Emperor Qing must die!
Not to mention other reasons.
To put it simply, Xiaoye's murder must be avenged.
Now that he has been allowed to live for more than ten years, it is a reward for his hard work and love for the people.
Inside Weiyang Palace.
The lights are bright.
In full view of everyone, Su Mingzhe finally slowly opened his eyes.
After opening his eyes, Su Mingzhe first saw an old woman with white hair and an old look. This was the Queen Mother of Nanqing and the grandmother of Prince Li Chengqian:
"grandmother……"
"My dear grandson, it's okay. The assassin has been driven away..."
When the Queen Mother saw Su Mingzhe waking up, her guard, which she had been holding on to, was broken by the cry of 'Grandma', and her tears fell on the floor.
Although the grandson is fine, his son Qingdi is gone.
Su Mingzhe also remembered that his father was assassinated in front of him. He was so sad for a moment that he and the Queen Mother hugged each other and started crying.
Next to her was a noble lady wearing a five-color jade ring on her head, a seven-treasure hairpin with the same heart, five phoenixes inlaid with golden steps, and a phoenix crown and harem.
Just by looking at her decorations, one can tell that she is the current Queen of Nanqing and the mother of Prince Li Chengqian.
At this time, when the queen saw Su Mingzhe waking up, she wanted to step forward to check if her son was injured. However, when she saw Su Mingzhe and the Queen Mother holding each other's arms and crying, she felt relieved.
Emperor Qing died, but she wasn't nervous or sad. After all, Emperor Qing was the great enemy who destroyed all the Li family in her plateau.
She has lived like a piece of wood these years, just to keep her position as queen and let her son successfully inherit the throne.
Now that Su Mingzhe had regained consciousness, the queen breathed a sigh of relief, and the rosary in her hand began to spin.
Standing with the queen were concubines such as Concubine Shu Gui, Concubine Yi Gui, and Concubine Ning Cairen.
Emperor Qing reigned for twenty years. Because he was not greedy for beauty, he did not have many concubines in the harem.
Among them, Concubine Shu is the biological mother of the second prince Li Chengze.
Yigui concubine is the biological mother of the third prince Li Chengping.
Ning Cairen is the biological mother of the eldest prince Li Chengjiang.
Since the other concubines had no children, now that Emperor Qing passed away, they would either have to be buried or sent to the cold palace.
These concubines all knew that among Emperor Qing's sons, it was best for Li Chengqian, the crown prince, to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
Because when Li Chengqian was the prince, he always treated others with kindness and he would definitely not engage in any funeral rituals.
In addition to the concubines of the harem, there was also Princess Yongtao present.
This eldest princess is the biological mother of the heroine Lin Wan'er in "Celebrating More Than Years", and her maiden name is Li Yunrui.
(Here, Li Yunrui is the sister of Emperor Qing, but in the TV series "Qing Yu Nian", Li Yunrui has no blood relationship with Emperor Qing.)
(The author makes a bold guess here: one of Si Lili and Li Yunrui may be an orphan from the Queen's family.)
When no one was paying attention, Li Yunrui looked at Su Mingzhe with eyes that were affectionate and gentle as water.
Su Mingzhe and the Queen Mother hugged each other and cried for a while, and everyone also cried together.
In the end, the legendary 'Grand Master' Hong Sixiang came forward to comfort the Queen Mother and Su Mingzhe:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, now that Your Majesty has passed away, it is not appropriate to be overly sad. I would also like to request that several important officials in the court enter the palace quickly to discuss the funeral arrangements."
Next to her, Princess Yongtao Li Yunrui heard this and also said:
"What Eunuch Hong said is true. Your Majesty, Queen Mother, if the assassin succeeds in assassinating Your Majesty, she will definitely not let it go. It is better to call Prime Minister Lin, Prince Jing, and Chen Pingping into the palace first to discuss countermeasures."
"What my aunt said is true, but I'm afraid it's inappropriate to just invite Prime Minister Lin, Prince Jing, and Dean Chen. Also, Uncle Si Nan has known my father since childhood, so he should be invited to take charge of the overall situation. In addition, in order to prevent the news from leaking, please When they enter the palace, they should use the name of the father."
Su Mingzhe followed Li Yunrui's words and looked eagerly at the Queen Mother, asking her to make a decision.
Seeing that Su Mingzhe behaved appropriately, the Queen Mother nodded happily and said:
"Eunuch Hou, what the prince said is true. You should immediately use the name of the emperor to summon Prime Minister Lin, Prince Jing, Dean Chen, and Minister Fan to the palace."
(At this time, Fan Jian's official position was still the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he acted as an agent for the affairs of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.)
Because the ministers entered the palace, except for the Queen Mother, the other concubines were not suitable to stay here.
The Queen Mother asked these concubines to stay in Yaohua Palace where the Queen lived.
As for Princess Yongtao, she was sent back to Guangxin Palace.
After the concubines left, Su Mingzhe asked Hong Sixiang and Yan Xiaoyi to guard Weiyang Palace, and then send someone to take care of Yaohua Palace.
As for Gong Dian, he was shot twice and slapped again, and is currently receiving treatment from the imperial doctor.
Soon, Fan Jian, Count of Sinan, the Minister of Household Affairs, was the first to arrive.
Then Prime Minister Lin Ruofu, Director of the Inspectorate Chen Pingping, and Prince Jing Li Zhi all came.
These people were called into the palace, and after entering the palace, they were told that Emperor Qing had been assassinated.
After a few people were emotionally shocked, they gathered together and discussed.
Chen Pingping insisted on seeing Emperor Qing's body.
Fan Jian, Lin Ruofu and Li Zhi also had the same request.
The Queen Mother naturally could not refuse.
After the four of them saw Emperor Qing's body beaten to pieces by a submachine gun, they returned to the study room of Weiyang Palace to discuss the funeral arrangements.
Lin Ruofu took the lead and cupped his hands towards the Queen Mother and said:
"Queen Mother, now that Your Majesty has passed away, I would like to ask Her Majesty the Crown Prince to ascend the throne immediately and settle matters early to prevent chaos from happening."
When the other three heard Lin Ruofu's words, their eyes widened.
This Lin Ruofu is worthy of being called the "Treacherous Prime Minister". Emperor Qing's corpse is still cold, but this bitch actually wants to be a hero of the "Consultation of the Dragon".
Now that Lin Ruofu brought it up first, King Jing Li Zhi glanced at him and had no choice but to agree:
"Mother, what Prime Minister Lin said is true. Your Majesty is passing away now, so you should ask the prince to ascend the throne as soon as possible."
The Queen Mother did not expect that she would invite these four people into the palace to take charge of the overall situation, but the first thing she said was to establish a new king, and she suddenly felt unhappy.
However, the Queen Mother was also very scheming. Seeing Chen Pingping and Fan Jian both frowning and saying nothing, she was also afraid that the two people had other ideas, so she could only look at Su Mingzhe who was distracted:
"Cheng Qian, Prime Minister Lin and your uncle want you to ascend the throne as soon as possible. What do you think?"
"Grandma, I can ascend the throne as soon as possible, but I also ask Dean Chen to catch those three assassins as soon as possible and cut them into pieces as soon as possible to comfort my father's spirit in heaven!"
Su Mingzhe looked aggrieved, as if he was forced to become emperor.
The Queen Mother felt a little warm in her heart when she saw him. At least her grandson was not a cold-tempered person.
"My dear grandson, the assassin will definitely be caught!"
When Lin Ruofu saw that the Queen Mother agreed to the Crown Prince's ascension to the throne, he continued to play:
"The Queen Mother, Your Majesty has four sons. After the Crown Prince ascends the throne, he has to take care of many things every day. I am afraid that the task of keeping filial piety will be handed over to other princes. Please issue an order to summon the eldest prince back to the capital to keep vigil."
When everyone heard Lin Ruofu's words, they glanced at him again.
The eldest prince was out leading troops, and now that Emperor Qing had passed away, calling the eldest prince back would also prevent an accident.
Lin Ruofu thought about everyone again.
"What Prime Minister Lin said is true. It's accurate."
The Queen Mother also didn't like the eldest prince in Ning Cai's life, so she agreed to Prime Minister Lin's petition without thinking.
Later, Fan Jian and Chen Pingping also expressed their opinions.
Only King Jing Li Zhi has always been silent about matters in the court, just like a clay Bodhisattva.
As orders were issued one after another, the originally chaotic situation in the palace was finally stabilized.
Finally, regarding the cause of Emperor Qing's death, Chen Pingping suggested not to tell outsiders that he was assassinated, so as not to cause panic among officials in the court and inside and outside Kyoto.
The Queen Mother also took it for granted and said that Emperor Qing had died of a sudden illness.
On the second day.
All officials went to court and learned the news of Emperor Qing's death yesterday.
The second prince Li Chengze was so angry that he vomited blood when he saw Su Mingzhe ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor amidst everyone's "three words of advice and three words".
Later, Fan Jian made a petition and pulled Li Chengze into the palace to keep vigil for Emperor Qing.
Li Chengze didn't even have a chance to react or resist.
After the big meeting.
Su Mingzhe was already regarded as the new emperor of Nanqing, and asked Eunuch Hou to summon Lin Ruofu, Fan Jian, Chen Pingping, as well as Guo Youzhi, the Minister of Rites, Yin Mei of Kyoto Prefecture to handle the ceremony, and Xin Qiwu, the young minister of Honglu Temple.
This time, Prince Jing was missing from the meeting, but Guo Youzhi, Mei Zhili, and Xin Qiwu were added.
King Jing Li Zhi did not participate in court affairs, and took the initiative to return to his palace to observe mourning.
Guo Youzhi belongs to the eldest princess of Yongtao, Li Yunrui, and Li Yunrui is one of the women Su Mingzhe has chosen. Therefore, Guo Youzhi is equivalent to Su Mingzhe's person.
Secondly, Yin Mei, the governor of Kyoto, and Gong Dian, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, are both courtiers that Li Chengqian worked hard to win over, and are now considered Su Mingzhe's confidants.
As for Xin Qiwu, he was Li Chengqian's best friend.
After Su Mingzhe asked everyone to sit down and was about to speak, he heard Mei Zhili say cautiously:
"Your Majesty, why don't you invite two great scholars, Hu and Shu, to discuss state affairs?"
Nanqing State implemented a six-ministry cabinet system.
There are three bachelors in the cabinet, among which the chief assistant bachelor in the cabinet is Lin Ruofu.
At the same time, there are two deputy prime ministers in the cabinet: Hu DaShu and Shu DaShu.
These two bachelors liked to talk and were not close to the prince. Su Mingzhe had not thought of calling them here.
At this moment, Mei Zhili suddenly reminded Su Mingzhe of this sentence. Su Mingzhe was stunned and then realized:
"I forgot about it for a moment. Eunuch Hou, please quickly invite the Great Scholars Hu and Shu to come to discuss the matter. By the way, please also invite Yan Qing's family from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to come over."
Although Scholars Hu and Shu, as well as Lin Ruofu, were both in the cabinet and could be regarded as leaders of civil servants, their opinions among the Nanqing literati community were completely opposite.
The Nanqing literati called Lin Ruofu the "treacherous prime minister".
However, Scholars Hu and Shu were known as the leaders of the scholars.
One look at the literati's attitude towards the three people showed that Lin Ruofu and these two people were hostile factions.
Yan Xingshu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was also a unique leader among civil servants.
Not long after, the three people arrived and began Su Mingzhe's first small court meeting after he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.
As for the agenda of the court meeting, in addition to some regular topics, such as the encoffining of Emperor Qing, there was also the re-division of several departmental affairs.
First of all, the cabinet is still dominated by Lin Ruofu, who is also in charge of the Ministry of Justice.
The remaining five departments are respectively headed by Fan Jian in charge of the household department, Yan Xingshu in charge of the official department, Guo Youzhi in charge of the rites department, Shu Dajun in charge of the engineering department, and Princess Liu Guo in charge of the military department.
In addition, Academician Hu was in charge of the Imperial Procuratorate, Chen Pingping was in charge of the Procuratorate, Mei Zhili was transferred to the position of minister of Dali Temple, and Xin Qiwu was in charge of the Zhongshu sect.
The "Zhongshu Menxia" of the Nanqing court was referred to as "Zhongshu".
In the Nanqing court, the function of the "Zhongshu" was equivalent to that of the "Hanlin Academy" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was mainly responsible for doing secretarial work for the emperor and ministers, and was also responsible for "editing books and writing history".
This Zhongshu sect is usually held by the emperor's confidants.
Originally, the affairs under Zhongshu's sect were dominated by the Great Scholars Hu and Shu.
Now Su Mingzhe has transferred the two of them to other matters, and has changed his loyal confidant Xin Qiwu to serve as the new "Zhongshu Ling".
