Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 277
Faced with the pressure of the crowd, Queen Mother Sun was completely isolated and helpless.

Feng Shui took turns, and today Empress Dowager Sun also experienced the despair of Empress Hu that "no one in the court is a loyal minister".

Chen Xun led everyone to kneel on the ground, waiting for Queen Mother Sun to make a decision.

Empress Dowager Sun could only ask helplessly: "As long as I issue an edict of guilt, can the civil uprising in the southeast be quelled? Can the Miao uprising in the southwest be suppressed?
Can Uncle Jingyuan, Marquis Ningyang and Marquis Anyuan return to the imperial court smoothly?Can you lead the army to welcome the Supreme Emperor back to Beijing? "

Empress Dowager Sun knew that resistance was hopeless, so she wanted to raise some conditions to make up for herself.Before that, Zhu Qiyu had agreed to Zhu Qizhen and agreed to send at least two of Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji, Ningyang Hou Chen Mao, and Anyuan Hou Liu Puzhong to lead the army to fetch him back.

However, the precondition Zhu Qiyu set at that time was that the Emperor's faction should be quiet, not to cause trouble, and not to hinder the emperor.

Unexpectedly, when a group of vassal kings and local officials came to Beijing, the Empress Dowager Sun, who felt something to rely on, began to be smart.

So Empress Dowager Sun has to confirm now that Zhu Qiyu's promise at the beginning is still not counted.

Both Chen Xun and Wang Wen felt that they could not answer this question, so Qi Qi turned to look at He Yi.Among the bachelors in the cabinet, only He Yi can get in touch with the emperor every day, and he knows the emperor's mind best.Now He Yi has almost become the most authoritative royal megaphone.

He Yichao and the two nodded slightly.

Empress Dowager Sun had a panoramic view of these small movements, and she was also very speechless.A group of court officials who were several dozen years older all went to see a young man who was about the same age as the emperor.At Chen Xun's age, he is just right to be He Yi's grandfather.

Chen Xun didn't care about this, and after getting He Yi's reminder, he replied to Queen Mother Sun: "Qi Queen Mother, this year at least Marquis of Ningyang will be able to return to the court as a teacher, and Marquis of Anyuan is also likely to be transferred back to the capital."

Chen Xun only made a promise to Ning Yanghou's return to Beijing, but this has met Queen Mother Sun's expectation.

Marquis of Ningyang Chen Mao is considered to be the best among nobles in terms of qualifications, military exploits, and talents.And because he was sent to the southeast to quell the civil uprising, he was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe of the Tumubao uprising.

Once Chen Mao returns to the capital, the honorable nobles sent by the emperor will have the backbone.There will be candidates to meet the Supreme Emperor.

Only when the Supreme Emperor is brought back, can the Emperor's faction have a real backbone.

The emperor is respected, and the emperor is humble. This is not only the place of justice, but also the consensus of the ruling and opposition parties.

Except for these cronies of the emperor in front of him who do not recognize it, the rest of the people all admit that the Supreme Emperor is higher than the emperor from the perspective of etiquette.

So Empress Dowager Sun nodded her head in agreement, admitting to this sinful edict.

At this point, the Empress Dowager Sun and the ministers all thought that they were done and they could go back to their homes.

Unexpectedly, Wang Cheng stood up suddenly and replied to the Empress Dowager Sun: "Empress Dowager, since you have decided to live in seclusion in the Yinghua Palace for self-reflection, please hand over the seal of the Empress Dowager to Shang Baojian for safekeeping."

Empress Dowager Sun was stunned when she heard the words, and even the ministers present were a little confused.

Hand over the Queen Mother's seal and live in the Yinghua Palace?According to Wang Cheng's intention, this is to directly put the empress dowager under house arrest.

But the ministers did not dare to speak out against it. Wang Cheng dared to say this, which must represent the will of the emperor.

Empress Dowager Sun looked around, and all the ministers lowered their heads and said nothing, their attitudes and reactions were exactly the same as when they deposed Empress Hu back then.

In desperation, the Empress Dowager Sun asked Wang Jin: "Wang Jin, you are the oldest supervisor of ceremonies here, Bingbi, what do you think should be done?"

Wang Jin pondered for a while, and then replied: "The old slave thinks that the queen mother is not at fault, and she can just live in self-examination."

Empress Dowager Sun was very relieved when she heard the words. In this forced palace, it was the first time someone stood up to speak for her.

But before Empress Dowager Sun was happy, Shu Liang shouted sharply: "This statement is wrong. The spirits of the 50 dead soldiers in Tumu Fortress are not far away. If no one is at fault, how did these soldiers die in vain?"

As soon as these words came out, needles could be heard falling in the hall, but there was no sound.

When the situation was deadlocked, Gao Ping came in to ask for instructions: "The queen mother, the medicine is ready, please drink it while it is hot, the medicine will not be effective when it is cold."

After hearing the words, Empress Dowager Sun let out a long sigh, and then came down the steps: "Gao Ping, go and get the seal, give it to Wang Cheng, and then see off the guests for the Palace."

After finishing speaking, Empress Dowager Sun turned and entered the inner room.

The ministers also let out a long sigh of relief, got up and left quickly.

Wang Cheng followed Gao Ping to obtain the seal, and just now he left with Shu Liang and others satisfied.

Just after noon, the Empress Dowager Sun's Edict of Guilt was officially released.

Before dinner, it spread throughout the capital.

Because Zhu Qiyu attaches great importance to propaganda, he constantly cultivates manpower, and controls public opinion for himself either explicitly or covertly.So as long as it is the news that Zhu Qiyu wants to spread, it will spread very fast.

Moreover, Zhu Qiyu has also relaxed the restrictions on the people in the capital discussing politics. As long as the speech is not too violent, there is basically no need to worry about being invited by Jin Yiwei to the prison for a heart-to-heart talk.Therefore, the enthusiasm of the people in the capital to pay attention to the court has been high recently.

It is very novel to the common people that the emperor, the empress dowager, and the empress have issued imperial edicts one after another.

Moreover, each of these crimes was more vicious than the other, and the empress dowager didn't even want her honorary title. Not only did she take the initiative to remove her honorary title, but she also hid in a side hall and lived in seclusion for introspection.

What surprised everyone the most was that the empress dowager announced that if Ming Dynasty did not realize the prosperity of Zhongxing, it would not rebuild the Palace of Mercy Ning and the Palace of Qianqing.

This is really hard on myself.

However, the common people didn't think about the emperor forcing the empress dowager to issue an edict of sin. After all, the emperor himself had just issued an edict to punish himself, and the punishment measures for himself were much harsher than that of the empress dowager.

In the eyes of the common people, as an emperor, not living in the palace, not building the imperial mausoleum, and not setting up a queen, this punishment is much harsher than the empress dowager's removal of her title and not living in the Palace of Compassion.

In particular, this imperial mausoleum that will not be repaired for life really amazes the people in the capital who admire luxury and superstitious Buddhism.

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As the emperor, Zhu Qiyu received the empress dowager's edict, even an hour later than ordinary people in the capital.

It was already dark, and Zhu Qiyu was lying in the fragrant and warm bed, and when he was about to do something indescribable with his beloved concubine, the report came in.

This time Zhu Qiyu took the report and had a look at it himself.

After reading it, Zhu Qiyu laughed by himself.

There were about ten eunuchs in power in the inner court, and about ten ministers in charge in the outer court. Zhu Qiyu gave them considerable autonomy.

With autonomy, these people also have subjective agency.

Things like confiscating the Queen Mother's seal were not at all Zhu Qiyu's orders.

Moreover, Zhu Qiyu only asked Empress Dowager Sun to reflect on her mistakes in Yinghua Hall, but she didn't say that she should be grounded.The house arrest of Queen Mother Sun was also performed by Wang Cheng on the spot, and he personally added it.

However, Zhu Qiyu didn't care about this. Through the study of historical lessons, it can be seen that the Emperor Jingtai was too strict with his subordinates, and finally made his cronies dare not do things:

Lu Zhong and Gao Ping planned the Golden Knife case and were cheated; Xu Zheng and Huang Jian planned to isolate Nangong and strengthen the supervision of the Supreme Emperor, but were cheated.

His cronies will be cheated for anything they do, so how can they do things with peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)