My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 601 Zhu Zhanji ascends the throne

Zhu Zhanji was also undecided about how to deal with Zhu Gaosui. After all, this matter was related to the cause of Zhu Gaochi's death. If he didn't do it right, the entire royal family might be embarrassed.

Zhu Zhanji was deep in thought for a while, then suddenly looked up at Zhu Zhanhe and said, "On my way back, I met a group of assassins. If the guards around me weren't alert, they might have succeeded!"

"Who is so bold?"

Zhu Zhanhe was also shocked when he heard this, but then he thought of something.

In the original history, when Zhu Zhanji rushed back to Beijing from Nanjing to inherit the throne, he seemed to have been assassinated. It was said that Zhu Gaoxu sent people to intercept and kill Zhu Zhanhe, but they failed. However, Zhu Gaoxu has not returned from Tianzhu yet. , it is definitely impossible to send someone to intercept and kill Zhu Zhanji.

"I don't know, but that group of assassins has a large number of people and sophisticated weapons. It is definitely not something ordinary people can send out. I thought about it on the way back, and I'm afraid there are only two people who can send out such assassins!"

When Zhu Zhanji said this, his eyes kept staring at Zhu Zhanhe, obviously observing the changes in Zhu Zhanhe's expression.

"Brother, are you doubting me and my third uncle?"

Zhu Zhanhe also guessed Zhu Zhanji's thoughts at once. After all, the only person who had the reason and ability to send out assassins was Zhu Gaosui, because as long as Zhu Zhanji died, both of them were likely to win throne.

"Yes, I doubted you the most on the way here. After all, in my opinion, you have enough reasons to send people to intercept and kill people. But what the mother said just now dispelled my doubts about you. After all, if you If you have second thoughts, I’m afraid you would have taken action already, so there is no need to send assassins!”

Zhu Zhanji told the truth.

During this period, Zhu Zhanhe was in and out of the palace, unlike Zhu Gaosui who was under house arrest. In addition, Zhu Zhanhe was close to Zhang Fu, Zhu Yong and others, so if he coveted the throne, he could launch a coup instead of Send someone to intercept and kill Zhu Zhanji because the success rate of this approach is too low and it is easy to be exposed.

"Since the eldest brother has excluded me, it means that the assassins were sent by the third uncle!"

Zhu Zhanhe frowned.

Although Zhu Gaosui was under house arrest in Prince Zhao's Mansion, he was not unable to do anything. For example, it was still possible to convey some news to the outside world. Then he could remotely control his men to intercept and kill Zhu Zhanji, but unfortunately he failed.

"The assassins were very cunning. They killed all their injured associates when they retreated, leaving no survivors at all. No useful information was found on the dead bodies. I have asked the local government to investigate, but I guess they can't find anything useful. information."

Zhu Zhanji frowned and replied.

The assassin's matter is also very troublesome. If he can't find evidence, he can only suffer the loss of being dumb. After all, no matter how much he doubts Zhu Gaosui, if there is no evidence, he can't do anything to him, because Zhu Gaosui is his uncle.

"Zhan He, I plan to leave the investigation of the assassins to Jin Yiwei and Dongchang. You are very familiar with the factory guards and have investigated some cases many times before, so how about I leave this matter to you this time?"

Zhu Zhanji suddenly asked Zhu Zhanhe again.

However, Zhu Zhanhe frowned when he heard this, because Zhu Zhanji was still doubting himself just now. Although he said that he had dispelled his doubts about himself because of Queen Zhang's words, only Zhu Zhanji knew the truth or not.Now that he has asked himself to be responsible for investigating those assassins, isn't he afraid that the assassins were sent by him? When the time comes, he will investigate himself, and it will be difficult to find out what is wrong.

"Brother, I am currently in charge of my uncle's funeral. There is also the funeral of Grandpa Huang. My father will be arriving soon. When the funeral starts, I won't be able to leave, so I'm afraid I won't have time to investigate the assassin."

Zhu Zhanhe finally shied away, of course he was telling the truth.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanhe was unwilling, Zhu Zhanji did not force it, but nodded and said: "Okay, since you said so, then I can only find someone else."

Zhu Zhanji suddenly paused when he said this, and then asked: "When will the second uncle come back?"

"The last time we received news, they had already reached Nanyang. There has been no news for a while, but counting the time, they should be here soon."

Zhu Zhanhe replied again.

"Okay, don't forget to notify me in advance when your second uncle comes back, and don't forget to attend my enthronement ceremony later!"

Zhu Zhanji smiled slightly, and then asked Zhu Zhanhe to retreat.

Xia Yuanji and Jian Yi quickly notified all the civil and military officials to enter the palace. The news of Zhu Gaochi's death was originally only known to a few ministers such as the cabinet, and most ministers were still kept in the dark.

Of course, there are some shrewd officials who smell something unusual from some of the unusual movements in the capital, but because there is no evidence, they dare not say anything nonsense.

It was not until Xia Yuanji summoned them to the palace this time that he announced the death of Zhu Gaochi and the news that Zhu Zhanji would soon hold an enthronement ceremony after returning from Nanjing, which caused an uproar among the ministers.

It's no wonder that the ministers were shocked. After all, Zhu Gaochi had just ascended the throne for less than a year, only ten months to be exact, and the reign was still the first year of Hongxi. Even Zhu Di's coffin had not been officially buried. As a result, Zhu Gaochi also died. It was so sudden.

Many officials even lamented that in the past, many officials who had been officials for a lifetime could only encounter one change of dynasty, and could only be called a veteran of two dynasties. It was extremely rare to be a senator of three dynasties. However, things are better now. Almost all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty can be called so. He has been a veteran of the last three dynasties.

But no matter how shocked the officials are, the enthronement ceremony still has to be held. According to the rules, the enthronement ceremony is usually held on the day of the emperor's death. Because the time is urgent, although it is called a "ceremony", in fact the whole process is very rushed and the ceremony is not It's relatively simple. Sometimes even the dragon robe can only be worn by the late emperor.

However, Zhu Gaochi had passed away for a month, so Xia Yuanji and the others had enough time to prepare. This enthronement ceremony was very grand. When Zhu Zhanji put on his dragon robe and sat in the Fengtian Hall to accept the congratulations from hundreds of officials, the ceremony Music also sounded.

Zhu Zhanhe stood in front of the officials and saluted Zhu Zhanji together with others.

He didn't know if it was Zhu Zhanhe's misunderstanding, but when he looked at Zhu Zhanji on the dragon throne, he always felt that there seemed to be no sadness in him, but only the satisfaction of being the ruler of the world.

But when Zhu Zhanhe thought about it, Zhu Gaochi had passed away for a month, and Zhu Zhanji had received the news a long time ago, so he should have passed the grief period. It seemed normal to not see any sadness from him.

(End of this chapter)