Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 109 The descendants of the Zhu family can’t do it

Zhu Qiyu walked out of the imperial study room with a smile. Before he reached the door, he saw Queen Mother Sun stepping into the hall.

Zhu Qiyu walked over quickly, keeping a smile on his face, and went over to support the Queen Mother, saying with a smile: "Why is the Queen Mother here? If you have any orders, just send someone to tell them, and my son will definitely listen to the Queen Mother's teachings!"

"Well!" Queen Mother Sun was surprised and found something was wrong with Zhu Qiyu. In so many years, Zhu Qiyu had never smiled in front of her, so she said: "I came here because I have something to do, about my younger brother and nephew. , I wonder what the emperor’s considerations are?”

"Well, I knew that this matter would definitely alarm the Queen Mother. I also specifically asked the people below not to gossip, for fear of worrying the Queen Mother!" Zhu Qiyu still helped the Queen Mother to walk to the imperial study.

Empress Dowager Sun was surprised and a little unsure about what Zhu Qiyu wanted to do.

After arriving in the study, Zhu Qiyu helped the Queen Mother Sun sit down, then he went to the main seat and told Cheng Jing: "Make some ginseng tea. If you want to drink tea, I'm worried that the Queen Mother won't be used to it!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Cheng Jing immediately went to give instructions.

"Queen Mother, I originally planned to go to Kangshou Palace tomorrow morning to pay my respects and explain this matter to you face to face! There are many things going on today, and I have a headache. I am thinking about how to handle this matter. If I don't handle it well, I'm afraid it will start a civil uprising. , so I have been thinking about how to solve it. Now that the Queen Mother is here, please teach me how to deal with this matter!" Zhu Qiyu said to the Queen Mother Sun with a smile,
At the same time, Zhu Qiyu also took some memorials on the coffee table and handed them to Queen Mother Sun.

Queen Mother Sun looked at Zhu Qiyu suspiciously, but still took it.

Seeing him accepting the memorial like this, Zhu Qiyu sneered in his heart, "How can anyone read the memorial?"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. It seems that Queen Mother Sun has forgotten all about it.

Wang Meilin did not dare to accept the memorial easily, and had to postpone it for a while. She only dared to read it after he asked her to read it again. However, Queen Mother Sun had no awareness of this.

Empress Dowager Sun opened the memorial and was shocked when she saw the contents. It contained not only the impeachment of Sun Xunzong and Sun Hongyuan, but also the impeachment of everyone in the Sun family except Sun Zhong. In addition, those crimes were also clearly recorded. Chu's.

The memorial is very thick and contains a lot of things recorded in it. Moreover, the memorial comes from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After reading the memorial, Queen Mother Sun was actually discouraged. She knew very well what Zhu Qiyu's purpose was in letting her read this.

These crimes are actually nothing. If Zhu Qizhen were here, these crimes could be completely ignored. But now, it is not Zhu Qizhen who is the emperor, but Zhu Qiyu.

After reading it, Empress Dowager Sun closed the memorial and thought about countermeasures. Nothing could happen to the two of them. Once something happened, it would be a huge blow to the people who supported her and Zhu Qizhen.

But Zhu Qiyu will not let them go easily. Zhu Qiyu wants to declare the authority of the emperor.

"What is the emperor's plan for this matter?" Queen Mother Sun asked, looking at Zhu Qiyu who was sitting quietly drinking tea.

"I don't have a clue yet. Does the Queen Mother have any ideas? There are many rumors among the people about this matter. They all say that they dared to be so arrogant under the protection of the Queen Mother! Among them, Sun Xunzong accepted almost 15 taels of bribes. It was the money of Jin Yiwei and local criminal officials, and Sun Hongyuan raped and killed 17 women and killed 25 of those women's husbands!

Sun Hongyuan has become a lewd demon in the capital. Any pretty woman in the capital dare not go out easily for fear of encountering this lewd demon!

The people in the capital were too angry to speak out, and the same was true for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which had impeached Sun Hongyuan many times before, but was suppressed.

Queen Mother, I am also troubled by this matter and I don’t know how to handle it better!If it is not dealt with, the reputation of the Queen Mother will be ruined among the people. Moreover, there are rumors in the capital that the Sun family is helping the Queen Mother collect money. The Queen Mother needs a lot of money to redeem the Emperor, because the court It is impossible to pay for redemption, and it is impossible for Ming Dynasty to suffer such humiliation!
Queen Mother, how to deal with it is up to the Queen Mother to consider at her own discretion. I will listen to the Queen Mother! "Zhu Qiyu sat there and continued to speak calmly, very calmly, and the calm Queen Mother Sun felt scared.

The key point is that the Queen Mother needed a lot of money to redeem the Emperor, but the Queen Mother was so surprised. How could the people know this?And, who spread these rumors?

Queen Mother Sun sat there, her mind running rapidly.

"Today at the court meeting, more than half of the ministers asked me to release the two of them. They said that if I didn't let them go, I would be unfilial. I was thinking, what exactly is filial piety? Is it me who is unfilial, or are they unfilial? I arrested them to protect the Queen Mother. Reputation, called unfilial? They collect money from outside, commit crimes and violate laws, and ruining the Queen Mother's reputation is called filial piety?

In addition, there are rumors outside that the Queen Mother is not really for my Zhu family. Although she is the Queen Mother of my Zhu family, her heart is with the Sun family. For the children of the Sun family, what does it mean to do such a thing?Maybe there was a change of dynasty that day and everything would be fine! "Zhu Qiyu continued to say with a slight smile.

"That's nonsense!" Queen Mother Sun stood up suddenly and yelled.

What does it mean?She is a woman from the Zhu family!Do these rumors not declare to the world that she, a woman from the Zhu family, is unqualified?This Queen Mother of the Zhu family would not consider Zhu Ming at all?

"Queen Mother, it's just a rumor, there's no need to be so excited!" Zhu Qiyu stood up, came to the Queen Mother Sun's side, and helped the Queen Mother Sun sit down, still smiling.

But this smile made Empress Dowager Sun want to slap him directly. Empress Dowager Sun felt that it was a mockery.Zhu Qiyu didn't care what she thought, but continued to chuckle: "So, I have been thinking about the problem, whether I am unfilial or they are unfilial. I can only ask the Queen Mother about this!"

After saying that, she looked at Queen Mother Sun, who looked up at Zhu Qiyu's smiling face.

Empress Dowager Sun knew that she could no longer be so passive. Nothing could happen to the two of them, even if they deserved death, but now, nothing could happen to them.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Sun sighed and said: "Emperor, can you deprive them of their official positions to atone for their sins and let them out?"

Zhu Qiyu did not speak, but walked slowly to the main seat, sat down, leaned back, and touched his chin.

"If the emperor has other considerations, you might as well say so!" Empress Dowager Sun stared at Zhu Qiyu and asked. What she just said, Zhu Qiyu did not answer, that is, he did not agree.

"Dozens of lives have been ruined to ruin the reputation of the Queen Mother, and she is deprived of her official position? How can we make the people of the world feel at ease? You have also seen the criminal records of other children of the Sun family. What should happen to others? Should they all be deprived as well?" Zhu Qiyu looked at it indifferently. Queen Mother Sun said.

When Empress Dowager Sun heard this, her heart skipped a beat. What did this mean? It would not work to catch the entire Sun family in one fell swoop!Then he said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not possible to do this, right? The Sun family has made great contributions to the court. If we do this, wouldn't it chill the hearts of all the officials in the world?"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "Yes, I just considered this, so I only arrested the two of them. I didn't touch the others!"

Queen Mother Sun understood that this was a dead end, a dead end for Sun Xunzong and Sun Hongyuan.

Sun Xuzong's death was not only due to Zhu Qizhen's intention, but also to Wang Meilin's intention. Wang Meilin told him face to face.

But now I absolutely cannot agree to kill another of my nephews.

"Hongyuan is still young, please give the emperor a chance, just exile him!" The Queen Mother Sun still wanted to save Sun Hongyuan's life. If she could save Sun Hongyuan's life, she could also send news to the ministers outside. She, the Queen Mother Sun, had not yet If he falls down, he can still affect the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu sat there, scratched his forehead, and said, "Do you want to arrest those children of the Sun family who have committed crimes?"

"Emperor, isn't this enough?" Empress Dowager Sun was angry at this moment. She had already compromised, and her fourth brother Sun Xunzong had already given up. Zhu Qiyu still refused to save the life of his nephew.

"Not enough!" Zhu Qiyu stared at Queen Mother Sun fiercely and said coldly.

Queen Mother Sun felt that her limbs were cold at the moment, although the imperial study room was very warm.

At this moment, Zhu Qiyu did not want to make excuses with the Empress Dowager Sun, but said bluntly: "Either they two die, or all the Sun family members, except Huichang Bo, will be deprived of their official positions and exiled!"

"You!" Queen Mother Sun stood up, gritted her teeth and stared at Zhu Qiyu, saying, "How cruel. Are you going to put our Sun family to death?"

"Wrong, it's the Sun family, and you are from the Zhu family! The rumors outside are indeed true!" Zhu Qiyu looked at the Queen Mother Sun with a smile again.

"Presumptuous!" Queen Mother Sun picked up the ginseng tea at this moment and almost threw it on Zhu Qiyu's face. Zhu Qiyu reacted subconsciously and raised his hand to block his face.

When Zhu Qiyu saw that Queen Mother Sun did not splash her, he stood up, looked at Queen Mother Sun coldly, and said, "Queen Mother, how should the Sun family deal with this?"

"You, okay, okay, I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it!" Queen Mother Sun suddenly smiled and shook her head and looked at Zhu Qiyu.

"I didn't expect that such a coward like me would dare to resist you?" Zhu Qiyu also looked at the Queen Mother Sun with a smile and asked, before waiting for the Queen Mother Sun's answer,
Zhu Qiyu suddenly changed his expression, and shouted at the Queen Mother Sun with an angry expression: "I am the son of Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty and the grandson of Renzong. In this world, my surname is Zhu! Since I am in this position, I must be worthy of my ancestors, and I must be worthy of my ancestors." Being worthy of the common people, shouldn't the Sun family deserve to die for committing such crimes?
If you do this, you won’t die!How should I explain myself to my subjects in the world, and how should I explain myself to my ancestors?I am not the Supreme Emperor, but I still want face! "

"You, you!" Empress Dowager Sun pointed at Zhu Qiyu and was so angry that she was speechless.

"You can say that I am unfilial, but I can't do the kind of filial piety you want! The descendants of the Zhu family can't do it, and the descendants of Taizu can't do it!" Zhu Qiyu stared at the Queen Mother Sun coldly and shouted.

Then he shouted to the door of the study: "Come here, the Queen Mother is tired, please take her back to the palace to rest!"

(End of this chapter)