the Holy One will follow suit and reward you with an official position. Isn't this a logical thing?"
"Oh, I see, it's really difficult for Eunuch Li to arrange." Su Hao said.
Li Long continued: "But who knew that something happened when you were still on the road? The emperor had a quarrel with his ministers in the court. The quarrel made the emperor unwilling to go to court, and the ministers wrote letters to resign one by one.
, even the chief minister, Shen Shixing, said he was ill and was resting at home, and the whole court was in chaos."
"No way?" Su Hao couldn't laugh or cry. Although he had long heard that the court politics of the Ming Dynasty was very complicated, he had always been far away from the world and had no personal experience. Now that he has arrived in the capital, he hears Wanli's confidants with his own ears.
When the eunuch mentioned such things, Su Hao didn't feel worried. Instead, he felt a little funny.
What kind of thing can cause the emperor to go to court, the chief minister to pretend to be ill, and all the ministers to resign? According to this statement, doesn't it mean that no one is working and the government is on a collective holiday?
"Eunuch Li, what made the emperor so angry that he didn't want to go to court?" Su Hao asked.
Li Long said: "Isn't it about the establishment of the East Palace? This matter has been raging for several years. Every time the courtiers mentioned it, the emperor would get angry, so everyone stopped saying anything later. At the beginning of this year, Shen Shoufu also
I don’t know if I took the wrong medicine, but I suddenly suggested to the emperor that the emperor’s eldest son should be allowed to go out to study, and now this matter has been stirred up again.”
"Is it a good thing to go out to study...?" Su Hao asked uncertainly.
Li Long said: "The emperor said that the eldest son of the emperor is still young and should not go out to study."
"Oh, that's true." Su Hao agreed with Wan Li's idea. It is natural for children to play. Letting children study too early would be a bit damaging to them. He asked casually: "Eunuch Li,
How old is the eldest son of the emperor now?"
"Nine years old." Li Long replied.
"Nine years old!" Su Hao was speechless, "Nine years old... seems not too young, right? Hasn't the eldest son of the emperor started studying yet?"
Seeing Su Hao's confused look, Li Long explained to him:
It turns out that the prince's leaving the court to study is an important ceremony, which is different from the ordinary people who find a gentleman to teach their children to read. Once the prince is allowed to leave the court to study, it means that the prince must be canonized as the prince. This is not something that can be done casually
It was decided. In the final analysis, Shen Shixing's suggestion was still a disguised attempt to encourage Wanli to confer the crown prince, and Wanli was not willing to agree.
"Later, Song Hu, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Yu Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, and the cabinet minister Xu Guo, each wrote to the emperor, requesting that the emperor's eldest son should be allowed to study in the cabinet. The emperor did not agree, so they colluded with hundreds of ministers and wrote
The pile of memorials is higher than a hill. Every day in court, everyone talks about this matter, among other things. Do you think the emperor can't be angry?" Li Long said angrily. As a eunuch in the palace,
His position was consistent with Wanli's, so he was extremely dissatisfied with the ministers' efforts to force him into the palace.
"It's quite boring to be an emperor." Su Hao said with emotion, "You have to be interfered with by others even about which son you like. How can you be comfortable as an ordinary person?"
"Be careful about changing your words." Li Long quickly interrupted Su Hao's words. These words sounded a bit rebellious to him. Fortunately, they were just said in a private setting. He solemnly said to Su Hao: "Change
In short, this matter of establishing a prince is the foundation of the country and cannot be trivial. The emperor and the ministers have their own opinions on this matter and refuse to give in to each other. This is also because this matter is too important and no one is willing to back down easily. "
"Eunuch Li, the emperor's eldest son is only nine years old now, so which son is the emperor's favorite and how old is he?" Su Hao asked.
Li Long was somewhat immune to Su Hao's forthright attitude. He was too lazy to pursue Su Hao's disrespectful language, but replied: "The emperor's favorite is the third son born to Concubine Zheng. He is five years old this year.
Very clever."
Su Hao said: "Isn't that enough? One is nine years old and the other is five years old. Regardless of whether they are smart or not, they are still minors after all. Who can tell what they will be like in the future? The ministers like the emperor's eldest son only because of the ancestral system.
, it is stipulated that only the eldest son can succeed to the throne. As for what the eldest son is like, no one cares. The reason why the emperor likes the third son is Concubine Zheng, not the third son himself.
It is obviously a matter of choosing the crown prince, but everyone did not focus on examining suitable candidates, but each had their own plans. If this is not called child's play, what else is child's play?"
"Wanxiang, please step back first." Li Long turned around and said to Wanxiang. Su Hao's words were shocking, and Li Long really didn't want others to hear it.
Wan Xiang retreated obediently. Li Long watched Wan Xiang close the door of the room completely, and then whispered to Su Hao: "In other words, what you said is actually on point, but well, such words are terrible.
It's not allowed to talk nonsense. If it spreads, it will be a serious crime."
Su Hao said: "Eunuch Li, you also admit that I am right to the point. Why can't everyone change something that even I can see is wrong?"
"How to change it?" Li Long asked.
Su Hao said: "It's very simple. Don't decide who is the prince and who is not. Let all the princes go to school. When they are older, you can also arrange for them to travel, and then give them some errands to do. In the process
, observe their respective talents, and finally select the wise one and establish him."
"How can there be such a rule?" Li Long said, "How can a prince go out to travel around the palace, and how can he go on any errands? How is this decent? I have never had such a rule in the Ming Dynasty."
Su Hao deliberately said something sarcastic, saying that it was because of this that the Ming Dynasty declined from generation to generation. However, thinking that the few words he had said before had scared Li Long enough, if he said a few more words to criticize the royal family, he would not
Scared Li Long into having a heart attack? So, he could only shrug and said that he had nothing to say. It was not his turn to worry about royal affairs as a small household.
Li Long understood what Su Hao meant, and he whispered: "Change it, what we talked about today must not be spread to outsiders. If you are in the capital, and you encounter someone discussing the matter of establishing a prince, you must not say anything.
Those heart-wrenching remarks just now, otherwise, once someone with a heart hears them and asks you to make false remarks about the foundation of the country, no one can save you."
"Thank you Eunuch Li for your advice." Su Hao said.
Li Long said: "Oh, I just went too far. In fact, this is not what we want to tell you. We just want to tell you that because something like this happened in the court, the emperor and the courtiers were somewhat at odds. At this time, the emperor
If we summon you, I'm afraid the courtiers will take advantage of the situation and make things difficult for you overtly or covertly, which would be unsightly. Therefore, what we want is for you to stay in the capital for a while, and then we can arrange for the emperor to summon you when things calm down.
You’re not too late.”
Isn't this a lie? Su Hao secretly complained in his heart. He had worked so hard to come to the capital, but when he encountered such a thing, Wanli couldn't summon him. He said that he would wait until the matter calmed down. With the behavior of Wanli and the courtiers,
With such paranoia, it might be difficult for the two parties to reach an understanding in one or two years. In this case, wouldn't I have to wait in the capital for several years?
"Eunuch Li, if this is the case, I will take my brothers and leave the capital first and go back to Yunnan. When the matter here is over, you can send a message to Deputy Commander Deng of Yunnan to announce our entry.
Jing, what do you think?" Su Hao asked tentatively.
Li Long thought for a while, shook his head and said: "In other words, according to our family's wishes, it is better for you to stay in the capital. After all, you came here under the imperial decree. Now that the emperor has not spoken, how can you leave without authorization? What if someone
One day the Holy Spirit suddenly remembered this matter and wanted to summon you, what should I do?"
"But..." Su Hao wondered, "It's not a big deal for me and about 50 people to stay idle like this in the capital, right? The simplest question is, who is responsible for our food and salary?"
"This is quite simple." Li Long said, "You just go to the Ministry of War. With the Holy Purpose at your disposal, how can the Ministry of War ignore your food and salary? As for you being idle in the capital, we have an idea..."
Speaking of this, Li Long rolled his eyes a few times, smiled ambiguously and remained silent.
Su Hao said: "If Eunuch Li has any ideas, please let me know."
Li Long said: "Our family remembers that when you were in Jiangxi, you opened a certain trading firm and sold coal to Nanchang. Now that you have arrived in the capital and have nothing to do for a while, why not open your trading firm?
What about coming from the capital? With his ingenuity, he can come up with a few things that people in the capital have never seen before, and he will definitely be able to sell them at a good price."
"Is this...appropriate?" Su Hao was stunned. After all, he was a member of a hundred households and came to the capital under the imperial decree. On the one hand, Li Long asked him to go to the Ministry of War to ask for food and salary, and on the other hand, he asked him to do business in the capital. On this day
Down there, is there really such a good thing?
"Although our family has never seen Gai Zhi's business skills, we know it in our hearts. If Gai Zhi's business is done well, our family will all want to be part of it." Li Long chuckled and said that he
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