Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 274 The important officials vigilantly pledged their allegiance to Wang Wenyi and cut the Queen Mother's title
Zhou Chen was awakened by He Yi's words, and then he wanted to understand what his problem was. If he wanted to repair the Qianqing Palace so eagerly, he would definitely arouse the suspicion of the emperor.

Since the New Year just passed, everyone stayed at home for more than ten days.As soon as the office resumed, there were a lot of things in the yamen, especially the affairs of the Ministry of Industry.Zhou Chen, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was so busy that he was dizzy. In addition, he was already old, and he was careless for a moment, so he dug himself into it.

Zhou Chen, who wanted to understand the joints, was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.Don't look at the emperor's more approachable behavior, but with so many troubles happening recently, maybe the emperor will turn his face completely.

Sure enough, he came here for whatever he was afraid of. Zhou Chen just cast a grateful look at He Yi, and before he had time to explain to the emperor, Zhu Qiyu threw that extremely tricky question over.

Zhou Chen was stunned by the question.

Chen Xun and Wang Wen looked at each other, and they both smiled wryly in their hearts. Not to mention Zhou Chen, who was called by the emperor to ask the question, even the other people felt their scalps go numb when they heard this question.

In the emperor's questioning, there were many pits buried.First of all, the emperor asked the two queens who should live in the Kunning Palace. If you really answered this question, you would definitely fall into the pit.

The emperor used the phrase 'two empresses', but anyone with a discerning eye knew that those two were the empresses in name, not real empresses.

Besides, the bright red lip print on the emperor's neck was visible to the blind. The emperor deliberately brought it out. Apart from wanting to show everyone that he was wandering in the land of gentleness and had no intention of competing for power with the six cabinet ministries, he was also clearly showing who is the real one. A real queen.

The ministers present are all the best of the best, and they can understand at a glance. The meaning of the emperor is translated into vernacular:
I can still treat myself as the king of Qi, and I don't canonize my concubine as a queen.But if you don't wink, don't know the interest, and really don't regard my wife as the mistress, then you will end up.

Are you unwilling to take the position of cabinet bachelor and six ministers?There is no problem at all, there are plenty of Jinshi Hanlin in Ming Dynasty, I just waved my hand casually, hoping that knowledgeable civil servants could cry and collapse this attic.

Zhou Chen's heart was the most bitter. The emperor also asked who should live in the Kunning Palace for the two empresses. How to answer this.The Kunning Palace is currently inhabited by Empress Zhou. Could it be that Queen Zhou should be kicked out and the Kunning Palace should be handed over to Empress Qian?Wouldn't that completely offend Queen Zhou and the prince to death?

Logically, the status quo should definitely be maintained, but the rest of the halls in the harem were burnt down, and it was really unreasonable to let Empress Qian, the former wife of the Supreme Emperor, live in a corner or in the East and West Palaces.

Zhu Qiyu didn't urge him, just smiled and waited for Zhou Chen to reply.

Zhou Chen was so anxious that he was sweating, and had no choice but to look at He Yi for help.He Yi's eyes met Zhou Chen's, and his piercing eyes slightly slanted to look at the emperor's neck.

It was because He Yi was the emperor's most trusted young official that he dared to make the reminder so obvious.

Zhou Chen was stunned for a moment, then turned the corner: The emperor didn't want a solution to the problem at all, but just wanted to express his attitude.

So Zhou Chen stood up, bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, I believe that the two empresses, no matter who they are, should no longer live in Kunning Palace.

Now that the position of heaven has been determined, His Majesty is the Lord of the country.The Supreme Emperor has the responsibility of losing his teacher, and the Supreme Empress also has the responsibility of serving as a Prime Minister, so they are not suitable to live in the main palace and main hall.

The minister thought that Princess Qi should be registered as the empress, and she should enter the Kunning Palace, which is the right way to stabilize the country and conform to the people's hearts. "

As soon as Zhou Chen's words fell, the rest of the people also bowed and echoed.

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu smiled and waved his hands: "There is no need to be a queen. My princess has been spoiled by me a long time ago. She doesn't want to go to Kunning Palace to be bound by the rules and become locked in a birdcage with the title of queen." The canary among.

Now we are guarding Yuquan Mountain, how good it is to be free.It has always been the dream of me and the concubine to learn from Tao Yuanming and return to Yuantian, so you don't want to take us back.

Zhou Aiqing sit down quickly, you have a taste of this tea.Although the water we used to make tea in the capital was pulled from Yuquan Mountain.But if you put the spring water in a wooden barrel and leave it for a day or two, the taste will be much worse.

The water we are drinking in front of us is different. It is taken directly from the best spiritual spring on the mountainside on the south side. It is only filled with jade vessels throughout the whole process. It tastes clear, sweet and refreshing. Drinking this water is A real treat. "

In the past, every time someone proposed to appoint a queen, the emperor would sternly reprimand him.Although the emperor refused again this time, he declined lightly and did not overreact.

Hearing this, Zhou Chen knew that he had successfully passed the test, so he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, sat down and picked up his teacup to sip carefully.

Zhu Qiyu just wanted everyone's attitude, and didn't really want to discuss a solution.

Now that his attitude was established, Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile: "Zhou Aiqing, does the imperial court have the money to build so many palaces?"

Zhou Chen quickly replied: "Your Majesty, whether it is civil and military officials, or landlords and squires in Shanxi, they are all too rich.

The corrupt officials confiscated by Liu Shangshu in Xuanfu's family property, in addition to supporting His Majesty's three-year tax exemption plan, still has spare energy to meet the expenses of rebuilding the palace. "

Zhu Qiyu heard the words and asked: "Is it because the money was used to build the imperial palace, so the imperial court was unable to build the outer city of Beijing?"

Zhou Chen nodded: "Your Majesty, that is indeed the case. If the imperial palace and the outer city are built at the same time, the court will definitely not be able to bear it, so we can only take care of one end first."

Zhu Qiyu nodded, then looked at Chen Xun and Wang Wen.

Chen Xun did not make a clear statement, but only reminded the south that the war was still going on, and even with the supplement of Shanxi's wealth, the household department was still under great pressure.

When it was Wang Wen's turn to express his opinion, Wang Wen directly threw out a shocking statement: "My Majesty, I believe that since Your Majesty issued an edict of guilt for the fire in the Three Palaces, the Empress Dowager and Empress Qian should also be compassionate. Ning Palace and Qianqing Palace took responsibility for the fire, and issued an order to sin against himself.

In particular, the Empress Dowager, under the edict of the former emperor, raised the young master and acted as regent.During the regency period, the empress dowager had the fault of lax education and connivance of treacherous ministers, which led to the subsequent failure of civil engineering and the loss of teachers and humiliation of the country.

The minister thought that the empress dowager should issue an edict to sin against himself, so he asked himself to remove the title of empress dowager Shangsheng, downgrade to empress dowager, and retreat to Yinghua hall to reflect on his mistakes. "

When the ministers present heard this, they all looked at Wang Wen in shock.

Zhu Qiyu was also quite surprised, but not because of Wang Wen's audacity, but because he really couldn't figure out why Wang Wen coincided with him again?

Taking advantage of this fire to force Empress Dowager Sun to issue an imperial edict, and to remove the title of Empress Dowager Shangsheng, was exactly the plan I had drawn up long ago.

The key point is that I didn't discuss it with anyone this time. After all, there is no way to talk about things like burning the Forbidden City on the table.

Zhu Qiyu collected himself, looked at everyone pretending to be calm, and motioned for others to express their opinions.

(End of this chapter)