Jingming

Chapter 7 The Coercion of Imperial Power (for collection)
There are two long histories in the palace, with Zuo as the respected one.

After Yuan Zonggao, the former Right Chief Shi, left the palace six years ago to serve as Jiangxi Inspectorate, Xie Changjie came from the capital to take over Yuan Zonggao's position.

After the former Zuo Changshi died of illness two years ago, Xie Changjie took Zuo Changshi's position.

He was born as a top three Jinshi in the 18th year of Hongzhi, and he can be regarded as Yang Tinghe's "student", but his rank is too low.After wasting ten years with no hope of promotion, it took a lot of effort to get an official position as the right chief of the palace.

The officials of the royal family don't expect to be promoted again, but there are other benefits.In the local area, the status is not low, and the prince's mansion has a lot of land and food.

As Zuo Changshi, he even took some money from the concubine not long ago.

Now that the situation has changed suddenly, Xie Changjie was not a human being for a while.

While he was thinking wildly, Zhou Zhao said solemnly: "There is only one son in the Xiaomiao Temple, but the Daxing Emperor has no heirs. The current prince and the previous king are all descendants of the concubine sons of the Xianmiao Temple. Your Highness, since ancient times, the heirs have been unified, and the legal order is where the name is. .”

When he said this, Zhu Houcong understood.

The civil servants huddled together to fight against Emperor Jiajing, and refused to let others recognize their own parents because many morals and etiquettes of this era were different from later ones.

At this time, if the first lineage has no descendants, there are many examples of adopting from the second lineage, so that the family business can be legitimately inherited.

The current family business is the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, the co-lord of the world.

Whether it is the queen mother or the courtiers, they must support a righteous emperor, so that they will not be considered as rebellious officials and thieves, leaving others with trouble.

This is not only the foundation of their interests, but also the foundation of Jiajing's own governance.

Normally this is the case, unless...

Zhu Houcong remembered what Lao Qin said: I don't know if the edict was written wrong on purpose, or if it was really not thoughtful.Anyway, Master Dao grabbed those words and insisted on fighting for more than 20 years!

At this moment, Jiang's tears finally flowed down: "My lord, what about that mother?"

"Mother and concubine, don't be in a hurry." Zhu Houcong had some confidence in his heart, and quickly comforted his mother, "I don't know what the will says, after all."

"That's right!" Zhou Zhao said, "Before the final edict arrives, there's no need to go to war and talk about it."

However, Xie Changjie persuaded him earnestly: "Your Highness, what I said just now, the line of the palace will not be cut off, it is still the blood of Your Highness. Now the country and the country should be the most important..."

"Shut up!" Jiang was angry, and her tone was sad, "Is this how you servants of the royal family are loyal to the prince? If the prince succeeds, you can't call me a mother! Yili, when I see the prince I need to bow down! The queen mother has no son, so she wants to take my son away..."

"Princess be careful!" Xie Changjie was taken aback, and quickly dissuaded her.

"Isn't that the case!" Jiang pointed at him, "All of you have to separate our mother and child in order to reap the rewards of the dragon!"

Xie Changjie cried and said: "Princess, Your Highness is your own son. Now that Your Highness has such a destiny, do you want His Highness to be a prince in the future for the sake of fame? The emperor's ancestors taught me that if you don't respect your brothers, you will end up with your brothers." For example, why did His Royal Highness follow the imperial edict to ascend to the top? Now that the imperial edict has been promulgated to the whole world, if His Royal Highness does not obey the imperial edict, the world will immediately be in chaos. "

Zhu Houcong watched them put on airs, and only realized the power of the queen mother and elders, the selfishness of many officials in the palace, and the great banners of etiquette and reputation.

Although he hasn't really become the emperor yet, we can already see some clues in the scenes of the ministers crying and admonishing or even remonstrating to death in the future.

"Don't discuss this matter any more, just shut the door and wait for the edict."

Zhu Houcong ended the debate and returned to the "harem" area of ​​the palace first.

I have more homework today, and now I know who is in the welcoming group, so I have to go back and check the preserved Dibao and the memorandum that Xiaozong once repaired.

Another thing that is certain is that the turning point should be in the expression of the will.

The next morning, he was having breakfast with Jiang Shi and his sisters Zhu Qingyuan and Zhu Qingyi, when Zhang Zuo came in and asked Xie Changjie to see him.

When he arrived at the main hall of the Chengyun Hall where he received the officials of the royal family, Xie Changjie knelt down and kowtowed non-stop after seeing Jiang and Zhu Houcong.

"I know that I have misbehaved before, so I came here today to plead guilty. Yesterday, I even made the princess angry by lying. After going back, I can't sleep or eat, and I feel that I will die." Xie Changjie kowtowed until his forehead was swollen, and if he knocked down again, he would immediately die Bleeding, with tears running down his face, "This is all the property of the minister's family, I just ask His Highness to give me a chance to reform."

Zhu Houcong deeply felt what the power of power is, and what it means to be arrogant before being respectful.

Just because of the news that he was ordered to inherit the throne by the will, Xie Changjie suddenly trembled as if a catastrophe was imminent.

But who made him do a lot of wrong things before?

The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were very important in the early years of the founding of the country. The palace also had its own guards. Generally speaking, there were three guards, with more than [-] people.

After Jianwen's reduction of feudal clans and the battle of Jingnan, the prince's strength continued to decline.

Naturally, the guards are gone, now there is only the Yiwei Division, and the backbones are all selected from Jinyiwei.Including the soldiers eliminated from the Beijing camp, the total number is only a few hundred, and a little over a thousand.

As for the officials of the royal family, at the beginning they were all Hanlin scholars, and later they became first-class Jinshi, and now there are even Juren as their long histories.

There is no hope for an official career in this life, how will I spend my life after taking office?
Those who are honest and do a leisurely job are more or less respectable in the local area and live happily; those who are not kind, relying on the power of the palace, not only domineering for the palace to collect money, but also enrich their own pockets.What's more unkind, even dared to use the power in his hands to ask the court for affairs, and turned around to use the emperor's vigilance against the vassals to rip off the palace.

Xie Changjie is the most unkind kind!

There is only one underage son in Prince Xing's Mansion. Jiang was worried that his son would not be able to seize the title due to the impact of King Ning's rebellion after the end of his filial piety.

However, Xie Changjie exaggerated his words. The left sentence is that the imperial court may further cut down the vassal state, and Xingwang’s mansion is in danger of being expelled. Blackmailed a lot.

Who knew that this orphan and widowed mother suddenly had great luck?

Xie Changjie was afraid and apprehensive, trembling all over.

Blackmailing the future emperor's family, he thought about this remedy all night.

Now he is looking at Zhu Houcong eagerly, hoping to save his life, or even more...

Zhu Houcong, who was sitting at the top, experienced the first direct impact of the change of identity at this time, and he had a more understanding of the aura and majesty of imperial power.

After looking at Mrs. Jiang, he said, "Xie Changshi, you are an official appointed by the imperial court, how can you just plead guilty to the palace like this?"

Xie Changjie's liver and gallbladder were torn, and he kowtowed again without hesitation. His forehead was bleeding suddenly under the severe pain, and he cried out in grief: "I know that I deserve to die. I have been blinded by lard. I just feel very sad." The title of the gold list in the cold window of the year has to live in the palace forever, and I am unwilling to make this big mistake. Your Highness is now in a dilemma. It is just the time for employing people. Although the character of the minister is no longer favored by His Highness, I only hope that His Royal Highness will repent wholeheartedly and be loyal to the king .”

Zhu Houcong knew there was something in his words, so he asked noncommittally, "Why is Xiao Wang in a dilemma?"

Xie Changjie was refreshed, knowing that the opportunity had come.

With his bleeding forehead on his face, he said sincerely: "Since Your Highness intends to succeed or not, the consequences will be unpredictable!"

Jiang Shi really became nervous.

Zhu Houcong didn't speak, but Jiang asked worriedly, "How do you say that?"

Xie Changjie talked eloquently: "Your Majesty is a great leader, and the power rests with the cabinet ministers. If the Empress Dowager wants to continue her filial piety, she can choose a young son to succeed the Emperor Daxing. He will not only have the help of a royal palace, but also be able to raise him personally. But following the will of His Majesty and the cabinet ministers to judge and deal with important matters and listen to the government behind the curtain, wouldn't it be the best choice?"

(End of this chapter)