Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 352 Nanjing Xungui's Great Change of Position

Ever since he ascended the throne, Zhu Qiyu has been intentionally or unintentionally ignoring the issue of Wei Guogong's standing in line.

For Wei Guogong's lineage, Zhu Qiyu did not try to win him over, nor did he deliberately reject him.

The main reason is that Xu Da was the number one hero in the founding of the Ming Dynasty. His eldest son inherited the title of Duke of Wei, and his third son and his line received the title of Duke of Dingguo.

One sect, two kingdoms, can be described as the number one dignitary in the Ming Dynasty.

The Duke of Wei's mansion occupied Nanjing, and the Duke of Ding's mansion moved to Beijing.The two veins complement each other and are deeply rooted.Especially Wei Guogong's mansion, as the head of Nanjing's nobles, has stood firm as Mount Tai from the founding of the country to the end of the country.

Zhu Qiyu instinctively believed that Duke Wei's mansion had no interest in choosing sides.And even if Wei Guogong's mansion didn't pay much attention to him, the acting emperor, he couldn't be too full to do nothing, and ran to attack the descendants of the first hero of Ming Dynasty, that would be too shameful.

But now it seems that this is not the case.The Xu family seemed to want to bind the Dukes of Wei, Ding, and Qian together and board the emperor's chariot together.

Because the Duke of Wei's mansion itself has nothing to do with Zhu Qiyu's personal friendship, Xu Chengzong, the new Duke of Wei, thought of using Dingguo's mansion and Qianguo's mansion as a springboard to get closer to the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu was really flattered that Wei Guogong's mansion was willing to join his emperor's camp.

After a little weighing, Zhu Qiyu agreed to Mrs. Xu's request.

Next are the two sons of Princess Lin'an.

To be honest, Zhu Qiyu was also a little scared because he had never been in contact with these two people.With Li Xuan's restoration of the dukedom of Cao Guo as a precedent, Li Fang wouldn't want to get back the dukedom of Korea, right?

In fact, Li Fang really thought this way in her heart. She is the eldest grandson of Li Shanchang, the Duke of Korea, and the son of Princess Lin'an, the grandson of Emperor Taizu.

Moreover, when Li Shanchang's three clans were punished, there was indeed an element of being wronged.

The regret in Li Fang's heart lies in the fact that she surrendered too late.When Zhu Qiyu first succeeded to the throne, few people favored him.

Especially the nobles in Nanjing generally hold a negative attitude towards the new emperor.

The only exception is Li Xuan, the descendant of Li Wenzhong.

No one thought that the new emperor's ability would be so strong.Not only did he defeat Oala, but he kept Daming, and now he has even captured Yexian alive, and he will be escorted to the capital in a short time.

Moreover, the new monarch was so courageous that he directly returned the dukedom of Cao Guo to Li Xuan.Even under tremendous pressure, he denied the public opinion of the entire Xuande court, and rehabilitated Chengshan Hou Wangtong and regained his title.

Now Li Fang can only regret it to the point of breaking her thigh. Li Xuan and Wang Tong belonged to giving charcoal in a timely manner, so they got a huge reward from the emperor.No matter how I am now, it can only be icing on the cake, the emperor does not appreciate it, it is all in between.

Now Zhu Qiyu and Li Fang are beating wolves with hemp sticks, and they are afraid at both ends.

Li Fang was afraid that the emperor would not be satisfied with the gift he gave, and Zhu Qiyu was afraid that Li Fang would make some unreasonable demands.

In order to be favored by the emperor, the two brothers Li Fang and Li Mao also worked hard, and directly dedicated the rare treasures in their own collection to the emperor.

"Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription" was written by Wei Zheng, a famous official of the Tang Dynasty, and Ouyang Xun, one of the four masters of regular script, was written by Ouyang Xun, and engraved into a stele by imperial craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty.

It may be controversial to call "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming" the best regular script in the world.But there is absolutely no objection to saying that it is the top four regular script in the world.

Ouyang Xun's original handwriting has been lost to the world, but there are many rubbings of the Liquan inscription in Jiucheng Palace.

What Li Fang presented to the emperor this time was a Song rubbing copy of "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming" collected by his father's son-in-law Li Qi.

Even Zhu Qiyu, who is not very proficient in calligraphy, was amazed when he saw this book.Qianxue and Suxi, the two little girls who love to read and write, couldn't take their eyes away immediately, and they were fascinated by the closeness.

Seeing this situation, Li Fang knew that it was the right gift.

Zhu Qiyu sipped the tea lightly again, and thought about it for a while.This gift is not unacceptable, the attitude of the Nanjing nobles has begun to loosen, which is a good thing.

If refusing to accept the gift discouraged their enthusiasm, wouldn't it be pushing them towards the Supreme Emperor?

Unite as many people as possible around yourself, and then deal with the isolated and helpless enemies. This is the strategy and tactics taught by someone.

And it just so happened that when the Prince Qi's Mansion was being built, Zhu Qiyu built a new palace complex at the location of the Ming Garden in the later generations, which was used to collect books from all over the world, and recruited various talents to study various knowledge.

With the successful conclusion of the imperial examination, this palace will be opened soon.

It happened that this palace didn't have a name yet, so Li Fang sent the "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription".

Let's just call it Jiucheng Palace. Reading and doing knowledge need to accumulate over a long period of time.It just happened to take the meaning of "[-]% of the platform starts from the tired soil" in the "Tao Te Ching", which is also suitable for the occasion.

Zhu Qiyu ordered Li Fang and Li Mao to go back and wait for the official edict, then accepted the generous gift and sent everyone away.

On the second day, Wang Wen, He Wenyuan and others came to Qingyun Pavilion early to wait for the court meeting.

The examination part of the imperial examination is all over, and the next step is to review the examination papers and determine the ranking.

As for the evaluation criteria, the emperor still needs to give instructions in person.

Zhu Qiyu is always sober. Although he has a lot of authority, he is unwilling to encroach on the power of the cabinet and the six ministries too much.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu still gave the cabinet and the Sixth Ministry the power to review the examination papers, and he would not personally review the examination papers, let alone review them one by one.

Wang Wen and others were quite surprised by this. The emperor had written the questions himself many times, and it seemed that he had the intention of doing the imperial examination himself.Then when it came to the most important evaluation of the palace examination, the emperor completely delegated power.

But after thinking about it, Wang Wen and the others quickly came to their senses.The emperor is paving the way for people like himself again. He is also the chief examiner and marks the papers. Wang Wen and others are the real mentors of this group of Jinshi.

After discussing the examination papers in such a simple manner, Wang Wen played again: "Your Majesty, there has been news from the direction of Datong that Mr. Chen Ge has presided over the completion of the preparations for welcoming the Supreme Emperor to Beijing.

As for when the guard of honor will depart and arrive in Beijing, please let me know. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Just start around March 25th. On the morning of April [-]st, the emperor's car arrived outside Xizhimen, and I personally led all the civil and military officials out of the city to meet him.

A welcome ceremony was held in the morning, and at noon, a banquet was held in Fengtianmen to clean up the dust for the emperor.

In the afternoon, I led a hundred officials to send the emperor into Nangong. "

Wang Wen asked again: "Outside Xizhimen, the emperor first read out the edict of guilt, and then held the ceremony of abdication. After that, he held the ceremony of presenting the captives. First of all, he was bound and condemned for his crimes.

I dare to ask Your Majesty, which minister should be entrusted with the task of affirming righteousness and condemning others first? "

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu shook his head helplessly, you guys have completely turned around, and you are about to die.

Killing is nothing more than nodding.You don't kill people, but you must punish your heart.

(End of this chapter)