Wang Wen and others quickly listened respectfully to the imperial edict.
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "I have re-determined the twenty-year seniority for our Prince Qi's Mansion, which are: Wen Ya Jun Si Xian, Wu Sheng Tao Yong Ji, Zhi Rui Ancestor Hui Yuan, Good Son Ke Long.
The eldest son Zhu Wenfang is the prince of Qi.
The second son, Zhu Wenjing, was the king of Han and had a fiefdom in Xi'an.
The third son, Zhu Wenying, was the king of Wei and had the fiefdom of Dongsheng Acropolis.
The fourth son, Zhu Wenjun, was the king of Ning and had the fiefdom of Daning. "
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in confusion again. It seemed that the emperor had made an absurd move again and actually wanted to break away from the Yan King lineage and establish his own lineage.
The talented scholars who were well-read in poetry and books could naturally see that this was a new lineage of Qi kings that the emperor had pieced together based on the lineage of the old Qi kings and snatched part of Prince Yiwen's lineage.
Fortunately, the emperor's thoughts were not completely unreasonable, but there are traces to follow: the emperor regarded himself as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the dynasty he most recognized was the Han Dynasty, and the emperor he most recognized was the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, it is easy to understand that the first character at the beginning of the lineage is designated as '文'.
So the second son immediately took the position of King of Han, which is reasonable.
As for sealing the third and fourth sons to the remote Dongsheng and Daning, it shows that the emperor is still public-minded and has the interests of Ming Dynasty in mind.
Wang Wen and He Yi both kept their heads down and said nothing, while Luo Tong, Jiang Yuan and He Wenyuan also didn't make a sound.
Shen Yi, Zhou Chen, and Xu Youzhen from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry have recently been obsessed with counting money behind the emperor, let alone talking.
Having confiscated the property of so many vassal kings, nobles, and generals, Shen Yi, the Minister of Household Affairs, could not sleep from ear to ear at night. As for how the emperor's son was named, it didn't matter. He could be called whatever he wanted, who cares? Woolen cloth. As the happiest Minister of Household Affairs in the Ming Dynasty, I can’t spend all the money in the imperial treasury in my lifetime.
Although the money cannot be moved back to his home, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, who has always been miserable with so much money, is now very straight-backed and can do anything he says or does.
Even the most virtuous and respected Wei Ji didn't say anything. Wei Ji thought: I am now the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and I am no longer the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. Why should I care about such nonsense?
And there are examples of this before. The eldest son of Prince Yiwen and the eldest grandson of Taizu are called Zhu Xiongying, and they are not named according to their generation. This is still a legitimate son and grandson. Does anyone care? No one cares.
Zhu Qiyu scanned them one by one. This was embarrassing again. He really couldn't find anyone to disagree with him.
The ministers now want to launch comprehensive reforms as soon as possible and are no longer interested in dwelling on these matters.
There was no other way, Zhu Qiyu had to discuss the reform policy with the ministers from beginning to end, and then let everyone leave.
The ministers were very satisfied when they left, as long as the land and the privileges of officials and gentry were not touched. If we change something else, everyone supports it.
After all the ministers left, Zhu Qiyu remembered: "That's not right. I also said that I would confer the son of Emperor Gongrang in Oara as King Yi. Why did people just leave like this? Didn't they object? That's it. Did you follow the order?"
Somewhat confused, Zhu Qiyu had to go home in a daze.
But it was said that Wang Wen returned to the cabinet and forced several cabinet ministers to go to see Emperor Gongrang.
When everyone came to Chonghua Palace, they saw a long table placed outside the palace gate, and five or six eunuchs were sitting there to enjoy the cool air.
Seeing the ministers approaching, a young eunuch came over and stopped them: "Several elders, if you want to enter Chonghua Palace, please register your names first."
Wang Wen asked: "May I ask my father-in-law who he is?"
The young eunuch replied: "We are from Dongchang, and the governor has an order. Everyone who enters Chonghua Palace needs to sign and register with his or her signature, and state the reason for the visit."
Wang Wen replied: "We are here to meet you as ordered by the Holy Spirit."
"Then please ask the elder to state that you are here to meet me."
Wang Wen and others signed their names in person, and then the young eunuch opened the palace door and let everyone in.
Only then did Wang Wen and others understand that what the emperor said was quite nice. Emperor Gongrang's former cronies, Ma Liang and others, would be responsible for guarding the Chonghua Palace, and civil and military officials could visit Emperor Gongrang at any time.
In fact, the palace gate is guarded by Dongchang. Moreover, officials were required to sign autographs when entering and exiting. Who came to see Emperor Gongrang, when and for what reason were all clearly remembered.
If anyone dares to casually visit Chonghua Palace when they have nothing to do, then you are just waiting to find trouble.
But when Wang Wen and others came in to pay homage to Emperor Gongrang, Zhu Qizhen asked curiously: "Why did you come to see me?"
Wang Wen replied: "Wala Yexian's eldest son, Huo'er suddenly responded with a memorial, saying that during the northern hunting period, Your Majesty had a son in Wala, begging to be canonized as a prince.
The Holy Emperor has already approved the report and ordered him to be named King Yi. He also ordered his ministers to come to ask for your Majesty's instructions to name King Yi. "
When Zhu Qizhen heard this, his face turned green with anger: Even if I really left a son in Wala, I can't openly talk about this kind of thing.
Forget about being granted the title of Prince, and you still want me to choose a name? Then if you continue to publicize it, won’t my reputation be ruined?
Zhu Qizhen knew very well that either these ministers did not understand the joints involved, or they pretended to be confused and deliberately catered to the real emperor in the western suburbs.
But seeing everyone's attitude of forcing the palace, Zhu Qizhen could only reply: "Call me Zhu Jianze. What is the name of my brother's son?"
Wang Wen replied: "The four sons of the Holy Emperor are Zhu Wenfang, Prince of Qi, Zhu Wenjing, King of Han, Zhu Wenying, King of Wei, and Zhu Wenjun, King of Ning."
"Wen? Shouldn't it be 'see'?"
Wang Wen replied: "The Holy One has redefined the lineage of the King of Qi, and it is the lineage of the King of Qi, as 'the gentle king will think of the virtuous, the martial arts will be auspicious, the wise and wise ancestors will be united, and the good ancestral lineage will be long.'
Therefore, the saint's sons were all named 'Wen'. "
When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he snorted coldly, waved his hands, and motioned for everyone to leave.
Wang Wen and others asked for King Yi's name, returned to the cabinet, and drafted an edict.
In the afternoon of the same day, the emperor's imperial edict and the edict of sinners were issued.
At the same time, the first batch of kiosks in the capital, a total of 100, were officially opened.
The general affairs envoy Si You consulted and practiced the outline, and the eunuch Shu Liang, the eunuch of the East Factory, personally inspected everywhere.
At each newsstand, a large newspaper wall was set up, and newspapers from the past seven days were posted on it.
Pedestrians can watch at will, and there are full-time officials who read and explain the contents of the newspapers, so that illiterate people can also understand current events.
This is the first issue of the Jingtai Dynasty newspaper, and there is big news: the emperor issued an edict to punish himself, which sealed the coffin of the mutiny on the first day of July.
A large number of vassal kings were deposed and expelled from the country due to rebellion; the emperor already had four sons, and they began to be crowned kings as soon as they were born; Emperor Gongrang had a son in Oara, who was also crowned King Yi.
After dinner, the common people in the capital had another topic of debate: Should the current emperor abdicate? Should the eldest son of the emperor's concubine continue to be the crown prince, or should the eldest son of the current emperor be the heir apparent?
Public opinion continues to ferment among the people, but it will take time to form a consensus.
While Beijing is experiencing renewed turmoil, Nanjing is not at peace either.
In the Nanjing garrison yamen, Yuan Cheng was confronting Xu Qi, and the two sides were quarreling with red faces.
According to the Ming Dynasty system, eunuchs, civil servants, and nobles should jointly guard Nanjing.
But now Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi went to Beijing to die, while Wei Guogong stayed in Beijing for many days and refused to come back.
Therefore, Yuan Cheng, the Nanjing garrison eunuch, and Xu Qi, the Nanjing Minister of War, became the decision-makers in Nanjing.
The content of the quarrel between the two always revolved around the reform of the Nanjing camp requested by the emperor.
There were originally twenty-six branches of Beijing Shangzhi's personal guards. Except for the Beijing Jinyi Guards and the four imperial horse guards who were merged, the remaining twenty-one branches of Beijing Shangzhi were all transferred to Nanjing by the emperor.
Nanjing originally had seventeen direct personal guards.
Adding the two together, there are thirty-eight guards in total.
Zhu Qiyu requested a significant reduction to 24 guards. The 24th Guards Group was then formed into the 12th Regiment Battalion to replace the current Nanjing Jingying Battalion.
Xu Qi had long understood that this was equivalent to the 38 Shangzhi Guards, plus the Nanjing Jingying Camp, plus the troops temporarily stationed in Nanjing after the Beijing Jingying quelled the Southeast Civil War. The total was reduced and merged into the Nanjing Shangzhi 24th Guards. .
The emperor wanted to streamline his army and streamline his administration, so as to get rid of the burden.
The contradiction between Xu Qi and Yuan Cheng is that Yuan Cheng must resolutely implement the emperor's intentions in order to be appreciated by the emperor; but Xu Qi is more concerned about the stability of the army and does not want to be too radical and cause turmoil.
The garrison nobles were not in Nanjing, Xu Qi and Yuan Cheng refused to give in to each other, and the emperor fully delegated power and was unwilling to intervene, so the two sides reached a complete stalemate.
(End of chapter)
