Zhu Yuan is Zhu Hongsan's fourth son and the grandson of the last emperor Chongzhen. He lives in the direct bloodline of the two emperors. Zhu Yuan has gained the recognition of those scholars who are thinking about the previous dynasty since he was born. These scholars do not want to really be loyal to the mean ghost Zhu Youjian, but Zhu Yuan is their best tool to achieve their personal goals.

These scholars were mainly Han bureaucrats of the Qing Dynasty. If the Donglin Party and the Guangdong Party were second-class citizens in Zhu Hongsan's court, then these former Han officials of the Qing Dynasty were third-class citizens. These guys were all fence-bearing men and they were incomparable to Huang Daozhou, Liu Zongzhou and others who died for the Ming Dynasty. Even those officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and were incomparable to the Qing Dynasty, such as Hong Chengchou and others.

These guys have no political integrity at all, and anyone can do it. Li Chuang came to surrender to Li Chuang, and the Qing Dynasty came to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Now Zhu Hongsan has replaced him, and he surrendered to Zhu Hongsan with ruthlessness and shamelessness. But because of the two ends of these people, no force in the court is willing to accept them. The Chu Party looks down on them at all. The Donglin Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Guangdong Party are similar. Those who can climb to a high position in Zhu Hongsan's court are all officials who fought to the death to resist the Qing Dynasty, so naturally they look down on these guys who have no moral bottom line.

Not to mention Qu Shixi, the emperor would have to fight to the end with the Qing Dynasty after he was no longer established. The Zhejiang Party would rather be killed in the whole city than shave his head. The Guangdong Party was even more so. The three Zhongkes in Lingnan held high positions in Zhu Hongsan's court. So when these surrendered factions saw that there was no spokesperson in the court, they began to look for the prince, hoping to achieve the success of the dragon in the future.

But at that time, Zhu Hongsan and the adult princes had one force. Needless to say, Zhu Hai stood behind Ma Mingyuan. Behind Zhu Jiang was the military, even the fat Zhu Huai, and behind him was the power of the Tong family to support him. So the surrendered faction chose Zhu Yuan.

Zhu Yuan's conditions were really good. His mother was the eldest princess of Chongzhen and his father was the founding emperor of Xinming. This identity was definitely the first choice for the next emperor. The most important thing is that Zhu Yuan had just become an adult and had not yet appeared behind him, so these surrender factions selected representatives to contact Zhu Yuan, and this person was Chen Mingxia, the chief military aircraft of the Military Affairs Office.

Chen Mingxia was born in Donglin. At the beginning, she naturally actively moved closer to the organization and wrote a poem that praised merits to flatter the big men of the Donglin Party. Originally, Donglin's boss was Jiang Yueguang, and Lao Jiang had a pretty good temperament. Although he disliked Chen Mingxia, he could still live up to his face. However, it would be different when Jiang Yueguang retired and replaced him with Qu Shisi. Qu Shisi was strong and scolded Zhu Hongsan back then, let alone you, a bastard Chen Mingxia.

So Chen Mingxia praised Qu Shixi several times, and his face was covered with cold butt. The most serious time was that Qu Shixi was scolded in front of the ministers, so Chen Mingxia hated Qu Shixi to death.

The eldest princess Zhu Mei is gentle and does not compete for power in the harem, so she is very popular, and Emperor Zhu Hongsan also likes her very much. However, the fourth prince Zhu Yuan is not like his parents at all, but his grandfather, Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian, is impatient and sarcastic to the people around him. After Zhu Yuan was sensible at the age of twelve, he found that everyone around him taught him to be close to the prince's brother. In the future, this is your prince. You must respect the prince. Even his mother, the eldest princess Zhu Mei, said the same.

At first, Zhu Yuan was young and didn't know, but as he grew older and knew the importance of power, he couldn't help but have that kind of thought in his heart. What's wrong with your prince? Isn't it just that he has been born several years longer than me? In this way, I will submit to you for a lifetime? In the future, if you are the emperor, I will be monitored for the rest of my life. I am not convinced!

In this way, Ding San and Ding Si were paired with Ding Si, widows and widowers, Zhu Yuan and Chen Mingxia began to hook up.

At this time, if Zhu Hongsan is like other emperors of the Ming Dynasty, such as Wanli, it would not be possible to change the prince. Perhaps although Zhu Yuan is a little keen, he will be the life of a prince in the future. However, he did not expect that Zhu Hongsan was very tough, and Zhu Hongsan was very dissatisfied with the prince, so this time he could let a prince be an imperial envoy and be responsible for the affairs of Henan.

Zhu Yuan was overjoyed after receiving the news in the palace. Several brothers formed their own forces, and now it was finally his turn. He must let his father see that he is not inferior to the prince in terms of ability.

Zhu Yuan stood beside Zhu Hongsan and heard that he had found such a beggar as a teacher. Zhu Yuan was quite reluctant. The ideal teacher in Zhu Yuan's heart should be Chen Mingxia, with means and abilities, and a large number of literati stands behind him. This is the right choice for his teacher. Zhu Yuan looked at the old beggar in front of him, with gray hair and beard, wearing a long gown that had been washed many times, and his face was black. It seemed that he had not washed his face for how long. I really didn't know why my father chose such a teacher for him.

Zhu Yuan was young and didn't know that although this teacher was not good-looking, his character was countless times stronger than Chen Mingxia. The most important thing in life was to be a human being. Although Zhu Hongsan was vicious, he was not like this when dealing with his own people. The trust of civil servants such as Ma Mingyuan, the loyalty of military generals, and the care of the people were the capital for Zhu Hongsan to succeed.

Although Zhu Yuan didn't like this old beggar, he did not dare to disobey his father's orders, so he had to come and salute Yu Chenglong.

When Zhu Hongsan saw that the salute was finished, he said, "Zhu Yuan, Yu Aiqing, you will set off in three days! Zhu Yuan, you will see your mother these days!"

Zhu Yuan is now an adult prince and cannot enter the palace without the emperor's orders. So he saw that there were very few opportunities to go to his mother. Now he heard his father say this and nodded happily.

After the Qianqing Palace incident, Zhu Yuan and Yu Chenglong left the palace together. At this time, Yu Chenglong was already Zhu Yuan's teacher, and Zhu Yuan had to send the teacher away first before leaving.

When Zhu Yuan saw the teacher getting into the sedan chair, he was about to return to his Yanwang Mansion, he happened to see the green roof of the East Palace not far away, and his heart moved to the East Palace.

At this time, the prince Zhu Hai in the East Palace was having a close conversation with Qian Yiai and Xia Wanchun. The facts that happened in the court today were unexpected, and Zhu Hai was unsure of it, so he called his two advisers to discuss.

At this moment, the eunuch outside the door said, "Mr. Yan is here, I'm here to pay homage to you!"

Zhu Hai was stunned when he heard his younger brother coming. Why didn’t Zhu Yuan come to the palace to see him?

Zhu Hai looked at Xia Wanchun and Qian Yiai. Qian Yiai didn't say anything. Xia Wanchun said: "Your Highness, the emperor has chosen the King of Yan as the imperial envoy. The King of Yan and the Prince have a good relationship. This time I will definitely come to ask what to do."

Zhu Hai thought about it and it was almost the same. "Okay, the two gentlemen will sit for a while, I will go and take a look!"

Zhu Hai stood up and followed the eunuch out the door. Qian Yiai in the room twisted his beard and smiled without saying a word.

Xia Wanchun hates Qian Yiai the most, but she looks confident. Xia Wanchun said angrily: "Qian Zigao, why are you laughing at? Is this official wrong? "

Qian Yiai likes to see Xia Wanchun’s angry look the most, and then smiled and said, “Haha, Brother Cungu said that King Yan is here to ask about Henan, but I don’t think so for my brother!”

When Xia Wanchun heard Qian Yiai call him brother, he frowned and said, "Qian Zigao, you are not good at making any suggestions. This official was born in the fourth year of Chongzhen and you were born in the fifth year of Chongzhen. Why did you call yourself brother?"

"You don't understand this, my brother Cungu, you don't understand it. Old friends say that there is no order in their studies. Those who are good at learning will be their teachers. Those who are good at being the juren in Chongzhen for the 17th year of Chongzhen can be your teacher, let alone your elder brother!"

When Xia Wanchun heard Qian Yiai say this, she really didn't say anything to refute it. Xia Wanchun became a disciple of Chen Zilong and was also known to Yu Fushe leader Zhang Pu. He was deeply influenced by the two of them in terms of integrity in articles. He read classics and history at the age of five, was able to write poetry at the age of seven, and wrote "Daimu Collection" at the age of nine. Xia Wanchun was also a child prodigy in Songjiang Prefecture back then.

However, these are much worse than Qian Yiai, who passed the 12-year-old Juren. There are many scholars in Nanzhili, and there are only a few quotas for Juren every year. It is more difficult to pass the imperial examination in Nanzhili than to pass the imperial examination in Nanzhili, so there is a saying that Jin Juren and Yin Jinshi is the Yin Jinshi in Nanzhili.

Xia Wanchun was so overwhelmed by Qian Yiai that he had nothing to say. It took him a long time to put it in a sentence: "Qian Zigao, what does it have to do with the fact that your knowledge is great and the coming of King Yan today?"

"My brother Cungu, do you believe it if you believe it for your brother?”

Xia Wanchun was stunned when she heard Qian Yiai say this. He had also seen King Yan Zhu Yuan. He was a very good young man and was polite to others. How could he come to demonstrate? Is it just for the emperor to send him to be an imperial envoy?

"Impossible. I have seen this as the official of King Yan, and it is different from what you said!"

Qian Yiai saw Xia Wanchun not believing it and smiled and said, "Okay, Brother Cungu, it's good to make a bet. If I'm right, you will serve me with your brother in the future! How about it?"

Xia Wanchun smiled contemptuously when she heard Qian Yiai say this: "What if you lose? I'll be fine if I see me retreating in the future?"

Qian Yiai slapped his hands and said, "Okay, that's it! Brother Cungu, wait and salute to me!"

The two were fighting here. Zhu Hai had already walked into the hall in the front hall. When Zhu Yuan saw the prince coming, he quickly stood up to salute. The prince was the crown prince. Although Zhu Yuan was the prince and his younger brother, he also had to give the crown prince a great gift to the crown prince.

Zhu Hai quickly stepped forward to help Zhu Yuan and said, "The fourth brother, don't have to do this when you come to your brother, you and my brother will naturally be intimate!"

Zhu Yuan laughed when he heard Zhu Hai say this, stood up and sat down. After both of his brothers sat down, Zhu Hai asked, "Fourth brother, what are you doing here for brother? Is there any difficulty in traveling to Henan?"

"Haha, I am here to apologize to the prince's brother!"

"Why did the fourth brother say this?"

"Brother of the Crown Prince, I am not talented and was chosen by my father as the imperial envoy. The Crown Prince also knows that my father attaches great importance to Henan affairs. My brother will probably be unfavorable to the Crown Prince's disciples this time, so I will apologize to the Crown Prince's brother first!"
Chapter completed!