Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 198 Seeking Unity Through Struggle
Compared with the turmoil in the imperial court, the East Palace is relatively quieter. It is because the East Palace is too sensitive about this matter, and no one is going to the East Palace to make do with it.Zhu Houzhao feels very good about this, it is good to be quiet, but sometimes, there are some things that backfire, how can it be possible if you want to be quiet.

Looking at He Neng standing in front of him, Zhu Houzhao knew that his business was coming, and sighed, Zhu Houzhao didn't wait for He Neng to speak, stood up and said, "Let's go! Lead the way."

Embarrassment flashed across He Neng's face, but he turned around and led the way, and carefully reminded: "Your Highness, the emperor just lost his temper!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded. He could imagine the state of his father at this time. He said that he was in a light state when he was out of anger, and he was probably in a state of explosion at any time.Zhu Houzhao hurriedly adjusted his mood and demeanor. Sure enough, the way things are going now will probably irritate his father even more. He will do things by himself, and his father will wipe his ass. Seeing that he is leisurely, he will probably be angry.

When he came to Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao drooped his eyelids and looked depressed, trying not to show himself too happy.

Seeing his son walking in, Zhu Youtang shot his angry eyes over, and he didn't relax when he saw his son's appearance. Obviously, his anger no longer cared about his son's state.Seeing his son's solemn salute, Zhu Youtang said, "That's all!" When Zhu Houzhao stood up, Zhu Youtang said, "Didn't I say, don't start a party dispute?"

Zhu Houzhao hesitated for a moment, and then said: "This is not a party dispute, is it?"

Zhu Youtang immediately widened his eyes: "The struggle between foreign relatives and civil servants is not a party struggle? The fight between nobles and civil servants is not a party struggle? It is not good for the court to be chaotic, and you are not unaware of this."

Seeing the appearance of the old man, Zhu Houzhao quickly brought a cup of tea, handed it to the old man respectfully, and then said: "Father, please calm down. There is a reason for my son to do this. Father listened to my son's explanation. .”

After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Zhu Youtang's expression eased slightly, but he still said in a gloomy and angry voice, "Say it, let's see what you can say."

Zhu Houzhao sighed in his heart. In history, the emperor and the prince were so harmonious, maybe it was him and his father.In other dynasties or emperors, even if there is only one son, it is impossible to be so harmonious.This is his father, no matter his character or emotion, Zhu Houzhao's heart is warm and cherished, which is very like a father and son getting along.

"First of all, those people must be chasing Qi You!" Zhu Houzhao said helplessly: "If this continues, sooner or later they will get Qi You down."

"Qi You can't be dragged down now. Once they choose to give in, these people will definitely make progress!" Zhu Houzhao continued helplessly: "If you seek unity through struggle, you will survive; if you seek unity through concessions, you will perish. You cannot retreat at this time. Are they going to stop because you backed down? No, you're only going to make an inch of it."

When Zhu Houzhao said this, he sighed and said, "It's the same with Tartar, if you don't beat him, he won't be honest!"

Zhu Youtang looked at his son and asked with a serious face, "But if there is a commotion, what should we do?"

Glancing at his father, Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Isn't there still father and you? The court, how to choose and how to balance, is naturally the emperor's will. Besides, those civil servants will soon find out that this is the case. It’s not worthwhile to go down, and they have nothing to do with the nobles and relatives, the civil servants are fighting all over the place, and they won’t continue to fight like this.”

Civil officials are not fools. In the Ming Dynasty, civil officials have been suppressing nobles and relatives, but so what?
The status of nobles and relatives is too stable. First of all, nobles live with the country. If you don't rebel, you can't move them down. It's not so easy to abolish the title of nobles.This group of people is smart, major crimes are not committed, as for minor crimes, they are just punished, what else can they do?
As for the relatives, the queen mother's brother, the queen's brother, what do you think?Do you still want the emperor to kill his relatives righteously?No kidding, unless rebellious.

These people are hob meat, coupled with the internal turmoil among the civil servants, there are people like Qi You and Shen Lu, it is not so easy for you to bring them down.

The monopoly of foreign relatives was serious in the Han Dynasty, and it was also serious in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, all civil servants were overthrown, and the foreign relatives in the Ming Dynasty were also the targets of prevention.But it wasn't because of the support of nobles and the support of civil servants that it became so popular.

The most important thing is that it wasn't because the prince Zhu Houzhao was behind him secretly poking hard, otherwise there would be no such situation.

Zhu Youtang was unmoved by his son's fear of flattery, and pointed at his son directly and said, "Can't you let me save myself?"

Hearing what his father said, Zhu Houzhao knew that his father understood. In fact, if Xungui didn't fight back, they would pinch Qi You, but now that Xungui is targeting Liu Daxia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, this matter is considered a success .Only when the two sides compete, is there room for the referee to end the game, and only then is there room for appeasing the two sides to settle the matter, otherwise there would be no such opportunity.

The father played a board and mud each, and he was absolutely proficient at playing, which Zhu Houzhao was far behind.

"Of course, my son did this not only for this, but also for the affairs of the Beijing camp." Zhu Houzhao said this, and his face became serious.

"The Beijing camp must be changed. The rise of Dayan Khan on the grasslands and the growth of Northwest Huosai will sooner or later have a battle with them. Once this battle starts, it will not end in a short time. It will definitely be protracted. Great battle. The imperial court must prepare and prepare for war, so as not to suffer in time, so the Beijing camp must be changed."

In fact, since Dayan Khan ruled Mongolia, the war between Daming and the grassland has never stopped, and it was still fighting when Dayan Khan's grandson, Altan Khan, was still fighting.

During the Jiajing period, he was even beaten to the capital. It was not until Qi Jiguang guarded Jizhou, Li Chengliang guarded Liaodong, and Ma Wensheng guarded the northwest. Only then did Daming reverse its decline and subdue I Da Khan, and then I Da paid tribute.But Zhu Houzhao didn't want to be angered by this. He wanted to solve the problem in the northwest as soon as possible, and make the grassland a horse grazing land for Ming Dynasty within ten years.

"The border town is too far away, so the Beijing camp is naturally the top priority!" Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but think of the historical Emperor Zhengde. He started from the Beijing camp, and the effect was very good. Da: "But no one mentions this anymore these days!" Having said that, Zhu Houzhao showed a wry smile.

(End of this chapter)