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The second son, Zhu Zai, was Changyu, and King Jing was two years old. He was made the crown prince at the age of three. He died in the 28th year of Jiajing at the age of fourteen. He was posthumously awarded the title of Prince Zhuang Jing.

Although Emperor Jiajing liked the most and paid attention to the second son, he was indeed influenced by Tao Zhongwen and never saw him again after he was named the crown prince.

Because of the prince, Emperor Jiajing could naturally meet his other two sons.

However, the relationship between Prince Yu's mother was unpopular and there were only a few opportunities to meet the emperor, which was one of the reasons why Prince Jing was even more favored.

It was not until the prince went out of the cabinet to study that Emperor Jiajing had to meet the prince on the same day due to the ancestral system. However, he did not expect that the prince would die soon afterwards. Emperor Jiajing himself was also very frightened, so he simply never summoned the remaining two sons, let alone enthroned the prince.

If father and son do not meet each other, they will naturally not violate that proverb.

Although he was not summoned publicly, Emperor Jiajing did not ignore his two sons. In fact, he had been secretly watching his two sons over the years.

He saw the past performances of King Yu and King Jing. Emperor Jiajing naturally knew about King Jing’s small actions, but he just did nothing.

The emperor dislikes the fact that his son is thinking about inheriting the throne when he is still healthy. Wouldn't he curse himself to die early?

But Emperor Jiajing did not dare to punish his son easily. There were only two of the four sons left. If there was another accident, I really couldn't imagine it.

Emperor Jiajing knew the most in his heart how he sat on the throne.

Hearing Huang Jin's confirmed answer, Emperor Jiajing was just a little stunned, and then said in a state of slight excitement: "I didn't expect Lu Bing and King Yu, haha."

"Emperor, Wenfu is loyal to you. As for King Yu, I'm afraid that it's because of you, I'm worried that I'll be bullied too much."

Huang Jin said carefully.

"The jade cannot be made into a weapon without being carved. It's just a little tempering. When I first ascended the Great Treasure, it was much more difficult than him."

Emperor Jiajing suddenly said in a stern tone, and as his attitude changed, the topic also turned to other things.

"Have you found out that the master behind the scenes?"

Hearing Emperor Jiajing's question, Huang Jin hurriedly knelt down to explain.

Emperor Jiajing knew as soon as he saw his actions, he might have made no progress.

"The Emperor atones for his sins."

"Forget it, since they dare to do this, they must have thought of the follow-up methods and try to check it out, and I won't force you."

Huang Jin hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him. He was about to get up when he heard Emperor Jiajing's question again.

"I discussed the rumors about Jufan with Wenfu. Have you found the source?"

Huang Jin immediately knelt down again, wanting to report good news to Emperor Jiajing, but there was really no.

"Reported to the emperor, before finding out, the news seems to have spread in a short time. According to my judgment, it should be a rumor that has been spread by many people at the same time."

"It's time for the inner court to rectify it, and you, the admiral, should also have more snacks."

The ruthless look in Emperor Jiajing's eyes flashed and he said in a bad tone: "They all call you ancestors, but if you can't even control people, what's the use?"

"I know that I am guilty of my crime, so I will vigorously rectify it to prevent such a thing from happening again."

Huang Jin hurriedly kowtowed and admitted his mistake.

"Stop it, is it done? I want your eyes to be brighter, and don't know who to take responsibility if something happens."

Emperor Jiajing shook his head slightly and said dissatisfiedly.

Get up, walk inside, and muttered softly as he walked, "It's time to be a vassal. When the child is old, he will leave sooner or later."

After Emperor Jiajing entered, Huang Jin, who was kneeling on the ground, slowly stood up, reached out to wipe the cold sweat from his head, and looked in the direction where Emperor Jiajing disappeared with lingering fear.

At this time, King Yu was sitting alone in the study room in the inner courtyard of the royal palace, staring blankly.

In the morning, he followed Gao Gong's advice and went to Lu's mansion to pay his respects. At that time, he didn't think too much about it. What Master Gao said should be correct.

It is rare to find a royal palace, and King Yu is still very excited.

It was not that the emperor was confined to him, but that he really didn't know what to do when he left the palace.

This may also be his sorrow. After the royal palace officials around him had a place to go to the romance, he could not.

In fact, he can do it too. After he goes, the news will soon be rumored to the whole city, and there will even be censors impeached, because in their opinion, King Yu is the crown prince, and his words and deeds should be examples in the world. They cannot tolerate any flaws of him.

These are what Gao Gong, Yin Shidan and others said, and King Yu also thought it made sense.

King Yu knew very well that his younger brother had been coveting that position for a long time and was very careful about the movements here.

When the two brothers do the same thing, the censors will mostly turn a blind eye because in their opinion, King Jing will be a vassal in the future and leave the capital. There is no need to complain to him or her, and it will be unhappy.

Well, after leaving Lu Mansion, King Yu's sedan was wandering around the capital again. Through the sedan curtain, he saw the prosperity of the city, crowded with people and bustling traffic, and also saw the towering palace walls in the center of the city, where he was born.

It was rare for King Yu to leave the mansion once, so he called Gao Gong to ask if he could visit someone's house, so he bought some gifts in the street market.

Gao Gong rubbed his bearded chin and thought about it and said, "Why not go to Guangde? His yard is big, and we officials from the royal palace are renting houses outside, so it is really a bit difficult for His Highness to go there."

"Oh, is Guangde's home big?"

When King Yu heard Gao Gong say this, he immediately became interested.

He did not think about Wei Guangde's corruption. He knew Wei Guangde's every move after becoming an official. Before he could get greedy, he could only say that his father created too good.

Thinking about myself, it seems that I am the same as him.

The so-called Prince Yu Mansion is not an ancestor's property. It was a royal mansion built by Emperor Chengzu, which was specially designed for the residence of later princes.

The prince living here either was very lucky to move into the Forbidden City, but more often left the capital and went to his fiefdom to get his fiefdom, so it would be difficult for him to return to the capital in the future.

"Guangde's house has two entrances in front and back, which is definitely worse than those three entrances in the courtyards. However, his area is not small and the location is excellent. It is just in Nanxunfang and not far from the royal palace."

Gao Gong saw that King Yu seemed to be moved and sighed in his heart. After being the prince of King Yu for so many years, he had never been to the minister's residence several times. He had been ordered to go there on behalf of the emperor and was not at all comfortable.

In fact, King Jing is similar. He usually does not visit the official's residence, but instead builds a separate courtyard outside to interact with others.

"Then go there, by the way, where has Guangde been?"

King Yu said happily.

"Guangde went back to Hanlin Academy. I will send him a letter. Let's go around the street market and buy some gifts in the past."

Gao Gong saw that King Yu was very excited, so he spoke.

Report a letter to Wei Guangde and let him be prepared, and by the way, let King Yu walk around the streets of Beijing for more.

For future monarchs, it is also very important to understand the people's sentiments.

Beijing City in this era is undoubtedly the largest city in the world during this period, no doubt.

During this period, the three largest cities in Europe were Paris, Naples and Venice, with a population of only about 150,000. Other cities with a population of more than 100,000 are located by the sea, by the river or trade center. They are Sevilla, Genoa, and Milan.

Other European cities that were well-known to Chinese people in later generations, such as Cologne, Pisa, Montpellier, Florence, Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Augsburg, Nuremberg, Antwerp and Brussels, have much smaller populations, most of which are only 350,000 people.

Even London, the largest city in England at that time, lived in less than 50,000 people, and other cities on the islands with a population of more than 10,000 were very small.

The total population of Europe is estimated to be around 70 million.

What was the big European city like at that time?

Walking along the muddy path and out of the forest, the first thing that catches your eye is the cold walls and turrets.

Looking out from the turret, you can see the triangular roofs of the rich and the steeple of the chapel, but they are much more eclipsed in front of many main churches.

And in the city wall, there may be one or two relatively spacious roads, and then there are only winding alleys. Most of the alleys are low flat houses, which are the residences of residents.

During this period, Europe was gradually moving from ignorance to a civilized society. The discovery of the new route and the new continent brought about the "Age of Discovery", promoting the unprecedented development of European economic and trade.

Exploring the unknown world, finding new territory and wealth, finding spices and seafaring improvements have promoted the development of Europe.

Huge wealth also promoted the development of culture. In Greece and Roman classical era, culture, which was highly prosperous, experienced the decline and obscurity of the "Dark Age" in the Middle Ages, and it was not until this period that it achieved "rebirth" and "revival".

And what was the Ming Dynasty Beijing City like at this time?

The Beijing city built in the early Ming Dynasty was 6,670 meters wide from east to west, 5,310 meters deep from north to south, and 3,540 million square meters in area.

The city is composed of the main and secondary roads, forming a vertically long rectangular street network, and the grid is a block, and the block is a horizontal alley.

A few years ago, the imperial court finally decided to build the outer city of Beijing. It originally planned to build the outer city on all sides, with a total length of more than 70 miles. However, due to manpower and financial resources, only about thirteen miles of the south was repaired and then the construction was stopped. Beijing developed from the rectangle when it was initially built to a convex plane with the outer city built on the south.

How many people does Beijing have?

The Beijing edifier shop Baojia "is not divided into relatives, lords, officials of Beijing, gentry inside and outside, students in charge, and indigenous residences". There are a total of 525 shops, 15,119 shops, and 134,000 households, with 5 households per household, about 670,000 people. Including the palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial city and those who missed the report, it should be almost as good as more than 700,000.
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