In the Hall of Gratitude, Zhu Gaochi only left Yang Pu to talk to him. Zhu Gaochi still believed in Master Yang who tried his best to protect him in the worst times, at least he believed that he would be less selfish.
"Master Yang," Zhu Gaochi leaned on the pillow and recalled with a lonely expression: "When I was in the dormitory, my father, my brothers and the nobles all had bad intentions. My life was very difficult. I remember that time
You comfort me and say that if you endure the humiliation and bear the burden until you become emperor, no one will dare to target me..." Then he looked at Yang Pu and said: "Now, I am finally the emperor, but the situation seems to have not changed..."
"This..." Yang Pu thought for a moment, shook his head slowly and said, "Actually, things have improved a lot. At least the late emperor, the King of Han, and the King of Zhao are no longer here." As he spoke, he comforted the emperor softly and said: "At the moment, it's just that
It was the last struggle of those nobles who were unwilling to fail. The emperor must not be frightened by the darkness before dawn."
"Haha...Master Yang is still so good at comforting people..." Zhu Gaochi's face looked much better.
"Wei Chen is just telling the truth." Yang Pu said with a smile.
"But this night before dawn is very difficult..." Zhu Gaochi also smiled and said bitterly: "The honor, the old system, and the evil law are actually three sides in one. If you abolish the old system and abolish the evil law, you will definitely destroy the honor.
Your interests will definitely trigger their desperate counterattack. Unless I give up reform and ignore the survival of the country and the life and death of the people, I will definitely have a battle with them."
"I am willing to serve as the emperor's vanguard, no matter how hard it is!" Seeing the emperor's heart full of sorrow, Yang Pu burst into tears and said with shame on his face: "It's a pity that in a life-and-death struggle, we don't have the strength to restrain a chicken.
The scholar is useless!" As he spoke, he raised his voice like a cuckoo crying: "Your Majesty, you still have to invite Wang Xian back!"
"Don't say that, it's not your fault..." Zhu Gaochi also shed tears and took Yang Pu's hand and said: "You are capable ministers who govern the world, not materials used in chaos." After saying this, he
He sighed with infinite melancholy and cast his eyes unconsciously to the south, which was the direction where Wang Xian was.
Facing the pressure from nobles and nobles, Zhu Gaochi felt helpless and missed Wang Xian who was far away in the south...
"Your Majesty, stop worrying about the feelings of your ministers at this time, and put the overall situation first! Call Wang Xian back to the capital as soon as possible to protect him!" Compared with Yang Rong, Yang Shiqi and others, Yang Pu really has to consider the emperor more.
Some.
"Didn't I just send Jin Youzi there years ago?" Zhu Gaochi said helplessly: "But Wang Xian just sent him back."
"Ordinarily, the dead person is the most important, and the veteran shouldn't say anything bad about Bachelor Jin, but now I don't care so much," Yang Pu said in a deep voice: "Bachelor Jin and others have always been wary of Wang Xian and regarded him as their number one enemy.
They were even more wary of him than the nobles. This time, Academician Jin went to Shandong to invite people. He made empty promises and did not give any conditions. It can be said that he had no sincerity! If it were the old minister, he would not come back! Forgive me, I am afraid that at that time, Academician Jin
I don’t have any good intentions, I just want to use this strategy to drive a wedge between the emperor and the Duke of Zhen.”
"Scholar Jin's intentions are not so sinister..." Zhu Gaochi shook his head and sighed: "However, I did think it was easy last time. Wang Xian came back to fight the nobles for me to the end. If you don't give it,
He has enough guarantees, how dare he make fun of his wealth and life?"
"What the emperor said is true." Yang Pu bowed and asked for his orders: "I am willing to go to Jinan again. As long as the emperor shows the greatest sincerity, I will risk my life to invite Wang Xian back to the capital."
"Then I have to thank Master Yang," Zhu Gaochi nodded and asked, "In Master Yang's opinion, what is the greatest sincerity?"
"Wang Xian's biggest concern is that the nobles are so intertwined and entrenched in the army that they will be hard to guard against!" Yang Pu said solemnly: "If we want to change this situation, we can only abolish the five-prefecture military system that is not subordinate to each other.
Restore the Governor's Mansion in the early years of Hongwu and control the world's armies! All armies in the world are commanded by the Governor, who in the army dares to compete? If he becomes this Governor, what else does Wang Xian have to worry about?!"
"Well..." Zhu Gaochi didn't expect that Yang Pu would actually throw such a big bomb. He didn't even feel a headache for a while. He was deep in thought and said: "This is a big thing, a big thing..."
"Your Majesty, the ministers have been planning this matter in their minds for many days. This matter will definitely satisfy the Duke of Zhen. And it will fundamentally benefit the Emperor!" Yang Pu said in a deep voice: "In the process of Wang Xian dismantling and rebuilding the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion,
, it will naturally complete the purge of the noble generals. Although this will greatly expand the power of the Zhen Guogong, once he takes away the interests of the noble generals, he will inevitably be resented by them, making it difficult for him to
If you win the hearts of the people, there will be no ambition."
After a pause, Yang Pu continued: "Secondly, it is better to fight with one person than with a group. When your majesty's birds are gone and all the good bows are hidden in the future, Wang Xian will be alone, and the emperor can arrange it however he wants.
"
"..." Zhu Gaochi's eyes flickered, obviously being persuaded by Yang Pu a lot. But the matter was serious, and he knew very well that once he agreed, it would cause earth-shaking changes. And it was hard to say what impact this change would have on himself, the royal family, and ultimately
Will it be beneficial or detrimental...
Yang Pu said everything he needed to say, and then stood quietly aside, waiting for the emperor to make up his mind.
This idea was really difficult to come up with. Zhu Gaochi thought about it for half an hour, but he was still undecided. Until the eunuch came in and informed: "Your Majesty, His Highness is back." Zhu Zhanji is still the grandson. Not only does he feel embarrassed, but others also
Feeling awkward, they unanimously called him Your Highness instead. But they didn't know that this title made Zhu Zhanji even more angry.
"Master Yang, go back and rest first. Let me think carefully about what you said." Zhu Gaochi looked at Yang Pu and said softly: "I have no merits. The only thing I can be proud of is the way I look at people." He looked like
He was emphasizing to himself, and seemed to be explaining to Yang Pu: "I never believe that Wang Xian will be a traitor to the country, so if I use him, I will never try to trick him." As he said this, Emperor Hongxi looked bitter.
He smiled and said: "My royal family has tricked him too many times. As long as I trick him once, I will never be able to win his loyalty again..."
"The emperor has no doubts in employing people, and a benevolent person is invincible." Yang Pu bowed deeply, bowed and stepped back...
After Yang Pu withdrew, Zhu Zhanji appeared in the Palace of Gratitude. The conversation with Yang Pu exhausted the emperor's energy. Zhu Gaochi lay drowsily on the dragon bed, looking at the caisson on the top of the palace, and asked quietly: "What did they say?
?”
"Reporting to my father, the honorable nobles were so impulsive that they caused such a catastrophic disaster. They only hope that the emperor can forgive their sins..." Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Gaochi and did not notice that the emperor's expression was different.
If there was any change, he continued: "In addition, they are guarding the late emperor's Zi Palace because they are afraid of someone destroying it, not to stop anything. My father can send people to check at any time..."
"Humph!" Zhu Gaochi snorted coldly: "I'm afraid, nothing can be found out now..."
"If my father thinks so, I can't do anything about it." Zhu Zhanji turned his head away and said in a low voice: "Anyway, there should be nothing wrong with me tomorrow. Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission. Father, please take care of your dragon body. Please come early."
Go to sleep peacefully."
"You should also take a rest early..." Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly and lowered his eyelids.
Zhu Zhanji looked at his father with his eyes closed, unblinking, and then retreated silently for a while.
As soon as Zhu Zhanji left, Zhu Gaochi opened his eyes. He could clearly feel the coldness in his son's eyes, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings, making him unable to sleep all night...
The next day, the wind stopped and the snow fell, and Wanshou Mountain was bone-chillingly cold.
Although the farce of mourning for the mausoleum and the tragedy of murder just happened yesterday, the funeral ceremony of Emperor Daxing still has to go on. After all, no one can go home unless the old emperor is buried in the ground...
The atmosphere in Changling was more like a funeral than yesterday. The civil servants with bruises and swollen faces could burst into tears without having to brew their emotions. Many of them even fainted from crying. The nobles did not hesitate to give in, and they were full of energy.
The cries echoed endlessly in the valley, causing the fallen snow on the branches to flutter and fall.
Zhu Gaochi felt very bored, because these guys used the funeral of the late emperor to cry for themselves. But the emperor had to admit that this was a good opportunity to vent. Thinking that he had endured so many years and finally became the emperor,
He originally wanted to do something for the country and the people, but in the end he made everyone angry and resentful, and he was no longer a human being inside and outside. Emperor Hongxi was so sad that he burst into tears at the top of his lungs!
I don’t know if it was the cry that was ten times louder than yesterday that made Emperor Daxing finally let go of his resentment. In short, when one hundred and twenty-eight Jinyi guards put the rope through the big bar again, and then exerted their strength upwards under the command of the officer.
At that moment, the large golden nanmu coffin that could not be lifted yesterday was lifted up without any hindrance!
Emperor Hongxi's hanging heart was finally relieved. The Minister of Rites, fearing that something might happen again, skipped a few insignificant ceremonies and ordered people to quickly bury Emperor Daxing's coffin in the ground.
The coffins were carried into the underground palace by the Jinyi guards, and more than a hundred cypress coffins were carried by officers and soldiers. Inside were the eunuchs and concubines who were buried for Emperor Yongle... Originally there were voices in the government and the public that Xu Miaojin should also be buried for the late emperor, but in this matter
At the meeting, the leaders of all parties had a very rare unanimous attitude. The person who made the suggestion was severely punished, and no one dared to mention this matter again...
When the burial objects were also delivered to the underground palace, the craftsmen lowered the huge stone door of the underground palace, then destroyed the mechanism and began to fill it with soil...
Emperor Yongle, who had dominated the world for thirty years and dominated the world for twenty years, finally bid farewell to this world...
Then, Emperor Hongxi and his ministers left Changling and Wanshou Mountain without staying for a moment, returning to the capital as fast as an arrow.
Everyone knows that the dispute in Changling is just a preview, and the real war will not start until they return to the capital!