Imperial City, Yangxin Hall.

At this time, it was getting late, the candlelight was brightly lit in the palace, and Emperor Chongming was sitting at the imperial desk, still processing the memorial.

Gao Xian walked forward carefully and said softly: "Master, it's time for dinner."

"I'll use it later." Emperor Chongping said calmly without raising his head, looking at the memorial attentively.

Hearing this, Gao Xian hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried: "Master, you have been sitting for a whole day. It's time to take a rest. If you sit for a long time, it will not be good for your health."

Emperor Chongming was diligent in his work. He discussed government affairs with his ministers during the day and reviewed memorials in Yangxin Hall at night. He slept less than two hours a day and had irregular meals. As someone close to Emperor Chongming, how could Gao Xian not advise him.

"Slave dog, just do what you are asked to do, no nonsense." Emperor Chongming frowned. He hated others disturbing him when he was correcting memorials.

Gao Xian looked crying and said: "Master, you didn't eat much for lunch, but now you eat more. I don't know anything about government affairs. I only know how to serve the master well. The master is in good health, which is the blessing of the court."

Emperor Chongming looked disgusted, but he was still satisfied. As an emperor, the people who care about him the most are the people around him, so Emperor Chongming said impatiently: "It's embarrassing, why don't you serve dinner?"

Come up."

Gao Xian burst into tears and smiled, and responded hurriedly: "Yes, yes."

Immediately afterwards, Gao Xian hurriedly stood up and greeted outside the palace: "Your majesty wants to have a meal, but you haven't brought it to me yet."

Upon hearing the greeting, the eunuch of the imperial kitchen waiting outside the palace brought the food according to the rules.

Emperor Chongming's dinner was not that particular. It was just a few vegetarian dishes and a bowl of rice, which was meat, but it was also vegetarian. This shows that he was also a frugal emperor.

When Gao Xian saw the food being served, he hurriedly stepped forward to take the palace bowl filled with rice. He handed it to Emperor Chongming flatteringly and said, "Master, please have a meal."

Emperor Chongming nodded, took the palace bowl and started eating. After tasting a few side dishes, Emperor Chongming suddenly asked: "What about the boy from the Jia family?"

Gao Xian felt helpless and finally allowed Emperor Chongming to eat. This caused trouble again. His Majesty did not need to eat. If the Queen found out, he might be punished.

However, since Emperor Chongming asked, Gao Xian could only reply. He bowed and smiled, took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, obviously prepared them early, presented them with both hands, and said: "Your Majesty, you see, this is what I just said.

It was sent by the inner guard, and that boy from the Jia family made a fuss in the house today."

Emperor Chongming put down the palace bowl, took a few pieces of paper, lowered his eyes and read them, turning over them one by one. The words on them were clearly everything that happened in Rongqing Hall. The expressions of the people and the dialogue were almost word for word, and they were vividly displayed on the paper.

Apparently the Jia Mansion was under close surveillance by spies under Emperor Chongming.

After Emperor Chongming read it, his majestic face remained indifferent, but there was a hint of surprise deep in his eyes, and he said calmly: "This Jia Yun is so wild and rebellious that he wants to kill his father..."

Emperor Chongming was not worried about Jia Yun's life or death. Since there was an edict, people in the Jia family would not do such stupid things if they had some brains. He thought that a small punishment would be a big warning, so Jia Yun returned to the house to meditate, but he did not

Yun's staunchness was beyond Emperor Chongming's expectation.

Gao Xian raised his eyes to look at Emperor Chongming and responded: "Master, according to the internal guard's report, the Jia family boy did commit patricide, but he never did it."

Emperor Chongming sneered and said, "This guy is so confident that he makes me a bad person."

Jia Yun was carrying the holy edict, so the Jia family turned against the rat. Without such good fortune, Jia Yun would never have been tolerated by the Jia family.

Gao Xian hurriedly defended: "That boy is ignorant of what is good and what is wrong. He is so disobedient. It is in vain and harms the father and son."

Emperor Chongming glanced at Gao Xian coldly and said meaningfully: "I think Jia Yun did a good job. A father is kind and his son is filial. A father is kind... Only a son is filial."

When Gao Xian heard this, he was immediately startled. He knelt on the ground and trembled all over. He was an old man next to Emperor Chongming and knew a little bit about the inside story. Emperor Chongming's words were not a metaphor. He was talking about Emperor Chongming and the Ming Dynasty.

The Supreme Emperor who lives quietly in the palace.

Since he ascended the throne, Emperor Chongming has always been controlled by the Supreme Emperor. He was already dissatisfied and struggled for power. The deep love between father and son had long since been exhausted.

If he were not under constant control, the Chongming Emperor would not have had to ask Gao Xian to organize the internal defense in private.

Fortunately, the Emperor was in low spirits in the past two years, and Emperor Chongming gradually took control of the court. Although he could not be willful, he was much better than before.

After the Taishang Emperor rested in the Daming Palace, he rarely appeared in public. As a result, the relationship between Emperor Chongming and the Taishang Emperor relaxed a lot.

Emperor Chongming didn't care about Gao Xian's reaction, and said casually: "Although this kid is reckless and has some cleverness, he can be used, but he still needs to be sharpened."

Gao Xian knew that after summoning Jia Yun during the day, Emperor Chongming praised Jia Yun very much, especially when Jia Yun said that he was willing to be Emperor Chongming's "champion prince" and "anyone who commits serious crimes will be punished." This kind of heart-stirring thing.

The flattery was very popular with Emperor Chongming, so he agreed: "Look at Mr. Jia, he is a very brave man. If he knew that your majesty valued him so much, he would not swear allegiance to him to the death."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongming gave a cold expression and said with a smile: "If I can subdue these martial arts disciples with some small favors, I don't need to have such a headache."

Gao Xian laughed stupidly and did not dare to respond. He knew that Emperor Chongming had been dissatisfied with the martial arts in the capital for a long time.

The so-called martial arts in Beijing is a group of nobles headed by the four princes and eight princes. These people are not powerless, but they "share the same difficulties and the same glory", "everyone is prosperous, and everyone suffers".

The forces of the four princes and eight princes are intertwined, not only in the imperial army, but also in the court.

Take the Jia family as an example. The Jia family has two princes. It can be called the most meritorious family under the king and the head of the eight princes.

The "Beijing Jiedu Envoy" controlled by the Jia family for decades is still in the hands of the four major families and is "controlled" by Wang Ziteng.

The same goes for the four major families. The Jia family has one family and two dukes. The father and son of Ning Guogong, who has a lower title, serve as the military governor of the capital for two generations and control the security of Kyoto.

Duke Rong Guo was more powerful in the military, and most of the generals at the border were his former subordinates, such as Shenwei General Feng Tang, Feng Ziying and his son, who had ancestral friendship with the Jia family.

The historian is not the Duke of the country, and is no worse than the Duke of the country. The Duke of Baoling is the minister, the head of the six ministers, and the head of the civil servants. How many disciples are there?

Just relying on the Jia family, the historians basically controlled most of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. Not to mention that the Wang family was originally a Taiwei, in charge of politics and law, and the Xue family was a wealthy businessman, in charge of money.

Emperor Chongming has always been worried about this, and has been thinking about how to dispel these hidden dangers. However, these martial arts are like "fortresses" that are difficult to break.

What's more, Emperor Chongming's foundation is still shallow and his prestige is insufficient, so it is difficult to intimidate him. In addition, Emperor Chongming is always protecting him, and Emperor Chongming is even more helpless.

Emperor Chongming's heart was filled with hatred for the Supreme Emperor's honor and favor with these nobles. He thought that the Supreme Emperor was also a divine warrior at the time. Could it be that he couldn't tell whether these nobles were harmful to Da Qian? Maybe he was old and confused in his heart. , no longer as heroic as before?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongming sighed, and immediately looked at the briefing paper in his hand. When he saw Jia Yun passing the room, Emperor Chongming said angrily: "The noble Ningguo Gong, who is of the eldest brother's family, actually passed the room to the seventh room. Is it possible that there is no one in Ningguo Duke's mansion?"

Emperor Chongming treated Jia Yun favorably simply because of his status as the head of the Duke's palace. Did he really think that killing a few Tartars would make him a saint?

Seeing Emperor Chongming's anger, Gao Xian cautiously replied: "Master, I sent someone to check and found out that the other heirs in the Ningguo Palace are not suitable for the marriage. Although Jia Yun is from the eldest family lineage, there are no heirs in the seventh family. It’s also in line with the rules…”

Emperor Chongming glanced at Gao Xian coldly, and Gao Xian knelt on the ground and did not dare to speak.

After a pause, Emperor Chongming was no longer concerned about this matter. It was all about the people of the Duke's government. Although there was a deviation, it was not a big problem. Then he turned to ask: "How is Prince Ning doing?"

Ning Wang Liu Xi is the youngest son of Emperor Taikang. He is now twenty years old. He has been favored by the Supreme Emperor since he was a child. There are rumors that if Emperor Taikang was not seriously ill in the 50th year of Taikang, Prince Ning was still young, and the throne would not have fallen into the hands of Emperor Chongming.

In the fourth year of Chongming, when King Ning turned sixteen, the Supreme Emperor decreed that Liu Xi should be granted the title of Prince of the County, with the title "Ning", and he would be appointed to the Ministry of Rites to observe government affairs.

According to the Daqian ancestral system, the prince opened his mansion and studied politics in the Six Ministries.

After you become familiar with the ministry, you can join politics, and you can be promoted to a prefecture king after you have made outstanding achievements and received the emperor's favor. After that, you can be promoted to a prince only after you have made great achievements.

Having said that, since the founding of the Da Qian Dynasty, most princes have only been able to remain as princes in their lifetime, relying on favor rather than merit.

There are only a handful of people who can become the Prince of Palms based on their talent.

And when Prince Ning opened his palace, he was granted the title of Prince of the County, so even if it took twenty or thirty years, he would be able to reach the title of Prince by virtue of his favor.

From this we can see the great emperor's honor and favor towards Prince Ning.

Originally, Emperor Chongming had nothing to say about the Supreme Emperor doting on his young son.

But Emperor Chongming’s half-brother doesn’t seem to be very honest...

Talking about this topic, Gao Xian said carefully: "His Royal Highness Prince Ning entered the Daming Palace at Chenshi to greet the Supreme Emperor, and had breakfast together. After staying for an hour, he left the palace, and then stayed at the mansion."

When Emperor Chongming heard this, his expression remained as usual. Emperor Chongming had long been used to this kind of thing. His anger at the beginning had turned into calmness today. He had no disturbance in his heart and said calmly: "Is there anyone to visit?"

Gao Xian shook his head and replied: "Not really."

Emperor Chongming nodded, and then said in a cold voice: "Keep a close eye, if something goes wrong, I won't let you go."

Gao Xian knew that Emperor Chongming attached great importance to Prince Ning's affairs, so he naturally cheered up and responded hurriedly: "Master, don't worry, my servants will always send people to keep an eye on every move in Prince Ning's palace, and there will never be any mistakes. "
Chapter completed!