Resistance and disobedience.
Under the system design of the Ming Dynasty, the result of disobedience to the imperial edict was the abandonment of both humans and gods. The emperor could use non-punishment methods to accuse him of treason. No one in the court dared to intercede for Zhu Xixiao, the commander-in-chief, because of his resistance to the edict.
And Zhang Hong's letter plate is indeed the letter plate of Ming Emperor Zhu Yijun. Even if Emperor Ming Dynasty does not worship Tishuai as his teacher, Tishuai Zhu Xixiao must mobilize his troops.
"I must go together." Zhu Xixiao immediately decided to mobilize his troops without thinking for more than five breaths, but he had to follow.
"We don't dare to lead Tiqi to do things by ourselves. Isn't that asking for death? Xie Ti Shuai Chengquan." Zhang Hong's face, which was angry just now, immediately turned into a smile, and the questioning look just now seemed like it had never been the same before.
Even if Zhu Xixiao didn't say that he wanted to go with him, Zhang Hong would have asked Ti to go with him. The eunuch was in charge of the army and he would have to die in a certain well the next day. That was a taboo that could not be touched.
In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, when eunuchs took over the military power, how many disasters did they cause?
As the chief minister of the Qianqing Palace, Zhang Hong is a very measured person. He must know what he can and cannot do.
Eunuchs fell out of favor faster than reading a book. Zhu Xixiao had seen it a lot. Zhang Hong and Feng Bao fell out at the same speed.
What kind of monsters are there in this Ming Palace!
Zhang Hong took his two adopted sons and Fifty Tiqi and started cleaning up the Qianqing Palace. There were bursts of ghosts crying and wolves howling.
After such a big thing happened, Queen Mother Li did not sleep. She and Queen Mother Chen were discussing the matter of assassinating the king and killing the driver. When she heard ghosts crying and howling outside the palace, Queen Mother Li asked the maids what was going on, but did not give an order to stop it.
She had just given the order to let Zhang Hong go to Qianqing Palace. She wanted Zhang Hong to completely offend Feng Bao. There was a big man in the palace who threatened Feng Bao's status, which was a spur to Feng Bao.
Zhang Hong was originally worried that the Queen Mother would stop her, and the Queen Mother was still holding the lamp, but no one came to stop her for a long time, so Zhang Hong became bold. He killed all the maids and eunuchs who served His Majesty, including Feng Bao's people. go out.
This Qing palace, not to mention the caisson, was just sent to Langxia's house.
Zhang Hong did not move the Queen Mother's people because His Majesty had already defined the scope of the Qing Palace.
Empress Dowager Li lived in Cining Palace. The court officials asked Empress Dowager Li to look after the young emperor. The people around Empress Dowager Li were all from Cining Palace. If Zhang Hong, a eunuch from Qianqing Palace, extended his hand, it would be overstepping. His Majesty the Emperor would never do that. Ask him for mercy.
Zhang Hong is a measured person. After all, he is the eunuch of the Langxia family. Although he is also the head of the palace, the number of adopted sons and daughters in this palace is limited. The number of "big tails" serving His Majesty has dropped sharply from nearly a hundred to six. people.
Three eunuchs and three maids.
"Zhang Hong!" Feng Bao heard the news and came with a lot of people. He looked at Zhang Hong with a sinister expression, gritted his teeth, pointed and asked: "How are you doing?"
"Hey." With this shout, the injuries on Feng Bao's face made him throb in pain.
Zhu Xixiao's brows were twisted into knots. Be sure not to cause any conflict, otherwise it will be very difficult for Zhu Xixiao and Tiqi who came with the order.
Zhang Hong flicked his broad sleeves, showed the emperor's letter sign, and asked sternly: "How are you doing? In front of His Majesty's letter sign, are you going to disobey the emperor's order? Even if you make trouble in front of the Queen Mother, you can't explain it!"
"If the errand is done badly, it is done badly! Your Majesty, Your Majesty, was thinking about old friendship and didn't sink you into the well. Instead, you came to pester me. Do you really think that your life is too long?!"
Zhang Hong was a little timid. Feng Bao had deep roots in the palace. Feng Bao was everywhere, but when Zhang Hong faced Feng Bao, he still stood up and shouted sternly.
The person standing behind him was the emperor. The emperor sent him to do this, and the Queen Mother acquiesced!
He holds His Majesty's letter plate.
He should be confident!
However, Zhang Hong looked at Feng Bao, could the letter in his hand really control the ancestors in this palace?
Feng Bao frowned when he saw the letter plate. Of course he knew that letter plate. It was a set of seals and ribbons made by the Seal and Ribbon Supervisor last June after the late emperor's grand visit. Feng Bao went to pick it up personally and presented it to the Queen Mother. Then the Queen Mother gave it to the Emperor as a token.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!" Feng Bao saluted respectfully to the letter sign before standing up.
With so many people watching, if Feng Bao was a little disrespectful and it reached the ears of Empress Dowager Li, it would be a problem for him to live, let alone be a big brother.
"Okay, very good!" Feng Bao kept clapping his hands. He looked at Zhang Hong, his expression gradually softened, and said with a smile: "We are all on errands for the emperor. You must serve your majesty with all your heart. Whenever you appear a little bit, No, I want you to look good!"
Feng Baolu was scared!
Zhang Hong was keenly aware of Feng Bao's timidity. Firstly, Feng Bao failed in his errand. Secondly, Feng Bao was afraid of this letter sign. Is this a letter sign?
This is imperial power.
This letter board is a thousand or ten thousand times more useful than Zhang Hong imagined! If it were not for this letter card and Feng Bao had a conflict with him, even a hundred Zhang Hong would not be Feng Bao's opponent.
Zhang Hong raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Everything our ancestors say is just asking for food. If something goes wrong, I will use my ancestors to take action. I will find a well and jump down myself, so as not to disturb the emperor." The thousand-year-old eyes of grandpa and the Queen Mother.”
With these words, Feng Bao was teased with a gun and a stick. He allowed the gangsters to enter the palace and broke into the presence of His Majesty. This is a huge crime. God is here today. Feng Bao still did something wrong. If Feng Bao hadn't Wrong, the words on his face were made by others? The bruise on his head was caused by someone else pressing him down?
Feng Bao was choked by these words and couldn't say a word. Zhang Hong kicked his nose and slapped his face. He naturally hated it, but in his heart he hated that bitch who was eating everything in and out!
Do you blame His Majesty for not being forgiving? Do you blame the Queen Mother for not remembering old feelings? Blame Zhang Hong for his sharp teeth and sharp mouth? Blame him, Feng Bao, for not doing things well? Only a person who commits a thousand days can be a thief, how can a person who can spend a thousand days guard against thieves?
Your Majesty's letter is here, and the imperial power is supreme. If Feng Baoli loses, he can only let others attack him and keep silent.
Qianqing Palace sent out more than 20 eunuchs and more than 30 maids. Feng Bao came to the gate of Qianqing Palace and brought more than a dozen fanzi with him. Although he watched the two big men quarreling in silence, he felt deep in his heart. Xiao Jiujiu, that is not enough for outsiders.
"Old Ancestor, the Queen Mother sent you to catch the mole. How did you do with the arrest? Come on, if your Majesty asks, I have something to say, right?" Zhang Hong was unyielding and asked about Feng Bao's mission. Come.
Who in the palace is the ancestor?
Whoever is closer to His Majesty and whoever is closer to the Queen Mother is the ancestor.
"Caught it, it's Chen Hong and his sons and grandsons!" Feng Bao replied angrily, flicking his sleeves and not wanting to say more. Now that Zhang Hong has gained the upper hand, staying any longer would be nothing but humiliation. .
"Send it to the ancestors." Zhang Hong accepted it and did not ask any further questions. His Majesty's order was to clear the palace. He had already stepped on Feng Bao with false pretense, and that was enough.
This was just a chance to step on Feng Bao when he did something wrong. If Feng Bao had not made any mistakes, he would not have dared to give Zhang Hong a hundred courages.
The spring day is overcast and the clouds are thinner and deeper.
Most of the spring mornings were gloomy, with thin and far-reaching clouds. Zhu Yijun yawned and got up at five o'clock. Zhang Hong had already finished his errands and returned to the outside of the Qianqing Palace. After hearing the movement in the room, Zhang Hong walked in. In the Palace of Qianqing, he opened the door and motioned to the two maids waiting at the door to go in and help His Majesty change and wash up.
"I will do it myself." Zhu Yijun sat down and asked the palace maid not to come near, but he changed into the Yan Bian crown uniform.
Yan Bian Guanfu, this is Emperor Jiajing, the grandfather of Emperor Wanli. During the struggle of the Great Rites Conference, he got the emperor's regular clothes. It was the regular clothes that Emperor Jiajing talked about but only four sets.
The front of the crown is decorated with colorful jade clouds, symbolizing the five elements, and the back of the crown is decorated with four mountains, symbolizing the four directions.
The body of the clothes is black, with cyan edges on the collar, sleeves, placket, etc. The front chest is painted with a flat dragon in a round patch, and the back is embroidered with a double dragon in a square patch, one in the front and two in the back, implying the three talents.
The cost of this dress is not cheap at all. The gold thread of the three dragons and the craftsmanship of the embroidery are things that money cannot buy. It is not troublesome to wear the clothes. Zhu Yijun has hands and feet and does not want people to get too close to him. .
The Mianfu was too cumbersome. He couldn't put it on himself and had to be served by the palace people.
Zhang Hong knelt on the ground respectfully. Seeing that His Majesty had changed his clothes and finished washing, he raised the letter plate in his hand above his head and said loudly: "I have finished my errand, please take back the letter plate."
"Well." Zhu Yijun walked up to Zhang Hong, picked up the letter and hung it on his waist, and then asked: "Get up and talk. If you have something to say in the future, you don't have to kneel all the time. Did Feng Bao ever give you trouble?" ?”
Zhang Hong stood up, bowed his head and said: "Feng Dajue knew about the Qing Palace and came to see it once. He didn't say anything. He just told me to serve your majesty well and not to be lazy."
"Oh, I didn't say anything." Zhu Yijun continued to ask: "How was the arrest of the spy?"
Zhang Hong thought for a moment and bowed his head and said: "Feng Dajue arrested Chen Hong and said that Chen Hong and his remnants did it."
Chen Hong, the former eunuch of the Bureau of Ceremonies, was always cunning, cunning and ruthless, and liked to take some tiger and wolf medicine. Empress Dowager Li was extremely dissatisfied with Chen Hong. After Emperor Longqing became famous, he immediately dismissed him from all his posts and sent him to live in Langxia's house. .
Zhang Hong tried to kneel down again, but His Majesty just said that he would not let him kneel down. He said tentatively: "I am guilty. Your Majesty, although I am the head of the seat, I only have three adopted sons and three adopted daughters. I can only dispatch so many people." There are many people waiting on you.”
Zhu Yijun didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "It's better to be less, and you can take care of it less. Forget you, just these seven people will serve you in front of the emperor. If you are less, you will make up for it. If you are more, it will be troublesome."
The more bloated the organizational structure is, the more rigid it becomes, with redundant personnel and all kinds of intrigues. Seven people is really not a small number.
Within three feet, the more people there are, the more trouble there is. The fewer people there are, the safer and cleaner it is.
Three feet away?
Three feet away, the imperial power is invincible.
After breakfast, Queen Mother Li gave some instructions about the banquet.
According to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics. She could not even go to the Wenhua Palace, nor could she listen to the government behind the curtain, let alone call the emperor. Every time the young emperor went to the Wenhua Palace to hold a banquet, the Queen Mother Li was particularly excited. Worry.
It is said to be a classic banquet, but in fact, there are also court discussions from the Chang Dynasty.
The Wenhua Hall was the place where the Ming Dynasty held meetings, and twenty-seven civil and military officials participated in it. This was also called the Jiuqing Yuanjian, which decided many government affairs of the Ming Dynasty. The Fengtian Hall was the place where the Ming Dynasty held meetings, and was mainly responsible for reading out the court decisions.
The young emperor was young, and Empress Dowager Li was worried that Zhu Yijun would be bullied in the Wenhua Palace.
"Feng Daban was injured on the face. Let Zhang Hong follow the emperor to the banquet today." Empress Dowager Li carefully checked the little emperor's clothes again, and there was nothing inappropriate before announcing a decision.
Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Zhang Hong can't do it, let's let Feng Daban follow, otherwise the foreign minister will have to guess again and again, which will be very troublesome."
Major personnel adjustments should not be so abrupt, otherwise they will cause a lot of trouble.
The Ming Dynasty Palace was like a sieve. News of yesterday's assassination of the king and the driving case had already spread outside. Once Feng Bao did not go to the Wenhua Palace, even if Zhang Juzheng was suppressing him, the foreign ministers would start making trouble again.
Zhang Juzheng lost Feng Bao's help, and it was difficult to say that he would be able to hold the outer court firmly in his hands.
The iron triangle of Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao, and Empress Dowager Li is interdependent. If any link is missing, the fragile situation of the Ming Dynasty will become weird again.
Bulls, ghosts, snakes, and demons dance wildly.
And Zhu Yijun knew clearly that the power in his hands was too little.
Feng Bao, or eunuch, was the dog that the emperor kept to bite the outer court.
The injuries on Feng Bao's face were not serious. As long as Feng Bao still appeared in the Wenhua Palace in the assassination of the king, the ministers in the outer court could only continue to shrink their heads.
"Okay." Queen Mother Li was actually very hesitant.
Will Feng Bao go to Wenhua Hall?
If you don't go, the foreign ministers will make a fuss again, but if you go, Queen Mother Li is a little worried whether Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng are conspiring against the young emperor. She is worried about gains and losses. The more she thinks about it, the more entangled she becomes, which naturally makes it difficult to fall asleep.
She stayed up all night last night, thinking about who the murderer was, but she couldn't even go to the Wenhua Palace, so she had to rely on Feng Bao for everything. As a result, Feng Bao was also somewhat unreliable, which made her extremely hesitant.
The twenty-seven-year-old Empress Dowager Li, who was not yet in her thirties, actually didn't have many ideas. Since her son said that Feng Bao should follow him, then let Feng Bao follow him.
When they arrived at the Wenhua Hall, ministers were surrounding them. The emperor felt that Feng Bao would not be bullied by following him, so he just asked Feng Bao to continue following him.
Zhu Yijun did not ride in a sedan chair, but walked towards the Wenhua Hall. Feng Bao followed suit behind him, with the distance of each step being the same, just one step behind His Majesty.
Zhu Yijun suddenly stood still and said: "Feng Daban, you stepped on me to establish your authority before. I knew that I was too lazy to pay attention to you, so I stepped on you. There are so many people in the palace, and I have just ascended the throne, you must have some authority." Only then can things be done.”
"After you have established your authority, you put bad guys into the palace to harm me? Is this what you did, ancestors?"
"I deserve to die!" Feng Bao, holding the Treasure of Ten Thousand Calendars, heard His Majesty ask, and immediately knelt on the ground, holding the Treasure of Ten Thousand Calendars, his hands trembling.
Zhu Yijun turned around and said calmly: "Look directly at me."
"Yes." Feng Bao raised his head and looked at the Ming Emperor through the seal and ribbon of the Wanli Treasure. This slightly fat little emperor was taller than the sky at the moment.
Just one word and the ancestor Feng Bao would immediately sink into the Jinshui River.
The power of the eunuch comes entirely from the imperial power, and the person in front of him is the emperor. The treasure in front of him does not belong to the Queen Mother, Zhang Juzheng, or Feng Bao, but to the person in front of him.
Zhu Yijun stared at Feng Bao and said very calmly: "My mother is a womanizer. Don't coax her in the future. Now that Chen Hong has collapsed, Gao Gong has also fallen. What is inside and outside is what it is. Don't add fuel to the fire and make my mother unduly worried." "
"Get up."
Zhu Yijun did not ask Feng Bao to do more embarrassing things. He didn't like Feng Bao cheating Queen Mother Li very much.
Empress Dowager Li was just a woman who worried about gains and losses. The Ming Dynasty was in turmoil and was in danger. Emperor Longqing left early again, and Feng Bao talked nonsense again, which made Empress Dowager Li wake up in the middle of the night.
Feng Bao kowtowed respectfully and said solemnly: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!"
At this time, the iron triangle political alliance of Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng, and Empress Dowager Li was the biggest obstacle to Zhu Yijun's pro-government, and it was also the biggest protection for him at a young age.
Feng Bao still needs to use it, but not like before, relying on it for everything.
"Let's go to Changchao!" Zhu Yijun strode forward towards the Wenhua Hall.
"Ascend the throne!" Feng Bao quickly walked a few steps and came to the Wenhua Hall. He shouted loudly and placed the treasure of Wanli on the imperial desk on the Danbi platform.
Four small yellow gates carry the dragon chair and place it behind the imperial court. After the court every day, the dragon chair must be carried down.
"Xuanwen and Wu court officials enter the palace!" Feng Bao shook his fly whisk again, and Tishuai stood in front of the door, flicked his whip three times, and shouted loudly: "Enter the palace!"
The Han general in front of the door searched the civil and military ministers to see if they had any weapons. The ministers filed in. When they arrived, Zhang Juzheng led the twenty-seven courtiers, who kowtow five times and three times.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand half-raised and said, "Sit down flat."
Zhu Yijun looked at the person in charge of Zhongzhong. This person was Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet and a bachelor of Zhongji Palace.
