Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 29

Whenever there is a discussion, there are bound to be conservatives and radicals.

It's just that in today's Jiyi Hall, the roles of the two are reversed.

The military generals of honor and Qi who were supposed to be the main battle, advocated resignation and tolerance, and the word forbearance was the first.

On the contrary, the civil servants who were supposed to be reconciled, advocated full resistance and refused all demands.

I have to say, it is a great sight.

In the final analysis, it is because Xunqi is now weak and relies on the Son of Heaven.

Just like the reason why the two lords are so distressed, the noble family has so many families and the liquidity is very weak, so the noble family seems to be very beautiful, but it is extremely dependent on the imperial power.

If you offend the emperor, if you find a reason, you will be deprived of the title and become the people, and the nobles of this line will be cut off.

For Xunqi, only by holding the emperor's thigh tightly at all times, they are the family that is hereditary and irreplaceable, and they have enough strength to compete with the increasingly powerful civil servants.

Now that the emperor has been captured, Xun Qi has lost his biggest backer, so apart from Empress Dowager Sun, they are the most urgent to save the emperor.

And from another angle.

This time, there are many people who died of honor and relatives. In the eyes of the court, it was because the guards were not strong enough.
Those nobles and relatives who followed him on the expedition and were slaughtered might not be as Jiao Jing said, they were "loyal ministers and good generals"...

After all, they risked their lives for the Son of Heaven, and there was no credit or hard work.

Taking a step back, even if you fail to save the emperor, when the prince succeeds to the throne, out of filial piety, you should treat these kindly.

Wenchen is different.

Although most civil servants are reluctant to admit it, in fact, the Son of Heaven is really not that important to civil servants...

What Wenchen needs is a stable court situation and a mature system for dealing with government affairs. As long as the powerful machine of Daming is still in normal operation, no matter who the person sitting on the throne is, Wenchen is indispensable.

With the continuous supply of imperial examinations, even if it is suppressed by the emperor for a while, there will eventually be a time to rise again.

Another meaning of the so-called emperor and courtier is that as long as there is a son of the emperor, there will be courtiers.

Hongwu's reign was the most severe time for civil servants, peeling the skin and real grass, and ordering the prison, which would prevent the civil servants from trembling and walking on thin ice.

But what about now?It's not that Wen Sheng is weak!
No matter how powerful a generation of emperors is, it will only take decades.

Civil servants can stand it!

Therefore, for Wenchen, their most urgent need is to keep the border town intact. Relatively speaking, although the safety of the emperor is important, it needs to be placed in the back.

The border town is here, and the frontier defense of Daming is here!
As long as Daming's frontier defense is stable, even if he offends the Son of Heaven, it doesn't matter. At most, he will be suppressed for several years.

What's more, that's the worst-case scenario.

Now that the momentum is great, whether the Son of Heaven can be rescued is still a question mark...

To put it utterly disrespectful, if the emperor cannot be rescued and the new emperor succeeds when the time comes, even if they are wrong, it is for the sake of the country and the society. With the credit for the establishment of the new emperor, there is a high probability that they will be reused and rewarded.

This is also the biggest reason why Zhu Qiyu chose Wenchen at this time.

There is no permanent right or wrong, nor permanent friends and enemies.

In the current situation, his interests were aligned with those of the civil servants, so they would naturally join hands.

However, it should be noted that within any common group, there will be different factions and opinions.

For the Wenchen as a whole, the safety of Bianzhen and the capital is more important than the safety of the emperor, but within the Wenchen, there will be different interests.

Judging from the speech just now, the officials of the Ministry of War, headed by Yu Qian, Minister of War, and Yu Shiyue, Minister of Dali Temple, hold a more radical view.
Ke Dao Feng Xianguan, represented by Li Kan in the process of giving, adheres to the etiquette and ancestral system, and holds the view that the ancestral foundation cannot be destroyed.

But at the same time, they who adhere to the etiquette and law will inevitably think that the emperor is the foundation of the society and the country, and he must do his best to save it.

In other words, these gang officials are actually idealists, and they want to take into account the righteousness of etiquette, but they don't want to bow their heads to the thieves and captives.

The rest are the servants of the servants headed by Chen Xun, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy.

In the end of the Ming Dynasty, the status of the Hanlin Academy was very special.

In terms of real power, it can't be compared with the Six Divisions, or even an ordinary temple supervisor, but its role cannot be replaced by any yamen.

It is the base camp of Wenchen, the reserve army!

If the imperial examinations provided the Wenchen Group with a steady stream of fresh blood, then the Hanlin Academy was the transfer station for this fresh blood.

It is responsible for compiling books and writing history, drafting edicts, and reading for the royal family.

In the late Ming Dynasty, it was even more customary that non-Hanlin people were not allowed to enter the cabinet.

This group of people is what Zhu Qiyu pays the most attention to.

Since the Hanlin was the clear stream in the clear stream, although they had no real power, they had a huge influence among the scholars and controlled the direction of public opinion.

At the same time, because they are only reservists, they are also different from ministers like Yu Qian, who also rely on holy grace.

No matter how good the Hanlin Academy is, it has to be able to make it to the top. If it is hated by the emperor, and he spends his whole life in the Hanlin Academy, writing history and writing books, it would be better to send it out to be a magistrate of the county!

Therefore, these people, among the civil servants, were relatively close to the emperor's side.

For them, saving the Son of Heaven means that they can be reused immediately and succeed those ministers, instead of climbing up step by step.

This is also a great temptation!

Of course, as a member of the civil servants, it is impossible for them to show it on the bright side.

After all, the country is more important than the emperor, which is the basic plan of Wenchen.

But they are obviously not as radical as ministers like Yu Qian.

Therefore, Chen Xun's point of view actually represented the thoughts of most servants and some ministers with low rank.

You don't have to give in blindly like Xun Qi, but you can't completely refuse like Yu Qian.

Bianzhen's land is important, and even negotiation is impossible, but if it is only a matter of gold, pearl, wealth and silk, in order to save the emperor, it will be given.

Even, as long as the emperor can be rescued, it may not be impossible to agree to the excessive conditions.

For Zhu Qiyu, in order to twist the court up and down into a single rope, the first thing to solve is these servants.

As for Xun Qi, firstly, they were in the wrong, and secondly, their interests were contrary to Zhu Qiyu's, and they were suppressed by the hands of civil servants.

Anyway, the foundation of honorable and relatives is the title, except for the emperor, no one can hurt their foundation.

At this juncture, Wen Chen's big stick is enough to make them obedient and not dare to make any trouble.

But relatively speaking, these servants are more troublesome.

They themselves are a member of the civil servants, and they are all Qingliu ministers who were born as jinshi. In the same year, teachers and students, predecessors, and predecessors, all kinds of relationships are intertwined, so it is impossible to use strong means.

In addition, although these people have no real power, they have a strong influence in Shilin. If they are not careful, they will cause unrest.

For the imperial court to stick to the capital, public opinion must pay attention.

The status of scholars in the Ming Dynasty was very high.

Most of the common people's views on such a major event will be influenced by the scholars around them.

These low-level scholars are precisely the ones that the Hanlin Academy can influence.

In other words, through its influence in the Shilin, to a certain extent, the Hanlin Academy was able to influence the sentiments of the people.

To stabilize the capital, their strength is also indispensable.

So today, Zhu Qiyu must completely dispel the little Jiujiu in their hearts and twist the entire court situation into a single rope.

This is also the first step in all his plans!
(End of this chapter)