Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 430 Emperor Jingtai Dismisses His Confidants
Zhu Qiyu looked at other memorials again, and found that no minister wrote to make trouble today, but Zhao Xin, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, asked to be appointed.

Shaking his head helplessly, Zhu Qiyu made another adjustment of officials: Zhao Xin, the right servant of the Ministry of official affairs, was transferred to Nanjing to replace Wei Ji's vacated Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of official affairs;

Order An Guogong Xu Heng to lead the Xiaoqi Battalion to conduct a thorough cleaning of the Tumubao battlefield, and collect all the remains of the dead soldiers.

Xu Youzhen, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, served as the governor of Huailai, the military affairs counselor of the Xiaoqiying Battalion, and was responsible for presiding over the construction of the Huailai Great Wall and the Juyongguan Great Wall.

Huang Pu, a scholar of Zuochunfang University, served as the governor of Baoding and was responsible for repairing the defense line stationed at Zijingguan.

Zhu Qiyu began to send his cronies outside, so as not to be affected by the turmoil in the capital.

Judging from the current development of the situation, the conflict will escalate in a few days.

Every morning after finishing the deployment, Zhu Qiyu's work for the day is completed, and then he can be at ease with his favorite concubines.

But the poor elder brother Gongrang Emperor was not so lucky.

As soon as Zhu Qizhen opened his eyes in the morning, Chen Xiang waited anxiously aside.

Zhu Qizhen asked helplessly: "It's so early in the morning, what's the matter?"

Chen Xiang knelt on the ground and replied: "The emperor calm down, yesterday's news has spread in the inner court, and the two ladies who served the bed could not bear the rumors and hanged themselves."

Zhu Qizhen sat up suddenly: "Nonsense, how could the news spread so quickly. Except for the queen mother and empress, the most confidant maids and eunuchs who came yesterday are all old people who have worked in the palace for many years. , How can you be so ignorant?

Also, what were the origins of those two concubines, and where did they come from with such a temper, how could they hang themselves casually.Hmph, do you think they are Princess Yi Wang's family? "

Chen Xiang replied innocently: "But the two ladies did hang themselves."

"Hmph, who was responsible for cleaning Nangong yesterday?"

"Xing'an is in charge. The maidservant and Ruan Lang went to be on duty in the Supervisor of Rites, and Cao Jixiang is in charge of guarding the gate of the palace. They are not in Nangong."

Zhu Qizhen frowned when he heard the words, how could he be his most trusted companion.This Xing'an, I asked him to clean the spies and eyeliner in Nangong, he is fine, I don't know if the eyeliner has been cleaned, anyway, two concubines are gone first.

With some bad feelings, Zhu Qizhen continued to ask: "Yesterday, before the Empress Dowager came back, what was Xing'an doing when I turned over the cards and faced the two concubines?"

Chen Xiang replied: "The maid vaguely heard that Xing'an brought a few new toys to Sun Ming, the young master of the Sun family, after learning that the Sun family had arrived in the Empress Dowager's palace, saying that it was to represent the emperor's relatives. love."

Zhu Qizhen nodded, which seemed to make sense.According to seniority, Sun Ming is his nephew.There is really no need to report this kind of trivial matter, Xing'an decides to send a few playthings to the young master to relieve his boredom, and to show his relatives for himself, there is no problem.

According to the time analysis, when Xing'an went to the Queen Mother's Palace, he hadn't proposed to flop the sign here, so it is certain that Xing'an was not there to inform.

Seeing that Zhu Qizhen's suspicion was about to dissipate, Chen Xiang replied with a face of embarrassment: "My lord, there is a rumor in the market, and I don't know if I should tell it or not?"

"What rumor? Tell me."

"Yes, my lord, a pamphlet appeared in the market the day before yesterday, it seemed to be called "The Secret Record of the Demon Concubine", and it was suddenly circulated.

The servant thinks that this may also be an allusion to the emperor, so you must guard against it. "

Zhu Qizhen smiled and said: "Hmph, I knew it yesterday. What are you afraid of? It's alluding to my good brother. Those concubines of his are really strange women. In order to please my brother, they are willing to put on any shameful gestures. How unbearable words are willing to say.

I really envy my brother..."

Chen Xiang raised his head curiously, why did his prince suddenly stop talking?

I saw Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth halfway, and stood there in a daze.

"My lord, you..."

Hearing Chen Xiang's call, Zhu Qizhen came back to his senses, shook his head and sighed: "That's not right. Xing'an is my great companion, he knows me too well.

Yesterday he presented the "Secret Records of the Demon Concubine" and described it vividly and vividly.

My heart was moved, but he went to the Empress Dowager's Palace with an excuse.

Then when I was calling my concubine to attend my bedtime, the two queens came, and not long after, the queen mother also came.

Based on Xing'an's understanding of me, he can guess that it is not difficult for me to recruit a concubine.

Then, yesterday I ordered him to clean up the Nangong spies.As a result, the two concubines hanged themselves at night.

This is too coincidental, right? "

"My lord, you mean...? How is it possible, Director Xing is your great companion."

Zhu Qizhen shook his head: "Xing'an is indeed my great companion, but where was he before he became my great companion?"

Chen Xiang stood aside silently, not daring to answer.

Lowering his head and thinking for a while, Zhu Qizhen changed the question: "Which eunuch is in power in the Empress Dowager's Palace?"

Chen Xiang replied: "It's Gao Ping, the director of the Yinghua Palace. When the Compassion Palace was on fire, Gao Ping and a few young eunuchs risked their lives to save the Empress Dowager. Later, he was promoted all the way and became the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies and Bingbi. The head of Renshou Palace."

"What is the origin of this little eunuch, and whose name is it?"

"It's under the name of Ruan An, but it is said that Ruan An is very ordinary to this godson. Gao Ping has never been able to get ahead, so he later risked his life to rescue the Queen Mother."

Zhu Qizhen asked: "Can you win him over?"

Chen Xiang shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't be easy, the Queen Mother trusts him very much. Besides, Gao Ping is already the supervisor of ceremonies, so he won't be tempted by ordinary benefits."

"Hmph, there is no eunuch who doesn't love money. He can't win, but he doesn't give enough. You go to Queen Qian and ask her to give you the Hetian jade carving that I gave her before.

It's a rare treasure, and once you mention Queen Qian, you'll know which one I'm talking about.

Don't give it away in the palace foolishly, that jade carving is very big, it's too eye-catching to move around in the palace.

You send it to Gaoping's foreign house, and once this treasure changes hands, you can easily earn two to three hundred thousand taels.I can't believe he can't be moved. "

"Yes."

After agreeing, Chen Xiang still stood still.

Zhu Qizhen scolded: "None of you let me worry, you can't hear what I say? What are you doing here?"

Chen Xiang asked in embarrassment: "Will Queen Qian be happy?"

Zhu Qizhen sneered: "Hmph, is she willing to do so? Yesterday she said by herself that being a woman requires three obediences and four virtues. If she refuses, she will slap herself in the face.

When the time comes, you read to her the content of the three obediences and four virtues, obedience to the father before marriage, obedience to the husband after marriage, obedience to the son after death, women's virtues, women's speech, women's appearance, and women's merits. "

Chen Xiang understood it, it was his own emperor who wanted to give Empress Qian some color at ease, so he had to accept the order to resign, and went to Empress Qian's bedroom in a hurry.

According to the transmission, as soon as Chen Xiang entered Empress Qian's bedroom, she heard that Empress Qian was arranging the funeral arrangements for the two concubines: "You don't have to care about whether the mausoleum is not, how can they be buried in the imperial mausoleum.

Take it to the western suburbs, find a temple, give the abbot two pennies, and bury her in a secluded place behind the temple as a criminal woman. "

Chen Xiang knelt down to pay his respects expressionlessly, and then conveyed the emperor's will.

After hearing this, Empress Qian showed sullen anger and was extremely displeased.

Although Empress Qian was not good at palace fighting, she could tell that the Emperor Gongrang was beating herself.

The situation was stronger than others. After all, Empress Qian did not force Chen Xiang to recite the three obediences and four virtues. She ordered the little eunuch to go to the inner court to find more than [-] craftsmen, and brought special equipment into the inner room, carried the jade carving outside the hall, and put it on got the carriage.

When Chen Xiang saw this jade carving with his own eyes, he just took a deep breath.

The jade carvings are seven feet long, five feet high, and four feet wide. Skilled craftsmen carve mountains and waters.

Lifelike, fresh and natural, it is simply a peerless famous landscape painting restored with jade carvings.

And judging from the placement of the jade carvings, it is obvious that they were used as a screen in front of the bed.

Lying on the bed and turning sideways, one can have a panoramic view of the beautiful landscape and pastoral scenery. Just imagining it is very beneficial.

But Chen Xiang couldn't understand it even more. Such a big commotion would soon be known to the entire inner court.Gao Ping was crazy to accept this treasure.

What does the emperor mean?

This time Chen Xiang was finally convinced, accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger, the heart of heaven is unpredictable, it is as deep as the sea!
Unable to understand the meaning of it, but he had to do the errands, Chen Xiang transported the jade carvings out of the palace and placed them in a remote and quiet small house in Mingyufang Stone Stele Alley in Xicheng.

This is a small courtyard where Xuanmiao used to go out to find flowers, but now it is the property under the name of Emperor Gongrang, and Chen Xiang has been in charge of it.

What Chen Xiang said to the outside world was to repair and decorate a small courtyard, so that the emperor would come out to relax when he was bored.

When Xuan Miao was in power, he often went out of the palace in private, and no one cared about it.Therefore, the reason given by Chen Xiang is also very normal, since the emperor has abdicated Gong Gong, the ministers should not care about things.

However, it is hard to say whether this small courtyard is close to the famous Jietian Tower, whether it will arouse the association of interested people.

In the evening, when Chen Xiang returned to Nangong to pay the decree, Zhu Qizhen nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "In a few days, you can give this small courtyard to Gao Ping.

If he thinks it's too eye-catching, you can say that you let him live there and look after the yard for me.Then put 1 taels of silver in the account room in the small courtyard, which will be managed by him.

In the future, when receiving information from Tianlou, ask him to help me pay more attention. "

Chen Xiang quickly agreed, but he couldn't help sighing in his heart, how could he not have his share in such a good deed.

Chen Xiang withdrew, and Zhu Qizhen began to listen to Xing'an's report on today's government affairs.

Xing'an hesitated, as if hesitating to speak.

Zhu Qizhen scolded impatiently: "What's the matter, tell me directly."

Xing'an replied with a bitter face: "My lord, I have received hundreds of memorials all day long, some say that the emperor favors concubines and ask for punishment;

All these memorials have been sent to the western suburbs, and it is not known what the emperor will do with them.

However, the government and the public's criticism of the emperor has taken a sharp turn for the worse.The officials who supported you before all backed down a little. "

(End of this chapter)