Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 5 King Tan's Discussion on Political Relations

August [-]th, noon.

It took Zhu Qiyu three and a half days to run nearly three hundred miles.

After the group had lunch, Cheng Jing came to Zhu Qiyu and asked for instructions: "Your Highness, we are only forty miles away from Baoding Fucheng. Should we rush into the city today, or stay outside the city overnight?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Don't hurry, let's go slowly. Tonight, we are camping outside the city, and we all have enough energy. When we enter the city tomorrow morning, I will take you to spend a lot of time and drink. Everyone is open to eating, drinking, and drinking. Play, all expenses are mine."

When everyone heard the words, they cheered in unison.

Only Cheng Jing persuaded with a worried face: "Your Highness, the imperial court has just experienced a big defeat, and His Majesty's life or death is still uncertain. If we indulge in pleasure like this, I'm afraid it will have a bad influence if it spreads to the imperial court."

Zhu Qiyu patted Cheng Jing's shoulder and said with a relaxed smile: "You all can do it boldly, don't worry, if there is a problem, I will bear it all.

Besides, the court's requirement for the vassal king is to indulge in pleasure all day long, eat and wait to die.If you really care about political affairs every day, the court will be afraid and suspicious instead.

With the situation in front of me, if I really ran to the palace erratically and cared about this, others would think that I had some schemes. "

Hearing this, Cheng Jing nodded, agreeing with Zhu Qiyu's opinion.

Zhu Qiyu ordered again: "Everyone changed into civilian clothes, let's keep a low profile and don't use the name of the palace to flaunt around.

From now on, you guys call me Second Young Master, don't call me Your Highness anymore.You should also stop calling each other by official titles.

In addition, Mr. Cheng and the two Mr. Yu are in the carriage with me. I have something to talk to you. "

Everyone hurriedly responded in unison, rested for another half an hour, packed up their luggage, and continued on their way.

This time, everyone was not in a hurry, and walked forward slowly.

Although the interior of Zhu Qiyu's carriage is not very big, it is quite luxurious and comfortable.In the first half, there is a couch on each side, and Cheng Jing, Yu Gang, and Yu Shan sat on each side in turn.

The second half is a soft couch covered with several layers of thick cushions, all made of white fox fur, which is soft and warm.

A small tea table is fixed on the soft couch, with books and fruits placed on it.Zhu Qiyu covered his legs with a brocade quilt, leaned comfortably on the thick cushion, and looked at the three "ministers of the dragon" sitting on the side of the couch with a smile.

The three 'little ministers' were frightened by Zhu Qiyu's look, and hurriedly asked His Royal Highness King Yi for instructions.

Zhu Qiyu pretended to clear his throat, and said with a faint smile: "You have all heard about the change of the Tumu Fort, my brother has probably been captured, anyway, he will definitely not be able to return to the capital for a while.

A country cannot be without a king for a day, and the court will establish another emperor in a short time.The candidates who can succeed to the throne are just me, the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Jianshen, and the king of Xiang Zhu Zhanqian.

Who do you think the imperial court will choose, and how should our Palace of Prince Yi respond, please share your opinions. "

When Cheng Jing and the others heard this, their expressions changed drastically, and they almost fell off the couch.

Yu Gang hurriedly turned around, poked his head out of the small window of the carriage, and looked back and forth.

Fortunately, Zhu Qiyu had already ordered the guards to keep a distance from the carriage. Seeing that the guards were far away, Yu Gang turned around and breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu teased, "Mr. Yu, are you going to get out of the car now? If you hurry up and rush back to the capital, and report what the widow just said to the Queen Mother, then you will be promoted and become rich, and your career will be just around the corner."

Yu Gang was taken aback when he heard the words: King Tan has been approachable and gentle these days.He has always referred to himself as 'I' and referred to several close ministers as Mr.This is the first time that he calls himself a widow, which is obviously very serious.

Yu Gang hurriedly got up and knelt down, and said in defense: "Your Highness knows that loyal ministers will not serve two masters. No matter what choice Your Highness makes, I will follow you to the death, without complaint or regret."

Zhu Qiyu raised his hand slightly to signal Yu Gang to get up, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yu is serious, but he doesn't need to live or die, what he said is so nasty.

Except for Wang Cheng who is driving outside, there are only four of us, the monarch and his ministers. If you have anything to say, feel free to speak up. "

Hearing this, Yu Gang stood up and sat back.Just now he continued: "Your Highness, pardon me for your courage, for the past two days, I have been thinking about this issue.

Yichen thinks that if His Highness succeeds to the throne, he might be suspected of having an improper position.If it is not handled properly, I am afraid there will be endless troubles. "

"If the emperor's position is wrong, there will be endless troubles!"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head helplessly, while muttering to himself, repeating this sentence.

Zhu Qiyu thought of Ma Shun, the poor commander of Jinyiwei and the confidant of the great eunuch Wang Zhen. Soon, he would be beaten to death by the ministers in front of him, the Prince of Supervisor, at the court meeting. .

A big reason why the ministers dared to beat Ma Shun to death was to show him off as the prince of the supervisor, and to warn him that he would be a weak emperor with an improper position in the future.

Another motive of the ministers was to kill Wang Zhen's cronies in public to deter the eunuchs.

It is still the early Ming Dynasty, and the trend of eunuchs taking power has just emerged, and people still don't have a deep understanding of the nature of the dispute between eunuchs and civil servants.

If you know the history of the late Ming Dynasty, anyone who knows a little bit about political struggle will know one fact:
The eunuch party is the imperial party!
Like the [-]-year-old Eunuch Wei who has power over the world, he is actually just a knife of Emperor Tianqi.

Today's Wang Zhen and his cronies probably also have the meaning of the eunuch party, that is, the imperial party.

So the ministers killed not only a Jinyiwei commander.More importantly, the imperial party's confidence in loyalty to the emperor was severely hit.From now on, anyone who wants to be loyal to the emperor must think about his fate.

Zhu Qiyu was in a trance, when Yu Shan, who was on the side, put forward a different opinion: "Your Highness, I think that your majesty's personal conquest will humiliate the country by losing his teacher, and his prestige will be greatly reduced.

If His Royal Highness replaces him, cultivates moral government internally, controls barbarians externally, and establishes unworldly achievements, he will naturally win the hearts of the subjects of the world. At that time, no one will dare to say that His Highness is not in the right position. "

As soon as Yu Shan said this, the four people including Zhu Qiyu were all surprised and looked sideways.

Yu Shan was frightened by the crowd, and it took Zhu Qiyu a long while to laugh sarcastically: "Sir, you are really quick to talk, even dare to say something like 'Your Majesty's personal conquest, the death of a teacher and humiliation of the country'."

Yu Shan replied sternly: "Emperor Zhaolie once said to Pang Shiyuan, 'The king is the king, and you have nothing to hide'. The minister is the official of His Highness, so naturally his interests should be put first.

Since His Highness dared to ask about the heir, the minister naturally dared to speak out. "

Zhu Qiyu heard the words, and asked back: "Both gentlemen are from Jiaxing, and they should be familiar with Jiangnan affairs. If I say: When I become emperor, I will reopen the old port and go to the West. What do you think?"

As soon as Zhu Qiyu said this, it was the turn of Yu Gang and Yu Shan's expressions to change drastically.

Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu laughed, and asked with interest: "Why, the families of the two gentlemen are also involved in maritime business?"

(End of this chapter)