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

Chapter 209 Urgently summoned Prince Chong Zhu Jianze to Beijing to supervise the country!

The next moment, Zhou's eyes suddenly became sharp.

The indifferent look on her face completely faded away, replaced by the graceful and elegant look that she had before, looking down on everyone.

"Since it is what the people want and what everyone expects, and now that the country is in turmoil, I will not refuse."

"Let's go, follow me to Fengtian Palace immediately and summon all the ministers to discuss the matter."

"Yes, Empress Dowager!"

Just like that, a group of people surrounded Zhou and left Qingning Palace.

Zhou sat on the phoenix chariot, and everyone carried her to the Fengtian Palace as quickly as possible.

While on the way, the officials of the court and Fu Dahai began to tell Zhou about the major events that had taken place in the palace and the court in recent months.

After Zhou learned about the situation in the court and the palace, she frowned and immediately began to give orders.

"Fu Dahai!"

"The slave is here."

"Go to the Imperial Household Department immediately to draft an imperial decree, and send someone to Runing Prefecture immediately to ask Prince Chong Zhu Jianze to come to the capital as soon as possible to supervise the country!"

"what?!"

Zhou's order made Fu Dahai dumbfounded.

"Grand Empress Dowager, the princes of various places are not allowed to enter the capital without an imperial decree!"

"Entering the capital without permission is tantamount to treason... This... This is against the rules and etiquette!"

Zhou's expression froze, and she looked at Fu Dahai with a hint of anger in her eyes: "Is my imperial decree no longer an imperial decree?"

"If we don't summon Prince Chong to the capital to supervise the country, do we want those officials in the south to establish a new emperor?!"

Liu Jian also echoed: "Your Majesty is right. As long as we firmly support Your Majesty, these will not be a problem."

"It's already this late, what are we still talking about rules and etiquette?!"

The Minister of Rites Liu Jian said this publicly, which shows that they support Zhou wholeheartedly.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were actually the most flexible, the most progressive, and the most innovative group.

But the prerequisite is that these innovations must be in line with their interests.

But in most cases, any innovation in the Ming Dynasty's physique would harm the interests of Ming Dynasty officials.

That's why they appear so pedantic and conservative.

After all, the system that is now in operation in the Ming Dynasty was transformed by countless Ming officials over the past hundreds of years with their lives sacrificed. It is the system that best suits the interests of Ming officials.

If they move, they are touching their lifeblood!

At this moment, Zhou's actions were actually learned from Empress Dowager Sun.

When Emperor Yingzong encountered the Battle of Tumu, Empress Dowager Sun's first reaction was to make her one-year-old eldest son Zhu Jianshen the crown prince.

At the same time, the crown prince was made regent.

The crown prince was still young, so the empress dowager ruled the country from behind the scenes.

Through this operation, Empress Dowager Sun briefly gained the highest ruling power of the Ming Dynasty.

It was for this reason that Empress Dowager Sun was able to single-handedly suppress the collective request of southern officials to move south.

Moreover, Zhu Jianshen was the grandson of Empress Dowager Sun. If Zhu Qizhen really died outside, after Zhu Jianshen succeeded to the throne, Empress Dowager Sun would become the Grand Empress Dowager.

He can still control the government and hold great power.

At that time, Zhou was Zhu Jianshen's biological mother. She witnessed the entire process of the political struggle in the capital and remembered it clearly.

This time, Zhou followed the example of Empress Dowager Sun with the purpose of controlling the government through Prince Chong Zhu Jianji.

Empress Dowager Sun made the one-year-old Zhu Jianshen the crown prince because she had no other choice.

Empress Dowager Sun had only one son, Zhu Qizhen, so she could only make Zhu Jianshen the crown prince.

But Zhou gave birth to two sons.

Apart from the late emperor Zhu Jianshen, there is also the Chong Prince Zhu Jianze.

If Zhu Youtang really died, the worst that could happen would be a transfer of the Ming dynasty, with Zhu Jianze succeeding to the throne.

Then Zhou was the empress dowager, and she still controlled the government and nothing was delayed.

At the same time, there is good news.

The last time Zhu Qizhen encountered the Tumu Incident, his cabinet was full of officials from the south.

Their interests were consistent, and the cabinet stood completely against Empress Dowager Sun.

This time, Zhu Youtang also encountered the Battle of Tumu.

However, there were still two northern officials in Zhu Youtang's cabinet, and there was also a northern minister in the six ministries.

The interests of cabinet members diverged, leading to the split of the cabinet, and Zhou also had supporters in the cabinet.

With Zhou and Liu Jian's assurance, Fu Dahai felt a chill in his heart and quickly followed the order: "Yes, Madam!"

After receiving the order, Fu Dahai immediately left the army and headed towards the Imperial Household Department.

The rest of the people continued to carry Zhou and quickly headed towards the Fengtian Hall.

At the same time, southern officials led by Xie Qian, Peng Shao and others had gathered their men and were rushing to Prince Xing's Palace.

There are many of these southern officials, and it takes more time to gather them together.

When they arrived at Prince Xing's Mansion, only Concubine Chen was there.

When Concubine Chen saw so many high-ranking officials in the court, she was shocked and frightened.

"Your Highness, the situation in the capital is tense right now. Only His Royal Highness Prince Xing can take charge of the situation." "Please come out, His Royal Highness Prince Xing, and accept our respect!"

"I will do my best to assist His Royal Highness Prince Xing and restore the Ming Dynasty!"

Although Xie Qian said that he was paying homage to Zhu Youlang and that he was assisting Zhu Youlang, there was no respect at all in his expression, tone, and even the way he worded.

The Concubine Chen still didn't understand the twists and turns between the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, and said in surprise: "Luo'er was taken away by Minister Yu before, didn't you know?"

"According to the time, everyone should have entered the palace by now, right?"

"what?!"

After hearing this, Xie Qian was horrified and suddenly clapped his hands and shouted, "Oh no! We are done for, Yu Shen wants to seize power!"

Xie Qian reacted immediately and realized that Yu Shen was going to emulate Yu Qian and use the emperor to control the princes!
"Quick! Go to the palace quickly and don't let Yu Shen succeed!"

Xie Qian immediately led a group of southern officials and quickly ran into the palace.

Xie Qian was now regretting so much that he kept slapping his thigh. There is always a loophole in a perfect plan. There is always a loophole in a perfect plan!

He was so happy that he could move south that he forgot about Yu Shen.

After all, before this, Yu Shen was just a small left vice minister of the Ministry of War, and was not even in the eyes of these ministers.

Yu Shen didn't have much say in the court.

As a result, Xie Qian and others ignored Yu Shen.

Although they were both officials from the south, Yu Shen and Xie Qian's interests were not completely consistent.

Fundamentally, Yu Shen still prefers Yang Tong in the north.

Now that Yu Shen had taken Zhu Youluo, Xie Qian and other southern officials away in advance, they suddenly felt threatened.

The southern officials set out to chase Yu Shen and Prince Xing Zhu Youlang, and at this time the two men were about to reach the Fengtian Palace.

"Your Highness Prince Xing, after entering the Fengtian Palace, you will immediately summon the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department and announce that you will take charge of all matters in the capital."

"Then immediately promote me to the position of Minister of War, take over the East and West Factories and the Imperial Guard, and declare martial law in the capital!"

"Let the imperial guards control all the civil and military officials in the capital and not allow them to gather. After that, I will write a letter to ask you to succeed me."

"By then, you will be the legitimate emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

"Do you understand, King Xing?"

Because Zhu Youqiu was young, Yu Shen was afraid that he might not understand, so he spoke very directly.

Zhu Youqi was so flustered by Yu Shen that his mind went blank. He just nodded and didn't listen to or understand what Yu Shen was saying.

Yu Shen was still chattering about the next actions. As he spoke, he pulled Zhu Youlang into the Fengtian Hall.

The next moment, Yu Shen stopped chattering and looked forward with a pale face.

In the Fengtian Hall, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and other senior officials stood on the left and right, while Fu Dahai, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, stood at the bottom of the steps.

Next to the dragon throne on the steps, Empress Dowager Zhou was sitting on the phoenix chair, looking down at the two of them.

"grandmother!"

Zhu Youqi looked at Zhou in shock and shouted subconsciously.

Yu Shen's face was pale, his lips trembled a few times, and finally he bowed his head and saluted: "Greetings, Her Majesty the Grand Empress Dowager!"

"Minister Yu, you brought Prince Xing into the palace in such a hurry without even asking for permission. What's the matter?"

Zhou's face was serious, and her eyes were filled with undisguised disgust as she looked at Zhu Youlang.

During the Chenghua period, Zhu Jianshen and Concubine Wan wanted to rely on her grandson to weaken her power.

She started a battle for the throne with Zhu Youtang, whom she had raised since childhood.

That time, Zhou and the cabinet joined forces to defeat Zhu Jianshen and Concubine Wan.

Unexpectedly, just a few years later, another official attempted to seize her power again through Zhu Youlang!
This was simply unbearable for her, and her attitude towards Zhu Youlang naturally could not be good.

When Zhu Youqi saw the look Zhou gave him, he took several steps back in fear, feeling extremely sad.

His grandmother disliked him since he was a child, which made Zhu Youlang feel extremely wronged and sad, but he could do nothing about it.

Yu Shen lowered his head and replied through gritted teeth: "Your Majesty, before His Majesty personally led the army, he ordered Prince Xing to stay in the capital."

"Now that His Majesty is in trouble, Prince Xing should be the regent, so I hurriedly brought Prince Xing into the palace..."

"Prince Xing is too young to understand government affairs. Although Your Majesty has ordered him to stay, how can we take matters of the court lightly?"

Zhou interrupted Yu Shen immediately with a very firm attitude.

"As the Empress Dowager, I must do my part when the country is in trouble."

"Until your majesty returns, I will be in charge of government affairs."

"This..." Yu Shen was extremely anxious and regretful.

When he saw Zhou appear in the Fengtian Palace, he knew that he was one step behind.

If you fail to do it properly, you will end up losing everything.

Zhou glanced at the ministers in the hall and said, "My dear ministers, do you have any objections to this decision?"

"Your Majesty, we have no objection. Your Majesty should rule the country from behind the curtain."

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others spoke at the appropriate time.

Yu Shen wanted to say something, but at the moment the hall was full of northern officials who supported Zhou, and he was alone and could not really make any difference.

At this moment, Xie Qian led a large number of southern officials and hurriedly ran into the Fengtian Hall.

(End of this chapter)