Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 242
Zhu Qiyu realized that he had underestimated his current authority too much.

I thought that there would be quite a few people claiming to be sick, but I didn't expect that after all, no ministers, vassal kings, or nobles dared to openly fight the emperor.

The emperor in the early Ming Dynasty was already extremely powerful, otherwise Zhu Qizhen would not have been able to take only five days from the decision to conscript himself to the actual departure.

In addition, the heads of more than 8 tiles chopped off by Zhu Qiyu were actually placed outside Xizhimen, and all the local dignitaries and vassal princes who came to Beijing saw it with their own eyes.

Three months ago, Yexian, who was still invincible in life, has been turned into a bereaved dog by the emperor in a blink of an eye.

That's an army of [-]. The princes weighed their own strengths and knew that they couldn't gather an army comparable to Yexian.

At least for now, none of the princes has any plans to raise troops to calm the situation.

Even though the emperor had publicly expressed his desire to restore Empress Hu, none of the princes wanted Jing Nan.

Even though the emperor recognized his concubine under the name of Marquis Wu Ding, and his desire to become a prince had begun to show, none of the princes was interested in raising troops and Jing Nan.

Emperor Jianwen became like that, and Taizong's Jing Nan won very difficult and dangerous.

Today's emperor has proved to the world with his great victory in the defense of the capital that Emperor Jingtai is at least ten times stronger than Jianwen.

But the current princes think that their talents are far inferior to Emperor Taizong's, so what's the point of this difficulty.Is there any other ending besides being killed all over the house?
Zhu Qiyu sat in the chariot and drank hot tea, while the others stood in the cold wind and waited quietly.

The princes gathered together, and King Xiang looked in the direction of the chariot with complicated eyes.

In fact, from a rational point of view, King Xiang also knows that the current situation is all caused by Zhu Qizhen's recklessness and ignorance, and Zhu Qiyu's ascension to the top position is not only a helpless move, but also the only feasible solution.

Although King Xiang is the son of Renzong and has the theoretical right of succession, King Xiang is far from actually inheriting the throne.

After the change of Tumubao, from the standpoint of Empress Dowager Sun, she may not have really considered letting King Xiang succeed to the throne.

As for the ministers, they never even thought about letting King Xiang inherit the great rule.The proof is: all the ministers overwhelmingly demanded that Zhu Qiyu succeed to the throne, and no minister even proposed that King Xiang succeed to the throne.

Don't look down on King Xiang, but are you really trying to take two steps towards the emperor's throne?See if the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty kills you, it's over.

The first choice of the ministers is definitely to let the emperor stay in Xuanzong's line. How could it be possible to transfer the emperor's line to Xiangwang's line when Xuanzong still has descendants? Isn't that purely wrong medicine?

So after Zhu Qizhen was captured, the successor was either Zhu Qiyu or Zhu Jianshen.

Considering the situation at that time, it was not allowed to appoint a three-year-old child as emperor, and Zhu Qiyu was the only candidate for emperor.

Therefore, there is no problem with Zhu Qiyu's succession in terms of legal principles: it is not about seizing power or usurping the throne, but for the sake of the country, the people of the world, and the ancestors. Zhu Qiyu had to take the blame.

This is also the reason why Zhu Qiyu could ask for various arbitrary prices before and after succeeding to the throne.

As the only candidate to carry this big black pot, Zhu Qiyu asked the ministers for some settling expenses, isn't that too much?

Just when everyone had different thoughts, the carriage of Soochow County King finally appeared in everyone's sight.

Zhu Qiyu got out of the chariot and stood at the front with a smile on his face.

Hu Wei, Minister of Rites, Wu Jin, Marquis of Gongshun, and Zhao Rong, Uncle Xincheng, were sent to welcome the King of Dongwu and the King of West Wu.But the family of the king of Xiwu County did not want to get involved in trouble anymore, and chose to live in Fengyang temporarily, so only the family of the king of Dongwu County came to Beijing this time.

The carriage slowly drove up to Zhu Qiyu. Hu Wei, Wu Jin, Zhao Rong and others saluted the emperor first, and then respectfully invited Zhu Wengui, king of Soochow County, to get off the carriage.

The soft curtain of the carriage was lifted, and the 48-year-old Zhu Wengui stepped out of the carriage.

Zhu Qiyu enthusiastically stepped forward and personally supported her.

He was imprisoned in Fengyang when he was two years old. At this time, Zhu Wengui had been imprisoned for 47 years.Due to his constant isolation from the world, Zhu Wengui understands almost nothing.

And Zhu Qiyu seldom wore dragon robes, so Zhu Wengui didn't even recognize that the young man in front of him was the emperor.

After getting off the carriage and stopping at the station, Hu Wei reminded from the side: "Jun Wang, you should salute the emperor."

Zhu Qiyu quickly waved his hands, and sighed sadly: "No need, Uncle Wang has suffered so much for so many years. The Taizu said that all descendants of the Zhu family should remember the friendship of their relatives.

However, our fourth house and the head house are brothers and sisters, and every time I think about it, I feel heartbroken.It should be me and Uncle Wang making an apology. "

After finishing speaking, Zhu Qiyu bowed deeply to Zhu Wengui.

Zhu Wengui was ignorant of his words, called His Majesty, but couldn't say anything else, just choked up and wept.

Zhu Qiyu comforted him: "Don't be sad, Uncle Wang. In the future, Qi Yu will take care of Uncle Wang with all his heart, and won't let Uncle Wang suffer any grievances."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Qiyu turned his head and said to the crowd: "All my lovers, please pay homage to Uncle Wang with the royal ceremony."

A group of the emperor's cronies did not hesitate when they heard the words, and fell to their knees.

This group of relatives also felt relieved: Don't you Shanghuang sects talk about orthodoxy all day long, and babble endlessly.Well now, the real orthodox lineage of Taizu is right in front of you, please.

Most of the civil servants, generals, and nobles knelt down, and the remaining small number of nobles and most of the county kings felt that it was meaningless to argue hard, so they knelt down one after another.

As for the prince present, there is no need to kneel down.

Zhu Qiyu introduced Zhu Wengui one by one to the top civil and military ministers and honorable royal relatives present, and then boarded the chariot hand in hand with him.

Zhu Wengui rode with the emperor, surrounded by [-] relatives along the way, and entered the Forbidden City mightily.

Then a banquet was held in Fengtian Hall, accompanied by all the officials, which was extremely grand.

After the banquet, all the officials dispersed, and Zhu Qiyu personally accompanied Zhu Wengui to see the Queen Mother Sun.

At this time, Empress Dowager Sun, Concubine Wu, Empress Zhou, Concubine Wan Chen, Concubine Wang and Concubine Hang were all waiting in the Palace of Compassion.

Empress Dowager Sun has been extremely depressed these past few days, she can't sleep soundly, she can't eat well, and she can't breathe well. It's a depression visible to the naked eye.

As the saying goes, one step is wrong, every step is wrong.

The source of everything is that Zhu Qizhen insisted on conquering himself, but in the end he was defeated and captured, and lost the throne.

Now the righteousness and fame are in the hands of Zhu Qiyu, causing the emperor's faction to be tied up and unable to do anything.

Zhu Qiyu wants to restore Empress Hu's position, and now the public opinion overwhelmingly supports Empress Hu's restoration, the general trend has come.

This is the most straightforward slap in the face of Queen Mother Sun, but Queen Mother Sun still can't find a way to fight back, so she can only be wronged and give in repeatedly.

Coupled with the fact that Marquis Wuding recognized his daughter, it meant that the emperor would completely cut off Wang's hope of becoming a queen.

Now there is Zhu Wengui, the king of Soochow County, and now it's all right. It seems that the only remaining orthodoxy of the Shanghuang faction will be suppressed by the emperor.

Empress Dowager Sun couldn't find a good way to fight back for every means of the emperor.The most important thing is that the palace is also completely messed up, and most of the eunuchs and maids are ready to move and want to vote for a new master.

This is the real people's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead.

(End of this chapter)