high official

Chapter 215
Xie Jin was imprisoned with "unmanned officials", and the blow to the prince was beyond imagination. The most deadly thing was the suspicion between father and son.

Before, Emperor Yongle had been reluctant to change the crown prince. First, he felt it was unlucky. Second, although he didn't like the crown prince, he just thought he was fat and stupid, but he believed that he was pure-hearted, sincere and filial, and couldn't bear to ruin him. .But now, the crown prince made a fatal mistake in the matter of Xie Jin, and even this last benefit was denied by Zhu Di.

Now the emperor has no sympathy for the prince, and the idea of ​​Yi Chu is getting stronger and stronger. Fortunately, the ministers of the cabinet tried their best to save Zhu Gaochi, so that Zhu Gaochi was not abolished!
The King of Han is worthy of being a master of power and tactics. He has followed Zhu Di for many years, and he knows that although His Majesty the Father is extremely smart and unparalleled in tactics, he has a great weakness-suspiciousness.Half of this problem comes from heredity, and the other half comes from the sequelae of injustice in the country. It is a combination of nature and acquired, and the word "suspicious" has been engraved in Zhu Di's bones.

Since the seventh year of Yongle, because Zhu Di wanted to conquer Mongolia in the north, he often patrolled and inspected the border. Whenever his father went out, the prince often supervised the country. Hand over the power to the crown prince, but this is a last resort.The emperor who left the capital was always worried about whether he would be replaced!

Zhu Gaoxu took advantage of this, and the people he bribed continued to confuse the emperor, spreading rumors that the prince was in contact with the ministers, robbed the class and seized power, and was eager to ascend the throne.Even though it was only speculative news, it was enough to make the emperor fall into anxiety. Any news would be over-interpreted by him, and everyone around him could feel the atmosphere was highly tense.

In September of last year, Emperor Yongle returned to Beijing. He launched a stormy "counterattack" against the "unpredictable" prince. He reviewed the various decrees made by the prince during his supervision of the country and refuted them one by one. , Overturned one by one, many of them were "nonsense" and "ridiculous" comments, and even denounced the prince as a "fool"!
In addition to severely reprimanding the prince, Zhu Di ordered Ji Gang to arrest a large number of princeling officials, and issued an edict to abolish many decrees issued by the prince!
However, it is not at ease. It is obvious to all that the prince was conscientious and cautious during his supervision of the country. The ministers were extremely dissatisfied with Zhu Di's behavior of picking bones and purely finding faults and repairing others.They had to take action, because the emperor's behavior seriously weakened the prince's prestige and shaken the prince's position.

The prince is the foundation of the country, the foundation of the country is shaken, and the country is uneasy!
The ministers wrote letters one after another, and the one with the most violent words was Geng Tong, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple. He bluntly advised, "The prince has made no major mistakes, but there is nothing to change!" The memorial was returned by the Secretary of the General Administration, and he wrote the book repeatedly. After several times, he was finally targeted by Zhu Di.

But Zhu Di's scheming is as deep as the sea, and he will never attack it immediately, which will cause a more violent reaction from the civil servants and nerds. Instead, he secretly ordered Ji Gang to investigate his fault.

Soon, Jin Yiwei reported that Geng Tong had been asked to release the criminal. Zhu Di was immediately "furious" and ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, together with civil and military officials, to personally denounce Geng Tong's crimes... It was actually just a trivial matter that was ambiguous. Being exploited by the emperor, he rose to the level that he defiled the law of the country and committed a heinous crime.In the end, Zhu Di resolutely said to all the officials: "I will kill you without pardon!"

After finishing speaking, the emperor's gloomy gaze slowly swept over all the officials, and everyone was silent, but the officials of the Judiciary were still a bit tough, reminding the emperor in a low voice that Geng Tong's charges were not enough to sentence him to death...

The emperor stared coldly at the judicial officer like a poisonous snake, and finally spoke his mind:
"It's really a trivial matter. But he said for the prince, breaking the law of the ancestors and separating my father and son, such behavior is absolutely unforgivable, so I must kill! He!!" Finally, see you!
It is a trivial matter to intercede for others, but not for the prince!
He almost pointed his nose and yelled at the prince and all the officials, Zhu Gaochi, I'm not dead yet, so be honest!
On that day, the prince was naturally present...

As a result, none of the officials spoke out to defend him. In the end, Geng Tong was divided into pieces by Emperor Yongle...

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Since then, the ever-growing princeling party has completely died down, a large number of backbones have been beaten down, and the status of the prince is also in jeopardy.Zhu Gaochi was originally in poor health, and after this blow, he became seriously ill, and he had to spend a whole winter before he recovered, but he was already disheartened, and he had the idea of ​​becoming a monk to avoid the world...

When Yang Pu heard this, he thought it was bad, and he couldn't talk about these Taoist things anymore, otherwise we would have committed a great sin if we developed the prince into a Taoist priest. Just as we were about to guide our thoughts in a positive way, the eunuch outside came in and reported: " Master Hu Yuhu has come by order."

"Oh, he's back?" The prince's heart moved, but there was no change in expression on his face.

"I heard that he came to Beijing last night," Yang Pu said softly, "The emperor should not see him at this time."

"Sigh, Mr. Hu has been living and sleeping in the open for many years. There is no credit but hard work." The prince sighed and said, "Hurry up and change clothes for Gu."

Except for a few lecturers, the crown prince would not meet ministers in the study room. Even though his legs were disabled and his mobility was limited, he still insisted on meeting his ministers in the front hall to show that he had no secretive activities... Among the eunuchs and maids in the palace, I don't know how many people spied on him. He spoke in the front hall without spending a cup of tea. At least the emperor, King Han and Ji Gang knew about it.

Even if you are so careful, you will still be found fault, and it is so miserable to be the prince of the emperor.

Zhu Gaochi got up slowly, put on the bright yellow prince's robe, and with the support of two palace servants, he slowly came to the front hall.

"My subject, Hu Yun, kowtows to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Hu Yun, dressed in court attire, knelt down and bowed to the Crown Prince.

"Master Hu is free from courtesy, I haven't seen you for more than a year, you have worked hard." Zhu Gaochi looked at him, and said slowly in a tone that tried to show comfort but could not be too kind.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

The palace servant helped the prince to sit down, and Zhu Gaochi said to Hu Yun, "Please sit down, too."

Hu Yu didn't refuse, thanked him here, and sat down on the chair brought by the palace man.

"When did Lord Hu come back?" Zhu Gaochi asked warmly.

"Return to Your Highness, yesterday afternoon." Hu Yun replied.

"Have you met the emperor?" Zhu Gaochi asked.

"Wei Chen handed over the sign yesterday, and went to the palace gate to listen to the announcement this morning," Hu Yun replied with a sad expression, "but the emperor sent an order saying that today's discomfort is gone, so I asked Wei Chen to come to see the prince and then go back to Zhejiang. In the past, the emperor would personally meet Hu Yun when he came back to report on his duties, but this time he set up a net and let Jianwen run away. Emperor Yongle was naturally dissatisfied with him.It is a warning not to meet him in person and let him report to the prince.

"Father has a lot of opportunities every day, and maybe he just doesn't have time," Zhu Gaochi comforted him, "There will be another chance next time."

"Your servant is self-aware. This time, he messed up his errand. If the emperor doesn't punish him, it's already a great grace from heaven. How dare you make further progress?" Hu Yan said seriously, "The only thing I can do is to make up for my mistakes!"

"It's good that you can appreciate God's grace." Zhu Gaochi said slowly: "Have you gained anything in Zhejiang these few months?"

"The humble minister is incompetent, and I haven't found that person." Hu Yan said, and subconsciously lowered his voice: "But it's not all fruitless. We have narrowed down the suspects to three people. But these three people With high authority, I dare not make good claims, so I asked the emperor for an order."

"Which three people?" Since he was asking for the emperor, Zhu Gaochi naturally wanted to ask clearly, not to mention that he himself was quite curious.

"Returning to Your Highness, it is the three constitutions of Zhejiang." Hu Yun did not deny it, because Zhu Jiu also knew about it, and naturally both Ji Gang and the King of Han knew about it, so what else is there to hide?But he also had to explain a few words for Zhou Xin and the others: "It's not that they acted suspiciously, it's just that after reviewing the situation when they were in Pujiang, they found that only the Three Constitutions of Zhejiang Province were able to take that person out of Zhengzhai Town. Even sent away from Zhejiang. This is where I was negligent at the beginning, the minister is guilty, but the two of the three constitutions should be innocent, this is certain."

"Since it's about the three major constitutions, it's not up to you alone," the crown prince said slowly, "Give me the report and forward it alone."

"Yes." Hu Yun took out the notebook from his sleeve, made a gesture of offering it with both hands, and hesitated again: "There is another matter in the notebook, which must be explained to the prince."

"What's the matter?" The prince's eyes narrowed.

"It's what I saw and heard in Zhejiang." Hu Yun took a deep breath and said.

"You are an imperial envoy, patrolling hunting on behalf of the sky, and it is also your duty to report the customs and customs of the provinces." The prince said slowly.

"It's a very important matter, please read it for the prince." Hu Yan bowed his body and presented the memorial to the prince.

"Oh?" Zhu Gaochi took it, unfolded it and looked at it.At the beginning, it was about building a copy, and I already knew it. After turning two pages, I saw that Hu Yan changed his writing style, and the whole article talked about Jin Yiwei's rampant behavior in Zhejiang, and the outrageous things he did!
Looking at those shocking words, the prince felt dizzy for a while, and sweat protruded from his forehead.

Seeing this, the palace servants hurriedly offered a handkerchief, the crown prince took it to wipe off his sweat, drank another bowl of calming soup, and then calmed down, and said in a trembling voice, "Is this all true?"

"Jin Yiwei is so powerful, how dare I fabricate it out of thin air and bring about my own demise? It is really seeing Xu Yingxian and others wantonly poisoning the people in Zhejiang, and the people are furious. If they go on, they will definitely lead to a civil uprising! As the emperor's eyes and ears, We must report the truth and let the emperor know!" Hu Yun said loudly.

"This..." The prince's lips trembled twice before he said softly: "Gu will play it for you."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Hu Yun said with a deep salute, "What else does the prince have to say?"

"No, you worked hard, go back and rest." The prince nodded.

"Resignation, my servant." Hu Yu kowtowed again, exited the front hall, followed the little eunuch who led the way, and walked out along the long corridor.

As I walked, I realized something was wrong. Isn't this the way to leave the Prince's Mansion?But he didn't panic, he followed the eunuch as usual, and turned to a courtyard.

In the courtyard, a burly, dark-faced young man was practicing boxing, every move with a sharp sound of breaking the wind, full of power!
(End of this chapter)