As soon as Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, the ministers immediately accepted the order, and no one raised any objections.
His Highness King Qi's expression was extremely ugly, making all the ministers feel guilty.
Anyone could see that King Qi was on the verge of an explosion.
But the ministers are obviously unreasonable: now almost all the southern provinces, except Southern Zhili, have rebelled.
The uprising of Deng Maoqi and Ye Zongliu in the southeast involved Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi.
The Miao chaos in the southwest affected Guizhou, Huguang, and Sichuan.
Moreover, it is still the early stage of the Miao chaos, and the Miao chaos will spread to Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi and other places later.
Now Zhu Qiyu only needs to ask the ministers: Is this how you assist the emperor and govern the world? The ministers will be silenced and unable to refute.
After all, the south is really in chaos now, and in the north the imperial court has been beaten into a drowned dog by Wala. A group of loyal ministers and good ministers assisted the emperor and governed the world in such a way that even the most shameless people would be embarrassed to say that they were competent.
Fortunately, Zhu Qiyu did not continue to pester, and asked again: "Has the Queen Mother read the edict this morning?"
When the ministers saw that Zhu Qiyu had changed the subject, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Xun quickly replied: "I have read it, the Queen Mother has made it. Tomorrow, the Queen Mother and the Empress will prepare the clothes for His Majesty, and the mission can set off again. "
This was something to be expected. Zhu Qiyu wanted to send clothes to his eldest brother, and he also wanted to take concubines for his eldest brother. He also wanted to reprimand him first and order him to treat the emperor well. What could Empress Dowager Sun have to object to.
As for whether to ask for the rebellious eunuch Xi Ning or not, the Queen Mother is too lazy to care about such nonsense.
After Chen Xun finished speaking, he handed over the drafted edict of the Queen Mother to Zhu Qiyu for review.
Zhu Qiyu only glanced at it a few times and then smiled: "Who made this decree?"
Shang Ren, the new member of the cabinet, stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, it was proposed by Wei Chen."
"Zhencai? Li Xianzhen, who gave you this name?"
Shang Ren replied: "Yes, I think that since the Queen Mother has decreed that Ye Xian's sister should be conferred as a talented person by your majesty, then the talented person should be given a Chinese name and a Chinese surname.
As His Majesty's concubine, I definitely cannot be given the surname Zhu. Then it would be better to follow the Tang Dynasty's practice of giving surnames to foreigners and give them the surname Li.
As for the name, Ye Xian took the initiative to dedicate his sister to His Majesty the Ming Emperor, so I chose the word "Xian". Since Ye Xian's sister has become the concubine of my Majesty the Ming Emperor, she should be loyal, obedient and docile. Therefore, Weichen takes the word "Zhen".
In this way, Yexian's sister was named Li Xianzhen, also known as Zhencairen. If there is anything wrong, please correct me. "
"Okay, that's good. Shang Aiqing is indeed a great talent at the Sanyuan level. The edict he drafted is well-founded and convincing. Give the edict to the envoys and let them set off as soon as possible."
Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied and now he has kicked the ball to Ye Xian to see how he will respond.
Speaking of the third Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Qiyu looked at Shang Ren carefully. He was the first in the provincial examination, the first in the joint examination, and the first in the palace examination. He was a great scholar who combined Jieyuan, Huiyuan, and Zhuangyuan, and was the second person in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty. , it is really magnificent and majestic.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu decided to start the whole thing again, and asked Chen Xun: "Elder Ge, although I want to take over the throne temporarily, shouldn't I also grant amnesty to the whole world to boost the morale of the army and the people?"
"What His Highness said is true. When the new emperor ascends the throne, a general amnesty is necessary. There is no dispute."
Zhu Qiyu saw that Chen Xun was so sure, so he sighed and said seriously: "Then restore Huang Guan's reputation and give him the posthumous title of 'Wenzhen'. After all, it has been more than forty years, so what kind of grudges do you have?" It’s time to figure it out.”
When the ministers heard this, they all looked at each other. When Zhu Qiyu mentioned Huang Guan, everyone could understand. After all, when they saw Shang Ren, the second person in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, they thought of Huang Guan, the first person in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty. This is normal. Logical.
But last time Zhu Qiyu released the descendants of Jianwen's old minister Tie Xuan, and this time he wanted to restore the reputation of Jianwen's old minister Huang Guan, which made the ministers smell something unusual.
And Zhu Qiyu didn't want to hide it deliberately. Anyway, he must release Emperor Jianwen's lineage in the end. This is also to pave the way for future legitimacy battles. When the time comes, give them a strategy of killing a thousand enemies and damaging themselves eight hundred: Anyway, I, Zhu Qiyu, am the great-grandson of Zhu Di, and you, Zhu Qizhen, are also the great-grandson of Zhu Di.
No matter what is orthodox or unorthodox, the entire Zhu Di lineage is rebelling against the top. The eldest brother, let alone the second brother, are all rebellious officials and traitors anyway, so no one can laugh at anyone.
The ministers were put into a difficult situation. To say that they all sympathized with Huang Guan, the first person in the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty not only won three yuan in a row, but also won the county examination, prefecture examination, college examination, township examination, joint examination, and palace examination. They are all firsts. It is simply astonishing and unprecedented. People at the time called it "three yuan exists in the world, but six poems have no place in the world".
Moreover, after Jianwen's defeat, Huang Guan committed suicide by drowning himself in the river, and his wife and two daughters committed suicide by drowning themselves in the river. This is a true loyal minister.
Now Zhu Qiyu took advantage of the general amnesty to pardon his loyal ministers, which is logically justified.
From the bottom of their hearts, the ministers were definitely in favor of restoring Huang Guan's reputation, but they were a bit too sensitive when it came to Jianwen.
However, Wang Zhi, who has an upright personality and is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, has always been more concerned about this matter. Last time, he was the first to stand up and support the release of Tie Xuan's descendants. This time, Wang Zhi was the first to stand up. He came out and asked Zhu Qiyu:
"May I ask, Your Highness, how should Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng be treated?"
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he replied firmly without thinking: "Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng alienated the family ties of the Tian family, brought chaos to the country, and harmed the Holy Lord. These treacherous ministers will never be forgiven."
After receiving Zhu Qiyu's clear statement in public, Wang Zhi felt relieved and expressed his willingness to obey the imperial edict.
Wang Zhi, the highly respected official minister, accepted the imperial edict, and others stopped arguing and expressed their acceptance of the imperial edict.
Zhu Qiyu also gave up when things got good, he just laid some foreshadowing first and won't talk about Jianwen's old affairs in a short time.
Seeing that everything went smoothly, Zhu Qiyu said again: "In accordance with the cabinet's decree, Xu Yongning will be appointed as Duke Ding."
Unexpectedly, Chen Xun didn't even ask and immediately accepted the order.
Zhu Qiyu was stunned and figured it out. Xu Yongning would definitely succeed to the throne anyway, which is the difference of two years earlier and two years later. The ministers could not offend the new monarch who was about to succeed to the throne for such a thing.
In this case, Zhu Qiyu pursued the victory again and smiled at Chen Xun: "I have seen the list of the last three Jinshi. Bai Gui, Xiang Zhong, and He Yi, just these three people, let them serve as Zhongshu Sheren, and usually help. I handle the paperwork.”
Chen Xun accepted the order without thinking. There was really no need to argue over such a trivial matter.
When Zhu Qiyu saw that his edicts had all been passed successfully, he decided to give it up as soon as it was ready. He stood up and prepared to go home, and said:
"No matter what tomorrow, I have a day off. If there is nothing particularly important, don't bother me. If there is something really important, and you come to my house to discuss matters, I won't come."
The ministers agreed. Zhu Qiyu will officially ascend the throne the day after tomorrow, so the ministers are extra generous today. As long as the order is not particularly difficult to accept, the ministers will all obey the imperial edict.
Hu Xi added: "Your Highness, according to the procedures prepared by the Ministry of Rites, a formal enthronement ceremony will be held early the day after tomorrow. Your Highness will first pay homage to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, pay homage to the Sheji Altar, and then receive congratulations from hundreds of officials at Fengtian Gate. Finally, His Highness will enter the Ci Palace. After Ning Palace pays homage to the Queen Mother, you can move into Qianqing Palace."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Keep everything simple and save as much as you can. All other procedures must be followed, but I can't live in Qianqing Palace."
After hearing this, Hu Xi didn't insist anymore. After all, if these things really escalated, they wouldn't be able to finish the quarrel for a month.
By then, they had all reached the capital, and the emperor was still quarreling with his ministers over where to live, which would be a joke. Therefore, the ministers have reached a consensus in private. After defeating Wala, they will slowly discuss with the emperor whether they can maintain the palace and establish a queen.
So Hu Hu asked again: "Your Highness, according to etiquette, we still need to pay homage to the tombs of the four late emperors."
Zhu Qiyu replied: "I ordered the British public to offer sacrifices to Changling, Chengguo to offer sacrifices to Xianling, and Dingguo to offer sacrifices to Jingling. Then I ordered Wei Guo to offer sacrifices to Xiaoling in Nanjing."
After saying that, Zhu Qiyu went home smoothly. After a day of leisure tomorrow, and after ascending the throne the day after tomorrow, we can finally begin to officially distribute power.
