"Ouch! My lord, why are you here? If you need anything, please let me know. I will send it to your house for instructions. How dare you work so hard for my lord? Come on, my lord, please sit down, please."
Your Majesty, please come and serve tea to the Duke!"
Jie Jin gave instructions to the little eunuch waiting in the palace, and then warmly invited Xia Xun to take a seat. He sat down under him and asked with a smile: "The Duke has already taken care of the matters assigned by the emperor."
What’s your eyebrows?”
Xia Xun said seriously: "Yes, I thought carefully about it all night after I went back, and I have already sorted out some ideas. I came here to discuss it with the bachelor. Ahem! This is what I think about collecting, sorting, compiling, and copying.
print……"
Xia Xun bala bala talked for a long time. He didn't stop talking even when the eunuch brought tea. Finally he finished speaking and warned: "I have to add one more thing: during the four years of the Jianwen Dynasty, the emperor did not recognize it.
The four years of Hongwu have been changed to the thirty-second to the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu. Many things during this period cannot be recorded in history. Special attention should be paid to this point. When supplementing the holy teachings of Taizu, many Taizu said to the emperor Taisun
If so, when arranging the source time, it is necessary to change it to say it is for Prince Yiwen, so as not to violate the emperor's taboo."
Jie Jin was dumbfounded. After hearing this, he blinked and said blankly: "Has the Duke finished speaking?"
"That's it!"
Xie Jin chuckled and said, "Is this what the Duke of Guo thought about carefully all night and came up with it?"
Xia Xun said this because he originally wanted to test whether Xie Jin's understanding of the Holy Will was as he thought. Seeing his appearance, he already had a clue in his heart, so he smiled and said: "Of course it doesn't stop. Since the emperor is here,
The purpose is that this "Wenhua Baojian" must be compiled. There are some matters that I have to talk about first. Of course, Brother Da Shen, a leader in the literary world, has compiled many classics. These aspects should be thought of, but Yang
Since I am in charge of this matter, I cannot but mention it."
Xie Jin breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Let me just say, Your Majesty, this is the entrustment of the Edom Palace. How could the Duke not understand how important it is? Then what is the Duke going to do about this matter?"
Xia Xun fully understood at this time, and what he thought was indeed correct. It turned out that Zhu Di wanted to take the lead in inviting the crown prince. Think about Zhu Di's eager look in the palace yesterday. As a result, the whole hall was awake and I was drunk alone. He was the only one.
People didn't understand and couldn't help but sweat secretly.
Xia Xun calmed down and followed Xie Jin's tone and said: "There is no need to care about this matter. It is an upright matter that cannot be hidden from others, and there is no need to hide it. It is the general trend for the eldest prince to become the crown prince of the country. We will wait for him."
What we do is in line with the will of Heaven and the will of the people. All we have to do is raise it openly and openly. I'm just curious that the previous emperor went to the north to inspect the country with the eldest prince. Isn't this an obvious signal to establish the eldest prince as the heir apparent? Isn't it?
No one in the DPRK proposed the establishment of a crown prince? Why does the emperor still need to arrange it personally?"
Xie Jin sighed and said: "Why not? But the second prince has indeed recruited many civil and military ministers. Especially after the Duke of Qi passed through Liaodong, although the Duke of Qi Qiu Fu left, the Duke
After leaving, the second prince regained a lot of the advantage he had lost, so that he recruited many talents. Chen Ying is so awesome! Some officials were grabbed by their pigtails, how could they not
Do you act based on the second prince’s face?
However, the Duke's plan to manage Liaodong cannot go wrong. Once something goes wrong with the Duke, it will definitely be detrimental to the situation of the eldest prince. Furthermore, the Duke's plan to manage Liaodong is a major event that will affect the Ming Dynasty forever.
My lord, you are willing to come back at this time, but the eldest prince is also unwilling. How can he be willing to let all his achievements of a thousand years be wasted because of him?"
Xia Xun nodded and understood a little: "So, the emperor gave his intention to establish a prince, and some officials followed the emperor's intention to ask for a prince, but because of the strong opposition from the people on the second prince's side, they put it aside again.
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Xie Jin smiled bitterly and said: "They are not against the establishment of a crown prince, they are just opposed to the establishment of the eldest prince. The emperor has just visited the north, and there are rumors among the people that the emperor has been on the northern tour, and the eldest prince will naturally supervise the country. The implication is that the prince has not been established, so according to the
According to the order of seniority and junior, calling the eldest prince to supervise the country obscures the emperor's intention to establish the crown prince and negates the emperor's intention to establish the eldest prince as the crown prince.
After the emperor came back, the second prince actually took the lead and instructed some officials to speak to the emperor and ask him to propose a prince. This prince was naturally the second prince. We made a mistake first and fell into a passive position. The two sides argued hard and argued with each other.
No less, the second prince saved His Majesty from danger many times by relying on his merits in appeasing the crisis. The Emperor was moved and revealed that... He went to the palace many times to cry out to the Emperor and complained about his grievances, which made the Emperor soften his heart.
So I put it down again.”
Xia Xun nodded, his expression serious.
When Xie Jin saw him, he hurriedly comforted him and said, "You don't have to worry too much, Duke. Now that the Emperor has invited the Duke, the Imperial Counselor, and I, the chief minister of the cabinet, to jointly initiate the initiative, it shows that after repeated consideration, the Emperor still wants to establish the eldest prince as the crown prince."
Yes, the rest depends on how we perform this play. If we initiate it once and they stir up trouble again, the emperor's face will be really ugly."
Xia Xun frowned and said, "Who are the officials there?"
Xie Jin thought for a while and then named some officials. Xia Xun heard that the positions of those officials were all very high, and among them there were six ministers, who were the first rank in the dynasty. He couldn't help but be surprised and said: "I have been away from Nanjing for the past two years.
Has the power of the second prince grown so great?"
Xie Jin sighed: "There is no way. The eldest prince is too rigid in doing things. He doesn't bother to use many methods and cannot use them. Even if we persuade His Highness to do big things and not stick to trivial matters, he still refuses. The second prince can snare so many people, and there are many inducements.
, Some are coercive. If someone who has been an official in the court for many years can do nothing, then Chen Ying is like a dog with a nose. He can smell any smell and is afraid that he will seize your opportunity.
Are you not of use to the Second Prince?
These people have high positions and have their own party members. They are owned by the second prince, and their party members naturally work for the second prince, so the second prince naturally becomes more powerful. Originally, the second prince had this intention when he recruited Ji Gang. Fortunately, Ji Gang
He is leaning towards the eldest prince. Otherwise, if he were to help him, the second prince's current power would probably be even more uncontrollable. In addition, the emperor was already somewhat attracted to him. I'm afraid that by then you, the Duke, will be back.
There is no way to save it.
Later, there was no other way. We used the country, the country, the country, and the future of the Ming Dynasty to tell the eldest prince our interests again and again, and the eldest prince acquiesced to Ji Gang's treatment of others in his own way. It was only because of the hesitation of the eldest prince that we started too late.
After all, the decline cannot be reversed at once. And to do these things, you can't hide it from the people on the second prince's side. As a result... the second prince finally knew that Ji Gang was on the eldest prince's side, and both Ji Gang and Chen Ying were under investigation.
It is the responsibility of hundreds of officials, and now the two sides are fighting fiercely."
Xia Xun suddenly realized that, in this way, the scene outside Zhuozhou City was probably an extension of the struggle between Chen Ying and Ji Gang, and behind Chen Ying and Ji Gang were the eldest prince and the second prince. In this way, it was really
It's a fight between gods and gods, so it's strange that local officials dare to intervene.
From this point of view, the situation was worse than he expected. Xia Xun couldn't help but stand up and pace back and forth in Wenyuan Pavilion. Seeing this, Xie Jin quickly stood up and followed him with his eyes. For a long time, Xia Xun
Xun still refused to stop, and Xie Jin couldn't help but said: "My lord, Ji Gang has achieved some results now. Do you think we need him to step up the investigation and win more official support for the eldest prince?"
The Duke is back, and our momentum has been greatly boosted. Taking advantage of this good opportunity, the Duke might as well entertain his colleagues in the court. Many of the officials who were won over by the second prince originally had some friendship with the Duke. This relationship
It's hard to ignore the situation. As long as they come, with your prestige, Lord Duke, we may be able to win over some more. One will ebb and flow, and when we are very sure, then..."
Xia Xun stopped, thought about it over and over, shook his head first, then nodded, thought about it for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "No, I still have to remonstrate immediately!"
Xie Jin was stunned for a moment, then lost his voice and said: "Immediately? I'm afraid that just by informing us, it will be too late for us to give instructions! What if we fail..."
Xia Xun said: "There is no such thing as chance, only success is allowed, failure is not allowed! If we fail again, I'm afraid the Holy Will will really be transferred to the second prince!"
He walked back to Jie Jin and said, "Brother Gentleman, think about it, what kind of momentum is more powerful than getting the Shengshang brand? At the moment, the compilation of "Wenhua Baojian" is the Holy One's intention, and this momentum is as high as Mount Tai.
Inclination is the most irresistible force. If we delay for a long time and make them mentally prepared, and even go to the emperor to cry and make trouble, and persuade the emperor again, won't we fail in the end?
Take action immediately. Maybe we don't have time to call the local officials from the eldest prince's faction to write in response, but it's also too late for them. I just returned to Beijing and haven't seen any officials, so I immediately wrote a letter about this matter. It is inevitable that people will call
People are suspicious that this is the emperor's order. Hey, this is the emperor's order in the first place, but the emperor is a little more reserved, so it is not convenient for us to directly say that this is the emperor's intention. But as long as we do this, who wouldn't guess that it is the emperor's intention? "
Xie Jin nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, that's right. After hearing what the Duke said, Xie Jin's heart suddenly became enlightened."
Xia Xun said: "If we follow the plan step by step and then compete to win over them, then the brand of Holy Will will be wasted. Since those officials have been pulled out of their pigtails, how can they change their camp just because of my face? So,
Instead of deploying troops and generals to form a confrontation, it is better to highlight the surprise troops and kill them by surprise!"
Xie Jin said excitedly: "Okay, what should we do?"
Xia Xun said: "I will go to see Master Dao Yan right away. Brother Da Shen will immediately release the news that the emperor ordered the three of us to compile the "Wenhua Baojian" for the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. This news spreads quickly. Here we are.
In the evening, everyone in Nanjing will know. They want to discuss countermeasures, and the fastest they can do is after tomorrow morning's court meeting, hum! Tomorrow morning, the three of us will join hands to propose a proposal to establish a crown prince!"
