I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 562: It’s important for them not to have him!
But Zhu Houxun is not such an easy person to deal with.

However, it was impossible for Zhu Houzhao to give up his support for Zhu Houxun, because he had received too much support from Zhu Houxun.
Zhu Houxuan designed a strict security system for himself. The attendants and colleagues around him had all undergone political review. Many of them were children of the royal group and a generation that grew up listening to stories about Zhu Houxuan. It was extremely difficult to persuade such people to defect.

Such a security system made it impossible for "it" to start. It couldn't even send someone to get close to Zhu Houxuan, let alone do anything.
So they shifted their target to Zhu Houzhao, who was easier to deal with.
Zhu Houxun never expected that "it" would extend its claws to Zhu Houzhao. In Zhu Houxun's opinion, they did not have the courage to do so. With Zhu Houzhao's achievements at that time, he was fully qualified to be called "the light of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Houzhao's achievements were already exaggerated, and with a series of successful publicity from the Royal Group, the effect was even more exaggerated. He was firmly ranked among the top five emperors of all dynasties, and his reputation among the people was at its peak.

So Zhu Houxuan thought that "it" would not dare to attack Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houxuan still naively underestimated their bottom line.
This is also what Zhu Houxuan feels most guilty about.

In fact, the reason why "it" dared to attack Zhu Houzhao was that although Zhu Houzhao had powerful military force, the blades of his swords were all facing outwards. If he was like Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, with one blade facing inwards and the other facing outwards, then "it" would not dare to attack Zhu Houzhao.
They only felt the pain after the knife fell on themselves. Zhu Houzhao's knife did not fall on them, so they naturally did not know how painful it was when Zhu Houzhao's knife fell on them.
Not only did Zhu Houzhao's knife not fall on them, but no knife had fallen on them since Zhu Di. They had been developing smoothly and had long forgotten what pain was. Naturally, they had no awe of Zhu Houzhao, so they made the decision to assassinate him.
After hearing what Zhu Houxuan said, Chen Hong couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, don't blame yourself so much. Even if Your Highness had noticed this before, what would it matter? Can Your Highness interfere with the security work around His Majesty?"

Zhu Houxuan was speechless at this question. This was indeed an unsolvable problem.
Zhu Houxuan really couldn't interfere with Zhu Houzhao's security work because it was too taboo.
Zhu Houxuan was the tacitly approved heir to the throne by Zhu Houzhao. If an heir to the throne was allowed to arrange the emperor's security, it would be tantamount to the emperor handing over his personal safety to the heir to the throne. This would be a huge test of the heir to the throne's humanity, so it was a taboo. If Zhu Houxuan intervened, it would easily make Zhu Houzhao suspicious.

Even if Zhu Houxun and Zhu Houzhao had a very good relationship, and Zhu Houzhao completely trusted Zhu Houxun and allowed Zhu Houxun to take full charge of his security work, and Zhu Houxun also shared his security system with Zhu Houzhao, it is really hard to say how much effect it would have.
Security work is a very complicated job. The most important point is that the protected person needs to cooperate with the security work. However, it is difficult to change one's nature. It is simply impossible to ask Zhu Houzhao, who is naturally erratic, to cooperate with the security work. Zhu Houzhao has always liked new and exciting people and things, which is the biggest security loophole.
If we look at it from this perspective, it seems that Zhu Houzhao was destined to suffer this disaster.
Thinking of this, Zhu Houxuan felt a little better.
"It" can mobilize a lot of resources, so they quickly found the right person and sent him to Zhu Houzhao, and then succeeded in one fell swoop.
In fact, they did not expect to succeed in this way. They persuaded Jiang Bin and made a strict plan. They persuaded Empress Dowager Zhang because Zhu Houxuan's reform policy was fair to all. The royal family and clan members were also affected by the policy of equalizing the land tax and the tax payment of officials and gentry. They hated Zhu Houxuan.
It was for this reason that Empress Dowager Zhang was persuaded by Shouning Marquis Zhang Heling and Jianchang Marquis Zhang Yanling.
It was for this reason that so many court officials defected. Although many of them were promoted by Zhu Houxun and Zhu Houxun was very kind to them, they cared more about the class behind them and it was difficult for them to betray their own class.
Moreover, the Ming government was actually a feudal government that represented the interests of the feudal landlord class, but this feudal government produced a weirdo like Zhu Houxuan, who actually drew his sword against the feudal landlord class, and the coup in the capital was more like the feudal government's rejection of Zhu Houxuan, an outlier.
In addition, the old military officers and nobles who were damaged by the reform of the guards also participated. It was precisely because of this that such a huge coup occurred in the place where Zhu Houxuan had the greatest influence.
All the classes that were harmed by Zhu Houxuan's reforms completed a great union in this coup.
Once Zhu Houzhao fell, Zhu Houxun's biggest supporter was gone, and the emperor had to be replaced, so they quickly welcomed Prince Heng to the capital.
Their demands were simple: they didn't care who became the emperor in the end, as long as it wasn't Zhu Houxun! Zhu Houxun, who had been pushing for reform, must step down immediately!
In short: the absence of Zhu Houxuan is very important to them!

In fact, Zhu Houxuan could also get the support of the gentry, nobles, military officers and royal family of the Ming Dynasty. Yang Tinghe had just told him that when Zhu Houzhao returned victorious three years ago, he should take advantage of Zhu Houzhao's victory to win the hearts of the people. As for how to win the hearts of the people, it was to give enough benefits to the privileged class of the Ming Dynasty.
As for how to give them enough benefits, the only way is to distribute the incremental gains made by Zhu Houxuan over the years to them, and not to touch their existing stock, so that they are well fed and represent their interests. They will naturally support Zhu Houxuan to become the new emperor, but Zhu Houxuan cannot do this, not at all.
"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Chen Hong asked, "Your Majesty's condition is getting worse, and the time he is awake is getting shorter and shorter."

Zhu Houxuan remained silent.
Chen Hong swallowed and continued, "Should we prepare early? His Majesty is already like this, and it is impossible for him to give a clear order, but now all his seals and orders are in our hands."

Zhu Houxuan looked at Chen Hong suddenly.
He understood what Chen Hong meant. He wanted to use Zhu Houzhao's things to make an imperial edict.
(End of this chapter)