Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 457
Empress Dowager Sun told Zhu Qizhen full of grievances, bitterness and resentment during the period, needless to say.

At the same time, [-] Yanwei cavalry blocked Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhi Gate in the east of the capital.

Ten thousand soldiers from the Shenji Battalion occupied the Anding Gate of the North City.But the Shenji Battalion was not in a hurry to launch an attack on the imperial city. Instead, they blocked the Anding Gate, cut off the news, and boarded the city wall to stand by.

Zhu Qiyu had specially instructed that the army would not launch a counterattack until the emperor had been respected to complete the restoration ceremony in public and the evidence was conclusive and there was no way to quibble.

Although the death knell rang in the palace and the entire Beijing city heard it, Shenjiying remained unmoved.

The nobles in the city were not so calm. First, a group of people outside filled the street shouting that the emperor had been restored. Everyone was terrified and suspicious.

Immediately afterwards, the death knell rang again in the palace, and now everyone was not calm.

Could it be that the emperor is really dead?Is it too sick to recover?Or has there been a palace coup and the emperor has been calculated?

Now, all families have to make a choice immediately: either stay at home, although it is safe, but also miss the merit of Conglong.

Either go out to add icing on the cake and welcome the restoration of the Supreme Emperor.

There is another option, which is to be a loyal minister of the emperor to stop this turmoil.

Of course, no honorable man is interested in this choice.

From the point of view of nobles: Either, the emperor is really dead, so he is still a loyal minister.Or, the emperor is not dead.But the emperor didn't die, but allowed the situation to become so unbearable, it was obvious that he had lost control of the capital.

In either case, it is obvious that the Supreme Emperor has gained the upper hand.

Ever since, the nobles who were close to the Supreme Emperor dispatched with their elite servants.

When Zhu Qiyu transferred the [-] Beijing Army led by Shi Heng, Sun Tong, and Liu Yongcheng back to Beijing from Nanjing, he also ordered the nobles in Nanjing to go to Beijing to report on their work together on the grounds of discussing the reform plan of Nanjing's Beijing camp.

So those nobles in Nanjing have also returned.

The nobles who went to the Forbidden City to welcome the restoration of the emperor included: Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi, Fengcheng Hou Lixian, Cheng'an Hou Guosheng, Wu'an Hou Zhenghong, Taining Hou Chenjing, Gongshun Hou Wujin, Guangyi Bo Wu Cong, Guangning Bo Liu An, Xincheng Bo Zhao Rong, Jianping Bo Gaoyuan, Wu Jin Bo Zhu Ying and a large number of people.

In addition, there are Jiao Jing, the captain-in-law, and the brothers Sun Jizong of the Hou family of Huichang.

Originally, the Sun family members were all under house arrest, but other nobles rescued the Sun family members, and everyone led the family members to rush to the palace together.

The ministers loyal to Zhu Qizhen also left for the Forbidden City one after another.

When the nobles met these ministers on the road, they all spontaneously led their family members to protect them and move forward together.

But it is said that sun boring and Mao Zhong led [-] Beijing elites to surround the Ten Kings' Mansion, Zhuwang Pavilion and Huitong North Pavilion.

All the vassal kings agreed to go to Fengtianmen to participate in the court meeting, and their attitudes were surprisingly unanimous, and they handed over their guards one after another, and they were dispatched by Sun Tong.

But Sun Tong realized that something was wrong: the vassal king's attitude should not be so consistent.

So Sun Ting silently counted the vassal kings again, and then he figured out that King Min, King Shu, King Dongwu County, and King West Wu County were not here.

Sun Tong asked King Xiang about the whereabouts of these people.

Seeing the prospect of the emperor's restoration, King Xiang felt happy, and smiled cheerfully at Sun Tong: "The king of Min and the king of Dongwu County have other mansions in Beijing, which were all given by that wicked son of Zhu Qiyu.

The king of Shu went to live in the house of the king of Min, and the king of Xiwu County went to live in the house of the king of Dongwu County. The relationship between them is closer, which is also normal.

Don't worry about them, if you call them, they will only say things that the emperor doesn't like to hear.

When the time comes, you can neither beat them nor scold them, so why bother, just let them go.

Uncle Min Wang is the only surviving son of Emperor Taizu, if you get mad at him, you will die. "

Hearing this, Sun Tong no longer bothered about the few vassal kings, but sent Mao Zhong to escort the vassal kings to Fengtianmen, while he himself led [-] Beijing battalion and [-] vassal guards to go back to support Shi Heng.

As a result, the army under Shi Heng's command, which was responsible for surrounding the Old Qi Palace, reached 2 people.According to the information obtained by Shi Heng and others, there are only [-] personal guards in the Old Qi Palace.

Shi Heng, Sun Tong, and Liu Ju met each other's eyes, and their joy was beyond words.

Now the dust has finally settled, [-] to [-], the advantage is mine.

After the restoration of the Supreme Emperor, the edict will be issued, and the eight thousand guards will surely surrender without a fight, and the capital can also pass the call.

The absurd Emperor Jingtai finally ended his rule over Ming Dynasty.

Liu Ju asked in a timely manner: "Master Hou, the Zhongfu Grassland is not far from us, should we send soldiers to bring some hay?"

Shi Heng asked casually, "What do you do with the hay?"

Liu Ju kept silent, and laughed without saying a word.

Shi Heng immediately reacted: "Oh, that's right, go grab some hay and pile it under the walls around the palace for our horses to eat.

Good, good, send thousands of people over there, and hold as much hay as you can, the more the better.Running around early in the morning, our horses are already starving. "

As a result, thousands of soldiers from the Beijing camp stopped doing their official business, and all moved back and forth between Qi Wangfu and Zhongfu Grassland.

But it is said that the Shiwangfu is only half a mile away from Dong'anmen, and one and a half miles away from Fengtianmen.

The princes will arrive soon.

Since the feudal king was going to have a banquet at Fengtianmen today, all the officials from the Ministry of Rites arrived early to prepare the banquet.

In addition, some nobles and ministers who arrived quickly.

Zhu Qizhen decided not to wait any longer, and things will change later.The sooner the restoration is formalized, the sooner the call can be made and the capital established.

As for the procedures and ceremonies, after the dust settles, just do it slowly.

So Zhu Qizhen supported the Empress Dowager Sun, stood on the platform of Fengtian Hall, and announced to the people below: "All uncles and brothers, all my lovers, the Empress Dowager has an order."

All the princes, nobles, and civil and military officials immediately knelt down very sensibly: "I would like to honor the order of the Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager Sun said to the crowd: "The emperor is seriously ill, and I asked Gong to let the emperor manage the government on his behalf. Gong let the emperor intend to act as an agent for the time being, but the emperor's condition became more and more serious, so that there were many problems in the government, which was unreasonable.

There is even a demon concubine who confuses the lord, taking advantage of the emperor's serious illness to manipulate power, with the intention of causing chaos in the world.

For the sake of the people of the Ming Dynasty and the ancestral temple, the palace decided to restore Qizhen as the emperor, govern the state affairs, and secure the world.

What do you think? "

When everyone heard the words, they fell to the ground and shouted: "The Empress Dowager is a sage, and the ministers and others respectfully honor the Empress Dowager's order."

Empress Dowager Sun nodded in satisfaction, and turned to look at Yu Shiyue and Zou Gan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites: "Which of the two lovers will draw up the decree?"

Yu Shiyue and Zou Gan looked at each other, and then Zou Gan stood up: "This minister is willing to do the same for the Empress Dowager."

Empress Dowager Sun nodded.

Since Zou Gan had already prepared the draft in his heart, now that he got the instructions from the Empress Dowager, he started to write immediately, which can be said to be completed immediately.

After the Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen had seen it, they confirmed that there was no problem, and Xing'an stamped it with a jade seal in front of everyone.

Then Xing'an read it out, and after everyone listened, they knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, formally worshiping the new emperor.

In this way, the restoration ceremony is initially completed.

Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen stayed where they were, waiting for other dignitaries and officials to arrive one after another.

At the same time, Shi Heng, Sun Tong, and Liu Ju were enjoying themselves outside the gate of the Old Qi Palace, so Amber Chen Shao led more than a hundred famous scholars out of Jinyu Alley and went straight to Dong'anmen.

But Suianbo Chen Shao happened to take a look in the direction of the Old Qi Palace at the intersection, and seeing that it was surrounded by heavily armed soldiers, he couldn't help but come forward curiously.

When he saw Shi Heng and heard that everyone was surrounding the emperor, Suianbo Chen Shao couldn't help being shocked: "Oh, it was wrong, it was wrong, early in the morning, the emperor's personal guards were transferred from the old palace to the Fengtian capital. .

What are you foolishly doing around here? "

When Shi Heng heard the words, his face changed greatly: "Sui'an Bo, you can't talk nonsense, when did this happen?"

Chen Shao hurriedly said: "There is nothing to talk about, the west end of Ganmian Hutong is our home, and the east end is Wujiahou's Mansion and Fengtian Du Siyamen.

Thousands of guards passed through Ganmian Hutong, how could I not know.

It was just that someone in the market outside shouted that the emperor had been restored, and less than a moment later, the guards began to transfer to the Fengtian capital. "

Shi Heng, Sun Tong, and Liu Ju all felt a little bit in their hearts. This is a bad situation. Everyone surrounded the old palace triumphantly, thinking that they had caught a turtle in the urn.

No wonder there has been no movement in the palace. It turned out that they had already run away.

Shi Heng came back to his senses, and ordered a thousand elite soldiers to rush into the palace.

Not long after, the deputy general came out to report that there was no one in the palace, and they all ran away.

Shi Heng was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground. He was afraid that something would happen.

(End of this chapter)