Empress Dou choked up and said: "I became the emperor's wife when I was six years old, and it has been twenty-two years since he abandoned me..."
Then he reluctantly wiped away the tears on his face and said to him: "Call the courtiers to come in."
After a brief pause, he added: "Kangdi, don't let down the friendship of your imperial brother. You have to do it for him if he fails to do it."
Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated and responded: "Yes."
Seeing this, Queen Dou couldn't help but said: "I know what you are thinking and doubting. After all, the general is my father, and I also have the blood of the Dou family flowing through me."
"But," she said with tears, "I have only been in the Dou family for six years, but I have been the wife of the Mu family for twenty-two years! When the general wanted to seize power, he sent a six-year-old girl into the palace. Could it be that Have you ever cared about me? I have nothing to do, and he sent his two younger sisters into the palace. How could he ever care about the love of flesh and blood? He was just using his daughters to pave the way for his children and grandchildren."
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent.
Queen Dou continued: "I am the wife of the Mu family, not the daughter of the Dou family. This is one of them; I want to preserve a trace of the Dou family's blood, this is the other. This dynasty has never lacked relatives and powerful ministers, but the Mu family's reign has not ended, so we can How many of them got their wish? None! The Daxing Emperor couldn't deal with them, and there was a new emperor who succeeded him. The new emperor who succeeded him couldn't deal with them, and there was the next emperor! Changing dynasties is easy to say, and How can it be done so easily!"
Speaking of this, she smiled sadly: "My mother gave birth to several children, but only two girls survived. I am the eldest, and Dou Gui is the youngest. If things are done, my half-brothers can take advantage of the wind, and we sisters What is the life of the two of us? If things don’t work out and the Dou family is in danger, what is the life of my mother?"
Queen Dou entered the palace at the age of six and was still young. After growing up, her memories of her time at home were infinitely close to nothing, and she could only mechanically accept the impressions she gained as an adult.
The father holds great power and can call the shots in the court, while the mother, Mrs. Liang, is gentle and peaceful, like a statue in the temple, calm and calm.
There is little affection between husband and wife, and few words are spoken.
The father mostly lived with his concubine or the main wife, while the mother almost always settled in the nunnery in the mansion.
But she heard that they had good times in the past.
Anyway, during the chaos, her mother sent her brother to her parents' home, and she accompanied her husband on the front line to supervise the troops. She held the poison in her hands, and she was unwilling to live in this world if anything happened to her husband.
But people’s hearts are fickle.
Queen Dou's only and deepest memory of the Dou family is a scent and a gorgeous skirt.
At that time, her brother had died of illness, and her father decided to send the six-year-old her to the palace. Her mother took her hand, knelt in front of her father, abandoned her dignity, and begged him to change his mind.
Her father pushed her to the ground impatiently and walked past them holding Mrs. Chong Jilan's sleeve.
She knelt beside her blankly, and Mrs. Lan's gorgeous skirt swept across her hands on the ground, leaving a lingering fragrance that she would never forget.
After entering the palace, she learned that the spices were tribute from Canaan, worth thousands of gold, and were only available in the palace of the Queen Mother and the Queen.
During her wedding, she smelled that smell in the Jiaofang Palace. She didn't know why, but suddenly her throat surged, and she lay on the bed and almost vomited out her internal organs.
Tianzi, who was one year older than her, was beside her and looked at her worriedly: "Sister, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Then he stroked her back to comfort her: "I'll just give you a few breaths and it'll be fine!"
After that, Queen Dou never used any spices.
She thought that the days would pass without any trouble, but she was actually so delusional.
When she was twenty years old, her father sent her daughter to the palace again.
This time, the Dou family brought in two daughters at once.
The older one was named a nobleman and was the younger sister of Queen Dou's compatriot, aged fifteen.
The younger one was named Jieyu. She was Mrs. Lan's only daughter and was eleven years old.
If his father had only sent Dou Guiren to the palace, perhaps Queen Dou would not be so desperate.
She may be angry, she may be grievances, she may feel sorry for her sister, but she will feel that her father is still a "person" with some remaining humanity.
Even if that trace of human touch is for Mrs. Lan, who has been favored for several years.
But he is no longer there.
Now he is a complete monster, controlled by power.
Only he is not a "person".
…
When the news of the emperor's passing came out, Weiyang Palace burst into tears.
Even the general Dou Jing burst into tears and lamented endlessly.
It's just that the emperor has passed away, and the country can't live without a king for a day. The most urgent task is to enthrone the emperor's younger brother first.
The attendants took the mourning clothes that had been prepared long ago and distributed them to the ministers outside the palace to wear. The minister ordered Pan Huixuan to send people to get the six seals of the emperor, and others to get the newly made dragon robes and crowns to present to the new emperor.
General Dou Jing then entered the front hall to see the emperor's younger brother. His eyes swept across his face, and he cupped his hands and said, "I heard that the emperor's younger brother has not yet reached the crown, so he has not taken the title?"
Hearing the words left and right, everyone changes color.
Empress Dou stood aside and said with a change of expression: "General, please be careful! It is always done by elders who respect their teachers when choosing words. How can it be that a minister should do this for a superior?!"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at her and said solemnly: "The general is a veteran of three dynasties, how can he not be regarded as a senior?"
Then he said sternly: "Please, General, take care of it for me!"
Dou Jing felt happy when he saw that the successor was so submissive. His support was truly worth it. He no longer looked at the frustrated eldest daughter and said with a pleasant look, "How about I choose the word Yuan Jing?"
Queen Dou was furious: "How dare you, Dou Jing?!"
He also looked at it with his eyes, hoping that Zhu Yuanzhang could rise up and resist.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed secretly and said to his heart, sister-in-law, with your upright temper, how could you possibly pull your father down?
Then he knelt down for a second and said, "I think these two words are very good!"
Dou Jing laughed loudly, his pride was beyond words. The laughter echoed in the hall, mixed with countless cries, like a fire in the dark night, which was particularly dazzling.
However, no one dared to stop Dou Jing's disrespectful behavior.
He glanced at the livid Queen Dou, finally gathered her clothes and saluted, and knelt down: "The emperor has passed away, and the country cannot be without a king for a day. The great general hereby respectfully invites the emperor's younger brother to ascend the throne in Weiyang Palace and establish the rightful heir." !”
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Accurate."
At that time, the wind started blowing outside the palace and the windows were wide open. His eyes passed over the red flag fluttering in the wind outside the palace. Then he returned to the palace and landed on Dou Jing, and he became calm.
Dou Jing stood up, noticed the young emperor's gaze, and couldn't help but look over.
However, after looking at it for a few moments, he only saw the red flag rustling in the wind.
Dou Jing had no idea that he could not pry into the emperor's heart, so he smiled and said, "What are you looking at, Your Majesty?"
"Nothing." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and replied: "That flagpole is good."
…
"When Emperor Ruizong was in power, the general Dou Jing relied on his status as the father-in-law of the country to act lawlessly and domineeringly. He bribed the Huangmen. After learning that Emperor Ruizong was seriously ill, he conspired to make King Baling his heir."
"Emperor Ruizhong saw Dou Jing's conspiracy and took the lead in selecting Emperor Shizu, the son of Prince Zhuang Yao, as his younger brother. Dou Jing's conspiracy was exposed and he was so angry that he decided to attack in front of the officials."
"Emperor Shizu was eighteen years old at the time. He was broad-minded and broad-minded. He took the initiative to care for Dou Jing. He told him that I had not yet reached the crown, so I had not yet taken the title, so he took the name of the general. Zi Yuanjing, what do you think?"
"Dou Jing turned his anger into joy."
——The vernacular version of "Jiuchangshu - Ruizong's Chronicles"
…
The court etiquette is only about names and utensils, and cannot be fake.
After the emperor's visit, people came to change Zhu Yuanzhang's clothes soon. Later, he was led by etiquette officials to the Xuanshi Hall to succeed to the throne.
This is the heir determined by Daxing Emperor Jinkou Yuyan, and he is also the favorite candidate of General Dou Jing. With double buffs, how can the ministers dare to make a mistake at this juncture?
Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting in the main hall. He saw the ministers bowing their heads, shouting "Long Live the Mountain", and the sound of bells and drums resounded throughout the main hall.
No matter whether he is a puppet or a marionette, at least at this moment, from the officials to the common people, the whole world is crawling at his feet.
This is the emperor.
When Liu Bang saw the First Emperor's traveling ceremonial guard from a distance, he couldn't help but sigh, "A true man should be like this!" The emperor!
…
After the new emperor ascended the throne, what happened next was not smooth.
It's not that things went well for Zhu Yuanzhang, but that things went wrong for General Dou.
There is no way, there are gains and losses.
Whenever a new dynasty is established, the official positions will be changed. For example, for the three princes, in the previous dynasty they were "Da Sima, Da Situ, and Da Sikong", but in this dynasty they are "Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong".
And because of the custom of this dynasty, most of the three princes were promoted by high-ranking officials such as Deshao. In fact, they were not allowed to open a mansion or establish a family, but they had a very high reputation and could set an example for scholars.
General Dou himself also held the title of Taiwei, but because the "General" had more important responsibilities, people at that time did not call him Taiwei. The three men with him were Situ Shijun and Sikong Gengzhang. When it comes to reputation, the latter two are much better than Dou Jing.
Situ Shijun is a contemporary scholar leader and a direct descendant of Confucianism. He even once protected the Daxing Emperor and can be called a contemporary saint-like figure.
When Emperor Huang was in power, he behaved cruelly, and his ministers often tried to persuade him, but Emperor Huang refused to listen. When he held a palace banquet in Taiye Lake, he even ordered the young Emperor Daxing - who was still a prince at that time - to be killed. - He threw himself into the water and drowned. He laughed and said to the officials, "There are loyal people who can come and save my family."
Then he ordered his attendants to hold down Emperor Daxing, who was struggling to float in the water.
The officials' expressions changed, and no one dared to approach. Only Shi Yun left the table and went to Taiye Pond.
Emperor Huang was furious when he saw this. He picked up the wooden stick in the hands of his retinue, went forward and knocked Shi Jun to the ground, breaking his legs. Shi Jun's head was broken and bleeding, but he was still struggling to crawl towards the Taipei. liquid pool.
Emperor Huang was touched by this, and in awe of Shi Yun's reputation, he finally pardoned them.
There is an old example of Emperor Huang here. Although Dou Jing is a general and has power over the government and the public, he is inevitably a little afraid of Shi Yun.
Because he knew that this old man was indeed not afraid of death.
People are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?
Emperor Huang was a debauched and immoral king, and he had never killed this great sage. Now that he was a minister, how could he kill a famous person in the country just because Shi Yun resigned?
Dou Jing could only endure it.
But at that time, he never imagined that the matter of catching the horse was still behind.
After the news of Situ Shiyun's resignation came out, Sikong Gengzhang also resigned!
He directly sent the official hat and official residence to General Dou's residence.
Dou Jing: Ma De, another old man!
But there is really no other way.
Because Sikong Gengzhang, who is nearly seventy years old, is to some extent more difficult to deal with than Situ Shiyun.
To be able to sit on the position of the Three Dukes, his character and talents must be recognized by the officials. For this reason, Dou Jing cannot kill him.
