Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 407
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "What do you think, dear friends?"

What do you think?Look at each other.

Yesterday Zhu Qiyu invited Wei Ji and several relatives of the emperor to a banquet, and everyone present had already received the news.

Even the contents discussed at the banquet, everyone knew a lot about it.

Now Wei Ji is clearly singing with the emperor, so what can everyone think of it.

In fact, the card has been revealed today, that is, to compete around Jiaozhi, Sanyang, and the old things after the abolition.

The truth is clear, and the next step is to look at the position.

People who have already stood in line with Zhu Qiyu: Wei Ji, Wang Wen, Luo Tong, Jiang Yuan, Zhou Chen, He Wenyuan, Xu Youzhen, Huang Pu, He Yi.

Zhu Qizhen's side: Yu Shiyue, Zou Gan, Shi Pu.

Those with unclear positions: Chen Xun, Yu Qian, Shen Yi, Kou Shen, Xiao Weizhen, Xue Xuan.

If all the important ministers with unclear positions finally choose Zhu Qizhen, then the two sides are evenly matched.

But the imagination is beautiful, the reality is cruel.

Regarding Wei Ji's proposal to bestow official titles on Huang Fu and Chen Qia, Shen Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was the first to stand up to support Wei Ji's proposal, and Xue Xuan was the second to express his support.

Shen Yi wanted to finish the support early and go back to the household department to work.What are you doing?Count money, count silver.The emperor snatched back a large amount of wealth from Wala, but the household department has not figured it out yet.

Chen Xun, the former Minister of the Household Department, was too busy to concentrate on the affairs of the Household Department.Liu Zhongfu, another minister of the household department, was far away in Datong and could not return to the capital.

Now that the household department has Shen Yi, an experienced, shrewd and capable full-time secretary, the efficiency of work will be improved.

As for Xue Xuan, when Zhu Qiyu ordered Wei Guogong to go to Beijing, he brought some available talents along the way.Then Wei Guogong brought Xue Xuan, the minister of Dali Temple in Nanjing.

Xue Xuan is not only a great Confucian who has intensively studied Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism, but also a stubborn old man who strictly enforces the law.

Once, because he refused to be attached to Wang Zhen, he was framed for death, and was rescued by the courtiers on the day of the execution ground.

Regarding Jiaozhi, Sanyang, and the old things after the abolition, although he has never had contact with today's emperor, Xue Xuan is willing to stand on the side that holds morality.

With Shen Yi and Xue Xuan taking the lead, the emperor's cronies also expressed their support.

At the beginning, the momentum of the emperor's side overwhelmed that of Gong Rang's side.

Zhu Qiyu smiled at Chen Xun, Yu Shiyue, Zou Gan and others: "You three are all ministers of the Ministry of Rites, what do you say?"

Chen Xun, Yu Shiyue, and Zou Gan had no choice but to express their support.

Back then, Xuanzong and Sanyang both hated Huang Fu deeply, so the traitor finally succeeded. After Huang Fu died, he was neither bestowed an official, nor pursued a posthumous posthumous title.

Now the situation is reversed, Zhu Qiyu is determined to liquidate Sanyang, whoever speaks for Sanyang will not have to go home after leaving Qi Palace today, and report directly to Jinyiwei Prison.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Come on, next, let's discuss whether Jiaozhi is Han soil or not. Yu Aiqing, you are a student of Sanyang, please tell me first."

Yu Qian immediately replied: "Your Majesty, there is no doubt that Jiaozhi is a Han land."

Yu Qian also thought about it, everyone present, except the emperor, were all well-educated people.Is there anyone who has not read "Hanshu" and "Hanshu" and insists that Jiaozhi is not Han soil? Is it interesting?

Zhu Qiyu continued to ask: "My Great Ming won the righteousness of the country because the Taizu expelled the Hulu and restored my Han family. I said that the Emperor of Ming is the Son of Heaven. Is there a problem?"

Yu Qian continued to reply: "No problem."

"Three Yang encouraged the Han Emperor to give up the Han land, and then they were not ashamed, but proud. These villains are still complacent because they lost a state. They are really shameless people in history. I Is it a problem to say that they are traitors and sycophants?"

At this point, Yu Qian stopped talking.

Zhu Qiyu lay quietly on the soft couch, waiting for someone to stand up and raise the bar.Anyway, Sanyang colluded with Wala, smuggled and betrayed the country, and there are all witnesses and material evidence, the case can already be finalized.

At this time, if anyone dares to raise the bar and wants to clear Sanyang's charges, they will arrest one by one, and no one will be able to escape.

So Yu Qian stopped talking, and so did Yu Shiyue, Zou Gan, and Shi Pu.

Everyone knew in their hearts that once they started arguing with the emperor, it would be considered a trap.

As long as you argue, you will lose.

Because those who are willing to defend Sanyang must have lost their conscience.

The nasty things that Sanyang did can't be cleared up at all. They all rely on Xuanmiao and Queen Mother Sun to support him with their authority, so that they have been safe and sound all these years.

Next, Zhu Qiyu raised the most critical question: "In addition to colluding with Wala and the loyal Li family, Sanyang has another crime, that is, colluding with the inner court, bewitching the Xuan Temple, plotting to abolish the empress, and harming the mother of the country."

Zou Gan asked: "May I ask Your Majesty, is there any solid evidence for this matter?"

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Without conclusive evidence, since the plot was abolished, neither Sanyang nor the inner court would be able to tell me their plans.

But the queen mother can't be abolished out of thin air, can she?Can the Queen's position disappear out of thin air?Someone must be the treacherous official who bewitched Xuanmiao, right?
Then, please tell me, Zou Aiqing, who is that treacherous official?Or maybe Zou Aiqing thinks that my mother should be deposed and that she deserves what she deserves?
The widow would like to ask Zou Aiqing, what crime did my queen mother commit? "

Of course Zou Gan dared not say that Empress Hu deserved to be deposed. As soon as he said this, the three clans would not want to see the sun rise tomorrow.

But Zou Gan still found a loophole in the emperor's words: "Naturally, Empress Zhen should not be abolished, and naturally there are treacherous ministers who bewitched Xuanmiao.

It's just that this treacherous official may not be San Yang, and please send the three judges to find out the cause and effect before convicting him. "

Everyone present knew that Xuanzong himself was the mastermind behind the abolition, but no one dared to say that.I can only follow the emperor's will and say that there are treacherous ministers bewitching.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Zou Aiqing's words are reasonable, so I will follow what Aiqing said. Let the cabinet draw up an order to posthumously make Huang Fu, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, the Taibao, and bestow the posthumous posthumous name Wenxiang.

Chen Qia, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was posthumously named Taibao, and given the posthumous posthumous title of Wenzhong.

At that time, Ma Qi, the eunuch guarding Jiaozhi, and the Yi tribe confiscated his family property.

The three law divisions are in charge of the interrogation, and they must verify the traitors who bewitched the Xuanmiao after the abolition of the temple. "

The emperor's reaction surprised Zou Gan and others. Everyone thought that the emperor would rely on his own authority to forcibly convict San Yang of colluding with the inner court and plotting to abolish the empress.

I didn't expect that the emperor would ask the Sanfa Division to investigate, which made people a little confused.

Zhu Qiyu added: "I've sent people to copy Sanyang's house. Let's wait and see how 'clean and honest' the three prime ministers are, and see if it is consistent with what is recorded in the memorandum. "

No one spoke now, San Yang's family couldn't resist such a sudden raid like the emperor's.

Back then, Yang Ji, the son of Yang Shiqi, violently murdered and abused the village. He was arrested by Emperor Gongrang and imprisoned in the capital, where he was eventually killed for no apparent reason.

From this, one can know who Yang Shiqi is and who the Yang family is.

Everyone is like a mirror.

If it wasn't for the fact that the emperor had brought San Yang and the empress dowager together this time, everyone would have been too lazy to fight the emperor for San Yang.

Zou Gan and others had to sigh in their hearts, it is better to let the emperor respectfully, Yang Ji has broken the law like that, yet the emperor respectfully still treats Yang Shiqi with the same warmth.

Unlike the Emperor Jingtai in front of him, his strikes were really ruthless, leaving no room for it.

Wei Ji also felt a little strange, why was the emperor suddenly not in a hurry to convict San Yang of this conspiracy to abolish the empress?

Just because Zhu Qiyu had a new idea when he was watching the scenery of lakes and mountains by himself.

Zhu Qiyu had to sigh that his time as emperor was still too short. Although others praised him in turn recently, he still had a lot of immaturity.If you can't float, you still have to hold your ground and fight steadily.

So Zhu Qiyu told everyone: "It is also very important to calm the Huguang Miao chaos, so Yu Aiqing should go south quickly.

Wei Aiqing didn't want to go back to Nanjing, but stayed in the capital as a Hanlin scholar, joined the cabinet to participate in the maintenance, and concurrently served as the minister of the Ministry of Rites and took charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites.

There is also Xue Aiqing, who stayed in the capital as the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment, assisting Wang Aiqing in handling the affairs of the Ministry of Punishment. "

As soon as the emperor said this, Yu Shiyue and Zou Gan who belonged to the Ministry of Rites were the most helpless.Wei Ji's qualifications and prestige are too high. Once he becomes the minister of the Ministry of Rites and is designated by the emperor as the seal of the palm and the affairs of the ministry, the other three ministers can stand aside.

Without waiting for everyone to sigh, Zhu Qiyu added: "Wei Aiqing will also be in charge of the Hanlin Academy in the future. Now that the court is in turmoil, I ask Aiqing to spare no effort and share my worries.

What's more, my mother died young, it seems that she was killed by a traitor.I will investigate to the end, and there will be results in a few days, and the traitors will be wiped out by the time.If you have clues, you can also report it. Once you find out, you will be rewarded a lot.

All right, let's go. "

This court meeting was anticlimactic. After Zhu Qiyu announced his appointment, the court just dispersed hastily.

However, Zhu Qiyu is not without gains, at least Sanyang's charges of colluding with Wala and betraying Cochin can be regarded as solid.The Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy were formally brought under control through Wei Ji.

Next, wait for the turmoil in the inner court.

(End of this chapter)