Jingming

Chapter 2 The new king is undecided, the old officials die first

"Your Majesty's last decree: I can't do anything about my illness. He used my intention to reach the Empress Dowager. The world is a serious matter, and he will be judged and dealt with by the cabinet ministers. All the previous things were wrong by me, and it was beyond Ru Cao's ability to predict."

In Qianqing Palace, the four cabinet ministers have all been present.

Emperor Daxing hadn't been coffined yet, Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, Jiang Mian, and Mao Ji knelt on the ground next to the coffin in the middle of the hall.

On the side, there are eunuchs among the internal officials who can arrive at the moment, there are many people.

The two eunuchs who were by his side when the emperor passed away finished reading Zhu Houzhao's will. After everyone got up, the eunuchs looked at each other and made expressions, and only one of them took a step forward with a little anxiety.

This person is Wei Bin, one of the eunuchs who are now in charge of the Rites.

"Everyone, the Empress Dowager is in the side hall. Your Majesty ordered that the queen mother and the cabinet ministers discuss and deal with the world's major affairs, and please move the elders to the side hall."

Empress Xia, who was pale and guarding beside the spirit of Emperor Zhengde, was so pitiful that she could only bite her lip and watch them walk to the side.

The things to be discussed include the choice of a new monarch related to her fate, but she has no part to participate in.

In the side hall, there is a curtain separating the inside and the outside, and the person sitting behind is none other than the Empress Dowager Zhang, the mother of Emperor Zhengde.

"Old Yang Ge, you are here, please sit down first."

"My condolences to the Empress Dowager." After saluting with them, Yang Ting got up and sat down, first looking at the row of eunuchs standing opposite, especially the three leaders.

These three were all eunuchs who were among the "Eight Tigers" in the early years of Zhengde.

Today, Gu Dayong holds the post of "eunuch in charge" specially set up by Emperor Zhengde.

As for Zhang Yong, after participating in the overthrow of Liu Jin, he served as the supervisor of ceremonies, and he also held many errands.Later, he became the eunuch in charge of the emperor's supervisor and seal during many internal and external battles, but the most important job right now is to supervise the regiment battalion: in charge of the regiment training camp composed of elite frontier troops selected to the capital under the order of Emperor Zhengde.

Wei Bin only focused on the inner palace, but he was in the Supervisor of Rituals and had the most dealings with the cabinet ministers, so he came forward to invite the cabinet ministers over.

What Yang Ting and they were looking at was the "relic" that Emperor Zhengde used eunuchs to fight against civil servants: a deformed group of eunuchs.

A voice came from behind the curtain: "Mr. Yang Ge, in your opinion, what should we do now?"

Yang Tinghe pondered for a moment.

No will was left, only last words.

There is no mention of the eunuch's participation in the next major event, and no mention of letting the queen mother listen to the government behind the curtain.

The emperor also set the tone himself. He thought he was wrong about the previous political affairs.

Yang Tinghe said in a loud voice: "Back to the Empress Dowager, all the ministers and others entered the palace late at night, and the hearts of the people in the capital are already in turmoil. The former pro-army commanded Qian Ning Tongni to be imprisoned, and the guards were still chaotic; Your Majesty has been in Tongzhou for more than forty days, so you must guard against treason."

As soon as the words were uttered, there was no sound in the hall, and the turmoil seemed to be in sight.

The pro-army command envoys under the jurisdiction of the 26 guards guarding the imperial city, the famous Jinyiwei is just one of them.The commander of the pro-military capital has never been under the jurisdiction of the five-army military governor's office, but is commanded by the emperor himself.

The mighty regiment training camp is a new army other than the three major battalions of the capital's armed forces, and they are all elite frontier troops selected and transferred to Beijing.

It goes without saying that Qian Ning is already in prison, but Jiang Bin and Wei Bin are relatives by marriage, and they are also very familiar with Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong. They are all people who used to surround Emperor Zhengde, eunuchs and adopted sons.

Emperor Zhengde adopted more than a hundred "adopted sons", some even bestowed the surname Zhu and titled them nobles.

Now that King Ning rebelled, the two most powerful adopted sons were raised by Yang Tinghe in one go.

But no one thought it was a big deal. After all, one was in charge of the 26 guards of the pro-army for Emperor Zhengde, and the other was in charge of the newly trained Beijing camp.

Now that Zhu Houzhao has passed away, who knows what will happen?

"Elder Ge's words are very true!" Wei Bin immediately echoed, not only disregarding the relationship, but also respectfully said to behind the curtain with another purpose, "Please send down the imperial decree, and Elder Ge will make arrangements quickly."

As soon as these words came out, Yang Tinghe and the others suddenly changed their eyes. After staring at Wei Bin, they looked at the figure behind the curtain.

What does decree mean?
Empress Dowager Zhang was silent behind the curtain.

The air pressure in the side hall suddenly dropped, and the eunuchs and maids who served outside but heard a few words were sweating coldly.

The invisible pressure is suffocating.

They who often work in the palace don't know the bloody storm behind these words?
The only one who has always called the imperial decree is the emperor, and now the emperor is lying there!

"The Empress Dowager Mingjian!" Yang Tinghe had to speak, and even stood up, but the person he was talking to was Wei Bin, "Eunuch Wei, according to the ancestor's instruction and the law of the Ming Dynasty, if the Empress Dowager's decree wants to be renamed the imperial decree, I am afraid it is extremely inappropriate!"

The four cabinet ministers who were not in the same mind at first were all thinking about the same question: Is this the empress dowager instructing the supervisor of ceremonies to test, or is Wei Bin eager to survive and privately persuade the empress dowager to listen to the government behind the curtain?

The possibility of acting more daringly, the four cabinet ministers forgive them and dare not.

At this moment, Zhang Yong said: "With such a big change now, I remember that there was an edict from the Empress Dowager in the previous generation."

Yang Tinghe shook his head resolutely: "Generation is different, and the law is even more different! In the previous generation, there was a prime minister who was crowned king, and Tong Guan, a minister, was also crowned king. Has such a thing happened in my Ming Dynasty? Empress Dowager, you assist two generations of kings, Sheng Gong The great virtue can be called Yao and Shun among women. Now that the successor has not been determined, everything should be done according to the will, which is perfect and praised by all ages! How dare we not achieve great beauty in our generation, so as to ridicule future generations?"

In just a few sentences, it is the characterization of the will.

The old stories of the prime minister and the eunuch becoming the king were brought up, and Yang Tinghe made it clear: Daming can't have such a situation!

Daming no longer has a prime minister, so Yang Tinghe is considered a "prime minister".

He doesn't expect to have a higher position, and the queen mother and eunuchs don't even think about surpassing the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun".

"... What the Grand Tutor said is true, you must not speak in vain." Empress Dowager Zhang finally spoke in silence.

The eunuchs immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Second assistant Liang Chu watched the performance meaningfully.

The drama started, Yang Tinghe had just proposed to cut off an arm attached to the monarchy, another force made a move to test it.

The queen mother called Yang Tinghe the prince Taifu to remind him that Yang Tinghe was promoted by Emperor Xiaozong to be the teacher of Emperor Zhengde, and he was greatly favored by the monarchs of the two dynasties.

It is okay to prevent her from listening to politics behind the curtain, but other things cannot ignore her opinions.

Yang Tinghe didn't respond to this, and continued: "The top priority, I ask the Queen Mother to order, first let Zhang Gonggong admiral the nine gates of the capital, Wu Dinghou, Dingbian Bo, and the Minister of the Ministry of War select the battalions of the horse infantry to defend the various places, and invite Dongchang and Jinyiwei to arrest them." The yamen and the inspectors of the five cities belong to the governors!"

Hit a stick, and then appease: at the moment the military power in the capital, the cabinet has no intention of intervening, and it is still dominated by Zhang Yong and the others.

I only heard Yang Tinghe say again: "The training camp of the Weiwu regiment has almost become Jiang Bin's private army, and there have been frequent changes recently. I ask Yi to disband the training camp of the Weiwu regiment and send it back to Bianzhen! Your Majesty can announce Jiangbin, Minister of Rites Mao Cheng, and Minister of Industry Li Nai entered the palace to sacrifice, Zhang Gonggong’s admiral regiment guarded the nine gates of the capital, Jiang Bin was eliminated, and the mighty regiment’s training camp had no leader, so the capital was more than half safe! Besides…”

One by one, he put forward important suggestions related to the succession of the throne, involving not only an individual, but also some related policies and status quo.

"...Let's do it like this." Empress Dowager Zhang nodded casually, and then asked with a choked voice, "Then how should the edict be drafted? Who should enshrine the ancestral temple?"

In a few words, the fate of many important ministers has been decided.

Tonight, the capital is about to flow into rivers of blood.

After Queen Mother Zhang explored the possibility of herself, she no longer paid attention to these "little things".

Now she only cares about who the owner of the Forbidden City will be.

After all, she will live here for a long time. Who will enshrine the Lord Xiaozong and her after a hundred years?

Just listen to Yang Tinghe slowly expressing his choice: "After the Daxing Emperor, we should abide by the "ancestral precepts" of 'brother end brother and brother', and welcome the son of King Xingxian to be the emperor!"

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