Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 64

To Zhu Qiyu's surprise, the ministers reacted flatly to his suggestion that King Yi should become a vassal, and only Chen Xun asked: "May I ask Your Highness, how will the officials in Prince Yi's mansion be arranged?"

Zhu Qiyu knew that he was asking himself whether he should be promoted and reused by the old officials of the mansion, so he replied without hesitation: "I have other appointments for Yu Shan and Yu Gang, and the rest of them will follow King Tan to Changsha in their original positions. .”

When the ministers heard the words, they obeyed the imperial edict and said no more.

Zhu Qiyu couldn't believe it: passed so easily?
After being stunned for a while, Zhu Qiyu realized that it was all thanks to Prince Zhu Jianshen.The ministers were afraid that the new king would have the idea of ​​​​easy storage, and they wished that Zhu Jianji, the king of Tan, would go away as soon as possible.

As for whether to go to Henan, Shandong, or to go to Changsha to become a vassal, the ministers don't care much.If you have to say it, King Tan will go to Changsha to become a vassal, which is farther away from the capital, and the hope of competing for the reserve position is even slimmer, but it is more in line with the expectations of the ministers.

Therefore, for Zhu Qiyu's decision, the ministers raised their hands in favor, and no one wanted to oppose it.As for the matter of Liying Wang Taifei being the queen, the ministers had no choice but to give up.

After all, politics is the art of compromise. It is really unreasonable to let the new king suffer, and the ministers take all the good things.

To sum it up: Zhu Qiyu gave up Liying Wang Zhu Jianji as the prince in exchange for the ministers giving up Liying Wang Taifei as the queen. The deal between the two parties was concluded and everyone was happy.

Zhu Qiyu continued to ask: "I have just ascended the throne, do I want to issue an imperial edict and announce it to the world?"

Chen Xun replied: "Yes."

"In the imperial edict, I want to add three additional items: First, clearly inform the world that now that Oala is powerful and the capital is in danger. If the capital is not protected, and something unexpected happens to me, King Xiang will inherit the great line and become emperor in Nanjing.

Second, during my reign, I will not build Zi Palace, nor will I be buried in the imperial mausoleum after death, and I will not build any more royal palaces.In the end of my life, keep everything simple and rest with the people. "

Zhu Qiyu wanted to say the third point, but the ministers couldn't stand it anymore, and they all interrupted.

Chen Xun retorted resolutely: "These two edicts mentioned by His Highness are difficult for the ministers to obey."

Zhu Qiyu asked back: "If something unexpected happens to me, first establish King Xiang's accession to the throne, so as to ensure the stability of my Ming Dynasty, why is it so difficult to obey orders?"

The ministers shook their heads one after another. If Zhu Qiyu really died, they would indeed support King Xiang, but now that the candidate for King Xiang's succession has been written into the edict and sent out to the whole country, how could the ministers agree.

The ministers supported Zhu Qiyu and respected Zhu Qizhen as the Supreme Emperor, which was a bit too much.Now let's confirm that King Xiang is the first candidate for succession. Isn't this a public admission that the ministers are all traitors? Who can agree to this.

Zhu Qiyu continued to persuade the ministers present: "Now that the world is in such chaos, shouldn't we rest with the people? I've done the math, just giving up the construction of the imperial mausoleum can save at least 300 million taels of silver.

Reducing the cost of reducing royal redundancy can save a lot of money.This will reduce the burden on the people a lot.Why do you say that it is difficult to obey orders? "

Chen Xun couldn't take it anymore: "Your Majesty, how can there be an emperor who doesn't build the imperial mausoleum? Aren't you embarrassing us?"

"You have to agree to at least one of these two things, right? Anyway, every edict comes from my public heart. If you don't agree to anything, then let's break up. When will you figure it out? When will you know? The world is the most important thing, let's continue talking."

After Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, he raised the teacup and signaled that everyone can leave.

Chen Xun hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, can you allow us to discuss?"

"Let's discuss, discuss slowly."

Anyway, Zhu Qiyu occupies the moral high ground, and he is not afraid of the ministers' comments.

So a group of important ministers chattered and discussed for a long time before Chen Xunhui said: "The ministers are willing to obey the second edict."

Zhu Qiyu nodded and continued: "Article [-], inform the world, and when the decree arrives, human martyrdom will be completely abolished. From then on, no matter whether it is the emperor, or the mansions of the princes, the mansions of the princes, and the vassal states, as long as it is our Ming Dynasty Now, no one is allowed to perform human sacrifices, and those who violate it will be confiscated and given death."

When the ministers heard the words, they looked at each other in blank dismay, and after a while, they spontaneously and enthusiastically discussed again.

Zhu Qiyu knew everything in his chest, and just sipped his tea leisurely.This is a kind of good governance, not only can the emperor gather people's hearts and be loved by others; even the current important ministers can leave a very positive mark in the history books.

Therefore, the ministers had no reason to object, and two of Zhu Qiyu's three edicts were successfully passed.

Zhu Qiyu breathed a sigh of relief, and the arguments with the ministers were about to come to an end for the time being.There will be no more disputes in the future, and everyone can deal with Wala wholeheartedly.

The ministers also let out a long sigh of relief, the entire process of the succession of the new monarch was finally completed smoothly.The results obtained are also unsatisfactory.

Therefore, all the ministers present, except Hu Wei, were more relaxed.

Zhu Qiyu took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I have just ascended the throne, and I want to promote a few people, do you have any objections?"

Chen Xun replied: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, who do you want to reward?"

"Yu Shan was promoted to Zuo Cheng of Honglu Temple; Yu Gang was promoted to Shaoqing of Taipu Temple; Bai Gui and Xiang Zhong both served as Shao Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu and editor of Hanlin Academy.

Cao Tai, the former Sichuan inspector, was promoted to the censor of Youqian Capital, and participated in military affairs by my side.

He Yi concurrently served as the You Shuzi of Youchunfang and the editor of the Imperial Academy. "

Zhu Qiyu finished speaking in one breath, waiting for the ministers to respond.

The ministers were stunned for a while, before Chen Xun asked curiously: "Your Majesty, please continue."

Zhu Qiyu also replied curiously: "I'm done talking."

The ministers couldn't believe it. According to the default rules, a group of cronies could be sealed off by the new king.As a result, Zhu Qiyu only sealed off six people, and none of them held prominent positions.

But of course the ministers had no objection to this, and after confirming that Zhu Qiyu really only sealed these people, they issued orders one after another.

Zhu Qiyu ordered again: "From now on, I will manage the government in this Xihua hall, if you have anything to do, you can come to me, and if you have nothing to do, you should perform your duties and do what you should do.

All the memorials and inscriptions will be drafted by your cabinet first, then I will review them, and finally they will be approved by the Supervisor of Rites.This is the future process, and all three are indispensable. "

This request is also acceptable, and the ministers did not raise any objections.

Seeing that everything he wanted was passed, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said with a smile: "That's it, it's getting dark, and I won't keep you guys for dinner, let's leave."

Hu Wei hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, I still have a request for a memorial."

"Sir, please tell me."

Hu Minzou said: "Your Majesty's successor changed the Yuan Dynasty. Please order the officials of the civil and military yamen all over the world to come to Beijing to congratulate them on December 25 this year."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Let's leave it alone, don't torment them, let the civil and military officials perform their duties and do their job well."

Hu Wei played again: "Your Majesty's successor should issue a letter to the vassal princes and palaces, ordering them to pay respects and congratulate them on schedule."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand again: "None of these feudal lords want me to succeed me, so why don't you force them to congratulate me? Let's avoid it. When the country is in crisis, don't engage in such hypocrisy.

For other affairs, if you can avoid it, you can avoid it, and the Ministry of Rites does not need to report. "

Hu Wei had no choice but to accept the order, and Yu Qian played again: "I would like to ask Your Majesty, whether to transfer the grain from the Tongzhou granary to the capital?"

"Of course, with so much food, you definitely can't leave it to Yexian and move it all into the capital. Specifically, your Ministry of War and the cabinet should discuss it."

Zhu Qiyu was exhausted after a day of tossing around, but Yu Qian still had a report: "The Ministry of War was patrolled by the admiral Juyongguan, and all commanded a report by Tongzhi Yang Jun. Recently, he was ordered to pick up the military weapons left by the army in the civil fort.

More than 18 helmets, [-] collars, [-] sharp guns, more than [-] divine mattes, and [-] barrels of gunpowder were obtained, and they were transported to Beijing on chariots. "

Zhu Qiyu asked curiously after hearing the words: "Didn't Yu Aiqing say that the army lost a total of 50 yuan, why did you pick up so few weapons?
Yang Jun took back more than 50 collars, and the army had [-].With a hundred collars, he took back one or two collars? "

Just as Yu Qian was about to explain, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Let's get here today, I'm tired. If there's anything else, we'll talk about it another day. He Yi stays, and the rest of you leave."

Zhu Qiyu knew in his heart that the explanations he heard could only be fooling people, it made no difference whether he listened or not.

(End of this chapter)