Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 746

"So, it was King Zhennan who made the first move?"

In the Qianqing Palace, Hu Wei and Huai En stood at the bottom, and Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but feel a little headache when he looked at the pile of impeachment memorials handed over from the desk.

As the prince with the longest life in the Ming Dynasty, the death of King Min naturally attracted the attention of the court and the public. Although usually, the officials of the court would deal with the clan cautiously, but at this time, as long as they were officials in Beijing, no matter what Regardless of the grade, they will basically find time to visit the door to express their condolences, even if they cannot enter the door, they will always do their best.

This led to a large group of people inside and outside seeing clearly when the conflict outside King Min's Mansion happened.

Within an afternoon, a large pile of memorials impeaching the domineering clan was handed over to the imperial court, but these imperial historians also insisted on their own opinions on this matter.

Some impeached King Xiang for making trouble before his death and disrespecting his elders, some impeached Zhennan King for being arrogant and domineering, and openly led his slaves to beat the court prince.

And not only that, in addition to these memorials from the censors, Zhu Qiyu also received the report from Dongchang. It was still less than half a day, and this matter had already spread among the folk teahouses.

However, the focus of common people's attention is obviously different from that of the officials in the court. This incident happened outside King Min's mansion, so what King Xiang said in front of everyone naturally spread quickly.

For the common people, this kind of clan secrets and the drama of father and son seizing the throne are naturally talked about with great interest, and almost immediately, it became the topic of conversation after dinner in major restaurants and brothels.

In the past half a day alone, there are already seven or eight versions of the rumors...

When two clans were involved, one of them was the brother of the first emperor, Mr. Hu seemed very cautious, he carefully considered his words, and after a while, Fang said.

"Returning to Your Majesty, that is indeed the case. However, this cannot be blamed on Zhennan King's impulsiveness. After all, at that time, Prince Xiang's words were indeed... not very appropriate."

What he said was quite watery, and it seemed to be biased, but in fact, he didn't express any attitude, he just told the situation.

However, it was difficult for Hu Wei to open his mouth, but Zhu Qiyu didn't take this into account, so he hummed softly and said.

"Isn't it appropriate? I'm afraid it's more than that."

"Uncle Min's bones were not yet cold, so he ran to the gate of the palace and uttered nonsense, making insinuations, and finally fought with King Zhennan.

Hearing what the emperor said, Hu Wei lowered his head, and couldn't help but think in his heart, Your Majesty, your sideways move is a bit too obvious.

He admitted that what King Xiang did was really disgusting. The old King Min had just passed away two days ago, and he ran to the gate of his mansion, showing off his power openly and secretly, saying that the old King Min was killed by the King of Zhennan. No one can stand it.

However, this does not mean that King Zhennan did the right thing in this matter.

You know, things like attitude and tone cannot be used as evidence.

Even if King Xiang's attitude was not good, and he put on a full ceremonial guard at the gate of King Min's mansion, calling it worship, it was really provocative, but there is still a name after all!

You know, at that time outside King Min's mansion, King Xiang repeatedly said that he was a junior in the clan to mourn King Min's uncle, but it was Zhu Yinyu who was young and energetic and bluntly said that he wanted to drive him away.

After describing this matter in detail, he can certainly understand Zhu Yinyu's actions, but if he really wants to reason, he can't explain it.

King Xiang insisted on saying that he was there to pay condolences, even if the others knew he was not, they couldn't deny it.

As for the guard of honor in the carriage, and his robes, this was obviously to irritate Zhennan Wang and his son, but in detail, there was no violation of the etiquette system.

One thing to note here is that King Xiang's identity is different from other officials who went to condolences. Other people, even if they are as expensive as Hu Wei, are still courtiers.

According to the rules of the emperor's ancestral training, when a courtier meets the king, he must dismount from the horse and get off the sedan chair. Therefore, Hu Wei and others parked the sedan chair outside the alley early. requirements.

But it's different outside the alley. King Xiang belongs to the clan, the blood of the Zhu family, and the nobles of Tianhuang. The emperor's ancestors did not say that when two kings meet, which one needs to dismount and walk.

So if King Xiang wants to put on airs, he can only let him go, at most he will talk about his arrogance and rudeness in secret.

As for the robes, the same is true. Indeed, as a junior in the clan, King Xiang should wear mourning clothes to worship, and it is very rude to come here in ordinary clothes.

However, if we really want to put it on the table to discuss the rules, only when the emperor dies, should the world mourn and the government and the public should follow suit.

No matter how respected the king of Min was, he could not overstep to the point where the entire court, including the civil and military clans, were all in mourning.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the rules of mourning are actually similar to those of ordinary people.

In this case, as long as you don't wear bright red, which is obviously a provocative color, and go there in other colors, it doesn't really matter.

After all, in the homes of ordinary people, it is impossible to pay homage to the deceased, and one has to prepare mourning clothes by oneself. In general, they are prepared by the owner's house after arriving.

However, none of those who were able to go to Minwang Mansion to express their condolences lacked the money for the mourning dress. In order to show their respect, they basically changed into it when they got off the sedan chair far away.

However, if you use this reason to blame King Xiang... It's still the same sentence, King Xiang has a different status after all, he is a nobleman of the clan and cannot be restrained by the rules of ordinary courtiers.

From this point of view, in fact, if you want to discuss it in detail, King Zhennan's fault is even greater.

At the feet of the emperor, beating the prince openly, even if he is also a clan, is a serious crime!

It is true that in terms of seniority, King Zhennan is a generation older than King Xiang. From a rational point of view, his actions are also understandable.

But it should be noted that none of this can be a reason to beat a prince.

The Tian family is different from ordinary small families. It not only has to talk about seniority, but also about respect. To put it bluntly, if it is said that King Xiang can be punished just because King Zhennan has a higher seniority, then King Xiang, as king Uncle, the seniority is higher than the emperor, can you beat the emperor?
The reason why King Min was able to ask the "Family Law" to punish King Xiang at the beginning was not only because he was the only surviving heir of the Taizu and had the highest seniority, but more importantly, he also had the official position of the clan order on him.

Except for the Son of Heaven who holds a Dagui in his hand, the only one who is qualified to punish a vassal king is the ancestral order also set up by the Taizu.

But obviously, King Zhennan did not meet this condition.

Even, in a strict sense, King Zhennan is just a county king who blatantly beat the prince. In detail, it can even be said that he committed a crime!

Hu Wei believed that the emperor would not be ignorant of this truth, otherwise, the emperor would not ask if the King of Zhennan did it first.

After hesitating for a moment, Mrs. Hu bit his bullet and opened the mouth to speak.

"Your Majesty, there is something wrong with both parties in this matter, but in the end it was the King of Zhennan who beat people first. Although it is understandable, but since the matter has reached such a level, according to the wishes of the minister, it is better to turn the big thing into a small thing. good."

"Big things turned into small things? How?"

The first emperor was obviously displeased, and there was a bit of questioning in his tone.

Sighing, Hu Wei thought for a while and said.

"Your Majesty, according to the ancestral system, once a vassal king is a vassal, he is not allowed to enter Beijing unless he receives an edict. His Majesty the former Fan ascended the throne, and the whole world celebrated together. He summoned all the vassal kings to Beijing to meet him. It has just ended, and it is the time when the vassal kings from all over the world need to protect the Tian family, so I never stopped it."

"Afterwards, in order to change the habits of the clan and educate the children of the clan, His Majesty wanted to start the clan school, so he ordered the prince of Min to stay in Beijing to serve as the clan order. It's just that because Prince Min is old, all the kings recommended King Xiang to assist him, so there are two vassals in Beijing at the same time."

"In the future, Prince Min was seriously ill. He asked His Majesty for a marriage for the eldest grandson of the Min Mansion, and got a special favor. King Fang of Zhennan brought his concubine to Beijing to handle the marriage. No reason, continue to stay in Beijing."

I didn't say this clearly, but Zhu Qiyu couldn't understand it.

The implication is nothing more than to let the king of Zhennan leave Beijing as soon as possible, and let the matter rest in peace!

It should be said that King Xiang's disturbance did make King Zhennan fall into a passive state. Moreover, there was another reason why Hu Wei let King Zhennan leave. Although he didn't say it clearly, Zhu Qiyu naturally understood it.

Hu Yi said so much, but he was actually reminding Zhu Qiyu that the fact that King Zhennan refused to leave the capital for so long is arousing suspicion.

Although what King Xiang said outside the Min Mansion was nonsense, it was not groundless.

After returning, Hu Wei thought about it carefully. If he wanted to murder King Min, the King of Zhennan would definitely not have the guts. After all, he was in the capital city, at the foot of the Son of Heaven.

With the character of the emperor, if he finds that King Zhennan is such a corrupt person, the emperor will deal with him first without the help of others.

Especially after the original case, the identity of the son of Zhennan Wang Minfu can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai, and there is no need to fight for this time.

However, if it is not for the position of King Min, then King Zhennan has been reluctant to leave the capital for so long, which can only mean that there are other reasons.

Thinking about it again, after such a long time, the emperor has turned a blind eye to Zhennan Wang's Panhuan capital, so the real intention is actually very obvious.

Ancestral order!
It is definitely not possible to say that King Min was killed by King Zhennan, but it is very possible to say that King Zhennan was waiting for King Min to die so that he could take over the position of Zong Renling.

So, looking at it from another perspective, the purpose of King Xiang throwing out such an absurd reason may not be to convince everyone. Perhaps what he really wants is to use the most exaggerated way to arouse the attention of the government and the opposition. He has been reluctant to leave the capital's attention for a long time.

After all, if there is no King Zhennan, then King Xiang should be the candidate for the next patriarchal order. Even if there is King Zhennan, King Xiang still has an advantage in the position of the patriarchal order of.

In terms of ability, King Xiang was promoted by all the kings to assist King Min in managing the sect, which in itself can well explain his status among the kings. In terms of kinship, he is the uncle of the emperor, and he is more suitable to be in charge of clan affairs. The only one with a slight flaw , that is, his seniority is not the greatest.

However, although there are no heirs of Taizu in the court, there are still heirs of Renmiao. If you only talk about seniority, you can't count Zhennan Wang, the king of the side branch.

Of course, these are all external factors. To put it bluntly, the position of the patriarchal order is also to manage the clan affairs for the emperor who holds Dagui. Therefore, no matter how many factors there are, it will ultimately depend on the emperor's will.

And this is precisely what King Xiang lacks the most!
Therefore, it was logical that King Xiang wanted to drive away King Zhennan.

The current situation, it should be said, is precisely beneficial to King Xiang, and Zhu Qiyu also understands this, but...

His face was a little ugly, Zhu Qiyu asked.

"So, the method Dazong gave me is to drive Zhennan King out of the capital at the time of Min King's new funeral?"

This question was obviously a rhetorical question, if he really nodded his head to answer the question, then only Shaobao with the surname of Yu would dare.

Mr. Hu's surname is obviously not Yu, so it is obviously impossible for him to just nod so dullly. In fact, when he said those words just now, this great uncle has already had a countermeasure in his mind, and he just waits for the emperor. asked a question.

"Your Majesty, if something like this happens, if you don't punish the king of Zhennan, you may have some opinions from the government and the people, and it will be difficult for the people to calm down. Therefore, the minister thinks that the king of Zhennan can return the Min king Fuling to the Min area. As for Xiang Wang, you have to be punished for causing trouble in front of King Min’s spirit, and fighting with the clan, and I think that you should remove King Xiang from the position of Zuo Zongren, and order him to return to the feudal land and meditate on his own mistakes.”

"As for the sect affairs and studies in the capital, I believe that they can be handed over to the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy for teaching and assessment, and there is no need for the vassal king to stay in the capital!"

The hall was quiet, Zhu Qiyu raised his head and glanced at Hu Wei, slightly surprised.

This old fox is really... ruthless!
Sure enough, Hu Mei is still Hu Mei, and when he is not involved, he leisurely sits on the sidelines, but since he can't get away, then he will end up grabbing a piece of meat by himself.

You know, whether it is King Min, King Xiang, King Zhennan, or even Zhu Yinyu, according to the usual practice, they should not stay in the capital, but because of Zongxue, the Zong Renling was re-appointed, Only then did they have the opportunity to stay in the capital.

However, it should be noted that the establishment of the patriarchal decree, in addition to managing religious studies, will also interfere with many daily religious affairs, and this part originally belonged to the power of the Ministry of Rites.

At that time, all the kings were there, and in order to successfully establish the sect, the Ministry of Rites made concessions, and Hu Wei didn't say much all the time, just pretending that there was no such thing.

But who would have thought that taking advantage of this opportunity, he would come back again.

Both King Zhennan and King Xiang are at fault. In this case, no one should stay in the capital. Aren’t the two of them going to fight for the clan order? Similarly, wouldn't everyone be happy to set up a false clan mansion and hand over the clan affairs to the Ministry of Rites?
It should be said that Hu Wei proposed this method at this time, which is three words, steady, precise and ruthless!

He clearly knew that the Son of Heaven was unwilling to hand over the position of Zongren Ling to King Xiang. At the same time, it was true that King Zhennan was at fault in this matter.

More importantly, since the emperor wanted to establish a Zongxue at the Zhengdan banquet, Hu Wei knew that the emperor wanted to curb and control the power and influence of the suzerain.

The position of Zong Renling itself is actually the result of mutual compromise. If this is the case, why bother to hand it over to which feudal lord?
Now that something like this has happened, why not just take this opportunity to take back the control of the Zongxue to the Ministry of Rites? In this way, the problem of the clan order will be solved from the root, and it is also in line with the emperor's desire to further control the clan General direction!
It should be said that after these words were spoken, even Zhu Qiyu couldn't help being a little moved, and began to seriously consider whether the method Hu Wei said was appropriate...

(End of this chapter)