Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 699: The inner court and the outer court compete to serve in the East Palace. The Ming army besieged Kyoto on three sides.
Zhu Qiyu stayed at home and received a lot of articles praising saints every day.

After only briefly browsing a few memorials, Zhu Qiyu completely put them aside and never read them again.

These articles are so disgusting that they make people's skin crawl.

Historically, Jingtai had only one son, and there was still some unspeakable hope for both the government and the public.Now Zhu Qiyu has sixteen sons, and he will obviously continue to have more sons until he surpasses Taizu's 26 sons.

As a result, the government and the public were completely in despair. It was really a bit of a fool's errand to hope that the emperor would be extinct today.

Zhu Qizhen's rebellious behavior was so obvious that even a three-year-old child knew that he was plotting rebellion, so it was absolutely impossible for the father and son to return to Beijing.

At this point, everyone has to move forward. If you don’t rush to chant the saint, what are you waiting for?

Zhu Qiyu was not lost in the praise, but as usual, he ate well, drank well and slept well every day.In addition to dealing with important military and political matters in the morning, I also read, write and draw with my beloved concubines.

These days I feel more and more like a hermit.

Zhu Wenfang's place was a different story.Everyone is jockeying for a spot, and it’s a lively mess.

In the Forbidden City, Ciqing Palace was renovated and turned into the Prince's East Palace.

Even Kunning Palace was taken away and used as the princess's dormitory.

Of course, the prince and princess may not stay there even once a year.

The object of competition among the civil servants was the position of subordinate official in Zhan Shifu, and they all wanted to send their own sons, nephews, and disciples to it.

Once the prince succeeds to the throne, and the officials of the Zhan Shifu serve as the prince's team, it will naturally be the first to win.

The island in the middle of the lake where Zhu Wenfang and Xu Qing lived had very few eunuchs and maids in charge.But there are still many people who are eager to dig in.

Pei Dang, the eunuch of Xiangshan Siyuan, called the young eunuch Liu Jin to him early in the morning: "Ajin, you have a day off today, take a good wash and prepare clean clothes. I will take you to see the Crown Princess tomorrow.

From now on, you will still take care of the flowers and plants in Tianxiang Garden, but you will mainly be under the control of the Crown Princess. "

Liu Jin was a little confused. When Pei Dang saw this, he explained with a smile: "Our Crown Princess will learn how to make spices from Shi Niangniang, so from now on, Shi Niangniang and the Crown Princess will manage the Tianxiang Garden together.

From now on, you have to serve both the Tenth Lady and the Crown Princess at the same time, and behave well. If you get the Crown Princess' favor, are you afraid that you won't be able to prosper? "

Hearing this, Liu Jin quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you godfather for cultivating me."

Pei Dang waved his hand: "You have to figure out who is cultivating you, and remember clearly who you should be grateful to.

The first one is your adoptive father Liu Hong, who has asked you to work for Shi Niangniang in Tianxiang Garden to raise flowers and grass.It's your adoptive father again who has his head on his waist and goes to do important secret errands for the Holy Sage.

The second one is Shi Niangniang.Because Liu Hong completed the errand for the Holy Emperor, Shi Niangniang will cultivate you and arrange an errand for you to serve the Crown Princess.

As for you, you must be filial to your adoptive father and remember the kindness of Shi Niangniang.

When working in the inner court, the most important thing is to follow the right master.My boss is the emperor, and he is now working with Shi Niangniang.Your boss is Shi Niangniang, and she is now working with the Crown Princess.

You must always remember your roots so that you can stand firm in the inner court for a long time. "

Xiao Liu Jin solemnly thanked Pei Dang for his teachings, and then asked: "Godfather, there are so many empresses in the palace, and my son can't tell them apart."

Pei Dang nodded and explained patiently: "In the entire palace, the Queen Mother is the most noble, but the Queen Mother has always been meditating on Taoism and ignoring worldly affairs.

The five empresses in Lingyu Palace are the most favored by the emperor.But the eldest lady, the prince's biological mother, rarely shows up.The Eleventh Empress went out of Lingyu Palace even less often.

Of the three empresses who often come out, the tenth empress is the most favored by the emperor. The fourteenth empress and the fifteenth empress are twin sisters and are also extremely doted on by the emperor.

The abilities of these three empresses are far beyond your imagination. You must respect them like gods.

The other imperial concubines are less favored, but they are definitely not something you and I can offend.After that, there will be a princess, who will definitely be the mother of the world in the future, let alone that.

In short, as long as you see an extremely beautiful woman in the palace, you should serve her respectfully.

Don't hit the smiling person, you should always remember this sentence. "

Pei Dang took a sip of tea and continued: "You must be cautious around the prince and princess.

The prince inherited the character of the emperor and attached great importance to his own safety. There were very few people waiting around him, and all of them were carefully selected.

You can tell by just walking around and taking a look. Many people are almost breaking their heads just to be able to be transferred to the Crown Prince and Crown Princess.

You are lucky enough to catch up with Shi Niangniang and have strong abilities. I will assign you to the Crown Princess in just one sentence. Cherish it. "

Liu Jin hurriedly replied: "Then my son must quickly go back and review the notes recording the flowers and plants in Tianxiang Garden, in case the princess asks about it tomorrow."

Pei Dang nodded: "You can teach me, so go ahead."

At the same time that everyone broke his head in order to serve the prince, the Muromachi shogunate in Kyoto, Japan also broke his head.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the general who conquered the barbarians, was complaining and blaming each other with his new wife, Hino Tomiko.

Hino Tomiko's reasons are also very good: "I came to be the general's wife and enjoy the glory and wealth. It's good now. It's only been three months since I got married. I haven't enjoyed the wealth and the Muromachi shogunate will collapse."

The so-called orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty who you snatched back also sneered at us, laughing at you, the general who conquered the barbarians, for following in his footsteps. "

Ashikaga Yoshimasa was so angry that he blushed and had a thick neck. He had just followed in Zhu Qizhen's footsteps.

Zhu Qizhen transferred the two main armies to the south to suppress the rebellion, but they were beaten all the way to the gates of Beijing first.

I was no different. I sent 13 troops to aid North Korea to fight against the Ming Dynasty, but they all died in North Korea.

Then a large army was sent to Kanto to annihilate the Kamakura shogunate, and [-] new troops were sent to defend the coastal defense line facing Busan.

Now it's better, the army can't be mobilized back, but Kyoto is surrounded.

Doesn't this become the Ming Dynasty's defense of the capital? It just replaces Beijing with Kyoto, Japan. Everything else is the same.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa threw his tea cup and rarely lost his temper: "The Ming army surrounded Kyoto from three directions, whether it was a force attack or a sneak attack, I don't blame them.

But the Akamatsu clan, I must destroy them.

I deceived my father into attending a banquet at their house, but suddenly he assassinated me and killed my father.

This is not enough, now it is back again, summoning the old troops to attack Harima, and besieging Kyoto together with the Ming army. It is really destructive and unrepentant.This kind of person is the most hateful. "

Hino Tomiko teased: "It's too late to say this now, our army has no way to get out of the city. As soon as we get out of the city, there will either be mountains or elite enemy troops.

The Ming Dynasty had a strong national power, with an endless supply of troops and supplies.

It's useless if we go out to the city to win, we can't afford to fight at the expense. "

The young couple Ashikaga Yoshimasa and Hino Tomiko were trapped in Kyoto, complaining endlessly, but could not think of a way to deal with it.

Xu Heng's strategy was very torturous: the Ming army was surrounded on three sides, but did not take the initiative to attack Kyoto to avoid following Bu Yexian's footsteps.

The main force of the army built a city in Sakai Port and prepared for a long siege.It would be even better if we could surround the spot and provide support as the Holy Spirit said.

(End of this chapter)