Zhu Qiyu has always cared for women the most, so he personally carried most of the memorials and sent the three beloved concubines not far from the palace gate.
Then the beloved concubines took the memorial from Zhu Qiyu's hand and carried it to the palace gate.
After leaving the palace, there are personal guards and young eunuchs on duty, so the concubines no longer need to do such rough work.
The beloved concubines went to deliver the memorial, while Zhu Qiyu wandered aimlessly among the mountains, rivers, streams and lakes along the path paved with white marble.
In recent days, Zhu Qiyu has not been idle, but has been thinking about a very serious question: whether to take advantage of this opportunity to force the emperor to rebel.
According to the original plan, it would take another two or three years to force them to rebel.
Because Emperor Gongrang rebelled as soon as he returned to Beijing, it seemed that there was no affection at all between brothers. In the eyes of people all over the world, the food appearance is a bit too ugly.
Moreover, the court is not stable and the people's hearts have not yet returned. It seems too eager to take action now.
However, the situation is changing all the time, and people's thoughts are also changing with it. Especially when you are an emperor, it is impossible to think what you thought when you first came to the throne and what you think now.
The current situation is very suitable for Emperor Gongrang's faction to rebel.
The third prince has died, and the second prince is seriously ill and difficult to treat. The death of Queen Hu was thoroughly investigated, and the Sun family was in danger. Sanyang was liquidated and the national policy of comprehensive contraction of the Renxuan Dynasty was denied.
The hearts of the people have not yet surrendered, and there are still many subjects and people who want to be the "legitimate emperor". At this time, the direction of public opinion was again tilting towards Emperor Gongrang.
Cao Jixiang had just finished participating in the battle to quell the Southeast Civil War, and took advantage of the opportunity of supervising the army to recruit a group of dead servants under his command. At this time, there were tens of thousands of soldiers from the old Beijing camp in Datong, and these people all wanted to surrender to the emperor.
And he had just transferred 25,000 pro-troops to Shanxi, and the troops in the capital were somewhat empty. There was a very legitimate reason to transfer 10,000 more troops from the Beijing camp stationed in Datong back to defend.
In this way, I have created the conditions for Emperor Gongrang to rebel.
After this round is completed, Sun's title of Queen Mother can be abolished and she can be completely imprisoned. Then he took the Queen Mother's seal and gave it to the Queen Mother to take charge of.
However, Zhu Qiyu did not dare to set a time limit for the plan this time. He was not sure how long it would take to complete the chess game. It might be one or two months, or it might be half a year.
Zhu Qizhen and his subordinates Xing'an, Cao Jixiang and others are not that stupid. If the atmosphere is not in place, they will not rebel easily.
This brings us back to the question: Why did the uncles and nephews Cao Jixiang and Cao Qin in history raise armies to rebel?
The reasons given in history books are all nonsense and are not in line with normal human nature at all.
Because anyone with a little bit of brains, as long as they stand in Cao Jixiang's perspective, will understand that there is absolutely no chance of success in starting a rebellion.
With the few people under Cao Jixiang, if he retreats ten million steps, even if he successfully breaks into the imperial city and controls the Sun family and Zhu Qizhen.
Then, can you control the capital?
Even if you take ten million steps back, your character is so incredible that you can even control the capital city. Aren’t the civil servants, military generals, vassal kings and kings of that place not diligent? Can you fight against the entire Ming Dynasty with a few thousand people?
If you don't rebel, at most one or two people will be beheaded. After rebelling, Cao Jixiang was punished and the Cao family was exterminated.
Why bother?
Therefore, the Cao Qin Incident in history is completely inconsistent with normal logic, let alone human nature.
God knows what happened.
The only thing that makes Zhu Qiyu feel gratified is that history has proved that such strange things as eunuchs rebelling can really happen in reality.
Zhu Qiyu shook his head vigorously. He could only control this game of chess by himself. You can't discuss it with He Yi, Huang Pu and other confidants, and you can't tell your favorite concubines.
If the ruler is not secretive, his ministers will lose their integrity; if their ministers are not secretive, they will lose their virginity. This is a wise saying.
But he said that in the afternoon, all the memorials were sent back to the cabinet.
None of the memorials concerning the request for a queen has been approved. The reason was that the emperor was seriously ill and in a coma and could not see things.
Regardless of whether the bachelors in the cabinet believe it or not, and regardless of whether the six ministries and nine ministers believe it, the officials do not believe it anyway.
Soon, a large number of officials reached a new consensus: this time, they not only recommended that the court recruit girls from all over the country, enrich the harem, and select talents to establish a queen. And they also strongly requested the emperor and the new queen to move into Kunning Palace.
The reason is also very simple. The reason why the two princes were poisoned was because there was no real queen in charge of the harem.
If a new queen can be elected to take charge of Kunning Palace and take charge of the harem, naturally such disasters will never happen again.
So the queen must choose, and there will be no compromise this time.
As for making the current emperor's favorite concubine the queen, the officials would never agree.
This is the atmosphere of public opinion now.
Wang Wen chose to sit back and watch, and the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate could make trouble as much as they liked.
Kou Shen, the censor of Youdu, became the leader of the censors.
The officials of the Sixth Section, led by Zou Qian, the Minister of Rites, all cited scriptures and wrote good articles, completely forgetting the emperor's rule not to make false claims.
Among the inner court, the busiest one was Xing'an, who had to send messages back and forth between Nangong, Yinghua Palace, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Both Sun and Zhu Qizhen were paying close attention to the movements of the government and the opposition.
Especially Zhu Qizhen, now that his condition has improved and the situation is developing in his favor, he summoned Chen Xun, Wei Ji, Yu Shiyue, and Zou Qian.
I don’t know since when, the Minister of Rites became a hot topic.
No matter what you do, you must first ask the Minister of Rites for his opinion to see if it is in compliance with etiquette.
Zhu Qizhen sat upright and asked the four ministers of the Ministry of Rites: "How is my brother's condition? Can you please visit me?"
Chen Xun replied: "Your Majesty, I went to visit you, but I only saw the concubine. The concubine said that your majesty's residence is inconvenient for foreign ministers to visit, and there is no need to come to pay her respects in the future. So I had to come back. .”
Zhu Qizhen nodded, knowing that although Chen Xun said it was gentle, in fact, he was probably severely scolded by the concubine. Otherwise, how could these ministers, who talk so much about benevolence, morality, sages and etiquette, give up?
Without insisting, Zhu Qizhen continued to ask: "Have you been to see the imperial doctor?"
Chen Xun shook his head: "Your Majesty has not seen any imperial doctors."
"Ah? How can this be done? The emperor is sick, how can he not see the imperial doctor? You just come back like this? Why don't you give advice? You don't care about anything, so what does the court want you to do?"
Unconsciously, Zhu Qizhen also began to scold him.
Chen Xun replied with an aggrieved look: "I have tried to persuade you, and I have been trying hard to persuade you. Finally, the concubine angrily scolded me and said: 'The emperor just doesn't see the imperial doctor, so it's useless for you to say more.
If you have the ability, you can mobilize your troops to attack Prince Qi's Mansion.
As long as you can break through Prince Qi's Mansion, you can do whatever you want the imperial doctors to do to the emperor. Life and death are all at your discretion. '
The concubine made a heart-breaking statement, saying that the ministers were snooping into the emperor's privacy with the intention of raising troops to rebel. What could I do? I had no choice but to plead guilty and withdraw. "
Wei Ji, Yu Shiyue, and Zou Qian also nodded in agreement.
To these four ministers, the concubine was more difficult to deal with than the queen mother.
At least the Queen Mother's words and deeds must take into account her identity and influence.
The concubine, on the other hand, was completely indifferent, determined that no matter what she said, the ministers would not be able to think of her.
The concubine was obviously cheating and insisted that Chen Xun and others wanted to rebel and murder the emperor. What should you do, should you scold the concubine, beat the concubine, or destroy the concubine?
Everyone had no choice but to leave in despair.
Zhu Qizhen asked helplessly: "Is my brother sick or not?"
Wei Ji replied: "You are not joking. Your Majesty said that you are sick, so it is of course a real illness. Moreover, when I attended the last court meeting, I did see that your Majesty's eyes were bloodshot and his complexion was dim, as if his body was weak. "
Zhu Qizhen nodded secretly. Wei Ji's words were still very credible. Moreover, all the important ministers of the small court meeting attended, and everyone saw the emperor, so Wei Ji had no room for lying and making up things. It seems that regardless of the severity, my brother is at least really sick.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Qizhen continued to ask: "Since my younger brother is unable to watch the court, who is in charge of the military and political affairs now?"
(End of chapter)
