Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 431 Emperor Jingtai Launches an Offensive
Zhu Qizhen nodded: "This is easy to handle. The fourteen favored concubines are all reduced to ordinary maids. They will be responsible for cleaning the Chonghua Palace in the future. The civil and military officials can't say anything more.

If they still hold on to more than a dozen ordinary court ladies, then they will be considered alive. "

Xing'an was speechless when he heard the words, his own emperor now has no right to kill ministers.Besides, even when the emperor was still in power, he just repeatedly threw the ministers into the imperial prison, locked them up for a while and then released them, just like a joke.

Finally, the ministers found the pattern and were no longer afraid at all.

Now Xing'an only dared to think in his heart, but did not dare to say it.

Xing'an changed the subject and continued to report: "My lord, when the servants were investigating the old affairs in the Empress Dowager's Palace, they noticed another thing instead."

Hearing what Xing'an said was mysterious, Zhu Qizhen became interested: "What's the matter?"

Xing'an whispered back: "My lord, when the emperor was born, he didn't live in the palace, but was placed in the eunuch's house by the late emperor."

Zhu Qizhen smiled and said: "I know this. Back then, the Empress Dowager was jealous and couldn't tolerate any women around the late Emperor. So except for the Empress Dowager and Empress Hu, no concubines gave birth to the late Emperor.

The first emperor once only had me as his son. If something happened to me, he didn't even have a backup option.

So the first emperor got anxious later, and often went out of the palace in private to pamper the woman presented by the eunuch.

Afterwards, my younger brother was born, but the first emperor did not dare to bring him into the palace for fear of being murdered by the queen mother, so he kept him in the eunuch's house.

This is nothing new, why are you telling me this? "

Xing'an replied: "Does the emperor know which eunuch's house the emperor lived at that time?"

"Which eunuch?"

"Returning to the emperor, it is Wang Jin who is currently in charge of the ceremony and writing. Chen Xiang and Ruan Xi are both godsons of Wang Jin."

"so what?"

Xing'an urged eagerly: "My lord, what if Wang Jin, Chen Xiang, and Ruan Xi all support the emperor?"

Zhu Qizhen shook his head with a smile: "Ah, there were countless eyeliners in the Mansion of Prince Yi back then, including Wang's concubine Wang, who were all from us.

I know every move of my brother.

He had never had contact with the eunuch who served him when he was a child.

If you look at Wang Jin again, he was originally one of the most trusted confidant eunuchs of the late emperor. Before his younger brother ascended the throne, he was the eunuch who supervised ceremonies and held pens, and was in charge of the imperial seal.

As a result, after his younger brother ascended the throne, Wang Jin lost his job as an imperial prison instead.That's a big fat job. I really can't see how kind my brother treats him.

As for Chen Xiang and Ruan Xi being Wang Jin's godsons, isn't that normal?

Wang Jin was one of the late emperor's most trusted and trusted confidantes, and also one of the most experienced and powerful eunuchs in the inner court.

It's normal for him to have some promising godsons under his name, and it would be strange if he didn't have that. "

Xing'an was still a little dissatisfied: "My lord, Wang Jin's job as an imperial supervisor was taken by his godson Ruan Xi."

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand impatiently: "That's enough, don't talk anymore. Is there any more to say, then before you became my companion, whose name was it, and whose confidant was it?
Shall I go through all eighteen generations of your ancestors?
First explain how the two concubines hanged themselves yesterday, and tell me the truth, who ordered you to do it? "

Xing'an saw that his royal lord spoke harshly to him so rarely, so he quickly knelt down: "Your lord, I have been wronged, it was the empress dowager who ordered my servant not to keep those two concubines, so as not to pollute the sageness of the emperor.

The Queen Mother sternly warned the servants to act in secret and not to tell the emperor.

The servant girl knew that the queen mother was also doing it for the good of the emperor, so she did all kinds of difficult things for the emperor in order to make her own opinions. "

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand feebly: "Go down, you can take care of yourself in the future."

Xing'an was helpless and didn't dare to say anything more, so he could only retreat anxiously.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, as soon as Zhu Qiyu opened his eyes, he saw Qianxue and Suxi sitting on the bed from left to right, staring at him with smiles.

"What are the two empresses doing? It shocked the widows a lot."

Qianxue smiled and said, "Husband has a lot to face today."

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "I will give you a whole fresh job today."

Qianxue asked curiously: "Ah? What's new?"

"Hmph, first you draft an imperial edict for me. From now on, all clan clans in the Ming Dynasty will cancel their judicial privileges. Any clan members who break the law will be dealt with according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

In the future, the procuratorial envoys of all provinces will also serve as the censor of Youqian Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and will be allowed to report on the rumors of the illegal affairs of the vassal kings within the jurisdiction.

After a while, he will be handed over to He Yi and ordered to draw up a formal imperial edict. "

The two little concubines were stunned for a long while before asking: "Is your husband crazy?"

"Go, go, I'm not crazy. The time has come, I'm going to attack the enemy."

Suxi asked: "Emperor Gongrang has just issued an order to summon the vassal kings to Beijing. Is your husband forcing the vassal kings who entered the capital to rebel with Emperor Gongrang?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Yes, when they enter the capital, each feudal lord will bring at least two or three hundred guards. After all, the last time King Xiang was robbed by the Miao people on his way back from the capital to Changsha, his body has not recovered from his injuries.

So they brought more guards this time, and no one could say anything.

The reform of suzerain and vassal was the most important thing in my career as emperor.

We can no longer indulge the suzerain vassals and common people. The suzerain vassal system established by Taizu is too selfish.

The vassal kings everywhere are lawless, and no one dares to control them. They really don't treat the people as human beings. "

Zhu Qiyu sighed heavily on behalf of the Ming people, and continued: "Another edict, all the monks in the western suburbs will be removed, and all Buddhist temples will be abandoned."

As soon as these words came out, not only Qianxue and Suxi were stunned, but even Lin Xiangyu and Ning Xiang, who were lying comfortably in the bed, sat up in shock.

But surprise is surprise, but no one objected.Restraining the Buddha is the content of the reform that Zhu Qiyu has set long ago, but it is only a matter of time.

Moreover, the concubines are all devout Taoists, and no one sympathizes with Buddhism and monks.

So everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, Lin Xiangyu and Ning Xiang lay back in bed calmly and continued to be their full-time sex slaves.

Qianxue smiled, breaking the awkward atmosphere: "Husband, the ministers have published a lot of memorials, and some people say that the emperor is only favoring concubines and causing trouble in the harem.

A group of people accused the husband of pampering the demon concubines, and the demon concubines demanded so much that they used prescription medicines to damage the dragon's body.They hoped to kill all the demon concubines.

Especially Li Shimian, the Guozijian sacrificial wine, gritted his teeth, and led the Guozijian students to write ten thousand words together, scolding the husband and the demon concubine bloody, and almost came to Qi Wangfu Qingjun with a knife. "

"Brother Gong Rang, does the emperor have anything to say?"

Qianxue shook her head: "Last night, the emperor asked Xing'an to summon Xing'an, and he should have given a solution, but we haven't heard the news yet, and I'm afraid we won't get the news until the afternoon at the earliest.

Husband, let's talk about how our family should deal with it first. "

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "It's easy to say, I will draw up an imperial edict to promote Liu Xuan, a minister of the Imperial Academy, to a bachelor's degree, and go straight to the banquet.

Liu Xuan participated in the compilation of the "Records" of the Taizong, Renzong, and Xuanzong dynasties.

Liu Xuan was ordered to enter the original text and annotations of "Records" of the Renzong Dynasty.

It is said that the widows are thirsty for knowledge, and the feast should start from the memoirs of Renzong. "

Qianxue asked curiously: "Does this have something to do with the ministers' memorandum?"

"Yes, to capture the thief, you must first capture the king, and I must first take a look at Li Shimian, the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine. This man has a lot of influence.

However, the widow has a righteous name in hand, and the support of the three guards of the pro-military, and tidying up a mere Li Shimian is like playing.

These ministers are not clean under every buttock.It's just that I didn't take it seriously before, and I was too lazy to talk to them. "

Qianxue nodded: "Well, although the slave family still can't see the mystery, the slave family believes in the husband.

Another piece of good news is that Gong made the emperor suspicious of Xing'an yesterday, and beat Empress Qian by the way.

He ordered Chen Xiang to take away one of Empress Qian's most cherished treasures, the jade carving screen, and place it in a small courtyard in Mingyufang, saying that it was to win over Gao Ping.

So that Gao Ping secretly passed the news from the Queen Mother's Palace to Emperor Gongrang. "

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "This is a good thing, now the palace has begun to be chaotic, and there are intrigues everywhere.

Empress Dowager Sun and Emperor Gong Rang are still awake, but in a month or two, the amount of information is too great, and they should be completely confused. "

Qianxue shook Zhu Qiyu's arm and said coquettishly: "Husband, that jade screen is really good. It's a landscape scroll carved from a whole piece of jade. It is placed in front of the bed as a screen. It matches our warm jade bed. Think about it." Everyone is happy, Nunu wants it."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "All right, all right, I will get you whatever my concubine wants. In two more months, when all the feudal lords arrive in the capital, it's time to start fighting."

(End of this chapter)