If Zhu Youxiao was Apocalypse or Chongzhen in history, he might have been moved by his righteous words, but unfortunately he was not.
He also expected that the officials reacted so violently to the emperor's move south.
When Emperor Wuzong wanted to tour the south, the reaction of the civil servants was even more intense than today. Basically, all the officials in the dynasty were unanimously opposed to it, and they even did not hesitate to block the palace gate with their bodies.
Faced with the unanimous opposition of his ministers, Emperor Wuzong was furious and directly sent Jin Yiwei to arrest more than a hundred officials and kneel at the Meridian Gate.
Unexpectedly, these people were not afraid at all, even kneeling at the Meridian Gate. They even wrote memorials and sent them to the palace to make suggestions.
This made Wu Zong completely angry. He imprisoned some of the masterminds and main participants and executed a group of leaders of the opposition. Others were dismissed from office, demoted or demoted to other places. Go up.
Unexpectedly, such harsh measures were still ineffective. Officials continued to issue memorials one after another to remonstrate, and blocked the palace gates several times, preventing the emperor from entering and exiting the imperial city normally.
The collective resistance caught Emperor Wu Zong off guard, and he finally had to give up the idea of a southern tour because he could not kill everyone, even if they were against him.
It seems that this person knows a lot about the events of the Zhengde period. Otherwise, even with his eloquence, he would not be so courageous even if he is a lowly fifth grader.
Do they think of themselves as Yang Tinghe, or do they think of themselves as the weak-minded Emperor Wuzong? This doesn't work for him.
Zhu Youxiao sat at the top and said angrily:
"I have just said that this matter needs to be kept secret. The reason why I am going south this time is for the great plan of our emperor Ming Dynasty. The matter of my going south has been decided. I am not allowed to give any more advice. Please retreat!"
They will not give up. Even if the emperor is angry, they will fight to the end today and will never let the emperor come to the south.
"Your Majesty, are you really going to ignore your ancestors and oppose the actions of all the people and officials? Doesn't your Majesty know the past events of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty?"
"Does your Majesty really want to arouse the resentment of all people?"
If it weren't for the need to pay attention to his image in the court, Zhu Youxiao would really want to burst into laughter at this moment.
Moral kidnapping is a fine tradition. Especially in the late Ming Dynasty, civil servants played this trick to perfection.
This is what they did when they criticized Emperor Wanli. They first disguised themselves as a pure man with extremely high moral character, and then insulted and commented on the emperor wantonly from the commanding heights, without any courtesy from a monarch or a minister.
No matter what policy the emperor implements or what he does, as long as it does not go as they want, he will definitely oppose it, and it will be collective.
From the perspective of future generations, the power of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty was much stronger than that of the Han, Tang, and Song Dynasties. Some people even called it the pinnacle of centralization of emperor power in the feudal dynasty.
In fact, this is not the case. These are just superficial. The power of the Ming Emperor was greatly restricted.
Zhu Yuanzhang's power was indeed great, but his descendants could not compare with him. Even Zhu Di had to obey the literati sometimes.
By the generation of his grandfather, Emperor Wanli, the power of civil servants in the country was already slightly greater than that of the emperor. Party strife was the product of the rapid growth of the power of civil servants.
Officials can indeed make suggestions to the emperor on government affairs, but what is excessive is that they even want to get involved in the affairs of the imperial city, and the emperor's inner court and private life will be told to you.
For these civil servants, this trip to the south is equivalent to being threatened. Of course, they cannot continue to be cowards and must rise up to resist.
The official who was the first to start the campaign was from Southern Zhili, and they were the most sensitive to the emperor's move south.
After the Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing in the 18th year of Yongle, the political center and imperial power also moved to the north.
More than two hundred years have passed. It can be said that the influence of imperial power in Jiangnan has become smaller and smaller, and the scope of coverage has become smaller and smaller. The emperor had no choice but to implement the national policy plan of governing the officials and gentry by the powerful.
Although the Ming Dynasty had a two-capital system, and there was still a Nanjing and a complete six-ministry institution, it was of no help at all. It was not enough to assist the imperial power in controlling the south of the Yangtze River. Instead, it became a protective umbrella for the powerful officials and gentry.
Nanjing has long been isolated from the center of imperial power. From Emperor Xuanzong to the present, for more than two hundred years, no emperor of the Ming Dynasty has been able to visit the south in person.
As a result, the power in the south gradually came into the hands of the powerful local officials and gentry. By the time of Zhu Youxiao's Tianqi Dynasty, the powerful officials and gentry had become a small court.
The earliest factions and party struggles also started here. The unhealthy tendencies in other places and in the imperial courts of the capital were brought about by these officials from the Jiangnan region.
And because of the wars between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin and Mongolia, and the hundreds of years of war between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, all parts of the north were already riddled with holes.
China's civilization inheritance, economy and culture were transferred to the south and achieved stable development. All aspects quickly surpassed those of the north, and talents emerged in large numbers.
Regions like the South, where there are no perennial wars, are naturally more suitable for the imperial examination system. Therefore, most of the officials are from the South. In the Ming Dynasty, the imbalance between the north and the south was too serious. Officials with Jiangnan origins remained at the top of the system, accounting for more than half of them all year round.
Needless to say, the Southern Song Dynasty was a separate political power in the south, and there were no people or things in the north.
It took them hundreds of years to reach their current position of power, how could they be willing to give up?
If the emperor really goes to the south, let's not say whether he and his family will be in trouble, but one thing is certain, their interest system will be severely impacted.
The power they finally wrested from the emperor overtly and covertly will be weakened. Their life as a human being with the sky high and the emperor far away will be gone. They will be under the control and jurisdiction of the emperor again. This is absolutely unacceptable to them. of.
That's why they were so opposed to the emperor leaving Beijing and going south regardless of the cost. Emperor Wuzong was like this back then, and Zhu Youxiao is the same now, and their opposition is even more serious.
But Zhu Youxiao is not Zhu Houzhao. What he has decided will not change because of others, nor will he give up halfway, ruining the good situation that was finally opened up.
"Since you keep saying the wishes of the people of the world and all the people, as the king's father, I want to go out to the capital to see the folk customs and take a good look at how my people live."
"I don't care about this matter for the moment, I just want to ask all my dear friends, why is this happening?"
"What do you mean by labeling me as a southern parade? When did I say this? How dare you openly spread rumors and slander me in the court. Even I am a little impressed by your courage."
"Liu Daqi, as the head of the Criminal Department, I believe you are familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Please explain to me and everyone how they should be convicted for today's incident!"
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