Once there are more than ten thousand people, there is no limit.
Even after many purges, the total number of eunuchs and maids in the entire imperial city is still close to 10,000.
The origins of the factions are extremely complicated, and the loyalty of eunuchs is only limited to that. It is normal to worship those who are superior and those who are inferior, and to follow others' influence.
So not only Zhu Qizhen was confused, but Zhu Qiyu himself gradually couldn't understand.
Zhu Qiyu shook his head. If you don't understand, just don't understand. People can't be too persistent. They must learn to reconcile with themselves. If you don't like to see it, just don't see it.
Zhu Qiyu told Qianxue: "Let Chen Xiang temporarily take charge of the Internal Affairs Bureau. Tell him that it is okay to demolish the old palace, but don't really rebuild the Renshou Palace.
If you can, just delay. Anyway, Queen Mother Sun doesn't have many days left, so don't waste the people's hard-earned money anymore. "
Qianxue nodded and smiled: "My husband is really evil. I respectfully ask the emperor to send Chen Xiang to Queen Qian to ask for rare treasures, while you send Chen Xiang to demolish the palace where Queen Qian lived. This will offend Queen Qian to death."
Chen Xiang offended whomever he provoked, and you two emperors did this to him. "
"It's okay, it's okay. The emperor is not bad, but the eunuch doesn't love him. I will make it up to him in the future."
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For the next two days, both the imperial palace and Prince Qi's Mansion fell silent.
On the contrary, the capital was very lively, and there were a lot of discussions in the streets and alleys.
The residents of the capital are already more concerned about the political situation than the people in other places. In addition, the recent news and rumors are very topical, so the enthusiasm of the people in the capital for discussing politics is unprecedentedly high.
Among the more erotic topics, there are obvious allusions to "The Secret Record of the Demonic Concubine", and there are rumors that the emperor had a dragon and two phoenixes, was diligent during illness, and was taught and persuaded by the queen mother and empress.
There are also topics involving conspiracy. Jin Ying, the empress dowager's confidant eunuch, designed to poison the prince in order to frame the emperor; and gradually spread that the empress dowager secretly took the son of a palace man as her own son, and that the emperor Gong Rang might actually be the child of an ordinary palace maid.
The above-board policy of the court abolished the judicial privileges of the vassal king. From then on, the vassal king broke the law and was guilty of the same crime as the common people, which triggered heated discussions.
What is most relevant to the people is that the emperor explicitly ordered to suppress Buddhism, banning all Buddhist temples in Xishan and dismissing all monks.
The emperor, who had gradually gained recognition from the people in the capital, fell back due to an edict to suppress the Buddha.
The atmosphere in the capital is, firstly, extravagance and comparison, and secondly, advocating Buddhism.
It would be difficult for most people to agree with an emperor who was hostile to Buddhism.
May 15th, early morning.
Chen Xiang, who was temporarily in charge of the imperial palace, led a large number of craftsmen into the Forbidden City and began to demolish and clean up part of the palace.
Thorough cleaning of the three main palaces of the former dynasty, Qianqing Palace, Cining Palace, and Xian'an Palace that were destroyed by fire. Remove all debris from the ruins.
There is also the demolition of Xiliu Palace and Qin'an Palace, and various materials are used to rebuild Renshou Palace.
Of course, these are all premise. Zhu Qiyu's real purpose is to demolish all the palaces around Yinghua Palace and turn Yinghua Palace into an isolated island. In the future, this will be the lifelong prison of Empress Dowager Sun.
The source of this inspiration is the historical Emperor Jingtai who imprisoned Zhu Qi Town, locked the Nangong gate and filled it with lead, and removed all the trees inside and outside the Nangong to broaden the view and facilitate monitoring.
As for demolishing more than half of the Forbidden City, how will we live there in the future? Zhu Qiyu doesn't care about this. He won't come to live here, and neither will his son.
As for his grandson, he has nothing to do with it. One generation is in charge of another generation, but after one generation, people will no longer listen to me. If he is stupid and insists on loving the Forbidden City to death like the previous Ming emperors, then there is nothing I can do.
Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. When the foolish descendants die, there will naturally be smart descendants who will continue to be emperors.
It was sunny and windy today. Zhu Qiyu woke up early from his gentle home. Before he could fully wake up, he heard Lin Xiangyu whisper in his ear, whispering:
"Husband, shall we two have an affair today?"
"Cheating? Where to steal?"
Lin Xiangyu said with a smile: "The weather is getting hotter and hotter, let's go to Qingliang Palace to play. Qingliang Palace is located in a small mountain depression on the west slope, with shade and sun protection.
Moreover, the refreshing spring at the back of the palace is ice-cold and sweet. We previously diverted the spring water and built a huge outdoor swimming pool.
Now I just go swimming to escape the heat. How about dancing in the swimming pool for your husband? "
Zhu Qiyu nodded after hearing this: "Okay, okay, dancing in the water sounds so wonderful. It seems that the demon concubine is going to seduce the king again, and I will criticize her for a while."
Zhu Qiyu was easily abducted like this.
As a result, when I arrived at Qingliang Hall, I found that it was completely different. The good princess suddenly changed her face.
The poor Emperor Jingtai was busy wiping tables and sweeping the floor in Qingliang Hall all morning.
Then he went to the stream to set up a fire to grill fish and serve the princess for a meal.
Zhu Qiyu sat on a piece of bluestone and let Lin Xiangyu sit on his lap. While grilling fish, he hugged the little princess and laughed.
Zhu Qiyu laughed at himself: "I asked Chen Xiang to demolish all the palaces around the Queen Mother Sun. As a result, today he was cleaning the palaces in the Forbidden City, and I was cleaning the palaces here.
Chen Xiang is not the worst, because he only needs to direct from the side. I was even worse off than him. I was being directed and had to do the work myself. "
Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Husband, don't you really want to cut the knot quickly and deal with the Queen Mother Sun directly?"
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Some people will make a fool of themselves and ask me to kill all the Queen Mother Sun and Zhu Qizhen's family immediately. Can I listen to their irresponsible lies?
It's very easy to kill them, but what happens next? How to deal with the aftermath? What do people in the world think? How to write history books?
Even if I don't care, what about our son, will he be happy when he becomes emperor in the future?
I want to pass on to him a stable and prosperous empire, not a mess full of hidden dangers. "
Having said this, Zhu Qiyu took a sip of milk angrily, and continued to explain: "Do you think Emperor Taizong is powerful? He killed Emperor Jianwen cleanly, and then, was he happy?
Isn't it better to live in Jianwen's shadow all his life and worry about his reputation as a traitor and traitor?
In the second half of his life, Taizong fought east and west for his civil and martial arts and to win legal orthodoxy. In the end, he died violently in Yumuchuan, but he could not die peacefully at home.
Isn’t this all about making life better for future generations?
You see that the battle for the throne of the Taizong Dynasty seems to have been settled, but in fact it still leaves huge hidden dangers, leaving us emperors helpless. "
Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "Husband, are you talking about the issue of the vassal king?"
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Hey, Taizong was a rebel who came to power. After he became the emperor, what he was most afraid of was that other vassal kings would imitate his example and play tricks on the emperor.
Therefore, the vassal system of the Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed. The court guarded against vassal kings like thieves; the court raised princes like raising pigs.
In this way, the vassal king could not play the role of protecting the emperor, but would also impose a huge support burden on the court.
It's not obvious now, but in a few generations it will be hard to come back. When the time comes, the emperor will have no vassals to rely on, and the civil servants will become stronger and begin to have the ability to resist the emperor.
And those vassal kings, in the fish and meat countryside, looked down upon human life, occupied fertile land, and accumulated huge wealth.
In the end, the court had no money and was too poor to survive; the people had no money and were too poor to survive.
Only the fat and oily lords are left.
Therefore, the biggest problem I face as emperor is to carry out thorough vassal reform.
I want to cut off the unreasonable privileges of the vassals first, and then relax the restrictions on the vassals and let them serve the country. "
Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Husband, aren't you afraid that the feudal lord Qingjun will appear next to you again?"
Zhu Qiyu replied nonchalantly: "Think about it, starting from the Han Dynasty, in the unified dynasty, the only example where the vassal kings successfully rebelled in a corner is Taizong.
How could our Ming Dynasty be so unlucky? Can there be another case?
To put it another ten thousand steps back, it is true that at the end of the dynasty, the imperial court was extremely weak and was successfully revolted by the vassal king.
If he succeeds, he will succeed. It is better than letting Ming fall into the hands of foreigners. Just like the Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty was gone, but there were still clans that stood up to establish the Eastern Han Dynasty and realize the Chinese Renaissance.
The Eastern Han Dynasty was also the Han Dynasty. Emperor Gao was also regarded as Taizu, and Emperor Xiaowen was regarded as Taizong.
So, just be open-minded about everything. We try our best to pave the way for our descendants, do our best, and obey the destiny. For the rest, it depends on their own destiny. "
Lin Xiangyu nodded: "I understand, my husband is not in a hurry to get rid of the Sun family lineage, but keeps trying to get rid of it. The fundamental reason is to have a thorough battle between the legitimate concubine and the concubine.
This will completely eliminate the legal system of the Sun family and leave an undisputed world to future generations. "
(End of chapter)
