Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 129 King Jing went abroad, no relatives in the royal family! (asking for monthly tickets)

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Just two words.

Prince Yu and Prince Jing subconsciously raised their heads and met the eyes of both their father and the emperor.

The two brothers had never imagined that their father's first family dinner in twenty years would start like this.

The chill that surged in Prince Yu's heart almost froze him, and his face looked desolate.

A rare look of surprise appeared on Prince Jing's face, and he stared at his father in confusion.

Zhu Houcong sat on the dragon throne and lived two lives as a human being, but he never got to get along with his son or have a normal relationship with him, and his magical powers could only heal the bodies of his son and grandson.

Zhu Houcong, who did not know how to be a father, hesitated for a moment and wanted to get up. Huang Jin hurried over and handed the prince to him with both hands.

Zhu Houcong looked at the prince, stretched out his hands, and held him in his arms.

Concubine Li and Prince Jing were very smart people. They could see at a glance that it was not that the emperor did not want to be close to his son, but that he did not know how to do it.

Not to mention Crown Prince Aichong who died shortly after birth, the emperor gave all his love to Crown Prince Zhuangjing.

However, the day after Crown Prince Zhuangjing was named the crown prince, he died for no apparent reason. His father might have been confused or sad. He wanted to get close to Prince Yu and Prince Jing's palaces, but he didn't know how, and he even didn't dare to.

In such a timid state, the emperor could only observe the two palaces and his two sons from the side.

The emperor was disappointed.

Under the instruction of Xu Jie, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, Prince Yu became weak and cowardly. He did not even have the ability to control the people in the palace, so how could he control the entire Ming court?

As for King Jing, he is quite capable, and his cunning and tactics are top-notch.

But it was too much. In the eyes of King Jing, no one was unsacrificable except the royal family of Zhu.

King Jing asked himself, if necessary, in addition to the imperial power, even the royal family could be sacrificed.

King Jing knew that his father had definitely seen this.

Prince Yu and Prince Jing are two extremes of hardness and softness.

However, if it is too hard, it will break easily; if it is too soft, it will fall easily.

Only by combining firmness and flexibility can things be accomplished, but there is only one throne, and we cannot divide the country by the river.

The lesson of Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty dividing the capital between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin was still fresh in people's minds. Not only the "tough" King Jing was unwilling, even the "gentle" Prince Yu and Princess Li were unwilling.

Holding his grandson, Zhu Houcong slowly turned his gaze towards them.

Huang Jin immediately became alert and said to the palace maids waiting on both sides and the eunuchs outside the door: "All of you get out!"

"Yes." The palace maids and eunuchs both quietly retreated.

Concubine Li and King Jing avoided the dragon's eyes at the same time and looked at Huang Jin, and they couldn't help feeling sad.

Whether the father knows his son or not cannot be discussed for the time being.

But the son does not know his father, and does not understand his father's mind as well as a eunuch in the Imperial Household Department.

Father, it’s time to have some heart-to-heart talk.

Zhu Houcong used his tone as gentle as possible and called King Jing by his name, "Zhu Zaizhen."

"Your son is here." King Jing knelt down and replied.

"Do you know why I asked you to leave the capital and become a fief?" "Your Majesty, I think it has something to do with my misbehavior and teasing of court officials in the capital." King Jing answered respectfully.

Last year and before, King Jing was fearless in the capital and dared to take anything from anyone.

He has close contacts with the Yan Party.

Impeachment is a matter of course.

According to etiquette, court officials, regardless of their rank, must first pay their respects when meeting the prince.

King Jing relied on his status as a prince to trip up the officials who impeached him. He deliberately blocked those officials on the streets of the capital and then asked people to greet him.

Traffic was jammed every other street. Court officials used to ride in sedan chairs, but they were not as fast as walking.

Some court officials became angry and stopped bowing to King Jing. King Jing then sent a memorial to the Censorate and the Ministry of Rites, impeaching these officials for being rude and refusing to bow when meeting the king.

That is to say, there will be no early morning court session, otherwise, all the officials will have to arrive late.

This angered the public, and even the Yan Party was unwilling to tolerate it. There was no other way, so Yan Shifan gave silver to Prince Jing to build momentum for him in the court and the country, showing that the Yan Party was a firm supporter of Prince Jing. However, Prince Jing never made any promises to the Yan Party.

Who are Yan Song and Yan Shifan?

Even the roots of his eyebrows were hollow. He was shrewd and calculating, and few could match him. However, King Jing took him for a walk like a dog for more than ten years, and a lot of money was spent on him.

In the 39th year of the Jiajing reign, Prince Jing finally got out of his control and was attacked by both the Yan Party and the Qingliu Party.

If it was just an ordinary impeachment, Zhu Houcong would have remained silent, but the entire court worked together and even jointly submitted a petition to establish Prince Jing as the crown prince.

This counter-intuitive attack really hit Zhu Houcong's sore spot. He had to either make Prince Jing the crown prince or let Prince Jing leave the capital and go to his fiefdom to avoid the spotlight.

But at that time, Zhu Houcong still believed in the nonsense that "two dragons cannot meet". Since he failed to appoint a crown prince, he could only send Prince Jing out of the capital.

"Not only that."

Zhu Houcong shook his head and said, "My original intention was to have him leave the capital and go to the vassal state, gain experience in the vassal state, read more books, and control his temper, so that he could bury his cunning, scheming, and greed deep in his heart and not let others see his arrogance.

But what about you?
He seized fertile farmland in the fiefdoms, built a palace, and even went to the fiefdoms of the King of Liao and the King of Yue to collect taxes. He was extremely arrogant.

I asked you to return to the capital. When you passed by Nanjing and said something like "When I ascend the throne, I will move the capital back to Nanjing", you would cause dissatisfaction among the powerful people in Jinling, and the Duke of Wei's Mansion, which has been passed down in the Ming Dynasty for 200 years, would kill you.

The bombing of the Jingu North Wharf, you thought this would force me and the court to find the murderer behind it. I and the court did as you wish, but what happens next?

The prefect of Jingu and the eunuch guarding the Jingu Garrison Office, two pillars of the country, were blown to death when they came to greet you!
It was indeed the work of Duke Wei and the White Lotus Sect, but how would you let the officials in Tianjin and Gu, who suffered heavy casualties, feel? And how would you let the officials in the two capitals and thirteen provinces feel?
Knowing that the explosives were on the treasure ship, they allowed the treasure ship to sail into the North Pier of Jingu, allowing the White Lotus sect to ignite the gunpowder and kill the pillars of the country.

If there ever comes a day when you ascend the throne as emperor, who in the world would dare to welcome you?

If you are in danger, who dares to save you?

Put yourself in his shoes. If you were a minister, would you trust such an emperor? "

"I know I was wrong." It was natural for King Jing to admit his mistake. This had happened more than once or twice, and he knew the way to appease his father's anger: "I am willing to distribute all the fiefdoms and grant land to the people of Huguang, Zhongzhou, and Jiangxi, and start anew with the people.

I am also willing to distribute all the wealth of the royal palace, return the taxes paid by the people of Jingzhou and Liaoyang, and comfort the officials who died and were injured in Tianjin."

At the risk of losing the throne.

King Jing did not hesitate to give up the 20,000 hectares of granted land and the silver in the royal palace to repay the debt he had committed.

As long as the throne is there, all the land in the world could be his. As long as the throne is there, even if I lose all my wealth, I can get it back!
However, Zhu Houcong did not raise it high again. He gently lifted it up and forgave King Jing, "You can't stay in the capital anymore, you can't stay in the vassal state, the two capitals and thirteen provinces, you can't stay in any of them, just leave the Ming Dynasty..."

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