Chapter 514 Don’t Guess What the Unlucky Son Is Thinking (1 update)

Lu Chengtian’s initial plan was that as long as the fight between the princes did not break out now, he would wait until he got rid of these internal and external troubles and the world was at peace. By that time, he would probably be in his old age.

It would be the best for Daliang and the people if the fight for the throne started again at that time.

At that time, even if he wanted to suppress the fight between the princes, he would not be able to do anything.

The imperial family has been like this since ancient times.

Even if you don’t want to, you have to accept it.

He and his brothers also came from this way.

In the royal family, where is the kind of family affection?

He had prepared himself mentally.

However, he did not expect that his sons had become so close to each other without his knowledge.

They were all so friendly and respectful to each other.

The prince pulled his brothers together, gave them strategies, arranged tasks for them, and presented them with merits. Now, these princes are at least a prince, not to mention that there are two princes. The next step is the position of the prince.

However, the prince is not worried at all.

Not only the prince is not worried, but the other princes seem to have lost interest in the position of the prince overnight.

The eldest brother wants to live in the barracks every day, and he wants to train soldiers and become his general.

The second brother wants to be far away from the barracks. I don’t know if the last battle with Da Cang has left him with some shadow, he prefers to stay in the Imperial Academy.

He worked hard to promote the improvement of academic disciplines and develop miscellaneous studies. In addition to teaching himself, he often debated with those great scholars. He was really good at talking. He was invincible in the Imperial Academy. Even the Ministry of Personnel was defeated by his mouth and agreed that the selection of minor officials in the Ministry of Personnel must pass the Imperial Academy examination.

The Ministry of Personnel's nod was a huge success for the Imperial Academy.

It was even an unprecedented impact on the entire cultural and educational system of Daliang.

The concept rooted in the hearts of Daliang scholars was to study, learn the Four Books and Five Classics, take the imperial examinations, become an official, and change class.

Scholars never took mathematics, medicine, agriculture, crafts, astronomy and geography seriously, let alone take the initiative to learn them. They were completely incomparable to the Four Books and Five Classics.

But now, you don't have to learn the Four Books and Five Classics. As long as you learn these miscellaneous studies well and pass the examination organized by the Imperial College, you can become a minor official.

Although officials are different from officials, the upper limit of officials is limited and they cannot become high officials. However, this is an excellent opportunity for those people living at the bottom of society.

This bottom-up reform has caused a great stir in the court.

The second prince really became famous in one battle. Now he is full of attention to this matter. What about competing for the position of the crown prince?

No time.

No energy.

Didn't you see that another great scholar came to compete with him?

As for the third son, he was also the son he had been very optimistic about. He had great ambitions for the position of the crown prince. He himself was also talented and courteous.

He was well-received both in the court and in the Confucian scholars.

Many ministers in the court stood behind him, wanting to support him in his bid for the crown prince position and to get the credit for being a follower of the emperor.

Originally, Lu Chengtian thought that the third prince would be the crown prince's strongest opponent, but now, the third prince has given up the idea of ​​competing for the crown prince position.

Some ministers with ulterior motives tried to stir up internal strife among the princes right now, but the third prince was even more determined and did not even return to the palace, just to not give these ministers any chance.

This was simply a clear statement: take a break, don't follow me, I have no interest in the crown prince position, and there is no future in following me.

When Lu Chengtian knew about this and heard the secret guards describe the distorted expressions of those ministers, he even had an extra bowl of dinner.

Now the third son went directly to the Dali Temple. It was the kind of place where they would search and confiscate the property for no reason

. How could the officials dare to get close to it? Maybe the ministers who were searching and confiscating the property were terrified all day long, and the officials of the Dali Temple wished that the prince would not be so diligent and give them a chance to show their abilities. So the third son went directly to the imperial manor. He

acted as if he was not going to fight for anything.

As for the fourth and fifth sons, they never had the idea of ​​fighting for the position of the crown prince. The fourth son was taciturn and the fifth son was a lively person.

Now one of them is obsessed with experiments in the Ministry of Industry all day long, and the other, during the period when the crown prince was in charge of the country, directly set up a Ministry of Commerce. The fifth son took on the responsibility and started a business. He was not worried about his reputation being affected, and he was as happy as a silly roe deer every day!

However, the Ministry of Commerce did make a lot of contributions to the treasury of Daliang.

Lu Chengtian promoted several sons. Except for the seventh son who had been eyeing the position of crown prince from the beginning to the end, the remaining five sons all found what they wanted to do most. As for the seventh son...

Lu Chengtian shook his head and didn't mention it.

Lu Chengtian never thought that he did nothing and the royal family's fall was already resolved. Although he didn't know how long this situation could last, the struggle between the princes had not yet begun, and it was a good opportunity to deal with the termites in the court!

Lu Chengtian had been lurking for many years, and he had been patient with the many things in the court, thinking only of stabilizing the overall situation. This decision made the court suddenly have a whirlwind.

All the factions in the court suffered. Lu Chengtian had a small account book in his heart. He recorded who abused his power for personal gain, who was corrupt and perverted the law, who was living a life of idleness, who was incompetent and incompetent...

and they were all dealt with severely.

Those who should be imprisoned were imprisoned, those who should be sentenced were sentenced, those who should be dismissed were dismissed, those who should have their property confiscated were confiscated, and those who should be exiled were exiled.

It can be said that there was a big purge inside and outside the court.

Lu Chengtian was in Beijing to sort out the government and rectify the administration. Naturally, he did not forget his two sons who were far away in Jiangnan.

He thought that his unlucky sons were in too much trouble in Jiangnan and had no escape route prepared, so he needed his eldest son to lead troops to rescue them.

When the eldest son arrives in Jiangnan, the crisis will be resolved. The officials in Jiangnan will be directly demoted from high to low positions. Those with problems will be imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice and severely punished!

However, the situation was completely the opposite of what he expected.

Looking at the urgent news sent by the secret guards, Lu Chengtian sat on the dragon chair, his face was blue and red, complicated, but it was hard to explain.

He never thought

that the fundamental purpose of his unfortunate son's letter to the eldest brother was not to ask for help! With his ability to hide, even the chief of the secret guards around the emperor couldn't find him, let alone the people kept by the officials in Jiangnan, it would be strange if he could find them!

The prince called the eldest brother over because there were too many gold and silver treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, furniture and flowers seized from the house, and he sneaked out without so many people.

This time he came out to handle the case, he also pretended to be an official from the Ministry of Justice, which is why many officials in Jiangnan dared to take action against him.

If he revealed his identity as the prince, if these officials still dared to have evil intentions towards him, it would be treason.

Treason and corruption are completely different levels.

One is to exterminate the entire clan, the other is to dismiss the official, confiscate the property, and exile.

Unless one is crazy, who would want to rebel?