Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 583: Queen Mother Yi decrees to depose Emperor Yi and Wang Huang Qi to do something extremely difficult
Zhu Qiyu sighed heavily: "If the Ming Dynasty is to be revived, the government must be stable. There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country. Your Majesty is responsible for the country, but he is unwilling to stay in peace. I really have no choice."

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he raised his head in surprise.After just a few words, are we about to enter the process of deposing the emperor?

In fact, Zhu Qiyu himself was not sure how much he was going to do to the former emperor. If he reprimanded him too much and aroused the rebellious psychology of civil servants, generals, and people in the capital, it would be superfluous and counterproductive.

So just learn from Huo Guang and make the operation steps simple and straightforward.

An emperor only reigned for 27 days, but he did 120 bad things, and Huo Guang recorded them clearly and clearly.

Zhu Qiyu is not as shady as Huo Guang. Anyway, the Tumubao Incident is solid evidence. It is enough to ensure that the eldest brother Gongrang Emperor was not unjustly deposed.For other things, don’t worry too much.

Wang Wen had been waiting for the day when the emperor would be deposed for a long time. When he saw the emperor wink, he stood up, knelt down and asked, "Your Majesty, it is the law of heaven and earth that a mother is more precious than her son.

I request you to honor the Imperial Concubine as the Empress Dowager, in order to calm the hearts of the people in the world and to show the virtues of benevolence and filial piety to the saints. "

With Wang Wen taking the lead, a large group of people knelt down and huffed.The royal relatives, nobles, and generals present were basically Zhu Qiyu's confidants, and none of these people had any hesitation.

The cabinet ministers, ministers, and ministers also knew that the matter was a foregone conclusion and there was no point in opposing it, so they all knelt down.

There are also the Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai, these disciples of the emperor are also supporters of Zhu Qiyu.In addition, there are people from Zhongshushe who are on duty at Ganquan Palace.

Zhu Qiyu no longer cares about the attitude of the remaining people. If you want to kneel down, kneel down. If you don't want to, kneel down.

It doesn't matter if you remain silent, but if you dare to speak out against it, massacre will follow.

There were still some civil servants standing in the audience. Zhu Qiyu had to be humble and asked Wang Wen: "The Holy Queen is the mother of the widow. If the mother is respected as the empress dowager, where will the Holy Queen be placed?"

Wang Wen had already figured it out, and immediately replied: "After a thousand years, both the aunt and biological mother of the Holy Emperor will be Queen Xuanmiao. Queen Shangsheng will be on the left, and the Queen Mother will be Queen Xuanyi on the right.

Etiquette, law, filial piety and righteousness are the best of both worlds. They can also calm the hearts of all people and gain the hope of the whole world. "

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he stood up and took his two beloved concubines to kneel at the feet of Concubine Wu: "The words of the first assistant are to serve the country. My sons and ministers lead the civil and military officials and respect my mother and concubine as the empress dowager. Please do not refuse."

Concubine Wu replied: "I am just an old woman who has no merit in the country. How dare I accept the title of Empress Dowager?"

Wang Wen heard this and shouted: "The Empress Dowager has given birth to a sage son, so it is useless for the country. It is the etiquette of the family and the country that a mother is more precious than her son. Please sit down and accept the ceremony."

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he no longer cared about what his mother said, and led everyone in the ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times.

Empress Dowager Wu received it with tears in her eyes and told everyone with choked sobs: "I like peace and quiet and don't like red tape, so I will skip the ceremony and so on.

It's a pity that my sister, the Holy Queen, was killed by a traitor. Otherwise, if my sister was sitting here right now, the royal family would never be where it is today. "

Zhu Qiyu and his ministers comforted him, and then ordered Wang Wen to draft an edict immediately and issue an edict to the world.

After sitting down again, Zhu Qiyu looked at his eldest brother, Emperor Gongrang, who was still sitting opposite him.

The imperial court has honored the new Queen Mother. Do you, the respectful emperor, do you or not?

Anyway, even the ministers who are inclined to defer to the emperor have already paid their respects. It is up to you, Zhu Qizhen, to pay your respects or not.

Being stared at coldly by Zhu Qiyu, Zhu Qizhen finally couldn't sit still and asked coldly: "After deposing me, does the emperor still want to depose the prince?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone from the civil servants and generals to the common people in the capital started whispering to each other.

Zhu Qiyu didn't give others a chance to react. He stood up and announced loudly: "Brother, please don't accuse me foolishly. The prince has no fault, so why should he be deposed?"

These are all sycophants trying to sow discord in front of the eldest brother.Those who harm the harmony of the Tian family and harm the friendship between relatives should be executed immediately, as in the case of Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng. Their entire family will be demoted to a lowly status, and they will not be pardoned and will never be used again. "

Zhu Qizhen was choked and fell backwards. He wanted to rebel against the generals, but his hateful brother took the moral high ground first.

Zhu Qiyu asked softly: "Since the imperial court has appointed the crown prince, I will abide by the imperial laws. Today the imperial court respects the empress dowager, but I don't know if the eldest brother is willing to abide by the imperial laws?" Zhu Qizhen was very angry when he heard this. His face was red, and the underlying meaning was: If you don't recognize the empress dowager enshrined by the imperial court, then I won't recognize the crown prince enshrined by the imperial court either.

I just don't want to attack the prince, but don't force me.Otherwise, even if I don't have 99 ways to send the prince on his way, I should at least have [-] ways.

Zhu Qizhen confirmed again: "You really won't depose the prince?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I really will not depose the prince."

"Okay, I hope you won't break your promise."

With no other choice, Zhu Qizhen knelt in front of Empress Dowager Wu and performed three kneels and nine kowtows.

Empress Dowager Wu smiled and comforted her softly: "Even if Your Majesty becomes a prince, you and Qi Yu are still brothers. You can have a good rest in Nanjing. If you need anything, feel free to ask for it from the Nanjing garrison eunuch, and don't wrong yourself."

Zhu Qiyu then announced: "The Empress Dowager has decreed that the imperial title of Emperor Gongren will be abolished, he will be reduced to a prince, and he will move to Nanjing."

Although everyone had known that this would be the result, there was still an uproar after the emperor actually announced it.

Zhu Qiyu didn't care about this, and immediately ordered the cabinet to draft a decree and stamp it with the Queen Mother's seal.

Then Wang Wen announced the decree and issued an edict to the world.

After announcing the decree, Zhu Qizhen realized that he had been named King Yi.Isn't this immoral? The title of his illegitimate son was directly assigned to himself.

It's really ridiculous for me to inherit the title of king from my son. This can be regarded as Zhu Qiyu's revenge for giving him the most rubbish title of King Tan in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qiyu made an invitation gesture: "Brother, let's go to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices to our ancestors."

Liu Chang and Zhao Xuan heard this and lined up respectfully with their guards to greet him.Seeing this, Zhu Qizhen knew that if he refused to show dignity, these emperor's buddies would help him show respect.

With no other choice, Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to follow the emperor to the Ancestral Temple, where he offered sacrifices to his ancestors and confessed his sins.

They were accompanied by Zhu Wengui, the great official, Zhang Zhong, the British Duke, Xu Chengzong, the Duke of Wei, Xu Heng, the Duke of An, Wang Yining, the Minister of Rites, and Xiao Tan, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhu Qiyu had given enough face and did not let too many ministers follow him.In front of the ancestral tablet, Zhu Qiyu did not criticize again.

After going through the process, Zhu Qiyu led Zhu Wengui and others out. Ruan Xi, the royal eunuch, and Huang Qi, the royal eunuch and supervisor, came in. They held the prince's clothes in their hands and respectfully asked His Highness King Yi to change.

Zhu Qizhen said angrily: "Why are you so urgent?"

Ruan Xi replied: "Please, Your Highness King Yi, go into the Ancestral Temple to pay your respects and then change your clothes instead of removing the crown outside in front of all the civil and military officials. Your Majesty has left enough dignity for you.

After a while, after changing into the prince's clothes, he went outside and asked His Highness to kneel three times and kowtow nine times to the Holy One, performing the great courtesy of a monarch and his ministers.Then the Holy Emperor led the civil servants, military officers, and the people of the capital to personally escort His Highness out of the city. "

"Leave the city immediately?"

Huang Qi rushed to answer: "The chariots and chariots are all ready. Don't worry, your highness. In addition to losing the imperial title, you can no longer wear the emperor's clothes, and you can no longer call me. Other expenses will not only not be reduced, but will also be increased."

You yourself also understand that the Holy Spirit truly cares about our close friendship.

I would like to advise you that you should try your best to maintain the image of brother, friend and brotherly respect in front of the people of the world.

If you insist on betraying the grace of the Holy One, you will be a servant with no family or friends, and a humble life. I really don’t mind doing all kinds of difficult things for the Holy One.When the canal sinks, the slaves will also be buried in the belly of the fish, and everything will be over.

Even if the imperial court wants to kill the nine slave clans, they must be able to find the nine slave clans.If they really have the ability to recognize their ancestors and return to their clan for the slaves, the slaves will know how to do it, so they should be grateful to them. "

Zhu Qizhen was completely speechless. There was no one else in the hall except Ruan Xi and Huang Qi.Especially this Huang Qi, who looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water and was about to break the jar.

(End of this chapter)