When everyone heard this, they all raised their heads in surprise.
The atmosphere was set in place, but the emperor actually quit?
Especially Zhu Qizhen looked at his brother like a monster. I originally thought that the throne would definitely not be preserved this time, and whether it could even survive for a long time was a question, but my brother actually changed his face on the spot?
Zhu Qiyu glanced at Hao Yi.
Hao Yi quickly led several young eunuchs to move Zhu Qizhen's dragon chair under the steps and placed it facing east.
Zhu Qiyu gave way with a smile: "Brother, please take a seat."
Zhu Qizhen bowed to express his gratitude and sat back on the dragon throne.
As a result, Zhu Qiyu sat on the steps facing south with his beloved concubine in his arms, Wu Taifei sat on the left and rear of Zhu Qiyu, and Zhu Qizhen sat on the right front under the steps, facing east.
Zhu Qiyu nodded with satisfaction. His eldest brother, who had no eyesight, really had to be whipped before he would even turn around twice.
It has been Jingtai's second year, and he has only achieved true dominance in the south, and he is really good-tempered.
After sitting down, Zhu Qiyu would not really explain anything to Zhu Qizhen, but announced a decree to everyone:
"Shi Heng led the Beijing army to rebel and entered the city to besiege the Emperor's troops. His crime was so heinous that all members of the clan abandoned the city. Shi Heng himself was executed late and immediately.
Gu Donggong, a descendant of the Sun family in the Huichang Hou Mansion, asked the emperor to rebel. He should have been executed by the whole family, but he wanted to report meritorious service to Sun Zhong and save his great-grandson Sun Ming from death. Sun Zhong had three concubines and one concubine, who had meritorious service and were exempted from death penalty.
These five people were given residences in Fengyang, and could not leave the city without an edict.
Guo Deng, the uncle of Dingxiang, assisted the ruthless concubine in Xuanmiao to steal his son, confuse the legitimate concubines, and caused the Shangsheng Queen to suffer. His son Guo Song lived in Wei Nangong and conspired to rebel. The whole family should have been executed.
However, Guo Dengsu had made great achievements and was able to wake up in time and report the truth. Guo Deng's family was now confiscated and his family was moved to Fengyang and given a residence in Zhongdu. They were not allowed to leave the city without an edict. "
When Guo Deng heard this, he was overjoyed. At least the lives of his family were saved, so he quickly knelt down to thank him.
On behalf of the Sanfa Division, Wang Wen presented the list of Sun and Shi families, and Zhu Qiyu made a decision, which was immediately executed outside the Meridian Gate.
The Fengtian Gate and the Meridian Gate were wide open. Outside the Meridian Gate there were cries of ghosts and howls of wolves. The executioner raised his knife and dropped it. The heads of the sinners from the Sun and Shi families rolled to the ground one by one.
More than twenty years after the death of King Han, this was the first time such a decisive killing scene occurred in the Ming Dynasty.
The ministers in Fengtian Square were all frightened, and they were all glad that they did not participate in the mutiny that day. Otherwise, with the emperor's decisive decision, everyone would have to go on the road.
The vassal kings were all breaking into cold sweats, but the emperor had not yet said he would pardon the vassal princes for their sins. If the accounts were calculated, it would not be a big problem to kill all the feudal kings.
Sure enough, when everyone was stunned, they heard Zhu Qiyu sternly order: "The seven kings of Chu, Liao, Ning, Yi, Zheng, Dai, and Jing led their guards to rebel, but they died on the spot.
These seven kings seized the king's title, abolished the vassal status, confiscated their family property, and moved their clan to Changsha.
King Jin, King Han, and King Xiang were demoted to the rank of county kings, and all their clan members were expelled from their titles, their property confiscated, and they moved to Changsha.
I will arrange the rest of the princes one by one, and you can just wait for the imperial decree. "
Of the twenty-one princes, ten were eliminated and eleven remained.
Most of the princes and princes of the ten deposed families have died in this mutiny. If there are still children in their feudal kingdoms who rebel, Zhu Qiyu is sure to suppress them quickly.
Since the seven kings of Chu, Liao, Ning, Yi, Zheng, Dai, and Jing were dead, the three kings of Jin, Han, and Xiang were seriously injured and bedridden. Most of the remaining eleven kings had received the emperor's promise, so no one stood up to object.
Zhu Qiyu was already very satisfied with being able to depose ten kings in one go.
If all the vassal kings were abolished, he would become Qin Shihuang.
Zhu Qiyu felt speechless when he thought about it: after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu established the Temple of Emperors of the Past Dynasties in Nanjing to worship seventeen emperors, but Qin Shihuang had no share.
After the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the threshold of the imperial temple was lowered and more than a hundred emperors were enshrined, but Qin Shihuang was still refused entry.
In other words, until the Qing Dynasty, Qin Shihuang was the object of contempt among emperors of the past dynasties.
According to Zhu Qiyu's own thinking, in addition to Qin Shihuang being too cruel, it was also because he did not have any love for his sons, which caused all subsequent emperors to annoy him.
Especially people like Taizu of the Ming Dynasty who loved their children and grandchildren to the point of madness. He probably looked down upon such people even more: Qin Shihuang's actions were so extreme that he did not have a single capable and powerful vassal in the Qin Dynasty. When Qin Shi Huang died, his ministers killed all of Qin Shi Huang's sons.
Anyway, for Zhu Qiyu, before his sons grew up, he still had to have a few capable vassal kings to prevent the government from becoming unbalanced. When the day comes that ministers have no scruples, it will be too late to regret.
But he said that the remaining vassal princes were also eager to change the topic, so under the auspices of King Qin, the relatives discussed the treatment of Queen Qian, Queen Zhou, and Concubine Wanhuang.
Everyone quickly reached a consensus and demanded that Queen Qian, Queen Zhou, and Concubine Wan Huang be abolished.
No serious emperor has a queen, but Emperor Gongrang has two queens, which is indeed very disharmonious.
This time even Lin Cong, Ye Sheng and others refused to stand up and speak.
Instead, it was Zhu Qiyu who spoke up for the three emperors' wives: "Although the three emperors' wives knew that their eldest brother was plotting rebellion, they did not report the knowledge and did not stop it.
However, Empress Zhou was the biological mother of the prince. For the sake of the prince, I temporarily opened the door and ordered Zhou to continue to be Queen Gongrang and be in charge of the Chonghua Palace. She could not leave the palace without an edict.
The Wan family lost two sons one after another. She felt sorry for her and was demoted to the imperial concubine Chen. She was imprisoned in Chonghua Palace and could not leave the palace without an edict.
Although Empress Qian was the eldest brother's first wife, she did not want to dissuade her and instead helped her eldest brother to rebel, a crime that should have been punished by death. The widow deeply cherished the friendship between her relatives, so she made Qian her concubine and was imprisoned in Chonghua Palace. She could not leave the palace without an edict. "
No one expected that the emperor would pick it up heavily and put it down gently, and they all knelt down to praise the emperor's kindness.
Zhu Qiyu blushed after being praised by everyone. In fact, he was not a benevolent person, but arranged a fierce internal strife for his eldest brother's harem.
Qian was demoted from the rank of queen to ordinary concubine, so she would definitely be dissatisfied. Moreover, outsiders could not understand the meaning of the title Ling Fei.
In the eyes of outsiders, this is at most an allusion to the posthumous title of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Chaos but not damaging is called Ling, not diligent enough to become famous is called Ling, and good sacrifices to ghosts are called Ling.
This is an irony that Queen Qian was incompetent and managed the harem in a mess. She also believed in Buddhism and talked all day long.
However, Queen Qian was so angry that her face turned green. Others didn't know, but Queen Qian herself knew what the emperor meant: Gong asked the emperor's favorite woman to be called Ling'er, but the emperor named herself a concubine. This was not pure. Disgusting person?
Just when everyone thought the matter was over, Xue Huan suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Gongrang is no longer the legitimate son of Xuanmiao, and the crown prince is only the concubine of Emperor Gongrang.
The Holy One already has his eldest son, so how can a concubine occupy the position of crown prince? I ask the Holy One to depose the crown prince and make the eldest son the crown prince instead. "
He Wenyuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, immediately stood up and echoed: "I have reported to the Holy Majesty, and I believe that God will bless the people who make the king, and his legacy will be safe in the world; the father has a son who has been passed down all over the world, and this has been established for thousands of years.
The saints of these three generations were the example of hundreds of kings. The eldest son of the Holy One is placed first in Lun, so he should be in Zhengdong Palace so that he can continue his affairs clearly.
Please allow me, the sage, and don’t let the world’s wishes fall upon you. "
After He Wenyuan said this, another large group of people knelt down in the square.
Zhu Qiyu watched everyone quietly. In less than a cup of tea, at least 70% of the people knelt down.
Zhu Qiyu is quite satisfied with this result. These people who knelt down, whether they were opportunistic or submissive, at least they had an attitude.
However, Zhu Qiyu will definitely not depose the prince hastily.
The Crown Prince must abdicate the throne at his own request when the time comes, so that his children and grandchildren can sit on the throne without any hidden dangers.
Zhu Qiyu's principle has always been this. He must not imitate Xuanzong and blame his children and grandchildren for the mess, and then let his children and grandchildren be tortured to death by the mess in front of the so-called wise king.
This is also the reason why Sun Shi and Zhu Qizhen are not killed immediately. No matter what the reason is, whether it is illness or depression, as long as Sun Shi and Zhu Qizhen die now, they will definitely be blamed on themselves. It leaves a hidden danger in public opinion that is difficult to eliminate.
In addition, Zhu Qiyu also hoped that Sun and Zhu Qizhen could cause some trouble again, so as to give him a reason to kill another group of people.
On this issue, Zhu Qiyu really can't invent anything new. How about learning from Jingtai in history and concocting a golden knife case?
(End of chapter)
