Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

"But for this so-called 'alchemy'... he went to such extremes. This little emperor's personality is simply tyrannical and perverse to the extreme!"

At this point, Monk Daoyan nodded, but there was an inexplicable look of admiration in his eyes.

Before this, his understanding of the so-called "little emperor" of Tianfu was actually limited to the impression that he was a puppet, cowardly, suddenly gained power after years of suppression, willful... and so on.

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He suddenly felt that the little emperor was a little different.

In a sense, he felt that the little emperor... and himself actually had some similarities: using any means necessary!

It's just that the purpose is different.

He uses all means to win the game of "Slaying the Dragon".

And the little emperor's unscrupulous means... were all for the sake of immortality.

"Master Daoyan, I'm afraid you are the only one in the world who, after hearing such a thing, was neither shocked nor afraid. Instead, you felt a little admiration for that kid Zhu Yunhuan, right?" The two had known each other for many years, and Zhu Di naturally noticed the change in the expression in Monk Daoyan's eyes, and shook his head helplessly.

But he was not surprised: he had known for a long time that Monk Daoyan was a madman.

Which normal person would... when the Ming Dynasty is stable and his eldest brother, the crown prince, is as stable as an old dog...

Did they start instigating him, the fourth oldest child, to rebel ten years in advance?

Monk Daoyan did not refute Zhu Di's words. He just laughed and said, "They are all crazy. This mad monk believes that I can be of some use to you, Your Highness. But the little emperor is so crazy now... Doesn't it also help your great cause?" He took the opportunity to bring the topic back.

Zhu Di also came to his senses.

A look of joy appeared on his face as he asked, "So... Master Daoyan thinks... that this is why Father changed his mind?"

“Although it’s not absolute, it’s not impossible.”

"After all... let me be frank, the man in the private residence is not one who takes human life seriously."

"Of course, the man in the private residence is also a man of vision. He can roughly tell that with the young emperor of Yingtian Prefecture's madness and obsession with alchemy... if such a person were to become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, even if he hadn't yet made a move on the national treasury, it's hard to guarantee that he wouldn't eventually put the Ming Dynasty's national status and destiny at risk for the sake of alchemy."

"Can this reason make the person in the private house change his mind?"

"Fifty-fifty."

The excited expression on Zhu Di's face dimmed a little unconsciously. He certainly hoped that his father would be completely disappointed in Zhu Yunhuan, but he also had to admit that what Monk Daoyan said made sense.

After a pause, he looked at Monk Daoyan, his gaze fixed, and said, "Just now, we were talking about Zhu Yunhuan using living people to fill the alchemy furnace. Master Daoyan said this was the first part... so there is... the second part?"

He could see that although Monk Daoyan had come to the conclusion of "fifty-fifty split", his expression at the moment was quite relaxed, which showed that the "second" that he had not yet mentioned was probably not a small matter.

Monk Daoyan raised his hand and said, "As Your Highness said, I do have another 'second' to my mind: After the Lunar New Year, the court's operational order had just begun to return to normal. Yuan Tai, the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, was escorted out by the Imperial Guards during the Qianqing Palace meeting."

"For an important official like the Right Censor-in-Chief to be dragged out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity on the spot is no small matter. Word of this naturally spread throughout the palace. It's a pity that the Palace of Heavenly Purity is so tightly guarded that more details are difficult to uncover."

"But... even if we can't find out, it doesn't mean we can't speculate."

"Your Highness, please consider this: at the beginning of the new year, with neither war nor famine, what could possibly warrant the Six Ministers and other important court officials gathering in the Qianqing Palace for a private discussion?"

Zhu Di thought for a moment and then immediately replied, "It's the court's tax revenue, expenditure, and budget..."