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Chapter 485 Super Big Melon
In June of the 14th year of Zhengde, Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao raised an army in Nanchang, gathered 10,000 soldiers, killed Sun Sui, the governor of Jiangxi, and Xu Kui, the deputy envoy of the Censorate. In just a few days, he captured Jiujiang, Nankang, Anqing and other places.

Along with the uprising was the military manifesto written by Prince Ning, which, with the encouragement of people with ulterior motives, soon spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River.

For a time, people from north to south of the Yangtze River and from top to bottom of the Yellow River were eating the biggest melon in history.

When Ou Zanghua saw the call to arms, he was completely shocked. He thought that this old guy, Prince Ning, might have gone crazy!

The words are so perverse that they have never been seen before in history.

The first half accused Emperor Zhengde of being a tyrant and a tyrant, doing perverse things, and was opposed by the whole country, but that was okay, it was a routine operation.

But the second half was very exciting. He actually denied that Emperor Zhengde was a descendant of the Zhu family, but was impersonated by a commoner from another family.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao was not qualified to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty at all!

The reason why Prince Ning Zhu Chenhao seized on this issue to attack Emperor Zhengde was because there were rumors that Emperor Zhengde was not the eldest son born to Empress Zhang of Emperor Xiaozong, but the "son of a capital person" born to Zheng Jinlian, the daughter of Zheng Wang.

The version made up by Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao went even further, saying directly that Zhu Houzhao was a child adopted from the common people to pretend to be a prince, and was not a descendant of Emperor Xiaozong at all.

Actually, what Prince Ning said was illogical. It was not that Empress Dowager Zhang was incapable of pregnancy. Although Emperor Xiaozong was stupid and simple-minded, he would never tolerate anyone pretending to be a prince.

The key point is that Emperor Zhengde had done this before, and the result was that he was scolded by the whole court.

Even if Emperor Xiaozong was really that pure, don't forget that Emperor Yingzong's Empress Xiaosuzhou and Emperor Xianzong's Empress Xiaozhenchun Wang were still in the palace at that time. There were old people from the Chenghua period such as Liu Jian, Xu Pu, Liu Ji, and Ma Wensheng in the court. Could they allow Emperor Xiaozong to act so recklessly?

At this moment, Ou Zanghua could not care about anything else and immediately went to the cabinet.

However, before leaving, he specifically instructed that the Ministry of Rites, the Honglu Temple, and the Zhanshi Mansion should not criticize the matter and wait for the court to deal with it.

Along the way, Minister of War Lu Wan, Minister of Punishment Yang Yiqing, Minister of Personnel and Left Censor-in-Chief Peng Ze, and Minister of Works Li Qian also came from various directions.

In the cabinet, the Prime Minister, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Fei Hong, and the Second Prime Minister Liang Chu had extremely gloomy expressions.

Seeing everyone coming, Fei Hong stood up and said, "The road will be blocked for three days. The Imperial College will be closed. The Five Cities Military Department will change to five patrols a day. Anyone who speaks nonsense will be arrested and imprisoned! Everyone, follow me to the palace to ask for an audience with the Queen Mother!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

Then, led by Fei Hong, he led the cabinet ministers and the six ministers through the imperial city and walked towards the Renshou Palace.

Along the way, the eunuchs also realized the seriousness of the matter and lowered their heads to make way.

Emperor Zhengde was not in the Renshou Palace. Instead, Empress Xia had come here early and was thinking about how to start the conversation.

At this time, Zhang Ming, the chief eunuch of Empress Dowager Zhang, quickly entered the bedroom, bowed and reported: "Report to the Empress Dowager, the first assistant of the cabinet, Lord Fei, and the second assistant, Lord Liang, led the six ministers to the front hall to ask for an audience."

When Queen Xia heard this, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes, but it was quickly suppressed.

Empress Dowager Zhang frowned slightly and thought for a moment before she said, "Change your clothes!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhang Ming responded, then glanced at the palace maids behind him.

Several palace maids understood what she meant and immediately stepped forward to help the empress dowager dress and dress.

The ministers waited in the front hall for nearly half an hour before Empress Dowager Zhang came out slowly.

"Your Highness, we pay our respects to the Queen Mother!" the ministers bowed and saluted.

"Forget it," Empress Dowager Zhang sat on the throne and looked at the ministers and said, "What's the wind today? The pillars of our Ming Dynasty are transported to my Renshou Palace?" Fei Hong said calmly, "We are deeply ashamed to come here rashly and disturb the Empress Dowager's peace. However, since this concerns the reputation of the late emperor, we have no choice but to do this."

As Fei Hong finished speaking, Liang Chu handed over a memorial with both hands.

The chief eunuch Zhang Ming took the memorial and presented it to Empress Dowager Zhang.

The Queen Mother flipped through the memorial in her hand with a frown on her face. After a moment, she threw it away and said in a cold voice, "What nonsense! When the late emperor was alive, he also conducted a thorough investigation into this matter, and the result was nothing more than the old farmer's imagination. At that time, I tried my best to persuade the late emperor to execute all those involved in this matter to set things right. However, the late emperor was kind-hearted and pardoned all the people involved in the case for the heinous crime that should have been punished by the death of the entire clan. He did not investigate their faults in depth, but only sentenced the eunuch Liu Shan to death as a punishment."

"I never thought that the kindness of the late emperor would become an excuse for this villain to confuse right and wrong. This is unforgivable!"

This is also related to Emperor Xiaozong's character. He is indeed not a bloodthirsty person.

For example, he kept looking for his mother's family, but ended up finding a bunch of scammers, and he didn't kill any of them.

Concubine Wan's family was only deprived of the rewards given by Emperor Xianzong by Emperor Xiaozong, so their lives were not in danger.

If it were any other emperor, none of those scammers would have been able to escape.

At this moment, all the ministers breathed a sigh of relief when they heard what Empress Dowager Zhang said.

Liang Chu came out, bowed and said, "I, your old minister, dare to ask the Queen Mother to issue an imperial decree to set the record straight and refute that absurd theory. Advise Prince Ning not to be deceived by treacherous villains, not to make the same mistake again, and to turn back from the wrong path."

"Yes," Empress Dowager Zhang nodded and said, "I will leave this matter to Liang Qing. When you have drafted the decree, please submit it to me for review."

"Old minister, I obey the order!"

Zhang Ming quickly prepared the four treasures of the study, and Liang Chu immediately began to write, and the article was completed in one go as smooth as flowing water.

After reviewing it, Empress Dowager Zhang nodded with satisfaction to show her approval.

Seeing this, Zhang Ming, who was waiting on the side, respectfully took out the seal of Empress Dowager Zhang, and the Empress Dowager personally stamped a bright red seal at the end of the article.

Fei Hong respectfully took the imperial edict with both hands, kowtowed to express his gratitude, and then led the six ministers to leave Renshou Palace.

After returning to the cabinet and stamping the Wenyuan Pavilion silver seal on it, Ou Zanghua picked up a pen and re-copied the article three times.

One copy was posted on the imperial edict outside the palace, one copy was kept in Wenyuan Pavilion, and one copy was delivered to Emperor Zhengde.

The Wenyuan Pavilion copy will also be copied by the Zhanshi Mansion, Hanlin Academy, and the Ministry of Rites and sent to government offices in various places to set the record straight.

After learning the news, Emperor Zhengde hurried from the Leopard House to the Renshou Palace in the imperial city.

As soon as he arrived at the palace, he hugged Empress Dowager Zhang tightly, tears streaming down his face, and cried out with guilt that he had failed to protect his father and mother.

Empress Dowager Zhang also hugged her son with heartache, tears in her eyes. She was heartbroken that her kind husband and brave son had suffered such slander for no reason.

Even Queen Xia, who was always dignified and steady, couldn't help but shed tears after witnessing the whole process.

After the news spread out of the imperial city, the soldiers of the Beijing camp were outraged. Every iron-blooded man had tears in his eyes and vowed to seek justice for the emperor. If the emperor humiliates his subjects, they must die. They would not allow anyone to insult the emperor in the slightest.

Censors from all walks of life also spoke out. While they severely condemned the cabinet's behavior of blocking the channels of speech, they also wrote furiously, mercilessly cursing Prince Ning for his ill intentions, his many conspiracies and intrigues, and that he should be given the most severe punishment.

The people of the capital are also filled with righteous indignation. Although the current emperor is not as merciful as the previous one, they can still make trouble for him!

I drank your Majesty's wine a few days ago, now is the time to repay you. Anyone who questions your Majesty's background on the street will be immediately beaten by the people of the capital. If they are lucky enough to be alive, they will be sent to the Five Cities Military Command.
(End of this chapter)