Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 6 Xu Wei and his people
To talk about the current situation of the capital, we have to mention the several relocations of the capital in the early Ming Dynasty.

When the Ming Dynasty established the country, in accordance with the will of the founding emperor Taizu, the capital was Nanjing.

Nanjing is located in a place in the south of the Yangtze River. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is a good place for the capital.

After Emperor Taizong Jingnan, he was the emperor of horseback, with a resolute and brave character, and a lofty ambition.

In addition, the incident of Jingnan made Emperor Taizong much criticized, and he needed to make great achievements to quell the rumors.

So he weighed it again and again, thinking that the thieves outside the customs were still a serious problem for the court, and decided to go to Mobei in person, and Nanjing was too far from the border.

Coupled with dissatisfaction and the extravagant atmosphere of Jinling, as well as various considerations such as checking and balancing the forces of the old lords and relatives of the Taizu era, Emperor Taizong finally decided to move the capital to Beijing.

When Emperor Renzong succeeded to the throne, Mobei was peaceful and the court needed to rest and recuperate. As the capital, Beijing's economic deficiencies became apparent.

In addition, Emperor Renzong lived in Nanjing for a long time, so he repeatedly intended to move the capital back to Nanjing. He even ordered Beijing as the companion capital to rebuild the Nanjing Palace and made many preparations for moving the capital.

It's a pity that Emperor Renzong didn't have a holiday in the sky, and he could only control the pole for a year. Before he could implement it, he died.

By the time of the first emperor, the matter had fallen into a stalemate.

On the one hand, Emperor Renzong was the father of the late emperor, and he also ordered the late emperor to return the capital to Nanjing. Out of filial piety, the late emperor could not disobey.

On the other hand, the late emperor grew up under Emperor Taizong's knees since he was a child, and he had the idea of ​​merit in his heart, so he was more inclined to take Beijing as his capital.

So after the last emperor, the matter was put on hold for the time being. Beijing was still the capital in name, but whether it was the construction of the palace city, defense, or the disposal of the government, it was all transferred to Beijing, and it had already become the actual capital of the country.

It was not until today that he succeeded to the throne that he officially issued an imperial edict, confirming the status of Beijing's capital.

However, in this personal expedition, Beijing, as the capital, once again exposed its biggest weakness.

That is too close to the border!
Although it is so easy to mobilize the army and control the court situation, once the situation is in danger, it is a big thing!

If nothing else, if the capital city of Nanjing is now, even in terms of the extravagant expense of personal expedition, the elders of the Sixth Division have sufficient reasons to stop the emperor, how could such a catastrophe be caused?

On the other hand, from a practical point of view, the capital Beijing is indeed easy to control the border, but it is relatively easy for the enemy to cross the border and approach the capital.

Just like now, Ye Xianbing is approaching Xuanfu, only a few hundred miles away from Beijing.

As long as you cross the Great Wall, you can drive straight in, all the way to the bottom of Beijing. If the capital is also captured, then the Ming Dynasty will immediately be scattered and disintegrated.

So at this moment, how to rectify the defense of the capital is really the top priority. In comparison, the safety of the emperor is slightly inferior.

To say something disrespectful, even if the emperor is buried in the enemy country, there is still a successor in the Ming Dynasty, but if the capital is also captured, and the country is not a country, how can the emperor come?

All the people present are very clear in their hearts. This matter is the most important and the most difficult thing to do at the moment. If they are not careful, they will be the sinners who will overthrow Daming.

So for a while, the hall became quiet again.

After a short pause, Empress Dowager Sun suddenly said: "Ai Jiaqing knows that this matter is of great importance. I was originally a harem woman, and I tried my best to manage it. Before the emperor left the capital, he ordered King Yu to stay in the capital. When we were fighting against the crisis together, why did King Yu not say a word?"

Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a while. In his previous life, the Queen Mother Sun never attacked him. Could it be that many things have changed because of his rebirth?
Without thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu said: "The queen mother forgives her sins, this matter is indeed too important, and the minister has no good plan for a while."

The ministers present thought that King Yu could say a few useful words, but they never thought that he was so honest.

Also, this Prince Yun has always been low-key and has a weak personality. Otherwise, the emperor would not rest assured to keep him in the capital to supervise the country.

However, before they could sigh more, they heard Zhu Qiyu speak again: "But since this king is entrusted by the royal brother, at this critical time, I should do my best."

"This king believes that the biggest key to this matter is whether we can keep the capital, Yu Shilang, Jiao Concubine, the two of you are admiral of the capital's defense, and the other is temporarily in charge of the military department. Can you give this king a thorough understanding? I will stay with the capital. Officers, how many warriors are there?"

The words fell, and the Queen Mother Sun's eyes twisted, and she seemed to inadvertently set her eyes on Zhu Qiyu, not knowing what she was thinking, but she didn't say anything more.

After all, she was the one who asked first.

Moreover, logically speaking, she is a harem woman, and it is not suitable for her to express her views on the political affairs directly.

But Zhu Qiyu was the prince appointed by the emperor to supervise the country before he left the capital. Although he could not decide anything most of the time, he should preside over such occasions when discussing the state affairs.

Yu Qian was called and immediately came out, but he did not speak immediately, but carefully calculated.

On the contrary, the consort Jiao Jing did not hesitate, and said, "I have a large army in the Beijing battalion, which originally had more than [-] officers. This time, the emperor's personal expedition was due to the urgency of the matter, so he was mostly transferred from the Beijing battalion. Now the three major battalions in the city are left behind. The army numbered about [-], including the craftsmen, the logistics, and if we were to fight, there should be [-] to [-]."

The atmosphere at the scene immediately sank. Although everyone knew that the matter was critical, they did not expect it to be so critical.

In the dignified capital, there are only 6 or [-] people available for transfer.

Think of that day Zi personally commanded an army of more than [-] people, twice the strength of Yu Yexian, and yet suffered a crushing defeat.

Now that the official army in Beijing is less than half of the enemy's army, how should we fight this battle?
At this time, Yu Qian also calculated the number of soldiers, and said: "there are about 8000 to [-] soldiers in the capital camp, but in addition, there should be [-] to [-] patrol officers in the nine gates of the capital. In addition to the army left behind in Zhili and the grain transport army from Nanjing, all of them are used to defend the capital, and there should be hundreds of thousands of people capable of fighting."

One hundred thousand, this number is barely enough to give people a sense of security, at least roughly equivalent to the enemy army.

But even so, the hall was still full of melancholy.

After all, more than 20 troops have been defeated, even if there are [-], is it really enough?
At this time, the Hanlin attendant Xu Wei came out and said, "Report to Our Lady, Your Majesty, this minister risked his death to hear that, for several days, my capital has been windy and rainy, the stars are uncertain, the sky is dark and chaotic, the calendar is unknown, and now there are The matter of civil engineering is enough to show that the mandate of heaven has passed, and the minister risked his death to say that in times of crisis, only moving to the south can relieve the difficulty, please ask the Virgin to think again."

Zhu Qiyu's expression sank slightly, this Xu Wei is really an interesting person.

If he was to live again, who would he hate the most?

Naturally, they were the ones who planned and participated in the restoration of Nangong. Coincidentally, Xu Wei was one of them, but at that time, he had already changed his name to Xu Youzhen.

This person was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Xuande, and he was resourceful and famous, but he had to say that he was a doer.

In addition to the Confucianism and literature, there is also a lot of research on astronomy, geography, warfare and water conservancy.

But Zhu Qiyu thought he was interesting, but he didn't mean it.

There are still many things that are different from the memories in the rebirth.

In his previous life, he did not suffer from this serious illness, but was in normal custody of the country according to the divine mandate.

Although he has no real power, he must have known about such major events as the Civil and Military News.

Therefore, in the previous life, the first time Yu Qian received the military report, he immediately found Jiao Jing, the concubine of the admiral's capital defense, and his king, the prince of the country.

Then the three entered the palace together to report, and the Empress Dowager Sun never directly set up the Benren Hall to summon the minister.

After getting the news, she prepared money, silk, gold and silver on the one hand, and on the other hand, according to the rules, he ordered King Yu to convene ministers to discuss strategies, and finally reported to her.

But in this life, because he was so sick, he couldn't afford it for a few days.

When Yu Qian didn't know that he had woken up, he was in a hurry and went directly to the palace to report to the palace. As a result, the Empress Dowager Sun directly summoned the minister.

So, this creates an embarrassing question, that is, who should call the shots above this great hall?

Of the three priorities that Mr. Wang raised, the first and the second were barely related to the emperor.

As the mother of the emperor, and there is nothing controversial about the matter, the Queen Mother Sun can decide.

But this third item is really related to the society.

It has nothing to do with the harem, or even the safety of the emperor, and belongs to pure court affairs.

So here comes the problem.

According to the rules, it must be more justifiable that King Yu, who was ordered to supervise the country, presided over this matter.

But the ministers present knew it.

In fact, it is the empress dowager who really holds the real power in the capital.

This point can be known by just looking at the military report and entering the palace, the empress dowager can immediately martial law nine gates.

To put it bluntly, King Yu has a righteous reputation, but the Queen Mother holds real power.

Then, who should act on it is a big question.

If there is no such disease as Zhu Qiyu, then of course, like the previous life, the Queen Mother Sun will not appear on this occasion at all, and he should preside over it.

And if Zhu Qiyu hadn't rushed into the palace to see the concubine Xian concubine in such a hurry, the ministers would not hesitate to report it directly to the queen mother who could decide.

But now, both of them are there, so this embarrassing situation is formed.

Empress Dowager Sun also realized this just now, and because she took the initiative to ask Zhu Qiyu, she could only let Zhu Qiyu have the right to speak.

But the ministers in the hall are all clear-headed.

So whether it was Jiao Jing or Yu Qian, what they said was vague.

Although there is no concealment in the specific situation, it is not clear who it is for.

However, as soon as Xu Hao opened his mouth, he bluntly said, "Report to the Virgin, Your Majesty..." At the end of the sentence, he simply dropped Zhu Qiyu and said, "...Please ask the Virgin to think again."

Although at this juncture, no one will pursue such a small inappropriateness.

But often the more such details, the more revealing a person's true character.

In the previous life, Zhu Qiyu never had such an opportunity, nor did he see people with such eyes.

But the seven-year-old emperor and the ups and downs of the world for a hundred years have made him a pair of piercing eyes.

Only this detail, he can conclude.

This Xu Jun has no etiquette and righteousness in his heart, only interests and fame.

For him, honorary etiquette is not worth mentioning at all, he only values ​​real power and benefits!

However, as soon as he said this, the others did not respond, and the eunuch Jin Ying, the supervisor of li, who was standing beside him, stood up immediately, and said with a stern voice, "Let's go! You want to mess up my ancestors' court with these kind of heart-punching words. ?"

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(End of this chapter)