Zhu Qiyu kept saying that he would ask King Xiang to ascend the throne or supervise the country. They were almost all heart-breaking words, directly insinuating that King Xiang wanted to come to Beijing and take over power.
King Xiang no longer cared to appreciate the emperor's humble and respectful attitude, and quickly knelt down and replied:
"Your Majesty temporarily took the throne, severely damaged Oala, saved the nation, protected the capital, and preserved the Ming Dynasty. This is an unparalleled achievement.
The matter of returning the throne is not something that ministers can say. It is appropriate for the two saints to discuss and decide it together after the Supreme Emperor returns to Beijing. "
Seeing that King Xiang still refused to let go, he refused to say Yu Qian's famous saying: The throne of heaven has been determined, it is better to have it again.
Zhu Qiyu replied categorically: "The matter of returning the throne is inevitable and does not need to be discussed. The matter of establishing a queen is absolutely impossible and does not need to be discussed."
Let's do this for the time being. From now on, the court's first priority is to use all its strength to kill Ye first and welcome back the Supreme Emperor as soon as possible. "
Hearing the emperor's words, King Xiang was dissatisfied again: "Your Majesty, why do you want to use all your strength to kill Ye first? What should you do if you are forced to jump over the wall and hurt the Supreme Emperor first?"
Zhu Qiyu curiously asked after hearing this: "Wala took the lives of half a million innocent soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Shouldn't we try our best to kill him first? Uncle Xiang Wang means that I deliberately forced you to hurt the emperor first?"
The civil servants and generals in the imperial court were all tired of hearing that during the Chinese New Year, this Prince Xiang would not open or lift any pot, and he would only be happy if he made everyone uneasy.
We must kill him with all our strength first. Even if the emperor said that, in actual operation, we can't really kill the emperor.
Besides, the civil servants and generals knew in their hearts that in the final battle of Xuanfu, the emperor would be the first to let go because he was worried about the safety of the Supreme Emperor, even though he could annihilate them all.
Moreover, the emperor gave the Supreme Emperor clothes, women, ceremonial guards, chariots, felt tents and red charcoal, and everyone saw this.
In good conscience, the emperor is fine with the emperor.
As for Prince Xiang, he wanted the emperor to abdicate, but he didn't dare to say so. He also planned to completely prevent the emperor from establishing a queen, and forced the emperor to publicly declare that he was only temporarily seizing the throne. This was the opposite of the ministers present.
You must know that today's emperor is supported by ministers. At that time, the plan that Empress Dowager Sun wanted was for Prince Zhu Jianshen to succeed to the throne and Prince Xiang to supervise the country. The ministers insisted on changing it to Zhu Qiyu to succeed and make Zhu Jianshen the crown prince. An emperor.
Therefore, the plan approved by most ministers is that Zhu Qiyu will be the emperor for life and then pass it to the prince Zhu Jianshen.
A few of the emperor's cronies wanted to change the crown prince.
But no minister ever proposed to return the throne to the Supreme Emperor on this day.
When someone needs to take the blame, tell Zhu Qiyu that the court can't do it without you. After the crisis is over, kick Zhu Qiyu away immediately?
This is not how immoral things are done. No minister has ever been so shameless as to be so outrageous.
King Xiang did not give up and continued to reply: "Your Majesty and the Supreme Emperor are friendly and respectful brothers, and I have a harmonious relationship. I have no intention of criticizing him. It's just that it's bitter cold outside the Great Wall, and the Supreme Emperor's long stay in that barren land will definitely damage the dragon's body.
Anyuan Hou Liu Pu and Ningyang Hou Chen Mao were brave, resourceful, mature and prudent. The minister recommended that the two of them lead the army out of the fortress to welcome the Supreme Emperor back to the court. "
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "It's accurate, but now there are civil unrests in the southeast, and rebellions are emerging one after another. When the situation improves slightly, I will immediately order the two of them to lead the army back to Beijing."
After saying that, Zhu Qiyu immediately added: "At the latest this summer, I will order Ningyang Marquis and Anyuan Marquis to return to the court."
When King Xiang heard this, he didn't know what to say.
Seeing that the matter was settled, Zhu Qiyu ordered: "Everyone who attended the court meeting today will go to watch the execution tomorrow. After Ling Chi Shi Jing, the two cases of poisoning King Xi and Princess Shunde were officially concluded.
Then you can go home and rest until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.
From now on, if nothing major happens, I will not convene any more court meetings. If you have anything to say, you can write me a memorial and I will read it. "
Speaking of the memorial, Zhu Qiyu emphasized it again: "I will stipulate the form of the memorial for you. The content of a memorial is divided into three parts.
Part One: Tell me who you are, what your official position is, and the specific date when you wrote the memorial.
Part Two: Tell me exactly what happened.
Part Three: Tell me your suggestions or demands.
For example, consider a petition for disaster relief.
The first part is to tell me that you are the prefect of a certain place, so-and-so.
In the second part, tell me what disasters occurred in your jurisdiction and their severity.
The third part, tell me your disaster relief measures and what kind of assistance you need from the court.
You are not allowed to tell me about the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Confucius, Mencius, Chengzhu, etc. in the memorial.
Don't talk nonsense. Liu Dingzhi, the former Imperial Lecturer, gave me a memorial that contained thousands of words. In one article, it almost equaled the number of words in the Tao Te Ching.
As a result, listening to your words is like reading them. He seemed to have said something, but also seemed not to have said anything.
If something like this happens again in the future, it won’t be as simple as going home and holding the baby.
I'm warning you in advance, don't say it's unforeseen. "
When all the officials heard this, they quickly obeyed their leaders' orders.
The ministers don't have much opinion on this. If you don't want to write those words about the wheel, just don't let them be written. It will save everyone a lot of trouble and effort. It’s also good to focus more energy on dealing with business.
Except for the clear-minded officials in the Hanlin Academy who are responsible for practical work, not many people really like to show off their writing skills all day long.
Besides, with the emperor's current authority, there is absolutely no resistance to implementing a small reform of this level.
Next, the last item is to present Tuo Tuo Bu Hua with the jade seal passed down from the Great Yuan Dynasty, and respect the Emperor of Heaven as the Heavenly Khan, and from then on formally accept the orders of the Heavenly Khan.
After the leaders of Totuo Buhua, Alazhiyuan and Duoyan Guards knelt down and worshiped, Zhu Qiyu then, as Tian Khan, canonized Totuo Buhua as the Tatar Khan, ruling the eastern part of Mongolia; Alazhiyuan was Wara Khan, ruled the Mongolian part.
The Great Yuan Kingdom officially ended.
After going through the process and seeing that everyone had nothing to do, Zhu Qiyu ordered the court to disperse.
So many major events have happened in the past six months. Everyone in the government and the public, as well as the monarchs and ministers, has been exhausted physically and mentally.
After finally being able to take a break for half a month, the atmosphere suddenly became lively.
The civil and military officials bowed happily, exited the Fengtian Hall, and then went back to their respective yamen to congratulate each other, and then they could go home to reunite with their relatives.
It is really unfair to say that it only took five days from the time Zhu Qizhen decided to go on a personal expedition to the time the army set off. On July 15th, in the Battle of Yanghekou, 40,000 Ming troops were defeated and destroyed.
Most of the 40,000 Ming troops were the Beijing troops deployed by the imperial court to resist the Oara invasion.
It can be seen that the imperial court had already begun to mobilize troops to Shanxi to prepare for war in June.
In other words, from June to now, the court has been struggling for half a year.
These civil and military ministers are actually very pitiful. The entire Zhengtong Dynasty was first coerced by Sanyang to attack Atai Khan, and then unified Mongolia first. Then he was forced by Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen to launch the ten-year Battle of Luchuan.
These two wars between the north and the south triggered a chain reaction, which eventually led to the Tumubao Incident.
Throughout the Zhengtong Dynasty, the ministers never lived in peace.
When we arrived at Jingtai Dynasty, it was somewhat better. At least the emperor had just promised not to launch new wars in the first five years of the Jingtai Dynasty.
The ministers, who were already very content, gathered together happily to celebrate the New Year.
Yang Shan had been sent by the emperor to the south to quell the rebellion, so no one jumped out and said that the emperor was suffering and that everyone should not celebrate.
Zhu Qiyu also returned home under the strict protection of his personal guards.
(End of chapter)
