Yang Rong seemed to have the ability to predict the future, and his expectations were soon fulfilled. Zhang Xu's memorial caused an uproar in the court. On the third day, thirteen ministers led by Lian Zining, Minister of Works of the Ministry of Works, Huang Kui, Minister of Rites, and Jing Qing, Censor, respectively submitted memorials. All memorials were described as one theme - the rule of the eldest son should not be abolished, and the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen was kind and kind, and was purely filial by nature, so he should be appointed as the emperor's grandson.

As soon as these thirteen memorials were published, the wind direction in the court immediately reversed, because most of these thirteen people were the backbone of the middle-aged and young people in the court. Especially the younger generation of capable ministers led by Lian Zining and Jing Qing were the center of power for the future of the empire. Zhu Yuanzhang had to look at the face of these people no matter what.

But unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang actually got angry. He denounced these thirteen people as fiancés: In the past, the state affairs were abolished by the struggles of fiancés. Fiancés were jealous of the court. Today, you and the thirteen people openly colluded to try my methods? Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered the letter to write to the leader Lian Zining, Huang Kui and Jing Qing to be sentenced to the Ministry of Justice.

During the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, killing a civil official was a casual matter. I originally thought that this behavior immediately made everyone worry. But unexpectedly, a larger-scale letter began. Twenty-three ministers, led by Yang Jing, Minister of Justice, Zhao Mian, Minister of Revenue, were also protected Zining and other three, or invited the crown prince to be appointed, and they handed over the books and submitted memorials. Sometimes the twists and turns of ancient scholars were worthy of respect. On the issue of becoming a crown prince, these ministers seemed to be determined to be desperate.

The entire Nanjing city was already storm, and even Zhu Zhi was worried about his eldest nephew. He was afraid that his arrival would change the history on the original trajectory. And the worst thing was that he was already incompatible with Zhu Di. If he could not guarantee his eldest nephew to take office, then the rebellion would become himself in minutes! But despite his anxiety, the limelight in the capital seemed to have nothing to do with him. There was no power, and the prince of the second vassal was not valued at all, so no one would come to him to contact him. However, the intelligence sent back from "Wujian" showed that the ministers in the court did have contacted him in private. Needless to say, what was the content of the contact?

Yang Rong has been particularly relaxed these days. Every day, he either reads books in the room or goes to Zuichun Tower to enjoy the sunset, which has a bit of the color that does not change before the collapse of Mount Tai.

Although Zhu Zhi also has the right to submit the correct report, he dare not use it at all. If it is used, others will think that he is willing to compete for the prince. Zhu Zhi tried to discuss it with him several times, but was dissuaded by Yang Rong for a long time. He kept telling him that he had his own arrangements before the time came. He didn't know what medicine was sold in Yang Rong's gourd.

Under the turbulent feelings, those who are as harsh as Zhu Yuanzhang cannot be taken lightly. Everyone is not corrupt or treason. No matter how harsh he is, he cannot capture so many people because of the country's plan, right? A few days later, Zhu Yuanzhang finally issued an edict and summoned all the ministers to discuss the matters of the country's foundation on August 19th. It was time for the bayonet to be established to be popular.

On the night of the 18th, Yang Rong, who had returned from Zuichun Tower after drinking, handed a note to Zhu Zhi and said, "Yang Jing is my teacher. You can hand it over to him. The teacher will do it yourself, but your highness must not say that this is Yang Rong's idea. The other highnesses can put their hearts down and wait for the good news."

Zhu Zhi opened the note and saw a line of beautiful small regular script written on it: "Those who are easy to save will bring peace to the rest of the world; those who are not easy will give you peace to the rest of the world." Zhu Zhi was in a stable mood at this time. Haha, Yang Rong seemed to be a little skillful, and a sentence had already opened the political deadlock in front of him. Zhu Zhi immediately sealed the note with a brocade box, condemned Xiao Chenzi to send the note to Yang Jing's mansion overnight, and repeatedly reminded him to hand it over to Yang Shangshu himself. While speaking, he pulled Xiao Chenzi back and asked him to find a servant with a strange face to do it. At this time, people could not catch the handle.

That night, Zhu Zhi had insomnia and the first fork in the road appeared in front of him after he arrived at the Ming Dynasty.

"The emperor said: The prince died, and the prince's grandson would not be updated. The country needs talent. Now he regards the King of Yan as talented and wants to be the crown prince. What do you think?

Liu Sanwu, a Hanlin scholar, replied: Where are the two kings of Yan established, Qin and Jin? Moreover, the emperor's grandson was older, smart, benevolent and filial, and could succeed the Grand Principal.

The emperor was speechless for a moment and said: I cherish the talent of King Yan and cannot bear to abandon it.

Yang Jing, Minister of Justice, reported to the Ministry of Justice: Those who are easy to deposit can bring peace to the rest of their lives; those who are not easy can bring peace to the rest of their lives. Will Your Majesty forget the affairs of Emperor Yang of Sui?

Thirty-five officials below the ranks bowed together and called on the emperor's grandson to establish the country's foundation.

The emperor sighed, there was no way to respond.”

The turbulent Yi Chu storm was calmed down in the confrontation between the monarch and ministers of the Donggemen. Until the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Hongwu, who had the most concentrated monarchy, was forced to surrender under the pressure of the civil servant group.

When Yang Rong gave me the information, he said nothing, and his face was filled with a sense of victory. He put the information down and walked out silently. For him, this was an amazing victory. The young man did not know how to hide his sharpness. At this time, he must have an indescribable sense of success in his heart. An eighth-rank royal official actually played a key role in such a major event as Dingguo. Anyone would be glad to himself.

With the information about the Dongge memorial, Zhu Zhi was speechless. The memorial in the court must not be as simple as described in the information. There is news that when he came out of the palace, Zhao Mian, the Minister of Revenue, broke his black jade and bleeding from his forehead, which was obviously caused by several kowtows. Under the high political pressure, the civil servant group vowed not to bow down and defend the royal grandson to death, which allowed Zhu Zhi to see the powerful power of the civil servant group.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang, as the emperor, knew his weaknesses in his grandson and believed that he could not govern the empire and wanted to find a better heir for the empire. However, in the face of China's thousands of years of etiquette and law system, Zhu Yuanzhang was also forced to succumb to the stubbornness of etiquette and law. Perhaps what Zhu Yuanzhang really felt powerless was the power of this civil servant group. Although after the Hu Weiyong case and the hollow seal case, almost all the civil servants in the court changed. However, these civil servants still insisted on their own opinions on key issues. Zhu Yuanzhang did not want Zhu Di to face the entire civil servant group that opposed him after inheriting the country.

If you stand from the perspective of a bystander, Zhu Zhi also admitted that the King of Yan was the most suitable person to inherit the throne. He was bold, brave, had a strong ambition, had extraordinary energy, and was well-versed in literature and wrote the "Yongle Encyclopedia"; he understood geography and made Zheng He voyage to the West. He was also a famous monarch who has been around since ancient times. Of course, he was also inseparable from the cruel shortcomings of the old Zhu family. After ascending the throne, he was not ruthless at all.

However, such a capable person could not become the heir to the throne in feudal etiquette and law, and could only use extreme means to regain his own things; then he became the emperor's nephew and did not believe his uncle, and in the end both sides seemed to be forced to enter a civil war helplessly.

This kind of forced to be a systemic deadlock. The feudal etiquette and law selected the heads of this empire were formed at random, basically a natural law for humans to continue their descendants, rather than an elite system for selecting merits. It is a tragedy under a system.

It is precisely because the Zhu family's empire has always followed such a system that various "experts" appeared in the choice, including military fanatic Zhu Houzhao, martial arts chemist Zhu Yijun, and carpenter Zhu Youxiao. These people all took the throne helplessly, and because of their own talents, their empires gradually declined due to these defects.

However, this last empire ruled by the Han people also had a very special feature, which was that its first four leaders were actually three more capable emperors in history. Renzong, who had only been a year ago, should not be counted as they established a powerful civil servant group.

Today is a typical confrontation between the emperor and the civil servant group, and the latter ends with victory. There are many such things happening in the years of this empire in the future. The civil servant group has victory and loss. Whether it is victory or loss does not need to be carefully investigated. The key is that the civil servant group actually controls the empire.

At some point, it was the pedantic but extremely pious scholars who saved this dynasty many times at critical moments. Among these people were Yu Qian, Zhang Juzheng, and Wang Shouren. Although these people could not surpass their times, it was this conservative, rigid and persistent civil servant group that had made the empire last for 277 years under the circumstances of so many incompetent emperors in power. In a word, it was really not easy.

Zhu Zhi couldn't help but compare the civil servant group with the constitutional monarchy of later generations. In fact, except for the different ways of being produced, the civil servant group in the Ming Dynasty could almost be operated without being influenced by the imperial power. For the emperor, many things could not be done as they wanted. For example, Emperor Jiajing wanted to posthumously sign his father as emperor and enter the ancestral temple, and he experienced a great ritual dispute with the civil servant group for more than ten years. During this period, several cabinet chiefs refused to give in and all resigned as a resistance. This integrity is jaw-dropping.

In fact, Zhu Zhi also knew that the most persistent and most desperate thing for this civil servant group was these so-called feudal ethics, such as competing for great etiquette and discussing the foundation of the country. For the prosperity of the country, national economy and people's livelihood and other businesses, this seemingly powerful civil servant group was cowardly and hatefully cowardly. They could instigate the emperor to take Zhang Juzheng who insisted on reform to the end, or allow eunuchs like Wei Zhongxian to usurp the greatest power.

Obviously, if you want to change this power structure, it is impossible not to start from the ideological roots of this generation of scholars. Their defense of feudal ethics is even stronger than loyalty to the emperor. This is why these people dared to make desperate suggestions from Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, in reality, Zhu Zhi did not want the historical event of the emperor to be the crown prince to change. After all, this is a hindrance to his life as a human being from later generations. Now, it has finally not deflected at the first three-way intersection in the future, and has always returned to the normal trajectory.

Has there really been a situation in history where officials and Zhu Yuanzhang argued about the foundation of the country? Why hasn't history mentioned it? Now history has not deviated from its original track. This fact has left Zhu Zhi at least a few years to adapt to this very strange dynasty.

Zhu Zhi was surprised that such a small episode caused serious lack of confidence. Yes, for him, the confidence to gain a foothold here is not because of his familiarity with history, and he can predict the context of history. Once history deviates or when he is unfamiliar, he will panic. Zhu Zhi secretly curses his cowardice and panic. In the years to come, he must overcome his fear of strange worlds and establish confidence in history. Being calm in the face of changes is a necessary quality for a great person. In his advice to himself, Zhu Zhi fell asleep.

Something big happened in August. A policing envoy involved in the "Hu Weiyong case" recruited the Marquis of Jingning Ye Sheng and sent the Jinyiwei to the imperial prison. In everyone's opinion, this matter was just a remnant of the Hu case, and he did not pay much attention. Even Zhu Zhi himself missed this information.

On the tenth day of September, everything rained, and everything was suitable, and the benefits were in the Northeast. The emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen was made the crown prince, and all the officials and princes in Beijing participated in the enthronement ceremony.

Zhu Zhi put on the same outfit as when he was crowned king and entered the palace again to attend the reserve ceremony of his nephew. This was the third time he had participated in a royal ceremony since he came to this world. The last time was the funeral of his "brother" Zhu Biao.

Zhu Yunwen covered a dragon robe of the crown prince outside his filial pants. His thin body appeared faintly in the plum rain that was sometimes stopped, and he repeated the joy and endlessly kneeling down.

As the princes, all the princes and others stood on the Wenhua Palace, waiting to visit the new crown prince. Zhu Zhi glanced at his fourth brother. After experiencing a major setback in life, he was still so energetic among the people. Occasionally, he bit his ears with the people around him. The eyes of the two quickly met and then quickly wandered away. Zhu Zhi always maintained a slight smile, which seemed to be a happy smile to others, but in the eyes of the King of Yan, it was a smile of the winner. In his eyes, the King of Yan received a resentful look. Could it be that he knew that Yang Jing's comment was out of Yang Rong's idea?

On the third day after the crown prince was enthroned, the King of Yan resigned to Peking on the grounds of urgent matters in the border areas. The change of the emperor, who had been tense for several months, finally ended with his departure.
Chapter completed!