Since he ascended the throne, Zhu Qiyu has been ignoring the issue of Wei Guogong's side, intentionally or unintentionally.
Zhu Qiyu did not deliberately win over Wei Guogong's lineage, nor did he deliberately exclude them.
The main reason is that Xu Da was the first hero in the founding of the Ming Dynasty. His eldest son inherited the dukedom of Wei, and his third son inherited the dukedom of Dingguo.
A man with two states, he can be said to be the most prominent person in the Ming Dynasty.
The Duke of Wei occupied Nanjing, and the Duke of Ding moved to Beijing. The two veins complement each other and are deeply rooted. Especially the Duke of Wei, as the head of the Nanjing nobility, has always stood firm from the founding of the country to the fall of the country, as stable as Mount Tai.
Zhu Qiyu instinctively believed that the Duke of Wei had no interest in choosing sides. And even if the Duke of Wei paid little attention to his acting emperor, he would not be so full that he would have nothing to do. It would be too dishonorable to go and attack the descendants of the most important hero of the Ming Dynasty.
But now it seems that this is not the case. The Xu family seems to want to bind the Dukes of Wei, Dingguo, and Qian together and board the emperor's chariot together.
Because the Duke of Wei itself had no personal relationship with Zhu Qiyu, the new Duke of Wei, Xu Chengzong, thought of using the Duke of Ding and the Duke of Guizhou as a springboard to get closer to the emperor.
Zhu Qiyu was really flattered that the Duke of Wei was willing to join his emperor's camp.
After weighing it for a while, Zhu Qiyu agreed to Mrs. Xu Mu's request.
Next are the two sons of Princess Lin'an.
To be honest, Zhu Qiyu was a little scared because he had never been in contact with these two people. With Li Xuan's previous example of restoring the Dukedom of Cao, Li Fang would not also want to regain the Dukedom of South Korea.
In fact, Li Fang really thought this way in her heart. As the eldest grandson of Korean Duke Li Shanchang, the son of Princess Lin'an, and grandson of Emperor Taizu, she was indeed qualified to inherit the title of Duke of Korea.
Moreover, when the three Li Shanchang clan were executed, there was indeed an element of being wronged.
Li Fang felt regretful because the problem was that she had surrendered too late. When Zhu Qiyu first succeeded to the throne, few people were optimistic about him.
Especially the nobles in Nanjing generally held a negative attitude towards the new emperor.
The only exception is Li Xuan, a descendant of Li Wenzhong.
No one thought that the new emperor was so capable. Not only did they defeat Wala and save the Ming Dynasty, but now they even captured Ye Xian alive, and he will be escorted to the capital soon.
Moreover, the new king was so courageous that he directly returned the Dukedom of Cao to Li Xuan. He even undertook tremendous pressure to deny the public opinion of the entire Xuande court and rehabilitate Chengshan Hou Wangtong and regain his title.
Li Fang could only regret it to the point of breaking her thigh. Li Xuan and Wang Tong were able to provide help in times of need and received huge rewards from the emperor. Now, no matter what he does, he can only be the icing on the cake. Whether the emperor appreciates it or not is a matter of choice.
Now Zhu Qiyu and Li Fang are fighting a wolf with a straw, and both sides are afraid.
Li Fang was afraid that the emperor would not be satisfied with the gift she gave him, while Zhu Qiyu was afraid that Li Fang would make any undue demands.
In order to win the emperor's favor, brothers Li Fang and Li Mao also worked hard and directly donated their rare treasures to the emperor.
"Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming" was written by Wei Zheng, a famous official of the Tang Dynasty, written by Ouyang Xun, one of the four masters of regular script, and engraved into a monument by the imperial craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty.
It may be controversial to call "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming" the best regular script in the world. But if it is said to be one of the top four regular scripts in the world, there is absolutely no objection.
The original handwriting of Ouyang Xun has been lost to the world, but there are many rubbings of the Liquan inscription in Jiucheng Palace.
What Li Fang presented to the emperor this time was a Song rubbing of "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription" collected by his father, Prince Consort Li Qi.
Even Zhu Qiyu, who is not very proficient in calligraphy, was amazed when he saw this book. Qianxue and Su Xi, two little girls who loved reading and writing, couldn't move their eyes away immediately. They came closer and looked at each other in rapt attention.
When Li Fang saw this situation, she knew that the gift was the right one.
Zhu Qiyu sipped the tea gently again and considered it carefully for a while. It's not that this gift cannot be accepted. The attitude of Nanjing's nobles has begun to loosen, which is a good thing.
If they refuse to accept the gift and dampen their enthusiasm, wouldn't it mean that they are forced to go to the Supreme Emperor?
Gather as many people as possible around yourself, and then deal with the isolated enemy. This is the strategy and tactics taught by someone.
And it just so happened that when the Prince Qi's Mansion was being built, Zhu Qiyu took the opportunity to build a new palace complex at the location of the Mingyuan Garden in later generations to collect books from all over the world and recruit various talents to study various learnings.
With the successful conclusion of the imperial examination, this palace will soon be put into use.
It happened that this palace didn't have a name yet, so Li Fang sent "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming".
Just call it Jiucheng Palace. Reading and learning requires accumulation over time. It just happens to take the meaning of "90% of the platform rises from tired soil" in the "Tao Te Ching", which is suitable for the situation.
Zhu Qiyu told Li Fang and Li Mao to go back and wait for the formal edict, then accepted the generous gifts and sent everyone away.
On the second day, Wang Wen, He Wenyuan and others came to Qingyun Pavilion early to wait for the court meeting.
The examination part of the imperial examination has all ended, and the next step is to review the examination papers and determine the ranking.
As for the evaluation criteria, the emperor still needs to give personal instructions.
Zhu Qiyu always stayed awake. Although he had great authority, he was unwilling to overly usurp the power of the cabinet and the six ministries.
Therefore, Zhu Qiyu still gave the power of reviewing examination papers to the Cabinet and the Sixth Department. He would not personally mark the examination papers, let alone comment on them one by one.
Wang Wen and others were quite surprised by this. The emperor personally set the questions many times and seemed to be very involved in the imperial examination. Then when it came time to evaluate the rankings in the palace examination, which was the most important thing, the emperor completely delegated power.
But after thinking about it, Wang Wen and others quickly came to their senses. The emperor was once again paving the way for people like himself, taking the exams and grading papers. Wang Wen and others were the real mentors of these Jinshi.
After such a simple discussion on the evaluation matter, Wang Wen continued: "Your Majesty, news has been sent from the direction of Datong. Mr. Chen Ge has presided over the preparations to welcome the Supreme Emperor to Beijing.
As for when the ceremonial guard will set off and when it will arrive in Beijing, please ask the Holy Spirit to tell you. "
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "We can set off around March 25th. On the morning of April 1st, the emperor's car arrived outside Xizhimen, and I personally led all the civil and military officials out of the city to greet him.
In the morning, a welcoming ceremony was held, and at noon, a banquet was held for all ministers in Fengtian Gate to welcome the emperor.
In the afternoon, I led hundreds of officials to personally escort the emperor into Nangong. "
Wang Wen asked again: "Outside the Xizhi Gate, the emperor first read out the edict of sinners, and then held a surrender ceremony. After completion, a prisoner presentation ceremony was held, and the prisoners were tied first to denounce their sins.
May I ask Your Majesty, which minister should be entrusted with the task of affirming righteousness and scolding before committing sins? "
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he shook his head helplessly. You have finally made a comeback, so why not go to death?
Killing can only be done with a nod of the head. You don't kill people, but you have to kill people.
(End of chapter)
