"Your Majesty, what is the matter?"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand again, all the courtiers in the garden retreated, the guards were twenty paces away, pressing the hilts of their swords and gawking around.

Looking at Liu Sango in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice, "The position of the Crown Prince!"

Liu Sango's heart thumped, after the abolition of the prime minister, he, the Zhongshu Sheriff, was the head of the civil officials of Daming. The emperor asked about the matter of the Crown Prince, it is not unexpected, but the heart is inevitably a little apprehensive.

The Crown Prince is the future emperor, and now that the emperor is old and the crown prince is newly gone, the dark tide of Daming is surging.

There is apprehension and fear in the heart, and there is even more inexplicable worry.

The emperor has many sons, all of them are extraordinary martial arts, hand in hand.

But the righteousness of the scholar in his heart, the responsibility of being the chief minister, gradually suppressed these emotions.

Liu Sango rose and bowed, "Your Majesty is asking the minister about the establishment of the Crown Prince!"

"Precisely!" Zhu Yuanzhang continued in a deep voice, "The Crown Prince has suddenly left, our hearts are empty. The Crown Prince is a matter of the countryside of the Ming Dynasty. You are a learned man, let's nag you first!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's words fell, only to see Liu Sango organizing his clothes and robes, kneeling down with a solemn face.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly!"

"What are you doing, we called you here to let you talk, you see what you are kneeling for?"

Liu Sango still kneeling, looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "I, please set up the grandson as the great-grandson!"

Imperial grandson?

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to help Liu Sango's arm stopped.

He asked with a calm face, "Why?"

"The father died and the son succeeded, human ethics. Moreover, the royal grandson has already become an adult, so the crown prince lineage, for the first son of the imperial Ming, should set up the royal grandson as a reserve, the future inheritance of the great system, for the king of the great Ming!"

Finished, then kowtow.

Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him, however, did not speak for a long time and fell into silence.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not hesitating, to be honest, he also wants to establish the imperial grandson.

But as an emperor, as a father, in the face of his sons who had distinguished themselves in battle, these words could not come out of his mouth. He could only seek out his courtiers, hoping that it would come out of their mouths.

Now that the minister had said it, but for some reason, his heart felt a little bad.

Establish a grandson?

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a moment and mused, "Why? Although the crown prince is gone, we still have other sons." Said, paused, "These sons of ours in the borderlands, although not as good as the crown prince, but also not bad."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up with his hands behind his back, slowly walking forward, "Just like King Yan, our oldest four in Beiping, leading the border army, has won many battles and has a resolute and bold character, is also a good candidate ah?"

"If His Majesty establishes the King of Yan, then where does that leave the two kings of Qin and Jin?" Liu Sango said aloud.

King of Qin, King of Jin.

Zhu Yuanzhang's second and third sons.

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According to Confucian etiquette, the heir apparent should be in order of seniority, so how could he skip his two older brothers and establish the fourth prince, King Yan?

Moreover, in what Liu Sango said, there is a secret story hidden in the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, King Yan Zhu Di, is not the late Queen Ma out, so it is not Zhu Yuanzhang's first son.

But the people who know this matter, not many. Those who do know, don't dare to say.

The two older first sons were there, and there was no reason to choose Zhu Di.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was still silent, Liu Sango continued.

"Yan Wang is in charge of the border army in the land of Beiping, Qin Wang Jin Wang as well as holding a heavy army, if your majesty insists on setting up Yan Wang, if your majesty after a hundred years, the two kings of Qin and Jin are not convinced." Liu Sango looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's back, "Does Your Majesty not know that the seven kings of the Han Dynasty, as well as the chaos of the eight kings of the Jin Dynasty?"

"Bold!" Zhu Yuanzhang turns back and bursts into anger, "Are you saying that after we die, our sons, the descendants of the Zhu family will meet each other with swords?"

Liu Sango was awe-inspiring, and kowtowed, "I, am just telling the truth, using history as a mirror!"

"Hey!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed in anger.

In fact, what Liu Sango could think of, he also thought of.

Establishing a crown prince amongst the kings, a little bit of carelessness, and in the future, it would be a civil war in Daming.

These sons of his are not oil-saving lamps, and it would be strange if his son, Zhu Yuanzhang, would not even dare to think about this seat.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ponder, then opened his mouth, "Then, according to you, to set up a royal grandson, can the kings be convinced?" Said, sighed, "we are old, yellow earth buried to the chest of the people, in case we set up the grandson in the future, can not suppress his uncles, is not to fight?"

"If the kings have any dissent, the center will send troops to execute them. The royal grandson is the grandson of his majesty, so the crown prince's son, there is a great righteousness and name, it is a righteous division." Liu Sango continued, "Besides, the great justice of the court is there, even if the kings are not convinced in their hearts, who would dare to rebel?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

There were a few truths to this, great justice was the truth in this era.

If King Yan is established, then King Qin and King Jin will definitely use the order of seniority and the difference between the first and youngest and the first concubine to say something, and the kingdom will definitely be unstable.

However, apart from the King of Yan, the King of Qin and the King of Jin were also qualified feudal lords, but not necessarily qualified emperors.

The King of Qin and the King of Jin are good at war, but they are arrogant and unlawful. The character of the misbehavior, like to have fun, living a luxurious life.

Zhu Yuanzhang heart long sigh, difficult, difficult, difficult.

At present, it seems that there is no heir among the sons who can stand up, then we can only set up the grandson.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang turned back and sat down on the stool.

"Crown Prince these sons, which one do you think can be the royal grandson?"

"I do not dare to say!" Liu Sango can say to set up an imperial grandson, but the nature of the courtier, he can not, and dare not say which one to set up.

"Look at you, don't let you say it, what you should say shouldn't be said, also no matter whether we are angry or not said." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and pulled Liu Sango up, continued, "Let you say it, but you pretend to be deaf and dumb. We are not used to you readers, is the set of swallowing and sputtering. Speak up, here only you and I are two people, say what we forgive you not guilty."

While Zhu Yuanzhang was talking, Liu Sango was thinking about the crown prince's sons.

The oldest is only the second son, King Huai Zhu Yun炆.

One year younger than Zhu Yunhuai was the crown prince's first son, King Wu Zhu Yunhuai.

Zhu Yun braised is quite virtuous, and the crown prince familiar with the Confucian classics, character tolerance and benevolence.

Although Zhu Yun炆, the King of Wu, was the first son, he was ......

Liu Sango is the world's great Confucian, in addition to the official position of the Chinese scholar, but also in charge of the palace to the royal children and grandchildren reading place, the University Hall.

As soon as he thought of that King Wu's coursework, Liu Sango immediately had some difficulty in speaking.

"Speak ah, we are waiting?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"I thought that the crown prince's eldest son, King Huai Zhu Yun炆, is diligent and studious, and has his father's style." Saying this, Liu Sango sneakily looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's complexion, seeing that the other party did not have much of a reaction, continued, "You can be set up as a royal grandson!"

Finished, Zhu Yuanzhang again a long time no sound.

Is in the heart of speculation, listen to Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said, "Although the king of Huai is good, but also is not the first son ah?"

"This ........" Liu Sango heart was shocked.

Although King Huai Zhu Yun braised is a concubine son, but is the eldest son, the son to mother's honor.

His mother is already the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace's rightful consort, although concubine, but also can be called first.

Thinking, suddenly the brain turns, "Could it be that his majesty is interested in the king of Wu?"

Then think of a school dozing Zhu Yunyun, Liu Sango suddenly head.

Choose him, might as well choose Yan Wang?

"But do you think that the King of Wu is unruly?" Zhu Yuanzhang laughs out loud, "Liu Aiqing, you're looking away!"

Liu Sango is puzzled.

He heard Zhu Yuanzhang continue, "King Wu, his character appears to be cowardly and stubborn on the surface. In reality, my Zhu family thousand mile horse also! Waiting for the prince's funeral once over, the university hall in the middle of you properly teach some!"

Said, quietly looked at Liu Sango, "today's matter, shall not speak to a third person!"

"I, obey the decree!"