Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 691: Fulfilling the promise and conferring titles on the heroes, the orthodox emperor restores Kyoto
Zhu Qiyu was quite surprised when he heard that three people were asking for Yi Chu, so he quickly took it over and looked through it.

It turned out that it was Qiao Yi, his son Qiao Feng, and the consort Xue Huan, the commander-in-chief of the Li Ke family.

Zhu Qiyu himself was convinced: "Concubine Xuanmiao Li, my son-in-law, is really active. He is the one who rushes to the front every time. If I don't reward him with something, I will feel embarrassed.

Give Xue Huan some of the land and jewelry stolen from the Sun family. "

Qianxue nodded: "Qiao Yi and Qiao Feng, father and son, are also very interesting. They have always been very low-key. Ever since Qiao Feng passed the imperial examination, they have been thanking guests behind closed doors, immersed themselves in reading, and have not interacted with anyone.

It was quite unexpected that the father and son suddenly submitted a letter to interfere with Yi Chu. "

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "It shows that they are smart. They will wait until the palace examination is over next year to participate in politics. The merits of Conglong will have been divided up long ago.

Now that the time has come, let’s stop pretending and give Qiao Feng a set of good pens, inks, paper and inkstones.

I just want it to be easy to store. If you are dissatisfied, please jump out. "

On the issue of easy storage, Zhu Qiyu is now very confident.Historically, Jingtai changed his mind to Chu in the fourth year of his succession, and only a few people stood up to oppose it.Now that I have made sufficient preparations, in the eighth year of Yi Chu's succession, if there are one or two opponents, it will be regarded as Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Qizhen's father and son's good deeds.

Zhu Qiyu's plan for dealing with opponents is also very clear: Anyone who opposes will be killed. I didn't show Taizong's violence until the seventh year of Jingtai, and I am worthy of you.

It was Zhu Zhanji who killed all the Hanwang family in the first year of Xuande.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu ordered: "Give Chen Jian an order that all the property of the Confucius House will be confiscated and used for disaster relief in Shandong.

However, half of the Confucian property in Qufu was given to King Lu and he was ordered to manage the business on his own.

This is the promise we made to King Lu, and now that it has been fulfilled, we no longer owe them anything.

After the Confucius family property was sold, 20 taels were allocated for King Lu to build a palace in Qufu. "

Qianxue smiled and said, "It's great to do business with my husband. I fulfilled my promise as soon as I could without any prompting."

Zhu Qiyu raised his head and puffed up his chest, bragging: "That's a must. You can't find an honest and trustworthy person like me even with a lantern.

I'm not bragging. Even if I go and swear by Luo Shui now, others would dare to believe it. "

Lin Xiangyu teased from the side: "My husband is right, but in the eyes of the government and the public, you are a bit like Sima Zhao now."

Zhu Qiyu spread his hands: "Then what can I do? I don't want to make myself look like Sima Zhao either horizontally or vertically.

But is there a way? If I don't take action, no one in the government or the public will cooperate with Yi Chu.

They always occupy the moral high ground, and a group of ministers still want to look down on me from above. What a big dream.

I'm sorry, I can only pull them all down from their moral high ground and trample them under my feet. "

Qianxue asked again: "There are still people from the group of loyal ministers who have made peace with Fengtian, requesting the canonization of a new Duke Yan. How should I reply to them?"

Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "Answer them in six words: Emperor Han will not grant Hu an official title. Wait until 300 years later, when the Great Jin Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty return to China, and then let their old master grant the title of Duke Yansheng again."

Don’t mention anything about the Confucius Mansion to me in the future. Scolding them will make my mouth dirty. "

……

On November [-]th, Yang Xun came to the Royal Horse Prison early in the morning. After passing the news, he met Yan Li, the right young prisoner.

Yan Li was very polite to others and had no worries recently, so he took Yang Xun to chat.

However, Yang Xun had something on his mind, so he only said a few perfunctory words before talking about his own business: "Gong Yan, the birthday gift that the Holy Lord ordered me to make for King Yi, including a lacquered gold screen, has been completed.

Tomorrow is the Yiwang Birthday Festival, but if something like this happens, what should we do with that screen? "

Yan Li was stunned when he was asked. This question was really difficult to answer.After taking a sip of tea, Yan Li just replied: "Leave it to Xiaoling Minglou, King Yi will come back."

Yang Xun was a little puzzled. King Yi had defected, so he still had to put the gifts in his original residence?

Before Yang Xun could say anything, the young eunuch from outside came to report the emperor's decree from the capital.

Yan Li accepted the order and was officially promoted to the eunuch in charge of Nanjing's royal horse eunuch, with full authority to take over the guards of Nanjing's imperial city.

Yang Xun was glad that he had not raised any questions just now. The newly promoted eunuch in front of him had misjudged King Yi and was promoted to the eunuch of Nanjing Royal Horse Supervisor. This was obviously the emperor's trusted confidant.

Without daring to say anything more, Yang Xun congratulated a few words and then left.

As soon as Yang Xun left, another thousand households of Xiaoling Guards came to report, and the officials of the East Palace asked to see the prince outside the palace gate.

Yan Li, who had been promoted, snorted coldly: "There is no need to ask for instructions in the future. No one is allowed to meet the prince until the Japanese case is over.

Anyone who breaks into the palace without permission will be shot without mercy. Just act accordingly. If anything goes wrong, I will be responsible for it alone. "

Liu Dingzhi, Lin Cong and others were rejected and had to return angrily.

The defense of Nanjing was in the hands of the Xiaoling Guards, who only obeyed Yan Li's orders.Seven Nanjing garrison, five supported the emperor, and two were neutral.

As a result, the subordinate officials of the East Palace could not make waves at all.

On November [-]th, the Japanese pirates had a smooth journey and arrived at Sakai Port safely.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa personally led the important ministers of the shogunate and traveled a hundred miles to the port to greet him.

Zhu Qizhen was already weak, and after more than half a month of wandering at sea, he almost looked like he was out of shape.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa and others did not dare to compliment the appearance of the deposed emperor, but due to political needs, Ashikaga Yoshimasa still had to bite the bullet and pay homage to him:
"I, the King of Japan and the Muromachi Shogunate General Ashikaga Yoshimasa, pay my respects to His Majesty the Son of Heaven and the Orthodox Emperor. Long live, long live, long live."

In interactions with the Ming Dynasty, the title King of Japan was generally used by the shogun.

Although Zhu Qizhen did not pay attention to Japanese affairs when he was in power, he learned a lot about Japanese customs and customs from the Japanese pirate leader for so many days on the ship. Therefore, Zhu Qizhen did not think it was different when Ashikaga Yoshimasa called himself the king of Japan.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa personally welcomed Zhu Qizhen and stayed at the Golden Pavilion of Luenji Temple.

Kinkaku-den was once the residence of the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and its outer walls are decorated with gold leaf, so it is named after it.

The use of this magnificent hall as Zhu Qizhen's residence was also out of Ashikaga Yoshimasa's showoff.

Zhu Qizhen was indeed very satisfied. Among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, except Zhu Qiyu, the absurd emperor, all the rest loved splendid things.

At this time, there were many internal conflicts in Japan, and the rule of the Muromachi shogunate was in danger.Therefore, Ashikaga Yoshimasa was very anxious. In just ten days, he completed all the restoration and enthronement procedures for Zhu Qizhen.

At this point, Ashikaga Yoshimasa was encouraged by the favored ministers around him to complete the way of repaying the other side.Emperor Jingtai of the Ming Dynasty was behind the scenes and created two emperors and two shogunates for Japan.

Now Ashikaga Yoshimasa also created two emperors and two courts for the Ming Dynasty.

A Jingtai emperor, in Beijing; an orthodox emperor, in Kyoto.

But after a few days of happiness, Ashikaga Yoshimasa had new worries: the Ming army landed in Kaga, and the trouble became more and more fierce.

At the beginning, Ashikaga Yoshimasa didn't pay much attention to it, but in just one month, Kaga, Noto, and Etchu were all captured by the Ming army.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa did not expect that Hatakeyama Yoshitsune would turn out to be a traitor and use his family influence to help the Ming army coax and deceive most of the defenders of Noto and Etchu to surrender.

Fortunately, there are more than 200 miles of rolling mountains between Kyoto and Echizen, otherwise the rule of the Muromachi shogunate would have collapsed.

(End of this chapter)