Ming Dynasty: Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 74: Regent! Old Zhu's intention!
Supervise the country?

Old Zhu asked me to be the regent?

After hearing the imperial edict, Zhu Yunhuan was completely stunned.

It all happened so suddenly.

There were absolutely no signs of this happening beforehand.

It instantly caused a storm in his heart.

Why would Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly let him be regent out of the blue?

Zhu Yunxun wanted to get up from the bed again.

At the same time, he hurriedly asked, "Eunuch, tell me the truth, is Grandpa Huang's health really fine?"

He knew Lao Zhu's character very well.

He was a man who was more hardworking than the cows in the production team.

He has been handling state affairs for decades without any slackness.

996 is nothing to him.

007 is the norm.

If he wasn't in poor health, why would he suddenly ignore state affairs and let him be regent?
"Hey, Your Highness, King Wu, why did you get up so suddenly?"

Seeing this, the eunuch who was delivering the imperial edict did not care about anything else. He quickly put the imperial edict aside, ran to Zhu Yunhuan, and helped him up.

"Your Highness, your health is of the utmost importance. Didn't His Majesty specifically instruct you not to get up from your bed to receive the order?"

The eunuch who delivered the decree had a worried and fearful look on his face, and said with a tearful look, "If anything happens to Your Highness, I will not be able to bear the consequences."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Zhu Yunxun said: "My health is fine, nothing will happen."

He looked at the eunuch who was delivering the decree and asked, "What is your name?"

"Thank you for your inquiry, Your Highness. Your servant Fei Rui!"

Zhu Yunxun grabbed his arm and said, "Fei Rui, tell me the truth, is Grandpa Huang really in good health?"

Fei Rui's face showed obvious embarrassment, and he said, "Your Highness, didn't I just say that the imperial physician has examined your Majesty and found that there is nothing serious wrong with your Majesty's health. You just need to rest for a few days."

"If that's the case, why did the Emperor suddenly ignore state affairs and let me be regent?" Zhu Yunheng said in a deep voice.

Fei Rui smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know about that. Your Majesty's mind is hard to predict. How can I guess it?"

"Besides, this is a national matter."

"I am only a eunuch, so I dare not ask."

"If I ask a few more questions, no matter how many heads I have, it will not be enough for Your Majesty to chop off!"

Zhu Yunxun sighed, his expression uncertain, and after a while he said, "No, I still have to go to the palace to see Grandpa Huang."

"Your Highness, you can't do that!"

Fei Rui quickly dissuaded him, saying, "The imperial decree just now clearly stated that without the emperor's order, your highness is not allowed to enter the palace to pay respects."

"Your Highness is well aware of His Majesty's temperament."

"Even if Your Highness disobeys the order and enters the palace now, His Majesty will not see him."

"It would not only make His Majesty angry, but also delay His Highness's recuperation. It would not please either side. Why would we do this?"

"Your Highness, if you take good care of your health and handle the affairs of state, His Majesty will be happy and will naturally recover faster."

"Okay!" After thinking for a moment, Zhu Yunhuan could only agree.

"It's so late, it's troublesome for Eunuch Fei to come here overnight to convey the order."

Zhu Yunhuan ordered: "Come here, prepare a hundred taels of silver for Eunuch Fei to reward him for his work."

Ferry fell to his knees with a plop.

"Your Highness, please forgive me." He cried, "The man you gave the treasure last night has been driven away to Prince Xian's palace by His Majesty."

"I still want to serve Your Majesty, but I cannot bear your reward."

Zhu Yunxun couldn't help laughing.

As expected, it’s Lao Zhu.

He saw through my intention at a glance and dealt with the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict yesterday so quickly.

However, judging from Fei Rui's appearance, he might have become a devil in the mouths of the eunuchs in the palace.

This is truly the case of a good reputation being ignored, while a bad reputation spreads far and wide.

"Okay!" Zhu Yunxun said with a smile, "I don't mean that, so I won't embarrass Eunuch Fei."

"Eunuch Fei, please go down and rest for a while." Fei Rui said, "I have to hurry back to the palace to report the emperor's order, so I won't delay any longer."

After saying that, he stood up and was about to leave.

Before leaving, he said, "Your Majesty has sent someone to the Prince of Yan's Palace to convey his order today."

"The evil monk Yao Guangxiao has deceived the Prince of Yan and has evil intentions. Your Majesty has issued an edict to reprimand him and order him to leave the Prince of Yan's mansion and move to the Prince of Wu's mansion from tomorrow onwards. Your Highness will discipline him strictly and correct his mistakes."

"And the two sons of His Royal Highness Prince Yan should come to Prince Wu's mansion tomorrow."

Upon hearing that these three people would come to his house tomorrow, Zhu Yunhuan couldn't help but smile.

Then you really have to treat them to a good meal!
The smile on his face quickly disappeared and he said, "Thank you, Eunuch Fei, for telling me!"

After Fei Rui left, Zhu Yunhuan took the imperial edict, read it again and again, and asked Yang Shiqi: "Mr. Yang, what do you think?"

Yang Shiqi pondered and said, "Your Majesty wants to help Your Highness one last time. This is a good intention!"

Zhu Yunhuan was shocked and asked, "Why do you think so?"

Yang Shiqi said: "Establishing a crown prince is a major national event, and there are complicated etiquette and rules, so we can't be careless at all."

"But if your majesty's health is really failing."

"Then there's nothing to worry about."

"Ignore all the etiquette and regulations and issue an edict to appoint His Highness as the crown prince first."

"Now, His Majesty has not appointed Your Highness as the Crown Prince, but has issued an order for Your Highness to serve as regent."

"It's not wrong to be a prince and supervise the country, but it's very different from being the crown prince."

"If the crown prince is appointed as regent, naturally no one in the government or the public would dare to question or object."

"But those people are just lying dormant and will not disappear."

"If His Majesty is really seriously ill, he will be completely unable to take care of things."

"Or if Your Majesty takes the throne, they will jump out."

"By then, Your Majesty will be powerless. If Your Highness fails to suppress the situation, the court will be in danger."

"If Your Highness serves as regent as a prince and his status is not yet determined, then they will not lie dormant. They will not be resigned now and will think that there are still variables."

"Your Majesty can use this to test your ability to handle state affairs and balance the forces of all parties."

"It can also make those who oppose Your Highness come out on their own."

"If Your Highness cannot deal with them, Your Majesty can personally take action and capture them all."

"Clear all obstacles for your highness to ascend the throne in the future."

"Your Majesty has good intentions!"

Is this what Lao Zhu meant?

He deliberately did not appoint a crown prince and let himself act as regent as a prince. One reason was to test his own instincts, and the other was to lure the snake out of its hole.

This is Old Zhu risking his life to help me!

Zhu Yunhuan saw Old Zhu's kind smile and felt a little dazed.

Yang Shiqi said: "This is naturally a good thing for Your Highness, but it is also a major test."

"Your Highness is extremely talented, a rare genius never seen before in the history of the world."

"But Your Highness has never been involved in any specific government affairs before."

"I have no idea what's going on inside the court."

"It would be extremely difficult to suddenly take charge of the country."

"Besides, those people will not miss the last chance to deal with Your Highness."

Zhu Yunhuan nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. Yang is right, but I have Mr. Yang's help, so I don't have to worry too much, hahaha!"

Yang Shiqi shook his head: "Your Highness, there is no need to praise me."

"I still have self-awareness."

"Your Highness's strategy for governing the country is ten thousand times better than mine."

"Those are just my little tricks, not my real skills."

"The strategy for governing the country and the army that Your Highness proposed is the true path."

"Your Highness, just let go and govern the country. I will do my best to protect your Highness from all the ups and downs in the court."

He smiled bitterly and said self-deprecatingly: "This is all I have."

(End of this chapter)