Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 440 Gong Rang sees through the draft trap and emphasizes that colleagues return to Beijing for fortune-telling
Although every civil servant who has become a cabinet scholar is not an ordinary person, but looking at the entire history, even the top civil servants often resort to some unimaginable tricks.

For example, on the issue of the empress, Huo Guang, a famous minister through the ages, brazenly killed the Empress Xuandi, disregarding the lives of the whole family, which is simply jaw-dropping and dumbfounded.

Now the officials of the Ministry of Rites have collectively lost their minds and have completely embarked on a road of no return.

In the cabinet, Yu Shiyue talked endlessly about the selection process and the allocation of concubines.The queens and concubines of the last two emperors were all selected from low-level military officers and low-level civil officials.

As for how many places will be allocated to generals and how many places will be allocated to civil servants, Yu Shiyue thinks that everyone will be interested.

However, He Wenyuan, Luo Tong, Zhou Chen, Shen Yi, and Jiang Yuan just listened quietly, not answering words at all, and not expressing their opinions at all.

Especially Jiang Yuan, who was the youngest, smiled, but kept shaking his head in his heart: "Forget it, forget it, let's show off endlessly."Anyway, I'm fine, I won't talk to a dying person like you if I'm killed.

After a long time, no one could tell anything new, so Luo Tong and Jiang Yuan went back to the Ministry of War to handle military affairs.The Miao chaos in the south resurged, and the leisurely days of the Ministry of War came to an end.

During dinner, Zhu Qizhen heard Chen Xiang's report, and couldn't help being even more puzzled: "Oh, I really can't tell whether my younger brother is sick or not.

He transferred the [-] Beijing troops temporarily stationed in Datong back to the capital, handed them over to Ren Li and Mao Zhong, and let Cao Jixiang also serve as the supervisor of the army. Is he really not afraid that these troops will rebel and force the palace?
Isn't this really what my younger brother and those favorite concubines are messing around with? "

Chen Xiang said with a smile: "That's definitely not the case. If the emperor's favorite concubines were reviewing the memorabilia on behalf of the emperor, they would definitely not approve the draft regulations of the Ministry of Rites.

They wouldn't rush to help the Ministry of Rites choose a queen, would they?Although the servant girl is an eunuch, she also knows that there is no such magnanimous woman in the world.

So the slaves still think that these memorabilia are the emperor's imperial approval, maybe the emperor is not in good health, plus hearing the rumors, he is also dissatisfied with the beloved concubines around him.So I want to become a concubine and choose a new group of women to serve me personally. "

Zhu Qizhen shook his head: "There is also a possibility that my brother's favorite concubines are sure that the draft will inevitably die, and the queen will not be selected at all, so they are so magnanimous.

They not only have the eldest son of the emperor, but also have a large number of military generals to support them, so it is not impossible for them to launch a mutiny.

Maybe my younger brother has been held hostage by them, so before the favorite concubines realize it, they transferred the Datong Jingjun back and handed it over to Ren Li, Mao Zhong, and Cao Jixiang to take charge.

After the vassal king enters the capital, we will use this army, together with the servants of the various prefectures, to control the capital, and then call on the world's soldiers and horses to work hard for the king, and the overall situation will be determined. "

Chen Xiang was speechless for a moment, his prince had lost his mind, and what he meant was that the emperor didn't want to pass the throne to the son of the favorite concubine, but returned the throne to his prince or crown prince, which is what normal people can do out of things?

However, anyway, the whole capital is in a mess now, and it's normal for the emperor to be confused.

Human nature is like this, always tending to predict the situation in a direction that is beneficial to oneself.

No matter what he thought in his heart, Chen Xiang called the emperor Shengming directly.

While Zhu Qizhen was being praised in high spirits, Chen Xiang tentatively said again: "My lord, the elder brother of this servant has a young daughter who has good looks and looks. She has been able to read and write since she was a child, and she has a little knowledge of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Elder brother has asked his servant several times to inquire about it, wondering if he has a chance to participate in this draft? "

Zhu Qizhen teased angrily: "If you are impatient, you can let her participate. Come on, let me read the reply from my younger brother in this playbook from the Ministry of Rites. All women participate voluntarily. If the election is voluntary, if officials dare to force women to participate in the election, they will be executed immediately.

I will convert my younger brother's reply into plain language for you: 'Silly women who want to climb high, don't come to the talent show.

It's okay if you can't pass the primary elections of the provinces. Once you pass the primary elections and are sent to the capital, you will definitely lose your life.

As an emperor, I love the people like my own sons. I have persuaded you all earnestly, don't come to the capital to die!
If you insist on not listening to persuasion, then don't say that when the sword is on your body, don't say that you didn't predict it. '

Do you understand, my brother has said it so bluntly, if you don’t want your niece to continue living, then just let her run for election, don’t blame me for not reminding you when she dies. "

Hearing this, Chen Xiang made a surprised expression.

Seeing that Chen Xiang seemed a bit disbelieving, Zhu Qizhen continued to explain: "Don't think it's difficult to kill these people, recently I have deduced everything my younger brother has done since he ascended the throne.

I have summed it up, all you need is a fire, and these beautiful girls, and even the bastards in the entire Ministry of Rites, will be burned away. It is not as difficult or complicated as you think. "

Chen Xiang was terrified when he heard the words, and quickly replied: "The emperor is still wise, if the emperor hadn't mentioned something, the slave girl's niece would have lost her life.

It's a pity that so many people are still vying for the woman who wants to be the emperor, and they never dreamed that it was a dead end. "

"The world is unpredictable, take your time. What about Xing'an, where did Xing'an go?"

Chen Xiang replied: "Xing'an went to the warehouse, and said that he wanted to choose some gifts and send them to the Marquis of Huichang."

"It's not the New Year's Day or the festival, so why give gifts to the Marquis of Huichang?"

"Xing'an said that Marquis Huichang came out from the Empress Dowager's Palace the day before yesterday, and he was very displeased, and everyone knew about it. Now send some gifts to ease the relationship, so that outsiders will not think that the emperor and the Sun family have a rift."

Zhu Qizhen stood up when he heard the words, walked back and forth in the hall, shook his head and sighed: "Hey, I always feel that something is wrong.

What is wrong, I can't say.And the recent direction of the court is obviously unusual.

There is still no one to use, and when the critical moment comes, we still have to use scholars to give advice, but my direct descendants are dying and retreating, ah, worrying about people. "

Chen Xiang cautiously reminded: "My lord, among the disciples of Marquis Shiheng of Wuqing, there is a sorcerer named Tongyin. Before the emperor personally conquered, the colleague was ordered to count good and bad luck for the emperor. The first half of the prophecy has been completed. fulfilled.

In the second half of the prophecy, colleagues also said that the emperor will inevitably be restored.

The servant girl thought that she could invite her colleagues here, and then do the divination, not only for the emperor, but also for the emperor, to calculate how the emperor's condition is. "

Zhu Qizhen changed his mind when he heard the words: "I have heard about this colleague a long time ago, but Shi Heng went to Nanjing, did my colleague follow suit?"

Chen Xiang nodded affirmatively.

"Go, order Zou Gan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, to write to the emperor, requesting that Shi Heng, Sun Tong, Liu Yongcheng, and the Fifth Army Battalion and Three Thousand Battalion temporarily stationed in Nanjing be transferred back to Beijing."

Chen Xiang took the order and continued to report: "Your Majesty, I heard from Gao Ping last night that Xing'an went to the Yinghua Hall to greet the Queen Mother at noon yesterday, and stayed for two minutes. Arrived at the Marquis of Huichang.

Gao Ping didn't dare to hide it, so he reported it to his servants as soon as he got the chance.It's just that the servants were negligent, thinking that it was just some trivial matter, so they didn't report it to the emperor in time. "

"Xing'an, Marquis of Huichang, Empress Dowager, well, let's see the results of the Jin Ying case and the San Yang case first."

Silent all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Qiyu got up early and leaned on the couch to handle government affairs.

The entire coffee table is full of memorials and secret reports.

What the queen mother said yesterday, what the emperor Gongrang said, all fell on the paper and placed in front of Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu smiled at the favorite concubines with a secret report: "Look, the emperor respectfully told you yesterday that you were pretending to be generous, but in fact you planned to kill the beautiful women who were selected into the capital."

Qianxue took the secret report, read it carefully, and then repeatedly praised: "I didn't expect, I didn't expect that Emperor Gongrang is our sister's confidant.

Didn't the husband say that Gong made the emperor stupid, especially that he didn't understand women? "

Zhu Qiyu teased: "You little girls, you were willing to pretend yesterday, why don't you pretend again today?"

Qianxue smiled and said: "Yesterday was reasonable because my husband served you well the night before yesterday; today I am unreasonable because my husband turned to me last night, I am not happy, I am not fed, so naturally I will not pretend .”

"Hey, reality, you guys are really realistic, all of you are little snow-white foxes who can't get enough."

Su Xi asked curiously: "Husband, if we really send our personal guards to kill those beautiful girls, what will Husband do with us?"

(End of this chapter)