Zhu Qiyu added: "Actually, I have been anxious for a long time. Once I kill Queen Mother Sun, I will immediately start to rebuild Dongshengwei with all my strength.
Dongshengwei can protect both Datong and the east side of the Hetao; King Su can protect both the Hexi Corridor and the west side of the Hetao.
After protecting the Loop, I will relocate the people and fully develop the Loop.
Should we say it or not, the blame for giving up Dong Shengwei should not be entirely blamed on Xuanzong this time. The person who should bear the main responsibility for this is Emperor Taizong.
After Taizong's success in peace, he was too suspicious of the troops on the border, especially the Dongsheng Guards who moved inland and refused to be resettled.
Later, Ren, Xuan, and Zhengtong also started to argue persistently. They knew the importance of Dongsheng Guard, but they refused to resettle Dongsheng Guard despite the requests of civil servants and military generals.
In the end, the orthodox emperor sought benevolence and succeeded in hunting in Wala in the north.
If the Dongsheng Guards were still there, it would have been impossible for Ye Xian to sneak into Datong with the main cavalry force and set up an ambush quietly. Therefore, the eldest brother respectfully allowed the emperor to get to where he is today, and he deserved it. No one else can blame him. "
Lin Xiangyu nodded if she understood: "This is probably the hidden danger left by Taizong's revolt to quell Jingnan. Taizong and the following three emperors were too suspicious of the vassal princes and the border troops, which led them to give up control of the border areas. Weaken the border troops.”
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "It is true. The four borders of the Ming Dynasty are all a mess, and there is no good place. I have spent all my twenty years in power to wipe their butts, so can you blame me for cursing Xuanzong? I don't want to curse them either. But they must do some personnel work at least.
Without thinking about it, he led tens of thousands of cavalry and rushed to Datong in a blink of an eye, unobstructed and silent, just like he came to enjoy the mountains and rivers. Who caused this? Is there anything wrong with me scolding those bastards?
Okay, send the decree quickly. "
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In the afternoon, Chen Xiang took the memorial and returned to Nangong to report to Zhu Qizhen.
Seeing that the recall of Mao Zhong was approved, Zhu Qizhen was surprised: "Brother, don't you know that I single-handedly promoted Mao Zhong? He actually approved it!"
Could it be that his younger brother is really too sick to get up, and his beloved concubines are handling government affairs for him? Otherwise it shouldn't be so strange.
Then he asked the ministers to report back to the capital and proposed to recall Shi Heng, Sun Boring, and Liu Yongcheng to the capital to see how his brother would react. "
Chen Xiang accepted the order and handed over the emperor's edict on Yang Shiqi's treatment. After Zhu Qizhen read it, he praised repeatedly: "It deserves it, it deserves it, Yang Shiqi's grave should be dug up.
If it weren't for Yang Shiqi, would I be where I am today? Crushing his bones and scattering his ashes will hardly relieve the hatred in my heart. Just digging up his grave and burying it again will be too easy for him. "
Chen Xiang bravely replied: "Separating him from the one he loves the most, but burying him with his rejected first wife. People who love each other cannot die in the same hole. If there is knowledge under the spring, it will be the greatest pain."
Zhu Qizhen nodded: "That's true, my younger brother is cruel enough. I only killed Yang Shiqi's son. Compared with my younger brother, I was still too gentle.
When I was in power, I had too many scruples. If my younger brother was as fierce and powerful, how could we be where we are today. "
After saying that, Zhu Qizhen shook his head again: "Looking at this edict, it is obviously his brother's handiwork. So is he sick or not?
Is there really no way to place an spy and spy on my younger brother's bedroom? "
Chen Xiang shook his head firmly: "There is really no way. The emperor spent a lot of effort to build a city wall that surrounded the entire Yuquan Mountain.
Although the emperor called it Lingyu Palace, it was not a palace wall but a city wall that was built.
The city wall is about two feet high and ten miles in circumference. It has only two gates, the east and the south. There are hundreds of guards on duty at each gate, and 300 guards patrolling along the city wall.
No one is allowed to enter except the emperor himself and his fifteen beloved concubines. Even Mrs. Wu never entered, let alone others.
In the past, there were two little girls who could come in and out to deliver messages, but now the emperor has stopped it.
The palace gate guards have special authorization from the emperor. Anyone who breaks into the palace without permission will be killed first and then executed without mercy.
So there is really no way. Unless we send a large army to attack, we really can't get in. "
Zhu Qizhen shook his head and wondered: "The Forbidden City is so magnificent, why does my brother have to live in the suburbs? I don't believe it. Can the western suburbs be safer than the Forbidden City? Can living in the Forbidden City be more comfortable?"
Besides, there is the Xiyuan Garden to the west of the Forbidden City, which is even more beautiful, but nowhere is it worse than Yuquan Mountain. I don’t understand, I really don’t understand. "
Chen Xiang smiled and said: "Maybe it's because the emperor has never lived in the palace since he was a child. I heard from Gao Ping that the queen mother often regretted it. She said that the emperor was thrown outside the palace when he was a child and was raised as a wild child, so he knew her. The beauty of visiting the Forbidden City.
If she had known this earlier, the Queen Mother would have brought the emperor into the palace to educate him. "
Zhu Qizhen sighed helplessly. His mother-in-law was a Xiaojiazi, his first wife was a Xiaojiazi, and his prince's biological mother was also a Xiaojiazi.
The whole family is petty.
His mother was jealous, to the point where the concubines in the palace could not give birth to a child, and had to force his father to have a baby outside the palace.
Queen Qian is no longer jealous, but she doesn't have half the talent of a housekeeper.
A legitimate wife who had absolutely no disputes, and was in charge of the housekeeper, was immediately blinded and lame by the servants. This housekeeping ability is simply the weirdest among the weirdest.
There was also Queen Zhou, who had some abilities as a housekeeper, but she went back to being jealous.
The more Zhu Qizhen thought about it, the angrier he became. He asked Chen Xiang angrily: "My younger brother has fifteen favored concubines. I heard that these favored concubines do not have a clear distinction between elder and younger. Don't they fight among themselves?" ?
Their backgrounds are much worse than the Queen Mother and the two queens. Aren't they just petty?
Why have I never heard of a fire in my brother’s backyard? I’m not convinced.
Twelve of his beloved concubines became pregnant one after another, but no one was drugged to have an abortion? "
Chen Xiang did not dare to hurt his emperor's feelings too much, so he could only reply weakly: "There are rumors in the market that the emperor invented a word called 'harem egalitarianism'.
That is, the status and treatment of all beloved concubines are exactly the same. The monthly payment is three thousand taels, the same control over the palace treasury, and the same decision-making power over general affairs.
Moreover, whatever he wants to buy or want, the emperor will respond to her requests. As long as the beloved concubine asks, the emperor will definitely agree.
When the beloved concubines gave birth to sons, they were all princes, and when they gave birth to daughters, they were all princesses.
Therefore, the emperor's favorite concubines felt that there was really nothing to fight about. In addition, they all grew up together and had deep feelings, so there was no conflict. "
Zhu Qizhen asked curiously: "What does three thousand taels of monthly money mean?"
Chen Xiang replied: "The emperor gives each concubine three thousand taels of silver every month as private money, and the concubines can use it as they please."
Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen put his hand on his forehead and said, "What a crime! This monthly salary is many times higher than that of the Queen. No wonder my brother's beloved concubines don't fight among themselves.
Every favorite concubine lives as good as ten queens, so why fight?
I just want to know, where did my brother get so much money? "
"For your information, Your Majesty, this is the huge amount of wealth the Emperor gained from confiscating Wang Zhen, Jin Ying and other eunuchs."
"Zhu Qiyu is such a good person, so generous to others. It's a shame he can do that."
Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but feel angry when he thought that all the property of his trusted eunuch had been squandered by his younger brother.
At the same time, Queen Mother Sun had already smashed things in her palace.
Gao Ping, the general manager of Yinghua Hall, as the eunuch Bingbi, the chief ritual officer, was always able to inform the Queen Mother of the court's developments in a timely manner.
Empress Dowager Sun's reaction to the emperor's order to dig up Yang Shiqi's grave and rebury him with his wife was completely different from Zhu Qizhen's.
Queen Mother Sun was so angry that she was shaking all over.
Anyone with a little bit of intelligence can see that on the surface the emperor was pursuing Yang Shiqi, but in fact he was killing the chicken to show the monkey.
The implication is simple: the emperor threatened to move Queen Hu to Jingling and bury her together with Xuanmiao. It is only in line with etiquette for the first couple to be buried together.
However, the Empress Dowager Sun, who had ascended to the throne of queen by killing his wife as a concubine, deprived her of the title of queen, restored her status as a concubine, and was not allowed to be buried with the Xuan Temple after her death.
Emperor, this is no longer a hint, it is more accurate to call it an explicit statement.
This was the first time that Empress Dowager Sun had a mental breakdown since Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne. Because Zhu Qiyu was not joking this time. If the imperial edict is issued today, it will be known to both the government and the public tomorrow, and the city will be full of troubles.
In a real fight, the two sides will fight to the death, and there will be no turning back.
In the view of Queen Mother Sun, as long as Zhu Qiyu reigns, her status as Queen Xuanzong will definitely be deprived and she will not be buried in Jingling.
If you want to change your fate, you can only change the emperor.
If the problem cannot be solved, then solve the emperor who created the problem.
(End of chapter)
