Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 389
After Zhu Qiyu had a leisurely lunch, he wanted to sleep with his favorite concubines in his arms again.

Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Husband won't go out to manage politics today?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Don't go out, rest for three days. I will continue to meet with new scholars the day after tomorrow. Let's go fishing this afternoon."

"The Emperor Gong Rang, the crown prince, the second prince, and the third prince are all seriously ill. I'm afraid the city has exploded. Husband really doesn't need to control the situation?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled nonchalantly: "Do I still need to go out to see it? I can tell even lying on the bed. Civil and military officials have already scolded the sky. The memorabilia that accused me has already drifted into Fengge like snowflakes. Just wait for me to show off."

"What should I do?"

"Cold salad, it's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married, let them go, I don't care. If it doesn't work out, a large number of new scholars will be used and involved in it.

We played at home for three days, enough for this event to fully ferment.

The authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear, so let's take our time as a bystander. "

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While Zhu Qiyu was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, the city of Beijing had already exploded.

The so-called good things do not go out, and bad things travel thousands of miles.

With the help of people with good intentions, the news of Emperor Gong Rang's serious illness spread like wildfire and spread throughout the streets and alleys of Beijing.

Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Shuntianfu, and Wucheng Bingmasi all stood still and did not interfere with the rumors in the market.

All civil and military officials were encouraged to move, display their literary talents, and wrote a series of memorials citing scriptures and criticizing Huai.

Most of the officials may not love to surrender to the emperor so much, it's just that the "literati style" is causing trouble.

No matter what you say, you don't blame the public, and you don't have to bear the consequences anyway.

The emperor dared to kill all the inner court officials, but if hundreds of civil and military officials wrote letters, how dare the emperor beat everyone to death?

Palace people are slaves, but ministers are not.

Among the ministers who submitted letters, the Ministry of Rites had the most people, followed by the Six Divisions, and the Hanlin Academy.

Because of Wang Wen's strength, the number of people who submitted letters to the Metropolitan Procuratorate was the least.

Zou Gan, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, is the leader of this collective petition movement.

Zou Gan was a doctor of the Ministry of War before, and was highly regarded by Yu Qian, the Minister of the Ministry of War.

It's just that the good times didn't last long, Yu Qian was transferred to Nanjing, while Zou Gan was promoted secretly and went to the Ministry of Rites as a servant.

For quite a long time, Hu Wei was the Minister of Rites.During this period, the Ministry of Rites offended the emperor many times on issues such as establishing the empress and moving the palace, and the emperor's dislike of the Ministry of Rites was almost undisguised.

So now everyone has finally grasped the emperor's 'real handle', and everyone in the Ministry of Rites danced the most happily.

Among the Xinke Scholars, six of them have already written letters to criticize the current emperor.

Lin Kongzi, Ouyang Xi, Yu Qin, Zheng Hong, Yang Xianjia, and Hu Lian, these are the six new Jinshi who wrote a letter the next day after the prince became seriously ill.

As time goes by, the number is likely to continue to increase.

The ministers of the outer dynasty just wrote the memorial, mocking in a strange way.

The struggle in the inner court was much more intense.

First of all, it was Jin Ying, Xing'an, Chen Xiang and others who started shaking again.

Ruan Lang, Chen Mian and other great eunuchs also moved closer to Jin Ying and Xing'an.

At the time of Wang Zhengang's death, Jin Ying was the number one eunuch in the inner court, and Xing'an was the second number one eunuch in the inner court.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and besides, many big eunuchs in the inner court did not accept the four little eunuchs Wang Cheng, Shu Liang, Wang Qin, and Zhang Yong.

Now that he has the opportunity, he must test the emperor's bottom line.

Anyway, it is impossible for the emperor to kill several eunuchs collectively.

The demands of women are even more.

Queen Qian hoped that she could regain control of the harem, and Concubine Wan Chen supported Queen Qian to regain control of the harem.

Empress Zhou hoped that all the eunuchs and maids of Kunning Palace would be executed, and that all the emperor's concubines would be moved to Nangong.

Empress Dowager Sun hopes to lift her confinement and regain power in the inner court.

In Emperor Gongrang's bedroom, Empress Dowager Sun, Empress Qian, Empress Zhou, and Concubine Wan Chen were sitting together, each playing their own game.

Just listen to Empress Zhou taking the lead to ask Empress Dowager Sun for instructions: "Empress Mother, my son thinks that there are too few people around His Majesty and they are not considerate, so I gave Xiao Xiao a chance to take advantage of it.

Instead of relying on those eunuchs and maids who don't know what to do, it is better to move all the sisters into Nangong. Firstly, the sisters know the basics and can take care of His Majesty nearby; secondly, the sisters can also work together to monitor the court ladies and eunuchs. "

Empress Dowager Sun naturally knew what Empress Zhou had in mind, so she refused to express her opinion easily, but turned to look at Empress Qian and asked her opinion.

Empress Qian didn't understand this, first of all, she moved all the concubines into Nangong, Empress Qian must be happy.Because in this way, I will be in charge of the entire harem of Emperor Gongrang, and Empress Zhou is far away in Kunning Palace, so I can't reach him from now on.

Secondly, the bad side is that the independence of Queen Zhou and the crown prince has been greatly enhanced since then, and it is difficult to be tampered with by others.

Empress Qian hesitated for a long while before replying: "It's better for the empress mother to make the decision, the son just obeys orders."

There is no Concubine Wan Chen to speak here, so no one will ask her any more.

Empress Dowager Sun also hesitated, but at this time Empress Zhou added: "Mother, after all the sisters are moved to Nangong, the craftsmen can settle in.

The Yinghua Palace where the Empress Dowager lives now is too narrow, and only a small part of the original Renshou Palace area was burned down.

The minister thought it would be better to rebuild a bedroom for the empress on the basis of the original Renshou Palace.It is also close to Nangong and the cabinet, which is far more convenient than Yinghua Palace. "

After hearing this, Mrs. Sun never hesitated again.Yinghua Hall is located in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City. It is narrow and small, and only fools want to live there.

But the Renshou Palace, which is located on the east side of Qianqing Palace, is really a good place.It will be much more convenient to come to Nangong in the future.

Seeing Empress Dowager Sun nodding her head in agreement, Empress Zhou continued: "Of course all the palace servants in the Nangong Palace must be replaced, but the palace servants in the Son-in-Chief's Palace are also responsible for taking care of the Crown Prince, and they also need capable people.

Now that the crown prince is seriously ill, it is inseparable from the dereliction of duty of these palace people.Erchen hopes to replace all these palace servants and re-elect a new batch. "

The Empress Dowager Sun nodded repeatedly when she heard the words: "Not only do all the palace people in Kunning Palace have to be replaced, but those in my palace also have to be cleaned up. Otherwise, we don't know how our family will die."

"It's easy for the maids to say, just re-select a batch from outside the palace. It's just that there are so many eunuchs needed right now, where do they come from.

Those who have already entered the palace may have been bribed by others, so they are unreliable.

Let's recruit from outside the palace, the emperor issued a clear decree before, no more castration at will.So if we report it, the emperor may not approve it. "

Empress Dowager Sun said with a smile: "When Marquis Ningyang quelled the civil uprising in the southeast, he donated more than a hundred young eunuchs. Uncle Jing Yuan also donated more than a hundred eunuchs when he quelled the Miao chaos.

The two batches of young eunuchs, together, numbered about 300.

I remember that most of these people were placed in the Xixin Division and the Bell and Drum Division.

Working in the Cherishing Salary Division and the Zhonggu Division is considered abuse.These little eunuchs will not be grateful to the emperor.

So we might as well ask them all over, close to 300 people, enough for us. "

Empress Zhou quickly flattered: "It's still the Empress Shengming, why didn't my son think of it. There, I will write the memorial now and report it to the emperor for approval?"

Empress Dowager Sun said with a smile: "Report it, and let Jin Ying play it in the name of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies."

(End of this chapter)