Yan Song was planted without warning, in the face of absolute force, even a lot of intrigues and tricks were useless, it can be said that from the moment he decided to fight Yang Cong, he was doomed to failure.

Yang Cong's experience in the southern and northern wars for so many years is not fake, most of the elite of the Ming army are inextricably linked with him, and when it comes to force, no one in the court can match him.

Yan Song fell, the battle for imperial power in the Ming Dynasty settled, and the Ming Dynasty Hall has been disturbed for so many days, and finally a new emperor is about to be ushered in.

This new emperor, needless to say, is naturally Yang Cong's closed disciple, Yuwang Zhu Zaikun.

However, the new emperor does not mean that he can sit on the dragon chair when he ascends the throne, and the process of ascending the throne can be described as extremely cumbersome, what succession edict, enthronement ceremony, sacrifice to heaven and earth, etc., regardless of the time being, the most important thing is that the new emperor must set his own year name before ascending the throne.

In fact, this era name was not proposed by the new emperor himself, according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, every time before the new emperor ascended the throne, the old gentlemen of the Hanlin Academy would get together to discuss and choose a few good names for the new emperor to choose.

These old Hanlin don't know what to think, and there is really the word "Longqing" in the recommended era name, and Zhu Zaikun is quite interested in this era name.

Longqing Longqing, what is Longqing congratulating, celebrating Jiajing's death or celebrating the fall of Yan Song?

Yang Cong is quite uninterested in this era name, because this era name is a bit too weird, and there is a sense of a flash in the pan.

He didn't want the disciple he had worked so hard to cultivate to be the emperor for a few years, and he still wanted to assist Zhu Zaikun to establish the eternal foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

So, with a stroke of his pen, he directly changed "Longqing" to "Yongqing", and it is better to celebrate forever than to congratulate Chongqing once.

He is the champion Lang, Yasheng, and the emperor, Zhu Zaikun naturally didn't dare to go against him, "Yongqing" is "Yongqing", in fact, Zhu Zaikun just felt that the word "Qing" was more agreeable, as for how to celebrate, he didn't care so much.

The name of the new emperor was thus set, and the next step was the grand enthronement ceremony, tossed for a few days, and a complicated process came down, Zhu Zaikun finally entered the Qianqing Palace and became the twelfth emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

What's next?

To be honest, Zhu Zaikun didn't have a bottom in his heart, after all, he was just a teenager, how could he know how to govern a huge empire.

Fortunately, he is not the kind of willful person in Jiajing, on the contrary, he is very cautious and cautious, even if he becomes the emperor, he has not learned to mess around with his father's temperament, and after the enthronement ceremony, in the afternoon of the same day, he dragged his tired body to summon his mentor Yang Cong to ask for advice on how to govern the country.

In the imperial study, after Yang Cong respectfully bowed to the monarch and ministers, Zhu Zaikun ordered someone to bring a chair and cordially invited Yang Cong to sit down.

Yang Cong was not polite, and sat down without saying a word.

It's not that he's arrogant, because he has this qualification, it's nothing new for the emperor to give a seat to a courtier, the average emperor will give a seat to a respected courtier in private, he is a Yashengjia emperor, his prestige in the court, who can match it, it is natural to give a seat, no matter how hypocritical it is, it is not interesting.

After the two exchanged a few more words, Zhu Zaikun finally couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, what should the disciple do next?" ”

Yang Cong looked at his disciple with a smile, and then said kindly: "Your Majesty, don't you have any ideas?" ”

Zhu Zaikun said a little shyly: "Teacher, the disciple is still young, how do you know how to govern the country, and please ask the teacher to teach more, the disciple must study hard." ”

Yang Cong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This is to be replaced by other people saying this, as a teacher will really be a little hairy, generally when the emperor's speech is full of deep meaning, you need the courtiers to understand it." Your Majesty, do you know, if you let people understand what you say, it is not a good thing, to the effect that the power of the courtier is overwhelming, and you, the emperor, have to follow what the teacher said. ”

When Zhu Zaikun heard this, he couldn't help but be embarrassed and said: "Teacher, the disciple doesn't mean this, the disciple really doesn't know how to govern the country!" ”

Yang Cong nodded, and said solemnly: "Weichen knows that the emperor doesn't mean this, Weichen just wants to tell the emperor that your identity is different, and you can't speak as casually as before." When you are an emperor, you have to think twice about every word, you can't say childish things because you are young, and you can't say ignorant words because you don't have enough knowledge, these are all detrimental to the majesty of being an emperor, do you know? ”

When Zhu Zaikun heard this, he pondered for a long time, and then said slowly: "I, I understand." ”

Seeing this, Yang Cong couldn't help but nod with relief: "Well, it's good, so that you have the posture to be the emperor." As for how to govern the country, Weichen thinks that the most important thing is to know people and make good use of them, and for virtuous ministers who are loyal to the king and love the people, they must be boldly promoted and appointed, and for traitors who are corrupt and pervert the law, they must be severely punished to set an example. After all, the emperor has limited experience and cannot do everything himself, so how to control the courtiers to help you govern the country is the most important thing. ”

Zhu Zaikun pondered for a while, and then nodded slowly: "I understand, teacher, I will make an order to promote you to the first assistant of the cabinet, what do you think?" ”

Yang Cong was a little crying and laughing: "Your Majesty, Weichen has the courage to say, you are still a little too hasty in doing this, officialdom has the rules of officialdom, the first assistant of the cabinet can not be mentioned at once, at least you have to enter the cabinet for a period of time before you can be promoted, as a teacher, it is not in accordance with the rules for a person who has never entered the cabinet to suddenly be promoted to the first assistant of the cabinet, although the courtiers will not say anything on the surface, but in their hearts they will think that the emperor is a little too willful." ”

Zhu Zaikun really didn't think about this, he pondered for a while, and then said carefully: "Teacher, what do you mean, now, only Zhang Bangqi can be the first assistant of the cabinet?" ”

Yang Cong nodded, and said solemnly: "Yes, according to the rules of officialdom, however, the promotion and appointment of virtuous ministers at this time is not the point, the focus is on punishing traitorous ministers, and Yan Song's party must be completely eliminated, so that the court can return to the right track, and the Ming officialdom can take on a new look." ”

With that, he took out a list directly from his arms and offered it with both hands.

Zhu Zaikun took the list and looked at it, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

There are too many officials on this list, and all of them will be dismissed and investigated, I am afraid it will cause an uproar!

He hesitated a little and said: "Teacher, so many officials, all of them are punished at once, will it cause a shock in the government and the opposition?" ”

Yang Cong said firmly: "Your Majesty, you have to be ruthless when you should be ruthless, punishing so many officials at one time, shocks are inevitable, but we can't procrastinate because we are worried about the shock of the government and the opposition, these people are all people who have brought disaster to the country and the people, and one day late punishment will make Daming suffer more losses." ”

When Zhu Zaikun heard this, he pondered for a while, and then gritted his teeth and nodded, "Okay, I know." ”

The next day, in the early dynasty, Emperor Yongqing issued the first holy decree to severely punish the rebels led by Yan Song!

Yan Song, the former first assistant of the cabinet;

Yan Shifan, the former Shaoqing of Taichang Temple;

Yang Shun, the former governor of Jizhou;

Yan Maoqing, the secretary of the household department of Nanjing;

Dali Qing Wanning;

Zhang Yu, governor of Huguang;

Wait, wait, the officials of Yan Song's party were almost wiped out.

Watching the strict party officials being dragged down by the Jinyi Guard, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked, this emperor is really ruthless!