My father is Jiajing

Chapter 463 The Rebuked Prince Yu

Zhu Zaigui stayed in the north city manor for two days, during which time Qimuge also came up with a very important idea.

Qi Muge said to Zhu Zaigui seriously: "Your Majesty, I want a child."

After hearing what Qi Muge said, Zhu Zaigui couldn't help but half sit up with his arms propped up, "I thought you planned not to have children."

Zhu Zaigui actually didn't care much about whether Qimuge was willing to have children. After all, as a prince of noble status, as long as there was no problem with his health, there would be no problem with having children.

Therefore, after his relationship with Qimuge had progressed further, Zhu Zaigui seriously asked Qimuge whether she was willing to have a child.

Qi Muge was only sixteen years old at that time. Although she had been conquered by Zhu Zaigui, she was still a child who was brought up under care and was very confused about the issue of offspring.

Later, Zhu Zaigui told her that given her age and physical condition, having a child too early might be bad for her health.

Therefore, several years passed in a blink of an eye, and Qimuge grew into a more feminine girl, with the beauty of youth and gentle charm combined in her.

So now when she suddenly brought up this matter with Zhu Zaigui, Zhu Zaigui was only slightly surprised.

Qi Muge leaned against Zhu Zaiqi and said softly, "I have thought about it for a long time, and I still need a child. The prince's heart and body cannot belong to me completely, but the child can. If I have a child, when the prince is busy in the future, I will have someone to accompany me."

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "Of course you can, but there are rules in our Ming Dynasty. Adult princes must be sent to live in foreign lands. If I am lucky enough to ascend to the supreme throne one day in the future, your child will most likely be sent to live in foreign lands, and it will be difficult for you to see him again."

When Qi Muge heard what Zhu Zaigui said, he was also shocked. How could he forget this?
But Qi Muge was unwilling to give in and said, "Didn't King Jing also not go to the vassal state?"

Zhu Zaigui laughed and said, "Prince Jing has not been enfeoffed because I am not yet the crown prince. Besides, Your Majesty only has two sons now, Prince Jing and I. It would be difficult for Your Majesty to make a final decision until the last moment."

Zhu Zaigui's words made Qi Muge's heart skip a beat. She thought that Zhu Zaigui's position was unstable. But seeing Zhu Zaigui saying this so calmly, as if he didn't take it to heart, she couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Qi Muge asked: "Why did the emperor do this?"

Qi Muge did not have enough respect for the Ming Emperor, so she did not follow the crowd in addressing the Jiajing Emperor, but used the more neutral word "Emperor".

Zhu Zaigui didn't care about these details.

After all, he and Prince Jing had different ways of addressing Emperor Jiajing.

Whenever Prince Jing mentioned Emperor Jiajing or had something to do with Emperor Jiajing, he almost always addressed him as "Father Emperor". Occasionally, he would call Emperor Jiajing "Your Majesty" like Zhu Zaigui did.

But no one cares or worries about the closeness of these two titles.

After all, Emperor Jiajing was the Son of Heaven and the only master of the Ming Dynasty. The names given to him by the billions of people of the Ming Dynasty were quite diverse. For example, court officials were roughly divided into three categories. One category called Emperor Jiajing "Your Majesty"; one category called Emperor Jiajing "Your Majesty"; and another category called him "The Emperor".

Among the people, there are more variations. There is "Emperor", "Emperor", "Your Highness", and so on.

But in the end, these titles are also a manifestation of respect for imperial power. It can be said that as long as they are not the kind of weird titles, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were still very accepting of so many different titles.

Zhu Zaigui turned his head and looked at Qi Muge. He did not explain this question.

Because this issue is a very sensitive political issue, it is not suitable to be discussed and explained with Qimuge.

Zhu Zaiqi only said: "Now we should think carefully about how to have a baby? Should we try again?"

When Qi Muge heard Zhu Zaigui say that he wanted to do it again, although she really wanted to, she was also a little scared. Her body also had its limits. If it happened again, she felt that she might collapse.

So when Zhu Zaigui said this, Qi Muge couldn't help but dodge.

Seeing this, Zhu Zaiqi said, "If you keep hiding like this, it will be difficult. If you want a child, you have to take the initiative, understand?"

Qi Muge blushed and hummed, "I know."

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "Now that you know it, you should take action. Come on, I will make an exception this time and let you ride on me!"

When Qi Muge heard what Zhu Zaigui said, she felt shy on her face but couldn't help complaining in her heart, as if in her past experiences, Zhu Zaigui had always encouraged her to be on top.

The reason why Zhu Zaigui was like this was very simple. Qi Muge's waist was so flexible that when it twisted, it was like a small motor was installed, giving people an indescribable feeling of electric shock.

Therefore, whenever Zhu Zaigui was with Qi Muge, he liked to let Qi Muge be on top, instead of doing it with other concubines, where letting them be on top was just a temporary change of posture.

After finishing his two-day trip at the manor in the north of the city, Zhu Zaigui finally returned slowly to the capital and sat in his study again.

And on that day, Yan Shifan, for some unknown reason, actually learned the methods of the Qingliu people and organized a large group of messy officials, then led by Wang Bengu, knocked on the palace gate in the Western Garden, demanding that Emperor Jiajing execute Wang Zhi and put an end to the ambitions of the pirates at sea. He wanted these lawless bandits to understand that they could not simply surrender and be forgiven if they had made a mistake.

After hearing this, Zhu Zaigui was completely stunned. He never dreamed that Yan Shifan would be so capable that he dared to mobilize all the officials to force the emperor to abdicate. Isn't this just courting death?
However, Emperor Jiajing soon responded. He issued an imperial edict and sent it directly to Prince Yu's mansion, reprimanding Zhu Zaigui. The general meaning was, "This case was handed over to you, and you did it like this?" Then at the end, he severely reprimanded Zhu Zaigui and told him to stay at home and not to deal with any state affairs.

After this news spread, the entire capital was in an uproar.

Especially Wang Bengu, who took the lead in knocking on the palace gate, was completely stunned.

The reason why he took the lead was not because he was instructed by Yan Shifan, but because of the morality in his heart that made him unable to tolerate the unclear disappearance of a bandit like Wang Zhi. You must know that when Wang Zhi was lured and arrested, Wang Bengu was also very determined. He not only wanted to make Wang Zhi's case an ironclad case, but also used this case to establish his image as a loyal minister who was upright, mighty and unyielding, and would not tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes.

But now his image as a loyal minister has gone a little too far, and he has even implicated Prince Yu, who is regarded as the hope of all upright people. This is going to cause an uproar.

After being reprimanded by the imperial edict of Emperor Jiajing, Zhu Zaigui did not argue at all. He simply asked the person who came to announce the edict to seal up all the court documents and memorials in his study and take them away.

The other people in the palace were also shocked when they saw the emperor's guards packing the documents and memorials. Meng Chong sat on the ground in shock, "What happened to the prince?"

Zhu Zaiqi was still holding Zhu Yijun, who had just come to make trouble, in his arms. He said calmly: "Just take a break, let them sort and pack well, and don't make mistakes in classification and order."

Meng Chong was almost scared to tears when he heard Zhu Zaigui's calm words.

He panicked again: "What should I do?"

Zhu Zaigui looked at Meng Chong, who was already in a state of panic, and said with a smile: "What can we do? Eat and drink. Go and prepare lunch for me now. Remember to make it rich and make sure to include wine and drinks. I will have lunch with the princess and others at noon today."

Meng Chong said yes uncomfortably, and looked at Zhu Zaigui with great concern in his heart, as if he was worried that Zhu Zaigui was forcing himself to smile in order to appease the people in the mansion.

When Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui and others heard that Prince Yu was reprimanded by the Emperor and put under house arrest, they were so frightened that they felt like the sky had fallen.

They immediately came together to discuss a countermeasure.

But when they sat together, they all stared at each other, and no one had an opinion.

Finally, Zhang Juzheng said, "How about I go to Lord Xu to test the waters? The prince is under house arrest now, so we definitely can't see him. But if Lord Xu can see His Majesty, maybe he can say a few words for the prince and calm His Majesty's anger."

Gao Gong looked at Zhang Juzheng and finally sighed, "This is the only way. Thank you for your hard work, Taiyue."

Zhang Juzheng now has his nickname known to everyone, and people who are close to him have also gradually begun to use his nickname instead of his given name, just like Hai Rui now. Whenever people talk about Hai Gangfeng, the nickname Hai Gangfeng is much more famous than his real name.

Hai Rui was also looking at Zhang Juzheng at this moment. He was also upset. He couldn't figure out why Prince Yu was implicated in the Wang Zhi case. And according to the current situation, Hu Zongxian was also very uncomfortable. Not only was he removed from his concurrent position as Governor of Zhejiang, he was also severely reprimanded and expelled from the capital by Emperor Jiajing, and asked to return to Zhejiang immediately to continue suppressing the Japanese pirates.

At the same time, Emperor Jiajing also demoted Zhao Zhenji to Zhejiang to take over the post of Governor of Zhejiang, and did not promote any other ministers or vice ministers. It can be said that this was also to kick Zhao Zhenji from the clouds into the dust.

So at this moment, Hai Rui was filled with anger and had no place to vent it.

But at this moment, Hu Zongxian, who was on his way to Tianjin and preparing to go south along the canal to Hangzhou, was in a very good mood.

After he was severely reprimanded and dismissed from his part-time position as Governor of Zhejiang, Emperor Jiajing also gave him a secret decree, asking him to go to the Longjiang Shipyard in Nanjing as soon as possible to supervise the construction of large ships capable of ocean-going operations.

So after seeing this secret decree, Hu Zongxian suddenly understood a lot of things. Emperor Jiajing was not really serious about punishing Prince Yu Yu for his mistakes.

Instead, the purpose is to remove Prince Yu from some important event in advance, and then let him do things with full freedom.

It can be said that after guessing this, Hu Zongxian couldn't help but admire the emperor's wisdom in his heart!

As someone who was kept in the dark, Zhao Zhenji was feeling very complicated at the moment. Although he wanted to go further, he definitely did not want to take the current path.

Zhao Zhenji originally thought that he would be promoted recently, either to the title of vice minister of one of the six ministries in the capital or to the title of vice minister of one of the six ministries in Nanjing.

But now, not only did he fail to get the position of Minister, he was also exiled to Zhejiang. Doesn't this mean he is far away from the center?
If there really is a change in the capital, he will never be able to return to the center.

So Zhao Zhenji was extremely upset at this moment. He wanted to take the initiative to find Hu Zongxian several times to talk about his distress, but Hu Zongxian's housekeeper Hu An said that Hu Zongxian was sick and needed to recuperate, and refused to see him at all.

Especially when they were about to reach Suzhou, Hu Zongxian directly disembarked from the official ship heading south to Zhejiang, and took a team of the governor's guards on a new ship up the Yangtze River to Nanjing, which made Zhao Zhenji even more confused.

But at this time, Hu Zongxian finally spoke up. He called Zhao Zhenji to his side and said, "Meng Jing, you go to the Zhejiang Governor's Office first and appease the officials there so that they can do their jobs with peace of mind. I will go to Nanjing to see if we can build a few more giant ships that can fight in the open sea. If Wang Zhi is really killed by His Majesty this time, the pirates in Shuangyu Port will definitely take revenge, so our burden will be very heavy!"

Zhao Zhenji looked at Hu Zongxian helplessly and was very frightened. As a Beijing official, he had not left the capital for a long time and had no experience in local governance. Now he was kicked to Zhejiang by Emperor Jiajing. He was very nervous and could hardly be at peace.

Zhao Zhenji said: "All is up to the Ministry's arrangements."

Hu Zongxian looked at Zhao Zhenji who was unsure, and finally said, "Meng Jing, don't worry about anything. As long as you believe in His Majesty and the prince, everything will be fine. It is not a bad thing to gain experience in the local area for a few years. Look at Gao Xin, Zheng He and Zhang Taiyue, haven't they all gained experience in the Beijing Special District? So you must cherish this opportunity!"

After hearing Hu Zongxian's words, Zhao Zhenji's originally uncertain heart suddenly calmed down, and the uneasy mood that had made him feel these days disappeared.

Yes, the prince was under house arrest, but Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were indeed fine, which was obviously not in line with common sense.

You have to know that these two people are from Prince Yu’s Mansion, who are full of labels. If Prince Yu is in trouble, how can they be fine?

After thinking this through, Zhao Zhenji bowed deeply to Hu Zongxian and said, "Don't worry, Minister, I will definitely take care of Zhejiang's affairs and will never hold you back."

Hu Zongxian looked at Zhao Zhenji who was so quickly obsessed, and felt deeply impressed by how powerful these smart people were. As long as they could really calm them down, a casual word of advice could produce unexpected results. It was really enviable!
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