"In the capital, do you still have internal support?"
The young man asked in surprise, "How many back-ups do you have?"
"The secret must not be revealed!" the monk smiled proudly.
The young man was silent for a long time and sighed sadly, "Think carefully before taking action and kill with one blow! If I had such scheming methods back then, how could I end up where I am today?"
"You grew up in a palace, so you don't know the dangers of people in the world, and you haven't experienced it. Furthermore, although you had a noble status at the time, how could you have any help? Even if you had the intention, how could you have the ability?"
"The guy from the East Palace was not as good as me at the beginning! Huh, if no one treats me, who in the palace will treat him at that time!" The young man sneered, "It's just a villain's behavior to gain the favor of my grandfather!"
"No, no!" the monk said. "The young monk was quite confused when he heard that the man in the East Palace was in charge of the East Palace. But then he watched his actions and listened to his stories. The one in the East Palace is not just someone who can please the old man.
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"Then what does he know?" the young man said angrily. "In terms of reading, knowledge, words and deeds, and morality, how is he better than me?"
"Government is not about these things, but..."
As he spoke, the monk hurriedly fell silent.
If a person does not realize the real gap between himself and others, anything else said by onlookers will just add salt to the wound and will only irritate him more, and nothing else will help.
"In the past few years, I have been thinking day and night. In fact, the biggest mistake I made back then was my mother's mistake." Hatred appeared in the young man's eyes, "My mother was too impatient..."
The monk said in his heart, "She has no choice but to be impatient. Dong Gong was born in a nobler family than you. She is favored by the old man inside and supported by noble relatives outside. He has already become powerful, what can you do to fight him?"
"All you rely on is your mother, who is the Crown Princess, and the title of your eldest son. But that person is actually a serious legitimate son, and he shows a little bit of the king's appearance. Whether it is the army or the courtiers, everyone is attracted to him."
"At that time, my uncle was in charge of the troops in the Beijing camp, and my maternal uncle was in charge of the nine gates. Li Jinglong, who later entered the East Palace camp, was in charge of the front army of the Imperial City Palace. What do you two have?"
However, you can only think this in your heart, not say it with your mouth.
Moreover, the monk was still complaining in his heart.
"You say you gain wisdom after every experience. After all, you didn't realize that the biggest gap between you two! You were not defeated. Where did you lose? Even if your mother didn't do anything wrong, you didn't have the slightest chance!"
"Besides, your mother's biggest mistake is not that. It is pretending to be virtuous in front of the old man, but secretly bullying Huang Ming's legitimate son!"
"Over the years, I have always dreamed about my mother!" The young man's face became more ferocious, "I dreamed that she was hanging from the beam, and she told me, take revenge!"
"It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge!" the monk said. "With your filial piety and the strong support from outside, there will always be a day when your great revenge will be avenged!"
The monk continued, "You and my master, one on each side, will conquer the capital and you will be proud of yourself!"
The young man's face showed a bit of enthusiasm, but he immediately retreated, "How to calm the hearts of the people in the world?"
"What does the Zhu family's housework have to do with the world?" The monk laughed and said, "With the capital destroyed and the new emperor established, the world will still belong to the Zhu family! By then, even if there are people who really want to live and die with the country, they will be nothing more than
The new emperor calls him a rebellious minister and traitor!"
"The new emperor, fourth uncle!" the young man said with a smile.
"If great things happen, I will make your late prince the emperor, and your biological mother the queen, and we will rebuild the mausoleum and tell the world!" The monk smiled, "In this way, you will also get rid of the bad breath in your heart!"
"What can I get?" asked the young man.
"You are a smart man. If the young monk said that you should be the emperor, you also know that it is impossible!" The monk smiled and said, "King Wu of the Ming Dynasty, the province of Zhejiang gave you a fiefdom. The living room is like the East Palace. It can be seen that the emperor does not kneel, and the palm of his hand is Zhejiang
The imperial court must not interfere with the land's military, wealth and power."
As he said this, the monk's voice was full of temptation, "A province will serve as a country within the Ming Dynasty for you. What do you think?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The young man suddenly leaned on the table and laughed so hard that he burst into tears.
"Do you think I am a child? After one hundred thousand tigers enter the capital and the new emperor ascends the throne, your knives will be aimed at me!"
The monk suddenly changed color.
"But the matter has come to an end. I have boarded your pirate ship and I can't go back on my words!" the young man continued, "What should I do?"
"Do you regret it?" the monk asked.
The young man shook his head, "Regret? If I regretted it, I wouldn't have come to see you today!" He said with a look in his eyes, "Instead, someone would come and strangle you to death!"
"You are here after all. You can't let it go and you won't let it go!"
"Yes, I am not willing to lose to him! I am not willing to accept the tragic death of my mother! I am even more unwilling to beg for mercy from him!" The young man roared, "I am also a proud man. I am begging for mercy for killing my mother.
It’s like recognizing a thief as your father!”
"It's just!" the young man said in a slower tone, "You think well and calculate well, but you ignore one thing!"
"Please give me some advice!"
"That man from the East Palace is not easily moved by pity!" the young man said.
The monk smiled and said, "That depends on how you play the role in his heart!"
The young man said, "Go back and tell your fourth uncle that I will help him! However, I will not show up until he has the upper hand! I have been in the dark."
"This is nature, you are the key knife!"
"If I can really achieve great things, I don't want any false country, a king of kings. I have stayed in Huai'an for a long time, and the scenery here is very beautiful!"
The monk pondered for a moment, "You only want revenge?"
"It's not revenge, but telling them that I'm not so useless!"
As he said that, the young man stood up and said, "Tomorrow, I will arrange for someone to take you off the canal."
"Xiao Monk can go back by himself!"
The young man walked to the door, turned around and said with a smile, "Only when I send you my people can I feel at ease."
"Are you afraid that the monk will be caught and bite you out?"
"Be careful, it's not a big mistake, you said so!" After the words fell, the young man had already walked away.
"Hey!" The monk sighed and picked up the chopsticks again, "Obsession! Obsession! You are the devil in people's hearts!"
After leaving the residence here, the young man strolled along the riverside and finally sat down in an elegant room of a restaurant. He ordered a few side dishes and looked at the busy river view outside the window, feeling slightly lost in thought.
However, there was always a vague and sarcastic sneer on the corner of his mouth.
"Use me as a knife? Haha, how could I know that you are not the knife in my hand!"
"I wish you could conquer the capital and have the new emperor ascend the throne!"
"But the new emperor who ascended the throne is not the old prince, and you are also a traitor!"
"At that time, I will send troops to Huai'an. As the only bloodline of the old prince, I will climb up and give a shout."
"Outside, there is a large army in the north!"
"There are loyal ministers who care about the old king!"
"If we raise troops to cut off your retreat, we don't know who will win in the end!"
(In the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di did not bring many people into Beijing in the end. He bypassed Jinan and went straight to the capital. Zhu Yunwen's soldiers and horses chased him fiercely. He was barely able to catch up. Zhu Di became emperor. If Zhu Yunwen had given up on the capital at that time, it would be casual.
Find a safe place and use the righteousness of the court to rally the army again. It may not be impossible to turn defeat into victory!)
(This also shows the stubbornness of the Zhu family. Later Chongzhen also thought so. If the capital is destroyed, I will die for you!)
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Yingtian Mansion, Forbidden City.
Huai'an was only a few days away from the capital, so Zhu Yunxi insisted on going first and returned to the palace early this morning.
After returning to the palace, I changed my clothes, freshened up, and went to Fengtian Hall to greet the old man.
"My grandson, please come to see Grandpa Huang!"
In the Fengtian Hall, the old man sat behind a tall memorial, showing half of his face, "You're back?"
Zhu Yunxi knelt and said with a smile, "My grandson is back!"
"Did you see it?"
"Look!"
"understood!"
"almost!"
"What will happen next?"
Zhu Yunxi thought about it, "My grandson is not afraid of them anyway!"
The old man also thought about it, "Why not make it clear now!"
"Give them another chance!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Besides, it wouldn't be fun to tell them now!"
It's like they are playing charades. Every word you say to me is clever. But they both know what they mean.
"Humph!" The old man threw the memorial on the table, "Nonsense!"
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "If there is no evidence, you should always be cautious!"
The old man was silent for a long time, then suddenly sighed, "Hey, do whatever you want, we are going to be buried soon, so we can't care about this!" After saying that, he threw over a handwriting, "Take a look, you can use the seal later!"
Zhu Yunxi picked up the manuscript, opened it and looked at it, and he was immediately happy.
Above is the old man's note, "Xuan, the Crown Prince of Yan and his second and third sons are entering the palace to study!"
"You still said you don't care!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
The old man walked down the imperial steps, helped Zhu Yunxi up with his own hands, and then pressed him on the stool, "Don't forget what you promised us!"
"What's going on?"
"Don't get the Zhu family's blood on your hands!" The old man just hit Zhu Yunxi in the head with a chestnut.
"Ouch!" Zhu Yunxi covered his forehead, "Grandpa Huang, your hands are so strong!"
"Shall we change this one?" The old man pointed to the cloth shoes under his feet, "Shall we change this one?"
"My grandson did something wrong again?" Zhu Yunxi immediately stepped away and hid aside.
The old man snorted and walked out with his hands behind his back, "Get in the dumplings, get off the noodles. Tell the kitchen to cook the noodles! Stir-fry fresh meat with dried radish to make a stew, add more onions and garlic!"
"The imperial doctor has said that you should eat more lightly!" Zhu Yunxi helped the old man out.
"You kid, you are so useless!" The old man turned around and glared, "My wife has married several times for you, and she just gave us a little grandchild!"
"Just two! Just marry two of them!" Zhu Yunxi said aggrievedly, "Besides, you let your grandson leave Beijing just after he and Ronger consummated their marriage!"
"Oh, you are contradicting us!" the old man said angrily with his beard raised.
Zhu Yunxi lowered his head, "My grandson is wrong! My grandson must do it as soon as possible, as soon as possible!"
"Huh!" The old man turned his head, "That's pretty much it!" As he said that, his eyes suddenly narrowed into slits with a smile, "Our little blessing can call you daddy!"
"No way!" Zhu Yunxi was confused, "How can a child who is only a little older know how to speak? Did the old man hear wrongly?"
But I didn't dare to say anything, so I could only say, "Congratulations to Grandpa Huang, little girl......"
"Yeah!" The old man changed his face again.
"My grandson's little aunt looks very smart!" Zhu Yunxi said with a bitter face.
"Hahaha!" The old man's hearty laughter came from the hall.