Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 92: When two dragons meet, the situation becomes overwhelming!
The sign just rang at the hour of Mao.

Half of the people in the capital left their homes, either on foot, in donkey, mule or horse carriages, or in various sedan chairs, and headed towards the West Lake in the west of the city.

The terrain of Shuntian City is high in the north and low in the south. The thousands of springs in the city gush out day and night, flowing along the terrain to the west of the city, forming a vast lake.

This area was called "Qili Luo" in ancient times, "Wengshan Lake" or "Dabao Lake" in the Yuan Dynasty, and in this dynasty, it was expanded to "Haoshan Garden", also known as "West Lake".

The water in Beijing is alkaline and difficult to drink, but the water from Yuquan Mountain near West Lake is the best water in the world.

The abundant Yuquan provided sufficient water for the capital city, but what was even more difficult was that it lasted for a long time.

People from the imperial palace, royal residence, nobles, court officials and so on would all go to Yuquan to fetch water.

The water ripples on the gate tower of the West Gate represent that the gate is where the waterwheel is.

The West Lake has a vast expanse of water, with pavilions and embankments connected together. It is the most famous scenery in Shuntian Prefecture and the most beautiful in the capital.

But it is in this place that there is a Hibiscus Garden covering an area of ​​30 hectares and a circumference of 17 miles. It is the most beautiful pond in West Lake. It is in this Hibiscus Garden that the most magnificent garden in the capital was built based on this pond.

This hibiscus garden is considered to be the most beautiful place in the capital and is named Prince Jing's Palace.

A series of winding peninsulas extending into the center of the lake are formed by artificial mounds and have various shapes, ending at Zeng Dike on the east side.

It was the season, and the lakeside was shaded by weeping willows with lush green ribbons. There were also many cotinus coggygria among the willows. When they bloomed, the trees were full of fluffy flowers, like smoke. Combined with the lake surface covered with clouds and mist, it was like a fairyland.

King Jing Zhu Zaizhen stood in the pavilion on the "Tianxin Water Surface".

The name sounds elegant, but in fact it is just a piece of dry land filled in the lake and a pavilion built on it. It was named Tianxin Water Surface Pavilion after the poem of Shao Yong, a Confucian scholar in the Song Dynasty: "When the moon reaches the center of the sky, the wind comes to the surface of the water."

This is a gift from my Father.

When he left Beijing to become a fiefdom last year, he thought he would never have the chance to come back in this life, but less than a year later, he came back.

The third brother is even worse than he imagined.

Although he was in a fiefdom, he always had a timely grasp of the situation in the court.

When the Yan Party and the Qing Clique merged, and Yan Song and Yan Shifan, under the leadership of Xu Jie, joined Prince Yu's Mansion, his heart sank for a moment.

You have to know that at that time Yan Song was the chief minister of the cabinet and also held the actual position of the Ministry of Personnel. Xu Jie was the second chief minister of the cabinet and held the actual position of the Ministry of Revenue. Yan Shifan also dominated the entire Ministry of Works as a junior cabinet minister, and helped his father Yan Song manage the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel.

With an entire cabinet and half of the six ministries in his hands, Prince Jing couldn't even think of what Prince Yu could do. What reason could he have to lose?

The general trend is overwhelming!
Then, Prince Yu opened his eyes.

In name, Yan Song, Xu Jie, Yan Shifan and half of the court's civil and military officials came under the command of Prince Yu's Mansion, but Prince Yu was completely unable to control these fierce ministers?
He allowed the civil service group to form factions within the court and allowed officials from the two capitals and thirteen provinces to impeach Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.

The most crucial thing is that Prince Yu not only did not stop it, but instead played a role in fueling the flames when the factional struggle was at its most intense.

King Jing was full of questions in the prince's palace. If a king cannot control his subjects, what kind of king is he?

If everyone in the court agrees with one person, then what kind of emperor is he?
as predicted.

The emperor personally stepped in to take sides and expelled Xu Jie, Gao Gong and Yan Shifan from the cabinet, and let Zhang Juzheng, who had said nothing from beginning to end, take on the actual duties of the cabinet's second-in-command.

What King Jing could not understand was that Prince Yu, who was supported by Yan Song, Xu Jie and Yan Shifan, did not understand these ministers at all, let alone their private dealings. Not only did he not warn or reprimand them, he did not even give them the slightest advice.

This led to a major incident in which the Xin'an River in Zhejiang Province broke through nine counties, attempting to destroy dikes and flood fields, shocking the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

Yan Song and Yan Shifan died.

Xu Jie taught his son to retire at Wumen. Prince Yu led the ministers to submit a petition with the intention of forcing the emperor to abdicate.

These actions made King Jing feel uneasy, and he even doubted whether his third brother was born to the same father as him.
And his father agreed to his request to return to the capital. At that time, King Jing thought this would be the return of the king.

But unexpectedly, before they arrived in the capital, news came out that Zhang Juzheng's cabinet had submitted a memorial to his father, asking the emperor to select a concubine from across the country and establish a new queen.

Zhang Juzheng's cabinet is clearly trying to make things difficult for him!
The beauties are all young.

When a queen is chosen, he and his third brother will have to call a young girl their mother, and they will not be able to get over the psychological hurdle alone.

Not to mention the queen giving birth to another royal heir.

From ancient times to the present, only the children born to the empress are legitimate. Prince Yu's biological mother never became the queen even until her death. Although Prince Jing's biological mother is still alive, she is not the queen, but Concubine Jing.

It can be said that once a new queen is chosen and she gives birth to an imperial heir, that heir will be the legitimate son of the Ming Dynasty!
The succession to the throne is based on the eldest son, not the eldest son.

What's more, he is not the eldest. His eldest brother and second brother are both dead, but his third brother, Prince Yu, is still alive.

I am filled with internal worries.

External threats are equally serious.

There are people whose identities are unknown who want to send him to heaven through the White Lotus Sect.

Ok.

The true meaning of God.

The news about Uncle Lu was spread to the capital soon after. As King Jing, he was of course the first to know about the death of the White Lotus Sect's Buddha Mother.

It's not Uncle Lu's fault. It's not easy to follow the clues of the White Lotus Sect and find out the murderer behind the scenes.

We can only hope that Uncle Lu will be able to achieve some results in his next mission of eradicating the White Lotus Sect’s branches in the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

not much hope.

If he was the murderer behind the scenes, with so much time, all the clues would be cleared up.

Faced with internal and external troubles, King Jing's heart was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.

Chen Hong's inner court had recently selected a group of eunuchs and palace maids and sent them to Prince Jing's mansion. The chief eunuch walked over slowly and reported, "Your Majesty, Concubine Jing has granted your request and can enter the Forbidden City to meet with the King at any time."

This is a time when filial piety is important. When King Jing returns to the capital, he must first pay a visit to his biological mother.

However, she was no longer a child, and her father lived in the Western Garden, so she could not enter the Forbidden City at will. She had to get permission before she could enter the palace to meet her biological mother.

King Jing nodded and asked, "What about Father?"

There is no rush to meet your biological mother. You will be in the capital city from now on, and the mother and daughter can meet each other often.

But his father was different. He heard that his father had made great progress in his cultivation and had regained his youthful appearance. Although he hadn't seen his father for 10 or 20 years, he really wanted to see him this time.

"In reply to your Highness, Yuxi Palace did not answer." The old eunuch said respectfully.

No answer is equal to rejection, which has been the accepted practice between father and son for many years.

"Alas! The two dragons cannot meet each other. I cannot see my father, nor can I see my third brother. But there are exceptions to everything. My eldest nephew is born. It is reasonable for me to go and see him. Let's go!"

(End of this chapter)