Chapter 12 Who gave you face
December 25, the ninth year of Hongzhi.
The prince beat his uncle Jianchang Bo to the point of danger in the street, and all the officials moved.
Officials from the Cabinet, the Six Ministries and the Six Sections, the Imperial Procuratorate, the Dali Temple and other departments all asked to see the emperor, demanding that His Highness the Crown Prince leave the cabinet and study, and that he was not allowed to practice or indulge in martial arts. They also had to eliminate several people around the Crown Prince. eunuch.
The emperor did not see his ministers on the grounds of illness.
The ministers did not give up and wrote letters one after another.
This New Year, the court hall has never been more lively. The previous custom of letting everything go during the New Year has been broken.
The ministers seemed to have reached an agreement and made up their minds to never expose this matter.
The various factions of civil servants in the court seemed to be completely united over the matter of the prince.
Even on the New Year's Day, the officials continued to submit letters.
The outer court was bustling with activity, but it was all blocked from the East Palace.
Anyway, Zhu Houzhao didn't notice anything and practiced martial arts happily every day.
Liu Jin and Cao Zhengchun only dared to worry secretly. They did not dare to tell the prince a word about the affairs of the outer court, including the queen. This was a death order from the emperor.
They understand this very well.
It’s already chaotic enough, but with the prince’s temperament, once he knows about it, it will be even more chaotic.
New Year's Eve.
Zhu Youtang was forced to break the rules and let the queen and the prince not spend the New Year together.
He first came to the East Palace, took his silly son to perform a series of activities, had a New Year's Eve dinner, and after coaxing his son, he hurried to Kunning Palace to continue coaxing his wife.
Unfortunately, my son is easy to coax.
My wife is not easy to coax.
Empress Zhang always looked miserable and shed tears from time to time.
Zhu Youtang had no choice but to remain silent for a moment, but still made up his mind and solemnly said: "Queen, I am sorry for you about this matter."
"What does your majesty mean by this?" Zhang A bad premonition suddenly arose in the queen's heart.
"It is necessary for me to tell you something about the queen and the prince." Zhu Youtang said seriously.
"Your Majesty, please speak." Queen Zhang said in a low voice with her mind racing.
"The prince has mastered the Mingshen Martial Arts. Queen, you should also know that this Mingshen Martial Arts is the most powerful magical skill of our Ming Dynasty royal family, and only Taizu Taizong has ever practiced it.
For our Ming Dynasty royal family In other words, Mingshen Wudian is of great significance.
Zhao'er is the eldest son, and now he has become a Mingshen Wudian. In other words, Zhao'er will definitely be the next emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Nothing can be changed, not even me, do you understand?" Zhu Youtang said seriously.
Queen Zhang’s face turned pale.
She had been the empress of the Ming Dynasty for more than nine years, and she was the favorite of the harem. She had almost complete control over the harem, so she could understand many of the secrets of the Ming Dynasty.
She knew that Zhu Youtang did not lie to her. Although it was an exaggeration, the prince had mastered the Ming Shen martial arts code, which must have been secretly affirmed by the Ming royal family.
In addition, on the surface, even if another prince is born, his position as prince will not be shaken at all.
"Are we just going to let the prince continue to be so wanton and mischievous?" Empress Zhang still refused.
“Queen, you also know Zhao’er’s temperament.
It's impossible for him to apologize.
Zhao'er would not agree to execute Liu Jin and Cao Zhengchun.
However, promotion to the title of trillium can be discussed.
The matter of letting Zhao'er go to school still needs to be discussed with the court. "Zhu Youtang spread his arms and said sincerely.
Seeing what Queen Zhang was going to say, he sighed: "Queen, Zhao'er is the most stubborn person. Even if you suppress him now, what about the future?
What about He Ling and Trillium?
I cannot protect them for the rest of their lives. ”
Queen Zhang’s face turned pale again, and she clenched her hands tightly.
The next moment, she shed tears.
Zhu Youtang’s heart softened again, and he stretched out his arms to hug her. He held her shoulder and comforted her: "Queen, don't worry, I promise you that I will teach Zhao'er well in the future.
According to your temperament, you can take soft things rather than hard things. Even if I am gone, nothing will happen to you. "
"Your Majesty is in the prime of his youth, so you must not say such things. "Queen Zhang said quickly.
"Well, don't say it. "Zhu Youtang nodded and felt a little relieved.
The queen has finally solved the problem initially.
Next, the queen and Zhao'er will not be allowed to meet. After a long time, this matter It's over.
Slowly promote their relationship in the future.
The next step is to go to the court.
Zhu Youtang could not help but frown deeply, with a heavy meaning.
It will be much more difficult to reach an agreement with the court.
Take your time.
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The tenth year of Hongzhi has arrived.
The entire capital is generally immersed in the festive atmosphere of the New Year.
Only hundreds of officials are still giving advice.
In fact, the incident of the prince beating his uncle Jianchang Bo, who had raped a common girl, had been seen by many people.
In addition, there is such a big event as all the officials moving together.
It should have aroused heated discussion in the whole capital.
But under an invisible force, the hot discussion was suppressed.
In addition, Baiguan didn't dare to really quarrel further now, so he acquiesced.
As a result, the middle and lower classes in the capital were quite calm.
Those who knew, only dared to speak privately and secretly.
After the New Year, the performance of hundreds of officials did not stop, but became completely intense.
It’s like New Year’s Eve, just a snack before a meal.
Now, it’s time for dinner.
On January 10, the tenth year of Hongzhi, hundreds of officials jointly submitted a memorial requesting His Royal Highness to leave the cabinet and study, stop indulging in martial arts, and eradicate the two eunuchs Liu Jin and Cao Zhengchun. The emperor still refused to go to court, citing illness as an excuse, and remained silent.
On January 15th of the 10th year of Hongzhi, the Lantern Festival.
The day passed peacefully.
The next day, almost all civil officials including the cabinet, the six ministries and departments, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate all asked to see His Majesty before the court.
This overwhelming momentum made Zhu Youtang silent.
Two days later, he went to court.
Faced with the memorial from the officials, he was extremely angry, leaving the words "I am not incapable of killing" and retreated from the court.
Afterwards, the officials did not give up and continued to play.
The stalemate continued for more than half a month, with dozens of officials, led by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, kneeling outside the Meridian Gate.
Zhu Youtang smashed his pen angrily, but he could only go to court.
After continuing to push back and forth for more than half a month, an 'agreement' was finally reached.
The prince leaves the pavilion to study and has to study for three hours every day.
The other two points will not be mentioned for the time being.
Both Zhu Youtang and the civil service group understand each other's thoughts.
Among the three points, the prince leaving the palace to study is actually the most core and important.
Because those who teach the prince are civil servants.
Also because it takes a lot of time to study abroad.
If time and energy are spent on studying literature, where will the time and energy come from to practice martial arts?
Coupled with teaching...
This is the purpose of the civil service group.
But Zhu Youtang had no choice. The prince would have to leave the court and study sooner or later.
There are many things to learn.
The civil servant group has the same position and attitude on this matter. They join forces and the pressure is too great.
For the sake of the stability of the court, he cannot keep resisting and must make concessions.
Leaving the cabinet and studying was the last bottom line for the civil service group, and there was nothing he could do about it.
The only thing he could do was to shorten the time.
Secondly, he believed in his silly son's talent, and asked Mr. Zheng that attending school for three hours a day would not delay too much of his son's martial arts practice.
He also believed in his son's character more and would not always believe or follow the instructions of civil servants.
On March 1, Zhu Youtang officially issued an order for the prince to leave the cabinet and study.
Generally, a group of bachelors headed by Yang Yanhe are the teachers.
The imperial edict was issued, and the civil officials were barely satisfied.
Yang Yanhe and others were met by some officials one after another.
And on March 3rd, he came to the East Palace to teach the prince how to study.
Inside the East Palace.
The second level of the Thirteen Tai Chi Styles (402/10000)
The first level of Mingshen Martial Arts Code (1557/10000)
Zhu Houzhao is obsessed with practicing martial arts. The more he practices, the more interesting he becomes, and it is not boring at all.
What just made him unhappy was that the Thirteen Tai Chi postures were pretty good. Every time he practiced it, he would increase it by at least one point, and sometimes it would increase by two or even three points. This was rarely the case.
Each practice session takes much longer than before, taking nearly three quarters of an hour (fifteen minutes per quarter of an hour).
The main reason is that the training speed of Mingshen Martial Arts is decreasing a little bit.
Obviously practicing the Thirteen Tai Chi poses, his body's meridians are constantly strengthening, plus various powerful medicines.
He should have been practicing faster and faster.
But in the past two months, he went from practicing at fifteen points every day to only thirteen points at this time.
Ask the old man, he was still silent and just let him practice slowly.
He had no other choice but to practice slowly.
He was so addicted to cultivation that he didn't feel that time passed quickly, and he didn't care about things outside the East Palace.
Anyway, his father promised that he would punish the only bad guy he remembered recently.
This day.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the few people in front of him who said they wanted to teach him how to learn. His eyes were full of doubts: "My father asked you to teach me?"
"Your Majesty, you should call me father. Emperor." One of the officials said immediately.
"None of your business." Zhu Houzhao glanced at him and raised his chin.
Several officials frowned, but they knew in advance that the prince was naughty and were mentally prepared.
As the leader Yang Yanhe was about to say something, Zhu Houzhao snorted and said arrogantly: "I am born to be the most powerful and holy prince. What qualifications do you have to teach me?
Hit me Can you defeat me?"
Yang Yanhe and others were startled. Yang Yanhe said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, I am here to teach you the words of a saint, not the so-called The way of the warrior
Also, His Royal Highness should be open-minded and not think that he is the most powerful. "
"It's a bunch of nonsense and you dare not believe this prince. Zhu Houzhao became impatient, his eyes widened, and then he smiled enthusiastically, "Let me see, what skills do you have, and dare to teach me?" "
Before the voice fell, he punched Yang Yanhe with a fist.
Yang Yanhe's eyes widened in disbelief.
Then - "Oh! ~! ”
With a scream, Yang Yanhe fell to the ground.
Zhu Houzhao glanced contemptuously, and then rushed towards other officials.
"His Royal Highness, you - ah!"
Several other officials soon screamed and fell down. Zhu Houzhao felt bored and said disdainfully: "You can't even beat me. You still want to teach this prince, who will give you the face?"
As he said that, he kicked Yang Yanhe who was about to get up, and kicked him ten feet away, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. Passed out.
(Asking for support, asking for all kinds of support, thank you.)
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(End of this chapter)