In the seventh year of Tianqi, August 22nd, Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Youjian, who had already cried so much, was helped out of the dormitory of Qianqing Palace by Xu Yingyuan and Wei Zhongxian. When they reached the main hall, they were about to send him to the throne. How could Zhu Youjian be willing to sit down? He is not a rebellious son with no rules. He grabbed the throne and sat on it himself, and the people below did not think he was a foolish king. Zhu Youjian knows how to be humble, even though he clearly wants to be the emperor, he has to pretend that he doesn't want to rule the world even if he is killed... Although no one will believe it, this is the rule passed down by his ancestors.
"No, no, I can't sit on the dragon's throne alone... Wow wow..."
"Your Majesty, only you can sit on this dragon chair now, so don't refuse..." Wei Zhongxian cried and persuaded, while he and Xu Yingyuan asked Zhu Youjian to press down on the dragon chair!
In fact, Wei Zhongxian didn't want Zhu Youjian to be the emperor... Not to mention Zhu Youjian's position? Even at the prime age of 17, he is an emperor who is not easy to control!
But the problem is...if Zhu Youjian is not allowed to ascend the throne, who can come to ascend the throne? My and Hakka's plan to arrange a pregnant palace for Emperor Daxing has come to nothing. Even if you don't go to the bath, it's too late, the bastard hasn't been born yet!
You can't just pick up a child outside the palace and become the emperor, right? Wei Zhongxian, who is nine thousand nine hundred years old, has not reached this point!
Even though most of the civil and military officials defected to the eunuch camp of Wei Eunuch, most of these people were sycophants and did not really want to tuck their heads in their belts and plot with Wei Zhongxian to usurp the throne.
Moreover, among the eunuchs of the Manchu Dynasty, there were not many officials with military power. In the Apocalypse Dynasty, the person in charge of Beijing's city defense was always the British governor Zhang Weixian. This Zhang Weixian is the seventh generation British Duke, and his ancestor is Zhang Fu who followed Zhu Dijing to conquer the world.
Zhang Weixian has been serving as the commander-in-chief for many years, and has been doing this job since the Wanli period. Moreover, the Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty has always been controlled by the nobles of Beijing, and everyone from top to bottom, inside and outside, belongs to them! Wei Zhongxian could not move the Beijing camp at all, and Emperor Tianqi never meant to hand over the Beijing camp to Wei Zhongxian.
Although the supplies in the Beijing camp during the Tianqi period had long since been exhausted, they could no longer fight. But that is also relative. Compared with the Nanhai Zijing Army in the hands of Wei Zhongxian, the combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp is infinitely stronger!
In addition, the Yuma Jian, one of the twelve imperial eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, also had a forbidden army of several thousand people, divided into three battalions: Warriors, Four Guards, and Zhongyong. This army still has some combat effectiveness, but it is not in the hands of Wei Zhongxian. Instead, it is controlled by Tu Wenfu, Liu Yingkun, Tao Wen, Ji Yong and other great eunuchs of the imperial horse supervisor system. Although Tu Wenfu among them also agreed with Wei Zhongxian, he was Wei Zhongxian's ally, not Wei Zhongxian's lackey. It is usually good to follow Wei Zhongxian to make money and share the wealth, but it is not okay to follow Wei Eunuch to rebel!
The great eunuchs Liu Yingkun, Tao Wen, and Ji Yong are military eunuchs who have served for a long time. They are all in front of Jiliao Army now and are not in Beijing.
However, even if they were in Beijing, they would not help Wei Zhongxian rebel. So Wei Zhongxian had no choice but to climb up the ladder handed over by Zhu Youjian.
But Zhu Youjian still refused to sit on the dragon chair, as if the dragon chair would bite people, and continued to cry: "No, no, I am not the heir of the Daxing Emperor, how dare I be the emperor?"
"Your Majesty, the Emperor Daxing has no children, and he has already issued an edict to inform the world. Please do not refuse, Your Highness."
Huang Liji, the chief minister of the cabinet, led the civil and military officials who had arrived after hearing the news. In the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, they urged in unison... Zhu Youjian must ascend the throne!
"No, no, it's impossible. I'm afraid I won't be able to take on a big job if I'm just a man with little talent and little virtue. You'd better hire someone else who's a wise man!"
Zhu Youjian still refuses to do it... Since ancient times, no one who has been an emperor has come to power happily. They have always cried, made trouble, and hanged themselves. They refused to do it themselves and were forced to go up by the people below.
"Woooooooooo..." Someone was already crying at this time. Everyone took a look and saw that it was the Queen who walked out of the back hall with the support of several palace maids.
Zhu Youjian quickly shook off Wei Zhongxian and Xu Yingyuan, then strode forward and bowed to his sister-in-law Zhang Yan.
Empress Zhang is now extremely satisfied with Zhu Youjian. Zhu Youjian gave his unborn eldest son (Zhu Cihong) to her as his son... and also made the son who was adopted by Empress Zhang the emperor. Great nephew! Considering the average lifespan of the Ming Dynasty emperors, Queen Zhang might still have a chance to serve as regent!
So after hearing Zhu Youjian's two concessions, he decided to take action himself.
While wiping away her tears, she said to Zhu Youjian: "Emperor Daxing has an order here. The emperor is obligated to do so, and the matter is urgent. I'm afraid something will happen, so please don't give in anymore."
Prosecutor Zhu You sighed, then bowed his head to Queen Zhang and said: "The eldest brother is like his father, and his eldest sister-in-law is like his mother. I dare not disobey the emperor's sister-in-law's orders!"
Alas, Zhu Youjian's life is really miserable! It's not that he wants to be the emperor, it's that he doesn't dare to be inappropriate. Those people below are completely forcing good people to become emperors...
The miserable Zhu Youjian first asked his eldest sister-in-law, who was "like a mother", to sit down on a chair that was carried up by several eunuchs, and then reluctantly sat on the dragon chair. I didn't dare to sit wide, so I only sat halfway up my buttocks. Above the main hall, the cabinet ministers, the ministers of science and education, the military affairs of the capital, as well as the chief officials of the ceremonial department and the royal horse supervisor, all stood in separate classes - the transfer of power in the Ming Dynasty was a big project, and it had just begun. ! Although Zhu Youjian was promoted to the throne, he was not the real emperor yet, but just the successor emperor. There were still many steps before he officially ascended the throne. How these steps are to be taken, how to ensure a smooth transition of power, and how to balance the interests of all parties, all must be finalized immediately in the Qianqing Palace.
To put it bluntly, today's informal court meeting will determine the power structure of the Ming Dynasty until Zhu Youjian completely takes control.
Due to the existence of Wei Zhongxian's party, Zhu Youjian's power base where he ascended the throne was weaker than that of the previous Ming emperors.
Because the Ming emperors in the past might not be able to control the treacherous officials in the outer court, but they could still control the eunuchs in the inner court.
And Zhu Youjian is a polished emperor!
The outer court is unreliable, and the inner court has Wei Zhongxian, who is all-powerful and difficult to control. What he really held in his hands were the few eunuchs who followed from Prince Xin's Mansion.
In addition, there is Zhang Yan, the eldest sister-in-law who is like a mother, and can be regarded as a reliable ally of Zhu Youjian - without Zhang Yan, Zhu Youjian would most likely not be able to become emperor.
Zhu Youjian had to remember this great favor, so he had to stand with Queen Zhang...against Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family!
As for the possibility of cooperating with Wei Zhongxian... there is no chance at all!
Because of cooperation, Zhu Youjian must recognize Wei Zhongxian's status in the inner court and the outer court, and it will also cause Empress Zhang to lose all her strength. In this way, Zhu Youjian will become a real polished emperor.
Therefore, it is necessary to eradicate Wei Zhongxian!
And it can be done!
Because Wei Zhongxian's plate looks big, but his foundation is weak. Unless Zhu Youjian is willing to be Wei Zhongxian's puppet and let him continue to grow, it will not be difficult to eradicate Wei Zhongxian.
However, Wei Zhongxian's strength originally belonged to Tianqi, that is, to the emperor! When Zhu Youjian eradicates Wei Zhongxian, he will definitely deal a major blow to the forces that rely on Wei Zhongxian, thereby weakening the strength of the "imperial party".
Zhu Youjian suffered from this in his previous life!
Fortunately, he has learned the "Emperor Lesson" from Nizi for more than fifty years, and now he has a way to eradicate Wei Zhongxian while greatly increasing his own strength!
In the final analysis, the struggle in the court is about strength!
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian sighed and said: "The lonely king has little virtue and little talent, and he doesn't usually study. He really can't cope with it, so he has to let Xu Banban be the pen holder, Zhou Banban be in charge of the Qing palace, and the business partner." I am accompanying you as the Royal Horse Supervisor. Sister-in-law, factory ministers, what do you think?"
