Chapter 407: A Critical Moment
The news of Li Hongyu kneeling outside the noon gate to support the prince soon spread to the Kunning Palace, and to people's surprise, Concubine Zheng just smiled when she heard this, and didn't care much. Heavenly Sounds "." ⒉
After all, Li Hongyu has always supported the crown prince, so it is not surprising that Concubine Zheng Guifei has such a behavior today, and she will be surprised if Li Hongyu leaves.
In Zheng Guifei's opinion, as long as Li Hongyu does not jump up and down in the capital like Yang Lian to incite officials to oppose King Fu, then Li Hongyu will kneel and follow him, and he will be regarded as loyal to Emperor Wanli.
Li Hongyu's kneeling not only made him establish an image of loyalty and courage, but also greatly improved his image and status in the officialdom, even Zhang Han admired Li Hongyu's move in his heart.
You must know that Li Hongyu is different from Yang Lian and others, he is deeply respected by Zheng Guifei and King Fu, and he can obviously soar, but he is in opposition to King Fu, so he risks losing his official position and even killing his head, and he has ruined his good future in vain.
The literati of the Ming Dynasty most admired Li Hongyu's style and integrity who did not bend his waist for five buckets of rice, so he was naturally admired by the literati and civil officials, and even the nobles of the capital were full of praise for it.
At dusk, under the persuasion of Li Hongyu, Yang Lian beckoned the civil officials kneeling behind him, and helped each other to leave the imperial city.
Yang Lian wanted to continue to kneel in front of the noon gate until Zheng Guifei agreed to see the prince, but this matter was related to the throne, and how could Zheng Guifei agree, so Li Hongyu persuaded him with good words, so Yang Lian changed his mind and went home to rest, and continued to kneel at the noon gate the next day.
As Li Hongyu said, if Yang Lian and the others fall, then who else can the prince rely on in the future? With the physique and age of those officials, if they really knelt all night, I am afraid that few people would be able to survive until the next day.
Li Hongyu couldn't send Yang Lian, there were pro-army soldiers beside him who "protected" him and forbade him from contacting the outside world, so he could only watch Yang Lian and the others leave, and secretly shook his head helplessly.
Concubine Zheng Guifei learned that Li Hongyu persuaded Yang Lian and the others away, smiled and ordered the imperial dining room to make a sumptuous dinner for Li Hongyu and sent it over.
Li Hongyu naturally knew Zheng Guifei's intentions, and he naturally couldn't finish those sumptuous dishes alone, so he invited the pro-military military attaches who lived in the courtyard to enjoy them together, which made the courtyard full of staggered and laughter, and became very lively.
After these times of getting along, Li Hongyu has become familiar with the pro-military military attache in the courtyard, and the young pro-military military attache admires this champion younger than them so much, they have seen Li Hongyu's witty conversation and profound knowledge, and their favorability of Li Hongyu, who has no official frame, has doubled.
Especially after the battle of Li Mansion, these young pro-army military attachés admired Li Hongyu beyond words, but they knew that it was the main Beijing army in the hands of Zhang Guang, the Marquis of Wuwei, who attacked Li Mansion, and after being stubbornly blocked the offensive, the new army of Li Mansion lasted all night, forcing Zhang Guang to increase his troops.
As for the soldiers of the New Army who came from outside the city later, they chased the Beijing army with superior strength like rabbits and ran around the streets, and it became the talk of the pro-army after tea and dinner, and it was the best proof that the pro-army canceled the Beijing army.
Contrary to the expectations of the outside world, after the new army fought with the Beijing army under Zhang Guang, people originally thought that the imperial court would severely punish the matter, but the result was a big surprise, and it ended unexpectedly with the new army withdrawing to the camp outside the city and the generals with the national character face staying in the Li Mansion, and Zhang Guang, who had killed and injured many of his subordinates, did not seek justice from the new army.
After all, in the first battle of the Li Mansion, the Beijing army under Zhang Guang fought more and fought less, and in the end, there were heavy casualties and even the small Li Mansion was not captured, and it was not enough to be ashamed to say this, Zhang Guang naturally didn't want to mention it, and he had not been kind enough to ask the new army for justice.
After all, these young military attachés who grew up in the Gyeonggi area have a broader vision than the military attaches in the local health centers, and they do not want to live their lives in a dead place.
Li Hongyu naturally wants to extend an olive branch to those young military attaches who yearn for the new army, and in all fairness, these young military attaches in the capital are the highest-quality people in the Ming army, and they can just be absorbed into the new army.
However, this matter can not be decided until the new emperor ascends the throne, and only the emperor can make a decision on this kind of cross-service transfer of troops and the change of the military system.
The next day, like yesterday, Yang Lian and Zhang Han each brought a group of people to kneel in front of the noon gate, because both sides had a series of officials in the capital last night, so the number of people present today was two or three times that of yesterday, and a steady stream of new people joined the camp.
Li Hongyu knelt in front of the noon gate like Yang Lian in the morning, but at noon he had to leave to go to the Guande Hall to guard the spirit of Emperor Wanli, which was a duty he could not shirk.
Just when Li Hongyu was on duty in the Guande Palace, a pro-army military attache ran over and told him that the officials of the two factions kneeling in front of the noon gate also fought somehow, and the scene was chaotic.
Because of this scuffle, Zheng Guifei issued a decree, because the new emperor's enthronement ceremony is approaching, so it is forbidden for officials to kneel in front of the noon gate again, and anyone who does not obey Yi's decree will be disgraced and dismissed, and handed over to Jinyi Weibei Town Fu Si to discuss the crime.
Li Hongyu couldn't help but shake his head secretly when he heard this, Zheng Guifei did a really beautiful job, ended the kneeling admonition of Yang Lian and others with a scuffle, and threw out the killer idea of the new emperor's accession to the throne, which means that the new emperor has a candidate, and the dispute between the prince and the prince of Fu has ended.
Although Yang Lian and others were reluctant, where were they the opponents of those young and strong new troops, they were forced out of the imperial city by those pro-army soldiers, and if they were left in the Qing Dynasty in later generations, officials like Yang Lian would have been beheaded long ago.
Unlike usual, although the funeral of Emperor Wanli on the 27th is nearing the end, the Ministry of Rites has not yet issued a notice announcing whether the crown prince or King Fu will ascend the throne in the world, including He Zongyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, no one is willing to follow Zheng Guifei's hospital to declare King Fu as the prince.
As for why the crown prince Zhu Changluo lost his status as the prince, this little thing is naturally difficult for the officials of the Ministry of Rites who are dancing and writing, and they can casually list Zhu Changluo's "20 major crimes", and it is easy to abolish his position as the prince.
Because the Ministry of Rites was unable to come up with ideas on the two major events of canonizing Zheng Guifei as empress and the enthronement ceremony of King Fu, Zheng Guifei summoned the auxiliary ministers appointed by the Wanli Emperor to Kunning Palace on the morning of the next day.
At the same time, Zheng Guifei issued an edict and asked the Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi to arrest the civil officials who knelt in front of the noon gate to support the prince's accession to the throne.
Originally, Yang Lian and others would definitely have to suffer some hardships after entering the edict of Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town, but because it was close to the new emperor's accession to the throne and the mourning period of Emperor Wanli, and Yang Lian and others did not violate any criminal law and belonged to the category of ******, so the jailer threw them into the cell and ignored them, avoiding the pain of flesh and skin.
Among the auxiliary ministers of the Wanli Emperor's imperial order, the British Duke did not appear, according to Wuwei Marquis Zhang Guang, he was unwell and could not enter the palace, and Zheng Guifei also thoughtfully did not pursue the matter.
King Fu also appeared in Kunning Palace, and Concubine Zheng's purpose was very simple and direct, that is, to hold her queen canonization ceremony and King Fu's enthronement ceremony tomorrow.
For this reason, Concubine Zheng Guifei took out a piece written by Zhang Han, which listed the fifteen major crimes of the crown prince Zhu Changluo, all of which were heinous crimes, in order to prove that the prince was not suitable to be the prince.
Although she took out the concerto, Concubine Zheng did not give the auxiliary ministers a chance to ask questions, and then quickly ended the meeting and asked the auxiliary ministers to inform the officials of the major yamen in the capital who were above the fifth rank to enter the palace tomorrow to participate in the ceremony.
It stands to reason that both the queen's canonization ceremony and the new emperor's enthronement ceremony must choose a good and auspicious day, and these two ceremonies are carried out separately.
However, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, Concubine Zheng decided to hold these two ceremonies on the same day, in order to ensure that King Fu's enthronement ceremony can be carried out beautifully, then the ceremony of canonizing her as the queen should be simple, and she doesn't mind this.
Once tomorrow's two ceremonies go smoothly, then Zheng Guifei will create a record of the ancient feudal dynasty, that is, she was promoted to the queen mother on the same day she was canonized as the queen, although the time to become the queen is very short, but for her, it is very worthwhile to let King Fu ascend the throne, and it can be regarded as pity for the hearts of parents in the world.
Li Hongyu followed the auxiliary ministers out of Kunning Palace with an expressionless face, his mood was extremely heavy, the reason why Concubine Zheng was so anxious to push King Fu to inherit the throne was obviously to avoid unexpected twists and turns, and whether the prince was able to turn the tide was tomorrow.
But what help does the prince have? Li Hongyu's brows furrowed slightly, originally the prince's biggest reliance in the capital was Zhang Weixian, but unfortunately Zhang Weixian fell into the trap of King Fu and was imprisoned and disappeared, and the Xungui Group joined King Fu's camp under the leadership of Zhang Guang either voluntarily or forcedly.
Although the crown prince is the orthodox successor of the imperial power and has the support of the civilian clique, this is a change of dynasty that requires the support of the military, which makes the support of the civilian clique seem a little insignificant.
In addition, as King Fu gained the upper hand in the battle for the heir, there was also a split within the civil official group, and it was difficult for the prince to rely on them, but Yang Lian and others couldn't even enter the noon gate, and now they were put in prison.
Therefore, Li Hongyu thought of the new army in Shanhaiguan after thinking about it, perhaps this is the only hope for the prince.
As soon as he thought of the image of Zhao Xin in front of the eyes of Li Hongyu, his heart sank, and now that so long has passed, there is no news of Zhao Xin, which makes him have to worry about Zhao Xin's safety.
Moreover, even if Zhao Xin transfers the new army now, I am afraid it will be too late in time, because tomorrow is the ceremony of canonizing the queen and the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor, so Concubine Zheng Guifei will definitely order the gate of the capital to be closed today until the enthronement ceremony is over.
This means that even if Zhao Xin transfers the new army, he will not be able to enter the capital, and even if the new army can fight again, it will be helpless against the capital with high walls and thick walls.
In other words, unless there is a miracle, the crown prince will not be able to recover the disadvantage, Li Hongyu is also loyal to Emperor Wanli, he has done his best to help the prince, if you want to blame, you can only blame the new army for not coming from Shanhaiguan in time to help.
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