Chapter 2: Moving the Palace
While waiting for the British public Zhang Weixian with the first assistant of the cabinet with low eyebrows, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting in the chair, thought a lot.
From Liaodong, to the Central Plains, and further to the West......
I unexpectedly arrived in 1620, the Ming Empire was in a stormy era, in addition to the attachment and reluctance to his parents in later generations, there was also a greater vision to spur Zhu Youxiao step by step.
In Liaodong, the Jurchens, who had been able to survive under the wings of the Ming Empire, saw that this old empire was gradually declining, and they actually fought backwards, ignited the flames of war, and tried in vain to subvert the power!
In the Central Plains, due to the arrival of the Xiaoice River period and the continuous famine for many years, a wave of peasant uprisings sweeping the Central Plains is secretly brewing and may break out at any time!
Internal and external troubles!
"Your Highness, rest for a while, you have been sitting there in a daze, it has been almost half an hour..."Suddenly, the words of the eunuch Wang An interrupted Zhu Youxiao's train of thought that he had already run to the sea.
As soon as the words fell, a loud shout came from outside the door.
"Bold, who gave you so much courage to stop your father?"
"The forbidden land of the palace, just eunuchs, dare to be so rampant!"
Just when Fang Congzhe was racking his brains to think about how to protect the Chu Party under the attack of the Donglin Party by supporting the crown prince's accession to the throne, there was a sound of a sword unsheathed outside the house.
Immediately after, the eunuch guarding the door screamed, and then there was the "clang" sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.
It didn't take long for the three people in the inner study to hear the rest of the eunuchs guarding the door kneeling and begging for mercy, and the dark shadow of a man stopped in front of the door, and then a resolute voice came.
"Minister Zhang Weixian, the British prince, according to the will of the first emperor, welcome the emperor's eldest son His Royal Highness to the throne!"
A moment later, Zhu Youxiao opened the door of the inner study and saw a general in helmet and armor kneeling outside the door, surrounded by soldiers from the Beijing camp.
The soldiers of the Beijing camp had already firmly controlled the eunuchs sent by Xi Li Xuanshi, and when they saw Zhu Youxiao wearing golden clothes, they all knelt on the ground and shouted in unison:
"See His Royal Highness the Emperor's eldest son!"
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to excuse him, turned his head to look, and really saw that the leading eunuch who commanded him before was already lying at the bottom of the stairs with his head in a different place at this moment, and blood was flowing all over the ground.
It's just that Cui Wensheng actually slipped away quietly, which is very annoying.
Such a bloody smell made Zhu Youxiao a little in a trance, and when he went down the steps, he deliberately staggered the blood stains.
"Your Highness, please get on the sedan chair!" Zhang Weixian got up, led Zhu Youxiao to the sedan chair, and shouted: "The minister carries the sedan chair for His Highness, see which one who doesn't know each other dares to stop it!" ”
This sudden shout made the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs all tremble, and they subconsciously stayed away a few steps away, and even Zhu Youxiao suddenly became energetic.
As soon as Zhu Youxiao and his entourage came out of the courtyard of the Qianqing Palace, several eunuchs rushed to meet them, and one of them held Concubine Li Kang's edict in his hand and shouted: "Stop!" ”
"According to the order of the Empress Dowager, the eldest son of the emperor needs to stay in the Qianqing Palace!"
"Fart, Li Xuanzhi hasn't even canonized the concubine, what kind of queen mother is it!" Zhang Weixian didn't even look at it, he directly snatched the so-called edict and rolled it up and threw it to the ground, stabbed the leading eunuch to death with a knife, and ordered:
"Whoever is a soldier in my Beijing camp, if he encounters a eunuch to stop the king's driver, he will be killed on the spot!"
"Obey!"
Under the escort of the soldiers of the Beijing camp, Zhu Youxiao arrived at the Wenhua Hall very smoothly, and the eunuchs who came to stop him on the way, no matter what excuse they used, Zhang Weixian would not say a word more, and cut one by one.
When Zhang Weixian and several Jingying Qianzong carried their proud sons to the Wenhua Palace, the knives of several people were already stained with blood, and the ministers who wanted to wear them came forward from afar, and the mountain shouted and bowed.
"Your Highness, the Qianqing Palace has arrived!" Zhang Weixian lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, half-knelt beside him and said.
Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to walk to the Wenhua Palace, and saw that the ministers under the stairs had already stood on both sides, and finally the first assistant of the cabinet came out from Zhedang first, and said:
"The first emperor died, the country cannot be without a king for a day, His Royal Highness is the eldest son of the first emperor, and he is elected on an auspicious day, that is, the emperor!"
The important ministers next to him also echoed: "Your Highness should soon be the emperor!" ”
After everyone's words fell, Fang Congzhe continued: "The cabinet and the Ministry of Rites have drafted a preliminary plan, and the sixth day of October is an auspicious day. ”
Zhu Youxiao has nothing to say, after all, this day will not be chaotic in history, nodding his head to allow it.
"In that case, let's do it according to the rules!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Lian came out in the military department and said: "Xi Li is not as good as the concubine, since the first emperor has been living in the Qianqing Palace for many days, the law and etiquette are not in agreement, and he also asked His Royal Highness the eldest son of the emperor to order him to move the palace!" ”
Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao looked at the ministers of the Donglin Party who shared the same hatred and hatred and the helpless cabinet chief assistant Fang Congzhe, and also knew that this was the prelude to the palace transfer case.
In fact, at this time, the Donglin Party had basically established its absolute dominance in the party struggle.
Not only did Zhu Youxiao, who had not yet succeeded to the throne as emperor, have no right or reason to stop it, but even Fang Congzhe, the head of the cabinet who was the leader of the Chu Party, could not risk blocking this move of the Donglin Party.
Zhu Youxiao knew that the Donglin Party launched the relocation of the palace, not only to force Li Xuanzhi and Cui Wensheng to submit to the West, but also to be loyal to himself as written in the history books.
This Yang Lian jumped out, in fact, he also used this matter to see if Zhu Youxiao was easy to fool in the future, after all, helping an emperor who was not easy to control was not much stronger than letting Xili Regent.
Zhu Youxiao knew that only by ordering Xili to move to the palace could he exchange for the support of the Donglin Party.
For the current Zhu Youxiao, it doesn't matter, anyway, Xi Li is not his own nurse, and sitting in that position first is the most important thing.
According to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao, who was only the eldest son of the emperor and not the crown prince, had to return to the Qianqing Palace to establish the status of Zhengshuo if he wanted to ascend to the throne, which was also the reason why Xi Li stole the Qianqing Palace.
In terms of the art of war, this is to occupy a geographical advantage.
Zhu Youxiao did not hesitate here as he did in history, on the contrary, he glanced at Yang Lian meaningfully, and quickly said:
"This is reasonable, the first emperor chose to serve the Li family and others, and lived in Renshou Palace, and moved out on the same day, there must be no mistake!"
"His Royal Highness the Emperor's eldest son, Shengming!" As expected, Yang Lian's face did not fluctuate, and he kowtowed: "Da Ming is blessed!" ”
After Yang Lian finished worshipping, Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Weixian, and suddenly said: "This matter will be handed over to the British government, the sooner the better!" ”
Zhu Youxiao's last hand really made Yang Lian stunned on the spot.
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Suddenly, Zhang Weixian, a British duke in armor, stood in front of the door of the Qianqing Palace with more than 20 soldiers from the Beijing camp.
He didn't know the deep meaning of Zhu Youxiao asking him to do this, he only knew that the emperor had an order, and as a courtier, he had to obey it, although this emperor was not the emperor yet.
"What are you doing!?" A eunuch was shocked when he saw the soldiers coming to the Qianqing Palace, but he also hurried to rush forward with wooden sticks and chairs.
"The Queen Mother is here, disturbing her old man's drive, who of you can afford it!"
Zhang Weixian didn't want to do it now, but just signaled the soldiers to steady, stood in front of the door and said politely: "According to the order of His Royal Highness the eldest son of Emperor Daming, choose to serve the Li family and others, and live in Renshou Palace, and move out on the same day, there must be no mistake!" ”
Hearing this, the eunuch hurriedly ran back.
Zhang Weixian, who thought he could do it directly, stood in front of the door and waited for a while, but found that the gate was suddenly closed, and the sound of moving animals and objects was heard in the courtyard.
At that time, he understood that these guys were going to play hard!
Generally at this time, if the civil officials come to dissuade them, there will be basically no way, but who is Zhang Weixian, who is the British prince who holds the real power in Beijing, will he be afraid of you?
His Royal Highness's decree of the eldest son of the emperor, if you say that you don't move, you won't move, where will your father's face go?
So, Zhang Weixian shouted directly: "Go back to Beijing to pass the order, and lead the troops to surround the Qianqing Palace for Lao Tzu!" ”
"Now she has to move, and if she doesn't move, she has to move, who is used to the smelly problem!"