Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

The sky in the capital was gray, and there was already an undercurrent surging at this time.

Because the successor Zhu Youtang was far from being easy to control as expected, he had even transformed into a powerful dragon, which made the ministers who could not capture the dragon very upset.

But now that there is a solar eclipse as an opportunity, and it is a solar eclipse that just occurred when the Yuan Dynasty was changed, then they can now vomit out all the things that they did not dare to say before, or that could not be said.

"The five military and political policies are clearly to promote military power!"

"Yes, a wise king should live with the people, how can he develop martial arts!"

"The little prince is just a young boy, so why bother to work so hard!"

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Of course, Qingliu officials could not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to counterattack. They quickly united their front to attack the five military and political policies that Zhu Youtang had just launched.

This attack point is not unreasonable. It not only prevents Zhu Youtang from tilting national resources towards the general camp, but also uses it to unite all civilian officials.

After all, it is in the basic interests of their literati to emphasize culture over military affairs, and it will not be a good thing for them and their descendants once the country's resources are tilted toward military affairs.

Since the five military policies involved the departure and retention of the nine governors and generals, the relatives of these people helped to fan the flames.

Throughout the day, officials from the capital kept visiting each other, and the Xu Mansion, which had been quiet for a while, became lively again tonight.

It's just that this kind of conspiracy doesn't just stay at the top or on the surface. Li Quan, the Shaoqing of Shangbaosi, is already over sixty years old. As a result, he received an uninvited guest late at night.

When Li Quan saw the person coming, he first looked in disbelief, and then hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

The visitor was wearing a black robe, but he kept standing in the darkness. He just whispered to Li Quan, then turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

There was an early glow in the sky the next day, and the entire eastern sky looked strangely rippled.

Zhu Youtang woke up as usual, but when he opened his eyes, he couldn't help but sigh.

Even if he has suppressed Qingliu, things may get out of control with just a solar eclipse, and this morning he had to face this group of "rebels".

Since Guo Yong was handling matters, Liu Jin was serving Zhu Youtang today.

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Guo said that the matter has been settled!" Liu Jin saw the sad look on Zhu Youtang's face and stepped forward to report softly.

It can be said that Liu Jin has nothing to ask for in his current life. Not only has he become a caring person around the emperor, but he also has a surplus of monthly money to support his family.

Now he only has one thought, and that is to serve the True Dragon Emperor with all his heart and do everything the Emperor has asked him to do.

Zhu Youtang actually didn't sleep well last night, so he was still a little sleepy. Now he was closing his eyes and relaxing at the mercy of these attentive maids.

In the face of this country controlled by etiquette, let alone an earth-shattering event like a solar eclipse, even dressing yourself seems to be particular and cumbersome.

When Zhu Youtang heard the news reported by Liu Jin, he found that the only people who could really do things for him unconditionally were the loyal eunuchs around him.

"Your Majesty, please close your eyes!" A pleasant voice came, a bit gentle.

Zhu Youtang has gradually become familiar with the daily routine. When he wakes up from his absent-minded state, what comes into view is the girl in purple, with a delicate and wild face, lips, white neck, and Already buttoned.

Fan Jinling's body had the scent of a girl, and the buttons were not loose, but the small bell tied to his ankles swayed lightly when Zhu Youtang closed his eyes.

We are all adults, so some things don’t need to be said.

Zhu Youtang listened to the charming bell ringing and thought of an indescribable scene. He realized that this girl may still be a paper tiger, but she is indeed a paper tiger that can survive.

A small tabby cat moved nimbly, but it followed the sound of the bell and rushed to Fan Jinling's feet.

Fan Jinling was naturally allergic to furry things, and now his bare feet were suddenly touched. He was so frightened that he threw himself at Zhu Youtang who was sitting on the edge of the bed.

Zhu Youtang was about to open his eyes and didn't want the fragrant girl to fall into his arms. But just as he expected, the girl's body was very tender, and the buttocks that her hands touched were very curved.

"Cat? Xiaohua?"

A sharp-eyed palace maid saw the appearance of a small tabby cat that His Majesty had asked Niu Mengmeng to raise. When she was wondering why Niu Mengmeng was not locked up this morning, she looked worriedly at Zhu Youtang, who threw His Majesty on the bed.

Zhu Youtang did not expect that this girl would be so bold. Looking at the girl close at hand, this girl was indeed a paper tiger. After throwing herself down, she was so frightened that she looked like she was about to cry.

In fact, it is not the fault of Fan Jinling. This move will probably lead to execution.

"Kick the little flower out quickly!" Liu Jin noticed the little cat running in and immediately ordered.

Pan Jinling was about to come over to reprimand Pan Jinling for daring to throw down His Majesty, but when he saw that the man on the bed was already on top, he immediately understood and waved away the interfering palace maids.

After Zhu Youtang saw Pan Jinling really frightened and crying, he had no intention of executing the woman. If not for lack of time, the woman would have to die.

This is a small episode in getting up, and this morning is a bit chilly.

Since this was the first morning court in the first year of Hongzhi, and there was a major event such as a solar eclipse, all the civil and military officials from the capital came. Even Wu Xun, who had always been lazy, came to join in the fun.

Facing Zhu Youtang who had just spent some time in the dragon bed, the civil and military officials still greeted him politely: "Long live my emperor!"

There is no lack of sense of ceremony. The incense burner symbolizing thousands of miles of mountains and rivers is burned in the treasure case in front, which heralds the stability of the country. And the strong men under the white jade steps of the southern Han Dynasty were shaking their whips, shocking the civil and military officials.

Zhu Youtang looked at the civil and military officials in the square and glanced at Guo Yong.

A stern look appeared on Guo Yong's face, and he warned the civil and military officials in the square: "Today morning, we can only perform things according to the regulations, and no additional ones are allowed!"

this……

Wu Xun present couldn't help but look at each other. They came here early in the morning not to listen to this formality of the morning court, but to want the ministers' verbal quarrels.

But who would have thought that before the morning court had even begun, His Majesty had already ordered the ministers not to "make trouble."

The morning glow in the east painted the sky, and Fengtianmen Square staged an early morning dynasty with thousands of officials listening to the government.

Although many officials wanted to watch the fun, they started from the Zongren Mansion, but by the time the five ministries finished, not a single thorn jumped out.

In fact, this is reasonable. Du Ming, the Minister of Punishment, Li Si, the Minister of Household Affairs, Jia Jun, the Minister of Industry, Xu Qiong, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, and He Cong, the left minister of the Ministry of War, all belong to the imperial party.

In the morning meeting today, they all stood up to report on behalf of their own yamen, and the things they reported were all the same things that were reported yesterday in the form of copies. Naturally, it was a formality to complete the process of their respective yamen.

In order to prevent Xu Pu from acting like a monster, Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, originally had nothing to report. However, he suddenly thought that there was a shortage of supervisors in Qintian Supervisor, so he proposed that Li Hua, the former supervisor, be reinstated.

"Li Quan, Shaoqing of Shangbaosi, is here to report on Shangbaosi's behalf!" Li Quan suddenly came out and reported to Zhu Youtang.

Ma Wensheng, the former censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, led some officials to rescue the prisoner Li Min. Zhu Yonghe, the then Secretary of Shangbao Division, was implicated in the rescue and was dismissed from his post. Therefore, this young minister is now in charge of Shangbao Division.

The officials present who were ready to watch the excitement naturally had little hope for this marginalized middle-level official. After all, such a person had a humble position and was unlikely to create any waves.

Zhu Youtang looked at the little old man in front of him who had obvious problems with his eyes, and said calmly according to the procedure: "Yes!"

"Your Majesty, the solar eclipse is a warning from God that your majesty has lost his moral integrity and lost power! Today's eclipse is due to your majesty's change in the Yuan Dynasty. The crux is not government affairs, but the deviation of the legal system! When Emperor Jing was in trouble, he was ordered to stay in charge of the throne. People's hearts are those who have the power to do things right. They are committed to appointing talents, striving for political excellence, and the strong bandits have penetrated deeply and the clan is safe. They have made great achievements again. They are the virtuous emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Today, Emperor Jing is thirty-one. "Although the late emperor regained his imperial title, he still had a posthumous title but no temple title. Therefore, please give Emperor Jingtai a temple title and welcome him into the Ancestral Temple!" Li Quan took out the memorial and presented it, and announced the event loudly.

As soon as these words came out, all the officials present were stunned and turned their heads to look at the Shang Baosi Shaoqing in disbelief. They never expected that the old man would throw such a bomb.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, the most dramatic emperor was undoubtedly Zhu Youtang's grandfather, Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen.

It was usually the case when someone else was captured as an emperor, but not only did he successfully return from the enemy camp, but he also regained the throne he had lost.

It is said that after Zhu Qizhen was captured by the Mongols, the throne fell to his younger brother Zhu Qiyu. Although he was sent back, the ministers had already recognized the new master, and he naturally became an overlord under house arrest.

Fortunately, Zhu Qiyu suddenly became seriously ill when he was thirty years old. Since he had no heirs at the time, Zhu Qizhen successfully restored the throne with the push of many speculative politicians.

After Zhu Qizhen regained the throne, he deposed Zhu Qiyu, who died suddenly of illness, as King Xi, and gave him the posthumous title "Rou". He was buried in Xishan, Beijing, as a prince.

After Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen succeeded to the throne, some officials began to feel resentful for Zhu Qiyu, but Zhu Jianshen did not seem to have any deep hatred for this uncle.

In the eleventh year of Chenghua, Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen issued an edict to restore the imperial title of his uncle Zhu Qiyu, and renamed his posthumous title as "Emperor Gongren Kang Dingjing".

The matter was considered to be complete at this point. After all, Zhu Qiyu had regained his imperial title and enjoyed the burial treatment of the Ming Emperor.

"Where did you get those bastard words? You asked His Majesty to give the emperor Jing a temple name. Is it because your brain is filled with feces?" Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang, stood up first and scolded the old man.

Xu Qiong, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, and other officials were startled by the angry voice, but when they saw that it was Sun Ming, a relative, they realized that even though they were still facing their own family, they were still facing their own family.

"The lower official is just telling the truth, why is the Marquis of Huichang talking so much? It's so insulting!" Li Quan frowned slightly and immediately accused him.

"Li Shaoqing, you are trying to disrupt the patriarchal clan, and you should be punished!" Zhang Sheng, a scholar at the Hanlin Academy, knew the stakes involved, so he stood up and sternly criticized.

Li Quan seemed completely unafraid, but he suddenly looked at the stone lion on the left and said: "Emperor Jing is wise and virtuous. Now God is giving you a warning. I am honoring him with the name of the temple. I am willing to die to remonstrate with him!"

With that said, before anyone else could react, Dangzhi rushed towards the stone lion.

"Stop him!" Zhu Youtang smelled the conspiracy and immediately ordered to stop him.

Many people in later generations unilaterally believed that Xianzong's vindication of Emperor Jingtai was not complete. The posthumous titles of Ming Dynasty emperors generally had 15 characters, while Zhu Qiyu only had 5 characters and no temple name.

It's just that Xianzong didn't omit the lack of a temple name, but it was inevitable.

In this country that pays attention to etiquette, the inheritance of legal traditions is not something that can be messed with casually.

Like the King of Chu lineage, they did not respect King Dong'an as the King of Chu, but directly let Zhu Jundu inherit the throne of Chu alone and become the new large lineage, while his younger brother Zhu Junyu succeeded to the throne of Dong'an and continued the small lineage.

His grandfather Zhu Youtang, Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, was the eldest son of Zhu Zhanji, Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, and the first heir to the sixth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. This was the legal succession.

His father Zhu Jianshen also succeeded to the throne from the Yingzong as the first heir, and Zhu Youtang also succeeded to the throne through the legal line. This is their royal family lineage.

Now they can give Zhu Xiang the title of Emperor Qiyu and recognize him as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but once they give Zhu Qiyu the title of Emperor Qiyu, it will be equivalent to inheriting Zhu Qiyu's legal status.

In this way, his grandfather Zhu Qizhen's later restoration can only be regarded as "brother succeeds brother", so their lineage is already "small sect succeeds big sect" in terms of etiquette and law.

Although both Xiaozong and Dazong succeeded him to the throne, it was clear that Zhu Youtang was the Dazong in terms of rituals, but in the end he had to recognize Zhu Qiyu as the Dazong, and their lineage was reduced to Xiaozong. This is not crazy. Behavior?

Zhu Youtang didn't know whether the old man really missed Emperor Jingtai's kindness, or was using the solar eclipse to create flaws in the legitimacy of his succession, but he was undoubtedly an unfaithful minister.

It's just that now he can't really let this old man complete his death sentence. Once this old man is really killed under a stone lion, then the solar eclipse will really be related to the appointment of Emperor Jing's temple.

"Emperor Jingtai, the minister is here!" Li Quan looked at the round chest muscles of the stone lion, but resolutely bumped into it and said.

boom!

Just when Li Quan was about to hit him, a fat figure suddenly appeared next to him. When he hit Li Quan, he was knocked away by his size advantage.

ah?

When the officials saw this, they felt both surprised and regretful.

If Li Quan really insists on admonishing here, then today's matter will be very serious, and it will even start a legal battle, which will make them get out of bed and watch the show.

But unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin suddenly appeared on the way, but Li Quan, who was about to remonstrate to death, was knocked away.

"Take him down!" Guo Yong immediately ordered the arrest when he saw Li Quan falling on the side.

The two Jinyi guards quickly stepped forward and picked up the skinny old man like a chicken. They did not expect that someone actually dared to commit suicide.

Chen Kun, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, looked at Li Quan who was knocked away by him, and silently breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't help but look up at Zhu Youtang.

"Why did Chen Qing react so quickly?" Zhu Youtang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and cast an approving look at Chen Shen who had made a great contribution.

Chen Kun was actually a little confused about his behavior, but he immediately showed his signature smile like Maitreya Buddha and said: "I just heard His Majesty's instructions, so I don't dare to delay for even a moment!"

Charming party! Traitor!

Liu Jian and others were quite displeased with Chen Kun, who had risen to power through opportunism. Now that he saw the fat man with a flattering smile on his face, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Chen Qing, you did a good job, go back to work!" Zhu Youtang said with a smile when he was satisfied with Chen Kun.

He found that it was really important to promote people from the middle and lower levels. These people would step forward when encountering problems, instead of just standing there stupidly like other senior officials.

Chen Kun secretly felt lucky that he had just reacted in time and said respectfully: "I obey the order!"

"Li Shaoqing, who ordered you?" Zhu Youtang looked at Li Quan who had been arrested and felt an inexplicable anger welling up in his heart.

If it were the Chenghua Dynasty, there might really be a die-hard loyalist of Emperor Jingtai, but now that thirty-one years have passed, this person will only be a pawn used by others to cause trouble.

Fortunately, Chen Kun stopped it for him just now. Once Li Quan is really allowed to die under the stone lion, many people will interpret this solar eclipse according to Li Quan's way.

Although this interpretation of the solar eclipse will not shake his throne, it will undoubtedly cause flaws in the legal system of his lineage, which may be exploited by interested people in the future.

I have to say that the battle in this court is far more complicated and thrilling than I imagined, but we cannot underestimate the ability of some thoughtful people to find opportunities to exploit every opportunity.

Li Quan met Zhu Youtang's angry gaze and said very proudly: "Your Majesty, this is your true intention of changing the celestial image of the solar eclipse. I just said it..."

"Shut up! Do you think I am a three-year-old child? Who ordered you to tell me? I will spare your life if you tell me!" Zhu Youtang interrupted rudely when he saw that the little old man was unwilling to confess.

Li Quan was not frightened. Instead, he sneered and said: "I am not afraid of death, so why should I be afraid of death? Three generations of your ancestors and grandchildren have lost their way and never come back. However, God's will is clear. If you don't respect Emperor Jingtai, God will send you away!"

"Gang...stop his mouth!" Guo Yong listened to Li Quan's disrespectful words, turned his head and glanced at the angry Zhu Youtang, and ordered him on his own initiative.

Zhu Youtang was not angry at the old man's disrespect, but because he hated the gang of traitorous ministers hiding in the dark. He said to the civil and military officials below: "Where is the Young Minister of Dali Temple?"

"I'm here!" Song Cheng, who was wearing a fourth-grade official uniform, walked out of the crowd of ministers and said seriously.

Zhu Youtang glanced at Li Quan who was gagged, and then issued an instruction: "When you bring the person back to Dali Temple, I must interrogate the person behind it!"

"I accept the order!" Song Cheng turned his head and glanced at Li Quan, feeling that there might be something more to this, so he said seriously.

Li Quan was taken to Dali Temple, and the minor turmoil seemed to have calmed down. It's just that Zhu Youtang ordered Song Cheng, the young minister of Dali Temple, to investigate. He undoubtedly did not intend to give up, but to dig out the mastermind behind the incident.

It's just that today's morning meeting was not destined to end hastily. After Li Quan was taken away, Cheng Minzheng, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy on behalf of the Hanlin Academy, came out to make a speech.

As the Qingming Festival approaches, there are a lot of things going on, so I have temporarily changed the daily update to 5,000 words.