Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 146 The Choice of the Ministry of Rites

Even though this kind of thing is an internal matter of Prince Xing's Mansion, there are many troubles in the clan's family.

In order to avoid a mess, the Ministry of Rites generally does not allow it to be changed so easily!
What if all clans followed suit?
There was once a vassal king who didn't like the eldest son, and wanted to make the concubine his son, which made the house a mess.

Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty found out, and directly ordered to reprimand the vassal king, fine him five years' salary, and demote the bastard as a commoner, and then the matter was settled.

Since then, no vassal king dared to make it difficult for his concubine to be his son because of favoring his concubine. If King Xing could change his son so easily.

If other princes followed suit, wouldn't that be a mess!
"You don't know about King Xing. He pretends to be a tiger and eats an elephant. When Emperor Xiaozong was around, you don't know that he competed with King Xiang to fight in the arena. He was fierce and refused to give up an inch."

"He said that he didn't ask the Ministry of Rites and the emperor to confer any title on his elder son. He just wanted to recognize that son's way, so that his heirs would not be left outside. It is enough to recognize the ancestor and return to the clan. That is to say, he is advancing by retreating. But he He didn't mention asking for the title of son for the eldest son, but said that it was difficult enough for this son to survive, and he is not in good health now, so he just hoped to be alive. I think that means that King Xing has no intention of changing the son."

"The eldest son will stay in the Taoist temple until he is 25 years old. I heard that King Xing is not in good health. It is not certain whether he can wait for his son to come out. I don't have to think about the position of the son. I also heard that King Xing treats his youngest son. Very loving."

Zhang Yu analyzed.

"Even though there are many people's signatures on it, it's just that it's a big deal for the feudal lord to recognize his son, and it's inevitable that someone will go there at that time! Mr. Zhang, and this matter, you and I shouldn't get too deep into the water, your majesty's personality is cloudy Ding, protect the clan more than Xiaozong, you and I can still be safe and sound in this Ministry of Rites, it's not the last time "Zhou Wang Zhu'an and the sons were promoted", we try to keep a low profile, and don't forget what happened to Master Zhang Sheng Zhang!"

Bai Sheng said.

He has a very good relationship with Zhang Yu, so naturally he doesn't shy away from talking about many things.

The case of Zhou Wang Zhu'an's sons Jin Feng was not complicated, but it was the most troublesome thing after Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao came to power.

After this incident, Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao began to be uncertain, and he did things in his own way.

Speaking of Zhou Wang Zhu'an's Zhuzi Jinfeng case, it is the old lady's foot wrap, which is smelly and long.

In the 11th year of Hongzhi, Zhou Huiwang Zhu Tongbiao, who had reigned for 12 years and died at the age of 51, passed away.

As usual, the son Zhu An should inherit the title, but Zhu An turned against his brother, and because of the land dispute, he was also burdened with a lawsuit. If the lawsuit was not resolved, Zhu An would not be able to assume the throne of King Zhou.

This Zhu An was also unlucky, before the lawsuit was concluded to inherit the throne, he fell ill and died in the second year.

Zhu An did not have an eldest son. He died. It is said that his eldest son Zhu Muyi, as the first heir, should also inherit the title.

But Zhu An was at odds with his brothers, and joined forces with his fourth brother Yining King Zhu Anyi and fifth brother Pingle King Zhu Anfan to disrupt the situation, saying that Zhu Muyi's identity was unknown, which prevented Zhu Muyi from inheriting the throne of Zhou King.

As a result, the throne of King Zhou was vacant for three years.

It was not until December of the 14th year of Hongzhi that Zhu Mu was cleared of his identity suspicion and was canonized as King of Zhou.

After Zhu Muyi became the king of Zhou, he asked his father Zhu Anzuo to be the king of Zhou.

Zhu An has passed away, and Zhu An, the eldest son of honor and mourning, was posthumously named King of Zhou, and given the posthumous title of Mourning.

Zhou An became Zhou Mourning King. According to logic, except for Zhu Muxi who became Zhou King, the other sons should be promoted to County King.

Zhu An had eight sons besides the eldest son Zhu Muyi, and besides the three who died young, there were five other sons.

It turned out that because Zhu An had always been the son of the eldest son and failed to succeed to the king of Zhou, they were only treated as generals of the town.

Now that Zhu An has become the King of Zhou Mourning, the other sons naturally want to be treated like the King of the County.

For the benefit of other brothers, Zhu Muyi asked the imperial court for a seal.

And there are such precedents in the history of Ming Dynasty, people have already succeeded in asking for a seal.

The person who succeeded in inviting the seal is the orthodox 14-year Ning Wang family.

Ning Shizi Zhu Panxuan left before his father and failed to inherit the throne.

The eldest son of King Ning Zhu Panxuan and grandson of Ning Shi Zhu Mianpei succeeded him as King Ning, and Zhu Panxuan was posthumously named King Ninghui.

Immediately afterwards, his other sons Zhu Dianqi, Zhu Dianlei, Zhu Diandu, and Zhu Dianxun were canonized as King Ruichang, King Le'an, King Shicheng and King Yiyang respectively.

Zhou Wang's lineage believed that Ning Wang and the others had precedents, and the matter they asked to seal should be a certainty and an easy matter.

It's just that Zhou Wang's family is very unlucky. They are facing the good old Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youtang.

Although Zhu Youtang was known for his "benevolence", he was too conniving with civil officials, which caused the clan to be severely suppressed by civil officials.

In the Hongzhi Dynasty, there were as many as 9 cases of being dismissed as nobles or deposed as common people because of crimes committed by the clan, involving 13 princes, princes, and county kings.

The most unlucky king of Zhongjing, Zhu Jianjun, was demoted to common people, escorted to Beijing and imprisoned in Xi Nei, and then ordered to commit suicide. This was the first case in Ming Dynasty, which treated the clan preferentially.

After receiving the request post from the Zhou Palace, the Minister of Rites named Zhang Sheng, the Left Servant ordered Li Jie, and the Right Servant ordered Wang Hua to conduct a collegiate discussion, and Zhu Muyi's request was directly rejected.

And Yan Ming Zhu Muyi's treatment as a general of the town is already the favor of the court and the emperor, don't be too greedy and have so many unreasonable thoughts.

Although Zhou Wang's lineage was aggrieved, they were also afraid that those civil officials would put on small shoes for them, so they dared not speak anymore.

After that, the same thing happened to King Jin's lineage.

The fifth King of Jin Zhu Zhongxuan passed away.

This king of Jin really waited a long time. Not only did he boil to death all his sons, including the eldest son of Jin, Zhu Qiyuan, but his eldest grandson, Zhu Biaorong, was also boiled to death.

After Zhu Zhongxuan's death, the throne of King Jin can only be inherited by Zhu Biaorong's second son, great-grandson Zhu Zhiyang.

Zhu Zhiyang also became the first vassal king of Ming Dynasty who was enfeoffed by his great-grandson.

After Zhu Zhiyang succeeded to the throne, he asked for the titles of his grandfather Zhu Qiyuan and his biological father Zhu Biaorong, and was granted the titles of King Jinjing and King Huai of Jin respectively.

With this sweetness, Zhu Zhiyang's four uncles also had an idea.

His elder brother was granted the title of King Huai of Jin, so could they also think about being the king of the county?

Anyway, the big deal is to be rejected, and you have to try.

Zhu Zhiyang boldly wrote a letter, applying for seals for the four uncles.

Fortunately for him, the emperor had changed at this time, and the emperor was none other than Zhu Houzhao, the current Emperor of Zhengde.

After receiving the request, Zhu Houzhao ordered the Ministry of Rites, who was in charge of the canonization of the imperial clan, to discuss the matter.

Although Zhu Houzhao was rumored to be moody, he was actually quite tolerant towards the clan.

However, the letter from the Ministry of Rites in this period was Li Jie, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites when the Hongzhi Dynasty rejected Zhu Muxi's brothers as Jinfeng.

This guy is usually more floating, and he is a bit condescending to the clan, known as "Iron Head"!
Facing Zhu Zhiyang's request, he said directly:

The son of the posthumous prince, depending on the actual seal, should remain the same.

It means that making your grandfather and father a prince is already taken care of by the court. Don't be shameless, you are too greedy!

When Zhu Houzhao found out about this, he was furious, feeling that Li Jie didn't give him face.

He hated the restraint of those civil servants on him.

His father was dealing with those civil servants all day long, exhausted, overworked, and died young.

As soon as these civil servants come to power, they disown themselves. Is it really the opposite?

He took this matter directly and wanted to show those civil servants some color.

Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty ordered the Ministry of Rites to review the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" together with the courtiers, to turn every page and check each word.

Those civil servants are so smart, they can understand what's going on at a glance. They persisted for a day and a night, and finally they couldn't stand it anymore.

Immediately, a report was issued, saying that "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" had no relevant records about the case of chasing the son of the prince and adding the title of county king, and also found out that Zhou Wang Zhu'an's sons Jin Zou was rejected.

Facing the wrath of Emperor Zhengde, the Ministry of Rites knew that they would not give an explanation, and this matter would be impossible to pass!
The former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and the retired Mr. Zhang Sheng were dug out.

When people leave the tea to cool down, he naturally has to carry this pot.

Zhang Sheng, who had returned to his hometown and retired honorably, was directly deprived of the monthly salary of the loose official rank of Prince Taishi and the servants around him.

After Zhang Sheng was pushed out to stand up to the thunder, Li Jie, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and related officials wrote letters of impeachment, apologizing for his ineffectiveness in handling affairs.

Even so, Emperor Zhengde's anger was not appeased. He felt that Li Jie was abominable, and "plained the crime" to Zhang Sheng.

Li Jie, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites (currently the Minister of Rites), and Wang Hua, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites (currently the Minister of the Ministry of Officials of Nanjing), were ordered to retire.

At that time, Zhang Cong, the doctor of the Yizhi Department, Dong Chen, the Yuanwailang, and Liu Tai, the principal, were also punished for being responsible for the joint signature.

Zhang Cong and Dong Chen were demoted to two ranks, Liu Tai was transferred outside, Zhang Cong was demoted to Zhizhou, Dong Chen was demoted to Guangxinfu Tongzhi, and Liu Tai was demoted to Taizhou Tongzhi.

This incident involved three ministers, two current ministers, and five chief officials of the Ritual System Department of the Ministry of Rites, which almost completely changed the entire Ministry of Rites.

Because Zhang Yu and Bai Sheng didn't sign the memorial, they were only fined a salary of three months.

With this previous lesson, and the fact that this matter is so involved, in the face of King Xing's request for instructions, how dare Zhang Yu and Bai Yue, who are now the heads of the Ministry of Rites, be careless?

"Mr. Zhang, I don't think it's better to do it this way!"

Bai Sheng thought for a moment and said directly.

(End of this chapter)