Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 56 Hai Rui takes office and bestows the Emperor’s Sword!
No flower represents wealth and splendor more than the peony.

But once spring is over, it is difficult to escape from withering and falling.

Prince Yu’s Mansion is like the once-popular peony, which has enjoyed too much wealth and splendor and is gradually becoming dusty.

Zhang Juzheng was like a lotus seed that had been lurking in the spring, slowly emerging from the mud and emerging into the water, ready to bloom.

In the courtyard in front of Prince Yu's bedroom, Prince Yu and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other in silence.

After all, it was Concubine Li.

The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun was brought in. Ma Daban, dressed in a tight short suit, was lying on his back on the ground in the yard. He had his arms stretched out, one leg bent and the other leg stretched straight in the air, with a ball hooked at his ankle. His eyes were rolled up, looking at the Crown Prince who was not far above his head.

Looking up from the ground, the prince looks like a small tower, with the small bun on his head pointing straight to the sky in the courtyard.

The prince is gifted with intelligence. He is interested in many things when he is only two months old. His eyes move with the ball and his body appears bigger than that of ordinary people.

Ma Daban was playing football, and four eunuchs stood in the four corners of the yard to catch the ball.

When Zhu Yijun saw that Ma Daban's foot was still hooked with the ball in the air, he couldn't stop smiling.

Although he followed Concubine Li's order, Ma Daban, who was lying on the ground hooking the ball, was still very hesitant. He knew who was coming today, what the prince's mood was today, and who the prince's palace wanted to please. His eyes wandered and he couldn't help but glance around.

At this glance, he saw Concubine Li's eyes looking at him.

That look clearly told him to let go and show off his ball skills. It was fake to make the prince happy, but it was real to make Zhang Juzheng happy.

As a senior companion, his honor and disgrace depend on the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince's honor and disgrace depend on Prince Yu.

The most urgent task of the palace now is to reconcile the prince and the elder. Ma Daban understands that he must use all his skills.

Ma Daban just slightly retracted his ankle, looked in the direction of the prince, and kicked the ball out. The ball flew in a parabola above the prince's head.

Zhu Yijun's little eyes immediately widened and became excited.

In order to please the prince, Ma Daban really put in a lot of effort. The ball actually fell slowly and accurately in front of the prince. The prince bent down, stretched out his hand and touched it, and immediately laughed.

The other eunuchs had already gotten to know each other well, and they would cheer whenever the prince touched the ball, but here they had to be careful about what they did, so the cheers were all lowered in tone.

Prince Yu understood the intention behind the noise, and Zhang Juzheng also understood the intention. Seeing that the prince was playful and active, there was no expression on his face.

At this time, Tan Lun knew he had to speak up, "Lord, the prince wants you to be the prince's teacher, what do you think?"

It gets to the point so cleverly, and right at the beginning it turns out to be such a huge problem!

Tan Lun and Tan Zili wanted to use their identities as the prince's teacher to bring Zhang Juzheng back to the camp of Prince Yu's Mansion.

Unlike Prince Yu’s master, Prince Yu had many masters before Zhang Juzheng, including Xu Jie, Gao Gong and so on.

Zhang Juzheng mixed with Prince Yu's teachers, and it was more like a gift for Prince Yu to win over Xu Jie.

But it is different for the Crown Prince. If the Emperor lives for a thousand years and Prince Yu inherits the throne, the Crown Prince will become the Crown Prince, and Zhang Juzheng, as the Crown Prince's teacher, will become the Crown Prince's teacher.

If Zhu Yijun ever ascended the throne, Zhang Juzheng would be promoted to the imperial tutor again.

Zhang Juzheng's eyes flashed and he looked at Prince Yu. Prince Yu's eyes suddenly lit up and his expectation was evident in his expression.

After exchanging glances with Prince Yu, Zhang Juzheng looked at Tan Lun again, and at Concubine Li who was holding the Crown Prince in her arms but keeping an eye on this place the whole time.

In their hearts, they all had a little more appreciation for the Prince's Palace Secretary, and a little more respect for the shrewdness of the Prince's Concubine. When Prince Yu's Palace was at its peak, half of the civil and military officials, led by Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Yan Shifan, were fascinated by it. There were also wise men like Tan Lun and Concubine Li to keep the internal affairs under control and to appease the external affairs. The lineup was more than just luxurious.

Unfortunately, Prince Yu did not have the ability to control these powerful ministers and wise men, which led to his wrong steps and his current situation as he is walking on thin ice.

In a trance, Zhang Juzheng seemed to see Prince Yu ascending the throne, the court full of powerful ministers who were out of control, and the political situation in which everything was in chaos.

Zhang Juzheng, who had always believed that Prince Yu would become the next wise emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was shaken.

Prince Yu, who is "weak and weak" and "frail and sickly", is obviously not suitable to be the emperor.

From the perspective of the Ming Dynasty's mountains and rivers, Prince Yu is not a good candidate, and Prince Jing, who is far away in the vassal state, is even less so. Without any offspring, will he repeat the mistakes of Emperor Wuzong?

Zhang Juzheng was shocked to find that the emperor couldn't even pick a suitable crown prince among his two sons.

The prince is not suitable, and the emperor’s grandson, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, is only Zhu Yijun at present. It is unknown how he will grow up.

If it weren't for the emperor's success in practicing Taoism, Zhang Juzheng would have despaired about the future of the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, the emperor's health is getting better and better, and it is possible that he will give birth to another outstanding heir.

There is precedent for this in all dynasties. Emperor Jing of Han was seriously ill for several years and managed to hold on until Emperor Wu of Han grew up before passing away.

Of course, this was due to the contribution of Li Ji, the concubine of Emperor Jing, who was known as the "first miracle doctor in the Han Dynasty."

With this thought in mind, Zhang Juzheng completely lost interest in Prince Yu's Mansion and instead looked forward to the Emperor giving birth to another heir.

For the future of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng had another idea in his mind.

Zhang Juzheng stood up and bowed, saying, "I am a man of limited talent and not qualified to be the prince's teacher. Please find someone better."

Prince Yu stood up, and Tan Lun followed suit. Even Concubine Li standing beside him straightened her body, with hatred flashing in her eyes.

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Ok Hee Palace.

The Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard all sent Hai Rui's files in accordance with the emperor's order.

Hai Rui was from Qiongzhou, Hainan. He lost his father at the age of four. His family was poor and he was raised by his mother, who worked as a textile worker.

Those who passed the examinations for the title of scholar or juren had the ambition to clear up the world, but if they were not successful in the examinations and failed to pass the jinshi exam, their ambition would gradually fade.

Now Hai Rui's whole heart is devoted to taking care of his mother. According to the Jinyiwei, Hai Rui is already in his forties, and he spends more than twenty nights a month sleeping in the same room with his mother.

Haimen had a single-line family for three generations. Hai Rui also married early, but he only had one daughter over the years.

When Zhu Houcong saw this, his face looked a little strange. According to the records of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Hai Rui's mother often talked to Hai Rui and his wife about having an heir.

But considering Hai Rui's sincere filial piety and his care for his mother day and night, it was probably a blessing from heaven that Haimen had a daughter.

If this continues, Hai Rui will really be punished by being childless.

"Issue an order to transfer Hai Rui, the teacher of Nanping County, Fujian, to the position of magistrate of Chun'an County, in charge of disaster relief for the county and the power to investigate the case of Xin'an River. Hai Rui is a precious sword, so I will give him another Emperor's Sword. I hope he can become a sharp sword for our Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Houcong picked up the pestle and said slowly, "Let the Jinyiwei bring Hai Mu and Hai Nu to the capital. They will be supported by the court. Allow Hai Rui and his wife to go to Chun'an together."

"I obey your order." Huang Jin accepted the order.

(End of this chapter)