In addition to specially asked the second prince Zhu Cican to send Zhu Xieyuan, who had been named Duke of Li, to return home, Zhu Youxiao also ordered the fifth prince Zhu Cizhuo to serve as the army of the newly established Anxi Protectorate, which is equivalent to the secretary of Zhou Yuji, the chief governor of Anxi Protectorate.

Because the land in the Western Regions is basically dominated by military garrisons and the ethnic composition is still very complex, combat operations are required, and military and political separation is not required for the time being, so Zhu Youxiao established the Anxi Protectorate.

Joining the army is also a newly established official position by Zhu Youxiao.

After all, a great governor must need an assistant to do things.

If the Grand Governor was asked to hire his own staff, it would be better if the court appointed him an assistant officer of the nature of a staff member.

This will be more conducive to the imperial court's control and surveillance of the Grand Commander.

Although people are not skeptical, they do not use them, in terms of system, they must think of people's hearts to the worst and then prevent them.

At first, Lu Xiang was promoted to the Grand Governor. After Zhou Yuji followed Lu Xiangsheng to master various military and political affairs, Zhu Youxiao transferred Lu Xiangsheng back to Beijing to strengthen the central military and political management, and let Zhou Yuji stand alone.

Now that the fifth prince Zhu Cizhuo is the secretary of Zhou Yuji, it is naturally a re-use of Zhu Cizhuo, and he intends to cultivate him to become a person who can stand alone in the Ming Dynasty in the future.

"What does Father mean?"

"Let the second brother send Duke Li back home as the prince. Is this what I want the second brother to inherit Duke Li's disciple and official, so that he can inherit the throne in the future?"

"Also, the fifth brother has clearly stated that he has no enterprising intentions. His father actually asked him to be the Anxi Protectorate and the Duke of Heguo to join the army! Is this to inherit the Duke of Heguo's military power?"

Zhu Youxiao's series of operations made Zhu Cilang, who had always been ambitious, become irritated, so when he talked about this with his aide Chen Wei, his fists were tightly pinched.

Chen Wei glanced at Zhu Cixuan and said, "Your Highness, you have to calm down now."

"I can't calm down!"

Zhu Ciluo suddenly punched the coffee table and roared.

Chen Wei glanced at him and saw that his face turned red, so he didn't say anything else. He could only wait until the seventh prince calmed down before talking.

"We have worked hard to be magistrates in the local area and dare not make any mistakes. As a result, the eldest brother suddenly went to Beijing to serve as the governor. Now the second brother can still send the assistant minister back to his hometown with justification. Suddenly, the fifth brother who is above the county magistrate is actually not willing to do things!"

Zhu Cihui said, then gritted his teeth and said, "I don't agree, I really don't agree!"

Zhu Cifeng asked Chen Wei for a while: "You think, why did the father do this?"

"This shows that the fifth prince is smart and has figured out His Majesty's thoughts. After all, although Your Majesty is a father and son, he is also a monarch and minister, and an ambitious minister. Your Majesty naturally has to be more careful and unwilling to let the monarch's power fall. Logically, if you really want to send Duke Li back to your hometown this time, it should be the eldest prince that said that if Your Majesty really wants the eldest prince to inherit the throne, but Your Majesty does not, it means that Your Majesty is still just using the princes as his own ministers. Whoever makes him feel at ease will use him, instead of really deciding who is the crown prince."

Chen Wei replied.

"Mr. What he said is reasonable! But my second brother also showed his intention to fight for the throne in front of his father, and went to another place to serve as the magistrate. Why did his father give him a beautiful man to send Duke Li back to his hometown, but I didn't?"

Zhu Cifeng asked unwillingly.

"I don't understand this very well. Perhaps His Highness the Second Prince really only thought about how to be a good magistrate, but forgot to contact the court officials. His Majesty has always had his own eyes and ears, so he can naturally see what we don't know."

Chen Wei replied.

"What do you mean is that my second brother didn't go privately with the ministers?"

Zhu Ci asked.

Chen Wei nodded: "Well, otherwise, Your Majesty would not have asked him to send Duke Li back to his hometown."

Zhu Ciluo couldn't help but feel even more depressed after hearing this: "It's really hard to guess the Emperor's heart."

Then, Zhu Cihui asked in a sense of loss: "You said, your father will not give up on me, don't you want me to inherit his position in the future?"

"That's not that Your Highness has always been working in the name of supporting the eldest son of the emperor. I believe that Your Majesty only knows that you are just advocating the eldest son of the emperor, or just like Yuanfu, you are obsessed with the etiquette of establishing the legitimate and establishing the eldest son of the emperor. Your Majesty did not want to value your noble, you must not want to make people feel that he attaches too much importance to cultivating the eldest son of the emperor."

Chen Wei didn't want Zhu Cixuan to give up on the idea of ​​fighting for the throne.

Because he had to admit that although Zhu Ciluo was impatient, he was very upright in dealing with the people around him and gave his aides a high salary. His Chen family has now lost revenue due to the court's increase in luxury taxes and prohibiting land transactions. If he wants to continue to maintain extravagant consumption, his income from Chen Wei in Zhu Ciluo is indispensable.

So, Chen Wei started to say this at this moment.

Of course, more importantly, Chen Wei knew that his master wanted to hear such words.

Zhu Cifeng was naturally relieved after hearing this. It was only related to his own desire to be the emperor, so he didn't think there was something wrong with what Chen Wei said.

"What should I do now? Please teach me sir?"

Chen Wei replied.

"Since Your Majesty thinks so, let Your Majesty continue to think so, thinking that Your Majesty has no ambition to fight for the throne, but just doesn't want to see the throne of the eldest son's throne be insured!

The Ming Dynasty is so big and there are many important positions in various places. In the future, Your Majesty will not only use the prince, but also need to use the people around the prince. If he knows that Your Highness, you have no intention of fighting for the throne and only support Your Highness, then Your Majesty will still be at ease to use yours to check and balance other princes.”

Chen Wei said again, "Your Highness can continue to do things in the name of supporting the eldest son of the emperor. When the time is ripe in the future, as long as the eldest son is eliminated, the power of the eldest son will naturally be inherited by your highness. It is natural for your highness to inherit the throne! Therefore, Your Highness now needs to submit a memorial to argue for the eldest son of the emperor. The more excited you are, the better. In that way, even if Your Majesty is angry and thinks that Your Highness is reckless, you will also think that you are a pure person in your heart."

"It makes sense, then I will do that!"

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"Mother, the father asked the child to send Duke Li back to his hometown. This is to be sure that the child did not form a clique in the court. Are you right?"

The second prince Zhu Cican was asking his mother here at Concubine Wang.

Concubine Wang smiled and said, "Then you can't let your father down, be filial and brotherly, be loyal and righteous, and be kind. Remember, whether it is royal relatives or nobles, or ordinary people, you must be a good person first and learn to be kind."

"Well, the mother is right. The child thinks that although the father is wise and powerful, he often loses lenientness. This is understandable. In the past, when the Ming Dynasty said that the people's livelihood was suffering and all kinds of problems, it was a must-have to rectify it. However, the child thinks that now the Ming Dynasty is in harmony with people and the country is strong, and should no longer rule too strictly like before, but should focus on lenientness to make the people happy!"

Zhu Cican said.

"You don't have to tell me this. I don't know what I know. I don't have much to say. If you have any ideas, you can tell your father. However, I have to tell you that as a minister, you must first remember the word loyalty. As a son, you must first keep the word filial piety! No matter what your father does, whether you are willing to see, you cannot disobey, do you understand?"

After saying this, Concubine Wang asked, and in her seemingly calm words, she naturally had the intention of persuading her son.

Zhu Cican naturally understood the key and replied: "I understand!"

After receiving the order, the fifth prince Zhu Cizhuo came directly to Zhu Youxiao: "Father, my son asks you to take back Cheng's life. I don't want to go to the Western Regions. I heard that the wind and sand are bad, not a place for people to stay. My son has no great ambitions, so he really doesn't want to go."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Zhu Cizhuo with annoyance: "My must go! I didn't raise waste that I didn't eat food or work in the Ming Dynasty!"

"Then you can arrange other work for your child, just don't have to leave the capital."

Zhu Cizhuo replied.

"The harp in that place is very beautiful. They all have high noses, pointed chins, white faces like snow, and thin waists like willows. Have you never heard of them?"

Zhu Youxiao said again, "But since you don't want to go, forget it!"
Chapter completed!