Ever since the decision was made to confer Yunxi as the grandson of the emperor on September 20th, Lao Zhu began to look for suitable candidates for the East Palace official.
First of all, the six official positions of the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, the Prince's Taibao and the Prince's Young Master, Shaobao and Young Master are all held concurrently by honorable nobles. The Taifu belongs to Deng Yu, the Grand Master is Feng Sheng, and the Taibao is
Fu Youde; the young master is Lan Yu, the young master is Wang Bi, and the young master is Cao Zhen (Note 1).
As for the other officials below, Lao Zhu put a lot of thought into it. In order to avoid the self-contained system of the East Palace bureaucracy being too different from the ministers of the imperial court, Lao Zhu decided to follow Zhu's standard rules and hold both the Zhan and Shao Zhan concurrently. In order to show that
Paying attention to etiquette and law, the original name of Li, the Minister of Rites, was also appointed as the Zhanshi of the third rank. As for the Shaozhanshi, Lao Zhu thought about it and decided to let Ruyu, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhan Hui, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, concurrently serve. The Chunfang bachelor under them,
Because it was an official position for giving lectures to the prince, it was held concurrently by civil servants of the Hanlin Academy, such as Xu Zongshi and Chen Nanbin.
Later official positions became more important, because they were all practical duties, assisting the crown prince, so Lao Zhu had thousands of choices to choose from. Because of Yunxi, Lao Zhu noticed Qitai in advance, and then discovered that he had been an official since the 18th year of Hongwu.
Now he has not made any minor mistakes. He was greatly surprised and promoted the Zuo Shuzi to the fifth rank. The other You Shuzi appointed Geng Xuan, the eldest son of Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen.
Zuo Yude appointed Chen Xingshan, right Yude was Guo Zhen, the eldest son of Wuding Hou Guo Ying; Zuo Zanshan was Lian Zining, and right Zanshan was Zhang Shu, the eldest son of Huining Hou Zhang Wen. There were other official positions under them,
But it's not important anymore, the main thing is these.
Among these people, Yunxi still knew only Qi Tai. The others had never heard of him and did not know their abilities. However, out of his trust in Lao Zhu, Yunxi still boldly asked them to start working.
When these people arrived in early November, it was when Yunxi began to take charge of the affairs of the Jiangwu Hall, and he immediately asked them to start helping. With the help of these people, Yunxi completed the complete provisions for the Jiangwu Hall in November.
Chen. Especially Qi Tai, because he was the director of the Ministry of War, he put forward many good suggestions and played a big role.
The busy month of November passed, and Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief, and began to focus on reading the memorials reviewed by Lao Zhu again, but this time he had his own think tank, with whom he would often discuss issues.
During the discussion, Yunxi found that Chen Xingshan was indeed a traditional scholar from the Hanlin Academy. He had been telling Yunxi about various ideal Confucian practices, and he also criticized Lao Zhu's treatment that was not in line with Confucianism. Yunxi thought that he
He and Fang Xiaoru are in the same category, but they still respect him in terms of face.
Geng Xuan, Guo Zhen and Zhang Shu all came from a family of military generals and had all been on the battlefield. Yunxi also found it very rewarding to talk to Yunxi about things on the battlefield and anecdotes about the army.
What surprised Yunxi was Lian Zining. Lian Zining was also from the Hanlin Academy, but he was not pedantic and was good at writing poems and compositions. Yunxi listed him and Qi Tai as important ministers.
Dao Yan was walking hurriedly in Prince Yan's Mansion. Just now, Zhu Di suddenly asked someone to summon him to the Mansion to discuss matters, and urged him in a hurry. Dao Yan could only follow the people sent by Zhu Di to Prince Yan's Mansion. Along the way, Dao Yan repeatedly Thinking about what made Zhu Di so anxious to find him.
As soon as he saw Zhu Di, before Dao Yan had time to salute, Zhu Di said: "Master, there is no need to be more polite. Look at this!" He handed him a piece of paper filled with words in his hand.
After Dao Yan bowed properly, he took the letter from Zhu Di. The letter was about the assassination of Concubine Lu on September 27th. It may seem unimaginable to modern people. In ancient times, there were no telephones, televisions, etc. There is not even a telegram, and it takes ten or eight days to deliver urgent documents from the capital to Peking, and ordinary documents have to travel for twenty days; this is not bad, but it only takes 10 to 10 days to reach Yunnan, Guangxi and other places. Seriously, a normal document takes fifty or sixty days.
Moreover, Zhu Gaochi had already written in a letter sent as early as September 29th that Yunxi was officially canonized as the emperor's grandson and Concubine Lu may have planned an assassination of Yunxi, and has been looking for something since then. The truth was because Zhu Di wanted to know what happened. But it was difficult to find. Zhu Gaochi also worked hard to find some things that he thought were reliable and then wrote them down and had them sent back to Peking.
Dao Yan read the content carefully and found that the whole article was about Concubine Lu's description of Yun Xi's assassination and the current results. He couldn't help but wonder: Is this important? It has been so many days, and Yun Xi has already taken it seriously. After marrying the emperor's grandson, the result is irreversible. Why are you so anxious to let me come over?
Dao Yan looked at Zhu Di and said after careful consideration: "Your Highness, if you had known about this matter before His Highness the Third Prince was officially canonized as the Emperor's Grandson, we would still have activities to do; now that this matter has been over for more than a month, why does Your Highness Or are you so anxious to call the old monk in?"
Zhu Di said: "Master, do you think we can still take advantage of this matter? Yunxi's three brothers are all the sons of Concubine Lu. There is no guarantee that Yunxi will not have a grudge against his brothers after this incident. Can we spread rumors in the capital and prompt his father to do so?" The emperor had doubts about Yunxi, so he came up with the idea of deposing the grandson."
Dao Yan looked at Zhu Di and sighed secretly. Ever since the news came that Yun Xi was canonized as the emperor's grandson, Zhu Di, who wanted to be the emperor very much, had gone insane. Although it seemed fine on the surface, he was still very nervous when dealing with other things. It's normal, but when it comes to Yunxi, it's extremely abnormal. I'm afraid the normal Zhu Di wouldn't have proposed the statement just now, because it's completely impossible. With Zhu Yuanzhang's perseverance, how could he replace the newly enthroned Zhu Di just because of some rumors? Crown Prince.
Dao Yan could only reply cautiously: "Your Highness, if it was a month ago, it might have been useful, but it is already November, and it has been a long time, so it may not be effective; and the assassination of Concubine Lu was a palace incident. Very few people know about it. If there are rumors about this matter suddenly in the capital, His Majesty will definitely suspect that someone has leaked the secret and will investigate closely. It will be difficult for Your Highness to keep it completely secret."
Zhu Di was very angry when he was retorted by Dao Yan's words, and said: "King Gu has such a clever plan, but you don't take it seriously. Someone..."
Just as he was talking, a woman's voice came from behind: "Your Highness!" Then a woman dressed in the attire of a prince and a concubine came out and saluted Dao Yanfu. Dao Yan quickly returned the salute, and then ordered his eunuch to support him.
Zhu Di walked into the backyard, during which Zhu Di kept struggling.
This woman is Zhu Di's first wife, Xu Da's eldest daughter, and the Xu family who was the queen in another time and space. After Zhu Di was brought in, she said to Dao Yan: "Your Majesty, he has been a little impatient these days, please forgive me."
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Dao Yan quickly replied: "I don't dare. I don't dare."
Mrs. Xu sighed and saw that there was no one else around except her maid, and said: "Master, isn't it good to be a prince in Peiping? When I first became a princess, I also went to the palace. I know that your majesty is very hardworking every day.
There is no rest in the middle of the night; and in these years in Peiping, although there are big and small matters to be decided, His Highness still has a lot of free time every day. If you become an emperor and work all day long, it must be better than being a prince in Peiping? "
"And now that Your Majesty has appointed a grandson, it is impossible for the prince to become the emperor. Why do you bother him all day long about becoming the emperor? I have also read many history books these days. In all unified dynasties, except the Jin Dynasty,
Emperor Hui was mentally ill and allowed the vassal king to take the throne. In other dynasties and generations, how could any prince raise an army and successfully become emperor? Why should you think about something that will never happen? "
Dao Yan knew that the Xu family was opposed to Zhu Di thinking about becoming emperor. Of course, if Zhu Yuanzhang canonized Zhu Di as the crown prince, he would definitely not object, but now it is impossible, and the success of raising troops may be very small. Indeed, it should not be done again
Thought about it. But...
Dao Yan replied: "My dear, what the prince thinks is not something that the old monk can control."
Mrs. Xu knew that he didn't mean what he said, so she stopped talking to him and went back to comfort Zhu Di.
When Dao Yan saw that there was no one in the study, he expected that Zhu Di would not be able to come out for a while, so he turned around and returned to his temple.
Note 1: Cao Zhen was also a general in the Ming Dynasty and was granted the title of Marquis of Jingchuan. I think he is no less than Wang Bi or Mu Ying, but he has been in Bashu for a generation, so he is not very famous.