Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 327 The fateful male protagonist, the Japanese spirit king, Zhu Qizhen

"According to my decree, King De has acted arbitrarily and is suspected of bullying his mother. He has been detained in Xiaoyao City and will be verified by the Ministry of Punishment. If found true, he will be deprived of his title and demoted to the Central Capital to guard his grave."

Queen Mother, why are you fighting for a dead man?

You love to fight so much, I will send you on your way too!

Zhu Qiyu returned to the throne and exhaled slightly.

From the time he left Beijing, in September of the 10th year of Jingtai, he had been planning this matter, first paralyzing Zhu Qizhen and lifting the restrictions on Nangong.

Before leaving, he issued an edict to Zhu Qizhen, and the brothers reconciled. Taking advantage of the situation, he opened the restrictions in Nangong and allowed Zhu Qizhen to serve as the clan's order, to control the clan for him and give him power.

Zhu Qizhen was so smart that he immediately realized that the emperor was testing him, asking him to make mistakes, and launched a second coup to seize the door.

He is cautious in his words and deeds, and still lives in seclusion.

The emperor was away from the capital and almost never showed his face.

But I don't know when he started to whisper and move, thinking very much, and couldn't control it when he saw the woman, but he was frightened to death, and that thing didn't work.

She was feeling itchy and unbearable, and the eunuch Xu Bin suggested that the imperial hospital could prepare a secret medicine.

This led to Zhu Qizhen's request for secret medicine from Tai Hospital.

Although the secret medicine is good, don’t be greedy.

Zhu Qizhen couldn't control it and often took secret medicine. Over time, he developed resistance to the medicine, so he kept increasing the dose.

This is why the king of Zhou offered his daughter, and the kings of the clan offered favors to Zhu Qizhen and offered him actors and actresses.

The reason why we chose actors and actresses was that they were good-natured and beautiful women who could not resist Zhu Qizhen's whipping. He was too fierce and killed several yellow-flowered girls.

Lingji has been trained since childhood and is proficient in this skill, which can give Zhu Qizhen the greatest satisfaction.

Over time, he became obsessed with actors.

The kings searched everywhere, including Oiran, Anchang, and Banmenmen, and sent them all to the Nangong.

After taking this secret medicine, the body becomes hot and dry, but it cannot be driven away with cold things. Instead, strong liquor is needed to distribute the medicinal properties, so Zhu Qizhen began to drink Moutai and other royal wines.

The Japanese prince became known as a good drinker and a good sewer.

"It's really the hero's fate. It took so long for something to happen."

Zhu Qiyu was a little jealous.

At the beginning, Zhu Qizhen also used this method, and an actor almost killed him. It was really more difficult for people to die than others. They were given the script of Super Luck King, the male protagonist, and I was given the script of Green Leaf.

It took a full year and four months for Zhu Qizhen to completely kill himself.

If he didn't have great luck, Zhu Qizhen would have died long ago.

I'm afraid the court officials have never thought that the target of the Hanzong case was not Yu Qian, but Zhu Qizhen!

The Hanzong case and the demon book case are covering up the fifth case, the Hongwan case.

The Chen You case and the Shouma case were accidents and were caused by involvement.

The Hanzong case was also Zhu Qiyu's test of public opinion to see if public opinion would threaten his throne once the development of the Hanzong case was out of his control.

He would immediately cancel subsequent cases and there would be no red pill case.

Because it's not yet time to send Zhu Qizhen away, he will wait patiently.

However, the spearhead of the Hanzong case was finally pointed at Yu Qian by the court. Yu Qian took the blame for no reason. Especially after the demon book case, Yu Qian became the target of public criticism.

As for the doubts about the emperor's identity, it did not cause any uproar.

From that moment on, Zhu Qiyu knew that the opportunity to send Zhu Qizhen away had come!

Until the Thousand Horse Case broke out, it was a counterattack launched by Jiangnan salt merchants against the emperor with the help of the gentry, and Zhu Qiyu saw it clearly.

He knew that the opportunity had come to send Zhu Qizhen away.

The Jiangnan gentry regarded themselves as clan members to control the imperial power. At this time, the sudden death of Zhu Qizhen could be seen as a provocation by the Jiangnan gentry against the royal family?

Since Nangong has been open for so long, there must be evidence that gentry, salt merchants, and merchants from all walks of life have approached Nangong. As long as they are investigated, they can be found out. This is why Yu Shiyue is used.

And the emperor was perfectly picked clean.

At that time, the anger of the courtiers will only be directed at the Jiangnan gentry. This is also his opportunity to completely eliminate the Jiangnan gentry and burn the fire in Jiangnan even bigger and wider.

Once Zhu Qizhen died, there was no longer the possibility of anyone competing with him for the throne.

Then Zhu Qizhen's death set off a storm and further expanded the imperial power.

Of course, the only thing that escaped Zhu Qiyu's control was the time of Zhu Qizhen's sudden death!

I thought that Zhu Qizhen, who was extremely weak, would die if he took one red pill, but both pills were fine. If King Zhou hadn't been smart and switched the red pills, Zhu Qizhen would still be hanging on his head.

"Your Majesty, the old master and Mr. Ye Ge would like to see you." Feng Xiao suddenly replied.

Zhu Qiyu raised his eyebrows: "Xuan come in."

There was a sad look on his face.

Hu Hui and Ye Sheng also heard the news of Zhu Qizhen's death. Although they were shocked, they were not surprised.

The Japanese prince is really fooling around and doesn't pay attention to his body at all. It's not surprising that he has today's result.

At this moment, Hu Xi was kneeling on the ground, his eyes filled with fear.

Not only does the emperor know how to play chess, he is even more ruthless than before!

I just talked about it before, but now I don’t say anything and do it secretly!

He is a doctor by background.

I have always wondered why the Japanese prince refused to listen to his advice and insisted on being so crazy about Mercer?

He noticed the word secret medicine and immediately understood that it was the secret medicine that the Japanese king took that made him like this.

The problem must be the secret medicine!

The secret medicine is addictive and makes people unable to get rid of it. He thought of Li Sicheng who was controlled by the medicine.

He suddenly understood why the emperor sent Hu Hui away in advance during his southern tour!

Because the emperor wanted to kill the Japanese prince, but he couldn't kill him directly. He even had to completely clear his suspicions before he could kill him. It was best to maximize the benefits of the Japanese prince's death.

So only when the emperor left the capital and there was chaos in the capital, and then Zhu Qizhen suddenly died suddenly, wouldn't that explain it?

He, Hu Hu, was the first among the civil servants and was proficient in medical skills. If Hu Hu was in Beijing, he would definitely ask him to diagnose Zhu Qizhen's pulse. Wouldn't everything be exposed by then?

Judging from this, the emperor had been planning this matter for a long time. He had planned this matter without telling everyone. He had been planning it as early as Jingtai was ten years old.

Hu Bi glanced at Feng Xiao secretly, thinking that Feng Xiao had done it for the emperor, but then thought it was impossible, and immediately thought of Shu Liang who was disappearing.

Suddenly I understood that the emperor’s most trusted eunuch was Shu Liang.

Shu Liang was in Shanxi, training him in the Selection Camp, an elite force absolutely loyal to the royal family, but at this moment it disappeared in Nanjing.

The Hanzong case can also be explained.

He also believed before that the emperor was using the Hanzong case and the demon book case to deal with Yu Qian.

Now it seems that the emperor's power strategy is so advanced that he wants to hide it. His real target is the Japanese prince. He throws out the Hanzong case to test whether his throne is stable.

After all, what the emperor was most worried about was that he was not suspected to be Emperor Xuanzong's biological son, and he even formed an alliance with him for this reason.

No wonder the emperor dared to release this news, but he was actually asking for advice.

In order to let the Japanese king go on the road, he was really willing to go out of his way.

Hu Xi didn't understand it before, but he suddenly realized it after hearing about the sudden death of the Japanese king.

What is scary is always the unknown.

He was thinking, what kind of weapon was the death of the Japanese prince in the hands of the emperor? Who will he target this at?

At the same time, he felt fear, after all, he had been on the opposite side of the emperor.

"Old Master, do you understand?"

Zhu Qiyu said coldly: "The Empress Dowager just left me just now. The pain of losing her son has been a huge blow to her."

"I just reconciled with the Japanese prince, but he didn't know how to control himself and drove west."

"What can I do?"

"Among my five brothers and sisters, only me and Changde are left now. They are all gone!"

"In this world, the only person I am closest to is Changde."

Zhu Qiyu shed tears at the corners of his eyes: "The Empress Dowager wants to be buried with imperial rites. I am confused and don't know how to make a decision!"

Test! This is a temptation!

Hu Hui immediately said: "There are no two emperors in the world, and the people have no two masters. How can there be two emperors in the world?"

When Zhu Qiyu wiped his tears, he narrowed his eyes. It was you who persuaded me to make him the Supreme Emperor. Why can't there be two emperors?

"After all, he has been the emperor for fourteen years and is my biological brother."

"Without his protection, how could I grow up? How could I inherit the throne?"

Zhu Qiyu burst into tears: "After all, my throne comes from him, not the late emperor."

Hu Hu suddenly realized that the emperor was going to change his prince!

The origin of Zhu Qiyu's legal authority has always been unclear, mainly because of the original succession edict that was full of loopholes, making his legal authority unclear.

In particular, Zhu Qiyu was appointed in the face of danger and was the emperor elected by hundreds of officials.

Do ministers have the power to determine the emperor's legal system?

Absolutely not!

Therefore, this is Zhu Qiyu's natural weakness.

This faces a difficult problem. If Zhu Qiyu's legal system comes from his elder brother, then Zhu Qizhen must be buried with emperor rites, and his heirs will have the right to inherit the system.

If Zhu Qiyu's legal system came from the late emperor, then why did Zhu Qizhen remain emperor for fourteen years?

If this matter cannot be explained clearly, Zhu Qizhen will not be able to be buried, the ministers in the world will still have to make trouble, and the emperor will not live in peace.

"Your Majesty, you have been in power for twelve years, the country is rich and the people are strong, and everyone in the world recognizes you as the emperor. Why bother with the hastily drafted edict on your accession to the throne?"

"I believe that I can be buried with higher etiquette than that of a prince, but I can never be buried with imperial etiquette."

"Legal matters can be ignored vaguely."

Hu Bi began to show his loyalty.

Ye Sheng broke into a cold sweat. Involving the legal system meant touching the imperial power, and the emperor was very likely to kill anyone.

Zhu Qiyu's thorny side did not disappear because of Zhu Qizhen's death.

"I also think what the old master said is reasonable." Ye Sheng said.

"But I have already promised the Queen Mother." Zhu Qiyu had a cunning look on his face.

Hu Hui immediately understood the emperor's meaning: "The Queen Mother is a model of women in the world. She is loyal, virtuous and virtuous. She upholds the example of the first Queen Ma, the first Queen Xu and the first Queen Mother Zhang. The old minister is willing to persuade the Holy Mother and ask the Holy Mother to take back her life."

Hu Hu secretly cursed that the emperor couldn't handle the Queen Mother Sun, so he let him be the villain.

Usually Queen Mother Sun has little power.

But at this moment, she is extremely important. If any doubt comes from her mouth, it will cause a heavy blow to the emperor's reputation.

She must be shut up now, and she can be reunited with the Japanese prince in a few years.

"Then I'll bother you, old lady."

Zhu Qiyu looked tired: "I'm in a bad mood and don't want to talk about anything. If there's nothing important, please go back to your home."

Hu Xi immediately went to Renshou Palace to discuss with the Queen Mother.

After Ye Sheng came out, he went back and said, "Your Majesty, please punish the clan. If the clan kings had not offered their daughters to seduce the Japanese princes, this disaster would not have happened."

Ye Sheng is a smart man. He is reminding the emperor that if you don't deal with the kings, you will still be suspected.

Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly: "Ye Qing, I said I didn't do it. Do you believe it?"

Of course I don't believe it!

"Your Majesty and the Japanese prince are brothers and sisters, and the Japanese prince has been ill for more than half a year. Now he has passed away. It does not count as a sudden death. I know this well."

What Ye Sheng meant was, I believe it, but the world may not be willing to believe it.

You have to do something that people in the world will believe.

Zhu Qiyu sighed quietly: "I will punish the kings."

It is indeed not Zhu Qiyu's instigation for the king to present his daughter.

He was just controlling the overall situation. None of the people involved in the Hongwan case were instigated by him, including the Taoist priest who presented the red pill.

It's just that there's something wrong with the secret medicine of Taiyuan Hospital. This is something he had people do.

The others are all played out without a script.

Before leaving the capital, Zhu Qiyu expanded the authority of the clan government and handed it over to Zhu Qizhen, so it was inevitable for the clan king to donate his daughter.

After Zhu Qizhen became seriously ill, the emperor's imperial edict was strict, and the culprit Zong Wang must be afraid, so he naturally thought of refining elixir to save Zhu Qizhen.

There is a donation of medicine.

From the time Zhu Qizhen took the secret medicine, everything was doomed. Zhu Qiyu didn't need to interfere, it would just be a matter of course.

But people in the world don’t think like this.

"Your Majesty, you must be severely punished to make the kings of the clan take a lesson."

Ye Sheng was bad enough. With the death of Zhu Qizhen, he completely dispersed the kings and made them no longer a threat.

Zhu Qiyu sighed: "Thank you Ye Qing for your kind words. I am confused. Thanks to Ye Qing for giving me advice, otherwise my reputation would be ruined."

Install it!

Ye Sheng further tied up with the emperor: "Your Majesty, the evil practice of offering actors and actresses must be cut off from the root to prevent others from offering such people to the royal family."

Obviously, Zhu Qiyu's troops in the eighth year of Jingtai were also related to Changji.

It is necessary to warn future generations and thoroughly separate the relationship with Lingji.

"If Ye Qing thinks anything, tell me directly." Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed fiercely.

"Kill the prostitutes offered to Nangong, including pregnant girls, because it is impossible to tell whether the person these women Du Zhong is carrying is of royal blood."

Ye Sheng said: "Your Majesty, please issue another imperial edict to rectify the brothels in the world. The brothel actually sent Chang Ji to seduce the prince. Doesn't it mess up the national law?"

Ye Sheng took the opportunity to kill Zhu Qizhen's posthumous son. The mere words of impure blood were enough to kill him.

It’s really a roundworm in the emperor’s belly.

Those posthumous children, regardless of whether they were men or women, the emperor had to take care of and spend money on. They were all moths. Why should they be kept alive?

"Ye Qing is indeed my ovary."

Zhu Qiyu's first goal is to rectify brothels all over the world.

Brothels are the distribution center for information from all over the world. These places must be firmly controlled by factory guards so that he can monitor the world.

Also, the brothel has too much money, and I am short of money.

"Feng Xiao, drafted a decree to close brothels all over the world. The brothel's brothel madams, generals and other high-ranking officials were all sent to the army to serve as camp mail."

"The waiters, turtle men, bookkeepers, loan sharks, etc. were all put into the slave camp."

"Anchang, Banmenzi, etc. were all recorded and charged into the brothel."

"The brothels all over the world must be licensed by the Ministry of Rites and managed in a standardized manner."

"The brothel business is heavily taxed at 60%. If you don't pay the tax on a regular basis, the entire brothel will be conscripted into the army!"

"The people will never force Han people to make people prosperous. Once discovered, all those who handle it will be killed! Anyone who knows and fails to report will be killed personally. Officials at all levels will be severely punished."

Zhu Qiyu knew very well that it was simply impossible to completely eliminate the brothel industry.

What's more, we also have to consider the lives of the people. If we can't live anymore, chastity is nothing. If you have enough in the warehouse, you know etiquette.

Besides, some people are willing to make clever money.

This kind of thing cannot be stopped, and there is no point in covering one's ears and stealing the bell.

Existence is reasonable, and standards are.

"All houses with hooks and tiles are subject to a heavy tax of 60%."

"A license must be issued by the Ministry of Rites before it can operate. Anyone without a license will be arrested and put into the army."

"What already exists now, we have to pay back taxes for thirty years."

Ye Sheng understood that the emperor was interested in the entertainment industry.

If the original entertainment industry is broken up and reorganized, then everything will be in the hands of the emperor.

"Another decree: During the brothel closure period, if any man cannot control his pants, he will be directly recruited into the army as a servant."

"If there are officials who protect you, your family will join the army, and your daughter will be prosperous and your son will be a slave."

The emperor is going to touch all the officials in the world!

Although the emperor can intimidate the court, he may not be able to control the local area. The county magistrate is not as good as taking charge now, and protection is certain.

And this is the reason why the emperor wants to eliminate the officials.

After all, who is behind the brothel must be the local wealthy family. Who is behind the wealthy family? Big family, officials.

The emperor's sword was intended to cut off all the officials in the world.

Ye Sheng hesitated to speak, wanting to advise the emperor that Jiangnan was already in a mess, and now that he was doing this again, he was afraid that he would ruin the world.

On second thought, by the time this matter ferments, the people in Jiangnan will have moved away within a year or two, and Jiangnan will be stabilized.

"Ye Qing is a good remonstrance. If you have any remonstrances in the future, please tell me. I will follow your remonstrances like a stream." Zhu Qiyu laughed.

Ye Sheng rolled his eyes, you just put me in.

"Your Majesty, Jilin has been established as a province, but there are not many Han people. The cabinet wants to move a group of people from the south of the Yangtze River."

Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment, he had already moved several million people, and the population pressure in Jiangnan had dropped sharply.

Jiaozhi's carrying capacity has also reached its limit.

But they are still being moved, and they must all be moved before the rainy season.

"Choose tenants who can endure hardship and move over two million people. Do you think it's enough?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

"Your Majesty, this is too much. Can Jilin hold so many people?"

Ye Sheng felt that it would be enough to remove hundreds of thousands, and no more than 300,000 people at most.

"Xu Jue is thinning, Liaoning has a good corn harvest, and there are enough seeds."

"He also tried planting in Jilin, and the maturity rate is very high."

"He is also developing cold-resistant rice seeds, and he already has some ideas."

"It's just that Jilin is all raw land, and it will take several years to develop it. Without a small number of people, it can't support development, so I said we should pick people who can endure hardship to develop Jilin."

"There is no need to worry about the food supply. Just ship a batch from Liaoning and Shandong. Now that the sea route is open, it can also be shipped from Jiangnan."

"The only major problem in Jilin is Wu Liang Ha. This year, Wu Liang Ha was beaten to the point where he didn't dare to show up."

Zhu Qiyu made the decision.

Move 2 million people to Jilin, leave 2.5 million people in Jiangnan, and move the 500,000 people to Heilongjiang at any time.

As for Sakhalin and Ezo, they are too far away and we will not immigrate for the time being.

Eat the food one bite at a time.

Ye Sheng looked at the emperor carefully and saw that the emperor's sadness was indeed fake, and he was still in the mood to discuss matters.

When I thought about it, I felt ridiculous. The Japanese prince and the emperor had already broken up with each other, so how could there be any sadness?

Besides, the cabinet department was delayed because of the affairs of the Japanese prince, and the emperor scolded the officials and told them to go back to their yamen and run their errands.

And in Renshou Palace.

Empress Dowager Sun's face was full of sadness: "The Ai family has no son, do you even come to see the Ai family's jokes?"

"I still remember the time of your wedding. In the blink of an eye, you have become old."

Hu Hui was in the Ministry of Rites, and he participated in the whole process of his grandson's wedding.

"The king of Japan is unlucky, and the year will never go away."

"But his bloodline is still there, and you have to live your life in the palace. Do you have to be at odds with His Majesty because of this matter?"

Hu Hui has an unusual relationship with the Queen Mother Sun. He knows many secrets about the Queen Mother Sun, but the Queen Mother Sun can't do anything to him.

This is the advantage of being older.

If the emperor had accepted Hu Hui's heart long ago, he wouldn't have been so difficult to deal with the Queen Mother and her son.

Empress Dowager Sun snorted coldly: "The Ai family is his legitimate mother. Do you want to be unfilial to your mother?"

"Holy Mother, filial piety or unfilial piety are nothing more than public opinion."

Hu Xi was exhausted mentally and physically, and his voice was very low. He didn't want to delay any longer.

These words made Queen Mother Sun's expression change.

She knew very well that Zhu Qizhen was dead, and now was her most important moment. If she grasped it, she would not have to worry about it for the rest of her life.

She had to earn enough benefits for the Japanese king's bloodline, and she also had to accumulate enough capital for herself, and at the same time earn a title for the Sun family.

But Hu Hui's words seemed to be saying, after you die, everyone in the world says that the emperor is filial, what else can anyone do?

The emperor has a knife in his hand, so he can be unreasonable.

"Holy Mother, I think that the posthumous title is too high, and the bad posthumous title will hurt the harmony of the Tian family. It is best to give her a normal posthumous title."

On the issue of posthumous titles, one must not choose a good posthumous title.

Wouldn't that greatly weaken the emperor's legitimacy?

A bad posthumous title will make people all over the world speculate about brotherly love. A fair posthumous title is the best, so you have to find a low-level posthumous title.

The most important thing is that Zhu Qiyu needs an ugly brother to set off his greatness.

Empress Dowager Sun could accept this posthumous title, but she wanted to sell it at a good price.

"Holy Mother, the death of the King of Japan has left His Majesty without food and drink. If the holy body is injured, the situation will probably get worse."

Hu Xi said: "Your Majesty is not in Beijing, and the exchange of information between the two capitals is very troublesome. It has been delayed for a long time, and spring is about to begin. I am afraid it will affect the Japanese king's heroic spirit."

That is to say, what should we do if the Japanese king’s corpse smells bad?

The corpse embalming technology of the Ming Dynasty was very good and could ensure that the corpse would not rot for several years.

The question is, if the emperor interferes and refuses to let you use it, should Zhu Qizhen's body be allowed to fester?

"Does he have to treat his brother like this?" Queen Mother Sun just cried.

Hu Hui is also difficult to handle.

But now is definitely not the time to give in. Once he gives in, the emperor will definitely take a desperate risk and kill the Queen Mother. This will affect the reputation of the Tian family and the stability of the court.

"Your Majesty wants Marquis Yangwu to marry Duke Jiaoguo." Marquis Yangwu is the son of Changde and the grandson of Empress Dowager Sun.

After all, her grandson's surname was not Zhu. At this moment, she didn't care.

The key is that Changde and the emperor are close, so she doesn't need to worry.

"Now that the court is in good hands, the internal affairs are in good order, and the national treasury is abundant, we will make a national policy of opening up the sea this year, and the fiscal revenue will probably exceed 30 million."

Hu Xi suddenly talked about government affairs, but Empress Dowager Sun didn't understand.

"With such a holy king coming to the court, all people in the world admire him."

"Your Majesty has a son. Although the prince is young, he will eventually grow up."

suddenly.

Empress Dowager Sun's eyes widened: "The prince will not fight for it, and he will be filial to him. Should he be abolished and established again?"

However, Hu Xi did not respond and said quietly: "Your Majesty can confer two princes to come out."

This is to use the prince to block the Queen Mother Sun's mouth.

The prince was not valuable before, but soon he will be very valuable.

"All going to Japan?" Empress Dowager Sun didn't want to enfeoff at home, but wanted to enfeoff abroad.

"Your Majesty means, a Japanese country, a foreign country, you choose."

This is the emperor's condition.

Queen Mother Sun thought for a long time and then said: "What if he regrets it?"

"Holy Mother, the world is so big, is there no place for a nephew?" Hu Bi felt that this question was redundant.

Yes, his territory is already so large that he can't control it and can only entrust it out.

In the clan, the one with the closest bloodline must be his own nephew.

"Then do you think my son's death has anything to do with him?" Queen Mother Sun still couldn't figure it out. It seemed to be related, but it seemed not to matter.

Hu Hui smiled bitterly: "Holy Mother, why did Your Majesty want to kill his own brother?"

"The current situation in the court seems to be favorable to His Majesty."

"But the death of the Japanese prince caused great disturbances and forced the termination of the New Deal. Your Majesty is the one who has the biggest headache."

Empress Dowager Sun was doubtful and sighed: "I hope he won't regret it."

Hu Bi breathed a sigh of relief, the posthumous title was settled.

"But the posthumous title needs to be decided by the Ai family."

This matter is beyond the scope of authority.

Not to mention the Queen Mother, not even the emperor has the right to decide the posthumous title. This is the power of ministers, the most important power of ministers.

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. Please respect yourself, Holy Mother." Hu Hui's voice was cold and hard.

Empress Dowager Sun smiled, and then she thought that even the emperor could not be decided, so what should she decide?

"What about being buried in the Japanese country?"

"It shouldn't be possible for the time being. After all, the Japanese country is still in civil strife, so we can't bury the Japanese king."

"I'm afraid it's hard to say what will happen in the future."

Hu Bi didn't dare to say he was dead.

After all, his son was enfeoffed to the Japanese country, should he return to the Ming Dynasty to worship his ancestors? It would definitely be better to bury him in the Japanese country, so as to avoid the hassle of going back and forth.

Empress Dowager Sun stopped talking.

"Holy Mother, Your Majesty is very filial to his mother and is well-known among the people. Just sit on the Diaoyutai." Hu Hui comforted her.

"There are also a few boys from the Ai family who are fighting materials. They should be put into the army to get some training. What do you think?"

Empress Dowager Sun made this condition cleverly.

Without Zhu Qizhen, this relative of the Sun family could only cling to Zhu Qiyu.

"Reporting to the Holy Mother, Your Majesty has always valued talents. Now that there is a war between the north and the south, you can just ask Mr. Sun to join the Ministry of War."

Hu Hui can make the final decision on this little matter.

Sun was also tortured enough by the emperor, so it was time to be honest.

As long as Sun Chengzong was not too bad, the emperor would return the favor and restore the Earlship of Huichang. This was part of the political deal.

The emperor is not so stingy.

"One more thing." Queen Mother Sun spoke again.

Hu Bi frowned, Queen Mother Sun was too greedy.

"Although there are two queen mothers in this dynasty, after the Ai family, they will be in the same quilt as the late emperor. The Ai family is worried that there will be changes in a hundred years."

Queen Mother Sun's concern is very reasonable.

After all, after she dies, Empress Dowager Wu will definitely find a way to seek the opportunity to be buried with the late emperor, and since her son is the emperor, it is a matter of one word.

"Old minister, I'm going to ask your Majesty for instructions and let him give you a satisfactory explanation!" Hu Xi did not dare to meddle in royal affairs casually.

He left in a hurry, but Queen Mother Sun's eyes flickered, what else should she seek?

Soon, Hu Hui came and returned.

With the emperor's autograph, he promised that the Queen Mother would definitely be buried with the late emperor.

Queen Mother Sun breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, old lady, for planning for the Ai family."

"It is natural for an old minister to serve the Holy Mother." After saluting, Hu Hui exited the Renshou Palace and returned to the Qianqing Palace.

The matter is settled.

Zhu Qizhen was buried with princely ceremony, and his posthumous title was Ping.

Sun Chengzong was restored to the title of Earl of Huichang. After the death of the Queen Mother, she must be buried with Emperor Xuanzong with empress etiquette.

Zhu Qiyu naturally agreed.

"I think the Japanese king is more in line with his life." Zhu Qiyu said quietly.

Kill Bingzheng and call him barbarian.

Peace of mind and tranquility are called Yi.

This is a bad posthumous title.

Hu Hu rolled his eyes. This kind of matter was not discussed with the emperor, but was discussed with the cabinet and had nothing to do with the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu made a suggestion.

The handwritten message traveled to the Shui Ma Station and quickly spread to Beijing.

The passing away of the Japanese king caused a storm in the city. There were not many conspiracy theories. There were news about Tao Se everywhere, and there were also some remarks criticizing Huai.

Speech that is too liberal is not conducive to governance.

However, if you want to disgrace the Japanese king, isn't Tao Se News the best way?

At that time, who will care about how the Japanese prince died?

As long as there is enough information and enough chaos, no one can find out anything.

Yu Qian was deaf to what was going on outside the window. He didn't dare to listen, and he didn't want to listen.

He had somewhat figured it out. The target of the Han Zong case and the Demon Book case was not him, and the emperor did not regard him as an opponent at all.

I couldn't help but feel angry, and a little bit disappointed.

In just four years, the emperor has grown so fast.

The emperor did not look down upon him, but the civil servants turned against him and kicked him out of the cabinet, asking him to remain a nobleman.

Li Xian was in charge of the government, but the death of the Japanese prince made him miserable.

scolded by the emperor.

It is estimated that Li Xian is regretting it now.

"The emperor is one step ahead."

Yu Qian had laughed at the emperor before. The emperor was extremely defensive against him, but he also felt that the emperor could not guard against him.

As a result, the biggest clown is yourself.

The emperor didn't guard against him at all, because he couldn't resist.

From beginning to end, what was being tested was public opinion and people's attitude towards the Japanese king. In the end, only two red pills were given to send the Japanese king away.

The hall is full of courtiers, and there are so many smart people.

There are many people who have figured this out.

But there is no evidence.

The emperor did reconcile with the Japanese king. The Japanese king was ill, and he did kill and persuade him. Look at the archived imperial edicts, there are more than a hundred.

Is this still fake?

It also contains a letter written by Princess Changde, a decree from the Holy Mother, and an exhortation from the Queen Mother, but are they useful?

In the final analysis, it was the Japanese prince himself who failed to live up to his expectations.

He fell ill again and again and was rescued again and again, only to kill himself by secretly taking medicine.

Nowadays, all kinds of gossip news are flooding in. No one cares about how the Japanese prince died. What they care about is what he did with those actors. The building is crooked...

The capital is still prosperous, but the death of the Japanese king cannot stop the lanterns and festoons.

However, another bombshell exploded.

The king of Zhou hanged himself.

It can be said that he committed suicide out of fear of crime. Yu Shiyue started to check the medicine that the Japanese prince took before his death, and immediately found out that a few days before his death, the Japanese prince had sent someone to ask for the medicine from the Zhou prince's mansion.

After being tortured, I learned that the drug was not requested once, but multiple times.

According to the medical record, the Japanese king only took one red pill.

In fact, I ate five.

The imperial doctor came to check and found that three of the pills were fake.

This investigation naturally found the king of Zhou and the Taoist priest who offered the elixir.

King Zhou committed suicide immediately.

At the same time, an imperial edict came to close all brothels and inspect them.

Suddenly, people from Heibingtai, co-organized by Dali Temple, were dispatched to investigate brothels, especially the brothel where Wang Lingji, the Japanese commander, once stayed.

"King Zhou committed suicide out of fear of crime?" Yu Shiyue was sitting in the prison of Dali Temple.

A Taoist priest was being tortured inside.

The Taoist priest said that they were practicing Taoism on Helan Mountain, but the King of Zhou found them and asked them to refine a life-saving elixir.

It was the winter month of the eleventh year of Jingtai.

They refined three elixirs in total and gave them all to King Zhou.

It is undeniable that the first elixir did save Zhu Qizhen's life.

The problem is that Zhu Qizhen demanded the elixir by force and took the second pill within a few days of taking it.

The bad thing is that King Zhou replaced the elixir.

The Taoist priests insisted that it was King Zhou's fault.

Yu Shiyue was also thinking about the case. The emperor's imperial edict came and strictly ordered him to find out, but this was literally true.

In reality? Do you want to erase some traces?

The wonderful thing about this case is that it took Zhu Qizhen 16 months to completely destroy his acceptable image, making everyone in the world think that he was a greedy person.

Looking at the emperor again, he worked hard to govern and improve his internal affairs. The most commendable thing is that he did not have many concubines in his harem, and they were all pregnant.

Comparing the two, the emperor is still the wise king.

Letting him succeed was the most correct decision.

Safflowers always need green leaves to match.

The emperor's reputation quickly rose among the people.

Then nail this case!

Yu Shiyue understood that the green leaves would become completely green.

Soon, the old eunuchs and maids who served Nangong tortured him to death.

These people were all sent out of the palace by Zhu Qiyu, and many of them were from Zhu Qizhen. It would be better to release them and serve Zhu Qizhen than to live.

After Zhu Qiyu visited Nanjing, more than a thousand eunuchs and old maids were released one after another. These people were all reviewed and deemed unqualified.

They were all sent to Nangong to serve Zhu Qizhen.

After this incident, I'm afraid they will all be executed.

Yu Shiyue looked at the confession, which was similar to what was recorded in the archive, but with some more details, such as how Zhu Qizhen was blessed with a beautiful woman.

Soon, the contents of the oral confession were widely circulated in the capital.

King Zhou is dead, but the servants who work for him are still alive.

Yu Shiyue quickly obtained the confessions from King Zhou's men, and then arrested King Qin, King Tang, King Shu and other kings.

The case gradually became clear.

It was the king of Zhou and Shu's idea to present beauties to the king of Japan. After all, Zhu Qizhen was in charge of the clan's mansion, so of course they had to do what they wanted.

Throwing and throwing, the Japanese king was killed.

In the winter month of the 10th year of Jingtai, an interesting thing happened in Nangong. A common girl wanted to do something unruly to the Japanese prince, but was discovered by the eunuch of Nangong.

The reason is that the Japanese prince is very violent. He was so violent during that incident that Huanghua's daughter couldn't bear it, and corpses were often pulled out.

Out of fear, she wanted to murder the Japanese king, but was found out and killed with a stick.

From then on, Zhu Qizhen no longer liked beauties from good families, but had the same preferences as Cao Cao.

As soon as the king of Shu calculated it, he donated two actors to him. They were good at singing and had secret skills, but they let the Japanese prince have a taste of them.

The Japanese prince loves Changji, and he is not forced to do so by others.

Yu Shiyue's investigation of the case was like a colander. Whatever he found, the public knew about it. Many newspapers followed suit and reported on it, and the news became more and more popular.

Li Xian doesn't care, there are so many things going on in the world, who has the time to waste time on Zhu Qizhen alone?

Yu Shiyue was tracing and thinking, what did the emperor want?

Every day's investigation results are sent to Nanjing.

"Should kill! Kill!"

Empress Dowager Sun was furious: "Damn the King of Zhou and the King of Shu, why did they kill my son like this?"

"Emperor, are you just going to watch your brother being abused?"

Zhu Qiyu also had a headache.

The news about Zhu Qizhen's story spread all over Nanjing.

"According to the decree, the king of Zhou offered his actors and actresses to kill the Japanese king, but he committed suicide out of fear of the crime, making the case confusing and making my brother's death unclear!"

"The title of King of Zhou was deprived of, and his descendants were demoted to common people. The Zhou vassals were all removed from the title of county king and demoted to generals of the country! The generals and others were demoted one level!"

"The king of Shu gathered his clan and presented his actors and actresses to the Japanese king. He is not a human being! He removed the title of the king of Shu and went to Zhongdu to guard his body. His descendants are not allowed to attack the king! His vassals of Shu followed the king of Shu and killed my brother. They all removed the king. , demoted to general of the country! The general and others will be demoted one level!"

Zhu Qiyu severely punished the culprit.

But Empress Dowager Sun had not yet vented her anger: "Is this the end? Those who contributed actors and actresses to Zhen'er should all die!"

"Why did they feed him those dirty people?"

Empress Dowager Sun wanted to kill everyone.

Zhu Qiyu said slowly: "I'll pass on the decree again. Anyone who offers actors and actresses to the Japanese prince will be demoted one level. If there are those who don't offer actors or actresses to the Japanese prince, their title will be raised one level!"

Don't make it too obvious.

If someone downgrades, someone must rise up.

Anyway, after this time, there is no prince left in the clan, and the biggest one is the county prince.

That's not right. The prince has one, and they are all Zhu Qizhen's sons, but the others don't.

"Empress Dowager, are you satisfied with this?"

Queen Mother Sun hummed twice.

Zhu Qiyu winked at Feng Xiao and asked Feng Xiao to spread the news, saying that I couldn't defeat the Queen Mother, so for the time being, when the Queen Mother calmed down, she would restore her title.

Whoever believes it is a fool. If you take it away, you will consider yourself unlucky. Who asked you to bet randomly?

In the cabinet, they are discussing the posthumous title.

"It's better to increase your spirit. If you don't work hard, you will be famous. If you die, you will be called a spirit. If you die, you will be called a spirit. If you are chaotic but not damaged, you will be called a spirit." Wang Fu said.

King Wuling of Zhao and Emperor Ling of Han.

The Japanese spirit king.

The imperial edict had just been transmitted, and the etiquette was improved again. He was buried with half-emperor rites and the burial place was Ezo Island.

He merged Ezo Island into the Japanese kingdom and entrusted it to the next generation of Japanese kings.

The cabinet was not surprised. This must be a political deal between the emperor and the Queen Mother. They raised the funeral ceremony and then did not bury him in Beijing.

The emperor was also generous and decided to spend 15 yuan to build a mausoleum for Zhu Qizhen on Ezo Island.

It may take some time to build the mausoleum, and Zhu Qizhen wants to rest his spirit in the Nangong.

Nangong also changed from a residence to a mourning hall.

Empress Dowager Sun was worried that the body would be coveted if it stayed for too long, so she asked her fourth brother Sun Xunzong to lead people to keep a vigil at the grave, and the emperor agreed.

As for Zhu Qizhen's four sons, they moved to Baiwang Mansion.

In accordance with the emperor's decree, the titled and childless people were martyred, while the actors and actresses were killed with sticks, coffins were made, and they were placed together in the Nangong Palace.

however.

Prince Zhu Jianshen ran to Qianqing Palace and cried.

"Please forgive me, Concubine Zhou!" Zhu Jianshen knew that her mother was suffering from Hualiu disease and the emperor wanted to bury her mother as well.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the grown-up Zhu Jianshen. His facial features were similar to those of his father Zhu Qizhen, and he looked very handsome.

Now that he has the power, he no longer cares about him.

Naturally, my mentality is different from four years ago. Four years ago, I was still dancing on the edge of a knife, doing everything possible to survive.

"Prince, get up."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Your mother's illness is hopeless."

"The King of Japan is down below and needs someone to take care of him. Although your mother is not his first wife, she has given birth to two sons and one daughter for him. We have a close relationship with him."

"It's right to let her take care of the Japanese prince."

"Besides, this is what the Queen Mother means."

Zhu Jianshen's expression was shocked, and then he was relieved. The imperial grandmother didn't like the Zhou family, thinking that the Zhou family was snobbish and not as loyal as Queen Qian.

Obviously, the person buried with the Japanese prince will not be the current Princess Zhou.

Although Zhu Jianshen has no relationship with his mother.

After all, I still hope that my mother can get a satisfactory result.

"My son, go and beg the royal grandmother."

Zhu Jianshen was very sensible and knew what he should and should not want. He never said anything about Zhu Qizhen's death from beginning to end.

This is a very smart person.

"Send the prince a map." Zhu Qiyu said inexplicably.

Zhu Jianshen was shocked all over and saluted respectfully.

His position as prince is coming to an end.

The world map is to divide him out, which is not bad, at least it is better than being frightened in the palace.

As for the cause of death of the Japanese prince, he didn't want to think about it, and he didn't dare to think about it.

Zhu Qiyu looked at his back and said quietly: "The prince has grown up and become sensible. I can rest assured."

Feng Xiao trembled all over, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"The world is so big, can it all be entrusted to my son?"

Zhu Qiyu glared at him: "He has been my son for so many years. No one can be ruthless except grass and trees. Pick a good place, enfeoff it and become the emperor."

Today's vision is no longer what it was four years ago.

Zhu Qiyu's eyes are in the world, not a small corner of Ming Dynasty!

It is no longer the time to be cautious and calculating in the fight for the throne. It is time to break down everything and think about it over and over again.

He is the emperor, who controls thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and hundreds of millions of creatures. Wherever he points, he can conquer.

"Your Majesty, there is bad news from Cochin!"

Just as he was thinking about it, a eunuch hurried in and presented a secret memorandum of fire lacquer.

Zhu Qiyu's heart skipped a beat, was he slapped in the face again?

(End of this chapter)