Chapter 876: The Prologue of the Great Coup (1)
. "Sir, no one wants to see this situation, but it is already like this. It would be too unwise to touch Feng Bao again!" Seeing that Chen Si still tense his mouth and refuses to speak, Wang Yin said anxiously: "Ge Lao Gao is afraid that it will be a tragedy. No matter who is in power in the future, he must work closely with the palace. Now Zhang Taiyue has come from behind. If you don't act, you will be surpassed by him!"
"You asked me to cooperate with the murderer who killed the emperor?" Chen Mo stared at Wang Yin with a weak look.
Although it was still hot, Wang Yin couldn't help but burst into coldness when he saw Chen Si's eyes, "Do you have any evidence?"
"There will be." Silent groaned.
"That's not yet." Wang Yin said with a sigh of relief: "Take a step back and say, even if there is, what's the use? When Feng Bao moved, he walked around. Concubine Li. The prince was already ten years old. He said he was very young...
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"In order not to offend the future emperor, do you have to be sorry to the current emperor!" Silence punched the stone table with heavy punch, shaking the teacup and said extremely angry: "How can people be so snobbish!"
"How do you know that you will definitely be sorry for Emperor Longqing?" Wang Yin did not let him go and said tit-for-tat: "It is time to die. I think what he wants to see most is to be harmonious inside and outside, assist the prince together, and manage the prosperous Ming Dynasty..." He paused, stared at the silent and said: "Instead of finding out the truth, avenging him, leaving the future emperor without his mother, and leaving the future Ming Dynasty without his lump! Now is the Lord of Renshu who has seen for a hundred years. He will definitely not want to see you avenge him, and finally buried himself in..."
"..." This sentence hit the vital point of silence, making his anger unable to vent, and his whole body was trembling slightly.
In fact, from the time he saw the emperor lying dying in the Ganqing Palace, he was deeply immersed in a kind of anger and sadness of renunciation. If someone had said before that he would have such deep feelings for an emperor, he would definitely sneer. Emperor Jiajing was also good to him and he was only relieved after his death.
However, Longqing's experience made the silence feel truly, what is heart-wrenching?
I don’t know when Jilai has been so important in his heart. Is this loyalty to the emperor and patriotism? Are you worried about the future of the empire? None of them.
But sincerity is exchanged for sincerity... Emperor Longqing Zhu Zaili, although he was lazy and mediocre all his life, he had the unique sincerity and kindness among the emperors of all generations. Since the day he accepted the silence, he has trusted him without reservation, treating him as the most trustworthy friend, "relying on him and trusting him." He also gave him the greatest freedom and trust, allowing him to make achievements. Until he became seriously ill, he still tried his best to make arrangements to prevent him from being wronged... It is difficult for people to believe that an emperor would treat others so sincerely, but even if he pretended, he would pretend for a lifetime" was true.
People are not iron and stones, who can be ruthless? Year after year, day after day, even a stone can be warmed up. Although silence is not the kind of "You treat me with a national scholar, I should treat you with a national scholar. However, the righteous man of ancient times is a flesh and blood person with affection. He has long accepted Longqing's friendship in his heart...
The emperor was a lonely man. "He, the prime minister of the dynasty who was the first rank, only subordinates and no friends? So he cherished this friendship very much and even made up his mind that if the emperor really wanted to take him down, he would never cause trouble for him." He took his family to live in Southeast Asia.
For the sake of the emperor's feelings, he was unwilling to be a traitor in the Ming Dynasty... Those who changed the grass, the life of the grass, were too big, but they were too far away. Although Tomoi was pitifully small, they were really warm and made him unable to hurt...
Although he has not been in the capital for many years, the silent intelligence system has not relaxed its surveillance of all aspects for a moment. He thinks that most of the things in the capital are under his surveillance, including Meng He bringing Doctor Hu into the palace, including Zhang Juzheng sending a letter to Feng Bao... He has already secretly protected the emperor without being discovered. For example, he took Doctor Hu's divine pills for inspection and found that they were all sugar balls that could not be eaten and had no effect...
But he also has some power, that is, the Great Inner, the deep palace and the high walls, and the two hundred years of imperial power blessings blocked all external forces. As Wang Yin said, unless you dare to clear the king's side, you will never be able to interfere in the Great Inner. There is a completely different world in it. After the emperor fell, it is the world of concubines and eunuchs. Confucius said that only women are hard to raise, that is, they are.
However, silence is not helpless. If he wants to, he can let Feng Bao be finished on the spot, but that will involve Li Gui... Just as Wang Yin said, does Emperor Longqing really want to see that situation appear?
So in the Ganqing Palace, he fell into a war between heaven and man. The feelings made him want to tear Feng Bao and Concubine Li to pieces, but reason told him that Long Qing might not want to let himself do this. So he could only remain silent like this...
After a long time, Chen Si sighed deeply: "Sir, I understand what you mean, but I will not cooperate with Feng Bao. This is my bottom line."
"Sir, when did you become so stubborn?" Wang Yin scratched his head and said with great emotion: "A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is right in front of you! The 14th emperor of the Ming Dynasty will be a ten-year-old young emperor. Such a young man knows how to govern the country and protect the people, and he cannot rely on the prime minister? Therefore, this prime minister can use his knowledge to guide the country, promote the turbidity and create a peaceful and prosperous era! Instead of spending nothing on intrigue like before! Isn't this the God-given opportunity you have been looking forward to?" He said, "To achieve this day, harmony between the palace and the government is the main premise, so building a good imperial concubine and Feng Bao is a homework that we have to do. This point has been behind Zhang Juzheng. If we do not chase him, we will be afraid of resentment for the eternal period."
"..." The silence fell into a long silence again. At this time, the night became thicker and everything was silent. Only the chirping of insects made people's hearts calmer than during the day.
After Hengshu could no longer leave the palace, Wang Yin waited patiently for him to figure it out. After a while, he heard the silent and said: "How could he know that Zhang Juzheng's approach must be right?"
"If the lord doesn't interfere," Wang Yin couldn't help but sigh inwardly, saying that I believe he can be the prime minister of Daping for at least ten years, which is enough to express his life's ambition.
"What about ten years later?" asked silently, "Can you still last forever?" "Huā will not be red for a hundred days" and people will not be happy for a thousand days." Wang Yin sighed lightly, "There is only ten years to do what you want to do. As for ten years later, people are not sages, who can see so far?"
"..." Silence was silent again.
Everyone was sleepless all night and endured until dawn. As soon as several cabinet ministers sat in the meeting room and were about to hold a meeting, an eunuch who had changed into white filial piety clothes came in to report the message and cried and said that Emperor Longqing had already stopped at Bintian this morning.
Although I was mentally prepared, the four cabinet ministers still hugged their heads and cried bitterly. "Only I know how many true feelings and false opinions are. And the real grief has been vented yesterday. Even Gaoge Lao, who is like a bereavement, did not cry as angry as yesterday. When he changed into mourning clothes in the corner of the blue clothes and went to pay homage to Emperor Longqing's face, he wiped away his tears and endured the grief and prepared for the mourning.
This kind of great national rituals "have been admired, especially six years ago, when the Ming Dynasty had just sent away a late emperor. At that time, the ministers were still in the court, so naturally everything was as rituals and were not panicked. The Tongzheng Department immediately sent a post of 800 miles and posted the obituary nationwide: the Ministry of Rites formulated a funeral according to the ancestral system, and the cabinet ministers agreed to the posthumous title of the emperor, Hongtian Daoyuan Yi Shengde Xian Wen Huan Wu Hong Xiaojing "
Temple name Gaozong: Mourning halls are set up on the spot for sacrifices in government offices across the country, and there is no need to come to Beijing...
As the court sent out from the cabinet, first the capital, then the provincial capital, the prefecture, and the townships, all fell into great grief. The people were reluctant to leave this young emperor, although he was always scolded by ministers and ignored political affairs. But the people did not care about this. What they could truly feel was that the tax paid was lighter and their lives were better and better every year. "The people in the north could have a meal, and the people in the south even had meat to eat; especially the people in the south and the frontiers, finally no longer had to worry about military disasters at all times, and could live and work in peace and content themselves" and enjoy the joy of living and people. Although these things were not done by the emperor himself, they were all realized under his rule, so the people accepted his feelings and counted all the credit on him...
In the land of China, there are two capitals and 13 provinces. Every family sets up sacrifices, everyone wears mourning, stops all wedding banquets, and all red sès are covered by white curtains, and are immersed in the sad national mourning. As officials in Beijing, they must set an example in the world. Except for the Ministry of War, the other officials in the other yamen put down all their work and went outside the Meridian Gate to attend the kneeling ceremony for seven days. They did not enter each water and rice, and cried heartbrokenly.
Under Gao Gong's command, the funeral of the Emperor of Daxing was naturally carried out with the highest standards without any error; however, at the same time, another important gift was also under intense preparations. That is the gift of the new emperor's ascension.
It actually makes sense that Emperor Yan calls himself a lonely man. He is extremely cold when he is alive, and no one can really get close to him: after his death, although the funeral is grand, he cannot enjoy the principle of his son's compliance.
In fact, the crown prince not only did not have to wait three years, but he could ascend the throne immediately without a moment of delay. Because the country cannot be without a king for a day...
On the second day after Emperor Gaozong's death, on July 16, the sixth year of Longqing, the Ministry of Rites submitted the "Prayer of Encouraging the Yi" according to regulations: Three days later, civil and military officials, as well as military and civilians, were organized to submit comments outside the Meridian Gate to persuade the emperor to advance. He begged the crown prince to ascend the throne as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the people of the world.
The crown prince was too young to answer the answer in person, but even if he could, he didn't have to worry about it, because everything had to be strictly followed by etiquette. So the cabinet drafted: "Read the notes I have learned, and I have the intention of worrying about the country, and I have to be concerned about the grief. How could I bear to hear about the matter of maintaining the throne? What I ask for is not allowed..." It means, I know your kindness, but my father just died, and I really don't want to discuss the matter of the throne, so I don't want to ask for it.
If you dare to say, okay, then let others be the ones, and you will surely be the prince to destroy your entire family. In the final analysis, this is just a procedure, as if you agreed immediately, and it seems too impatient. Therefore, he repeated two rounds and turns. On July 22, the prince came to Chengtian Gate in filial piety clothes and accepted the third persuasion of all officials and the people. He reluctantly agreed and announced the decree: "You and others have expressed their feelings again and thirdly, and they are all loyal. The throne of heaven is the most important, and sincerity is not long. Besides, the last order is in my heart, and I dare not be inferior to what I want to ask for... It seems that I am reluctant to say so.
However, for Zhu Yijun, the 14th emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who was only ten years old, becoming an emperor was indeed a torture thing. He was still immersed in the pain of losing his father and could not extricate himself, so he had to remember the boring and boring red tape immediately. Because without delay, as soon as he agreed to ascend the throne, the Imperial Heaven Supervision immediately reported the selected auspicious day. On July 25, the first seventh day of Emperor Daxing was only two days after...
Everything was going on in full swing, including the prince. Everyone was so busy that they forgot their sorrows, and they had no time to intrigue and thought that they would never make mistakes in their errands. Because it was almost a blink of an eye, the day when the new emperor ascended the throne was on. On the 25th day, because they were still in the national mourning, the throne ceremony was held as usual. Early in the morning, the cabinet ministers went to the north and south suburbs, the Taimiao, and the Altar of the Soochow. The prince came to his father's coffin. After receiving the order, he changed his crown to report to heaven and earth and ancestors. Then he bowed to his father's coffin... Everything was as if his father had done six years ago.
The only difference is that after everything was done, he had to worship the two mothers, but his father, Emperor Longqing, could only worship the tablet of his mother's concubine...
Chapter completed!