Jingming

Chapter 16 The Imperative
To put it bluntly, Princess Yongkang is the sister of Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youtang and Xingxian King Zhu Youtang.

When Zhu Houzhao was in power, she was her aunt; when Zhu Houcong was in power, she was also her aunt.

Her son-in-law does not make a big difference because Zhu Houcong succeeds or not.

"My lord, what do you say?"

Xu Guangzuo lowered his brows and closed his eyes, without saying a word: It is true that the Xu family is one family and two countries, but how they can still take care of things is such a big deal.

Seeing his appearance, Zhang Heling was furious, and then looked at the eunuchs: "Gu Dayong, Wei Lin, Zhang Jin, Xiaomiao, Empress Dowager, and Emperor Daxing have all treated you with great kindness, what do you say?"

Faced with Zhang Heling's devouring eyes, Gu Dayong just replied calmly: "Master Hou, old slaves are not qualified to discuss these things. The late emperor ordered that major matters should only be judged by the Queen Mother and the cabinet ministers."

Zhang Heling didn't expect him to be so bold, and immediately growled and said: "Could it be that the decision here is only made by Mr. Liang Ge? Your Highness has made it so clear now. If we set off tomorrow morning, wouldn't it be as he wants?"

"Mr. Ge, this matter is undecided, and you must not leave." Mao Cheng said earnestly, "If you are outside the city gate, why not enter the city? Temporarily stationed in Liangxiang, you can use the excuse of hundreds of officials to come out of the city to welcome you to show your dignity. First drag it!"

Gu Dayong kept silent, silently paying attention to Liang Chu's reaction.

Now the situation is more subtle.

Among the four ministers in the cabinet, Yang Tinghe is the first assistant, and Liang Chu is the second assistant.

In the selection of the new monarch, Liang Chu had nothing to say about Yang Tinghe's choice, and he was regarded as the meritorious supporter;

But now, Yang Tinghe has promised in front of the Queen Mother that he will inherit the throne as a parent and child, but His Highness has made it clear that he will not inherit the throne.

Asking him to leave the city meant that Liang Chu agreed with his attitude?

At this moment, as long as Liang Chu decides to go to the palace outside the city first, he will be under the eyes of everyone in the capital.Are you really staying in the Xingdian to argue?
If Mr. Si has arrived at the gate of the city but does not enter the city for a long time or is even abolished and someone else is appointed, then the empress dowager and the cabinet are making a big joke.

Now that Yang Tinghe had promised in front of the queen mother, he had to be consistent with his words and deeds, and must be as hard-spoken as Mao Cheng.

Jiang Mian and Mao Ji are Yang Tinghe's answerers, and it will be a matter of time before they make His Highness bored with this issue.

The cabinet situation seems to have changed in an instant.

How will Liang Chu decide?

Reminiscent of the seal that Si Jun gave to Liang Chu before...

This is something that a character like Zhang Heling can't figure out. Everyone else thought of this and looked at Liang Chu with their own thoughts.

Liang Chu took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Since the edict has been promulgated to the world, there is absolutely no reason to abolish it. Since His Highness's ascension to the throne is imperative, what is the difference between being in Xingdian and being in Liangxiang? No matter how controversial the matter is, in front of the Queen Mother, my crime of negligence is unavoidable! I will first declare the situation and beg for bones."

Everyone was startled by the sentence of begging for bones, and they all thought about what changes would be brought about by Liang Chu's resignation and retirement.

Only Mao Cheng looked at him in surprise.

The drafted edict was interpreted in this way by His Royal Highness. As a cabinet minister, is Liang Chu just guilty of negligence?What is the crime of Yang Tinghe who recommended the establishment of the heir and led the drafting of the imperial edict?

The key question is, could it be the Queen Mother who punished them?
Liang Chu, who is the most qualified to express his opinion on matters of this level among the welcome group, made a statement: Tomorrow, we will first go to the palace outside the city.

The rest of the people could only hurry back and write down the situation and express their attitude to pass it to Beijing.

This is destined to be a sleepless night, and when the successor drives outside the city tomorrow, he still doesn't know what will happen!
Mao Cheng has recovered, and he is very clear: as long as the Empress Dowager and the cabinet ministers, including him, the minister who welcomes him, don't want to make jokes, and don't want to be regarded as a traitor, the edict cannot be abolished.

In fact, from the moment the will was issued to the world, it has been impossible to abolish it.

It is inevitable for the heir to ascend the throne, but now it is just a matter of etiquette.

Although Liang Chu said that he would first submit his resignation to deal with the crime, in Zhu Houcong's eyes, it was actually a meritorious support: Can the Empress Dowager Zhang exercise the authority of the emperor and Liang Chu's position as a cabinet minister?
However, it is another pressure to take photos of the heir's driving outside the city as scheduled, in front of the Empress Dowager and Yang Tinghe.

At that time, any delay will be a damage to the Queen Mother, Yang Ting and their reputation.

Mao Cheng felt that he was under the same pressure.

Mao Cheng needs to rely on Yang Tinghe to enter the cabinet, and relying on Yang Tinghe will have to fight against Zhu Houcong, not to mention that he has already fought against Zhu Houcong just now, does he have to be inconsistent with his words and deeds to be a villain?
The night was dark, and the nine gates of the capital were closed.

However, Yang Tingyi's personal soldiers in the escorting army held tokens and knocked on the door, and they were still allowed to be put into the city.

At this time, both sides of the streets in the capital were swept clean.Emperor Zhengde's mourning period was shortened to 27 days, and it had already passed by this time.The capital has been decorated with lights and festoons to welcome the new master to his loyal imperial capital tomorrow.

The sound of horseshoes echoed rapidly on the street, heading straight for the Forbidden City.

At this moment, Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian, and Mao Ji had already entered the palace first, under the report of Yang Yingkui who was returning first.

The memorials of Liang Chu and others were immediately sent to the side hall of the Qianqing Palace.

It is impossible for Queen Mother Zhang to discuss this matter in the main hall, nor can she lose her status and go outside the harem.

After the Qianqing Gate is the Inner Palace, where the emperor summoned important officials to listen to the government. At this moment, Empress Dowager Zhang can only sit in the Xinuang Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.

She asked angrily behind the set up curtain, "What should we do now?"

Wei Bin and Zhang Yong immediately knelt down in unison: "Slaves and servants are stupid, and if they are negligent, please punish the Queen Mother."

"Put this all away!" Empress Dowager Zhang was very impatient, "Marquis Shou Ning said that the cabinet ministers harbored evil intentions, and Gu Dayong had a private audience with him, but the heir lord did not say anything, you are all in collusion!"

"The empress dowager calm down!" Zhang Yong and Wei Bin could only kowtow first, "The servants and servants are definitely not colluding with this matter, please empress dowager to investigate clearly!"

"You dog slaves, do you think this palace won't strictly investigate?"

Zhang Yong could only look at Wei Bin tremblingly.

Among the surviving eunuchs, Wei Bin is the most agile in thinking only on the night of the emperor's death.

He has always been the one who knows how to deal with civil servants best.

Now if you make a mistake, maybe the queen mother will be over immediately in a rage.

Wei Bin knelt on the ground and wept in a mournful voice: "When Your Majesty was seriously ill, the Empress Dowager discussed adopting a son with the cabinet elders, but the cabinet ministers refused. Now..."

The pot of dirty water was poured over, Empress Dowager Zhang had a cold face, and before she could speak, Yang Ting and them were finally notified outside the palace.

"Xuan!"

Empress Dowager Zhang's cold voice crossed the hall where the coffin had been transferred, and reached the ears of Yang Ting and several people outside the hall.

Yang Tinghe let out a soft sigh with a bitter face, and stepped forward to this game.

(End of this chapter)