Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 694: The emperor was deposed and renamed as Yuanshou County Prince. He succeeded King Yi and became a feudal lord.
On December 27, the Crown Prince wrote another memorial pleading to resign.

On the same day, all civil and military officials enthusiastically submitted a letter, asking King Yi and the prince to be deposed as common people and move to Fengyang.

On the morning of December [-], Zhu Qiyu slept until almost noon before getting up.

The first thing I did after getting up was to ask quietly: "After waiting for another three days, are there any discordant voices among the civil and military officials?"

Qianxue replied: "No one said anything inappropriate. Only a dozen civil servants did not want to submit a letter. The Ministry of Personnel issued an order yesterday afternoon to let them go to Nanjing.

The remaining officials finally learned the lesson, and all those with some rank wrote to request that King Yi and the prince be deposed as commoners, and that Brother Fang be made the prince instead.

Also, the cabinet requests that the Zhengdan Dynasty be held tomorrow and congratulates you and your mother. "

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Forget it, it's like a serious dynasty, it seems like we villains are successful.

The cabinet was ordered to draft an edict to demote King Yi to the title of Prince of Yuanshou County. He agreed to the crown prince's request to abdicate and ordered him to inherit the title of King Yi and establish a vassal in Changsha.The original Princess Yi was changed to Princess Yi, and she was still ordered to take care of her.

The Ministry of Household Affairs was ordered to purchase [-] hectares of land in Changsha, and Yifan managed the business on his own.We also spent a million taels of internal funds to pay for King Yi's entry into the feudal clan.

Yifan was given 1 shi of rice, [-] taels of silver, and [-] copper coins.

As for establishing Brother Fang as the crown prince, let’s put it aside for now. "

Qianxue let out a long sigh of relief: "Is everything going to be fine now? You won't have to worry about it anymore, right?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "The prince is over, we are not over, there is still a long way to go.

I completely brought down Zhu Qizhen and his son, which is equivalent to putting myself on the fire.

At present, the capture of North Korea, Annan, Burma, and Siam can only be regarded as minor achievements.

Externally, I will at least destroy the Tatar and Oara tribes, completely eliminate the Mongolian threat, and complete the unfinished work of Taizu and Taizong.

Internally, we need the world to be well governed, the people to be prosperous, the heaven to rule the country, and the world to be at peace.

After the Ming Dynasty is restored and the Ming Dynasty is overtaken by Wen and Jing Dynasty, we can laugh at the father and son Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Qizhen as much as we want. "

After taking a sip of tea, Zhu Qiyu added: "Oh, I forgot to mention it just now. Let the cabinet draft a decree to abolish the orthodox reign name and change it to Yuanshou.

Since it is impossible for Zhu Qizhen to have a posthumous title and a temple name after his death, the record of his dynasty should be called "Yuanshou Record".

After all, he should be the only Han emperor who has ever gone hunting in Langjuxu Mountain.

During the Yuanshou reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing granted Lang Juxu a title, so it was more appropriate to write a "Records of Yuanshou" for Zhu Qizhen.

In addition, tell He Yi and others that since the orthodox reign name has been abolished, Zhu Qizhen's actual records should be revised and printed next spring for everyone in the world to read. "

Qianxue nodded and smiled: "If there is no storm on the sea, this year should be the day when the King's division attacks Sakai Port."

Zhu Qiyu praised: "This is good. Ashikaga Yoshimasa thought that we would transport the third batch of personnel to land in Kaga. Who would have thought that we would gather all the ships and sneak attack Sakai Port.

Japan, like our Ming Dynasty, celebrates the Spring Festival.Now they should be decorating with lights and colors and rejoicing.

The main force of our navy will attack Sakai Port, and the partial force will attack Ise and Owari.

If both sides succeed, Kyoto can be besieged on three sides.Japan's Kyoto cannot compare to our Beijing, so it doesn't seem to be very difficult to break into. "

Qianxue agreed: "The gap in national power is really big. If it weren't for the sea, Japan would have fallen. If we conquer Japan, collect its gold and silver minerals, and increase our income by millions of taels next year, the people of the world will have nothing to say." Alright."

Zhu Qiyu replied cheerfully: "Not only that, next year we will discover a super large open-pit copper mine in Daming.

This copper mine cooperates with Japan's gold and silver mines. The newly opened copper mine can mint an additional 1000 million taels of copper coins a year, and the new silver mine can mint an additional 500 million taels of silver coins a year.500 million taels of copper coins and 500 million taels of silver coins were put into the country to maintain a stable circulation ratio of silver and copper coins.

Another 500 million copper coins were circulated to Japan in exchange for existing silver.

That's probably what it means, let Shen Yi worry about the details. "

Qianxue asked curiously: "Then the imperial court will earn at least 500 million taels more income every year. If it is really done, the husband will not be regarded as a sage."

But where are the extra open-pit copper mines? "

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Near Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, that's where I sent Ruan Xi and Zhao Xuan.

I only learned about it by chance. It’s a secret. I’m only telling the five of you. Don’t tell anyone else. "

Qianxue nodded doubtfully.

A few people no longer struggled with this issue and happily prepared to celebrate the New Year.

In the afternoon, the cabinet received the emperor's order, and everyone was a little surprised. The emperor's treatment of King Yi and the prince was a little different from what the government and the public thought.

The hard-working faction, Zhou Chen, Shen Yi, Zhou Xuan, Luo Tong and others were greatly relieved. The battle between orthodoxy and concubine was finally over. From now on, everyone can work down-to-earth without having to work all day long. No more distractions.

Wang Yining hurriedly made amends and expressed his loyalty to the emperor: "The prince was able to retain the position of prince, and even Prince Yi was only demoted to a county prince. Your Majesty is really kind."

When everyone heard this, they all nodded in agreement. Everyone thought that King Yi and the prince would really be deposed as common people.It was really shameless for the emperor to reach this point. If he had changed to Xuanmiao's behavior, he would have been killed by Zhu Qizhen's family when he ascended the throne.

Zhou Xuan asked: "It's just that the reign name is changed to Yuanshou. The orthodox reign lasted for 14 years. It seems a bit complicated to change all the official documents and historical materials."

He Wenyuan smiled and said: "It's not difficult. It can be done to make the Jianwen era name disappear directly. It's not difficult to just change the orthodox era name.

Besides, based on what Prince Yuanshou did, it is really inappropriate to continue to call his reign as 'orthodox'.He is orthodox, so what is the Holy One? "

Wang Wen also immediately echoed: "This Yuanshou reign title is also very good. During the Yuanshou reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the champion Hou Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu, sealed the wolf as a Xu, and felt proud for the Han Dynasty.

The name of the reign of Yuanshou carries with it the air of a king and domineering king. "

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

Everyone is an old fox, so they naturally know what Mogasuri means.It's just that King Yuanshou made so many troubles, and the emperor just teased him with the word "Yuanshou", which was considered very restrained.

If the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty wanted to stop even this, it would be too unfair to the emperor.

After the cabinet reached a consensus, they drafted an imperial edict and sent it to the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

The power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies has shrunk greatly in recent years. Recently, only a few people such as Wang Cheng and Chen Xiang stay in the Supervisor of Ceremonies, while most of the eunuchs Bingbi are busy with their part-time jobs.

Wang Cheng sighed to Chen Xiang: "It has been eight years, and the battle for imperial control is finally over."

Chen Xiang smiled and said: "Don't sigh, the battle for imperial control is over, and the internal fighting in the court is about to begin.

In the past, with King Yi and the Crown Prince suppressing him, the cabinet was united and he and the Supervisor of Ceremonies lived in peace.

Now King Yi has become King Yuanshou, and the prince has become King Yi, and there is no threat to the throne at all.

Then the cabinet should be busy competing for positions internally, and externally should seek to suppress the Supervisor of Ceremonies. "

(End of this chapter)