Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 466 Chen Xunzuo Asks the Abandoned Emperor to Depose the Nanjing Eunuch to Go Northward
The status quo is like this. Those who give charcoal to the emperor in a timely manner follow the emperor's big fish and meat until they vomit, such as Anguo Gong Xu Heng who has won the big treasure.

For those who are icing on the cake, whether they can drink soup is a problem.Now if you want to join the emperor's camp, you have to line up and cry your allegiance.

As for those who participated in the rebellion, whether they live or not is all in the emperor's mind.

King Lu asked Tang Jie again, "What should we say when we see the emperor?"

Tang Jie said with a smile: "During the past half a month in Beijing, my nephew and grandson have been inquiring about various news and carefully trying to figure out the emperor's behavior style.

According to what my nephew and grandson saw, the person who received us this time might not be the emperor himself, but the two little princesses of Qi.

Because we have no credit for the emperor, the emperor may not care about us.

If the uncle is willing to listen to his nephew and grandson, when he meets Princess Qi, don't pretend to be a prince, kneel when you should, and kowtow when you should. "

Hearing this, Lu Shizi quit on the spot: "What are you talking about, those concubines come from humble backgrounds, why should we kneel down to them.

Taking a step back, even if they are princes and concubines, but the father is a prince, when have you heard that a prince kneels and kowtows to other princes and concubines? "

Tang Jie retorted: "Uncle, that's not what you said. Although she is a princess in name, she is actually working as a queen.

Moreover, those who are more powerful than Empress Qian and Empress Zhou don't know where they are, and they are extremely doted on by the emperor.

Our lives are now in the hands of others.Anyway, seven princes had already died in this mutiny, and if one more died or one less died, the emperor would not care at all. "

Lu Shizi stopped talking. After staying in the capital for so many days, everyone kept inquiring about the situation of the court.The emperor made these absurd arrangements on women, and everyone knew about them.If you just ask someone on the streets of the capital, they can tell you a lot of things vividly:

When the emperor does not register as a queen, he does not live in the palace.But the palace was built in the valley in the western suburbs, and the princess was in charge of the house.None of the concubines is vying to be the queen, but each of them is so powerful that the two queens, Qian and Zhou, can't match it.

The emperor finally agreed to accept the concubine after being selected by the Ministry of Rites, but in a mutiny, the three hundred beautiful girls died cleanly, and the two nannies of the emperor Gongrang were also compensated.Mrs. Fusheng and Mrs. Zuosheng are both first-rank wives, so they died like this.

Thinking of this, Lu Shizi sighed: "It's a pity that those three hundred beautiful girls, if there hadn't been a mutiny, then Daming would have had a decent queen."

Tang Jie shook his head embarrassingly: "Uncle, nephew still wants to refute you."

"Okay, just say it, I want to listen, what's wrong."

Tang Jie said with a smile: "Without the mutiny, these beautiful women would not be able to survive, and it is even more impossible to elect a queen. The emperor never thought of electing a queen from the very beginning.

From the moment the officials of the Ministry of Rites proposed the draft girl, both the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the show girls were destined to die.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites felt that the emperor was weak and deceitful, so they all died.The beautiful women felt that the emperor's favorite concubine was weak and deceitful, so they all died too. "

Lu Shizi asked curiously: "But it was the Ministry of Rites who placed Xiunu in the ceremonial room, and it was a small group of rebels who killed Xiunu, and the emperor's old Qi Palace was set on fire by the rebels. Madam also died in the chaos."

Tang Jie sighed: "That's why I said that today's emperor's mind is unfathomable. Everything is like an antelope hanging horns, and there is no trace. But everything is going according to the emperor's will."

Lu Shizi nodded: "Then the emperor is too cruel, and the emperor's favorite concubines are too jealous."

Tang Jie smiled and said, "Okay, which woman would be willing to share her man with others. Besides, these favorite concubines can be considered to have come here with the emperor through thick and thin. Why do those beautiful women occupy the magpie's nest?"

Moreover, the emperor had decreed to dissuade those women from participating in the draft, and the princess had also invited the show girls to the palace in the western suburbs.

If those beautiful girls listened to the persuasion and accepted Wang Hao's invitation, wouldn't they just be able to avoid this mutiny.

When the chance of survival is given, the beautiful girls insist on vying to be the queen, wanting to trample the emperor's favorite concubines under their feet, then they really deserve to die. "

Hearing this, Lu Shizi sighed and said nothing more.

King Lu saw that the matter had been explained thoroughly, so he made a final decision, "That's it, listen to Jieer, when you arrive at the palace tomorrow, kneel down when you should, and kowtow when you should.

The good guy doesn't lose money in front of him, coax the emperor and princess early, let's leave the place of right and wrong as soon as possible, and whoever comes again in the future will be the grandson. "

……

But in the cabinet, Chen Xun, Wang Wen, Shen Yi, Wei Ji, Zhou Chen, Luo Tong, and He Wenyuan gathered for a small meeting.

Now the cabinet is much quieter, Yu Shiyue is gone, Shi Pu is gone, Shang Lu is gone, Peng Shi is gone.

Among the remaining people, some are happy and some are sad.

For example, Shen Yi, the iron rooster Minister of the Household Department, was so happy that his mouth almost crooked.

There are too many nobles, civil servants, and military generals involved in the incident. The homes were confiscated, and cartloads of belongings were dragged into the warehouse area of ​​the Imperial City Xiyuan.

The treasury for stolen goods and fines is already full, so they can only be stuffed into the warehouses of Chengyun, Guangying, Guanghui, and Guangji.

When these warehouses were almost full, Shen Yi had no choice but to requisition the salary warehouse temporarily.

When the emperor first came to the throne, he ordered the household department to build a huge silver warehouse next to the Lumi warehouse for officials.

At that time, Shen Yi, who was the right servant of the household department, kept muttering in his heart: I am afraid that the new monarch has some serious illness, so how can he think that it is a sudden outing? Is such a big silver warehouse built to raise rats?

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, even in Shen Yi's dreams, Shen Yi would never have imagined that today, Daming's Minister of the Ministry of Households would count money until he became dizzy.

Besides Shen Yi, Wang Wen was the happiest.Chen Xun's appointment is already a certainty, so the cabinet will be led by Wang Wen next.

As an important minister who was the first to be loyal to the emperor, the position of the chief assistant of the cabinet is the greatest reward for Wang Wenxue's charcoal.

Others are well aware of this result and have no objection. Who makes people have good vision and courage? This is what Wang Wen deserves.

Chen Xunze had a bitter face, this time he became obsessed for some reason, although he didn't rebel, but he was ambiguous in many things, and even gave Emperor Gong Rang a lot of convenience.

Chen Xun knew very well that the emperor deliberately saved his life this time, and it was all due to his support at the beginning of his ascension to the throne.Otherwise, with the emperor's means, I would have been completely cold.

When the emperor misses his old love, he must know how to advance and retreat.

Chen Xun also figured it out. He is already in his 70s, so he should just retire and go home as soon as possible.

So Chen Xun took everyone in the cabinet to start the handover.

The handover was almost over. Seeing Chen Xun's bleak situation, Wang Wen couldn't bear it, so he persuaded him: "Mr. Chen Ge, why don't you write a letter accusing the emperor and empress dowager of the crimes, and persuade the emperor to depose the emperor and demote him as a prince? And abolish the position of empress dowager, and demote her to a commoner."

When Chen Xun heard this, he looked at Wang Wen in surprise.This is too bold, can it be discussed in public?

Wang Wen explained: "The Holy Majesty is the only monarch of Ming Dynasty, even the coup initiated by the Emperor Gong Rang is also a rebellion.

As a courtier, the most important thing is to be loyal to the emperor, how can you turn a blind eye to treason? "

After Chen Xunlue thought about it, he understood.Even if you don't have yourself, others will write a letter requesting to depose the Emperor Gongrang and the Empress Dowager.The reason why Wang Wen persuaded himself to write a letter was to give himself a favor.At that time, for the sake of this memorial, the emperor will definitely allow himself to retire safely, and the dignity that should be given will still be given.

For the sake of his descendants, Chen Xun still accepted Wang Wen's kindness, and immediately burst into tears, bowing his hands to Wang Wen and other cabinet ministers to thank him.

……

It was early the next morning, the fourth day of July.

Zhu Qiyu was called out of bed early.

Zhu Qiyu begged with a bitter face: "My good ladies, you should work harder. I have nothing to do today, please let me lie down in the gentle village for a while."

Qianxue asked curiously: "Why doesn't your husband have anything to do?"

Zhu Qiyu spread his hands: "I'm still sick, I can't be too sick to see people before the mutiny, and immediately after the mutiny I appeared alive and kicking in front of the courtiers, that would be too disgraceful.

Then none of you four want to have children, so I can just lie down. "

"Didn't you summon King Lu and Tang Jie today?"

"Hey, calling them here is just to instruct them to convict Mrs. Sun at the meeting of relatives. They are not loyal to me, and I don't bother to talk to them. You can just send them away.

As for Tang Jie's title, Duke Xinguo's mansion is the royal family designated by the Taizu, so this is our family matter, you can handle it yourself. "

Qianxue replied helplessly: "Okay, my husband will lie down for a while, and after you get up, you will take Maoer and Ningxiang to tidy up our vineyard. Then go fishing, and cook for us after catching fish , I want to eat grilled fish today."

Zhu Qiyu cupped his hands: "I would like to respect your mother's edict."

Qianxue smiled, got up and was about to pull Suxi to go out.

But Zhu Qiyu suddenly called people to stop: "Wait, there is one more thing, I will make a list, you can remember it."

When the second daughter heard the words, she was busy and prepared her pen and ink.

Just listen to Zhu Qiyu read: "The following are the eunuchs of the Nanjing inner court: Pei Dang, the eunuch in charge of Zhidian, and Fu'an, the left Shaojian, the supervisor of Shangyi;
Liu Xiang, the right supervisor of the Shangshan Supervisor, is known to Chen Lin, the right supervisor of the supervisor;
Feng Yu Jinxing, internal ministers Ruan Zhu, Chen Jing, Huang Qi.

Just transfer these eight people from Nanjing to me. "

"What is your husband doing?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "The dissidents in the inner court of Beijing have all been eradicated, and I want to reorganize the 24 supervisory bureaus of the inner court, as well as the East Factory and the Inner Factory.

To be an emperor, it is not right to rely too much on eunuchs, but it is also wrong not to rely on eunuchs at all.

In the capital, eunuchs must be used to monitor officials and collect intelligence; in local areas, vassal kings, nobles, generals, and civil servants must be used to check and balance each other.

This is why I deliberately let some vassals go.

We can't go to extremes like Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In the end, the vassal kings are indeed no longer a threat, but they leave a completely unbalanced stand for the children and grandchildren. The civil servants and generals will do whatever they want, and they are all horizontal like big crabs. walk.

We can't do that, we can't let our children and grandchildren call us wicked. "

Qianxue nodded, and continued to ask: "What about Wang Cheng, Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Don't worry, they are also ministers of the dragon, and they must be in a good position. Let Shu Liang come back from Shanxi first.

Wang Cheng, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin are left to copy Sanyang's house. Don't rush them, let them copy slowly.Be sure to copy Sanyang's family property cleanly, don't leave any thoughts. "

(End of this chapter)