On the fourth day of the first month of September, in the Wuying Palace. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Because the major palaces in the imperial city are being renovated, the Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong lived a very soho life, the office and the residence are integrated, there is no obvious separation between work and life, and various cumbersome and complicated ritual procedures are exempted. However, because of the recent events in Nanjing, the Wuying Hall is also very lively, the flow of people is constant, and the court meetings are frequently held here again and again.

Today, it is another court meeting. It's just that this court meeting was convened by Emperor Hongguang, and it would not have to be held because of the noisy clamor of Donglin.

He sat on the throne, and glanced at the ministers in the hall with frost in his eyes, only to see a piece of court clothes underneath. The eyes are full of vermilion, and the eyes are full of cranes, peacocks, unicorns, pigs, jade-inlaid belts, rhino horn belts, and a group of well-dressed beasts.

"This is my servant. If you can't do things, you can quote scriptures one by one! ”

At this time, in the hall, there were two people arguing loudly, arguing about the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Today's court meeting was actually designed by Emperor Hongguang. The purpose is to discuss the issue of Emperor Daxing's nickname and temple number.

The agreement on the temple number and the name of the Daxing Emperor was one of the several measures proposed by Li Shouhan at the court meeting, but it has not been implemented. Chongzhen's temple number and nickname are still Chongzhen's seventeenth year of June to set "Sizong Shaotian Interpretation Dao Gangming Ke Ming Ke Jian Wen Fen Wu Dun Ren Mao Xiaolie Emperor", initially there were Liezong, Qianzong, Yizong suggestions, but none of them were adopted.

This time, Zhu Yousong rejected the number on the grounds that Sizong was not a beautiful name. The court was made to discuss the public and renegotiate the temple name for the Daxing Emperor.

By the way, Zhu Yousong is also ready to give his father Zhu Changxun, the king of old fortune, an emperor's temple number, so that his father under Jiuquan can also enjoy the treatment of the emperor.

Such a request is not excessive, and there are precedents to follow. Emperor Jiajing launched a long-term tug-of-war with civil officials in order to get the emperor's treatment for his father.

However, several ministers also proposed-for-tat that people should be sent to contact the Qing State, one is to collect the remains of Emperor Daxing, Empress Daxing, Empress Yi'an and others, and bury them in the Tianshou Mountain Emperor's Mausoleum.

In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to make peace with the Qing State, and several cadres of Donglin took advantage of the situation to propose an alliance with the Qing State to join forces against the Dashun army, that is, to continue to advocate the capture of Pingkou.

In the court, these ministers who were arguing fiercely about the above issues were arguing about the topics of debate, each explaining their own reasons and arguments, and the argument was red-faced. If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Hongguang had already established some authority, I was afraid that there would be another big fight on the Golden Palace, or even a plot to kill people.

However, the civil officials at this time were also much more well-behaved than the civil officials of the Jiajing Dynasty, and they did not have the courage to dare to confront the emperor for decades. (Emperor Jiajing was faced with a civilian-bureaucratic group that dared to stand up to the famous "absurd" emperor Ming Wuzong and Zhu Houzhao.) Moreover, it is really strange that the Zhengde Emperor, who was able to personally fight against the Mongolian little prince in Yingxian and personally behead a head, actually died because he fell into the water. If there is no shadow of the civilian clique in this, it will be strange! They had been frightened by the mad dog Ruan Dacheng, who was biting people everywhere in Nanjing.

So, the lesser of two evils, don't you just want to give your biological father the title of emperor to have a good time? Anyway, it's all your old Zhu family's business, and in the underworld, it's your family's business to quarrel and quarrel with these people. If you want a nickname, we'll give you a nickname.

However, in order to leave the last bit of dignity for themselves, civil officials are also very good at finding reasons. They invited two very embarrassing figures since the founding of the Ming Dynasty as a foil to Zhu Changxun with the title of emperor.

These two are Zhu Biao and Zhu Yunwen, father and son.

After Zhu Biao died of illness in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu (1392), he was buried in the east of Xiaoling in August, and was called "Yiwen", known as Prince Yiwen in history. In the first year of Jianwen, his son Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne and was posthumously honored as Emperor Xiaokang, and the temple name was Xingzong. But in the fourth year of Jianwen, after his fourth brother Zhu Di led his troops into Nanjing, his imperial title was canceled and he became Prince Yiwen again. At the same time, the concubine Mei Yin and Huang Yanqing gave Zhu Yunwen a Shenzong filial piety emperor, and Zhu Di was abolished after saying that the emperor. After Zhu Yousong came to power, because he wanted to posthumously crown Lao Tzu as the emperor, Zhu Yunwen was also stained, but because the temple number of Shenzong was repeated with that Wanli Shenzong Emperor, it became Huizong Emperor.

After a lot of arguments, everyone, hello, hello, everyone, everyone reached an agreement. Zhu Changxun was given the nickname of Emperor Gongzong Mu Tianfu Dao Zhen Chun Su Zhe Xiu Wen Xian Wu Sheng, Jing Ren Yi Xiao Emperor, and even restored Emperor Xingzong Xiaokang with Zhu Biao, Zhu Yunwen This unlucky guy was mixed up with Huizong Hei Tianzhang Dao Cheng Yi Yuan Gong Guan Wen Yang Wu Ke Ren Filial Piety Emperor . When he was posthumously crowned as the emperor, he also posthumously crowned Zhu Yousong's wife Concubine Li, who died in the Battle of Luoyang, as the queen, and was called the Holy Empress of Filial Piety, Duanren, Su Ming, Chastity, Xitian, and Saint Empress. These are allowed in the system of ceremonial law.

However, in the third year of Yu Chongzhen, Zhu Yousong's grandmother, the famous Zheng Guifei, who was Gong Ke Huirong and Jinghuang Guifei, was also canonized as the Empress Dowager of Xiaoning Wenmu Zhuang Hui Ci Yi Xian Tianyu Sheng, which can be regarded as Zhu Yousong's grandson who did a little filial piety to his deceased grandmother.

The things of the dead are done for the living. If the living are satisfied, it will be fine.

Originally, I thought that we had given you such a big face, should you think about borrowing Pingkou? When Jiang Yueguang, Wei Dazhong and others eagerly hoped that His Majesty the Emperor would be able to open Chrysostom and order the courtiers to discuss and discuss the matter, Zhu Yousong on the throne really opened his mouth.

Emperor Hongguang sneered: "Ministers, there have been rumors in Nanjing recently, first some people pretended to be my concubine, and some people claimed to be the crown prince of Emperor Daxing. I have ordered this man who claims to be the crown prince of the Daxing Emperor to be brought to the palace. Please identify the position. If it is really the son of my Chongzhen imperial brother, he is my nephew. I will take off my robe and give way today, and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ascend the throne. If he is not the son of Emperor Daxing, but is instructed by a traitor, intending to collude with the thief Li Chuang and cause trouble to my Ming Dynasty, I can't say that the three-foot national law is set up for this generation! ”

Zhu Yousong's words were very righteous, but the people present were all old fritters in the officialdom, and they instinctively smelled a hint of danger from their words. There are those who let pears give up clothes, but there is never one who lets Jiangshan give up the throne. It is the era of the Three Emperors of Yao Shunyu, which has been praised by countless people, and it is not a Zen concession system full of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, but "Yao Youyou is imprisoned, and Shunye is dead." "The so-called Da Shun Nan patrolled to Dongting and died, and the tears of the two sisters fell on the bamboo, turned into spots, and the so-called Xiangfei bamboo is fake. The Dongting Lake Plain and even the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were gradually developed until the Southern Song Dynasty.

But since Zhu Yousong made such a high profile, the ministers must also follow him to make a scene. However, many ministers have secretly made up their minds, "Whether it's true or not, they will let out the rumors outside and say it's true!" Let you, a faint tyrant, no longer be able to act on the throne! ”

This is what Qian Qianyi and Hou Fangyu said about eradicating the traitors of the faint monarch. First use Concubine Tong to attack Emperor Hongguang's character, so that the people doubt his moral level, because, in traditional Chinese culture, a good emperor or a competent emperor cannot have moral flaws, the emperor can be deceived by traitors, but he must not be a bad person.

And this prince is the second weapon to attack Hongguang. As the crown prince of Emperor Chongzhen, the people of the world and the governors of other provinces began to question the legitimacy of Emperor Hongguang and the Hongguang court, as long as this suspicion arises, then it is not far from the collapse of the Hongguang court. At that time, it will be up to them to come out and clean up the mess, turn the tide and collapse, and help the building to fall. This is what Qian Qianyi said!

"Although I am a brother to Emperor Daxing, I have never met. and never saw his heirs. Naturally, it is impossible to distinguish between the real and the fake. However, many of the princes and ministers of the court were either officials in Beijing or were summoned by His Majesty to see the crown prince. This matter of discerning the truth from the false, please take your pain. ”

Zhu Yousong's words handed over all the responsibility of distinguishing the authenticity of the prince to the ministers present, and left his responsibility clean. Zhao Zhilong, who was standing in the crowd, frowned slightly when he heard this, "Sure enough, it's a slippery head!" As soon as he said this, it was immediately benevolent and righteous! ”

He glanced at Qian Qianyi beside him a little nervously, and found that Qian Qianyi, who had a nervous look, gave him a look that was a little calm and in control. "Our purpose is to mess up, that is, to make people in the world doubt that Hongguang is not in the right position. No matter what the final result of the identification was, it was deliberately manipulated and instructed by Hongguang for the emperor's position. Let's just fan the flames in other provinces, as long as everyone in the world questions him Zhu Yousong, what are you afraid of him doing? ”

"This matter is related to the country, and the ministers dare not be unsatisfied."

A group of nobles led by Liang Guogong and the general Li Shouhan, and a group of civil officials led by Wang Duo, a college student, bowed down on the Wuying Hall and sang more than one promise.

"It's broken! How can this old antique come out to join in the fun! Qian Qianyi secretly screamed bitterly in his heart! If Li Shouhan and others just said that the prince who came out of the country was Xibei goods, they could still say that Li Shouhan, as a powerful person in the new dynasty, deliberately spoke with a clear conscience. However, this Wang Duo is not only an official position of a university scholar, but also a person who once taught the prince of the East Palace to study for three years, and there are few officials in the world who do not know about his resume. If he said that it was fake, who else could question that the crown prince was fake?

In addition to the scholar Wang Duo, Zhu Yousong also summoned Fang Gongqian, Li Jinglian, Liu Zhengzong, and others, who had taught the crown prince, to form a "review committee" with the officials of the court, such as the Marquis, Bo, Jiuqing, Hanlin, Ke, and Dao, to go to the Xingshan Temple where the prince settled to "examine".

The group of people was about to set off to identify the prince, but someone in their ears whispered: "Your Excellency, please slow down!" Someone has something to say! ”

Everyone looked fixedly, and it was Liang Guogong and General Li Shouhan who spoke.

"I wonder what the marshal has to ask for?" Although Wang Duo also had a lot of opinions about Li Shouhan, he still retained the necessary politeness on the surface.

Li Shouhan politely returned the salute with Wang Duo, "Old man, although a certain family is closed, I have also heard about it. It is reported that this person came all the way south through Huaiyang, and once met a certain internal supervisor, and when the inner supervisor saw it, he knelt down to salute and said 'slave and maid kowtow to the little master'. This man said to him: 'I know you, but I have forgotten your surname'. Inner Supervisor Yun: 'In accordance with the decree of the new emperor, welcome the young master into Beijing'. This person: 'Welcome me into Beijing, let the emperor do it with me'? Inner Supervisor Yun: 'The slave doesn't know about this'. Along the way, all the ministers heard about it, and they all saw the gifts. After this person entered the capital, the people who stayed in the capital heard that the East Palace was coming, and they enthusiastically tended to pay attention; There is an endless stream of civil and military attachés who have applied for posts. ”

"The official has heard about this as well."

"The stakes are high. A certain family thought that since everyone was a person who had witnessed the prince's description and demeanor, they might as well write down the characteristics of the prince's voice, smile, and demeanor that day and put them into the iron box. When the adults saw this person, they ruled on the basis of the letters written by everyone in the iron box. What do you think of the ranking? ”

The words were very polite, but it was an undoubted tone, Li Shouhan waved his hand after speaking, and immediately a hundred and ten lieutenants came with a wooden plate, on which were listed pen, ink and paper, and they had already been prepared.

"Serving you!" The lieutenants chanted in unison, standing in front of the officers with wooden platters in their hands. "Bitter!" Qian Qianyi secretly screamed in his heart. These people wrote down the image and demeanor of the prince in their impressions one by one, just like an exam, and no one needed to judge them at that time, just take out these answer sheets and compare them at a glance.

However, Wang Duo, Fang Gongqian, Li Jinglian, Liu Zhengzong, and others, as well as the members of the "review committee" such as the Marquis, Bo, Jiuqing, Hanlin, Ke, and Dao, did not think so much. Wang Duo and other officials who taught the prince to read were extremely careful about the list of books read by the prince at that time and the poems and essays he made. The main furnishings in the room are clearly written.

In the end, all the members of the review committee left their names, places of origin, the name of the department, their current official positions, and the official positions they held when they met the crown prince.

A eunuch carried an iron box, and asked the lord to seal the letter he wrote and put it into the iron box, and when it was locked, it was sealed with a jade seal written by Zhu Yousong himself. "Mr. Wang, Uncle Xinjian, Uncle Sincerity, Lord Jiang, Lord Qian, Lord Wei, Lord Zhao, we are courtiers, and we should share the worries of the monarch's father. You might as well leave your own fire paint seals on the four corners of this iron box to solve the suspicions of the world. Li Shouhan asked Wang Duo, Jiang Yueguang, Wei Dazhong, Zhao Zhilong and others to leave a fire paint seal on the lid of the iron box together with him, the three nobles of Liang Guogong, Chengyi Bo, and Xinjian Bo. It is used to explain Zhu Yousong's innocence to the world.

Qian Qianyi and others, who had ghosts in their hearts, had no intention of being in the same column as Li Shouhan and others on the lid of the box, but seeing that Wang Duo had already written his seal, he had no choice but to write it hard. Otherwise, it is inevitable that some people will suspect that Wang University has signed it, why don't you sign it?

Watching the people of the review committee come out, Zhu Yousong also smiled slightly, "Zhuqing's house, the hall is narrow, and this year is an autumn tiger, it is really hot, I might as well go to the noon gate, where the terrain is open, it must be cool." At that time, you may wish to show your literary talents, and our monarchs and ministers will sing and make peace, which is also a good story. ”

If the emperor is interested, how can the ministers sweep the emperor's interest? So, Hongguang Tianzi drove the noon gate.

In the ranks of ministers, Qian Qianyi looked at Zhu Yousong, who was riding on the shoulder, and couldn't help but have a fierce light in his eyes, "Even if the prince is considered to be a fake, we can say that he is real!" Let's just say that you quietly ordered someone to drop the paperwork in the iron box! ”

In the past few days, Zhu Yousong's mood is really good, the renovation project of the palace is progressing quite smoothly, and some strange flowers and stones from Fujian and Jiangxi are also decorated in the palace. There are also all kinds of flowers and trees, rare birds and beasts brought by Liang Guogong from the far south, and they are displayed in the imperial garden for him to enjoy and appreciate.

What excited him the most was the smooth plan that Li Shouhan and Ma Shiying had made clear to him and the progress of the new money and grain policy. The two officials who specifically handled this matter, Ruan Dacheng and Zha Jizuo, were jointly recommended by Ma Shiying and Li Shouhan, and they were really dedicated to running errands.

However, these two people have already borne a lot of infamy. Mad dog Yu Shi Ruan Dacheng, platoon guns raid the house and check the white ground. It was the Jiangnan officialdom and gentry who gave them the honorific title of the two of them. However, the achievements of the two officials are indeed very remarkable. As many as four or five hundred officials involved in the Shun case have been arrested, ranging from second-rank senior officials to sixth- and seventh-rank petty officials, all of whom are collaborators with the enemy and have a good basis. Zhu Yousong did not know the progress of the new money and grain policy in Jiangnan, but he personally saw what he had obtained from the seizure of his family. The wealth obtained by confiscating the officials is more than twice as much as that of the famous Fuwang Mansion!

Although many of these riches are real estate such as fields, forests, boats, oil mills, shops, mansions, etc., they are not cash and valuables. However, for Zhu Yousong, a person who has always had the reputation of "greedy for money and good goods", it is also a good thing.

"With this money and food, my country will be stable." Sitting on his shoulder, Zhu Yousong remembered the transcript approved the day before yesterday, and allocated 8 million yuan of confiscated income to buy weapons, grain, rice and other things from Nanzhong, which was more and more proud, and even more experienced the joy of being a king. (To be continued.) )