Empress Dowager Li's behavior today really touched the foundation of Empress Dowager Chen.
After all, the beneficiary of the establishment of a direct line of succession was not only Zhu Yijun, but also her, the emperor's legitimate mother who had no children.
She could tolerate Queen Mother Li teaching Zhu Yijun a lesson, but she would not tolerate Queen Mother Li doing something detrimental to Zhu Yijun.
You must know that she and Zhu Yijun are a natural political alliance in terms of their direct relationship.
What's more, Zhu Yijun has treated her very well since he came to the throne, and even treated her family well. Not long ago, he thought of being kind to her family again.
Therefore, Empress Dowager Chen had long since reported to her that hundreds of officials had come to report to her on the orders of Zhu Yijun, but they pretended to be ill and did not join Empress Dowager Li to stop Zhu Yijun, and even went so far as to After knowing that Queen Mother Li left Huijimen and returned to Huijimen, she came here specially.
Because she and Empress Dowager Li have been sisters for many years, she still knows Empress Dowager Li very well. She knows that although Empress Dowager Li is usually very sensible, she is also a flammable and explosive person. Back then, Feng Bao sued Gao Gong for saying that "the ten-year-old emperor An Neng" Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng's words "ruling the world" successfully aroused their tempers, so they supported Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng in drafting an order to depose Gao Gong, and deposed Gao Gong the next day, which was quite eager.
If it weren't for these reasons, Queen Mother Chen would not act like a legitimate mother in front of Queen Mother Li in front of Zhu Yijun.
At this time, after Queen Mother Li finally gave in, she softened her tone: "Sister, don't say such daring words. You and I are both Queen Mothers, so we should have more self-respect. As sisters, it is also necessary. Let me remind my sister when she makes a mistake. Just now, my sister said she wanted to become a monk. I think this is a good idea. Let’s go to Changchun Temple in the Imperial City to worship the Buddha and support her!”
"Jun'er has grown up, has read a lot of books, and has his own opinions on things. He can distinguish between good and bad. No matter what is unclear, it is enough to have Mr. Zhang as Prime Minister. You and I are still staying in the palace. , it was inevitable that he would be suspected of interfering in politics, so he simply moved out of the palace and set an example that the harem would not interfere in politics."
After saying this, Empress Dowager Chen looked at Zhang Juzheng and said: "In our name, I would like to send you a kind message to the emperor, saying that we are going to Changchun Temple to pay homage to the Buddha and stay temporarily. We will not be concerned about government affairs. We will entrust Sir to teach us everything."
After Queen Mother Chen gave her instructions, she looked at Queen Mother Li: "What do you think, sister?"
Queen Mother Li was a little reluctant to get up and looked at Zhu Yijun.
"It's not like we're leaving the imperial city. Jun'er and the emperor's heirs can still come to see you and me. Why should my sister be worried?"
Queen Mother Chen said.
For Empress Dowager Chen, she lives wherever she lives. Living with Empress Dowager Li can also allow Zhu Yijun, whom she likes, to visit her more frequently. The key is that she can also keep an eye on Empress Dowager Li for Zhu Yijun and prevent Li The Queen Mother lost her temper again and was unable to stop the incident, causing the royal family to lose face.
In addition, she had to admit that Queen Mother Li still respected her as long as she didn't lose her temper, so she was willing to live with Queen Mother Li to avoid being too lonely alone.
Therefore, Queen Mother Chen was willing to take the monks to live in the temple together with Queen Mother Li.
Of course, Empress Dowager Chen did this mainly to help Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng, so that these two monarchs, ministers, teachers and students could govern better.
She also knew that now Zhang Juzheng, Tan Lun, Qi Jiguang, and Li Chengliang of Liaodong, who had a nominal 100,000 troops in Jiliao, were already members of the imperial party. There was really no need for her and Empress Dowager Li to have a mother-son feud with Zhu Yijun. , and there is no need to be a pawn for those who oppose the New Deal behind the scenes.
Empress Dowager Li now understood what Empress Dowager Chen meant after she calmed down. She also knew that the former empress of the late emperor was never confused about important matters, so she nodded: "Everything depends on my sister!"
Ahem!
Tan Lun coughed violently at this time, but he breathed a sigh of relief. His flushed face gradually returned to normal, and he stood up and bowed to Queen Mother Chen.
"I obey the decree!"
Zhang Juzheng also stood up and bowed his hands to Queen Mother Chen.
After all, to be honest, if Empress Dowager Chen hadn't appeared, neither of them would have known what to do next. Should they force the emperor to kneel down and beg Empress Dowager Li, or suggest that the emperor kill his mother.
Now it is undoubtedly the most appropriate for Queen Mother Chen to come forward to stop Queen Mother Li.
Therefore, the two of them were very grateful to Queen Mother Chen for standing up in time.
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And at this time.
Outside Donghua Gate.
Dingguo Duke Xu Wenbi, Prince Consort Xu Congcheng, Hou Gongchen and other dignitaries also knew that tonight many civil servants would go to the palace to ask Zhang Juzheng to leave, so they all brought their slaves to Huiji Gate to leave the palace. Outside the Donghua Gate of the Jing Dynasty, he asked his servants to prepare a shoulder bag and golden sore medicine, etc., in preparation to treat the civil servants who might be punished by the imperial cane.
Because according to the previous examples, in this case, civil servants would be beaten, and many of them would even be killed with sticks. The Jiajing Dynasty was the most cruel, with seventeen people killed directly with sticks.
Therefore, because these powerful people sympathized with those who opposed the New Deal, they were prepared to do something for these civil servants, which could also be regarded as expressing their position.
After all, what these civil servants did was what they wanted to do but could not and did not dare to do.
"Once he is carried out later, you should go and pick him up immediately. Remember, be gentle!"
Xu Wenbi also gave instructions to his slaves at this time.
Xu Congcheng said to Hou Gongchen: "I don't know how many loyal ministers want to leave their names in history tonight!"
"Yes! It's so touching!"
Hou Gongchen nodded and said: "The Queen Mother must have gone, forcing Your Majesty not to be deceived by Zhang Jiangling!"
Xu Congcheng nodded.
But at this time, they saw many civil servants running out with their hats crooked and loose, as if they had encountered a ghost, and they were so panicked.
"What's going on?"
Xu Congcheng couldn't help but look at Hou Gongchen and asked in shock.
Not long after, the three of them saw the corpses of many civil servants being carried out by Jin Yiwei.
"My ass isn't rotten!"
Xu Wenbi was shocked, looked at the two consorts with a pale face and said, "They were not killed by sticks!"
"Just one stab in the neck or chest!"
Hou Gongchen also felt a chill on his back, and then he started talking, reasoning like an official handling the case, and said, "This must be what Zhang Juzheng meant!"
Xu Congcheng asked from the side: "How do you say it?"
"When the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted to kill ministers, he always killed them with a stick, spanked them, and took off their pants. How could he give them dignity like this now, just kill them with one knife, without taking off their pants, and without humiliation? Only a civil servant like Zhang Juzheng would think so. In order to maintain the dignity of being fellow civil servants, I directly planned to kill these people with one knife, so I didn’t even take off my pants to kill them with a cane!”
Hou Gongchen said.
"These rebellious ministers who forced the palace deserve to die!"
Xu Wenbi, who was on the side, suddenly cursed at the corpses of the civil servants who were being carried out, grabbed his own slave, and even spat: "Bah!"
Hou Gongchen and Xu Congcheng couldn't help being surprised when they saw this, and they both understood immediately.
Hou Gongchen also said: "That's right! Each and every one of them wants to separate His Majesty and Yuan Fu. It would be easy to be stabbed to death, but it would be better to be cut into pieces with a thousand swords!"
"I wish I could eat its flesh and sleep on its skin!"
Xu Congcheng also echoed.
As relatives and nobles of the emperor who have no real power, they have always been able to hide behind the scenes and support civil servants who have the same interests as their own and other civil servants who have inconsistent interests with their own. If the victory or defeat is decided, in the After knowing that the other party has taken control of the government, they will immediately change their attitude without openly confronting them.
Moreover, when Xu Wenbi and other dignitaries saw Zhang Juzheng's domestic slave You Qi coming out accompanied by a gang of policemen, they became even more certain that Zhang Juzheng's power was far beyond their imagination. Even the Queen Mother had chosen to side with Zhang Juzheng, that is. They all bowed and saluted Zhang Juzheng's shoulder.
You Qi was quite pleased with this.
Only Zhang Juzheng himself and Tan Lun, who was sitting on the shoulder behind him, still had a sullen expression.
Because they knew that the civil servants of the outer court were waiting for them to give an explanation.
That's right, at this time, Wenyuan Pavilion, where the cabinet was located, had gathered all the ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
