In the two days after he ascended the throne, Zhu Qiyu did not move much in the outer court, but in the inner court, he gradually began to make arrangements.
Since he has made up his mind to clean up the inner palace, in terms of actions, it is actually nothing more than two steps.
First, the person who removed Queen Mother Sun, and then the person who promoted himself.
Comparing the two, the latter is actually easier.
In the past few days, in addition to Cheng Jing and Xing'an, he promoted a total of four general eunuchs, namely Wang Cheng, the imperial eunuch, Shu Liang, the duzhi eunuch, and Zhang Yong, the imperial eunuch.
Speaking of which, this is all thanks to Wang Zhen. When he went on an expedition, he took away many important internal officials. When the civil engineering incident broke out, there were many vacancies for senior internal officials not only in the outer court but also in the palace. Zhu Qiyu just took it and used it.
However, he focused more of his energy on the outside world. Inside the palace, he only promoted these people and ordered them to obey Wu's orders, but didn't care much about anything else.
At this moment, I heard Wu mention it and asked, "Who are the concubines talking about?"
Wu twirled the beads and said: "Most of the eunuchs in this palace can be dealt with by you as long as you canonize them with edicts, but there are a few people who cannot be acted upon."
"One is Wang Jin, the eunuch in charge of Cining Palace, and the other is Ruan Lang, the imperial young eunuch. The two of them are under Fan Hong's sect. They are not deeply involved with Wang Zhen, and they have been in the palace for a long time. There is no reason, so it is not easy to suppress them without reason. "
Everything must be governed by a principle. Although the eunuchs in the palace are slaves of the emperor, they cannot be dealt with without reason.
There are many Queen Mother Sun people in the palace, but most of them are not of high rank. It is easy to find faults. If it doesn't work, just send them out of the palace.
But eunuchs and young eunuchs like this who are in charge of the inner court yamen still have to pay attention to the rules.
In the harem, everyone was watching. He finally managed to get to this point, but he was killed without making any mistakes. In the future, the harem would inevitably be in turmoil.
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he was startled for a moment, and then sighed softly.
He was also familiar with these two people. Ruan Lang was one of the important participants in the "Golden Knife Case" in his previous life.
As for Wang Qin...
In his previous life, Li Yongchang was still there, so he naturally stayed in the imperial prison honestly. After he ascended the throne, he was recommended by Wang Cheng and became one of his confidants.
But now it seems that the situation is completely different. In all likelihood, he was won over by the Empress Dowager Sun.
In the palace, there are some things that you cannot decide by yourself.
After frowning and thinking for a while, Zhu Qiyu suddenly relaxed his brows and said.
"Concubine, if they have done nothing wrong, there is no need to impose it on others. It is not beautiful if they are taken advantage of. Just keep it!"
Wu stopped holding the beads in her hand, and said with a slightly dissatisfied expression.
"You are now the emperor. You should understand the principle of eradicating evil and doing everything possible. How can you be so benevolent as a woman?"
Seeing that Mrs. Wu was a little angry, Zhu Qiyu took his time and reached out to fill the tea cup in front of him and said.
"Don't be anxious, mother and concubine. My son naturally understands the principle of eradicating all evil, but the question is, can this evil really be eradicated?"
Facing her son's question, Wu was stunned and fell into deep thought.
So Zhu Qiyu continued.
"Mother, concubine, the reason why I want to go to war in the harem is just to make the harem peaceful and not cause trouble. To achieve this, in fact, it is not necessary to kill everyone. As long as the Queen Mother is still in the palace, some things will be absolutely impossible. It won’t work.”
This is also the truth that Zhu Qiyu has just figured out during this period. He cleaned the harem in order to hold the harem in his own hands.
But this does not mean that all of Queen Mother Sun's men will be captured in one fell swoop.
In fact, it’s impossible to beat them all!
In his previous life, although he had never purged the inner palace on such a large scale, for so many years, the Wu family and the Wang family had been in charge of the harem. It is not an exaggeration to say that the operation was airtight.
However, the "Golden Knife Case" and the "Nangong Restoration" still occurred.
Just like now, Sun is the empress dowager after all. If Zhu Qiyu takes away Li Yongchang from him, Wang Qin will appear on top.
Even if he tries to get rid of Wang Qin and Ruan Lang, someone new will naturally take over.
People in the harem often cannot help themselves.
After being promoted by the Empress Dowager Sun, he would become hers whether he wanted to or not.
In other words, the so-called elimination of evil is a false proposition.
As long as the Queen Mother is here, this evil will never be eradicated!
Of course, not being able to eliminate them all does not mean that they will not be eliminated. After all, the number of people who can be saved by Empress Dowager Sun is limited. Most places in the palace must be cleaned when they should be cleaned.
But it is impossible to catch them all in one go.
Wu is also a very thoughtful person. When Zhu Qiyu said this, she understood, thought about it, and said.
"That's fine. Sun transferred Wang Qin away to show his attitude. You have just come to the throne and you are so blatantly touching her people. If word spreads that you have a reputation of being mean and unkind and intimidating the Queen Mother, it is not good."
However, after finishing speaking, Wu finally sighed, a little unwillingly, and said.
"The Ai family can understand what you are saying, but if these people are kept, they are a hidden danger. We don't know when something will happen."
Zhu Qiyu was calm and advised.
"Mother and concubine don't have to be like this. Since the Queen Mother has protected them, she will not keep them in vain. She keeps them to let them do things. One day, trouble will really happen and those who will be killed will not be the only ones. He’s a traitor.”
At the end of his words, Zhu Qiyu's mouth showed a hint of coldness and his tone was solemn.
It must be said that the restoration of Nangong in his previous life made Zhu Qiyu think a lot.
What happened to Cao Jixiang was both accidental and inevitable.
Without Cao Jixiang, there would still be Li Jixiang and Wang Jixiang. They were just eunuchs who conveyed information internally and externally. It would be very easy for Empress Dowager Sun to find them.
So in the final analysis, the root cause does not lie with these eunuchs, but with the people behind them!
Feeling the murderous intent suddenly revealed by her son, Wu said with a trace of worry on her brows.
"Emperor, you must not be impulsive..."
She has been in the palace for many years and has seen many despicable and vicious tricks, but as long as she does them, they will definitely leave traces.
The Queen Mother is the Queen Mother after all. If Zhu Qiyu really attacks her, no matter how covert it is, it will be difficult not to make mistakes.
In the harem, it is easy to kill someone, but dealing with the consequences of killing is the real trouble.
If this is really done, the real chaos will be if there is any rebellion against Jingnan, leaving aside the public opinion.
So for a moment, Wu was really afraid that Zhu Qiyu was really guilty.
Fortunately, Zhu Qiyu was not stupid. He looked at Wu's nervous look and said.
"Don't worry, mother and concubine. I'm not confused yet. Even if I want to take action, they have to take action first. How can I be that unfaithful, unfilial, unfaithful and unkind person?"
Zhu Qiyu naturally understands the truth that Wu can understand.
If Queen Mother Sun wants to die, she can only seek death herself, and the same goes for his brother who is far away in the prison camp!
Conspiracies and intrigues cannot achieve great things.
In his previous life, it's not that Zhu Qiyu didn't expect to be able to do it once and for all, but he knew better.
As long as something happens to the Supreme Emperor in the Nangong Palace or the Empress Dowager Sun in the Palace, everyone in the world will think that it was him who did it or not.
Don't think that if the world is at peace, the country will be truly stable.
There are many people in the government and the public with evil intentions.
If he dares to kill Zhu Qizhen, it won't be long before the reputation of being unfaithful, unfilial, and disloyal will rest on his head.
There don't need to be many vassal kings and clans in various places, just two or three, if they stand up and accuse him of killing his brother and regicide, even if there is no evidence, wars will break out everywhere.
This kind of thing doesn't even require evidence.
As long as Zhu Qizhen died suddenly on the front foot, rumors would inevitably spread among the people on the back foot.
Even if the imperial court can send troops to suppress it, how many times can it be suppressed?
Rules and reverence are difficult to establish, but they can only be destroyed overnight.
No matter what Zhu Qizhen did wrong, it was his brother, the king of Ming Dynasty.
As a younger brother, he can kill his brother and kill the king, but why can't others do it?
Not to mention the ordinary people, but just the generals in charge of the army, what will they think when they see this?
He handed over the capital camp to Yu Qian because he knew that Yu Qian would not have any objections.
But except for the capital city, the generals with heavy troops in various places would not have any thoughts when they saw that he killed his king with his ministers and his brothers with his brothers.
If there is no reverence in the heart and the order of etiquette and law is broken, sooner or later the world will be in chaos!
Yes, there were indeed crimes against superiors and even regicide in all dynasties.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was the Xuanwumen Incident, in the Song Dynasty, there was the sound of axes and the shadow of candles, and in the Ming Dynasty, there was the Battle of Jingnan.
But none of these people are kings immediately, and the country has not been established for a long time.
Zhu Qiyu knew how much he had. He did not have the might of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, nor the great strategy of Emperor Taizong.
To put it bluntly, he cannot lead troops and fight wars.
This is doomed, he cannot personally control the military power like those few.
Military power cannot be grasped by an imperial edict or an order.
Without the constraints of etiquette and order, no one will be truly loyal to another person.
If you want to firmly hold the power of the general in your hands, there is only one way.
Fight on the battlefield with real swords and guns!
Only the soldiers you personally lead will be truly loyal to you.
If you can't do this, just be honest, maintain the etiquette and righteousness of the king, the king, the ministers, the father, the son, and the son, and dance in chains!
