Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 419 Gong Let Suspicion Track Down His Life Experience The Second Sage Tong Guessed Nangong's Internal Traitor
Zhu Qizhen sighed heavily, this is the power of imperial power: whoever sits in the position of emperor can do whatever he wants.At least in Ming Dynasty, if an adult and healthy emperor insisted on doing something, no one would be able to stop him.For example, the first emperor abolished the queen, such as my own conquest of Wala.

His only two hopes for restoration, one is that his younger brother's health collapses quickly, and the other is that his younger brother also suffers a big somersault at the level of a civil fortress.

The latter has little hope for the time being, while the former has more hope.

Zhu Qizhen suppressed the depression in his heart, and continued to ask: "What about the third thing?"

Chen Xiang replied: "The local officials in Yunnan secretly reported that in the past Liang Guo Gong Lan Yu's family was executed for treason. In order to protect Lan Yu's legacy, Xiping Hou Muchun hid her pregnant concubine Lan Yu in Mu's mansion, and obtained her posthumous son Lan Changjian.

The emperor approved that the Sapphire case was completely terminated and no one would be held accountable.Lan Changjian could return to his hometown, stay in Mu Mansion, or go to Shu Palace, it was up to him.

The Shu Palace can bury the remains of the sapphire, or continue to enshrine it, and it is up to it. "

Zhu Qizhen was completely speechless after hearing this, his younger brother's focus is really always on the dispute between the heir and concubine.

Back then, the Lanyu case involved the issue of Zhu Yunxiu, the grandson of Li, or Zhu Yunqi, the grandson of the concubine.For this reason, Taizu killed more than [-] people in one breath, including the first prince, the twelve princes, and the second uncle.

That destructive power is greater than that of a civil fort.

Taizu's vision in choosing an heir was not good, and his strategy failed in the end, and Emperor Jianwen couldn't sit on the throne at all.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qizhen thought wrongly again, his younger brother was trying to insinuate that Taizong's vision in choosing an heir was also bad, and the late emperor's vision was even worse.

Zhu Qizhen asked weakly: "Is there anything else?"

Chen Xiang replied: "There is one last thing, Yu Shan and Yu Gang, the former ministers of the emperor's hidden residence, wrote a letter requesting to be appointed."

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen came alive: "How does the emperor approve?"

"The emperor changed Yu Shan to the right servant of the Nanjing Ministry of Households, and changed Yu Gang to the right servant of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry."

Zhu Qizhen nodded, his younger brother finally did a normal thing.It is neither mean nor selfish to send these two people to Nanjing as servants.

Neither of these two were Jinshi, and being promoted to be a servant was considered worthy of them.

And when he was promoted to be a servant, everyone in the government and the public could understand it.It's normal for any emperor not to be able to promote the old ministers of the mansion after he ascended the throne.

Zhu Qizhen summed it up silently in his heart, these things are indeed his younger brother's style of doing things.In other words, the younger brother can actually handle government affairs?
So Zhu Qizhen asked the three confidant eunuchs beside him: "You all tell me, how is the emperor's condition?"

Xing'an took the lead in replying: "I would like to report to the emperor, according to reports from the servants in Dongchang and the inspector of ceremonies, the servants in charge of delivering the memorials travel between the cabinet, the inspector of ceremonies, and the palace of Prince Qi. According to the information they have inquired, the emperor has indeed not come out to govern for many days.

All important memorials were sent to the emperor's residence.Then the emperor attached a note at the bottom of the playbook, expressing his approval opinions, and then sent it back to Fengge for formal approval by the staff of Zhongshushe, and finally sent it back to the cabinet.

This set of procedures is extremely cumbersome.

Moreover, it is said that the emperor's approval opinions in the residence were all written by his favorite concubines. "

Zhu Qizhen nodded: "I heard that those favorite concubines are extremely intelligent, and it's not surprising that they can imitate my brother's behavior style."

Cao Jixiang quickly echoed: "My lord Shengming, look at the emperor's reply today. It is to change the posthumous title of Princess Qin, to emphasize the prohibition of burial, and to promote the status of the daughter of Prince Yiwen. It is more like the emperor is arranging retreat for his favorite concubines.

Think about the matter of Liang Guogong Lan Yu, the Mu family saved Lan Yu's posthumous child, the emperor chose to forgive and pardon, and did not pursue it.

Perhaps he wanted to set an example, so that the successor king would let the children in the womb of the favorite concubines go. "

Zhu Qizhen's face showed joy, his words made sense, and it was really possible that his younger brother was dying of illness.

However, when Xing'an, Chen Xiang, and Cao Jixiang wanted to further flatter him, Zhu Qizhen's face suddenly changed.

Zhu Qizhen's thoughts returned to the original question: "Lan Yu committed the crime of treason, his concubine and posthumous child can be preserved, and they have lived safely for so many years without anyone noticing.

This time, Duke Mu Bin of the State of Qian died of illness suddenly, and his son Mu Cong was only one year old. As a result, the Mu family's control over Yunnan was reduced, and the matter was leaked.

What about yourself?What if he was really born of a palace maid?

Sapphire is a serious crime of treason, and she can give birth to posthumous children without anyone noticing.If one's biological mother is a court lady, the three of them, the imperial grandmother, the empress mother, and the imperial father, would naturally be able to do so without anyone noticing, keeping himself completely ignorant and in the dark for more than 20 years.

The more Zhu Qizhen thought about it, the colder his back became.

After a while, Zhu Qizhen just asked: "When the mother was still a noble concubine, who was there to take care of her? Don't answer Jin Ying.

I was asking about the palace servants who were trusted by my mother's side back then as confidantes, but shortly after I was born, they were suddenly transferred away from my mother's side. "

In fact, Xing'an, Chen Xiang, and Cao Jixiang have all heard of the rumors that are spreading rapidly in Nangong recently.

Chen Xiang reacted the fastest, knelt on the ground immediately to remonstrate: "My lord, those rumors in Nangong are all intentional people who deliberately provoke the relationship between you and the queen mother.

After you and the queen mother have a rift, you can break it one by one.The viciousness of his intentions, the emperor must guard against. "

Xing'an and Cao Jixiang also hurriedly knelt down.

Zhu Qizhen nodded secretly in his heart, the rumors in Nangong must have been deliberately spread by someone with a heart, there is no doubt about it.

Ordinary little eunuchs don't have such ability, so Zhu Qizhen's first suspicions are Chen Xiang, Cao Jixiang, and Xing'an.

After his trial just now, it seems that Chen Xiang should have no problem.

Xing'an is his big companion, and his loyalty should undoubtedly be the highest.

The biggest possibility is Cao Jixiang.

Now the queen and concubines are all living in Nangong, and they have the ability to manipulate behind the scenes.

The most recent focus turned out to be catching the traitor.

Zhu Qizhen was completely speechless, all civil and military officials tossed such a big battle, but my younger brother's backyard didn't catch fire, and my own harem was in chaos first, what's the matter?

So Zhu Qizhen sternly ordered: "You three go to investigate separately. Back then, the empress mother had to check the situation of all the palace people around her from conception to childbirth. Within three days, I will see the results."

Xing'an, Chen Xiang, and Cao Jixiang could only bear three faces, carefully received the order, and immediately went to investigate separately.

But at this time, Zhu Qiyu was leisurely leaning on the soft couch, hugging left and right, laughing and listening to the favorite concubines reading the playbook and secret report to him.

When you are an emperor, it is not enough to just read the memorials of the ministers. The end result is to refer to the civil castle of the Ming God of War.

So Zhu Qiyu has multiple sources of information.

The information from all parties corroborates each other in order to accurately grasp the situation.

Lin Xiangyu asked curiously from the side: "Husband, we have approved so many memorials in one go, do you think Emperor Gong Rang has any doubts about his own life experience?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "There is some doubt, but it didn't have a major impact so quickly. We have to subtly and moisten things silently. After a long time, the elder brother will let the emperor fall into the ditch naturally.

Besides, we may not be lying to him, and I'm not sure if he is Sun's own.After all, the series of events that happened in the two years before and after she gave birth did have a lot of weird things.

Maybe I was right. "

Ning Xiang, who has always been indifferent to outside affairs, also asked curiously: "Husband, I really want to know who spread the rumors about Nangong?
Didn't you say that you didn't install trusted eunuchs in Nangong?

The little concubines and eunuchs who were placed earlier probably don't have the ability to control this kind of thing, right? "

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Silly girl, my husband taught you that in the struggle for imperial power, you must make the best use of the situation and use the rudder according to the wind."

Ning Xiang is also very smart, and immediately extracted the key information from this sentence: "My husband is saying that you didn't send someone to spread the rumor?"

Zhu Qiyu spread his hands innocently: "I never said that I did it myself. I am a good person, how can I do such a thing."

"Who did that?"

The four favorite concubines were all interested, and they leaned on Zhu Qiyu's body together, waiting to hear suspenseful stories.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Empress Zhou did not do this, you can guess one among Empress Qian, Concubine Wan Chen, Xing'an, Chen Xiang, Cao Jixiang, and Ruan Lang.

According to the old rules, whoever guesses correctly can make a request to me. "

(End of this chapter)