Qianxue asked curiously: "Tong Yang son-in-law? Is our son so pitiful?"
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Forget it's ours. When the time comes, this son will be someone else's. When you marry a wife, you forget your mother. Haven't you heard this wise saying?"
Qianxue continued to ask: "That's not right. Can civil servants allow our son to marry the daughter of the Duke? Didn't the recent three emperors all marry the daughters of small families?
Can the civil servants agree to find a daughter of the prince to be the future queen? "
Zhu Qiyu swayed back and forth with Mu Cong in his arms and said with a smile: "When I ascended the throne, I was preparing for this day. Otherwise, why would I have to upgrade myself from King Ni to King Qi when I was about to become emperor.
I have long thought that even if I become the emperor, I must retain my status as a prince. Doing so will bring unexpected conveniences to many things.
That's why I insisted on promoting myself to King Qi, so as not to use such an inferior and dishonorable title as King Xi all day long, which would make me feel disgusted from time to time. "
"Then what does being concurrently the King of Qi have to do with our son marrying the Duke's daughter?"
"Our eldest son Zhu Wenfang will be the next King of Qi, and Xu Xian will be the next Duke An Guo. There have been countless precedents in the Ming Dynasty for princes to marry the daughters of Dukes of the state. Why should civil servants object?
The civil servants objected to the prince marrying the daughter of the duke, and they had some reasons.
But the problem is that when I say that our eldest son is the prince, the civil servants don’t recognize it.
Then I can't help you. You yourself don't recognize him as the prince, but only recognize him as the prince's son. So why don't you allow him to marry the daughter of the Duke? "
Qianxue frowned and thought for a moment: "That's right, you've got the ministers involved. If the ministers don't recognize Zhu Wenfang as the prince, then we should do whatever we want. The good thing is that the ministers have no position to take care of the family affairs of our Prince Qi's house. .
Even if the civil servants insist that the engagement of the Crown Prince of Qi requires the participation of the court, then according to the court system, the final decision on the marriage of the royal family members and vassals should be made by our mother-in-law, Princess Xuan Yi, who holds the Queen Mother's seal. , which circles back again.
Poor civil servants, why do you have to deal with an emperor like your husband who walks a hundred steps and digs fifty holes? What a miserable life it is. "
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "It's not that easy, they will dig holes for me. The biggest problem now is that there are simply not enough civil servants loyal to me.
The fight with Wenchen is not as simple as you think. Forget it, I'm so bored, let's take a nap first. "
Qianxue took Mu Cong from Zhu Qiyu's hand: "My husband, take Qi'er and Ningxiang to the Qingliang Hall to sleep. Xi'er and I are here to grind for your husband."
Zhu Qiyu made a big bow and left with his two little concubines.
But in the afternoon, Daming Gate was still crowded with people.
While the people watching were whispering and arguing, a group of officers and soldiers escorted a group of eunuchs to the square in front of Daming Gate.
There are three city gates between Beijing's newly built outer city and the inner city: Chongwen Gate, Xuanwu Gate, and Zhengyang Gate.
People from the outer city enter the inner city through Zhengyang Gate. After passing Zhengyang Gate and walking about a hundred steps north, they reach the Daming Gate.
However, ordinary people cannot enter the Daming Gate. Behind the Daming Gate are the six ministries, the Dudu Mansion and other official offices. The people could only go their separate ways along the street outside Daming Gate.
Precisely because the street called Qipan Street outside Daming Gate is an important traffic thoroughfare connecting the inner and outer cities, there is an endless stream of pedestrians and it is very lively.
At this time, Yang Xun, who was asking for Yuan Bin's life, was still kneeling outside the Ming Dynasty Gate. This wave has not subsided, but another wave has arisen.
A group of eunuchs were escorted over, and the executioner hacked them to death. After a while, only two eunuchs were left.
All the people's attention was attracted.
Murder outside the Ming Dynasty is too rare. And it’s easy to understand why they killed a group of people, but two of them were left behind. Why?
At this time, the jailing officer announced loudly: "These two are Jin Ying and Xing'an, the former eunuchs of the inner court. Because they encouraged Emperor Gong to rebel and intended to kill the current emperor, they were tried by the three judicial departments and sentenced to treason. The punishment of Ling Chi.
The execution process will last three days. If you need to buy their meat, you can prepare coins. The latest rules only accept silver coins and copper coins newly minted by the Jingtai Dynasty. "
When the people heard this, they did not show the enthusiasm they had when watching Ling Chi before, but were stunned.
The crime of these two eunuchs was to encourage Emperor Gongrang to rebel, but did they say that Emperor Gongrang rebelled? It's still a bit hard to accept.
Besides, the people were not that eager to buy the meat of the two old eunuchs.
But no matter what the people thought, the executions began immediately.
Yang Xun knelt there awkwardly, unable to move up or down, and was in a dilemma: get up and go home, come back tomorrow? Ling Chi will continue tomorrow, and no one will pay attention to him even if he comes to kneel.
Come back the day after tomorrow? The day after tomorrow, Lingchi's last day, no one paid any attention to him when he came to kneel.
One drum will give you strength, another drum will lead to failure, and three drums will exhaust you.
Once you get up and go home to rest for two days, you will feel discouraged and it will be very difficult to get back together again.
Gritting his teeth, Yang Xun chose to bite the bullet and kneel there alone.
Until evening, Mrs. Li came over to deliver the meal: "Husband, let's eat some first. I've made your favorite braised pork and fish soup."
Yang Xun replied angrily: "What braised pork? Look at the two eunuchs who were cut off piece by piece. Now that you mention the braised pork, I feel a little sick."
Besides, I'm here to petition. How can I be so ungrateful as to kneel down and eat and drink? Take it back quickly. If the Holy Spirit doesn't receive you in person, I won't get up or eat. "
After a while, the officials from the six departments and other departments walked out of Daming Gate one after another.
In this situation, all the officials were helpless. A little painter knelt there and insisted on meeting the Holy Emperor; two great eunuchs who had once had great fame were there to accept the punishment of Ling Chi.
The only thing they have in common is that they all have to do with the aftermath of Emperor Gongrang's rebellion.
No one knows how far the emperor will go before he gives up.
Most of the civil servants were not deeply involved in the mutiny, or even did not participate at all, so the sense of crisis was not great. The generals and nobles are different.
Represented by the old nobles who were lucky enough to survive the mutiny, such as Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Xingzu and Xiping Marquis Songjie, they were extremely entangled.
The biggest problem facing the old nobles now is that they cannot reach reconciliation with the emperor.
For a month after the mutiny, the emperor never expressed any intention of reconciling with his old nobles.
As for the generals, all the original Beijing Shangzhiwei were driven to Nanjing and sat on the bench. Not to mention reconciliation, the emperor's meaning was very clear: he wants to lay you off. If you have the ability, just rebel.
The emperor was a bit embarrassed in this way. The Shangzhiwei officers and soldiers went to Nanjing, but their families had not yet been completely transferred there, which made it difficult to prevent the incident.
Moreover, even if Shi Heng led the 15,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp who rebelled before, all of them were killed, and his family members were all exiled to Nuergandusi, which was not a good place.
The emperor's attack was so fierce that no one dared to resist.
The two marquises Gu Xingzu and Song Jie regretted the most. When the emperor first came to power, he personally came to win over him, but neither of them cherished it.
Hey, look at Xu Yongning. He was only ten years old at the time, but he had a unique vision. He flattered and pretended to be pitiful. He coaxed the emperor to show his love and coaxed the three princesses to be overflowing with sympathy. Now he has not complied with the regulations of the court at all. Although he is still young, he has already firmly established himself as Duke Ding.
What's even more irritating is that Li Xuan rose through the ranks, from a young junior with no official position to the Duke of Cao in charge of a military town.
Gu Xingzu and Song Jie looked at each other and saw that they were both a thorn in the emperor's side and a thorn in his flesh.
In desperation, Gu Xingzu took Song Jie to Jietianlou to drink away his sorrows.
…
On the third day of August, Nanjing guarded the Yamen.
Due to the delay in reaching a consensus on disarmament, Xu Qi could not do business and could only continue to argue with Yuan Cheng.
Xu Qi had no idea when the quarrel would end.
There is no other way but to keep arguing with your head covered.
But when the noise reached almost noon, a young eunuch came in from outside and whispered in Yuan Cheng's ear.
Yuan Cheng nodded repeatedly and beamed with joy.
When the young eunuch went down, Xu Qi quickly asked: "Mr. Yuan, does the Holy One have any instructions?"
Yuan Cheng smiled and said: "The Holy One has sent two more civil servants and two nobles to work with you and me to guard Nanjing. When they came, the Holy One must have made detailed arrangements, and now we don't have to fight."
Xu Qi frowned when he heard this: No wonder Yuan Cheng is so happy. The emperor sent two civil servants and two nobles, but did not send eunuchs. This shows his trust and reliance on Yuan Cheng.
I am unlucky here, and I don't know who the two civil servants are, and who the two nobles are.
If you are a direct descendant of the emperor's direct line, then expect to suffer.
(End of chapter)
