Chapter 445: Can't Catch Guard
Although Wei Zhongxian was very curious about Wang An's abnormality in his heart, he did not act rashly, but chose to wait and see what happened, Wang An was the most powerful eunuch in the palace, and he could not fight against him at all now. Heavenly Sound『『.』 ⒉
After the death of the Wanli Emperor, Wang An took charge of the celebrant eunuch, in charge of the affairs of the Forbidden City, and took the opportunity to place many cronies in the twenty-four prisons of the inner court in addition to the imperial horse eunuch, and became a well-deserved eunuch.
As early as the Qingning Palace, Wang An has already started to operate in the inner court, he is the prince's close attendant, so he took refuge and befriended his inner servants a lot, after all, the Wanli Emperor is old, once the prince dies, he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so everyone must consider for the future to find a good future for themselves.
As for Wei Zhongxian, although he is the close attendant of the emperor's grandson Zhu Youxiao, the crown prince Zhu Changluo is in the prime of life when he is in the prime of life, so when Zhu Youxiao ascends the throne, I am afraid it will be a decade or two later, and few people have the energy and patience to wait for such a long time, God knows what accidents will happen in the middle.
Moreover, separating the crown prince from the imperial grandson's close attendants is a taboo thing in itself and a stupid act, so no one dares to befriend Wei Zhongxian.
This makes Wei Zhongxian have no foundation in the inner court, and the only people who can be trusted and called are a few godsons who are recognized in the inner court.
Don't look at Wei Zhongxian, who became the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Xi Bingbi and was in charge of the East Factory, but he did not hold the real power but was in a situation of being hollowed out, and the power was still in Wang An's hands.
Although Emperor Taichang died, Zhu Youxiao was too young to govern himself, which doomed Wei Zhongxian to be unable to take charge of the celebrant before this, and the inner court was still Wang An's world.
Therefore, if anyone dares to take refuge in Wei Zhongxian at this time, they are looking for death, and Wang An will definitely find a way to punish him.
Wei Zhongxian is very aware of his current situation, the untimely death of Emperor Taichang made him unexpectedly on the stage of the power of the Ming Dynasty, and in the face of the powerful Wang An, he can only wait patiently for the opportunity to counterattack, after all, Zhu Youxiao is the son of the Ming Dynasty, which means that sooner or later the celebrant will be his world.
It didn't take long for Wei Zhongxian to ponder Wang An's intentions when a group of civil officials wearing filial piety clothes suddenly poured into the outside of the hall, and after entering the hall, they went straight to Zhu Youxiao, who was kneeling on the futon.
When everyone in the main hall did not react, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, who rushed into the main hall first, picked up Zhu Youxiao and ran out, so that Empress Li and the others did not react for a while.
The monks who were chanting and beating the ritual instruments there were also stunned by this scene, and they all stopped their movements and looked at the Donglin Party members who broke in in surprise, which made the noisy hall quickly quiet.
"Quick, stop them!"
When Zhu Youxiao was about to be taken to the entrance of the main hall by Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others, Empress Li, who looked stunned, finally came back to her senses, realizing that Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others wanted to kidnap Zhu Youxiao, her face suddenly changed greatly, and she hurriedly got up and pointed at Yang Lian and the others in the main hall and shouted eagerly, "Don't let them take the prince." ”
At this moment, Empress Li's mind was blank, you must know that this is the Qianqing Palace, how did Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others break in?
She did not issue an edict to summon them, and Zhu Youxiao would not let people take him away from the Qianqing Palace, because Zhu Youxiao was not under house arrest, and if he wanted to go out, he could leave the Qianqing Palace openly.
With a hula, with Empress Li's order, the attendants and palace maids in the hall rushed to Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others, wanting to take Zhu Youxiao back.
"Taizu ancestral system, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, we support the crown prince to ascend the throne and pro-government, and those who block it are no different from plotting rebellion!" Seeing this, Yang Lian hurriedly shouted at the attendants and palace maids who rushed over.
The chamberlains and palace maids subconsciously stopped when they heard this, and looked at Empress Li at a loss, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others were ministers of the court, so what they said, especially those related to rebellion, still had a lot of deterrence.
"Forcibly break into the harem, complicit in the crime, quickly stop these rebels in the palace, don't let them hurt the prince!"
Empress Li's face showed a look of shock, and she realized at this time that Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and other Donglin Party members intended to take advantage of Zhu Youxiao's accession to the throne to control the government, and then pointed at Yang Lian and the others and shouted to the chamberlains and palace maids on the scene.
On the surface, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and other Donglin Party officials acted this time to avoid Empress Li from interfering in court affairs, so they supported the crown prince Zhu Youxiao to ascend the throne as emperor and pro-government, and excluded Empress Li from the power center of the Ming Dynasty, which was an out-and-out loyal and patriotic move.
In fact, the nature of the Donglin Party's invasion of the harem is very bad, which is no different from rebellion, which has caused serious impact and damage to the imperial power: the harem is the place where the emperor lives, and in a sense, it also represents the imperial power, and the harem is undoubtedly the fall of the imperial authority.
Even if Empress Li really wants to abuse power, then the Donglin Party has many ways to resist, and forcibly breaking into the harem to support Zhu Youxiao is definitely one of the next strategies, which is a great harm to the imperial power.
Obviously, the Donglin Party must have known that this was extremely inappropriate, and no emperor wanted to see such a thing happen.
Just imagine, if this example is opened, then the Forbidden City Palace Ban on which the emperor relies to protect the safety is not a reality, in case one day the courtiers are unhappy, in the name of protecting the emperor, break into the Forbidden City and kidnap the emperor from the harem, then what dignity and authority does the emperor have?
Generally speaking, those who dare to break into the palace of the harem to "save" the emperor or the crown prince must receive the "edict" of the emperor or the crown prince in advance, and the most famous in history is the "edict of the cloth belt" at the end of the Han Dynasty, so that the subordinates can act according to the order and enter the harem under the banner of obeying the holy decree, otherwise it is definitely an out-and-out rebellion.
The people of the Donglin Party must have known that it was extremely inappropriate to break into the harem and take away the crown prince Zhu Youxiao, and thinking of the fierce party struggle in the court at that time, it can be easily inferred that their purpose in doing this was not to prevent Empress Li from interfering in politics as they wanted to say, but to control Zhu Youxiao, and then win the party struggle with the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang.
As we all know, Emperor Taichang was not liked by Emperor Wanli, and even set up Zhu Youxiao as the emperor's grandson after King Fu left Beijing, which must have made Emperor Taichang very depressed during his tenure as the crown prince, and the forces in the court did not dare to contact him so as not to anger Emperor Wanli.
As for Empress Li, her previous position by Emperor Taichang's side was just a "selection of servants", and Emperor Taichang had the crown princess by his side, so it was not Li Xuan's turn to come out at all, where was there any power at all.
For those Li Xuan's pampering and arrogance, as soon as he entered the palace, he relied on the favor of Emperor Taichang to override the crown princess, and abused Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen, it is simply ridiculous.
The strict hierarchy of the harem is child's play, if a small servant dares to be so rampant, even if Emperor Wanli doesn't say anything, then those courtiers in the court who defend orthodoxy will not let her go.
However, before the death of Emperor Taichang, there were no rumors in the market that Li Xuanzhi was rampant in the harem, and no minister talked about it in the court.
Obviously, when Emperor Wanli was alive, even Emperor Taichang had to keep a low profile, so it was impossible for Li Xuanzhi to be arrogant, if she dared to bully the crown princess and abuse Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen, then according to Emperor Wanli's temper, she would definitely be killed.
If Li Xuanzhi is pampered and arrogant, then the only possibility is that after Emperor Taichang ascended the throne, she did not have the mountain of Emperor Wanli on her head.
But then again, when Emperor Taichang ascended the throne, the crown princess was dead, and Li Xuan, who was responsible for taking care of Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen, the only princes, was already the honor of the harem.
Moreover, at that time, the crown prince Zhu Youxiao was already sixteen years old, and he could not be bullied by Li Xuanzhi, and it was impossible to provoke Zhu Youxiao before Li Xuanzhi gave birth to the prince.
Emperor Chongzhen mourned the dead Li Xuanzhi in Zeng Wen, and remembered the childhood when he was cared for by Li Xuanzhi with Emperor Tianqi, and Li Xuanzhi was treated well by Emperor Tianqi and Emperor Chongzhen after the palace transfer case.
Even if Li Xuanzhi had the heart to listen to the government, then it was also a matter of life after the death of Emperor Taichang, and he acted according to the rules.
When the Wanli Emperor ascended the throne, because he was young, his mother was filial piety to the Empress Dowager to listen to the government, until the Wanli Emperor was in power, and no official raised anything wrong at that time, after all, the main young national affairs must be decided by the queen mother, how can the monarchy be coveted by the courtiers?
Contrary to the rumors in later generations that Li Xuanzhi was in power and arbitrarily ruled the country, the reason why the people of the Donglin Party dared to move the palace case and succeeded, undoubtedly shows that Li Xuanzhi was in a weak position at that time.
Imagine that Emperor Taichang was only the emperor for a month, how could Li Xuanzhi quickly cultivate the forces loyal to her in the court? How does this make her abuse power? I can only swallow my anger and accept the result of the palace transfer case.
In addition, Li Hongyu scoffed at the rumors that Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen were rumored in later generations because Emperor Wanli did not like Emperor Taichang, so they were not educated when they were young, especially Zhu Youxiao was an illiterate son of heaven.
This statement is not only ridiculous and naïve, it is obviously the malicious slander and slander of later generations, there is naturally a set of etiquette and customization in the palace, and the princes will be taught by the Zhan Shi Mansion since childhood, and enjoy the top education of the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, the tiger poison does not eat children, even if the Wanli Emperor no longer likes the Taichang Emperor, he will not deprive Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen of the right to receive education, if the royal family has two illiterate princes who can't read big characters, then it will be the Wanli Emperor and the royal family who will lose face.
Taking a step back, the civil officials in the middle and late Ming Dynasty took it as their duty to defend the royal orthodoxy and social morality, especially the Donglin Party, how could they allow the prince to suffer a cold reception with no books to read, I am afraid that it has already turned the sky upside down.
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