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Chapter 115 The Etiquette Controversy
Wuyou was about to talk about Emperor Jiajing, and the people under the sky came back to their senses. They quickly put Emperor Qin and Han Wu behind and concentrated on listening to this emperor who cultivated immortality.

"Emperor Jiajing was the 11th emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was the cousin of Emperor Zhengde and the grandson of Xianzong. Because Emperor Zhengde had no heirs, after his death, the ministers found out the ancestral precepts and followed the rules of brotherhood. Please take over the throne, Prince Kinedahi."

"As for Emperor Jiajing's succession to the throne, there is a little story in the unofficial history."

"It is said that after the imperial decree to invite Jiajing to the throne arrived in Anlu, the entire Xingwang Mansion was very excited, but then they became worried. Why, because Anlu is far away from the capital, who knows what accidents will happen along the way? Besides, the place When the officials hear the news, they will definitely come over to congratulate, so there must be no delay for ushering in and sending them off."

"It was at this time that Yan Song asked for an audience and sent a letter to Emperor Jiajing. The letter was written by Yang Tinghe. Yang Tinghe was the chief minister during the reign of Emperor Zhengde. He wrote to Emperor Jiajing, meaning that he wanted everything to go smoothly. When you ascend the throne, you must first feel aggrieved and go to Beijing disguised as a prisoner. After reading the letter, Emperor Jiajing followed this method and pretended to be a prisoner, got into the prison car and went to Beijing all the way."

"There is another saying that Emperor Zhengde left a sentence before his death, which means that whoever the princes from all over the country enters the capital will be enthroned as emperor. In order to catch up with the first, Emperor Jiajing thought of a way, that is, to go in a prison car. There is no one to stop him on the road, and he will be the first to reach the capital."

"Actually, these are all small stories, just people's imagination. They are passed down by word of mouth, and the stories change as they are passed around."

"How did the real Emperor Jiajing ascend to the throne?"

"In fact, when Emperor Zhengde was seriously ill, Yang Tinghe and others were thinking about the issue of successors. Five days before Emperor Zhengde's death, he issued an edict in the name of the emperor, ordering Emperor Jiajing, who was still the son of Prince Xing at the time, to shorten the period of filial piety and inherit the throne as soon as possible. As soon as Emperor Zhengde passed away, Yang Tinghe and the Supervisor of Ceremonies asked the Queen Mother Yi to formally announce the successor."

"This is the real procedure for succession. In the ancient society with strict etiquette, it was impossible for an heir to take a prison car to succeed to the throne. What is it to take a prison car? It will be extremely easy to be manipulated by people who slander history."

"And no matter how reckless Emperor Zhengde is, he won't be able to say anything about the first come, first served kings. Isn't this obviously going to plunge the entire country into turmoil?"

When Wuyou said this, many people nodded.

"The fairy is right, unofficial histories are spread in the countryside, and many of them cannot be believed."

"The emperor wants to be honest and upright, and what he wants is orthodoxy. There is no room for nonsense."

And Emperor Jiajing was sitting upright, listening attentively to the explanation on the sky.

His face looked slightly bad.

He is a very smart man. Just listening to this little story, you know that his reputation in future generations will definitely be bad, so he was arranged like this. Doesn't this accuse him of not being right in his position?

"When Emperor Jiajing succeeded to the throne, the ceremonial supervisor, the royal family and the court sent a delegation to issue the edict first, and then welcomed him to the capital. However, when he arrived in Liangxiang outside the capital, this first round of conflicts It came into being.”

"why?"

"Didn't we just talk about Emperor Zhengde's nonsense, which made the civil servants very passive? After 16 years of fighting with such an emperor who wants to play all the time, the civil servants are also very tired, okay? They just want to be able to settle down. If it is stable and can be quiet for a few years, then it must be given to the new king, or to test whether the new king is good at handling it."

"If Xinjun is a good-tempered and easy to fool, then everyone will be happy."

"So, the court officials represented by Yang Tinghe told Emperor Jiajing that they should enter the palace according to the etiquette of a prince, enter through the Donghua Gate, and live in the Wenhua Hall. Let's think about it, why did you do this?"

Another question was thrown out, and some people said without thinking, "Go ahead, being an emperor is the most important thing, don't care about etiquette or etiquette."

But there are also some people who said: "Isn't this messing up the generation?"

"The civil servants are really bad." This is another kind of people's point of view.

And emperors like Shihuang, Liu Che, etc. didn't understand what this meant.

These people all sneered: "If you are so foolhardy, if it were me, I would kill you."

Wuyou shook his head: "This is to determine who is the fool. Emperor Jiajing is not stupid or confused. Although he is young, his father died early. He has been causing a lot of trouble in Prince Xing's Palace for almost two years. , he has experienced it a long time ago, and he can see through the traps set by these people at once, so he will definitely not do it. "

"At this moment, Emperor Jiajing refused to leave and started talking to the ministers. According to the ancestral teachings, brothers will eventually become brothers, and the edict also said that I inherited the throne as the emperor's younger brother. How come I am now the prince again? How dare I love you, old man? You have the final say on the succession to the throne of the Zhu family. Do you think it will be what you say? Then you are too courageous. If this is really the case, I will not take the throne that is unjust and unjust. Whoever wants to be the emperor should be go."

"Such a slapstick has really confused the ministers. This has been announced to the world, and people have been welcomed to the outskirts of BJ. They are about to enter Beijing. If this one doesn't do it, no one will be able to get down. Taiwan, there is no other way, they have to give in and ask Emperor Jiajing to enter through the Daming Gate and succeed him in Fengtian Hall."

"But, the ministers are worried because they found that Emperor Jiajing is not easy to handle. He is also a difficult person. The ministers who have been fighting against Emperor Zhengde for 16 years feel that way in their hearts. Forget it."

"The ministers have not let go of their hanging hearts, and there is another round of disputes between the monarch and his ministers. What is the reason this time?"

The corners of Shi Huang's mouth turned up, revealing a sneering smile: "What else can it be, it must be a dispute over etiquette, a dispute over imperial examinations."

Liu Che also said: "The Imperial Examination."

The answers given by each emperor were imperial examinations.

Some are just thought about in the mind, and some are typed directly on the screen.

Wuyou naturally saw it too.

She thought to herself that they were all emperors, and that all of them were really knowledgeable about royal matters. Regardless of whether they were wise emperors or ignorant emperors certified by history, the answers they gave were quite consistent.

It turns out that the foolish emperor certified by history is not a fool.

Also, unless it is a single seedling, who can be the emperor, who is really stupid?
"That's right." Wuyou smiled: "This second round of disputes is about the imperial examination of who is the Jiajing Emperor. This is a great etiquette dispute that has lasted for three and a half years."

"Have we said it before? Xiaozong was a good emperor who was recognized by the civil servants. He can be compared with Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty and Song Renzong. It shows how deeply the civil servants love him. Now that it has reached this point, the civil servants must definitely I wanted to recognize Emperor Jiajing and recognize Xiaozong as the imperial examination, which means that Xiaozong has no heirs and has successors, but Jiajing refused."

"Oh, you love your Xiaozong deeply, but I also love my biological father deeply. No one loves me less than anyone else. Why should I listen to you?"

(End of this chapter)