In February of the third year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji of Xuanzong canonized Zhu Qizhen, the son of Sun Guifei, as the crown prince, when he was less than three months old, he was the youngest when the crown prince was canonized in the Ming Dynasty. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because Empress Hu of the Central Palace personally went to the table and asked for Zhu Qizhen to be appointed as the crown prince, there was no dispute about the canonization of the crown prince, but after the crown prince canonized for a few days, various voices continued to emerge in the court.

Generally speaking, it is divided into two factions, one faction believes that since the crown prince has been established, because the crown prince's mother must be the queen, the crown prince should be succeeded to Empress Hu as soon as possible;

The other faction believes that precisely because the crown prince's mother must be the queen, it should be considered to let Sun Guifei be the queen, and there are no heirs in the middle palace, that is, the people, according to the "seven outs" article, they should divorce their wives, so Queen Hu should be abolished.

Both arguments are getting more and more intense, and neither can convince the other.

Then, the people who supported Empress Hu moved out of the two mountains of Emperor Yongle and Emperor Renzong to suppress Sun Guifei's people, and then the focus of the dispute rose from "filial piety" to "national capital".

At this time, the arrogance of the people who supported Sun Guifei gradually decreased, and at this time, Zhu Zhanji personally convened several ministers: Zhang Fu, Jian Yi, Yang Rong, Xia Yuanji, Yang Shiqi, etc. to discuss, and this turmoil caused a lot of trouble.

"The crown prince has been canonized,"

Zhu Zhanji said straight to the point, his voice was full of coldness and irritability:

"I have a major matter to discuss with the Qing and others, you all know that I am over thirty years old before I get a prince, and Queen Hu of the Middle Palace has not given birth to a prince for so many years, and she often complains about illness in all matters in the court. The health has not been very good. Recently, I have asked the people in Qin Tianjian, and they all said that Empress Hu is destined to have no children. ”

Zhu Zhanji's eyes swept over everyone, and suddenly his voice became quite emotional:

"Now that the concubine has given birth to a prince, she should be established as an heir. This is indisputable. However, the mother is more expensive than the son, which is the number of etiquette. But now, what should I do with Zhonggong Zhen? Consult with Zhu Qing. ”

As soon as the emperor's whole question was thrown, everyone was silent, Zhang Fu and others pretended to be deaf and dumb and refused to answer.

At this time, Zhu Zhanji suddenly said with some annoyance:

"There is nothing wrong with Empress Hu in the middle palace being the queen personally selected and recognized by the two generations of emperors, but she has been married to me for so many years, and she has no children and many diseases, this is one of them, and the major affairs of the court and the central government cannot be worried about me, this is the second thing, and the small things in the palace are also hesitant, and there is no style of the middle palace, this is the third ...... For so many years, I have been submissive, only knowing the word 'obedience', but I don't know what it means to 'raise the case and raise eyebrows, and the piano is harmonious'. ”

"It can be said that Empress Hu has greatly disappointed two generations of previous emperors and me, and her ardent hope for her is really an unforgivable sin."

When Zhu Zhanji said this, he once again swept his hopeful gaze over several important ministers.

It stands to reason that the emperor has already said this, and the ministers should have fully understood what the emperor meant, and they should immediately follow the emperor's will.

However, since Renzong Zhu Gaochi reformed the cabinet scholar system, in order to ensure the democracy and fairness of decision-making, the emperor's decision-making power has been greatly reduced.

Although the Son of Heaven is supreme, when it comes to national affairs, he must speak reasonably, and cannot make random decrees based on personal likes and dislikes.

At the beginning of their tenure, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji had clearly declared that even if the emperor's will was incorrect, the cabinet scholars had every right to change the emperor's will after it was unanimously approved.

Therefore, at this time, the young new emperor Zhu Zhanji hoped that a cabinet scholar could support him. In this way, at least he will not be so lonely.

Seeing that the remaining four cabinet scholars were all silent, Zhu Zhanji was a little discouraged, and at this time, Yang Rong suddenly stepped forward and said loudly:

"Since the queen has disappointed the two generations of emperors and the emperor like this, it can be abolished."

When the rest of the cabinet scholars heard Yang Rong speak, they all looked at each other, and at this time, Zhu Zhanji glanced at them with some pride, and asked overjoyed:

"Now, I and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, what I am worried about is nothing more than that although the queen has had, but she is the middle palace after all, if it is abolished, like Tang Gaozong Li Zhi abolished the queen Wang, she will leave an infamy in the future, which will be criticized by future generations, and even, the descendants will fall on the Li family, and they will also blame and abolish the posterity. I don't know, have all dynasties and dynasties also had wonderful stories after the abolition? ”

Yang Rong thought for a while, smiled and said:

"As an emperor, if you have to fall behind the abolition, there must be a very important reason. It's just that, looking at the abolition of the past dynasties, either died sadly, or died in the cold palace, and there was no good death, therefore, people turned their sympathy for the abolition into a ruthless questioning of the emperor, and felt that the emperor did not think about the love of husband and wife, but, in fact, there are also stories left behind after the abolition, such as: Song Renzong abolished Guo Hou as a fairy concubine. ”

Song Renzong abolished Empress Guo and renamed her a fairy concubine, so that she could not be the queen, be an immortal, and learn to cultivate Buddhism, which is really a good story.

Because the Song Dynasty from the emperor to the common people, they all devoted themselves to the Buddha, and the most respected thing was, of course, the immortals, so from the "queen" to the "fairy concubine", not only did the position not come down, but it sounded like it was promoted to a level, and it was considered to be kind to the queen, and it was affectionate and righteous.

When Yang Rong said this allusion, Zhang Fu, Xia Yuanji, Yang Shiqi, Saiyi and others were a little embarrassed and annoyed, but they were still speechless.

Zhu Zhanji deliberately asked Yang Shiqi: "Brother Shiqi, I have always been close to you, do you think what Yang Rong said about the abolition of the precedent is reasonable?" ”

Yang Shiqi, who is loyal and upright by nature, raised his head and said proudly: "Ministers serve the emperor and queen, just like sons serve their parents." Where is the doctrine of the Son of Man to abolish his own mother? Therefore, after the abolition, the minister is not qualified to express his position. ”

The expression on Zhu Zhanji's face suddenly turned cloudy.

At this time, Yang Rong hurriedly reminded him in a low voice: "Brother Shiqi, as a son of man, you can't criticize your parents, but now, it is the emperor who orders you to express your position, which is equivalent to your parents taking the initiative to ask for you, which is different from talking about your parents." ”

Yang Shiqi didn't appreciate it at all, and still craned his neck and said: "It's because of the parents' orders that I can't speak casually." ”

"Exactly, exactly! Brother Shiqi is right. ”

At this time, Zhang Fu and Xia Yuanji both agreed with Yang Shiqi's words, and said solemnly: "Such a major matter, if a few of our cabinet scholars decide on it, it is a bit hasty, and we should convene the ministers to discuss it together." ”

Zhu Zhanji said angrily: "The mouth of the ministers is menacing, if this matter is discussed by them, they are afraid that they will laugh and be generous, and they will be criticized, and they will say anything." Does Yang Aiqing have to be embarrassed like this? ”