Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 353

From today onwards, he is no longer the supervisor of Lu, but the son of Ming Dynasty, the No.16 emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Of course, normally it should be No.18, but Emperor Hongguang was abolished by Zhu Yihai, and Emperor Jianwen was abolished as early as Zhu Di.

As for Jianwen's pursuit of his father Zhu Biao as Emperor Xingzong Xiaokang, it was also canceled by Zhu Di.

In addition, Jiajing's other vassals joined the Datong, and later respected his biological father Xingwang Zhu Youzhao as Ruizong, which is not considered an orthodox emperor.

Excluding Zhu Biao and Zhu Youzhang, from Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to Hongguang Zhu Yousong, there are actually 18 generations of emperors, and Zhu Yihai should be the No. [-] generation.

It's just that Jianwen was abolished after being seized by Zhu Di. Hongguang Zhu Yousong was captured as emperor for more than a year, and was also abolished by Zhu Yihai. Therefore, according to official records, Zhu Yihai is the No. 16 emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yihai planned to issue an imperial edict to restore the throne of Emperor Jianwen, who had only been emperor for four years. After all, Jianwen was the emperor who succeeded the throne formally, and Zhu Yihai was not a descendant of Zhu Di.

Of course, he does not intend to restore Hongguang's throne.

That night, after Qian Qianyi returned to Jiangning City, he quietly sent Hongguang Zhu Yousong to Zhu Yihai in Fangcheng of Xiaoling, along with King Lu who had been on the throne and supervised the country for five days.

In terms of seniority, Zhu Yousong is Zhu Yihai's nephew, and Zhu Changhao is Zhu Yihai's cousin. Of course, the five clothes are earlier. Zhu Yousong is the eleventh grandson of Taizu, and Zhu Yihai is the tenth grandson. There is no relationship.

In fact, before Qian Qianyi sent the two back, he asked Zhu Yihai how to arrange it. If necessary, he could directly dispose of the two in Jiangning City.

However, Zhu Yihai felt that although these two people were cowardly and incompetent, they were a bit pitiful after all, and they were just poor people who had been forcibly run over by the wheels of the times.

The Tartars wanted to use these two people to cause trouble for him before, but he had already issued an edict to abolish the two people's former thrones and supervisors, and he had a high prestige, so he didn't have to worry about the threat of these two people at all. At first, the King of Yiyang had threatened him, but later, the King of Yiyang was too poor to vote, and he still accepted it.

In the final analysis, it is still a matter of strength. On the current Nanming side, the clan of the Ming Dynasty is not a threat.

In front of Taizu Xiaoling Mausoleum, Zhu Yihai summoned Zhu Yousong, Zhu Changxiao and his uncle and nephew, accompanied by the accompanying scholars.

The two were very embarrassed and terrified. The past six months were the most difficult period for them.

From Nanjing to Hangzhou to Beijing, and then to Nanjing, they knew very well that they were just pawns in the hands of the Tatars, and now they were sent back to King Lu, especially Zhu Yihai, who had just proclaimed himself emperor, and their fate was predictable.

The two cowardly begged for mercy.

Zhu Yihai looked at and shook his head. The ministers were also very moved when they saw this. This is the difference.

Originally, in terms of status and closeness, Zhu Yousong and Zhu Changxiao were far stronger than Zhu Yihai, and they were more qualified to inherit the throne, but in this troubled world, their virtues were not worthy.

In fact, just now the ministers persuaded Zhu Yihai not to see them, or even let them come back.

It was even proposed to dispose of it secretly.

But in the end Zhu Yihai still planned to meet.

"Get up."

"You have failed Daming and the people of the world, but Gu still intends to pardon you."

"The cabinet drafted an order to cut off Zhu Yousong and Zhu Changxiao's clan affiliation, demote them to common people, and send them to Yuhuan Island, Wenzhou for resettlement. Each of them will be given 20 mu of land and [-] taels of Anjia silver. Go there and live on your own. Just stay on the island safely and never leave the island for the rest of your life.”

This is both pardon and punishment.

Compared with King Jingjiang, who claimed to be the supervisor of the country in Guilin and failed in the civil war, these two treatments are not bad. King Jingjiang's fate is that he will be imprisoned for life.

The two princes, Fu Wang Fan and Lu Wang Fan, were formally abolished by Zhu Yihai.

After being demoted to common people and actually placed under residential surveillance, the two of them had no clan benefits, no salary, no rewards, and they had to fend for themselves in the future.

This result is absolutely unbearable for them.

For example, the king of Lu, Zhu Changxiao, loves to be arty, and he really knows how to play. For example, he likes to collect guqin, and he has three thousand guqin at home.

But now they can only start over, rehabilitate, and be an ordinary commoner, or even a restricted commoner.

But in the eyes of the ministers next to him, Emperor Shaotian Zhu Yihai was indeed very benevolent. So far, he has not killed a single clan. At that time, there was no fighting against those clans who claimed to be emperors and supervisors of the country.

People like Hongguang who had been emperor for more than a year would have been killed by ordinary people long ago.

Just like King Xiaoming of the Red Turban Army, Zhu Yuanzhang said he would send someone to pick him up as emperor, but Liao Yongzhong drowned him in Guazhou.

Some people think this is a hidden danger, but most people like Xu Shiqi deeply admire it, and feel that Zhu Yihai's doing is really good. After all, Hongguang and the others did not play a role in the hands of the Qing army, and did not cause harm. Sending them to Yuhuan Island is even worse. could become a threat again.

Staying, on the contrary, can demonstrate the benevolence of the new emperor.

Zhu Changhao was the first to recover, and knelt down to Zhu Yihai to thank him, "Thank you my emperor, long live." Facing this distant cousin who was much younger than himself, Zhu Changhao had now accepted his fate.Although in the Qing Dynasty he still retained the royal title and even some salary, but he knew very well that these would not last long in the north.

If Zhu Yihai was really willing to let them go, even if they were demoted to common people, it would be fine.

Zhu Yousong was sluggish for a long time, not because he still fantasized about coming back to be the emperor, but after going through too much, he no longer dared to trust Zhu Yihai easily.

He worried that it would be difficult for him to really reach Yuhuan Island, as there might be too many accidents along the way.

"Your Majesty, please give me a cup of poisoned wine or a three-foot white silk. I don't want to go to Yuhuan. I know that I have failed Daming and my ancestors, but please keep me as a descendant of the Zhu family and don't expel me. Royal."

"I don't want to be a lonely ghost in the future, let me die, just give me a piece of land at the foot of Xiaoling Mountain, bury me here, and let me plead guilty to Taizu here."

Zhu Yihai waved his hand and ignored him.

"The solitary society will send Jin Yiwei to take you to Yuhuan Island safely, and then pick a good field for you, and help you build a house, so you can farm there with peace of mind and be self-sufficient."

The guards came in and took the two of them away.

Silence for a while.

After a long while, Yu Dafu, the envoy of the administration, broke the silence.

"The new emperor has ascended the throne, as usual, there will be rewards for the soldiers, and please give your majesty a will."

"Cabinet opinion?" Zhu Yihai asked.

Zhu Yihai's cabinet has always been in an awkward position, because Zhu Yihai has been out of the country for more than half a year while supervising the country, while most of the cabinet stays behind, and major decisions are basically made by Zhu Yihai outside, so it has gradually become an executive body.

On the contrary, the imperial meeting next to Zhu Yihai has become an important decision-making center to assist in supervising the country, and it has become a cabinet that is not a cabinet.

Although Zhu Yihai made an order before to adjust the official system, and the bachelors were officially listed as first-rank, but as long as the cabinet is not with Zhu Yihai, they will never be able to truly grasp the power of the central government.

Now the cabinet members are divided into three parts, one part is leading foreign supervisors such as Zhu Dadian, Zhang Guowei, Huang Daozhou and He Tengjiao, and the other part is staying behind. Now in Zhoushan, such as Song Zhipu, Qi Biaojia, Chen Huihan , Ke Xiaqing, etc.Another part followed the driver, such as Xu Shiqi, Shen Chenquan and so on.

In the past, Chongzhen's cabinet drafting procedures were completely disrupted.

Although the cabinet is officially above the six ministries, Zhu Yihai's authority is unprecedentedly great, especially the power of the chief assistant of the cabinet has also been greatly reduced now.

It turns out that the reason why the chief assistant of the cabinet has the weight is because when the cabinet discusses matters, the chief assistant has the right to draft, that is, the discussion belongs to the discussion, but the final decision-making, the first assistant has the final say, and he can completely ignore you. is the final decision.

Although the draft proposal may also be changed or rejected, this exclusive right to draft guarantees the ability of the chief minister to overwhelm other ministers.

But under Zhu Yihai's eyes, a new system has gradually formed, that is, the chief assistant of the cabinet presides over the cabinet meetings and is the moderator, but the opinions on drafting must be jointly decided by the cabinet, and the chief assistant is only the moderator.

Even the contents of the bill proposals have to be made public and drafted by the assistant minister. In the end, the draft bills must be archived and subject to collective review by the cabinet, and a method of branch drafting has also been formed.

That is, the chief assistant is in charge, the second assistant is taking notes, and the other six affairs are in charge of each of the six major scholars. He will draw up the specific opinions first, and then the rest of the great scholars will sign later. If there are different opinions, they will also be written later. .

Finally, it will be brought to the cabinet meeting for discussion. The first assistant will preside over it, and the second assistant will record it.

This set of things is actually similar to the Wuhua Judgment of Zhongshu Province in the Tang Dynasty.

The first assistant and the second assistant are indeed higher than the other assistant ministers, but it is completely different from the previous situation where the first assistant can completely monopolize the power.

The six cabinet ministers judged the matter in five ways, and drafted the bills separately, which is equivalent to drafting, and then formally discussed at the cabinet meeting, and after the approval, the final draft was revised and approved by the chief assistant.

The first assistant and the second assistant are not directly in charge of any department, but the general manager, but the power of the cabinet members is not too different.

Of course, because Zhu Yihai has been away for a long time now, many things do not need to be discussed and decided by the cabinet. Instead, Zhu Yihai directly makes instructions and orders, and then the cabinet drafts documents according to the emperor's tone after receiving the emperor's instructions.

Those who can really discuss with the emperor are those who can enter the imperial meeting, and not all of these people are cabinet members, only two of them are university scholars, and the rest are like Yu Dafu, the Tongzheng envoy, and Chen Qianfu, Dali Siqing, and even several generals.

(End of this chapter)