The ministers all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the emperor's official promise to capture Ye Xian alive, welcome back the Supreme Emperor, and completely end the war with Oala.
The embarrassing situation that has lasted for a year and a half is finally coming to an end.
The dignified Ming Emperor herded sheep outside the Great Wall every day, which was really beneath the dignity of the court.
After the monarch and his ministers reached a consensus on welcoming the Emperor back, the next step was to discuss the etiquette of welcoming him back. There is also the issue of the treatment of the Supreme Emperor after he returns to Beijing, which is also the focus of attention of the ministers.
The problem now is that among the Emperor's cronies, there is no one who has the right to speak in the court.
Wang Zhi, an important minister of the Emperor's faction, has already taken office, and Hu Hui and Yu Qian have been transferred to Nanjing. Even Wang Ao, who is neutral and upright, has been sent to Guangxi far away.
Almost all the nobles sent by the emperor, including Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi, were transferred to Nanjing.
Finally, there was Yang Shan, but Zhu Qiyu exposed him and was completely unable to dance.
So it was just a matter of going through the motions between Zhu Qiyu and Yu Shiyue, the Minister of Rites.
However, although it was just a formality, Zhu Qiyu still gave a very decent plan: "The Emperor will take a short rest in Datong, and then the court will send 10,000 brocade guards to welcome the Emperor back to the capital with the highest standards.
On the day when the Supreme Emperor entered the capital, I personally led hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city twenty miles to greet him. He also returned the jade seal and asked the eldest brother to return to his post.
Next, even if you get through, you will never have to face me, a ridiculous and mean half-hearted prince.
You can discuss the rest of the matter with your eldest brother, it has nothing to do with me.
Being able to look after the Ming Dynasty and not throw away the country is already worthy of you. Let us take care of the rest. "
When the ministers heard this, they didn't take it seriously. The emperor is also a human being, and sometimes he has to act a little bit.
This is understandable, but no one really believes that the emperor will abdicate. Not to mention anything else, twelve of the emperor's fifteen favored concubines were already pregnant in just one year.
If the emperor really abdicates, it is absolutely impossible for the children in the bellies of these beloved concubines to survive. Even whether these beloved concubines themselves can survive is a big problem.
Therefore, unless the emperor has water in his head, it is absolutely impossible to abdicate.
The dragon chair is something that you can't get off once you sit on it.
This is why no one in the entire government has ever mentioned the reason why the emperor is still the supreme emperor.
If you allow the emperor to return to the throne, it is equivalent to asking the emperor to die, which is equivalent to openly plotting regicide.
If you openly ask the emperor to die, then the emperor can also openly ask your nine tribes to disappear from this world.
Everyone is a Jinshi, no one is so stupid.
However, what impressed all the civil servants and generals sincerely was that the emperor in front of him was truly capable. There were a total of fifteen beloved concubines, but twelve of them became pregnant at the same time. This efficiency was simply breathtaking.
As a close associate of the emperor, his confidence must have increased greatly.
As a minister who was leaning towards the Supreme Emperor, he had a big retreat in his heart.
The emperor is so capable. According to this efficiency, including the younger ones, why can't he give birth to three or four princes this year?
If three or five years had passed, the number of princes would probably be too many to count on one hand.
This is because the emperor only has fifteen favored concubines.
If the emperor cast a wide selection of girls to enrich his harem, he would simply not dare to think about it.
The more heirs the emperor has, the slimmer the chance of the Emperor's restoration.
As for why the emperor is so capable of giving birth? Quite simply, the doctors at the imperial hospital had no chance to come into contact with the emperor and his beloved concubines.
In Yuquan Mountain, a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, the water and soil nourish people, warm and comfortable. A healthy man and a young woman are so intimate every day that it is difficult not to get pregnant.
The ministers also couldn't understand why the current emperor took precautions against imperial doctors to such an extent. It was completely different from the previous Ming emperor.
After much deliberation, the ministers sent by the Emperor felt that there was no feasible way to deal with the emperor. For now, they could only avoid the danger temporarily and wait until the Emperor returns to the capital.
Therefore, after Zhu Qiyu proposed to relinquish the throne, Chen Xun took the lead, followed by a large number of the emperor's cronies, and knelt down, admonishing him with sincere words.
Immediately afterwards, all the neutral ministers knelt down.
When the remaining ministers from the emperor's faction saw that most of them were kneeling, it was pointless for a small group of them to persist, so they all knelt down and followed Chen Xun, Wang Wen and others in their performance.
Politics is all about acting, and both the emperor and the ministers are already very good at it.
Just when the ministers thought that this morning court meeting would end smoothly, the real trouble came.
Xu Youzhen, who had finished treating the flood and returned to Beijing, went out to report: "I would like to report to your Majesty that I have something to report to you."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Xu Aiqing, please speak."
Xu Youzhen did not hesitate, and went directly to the topic: "Wei Chen thought that the emperor had humiliated the country and endangered the country by losing his master, so he immediately committed a sin and ordered him to retire as a respectful emperor. He lived in the Nangong behind closed doors and reflected on himself to express his gratitude to his ancestors. All the subjects of the world.”
After Xu Youzhen finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the Wenhua Hall, and you could hear a pin drop.
Although Xu Youzhen had already mentioned this matter to the court in a memorial when he was still in Shandong, but now that he mentioned it in person in front of the emperor and civil and military officials, it still gave everyone a big psychological impact.
Now Xu Youzhen's proposal is completely on the table. Whether you agree or disagree, you must have an explanation today.
This is also Xu Youzhen's letter of submission to the emperor. After today's performance, the emperor has been completely offended. It's a bit difficult to swing left and right again.
Zhu Qiyu naturally waved his hand very humbly: "I must still be the Supreme Emperor, and the future matters will have nothing to do with me. You all, please discuss and decide."
Zhu Qiyu made up his mind to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, so the next step was to take sides.
Who agrees? Who objects?
Get it all figured out once and for all.
Chen Xun, Wang Wen and others did not give others a chance to discuss. They fell to their knees and shouted: "What Xu Yuanyu said is true. I agree with you."
In the blink of an eye, a large number of civil servants and generals knelt down.
Among the civil servants, Chen Xun, Wang Wen, Zhou Chen, Jiang Yuan, He Wenyuan, Luo Tong, He Yi, Huang Pu, etc., the ministers and ministers all knelt down.
Among the generals and nobles, the British Duke Zhang Zhong, Anguo Duke Xu Heng, Wuding Marquis Guo Chang, Wenxin Marquis Guo Cong, Chengshan Marquis Wang Tong and others responded positively and resolutely.
These people control almost all the troops in the capital, and they are more important than cabinet ministers and ministers.
And in the noble camp, the emperor's faction has a particularly great advantage.
There were four princes under Zhu Qiyu. Duke Cao, Li Xuan, went to Gansu, and Duke Ding, Xu Yongning, went to Liaodong.
But even so, there are still two princes in today's court meeting. Zhu Yi, the Duke of Chengguo, who had a crush on the Supreme Emperor, was far away in Nanjing at this time.
Wei Guogong Xu Chengzong, who had a neutral attitude, was also in Nanjing at this time.
Therefore, in terms of momentum, the emperor's faction completely suppressed the emperor's faction.
(End of chapter)
