Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 729 King Ning
"Is our Zhang family dead?"

"Isn't Xiao Jiu your own nephew?"

"Are you still my big brother?"

in the palace.

Empress Zhang faced her elder brother Zhang Guojun and uncle Mao Youlun who came to persuade her to resign, her face turned pale with anger, and she was almost out of breath. She, who was always gentle, widened her eyes and yelled at her brother.

Zhang Guojun sighed, "Calm down first, if you could have listened to a few words of persuasion from me at the beginning, it wouldn't be the case now, but now that you have reached this point, it is useless to regret it."

The queen was even angrier, "What benefit did he give you?"

Zhang Guojun smiled awkwardly, "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about you and the Ninth Prince, and the matter has come to this point, you have to consider the Ninth Prince, don't you really have the heart to see the Ninth Prince who is only so young being abolished?" For common people?"

Mao Youlun sat on the side and kept silent. He didn't want to come, but he had to.

Before the emperor summoned them, Ma Jixiang from Jinyiwei came to visit them first, and Ma Jixiang came to the door, so naturally nothing good happened.He carried two boxes to Zhang Guojun, which were filled with some illegal matters related to Zhang Guojun and the Zhang family in Ningbo.

But big or small, they are all handles.

If Jin Yiwei handles it impartially, he only needs to send these things to several major newspapers, first lift the cover and then ferment a wave of public opinion. It's hard to escape.

If the emperor came to say that he would handle it impartially, the Zhang family would be finished.

The situation of Mao Youlun and the Mao family is better than that of the Zhang family, but he is in the army, his status is sensitive, and he is the queen's uncle. If some things in the family are nitpicking, they will naturally not stand up to investigation, especially his second son. Using the banner of his relatives, he contracted and operated many mines in violation of regulations, and there are many problems in this.

Even his wife killed a concubine with a stick, which is also a crime of homicide.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, if a servant is guilty of a crime, if the parents and grandparents of the parents are beaten to death without suing the lawsuit, the stick will be [-].Those who kill without guilt will be punished with sixty sticks for one year, and all the people in the house will be released and be good.

Ma Jixiang came to the door and spoke nicely, only saying that the two families should check and correct themselves and restrain their children.

This is left leeway.

Then the emperor summoned the two men separately, and named Mao Youlun Marquis of Shaoxing and Zhang Guojun Marquis of Ningbo. He even chose Mao Youlun's eldest son's daughter and Zhang Guojun's daughter to enter the East Palace together as prince concubines.

Prince Zhu Hongjia recently exchanged letters with Zhang Huangyan's daughter, and the relationship has become a lot closer, and the marriage has basically been settled.

After the emperor moved the capital, he was going to formally make an engagement for the crown prince. At that time, the crown prince would be engaged to Zhang Huangyan's daughter, Zhang Jinghui. At the same time, he would also make engagements for Wang Zhiren's son, Wang Mingqian's daughter, Zhang Mingzhen's daughter, Zhang Guojun's daughter, Mao Youlun's granddaughter, and one concubine and four concubines. .

This can also be regarded as Zhu Yihai's compensation to the Zhang and Mao families. He abolished Queen Zhang, but allowed the women from the Zhang and Mao families of Queen Xiao Zhang's natal family to enter the East Palace as concubines.

It's a deal.

If Mao Youlun and Zhang Guojun had a way, of course they would not accept it, but the current situation is stronger than others, and the emperor actually didn't give them a choice.

When things got to this point, there was nothing they could do, especially Zhang Guojun who was the first to compromise.

Don't look at this uncle of the country who is usually very chic, but he doesn't have much power. At the beginning of the uprising, he was originally a Conglong Yuanxun, but later he accepted bribes and sold his officials, and was directly kicked out of the court by the emperor, leaving him a lifelong earl To be an uncle of a wealthy country, even if the business is doing well, it is all taken care of by the emperor.

Empress Zhang looked at her brother and uncle in despair, thinking that they were the solid backing of her natal family, but who knew they came to persuade her to resign due to illness.

Trembling with anger, he could only cry in despair in the end.

Zhang Guojun said impatiently, "Okay, now that things have come to an end, don't make any more troubles. You know who that person is better than us. You don't have the ability to keep the status of the Ninth Prince, but you directly seal him as a slave." I've done it all, and now the emperor is angry again, so please calm down, and don't let any more accidents happen."

Empress Zhang turned her head away, she didn't want to pay attention to this so-called natal brother. At the beginning, her father and brother had the full power to marry her to King Lu who fled south as his successor. Now after persuading her to resign, they didn't think about their own feelings at all. , just taking into account their own interests.

Sending herself to the palace is for wealth and honor, but now she is asked to resign to keep them rich and honor.

Queen Zhang even thought of dying.

The feeling of being abandoned by the whole world.

But when I finally thought of those young sons, I couldn't bear it.

"Okay, I'll write it, I'll write the abdication list!"

Empress Zhang, who was extremely desperate and disheartened, took a pen to resign from the empress position.

After writing the list of resignations, the queen turned her head and left without saying a word to them.

Zhang Guojun looked at his sister, sighed, but still followed, "There is one more thing, His Majesty said that you should rest in peace first, I hope you will give the two princesses Lanling and Yongjia to Concubine Chen and Concubine Ruan respectively, The Eldest Princess and the Fifth Princess are now also accompanied by two noble concubines, and they also have a companion.

Also, His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince, His Majesty must personally bring him by his side to teach him. "

Queen Zhang didn't look back, but her shoulders were twitching.

"If he wants me to die, why bother? Just ask you to give me three feet of white silk or a pot of gold shavings?"

Zhang Guojun persuaded, "Don't think about it too much. Those three children were born to you, but aren't they also His Majesty's flesh and blood? Your Majesty is also afraid that you will not be able to take good care of them for the time being. You can rest in the palace and think about the children. Go and see."

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Shaotian five years in February.

Empress Xiaozhang came up to the table, saying that she was seriously ill and could not lead the Six Palaces, please resign her post and rest in peace, the emperor refused several times, the empress strongly resigned, and finally agreed.

Declare the world.

Empress Zhang resigned and gave Jing'an Immortal Master to live and practice in another palace, with no reduction in treatment.

Elder brother Zhang Guojun was enfeoffed as Marquis of Ningbo in Jin Dynasty and enfeoffed in the world. Uncle Mao Youlun was enfeoffed as Marquis of Shaoxing in Jin Dynasty and enfeoffed in the world.

The nine princes, Yongning County Wang Hongzhi, were renamed King Ning.

When the edict came out, the world was shocked.

After Queen Zhang was abolished, the emperor did not establish a fifth queen.The four queens he established were originally married to the Zhang family, continued to marry the Zhou family, and then continued to marry the Zhang family, and later named the prince's biological mother Chen, three died and one was abolished.

The harem is presided over by Concubine Chen, the daughter of Chen Hanhui, the birth mother of the fifth prince, and Ruan Guifei, the daughter of Ruan Dacheng, the birth mother of the thirteenth prince.

This is a big deal, but it's nothing compared to the fact that the imperial court is about to move the capital to Beijing.

After all, today's personal prestige is so high, this kind of harem matter is not so important.Those who are smarter have already seen that this matter is essentially a follow-up to the establishment of the eldest prince as the crown prince. To abolish Empress Xiao Zhang is also equivalent to abolishing the position of the first son of the Ninth Prince.

The nine princes suddenly descended to King Yongning before, but now that the empress has abdicated, she has returned to be the prince instead. This couldn't be more obvious.

Of course, some people felt sorry for Empress Xiao Zhang, and some even felt unfair for the Ninth Prince.

However, officials in the court, especially important ministers, especially the generals in the army, expressed their support for this matter. The reason is simple. Although this matter is not fair to Queen Zhang and the Ninth Prince, but since the First Prince was established, While the Ninth Prince is still young, it is also in the country's interest to eliminate this last hidden danger.

Zhu Yihai took the prince to meet Queen Zhang in person, but she still refused to see them, but Zhu Yihai still took the three children away.

He put the Ninth Prince in his own palace to raise him, and took it with him when he was free. When he was not free, he was taken care of by the servants of the palace around him, and he also let the prince get closer to him when he was free.

This can be regarded as a little compensation for Xiao Jiu.

There was no big disturbance after the abolishment, the emperor's prestige, and the prince's virtuous name, coupled with the lack of power and courage of the descendants, finally made this matter pass quickly.

February is still very busy.

The court envoys from all over the country returned to their places one after another, and some foreign envoys were still in Beijing.

It was not smooth for the Ming Dynasty to mobilize Yarkand and Oirat in the western regions. Yarkand asked Oirat to return the captured Turpan, Hami and other places, and also hoped that the Ming Dynasty would return the four guards in Kansai that took the opportunity to occupy.

But Junggar wanted to draw Daming to occupy Chashuli, and also wanted Oqiertuchechen Khan to hand over both Turpan and Hami to him. He was willing to use some other pastures in the northern Tianshan Mountains as compensation.

This year, Kazakh Yang Jier Khan also sent envoys, but they have deep grievances with Junggar. They hope that Ming can restrain Junggar, and they also hope to trade with Daming.

The Torghuts, one of the four tribes of Oirat on the banks of the Volga, traveled thousands of miles to pay tribute, hoping to buy more guns, artillery, gunpowder, etc. from Ming to deal with the Tsarist Russians.

Several families are looking for Zhu Yihai, and they all want to pull up Zhu Yihai's banner to seize the hegemony of the Western Regions.

Zhu Yihai wanted to balance all parties, and it would be best if no one was strong.

He not only wanted to maintain the balance of power in the Western Regions, but also wanted to restore the Silk Road and increase the volume of trade in the Western Regions. After the year Zhu Yihai organized several meetings, from the four Oirat tribes, to the later Yarkand, and then to the Kazakhs, and the westward migration Turhut, and Heshuote who entered Qinghai-Tibet were pulled together.

Even in the end, the three tribes of Mobei Mongolia were also brought in for discussion.

The main thing is to talk about demarcation, and everyone should stop fighting. For this reason, Zhu Yihai even found their common enemy Tsarist Russia. Tsarist Russia is extremely aggressive and has been expanding eastward, from Turghut on the Volga River to the Kazakh Khan The Kingdom and the Oirat four tribes, as well as the Khalkha Mongolia in Mobei, were all attacked by Tsarist Russia at this time.

After being squeezed by the Junggar in the Western Regions, Turhut moved westward angrily, and went to the Volga River Basin in the Caspian Sea, which had a great impact on the Tatar tribes after the disintegration of the Golden Horde Khanate. These Tatar tribes, They are no longer the same thing as the Mongolian Tatars. They are a new ethnic group born after the Mongolian descendants in the Golden Horde converted to the Crescent religion and mixed with the surrounding Turkic and Slavic ethnic groups.

Before Turghut moved to the west, warlords in the Volga River valley fought, resulting in a separatist regime called the Astrakhan Khanate. They were the descendants of Jochi, the eldest son of Genghis Khan. Trahan stands on his own.

Later, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which was also separated from the Golden Horde, expanded to the Volga River Basin. Astrakhan first surrendered to them, and then turned to the Crimean Khanate, a Tatar force also from the Golden Horde. and Nogai Khanate.

Later, the Russian Tsar sent troops to destroy the wall grass Astrakhan, but had limited control over the grasslands around the Volga River, so it was controlled by the Nogai people. Gai is actually the same word, but the Chinese translation is different.

Nogai and Crimea fought against Tsarist Russia together, but the Nogai people were not strong.

Torghut was squeezed by Junggar in the Western Regions, so he sent people to look for new pastures, and discovered the richness of the Volga grassland, but the Nogai people were not strong.

In the end, he and Orlek decided to move westward, leaving this old land that was constantly invaded by Tsarist Russia, had constant internal strife, and was still suffering from disasters and famines.

The tribes of Heshuote, Duerbert, Huite, and even some Junggar tribes also moved westward together, and eventually 25 households and [-] people moved westward.

They left the Torghut base camp Tarbahar (Tacheng) and moved westward, first to the northwest and then to the southwest. After two years, they defeated many Tatars along the way, and finally arrived in the Volga River Basin. Defeated the Nogai there and settled there.

Some of the Nogais belonged to Turghut, while some moved westward to join the Crimean Khanate. As a result, several wars broke out between Turghut and Crimea.

And three years ago, the leader of Turghut and Orlek were defeated in the war with Tsarist Russia, and their vitality was seriously injured.

Ten years after their westward migration, they lived a relatively stable life. They established the Torghut Khanate with Orlek. Composed of nobles, it is the highest decision-making authority to help them handle state affairs.

However, Mikhail Fedorovich, the first tsar of the Russian Romanov dynasty, regarded them as a threat and restricted their trade and nomadism. In retaliation with Orlek, he moved the tooth tent to Astrakhan. Nearby, it threatens the trade between Tsarist Russia.

As a result, the relationship became more tense and deteriorated. A few years later, in order to fight for trade rights, he moved the Yazhang to the town of Kabarda, which is closer to the Russian hinterland such as Kazan and Kiev.

War broke out between the two sides.

He and Orlek assembled 180,000 young and middle-aged people from all the Khanates and launched an attack on Astrakhan. As a result, the Tsarist Russian army ambushed. As a result, Torghut suffered heavy casualties. Ke and his two sons were killed in battle.

It is said that in this battle, Turghut dispatched 180,000 troops, and the result was a crushing defeat.

And Orlek's son Shu Kurdaiqing succeeded to the throne in danger. After the battle, Torghut was seriously injured and had to return to the grassland to lick his wounds. Tsarist Russia did not have the strength to directly control the grasslands in the Volga River Basin, so the two sides lived in peace for the time being. nothing.

Turghuts paid tribute to Tsarist Russia in exchange for temporary peace, but all Turghuts are full of shame.

The defeat three years ago, Turhut has not recovered yet, Shuku Erdaiqing is very active in wooing Daming, not only sending envoys to pay tribute, but also taking the initiative to send his sister and daughter to marry him, and sending his nephew to join him. As a pledge, he sent tribute.

They hope to get weapons support from Daming, especially firearms, and are willing to trade them.Although they still regularly participate in Oirat's alliance, they actually do not participate in the affairs of the alliance.

The Tsarist Russians wanted the Turghuts to convert to the Orthodox Church, forced them to pay more tribute, and even asked them to send troops to fight for Tsarist Russia. The oppression of Tsarist Russia was getting bigger and bigger, and they urgently needed to strengthen their arms.

(End of this chapter)