Chapter 11 Household Affairs
Zhu Cilang was actually quite worried about killing several officials. After all, you are just a crown prince, and the crown prince has always been in a relatively awkward position in the imperial power. On the one hand, you are the crown prince and the successor of the imperial power. On the other hand, you are another potential threat to the current emperor.
Fortunately, in the Chongzhen era, this kind of party struggle between the emperor and the prince did not exist. Moreover, he was young and would not pose any threat to the imperial power.
Zhu Cilang was worried that officials would slander Chongzhen. The Donglin Party was powerful, and if it was a group to play with right and wrong in front of Emperor Chongzhen, it would be difficult to ensure that Chongzhen would not be shaken. At the moment, we must have a good relationship with our father, Emperor Chongzhen.
Thinking of this, Zhu Cilang said to Luo Yangxing: "Chen Yan, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wei Zaode, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and Wang Zhixin, the admiral of the Dongchang, have given me the focus of these three. As for the others, I will not investigate it for the time being. Remember, let the Jinyiwei not alarm the enemy. When will we take action, listen to my instructions."
"Yes, follow the orders of His Highness the Crown Prince."
The matter of the Jinyiwei was like this, so I took action against these three dog officials first. But before taking action, Zhu Cixuan had to go back to the palace to talk about life with his father. As long as he could get the support of Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Cixuan could let go and kill those damn dog officials.
Who knew that when he returned to the Forbidden City, before he could meet the saint, Emperor Chongzhen called him to the bedroom of Empress Zhou. The family was rarely together, and Emperor Chongzhen seemed to look very happy.
"Ciyong, can you tell me, why did you cut a trunk in Coal Mountain?"
Although he got 800,000 taels of silver, Zhu Cixuan's strange actions made Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou a little worried. This prince was not crazy, his behavior was strange, and he seemed to be crazy.
The crown prince is a major event related to the foundation of the country and cannot tolerate any mistakes. The future burden of the Ming Dynasty will be on him. Although he is his own son, Emperor Chongzhen must be worthy of his ancestors. If Zhu Cilang has some yang-crazy disease, the crown prince will have to make other plans.
What is Yang Crazy Symptom? It is the category of mental illness. People do not avoid being close to each other, cross the wall and the house, climb high and sing, and cannot sleep at night. Among these, Zhu Cilang is almost all over the place.
Zhu Cilang's personal eunuch Liu Laifu, this guy was arrested by Empress Zhou, gave up everything. First of all, in the past two months, the Crown Prince has indeed something wrong. Sometimes he climbed up the wall and sang high and sang some silver lyrics that he couldn't understand. As for cursing people without avoiding relatives, although it was not that unbearable. But Liu Laifu knew that Zhu Cilang often muttered to himself when he was no one, sometimes scolding Jiannu and sometimes scolding thieves. His vulgar language was not as good as a crown prince.
As for not being able to sleep at night, Zhu Cilang was just an owl. The nightlife of the ancients was not rich, and it seemed that everyone was used to going to bed early and getting up early, even a diligent emperor like Chongzhen. The morning court started in the dark, and fell asleep at night, and the rooster crowed.
As for time travelers like Zhu Cixuan, when did they go to bed early before the early morning? Not to mention before the hour of Hai, it would be normal to not sleep even when it was midnight. What Zhu Cixuan did in the past two months revealed strange things everywhere, and the symptoms of Yang Crazy Symptoms were diverse.
Empress Zhou was a kind mother, so she naturally cared about her son. After he said this to Chongzhen, Chongzhen had long realized that something was wrong with his son. So Zhu Cixuan called him over and asked as soon as he returned to the palace.
As for why Zhu Cilang inexplicably took Liu Laifu and others to Meishan to cut a crooked tree, this is really hard to explain. Unless something that a neurotic can do, when it comes to neurotics, isn’t it Yang Crazy?
Zhu Cilang did not answer, but said, "Father, can you not say anything?"
Chongzhen was angry: "You, you, the ignorant, are becoming more and more speechless! I ask you why don't you answer."
This is not like Zhu Cilang's personality. In the past, this child was gentle, but just a carefree and obedient child. Why did he suddenly become scheming and have strange actions that were out of place at this age?
It was still Empress Zhou who was careful, after all, she was her own son. She pulled Zhu Cilang aside and comforted softly: "Son, you have always been obedient, what's wrong now? How did your personality change drastically? Tell my mother how you have to go up the mountain to cut a tree. You are the prince, and every word and action is stared at. If you do anything out of order, I wonder how many ministers will impeach you behind you. Son, I know that you are an obedient and good child. If you do this, there must be your own reasons."
This is really a bit difficult. Zhu Cilang couldn't say that after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen was hanged to the crooked tree in Coal Mountain.
Looking at the angry Chongzhen and the concerned Empress Zhou, Zhu Cilang raised his head: "Mother, the child has a dream. OK, it seems to be Emperor Chengzu."
Chongzhen felt that his son was illegal and frivolous, which was not the etiquette that a prince should have. There were so many strange emperors in the Ming Dynasty, and he could not watch his son fall into a cynical prince in the future. In this way, he inherited the throne in the future and how to govern the world. So he was very angry, while Empress Zhou was worried about whether his son had any disease. The imperial physician said that there was a kind of yang crazy disease, and the symptoms were extremely similar.
Therefore, both the emperor and the empress were quite worried about Zhu Cilang. However, Zhu Cilang's words just now shocked Chongzhen and Empress Zhou.
You should know that the ancients were extremely superstitious. The court even set up a department of the Imperial Heavenly Prison. The Imperial Heavenly Prison knew astronomy and geography. In addition to observing the celestial phenomena, calculating the solar terms, and formulating calendars. They were also Taoist people who eliminated demons and exorcised evil spirits and solved the problems of the royal family.
For example, during the Song Dynasty, when it was called Sitianjian, many officials used the vision of heaven, etc. to point out some mistakes made by the emperor, saying that you angered the heaven. At this time, the emperor was very frightened and would often correct himself in time. Even Bao Zheng, a big troll in the Song Dynasty, impeached countless officials in his life, and it is said that there are as many as 61 people, including many royal relatives. Bao Zheng's impeachment was very direct. He used the floods and droughts in a certain place to show that there were treacherous ministers in the court, and that whoever was the one. Emperor Renzong of Song always did this, after all, the heaven could not be provoked.
Zhu Cilang actually said that he dreamed of Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di was the most brave and courageous person in the Ming Dynasty after Zhu Yuanzhang. The Yongle prosperous era founded by the world has been talked about. Why is it not Zhu Yuanzhang? Because Zhu Cilang and his family were obtained by Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty seized the throne of Emperor Jianwen. If Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned, there would be a layer of separation.
Chapter completed!