Zhu Houzhao's method of making these ministers work can work, and there is a key point in it. Even in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, ministers like Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Han Wen, Wang Hao, etc. were all considered ministers who were dedicated to doing things.
If it really comes to the end of the year, and everyone is a corpse and fighting with each other, let alone the people below and they are in conflict with them, they themselves will be in conflict with the emperor first, and that will be a lot of trouble.
During the Hongzhi period, things were fine. The Crown Prince proposed the idea of reorganizing the army. Although the civil servants were a little worried about the Crown Prince's enthusiasm for martial arts, firstly, the group was deposed a lot during the Zuoshunmen Incident. Secondly, , the prince did not really engage in any personal conquests or Northern Expeditions, and the dangers of the Beijing army's occupation were seen by many ministers in the court. How could it be done if it was not dealt with?
Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao sometimes found it strange that if he went for militarism and simply spent money to raise the army, there would definitely be a lot of opposition, but if he had to deal with the occupation of the Beijing army, the matter would be vigorously support.
Among them, it is not known whether the Beijing army occupied the army, mainly because the emperor and the nobles benefited.
In short, after Wang Yue entered Beijing, the cabinet summoned all the ministers and ministers, the Dali Temple, and the Inspectorate for discussion.
The prince's intention that day was to ask everyone to make this decision together, so it would not only be a matter for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"... Everyone should have no objection to the cessation of occupation and the reorganization of the army. When the cabinet starts, please follow up. We will submit this summary to Your Highness. But before that, how to reorganize the army also needs to be According to His Highness’ wishes, we will come up with a strategy.”
Wang Yuechu was appointed Minister of the Ministry of War. He was the one supported by the prince. Others and himself thought so. But he didn't expect that it would be such a big move right from the start.
"After all, we have to find out first which projects occupy the capital, right?"
In fact, when it comes to this incident,
The cabinet, including the six ministries, all have some gloom hidden in their hearts.
The imperial decree to occupy the capital was given by the emperor, and the projects built were either the residence of the queen's natal family, or some Taoist temples and temples, followed by the city walls and some palaces in the palace that were in disrepair.
Which one can stop here?
Wang Yue felt more strange, "Your Highness...hasn't mentioned it yet?"
In fact, Wang Yue really didn't know, so he asked like this. With his personality, he didn't think too much about it.
But Liu Jian was a little dissatisfied when he heard it. Wang Weining had done a lot of credit, but he couldn't ask like this. It sounded like he was dissatisfied with His Highness. That is to say, he is still not in good health even though he is over 70 years old.
If he were in his fifties, it would be strange if the prince's character didn't deal with him. What happened to winning the battle? Since ancient times, are there fewer generals who have won battles but ended badly?
"It's not easy for Your Highness." Mr. Liu Ge sighed and said, "From what I can see, Your Highness is not unaware of the difficulties involved, but it's just that it's useless to talk to us about these things. In the final analysis, this has to do with the family affairs in the palace. Relationship. We, the ministers, are powerless."
Unless there is another Zuo Shunmen incident.
But Zhu Houzhao didn't want to think about it anymore. He mobilized everyone to oppose Empress Zhang. How difficult would it be for his son to be a good man if he was caught in the middle? The whole thing is like a doormat in the modern version of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship, not a human being inside and out.
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"Then our strategies..." Han Shangshu was also worried. After meeting the prince that day, the enterprising spirit shown by the prince made him, the Minister of Household Affairs, very excited. He also thought about stopping the occupation. long time.
If it doesn't work, he will be really disappointed.
"Let's agree." Li Dongyang said, "We must fulfill His Highness's request first. We are not just afraid of Uncle Shouning and Uncle Jianchang."
The ministers of the Ming Dynasty even dared to fight against the emperor, and their relatives and vassal kings were even less looked down upon. Everyone was just worried that these measures would not be implemented. After the imperial edict in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, hasn't progress been slow until now?
"Let's discuss the matter." Liu Jian finally spoke.
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Zhu Houzhao himself naturally knew that this was actually a family matter in the palace. The foreign ministers have been dealt with by him a long time ago. Even if the army needs to spend some money and food, who dares to say no now?
In the final analysis, the things in the palace were caused by Emperor Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi was weak and a little afraid of his wife, so in the final analysis it was Empress Zhang.
In the Ming Dynasty, the old Zhu family did not have high requirements for the queen's family background. At the beginning, I was thinking that if we were a big family and had a daughter who became a queen, it might pose a threat to the royal family.
This kind of consideration is certainly not wrong, in fact it is quite reasonable. The troubles caused by foreign relatives in the Ming Dynasty can basically be ignored.
But everything has two sides, that is, the queen comes from a small family, she is easy to... How should I put it, she is easy to be ignorant!
For example, they are stingy, ignorant of the general situation, protective of shortcomings, and do not have the so-called qualities of "mother's respect for the world".
There is no way, one method cannot take advantage of both ends.
Now that she is chosen from a small family, it means that the Queen's mother-in-law's family used to have an ordinary life, at least not a wealthy family. Once she became powerful, she liked to make up for all the missing children for her mother-in-law's family.
As for my mother-in-law's family, it is true that they have never been rich. It seems that the daughters are all queens. Doesn't that mean that one person can ascend to heaven with chickens and dogs?
The Zhang family is like this.
In fact, the Zhou family is similar to the Empress Dowager Zhou. It belongs to the eldest brother. Don’t laugh at the second brother.
Don't look at the way Empress Dowager Zhou is reciting Buddhist sutras every day and keeping aloof from the world. That's because she is old, what else can she do when her great-grandchildren are here?
In fact, she had many fights when she was young. She was the noble concubine of Zhu Qizhen, and Zhu Qizhen also had a loving Queen Qian, but Queen Qian did not give birth to a son. At this juncture, the Empress Dowager Zhou gave birth, who was Zhu Houzhao's grandfather. Zhu Jianshen, this guy probably started having thoughts and ideas in his heart when he was in confinement...
Zhu Qizhen was later captured and made his brother-in-law the emperor. Can people like the Empress Dowager Zhou be happy? As a result, Zhu Qizhen came back and ascended the throne again... Finally, his son Zhu Jianshen became the emperor, and another concubine Wan Guifei emerged that no one could touch...
After all this trouble, the Empress Dowager Zhou who is still standing in the palace is not an old lady who only knows how to chant sutras.
Zhu Houzhao feels a headache just thinking about these things. Anyway, if his future uncle dares to behave like this, he will have his skin peeled off.
I don’t know which bastard sang about wanting beauty but not country. Why don’t you try it, like Song Huizong, who asked the enemy to capture all the beauties?
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In Kunning Palace.
When Zhu Houzhao arrived, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling had already arrived.
"My son, please see your mother."
He glanced at his two uncles out of the corner of his eye. The two Zhang brothers probably remembered the beating they received last time, so they felt a little frightened. However, they still had confidence in Kunning Palace.
"Prince, you don't need to be polite, come to your mother." Empress Zhang still looks graceful and beautiful. She has no requirements for family background. So naturally, a person must be good-looking, otherwise, what is the point?
So Zhu Houzhao is actually quite good-looking, and he can be considered a pretty person.
Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling looked at each other and then greeted each other, "I have met Your Highness."
"You two uncles, let's get along."
Zhu Houzhao looked at the two people carefully, trying to find out if there were any signs of crying in the corners of their eyes. In fact, whether he had cried or not, he knew that these two people came to the queen to talk about recalling the soldiers in Xingji County.
"Prince." Empress Zhang took her son's hand and greeted him first, "Your Majesty, please rest in peace and order you to supervise the country. Although your mother is a woman, she also knows that the affairs of the country are not easy, and Zhao'er will have a hard time."
"As for the mother, there is also a folk tradition of sons taking over what I do. Besides, if the son works harder, the father will work less. Mother, there is no need to worry, there is nothing major at the moment."
Empress Zhang's mentality is actually that she loves her son. This cannot be faked, but what is she worried about? It was the foreign ministers who would trick the prince into doing something.
Originally. Your Majesty will protect the Zhang family no matter what. But the prince taught Uncle Shouning and Uncle Jianchang a lesson last time. From the perspective of a foreign minister, this is a gift to Zhang.
A great opportunity to see the colors of your family.
So Queen Zhang would naturally think of this.
"Zhao'er, it's not that the Queen Mother is asking. But...it seems that I heard that some ministers suggested that the Beijing camp should stop the construction of a Yingying project in Xingji County and other matters?"
"Mother, where did you hear this news?" Zhu Houzhao raised his head in surprise, and then his eyes immediately turned to Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling.
The prince's power is increasing, mainly because he has beaten them, and they are a little embarrassed.
To be honest, these two uncles were really not afraid of anyone during the Hongzhi Dynasty. According to historical records, they not only molested the palace maids, but also tried on Emperor Hongzhi's crown. They dared to do basically anything.
They will kill whoever messes with them.
Only this prince, they can't do anything about it.
You are Queen Zhang’s younger brother, and I am still Queen Zhang’s son!
Empress Zhang was the one in trouble at the moment, her palms and backs were full of flesh, "We are all one family anyway. Since we are one family, we don't talk about two families. They are your two uncles. They came over to talk. It's been more than half an hour. Zhao'er, tell your mother first if this is the case. If not, then everyone will be happy."
Zhu Houzhao did not answer this question first, "Mother, let me ask my son first. Where did the two uncles hear the news?"
Zhang Heling looked at Zhang Yanling. Zhang Yanling winked and refused to speak. Does that mean you are the eldest brother and you won't go?
"Just... my two brothers also heard what people outside said. Your Highness, are there really those ministers who make this suggestion? Your Highness, you have to see clearly that there are only more than 20,000 people in Xingji County. These Why didn’t the foreign minister mention this or that, but just mentioned our family?”
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After Zhang Heling finished speaking, Zhang Yanling dared to say, "Yes, Your Highness, please don't be led into a ditch by foreign ministers."
Queen Zhang's eyes changed, "This is Qianqing Palace, not your home! You must behave according to the rules!"
"Yes, that's what the Queen taught you." Zhang Yanling shrank her head, but in fact this scene was a bit like the quarrels they had at home when they were children.
Zhu Houzhao didn't understand. This scolding was just for him.
"My mother just said that we are a family. Since we are a family, I cannot say it to others, but I have to tell my mother."
The three members of the Zhang family finally felt a little relieved after hearing what the prince said.
"This is indeed the case. But because the situation is complicated, the ministers just said this, and the will has not yet been made clear."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the two brothers became anxious. Queen Zhang also looked serious.
"This... Your Highness, since you haven't come out, that's just right. How can you issue such a decree? You can just ask them to stop!"
"Why are you panicking?" Queen Zhang saw that the two of them were just unhappy and irritable. People could tell by looking at them that the Zhang family had no self-cultivation.
The prince Zhu Houzhao actually let out a long sigh. What was even more exaggerated was that the prince blinked his big eyes, and the small tears just blinked out, and two tears streaked down his tender face!
"Zhao'er, what's going on?" Queen Zhang's heart trembled, and she quickly pulled the prince over and held him in her arms, "Don't cry, don't cry. The two uncles are also anxious, not for you."
"Mother, I just feel aggrieved." Zhu Houzhao wiped his tears and said, "My uncles said this is not feasible, but I don't understand this truth. Didn't my uncles see how arrogant the Tatars were in the capital before? Well? The ministers said that these soldiers should be gathered and drilled every day to become a strong army. What's wrong with this? The ministers have the responsibility of supervising the country. If the Beijing camp cannot fight, the Tatars will come. Who protects the father? Who protects the mother? If something goes wrong, how will the children explain to the father and the mother? Mother, doesn’t this make sense?"
Empress Zhang stroked the prince's cheek and said, "The truth is, of course, this is the truth, and it makes sense."
"But I am also thinking that the soldiers in the capital camp did not do anything else. The imperial edict came from my father, and what was built was either my grandfather's mausoleum, my grandmother's house, or Taoist temples and temples for blessing. None of this is made for our own family
thing? Between this and that, my son and I were in a very difficult situation, and felt really at a loss. But……"
Zhu Houzhao turned around, faced the two men, and complained with some anger, "But have you two uncles considered the difficulties of this prince?! Have you considered the difficulties of your nephew?"
Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling immediately knelt down.
"Your Highness... we two brothers, naturally... we have also considered it. But as His Highness said, these constructions are... all for our own families."
"Is it true?" Zhu Houzhao smiled miserably and kept accusing him, "Why don't I feel it? There is obviously no decree from the cabinet yet. The two uncles panicked when they heard the rumors outside the palace. That's fine. If they ask for proof, , just go to the East Palace and ask, why do you come to Kunning Palace to bother the Queen? Isn’t this to use the Queen’s decree to suppress the orphan? "
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"Zhao'er," Empress Zhang heard something was wrong and said aloud, "...don't think too much about it. He Ling and Yan Ling are not that smart and couldn't have thought of this."
"Yes, yes." The two uncles nodded quickly, "What the queen said is exactly what the queen said. Both of us brothers are fools."
"Are the two uncles clear in their hearts?" Zhu Houzhao continued: "Just now, the queen mother said that we are all members of the same family. What do we mean by family members? The family members must understand each other's difficulties. The queen mother loves the two uncles, so the sons and ministers do this I was tangled up in the matter and hesitated for a long time. So...why is it that only the son-in-law is considerate of the uncles, but the uncles are not considerate of the son-in-law?"
"As soon as I heard that my interests had been lost, I immediately thought of stopping it. I didn't think about whether it could be stopped, whether it should be stopped, whether it would be good for the court and the people, and whether it would be good for the prince who oversees the country. I just wanted to stop it. Are you doing any good? Is this what you call your own family?! It’s just some rumors in the capital that make my uncles care so much that they can’t wait to come to Kunning Palace. This is called consideration?!”
"Mother." The Crown Prince saluted the Queen, "My son has just been rude. I feel really sad and inexplicable. The foreign ministers are forcing my son, so let it go. When I return to the harem, I have a biological relationship with my son. The uncles also forced me to deal with the situation. It was extremely difficult for my son to experience state affairs for the first time. He felt aggrieved and couldn't express his feelings. Then he burst into tears and asked his mother to forgive him! As for the two uncles, they didn't know what to say. ! Please make your decision, Queen Mother!"
The queen felt uncomfortable hearing what her son said.
The two uncles are not as smart as Liu Jian and Li Dongyang. How can they do a proper and complete performance at such a critical moment? So I could only say in an incoherent way: "Your Highness, where are you talking? In public we are ministers, in private we are family members, how can we not think of showing consideration to Your Highness?"
Empress Zhang was going to die in embarrassment, so she came up with an idea, "How about this? The Beijing camp is so important, so we will withdraw the other construction troops sent there. He Ling and Yan Ling, please wait for the time being. Slow down. This is always okay."
Zhu Houzhao wanted to laugh in his heart.
He rounded the corner and said, "Since it is the Queen Mother's words, there is no reason why it cannot be done. Then the Queen Mother said, which ones should be withdrawn? Is it the withdrawal of Taoist temples and temples, or the withdrawal of the temples in the palace? Come?"
"This..." After all, Queen Zhang is an ordinary woman with average qualifications, and it is difficult for her to answer this question.
Because Taoist temples and temples are related to the Empress Dowager Zhou. Zhu Houzhao has the word "filial piety", but doesn't Empress Zhang have it?
And the palace in the palace is related to His Majesty. Is the place where the emperor lives not as important as the place where the Zhang family lives?
This dead end made the three Zhang family members speechless.
Finally, Zhang Yanling simply said: "Queen, Your Highness, why do you want to withdraw? Why don't you withdraw? Your Majesty is the Mingjun of Zhongxing, and the world is stable. It has been like this for the past few years. There is nothing. What if, ah, I thought it must be those The ministers in the outer court are deceiving the public and deceiving people with their evil words!"
He, an ignorant person, picked up simple idioms and used them, but in fact he used them indiscriminately.
Zhu Houzhao got angry when he heard what he said, "What nonsense are you talking about?! Is there no chance? How do you know it is definitely not possible?! Doesn't uncle know that Dayan Khan in the north has settled the internal affairs and plans to expand outwards?" ? If something happens one day in the future, what will happen to my mother?! What will happen to the Queen of the Ming Dynasty?!"
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Seeing that her son was about to get angry, Empress Zhang couldn't sit still, "Prince, don't be impulsive yet. Yanling, please apologize to the prince!"
"No need." Zhu Houzhao took the opportunity to prevent them from talking to each other. "If our own family members don't sincerely understand each other, what's the use of apologizing? Mother, no matter what anyone says, my children must do it for you." For the sake of safety, it is absolutely impossible for such a large capital to not even have a decent army! To take a step back, at least the son-chen has cared about his own family. If his own body has not cared about the son-chen, the mother can see clearly. If the mother and the queen feel that the son-chen If your behavior goes against filial piety, just issue an edict and punish him!"
How could the queen really punish her son? The prince's left sentence is for his mother, and the right sentence is for his mother. There are still many grievances in it. What can she do?
And where did this grievance come from? The prince was still struggling at first, but the two uncles couldn't hold it back and came crying, without even considering the prince!
What about my family? Is this what my family does? !
Empress Zhang is indeed not a reasonable person, she talks about love, but if you kiss your younger brother, your son will also kiss you! He protects his younger brother and ignores his son? There is no such mother in the world.
"What Zhao'er said is not unreasonable. You two should not only focus on yourselves. How come you are missing out on food and drink?"
When Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling heard this, their expressions turned pale, and they immediately began to cry again, "Queen! How could we only care about ourselves? Your Highness just said that those constructions are for..."
"Two uncles." Zhu Houzhao interrupted them, not giving them a chance. "The two uncles are elders. Now my nephew is supervising the country, can't I just support my nephew?"
"You two, stop talking. When you are an uncle, you should act like an uncle." Empress Zhang also felt a little irritated because of the embarrassment. "This matter depends on the prince."
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Zhu Houzhao left Kunning Palace and headed to Qianqing Palace without stopping. The emperor was recuperating, but he couldn't wait any longer.
"My son, please see your father!"
Emperor Hongzhi was supported by Xiao Jing and sat up on the bed, "I have told you several times that you should not salute me when there is no one around."
"I'm used to it. Father, I've already settled the matter of occupying the capital, and the Zhang family has settled down."
The emperor was a little surprised, and even more incredible, "Can this be done? How did you do it?"
He doesn’t know about his wife?
"Father, don't worry about that for now. I have a request for you. In addition to the soldiers from the Zhang family, the soldiers and ministers who were ordered to build the city wall by my father will also be recalled. My father's imperial edict to organize the army has been issued. Let's get one. It’s half-assed, and even my subordinates won’t agree!”
"I really gave birth to a strange child! Okay, you should handle this matter properly as soon as possible! That Xiao Jing..."
"My slave is here."
"If the Queen comes over in a while, you can tell me... I'm feeling unwell again. Don't tell me that I'm getting better, do you hear me?"
"Yes." Xiao Jing didn't know what to say.
at the same time,
The cabinet also received an oral instruction from the prince from Liu Jin: The cabinet will meet with the six ministries and nine ministers to draft military regulations as soon as possible and submit them to the prince for reading tomorrow!
tomorrow? !
Liu Jian and others were shocked when they heard this. It was already evening. We had arranged the work for tomorrow. Can we still sleep tonight?
"I dare to ask Eunuch Liu." Liu Jian stepped forward and asked carefully: "We were told to carve it carefully before, why are we so anxious now?"
Liu Jin said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness has ordered that this matter has been approved by the Queen. But hurry, the decree will be issued tomorrow, and people will go to Xingji County to deliver the decree on the same day. What I am afraid of is that there will be a reversal in two days."
Zhu Houzhao is a man of stability. If anything doesn't come to fruition, he doesn't know what the outcome will be. Apart from that, if Empress Zhang went there and cried for a while, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't bear it, and he would be annoyed again.
When everyone in the cabinet heard that the Crown Prince had a way to get Queen Zhang to agree, they were really surprised.
After learning more about it, I found out that it was Uncle Shouning and Uncle Jianchang who went to Kunning Palace to cry first.
"The cabinet has no clear decree, Your Highness.
We also rectified the palace ban, and our conversation with His Highness that day could not leave the East Palace. How did Uncle Shouning and Uncle Jianchang hear the rumors and go to Kunning Palace to cry? "Xie Qian was very surprised.
He felt that this should be the prince's method again.
"Hurry up and draw up a strategy. It will be submitted tomorrow." Li Dongyang put a stack of papers in front of him and glanced at him. Why are you talking so much?
This actually means leadership coordination and clerks working overtime, so do your work!
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