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Chapter 15 The Ming Emperor Zhu Houzhao arrived in Jinling!

Liu Jian was carried down.

The situation in Fengtian Temple has become strange.

Especially with the help of two maternal uncles, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling.

After what they said, the stain that the cabinet and the civil service group forced Zhu Houzhao to flee south to Jinling could not be washed away.

Liu Jian must bear the primary responsibility.

However, life still has to move on.

Liu Jian can't host it, there are Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe.

"Master Yang, what should we do now?"

Wang Yue was very worried about his future. After all, Zhu Houzhao had taken away all the jade seals. Although he had the right to wear red as a eunuch and eunuch, the imperial edict had no legal effect if it was not stamped. Zhu Houzhao could use false edicts to convey the imperial edict at any time. The reason is on their heads.

Similarly, various government orders drafted by the cabinet also need to be stamped with jade seals.

"The top priority now is to bring His Majesty back."

For a time, Yang Tinghe replaced Liu Jian as the talker. Instead of feeling honored, Yang Tinghe had a headache.

"I'm afraid it won't be easy to chase. Your Majesty is going to pay homage to Taizu after all..."

Li Dongyang felt that Zhu Houzhao's methods had changed. Once such righteous methods came out, they no longer had a legitimate reason.

Although they can do things without Zhu Houzhao's jade seal for the time being, they can also use the Queen Mother's decree to temporarily take over.

But after all, Zhu Houzhao is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor is still alive. What does the empress dowager's decree mean? Does the harem interfere in politics?
"We still have to chase him back. Didn't Your Majesty go to pay homage to Taizu?"

Yang Tinghe said firmly: "We need to send someone to worship with His Majesty. After His Majesty has finished the worship, we will invite Your Majesty to come back."

They definitely couldn't stop it, but they wanted to ensure that Zhu Houzhao returned to Beijing immediately after using up this excuse.

Otherwise, the emperor is in the south and the civil and military officials are in the north.

what is this?
"I'll go!"

Li Dongyang took the initiative to ask for help. After all, he was the emperor's teacher and the third-ranking figure in the cabinet. Xie Qian was not here. He took the initiative to look around the courtiers and said, "I will take some of my colleagues with me to Jinling."

Yang Tinghe's face darkened slightly, sensing some of Li Dongyang's thoughts.

He didn't dare to think about it carefully. If Li Dongyang never came back and joined Zhu Houzhao, the officialdom in the north would really become an empty shell.

His political future was over.

But someone from the north must take charge.

Yang Tinghe naturally realized that after Zhu Houzhao made such a ridiculous move, Liu Jian's career as the first assistant was basically going to end early, and he had the possibility of rising to the top.

Being able to successfully invite Zhu Houzhao back can be regarded as establishing the authority of the cabinet. By then, it will be more logical for him to become a full-time assistant after Li Dongyang.

I am afraid that Zhu Houzhao really dared to set a precedent and risk the disapproval of the world to establish a new court.

But this kind of thing has never been seen before.

There is an example... Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, abandoned the capital of the Mongol Empire and went to Dadu to establish a new country named Yuan. It can be regarded as another way to establish a separate court.

But, does Zhu Houzhao dare?
Yang Tinghe did not dare to think deeply about it. Zhu Houzhao could easily run away from home suddenly. It was not a big deal to establish a new court.

"Master Li, you must invite His Majesty back."

He could only look at Li Dongyang expectantly. Even the emperor and the teacher couldn't invite him back, so he didn't know who else could be invited.

"I will."

"We still need the Queen Mother's decree."

Li Dongyang nodded heavily. He didn't want to get into such a quarrel, let alone make the worst choice, otherwise he would be spurned by the civil and military officials of the dynasty and renounce himself in Shilin.

"Please give an order from the Queen Mother..."

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty basically reached a consensus. After retiring from the court, Zhu Houzhao was forced to flee Jinling by his ministers, especially his chief minister Liu Jian, which immediately swept through the entire capital like a tornado.

From the emperor's relatives to the traffickers and lackeys, everyone was shocked for a while and talked about it with great interest.

Subsequently, Zhu Houzhao's departure from Jinling spread throughout the country with the capital as the core. More and more people became aware of Zhu Houzhao's deviant behavior. At the same time, this incident of escape could be regarded as Zhu Houzhao taking this opportunity to severely discredit the people of the Ming Dynasty. A wave of presence.

Liu Jian finally woke up and found out that this was indeed the case. He was spit out several mouthfuls of blood and his condition became more serious.

Of course, in this era, the news that Zhu Houzhao left Jinling was not as fast as Zhu Houzhao's horseback riding.

However, as time passed, vassal kings in some places received Zhu Houzhao's imperial edict in advance.

For example, Zhu Youqi, the Xingwang of Anlu Mansion in Huguang.

"Your Majesty asked me to go and worship Taizu on his behalf?"

Xing Wang Zhu Youqi was thirty years old this year. When he received the imperial edict from Zhu Houzhao, he and his princess were still in the temple to fulfill their vows because his princess was pregnant again.

The eldest son Zhu Houxi has died young. He has not yet given birth to a daughter and wants a son to inherit the throne.

I've already thought of a name, it's Zhu Houcong.

When he received this imperial edict, Zhu Youqi felt surprised.

But he did not dare to neglect the emperor's imperial edict, even if the emperor was his nephew.

After hurriedly returning home to receive the imperial edict, he found out that Zhu Houzhao had asked him to go to Jinling.

"Father-in-law, when are you leaving?"

He quickly asked his father-in-law who came over, without any doubt. After all, the emperor was far away in the capital and could not escape easily. As the emperor's direct uncle and the eldest prince, he was fully qualified to worship Zhu Yuanzhang.

"His Majesty said the sooner the better. Your Majesty Prince Xing, you can set off after you arrange things at home."

"Okay, I will pack up and set off. It may take three days."

Worshiping the Taizu on behalf of the emperor was something that could not be taken carelessly. Zhu Youqi immediately began to prepare, and then when he was ready, he set off with his group.

……

"Huh, I'm really tired from this long journey!"

"We finally arrived in Fengyang."

On the eighth day after setting off from the capital, Zhu Houzhao arrived in Fengyang.

He did not go straight to Jinling. After all, as the prince and grandson, it would be unjustifiable for him to pass by Fengyang without paying homage.

Performing a full set of performances, since I came here to pay homage to Taizu, I naturally had to pay homage to Fengyang.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao immediately asked Liu Jin and others to identify themselves, and directly visited the Fengyang Ancestral Tomb before the chat group was opened.

At this point, Zhu Houzhao also knew clearly that there was no need to hide his identity and whereabouts.

He was going to mobilize a lot of troops so that the whole country would know that he had arrived in Jinling.

Otherwise, what if the cabinet declares that he is dead and installs another emperor.

Naturally, he had to be on guard against this.

Fortunately, the worship ceremony went smoothly. When the worship was completed, officials from Yingtian Mansion had already come to greet him in person.

So, without any hesitation, he walked into Jinling in a swaggering manner, being greeted by officials from the Six Ministries of Jinling and watched by the people of Jinling.

It's just that he doesn't know.

When he came, it was like throwing a pebble into the calm lake, causing thousands of waves to rise immediately.

Flying pigeons in Jinling deliver messages, scattering in all directions like raindrops.

Some wealthy merchants and wealthy families in the southern provinces, especially the coastal provinces, immediately learned of the news of Zhu Houzhao's personal visit to Jinling. Immediately, various forces responded in different ways.

(End of this chapter)