Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 408 Gong Let the Emperor Angrily Question Chen Xun Helplessly Confiding the Truth
After the court meeting, some families were happy and some were sad.

When the ministers returned to the city, they split into several teams.

Wang Wen, Kou Shen, Xiao Weizhen, and Xue Xuan, the chief officials of the three judicial divisions, went back to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to try the case together.How to charge Sanyang with the crime of "colluding with the inner court and conspiring to abolish the Empress" is a thorny problem.

Although the emperor didn't say it clearly, the meaning was already obvious: if you three judges can't understand the case, you should all go to the Ministry of Rites as servants, and I will replace a group of capable people.

Wang Wen and the others were also under great pressure and did not dare to slack off at all.

But Yu Qian still couldn't completely separate himself from Sanyang and Shanxi, and felt more and more boring, so he went home directly, planning to leave the capital, a place of right and wrong, early the next morning.

After Wang Zhi, another one was scared away by Zhu Qiyu.

Wei Ji prepared three fires for the new official to take office. He first went to see Emperor Gongrang, and then went home to write the memorial.This performance was originally discussed with the emperor, once it is made public in the court, it will inevitably cause another uproar.

He Wenyuan, Jiang Yuan, Luo Tong, Zhou Chen, Shen Yi, and Huang Pu also went back to their respective ministries to deal with official business.

Only Chen Xun, Yu Shiyue, Zou Gan, Shi Pu, and Xu Youzhen had nothing to do, and they all gathered in the cabinet.

Three Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, one Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and one Vice Capital Censor.

This time, the Ministry of Rites initiated the criticism and sarcasm against the emperor, and Xu Youzhen seemed very uncoordinated here.

Although Zhu Qiyu still has doubts about Xu Youzhen, in the eyes of Yu Shiyue, Zou Gan and others, Xu Youzhen is now a complete confidant of the emperor.

In just over a year, Xu Youzhen jumped from being a lecturer at the Imperial Academy of the sixth rank to being the vice-capital censor of the third rank.This kind of promotion speed can definitely be regarded as a kindness of knowledge.

Zou Gan was the first to speak: "I don't think that Sanyang colluded with the inner court. The palace is strictly forbidden, so there is no chance for foreign ministers to contact the inner court."

Both Chen Xun and Yu Shiyue shook their heads. Obviously, there are only three possibilities for the abolition of the empress: one is that no one is bewitching, that is, Xuanmiao spoils his concubine and kills his wife, and abolishes the empress without reason.

The other is that Empress Hu herself was at fault and should be abolished.

In the last case, Queen Hu was right, and Xuanmiao was not wrong. It was the treacherous ministers who caused the event of abolition.

If the ministers want to be jealous of the venerable, they must not choose the first one.

As for putting the blame on Empress Hu, that would be truly committing suicide. The emperor was worried that he had no chickens to kill.

So the situation can only be the third: treacherous officials.

So the key point of the debate now is: whether the treacherous official who caused trouble is actually Sanyang.

Yu Shiyue smiled wryly and said: "It's useless for us to just think about it. It involves the country. The three ministers of the Ministry of Rites should go on a pilgrimage to the emperor together. If it doesn't work, we have to go to the Queen Mother."

Chen Xun and Zou Gan seconded the proposal.

Xu Youzhen didn't make it too difficult for the three of them, and chose to be on duty in the cabinet.

Zhu Qiyu did not imprison Emperor Gongrang, and at the same time, Cao Jixiang, Ma Liang and others were guarding the Nangong.So Chen Xun and the three easily came to Emperor Gongrang.

After everyone saluted, they slightly raised their heads to take a look, only to see that Emperor Gong Rang looked extremely worried.

Because Wei Ji responded to the emperor's summons, he just came to pay his respects.

Wei Ji didn't want to chat more with Emperor Gongrang, so in a few words, he gave the key information: Today, the emperor insists on thoroughly investigating the death of Empress Hu, and wants to wipe out all the people involved, regardless of master and slave. family.

Before Wei Ji came to Nangong, Zhu Qizhen had already received the news.But when the words came out of Wei Ji's mouth, the weight was very different.

Hearing other people's report, Zhu Qizhen would think that his younger brother was bluffing.But Wei Ji's qualifications and prestige are too high, and he is a great Confucian who has studied Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism. It is absolutely impossible to talk nonsense about things that are not sure, let alone deliberately deceive people.

Moreover, Wei Ji also particularly emphasized that the emperor was absolutely serious this time, saying that the Yi tribe, that is, the Yi tribe, would not be able to run away alone, and there would inevitably be heads rolling and blood flowing like rivers.

It's strange that Zhu Qizhen is still happy after hearing this.

Although Zhu Qizhen didn't personally participate at the time, but thinking about it with his toes, he knew that if Queen Hu was really assassinated, who else could be behind the manipulation besides the Sun family.

That's the extermination of the three tribes.

After Taizong, the three dynasties of Hongxi, Xuande, and Zhengtong almost didn't say that they exterminated the three tribes.

With a cold face, Zhu Qizhen reprimanded Chen Xun and the others: "Qing and the others are all important ministers of the court, and my younger brother acted so rebelliously, why didn't you persuade him?"

Who dares to answer this question, once he explained why he did not persuade him, wouldn't it be tantamount to admitting what Emperor Gong Rang said about "the emperor acted madly and rebelliously".

After Zhu Qizhen slammed the teacup in his hand, he angrily ordered Yu Shiyue and Zou Gan to leave.

When only Chen Xun was left in the hall, Zhu Qi took two steps forward, grabbed Chen Xun's sleeve, and asked in a cold voice: "Mr. Chen Ge, tell me the truth, did San Yang collude with the inner court and plot to abolish the throne?" back?

You don’t want to make false statements, and don’t speak official words, I just ask you, did Sanyang actually do that? "

Chen Xun raised his head in surprise, and met Zhu Qizhen's cold and majestic gaze.

Zhu Qizhen has been the orthodox emperor for 14 years. Once he gets really angry, his aura and coercion are extraordinary.

Chen Xun was stunned for a while, before he replied: "Your Majesty, please pardon me for my capital crime, and promise not to spread the words of my humble minister outside, so that I dare to speak."

"Okay, there are only you and me here, God knows, Earth knows, you know, I know. I swear by the gods of my ancestors, I will never reveal today's affairs to anyone, let alone blame Aiqing."

After that, Zhu Qizhen laughed at himself again: "Besides, seeing what I am like now, do you still have the right to punish you?"

Chen Xun got the guarantee, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply: "I don't know whether Sanyang has actively collude with the inner court. But the inner court did take the initiative to win over important officials from the outer court.

Empress Hu was the emperor's grandson concubine appointed by Taizong himself for Xuanmiao. After Xuanmiao succeeded to the throne, she was canonized as a queen.There is no doubt that the first wife is the main wife.

It is absolutely impossible to want to abolish the future without the support of the important ministers of the foreign court.

But the minister thought that it was only the inner court who planned to abolish the empress, and Sanyang had no motive to abolish the empress.

It is even said that the reason why Empress Hu was able to be canonized as the emperor's grandson concubine was that she had the support of important officials from other courts.

If the inner court hadn't taken the initiative to reach a deal with the important ministers of the foreign court, it would be impossible for the important ministers to suddenly let go of the issue of abolishing the empress. "

Zhu Qizhen nodded, this is true, when Emperor Taizong issued an edict to select the emperor's grandson concubine, the so-called auspiciousness appeared in Shandong.Qin Tianjian said: "When you see Kui Lou with the star energy, you should seek it in the Jihe River."

Then the court envoys went down to Jining and found Yijin, the third daughter of Hu Rong.

How should I say this, hey, I can’t say it.

Zhu Qizhen had previously checked the inner court's records on Empress Hu's life experience, and what impressed him most was the sentence: father is honored, and he gave birth to seven daughters.At the beginning of Hongwu, the eldest daughter was named Shanwei. She used her talent and beauty to serve as a court official, and served as a royal palace.Therefore, he was awarded the command of Jin Yiwei at that time.

In other words, Hu Rong was awarded the command of Jinyiwei because of his eldest daughter Hu Shanwei.

However, in the early years of Hongwu, Hu Shanwei used his talent and beauty to serve as a servant and serve as a court.

That is to say, Hu Shanwei was Taizu's favorite woman?
After so many years, the secret behind it may not be clear.

But there is one thing Zhu Qizhen can be sure of: Empress Hu's position is not that simple, and there is indeed a force behind it that cannot be underestimated.

And the 'inner court' did make a deal with the foreign court ministers, and then brought down Queen Hu.

As for who is included in the 'inner court' here?His mother and empress would definitely not be able to escape, and his father, the emperor, was personally responsible for negotiating with the important officials of the foreign court, which was naturally included.

His own mother was arranged by the Empress Dowager Zhang to enter the palace and support her superiors.Don't look at the empress dowager Zhang's unwillingness, but without the consent of the empress dowager Zhang, it would not be so easy to abolish the empress.

Zhu Qizhen was a little scared, more and more people were involved in this, and once he got to the bottom of it, it might be a dead end.

(End of this chapter)