Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 490 The Three Sons of the Emperor
Wang Wen and others hurriedly listened to the imperial decree.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I have re-set the twenty-character seniority for our Qi Palace, which are: Wenya Jun Sixian, Wu Sheng Dao Yongji, Wisdom and Ruizu Huiyuan, and Liangshanzong Kechang.

The eldest son, Zhu Wenfang, is the son of Qi Shi.

The second son Zhu Wenjing, King of Han, fief Xi'an.

The third son Zhu Wenying, king of Wei, was granted the land of Dongsheng Acropolis.

The fourth son Zhu Wenjun, king of Ning, enfeoffed Daning. "

When everyone heard the words, they looked at each other again. It seemed that the emperor had committed another absurdity and wanted to break away from King Yan's lineage and establish his own line.

Talented Jinshi who have read poetry and books can naturally see that this is the new Qi king's lineage pieced together by the emperor based on the old Qi king's lineage and snatching a part of Prince Yiwen's lineage.

Fortunately, the emperor's thinking is not completely unconstrained, there are still traces to follow: the emperor wholeheartedly regards himself as the emperor of Han, the most recognized dynasty is the Han Dynasty, and the most recognized emperor is the Chinese language.

Therefore, it is easy to understand that the first character generation at the beginning of the lineage is designated as 'wen'.

So the second son immediately took the position of King of Han, which is reasonable.

As for entrusting the third and fourth sons to the remote Dongsheng and Daning, it shows that the emperor still has a public heart and is thinking of Daming.

Wang Wen and He Yi were all sullen and silent, and Luo Tong, Jiang Yuan, and He Wenyuan were also silent.

Shen Yi, Zhou Chen, and Xu Youzhen from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry have recently been obsessed with counting money behind the emperor's ass, let alone talking.

Having confiscated so many properties of vassal kings, nobles, and military generals, Shen Yi, the Minister of the Household Department, laughed from ear to ear when he slept at night. As for the name of the emperor's son, it doesn't matter, let's call it whatever he likes, who cares Woolen cloth.As the happiest Minister of the Household Department of Ming Dynasty, the silver in the court treasury will never be spent in a lifetime.

Although the money cannot be moved back to his home, the Minister of the Household Department, who has always been bitter about guarding so much money, now has a straight waist, and he can't say anything or do anything.

Even the most respected Wei Ji didn't speak, Wei Ji thought: I am now the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and I am not the former Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

And there are examples in front of this thing. The eldest son of Prince Yiwen and the eldest grandson of Taizu are called Zhu Xiongying, and they are not named according to their generation.This is still the first son and grandson, does anyone care, no one cares.

Zhu Qiyu glanced at them one by one, which was embarrassing again, and he really couldn't find anyone who would contradict him.

The ministers now want to start a comprehensive reform as soon as possible, and they are no longer interested in entangled in these matters.

No way, Zhu Qiyu had to discuss the reform policy with the ministers from beginning to end, and then let everyone leave.

The ministers were very satisfied when they left, as long as the land and the privileges of officials and gentry were not moved.Changing something else is supported by everyone.

After all the ministers left, Zhu Qiyu remembered: "No, I also said that I want to make Gongrang the son of the emperor in Wala as King Yi. Why do people leave like this? They don't object? That's it. Obeyed the order?"

Somewhat confused, Zhu Qiyu had to go home in a daze.

But it was said that Wang Wen returned to the cabinet and forced several cabinet ministers to meet the emperor Gongrang.

When everyone came to Chonghua Palace, they saw a long table outside the palace gate, and five or six eunuchs were sitting there to enjoy the shade.

Seeing the ministers approaching, a young eunuch came over and stopped: "Several elders, if you want to enter Chonghua Palace, please register your name first."

Wang Wen asked: "Dare to ask your father-in-law?"

The little eunuch replied: "We are from Dongchang, and the governor has an order. Everyone who enters the Chonghua Palace needs to sign and register with his own hand, and write down the reason for seeing him."

Wang Wen replied: "We are meeting with you by the imperial edict."

"Then please ask the elder to write down the order to see him."

Wang Wen and others personally signed their names, and the little eunuch just opened the palace gate and let everyone in.

It was only now that Wang Wen and the others understood that what the emperor said sounded good. The former confidants of Emperor Gongrang Ma Liang and others were responsible for guarding the Chonghua Palace, and civil and military officials could see Emperor Gongrang at any time.

In fact, the palace gate is guarded by Dongchang.Moreover, officials had to sign their autographs when they entered and exited. Whoever came to see Emperor Gongrang, when, and for what reason, he remembered clearly every single stroke.

If anyone dares to come to Chonghua Palace casually when they have nothing to do, then you can wait to find something.

But it was said that Wang Wen and others went in to pay respects to Emperor Gongrang, and Zhu Qizhen asked curiously, "What are you doing here to see me?"

Wang Wen replied: "Wara Yexian's eldest son, Huo'er suddenly played on the table, saying that during the Northern Hunting period, His Majesty left a son in Wala, begging to be canonized as a prince.

The Holy Majesty has already played it and ordered him to be named King Yi.He also ordered his ministers to come to ask His Majesty to name King Yi. "

Zhu Qizhen's face turned green when he heard this: Even if I really left a son in Wala, this kind of thing can't be brought on the table openly.

It's fine to make the prince, but let me name it?Then if you publicize it again, won't my reputation be ruined?
Zhu Qizhen knew very well that this group of ministers didn't understand the joints, but they pretended to be ignorant and deliberately flattered the real emperor in the western suburbs.

But seeing everyone's aggressive posture, Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to reply: "It's called Zhu Jianze. What's the name of my brother's son?"

Wang Wen replied: "The four sons of the sage are Zhu Wenfang, the prince of Qi, Zhu Wenjing, the king of Han, Zhu Wenying, the king of Wei, and Zhu Wenjun, the king of Ning."

"Wen? Shouldn't it be 'see'?"

Wang Wen replied: "The Holy Majesty has re-established the lineage of the king of Qi, taking the lineage of the king of Qi as 'the elegant king thinks of the virtuous, the martial arts wins the way, the auspicious, the wise and wise ancestor Huiyuan, and the good and good sect can grow."

Therefore, the sons of the Holy One are all named 'Wen'. "

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen snorted coldly, waved his hands, and signaled everyone to back down.

Wang Wen and others got Yi Wang's name, returned to the cabinet, and drew up an imperial edict.

In the afternoon of the same day, the emperor's imperial edict, as well as the imperial edict of guilt, were released.

At the same time, the first batch of newspaper kiosks in the capital, a total of [-], were officially opened.

The General Secretary Si You consulted with Lian Gang, and the eunuch Shu Liang, the admiral of the East Factory, personally inspected various places.

At each newsstand, a large wall of newspapers and periodicals was set up, and newspapers within seven days were pasted on it.

Pedestrians can watch at will, and there are full-time officials chanting and explaining the content of the newspaper, so that illiterate people can also understand current events.

In the first issue of the newspaper of the Jingtai Dynasty, there was big news: the emperor issued an imperial edict to conclude the coffin for the mutiny on the first day of July.

A large number of vassal kings were abolished and expelled from the country because of rebellion; the emperor had four sons, and he began to be crowned king as soon as he was born; the emperor Gongrang left a son in Wala, who was also named King Yi.

After dinner, the common people in the capital had another topic of debate: Should the current emperor abdicate?Should the crown prince respectfully let the eldest son of the emperor continue to be the crown prince, or should the eldest son of the current emperor be the crown prince?

Public opinion continues to ferment among the people, but it will take time to form a consensus.

While the situation in Beijing is rising again, Nanjing is also not peaceful.

In the Nanjing garrison yamen, Yuan Cheng was confronting Xu Qi, and the two sides were arguing red-faced again.

According to the Ming system, it should be the eunuchs, civil servants, and nobles who guard Nanjing together.

But now Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi went to Beijing to die, and Wei Guogong stayed in Beijing for many days and refused to come back.

Therefore, Yuan Cheng, the Nanjing garrison eunuch, and Xu Qi, the minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War, became the decision makers in Nanjing.

The content of the quarrel between the two always revolved around the reform of Nanjing's capital camp requested by the emperor.

There were originally 26 Beijing Shangzhi personal guards. Except for Beijing Jinyiwei and the merged Imperial Horse Supervisor Four Guards, the remaining 21 Beijing Shangzhi guards were all transferred to Nanjing by the emperor.

Nanjing originally had seventeen Shangzhi personal guards.

Adding the two together, there are 38 guards in total.

Zhu Qiyu asked for a sharp reduction to 24 guards.Then the 24th Regiment Battalion was formed from the [-]th Guard Group to replace the current Nanjing Jingying Camp.

Xu Qi already understood that this is equivalent to the 38 guards of Shangzhi, plus the Nanjing Jingying, plus the troops temporarily stationed in Nanjing after the Beijing Jingying quelled the southeast civil uprising, a total of 24 guards of Nanjing Shangzhi were reduced and merged.

The emperor wanted to streamline his troops and streamline his administration, and get rid of his burdens.

The contradiction between Xu Qi and Yuan Cheng is: Yuan Cheng must resolutely implement the emperor's intentions so as to be appreciated by the emperor; but Xu Qi is more concerned about the stability of the army, and does not want to be too aggressive and cause turmoil.

The garrison nobles were not in Nanjing, Xu Qi and Yuan Cheng refused to give in to each other, the emperor fully delegated power and was unwilling to intervene, so the two sides completely stalemate.

(End of this chapter)