Chapter 4: Enthronement (3)

"Wang An, tell me about the meaning of this excerpt." After Zhu Youxiao sat down, he said softly to Wang An.

Wang An told the general meaning of the excerpt, and after listening to it, Zhu Youxiao said: "His words are unforgivable, but his heart can be punished." ”

"Li Jinzhong, you are a slave of this palace, and you should be very clear about the current situation of this palace. At present, the palace will give you a task, that is, you will find a way to let Li Xuanzhi leave the Qianqing Palace before the time of the day, because the palace will ascend the throne at noon. In addition, you told Li Xuanzhi that this palace inherits the mandate of heaven and will not give in to anyone. You have to let Li Xuanzhi understand that the first emperor did not crown her as the queen, it was to protect her, because with her ability, it is impossible to hang the curtain, and the palace will not let her hang the curtain. Remembering Emperor Xian's favor for her, if she leaves the Qianqing Palace smoothly, the palace will no longer hold her accountable for killing her first mother. Otherwise, Hongu's determination is unbearable for her. You go, completing the task will atone for your sins, if you can't complete the task, you can go yourself. ”

Li Jinzhong went out, and Li Xuanzhi had obediently left the Qianqing Palace. Probably Li Xuanzhi had already understood the meaning of Zhu Youxiao's letting Li Jinzhong pass, coupled with Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and other ministers' forced palaces, he felt that the general trend had gone, so he no longer dared to stay in the Qianqing Palace, and then, Zhu Youxiao led his East Palace people to stay in the Qianqing Palace.

At noon on the first day of September in the 48th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the sky was clear, the sun was shining, the crown prince Zhu Youxiao (Zhu Youxiao) ascended the throne in the Qianqing Palace, according to the trajectory of history, the concubine of the deceased Emperor Taichang Zhaofei was the queen mother, and lived in Cining Palace. From this day on, the new Ming Dynasty will move towards a new course under the leadership of the modern man Zhu Youxiao.

Outside the Taiji Hall of the Qianqing Palace, under the leadership of the first auxiliary minister Fang Congzhe, they all stood outside the gate of the Taiji Palace, no one dared to make a sound, and they were quietly waiting for the arrival of the new era.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the bells and drums rang out in unison, and a eunuch slowly walked out of the Taiji Hall and shouted to the ministers: "Xuan". Subsequently, the ministers Wen Dong and Wuxi, the first person on the left hand and the first auxiliary minister Fang Congzhe, and the first person on the right hand Wei Guogong Xu Hongji, walked in turn and entered the stream. When the ministers stood up according to their respective positions, Wang An, the eunuch who was standing in the main hall, shouted, "The emperor has arrived." ”

Zhu Youxiao, dressed in a Pingtian crown and tiaraa dress that he only wore on formal occasions, slowly walked to the dragon chair, which symbolized imperial power, and sat down.

The ministers knelt down together: "See Your Majesty, long live my emperor!" Hooray!"

"Excuse me." Then Zhu Youxiao glanced sideways at the eunuch Wang An, "Let's start it!" ”

Wang An slowly walked to the bottom of the main hall, gently opened the yellow scroll in his hand and read: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: I am only a weak crown, and the first emperor is a great trip." Inherit the mandate of heaven and rely on the ministers. The first practice of national honor, sincere fear. Only fear of thinking but not secret, acting without impropriety, and speaking without carelessness. I am afraid that there will be mistakes and damage to the country, and it will affect the reputation of all the ministers, and it will be difficult to report to the ancestors and ancestors in the sky. Therefore, from today onwards, I will bow down to self-examination and be diligent in government affairs. I hope that all the ministers will do their best with me and work hard to keep the Ming Dynasty. Pray that my Ming dynasty will always be prosperous, and may my Ming people be rich. ”

After the announcement, Wang An slowly retreated, Zhu Youxiao looked at His Royal Highness's ministers and said: "My lords, I am only a weak crown, the first emperor unfortunately died, inherit the heavens, take over the Ming Dynasty, it is beyond the reach of the power, I need you to live up to the trust of the emperor, help each other, and go to state affairs together." In our Ming Dynasty, there are continuous natural disasters and the people are displaced; There are Jurchen knocks outside, and the people of my frontier are undoubtedly harmed, and I will not have a doctor.

I am still young, and many things are handled by the cabinet and the six ministries, and I hope that you will put state affairs first, and do not mislead state affairs with party disputes. ”

Because it was the first time that Zhu Youxiao came to the court, the ministers didn't dare to mention it now, so it ended quickly, but the new emperor's remarks surprised the ministers.

In the hearts of the ministers, this little emperor has never read a book, and the family spends his days tinkering with carpenter's work in his yard, except for being able to make a few delicate little plays, it can be said that he is useless. usually looks weak, but I didn't expect that today it was a kick, and I kicked Li Jinzhong, the eunuch, to the sky. Today's strong ascension to the throne of the little emperor has completely subverted the original impression in the hearts of the ministers, is it possible that the little emperor's usual performance is deceitful, if this is the case, his scheming is too deep.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the second assistant Han Yi returned home, and the original assistant Ye Xianggao, who was waiting at home, was sitting in the living room. This Ye Xianggao is the leader of the Donglin Party, who resigned from the position of first assistant due to party disputes during the Wanli period, and is now in the opposition, and is always thinking about serving as the first assistant again, and Han Yi is a friend with him, and he is also a big man of the Donglin Party, and he is also thinking about how to promote the comeback of his friend.

Since Fang Congzhe became the first assistant, the Chu Party and the Qi Party in the DPRK can be evenly matched with the Donglin Party, but this is not recognized by the Donglin Party, especially Ye Xianggao was once called "Duxiang", when he wanted to completely and completely realize his political intentions, he was constrained from time to time, which was also one of the reasons why Ye Xianggao resigned as the first assistant.

But for the Wanli Emperor, the political climate of the Ming Dynasty was very open, and the so-called Qingliu and Yanguan liked to play when they heard the wind, and they quarreled with each other because of party disputes, so it was not advisable for one family to be dominant. In particular, many of the supporters of the Donglin Party were wealthy businessmen in the southeast, and they strongly opposed the imposition of mining taxes (in fact, including commercial taxes, and commercial taxes accounted for the majority), which was very unfavorable to the country. Because during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the commercial field was already very developed, coupled with the serious smuggling of goods in the southeast coastal basin, and tax evasion was serious. Therefore, Emperor Wanli allowed Ye Xianggao to resign and appointed the relatively neutral Fang Congzhe as the first assistant. Fang Congzhe's relative weakness is relatively easy for Emperor Wanli's own political ambitions, which is also an imperial technique.

Now that Emperor Wanli and Emperor Taichang have passed away one after another, the little emperor must be so foolish, so that the Donglin Party people have a kind of ambition to rearrange the rivers and mountains, in fact, this is also a complex of ancient literati, since ancient times there is a saying that "learn the art of the world, goods and the emperor". However, when Han Yi told Zhu Youxiao's performance today, Ye Xianggao fell into deep thought and hesitated about whether to go out of the mountain.

You must know that "goods and the emperor's family" is not a very easy thing, not only to ponder the emperor's mind everywhere, but also to ponder the thoughts of other ministers everywhere, the position above 10,000 people under one person is not so easy to sit, maybe one day the boat may capsize in the gutter, Ye Xianggao himself has such an experience, and now he has to be more cautious.

Ye Xianggao's mind would not be spoken, and Han Yi naturally didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, but seeing that Ye Xianggao, who had always been known for his talent, was also in deep thought, he was even more cautious, afraid that he would also be dragged down.