1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 984 Regency?

"What's going on with Emperor Chengde?"

Xue Yanping, Minister of the Great Qi in Nanjing, looked out through the window of the carriage. The streets were scattered with three, three, two or two big Qin official troops. Near some important buildings, there were even some new Great Qin troops stationed with muskets in full armor. at the door.The merchants in the street market may feel the slightly tense atmosphere in the city. Some shops closed their doors and windows and closed their business, making the noisy and lively scene of the past gone, looking a bit desolate and showing a trace of chill.

"According to the news from the palace, Emperor Chengde suddenly fell into a coma three days ago and has not yet woken up." Pan Zesheng, the person in charge of the black guards stationed in Nanjing and Captain Zhaoxin (Colonel), said in a low voice: "Unconfirmed rumors , said that it was caused by taking a large amount of aphrodisiac drugs, and the situation is very bad. We believe that there may be an event of emperor replacement in Qin."

"If I remember correctly, Sun Hongxiang, the Crown Prince of Qin, seems to be only as old as the chieftain."

"The prince only turned 13 in January this year."

"In the past few years, the state of Qin is in troubled times!"

"Yes, Emperor Chengde has not been on the throne for two years, and the situation in the court has been in constant turmoil. The Junggar in the northwest continues to stir up border affairs on a small scale, and the Qing captives in the north are not idle. Erka fought and pulled, trying to completely control the Mobei area. If the two forces of the Tartars heard of the political situation in Qin, they would definitely rush forward without hesitation, and ruthlessly bit a few pieces of flesh and blood to supplement them. nutrients."

"Actually, compared with these Tartar border troubles, I think the people of Qin are most worried about Beiming." Xue Yanping said: "Beiming and Qin have been in a state of confrontation in North Korea. If it weren't for us Qi to restrain them, they would have become one. In addition, Beiming also has a powerful naval fleet, from Liaodong in the north to Guangdong in the south, and thousands of miles of coastline, all within their attack range."

"What the minister said is very true. Today, we are called to the palace to have an audience. Most of them are asking us Daqi to restrain and control Beiming, so as to avoid some big disturbances during the Qin Dynasty's succession to the throne."

"The succession to the throne?... Is it possible that Emperor Chengde suddenly recovered?"

"This..., without the support of accurate information, we black guards cannot make a judgment." Pan Zesheng rubbed his nose and said with a wry smile: "In the past two days, the news in the palace has been strictly blocked, and we have not yet Contact anyone who knows the inside story. We exchanged information from Jin Yiwei. Three days ago, when Emperor Chengde fainted, the queen suggested summoning the medical officer in the Qi State Legation for diagnosis and treatment, but was assisted by several cabinets. The ministers jointly rejected it."

"Hmph, the ministers of the Qin Kingdom are still wary of me, Daqi! By the way, even the empress who was born in Daqi is a bit jealous."

"In the past few days, our Black Clothes Guards and the Staff Group stationed in Nanjing have carried out some deduction of the development of the situation in Qin State. One of the results is that Emperor Chengde passed away, and the crown prince Sun Hong took the throne one after another. By doing the duty of supervising the country and presiding over the state affairs, this will be the best result for us, Da Qi."

"Although the queen was born in our Daqi royal family, she is the queen of Qin after all, and maybe she will be the queen mother of Qin in the future. Even if she has a certain tendency in her heart, she may not bring the whole Qin country to our Daqi. .Politics is not a child's play. How can we rely on the so-called family relationship to determine the future direction of the two countries?"

"Minister, as long as there is only a little inclination in the ruler, it is enough to bring the relationship between Qin and Qi to a new level." Pan Zesheng said confidently: "The empress has been born and raised in our Daqi for more than ten years, and she grew up by Your Majesty's side. Da Qi is naturally close to me Da Qi in the subconscious."
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Fengtian Hall is located on top of three platforms, eleven rooms wide and five rooms deep, with double eaves on the roof, glazed golden tiles on the top, double eaves and double ridges, carved beams and painted buildings, doors and windows painted with red lacquer and gold carvings.The left side of the hall is the middle left gate, and the right side of the hall is the middle right gate.In front of the hall is Guangting, in the east is Wenlou, and in the west is Wulou.The hall is generally the place where the emperor meets ministers to discuss matters, that is, the place where "the imperial gate listens to politics".Of course, this is also the place where the emperor held important ceremonies and received New Year greetings from civil and military officials.

When Prince Sun Hong was staring at the columns in the hall in a daze, he suddenly felt a pain on the left side of his arm.Turning his head to look, seeing his mother was staring at him fiercely, her sharp eyes seemed to warn him to stop wandering immediately.

Sun Hongxiang was stunned, and immediately sat upright, looking at the officials in the hall, the buzzing sound of quarreling seemed to never stop, everyone was citing scriptures, loudly expounding their own views, and denying the arguments of others.Several cabinet ministers sat upright in front of the imperial steps, their brows were tightly furrowed, their eyes were slightly lowered, and they kept silent, allowing the ministers in the palace to quarrel continuously.

His Majesty the Emperor fainted, and the already complicated situation in the court immediately fell into chaos.Since yesterday, the cabinet, the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the supervisory censor, the six divisions, and the five temples have begun to discuss whether to set up a supervisory state to temporarily manage state affairs when the emperor fails to govern, and who to propose. Supervise the country.

As of today's afternoon, there is still no conclusion, and they are still arguing endlessly, each holding his own opinion.The 13-year-old prince Sun Hongxiang also accompanied his mother to listen to the government in the palace for the past two days. After the initial curiosity and novelty passed, he became extremely bored.

The emperor's father was seriously ill, and these ministers didn't want to share the worries of the emperor's father, but kept arguing here, just to get the little profit in their hearts.

Ridiculous and hateful!

The emperor father was unable to manage the government, so naturally he had to set up a state supervisor to ensure the smooth progress of the affairs of the court and China, so as not to cause violent turmoil in the country.According to the traditions of the past dynasties, the supervisor of the country should be the prince of the country.If the crown prince is young, then the empress should act as regent and assist the prince in learning and adapting to governing the country.

But half of these ministers opposed the empress's regent, thinking that it was not in accordance with the etiquette and law, and that the harem was interfering in politics, and they might be suspected of "the hen rules the morning".Sun Hong sneered at this, quite disapproving.Having been by his mother's side since he was a child, he deeply felt that his father and emperor were not as good as his mother's, no matter in terms of knowledge, political management, or toughness of heart.

Since my father ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, my mother would often secretly share with him the memorials written by my father, telling him how to better deal with it from different dimensions, different backgrounds, and different processing results. some business.And through the mother's explanation, Sun Hongxiang knew how hasty and arbitrary some of the father's instructions were, as if they were all based on personal preferences or his own one-sided assumptions.

The queen mother often taught him that when doing anything or making any decision, he must have a "scientific" methodology, have a general skeptical spirit in his heart, and remove all suspicious information (knowledge), and finally leave no doubts. Information.It is also necessary to turn those complicated affairs into the simplest ones, and to find the root of the main problems.

Conversely, after mastering enough knowledge and information, complex affairs can be deduced from simple affairs by means of synthesis and induction, so as to make it more systematic and rigorous.

The most important thing is that in obtaining information (knowledge) and specific practical activities, we must make decisions based on the most practical situation, seek truth from facts, fully listen to the opinions of all parties, and strictly follow objective laws.

But now these ministers in the palace seem to never be able to grasp the most critical issue, but they have brought out Confucian classics, rambling about, trying to decide whether to establish a prison country and who should do it from a rational point of view.

"Everyone, please listen to Gu Yiyi's words." Sun Hongxiang gradually became impatient, stood up suddenly, and said loudly.

"In the hall, you don't have the right to speak!" Just when the ministers were astonished, the queen turned to stare at him, and said sharply: "Sit down! Observe politics honestly, don't make noise!"

"Empress, the crown prince is the crown prince of the country. Although he is underage, he has a deep gap in his heart. You might as well listen to some of his personal opinions." Du Siqian, the second assistant to the cabinet and a scholar of the Wenhua Palace, smiled slightly, and said to the queen, "Prince Rui Ming, maybe Yu Chen and others have the effect of enlightenment in words."

"Please answer well, don't talk nonsense to insult the audience." Empress Qi Ziyi looked at Sun Hongxiang with warning eyes.

"Yes, queen mother." Sun Hongxiang first bowed respectfully to the queen, then bowed slightly to several cabinet scholars and civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and then said: "Father is seriously ill and can't manage the affairs for the time being, but the middle school affairs Don't be lazy, otherwise the people of the world will feel uneasy. In this case, setting up a supervisory state and acting as an agent of state affairs is an important task, so why argue about it?"

"The words of His Majesty the Prince are very reasonable." Dao Hong smiled and nodded in agreement with Zhan Shijie of the Prince's Mansion, "Your Majesty is ill, and I will be the prince to supervise the country."

Du Yuanxing, the chief assistant of the cabinet and a scholar of the Huagaidian University, glanced sideways at Xie Daohong, frowned, and then continued to lower his eyes and remain silent.

"I'm still young, my knowledge is shallow, and I haven't taken matters into consideration, so I dare not invite myself to supervise the country." Sun Hongxiang cupped his hands at Dao Zhan, the prince's mansion, and said solemnly: "But there must be a regent who can make decisions in the court. To make political affairs go smoothly. Looking at the past dynasties, the crown prince was too young to manage the affairs, and the empress acted as regent on his behalf. I don’t know how many times, why don’t we follow the rules in our dynasty?”

When the ministers heard the words, they immediately became noisy, whispered to each other, and began to discuss in a low voice.Some ministers who supported the queen's regent made a lot of noise for the prince's suggestion.

"Prince, all the queens and regents in the past dynasties died as emperors, and the princes were too young to take care of things, so they did it for the time being." Sun Zhengqi, the king of Yi who was sitting on the side, said coldly: "Now, your majesty is just fainting, not yet. As for... it's the empress' turn to act as regent."

"Uh..." Sun Hongxiang was at a loss for words, and couldn't help but look back at his mother.

Empress Qi Ziyi sat on the side of the imperial steps, turning a blind eye to the prince's begging gaze, and there seemed to be no emotion on her clear and beautiful face.

"Then what does Uncle Yi think?" Sun Hongxiang looked at the uncle who had lost his arm disconvincingly, "My mother can't act as regent for my father, so can you?"

"The crown prince is young, and he has nothing to do. The prince can manage the government on his behalf. Why not?" Sun Zhengqi glanced at the queen on the imperial steps, and said in a high voice. The two deep scars on his face trembled slightly with the sound of the words. Looking at it, it looks a little ferocious and terrifying, which makes people daunting.

"Does Uncle Yi want to imitate the trip of the Qing prisoner Dorgon?" Sun Hongxiang asked bluntly.

"Although Dorgon was a slave chieftain of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he sent his troops into the pass to almost sweep China and unify the universe. As far as the Qing captives were concerned, he could be said to be a man of power." Sun Zhengqi looked at this young nephew and smiled. He said: "In other words, Shunzhi, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, really owed the blessing of Dorgon to maintain his rule for decades."

"It's a pity that Dorgon was finally opened up by the puppet emperor of Shunzhi and slaughtered, deprived of all titles and reputation."

"So what?" Sun Zhengqi said: "For the country and the court, but if you can cheer up my Great Qin, why should you care about the name behind you?"

"..." Sun Hongxiang looked at the emperor uncle in astonishment. His words were very straightforward. He wanted to be the regent of the Great Qin Dynasty.

Then look at the few cabinet ministers, looking at their noses and their hearts, and they seem to have acquiesced in Sun Zhengqi's words and deeds.

"The crown prince is in power, so why do you need the emperor's uncle to be the regent?" The crown prince Shaofu and the scholar of the Wenhua Palace stepped out of the train and said sharply: "Could it be that His Royal Highness Wang Yi wants to learn from Emperor Xiaozhao of the Northern Qi Dynasty (Note 1)? Or he wants to act What about the ax light and candle shadow in the former Song Dynasty?"

As soon as this remark came out, the officials were in an uproar, and their eyes turned to Sun Zhengqi.

Yes, you are a prince, but you want to learn from the Tartar Dorgon. Are you planning to usurp your nephew's throne when your majesty is seriously ill?

Don't forget, His Royal Highness Yi Wang was established as the heir when the first emperor was still the King of Qin. Permanent disability, the position of emperor today belongs to him.

Why, until today, this person is still not reconciled, trying to regain his position in another way?
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"Fang Dagong, His Royal Highness Wang Yi is a little too hasty today."

In the evening, the regent of the royal family was still undecided. After a day of quarreling, the ministers were extremely exhausted. Du Yuanxing, the chief minister of the cabinet, immediately announced the dispersal of the court, and the meeting will continue tomorrow.

Stepping out of the palace gate, Xu Deyan, a cabinet assistant and scholar of the Wenhua Palace, looked back at the palace lanterns that were being lit one after another. He couldn't help but sighed, and said to Du Yuanxing: "It is always the royal family who is suspected of bullying the young and seizing the throne. Bogey. Now, half of the bureaucrats in the DPRK and China have grown vigilant, and I am afraid that there will be twists and turns in the administration of King Yi!"

"Meat, after all, will rot in your own pot, so you can rest assured." Du Yuanxing pondered for a while, and said softly: "If the empress is regent, it will definitely cause huge waves in our Great Qin, and it will be a disaster for the country and the court. road."

"Mr. Fang Da, are you worried that the Empress will rely on the power of the Qi State to do what the Wu Clan did?"

"No." Du Yuanxing shook his head, and said, "I'm worried that the Empress will use Qi as her path to carry out political reforms. I, Great Qin, cannot withstand drastic changes, let alone toss like mountains and seas."

"Fang Da believes that the Queen's Regent will set off a 'Xining Reform' of our Great Qin, which will consume the national power and destroy the people?" Xu Deyan was startled.

"Don't you think that in the past two years since His Majesty took the throne, all kinds of edicts and instructions have a faint shadow of the strategy of Qi Guo?" Du Yuanxing said solemnly: "Your Majesty, but something unexpected happened. I am afraid that it will gradually become a vassal of the Qi State, and the people will be full of copper smells, and the world will take pleasure in strange things, abandoning etiquette, abandoning Confucianism, people will no longer be popular!"
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The crown prince, Sun Hongxiang, stood in front of the empress Qi Ziyi in an orderly manner, with his head lowered, ready to accept his mother's reprimand and instruction.

"Silly boy, you are only 13 years old, and you have not yet shown your sharpness." Qi Ziyi rubbed the prince's head affectionately, "What's more, your father is seriously ill, and our mother and I are still in a weak position. It is even more necessary to restrain your spirit, inhale and concentrate, and carefully observe who are our supporters, who are our opponents, and who are temporarily neutral. Only in this way can we be targeted, unite a group of people, and form a good group people, and then attack a group of people to gradually build up our advantages.”

"Empress Mother, I know I'm wrong." Sun Hongxiang raised his head and said seriously: "My city mansion has not yet been fully cultivated, and I'm a little too hasty, and I can't wait to make my voice."

"When my mother was your age, she often showed off in front of your grandfather and made some childish and ridiculous remarks. In fact, when it comes to rushing, your Uncle Yi Wang is even better than you." Qi Ziyi said with a smile: "We finally got a little advantage in the meeting in the palace today. At least let the officials feel a little jealous of King Yi, and let his ambition be exposed to the court."

"Queen, why did the five cabinet ministers keep silent? Are they all on the side of King Yi?"

"Not necessarily." Qi Ziyi shook his head and said, "Except for the chief assistant Du Yuanxing, everyone else can fight for it."

"Ok?"

"There are five assistant ministers in the cabinet, but there is only one chief assistant."

"My son understands."

"In addition, from today onwards, any food and drinking water from unknown sources must not be touched lightly, and must be tried by the personal eunuch before eating later."

"The queen mother is worried..."

"You have to know that not everyone in this palace is as sympathetic to people's lives as Mother." Qi Ziyi said quietly: "In the past dynasties, in order to seize the throne, all kinds of sinister and dirty things have been done by all means. But there are too many to count!"

　Note 1: In 559 AD, after the death of the 31-year-old Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty Gao Yangdi, the 15-year-old Prince Gao Yin succeeded to the throne.Only one year after Gao Yin succeeded to the throne, he was usurped by his uncle Gao Yan, who became Emperor Xiaozhao of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)