Chapter 7: Second Brother, I want to eat meat buns too!
Old Zhu was a very pragmatic person. After getting over the grief of losing his beloved son, the first thing he thought of was the issue of the successor to the Ming Dynasty.
To be precise, he has no idea at the moment, but subconsciously he may have made a choice.
For example, the officials who remain alone today are almost all civil servants, and there is not a single old friend from Huaixi who was a military general.
This proves that he already has some inclinations in his mind , but they are not yet so clear.
The officials underground were also smart and quickly realized this.
After all, none of those who can survive major cases such as the Kongyin case, the Hu Weiyong case, and the Guo Huan case are good people.
The emperor kept them here specifically. Did he want to establish his eldest grandson as his own?
Several big guys exchanged glances and felt that this possibility was very high, but none of them thought of taking the lead. Instead, they sent a signal to some minions behind them.
The minion behind received the signal, stepped forward immediately and spoke loudly.
"Your Majesty, I think the eldest grandson of the emperor is filial, respectful, loyal and respectful. He is the candidate for the crown prince bestowed by God!"
After the minion said this, the six bosses all stared at Lao Zhu's expression, trying to find some clues from his face.
When Old Zhu heard about the emperor's eldest grandson, the scene of Zhu Yunwen, who never took off his clothes and stayed by the emperor's bedside day and night to show his filial piety, immediately emerged in his mind, and his heart was immediately inclined to favor him.
However, the scene flashed by and soon turned into another face.
The face was very thin and haggard, but the eyes were very bright, as if they could illuminate the darkness in people's hearts and clear away the haze in their hearts.
Especially those words left a deep impression on him.
The deeper the love, the more severe the blame. How can we not be responsible for the death of our prince?
The most hateful thing is that over the years, no one among the civil and military officials in the court has noticed this, and instead we have to rely on a child to remind us!
When Old Zhu thought of this, he became filled with rage. He hated himself for forcing the prince too harshly, and he was also angry at these civil and military officials for not fulfilling their responsibility to remind him.
To be honest, Lao Zhu's idea is really unreasonable.
But who made him the emperor? If the emperor still needs to be reasonable in everything, is he still the emperor?
Old Zhu nodded and said something inexplicably.
"Um!"
"The emperor's grandson is not bad either."
When the officials under the Danchi heard this, they were all delighted and eager to finalize the matter. However, no one had expected that the emperor had just said one word, the "长" in the eldest grandson of the emperor. The emperor did not say it.
When the six ministers saw that His Majesty the Emperor had a positive attitude, they immediately became bolder.
"Your Majesty, I also think that the eldest grandson is the most suitable."
"The eldest grandson of the emperor is the eldest son of the crown prince, so he is naturally qualified to be the crown prince. In addition, the eldest grandson of the emperor has a good reputation and is almost at the age of tying his hair. As long as Your Majesty guides him carefully, it will not be difficult for him to become a great sage!"
After the Minister of Rites finished speaking, the others looked at each other, stepped forward collectively, and spoke loudly.
"I second the motion!"
"I second this motion!"
Only the Minister of Personnel and Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, Zhan Wei, was a little hesitant, because he subconsciously felt that he was also somewhat responsible for the death of the prince.
If I had followed the Crown Prince's wishes and been more lenient when dealing with serious criminals, the Crown Prince would not have gone to His Majesty to plead for mercy, and His Majesty would not have reprimanded him...
Based on this guilty conscience, Zhan Wei genuinely did not want the son of Crown Prince Zhu Biao to be the heir apparent.
What if someone tells the heir to the throne about this, will he still be able to survive in the court?
But everyone has expressed their support for the emperor's eldest grandson. If he dares to oppose it, the other ministers will be able to kill him without the emperor having to take any action.
Therefore, he had to stand up and second the motion even if he had to bite the bullet.
Zhu Yuanzhang just asked casually and had no intention of determining who would be the successor on the spot.
Now seeing that all the six ministries and nine ministers supported Zhu Yunwen, he subconsciously felt a little disgusted.
We're not even dead yet, and these people are already in a hurry to find a new master?
Zhu Yunwen is quite outstanding, but Zhu Yunhuan is also good.
Articulate, clear, knowledgeable, and even more rare is that this grandson is quite tough...
When Lao Zhu thought of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.
I haven't spanked a kid for many years since the third and fourth brothers went to their fiefdoms. I didn't expect that my skills have not declined, hahaha!
Old Zhu's divine smile was immediately caught by the officials below.
When they saw this smile, they thought that everything was going well!
Even the excuses that Lao Zhu made afterwards sounded meaningful to them.
"Let's stop here for now. We'll discuss this again after we've dealt with Biao'er's funeral in a few days!"
"Also, don't gossip about what happened today!"
"If we find out who is discussing the selection of the crown prince, we will skin him alive!"
When everyone heard this, their hair stood on end.
Because when Emperor Zhu of the Ming Dynasty said this, he was not trying to scare people, but he really dared to do it.
In the past few years when the anti-corruption measures were at their strongest, if you embezzled 60 taels of silver, you would be skinned and stuffed with straw, and hung in the City God Temple next to the county government office for public display!
Emperor Zhu also issued a special order that every newly appointed official must go to the City God Temple to worship and see the fate of his predecessors.
Almost all the officials standing in the hall at this time had participated in such activities.
Therefore, when everyone heard Emperor Zhu's threat, their hearts trembled and they hurriedly said they dared not.
After sending away a group of officials, Old Zhu stared at the empty hall for a while before sitting in a sedan chair and heading to the Prince's Mansion.
…
On the other side, everything in the Prince's Mansion remained the same as before.
The cries in the mourning hall were still loud, and the water and land rituals outside were still bustling.
However, a certain grandson of the emperor who was kneeling in the crowd was not so honest. He kept twisting back and forth like a giant caterpillar.
In fact, Zhu Yunhuan didn't want to make such a weird appearance. The main reason was that when kneeling on the ground, his buttocks had to be raised. And he had just been ravaged by that old man yesterday, so it was really difficult to maintain this posture for a long time.
He only held on for an hour before he couldn't bear it any longer and simply lay down on the ground.
Mrs. Lu was too lazy to care about him and hoped that he would behave in more strange ways to highlight the excellence of her son.
Therefore, Zhu Yunhuan fell asleep while lying on the ground and slept until about ten o'clock in the morning, when he was awakened by a gurgling sound.
Zhu Yunhuan got up in annoyance and rubbed his shriveled stomach.
"Why am I hungry again?"
"Could it be that I am really a starving ghost?"
At this moment, Zhu Yunwen, who was kneeling in front of him, looked back at him provocatively. He was holding a piece of meat jerky in his hand, and he deliberately shook it towards him, then stuffed it into his mouth and started chewing it.
When Zhu Yunhuan saw the jerky, his eyes widened.
He clearly remembered that there was no such thing on the table at breakfast!
"Zhu Yunxuan, where did your meat jerky come from?"
When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he said with a proud look on his face.
"cut!"
"I won't tell you, my mother gave it to my elder brother, and my elder brother gave it to me!"
When Zhu Yunhuan heard this, he became furious.
He had long known that Lu was not a good person, but he did not expect that he would be so partial to one and mistreat the other.
Secretly feeding jerky to one's own son while letting other illegitimate sons and daughters starve, is this something a human being would do?
No matter how poor the Eastern Palace is, it can still do well on this bite of food!
The more Zhu Yunhuan thought about it, the more unbalanced he felt, so he punched Zhu Yunhuan in the butt.
"Give me one!"
“No!”
"Believe it or not, I'll beat you up!"
"you dare!"
"I……"
Zhu Yunxun was about to beat up the boy when he suddenly felt something heavy in his sleeves. He then remembered that he had taken a few big meat buns with him before coming.
When Zhu Yunhuan thought of this, he immediately took out a big meat bun from his sleeve and started eating it in front of Zhu Yunhuan.
When Zhu Yunwen saw the soft and white buns, he suddenly felt that the meat jerky in his mouth was no longer fragrant.
"Brother, I want to eat meat buns too!"
“No!”
"I'll trade you some meat jerky!"
“No!”
“Wow… wow wow wow wow…”
