Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 276
This is the power of imperial power. Although Zhu Qiyu couldn't change the hearts of the subjects in the world in a short period of time, he has successfully replaced all the most important positions in the inner and outer courts with himself people.

After Queen Mother Sun's change in Tumubao, Shang Ren and Peng Shi, who were urgently promoted, were first driven to Nanjing by Zhu Qiyu.

Yu Qian, who was deeply favored by Xuanzong and Sanyang Zhiyu, was the second group to be driven away.Luo Tong, who Zhu Qiyu replaced as Minister of the Ministry of War, was the complete opposite of Yu Qian. He was beaten to death by Xuanzong, Zhengtong and Sanyang, which can be regarded as bitterness and deep hatred.

The third group of people who were driven away were Hu Wei and Wang Ao.Wang Ao's behavior is a bit rigid, but that's fine.Hu Wei is a real second minister, and he doesn't know why he is so loyal to Zhu Qizhen.Zhu Qiyu really didn't understand, so he could only dismiss the matter from a distance.

Empress Dowager Sun didn't know what to say to the powerful civil servants and powerful eunuchs in front of her, so she managed a few words before going back to the inner room to rest.

At this moment, Wang Wen stood up and replied to Empress Dowager Sun: "Report to Empress Dowager, the fire in Fengtian Palace is a warning from heaven, and the Holy Majesty has issued an order to sin against oneself.

The fires in the Palace of Compassion and Peace and the Palace of Qianqing were also a warning from heaven.

The minister thinks that there is absolutely no reason to let only one person, the Holy One, commit the crime. "

Since Wang Wen was the instigator, he is now elected by everyone to be the chief culprit of this offending person.

After all, Empress Dowager Sun has gone through decades of ups and downs. As soon as Wang Wen said this, he understood that everyone was here to force him to follow the example of the emperor and issue an imperial edict to sin against himself.

The fire has been tossed hard these past few days, and Empress Dowager Sun has no energy to think carefully about the court situation.Now that Wang Wen said this, all the clues are connected together:

After the fire in Fengtian Temple, the courtiers wrote a letter asking the emperor to issue an imperial edict.

On the evening of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, these memorials were passed on to the emperor, and on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there was a fire in the Palace of Compassion and Peace and the Palace of Qianqing.

Then Zhu Qiyu was as good as he was, and on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, he issued the Edict of Guilt.

At that time, Empress Dowager Sun wondered why Zhu Qiyu was so eager to take the blame on himself.

It turned out that he was waiting here. The emperor had sinned against himself, so naturally the empress dowager should also sin against himself, and the empress dowager should also sin against himself.

If you want to issue an edict to sin against yourself, everyone will issue it together.

Only now did Empress Dowager Sun realize that this was a one-shot, two-shot game.

The problem is that Zhu Qiyu has just made great achievements, and the fire in the Fengtian Temple is just a crime, and his position cannot be shaken at all.

But on the Empress Dowager Sun's side, she neglected her duties in raising the Supreme Emperor, and taught people to be like this, losing their teachers and humiliating the country, almost to the point of overthrowing the country.This is already very detrimental to people's expectations, and now because of the fire in the Forbidden City, if you issue an edict of guilt, it will really make things worse and add salt to the wound.

Empress Dowager Sun still wanted to struggle, so she asked Wang Wen, "How do you want me to sin against myself?"

Wang Wen directly took out a copy of the imperial edict and handed it over: "This is the imperial edict drafted by the cabinet for the empress dowager, please have a look at it."

Empress Dowager Sun looked at Wang Wen in surprise, good guy, you all drafted the edict of guilt.What's wrong with me as a co-author, it's all up to you to decide.

Wang Wen quickly added: "Your Majesty's previous edict of sin against oneself was also completely drafted by the cabinet, and His Majesty has not changed a single word."

This sentence choked Queen Mother Sun.

According to the meaning of these words, the co-authored cabinet not only drafted the edict of guilt, but also has no right to change even a single word?Can you just use seal obediently?
Empress Dowager Sun looked at Wang Wen coldly, Wang Wen stood there with his head bowed upright as if he hadn't noticed, quietly waiting for Empress Dowager Sun's reply.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Wang Wen has no turning back anyway.If Zhu Qizhen can be restored, Wang Wen will definitely be the first to be stabbed, and he will be much higher than Yu Qian.

The other ministers present had nothing but admiration and admiration for Wang Wen.Everyone has to admire Wang Wen's vision of betting on the new king and his courage to kill himself.

Empress Dowager Sun didn't bother to pay attention to these things, and took a closer look at the imperial edict drafted by Wang Wendai. If she didn't read it, she wouldn't know it.

This edict was too ruthless. It not only clearly took over the responsibility for the Empress Dowager Sun's ineffective education of the Supreme Emperor, but also the responsibility of the emperor in the early orthodox era when he had no long-term strategy when he was regent, appointing treacherous officials and harming the country and the people.

Moreover, in the name of Empress Dowager Sun, she reprimanded Empress Qian for her faults.The responsibility for the burning of Zhencai people and Jingcai people also fell on Queen Qian.

Finally, Empress Dowager Sun asked herself to remove her honorary title of "Shangsheng Empress Dowager", and lived in Yinghua Hall to reflect on her mistakes.

At the same time, Empress Qian removed her honorary title of 'Emperor Yisheng Taishang' and temporarily lived in Changchun Palace to reflect on her mistakes.

After reading the edict, Queen Mother Sun looked coldly at everyone present, but everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.

Empress Dowager Sun asked helplessly: "Mr. Chen Ge, do all of you cabinet scholars and six ministers have any objections?"

Chen Xun replied: "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the Holy Majesty, in his own edict of guilt, condemned himself as 'coveting the heaven's merits and stealing the throne'.

The method of atonement given by the Holy One is: to avoid living in the western suburbs, not to live in the palace, not to establish a queen, and not to build an imperial tomb.Normally, the Holy Majesty is only called a widow, and no longer called me. Except when dealing with government affairs, he has to act on behalf of the emperor, and the rest of the time he regards himself as the king of Qi.

And the Holy Majesty has clearly stated in the Edict of Guilt, that once the Supreme Emperor returns to the capital, the Holy Majesty will abdicate immediately, and when he returns to Qi State, he will be a vassal, and please restore the Emperor. "

Upon hearing this, Queen Mother Sun frowned even tighter.What Chen Xun meant was that the emperor made such a great sacrifice in the imperial edict, and your empress dowager should be no exception.

This refuted the Empress Dowager Sun speechless, after all, the emperor's edict of guilt was indeed very ruthless.Not setting up a queen, not living in a palace, not building an imperial mausoleum, and not pretending to be an emperor in life, this is indeed a bit beyond the cognition of Queen Mother Sun.

According to Empress Dowager Sun's knowledge, it is normal for the emperor to love the Forbidden City to death.As for the imperial mausoleum, it was the residence of the emperor after his death. Which emperor would not spend millions of taels of money to build it meticulously.

When it came to Zhu Qiyu, his absurd thoughts and grotesque behavior were completely beyond the understanding of Queen Mother Sun.

Empress Dowager Sun had no choice but to reply: "You guys go back first, let Ben Gong think about it before replying."

When everyone heard the words, they knelt down together.

Chen Xun replied on behalf of the crowd: "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, most of the Forbidden City was burned down in two fires. At this time, people in Beijing are floating and rumors are everywhere.

Moreover, after the change of civil fortress and the battle to defend the capital, the government and the public are in chaos, and a thousand things are waiting to be done.

There are floods in Shandong, civil uprisings in the southeast, and Miao chaos in the southwest. In order to make up for the fault of the Supreme Emperor, the Holy One wishes he could use it for three days a day.

Please think of the Supreme Emperor more, the world will be peaceful soon, and the world will be peaceful soon, so that the subjects can forget the fault of the Supreme Emperor as soon as possible, and the court can free up its hands as soon as possible, wipe it out first, and welcome the emperor back to Beijing. "

When Queen Mother Sun heard this, her face turned green.Isn't this blatantly forcing the palace?Moreover, he also threatened the Supreme Emperor, if he did not agree, the Supreme Emperor would not have to return to Beijing?

The key issue is that Queen Mother Sun has to believe the threats of these important ministers.Whether the Supreme Emperor can return to the capital is just a matter of the emperor's words.Whether the Supreme Emperor will encounter any accidents on the way home depends entirely on the emperor's conscience.

(End of this chapter)