Chapter 340: Loyal Ministers and Righteous Soldiers
"Your Majesty! Why can't you see Zhang Juzheng's wolf ambition clearly! ”
"Emperor Gao! Daming is in danger ......"
In this secret room, there was a cry, it seemed that all of them were loyal and righteous, and it seemed that all of them were innocent but not understood by the emperor, so that they were all full of grievances.
If it is worthless, people will definitely think that this is definitely a group of loyal ministers and righteous men of the Ming Dynasty. But in reality, even they know that it's just a show.
Sometimes acting is not just for others to see, but also for yourself. Suddenly, at this moment, someone spoke and interrupted everyone's crying.
"Your Majesty is so untrustworthy and traitorous, and allows traitors to control the government, as loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, should we let Your Majesty act recklessly when you are young? Today's Ming is at the moment of life and death, not the time for us to sigh and feel sorry for ourselves. Don't forget that Zhang Jiangling is planning to get rid of us and other loyal ministers. As the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, even if we are broken bones, we must try our best to protect the Ming Dynasty from being destroyed by the hands of the traitorous ministers. ”
This sonorous and powerful statement suddenly made the whole room quiet again. The people who were still howling just now immediately changed their faces and nodded their heads one after another. In fact, the reason why they are so contrived is to lead to this sentence.
The teacher is famous!
No matter what they want to do, they can't do without these four big words, so they naturally want to explain to the world through such crying how "helpless" the decision they are about to make, how they are for the "Ming Dynasty", and how they are brave and loyal.
And that's why they acted before.
"Now the traitors in the court are in control of the government, and they are looking for excuses in every possible way to try to wipe out all of our loyal ministers and righteous men of the Ming Dynasty, but whoever has a little conscience, how can they sit idly by, although we have repeatedly risked their lives and written to Your Majesty, but unfortunately the young lord of the court is not only young, but also absurd, and the emperor is so unreasonable, if we do not act decisively, I am afraid that after his death, he will not be able to see Emperor Gao!"
"Exactly, if we sit back and watch like this, the Ming Dynasty will definitely not be protected!"
"In that case, what should we do now?"
What to do?
In fact, there is an answer in everyone's heart, after all, in the history books, that answer has long been clearly written there, and even the current imperial family started from this.
Qingjun side!
"Qingjun side" is a good excuse for rebellion, simple and crude, and it has been used by many people in history. But is there another time in history when it was to get rid of traitorous ministers and really "clean the king's side"?
The answer, of course, is "zero...... No, Emperor Chengzu is the real "Qing Jun side"...... At least, that's what everyone says now.
Although everyone knows the answer in their hearts, no one takes the initiative to say it, after all, they are all literati and "cherish feathers", they are definitely not rebels, let alone ambitious careerists, how can they be rebellious?
Naturally, even if you want to do this, you can't just say the three big words "Qingjun side".
Just because you can't say these three words doesn't mean you can't say it.
"This thing...... I'm afraid it's not so easy to do! If you want to make it happen, you have to have military power. ”
"Soldier power! Isn't the Beijing camp in the hands of the military department? ”
During the Jiajing period, in order to avoid the recurrence of the situation that the Beijing camp was controlled by the eunuchs and the military generals were arrogant during the Wuzong period, Wang Bangrui, the squire of the military department, proposed to "remove the governor and the gun supervisor", and take the commander as a general, called the governor of Jingying Rongzheng; Assisted by a member of the civil minister, he was called the assistant director of the Jingying Rongzheng. As a result, the military department has regained control of the Beijing camp. In fact, since the "Tumubao Change", the military power of the Ming Dynasty has always been in the hands of the Ministry of War, which is also the reason why they will come up with this idea, because they have soldiers in their hands.
In contrast, the emperor had no soldiers at his disposal. Of course, this does not mean that all military power is in the military department, at least nominally, there are other constraints.
"But this governor Jingying Rongzheng is all ministers, and Chengguo Gong is his Zhang Juzheng's person!"
"Cheng Guogong? It's just a fool, how many times a year does he go to Beijing? In the Beijing camp, aren't all appointments and dismissals appointed by the Ministry of War? ”
Although the so-called "Governor of Jingying Rongzheng" is the supreme commander of Jingying Rongzheng, it is actually a name, which is the same as the position of many lords in the army, that is, the name of the capital, and the real power is in the hands of the "Lijing Rongzheng", and this position is held by the military department Shangshu, Shilang or the right governor Yushi, who controls the Beijing camp drill affairs.
But even then, no one thought it would be that easy. There are other issues that need to be addressed.
"It's the current assistant of Jingying, and it's also our person, as long as you convince him, everything will be easy!"
"But, I'm afraid it's not that simple to do!"
"It's not, even if the assistant is our people, but those staff generals, deputy generals, guerrillas, who lead the troops, are not our people, if we want to do it, we have to have them!"
"This matter is simple, but whoever is the assistant of this one, who does not have a few cronies in the army? As long as they are willing to get involved, it will be done. ”
Indeed, after so many years of being in the officialdom, how can they not know this, everyone will have a few henchmen, as long as they let them bring in the soldiers, then everything will naturally be easy to do.
"It's just, this, isn't it too much, too ...... to do this?"
"It's too much? At this time, it's not a time to say anything about the benevolence of women, his surname Zhang didn't leave us a way to live, if we don't fight to the death, not only will our lives be difficult to protect, I'm afraid that even the Ming Dynasty will eventually fall into the hands of him Zhang Juzheng, he Zhang Juzheng is my Ming Wang Mang! If we continue to act, how can we be worthy of the first emperor and the world! ”
At any time, "righteousness" can make people excited, and this righteous and strict words have ignited a rising fighting spirit in people's hearts. In fact, now everyone knows very well that if they want to protect themselves, maybe this is the last choice.
It's just that soon, they discussed the future heir to the throne from the issue of how to "clear the monarch's side". And as soon as this issue was first discussed, it seemed full of gunpowder.
"If there is no vassal king to take the lead, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the people of the world!"
Immediately, another thing was pointed out that needed to be addressed in order to get this done.
"Yes, there should be a vassal royal clan taking the lead!"
Of course, the minister can't "clear the king's side", but if there is a vassal king taking the lead, this matter will naturally be logical. After all, didn't Emperor Chengzu start like this back then?
If the ancestors can do this, then the children can do the same. As for their ministers, it's just ...... It's just a matter of doing what you are told.
In the history books, they will never be left behind, and if there is any crime on TV, it is also the person who is the emperor to bear it.
"No, you should abolish the faint king first, and then support the new lord."
"Even so, the new master should be decided first."
"However, there is no child today, and there is only one lineage of Shizong, only the current lineage remains, who should this new lord choose?"
"It stands to reason that it should be King Yi, he is the sixth son of Xianzong, when Shizong inherited the unification after the death of Wuzong, it is not precisely because King Xingxian is the younger brother of Xiaozong, is the fifth son of Xianzong, according to the emperor Ming ancestral training of "father dies and son succeeds, brother dies and brother dies", it should be inherited by the sixth son of Xianzong, Yiwang! ”
"But Yiwang Zhu Yijun is already old, and he is not suitable to inherit the unification."
"King Rong is generous and benevolent, and he is also a suitable person."
"King Rong is not small......"
"Then the king."
"King Heng...... He's not too young......"
After this proposal was rejected again, everyone was dumbfounded, because there was no other more suitable choice other than these three kings.
Although Xianzong has more than a dozen sons, but in addition to the Xingxian Wang lineage is the imperial line, there are only a few Yi, Hengrong and the three feudatories left, and other countries like Qi, Yong, Shou, Ru, Jing, and Shen are all removed from the country because of their childlessness. This is all about the imperial lineage of Emperor Renzong after several generations, which obviously cannot convince the people of the world.
But the problem is that these people from the Xianzong lineage are not suitable. It's too old to master!
At this moment, someone reminded softly.
"According to the old man, although the grandson of King Heng has just turned three years old, he is known as a prodigy, and he has a gentle temperament and courtesy, which is actually the choice of the new master."
What a gentle courtesy.
What a prodigy.
For them, is it a prodigy? It doesn't matter if it's gentle and polite, the important thing is that he's only three years old!
Three-year-old emperor......
This means that in the next ten years, they will have the opportunity to control the government. They all have the opportunity to make laws according to their own ideas. Let the Ming Dynasty be completely in their hands.
That's all that matters.
Although everyone felt that it was inappropriate for this person to choose that person before, when such a person was pushed out, no one would think that he was not suitable.
Being too young is not a problem.
It's because of the young age that it's easy to master.
"But how could he stand up and do that at such a young age?"
"He can't, but his grandfather and his father can. Haven't you ever heard of the term "retirement"? Where have you read all these decades? ”
Finally, in this secret room, the people in the secret room finally reached a consensus......