Jiajing died inexplicably, and he didn't even have a crown prince, so who will inherit the throne?

According to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, it is naturally the third son of the emperor, Yuwang Zhu Zaikun, because the eldest prince and the second prince have passed away one after another, and among the remaining princes, he is the longest, and the elder is not young, and there is such a rule in the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, did not want Yuwang Zhu Zaikun to succeed to the throne, because Yuwang Zhu Zaikun was a disciple of Yang Cong, and once he succeeded to the throne, he would be finished.

He wanted to "abolish the long and establish the young" and let the fourth son of the emperor, King Jing, Zhu Zaizhen, inherit the unification.

As a result, a battle for the throne began silently.

Yan Song believes that he has an absolute advantage, because Yang Cong is not in the camp at all at this time, and Zhang Bangqi, the big man of Yangming's lineage, is even far away in the capital, and these two opponents don't know that the emperor has died.

Moreover, he is the first assistant of the cabinet, the head of a hundred officials, and his power is quite large, it can be said that after the death of Jiajing, before the new emperor ascended the throne, the entire Ming Dynasty belonged to him with the greatest power.

With the power in his hands, many things can come according to his ideas.

At this time, what he wanted was not to organize a funeral for Jiajing as soon as possible, nor to let the new emperor ascend the throne as soon as possible, because with Yang Cong here, the new emperor was likely to be Yuwang Zhu Zaikun instead of Jingwang Zhu Zaizhen.

At this moment, he just wants to put the basin of "murdering the emperor" on Yang Cong's head, and kill this fierce enemy first!

After Jiajing's death was confirmed, someone soon issued a Su Su, and as soon as everyone brought the Su Su, Yan Song exercised the power of the head of the cabinet and issued the first order, ordering all the important ministers of the imperial court accompanying him to discuss matters outside his tent.

All the courtiers and ministers thought that Lord Shoufu was convening everyone to discuss the emperor's future, but they never thought that after everyone arrived, Yan Song said with compassion: "Everyone, the emperor's sudden death is really strange, and many doubts prove that someone is deliberately plotting to kill the emperor!" ”

Yes!

As soon as he said this, the important ministers of the court on both sides were all shocked.

deliberately plotted to kill the emperor, that is to punish the nine clans, who is so bold, who can afford to carry such a big pot!

Yan Song didn't care about everyone's reactions, and continued to say gloomily: "There are many doubts in this matter, first, why did Yang Cong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Hui'an, suddenly take away all the Jinyi Guard masters who were guarding the emperor's side, if these Jinyi Guard masters are here, can the emperor die?" Second, even if all these brocade guards were taken away by Yang Cong, and there were still tens of thousands of forbidden guards in the entire camp, why didn't these tens of thousands of people fight to save the emperor? Third, who wants the emperor to die the most, everyone should know it, because the emperor's cultivation of the way of immortality is very likely to last for thousands of years! ”

When he said this, he almost named and said that Yang Cong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Hui'an, deliberately murdered the emperor.

When everyone heard this, they all suddenly realized that it was obvious that Yan Song wanted to put the charge of "deliberately murdering the emperor" on Yang Cong's head and get rid of this fierce enemy in one fell swoop!

The suspicious points he listed are too far-fetched, just because Yang Cong took the master of Jinyi Wei to investigate the Japanese invaders, and he turned out to be a murderer who deliberately murdered the emperor, which is too far-fetched, right?

In fact, few of the important ministers of the imperial court present were Yan Song's party, but there were quite a few of Yang Cong's family, Yan Song's words had just fallen, and his henchmen had not had time to meet, so Gu Kexue, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, snorted coldly and said unceremoniously: "What did Lord Yang do with the master of Jinyiwei, don't you know?" This matter was graciously approved by the emperor, why, the emperor just died, you don't take the emperor's dictation seriously? ”

Damn, this guy, this mouth is really poisonous!

Yan Song really didn't expect that someone would confront him in person, after all, he is the first assistant of the cabinet, the head of a hundred officials, Jiajing is in Japan, who dares to confront him in person, without his hands, Jiajing will not let go of these "rebel ministers" who committed the following crimes.

At this time, the emperor has just passed away, so you don't take me, the head of the cabinet, seriously, who is despising the emperor?

When Yan Song heard this, he couldn't help but point at Gu Kexue and scolded angrily: "You, you're too presumptuous!" ”

Gu Kexue glanced at him and said disdainfully: "What is presumptuous, everything has to be reasonable, can you be presumptuous and stop people from reasoning?" ”

This guy made Yan Song so angry that his beard was about to blow off.

It's a pity that before Yan Song could speak, Jingshan Hou Cui Yuan then snorted coldly: "Yes, Lord Yan, what do you mean, you just slander us, can you not let us clarify?" What do you mean we don't let tens of thousands of forbidden troops desperately go to save the emperor, I told you, when we woke up, the imperial tent was already drowned in the sea of fire, and you saw the fire, such a big fire, who can find the imperial tent? You were also there at the time, if you thought you could find the royal tent, why didn't you rush in to save the emperor? ”

I!

When Yan Song heard this, a mouthful of blood spurted out at the wrong point, this guy was really angry.

Before he could speak, Xu Yande, the Duke of Dingguo, then snorted coldly: "Yes, Lord Yan, what do you mean, what do you mean by who wants the emperor to die?" We didn't think about it, do you want the emperor to die? The emperor died, do you know how uncomfortable everyone is? It's good that you don't mention the emperor's funeral, but you use the emperor's death to make trouble, what do you mean? Have you asked tens of thousands of forbidden army brothers about buttoning your hat like this? Are you all muddy when we are! “

You!

This is clearly a threat!

That's right, at this time, near Xiaoling, it is indeed the most powerful forbidden army under the hands of Xu Yande, the Duke of Dingguo, and Cui Yuan, the Marquis of Jingshan, and everyone else, including Jinyiwei, including the accompanying officials, and even the eunuchs and palace maids, all add up to not as many as the forbidden army.

Obviously, Yan Shifan missed one point, that is, whoever has the biggest fist is the truth!

Yan Song was choked by Xu Yande, the Duke of Dingguo, and he didn't know what to say, at this moment, he really didn't dare to put the charge of "deliberately murdering the emperor" on people's heads, there was no way, people's fists were scary.

At this time, Yan Shifan, the real mastermind of this conspiracy, had to stand up and said firmly: "What do you mean? Isn't the reason for the emperor's death investigated? Do you want to be reasonable, or do you want to rebel? ”

Yan Shifan's words were indeed tough enough, because he concluded that Xu Yande, the Duke of Dingguo, and Cui Yuan, the Marquis of Jingshan, would not dare to mess around.

What are you kidding, his father is the first assistant of the cabinet, what happened to the forbidden army, does the forbidden army dare to move the first assistant of the cabinet?

Dingguo Gong Xu Yande really didn't dare to mess around, but he still dared to scold Yan Shifan.

He glanced at Yan Shifan, and then said disdainfully: "What are you, do you have a part in speaking here?" You are a Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, can you be regarded as an important minister of the imperial court? Who made you come, and who made you talk, you father and son, is there still a royal law, and you don't talk about the rules? ”

What he said is indeed right, the important ministers of the court who can participate in the court meeting are at least the six servants of the third grade, and Yan Shifan, a young secretary of the fifth temple of the fourth grade, is really not an important minister of the court.

Yan Shifan was stunned by this, and he didn't know what to say for a while, he could only stand there and stare coldly at Xu Yande, the Duke of Dingguo, with that look in his eyes like a poisonous snake.

Huang Jin, who was on the side, saw this posture and hurriedly persuaded: "Okay, okay, let's not fight for this first, let's discuss how to deal with the emperor's future affairs first." ”