Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 48

Early the next morning, Zhu Qiyu got up early, took everyone in the family, and opened the main door at the gate of the Han Palace, waiting for the arrival of Concubine Wu Xian.

Concubine Wu Xian is a believer, advocating simplicity and serenity, and quiet practice.Except for personal items, he did not bring out any belongings from the palace.So I just took a car with luggage, and I took a car by myself, and I drove to the palace with ease.

Seeing Concubine Wu coming in a car, Zhu Qiyu hurriedly took the concubine, and the whole family knelt on the ground to welcome her.

Concubine Wu Xian got out of the car and ordered everyone to stand up.He smiled at Zhu Qiyu again: "I told you earlier that everything should be kept simple. If you don't listen, why bother to stick to this big family and wait for me here with the cold wind blowing."

Zhu Qiyu replied with a smile: "This is the spontaneous filial piety of our family, so why not bother. Mother, please come into the mansion quickly to see if the house prepared by the son and daughter-in-law for the mother is satisfactory. If not, let the princess immediately Send someone to change it."

Concubine Wu Xian smiled and waved her hands: "It's enough to have a pillow and shelter from the wind and rain. Back then, I was a little court lady who went out of the mansion. I don't want to return to the mansion as a concubine now. It can be regarded as a return home. This is already lucky enough. One needs to be content."

After finishing speaking, Concubine Wu went into the mansion with Zhu Qiyu and Lin Xiangyu, one on the left and one on the right.

The three talked and laughed, and walked into the bedroom.Concubine Wu looked around the bedroom, and saw that the palace was full of rare and rare treasures, even at the entrance, there were eighteen large corals six or seven feet high, lined up on both sides, forming a corridor.

In the hall, there are all kinds of rare treasures such as jade, porcelain, pearls, agate, etc., which are scattered and arranged in various places.

Concubine Wu praised: "Daughter-in-law is very tasteful, even though so many treasures have been used, the whole bedroom is still so elegant and warm, without any impetuous air.

Living in such a room, one can concentrate one's mind and spirit without meditating, returning to basics and innocence. "

Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "It's good that the concubine likes it, if there is something wrong, please show it to the concubine, and the daughter-in-law will correct it immediately."

Concubine Wu smiled and said: "Everything else is fine, but I have been trapped in the palace for so many years, I have had enough. Now when I see the blue bricks and red walls in the courtyard, I will think of the days in the palace, and I feel unspeakably uncomfortable .”

Lin Xiangyu hurriedly replied: "It's my daughter-in-law's negligence. When His Royal Highness beats back Wala, my daughter-in-law immediately transported white marble from the west of Beijing, demolished these red walls and blue bricks, and replaced them all with white marble. Mother and concubine, do you think this is okay?"

Concubine Wu nodded: "That's very good, but state affairs are important, and everything must be done first to repel Oirats. Don't waste state affairs because of me wasting money and people."

The three sat down in the hall again, drank tea and chatted happily.

Not long after, the servant girl came to play the report: "Report to the concubine, your highness, and the princess, the ministers are here again, surrounded the main courtyard of our palace, and want to see your highness."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu hurriedly knelt down in front of Concubine Wu, pleading in a low voice: "Ministers invite your son to succeed you, and the concubine mother should have heard about it too. I have already given up three times in the past two days, and I should not be able to shirk it anymore today." , can only agree to succeed.

The son is unfilial, I hope the concubine mother will not accept the title of queen mother, and I ask the concubine mother to be considerate. "

Concubine Wu laughed quickly when she heard the words: "Get up, it's cold on the ground. I've already lived in the palace long ago, so I don't care about the title of Queen Mother. I just hope that our family is neatly together, even Ministers please take the title of Empress Dowager, and you can just resign for me."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu quickly kowtowed to thank her, and left Lin Xiangyu to talk with Concubine Wu, while rushing back to the main courtyard of the palace to meet the ministers.

Temporarily appeasing the women in the palace and mansion, Zhu Qiyu had a little confidence in his heart.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, generally in his 20s, and at most in his 30s, had to go through four steps:
The first step: go up without hesitation;
The second step: up does not look toward;

The third step: the big gradually;
The fourth step: up the collapse.

The most frightening thing is that the four-step process will be completed within a month.

The most extreme is his grandfather, Emperor Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi: On the first day, he went up without hesitation.On the second day, the disease gradually became serious, and the imperial edict was passed down.On the same day, it collapsed.

In less than two days, the process was over.If there were no women from the harem involved, Zhu Qiyu couldn't believe it.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu has always firmly believed in the leader, and must implement the golden rule that the internal affairs must be settled first when fighting against the outside world.One day I can't handle the woman around me, and one day I can't sleep peacefully.

Otherwise, once the process is started, no matter how talented or wise an emperor is, he can only be attributed to vanity in the end.

While thinking about his thoughts, Zhu Qiyu soon came to the main courtyard.As soon as the minister saw the rightful lord appearing, Qi Shushua knelt on the ground, not talking nonsense, and once again respectfully asked Zhu Qiyu to inherit the throne.

Zhu Qiyu asked: "Are Chen Yi and Yang Shan back?"

Chen Yi and Yang Shan heard the words, got up and walked to Zhu Qiyu to salute.

Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Does Your Majesty have a will?"

Chen Yi stood in the middle, facing Zhu Qiyu and the ministers, and shouted: "Your Majesty has an order."

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly knelt in the first row, leading all the ministers and shouting: "I will listen to your Majesty's will respectfully."

Chen Yi cleared his throat and proclaimed loudly: "Following the Heavenly Chengyun Emperor's edict: The captives invaded the frontier, I was afraid that it would cause disaster to the clan society, so I had no choice but to go to the imperial court myself, unfortunately, my car drove into the captive court by mistake.

In the face of a national crisis, relying on the elder, the rituals of the ancestral temple cannot last long. I should abdicate as the Supreme Emperor. My younger brother Qi Yu, the king of Qi, is old and virtuous, and his order will be used as a sacrifice.The civil and military officials should serve the new monarch carefully, repel the captives, and secure the world, and admire this. "

With the emperor's oral decree, Zhu Qiyu no longer continued to refuse, and led all the officials to say "long live", then accepted the imperial decree and formally agreed to join the Datong.

Zhu Qiyu stood up, and the ministers were going to pay their respects formally.Zhu Qiyu hurriedly stopped all the ministers: "Don't be so busy worshiping. Before the official succession ceremony is held, I will still be in charge of state affairs as the Prince of the Supervisory Kingdom."

Hu Wei, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, heard the words and went out to play: "The sixth day of September is an auspicious day. I invite Your Highness to hold a ceremony on that day, officially becoming the emperor."

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Zun Zuo, keep everything simple, start to move from now on, and do our best to organize the defense of the capital, and all other ritual affairs can be avoided or saved."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Qiyu added: "To give the Empress Dowager the honorary title, to be honored as the Holy Empress Dowager, this cannot be avoided, and it is necessary to make great efforts to reassure the hearts of the world."

Hu Wei replied: "My minister is under orders. In addition, Your Highness's biological mother, Concubine Wu Xian, should be honored as the Empress Dowager."

Zhu Qiyu didn't wait for Hu Min to finish, and interrupted: "The widow's mother and concubine are calm by nature and don't like common affairs. I have made it clear to the widow that I only wish to take care of myself in the Qi mansion as the concubine of the king of Qi, and will not return to live in the forbidden palace. I will not accept any honorary titles, and the Ministry of Rites does not need to make invitations in the future."

When the ministers heard the words, they all looked at each other in blank dismay. This was the first time they saw someone who refused the title of Empress Dowager.

After being stunned for a while, Hu Yan had no choice but to poke his neck and ask, "May I ask Your Highness, is that the concubine of the king of Yan as the queen, or the concubine of Qi as the queen?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "No, no, Uncle Da Zong made a mistake, there is no queen, and there is no concubine. The Ministry of Rites only needs to give Empress Qian the honorary title, and honor her as Empress Dowager.

When Wala was defeated, Zhu Jianji, the king of Tan, would immediately take the entire Prince Tan's mansion to join the feudal clan.All the people in Prince Qi's Mansion will not move, they will continue to stay in Prince Qi's Mansion, how they lived before, and how they will live in the future.

You all remember that the widow is only forced to take the throne temporarily in order to protect the ancestral temple and the community.Once the emperor is welcomed back, the widow must return to the eldest brother. "

As soon as this remark came out, the ministers below immediately exploded.

Zhu Qiyu was not in a hurry, and ordered someone to bring a chair, and sat in the middle of the chair, basking in the sun leisurely.

Anyway, Zhu Qiyu occupies the moral high ground: I am not greedy for fame or power, I am only for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and I have no choice but to take the throne temporarily.When the crisis is resolved, I will retire and return to my eldest brother.

You can see how selfless I am, how high-spirited I am.I occupy the legitimacy, I occupy the righteousness, and I am confident.

The ministers must not be happy: all the good co-authors are left to your Highness Qi Wang alone, and we ministers have all become rebellious ministers and thieves.

After a long while, the ministers gradually quieted down, Chen Xun, Hu Wei and other important ministers responded forcefully, demanding that Concubine Wu Xian must be respected as the empress dowager, and the empress must also be registered.

(End of this chapter)