When the news came back to the capital, the whole capital was in an uproar. Many family members of officials and nobles were crying bitterly. At the same time, they did not forget to send people to collect gold and silver and prepare to flee south, for fear that they would be captured by the barbarians too late.
Or be killed directly without a burial place.
After all, Emperor Taikang took away the capital and all the troops near the capital. Now the capital is almost undefended, and the northern barbarian army is not far from the capital. They can attack it in ten days at a gallop.
Even if you want to send troops to guard from other places.
That's too late.
It’s perfectly normal to want to run in order to save your life.
Not only those officials who had died in the battlefield wanted to flee south, but most of the officials who had not gone to the battlefield also wanted to escape. After all, they did not want to die. Even the Queen Mother Sun, whose son was captured, wanted to save her son at the same time.
I am also considering fleeing south, or moving south.
Once they successfully move south, it's hard to say what the future will be like. Maybe there will be another division of the north and the south, and they will live in one corner from now on, and the unified pattern will completely collapse.
Fortunately, King Xiang, who was in charge of the country, insisted on resisting to the end.
When the ministers were discussing and arguing about whether to move south, he rushed directly into the Ancestral Temple and took out the tablet of Taizu Taizong and the ancestral precepts. He strongly stated that he would not talk about moving south again. He would rather die for his country than move south.
Anyone who dares to speak out should be punished according to the ancestral precepts.
clan annihilation...
With the full support of the prince of the prison country, some humerus ministers who opposed the southward move finally gained fighting spirit, agreed one after another, and began to make plans to defend the capital.
In addition, considering that the prince directly dispatched troops and generals, it was slightly unfair and the country could not live without a king for a day. Emperor Taikang only had one son, and that son was too young. The country was in such a critical moment, of course. It is still necessary to stick to the policy of Guoyi Changjun.
The most important thing is that there are now a large number of vacancies in the civil and military positions of the Manchu Dynasty. If they can successfully guard the capital unswervingly and promote King Xiang to the throne, it will definitely be a proper success. It can be said that risks and opportunities coexist. If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to rise to the top, make meritorious deeds and occupy a higher position, it will be difficult in the future.
After all, this could be a life-changing achievement.
Therefore, after careful consultation, the remaining officials and nobles began to recommend King Xiang to the throne, especially after the captured Emperor Taikang knocked on the door and asked some city guards to open the door and let him and the Northern Barbarian troops enter. After hearing the news, the dislike of Emperor Taikang reached its peak among all officials and even the common people in the capital.
Some officials have even called for the emperor to be deposed.
Even the clan was quite dissatisfied with this.
Some stubborn ones even went to the Ancestral Temple to cry.
Under such pressure, she has always disagreed with Prince Xiang's ascension to the throne. Instead, she wanted her grandson to ascend the throne. Her regent, Queen Mother Sun, was worried that if she continued like this, she would not respect her son as the Supreme Emperor, but all officials and nobles would unite the clan. , directly deposed her son, so in the end she could only agree with her nose and let King Xiang ascend the throne.
But she still asked to make her grandson the prince.
It can be said that both sides made concessions, and the entire enthronement ceremony was also very simple. It only took one day to complete it quickly. After that, they were cleaning up all the remnants of Wang Zhen while discussing how to respond specifically?
The newly enthroned Emperor Jing'an knew that he was not capable enough, so he delegated all powers to those officials who were trustworthy.
The battle to defend the capital officially begins.
A lot of things happened during the process, and many touching and touching figures were born. Among them, Yu Shaobao, the Minister of War at that time, was the most outstanding. He could be called the soul and core figure of the entire capital defense battle, the hand that held the sky back.
The final result was of course a success. Not only did they save the capital, but they also fought back all the way to push the Northern Barbarians out of the pass.
After the two sides negotiated peace, Emperor Taikang, who had become the Supreme Emperor, was sent back directly by the Northern Barbarians. After all, the value of a Supreme Emperor was really not much. Instead of keeping him, he had to be given food to prevent him from dying and the two sides starting a war again.
Might as well send it back.
Maybe it could lead to another fight between the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Jing'an, which would consume a lot of Min's national power!
In fact, according to the opinions of many ministers and nobles, the Supreme Emperor should not be brought back, or even if he is brought back, some accidents can be arranged for the Supreme Emperor on the way and let him die. However, Emperor Jing'an always thought of his brotherhood and did not explicitly want to kill the Emperor. In addition, the Queen Mother's party and some officials who were sincerely devoted to the Emperor tried their best to protect him.
In the end, the Emperor returned safely.
Placed in the North Palace.
He was protected by the Empress Dowager Sun.
Emperor Jing'an, who had just ascended the throne and the Queen had not even obtained the Phoenix Seal, was far less powerful in the harem than Queen Mother Sun. In addition, he really had no intention of killing Emperor Taikang, so in the end he only acted on the advice of the ministers and nobles. , prohibiting Emperor Taikang from contacting officials.
It is equivalent to putting him under house arrest in the harem and not allowed to communicate with foreign ministers, but it is actually of no use. The Queen Mother Sun can communicate with foreign ministers. It is just that the communication process needs to be relayed through the Queen Mother Sun.
It's just that because of the great civil and military nobles in the Manchu Dynasty at this time, the people in the city hated the Supreme Emperor Taikang.
On the contrary, Emperor Jing'an was regarded as the Mingjun and the Holy Lord.
He was the king of ZTE in the Damin Dynasty.
Therefore, Empress Dowager Sun and Emperor Taikang, mother and son, did not dare to act like monsters and could only stay quietly.
As for the focus of Qu Jie's concern, Wan Quhou.
Naturally, it is closely related to this matter.
Liu Yu, the father of Liu Taiyu, the current Marquis of Wanqu, died in the war when Emperor Taikang was captured. After the news came that his father died in the battle and his body could not be recovered, his mother became seriously ill because she could not bear the stimulation. , died less than half a year later. Although Liu Taiyu was able to become Wanquhou many years ahead of schedule, he obviously would not be grateful to Emperor Taikang and would only be full of hatred for him.
If it weren't for the influence of loyalty and patriotism, he would have regarded Emperor Taikang as an enemy who killed his father and his mother.
After that, no matter whether Emperor Jing'an was promoted to the throne.
Liu Taiyu also participated in threatening to depose the emperor.
When the news first came that Emperor Taikang knocked on the door and asked the general to open the door to let him and the northern barbarians enter the customs, Empress Dowager Sun asked all those who knew about it to keep it secret, because she knew that if the news spread, there would be widespread resentment among the people. Knowing that her son was Fan operation is not a thing, not a person.
Not even worthy of being a king.
But after all, he is his own son, so he can only protect him.
Then, Liu Taiyu and some distinguished ministers who were dissatisfied with this, privately ordered people to spread the relevant news, otherwise the people would not know so quickly!
In the ensuing defense battle of the capital, Liu Taiyu even wore sackcloth and filial piety, taking all his family's private soldiers and capable servants to participate in the defense battle.
And also killed many enemies.
It can barely be considered as avenging his father.
But after all, the ability is not very good, and the credit is not particularly great, so when the merits are rewarded afterwards, the title has not been promoted, but the title accumulated from the previous generations will not be reduced for five generations, and it is specially allowed to be extended to three generations again. It means that the title will not be reduced for eight generations.
In the Min Dynasty, except for a few hereditary princes and marquises, the other titles were mainly divided into two types, one was to be reduced to a higher rank, and the other was to be a first-generation noble.
It is easy to understand that the title of a first-generation peer cannot be passed down. When a person dies, the title is gone. Many civil servants who have been awarded basically have this type of title.
Marquis Wanqu was one of those who were demoted to a higher rank.
When a father passes it on to his son, he needs to be demoted to the next rank.
But, if they have made meritorious service, but the merit is not enough to be promoted to a noble title, or to be promoted from a marquis to a duke, then they will be allowed to have one or two more generations to ascend the title without being demoted, which means that in this generation, the father will pass it on to his son. .
Still a Marquis.
Theoretically, if each generation can make meritorious deeds.
Basically no less than a hereditary title.
However, few families can succeed from generation to generation. Most of them lose their titles by being downgraded from generation to generation.
The inheritance of the descendants of the Marquis Wanqu family is pretty good. The previous generations have made meritorious deeds and have accumulated the honor of being promoted to nobility without being demoted for five generations. Although Liu Taiyu is the third
The fifth generation Marquis of Wanqu, but the title has only been passed down four times to him, so even without this credit, his son can still inherit the title of Marquis, and it will be his grandson's generation that will be reduced to an earl.
And his operation can be regarded as doing it for his grandson.
But in any case, he definitely belonged to Emperor Jing'an's faction and was one of the nobles who supported Emperor Jing'an. Emperor An was seriously ill in the future for a few days. Empress Dowager Sun joined forces with Emperor Taikang and some officials who supported Emperor Taikang to successfully The rebellion, in Emperor Taikang's own words, was a successful restoration, imprisoning Emperor Jing'an and ascending the throne again.
The next step was of course Emperor Taikang's liquidation of dissidents.
Wan Quhou's family was not the only one whose house was ransacked.
Even the current chief minister of the cabinet, Yu Shaobao, including most of the heroes who served in the defense of the capital, and even some of the officials who killed Wang Zhen's remnants, all had their homes confiscated.
