Everyone was disgusted by Zhu Houcong's perversion, and Zhu Houzhao even expressed contempt for his cousin. Although he was also fooling around, he was really not that playful.
When Zhu Di saw that everyone was silent for the time being, he immediately asked about what he had just been concerned about.
"Zhu Houcong, please explain to me why you called me Chengzu just now. I remember Chang Ge said that my temple name is Ming Taizong!"
Seeing that Zhu Di still hadn't forgotten this matter, Zhu Houcong began to sweat on his face. He looked at Zhao Changge for help, hoping that Zhao Changge could defend himself. After all, the name of Emperor Yongle was still very intimidating in the eyes of future generations. , Zhu Houcong was worried that he would be beaten severely by Zhu Di. He had thin skin and tender flesh and didn't want to be beaten.
But how could Zhao Changge help Zhu Houcong at this time? He didn't have much favorable impression of Zhu Houcong.
"Chengzu, no, Taizong, please listen to me to defend you, no, explain!" Zhu Houcong remembered that he couldn't speak coherently at first.
Zhu Di snorted coldly and stretched out his hand to stop Zhu Houcong who wanted to speak: "Okay, stop talking. I won't believe a word you say now." After saying that, Zhu Di turned to look at Zhao Changge: "Chang Ge, you must know what's going on here."
Zhao Changge glanced at Zhu Houcong who looked pleading, and then responded with a bright smile: "To talk about why your temple name was changed from Ming Taizong to Ming Chengzu, you have to first explain a very famous person in history. It’s a big etiquette dispute.”
"The great etiquette dispute? What does this mean?" Zhu Di asked with a frown.
"The so-called Great Ceremony Controversy is simply a political battle over imperial succession from the 16th year of Zhengde to the 3rd year of Jiajing. The cause was that Zhu Houcong, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, ascended the throne as a local vassal and changed his parents' names. Caused by the problem, this can be regarded as the second time in the history of the Ming Dynasty that a small sect became a large sect."
Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but glanced at the expressionless Zhu Yuanzhang with some embarrassment and even guilt, because when talking about the first small sect entering the big sect in the Ming Dynasty, the protagonist was Zhu Di. Because he launched the Jingnan, he successfully seized the throne as a vassal king, causing the throne to be transferred from the prince's family to the Yan family. This was the first incident in the Ming Dynasty when a small clan replaced a large clan.
Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang is now accustomed to Zhu Di snatching the throne in other time and space, and his beloved Biao'er has now successfully ascended the throne and became emperor in the Hongwu Dynasty, so Zhu Yuanzhang is no longer so angry with Jingnan.
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's lack of any reaction, Zhao Changge was a little disappointed. He thought Zhu Yuanzhang was going to scold Zhu Di at this time. It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang's mentality has really gotten better and better after abdicating the throne, and even his temper has changed. much better.
"The core issue of the great ceremony is the debate over whether Ming Shizong Zhu Houcong can change his parents. After Ming Shizong proclaimed himself emperor, Yang Tinghe insisted on turning the cousin relationship between Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao and Ming Shizong Zhu Houcong into brothers, so a dispute lasted for several The great rituals of the New Year begin.”
"Although the dispute over the Great Etiquette appears to be just a debate about changing parents, it is actually a contest between the imperial power and the civil servant group. Zhu Houcong, who has just ascended the imperial throne, is unwilling to give in easily to the civil servant group, and the civil servant group also wants to show its influence on the civil servant group. No one on either side will submit to the control of the court. After all, whoever wins will have the balance of power tilted towards him."
"Later generations have also analyzed that the main reason why Yang Tinghe wanted to argue with Zhu Houcong on this matter was that the succession of the vassal king to the throne was not a true brotherhood, so he insisted that Zhu Houcong Only those who become the heirs of Xiaozong are qualified to inherit the family business in the world, otherwise it will be suspected of being illegal."
For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded gently: "According to etiquette, it seems that Yang Tinghe did nothing wrong."
"Yes, according to the etiquette system, Yang Tinghe is indeed right, and very correct, because there is almost no precedent in history of a small sect succeeding to the throne but not succeeding a large sect."
After hearing this, Zhu Houcong couldn't help but said: "Etiquette, etiquette, etiquette should be used to restrain the people of the world, but it should not be used to restrain the imperial power. If even the imperial power is restrained by etiquette, then the imperial power is still supreme. Is that so?" Zhu Houcong was just dissatisfied that Yang Ting and his gang used righteousness and etiquette to suppress him every day. The more this happened, the more he wanted to resist, but it was obvious that he won in the end.
After listening to Zhu Houcong's words, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that what Zhu Houcong said was reasonable. If the imperial power was also restrained, then the imperial power would indeed not be called supreme.
"In the mainstream concept at that time, the concept of succession without succession was deeply rooted and had a broad social foundation among the scholar-officials group. This is why so many people supported Yang Tinghe after he stood up, because in the mainstream concept, Yang Tinghe did It's indeed right." Zhao Changge continued.
Zhu Houcong chuckled: "I don't comment on whether what Yang Tinghe did is right or not, but in my eyes, Yang Tinghe feels that it is because of him that I can sit on the throne, so I hope that I will be an obedient and good boy. He hopes that he can treat me well." His power is restricted, it’s ridiculous that he has done so much painstakingly, but he didn’t expect that I am not that kind of puppet emperor. He must have regretted it and wanted to cry afterwards.”
Zhao Changge nodded: "Later generations have also analyzed that one of the reasons why Yang Tinghe did this in the first place was that he had the merit of supporting the new king, and he was a little confused."
"Actually, when I first came to the throne, I didn't want my relationship with Yang Tinghe and others to become too stiff. I tried to appease Yang Tinghe and gave Mao Cheng a generous gift of gold in order to ease the relationship between the two parties. However, these two guys thought it was because I was afraid. , and started to get worse. Since they don’t want me to live well, then I will fight with them to the end." When he said this, Zhu Houcong's eyes showed ruthlessness. This scene was all seen by Zhu Houzhao standing aside, and his first For the first time, I felt a sense of fear towards my cousin.
That cousin who cries in front of me every day is not actually a good child. I'm afraid that the pitiful and weak look in front of me is just pretending to show me. For example, the Jiajing Emperor in front of me now is actually him. The way it looks.
Zhu Houzhao began to believe what Zhao Changge told him. He would definitely not be able to outsmart his cousin in playing tricks and political struggles. It was not that Zhu Houzhao was soft-hearted, but that Zhu Houzhao did not have that kind of scheming.
"In the 16th year of Zhengde, Zhang Cong, a new scholar, supported Zhu Houcong, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty. He believed that Zhu Houcong's accession to the throne was to inherit the imperial line, not to inherit the imperial heir. The imperial line did not necessarily have to be inherited from father to son. Zhang Cong suggested that Zhu Houcong should still take his biological father as the test. "
"Zhu Houcong was very happy after seeing this memorial. But at that time, Zhang Cong was originally weak and had difficulty convincing everyone, so Zhu Houcong did not act rashly. He wanted to find the right opportunity to ignite this fuse, and this The opportunity had been waiting for the ceremony to welcome the birth mother, Chiang, to Beijing."
