Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 249 The King of Tan passed away and the concubine killed herself

The weather is cold, and people's hearts are colder than the weather.

So it was only after noon, and Zhu Qiyu had already got into bed and lay down.

Fortunately, most of the emperor's cronies have the good quality of letting go and doing their own work.

In Fengtian Hall, Chen Xun, Wang Wen and other cabinet ministers had summoned all the princes, county kings, and princes-in-law in Beijing according to the emperor's instructions, and conveyed the emperor's oral instructions.

After hearing this, all the royal family members looked at each other in blank dismay.This is the first time I heard that there was a case where the royal relatives gathered in Fengtian Hall to discuss changing the emperor together.

In the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" formulated by Taizu, there is a regulation that if the vassal king has a major fault, the emperor can call the clan to discuss how to deal with it.

But this is only limited to dealing with feudal princes, not the emperor.

Although the current emperor has been holding on to his status as King of Qi and refuses to let go, the clansmen present did not dare to treat the emperor as a vassal.

Besides, not only did the emperor make no mistakes, but he just made an indelible achievement.Then what are you still discussing? If you really discuss changing the emperor, wouldn't it be a mass rebellion.

So the feudal kings all whispered and watched each other, but no one stood up to express their opinions.

Seeing this, Wang Wen had to call names: "His Royal Highness, His Majesty personally gave two plans, one is that the crown prince succeeds, and you come to supervise the country. The other is that you will directly ascend the throne as the emperor and rule the country. I don't know what His Highness thinks. How about next?"

King Xiang definitely hoped that the crown prince would succeed him, but he didn't dare to say so, so he could only reply: "The supreme position is beyond the discretion of the courtiers, please discuss it with the empress dowager, Your Majesty.

The widow only acts in accordance with the imperial edict and has no other ideas. "

Wang Wen saw that King Xiang was very rude in his speech, but he couldn't find any faults, so he turned to ask King Min again.

Although King Min is the same as King Tan, just looking at the title of the king, you can tell that he is a very disrespectful prince.However, King Min is the only surviving son of the Taizu, so now he is quite respected by the court, and he has the right to speak in this court meeting, but it is ranked ahead of the kings of Qin and Jin.

King Min gave a concise and clear answer: "The position of heaven has been fixed, how can it be changed again. The throne is not a plaything, how can it be handed over endlessly."

After King Min finished speaking, King Shu immediately echoed.

But that's all, the other princes and county kings didn't speak at all.If you ask hard, everyone will say the same thing as King Xiang: We just follow the order, whether it is the emperor's order or the queen mother's order, we will do both, and we will obey.

So the court discussion froze like this, except for Min King and Shu King, the rest of the vassal kings just refused to publicly admit that the throne had been determined, but everyone did not really discuss changing the emperor.

Anyway, the law does not blame the public, and everyone either keeps quiet or speaks about him.

Wang Wen has a thorough understanding of the emperor's mind, and he is not in a hurry.

A group of people spent the whole afternoon, but they didn't come up with any ideas, so they had to separate.

There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the next day, Zhu Qiyu got up early and rushed to the Prince's Mansion again.

As soon as Zhu Qiyu sat down in the main hall, Menda presented his confession.

After looking through it carefully, Zhu Qiyu himself felt a little overwhelmed.

Poisoning the prince is not something that one or two eunuchs and court ladies can do on a whim.

So Zhu Qiyu handed the confession back, and told Menda: "Keep the confession well, and take good care of the palace people involved. When Zhengdan reigns, I will discuss this matter with civil and military officials in Fengtian Palace."

Menda asked cautiously: "Then what do you do with Princess Yi?"

Zhu Qiyu thought about it for a while before replying: "House arrest, locked in her own room and guarded by Jin Yiwei."

The matter was put down like this, Zhu Qiyu returned home, thanked the guests behind closed doors, and waited quietly for the start of the Zhengdan Dynasty.

In the capital, an undercurrent is raging.Inside and outside the government and the public, people are panicking.

Two days later, in the afternoon of December 27, Zhu Qiyu had eaten and was about to take a nap.Then came the news from the personal guard that King Tan had passed away.

Zhu Qiyu quickly picked up the concubine and rushed to Prince Yi's mansion together. As soon as he entered the inner room, he heard Hang's crying heartbreakingly.

The two comforted for a long time, but Hang still passed out from crying.

With a gloomy face, the concubine went out to the outer hall and ordered the guards to kill all the maids and eunuchs in the palace.

Liu Chang took the order and really wanted to carry it out.Zhu Qiyu quickly came out to stop her, and persuaded the concubine: "Mother and concubine calm down, most of them are innocent, send them some money and send them home."

The concubine snorted coldly, and went back to the inner room.

Zhu Qiyu ordered to the ministers who rushed over: "Call the court meeting immediately, and all the princes, county kings, nobles, fifth-rank and above civil and military officials in Beijing will participate."

Chen Xun and others hurriedly took orders and left.

The emperor was really angry, and it only took an hour for all the officials to gather in Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Qiyu entered Fengtian Hall, and did not sit on the dragon chair, but said to everyone coldly: "I asked you to elect a new emperor before, and I don't know if there is any result.

Anyway, the widow was ordered to take the throne temporarily because of the crisis.Ask yourself that although there is no merit, there is still a little bit of hard work.

When resisting Oirats and defending the capital, they were conscientious and never slack off.

Now Wala has been hit hard, and the siege of Beijing has been lifted.It is useless for the widow to stay in the capital, but if you want the widow to abdicate, you can write a letter and say so.

Why do you have to come to this point, I don't know what crime I have committed, so that you insist on my family dying? "

When the officials heard the words, they knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Okay, that's it, I officially announce my abdication, let's have fun, you can do whatever you like in the future, it's none of my business."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Qiyu flicked his sleeves and was about to leave.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the ministers knelt down to persuade him.

But most of the vassal kings still knelt on the ground indifferently, just kneeling and pretending.

Seeing that the vassal king refused to express his position, the ministers completely gave up the idea of ​​persuading the vassal king.

Chen Xun and Wang Wen stood up and expressed their position on behalf of the ministers: "The position of heaven has been determined, and the subjects of the world have their hearts to His Majesty, and will never accept other people to rule the world.

Please don't resign, Your Majesty. As for harming the prince, you should punish the nine clans to make a warning to others. "

Zhu Qiyu didn't speak, just flicked his sleeves and went home.

Unexpectedly, in the early morning of the second day, even more sensational news spread throughout the capital.

After experiencing the pain of bereavement, Hang Shi, the princess of King Yi, chose to commit suicide in order to seek relief.

The upright and stubborn Concubine Tan, unable to bear the humiliation, set herself on fire in her dormitory in order to avoid suspicion from the government and the public.But the two princesses were killed by the fire because of the strong wind that night.

This stone hit a thousand waves in an instant.

There were many discussions in the ruling and opposition parties.

In just a few days, the emperor suffered several blows and lost many relatives.

　I'm not in the state today, I will add more tomorrow.I have to write faster and strive for an early million
　　
　
(End of this chapter)