First Prince of Ming Dynasty

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Biao got up and put on his court clothes and crown, ate his breakfast porridge hastily, and then set off for the morning court. There was an inexplicable feeling that school had started, which was really fresh.

Zhu Biao walked to the Meridian Gate and waited to take a look around. He was stunned. Even if he came early today, there was no sign of an official. Could it be that the morning came earlier...

Only then did the little eunuch behind him react and knelt down and said, "Slaves deserve to die. Last month at the beginning of the month, the sage saw that the officials were loose and loose when welcoming the early court, so they set up a special court room in the Duanmen. The civil and military officials can follow the rules. Sit and stand among them, tidy up your clothes and wait for the morning to start."

Zhu Biao frowned when he heard this. He should have been reminded of this kind of thing earlier. Although Liu Jin went to check the accounts outside the palace early in the morning, he should have mentioned this little eunuch before he left. It is probably the first time he served him close to him, and he was a little nervous and forgot. It's over.

Zhu Biao said casually: "Go down and get ten sticks."

The little eunuch hurriedly kowtowed and said: "My servant thank Your Highness for your kindness."

Zhu Biao walked towards the Duanmen, and he could faintly hear some sounds when he got close. There were lights and candles shining in a row of classrooms, and some officials were still recovering from sleep, and some were talking in a low voice.

Zhu Biao walked to the most spacious place with a smile. Inside were the six senior officials of the Ministry of Education and many military generals. At a glance, the number of military honors far exceeded that of civilian officials. It can be seen that the military was strong and the culture was weak at the beginning of the founding of the country. .

Zhu Biao was dressed in royal uniform, and walked in with a smile to accept the greetings from all the courtiers: "Excuse me, everyone. I didn't know that a court room was set up after leaving Beijing for a long time. Just now when I arrived at the Meridian Gate, I didn't see anyone. I thought it was early. It's early again."

Hu Weiyong said with a smile: "The heavenly kindness of the Holy One shows great mercy to the ministers and workers, so that the ministers and others have a place to rest before the morning court."

Zhu Biao made a haha, and no one occupied the top seat until he sat on it. It seems that it was specially reserved for him, and Hu Weiyong was the one who started it. Zhu Biao casually asked about the recent affairs of the DPRK and China, the major events in the past few months. He can still receive news, but generally he doesn't know.

Naturally, Hu Weiyong didn't know how to deal with those trivial matters. After pondering for a while, he told the recent events in chronological order, and the officials listening on the side would echo and add a few words.

Naturally, Wu Xun would not see that His Highness the Crown Prince was surrounded by civil servants, and approached with a shy face and belly, and forced some ministers aside, Zhu Biao pretended not to see it.

However, Zhu Biao also noticed that Fei Ju, the Marquis of Pingliang who was more active at first, had a gloomy face, lowered his head and did not come over. Marquis Hou, who has a high status among Wu Xun and is familiar with Zhu Bianben, shouldn't behave like this.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Biao understood that Pingliang Wei Dingyuan General Wang Liu was once Fei Ju's confidant, but Wang Liu is now involved in a major case. Under Wang Liu's desperate situation, he may not be able to bite him. .

It can even be said that it is no longer up to Wang Liu whether he is involved or not. Because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince handled the Shaanxi-Gansu case in a timely manner, the generals involved are limited to a few generals of the local guards. It's too small, and it really lacks a target to scare chickens and monkeys.

According to the character of the Holy Majesty, one might believe that he was instigating Wang Liu to embezzle the relief food behind his back, not to mention that Wang Liu still chose to go with He Cheng to prepare an army even though he roughly guessed the identity of His Highness. Fei Ju also has a heart of disobedience.

If he was a prince, Zhu Biao might take the initiative to appease him. After all, as long as Wu Xun doesn't violate taboos, he can be lenient. What's more, Wang Liu was tortured by Han Zheng before he was sent to Beijing, which proved that he had nothing to do with Fei Ju.

But since it is only the Marquis, then Zhu Biao will not take the initiative to mention something, but to see his reaction to the matter. If he takes the initiative to go to the East Palace to plead guilty, then Zhu Biao will protect him, but if he is guilty, he will go If he had taken other paths, he would not be innocent.

At this time, not only Zhu Biao looked at Fei Ju, but also Hu Weiyong. They even thought about the same thing. The connection between Fei Ju and this matter could be easily cut off for the two of them.

Zhu Biao's status is too high, in fact, he doesn't think much of a mere Marquis, but Hu Weiyong is different. His civil service has become a trend. During the period when Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were on tour, he was in charge of supervising the country's governance for the prime minister. Thoroughly mastered the Ministry of Education and the Six Departments.

Except for the taboo Tongzheng Si Dali Temple and Yushitai who did not touch and infiltrate too much, the rest of the key nodes have been brought under control, far exceeding the power of the former prime minister Wang Guangyang.

In this aspect, he even surpassed his mentor Li Shanchang. After all, Li Shanchang was checked and balanced by Yang Xian and Liu Bowen, but he was unrivaled in civil affairs. Yang Xian was killed by him, Liu Bowen was sent to Bashu, Wang Guangyang He was also beaten down.

His only shortcoming now is in martial arts, and he is even a bit inferior to Wang Guangyang. After all, Wang Guangyang is old enough. In terms of military affairs, he has a good personal relationship with many princes in the Chang Department.

Although Li Shanchang left him a lot of connections, the founder of the country was arrogant and domineering, and he didn't think highly of him as a man without a title. Most of them took refuge in Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong, and moved closer to His Royal Highness the Prince.

At present, only Marquis Zheng Yuchun of Xingyang, Marquis Gu Shi of Jining, Tang Shengzong of Marquis of Yan'an and Marquis of Ji'an Lu Zhongheng, who were confiscated and demoted to command envoys two months ago for being good at horseback riding, and some generals who have not been knighted them.

These are actually not small. After all, the world is stable, and Hu Weiyong is already the prime minister of the dynasty, but he has been living in a burning house day and night, because he knows that no matter how many civil servants he has in his hands, he is just like a paper tiger against the current emperor. , It will break with one poke.

If he wanted to truly control his own destiny, he had to turn this paper tiger into an iron guy. He didn't want to rebel, but he didn't want to be a mermaid either, not to mention he also vaguely felt the Majesty's malice.

Even Li Shanchang Wang Guangyang would send someone to check and balance, why he didn't, in terms of trusting him, it is impossible to compare Li Shanchang in the Holy Master's heart, and in terms of ability, he far exceeds Wang Guangyang, a mediocre person, why is there no check and balance?

This is the real fear of careful thinking. The more powerful he is, the more he panics, especially at the moment when the Holy Majesty leads His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to leave Beijing together. His Highness did not allow anyone else to touch her at all, but that day he was so lightly handed over to him.

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