Chapter 778 The Journey of Someone in the Cabinet

Zhu Chenhao is ambitious. Like some vassal kings, he never thinks that he is not qualified to be emperor, but he is much smarter than some vassals. He does not think that rebellion is a good idea, and the possibility of success is not enough.

For so many years, Zhu Chenhao has been a seemingly good-natured prince, but what he has done is not well known. He has a close relationship with officials from all over the world. With his special status as the prince, as long as he wants to make friends, I'm afraid no one will refuse. What's more, his methods are also very smart. In addition to giving these officials rich benefits, he will also secretly collect the bad deeds of these officials and make these bad deeds the handle at hand. At the critical time, he basically won't miss who he wants to contribute to him.

But Zhu Chenhao is actually very cautious. The officials he has made are basically officials from Jiangxi Zuojin, covering the surrounding Fengyang Mansion and other places in Nanjing. The surrounding areas must be settled, so that no matter what extraordinary actions his Ningwang Mansion has done, no one will trouble him and reveal his secrets.

On the contrary, Zhu Chenhao has not taken any action in the capital. Zhu Chenhao is very clear that although there are many dignitaries in the capital, this is at the foot of the emperor, and one will cause trouble if he is not careful. The more profitable it is, the greater the risk is. Secret detectives in the capital are full of factories. It is simply difficult to cultivate a network of relationships in the capital.

Zhu Chenhao's idea is to cultivate candidates, one is to choose the right person, and the other is to be extremely secret; For Zhu Chenhao, the leaders of the inner court and the outer court are not the best candidates. The person he needs must be able to be lifted up by himself and rise from an inconspicuous corner to a useful person for himself. For this person, he will be grateful, and for himself, it will be less noticeable. After thinking about it, he chose Liang Chu, who was editor-in-chief of Hanlin Academy.

In the third year of Zhengde, Liu Jinshang became very popular. When the outer court was still breathing, Zhu Chenhao saw the clue. Although Liu Jin's fall was unexpected, it was by no means unpredictable. This person was too domineering. Such a person was not long enough. After Liu Jin's fall, what was the pattern of the court? Zhu Chenhao and his advisers After doing a lot of deductions, he finally believed that Yang Tinghe would meet the head of the court outside the city; once Yang Tinghe came to power, one of the things he must do was to cultivate his cronies, and his many years of experience as an official in the Hanlin Academy would make Fei Hong, Liang Chu and others fall into the sight of Yang Tinghe.

Fei Hong is useless. This person is too straightforward, rude, and has a close relationship with Yang Tinghe. When Yang Ting and he fell down, Fei Hong also gave it to Zhou Ji and Yang Tinghe. The relationship between the two is unbreakable. If he chooses Fei Hong, it is tantamount to exposing his mind to Yang Tinghe's eyes, which is extremely dangerous. Yang Ting and this person are quite calculating, and Zhu Chenhao will never take this risk to let Yang Tinghe know that he has the intention to cultivate forces in Beijing.

In comparison, Liang Chu is a better candidate. This person has a reputation for honesty and straightforwardness, which doesn't seem to be easy to deal with, but Zhu Chenhao soon caught his handle. Although Liang Chu has a good reputation now, he does not know that he was also a romantic figure in the early years. He first came to the capital as an official, coupled with talent, which is his spirit. When the wind blows. The boiling hormones and the coquettishness in his bones made him do a lot of ridiculous things. In addition to doing some romantic things in the brothel in the capital, he also had a dew relationship with some women in Beijing who admired him.

What's more terrible is that Liang Chu married a marriage in his hometown Nanhai County when he was young. After being a scholar, he went to the capital. For the sake of his future, he lied that he secretly married his wife and married the daughter of a foreign minister of the etiquette department at that time. Over the past years, even Liang Chu himself has gradually Gradually, the wife in the countryside had also died. Basically, no one knew about it, but it was dug out by Zhu Chenhao. This kind of behavior is fine if he is only in office in the Hanlin Academy, but if Liang Chu wants to make a difference, he will become a target of being attacked.

After Liu Jin's downfall, Liang Chu and Fei Hongguo were pulled up by Yang Ting and Qingyun as expected, and became cabinet leaders overnight. At this time, the evidence pains collected by Zhu Chenhao came in handy.

One day, the wind and rain were obscure. Liang Chu received a gift at home. A large package of gifts was full of old things, but Liang Chu recognized the old things at a glance. A belly pocket embroidered with green plums evoked his frightened memories. His wife's name was Meixiang, and he left it on the wonderful body covered in this belly pocket. I don't know how many ecstatic memories. See you at this moment. The sweetness is no longer, and all that is left is horror.

There are also some things that I have given to celebrities in Beijing, such as pin rings and so on. There are still a lot of poems written to those women in the early years. These sweet words are still blushing and blushing after seeing them. These things represent their absurd past.

Liang Chu was so scared that he turned over his past for the first time. If these things are announced, his position as a cabinet scholar will definitely be dismissed. After many years, he has finally reached the center of power. Will he lose his reputation if his buttocks are not hot?

A few days later, Zhu Chenhao sent someone to invite Liang Chu to the banquet. Liang Chu didn't want to have anything to do with the vassal kings, but the man came to take out a small dress that he had given to a noble woman in the past to ask for his fate. Only then did Liang Chu understand that the person who cared about his old things turned out to be Zhu Chenhao, the prince of Ning.

Choosing and weighing are painful, but that's for fools who don't know the current affairs. For Liang Chu, all these choices are simple. He entered Zhu Chenhao's trap without any struggle. Although Zhu Chenhao has repeatedly promised that he had no intention to know about this and the evidence will be destroyed, Liang Chu knew that this is to coax three. A year old child.

Liang Chu made up his mind that even if the Prince Ning wanted to control himself, it was absolutely impossible for him to become a traitor like the eyes of King Anhua. At most, he secretly helped him without violating loyalty, and did not violate the standard of loyalty. In fact, Liang Chu himself did not make it too clear. White.

Things don't seem to be so bad, and Prince Ning doesn't seem to force him to do anything out of line. On the contrary, there were several beautiful concubines in Liang Chu's house one after another, which were all gifts from Prince Ning. Although he knew that this was Ning Wang's chess pieces to control himself, Liang Chu was also calmly used. Although they were some chess pieces, the means of these chess pieces were really wonderful, which made Liang Chu very satisfied.

A year later, the king of Ning came to the capital, and the two met secretly again. This time, the king of Ning gave Liang Chu some suggestions. For Yang Ting and the power in the cabinet, Fei Hong held Yang Ting and his thighs, and Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, seemed to know all about Liang Chu's exclusion. Liang Chu rarely has the opportunity to talk. Even if the prince in front of him is scheme, it is better than no one to talk.

Zhu Chenhao gave him an idea. After a reasonable analysis, he was asked to have a good relationship with the empress dowager. In the current situation, only the empress dowager can be compared with the emperor. There is Song Nan beside the emperor, and Yang Tinghe in the outer court can't touch it. What's not to mention his Liang, only There is a harem route, but it is very good. Liang Chu Mao suddenly opened up. He followed Zhu Chenhao's advice, hurriedly close the relationship with the Empress Dowager Zhang, and finally succeeded in becoming the most trusted cabinet minister of the Empress Dowager Zhang.

Yang Ting and later tried to have a good relationship with the Empress Dowager were inspired by Liang Chu. However, in fact, in terms of the importance of their status, Yang Ting and others are more important, but in terms of the degree of closeness, Liang Chu is the first.

The empress dowager arranged to secretly check whether the emperor was infertile. Liang Chu participated in the arrangement throughout the whole process, and the result was earlier than Yang Tinghe that it was Liang Chu who informed Zhu Chenhao that the emperor was unable to have children. It was also from this time that Liang Chu's mood changed. He suddenly realized that the current situation is There will be great changes.

Zhu Chenhao was naturally overjoyed, so he had a third meeting with Liang Chu. This time, Zhu Chenhao told Liang Chu bluntly that since the emperor has no children, the dispute between the emperor will be the main focus of the future dynasty. While everyone does not know the truth of this matter, Zhu Chenhao wants to strive to make his son the most Possible candidates.

Liang Chu was relieved and moved. The son of King Ning is undoubtedly qualified to be the emperor's heir. If he can really raise the son of King Ning to the throne, he will definitely become the first person of merit in the future. Therefore, Liang Chu redefined the standard of loyalty and righteousness in his mind and actively assisted King Ning to complete this matter as his head. Waiting for big things.

Zhu Chenhao told Liang Chu about Song Nan and Kang Ning, and Liang Chu immediately suggested that King Ning disclose the matter to Yang Tinghe. Yang Tinghe will definitely inform the Empress Dowager, and then suppress Song Nan with this matter. Then the situation is that Yang Tinghe and Song Nan will become a deadly enemy. In this way, no matter who can win, it will be in the choice of the emperor's heir in the future. There will be one less rival. Liang Chu also suggested that Zhu Chenhao, while the news has not leaked, he needs to be familiar with him and let King Ning bring his son to the capital to have more contact with the empress dowager, at least to leave an impression in the heart of the empress dowager. Once the empress dowager decides to choose a candidate, she will at least take the lead over others.

Zhu Chenhao was very satisfied with this meeting. He was very happy to see that Liang Chu finally no longer thought that he was being coerced by himself. Of course, it was an opportunity when the emperor was infertile. Liang Chu also needed to plan for the future, and the alliance between the two became stronger. This is a good thing for both sides.

What happened later was somewhat expected, such as Song Nan's bad luck and two military affairs. Of course, the matter of Tartan's side was an accident. If it hadn't been for this, Song Nan would have been finished, but even so, it would have caused no possible opposition between Song Nan and Yang Tinghe. It worked.

So far, it can be imagined that if Yang Ting and the candidate for the emperor's heirs are proposed, Song Nan will never agree, and if Song Nan and Zhang Lun and others are candidates, Yang Tinghe will certainly be desperately opposed. Naturally, the third party is the two tigers competing for profit, and this third party is Zhu Chenhao.

Liang Chu gave full play to all his intelligence. The energy accumulated in his life was spent on this matter, and he also put all his future on this matter.