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Chapter 38 What do you think, Prince?

Nanjing City.

Another court meeting with ministers gathered.

Zhu Di sat on the dragon throne and looked a little listless.

The chief minister Hu Guang looked at the emperor silently. Others didn't know that as the chief minister of the cabinet, he knew why the emperor was like this. The emperor was not a king who was addicted to women. The reason for this was because the crown prince was not in Nanjing.

Hu Guang knew that the grandson had grown up under the emperor's nose since childhood, and for such a long time, he naturally missed him. If Hu Guang had been alone, his grandsons would have traveled far away, he would have missed him.

As he thought about it, Master Shoujiao thought of the famine in Shandong again. It was just spring and it was time to go to the fields to sow seeds. However, the people in Shandong had no more stuttering, and there were no seeds sowing into the fields.

The Prime Minister only hopes that the ministers behind him will have fewer troubles in recent days so that he can concentrate on solving the famine in Shandong, and then fully deal with the top priority of the next Beijing inspection.

But it is obvious that the hope of the Prime Minister has failed.

I saw an official from the Ministry of Rites' Service Section walk out of the train: "Report to Your Majesty, I have a plan to report."

Zhu Di looked at the official helplessly, knowing that these people were picky about food again, but he had to nod: "Accurate."

The official from the Ministry of Rites' Service Department immediately replied: "Your Majesty asks you to issue an order to reprimand the Crown Prince! The Crown Prince was ordered by the imperial court to go out to Nanjing to seize Zhongdu to investigate the matters of Luo Xiangyang, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, killing Zhongdu officials. However, as far as I know, the Crown Prince entered Zhongdu Fengyang City and did not investigate the case. Instead, he ordered people to kill Fengyang County Book in public, and later summoned Qi Zi'an, the commander of Fengyang Guard. Later, he stayed in Zhongdu for a long time and stayed in the Secretariat and stayed in the Secretariat. I even heard that the Crown Prince often summoned the city singers in the Secretariat and had fun all day long."

Before Zhu Di could react, Hu Guang, the chief minister at the forefront of civil servants, felt a sudden slap in his heart, knowing that today's court would not be able to live in peace.

Zhu Di looked slightly at the official in the Ministry of Rites.

In the court, another official from the Ministry of Personnel's Department also walked out of the train: "Report to Your Majesty, the move of the Emperor's Crown is contrary to the rules of the court and the laws of the Ming Dynasty set by Taizu! Although the Emperor's Crown is responsible for the emperor's order, no matter whether the court officials are guilty, they must be inspected by the Ministry of Personnel and reviewed by the Ministry of Justice before they can be handed over to the cabinet for conviction."

With the voices of the two people in front of them, more and more officials in the court took over.

"Your Majesty, the grandson's move is suspected of being turbulent in Zhongdu."

"Your Majesty also asks you to recall the grandson as soon as possible and then discuss the grandson's fault."

"Your Majesty, the rules of the court cannot be broken. If the grandson still stays in Zhongdu, I am afraid that there will be no officials in Zhongdu..."

"The grandson is bloodthirsty, which is not good for the country!"

When Hu Guang heard the sound, he raised his eyebrows and turned around, looking at the official who dared to say something that was not good for the country, and secretly recorded the man in his heart.

When the Beijing inspection begins, I will not let go of such a person without eyesight!

The emperor finally got angry. He did not object to his ministers' courage to impeach Zhu Zhanji, which shows that the ministers of the Ming Dynasty still dared to speak. But if he dared to say that the crown prince he personally trained was a murderer and was not good for the country, he would be the first to refuse to agree.

“Bold!”

Zhu Di's eyes showed a trace of murderous aura and looked at the last person who spoke lightly.

It was just this look that the official was immediately scared and trembled and his steps could not help but retreat.

Zhu Di glanced at the officials standing out one by one in front of him and snorted coldly: "Ji Gang, tell them!"

Ji Gang, commander of the Jinyiwei in python uniform, walked out. Although he did not have an embroidered spring sword on his waist now, his cold and bleak expression on his face could make the ministers tremble.

Ji Gang also looked at the ministers who stood up to impeach Zhu Zhanji, and then smiled slightly: "Report to your Majesty, Yan Nanfei, a thousand households of the Fushishi Department of the Jinyiwei, and Fengyang County Book destroyed the murder scene of Zhongdu. The crime should be punished. The person who executed the execution was a small flag of our Jinyiwei."

After saying that, Ji Gang paused for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Sir, before the death of an official in Zhongdu was found out, Luo Xiangyang, the Jinyiwei Qianhu, was convicted of Luo Xiangyang, a thousand household of the Jinyiwei. I am afraid that it is also contrary to the court's rules! If all the adults convicted people like this, then I Jinyiwei..."

Ji Gang did not continue to say what happened later, turned around and bowed to Zhu Di, and left the train.

But the ministers who just agreed to each other all looked ugly. Ji Gang's words undoubtedly meant that they could convict Luo Xiangyang without evidence now. Then the Jinyiwei could do it, and they would convict them of various crimes in the future.

But these ministers did not think about giving up. Someone continued: "Your Majesty, even if there is no evidence to prove that the Jinyiwei Luo Xiangyang killed the Zhongdu official. The Fengyang County Book was also guilty of destroying the scene of the crime, and his crime should be punished. But the Fengyang Guard Commander Qi Zi'an..."

Ji Gang can determine the crimes of Fengyang County Book and expel Luo Xiangyang for a while. However, Qi Zi'an, the commander of Fengyang Guard, entered the left-behind yamen, and never came out again!

The crown prince must be recalled to Nanjing!

Confucian learning must be strengthened!

We must be the heir to the Ming Dynasty who will not kill his ministers indiscriminately!

This is why these people are impeached today.

Zhu Di also knew the thoughts of these ministers in front of him. He and Taizu were both kings who dared to kill the ministers of the court, so the officials in Nanjing chose to support Jianwen because Jianwen did not kill the ministers.

Now, they are afraid that Zhu Zhanji will be like Taizu and him in the future. Whenever a minister makes a mistake, he will lift the butcher knife in his hand and chop them up.

Today, they took advantage of the matter of the crown prince to launch a struggle for the power of civil servants and emperors in this court!

Zhu Di looked at the prime minister Hu Guang, and then shook his head slightly. Hu Guang was already the prime minister, and now he just needs to sit firmly under his butt.

The other cabinets had far less power than the prime ministers before, and they still wanted the emperor.

So, who would want to take the opportunity to start a struggle between emperors and civil officials of the Ming Dynasty?

Zhu Di's eyes swept across the faces of officials.

Finally, Zhu Di looked at King Zhao and King Han.

"Second, third brother, what should you do about Zhanji?" Zhu Di threw the problem to Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui.

The second son Zhu Gaoxu coughed twice and said in a deep voice: "What's wrong with killing a few people who are not good at doing things? If these people are placed in the army, their son will be the first to kill them!"

Zhu Gaoxu is as fierce as ever, and he seems to kill you if he is disobedient.

Zhu Gaosui's eyes rolled, hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Dad, my son thinks...Zhanji is still too young after all, and he will inevitably see blood. What kind of terrible temperament will he develop..."

Zhu Di looked at the third brother: "Then what do you think?"

Zhu Gaosui looked at his father and said, "Zhanji is the crown prince, and in the future... she is the crown prince... The Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more stable now, so it is better to be more stable... Although Zhanji did nothing wrong,... she still recalled her. How much do you teach?"

Zhu Gaosui didn't say that Zhu Zhanji had done anything wrong, but he grabbed the word "stable". This almost caught Zhu Di's mind. The reason why he wanted to fight north was to build a peaceful world for the descendants of the Ming Dynasty, and hoped that the Ming Dynasty could continue steadily.

In the court, Zhu Di nodded and shook his head, just when everyone was puzzled and confused, the emperor agreed with His Highness the King of Han or disagreed with His Highness the King of Han.

Zhu Di turned his attention to the Crown Prince who was closest to him.

"Prince, what do you think?"
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