The old queen mother died of illness a year after Emperor Chongde ascended the throne. She could not survive the enthronement ceremony, but neither Emperor Jiaren, Emperor Chongde, Prince Tong, nor even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty would let her influence her. This is such a crucial event, so he tried his best to hang her life for a full year, which is considered a miracle.
After the old Queen Mother died of illness, the court and the harem were temporarily more stable. No one acted evilly, no one caused trouble, and everything went according to plan.
But calm is only relative. Some people with ulterior motives can't control their desire to cause trouble, and are ready to stir up trouble again.
Of course, you need an excuse to cause trouble, and the excuses these people with ulterior motives found were Prince Tong and Prince Li.
After Emperor Chongde ascended the throne, Prince Tong, as his closest brother who protected him all the way, naturally rose through the ranks, held great power, and became a powerful minister with all the power in the world. You can go in and out of any place in the palace at any time without any notification. You can even eat at the same table as Emperor Chongde, and you can stay in the palace without saying hello.
These behaviors of King Tong are actually habits over the years. In the eyes of Emperor Chongde and himself, it is not a big deal at all. This is their daily life, but in the eyes of the vast majority of ministers who do not know the inside story, In their eyes, Prince Tong's behavior was extremely disrespectful and absolutely transgressed the rules, which they could not tolerate.
Those guys with ulterior motives took advantage of the psychology of these ministers and began to work around and stir up troubles. However, it was obvious that they did not dare to do anything. After all, they had also experienced the methods of Emperor Chongde and Prince Tong. One of them was accidentally discovered. Not only will the body be left intact, but the family and clan members may also be affected.
"They thought they were doing it very secretly, but in fact, every move fell into the eyes of Emperor Chongde and Prince Tong." Song Qiyun shrugged, "Prince Tong wrote in his memoirs that they decided to use the trick."
"Follow the plan?" Jin Miaomiao frowned slightly, "What do you mean?"
"Sister Miao Miao, you know that the situation in the court is controlled by the emperor. The most taboo thing is a one-sided situation. This is very bad. In fact, it does more harm than good. So, they let these people go. It’s a small move, but I want to use checks and balances.”
"Checks and balances? That doesn't sound very reliable."
"Yes, they themselves admit that they think it is wrong to use checks and balances."
"They probably didn't expect that these people's appetites are getting bigger and bigger, and they have already deviated from their original intentions." Shen Haolin nodded, "The art of checks and balances itself is a basic ability that an emperor should master, but they I underestimated some ministers too much. Although those ministers showed respect and fear for them, they still had arrogant virtues in their hearts. They looked down on young people and wanted to replace them with young people. Their ambitions were slowly fed by this check and balance technique. It was so big that it eventually reached a point where it was unmanageable.”
"Brother is right. For a young emperor, or a young emperor, if the ministers in the court are all older, the last thing he should do is check and balance. Instead, he should choose absolute suppression of imperial power." Shen Cha chuckled. After a moment, "Your Majesty has done a very good job, so that those monsters and monsters can give up their thoughts and act like cowards."
"If you make a wrong choice, it will be very difficult to get it back." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "Most of those courtiers are like Tai Fu Zhen. They are veterans of two dynasties and three dynasties. If nothing else, they are just in the court. They have spent more time standing than the two of them combined in age, so they are veterans of checks and balances.”
"That's right!" Song Qiyun also sighed, "Emperor Chongde and Prince Tong have already regretted it after practicing the art of checks and balances for two years. At this time, it is completely too late to use imperial power to suppress them. Those ambitious people are too slow to do so. As time goes by, the old ministers who like to rely on their elders are not very obedient. Every morning and afternoon, they are not discussing people's livelihood, nor border defense, but mutual attacks between different camps. Either one is participating in this, or the other is. This one was involved in that one. Of course, the one who was involved the most was Prince Tong. Even if Prince Tong is leading the troops and is not in Xijing, he is still the target of impeachment."
"It's worse for King Tong. In fact, among the people involved in him, not all of them may know the true relationship between him and Emperor Chongde. They just want to pretend not to know. If this layer of window paper is pierced, they will be gone." Is there an excuse to show your existence in the court?" Jin Miaomiao shook his head helplessly, "We have said before that whether it is Emperor Chongde or Prince Tong, the courtiers will not take it seriously. Yes, it is true that you can use them to achieve your own goals and win benefits for yourself."
"Either way, Emperor Chongde and Prince Tong were born at the wrong time. They tried their best to turn the tide, but found that the people around them kept holding them back." Song Qiyun smiled bitterly, "Don't talk about Emperor Chongde and Prince Tong. Any famous emperor from ancient times to the present would be very powerless in the face of such a situation. There is no other choice but to give up."
"Forget it if it is simply impeachment. The methods they thought of are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. In order to prove some charges against Prince Tong, some people gave him valuable things, gave him money, and even Give him beautiful women. Prince Tong naturally refused to accept these. In order to disgust Prince Tong, they blocked the door of Prince Tong’s Mansion and refused to leave, creating a scene where the Prince Tong’s Mansion was packed with gifts. Prince Tong was annoyed by them. , simply hid in the palace and never came out. As a result..."
"They can accuse him of being disrespectful." Jin Miaomiao sighed, "These ministers are chasing and beating Prince Tong. What I feel is that everything Prince Tong does is wrong, even his breathing is... It's wrong."
"Yes, King Tong thinks so too." Song Qiyun knocked on the table and pointed at the memoir and said, "Although they know that these people are intentional and they want to ignore these people, they can't stop them from making trouble every day. Chong Chong Although Emperor De did not blatantly stand up for Prince Tong, he also punished several ministers who were very happy, of course for other crimes. For those old guys who like to figure out the emperor's thoughts, this is not actually a problem. It is not difficult to guess the true thoughts of Emperor Chongde, but they still go their own way and don't know how to restrain themselves at all. Therefore, these two people feel very tired. It is not that they have not thought about punishing these people severely, but If they really do that, their anger will be over, but there will be no one to do the errands for them in the future. Therefore, the two of them can only comfort each other, and then regroup and continue to deal with those old guys. "
"Everyone has their own difficulties. It's not easy for everyone."
"That's right!" Song Qiyun nodded, "It was in such a distressed situation that Prince Tong's family came to the door."
