Zhu Qi Yufei played a trick before he ascended the throne. He had to be promoted to the title of King of Qi before he ascended the throne. This is what made King Xiang most angry:
My legitimate son only got the ordinary title of King Xiang. You, a bastard who was born and raised by a lowly maidservant from outside the family, and whose background is so humble that you are not even worthy of a wet nurse, how do you have the nerve to be the King of Qi? It's really hard to find such a thick-skinned person in this world.
Empress Dowager Sun didn't care much about this: "King of Qi, let's be King of Qi. Zhu Qiyu is also a petty person in this matter. He insists on being King of Qi just to sound nicer.
After all, he was born as a concubine, so his horizons are a bit narrow. Moreover, he has never lived in a palace since he was born. He is used to being wild outside and has no affection for the Forbidden City.
After becoming emperor, he refused to move into the palace until death. This was the most difficult thing. "
King Xiang understood the meaning of the Queen Mother Sun's words. If Zhu Qiyu did not enter the palace, it would be difficult to do anything, and there would be no way to administer sterilization medicine.
Moreover, King Xiang had also heard about it, and Zhu Qiyu also changed the princess and kicked out the old man from Prince Xi's palace. Now the people Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian had worked so hard to place around Zhu Qiyu were all useless.
Even Wang, the original Queen of Nie, was blocked there by the emperor, who absolutely refused to let her become the queen.
King Xiang asked curiously: "Is it true that we can't let Princess Xi ascend to the throne? We can use etiquette and law to forcibly lift the Wang family to the position of queen. Isn't it possible that none of the ministers stand up to defend etiquette and law?"
Empress Dowager Sun smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, Wang Ao, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was kicked out by the emperor to the military affairs of the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi just because he said that Wang should be made the queen.
Stop making unnecessary attempts. You don’t understand the current emperor. He is not someone who can be manipulated by others.
Frankly speaking, even if the emperor was good, he hated the Wang family so much, but he didn't do anything. If you continue to push him, you will really piss him off. Killing the Wang family is just a matter of waving your hand.
Prince Xiang, please hurry up and think of some ideas for me and find some feasible solutions. "
When King Xiang heard this, he immediately asked: "I don't know the current situation in the capital. Now that Wala has been defeated and the crisis in the capital has been resolved, please ask the emperor to abdicate and make the prince the emperor instead. Will the ministers support it?"
Empress Dowager Sun glared at Prince Xiang. This guy was either pretending to be stupid or taking the opportunity to express his loyalty. As for the emperor abdicating the throne and the prince ascending the throne, not to mention that the ministers would not agree. Even the Queen Mother Sun found it funny when she heard it.
When the Ming Dynasty was in danger, Zhu Qiyu was asked to take the blame. Now, under Zhu Qiyu's wise leadership, Wala was finally severely damaged and the crisis was resolved, but he immediately kicked people away. This was beyond the scope of ordinary immorality.
Empress Dowager Sun replied helplessly: "Now the army in the capital is entirely in the hands of the emperor. I am sorry to Qi Zhen for not teaching him well.
He first sent 100,000 elite Beijing troops loyal to him to the south to suppress the rebellion, and then took the remaining troops to Tumubao.
In the end, things developed like this. The nobles who were loyal to the Supreme Emperor either died in Tumu Fort, or they led troops outside like Jing Yuanbo, Ningyang Marquis, and Anyuan Marquis.
The emperor refused to issue an edict to order Anyuan Hou and others to return to Beijing. Then the situation was completely stuck and turned into a deadlock with no solution.
The Emperor refused to issue an order to recall them; if Marquis Anyuan and others dared to return to Beijing without authorization, it would be treason, and the Emperor could immediately and justifiably make them disappear from the world. "
Empress Dowager Sun and King Xiang discussed it for a long time, but they couldn't come up with a reason. Apart from sending people to assassinate the emperor, I have tried all the other ways I can think of:
Giving sterilization pills won’t work! The emperor only ate what his favorite concubine made, and didn't even look at anything else.
Bribing people who serve the emperor will not work! The emperor's personal servants were fifteen orphan girls, and their families were bribed? They have no family. To bribe them themselves? The treatment of each of them is at least twice as good as that of the queen, and they don't even take it seriously at all.
Mutiny to force the emperor to step down will not work! The capital is now filled with the emperor's troops.
Using public opinion to force the emperor to give up his throne to the prince will not work! Nowadays, the emperor's prestige is rising steadily. If you want to play the emperor like a monkey, come and go as soon as you call him, the civil and military officials will not agree, and neither will the people of the world.
Bringing the Supreme Emperor back and fighting against the Emperor will not work! Now Ye Xian's attitude has changed. He wants to use the Supreme Emperor as a life-saving weapon, and will not even consider returning the Supreme Emperor in a short time.
In short, the two of them tried everything they could think of, but nothing worked.
In the end, the two reached a consensus after discussing it, which was to give in and wait for the opportunity. This is consistent with the plan proposed by Zhu Qizhen when the two dragons met under the city of Beijing.
Other auxiliary means are to secretly infiltrate, marry nobles, and win over civil servants and military generals. Once the emperor is careless and reveals his flaws, he will give the emperor a fatal blow.
The two discussed it for nearly an hour, but King Xiang couldn't stay any longer.
It was because Empress Dowager Sun had been in charge of the harem for many years and had accumulated a lot of power that she was able to suppress the palace people and made an exception to have a secret conversation with Prince Xiang alone for an hour.
However, at this time, the eunuch in charge of Cining Palace had been replaced by Ruan An from Jin Ying by the emperor. Although Ruan An was a very experienced old eunuch and had always been relatively neutral, Empress Dowager Sun did not dare to confirm whether he had surrendered to the emperor.
After seeing off King Xiang, Empress Dowager Sun immediately ordered her father Sun Zhong, Marquis of Huichang, and Jiang Yi, the eldest son of Jiang Gui, Marquis of Dingxi, to enter the palace.
At the same time, in the West Flower Hall, Zhu Qiyu was leaning leisurely on the soft couch, surrounded by two beloved concubines, one squeezing his shoulders and the other beating his legs, which was very comfortable.
Originally, Zhu Qiyu was not so relaxed, but came to the West Flower Hall alone early to wait for the ministers. Unfortunately, no one came to wait on the left, and no one came on the right. It was really boring, so I called the two beloved concubines over to serve.
Now the only people in Zhongshushe in the hall were He Yi, Xu Zheng, and Huang Jian. The three of them were informed and well-informed. They all sat far away with their backs to their backs and did not come to disturb the emperor's elegance.
After sending Bai Gui, Xiang Zhong, Ye Sheng, and Yao Xian away, Zhu Qiyu felt much more comfortable. Now the remaining six people from Zhongshushe are all his confidants, and they no longer have as much scruples about what they say or do as before.
In the future, people from Zhongshu She who will be introduced will definitely not be accepted if they don’t submit a certificate of investment.
Now we have to transition from the stage where customers bully stores to the stage where stores bully customers.
As for where the ministers have gone?
The Cabinet, Hanlin Academy, Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Six Ministries and Six Sections have already exploded. How can anyone care about the emperor?
Early in the morning, Yue Zheng not only handed a blood letter requesting the restoration of Queen Hu to the cabinet, but also said goodbye to his colleagues one by one in the Hanlin Academy. He basically regarded today as the last day of his life.
With such a commotion, the news spread throughout the large official area south of the imperial city.
Twenty years have passed since Empress Hu was deposed in the third year of Xuande to when Yue Zheng submitted a letter in the fourteenth year of Zhengtong.
For twenty years, all ministers turned a blind eye to Confucian etiquette and turned a deaf ear.
Twenty years later, someone finally stepped forward and kicked off the Jingtai ceremony.
Soon Yue Zheng was called to the cabinet, and Chen Xun persuaded him eagerly: "Yue Jifang, you were the top pick last year, and you are not yet thirty years old. You have a bright future, so why bother?
Please withdraw the blood letter quickly, and we will suppress the matter for you. Although the emperor will definitely know, we will explain it to you when the time comes, saying that you were young and energetic and went astray, but you have now learned and changed your ways.
Your Majesty is so kind that even Xu Youzhen can forgive you, and he won't be too serious with you. "
Yue Zheng shook his head firmly: "Ji Fang accepted the kindness of the elders. But I have made up my mind. Before I left home, I ate the decapitation meal and drank the farewell wine. I will withdraw the blood letter now, and in the future How can you be a human being?"
When Chen Xun heard this, he turned to look at Wang Wen. Wang Wen turned to look at Zhou Chen, Zhou Chen looked at Jiang Yuan, and Jiang Yuan looked at He Wenyuan.
He Wenyuan looked around and found that all the people's eyes were finally on him.
He Wenyuan had no choice but to raise his hand and tell everyone: "Everyone, please sit down. Everyone, sit down. Ji Fang will also sit down. The weather is so cold. Let's have a cup of hot tea first to warm ourselves up."
Jiang Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Why are you still sitting here? Your head is about to fall off. What's the use of just drinking tea?"
He Wenyuan smiled and said: "Hey, that's it anyway, don't be anxious or panic. Sit down and drink the tea first, and then we'll stay in the cabinet for an hour. When the matter is fermented and everyone knows it, we can take Ji Fang went to see the Holy One.
It's useless for us to think blindly here. The Holy Spirit will make a clear decision when the time comes.
Anyway, it won't be as serious as losing his head. At most, he will be exiled. It is even possible that Ji Fang will be promoted instead. "
Everyone couldn't think of a better way, so they had to listen to He Wenyuan and spent an hour in the cabinet, leaving the emperor alone. It wasn't until the emperor got impatient and called his favorite concubine to relieve his boredom that everyone came out of the cabinet.
According to He Wenyuan's suggestion, everyone did not go to the nearest Donghuawen, but went out of the Meridian Gate and went around to the area outside Chang'an Gate where the Six Ministries, the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, Jin Yiwei, Hanlin Academy and other government offices gathered.
All civil and military officials stopped to watch, and anyone with any sense could see that this stone would surely stir up waves, and the government and the public would have a lively and prosperous New Year.
(End of chapter)
