Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 732 Want to compare with Tiangong test

"Zhang Guojun's Lifetime Earl Jinshi was named Marquis, it's really lively."

Hou Fangyu was sitting in the elegant room of the tea house facing the street in Dongcheng, watching Zhang Guojun's motorcade passing by on the street downstairs, speaking with disdain.

Queen Zhang was abolished, but Zhang Guojun, the brother of the queen, was promoted to the rank. Isn't this selling his sister?Not only did Zhang Guojun not say a word for his sister and nephew, but he even publicly praised the prince's virtuousness in the newspaper, and even went to the East Palace to meet him immediately.

Not to mention that Zhang Guojun's daughter is now sent to the East Palace as the crown prince's concubine.

There is no moral integrity.

In fact, Zhang Guojun didn't have a bad reputation, because the commander of Jinyiwei was dismissed within a few days. In the past few years, he has concentrated on business and trade, and he is rich and wealthy, with a net worth of tens of millions.No one would have cared too much about such a dude who was born in a Jiangnan gentry.

But the current incident still caused many people to despise it.

"The arms can't hold the thighs, and besides, Zhang Guojun is just a dude who can't support the wall. The emperor just throws out some sweets, and he doesn't even need to threaten him. He just flatters me." Chen Zhenhui said bluntly, although Zhang Guojun also joined the He joined Fushe, but this young man of Fushe didn't know Zhang Guojun at the beginning, even now he still looks down on him.

Mao Pijiang looked at the ostentation of the Marquis of Ningbo, and he just watched with cold eyes. The team was indeed very prestigious. In the front were guards riding on tall horses to lead the way. Not to mention the extremely gorgeous silver inlays, there are more than one.Behind them are guards on horseback, which is extremely ostentatious.

Even their family's horses are famous horses from Qinghai and Dawan in the Western Regions. This kind of horse is naturally extremely expensive. The saddles and bridles of the horses and the clothes of the servants are all very neat and high-end.

Zhang Guojun's net worth of tens of millions is definitely not in vain. It is said that he always has a bag of golden melon seeds on his body, half a grain for two, and rewards people at any time.The entourage around him also brought a lot of dragon silver, and they spent a lot of money.

The emperor was frugal, and usually only had four dishes and one soup.But Uncle Zhang Guo paid a thousand taels of silver for a meal, bought a famous prostitute for 3000 yuan, and spent a lot of money to order a luxurious yacht, and even spent 10 taels of silver.

Zhang Guojiu has a flamboyant style that is close to showing off. Although many people disdain it, some people like it. They think it is bold and generous, and has a true temperament. The most important thing is that Zhang Guojiu manages well and makes money. , pawnshops, and even open banks, engage in sea trade and mines, they have the strength.

"Let's not talk about cowards like Zhang Guojun and Mao Youlun, but why didn't half of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty stand up for such a big event?" Hou Fangyu sighed.

Fang Yizhi said bluntly, "I don't even look at the court, who are the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, they are all the emperor's confidantes, who would object?"

If it had been more than a year ago, there might have been many objections, such as their famous four sons who would have stood up to oppose, maybe Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou, and even Qi Biaojia and others would have stood up to fight against the emperor in the past two weeks.

But after the resignation last year, how many of those in the DPRK and China are willing to speak out?
The rest of the veterans like Liu Zongzhou are silent now. Of course he himself said that state affairs are the most important thing, but it is obvious that the emperor has high prestige and completely controls the government affairs. Liu Zongzhou and Liu Dapao have gradually accepted that set subtly.

As for people like Hong Chengchou and Qian Qianyi, don't mention them. They are all smart people who are aware of current affairs, but they don't have any real position of their own.Even more than before in the Chongzhen Dynasty, Qian Qianyi was completely reduced to the emperor's answer.

In the Chongzhen Dynasty, Qian Qianyi was still the leader of Donglin, and he was still engaged in party disputes in the court. Now, he is simply doing things according to orders.

In fact, even the four sons of Fushe, who came to Beijing this time, have not left yet, but they also remained silent on the important matter of establishing a reserve.

First, after the four of them stayed in Taiwan for more than a year, they became more pragmatic. They also knew that there was no room for the emperor's character and authority.Even in their hearts, they didn't really oppose the emperor's establishment of Zhu Hongjia.

In the past, this would definitely be arguable, taking the opportunity to fight against the opponents, or even gaining political prestige by opposing the emperor, but now these methods are a dead end.

"Why do you think the emperor is in such a hurry to appoint the eldest prince as the crown prince?"

"If it's true what His Majesty said about establishing a heir to grow long, it's actually possible to cancel the matter of adopting the First Prince to the Empress Yuan, right? In contrast, it's no problem at all to establish the Ninth Prince?"

Although the streets in February are not as lively as in the first month, there are still people coming and going.

The teahouse is very warm, and a pot of tea exudes a fragrance.

"Pijiang, what do you think?"

Mao Pijiang is already preparing to return to Taiwan. He got a new position and continues to work in Taiwan, but now he is working as the prefect of Taipei.

Mao Xiang picked up his teacup and took two sips, looked at Zhang Guojun's motorcade, and said slowly, "Your Majesty admires Qin Huang, Han Wu, Tang Zu, Song Zu, and everyone has enjoyed his song Qinyuanchun Snow this year. The artistic conception is magnificent and imposing. Magnificent, commenting on historical figures, the domineering side leaks.

Pity Qin Huang Han Wu, slightly lost literary talent; Tang Zong Song Zu, slightly less coquettish.

Genghis Khan, a generation of Tianjiao, only knew how to bow and shoot big eagles.

All are gone, a few romantic figures, but also look at the present. "

Several people nodded.

The former four sons of Fushe were also extremely talented, and they naturally knew the quality of this poem at a glance. It was indeed majestic and bold-minded.

"The sentence about wanting to be higher than the Tiangong test reveals a lot."

Facing several friends, Mao Pijiang had no reservations, and said bluntly, "I think the emperor appointed the eldest prince as the crown prince, but not the ninth prince. In fact, it is not because the eldest son is not the first son. What kind of heroic emperor is today?

In this dilapidated and dangerous country, the building will be supported and the tide will be turned. In less than five years, the Central Plains will be completely restored.

With this kind of ability, even if Taizu was resurrected, it would not be so magnificent.

Although it has only been a few years since he raised his army, he not only expelled the Tartars militarily, but also implemented so many new policies instead of simply recovering the country. Although the Ming Dynasty has recovered today, it is actually different from the previous Ming Dynasty. . "

Several people nodded.

Today's Shaotian Dynasty can be said to be the same as Liu Xiuguangwu Zhongxing back then. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty with its capital Luoyang and the Xi'an Dynasty with its capital Chang'an were established by the Liu family, even the basic national policies are different.

The Western Han Dynasty has always restrained and attacked the powerful, but Liu Xiu was the Eastern Han Dynasty established by uniting the powerful.

Maoxiang believed that the emperor respected Qin Huang, Han Wu, Tang Zong, Song Zu, and the system was retrospective of Qin, Han, Tang and Song Dynasties, which also revealed the emperor's ambitions.

It is necessary to restore the old borders of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and even to expand the territory like the Han and Tang Dynasties. It must be as strong and prosperous as the Han and Tang Dynasties, and it must also be economically prosperous like the Song and Song Dynasties.

And as the emperor of Zhongxing, he has supreme authority and possesses the dictatorship of the Ming Dynasty that is not weaker than Zhu Yuanzhang. If such an emperor has such ambitions, then he will never be as indifferent to the choice of heirs as ordinary emperors. Choose according to the eldest son system.

"The emperor actually wants to establish virtuous people."

"After the first prince was found, the emperor didn't make him the crown prince, and after the ninth prince was born, he didn't make him the crown prince. Why did he make the prince the prince now? It happened that the emperor personally brought him by his side to teach him for more than a year now. ?”

"It's all because after being taught by the emperor himself, the eldest prince's performance has been fully appreciated by the emperor. The emperor has publicly praised the eldest prince's perseverance and tenacity more than once, saying that he has endured hardships at a young age, and that he is smart, studious, and knowledgeable. Make progress, praise others, these have all been revealed."

The emperor wants to establish a virtuous man, not a heir and an elder.

It is indeed a very important succession system to establish a descendant and establish an elder.

"Who are the successors of Emperor Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, Song, and Song Zu? Who will inherit their throne in the end?" Mao Pijiang asked rhetorically.

Everyone couldn't help but fell into deep thought, and a word awakened the dreamer.

Emperors are also divided into three, six, and nine classes, such as the first emperor of Zulong, that is the beginning of the emperor, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is the great emperor who can be recorded in history forever.

Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty and Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty were all the kind of emperors who were one in a million.

Another characteristic of them is that they are not general rule-observers, but rule-makers.

Qin Shihuang did not appoint his eldest son Fusu as the prince, and in the end it was Huhai who became emperor.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first abolished the empress Chen Ajiao, and installed Wei Zifu, who was once a singing girl from her sister's family, as the empress. The eldest son Liu Ju was established as the crown prince when he was seven years old, but in the end he rebelled and failed. was killed.In his later years, Liu Che also made his youngest son the crown prince, and even made the son kill his mother.

Tian Khan Li Shimin himself seized the throne by killing his brother and imprisoning his father through the Xuanwumen mutiny. He also established his eldest son Li Chengqian as the prince at the beginning, but later he abolished Chengqian who had been the prince for 16 years. Li Tai, the second son of Li Di, finally gave the reserve position to Li Zhi, the last son of Li Di.

Zhao Kuangyin is also a hero. Although some people think that his merits are not high, the person who can end the troubled times of the Five Dynasties is not ordinary. Although he died early and failed to regain Youyun, it is just a pity that he died too early. It is a pity that he died not so early possible recovery.

When he was alive, his eldest son died early, and his second son, Zhao Dezhao, was a virtuous man, but he was only appointed as a defense envoy for the first time.
In the end, the throne was taken away by his younger brother.

The great emperors respected by these four emperors turned out to be none of the eldest sons who succeeded to the throne.

The most fundamental reason for the eldest son system is stability, because the eldest son is basically not too controversial, but if Li Xian is controversial.

However, for those emperors who created a dynasty, although they really want to make a good start, the situation is often more complicated at the beginning of the founding of the country, and a strong successor is needed to carry forward the dynasty.

Emperor Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty and even Emperor Wudi of the Western Jin Dynasty who created the great unification. The great unified dynasty they created all came from the second generation of heirs. Qin, Sui and even the second generation died. Why not eat when Emperor Wu of Jin established a After the minced meat prince became the emperor, he also tossed out the Eight Kings Rebellion, which wiped out the Western Jin Dynasty.

Even the Han dynasty founded by Liu Bang, Liu Ying, the eldest son he established, was supported by his mother Lu Hou and others to become emperor after his death, but all the power was in the hands of Lu Hou. Lu Shi was in chaos and even almost usurped the Han Dynasty .

In China's unified dynasty, the Qin, Han, Jin, Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, the princes established by the founding emperors either died or were abolished. Tang Taizong and Song Taizong still won the throne on their own.

Even in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Biao, the first prince, died young. Zhu Yuanzhang decided to establish a grandson instead of a son. Zhu Yunwen was not Zhu Biao’s son at first, but a concubine, but the princess died early. So he also became the first son, but Zhu Xiongying, the eldest son born to his original spouse, died young, and the second son Yunxie was younger than Yunxuan, so the eldest grandson Yunxie was relegated to the second grandson, and Zhu Yunqi changed from the concubine grandson to the eldest grandson.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang also established Zhu Yunqi as the grandson of the emperor. Firstly, although Zhu Yunqi used to be a concubine grandson, he is now the real eldest grandson. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was purged by Zhu Yuanzhang, must also consider this point.

It's just that he didn't expect that Zhu Yunwen, the eldest grandson, couldn't take on the great responsibility of the empire. He cut down the vassals of his uncles when he ascended the throne.

From Mao Pijiang's point of view, today's son is the hero who founded the dynasty like Zhu Yuanzhang, and the matter of establishing a crown prince naturally has to be considered in the long run. Otherwise, he will die in the second generation like Qin Shihuang Yang Jian, or he will die like Sima Yan. The prince of minced meat, under the nine springs, the coffin board will not be able to hold down.

Maybe the Ninth Prince will be very virtuous in the future, but for the emperor, he has to consider the big factor of stability. He can't wait for more than ten years. Things that are not allowed.

So either the Ninth Prince should be established now, or the First Prince should be established immediately.

In the end, Zhu Yihai didn't intend to spend more than ten years gambling on an unknown future, and he didn't want to trigger the imperial prince's party or the nine prince's party to seize the heir apparent, so he simply made the "eldest son" Zhu Hongjia the crown prince.

As for the Ninth Prince, he directly abolished his mother, Empress Zhang, and set the future feudal servant, Si Yongning, in advance, so that he would completely lose the capital to win the heir when he was only one year old. On the side of the prince, let them marry their daughters to the prince as concubines, completely eliminating the possibility of support from their natal family.

This is the emperor's habit of acting decisively, and once the decision is made, he will hesitate again and make it in one step.

There is no Nine Princes Party in the court, and there will be no more in the future.

"The crown prince was imprisoned outside the customs for six years, is he really suitable to be the reserve?" Hou Fangyu asked.

"Didn't Your Majesty say something like that, if you don't care about the world, you will always be innocent, and a hero will always come out of purgatory, and you can come back after six years of training outside the pass, and you can still be so calm and tenacious. A prince who is a woman's hand who doesn't know the sufferings of the people and doesn't know the ways of the world."

"Counting the romantic figures, let's look at the present!"

"I think the emperor is only [-] years old, and there is still time to verify his decision."

The four young masters all lowered their heads to drink tea, yes, this matter has been settled, and they don't need to get involved anymore, let's take a look at the bustling Tokyo, and then prepare to go to Qingdao to take a boat back to Taiwan to continue working.

Zhu Yihai is a heroic emperor, but even if he is like Emperor Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, Zong and Song Zu, none of them is perfect.

The next time I return to North Korea, I will go to Beijing.

Although the matter of the emperor abolishing the empress and setting up the crown prince was somewhat flawed, and even what happened to Empress Xiao Zhang made people feel pitiful, but they were no longer those young scholars who only knew how to talk loudly in the brothel hotel.

At that time, Emperor Jiajing inherited the Datong with a vassal name. Jiajing, who came to Beijing from Hubei to succeed the throne, wanted to posthumously make his biological father, King Xingxian, the emperor. Both uncle and biological father were emperors.

However, this incident aroused resolute opposition from the Chief Assistant Yang Tinghe, who forced Jiajing to adopt the name of Ming Xiaozong and abandon the original line of King Xingxian. They asked Jiajing to call Ming Xiaozong Daddy and his biological father Uncle.

For this reason, a great controversy broke out.

Jiajing, who came to Beijing at the age of twelve or thirteen to succeed to the throne, had a three-and-a-half-year dispute with the courtiers due to the issue of his biological father's title and imperial lineage.

Later, until the 17th year of Jiajing, Emperor Xingxian was revered as "Emperor Ruizong Zhitian Shoudao Hongdeyuan Renkuan Mu Chunsheng Respect Jianjing Literature Emperor", and the tablet of Emperor Xingxian was promoted to the Tai Temple, sorted above Ming Wuzong, and changed to Xingxian The tomb of the king is the mausoleum, and the event of the Dali Conference ended with the victory of Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty.

The dispute over the great ceremony in the Jiajing Dynasty was essentially a struggle for the control of the imperial court by the young emperors without foundation after the foreign vassals entered the Datong. The well-being of the common people has been fought for more than ten years, and even the foundation of the Ming Dynasty has been shaken.

The fundamental reason was the struggle for the monarchy. After Jiajing took charge of the government, he finally won miserably, which also marked that he finally regained the imperial power that should have belonged to him.

Jiajing, a young man from a foreign vassal who succeeded to the Datong, was able to fight with the ministers to the point of blood, but now, the Ming Lord of Zhongxing, how could he back down on such a big matter?
However, the power of this Emperor Shaotian is as powerful as the sun and the moon in the sky, his power is unparalleled, and the court is full of the emperor's confidantes, so how many of them will stand up and fight?

Of course there were those who argued, but their voices could not be heard at all, and were completely covered up.

"As expected of Emperor Qin, Han Wu, slightly inferior in literary talent; Tang Zong and Song Zu, a little less coquettish. Even Genghis Khan, the arrogance of a generation, can say that he only knows how to bend a bow and shoot big eagles. This kind of domineering is indeed worthy of today."

Even though it has only been a few years since he raised his army, he has not been the emperor for five years.

But when it comes to the control of imperial power and its dictatorship, it is estimated that Zhu Yuanzhang would have to say that the blue is better than the blue, and the future generations are formidable.

As for the other dozen or so emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Xuande Zhengde was about to shed tears when he saw it, Jiajing Wanli was jealous when he saw it, and Chongzhen hanged himself again in shame.

Which of them, if they had half of Zhu Yihai's control, wouldn't say that they would not go to court for decades, or even won a big victory, only to be told by the civil officials that they only chopped off the heads of a few Mongolian Tartars, let alone Chongzhen was in such a situation that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty deceived him.

The Fourth Young Master was a little lonely, and it was a bit aggrieved to be a courtier to such a holy emperor.

"When will you leave Beijing?" Fang Yizhi asked.

"The day after tomorrow, together?"

"Okay, then go to Qingdao to take a boat together the day after tomorrow." Everyone suddenly lost interest in chatting, put down their teacups, got up and left the teahouse, and left separately.

In that noisy street, the footsteps were even a little heavy.

(End of this chapter)