Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 192 Confucian etiquette is nothing to be afraid of
The first thing is that in the Xuande Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong spoiled his concubines and killed his wives openly, abolished his concubines and queens, and regarded Confucian etiquette as nothing, but no minister stood up to object.

The second thing is that in the Jingtai Dynasty, Emperor Jingtai blatantly abolished the prince Zhu Jianshen and made his son Zhu Jianji the prince.Is it in line with Confucian etiquette to directly violate the agreement when ascending the throne and transfer the imperial line?However, none of the ministers stood up to object.

The third thing is that in the Tianshun Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen, the Supreme Emperor, launched a coup to seize the door. When the emperor was still alive, he colluded with nobles, generals and some civil servants to forcefully reset him.Does this conform to Confucian etiquette?
Has anyone come out against it?The answer is still no.

The most ridiculous thing is that after the restoration of Zhu Qizhen, the Emperor Tianshun and the Empress Dowager Shangsheng were so happy that they forgot to go through the procedure, and the Empress Dowager issued an edict to abolish the throne of Jingtai.

So much so that during those half a month, there were two emperors in Ming Dynasty at the same time, and the ministers ignored it. Does this conform to Confucianism?

The civil servants in the early Ming Dynasty had no interest in adhering to the bullshit Confucian etiquette.

Like the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties, the ministers collectively appealed, and the emperor collectively killed dozens of ministers on the spot, and then the ministers still refused to back down.

This kind of thing is simply unimaginable in the Xuande, Zhengtong, Jingtai, Tianshun, and Chenghua Five Dynasties. It is like a talk in the night, and no one believes it when it is said.

Don't talk about others, just talk about Yu Qian. This is recognized by later generations as being honest and upright, with a noble character.

Yu Qian was a Jinshi in the Yongle Dynasty. He had personal experience of the abolition of Xuanzong, Jingtai Yichu, and the restoration of Yingzong.But has Yu Qian opposed any of them?

No, nothing against it.

This is still Yu Qian, not to mention the rest of the ministers.

The more Zhu Qiyu thought about it, the more he became speechless. From this point of view, his Jingtai ceremony could not be done at all.

There is another example later. Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen abolished his first wife, Empress Wu, within a month of his wedding.

Even the abolition of the empress is so easy.Abandoning a little Princess Yi, that's not as easy as picking something out of one's bag.

Fortunately, Princess Yi has a huge advantage, that is, she has a rather twisted temper.Even if it is clear that the emperor ignores me, I will not rush to answer the emperor.

So everyone doesn't disturb each other, Zhu Qiyu doesn't bother to bother, as long as Princess Yi doesn't come to make trouble, everyone can keep their wealth and honor, and forget each other in the world.

Zhu Qiyu was lost in thought, but Lin Xiangyu turned over, facing Zhu Qiyu, and asked with admiration: "Then please teach me how to treat the current ministers?"

Zhu Qiyu carefully covered the brocade quilt tightly, and couldn't help sighing in his heart: I, Princess Qi, are better. Although I am extremely smart, I can pretend to be stupid and weak, unlike some people who owe her 800 taels to me all day long.

So Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "The current ministers believe in the so-called 'God's will'. Note that it is the so-called 'God's will'.

To give you a few more examples, Emperor Taizong moved his capital to Beijing and built the Forbidden City, which is now hated by both of us.

In fact, not only the two of us hated it, the ministers of the Yongle Dynasty at that time hated the Forbidden City very much, and they all wanted to go back to Nanjing.

The core buildings of the Forbidden City in Beijing are the three main halls.The front hall of the three main halls is called Fengtian Hall.You can tell from the name that the emperor and ministers are superstitious and believe in God's will.

But this has nothing to do with what I want to say. What I want to say is that at the beginning of the 19th year of Yongle, the Forbidden City was completed and officially opened.

Only in April of that year, after only one hundred days of enjoyment, there was a "thunder and fire from heaven", which first burned Fengtian Hall, and then spread to Huagai Hall and Jinshen Hall, and finally the three halls were burned to nothingness. .It was not until the orthodox six years that the reconstruction was completed.

At this time, the ministers were all energetic, and all of them had a sense of justice. They wrote letters pointing out that it was the fault of Emperor Taizong, which offended the heavens, which led to the thunder and fire from the sky, and even the warning. "

Lin Xiangyu smiled and said, "Did the fire really fall from the sky?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Hey, I can't say it, although I don't think the fire fell from the sky. However, the people in the entire Ming Dynasty are superstitious and ignorant. Even Emperor Taizong's high prestige and ability are not With tears in my eyes, I gritted my teeth and recognized it as "thunder and fire from heaven".

Don't worry, this is not the last "thunder and fire from the sky", and the next three halls will be burned to nothingness again.

Well, maybe it was in our Jingtai Dynasty.But I'm sure I won't spend even a single copper to repair the three shitty halls.Even if the broken thing is repaired, it will be "thunder and fire from the sky" at any time.Repairing it is purely a waste of money and harm to the people. "

"What about the next example?"

"Prince Yiwen, you know. The Taizu also wanted to move the capital back then, so he asked Prince Yiwen to go to Xi'an for inspection. During the middle, the prince fell into the water, and died suddenly not long after he came back.

The ministers called the death of Prince Yiwen "God's will".

Even with such high prestige and such strong ability as Taizu, there was nothing he could do with the so-called "God's will", and in the end he was forced to give up moving the capital.

See, in the early Ming Dynasty, what was played was "God's Will". This "God's Will" was so terrible that even Taizu and Taizong couldn't afford it. "

Lin Xiangyu was so frightened that her body turned cold, she pushed Zhu Qiyu's arms hard, and said with fear: "No wonder my husband has tried everything possible to arrange for my slave's family to be recognized under the name of Marquis Wu Ding.

Without the full support of the Xungui Group, under such a terrifying "God's Will", even if the slave family gave birth to a son, they would definitely not be able to support them. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Let's not talk about my son, without the support of Xungui, you can't survive by yourself.

However, you just have a good life, and Princess Yongjia has a strong body, so she can live another seven or eight years no matter what.And my uncle King Min's health has been getting worse and worse, and it has only been a year or two.

Once King Min died, Princess Yongjia's status and qualifications among the royal family would be completely invincible.Therefore, the eldest princess can not only help you deal with honors, but can even temporarily persuade the royal family to give up their opposition.

At that time, I will move the [-] troops to the capital, and the matter will be settled. "

"My husband is really worried about our family, how should my family repay my husband?"

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while, then smiled and said: "You want to repay me, then I will entrust you with a difficult task."

As soon as Lin Xiangyu heard that it was a difficult task, she immediately regained her spirits.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and teased: "It's not that kind of task, you little girl, why do you always think in the wrong way.

It's that Shi Heng, his retainer is called Tongyin, you know.Since he has calculated that the Supreme Emperor will go north, it won't be long before he becomes famous in the capital.There is no way, the people of Ming Dynasty are just fine with this.

But in the second half of his calculation, the Supreme Emperor will be successfully restored.The common people already believed in this, coupled with the help of people with good intentions, once this kind of sorcerer and physiognomy is determined to oppose me, it will be very powerful.

The difficult task I give you is to win him over to work for me. "

"If you can't win over, can you kill him?"

"No, just because he said that the Supreme Emperor will be restored, I ran eagerly to kill him a blind man, isn't that a joke.

It is precisely because it must be resolved by peaceful means that I say this is a difficult task. "

"Okay, I have taken over this difficult task. Let's go to bed first, and we will deal with these troubles tomorrow."

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he fell asleep peacefully.

Silent all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Ye Xian was still asleep in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the generals under his command came to ask to see him one after another.

Even though these generals have already experienced hundreds of battles, they finally couldn't bear it anymore.In just one night, more than 200 elite soldiers sent out to watch the night died.

Now the appeal of the generals is just one word: withdraw.

(End of this chapter)