Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 334 The Emperor's Faction Was Forced To Compromise
In political struggle, most of the time, what is fought is a momentum, and what is fought is a breath.

Especially in a situation where the two sides are fighting to the death, if this breath is vented, it will be fatal.

If there is a slight difference, the army will be defeated like a mountain.

The situation in front of him was like this. Seeing that more than half of the ministers present had knelt down, the rest of them were a little discouraged.

Especially those who have already knelt down are the most important batch of civil and military officials who participated in the court meeting today.

The absence of the Supreme Emperor, the backbone, made the ministers of the Emperor's faction feel that they had nowhere to start and could not use their strength.

At the same time, Shu Liang, the admiral of the East Factory, and Zhang Yong, the admiral of the Inner Factory, who were standing beside the emperor, had already started to look around, obviously silently recording the ministers who stood or not kneeling in their hearts.

This put enormous psychological pressure on the emperor's ministers.

How about the strength of the internal factory, we don't know.But the method of Dongchang, that is known to everyone, everyone knows.

The rest of the ministers didn't dare to gamble, everyone was not clean, if Dongchang revealed his secrets in public, wouldn't he just follow in Yang Shan's footsteps on the spot.

Zhu Qiyu himself didn't think so much, and he didn't instruct Dongchang to collect the secrets of the ministers.

According to the plan, Zhu Qiyu wanted to learn from Emperor Xiaowen in Wenjingzhizhi.

The succeeding Emperor Xiaojing was the emperor who focused on clarifying the administration of officials.

So Zhu Qiyu intends to follow suit and leave the task of clarifying the administration of officials to the next generation.

After all, there are too many things that my generation needs to do. If I start a war with the entire civil service group, I don't need to do anything at all.

To Zhu Qiyu's surprise, the rest of the ministers who were devoted to the Supreme Emperor finally did not raise any objections, and they gradually knelt down and expressed their second opinion.

This made Zhu Qiyu somewhat at a loss as to what to do.

The contrast between the ministers in the early Ming Dynasty and the ministers in the middle and late Ming Dynasty is so strong that they are not the same species.

Zhengde and Jiajing beat a lot of people to death with their court sticks at every turn, but the ministers were still tit for tat and refused to back down.

But what about the group of ministers in front of them, they all knelt down before arguing or arguing?
I can't understand, was the imperial power in the early Ming Dynasty really so strong?

But it’s hard to say. Jingtai in history abolished the prince Zhu Jianshen and the queen Wang together, and then replaced his own son as the prince. No one stood up to oppose it, and it was done easily.

Using the thinking of the late Ming Dynasty to understand the ministers of the early Ming Dynasty is simply beyond the limit of imagination.

Zhu Qiyu could only understand that he had received the benefits of the early Ming Dynasty, so he ordered everyone to stand up, which was acquiescence to Xu Youzhen's proposal.

Since then, the imperial court has finally reached a consensus: first, Zhu Qizhen, the supreme emperor, will issue an edict of sin against himself, then hold a formal abdication ceremony, and retire as the respectful emperor.In the end, Zhu Qizhen was sent to Nangong to reflect behind closed doors.

Once set, it cannot be changed.

Next, Zhu Qiyu and the civil and military officials confirmed many things: the salary of the civil and military officials will continue to increase by [-]% this year; some provinces will continue to be exempted from tax and corvee; the Nanjing Jingying will be completely reorganized; the guards and defense system in Shanxi will be rebuilt; Determine the process and details of this year's general examination and palace examination...

From the morning to the afternoon, Zhu Qiyu ordered the court to disperse after explaining the major events to be done this year.

Zhu Qiyu was somewhat more active than Wanli, but this kind of court meeting was held at most three or four times a year.

This time the court was over, and the ministers wanted to see the emperor again, but they didn't know when they would have to wait.

Ever since moving to the western suburbs, Zhu Qiyu has completely lay flat.Paying respects to Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian is completely saved.

After the court was over, Zhu Qiyu got into the chariot and went home directly.

At this time, Concubine Wu and Marquis Wu Ding were both in the Xinqi Palace, so Zhu Qiyu had nothing to worry about in the capital, just go home.

As for the task of informing Queen Mother Sun of the content of today's court meeting, it fell to Chen Xun, Wang Wen and others.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions.At this time, twelve concubines were already pregnant, and only the twins Ningxiang, Qianxue, and Suxi remained.

This trip to and from the capital, Zhu Qiyu only brought Ningxiang alone to experience the beauty of his special chariot.This is a bad thing, and I will elaborate on it another day.

After the dynasty is over, civil and military officials can celebrate the New Year at home and rest until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

Therefore, Chen Xun, Wang Wen and other important officials came to see the empress dowager as soon as the court was over in order to go home early.

After conveying the resolution of today's court meeting to the empress dowager earlier, everyone can go home easily.

In the Yinghua Palace, Empress Dowager Sun, Empress Qian, and Empress Zhou were discussing the arrangements for the Supreme Emperor's return to Beijing.

There's a bit of a divide here.

Empress Qian meant that all the concubines, together with the two empresses, followed the Supreme Emperor to Nangong.As for the prince, prince and princess, they will be brought up by the empress dowager.

Empress Zhou lived well in Kunning Palace, so it was naturally impossible to agree to Empress Qian's plan.

Empress Zhou wanted to follow the emperor's wishes: she took the prince to live in Kunning Palace, and Empress Qian accompanied the Supreme Emperor to live in Nangong.The other concubines still live in their own bedrooms.

Then the Taishanghuang turned over the cards, and whoever turned it over, would go to Nangong to serve the bedroom.After the concubine had finished attending to bed, she returned to her bedroom.

Obviously, Queen Zhou's plan is more popular, but Queen Qian's plan is more tenable in principle.

After all, it is only natural for a woman to accompany and serve her husband.

The rebuttal given by Empress Zhou was that the Nangong was small, and the Supreme Emperor had too many concubines to live in the Nangong.Therefore, Empress Qian should accompany the Supreme Emperor in the South Palace, while she herself is responsible for managing the concubines and educating the crown prince outside.

Empress Dowager Sun was dizzy from the two empresses' quarrel. When she first heard Chen Xun, Wang Wen and others begging for an audience, she thought that Chen Xun and others had come to congratulate and greet the Zhengdan Festival, so she ordered someone to come in.

Unexpectedly, after the salutation, Chen Xun told the Empress Dowager Sun exactly what was discussed in today's court meeting, which was related to the Supreme Emperor.

After listening to this, Queen Mother Sun was a little dumbfounded.

After being stunned for a while, Empress Dowager Sun asked the same doubts as Zhu Qiyu: "Then Xu Youzhen made such a ridiculous suggestion, didn't the courtiers object?"

Chen Xun shook his head: "Quiet the Queen Mother, Xu Youzhen's words are all facts. The Supreme Emperor has indeed committed a crime against the country. Moreover, the Supreme Emperor has repeatedly revealed to the envoys that he has committed crimes against himself, and that he will be reduced to ordinary people and go to Fengyang to guard the spirit of the ancestors. .

The Holy Majesty couldn't bear it, and repeatedly refused, and finally only agreed to the Taishang Emperor's self-demotion, and retired as the Concessionary Emperor.All other etiquette and treatment are higher than those of the emperor.

If the Nangong does not meet the wishes of the Supreme Emperor, the Holy Majesty will rebuild the Xiyuan for the Supreme Emperor.The Supreme Emperor has the necessities of life, and everything is approved, and he never treats Jian harshly. "

Empress Dowager Sun still didn't give up after hearing the words, and continued to ask: "The emperor asked the emperor to live in the Nangong and shut himself up for self-examination. Is it under house arrest or in seclusion?

During the holidays, can the Supreme Emperor still accept the audience of all officials? "

These words stopped Chen Xun.

(End of this chapter)