The rest of the people were celebrating, but Zhu Biao and Chang Luohua started a new period of torture, circling around the ancestral temple and kowtowing about twenty or thirty times, and they had to stand up and kneel down again after each head. In short, the old Zhu family could
Those who counted and found all knocked it down.
Then the two of them came out in a daze. Zhu Biao glanced at the people next to him and felt inexplicably bound to him. No one would be able to surpass her in this life.
This is his first wife, even if she dies or becomes disabled, she will only have a step-concubine in the future, and there is no way she can do it so solemnly, let alone go to the ancestral temple to kneel down and worship.
History will only record that Zhu Biao, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, married Princess Chang Luohua of the Kaiping Palace in the third year of Hongwu, and she became the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family.
Chang Luohua seemed to have sensed her husband's feelings and silently moved closer. Unfortunately, the two of them had high status and could not walk hand in hand like young lovers. Chang Luohua could only be half a step behind Zhu Biao at most.
Zhu Biao saw Chang Luohua near the East Palace, then turned around and said to her: "You go back to the palace to rest. I have to do something. You don't have to wait for me for dinner. I will accompany you back tomorrow morning."
Chang Luohua smiled and nodded, then saluted Zhu Biao's back. Watching the distinguished young man leading a group of people away in a mighty manner, there seemed to be stars floating in her eyes.
Zhu Biao didn't know what his little wife was thinking. Now he felt that he didn't have enough time. Summer was about to pass, and the materials prepared by the Ministry of Industry for the relocation were almost there. He was about to leave.
But there are still many things that have not been settled in the capital, and these must be arranged. Just like Li Shanchang, he has been attacked by a lot of literary circles recently because he did not stand up to speak for Mencius. It is estimated that when Zhu Biao comes back, he will
They all returned to their hometowns to retire.
Therefore, Zhu Biao must control some handover matters. After Li Shanchang abdicates, Yang Xian will definitely come to power. The conflict between the East Zhejiang Party and the Huaixi Party will intensify. Yang Xian now has the support of Zhu Yuanzhang, so he feels that the emperor will definitely support him.
, after all, the power of Huaixi nobles is too huge.
It's a pity that Yang Xian didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang was preparing to play a big game. Yang Xian and the East Zhejiang Party were just abandoned sons, just to stimulate the nobles of Huaixi and let them reveal their true colors.
As long as he understands the background of this behemoth, Zhu Yuanzhang can take targeted action. There are too many lawless people among the nobles in Huaixi, and a wave of them must be purged, so that Zhu Yuanzhang can safely hand over the power of the nobles to himself.
's son.
What Zhu Biao has to do is to take over a group of people from Li Shanchang and arrange for them to leave this whirlpool. As the foundation for Zhu Biao to take over the power of the nobles in the future, he must give priority to young, talented and good-character people. If there are two more Lan Yu
Zhu Biao has no time to wipe his butt every day.
Now the power of the Huaixi nobles has slowly been transferred to Hu Weiyong, but Li Shanchang is not Hu Weiyong's biological father, so naturally he has kept the most important people in his hands, otherwise it would be said that Elder Li Shanchang is cunning.
In fact, Li Shanchang handed over the most dangerous and uncontrollable people to Hu Weiyong. As a person who wanted to gain their support, Hu Weiyong had to meet their demands first, so that he would attract Zhu Yuanzhang's attention.
Li Shanchang could sit safely in the official residence and play chess and score. This method was not available to ordinary people. Only Liu Bowen also handed over the power of the East Zhejiang Party to Yang Xian, but he openly broke with Yang Xian.
Now, I am only in charge of a few censors and officials, and I don’t care about the affairs of the Eastern Zhejiang Party.
So the young man is still a bit young. Zhu Biao walked towards Zhongshu Province and met Yang Xian and others on the way. Naturally, he was polite. As an official of the East Palace, Yang Xian considered himself to have a close relationship with His Highness the Crown Prince.
Although he is not as good as Li Shanzhang now, he will be better in the future.
While Zhu Biao and his wife were at the ancestral temple, the banquet in the palace was over. So Zhu Biao met many officials who congratulated him along the way. Zhu Biao couldn't ignore it. He even met officials from Zhongshu Province along the way.
After searching all over, I finally arrived at Li Shanchang's house and got a list from him.
Zhu Biao took a rough look at it and found that most people's titles were not good. It would be better to be this way, so that Zhu Biao could be rewarded in the future. People like Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Li Shanchang and others had already come to an end and could not be awarded any titles.
Zhu Biao closed his eyes and thought about it, and then said to Li Shanchang: "The Marquis of Yan'an, the Marquis of Ji'an, the Marquis of Nan'an, the Marquis of Yongjia, the Marquis of Runan, the Marquis of Henan, the Marquis of Pingliang, the Marquis of Nanxiong, etc. are all under Hu Weiyong's command?"
Li Shanchang smiled and said: "They are also marquises with hundreds of battles. They will not submit to anyone except the Holy Emperor and His Royal Highness. It is just because they are limited by military commanders, so they seek a civilian spokesperson."
There is no expression on Zhu Biao's face. These people are all good at fighting, but how can they be Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong's opponents in politics?
head.
Zhu Biao thought for a while and said: "These people are the backbone of the imperial court. It would be unbearable to lose me like this."
Li Shanchang consoled him: "These people have a lot of military exploits, but they also have a bad temper. If you really care about it, they have all done some illegal and disciplinary activities. Just because they are from Huaixi and there are many brothers in the army, so
That’s why I was exempted from punishment.”
Zhu Biao pondered for a while and asked: "How many can be picked off at most?"
If these people were left alone, they would be purged. Zhu Biao would rather let them die on the battlefield than let them be beheaded for no reason. Besides, how could they go further than Lan Yu?
Li Shanchang did not try to persuade him, but thought about it carefully: "I can protect at most three of them. Your Highness has the martial arts to destroy a country, which is enough to frighten the generals. I think your Majesty will also consider this."
Zhu Biao thought for a while and said: "The Marquis of Yan'an, Pingliang, and Nanxiong."
In fact, the value of Zhao Yong, the Marquis of Nanxiong, was not as high as that of Lu Zhongheng, the Marquis of Ji'an. However, when Zhao Yong followed him in the Northern Expedition, he led 5,000 cavalry to break through the enemy's Chinese army camp, and was seriously injured. Zhu Biao was nostalgic for his past, so he prepared to keep him.
Li Shanchang wrote and added three people to the list. Zhu Biao got what he wanted and said goodbye to Li Shanchang. He still had to send the list to the imperial study. Without Zhu Yuanzhang's order, they could not do without the impending turmoil in the capital.
storm.
In fact, where is this? After Hu Weiyong comes to power, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely give him power, first expand it, and then put pressure on him from time to time. In this way, he can only gather his party members to protect himself, and the most powerful ministers will try their best to gather them.
manpower, it will soon develop into a huge interest group.
By the time Zhu Yuanzhang went on a killing spree, the nobles no longer posed a threat to the imperial power, and could only peacefully become the sword in the hands of the emperor, used to intimidate the civil servants.
Moreover, if a case like this happens that a nobleman is implicated because of a civil official, it will be very difficult for the two to cooperate in the future. This is also a good thing. Both the civil and military groups have worked together, so what is the matter with the emperor?