If another emperor came to power, the ministers would light a fire in Gongyuan and burn dozens of students to death by surprise. This would definitely be considered a small coup.
But using this trick to deal with Zhu Qiyu is really not enough.
Zhu Qiyu was no smarter than other emperors.
But what was different from other Ming emperors was that Zhu Qiyu had extremely severe victimization paranoia. All he could think about all day long was how the ministers would deal with him.
Arson, falling into the water, and drugging are the three magic weapons to deal with the emperor, and they are also the key targets of Zhu Qiyu's prevention.
As early as March, Zhu Qiyu ordered Zhao Xuan and Wang Tong to set up three disaster preparedness stations each in Yingzhou Guard and Tiance Guard to be responsible for emergency disaster relief.
The top priority is to train two specialized fire-fighting armies.
Yingzhou Guard's three disaster preparedness stations for thousands of households are stationed in the western suburbs.
The three disaster preparedness stations of Tiance Guard are stationed on the north side of Wudinghou Mansion and Fengtian Dusi Yamen in Dongcheng. It is less than two miles away from Gongyuan. If there is a fire in Gongyuan, you can arrive in a quarter of an hour.
And starting from August 15th, two of the thousand households have moved to the armor factory south of Gongyuan. As long as the students in the Gongyuan shouted, the fire-fighting army could be in place in less than a cup of tea.
In addition, the east side of Gongyuan is close to the Paozi River. As long as there are sufficient manpower and timely water collection, no matter how big the fire is, it can be easily extinguished.
The monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty are like this now, guarding against each other, scheming against each other, and without any trust at all.
Although Zhu Qiyu plays with women at home every day, he never relaxes his layout in the capital. All Yingzhou guards have been dispatched out of the city and are solely responsible for protecting the western suburbs.
In the capital, the Tiance Guards, who were integrated and reorganized with the Four Guards of the Imperial Horse Guards, were completely in charge.
Now, those who guard the original palace and are responsible for protecting the concubine are the original five thousand Tiance Guards.
The reason why Zhu Qiyu was relieved was because Tiancewei was originally the bodyguard of the King of Han. After the death of King Han, Tiancewei was suppressed for twenty years.
Now half of Hanwang's family is dead. Among the old people in the Han Dynasty, the only one who could be named was Princess Xuanyi.
Therefore, Zhu Qiyu believed that Tiancewei would protect the concubine with all his heart.
Previously, Zhu Qiyu sent 30,000 Jinyi guards to move to Nanjing.
After that, the Jinyiwei's detective function was fully utilized and twenty thousand-household stations were dispatched to garrison in various places in Shanxi. In addition, Gansu, Hetao, and Liaodong each dispatched ten thousand-household stations. After this mobilization, another 50,000 Jin Yiwei were sent out of the capital.
This was good in the early Ming Dynasty. The emperor had great authority. Especially for the guards, you have to go wherever you are told. Even the imperial guards have no ability to bargain with the emperor.
Of course, Zhu Qiyu is still very humane. If he is not willing to go to the frontier to scout intelligence for the emperor, he can give up his status as a royal guard and be transferred to an ordinary personal guard in Nanjing.
After some operations, there were less than 30,000 Jinyi guards left in Beijing, including six military craftsmen and thousands of households.
These six military craftsmen's houses were moved to the southwest corner of the outer city. Zhu Qiyu centralized the ordnance manufacturing offices of the inner court and the imperial court here to facilitate further integration.
In this way, the composition of the army in the city is simpler and clearer.
This is because Zhu Qiyu is kind-hearted. When he first besieged the capital, Zhu Qiyu recruited 5,000 servants from the nobles to form a new army. In the end, Zhu Qiyu did not choose to consume this new army on the battlefield.
Therefore, in the capital, the noble servants are still a military force that cannot be underestimated.
But no matter what, Zhu Qiyu has firmly controlled both inside and outside the imperial city. Even if he welcomes back the Emperor now, Zhu Qiyu is confident that he can control the situation.
After the court meeting, the ministers returned to the capital. Regardless of their fatigue, they immediately went to Yinghua Palace to meet the Empress Dowager.
After the fire in Cining Palace, it had only been eight months, but Queen Mother Sun seemed to have aged three years. Her life was as unhappy as it was.
After hearing the news that Zhu Qiyu's beloved concubines were pregnant one after another, the Queen Mother Sun's heart felt cold and desolate.
What are you really afraid of?
The only way Empress Dowager Sun could think of to turn defeat into victory was to take advantage of Zhu Qiyu's fertility and make Zhu Qiyu cut off his descendants, so that he would not dare to kill the emperor again.
This was the case for Jingtai in history. His only son Zhu Jianji was killed by the Shanghuang Faction, but Jingtai did not dare to kill the Shanghuang Faction.
Because if Zhu Qizhen's lineage were to die again, then the throne would be advantageous to Prince Xiang.
Zhu Qiyu could only shake his head and sigh regarding the ancients' concept of traditional succession.
Anyway, now the emperor's faction is completely unable to stop Zhu Qiyu. Next, good news will continue to come out from other favored concubines.
Each of the fifteen favored concubines gave birth to two, making a total of thirty princes and princesses. This large group was enough to make the Emperor's faction collapse.
When Queen Mother Sun learned that Princess Qi was pregnant, she pretended to be concerned. As the emperor's first closest official, He Yi explained the emperor's arrangements to Queen Mother Sun in detail.
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Sun's heart dropped completely: Concubine Wu and Mrs. Wu Dinghou personally lived in the western suburbs to take care of Princess Qi. Every bowl of medicine and every mouthful of food had to be tasted by the two of them.
Even the birth of Wen Po had been decided early on. One would be Wu Ding Hou's nanny, and the other would be Wu Ding Hou's wife's nanny. Want to have your hands and feet done during delivery? The emperor had blocked this road long ago.
The most important thing is that there are too few people around the emperor. The more people there are, the more chaos there will be, and the easier it will be to do anything. The fewer people there are, the clearer it will be. If there is any slight abnormality, it will be discovered.
Moreover, Zhang Yuanxuan, who diagnosed Princess Qi's Ximai pulse and was one of the closest confidants of Queen Mother Sun, died inexplicably on the same day. The other imperial doctors are not stupid either. Isn't it clear what the emperor means? No one is willing to take action easily now.
After all, Zhang Yuanxuan only died alone and his family was not affected. If the other imperial doctors continue to be shameless, then the Yi clan will be next.
Empress Dowager Sun was also completely crazy. Why had things developed to this point? She had promised to wait for the emperor to live in the Forbidden City and let others manipulate her in all kinds of ways?
Before Empress Dowager Sun could come to her senses, Chen Xun reported another detail of the morning meeting. Xu Youzhen wrote a letter suggesting that the Supreme Emperor should issue an edict of sin against oneself, and took the initiative to demote himself from the Supreme Emperor to the Gongren Emperor.
Now Empress Dowager Sun couldn't bear it anymore, she got up angrily and shouted to Chen Xun: "Tell yourself, is this the words of a minister?
The good Supreme Emperor, why should he be reduced to the respectful Emperor?
According to what you guys want, do you still have to kowtow and salute to the current emperor if you respect the emperor? "
Chen Xun replied in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "Please don't be angry, Queen Mother. It is nothing to issue an edict to offend yourself. I have already issued edicts to offend myself twice today.
The Supreme Emperor has the responsibility of losing his master, so it is reasonable to punish him next time.
As for the demotion from the Supreme Emperor to the Gongrang Emperor, it only expresses the Supreme Emperor's guilt towards the people of the world.
In terms of etiquette, it is still the current emperor who respects and respects the emperor. "
(End of chapter)
