Although Shoufu is in a high position, the emperor has countless means to make him **. If you want to be promoted to the position of first assistant, you often have to go through hardships, and if you don't have to, you will never risk your future.
And in the twenty-first year of Wanli, Wang Xijue, the first assistant, openly confronted Wanli and even threatened Wanli, which can be described as shocking.
Although this conversation is known only to you and me, I hope you can give a clear answer. Even if it means the end of my royal family, I will make this conversation public. ”
Although this summoning did not have an impact, the outside world will inevitably question it, either saying that I am acting for the emperor's context, or that I am secretly holding both ends and hesitating.
However, I would rather have my body shattered and my family ruined than accept such criticism. So what exactly is this conversation about? It is nothing more than that I advocated the canonization of the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Changluo, as the crown prince, but Wanli hesitated on the grounds that he was a concubine and the queen had no heirs.
Core idea: Wang Xijue insisted on fighting against Emperor Wanli for the position of crown prince, and did not hesitate to use his own family as a price.
In the tenth year of Wanli, Zhu Changluo was born, and he was already a young man at the age of fourteen, and at this time Wanli had no son-in-law, and it was obvious that he was the crown prince. However, Wanli said that Zhu Changluo was still young, and it would take four years for the canonization to be established.
Four years later, eighteen years later, the ministers wrote to Wanli asking Wanli to fulfill his promise. How did Wanli deal with it? He proposed that he was the eldest son, and that if he did not have a concubine by twenty-one years, he would be the crown prince.
The ministers originally thought that in the twenty-first year, Zhu Changluo would naturally become the crown prince, but Wanli put forward the proposal of "three kings and seals", which was obviously a joke on the ministers.
Zhu Changluo is the son of Emperor Wanli, but why is Wanli so disgusted with Zhu Changluo? It all started with an accident. In the tenth year of Wanli, when he asked for peace in the dormitory of the Empress Dowager Li, he inadvertently fell in love with the palace maid who served the Empress Dowager Li, and chose to be lucky.
Although Wanli was the emperor, he didn't pay much attention to this experience, but the palace maid became pregnant. Empress Dowager Li asked him clearly, but he avoided answering, and it was not until Empress Dowager Li took out the "Inner Living Record" that he admitted the matter and named the palace maid as Wang Gongfei.
Therefore, Zhu Changluo was not what Wanli wanted to admit from the beginning, but the mistake he made.
The birth of Emperor Wanli's first son was supposed to be a major event in the palace, but when the news came, the entire palace was as calm as usual, without any signs of celebration.
Zhu Changluo, as the eldest son of Wanli, was regarded as an outsider from the moment he was born. Wanli also has another son, that is, his favorite Zhu Changxun.
Why did Zhu Changxun become Wanli's favorite? Because of Zheng Guifei. Concubine Zheng Guifei is the only constant love in Wanli's life, and her close relationship with Zhu Changxun also makes Wanli deeply love him.
Before Wanli died, he also specially left an edict for Concubine Zheng Guifei to be canonized as the empress, ensuring that she would not be hindered in the future.
Emperor Wanli has 3,000 harem beauties, why does he only have a soft spot for Concubine Zheng? This is not only because Concubine Zheng is the only shrew, but also because she is a scenery in the boring life of Emperor Wanli.
Although the outside world may think that Zheng Guifei is just a defective product, in Wanli's eyes, she has infinite charm and can bring him pleasure. Although Wanli was the emperor, his life was like that of a high-ranking prisoner, who could only stay in one place every day, and his life was monotonous and boring.
And Zheng Guifei is like his antidote, bringing him a little bit of happiness and stimulation. Therefore, even in the face of three thousand beauties, Wanli still chose Zheng Guifei.
The appearance of Zhu Changxun made him unable to establish Zhu Changluo as the crown prince, which is the evidence that he tried to make Zhu Changxun the crown prince. His strategy of "three kings and crowns" made all three sons kings, and the fifth son of the emperor was just to fill the vacancy.
His real targets are the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Changluo, and the emperor's third son, Zhu Changxun. The ministers did not approve of Zhu Changxun being established as the crown prince, so he first canonized the three of them as kings, so that they would be equal in status.
In the next step, he can achieve his goal and be done.
Wang Xijue supported the canonization of the crown prince, and although he was a minister, he did not agree with Wanli's idea. Behind his calculations is a sober understanding of the fact that the queen cannot give birth to a son.
Wanli and the empress have been separated for ten years, and the possibility of the empress having a son is very small. Therefore, Wang Xijue insisted on the union of the three kings to ensure that there was no room for a turn in the matter of establishing the crown prince.
Emperor Wanli wanted to canonize Zhu Changxun as the crown prince, while Wang Xijue wanted to force Wanli to canonize Zhu Changluo as the crown prince. However, the ministers did not understand Wang Xijue's true intentions, and mistakenly thought that he was on Wanli's side, and attacked him fiercely, and some people even went to the cabinet to create trouble.
Wang Xijue knew that they were stupid, and he didn't know that he himself was the stupid person, and he had dug a trap for himself and let himself fall into it.
While agreeing to the merger of the three kings, he had quietly made a decision to support Zhu Changluo as the crown prince. He did this to let Zhu Changluo understand his hard work and prevent him from settling accounts with him after succeeding to the throne in the future.
But he ignored the fact that Zhu Changluo, as the eldest son, inherited the throne as a matter of course, and he may not be able to accept his affection. And some villains will definitely attack him in order to curry favor with Zhu Changluo, if Zhu Changluo refuses to show the evidence of the year, he will be in a desperate situation.
If Zhu Changxun inherits the throne, he will also be in a desperate situation, because his goal is to canonize Zhu Changluo as the crown prince. In short, whether Zhu Changluo or Zhu Changxun inherit the throne, he will be in a two-sided unpleasant situation.
It is for this reason that leads to the beginning of the story.
Wanli issued a decree of the three kings and the seal, but before carrying it out, he communicated with Wang Xijue and obtained his consent. However, Wang Xijue turned back at a critical moment, leaving Wanli isolated and facing double pressure from Wang Xijue and his ministers.
Under these circumstances, Wanli had to withdraw the order of the three kings to be sealed. You know, it's been ten days since this order was issued, but why hasn't it been implemented? While the Divine Decree is supreme, different types of Divine Decrees are carried out in different ways.
For this type of holy decree, because the Ministry of Rites is responsible for carrying it out, and if the Ministry of Rites executes it, it is tantamount to opposing the ministers. Therefore, one can only put aside the decree and pretend not to know.
Wang Xijue's reputation plummeted due to the withdrawal of the order of the three kings, and he became a "street rat". He knew that if he wanted to save his reputation, he had to do something for Zhu Changluo, and what he chose was to help Zhu Changluo go out of the pavilion to study.
Although Zhu Changluo is not yet the crown prince, only the prince is qualified to go out of the cabinet to study. He successfully completed this task, saving part of his reputation.