Yang Tinghe admitted his mistake.
He admitted that the previous procedures were deficient and this was his fault.
But he still emphasized the dangers of succession without heirs. If Sijun makes a mistake, it means he knows that the harm is great but he acts on his own initiative.
Zhu Houcong laughed: "I knew this was going to happen as soon as the decree came to release me, surrender, and confer the title of king. When it arrived, it was supposed to be the decree for me to succeed. Later, the imperial edict arrived, but it was not made clear; I arrived at the outskirts of Beijing, but there was no remedy all the way. I saw the question raised in the palace entry ceremony note, what do you think is that I have ignored the country?"
"The two sects only have one heir. Why do you take it for granted that if I succeed you, there will be no problem? If there is a problem, why do you take it for granted that the heir should take care of the overall situation? My Xie Jian brought the topic to state affairs, and I thought you should take it from it. It’s obvious that I’m not just trying to gain status, but you still think I’m confused?”
"Do you still think that my thank you notes are crudely written, and that I don't know what to say when I praise the emperor? You think that I am young and ignorant, have an extreme temperament, and that I grew up in the countryside and don't know the importance of it. I'll make it clear now! From the moment you draft the edict and write my name in it, I am already the king!"
"As a king, what I see is the minister's ability and attitude in doing things! In Anlu, in my study, the penholder was given to Duke Dingguo, the arm rest was given to Prince Consort Cui, and the poetry tube was given to Hou Ninghou. The ministers got ink, inkstones, and brush washers, the great uncle got the ruler, and Mr. Liang Ge got the seal. What’s missing? Pen and paper! Put together, it’s words! There’s nothing in the poetry tube!”
"I am the heir. You are bound to speculate on every move I make. I reward those people, but no one thinks that I am implying that there is something wrong with the writing and that there is a lack of documents? Do you want me, the fifteen-year-old heir, to understand clearly with my own words? Remind you? Now that I have exposed the problem here, it is really lively. They are all trying to persuade me to put national affairs first, as if you are more mature and prudent, and I am just messing around."
"I just want you to know clearly: your argument is untenable. Your method of covering up your mistakes is to hide your ears and steal the truth. Your attitude cannot be said to be that the monarch and his ministers can face the truly difficult national affairs wholeheartedly! I grew up in the countryside, and I see how difficult the people's livelihood is. Get more! I’m so disrespectful, just talk about Hongzhi Zhongxing!”
"Before the emperor's brother succeeded to the throne, Duke Liu Zhongxuan said to Xiaomiao that 'the people of the world are poor and have all their wealth.' When the emperor came to the throne, the elders declined the rewards, saying that the treasury was empty, so that the funeral ceremony in Xiaomiao was not decent. The treasury It is empty, the border defenses are ineffective, the number of refugees is increasing day by day, and the people are destitute and exhausted. The court officials also said that the defeat of Yutailing was unprecedented since the Jisi year. It was a civil engineering change in the Jisi year!"
"Thousands of years from now, when future generations look at the annals of history, how will they comment on this period of ZTE? This period of ZTE is about harmony between the emperor and his ministers, and how are you and I? How are you, everyone? I, the Ming Dynasty, had 1,588,935 How are the 6,105,835 people living in this household? Are the world at peace and the country peaceful and the people safe?"
The little accountant smoothly said the data that he had memorized because he was sensitive to numbers. After taking a deep breath, he sighed: "Now that I insist on my opinion, I won't be afraid that you will say that I am a foolish king. I am only afraid that thousands of years later, the monarchs and ministers of the new dynasty will turn over. Looking at the history of the Ming Dynasty, it is a laughing stock that the Ming Dynasty began to fall at this moment!"
"In the past sixteen years, the emperor has trusted his ministers. Is it really just the problem of the emperor? Is it because the emperor is eager for quick success or quick gains, or are you trying to push back and forth? Yes, yes, yes, there are so many national affairs, one by one. Yes. Yes, there is nothing you can do if the treacherous ministers are in power. Now that we have reached this situation, and now we have to inherit the throne when the direct lineage is extinct, why should we argue about whether I will be the heir or not?"
"The imperial edict ordered me to ascend the throne, and the imperial edict is my legal system! If the vassal kings in the world refuse to accept it, the ministers and other supporters should help the orthodox people to fight against it! In this special case, we should have prepared for the worst! In this matter Following the old ways, succession cannot solve all problems. How we will be judged in the annals of history thousands of years from now will ultimately depend on what achievements the new dynasty has accomplished."
"I have seen through all this. I, the king, just want you to know me through this matter!" Zhu Houcong looked at the people kneeling below him and calmed down before saying, "Are you still suspicious that someone is trying to seduce me? Now Now that you realize what kind of person I am, since you can’t depose me, is it beneficial to the state to continue to fight with me over the issue of succession?”
Yang Tinghe and others knelt on the ground and trembled.
Fifteen years old...Fifteen years old...
He said it bluntly that he, as a king, wanted to use this matter to compete with his important ministers for the right to speak.
Because he felt that his ministers handled this matter poorly. They neither had the courage to prepare for the worst-case scenario, nor did they have the attitude to quickly change their focus to face real state affairs after things became impossible.
If all the feudal lords in the world refuse to accept the sentence, they will all attack it together. Yang Tinghe had this sentence in his mind: How can the people deserve it...
When weapons and weapons come together, all life will be in ruins!
But what Sijun said is true.
Liu Daxia did say that. The funeral ceremony at Xiaomiao when Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne was indeed unseemly. The number of refugees in the last years of Hongzhi was indeed in the millions. The Battle of Yutailing more than a month after Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne in the 18th year of Hongzhi was indeed It was the most disastrous defeat for the Ming Dynasty after the Tumubao Incident.
If other people had made these remarks, Yang Ting and the others would have had countless words to refute and discuss the complexity of the situation at that time.
But it was Zhu Houcong who said this, Sijun.
The son doesn’t tell the father his fault? No, is this the father’s fault? The temple of filial piety is governed by arches, and courtiers are trusted in everything. Who managed the Ming Dynasty like this?
Gu Da bowed to the ground with tears in his eyes.
For such a long paragraph, Sijun spoke impassionedly and clearly. Who can persuade such an heir?
Although he became a "treacherous minister" in the mouth of Sijun, at least he was free from the serious crime of teasing Sijun.
As for Yang Ting and them, they were immediately defeated before even saying a few words.
If you don't admit your mistakes, the way to make up for it is to make your king and father submit. How can you be considered a minister of the country?
"Let's all get up. It's also useless to vent your unhappiness based on your status at this moment in terms of national affairs. Let's go back and do difficult things one by one. It's better to be more thoughtful and make more noise." Zhu Houcong waved his hand somewhat desolately, "I'm not afraid to follow Of course you are quarreling, but the premise is that we can still quarrel with each other. What I said is a bit harsh, you should not just show off and resign, that is also not a responsibility."
Looking at the people who had stood up, Zhu Houcong said calmly: "I have finished speaking, the officials are still waiting outside. Dear elders, there is no need to dwell on this issue anymore. Whether to ask for an order again or there is already an order, please be relaxed. "
Yang Tinghe was about to speak when he saw Gu Dayong taking a few steps forward and shouting loudly to the officials: "The Queen Mother's Oral Order!"
