Chapter 636 Chengdong Palace, Prince Li
"Have you heard of them?"
Someone immediately whispered to each other in this imperial edict. After all, why did they have no news about such a major event in advance?
"No, the emperor has only four daughters, all of whom are married. Could it be that the queen is lonely and finds her a companion? In this way, if someone is with her, she will not be so lonely." A minister murmured.
"There is some truth, but I have heard of the emperor before..." Before another minister finished speaking, he felt his butt hurt and suddenly realized that this kind of thing could be said randomly? That was a matter of losing his head.
"Look, there is a last imperial edict. What is more important than Princess Feng, and it will be put to the end."
Everyone no longer had to worry about the princess’s issue. After all, it was not the first time that the princess was enthroned, and they were more concerned about the contents of the last imperial edict.
However, many people have guessed something. What is more important than a princess is naturally the candidate for the prince. Has Zhu Di already made up his mind?
So everyone started to discuss again, and the one who was most uneasy was naturally Zhu Gaoxu. He paid a lot for the position of the prince, asking Taoist priests and bandits.
Zheng San, no, he should be called Zheng He now, took out the last imperial edict and read it loudly.
"Responsible for the will of heaven! The emperor ordered the emperor to be granted the title of Prince Zhu Gaoxi as King of Jin and Prince Zhu Gaosui as King of Zhao." Zheng He said loudly.
"Sure enough, Zhu Di has made up his mind."
Hearing this, Hu Ye knew that Zhu Di was determined to become the crown prince. Although he still remembered the story of Zhu Di told the Tang Dynasty, the matter was finally resolved. It was impossible for him to kill each other for the sake of growth. After all, Zhu Di only had four sons.
Now is the time for everyone to hold their breath and concentrate. The two sons have been appointed as the king, the other two are the prince and the other are the prince. Whoever is the prince means to curry favor with someone. Naturally, these people have to keep their ears up and listen.
The most exciting thing is Zhu Gaoxu. He has been working hard for this moment for a long time. Since the Jingnan Campaign a few years ago, he was only in his teens at that time, and he followed Zhu Di to fight south and north, bleeding and sweating. The reason is that Zhu Di said, "The prince is so weak, it is difficult to become a great man."
Now it's time to announce the answer, so he is naturally excited.
Zhu Gaochi is not much better, but he is still a little bit heavy now and others can't tell it. In fact, his heart is already trembling.
"I named Prince Zhu Gaoxu the King of Han!"
As soon as Zheng San said something, someone immediately collapsed on the ground. They were all those who stood on the side of Zhu Gaoxu. Moreover, most of them were people in the army. After all, Zhu Gaoxu was brave in fighting back then. In their opinion, Zhu Gaochi, who was wide-body and fat, could not be a good prince at all. What's more, Zhu Di was an emperor who was good at fighting. As long as he was not mentally ill, he would make Zhu Gaoxu the crown prince.
But in the end they were wrong. Zhu Di made Zhu Gaoxu the King of Han, which means that the crown prince would be Zhu Gaochi, the incompetent person in their eyes.
The one who was hit the most should be Zhu Gaoxu. But it seemed that he was not disappointed. After hearing about the title, he immediately thanked him, which made everyone around him look surprised. When did Zhu Gaoxu endure so much?
"Ying'an is very accurate. He knows that he will be crowned the prince when he goes to court today. If I make unreasonable trouble, I'm afraid that it will be a general suspicion in the eyes of the ministers. But today, I'm afraid..." Zhu Gaoxu stood up and glanced at the ministers around him with his light, but he sneered in his heart. If it were before, he would have had a fuss, but before he goes to court today, he talked with Chief Yu Zhong for an hour, talked about various possibilities, and decided on countermeasures, so he could be calm.
"Well? There is indeed a master behind him."
Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was unmoved, Hu Ye knew that there must be someone behind Zhu Gaoxu, otherwise it would be impossible to be so calm.
Thinking about the various contests between Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi in the future, Hu Ye felt that he was too impatient. With such an expert in giving advice, Zhu Gaochi was afraid that he would be restless.
"From now on, the eldest prince will be appointed as the crown prince and the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. When I am not here, I will supervise the state affairs and handle the world's government affairs. Master Daoyan was given the name of Yao Guangxiao and was granted the title of Prince Shaoshi. From now on, I will move into the Eastern Palace and assist the prince in supervising the state affairs." Zheng He read out the last imperial edict, and everyone started to discuss it again.
He had said before that it was normal for Monk Daoyan to not have a reward, but now he was slapped in the face by Zhu Di. It was not that there was no reward, but that was a great reward. The Prince's Young Master, Zhu Gaochi's level in the future, would be the imperial teacher. His merits were hard work and great achievements. In addition, he was also Duke Rong, and his glory was no longer inferior to Zhang Yu.
Although Monk Daoyan does not seem to have real power now, having such a person to assist Zhu Gaochi seems to be more stable than having Zhang Yu's support. After all, everyone knows the position of Monk Daoyan in Zhu Di's heart.
"Thank you, the emperor." Monk Daoyan worshiped and thanked him.
After all the imperial edicts were read out, everyone wanted to thank them. Sure enough, the last morning court in the first year was full of surprises.
However, all these surprises were not over yet. After Zheng He finished reading them, Zhu Di suddenly stood up and said loudly, "Duke Qi, Qiu Fu, Duke Cheng, Zhu Neng stepped forward to listen to the order!"
When Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng heard this, they rushed forward. This time, Zhu Di did not announce the imperial edict, which was probably a temporary intention and did not know what they would do.
"From now on, Duke Qi Qiu Fu appointed the crown prince's grand tutor, Duke Cheng Zhu Neng, who also served as the crown prince's grand tutor, and assisted the crown prince with Duke Rong." Zhu Di said loudly.
As soon as these words were said, they immediately shocked the court. Originally, with a duke as the backing, Zhu Gaochi's position as the crown prince was very stable. Now, with two dukes as the assistant, anyone can see that Zhu Di favored Zhu Gaochi. Did they see everything they saw before wrong?
"Jin Zhong, Minister of War, and Hu Ye, Hou Fanchang, came forward to listen to the order." Zhu Di seemed to have not completed it, and called out Jin Zhong and Hu Ye again.
Hu Ye felt something was wrong when he heard it. He didn't want to get involved, but Zhu Di didn't seem to want to let him go and insisted on pulling himself in.
Now that things have come to this point, I can't escape, so Hu Ye and Jin Zhong have to stand up.
"From now on, Jin Zhong, the Minister of War, will be promoted to Minister of War, and will also serve as the Secretary of the Eastern Palace. Hu Ye, the Marshal of Fanchang, will also serve as the Minister of War, and will also serve as the Young Secretary of the Eastern Palace. Together with the three Dukes, they will assist the Prince of the Eastern Palace and serve as the Supervisor of the State!"
Zhu Di said loudly.
The people in the court were completely stunned. Judging from the previous True Dragon incident, Zhu Di did not seem to want to show up so quickly, otherwise he should have punished Zhu Gaoxu. After all, with Zhu Di's mind, he would not have expected that this was what Zhu Gaoxu did. In addition, when Zhu Gaochi returned to Beijing, he found a bandit in Shandong to intercept him, which was enough to make him decide to deal with Zhu Gaoxu.
But Zhu Di did not do that, and after Zhu Gaoxu returned from dealing with the flood, he praised him heavily. Everyone thought that Zhu Di would continue to let his two sons fight each other. Unexpectedly, this time he enthroned the crown prince, established the Eastern Palace, and sent a large number of ministers in the court to the Eastern Palace. The only four dukes sent three. Could it be that he had completely abandoned Zhu Gaoxu?
The most painful thing when he heard this news was Zhu Gaoxu. Yu Zhongmou gave him a lot of suggestions, but he did not mention this because they really did not expect that Zhu Di would be so biased towards Zhu Gaochi and sent so many ministers to assist Zhu Gaochi.
However, after staying with Yu Zhongmou for a long time, he developed a deep understanding and knew that he must not be distracted at this time, so he chose to remain silent.
After Zhu Di finished speaking, he glanced at Zhu Gaoxu and found that he was not as uneasy as he expected. He felt a little more surprised. Could it be that his son has really grown up?
"If you have something to report, you will leave the court without anything to do!"
After Zhu Di sat down, Zheng He yelled, but no one spoke again, because there were too many things today and they all needed to digest them.
Hu Ye really wanted to go home soon and accompany Yingxue. He thought he would leave after resigning from the court, but Zhu Di stayed behind. Daoyan, Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu, and Jin Zhong were all from the Eastern Palace.
Before leaving, Zhu Gaoxu came up with an unknown look. Hu Ye didn't know whether he hated or disgusted, but he knew that Zhu Gaoxu was no longer the Zhu Gaoxu from the Yan Prince's Mansion back then. He had gradually entered the ruts of history and would slowly walk into Zhu Di's old path in the future. But he was not as lucky as Zhu Di.
And those who stayed with them were Xie Jin, the main figure who compiled the Yongle Ceremony. The reason why Zhu Di was able to make up his mind to make Zhu Gaochi the crown prince was because of the monk Daoyan, and the other was because of this guy's words, "Good Saint Grandson."
The so-called good saint grandson refers to Zhu Gaochi's son Zhu Zhanji. Although he was only six years old, he was extremely smart and loved by Zhu Di. Xie Jin cleverly took advantage of this point. Just one sentence made Zhu Di change his mind and appointed Zhu Gaochi as the crown prince.
"From now on, you will be guests of the East Palace. You must do your best to assist the prince in handling government affairs. Do you understand?"
Zhu Di sat on the dragon throne, looked at the people under the hall, and said loudly.
Several people understood that Zhu Di would not just keep him for advice. There must be a follow-up, but he did not point it out and just nodded.
"In addition to assisting the prince, I will teach the emperor's grandson more, especially you." Zhu Di said and pointed at Hu Ye, making Hu Ye raise his eyebrows, and why did he pull himself on his head.
"You are the youngest here and the most intelligent. You not only need to assist the prince, but also try your best to teach the emperor's grandson to know?" Zhu Di said loudly.
"There are my husbands who follow the order."
Even if Hu Ye is unwilling to do so, he must agree.
Chapter completed!