Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 45

After hearing this, the ministers all looked at each other in blank dismay.Everyone is concerned about how to keep Beijing, but the absurd His Royal Highness King Qi, after thinking about keeping the capital there, will chase after him with the rank of army first.

Without waiting for the other ministers to respond, Yu Qian replied: "The Ministry of War would like to honor the order of His Highness the King of Qi. Another minister recommended one person. Fan Guang, the commander of Liaodong, is good at riding and archery. He is extremely brave and worthy of reuse. Please send Fan Guang He was widely transferred to the capital to serve in the army."

"Certainly, promote Fan Guang to serve as the governor, and serve as the deputy commander-in-chief. Let's be Shi Heng's deputy."

Speaking of Fan Guang, Zhu Qiyu thought that Fan Guang in history was not only killed by Zhu Qizhen after the restoration, but even his wife and daughter's property was given to the Walajiang people, and his son was dispatched to Guangxi.

Fan Guangshi honestly has nothing to do with the Tumu Fort change, and it is really unfair to be implicated in it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu asked the ministers a very sensitive question: "Where are the descendants of Tie Xuan?"

When the ministers heard the words, their faces were all terrified.No one expected that His Royal Highness King Qi's thoughts jumped so fast, jumping from the Beijing defense battle back to the Jingnan battle in one step.

After a long while, Hu Wei, a veteran who had experienced the battle of Jingnan, replied cautiously: "Tie Fu'an, the son of Tie Xuan, was sent to Guangxi to serve as an army, and his wife and daughter were confiscated into the Jiaofang Division. It has been more than 40 years now, and the ministers don't know What's next?"

Zhu Qiyu sighed, and replied: "It's been more than 40 years, and any grudges should be eliminated. Release all descendants of Tie Xuan, restore their status as civilians, and return to their original places to live."

The ministers looked at each other for a while, and then Chen Xun asked: "Dare to ask Your Highness, what is the reason?"

Zhu Qiyu replied: "When the country is in trouble, I think of a good general, and when the city is in danger, I am a loyal minister."

When the ministers heard the words, they all looked solemn and remained silent.

Tie Xuan was indeed a loyal minister, but he was loyal to Emperor Jianwen.In the battle of Jingnan, most of Taizong's defeats were thanks to Tie Xuan.

The ministers all admired Tie Xuan in their hearts, even Taizong himself praised Tie Xuan as a loyal minister many times.But the release of the descendants of Jianwen's former officials is indeed very sensitive.

No one spoke in the hall for a while, seeing that the temptation failed, Zhu Qiyu didn't want to fight hard, so he stood up and prepared to go home in despair.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a loud shout suddenly came: "I respectfully obey His Royal Highness King Qi's order."

Everyone was shocked, but according to the reputation, it turned out that it was Wang Zhi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

With someone taking the lead, Yu Qian also accepted the imperial edict immediately, and the remaining ministers hesitated for a moment, and all expressed their obedience to the imperial edict.

Zhu Qiyu nodded in satisfaction, he was deliberately throwing some controversial topics to the ministers, and when the ministers got used to obeying orders, it would be easier to communicate in the future.

Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Where are Chen Yi and Yang Shan, have they arrived at the Wala camp?"

Hu Hui replied: "Calculating the distance, if the Oirat army is still near Datong, Chen Yi and Yang Shan should have arrived."

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "That's good, let's wait for the two of them to bring back His Majesty's will."

Yu Qian asked again: "Bo Liu An of Guangning is still stranded in the capital, what should His Highness do?"

"Kick back to Datong and continue to serve as the general soldier in Datong. Let him guard well. If Datong is lost, the heads of his whole family will be chopped off."

After dealing with Liu An, Zhu Qiyu hurriedly waved his hands: "Let's stop here today, I'm exhausted, I'll talk about it tomorrow if I have anything to do."

The ministers stopped insisting and finally released him.

As if being pardoned, Zhu Qiyu ran back to the palace in a hurry.

As soon as I entered the inner courtyard, I saw it was deserted and deserted, and there was no one there.Zhu Qiyu went back to the room and sat for a while before Xiao Lingxi came in to say hello.

Zhu Qiyu asked: "Where have everyone gone, where is the princess?"

Xiao Lingxi asked curiously: "The concubine has gone into the palace, and most of the family members have also been brought into the palace. Your Highness lost the concubine himself, why did you ask me instead?"

"Oh, I got it, maybe I was entangled by the little prince. Then I'll go to bed first, and you should go and rest too."

"Does Your Highness need to be in bed?"

"No, no, I'm fasting today."

After saying that, Zhu Qiyu fell asleep and slept until dawn.The next day, he continued to go to Xungui's house to cry and sacrifice. Anyway, the absurd prince did nothing but cry.

On the other side of Benren Hall, the cabinet drafted the edicts early in the morning and officially issued them all.Before noon, all civil and military officials had already exploded.

The other edicts were fine, and the ministers talked about them a lot. One was to reward foreign relatives wantonly, and the other was to release Tie Xuan's descendants.

By noon, the members of the Sun family and the Qian family were in a hurry not to enter the palace.

In the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Empress Dowager Sun has retreated to the left and right, leaving only the three elder brothers to discuss secretly.

Sun Jizong was the first to say: "Queen Mother, Your Highness has given such a big reward all of a sudden, do we want to accept it?"

Empress Dowager Sun replied: "Accept, why not accept. Eldest brother is my own brother. If you are in charge of Jinyiwei, at least the ministers would not dare to rush forward and beat elder brother to death, and I can sleep peacefully.

You don't know how Ma Shun was beaten to death, I have nightmares when I think of it.So Jinyiwei must be in charge of the eldest brother, there is no need to refuse. "

Sun Xianzong said: "Then the eldest brother will be in charge of Jinyiwei, and Shaozong and I will resign Enshang. This can also avoid being too arrogant."

Empress Dowager Sun waved her hand: "No need to say any more, let's accept it. After two days, when the crown prince is registered, you should present the table and respectfully invite King Qi to succeed you.

King Qi gave us face, and we also give him face. The current situation is such a broken situation. Let's just make do with it.

The ministers are right, if this continues, the imperial court will be ruined immediately.At that time, the capital is all over, and there will be no emperor or queen mother, so everyone will be relieved, let's go back to Fengyang to herd the sheep together. "

Speaking of this, the Sun family brothers no longer insisted on resigning.

Not only Empress Dowager Sun accepted Zhu Qiyu's overtures, but even Empress Qian, who had always refused the emperor's reward to her mother's family, also accepted this time.

While the Sun family was discussing secretly, in Kunning Palace, Empress Qian was holding Qian Xiong and crying non-stop.

Empress Qian is miserable enough, she has no children, so forget it.The two elder brothers all died in Tumubao.

Qian Xiong asked: "Aunt, do you want to reject this reward?"

Empress Qian replied: "Don't push it anymore, you can go to Prince Qi's mansion to thank you in person tomorrow. Be more polite when you see King Qi and Princess Qi, and we will still count on their protection in the future."

Qian Xiong asked curiously: "Isn't my aunt always rejecting His Majesty's favors to our Qian family? Why did you make an exception this time?"

Empress Qian shook her head: "Without His Majesty's protection, the other concubines in the harem have already started to move around, and if this continues, my personal safety will be a problem.

Your uncle and father are gone, if you don't support the family, it will be too difficult.

Seal our Qian family first, King Qi has already given us a lot of face.In a day or two, the reward from Concubine Zhou's natal family should also come down.

Zhu Jianshen has become the crown prince, and I have no children. The future will be very difficult, and it will be considered good if we can escape unscathed. "

Empress Qian was right as she expected, after crying and offering sacrifices in the morning, Zhu Qiyu took the initiative to stroll around Benren Hall again in the afternoon.

After listening to the ministers' report, Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile: "Is the prince's canonization ceremony ready?"

Hu Wei replied: "It's ready, please set a specific time, Your Highness?"

Zhu Qiyu replied: "Three days later. It's a common practice that mothers are more expensive than their children. Concubine Zhou should also be canonized as imperial concubine, right?"

Hu Yi hadn't thought about this issue, nor had the other ministers thought about it.Besides, the emperor did not confer any concubine in the harem except Empress Qian, so when Zhu Qiyu raised this question, the ministers were not mentally prepared for a moment, and they all looked at each other in blank dismay.

Zhu Qiyu didn't care about it, so he directly ordered: "The Ministry of Rites drafted the title book, and in the name of me and the officials, I wrote to the Queen Mother, requesting that the crown prince's birth mother, Concubine Zhou, be registered as the imperial concubine.

Then another edict was drawn up, promoting Zhou Neng to be the commander of the capital, and serving as the commander of the soldiers and horses of the North City; . "

This is not a discussion. After Zhu Qiyu issued the order, he didn't care about the reaction of the officials, so he hurried home and had to recharge his batteries. In the next few days, the crown prince will be appointed, the new king will be appointed, the queen mother will be crowned, and the concubine Zhou will be conferred. Feng Qunchen, this series of things is about to start intensively.

(End of this chapter)