Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 253 Empress Hu restores the emperor's adoptive ministers to express their views

This was good in the early Ming Dynasty, the emperor's authority was really great.

Xuan, Ying, Dai, and Xian were four consecutive generations of emperors, and three of them changed queens, and no one cared about them at all.

When Xuanzong killed the King of Han, the nine sons of the King of Han directly "died with their father", together with the concubine of the Han Dynasty and all the concubines, the whole family was reunited within a day, without any delay or question.

The same is true for the current ministers. Since the emperor insists on avenging his sister, he can report it, and no one objects.

So Zhu Qiyu looked at the crowd and felt very embarrassed.I said it for a long time, and no one objected.To Ling Chi a son-in-law, everyone is indifferent.

Ever since, Zhu Qiyu took advantage of the time when everyone was in a daze, brewed some feelings, and then started to cry.

While crying, he told about his grievances and the pain of losing his son and daughter. After talking about himself, he continued to cry about Queen Hu's grievances.

The more Chen Xun and others listened, the more confused they became. The emperor has always been strong and resolute, not like a person with weak feelings.Well, the emperor died with one son and two daughters, sad in his heart, and everyone can understand his own miserable experience when he cried.

But does the emperor have such real feelings for Queen Hu?As for crying so sadly for Empress Hu?
The ministers spoke out their words of comfort one after another, and it was with great difficulty that the emperor stopped crying.

Just as everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Zhu Qiyu threw out his real appeal: "I was young before, and I didn't know the misery of human feelings. Now that I have experienced the pain of the bereavement of my children, I can understand the despair of my mother back then.

First, my second sister, Princess Yongqing, died young, and then the empress dowager passed away. The queen mother and elder sister had no one to protect them. As a result, in just three months, the elder sister, Princess Shunde, was assassinated.

At that time, the queen mother was isolated and helpless, and the whole world was an enemy, and there was no loyal minister and righteous man in Ming Dynasty.Less than nine months later, the empress mother died of depression. The rebellious minister Hu Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, buried the empress mother in Jinshan with the ceremony of a concubine.

Desperation here, I feel it now.I am deeply indignant at the infidelity of the rebellious minister.

Therefore, I have made up my mind to adopt myself under the name of my mother, so that my mother can continue the incense and be sacrificed forever. "

Zhu Qiyu didn't have the idea of ​​abolishing the Sun family yet, so he saved face for the Sun family in the statement.The crime of burying Empress Hu with the ceremony of concubine imperial concubine was temporarily borne by Hu Wei, the Minister of Rites at that time.

Everyone's reactions were also different, He Yi and Huang Pu remained calm, and the old god was standing there, as if he hadn't heard anything.

Wang Wen, Jiang Yuan, Luo Tong, and He Wenyuan were surprised at first, then delighted.

Chen Xun, Zhou Chen, and Yu Shiyue were first stunned, then relieved.

The three different reactions represent the degree of hardcore of these trusted ministers.

He Yi and Huang Pu are the most hardcore, and they knew the emperor's plan early on.

Wang Wen, Jiang Yuan, Luo Tong, and He Wenyuan were very resolute, and they were all prepared to follow the emperor all the way to darkness.Either succeed, and become an extremely courtier; or fail, be exiled.At this point today, the four of them can't turn back, and they don't plan to turn back.

The only thing these four people care about now is when Princess Qi will give birth to a son.As long as the emperor has a son-in-law, everyone can start planning to change the prince.

Although the change in Prince Yi's mansion this time caused the emperor to lose a single child.But after all, the emperor has proved his fertility, and the four of them have sufficient confidence that the emperor will give birth to a son within a few years.

As for the emperor's recognition under the name of Queen Hu, as long as it can be really done, then there will be something to see later.

Once the emperor became the son of Empress Hu, it would be much easier to lower the legitimacy of the Supreme Emperor's line and change the prince.

So after a brief surprise, Wang Wen and others decided to resolutely support the emperor to fight for the position of the first son.

Chen Xun, Zhou Chen, and Yu Shiyue were close to the emperor and optimistic about the emperor, but they were obviously inferior to Wang Wen and He Wenyuan in terms of firmness.

Originally, if there hadn't been the two incidents of Wang Taifei Wang's poisoning of the prince and concubine Shi Jing's poisoning of Princess Shunde, Chen Xun and others might have come out to dissuade them, asking the emperor to value peace and not to kill the empress dowager and the emperor.

But now that the emperor has lost a son and two daughters, and knows the truth about his sister being poisoned, if Chen Xun and others stand up and persuade the emperor to be magnanimous, it would be a bit too much.

Didn't you see that the emperor has publicly called Hu Wei a rebellious minister? Yang Hong, who was called a rebellious minister by the emperor last time, is now peacefully waiting for the Chinese New Year to eat meat in Jinyiwei Prison.

Chen Xun, Zhou Chen, and Yu Shiyue understood that the emperor's attitude this time was extremely firm. If he dared to speak out against him, he would be classified as a rebellious minister just like Hu Wei, and then he could pack his things and go to Nanjing to take a leisurely job for the elderly. .

However, Chen Xun still asked cautiously: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, does the concubine know about this?"

Zhu Qiyu replied: "This matter was initiated by the concubine dowager, who has always sympathized with her mother's experience, now that she has learned the truth about Princess Shunde's murder, she is also heartbroken.

So the concubine proposed to adopt me to my mother, to rectify my mother's name and avenge my sister's blood. "

Since Concubine Toffee herself is willing, everyone present has no doubts.

Zhu Qiyu instructed everyone: "Go back and prepare, and prepare the imperial decree for the restoration of the queen mother. And Wang Aiqing and Yu Aiqing will work harder, and the three divisions' interrogation against Shi Jing will be completed today.

It will be announced at the court meeting tomorrow, and Shi Jing will be executed the day after tomorrow.

Is there anything else you want to play, Aiqing?If not, let's go. "

Hearing this, Wang Wen quickly took out a list and handed it over: "Your Majesty, this is the pardon list for Jianwen's ex-officials drafted by the cabinet in conjunction with the Three Jurisdictions. Please have a look."

Zhu Qiyu looked at it once, then nodded: "Yes, let's draw up the purpose according to this list."

Everyone had nothing else to do, and they bowed together and left.

……

Today is New Year's Eve, and it is also the last day of the orthodox year.

The capital is very lively, and there are many people who eat melons in any era, and they are not limited to later generations.

Zhu Qiyu's own family's industry has been booming to an unbelievable level.

Because of the accuracy of the information received from Tianlou and the speed of the news, no one can match it.

In the morning, the cabinet drafted the decree, and before noon, the diners waiting in Jietianlou got the news that Empress Hu would be officially restored tomorrow.

This is still expected by the ruling and opposition parties.

But the news that followed was even more explosive. The emperor actually wanted to adopt himself under the name of Empress Hu, to continue the incense for this poor Ming Dynasty, so that she would be sacrificed forever.

Soon, there was a lot of voices and discussions in Jietianlou.Everyone whispered and expressed their opinions.

But on the whole, public opinion sympathizes with Empress Hu and favors the emperor's adoption.

For ordinary diners, this meal is very satisfying.Just this shocking news alone paid back tens of taels of silver for the meal.

Of course, these so-called ordinary diners are all big spenders.Either they come from the rich and powerful families in the capital, or they are wealthy businessmen who came to Beijing from other places.

As for the non-ordinary diners, they refer to the rich and powerful servants who are here to inquire about news.

Not long after the news was announced, there were more than [-] powerful family members who were in a hurry not to leave Jietianlou, and went home to report the news.

In less than an hour, Sun Zhong, Marquis of Huichang, hurried into the palace.

(End of this chapter)