Chapter 420 419 King Yu

King Yu stood aside and began to reflect on his words and deeds during this period, while Wei Guangde stood quietly and observed.

So far, Wei Guangde feels that King Yu has a really good personality and is not difficult to get along with.

But King Yu was recalling the situation in his mind at this moment, thinking about the situation when he was still in the palace.

At that time, not only him and King Jing were there in the palace, but also the second brother was the destined prince.

Because his mother was not favored, King Yu had noticed since he could remember that the rewards he received were much worse than his brother King Jing, let alone the second brother of the prince.

At that time, almost everything in the palace was revolving around the second brother, as if the father had the only son like him.

Perhaps it was at that time that King Yu developed a sense of inferiority.

When he entered the book hall to find out, perhaps it was because he was stupid. No matter what knowledge he learned, he was beaten slower than his second brother and King Jing, and he seemed very dull.

But it doesn't matter. At that time, King Yu had already learned from his mother that he would become a vassal king in the future. Since he was a vassal king, there was naturally no need to know too much.

At that time, King Yu only hoped that such carefree days would continue. When he became an adult, he would be chosen by his father to live a free life by his own country.

However, all this changed until that night. King Yu still remembered that a few days ago, the second brother who had been with them day and night did not appear in the book hall for several days.

Because they had known before that the second brother was officially named the crown prince, and the crown prince could not go to the study hall, but to go to the Wenhua Hall, which is the so-called "getting out of the house", so they didn't care at first.

However, when they woke up and found that the palace was covered with white curtains, they realized that their second brother was actually dead.

Although after being taught by his mother, the King of Tianyu did not dare to say a word outside, his young mind already understood the fragility of life. Thinking about the lively and active second brother who had been gone in just a few days.

After the second brother died, Prince Yu, as the oldest prince, thought he would be valued by his father and be treated the same as his second brother, but he still thought too much.

Even though my mother tried her best to win something for him at that time, she failed because she was not favored. My mother was still pretending to be very happy in front of him, but when she was carrying him on her back, she often cried silently.

King Yu saw all this in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.

However, for him at that time, he could do nothing, and it seemed that he was destined to be out of reach of that position.

The second brother died of illness suddenly, and he didn't understand what the disease was, but since then he developed a cautious and cautious personality. With an inferior personality, he seemed even more dull and slow in the palace.

When he left the palace and moved into Prince Yu's mansion, because his mother and herself were not favored, the items he carried were shabby than King Jing.

After that, after his mother passed away, King Yu began to live a life of fear, not because he was afraid that someone would murder him, but because he was the eldest child of Emperor Jiajing.

At that time, although King Yu knew that he should inherit Dabao according to the ancestral system, he lacked fatherly love since childhood. Emperor Jiajing's image in King Yu's mind was extremely vague, so he did not think about this too much. Perhaps when he was in the palace, he always thought that he would only become a vassal king in the future.

Moreover, King Yu was also extremely sensitive at that time. When rumors spread outside that Emperor Jiajing might have planned to make King Jing the crown prince, he felt heartache and deep fear for a moment.

He was worried that because his existence hindered King Jing's path to being named crown prince, he was hated and even secretly murdered.

He didn't want to compete for that position. When his father arranged for Gao Gong to join the royal palace to be a lecturer and was responsible for the affairs of the royal palace, King Yu chose to let go, and he didn't want to care about anything.

He handed over the affairs of the inner court of the royal palace to the trusted eunuch Li Fang, while all the affairs of the outer court of the royal palace were handed over to Gao Gong to deal with.

He wanted to use this method to express that he did not have the intention of fighting for the throne, so he could live well.

However, he did not expect that whether it was Li Fang or Gao Gong, the affairs in the palace were arranged in an orderly manner, and he was still trying to expand his influence and develop his power, and wanted to help him fight for the position of crown prince.

However, at that time, King Yu had no intention of fighting, but was just silently paying attention to their efforts and delegating power to them completely.

At first, King Yu delegated power just to show his indifferent way of doing things, but he didn't expect that such a method would have achieved such results. After delegating power, the royal palace was well managed by Li Fang and Gao Gong, without any confusion.

Gao Gong's struggle outside seemed to have made Prince Yu's Mansion regained its presence in the capital. At least many officials in the court showed their closeness to Prince Yu's Mansion.

At this time, King Yu began to realize that he had found a capable and trustworthy minister who could do things well, better than him, without having to do everything himself.

Although Prince Yu's Mansion has also experienced many hardships, especially because of the Ministry of Revenue, Prince Yu's Mansion almost couldn't get rid of the blame. Not only did Prince Yu deeply understand the importance of money, but also the importance of power.

Sometimes, status is not as good as a little bit of real power.

However, it seems that it was recently that after I learned that my father had confirmed that his fourth brother King Jing was vassal of De'an Mansion, I suddenly became swelling.

Even when the battle between Prince Yu's Mansion and Prince Jing's Mansion was the most intense in the capital, Prince Yu did not have much idea of ​​fighting for the throne in his heart. It was just that they had to fight, because deep in his heart, he could not feel the care of Emperor Jiajing for him. Will such a father pass the throne to him?

Yes, King Yu, who had no intention of fighting at all, was inexplicably hit by the pie. As the only prince who was left in Beijing, he understood what his future would be.

And just today, he realized fear again, which has not appeared in many years.

At that time, because he was indifferent, he could calmly deal with any storm, but now?

Just for the words of Emperor Jiajing, I became worried about losing what I was about to get.

King Yu looked at Wei Guangde at this time, "You are right, I've been obsessed with it during this period."

Speaking of this, King Yu was a little silent. After a while, he continued, "I don't hide it from Guangde. Before, I never thought I could do it."

King Yu's words made Wei Guangde feel a little desolate, but he still didn't understand. When he first came into contact with Prince Yu's mansion, he didn't realize that Prince Yu had no intention of competing for the crown prince at that time. The entire Prince Yu's mansion seemed to be a whole, and he was working hard to protect Prince Yu for the position of crown prince.

However, what King Yu said just now and the feelings he revealed were not like falsehood.

At this moment, Li Fang was not there next to King Yu. When Wei Guangde came, Li Fang had already walked to the carriage and talked to Chen Ju.

Although Chen Ju has been helping Prince Yu's Mansion to do things, it is hindered by the rules. After all, this is near Xiyuan, so it is still difficult for him to come directly to meet Prince Yu.

Only two people stood here and talked, perhaps because Wei Guangde had not been in the royal palace for a long time and had not yet shown a strong attitude of protecting King Yu's victory over the position of crown prince, so King Yu could say these words in front of him.

Although there were some contradictions, Wei Guangde still understood that it seemed that Gao Gong and the others carried King Yu forward along the way.

As a monarch, he must possess the basic qualities and great talents. This is something that cannot be seen from King Yu. This may be a founding king.

After reading "Zizhi Tongjian", Wei Guangde knew that the three basic qualities written in the book should possess as a king, namely "benevolence", "clearity" and "martial".

Three basic qualities must be possessed, namely the so-called "benevolence", "clearity" and "martial".

Since "benevolence" is the benevolence of an emperor, it does not mean that he is gentle and kind or full of benevolence, righteousness and morality in his daily life, but that he must be virtuous and benevolent by heaven and earth, and that he must "promote education, cultivate politics, nourish the people, and benefit all things."

Does King Yu have this quality?

The people of King Yu are good. As for whether they have great benevolence and righteousness, Wei Guangde believes that as long as they do not harm their own interests, King Yu should accept it. At least when the interests are not damaged much, King Yu should be willing to show his "benevolence" to the world.

"Ming" does not mean that the king can see the state of the country clearly, distinguish the ability of his subjects, understand the way of governing the country, and have his own clear position.

In fact, the word "Ming" is a bit general, and Wei Guangde is not easy to summarize, but he knows the general meaning.

King Yu lived outside the palace for many years. Although he had been walking among the people, he was outside the palace after all, and he knew a lot more or less. As for the ability to identify people, at least the person who entrusted the power to the person whom King Yu had entrusted him with no disappointment so far.

As for the way of governing the country, Wei Guangde felt that King Yu did not think about it in that direction, or he had no specific goal. The word "明" seemed a little bit dark when used on King Yu.

As for the last "martial arts", it does not mean martial arts, nor does it mean that the king should be strong and powerful, and the killing spirit, but rather, it means that when encountering problems, you should take advantage of the situation and make accurate and firm decisions based on the principles, so as not to be affected by the confusing words.

Therefore, this "martial arts" does not mean being arbitrary, but being bold and responsible.

So can King Yu afford the word "wu"?

Obviously, judging from the previous situation of King Yu's concerns about gains and losses, King Yu could not afford it.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help but feel the urge to hold his forehead. King Yu is really not a qualified king.

But then, Wei Guangde thought that perhaps it was because King Yu was such a person, a relatively weak king, who might be able to give talented ministers below room to use their means.

Of course, King Yu could not compare with Emperor Jiajing. Shortly after Emperor Jiajing ascended the Great Bao, he dared to fight with ministers such as Yang Tinghe until he completely defeated them, not only because he was the emperor, but also had a firm heart.

In fact, if Emperor Jiajing and King Yu were in harmony with each other, they would be a perfect monarch in Sima Guang's eyes.

Emperor Jiajing had "Ming" and "Wu" in him, while the "Ren" in him converged together.

In fact, in the early political situation of Jiajing, if Emperor Jiajing had not changed his nature to practice Taoism, the Jiajing Dynasty might have ushered in a revival, but because Emperor Jiajing practiced Taoism, he only created the "Jiajing New Policy".

Of course, this situation was not created by Emperor Jiajing. It can only be said that it was with the ministers who chose to stand on the side because of the "big ceremony" at that time. Most of them were destined to be unable to hold a high position because of their low ranking in the palace examination. However, it was precisely because they had been in the middle and lower levels of the officialdom for a long time that they were well aware of the various problems existing in the Ming Dynasty and could come up with practical solutions.

Although many new policies seem to be in perfection and have many flaws, many of which have led to many new policies being actually in trial states, most of which were implemented in a certain province rather than being promoted throughout the Ming Dynasty, it still greatly improved the political atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Emperor Jiajing would adopt these suggestions, which was largely related to his ascension to the throne as a vassal king and he needed to make some achievements to stabilize his position.

"Your Highness, it is not easy for us to get to this point. Please do not say what you just now."

Wei Guangde bowed and said to King Yu.

King Yu nodded and smiled loudly, "It's my king's fault, it makes Guangde laugh."

At this moment, I saw Zhang Juzheng wearing a green robe walking slowly from afar, with a relaxed expression on his face, obviously he had done the job.

"We should have done our job."

When King Yu saw it, he spoke to Wei Guangde.

"Yes, the task is done. Your Highness should go back to the palace quickly, otherwise it would be bad if others saw it."

Wei Guangde reminded in a low voice.

Wei Guangde understands what happened before, so King Yu was worried about coming here in person.

Now they have done everything they can do. It seems that only the Minister of Rites has not done a good job, but according to Wei Guangde's judgment, it should be harmless, so he began to consider the finale.

After hearing Wei Guangde's words, King Yu nodded and looked at the direction Zhang Juzheng was walking towards.

Soon, Zhang Juzheng had already come over, and the eunuch beside him walked towards the carriage where Li Fang and Chen Ju were.

After Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng greeted each other, King Yu handed Gao Gong's letter to Zhang Juzheng to read. Zhang Juzheng frowned slightly at the beginning, and it took a long time to stretch it out, and then said something similar to Wei Guangde to King Yu.

"Your Highness, you don't have to worry. What Secretary Wu insisted on is the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites. If there are the words of the Imperial Heavenly Prison and those alchemists, I think your Majesty will not pay attention to what Secretary Wu said."

Zhang Juzheng also understood that as the Minister of Rites, he submitted a memorial to rescue him after the solar eclipse. As for Emperor Jiajing's idea, he and Wei Guangde's opinion were consistent. Those who understand the most about gods and ghosts all had the same opinion, and should dispel Emperor Jiajing's concerns.

What's more, the excuse Wei Guangde found was also impeccable, that is, the troubles of the people in Fujian.

Before, the court's handling seemed a bit inappropriate. Zhang Juzheng also believed that more powerful means should be used to suppress it as soon as possible, otherwise Jiangnan might really cause major turmoil, which would be a bad idea.

(End of this chapter)
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