Chapter 83: Helpless
Pushing open the hall door and walking into it, Zhu Yijing slowly walked forward with the sound of the wooden door creaking and closing, and came to Empress Corning, who was sitting behind the table to comment on memorials, and bowed deeply to her:
"The mother is healthy, and the son is here by order."
When Empress Corning heard Zhu Yijing's request, she just continued to correct the memorials on the table without paying attention to him.
Zhu Yijing was not worried about this, but just walked to the side, found a stool to bring it over and prepared to sit down.
As soon as Zhu Yijing lifted up the hem of her clothes, Empress Corning suddenly spoke:
"You, don't sit there, it's really annoying. Come here and take a look at the memorial with me."
In desperation, Zhu Yijing had to get up and come to Empress Corning, bent down and watched the memorials with dense words written on them.
After a moment of gaze, Empress Corning had already corrected the memorial, put it aside, and then picked up another new memorial.
There was no choice but to follow the new memorial, but I just read less than half of this letter. I probably knew it was about the border war, so Empress Corning corrected it again.
But this time Empress Corning reached out and stuffed the memorial directly to Zhu Yijing and said casually:
"The effect of releasing Shenglan was immediately effective. The crazy girl at the border took the initiative to attack and won more than 1,000 heads. She had only suffered less than 300 casualties. She is here to report to seek credit."
“Oh~”
Understanding the meaning of Empress Corning, Zhu Yijing put the memorial into her sleeve and put it away, then turned her eyes back and said something disheartening:
"But if you know that Sheng Lan was disgusted by Shangguan Lao Pianfu, there might not be a good news, right?"
The pen tip stagnated slightly, and Empress Corning suddenly sneered:
"Do you think everyone in this world is like you boy, and you don't want to suffer any grievances? Sometimes, timely patience is the most important thing."
Just hearing this sentence, Zhu Yijing asked a question with a smile:
"Since that's the case, the mother and son minister want to ask, during the reign of Emperor Taizong (Zhu Di), he once criticized the prince for coming to welcome the emperor. Later, he even asked Yang Shiqi how the prince was performing when he was in charge of the country. How should he answer this matter?"
This seems to be a very simple question, but it actually contains murderous intent.
Before Empress Corning answers, let’s take a look at why this question is difficult to answer and is very critical.
If the prince is very active, diligent, and gets along with the masses (ministers), can handle political affairs independently and has a high prestige, then the prince will definitely be finished.
Your father is still here, so now he wins over the ministers and works independently. He wants to seize power, so that his father will not die well.
Since this answer is not good, let's change the answer:
The prince usually actively participates in entertainment activities, ignores political affairs, and alienates ministers. He leaves the matter to the subordinates to do it without any prestige.
If you answer this way, the prince's ending is probably the same - the ending.
This is another contradictory logic that is very similar to the twenty-two catch-up rules.
The prince's sorrow is here. Countless princes were messed up by their fathers like this. Since ancient times, the relationship between the top leader and the second leader has always been difficult to handle. In feudal society, the emperor was the top leader and the crown prince was the second leader, so naturally he could not escape the constraints of this rule.
You are active and willing to work hard, saying you have ambition, you are passive and lazy, and saying you have no future.
It’s not okay if you do too much, nor if you do too little. In fact, I just want to tell you that it’s not okay if you don’t accept me.
If you let you do it, you will not have to rest. If you don't let you do it, you will not have to die a bad death.
This seems difficult to understand. What exactly makes this funny phenomenon happen repeatedly?
The answer is simple: power.
Whoever divides my power will kill anyone! (Son is no exception)
However, Empress Corning was the one who fought for the throne herself, and after a little thought, she gave an answer:
"During the reign of the prince, he worked hard to handle political affairs and was able to listen to the reasonable opinions of the ministers, but he would never agree to the wrong opinions casually. He would refute and criticize the inappropriate requests of his close ministers in person."
I thought that Zhu Yijing had nothing to say, but unexpectedly he sneered:
"My Queen, if it were in front of Taizu, such words would only end up with Yuan Kai."
When Empress Corning heard Zhu Yijing's words, she immediately raised her eyebrows.
One day, Zhu Yuanzhang sent a job to the Censor Yuan Kai, and handed over the list of criminals involved in the Hu Weiyong's rebellion case to the Crown Prince Zhu Biao. This should be a very simple job, but what Yuan Kai did not expect was that his fate changed like this.
He handed over the list to the prince. Seeing that there were too many people on the list, the prince advocated lenient treatment, but the problem was that he did not go to his father to say this, but told Yuan Kai and asked him to tell Zhu Yuanzhang his own opinions.
Yuan Kai thought to himself, just go. When he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he honestly said the prince's words as it was, and after that, he kowtowed and prepared to leave. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him: "The prince's opinion is contrary to me. Who do you think is right?"
Too bad, can I, a little official, get involved in the affairs of you father and son? Yuan Kai was in a dilemma and had no choice but to come up with an answer: "The emperor is right, the prince is right, the emperor is right, the emperor kills people to maintain the law, and the prince releases people to be kind."
It's really hard for Yuan Kai.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious after hearing this, and scolded Yuan Kai for being cunning and not telling the truth, and then drove him out. The more Yuan Kai thought about it, the more he became more and more afraid, and he made up his mind to pretend to be crazy.
Finally, relying on his strong will (wooden drilling into his knees without pain) and his willingness to survive (iron chains tied in the yard and eating shit in front of the secret envoy), Yuan Kai finally escaped.
However, in the view of Empress Corning, what Zhu Yijing wants to express is another meaning.
So he remained silent, but Empress Corning took out one from the stack of memorials he had returned and silently held it in her hand:
"So, third brother, what you mean is that I need to see who is serving?"
When Zhu Yijing noticed Empress Corning's little movements, he shivered and thought about the meaning of this sentence.
Then, Zhu Yijing spoke fearlessly:
"The Queen Mother thought too much, I just wanted to say that patience depends on the situation and even more importantly, the son is quite tolerant of Shenglan, but for those who should not be tolerant and do not have to tolerate, there is naturally no need to pretend—┗|o′|┛ao~~"
Before he finished speaking, Empress Corning copied the memorial at hand, stood up and walked around the table and beat Zhu Yijing in the face.
"Let you see the situation! Let you tell me the difference!
Ability, ability, ability, right? You dare to talk back to me?
Ah, you are tolerant to Shenglan and nonsense. Can you beat her?!"
At the same time, Enjing and You Shenglan outside the hall listened to the waves of ghosts and howls coming from inside, and looked at each other as if they didn't hear it.
Only Yazi leaned in with interest, showing a happy look on his face.
Chapter completed!