Chapter Twenty-Four: Flowers Bloom and Fall
(Maopu Chinese) This Zhu Houxi, like his father Zhu Youxi, was ambitious, and now although he has ascended the throne as emperor, he is really unwilling to let the imperial power fall into the hands of several cabinet auxiliary ministers headed by Yang Yanhe, and he is even more unwilling to Zhang Junfeng to control him everywhere.
But since he entered the palace and ascended the throne as the emperor, it has only been a few days, and even the topography of the palace has not been figured out, let alone the people here, thinking that he came from the palace, only brought a right long history of the palace to accompany him, and the right long history of the palace can be regarded as a big man in this deep palace, this palace is full of Zhang Junyu and Yang Yanhe's people, and now he Zhu Houxi is here, but he is weak.
He also knew that if he wanted to grasp the real power, it would take at least three years, and in these three years, he should establish a good relationship between the monarch and the minister with the people who were quite prestigious in the court except Yang Yanhe, and ask them to form a party to compete with Zhang Junfang and Yang Yanhe in the future.
This Zhu Houxi is still young, but Zhang Junyu doesn't know whether he eats soft and hard.
Although the Son of Heaven died, after . . The names of all the masters in the palace have to enter the first generation, but this time the new emperor is not the heir of Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao's cousin, Zhang Junzhao's nephew, although the name of the master in the palace has changed, he has never entered the first generation, and Zhang Junzhao naturally did not become the empress dowager because of this.
Zhang Junfang is still the queen mother, and she should live in Renshou Palace.
In the early summer afternoon, people are always inevitably sleepy, Zhang Junfang is naturally no exception, at this time, she should have been lying on the soft couch to rest, but this person is old, and diseases everywhere in the body are coming, just like Zhang Junqi's legs, often sore, and this afternoon, it is so sore that it is tossing and turning, it is really difficult to sleep.
Nan Su entered the warm pavilion and saw Zhang Junyu sitting on the soft couch, beating his calf, so he approached and said, "The Queen Mother has committed an old illness?" ”
Zhang Junfang didn't speak, just sighed lightly, Nan Su raised his hand and put it on her lap, thinking about rubbing her, but Zhang Junfang said thoughtfully: "You don't need to come, you go and rest, call a few little girls to come over." ”
Nan Su knew what she meant. Then he said: "Where are those girls strong enough, yesterday the slave maid asked them to pinch their shoulders, just like tickling." ”
Hearing this, Zhang Junfang sneered and said, "They are still young. I'm afraid I don't understand this. ”
Nan Xu also said: "It's useless, change Ming'er to give them all permission to go out, and marry early, but you can't be like Meidai, are half old." It is difficult to choose a husband's family, so he can only make do with Fan Liang. ”
Zhang Junfang bowed his head slightly, and said with a smile: "How are they now?" ”
Nan Xu thought for a while and said, "A few days ago, I sent a letter, saying that I had added a grandson, and I wanted the slave maid to accompany the Queen Mother to Qizhou to have a look." ”
Speaking of adding a grandson, Zhang Junfang was quite sentimental in his heart, and when the words fell, Zhang Junfang sighed lightly. only said: "It's good to add a grandson, in the future, the grandson will add a grandson, and the four generations will be in the same house, but it is not like a mourning family, a lonely family, and there is not even a son." ”
Nan Su was silent when he heard this, and there was silence in the room, and after a long time, Zhang Junyu suddenly asked: "Nan Xu, you say." Is it right or wrong to mourn the family and establish Xi'er as the emperor? ”
Zhu Houxi has a stubborn temper, and it can be seen from the events when he welcomed him into Beijing that day that Nanxu listened to the call. After thinking for a moment, he said: "It stands to reason that he is young now and easy to be disciplined, but his temperament is very similar to the king of Xingxian, this matter is not easy to say." ”
Now Zhu Houxi has inherited the unification. It was too late for Zhang Junfang to regret it, she said: "That's it, this matter is a foregone conclusion, even if the mourning family regrets it, it will be too late." ”
The voice fell, and Xiaodu people entered and said, "Queen Mother, Your Majesty is here." ”
"Say Cao Cao Cao is here," Zhang Junfang waved his hand and said, "Call him in." ”
Zhu Houyu entered, called Zhang Junyu a "queen mother", even Zhang Junyu was happy, although Zhu Houyu entered the palace as the new emperor that day, but if he really wanted to stabilize the throne, he still had to rely on Zhang Junyu, if he did not call Zhang Junyu the queen mother, nor did he take Zhu Youzhu as the emperor's examination, he was afraid that he would not be able to sit on the throne.
Zhang Junfang responded with a "hmm" when he heard the call, and then asked, "Why did Xi'er come here to mourn his family?" ”
Seeing Nan Su give Zhang Junyu a leg beat, Zhu Houyu walked over and motioned Nan Su to step aside, he himself went over to please Zhang Junyu, and Zhang Junyu also relied on him, but he heard Zhu Houyu babble and said: "Queen Mother, I just received a letter from my mother, and the queen mother said that he wanted me, I wanted to ...... Want to ......"
Zhu Houxi wanted to speak and stopped, he really didn't dare to speak out, Zhang Junyu knew what he meant, so he looked at him sideways and asked, "You want to take her into the palace?" ”
"Yes," Zhu Houyu nodded straight, looking at Zhang Junyu with blank eyes, but Zhang Junyu looked back and stopped looking at him, nor did he reply, Zhu Houyu was worried in his heart, and he was afraid that this matter would not be possible, and he didn't dare to say anything for a while, Zhang Junyu suddenly said: "Since I miss you, then take her over, it just so happens that the mourning family hasn't seen her for more than 20 years." ”
Hearing this, Zhu Houxi was happy in his heart, and responded: "Yes, thank your mother." ”
This Jiang Ningan wants to enter the palace, naturally she just misses Zhu Houxi, her son is the emperor, how can she be willing to stay in the fiefdom and be a little concubine!
On the same day, Zhu Houxi returned to the Qianqing Palace, so he hurriedly sent an edict to Anluzhou to pick up Jiang Ningan, Jiang Ningan had already made full preparations, so he set off for Beijing the next day.
Jiang Ningan knew that now Zhu Houxi must have been succeeded by Zhang Junfang to Zhu Youzhu as his son, and he was unwilling in his heart, so he waited for more than half of the trip to Beijing before he made a fuss, and kept reprimanding the guards who rushed to pick him up, and only said: "My son, how can he be regarded as someone else!" ”
She Jiang Ning'an made a fuss, she actually stopped on the road, and others couldn't do anything about her, Zhu Houxi ordered them to take Jiang Ning'an into the palace, but Jiang Ningan stopped, and most of the trip had passed, and it was not possible to go back at this time.
Jiang Ningan expected this, halfway through the trip, according to Zhu Houxi's filial piety, he couldn't bear to ask her to go back. Everyone had no choice but to send a letter to the palace and explain the matter to Zhu Houxi.
Now that Zhu Houxi has only been on the throne for a few days, he has no real power in his hands, and he still has to ask Zhang Junfang for advice on this matter.
And when Zhang Junfang heard about this, he also understood what Jiang Ning'an was thinking about it, so she didn't say anything and let her go.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Houxi was also extremely flustered for a while, and he couldn't really tell Jiang Ningan to turn back the way he came! Sure enough, without the identity of Zhu Youzhu and Zhang Junyu's mother, he can't be the emperor.
"Queen Mother!" Zhu Houxi knelt down helplessly, looked at Zhang Junyu with blurred teary eyes, and cried: "Erchen is not the emperor anymore, you should take your mother back to Anlu Prefecture." ”
Zhang Junfang was displeased when he heard this, and he didn't directly keep it, but only asked, "Have you thought about it clearly?" ”
Zhu Houxi was slightly stunned. Could it be that Zhang Junfang really refused to give in!
Seeing Zhu Houxi like this, Zhang Junyu said again: "If you think about it clearly, then go back to the Qianqing Palace and draft the next Zen edict." Give it to the mourners. ”
Zhu Houxi was completely stunned, and Zhang Junyu then said: "Go quickly, it's important to take your mother back to Anluzhou." ”
This Zhu Houxi ascended the throne, although he has no real power, but he still loves the throne in the end. Where is he willing to Zen, he suddenly prostrate in front of Zhang Junyu, pulled her sleeve, and cried: "Queen mother, the sons are willing to recognize you as the queen mother, and they are also willing to recognize Xiaozong as the father, I just ask you to give the mother a name, and the quasi-sons will take her into the palace." ”
"Reputation?" Zhang Junfang asked rhetorically, "Then what title does she want?" Dowager? Do you want her to enter the temple? ”
Zhu Houxi shook his head. Said: "The son doesn't ask her to enter the temple, only to ask her to enter the palace, the queen mother, please allow the son." ”
Zhang Junyu still didn't answer, just took the teacup with his head on the side, lowered his head and took a sip, and then looked at Nan Su again, and said lightly: "Nan Xu, for the mourning family, to prepare a decree, to posthumously seal the king of Xingxian for the emperor of Xingxian." ”
Zhu Houxi listened. Naturally, he was excited, wiped his tears, and then kowtowed: "Thank you!" Thank you! ”
Zhang Junfang glanced at him lightly, and then said: "Posthumously seal the king of Xingxian as the emperor of Xingxian." I'm afraid this etiquette rule is a bit complicated, you can do it. ”
"Yes," Zhu Houxi replied, and then retreated happily.
posthumously crowned Zhu Youqi as the emperor, then Jiang Ningan naturally became the queen of Xingxian, but although he was the queen mother. is still just a concubine in her bones, and she still can't sit on an equal footing with Zhang Junfang.
The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother are different after all!
After Jiang Ningan entered the palace, he went directly to the Qianqing Palace, where Zhang Junyu was sitting on the top waiting for her, and Zhu Houxi was sitting on Zhang Junyu's left hand side.
Entering the hall and seeing Zhang Junfang sitting on it, Jiang Ningan originally didn't plan to salute her, after all, she was Zhu Houxi's biological mother, but as soon as her eyes met Zhang Junyu's eyes, her legs suddenly became weak, she should have knelt down to salute Zhang Junfang, and now kneeling down is not rude.
Zhang Junfang saw that she didn't kneel at first, so he always stared at her, thinking that she had been the queen for 18 years, and the queen mother for 16 years, she had always been powerful, and she was already not angry and arrogant, no wonder Jiang Ningan knelt down for her in a panic, Jiang Ningan softened, bowed her head and said respectfully: "Concubine, knock on the queen mother." ”
Seeing her like this, Zhang Junshan just waved his hand and said casually: "Get up." ”
Zhang Junfang is like this, Zhu Houxi saw it in his eyes, but he was not convinced in his heart, why Zhang Junyu was high, but his mother had to keep his voice down, why did his mother and concubine be the queen mother, but she wanted to salute Zhang Junyu, and still knelt, is it just the power in her hands!
In the first year of Jiajing the following year, Zhu Houxi still asked Zhang Junfang for instructions, and Jin named Jiang Ningan as the empress dowager of Xingguo, and Zhang Junyu was approved.
In the second year of Jiajing, Zhu Houxi asked Zhang Junfang to take everything in Jiang Ning'an's palace with the gift of the Queen Mother, that is, he wanted Jiang Ningan to take it equally with Zhang Junfang.
Zhang Junfang is still accurate.
However, Zhang Junyu repeatedly agreed to Zhu Houyu's request, but he had already asked Zhu Houyu to gain an inch, and in the third year of Jiajing, Zhu Houyu no longer asked Zhang Junyu for instructions on some unimportant matters inside and outside the court.
Unimportant things are not important after all, Zhang Junfang is impatient to deal with it, but Zhu Houxi did not inform Zhang Junfang in advance of such things as big gifts, the reason why he did not inform Zhang Junfang was because he didn't dare, he didn't dare to tell Zhang Junfang that he wanted to change the imperial examination to Emperor Xingxian, and he didn't dare to tell Zhang Junfang that he wanted to enter Jiang Ning'an as the queen mother.
On the 12th day of July in the third year of Jiajing, Zhu Houxi sent an edict to the Ministry of Rites, and on the 14th, he would write a book for Emperor Xingxian and the Empress Dowager of Xingguo, and pay tribute to heaven and earth, Zongmiao and Sheji, and renamed Zhu Youzhu as "Huang Bo Kao", and his biological father Zhu Youqi was "Huang Kao", and his biological mother Jiang Ningan was crowned as the Empress Dowager of Xingguo.
Originally, this Zhu Houxi was able to become the emperor, because Zhu Youzhu was the emperor's exam, and now he suddenly had this intention, and the ministers were in an uproar, coinciding with the end of the early dynasty, He Mengchun, the left attendant of the ministry, said: "When Xianzong, hundreds of officials cried in front of Wenhua Gate, fighting for the funeral ceremony of the Empress Dowager Ciyi, Xianzong obeyed, this is the old thing of this dynasty." ”
Yang Ting and Yang Shen then answered: "I have been a monk for one hundred and fifty years, and I have adhered to the festival. Righteousness and death, right today. ”
Editing Wang Yuanzheng, Zhang Chong and others immediately stopped and retained the ministers in the south of Jinshui Bridge, He Mengchun, Jin Xianmin, Xu Wenhua and others called on the ministers, and more than 200 courtiers knelt at Zuoshunmen that day to ask Zhu Houxi to change his will.
At that time, Zhu Houxi heard the crying outside in the Fengtian Temple, and immediately ordered the internal supervisor to send a message to retire from the court. Yang Shen and others shook the door and cried, and for a time the sound shook the court, Zhu Houxi was furious, and ordered Jinyi Wei to go to prison for the first eight people. Zhu Houxi then ordered a total of 134 officials below the fifth rank to be imprisoned and tortured, and a total of 86 officials above the fourth rank were suspended from their posts pending punishment.
On July 16, Zhu Houxi honored Jiang Ning'an as the "Empress Dowager of Zhang Shengciren". On 20 July, Jin Yiwei asked for instructions on how to deal with the ministers who were imprisoned, and Zhu Houxi ordered officials above the fourth rank to be suspended, and officials below the fifth rank to be punished by the court staff. Sixteen people died because of the rod.
After Zuo Shun's court staff, the courtiers who opposed the ceremony were silent, and the three-year "Great Rites Discussion" ended with Zhu Houxi's victory.
And the "Great Rites Controversy", during the past three years, Zhang Junyu has not expressed his position from beginning to end, Zhu Houxi is full-fledged, since this matter is a foregone conclusion, then why is she not satisfied with the status quo.
She is still the empress dowager of the main palace, and Jiang Ning'an, although she was also promoted to the empress dowager, she is still a lowly concubine in her bones, what if she climbs to the top of the mountain, she still presses on her head everywhere.
In December of the seventeenth year of Jiajing, Nan Su died of illness, and seven days later he returned to his soul, and Jiang Ning'an was violent.
Now that Jiajing has been 20 years old, Zhang Junfang is already in his old age.
In August, the weather was hot and dry, but Zhang Junfang could stand quietly in front of the bookcase to practice calligraphy, and everyone asked her why she was not hot, she only said "the heart is calm and naturally cool".
The people hurriedly ran into the hall and called out "Queen Mother", Zhang Junyu raised his eyes to look at her when he heard the call, but saw that her forehead was sweating, so he said: "What's the matter in a panic, look at your sweat." ”
"Queen Mother," Du Ren said with a smile: "The slave maid wants to tell you that the Bodhi tree in Jiangxue Xuan has bloomed." ”
Hearing this, Zhang Junyu was shocked, and actually dropped Mao Ying in his hand, everyone was naturally stunned when they saw her like this, and called: "Queen Mother, what's wrong with you?" ”
Zhang Junyu came back to his senses and smiled slightly: "The mourning family doesn't believe it." ”
Du Dao: "Where will the slave and maid lie to you, or will the slave and maid help you to take a look?" ”
Zhang Junfang didn't say a word, and directly picked up the dragon head crutch on one side, and everyone saw her like this, and they also stepped forward to support her.
When I went to Jiang Xuexuan, I saw that the Bodhi tree in front of the hall was really blooming.
Zhang Junfang looked up and couldn't help crying.
The Bodhi flower has bloomed, when will Zhu Youzhu come back......
Seeing that there were tears in the corners of Zhang Junyao's eyes, everyone hurriedly asked, "Queen Mother, why are you crying?" ”
Zhang Junfang looked at her sideways, squeezed out a smile and said, "It's okay, the wind is blowing, and the mourning family has sand in their eyes." ”
The people joked: "That slave blows for you." ”
Zhang Junyu said: "No, you go back first, mourning family, I want to be here alone for a while." ”
Everyone was puzzled, but since Zhang Junfang ordered her, she also retreated, but she looked back three times when she walked, and she was very uneasy.
Zhang Junfang just looked at her like that, and smiled with her every time he saw her look back.
It wasn't until the figure of Du Ren completely disappeared from her eyes that she slowly turned around, and then looked up at the Bodhi flower, when suddenly a gust of wind blew down, blowing off all the Bodhi flowers that were blooming just right on the tree.
Although this scene is beautiful, Zhang Junyu also regrets it in her heart, her tears are blurred, and she has not yet been able to see the appearance of Bodhi flowers.
Suddenly, someone hugged her from behind and said to her: "Zhu'er, the roses in the palace garden are blooming, let's go and see." (To be continued.) Cat flutter Chinese