Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 693: The emperor forced the two capitals to exchange, and all the officials surrendered and petitioned Yi Chu.
At this point, no one can get angry anymore.

The vassal kings, nobles, and generals in Beijing were all happy, and they all wrote a letter demanding that the prince be deposed.

Cabinet bachelors, Liubu Hall officials, and Jinshi scholars from recent subjects also wrote letters requesting Yi Chu.

Most of the middle-level civil servants stayed put.

Early the next morning, Zhu Qiyu made a rare visit to Fengge in person and had a rough understanding of Baiguan's memorial.

Gao Yao and others worked very efficiently, classifying the memorials of the vassal kings, nobles, generals and civil servants into categories and stacking them neatly.

Seeing that the middle-level officials still refused to give in, Zhu Qiyu ordered He Yi: "The successful raid on Nanjing by the Japanese pirates this time shows that the capabilities of the team in Nanjing are seriously insufficient, and that the late emperor obviously did not pay enough attention to Nanjing.

The Ming Dynasty implemented a two-capital system. Not only did Beijing have to have strong soldiers and horses, but Nanjing also had to have good soldiers and strong generals.

Replenish the officials in Nanjing, do it immediately, and order the Ministry of Personnel to select a large number of officials from Beijing and transfer them to Nanjing to enrich Nanjing. "

He Yi understood and quickly accepted the order.

Zhu Qiyu said no more, turned around and left.

On the same day, the Ministry of Personnel selected 20 people from among the doctors and Yuanwai doctors of the Sixth Department in Beijing and transferred them to the Sixth Department in Nanjing.

This was the first batch. The next day, the Ministry of Personnel selected the second batch: more than [-] Yuanwailang and directors were selected from the Six Ministries in Beijing and transferred to the Six Ministries in Nanjing.

On the third day, the Ministry of Civil Affairs selected more than 30 officials from the Hanlin Academy, the General Affairs Department, and Honglu Temple.

Zhu Qiyu's attitude is very straightforward and he doesn't pretend anymore. Starting from the Sixth Department and counting down to the Hanlin Academy, General Affairs Department, Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple and other yamen, anyone who doesn't support Yichu, get out of here. .

Those who refuse to retire from the imperial court will be transferred to Nanjing and never come back.Those who are willing to take the initiative to request employment will be approved immediately and will never be held back.

The Ming Dynasty lacked everything except people willing to serve as officials.

There are many people in the world who are in the opposition and have no ambitions. Are the talents of those people necessarily worse than those who are officials?Not necessarily.

Moreover, most of the official positions in the imperial court do not require officials to have great abilities.

What's more, there are so many young and vigorous new Jinshis from the Jingtai Dynasty who are eager to make contributions. These people are all disciples of Zhu Qiyu, and they wish all the civil servants in front of them would get out.

On the morning of the fourth day, He Wenyuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was still leading his subordinate officials to review the officials of Dali Temple, Taichang Temple, and Taipu Temple, preparing to clear out another batch to go to Nanjing.

Wang Wen personally went to the Ministry of Personnel to stop everyone, and then took He Wenyuan to the cabinet.

Wang Wen smiled as he walked and said: "That's enough. Early this morning, the cabinet has been piled up with petitions for Yi Chu, and almost all the memorials that should be submitted have been submitted.

We checked the list at the cabinet and transferred the very few officials who had not reported it to Nanjing, and the matter was settled. "

He Wenyuan shook his head helplessly, "These people are mean. If you were really so loyal to the orthodox emperor, you would have accepted his decree and openly opposed the current emperor. You don't have the courage and courage."

If you want to stage a silent protest, more than 80 officials have been transferred away, but you can't hold on anymore.

There is no use in persuading you. You have to be tough on me so that you can be honest. This is not despicable.

In politics, once one party shows weakness and retreats, the opponent will gain the upper hand and pursue the victory.In this way, a general trend will be formed that is irreversible.

After dealing with the civil and military memorials of the Manchu Dynasty, the cabinet led by Wang Wen and He Wenyuan started the next topic: officially announcing to the world that Zhu Qizhen, the eldest son of the concubine of Xuan Temple, had committed treason and rebellion.

Wang Yining, the Minister of Rites, entered the cabinet by relying on Wang Cheng, the eunuch and eunuch in charge of rites. Zhu Qiyu acquiesced in Wang Yining's entry into the cabinet in order to compensate for Wang Cheng's loss of power.It means that Wang Yining indirectly belongs to Zhu Qiyu's side.

Even so, Wang Yining still raised questions when faced with Wang Wen and He Wenyuan's seemingly appalling but actually reasonable proposals:

"King Yi is indeed suspected of treason and rebellion, but telling the world about it is not leaving too much room. Moreover, if the internal fighting in the royal family is made public to the world, how will hundreds of millions of subjects see it?"

Wang Wen retorted: "What does it mean to be suspected of treason and rebellion? The traces of rebellion are so clear, how can there be any suspicion?
Moreover, there are no two days in the sky and no two kings in the country.The Ming Dynasty can only have one emperor. As a minister, you have the responsibility to safeguard the Ming Dynasty.

So you must either overthrow the current emperor or overthrow King Yi who was restored and proclaimed emperor. You must have a position.

There were two emperors in the Ming Dynasty at the same time. If you continue to sit on the wall and sway in the mud, it will be a bit unreasonable. "

Wang Yining was choked for a moment, and after a long while he replied: "Of course I support the Holy Emperor. King Yi is indeed treasonous and rebellious. I just think it should be handled tactfully.

Just capture King Yi and send him back to Xiaoling. "

At this time, Geng Jiuchou stood up and expressed his attitude: "The Holy One has already done all his benevolence and righteousness. Since we are loyal ministers of the Holy One and loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, why do we have to press hard against each other and insist on the endless forbearance of the Holy One.

Besides, if the struggle for the throne and the struggle for the country is resolved as soon as possible, the Ming Dynasty can concentrate its efforts to restore ZTE and restore the prosperous age of Yongle. "

Yao Kui heard the words and praised: "This is very true. The turmoil in the Ming Dynasty has really lasted for too long. If it is not ended, it will shake the authority of the court and weaken the confidence of the gentry and the common people.

Once unrest occurs, the consequences will be disastrous.

Moreover, it is obvious that the Yiwang line is no longer suitable to inherit the throne.Why continue to hesitate and add variables? "

Xiao Tan and Huang Pu also expressed their agreement.

In addition, Xu Youzhen, Jiang Yuan, and He Yi, who were not present, also definitely supported the emperor, and the Yi Chu faction in the cabinet formed an overwhelming advantage.

So the cabinet jointly submitted a memorial requesting that King Yi be convicted of treason and rebellion, demoted to a commoner, and imprisoned in Fengyang.Because Zhu Jianshen was involved in King Yi's rebellion, he should also be deposed from the title of prince and demoted to a commoner.

Just after lunch, Zhu Qiyu received the memorial.

Zhu Qiyu leaned on the couch and couldn't help but sigh: "Those ministers are so mean. When I saw that I really transferred all the opponents to Nanjing, they all became honest.

Send back the cabinet's memorandum and order all officials to discuss it together.

Let them play and express their opinions.

Those who did not agree to depose King Yi and the Crown Prince to common people were all transferred to Nanjing.Let the Ministry of Personnel dispatch twenty officials every day until they are all dispatched.

I still don’t believe in evil. "

Lin Xiangyu asked quickly: "Do you really want to dethrone Jian Shen as a commoner and imprison him in Fengyang? After all, we do love him after all."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "It's fake. Let the ministers be bad guys and request that Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Jianshen be deposed as common people. As for me, I will be a good person and depose Zhu Qizhen as the county king and make Zhu Jianshen the prince."

I have already chosen Zhu Jianshen's vassal land. It turns out that Prince Xiang's palace in Changsha is quite good, so let's give it to Jianshen.

As for Zhu Qizhen, he was sent back to Xiaoling and covered with brocade to death after a while. "

(End of this chapter)