Chapter 389 388 Who can compete with you?

"His Majesty really decreed that King Jing should become a vassal?"

Wei Guangde suddenly stood up, rubbed his hands and walked back and forth in the room.

"Why are you so excited? I heard the news with my own ears in the main hall. Your Majesty's eloquent words will certainly not be false."

Seeing Wei Guangde walking around in front of him, Chen Ju, who was sitting on the chair, said with a smile.

News in the palace has never been concealed. Emperor Jiajing has confirmed that King Jing will accept the vassalship. Naturally, it will soon spread from Xiyuan, and by tonight, all the civil and military officials in Beijing will know about it.

However, Chen Ju still hurried to Wei Guangde's place. The purpose is self-evident, to grab a time difference and let Wei Guangde spread the good news to that person's ears first.

"What did your Majesty say?"

After walking back and forth a few times, Wei Guangde calmed down a little, turned to Chen Ju and asked.

"What else can I say? Let the Chief Historian of Prince Jing's Palace and the Ministry of Rites plan the establishment of the palace. The Ministry of Works will supervise it. The Ministry of Household Affairs will pay for it. We also have the Minister of Rites Wu Shan write a memorial to invite King Jing to the kingdom."

Chen Ju's face was still cheerful, and he simply repeated Emperor Jiajing's oral instructions.

"Okay, the news has arrived, I have to go back to the palace."

After picking up the teacup on the table and taking a sip, Chen Ju stood up and said goodbye to Wei Guangde.

"Brother Chen, let's take a rest and have dinner at my little brother's place tonight."

Wei Guangde said hurriedly.

"No, I just found an excuse to come out. Thinking about such a big thing, I have to tell my brother first, so as not to worry you outside."

Chen Ju walked out as he spoke, and Wei Guangde had no choice but to follow Chen Ju and send him out.

Wei Guangde stood outside the door and watched Chen Juyuan go away. He did not go back immediately. Instead, he turned around and said to Zhang Ji who was following him: "You arrange for two people to come to the study. I have something for them to give to Lord Gao Gonggao and Lord Yin Shizhen."

Go there."

With his words, Zhang Ji naturally knew who to find to deliver the letter.

He had also heard the previous conversation between Wei Guangde and Chen Ju in the room. Naturally, he was well aware of his father's defection to Prince Yu's Mansion.

Finally I can sleep peacefully.

Having been in the capital for several years, he had heard about the overt and covert fights between King Yu and King Jing in the capital, so what he feared most was that in the end, Emperor Jiajing would risk the disapproval of the world and choose King Jing to inherit the great treasure.

Zhang Ji also heard about the fight between the two kings in the market, but he scoffed at it.

Wei Guangde leaned towards Prince Yu's Mansion, so Zhang Ji, who was following Wei Guangde, naturally knew that the so-called dispute between the two kings was actually just the people around the emperor constantly talking about the rights and wrongs of the two kings in the emperor's ears.

As far as Zhang Ji knows, the most egregious thing that King Jing and his family did to King Yu was actually the Sui gifts and Lumi from Prince Kayu's palace, which made it impossible for King Yu to match him during the Wanshou Festival in those two years.

of gifts.

Naturally, people in the palace spread rumors that King Yu's disrespectful words towards Emperor Jiajing were actually nothing more than an attempt to arouse the emperor's dissatisfaction with King Yu.

However, the reason for this is indeed related to the fact that Prince Yu and his mother and concubine were not favored. What's more, Prince Yu's mother and concubine died of illness early, leaving him even more isolated and helpless in the palace.

Think about the person behind King Jing, that is Mr. Yan Ge, who was favored by the emperor and had power over the government and the public.

"Yes, sir."

After receiving Wei Guangde's instructions, Zhang Ji immediately agreed happily.

Although the palace is like a sieve, and people from all sides are inserted to find out the news, the transmission of the news also takes time.

When Wei Guangde sent someone to the Imperial Academy and Prince Yu's Mansion with the letter he wrote, Yan Song finally got the news from Xiyuan in the cabinet duty room.

"Bang."

A white porcelain teacup fell to the ground and shattered immediately.

At this time, Yan Song's eyes were dull, he looked more than ten years older than usual, and his outstretched hand was still trembling slightly.

His hands were trembling. It was not because he was frightened after receiving the news. In fact, his hands had often been like this over the years.

Therefore, he handed over the power of voting for memorials and the drafting of edicts by cabinet ministers to his son Yan Shifan or his second assistant Xu Jie.

Yan Song lowered his head and looked at his hands. He wanted to take a sip of tea to calm down his shock, but he didn't expect his hands to be so out of control now.

Hearing the noise in the room, the clerk outside the door hurriedly ran in. Some people cleaned up the broken pieces of teacups on the floor, while others hurriedly brewed a new cup of tea and brought it to them.

After the cleaning was completed and the others exited the check-in room, Yan Song asked: "Have you found the east building?"

"Master, there is no news yet, it should be soon."

The clerk who stayed in the house at this time was actually a servant of the Yan family. He was arranged to take care of Yan Song in the cabinet, and was also responsible for running errands and delivering news.

"You go out first, and let him in as soon as he comes back."

Yan Song only said one sentence, then leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes slightly and began to think.

The day has finally arrived.

At this time, Yan Song felt a sigh of relief in his heart.

King Yu came to power. This was his judgment long ago. At the beginning, he just wanted to find a way to escape unscathed, but how did the situation evolve into what it is now?

In recent years, he has been mentally and physically weak, and it has become difficult for him to discipline Yan Shifan.

Thinking of Yan Shifan, Yan Song not only had a wry smile on his face.

Maybe I should have retreated earlier?

As soon as this thought came to mind, the face of Emperor Jiajing appeared in Yan Song's mind, and he couldn't help but feel a twitch in his heart.

Xia Yan was arrested by the Jin Yiwei on his way back home after leaving office, and was eventually guillotined by himself.

Mean and ungrateful.

Suddenly, Yan Song's eyes opened wide, and he had no way out.

At this time, Yan Song felt that Yan Shifan seemed to be looking further than him.

At the beginning, he only considered that Emperor Jiajing might let him linger and end his life because of nostalgia, but he forgot about the blame he had shouldered for the emperor. Can it be settled by just deposing him?

During his years as an official, he has offended many people. Will these people let him go?

After all, it was the people below who broke the rules and killed those people. It was impossible to escape unscathed.

Only by electing the person least likely to come to power as emperor would the Yan family be able to continue to exist.

I no longer have the energy to plan anything anymore, so I can only let Donglou do it, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope.

At the beginning of Shen Dynasty, when it was time to disperse the yamen, officials in twos and threes left the yamen, went home, or called friends to restaurants and flower shops. At this time, a shocking news came out from the palace, which quickly spread among the official circles.

Spread in China.

"Brother Donglou, what do you think we should do now? Should I just go to Huguang and become a vassal?"

At this time, in an elegantly decorated small courtyard in the capital, a handsome young man wanted to say something to a fat man opposite him.

"Your Highness, don't be anxious."

Although the big fat Yan Shifan's face was full of worry, his tone of voice was not very anxious, "There will always be a way. Now we have to build a new palace. Don't worry, the Ministry of Industry will only work but not do anything. We

If you put it off for a year and a half, you can always find a way."

"What else can we do? The decree will be issued tomorrow. With this clear signal, Gao Gong has not been stuck in the cabinet all day long, urging the vassal affairs to be handled."

The handsome young man is naturally King Jing, and now he is in a state of chaos.

After the death of Prince Zhuang Jing, he set his sights on that position. For this reason, he did not hesitate to lower his status and make friends with the Yan family.

As the younger brother of King Yu who is one month younger, King Jing should not have wanted to compete for the throne. After all, the Ming Dynasty's training clearly stipulates: There is no direct successor.

At that time, King Yu and King Jing were twelve years old, and their relationship was still quite good. After all, there was a second brother above them, and their status as heirs was determined early.

However, it was also because of his familiarity that he discovered one of the third brother's shortcomings at that time, which was laziness, which resulted in a lack of ambition.

The third brother had a dull temperament, but others said that he was cautious, and since he knew the inside story, he naturally had thoughts that he shouldn't have. What's more, he was more favored than the third brother in the palace at that time, and he had the support of his mother and concubine in the harem.

Therefore, even though he knew he shouldn't, facing his father's decision to refuse to establish another crown prince, King Jing still chose to take a chance and compete for that position.

"Gao Gong, King Yu, as long as they are gone, who can still compete with you?"

Just as King Jing was recalling his experiences over the past ten years, Yan Shifan's sinister words suddenly came to his ears.

Shocked, King Jing suddenly raised his head and looked at Yan Shifan.

"Brother Suqing, come and drink this cup."

In a restaurant in the capital, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng came out from the Imperial College, found a restaurant and started drinking.

"Uncle, please."

Gao Gong raised the wine glass in his hand towards Zhang Juzheng, and then both of them drank the wine in one gulp.

Before leaving today, Gao Gong received the note sent by Wei Guangde. Of course, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course he knew about the memorial that the cabinet sent to the palace yesterday. For this reason, many yamen had personnel deployed by Prince Yu's Palace, and the cabinet was no exception.

Correspondingly, Prince Jing's Mansion also has one. Their channels for obtaining information are no longer limited to officials. Even the lower level secretaries and ordinary scribes will bribe some people.

It's just that the memorial has been sent, but it's unknown how the palace will give it the final approval. The most important thing, of course, is who Emperor Jiajing will choose to take the throne after leaving the capital.
To be continued...