Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 207: His Royal Highness Prince Xing, please enter the palace immediately and take charge of state affairs!

Li Dongyang was very conflicted and couldn't make up his mind.

Suddenly, Liu Jian shouted loudly!
"Li Dongyang!"

"You were born and raised in Beijing. Do you want to live in Nanjing forever?"

Liu Jian's angry shout woke Li Dongyang up.

Yes, now is not the time to hesitate. The southern officials are still determined to move the capital, and they, the northern officials, must not sit idly by and wait for death.

Li Dongyang has lived in the capital for decades, and most of his life has passed. He doesn't want to go to Nanjing to attend court when he is old.

Moreover, that place is the territory of southern officials, and these southern officials are already very arrogant in the capital.

Li Dongyang couldn't even imagine how unscrupulous these southern officials would be and do whatever they wanted after returning to Nanjing.

Considering the possible life in Nanjing in the future, what does this adventure really matter?

Isn't it just about welcoming the deposed Empress Dowager Zhou and regaining power in the palace?

Fight!

Thinking of this, Li Dongyang took a deep breath and calmed down.

"What Elder Liu is reminding us is that we have no choice now?"

"Without further delay, shall we enter the palace now?"

Liu Jian nodded, then shook his head: "Before entering the palace, we have to meet another Shangshu Lord."

"Who?"

"Minister of Works Jia Jun."

Li Dongyang was a little surprised: "Why not the Minister of Personnel Wang Shu?"

"He is also from the north, and he is the most important of the six ministries, the Minister of Personnel."

Liu Jian sighed: "Wang Shu is from the north, but he has been an official in the south for decades."

"And after he returned to the capital, he became very close to those southern officials."

"I'm afraid... he also wants to go back to the South."

What Liu Jian was referring to was the incident in which Wang Shu led dozens of southern officials to jointly write a letter to the emperor before Zhu Youtang personally led the army.

Li Dongyang nodded and fell silent.

Then the two of them, without wasting any more time, went to meet Jia Jun, a native of Northern Zhili.

What made Zhu Youtang better than Zhu Qizhen this time was that there were two northerners in his cabinet.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang will stop those southern officials from moving the capital to Nanjing at all costs!
Just as Liu Jian thought, the southern officials in the capital were also very concerned when they learned that Zhu Youtang had been attacked by the Oirat people and his life or death was unknown.

Their first reaction was to move the capital!
The officials in the south were ecstatic.

The joy was beyond words, and he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to, his mouth was almost crooked with smiles.

During the last Battle of Tumu, the cabinet collectively demanded to move the capital, and it seemed that they were about to succeed.

Unfortunately, Empress Dowager Sun refused to give in and the move was ultimately not successful.

But this time it’s different. This time, there is no Queen Mother Sun!

Move back to Nanjing, today!
Xie Qian was one of the happiest people. After learning the news, he quickly found the Minister of Justice Peng Shao.

"Minister Peng, have you heard? Have you heard?"

Xie Qian arrived at Peng Shao's house and shouted excitedly from a distance.

Peng Shao's face was calm, but he couldn't suppress the upward smile on his lips.

He waved his hand and said, "Of course I heard about it. Lord Xie, there is no need to say more. I will start contacting officials from various departments and start preparing to move the capital."

Almost no officials in the capital believed that Zhu Youtang would be able to return safely.

Because they knew that if the emperor could be attacked inside the Great Wall, the ones who took action must be their own people.

When one's own people take action, they are the most ruthless. There is definitely no risk that the emperor will come back alive.

This is what Yang Hong did back then. As expected, Zhu Qizhen could not return to the capital and could only follow Yesen back to Wala.

After almost a year of trouble, Zhu Qizhen finally returned to the capital.

At that time, officials and relatives in the capital had already divided up the power vacant by Zhu Qizhen.

As for other people, they would not question this.

At that time, the civil servants made up an outrageous story that Zhu Qizhen led an army of 500,000 to fight, but was completely wiped out by the Oirat army with tens of thousands of people, and the emperor was also captured.

If there are still people who firmly believe in it hundreds of years later, how can we still expect these people to doubt it?

Xie Qian laughed twice: "Minister Peng is too anxious. If we want to move the capital, we need the order from the emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

"But hasn't His Majesty already..."

Peng Shao just raised his head in confusion, when suddenly an idea flashed in his mind and his eyes lit up.

"You mean, welcoming the new emperor?"

"What else?" Xie Qian said as a matter of course.

"After we return to Nanjing, Nanjing will also need an emperor."

"But now your majesty has no heir...Do you mean to welcome Zhu Youlang as the heir?"

Peng Shao followed Xie Qian's line of thought and thought for a moment, and the most suitable candidate at the moment immediately emerged.

Xie Qian smiled and nodded: "Is there anyone more suitable than him?"

"But..." When mentioning Zhu Youluo, Peng Shao frowned subconsciously.

Deep down in his heart, he was very opposed to this candidate.

"In this way, don't you think it's very similar to forty years ago..."

"It's different! It's different this time!"

Xie Qian's face became serious and he said it in a decisive tone. Such a resolute attitude made Peng Shao restrain his expression.

Xie Qian was originally a person of extraordinary status among the officials in the south.

Now that the two important officials, Xu Pu and Liu Daxia, are not in the capital, Xie Qian has begun to show signs of leading the officials in the south.

Xie Qian's expression eased a little: "Minister Peng, there is no need to worry too much. We can go together to welcome His Majesty."

"As long as the new emperor ascends the throne, the decades-long wish of our ancestors will be realized in our hands."

Peng Shao nodded: "Yes, yes, let's go without further delay."

"Yes, but before we welcome the new emperor, we still need to contact more people."

"From now on, you and I will both have the merit of following the dragon."

Xie Qian said this and did this.

In addition to Peng Shao, he also contacted a large number of civil servants in the south to prepare to welcome the new emperor.

But Xie Qian did not contact Wang Shu for a very simple reason.

No matter how close Wang Shu appeared to be to the southern officials, he was a native northerner, and no one could change that.

For this reason, even though Wang Shu made great contributions to the South, Xie Qian would not completely trust him.

Officials from both the north and the south disliked Wang Shu.

As a result, he, the most important Minister of Personnel, was neglected.

At the same time, in the eyes of the top officials in the capital, a minister of the Ministry of War, who was not taken seriously by them, took a crucial step to change his own destiny.

After Yu Shen learned the news that Zhu Youtang was attacked, his heart sank, thinking that Yang Tong had indeed attacked Zhu Youtang.

He was not surprised at all, but only felt nervousness, excitement, anticipation, fear... and a series of complex emotions.

Yu Shen knew that the time had come to change his destiny.

What happens in the next few hours will affect the fate of the entire Ming Dynasty.

In Yu Shen's mind, the contents of Yang Tong's secret letter kept appearing.

After the matter is accomplished, I will be the Duke of the State, and you will be the Grand Tutor...

These twelve words, like a spell, echoed in Yu Shen's mind over and over again, tempting Yu Shen's desire.

Yu Shen hesitated for only a moment before immediately taking action.

Yu Shen didn't contact anyone. After he went out, he immediately ran to Prince Xing's Palace!

While the southern officials headed by Xie Qian were still planning to move the capital, Yu Shen had already taken the lead and arrived at Prince Xing's Palace first.

Prince Xing's Palace.

Concubine Shao seemed unusually excited. She was so excited that she couldn't sit still and kept pacing back and forth in the front hall, glancing towards the door from time to time.

Looking at Zhu Youlang who was sitting in his seat with a helpless look on his face, Concubine Chen touched his head and pinched his face, her heart full of joy.

If Zhu Youtang really can't come back, then she and her son will be the biggest beneficiaries.

Compared to Concubine Chen's excitement, Zhu Youqi was completely confused.

After knowing that Zhu Youtang might not come back, Zhu Youtang not only did not feel happy, but he also felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.

This gave him a strong sense of crisis, which made him look so panic-stricken and uneasy.

Their state did not last long, and soon someone knocked on the door of Prince Xing's Mansion.

Concubine Chen quickly sent someone to open the door. After seeing that it was her fellow villager Yu Shen outside the door, the smile on her face became even brighter.

Yes, Concubine Chen was also from Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.

"Your Highness Prince Xing, your Majesty is in danger, and the country is in danger!"

"Your Highness, Prince Xing, please come to the palace immediately and take charge of the affairs of state!"

Yu Shen walked quickly towards Prince Xing Zhu Youlang and knelt before him.

Yu Shen's action scared Zhu Youqiu.

He was just a prince living in the capital, not even a regent, and had no power at all.

Yu Shen, a third-rank official in the Ministry of War, knelt down and kowtowed to him, which made Zhu Youqiu feel very uneasy.

"No... no need to be so polite..."

Zhu Youqi was stuttering when he spoke, but Concubine Chen had already said, "Minister Yu is too polite. Please stand up quickly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Concubine Dowager."

Yu Shen stood up and said in a domineering and tough tone: "Your Highness Prince Xing, there is no time to waste. Please come with me to the palace immediately and take charge of the government."

"Ah? But..."

Zhu Youlang was still hesitating, he was afraid.

Although Zhu Youlang was still young, he was born in the imperial palace and had some understanding of the life-and-death political struggles at the center of power.

He instinctively refused to approach the Forbidden City, the center of power of the Ming Dynasty.

He doesn't want to fight, but there are many people who want to fight.

To be more precise, someone needs to use his identity as a prince of the Ming Dynasty to fight!

Among these people was her biological mother, Concubine Shao!

When Concubine Chen saw Zhu Youlang being so hesitant, she immediately frowned in dissatisfaction and said in a tone that hinted at scolding.

"Minister Yu is right. You are the prince of the late emperor, the younger brother of His Majesty, and the prince who lives in the capital."

"Your Majesty has been attacked and his life or death is unknown, but the country cannot be without a ruler for a day."

"Qian'er, you should follow Minister Yu into the palace immediately and help His Majesty with his worries!"

(End of this chapter)