"Minister, please establish the country!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone in the Dongnuan Pavilion changed greatly.

What does this mean? This is forcing the emperor to make a prince!

In fact, forcing the emperor to set up a prince is nothing in itself, but all the emperors in the vast land of China, from the first emperor who unified the six countries to the last dynasty, there are more than 400 emperors during this period, more people who are not emperors in form but actually more emperors, and there are not many who have not been forced by the ministers to establish princes!

In fact, this kind of thing is already considered less in the Ming Dynasty - I don't know how, these emperors of the Ming Dynasty, the heirs are not too prosperous, except for the dozens of sons of the founding Hongwu Emperor, those emperors after that, Renzong has only one son, and Emperor Hongzhi has only one son, Zhengde, and this country naturally falls on the head of the prince, and there is no need to fight for anything.

After all, the establishment of a prince is not only a family matter, but also a state matter, and it is necessary for the ministers to care about it, and it is necessary for Emperor Zhengde to be forced to establish a prince by these important ministers over the years, and there are always thirty or fifty times. Of course, not being angry is not absolute, such as or at certain specific moments!

It's like today.

This is a special moment that can't be more special - the emperor just vomited blood and fainted, and just woke up, and you forced the emperor to make a prince, what does this mean? Isn't this clearly a curse on the emperor's early death?

What is the intention?

Zhengde's face suddenly became gloomy!

The stakes are high. It was these important ministers of the court. They didn't dare to participate in it easily, but after Yang Shen knelt down, the other people who followed him were stunned for a moment, and they couldn't keep up, even if they were as close to Yang Shen as Dai Zhangpu, they were also silent.

Seeing Emperor Zhengde's face dropped, Liu Jixiang, who was suddenly bluffed, turned pale, his heart was pounding, and he knelt down. knelt down with that brother, and was already scolding Yang Shen in his heart, and said in his heart, you old thing is looking for death, don't pull the miscellaneous family! Imperial family affairs. Is it something that a foreign minister like you can do?

Yang Shen knelt on the ground, his face sinking like water.

It's not that he doesn't know that his kneeling, this invitation, almost forced things to a corner where he had to make a decision, if the emperor didn't make a decision, he would lose his majesty, and if the emperor made a decision, he must be very sorry for himself in his heart. He knows very well that he is kneeling and forcing this. It is almost to break the balance between the monarch and the minister for more than ten years, and the monarch and the minister have a tacit understanding!

Yang Shen knew that the emperor didn't like him, what this Supreme liked was Jiang Bin, Ma Yongcheng, and even Gu Dayong, who was already dead, and Liu Jin, who was executed by Ling Chi, who was close, caring, and even more reassuring. And Jinshi Wenchen, who was born in such a professional class. Naturally, he is opposed to the emperor, there is a barrier, and it is absolutely impossible to be intimate with the emperor, especially an emperor who behaves unruly like this. The reason why the emperor relies on himself is that the post of assistant has been his own for more than ten years. I have never been touched by others, because I am good enough to do things. can always sort out this old empire in an orderly manner. What's more important is that he is in power without taking power, and he will not try to control the court and deceive the saints, and he has never offended the emperor's decision-making.

That's why I can sit still.

There is a tacit understanding between the monarch and the minister that has not been agreed but the other party is clear, and they do not touch each other. It can be regarded as a kind of respect between kings and ministers!

But now, I have broken this tacit understanding with my own hands.

Yang Shen dared to conclude that from this moment on, the emperor was already thinking about changing his auxiliary.

This supreme is such a rebellious character that he will never allow anyone to manipulate or even interfere. …,

Yang Shen doesn't want to do this, if he has time, he will definitely arrange it calmly, start secretly, step by step, and finally win the battle, he has countless middle-level officials under him, such as the Imperial History, the Outside Lang, and the Lang Zhong can be driven, and even many Xiao Jiuqing at the level of the servant is also his lackey, but the problem is, it's too late!

The thunder just now made him extremely shocked in his heart, and he realized that things must not be delayed any longer. What if you get up early tomorrow morning, but there is news that the emperor is in a big trip and the princes are vying for the throne, so what?

The arrow is ready to fly, I have to send it, and it will not work if I don't force it!

In the final analysis, Yang Shen is the kind of courtier who serves the country, the people, and the world.

It is like Yu Qian Yu Shaobao, Zhang Juzheng Zhang Ge Lao, who stubbornly guards the Lonely City Shi Ge Department, and Wenchen Fenghou Wang Shouren, the most outstanding figure of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, a proud and iron-clad minister!

The people of this generation have a heart for heaven and earth, a life for the people, a continuation of learning for the saints, and peace for all generations!

No matter how corrupt and degenerate the civil official group is, and how they do not hesitate to cause the entire Ming Dynasty to suffer losses for their own selfishness, there are still some people who dare to put the safety of the world on their shoulders!

If it was an ordinary courtier, Emperor Zhengde would have reprimanded him harshly and even beaten out, but this is Yang Shen in front of him!

Cabinet Auxiliary, Scholar of Jianji Palace, Yang Shen!

The corners of Emperor Zhengde's mouth twitched slightly, Liu Guifei could obviously feel the emperor's hand clenched a little, she quickly patted the emperor's hand gently, Zhengde suppressed the fire in his heart, and said with a forced smile: "Establishing the national book is an emperor's family affair, Yang Aiqing, this matter will be discussed later!" ”

Yang Shen knelt on the ground, his neck listened, his head was raised, and Zhengde saw that his heart was secretly broken, this is going to die!

Sure enough, I heard Yang Shen's tone and said resolutely: "Saint, you have been dragging on this matter for thirty years, please forgive Weichen for offending today, but some words, Weichen must say it today!" The Holy Heir is so prosperous, but he has never set the position of the crown prince, the Holy Lord is very old, if there is any accident, has the Holy One ever thought about what will happen after his death? The rebellion of the eight kings of the Jin Dynasty, the world was shaking, and the rivers and mountains were shattered, isn't it a lesson from the past? Today, there are Tatar Warat in the north of the Ming Dynasty, Duoyan Sanwei, Annan in the south, and Hami in the west. The situation is dire. Far from the original Jin Dynasty! If my Ming Dynasty was enslaved by Yidi for a hundred years and reduced to a dog, then the evaluation of future generations, whose guilt is this? The accident must not be postponed any longer, and a charter must be come up with today! ”

After that, his forehead slammed heavily on the gold bricks, and there was a loud sound!

It was quiet in an instant, and Yang Shen's words echoed in the East Warm Pavilion, which was extremely quiet. The pins could be heard, and only the breathing of the crowd could be heard either heavy or deliberately suppressed.

The four great eunuchs had their foreheads pressed against the ground, and their bodies were as if they were stiff. I didn't even dare to make a little movement, for fear of being angered by the emperor!

And those civil officials and important ministers standing behind Yang Shen, no matter what their position, there was a great sense of admiration in their hearts. Such iron bones for the country and the people are really a model of our generation!

At present, the cabinet is the second assistant Xie Tingshi, the secretary of the ministry, the 25th year of Zhengde is the eye of Zhang Yiyi, the household department is still the secretary of Wan Shiting, and the left servant of the military department is temporarily acting as the secretary Dai Zhangpu. Pan Jitao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, knelt down in unison, and said in unison: "Ministers, second!" Please build a country! ”

Looking at the ministers kneeling on the ground, Liu Guifei, who seemed to be sitting there gently, had a bright eye, and a look called surprise crossed it.

This Liu Guifei, in fact, is a very famous one in history.

Liu Guifei, her real name is Liu Liangnu. Maybe I don't know much about Liu Liangnu, but if you mention another name that is not true but is widely circulated among the people, it is much more well-known - Sister Li Feng. …,

In Lian Zining's time, that time and space, this person can be said to shine. From the beauty of the country to the romance of Zhengde, from the dragon and the phoenix to the unparalleled in the world. and then to the Longfeng store, wherever Emperor Zhengde appears, Sister Li Feng is almost indispensable.

Of course, just like the distortion of Emperor Zhengde's image above, Sister Li Feng is also distorted enough.

For the origin of Liu Liangnu, the history books are inconsistent, "Ming Shilu" said that Liu Liangnu is the wife of Yang Teng, a musician in the Jin Dynasty of Taiyuan, when Wu Zong traveled to Shanxi, he sent someone to Taiyuan to ask for female music and got Liu Liangnu. Wu Zong liked her good colors and arts, so he brought her back to the leopard room from Yulin. Liu Liangnu was placed in the Tengnuma Hall of the Taiye Pond in Xiyuan, known as Mrs., and commonly known as Liu Niangniang.

In the "Barnyard Story", it is said: Liu Liangnu is a famous singer in the palace of the Datong Dynasty, and Wu Zong once pretended to be a low-level officer in and out of the palace's workshop, so he was able to know Liu. At that time, Wu Zong was not very noticeable in such a Fengyue place, and others thought that he was just an ordinary officer, but Liu Shihui knew the pearl and decided that he was not an ordinary person, so they looked at him differently. Wu Zong remembered this Liu and later sent someone to take him to Beijing.

Neither of these is true.

Liu Liangnu is the daughter of Liu Liang, the prince of the Datong Dynasty, Zhengde 12 years, when Zhengde blocked the Xuanfu Datong, he asked for a beautiful woman from the king, and the king took out all the unmarried people in his own palace to the Zhengde emperor to choose, and Zhengde took a fancy to Liu Liangnu at a glance. Carrying back to Beijing, life is a beauty, and I am very lucky.

After returning to Beijing with Liu Liangnu, he first lived in the leopard room, and then gradually entered the western inner dormitory.

Zhengde specially built a cool palace for Liu Liangnu in the west, where she feasted and drank, and to what extent did Emperor Zhengde love her? Eating and living, will be with you, what she says, more effective than anyone else's words, Zhengde will listen! Sometimes the ministers of the court and even the eunuchs who were very confidant angered the emperor, and they were worried and afraid, so they privately begged Liu Liangnu, and as soon as Liu Liangnu said it, Emperor Zhengde laughed, and this matter was ignored.

It is worth mentioning that Jiang Bin just entered Beijing 20 years before Zhengde, served as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the commander of the four other armies, he did not have the scheming later, he was very arrogant and arrogant, and he looked like he loved to ignore everyone when he saw him, but only when he saw Liu Liangnu, he would respectfully kowtow and take his mother's affairs.

Later, when Emperor Zhengde rebelled against King Ning in the south, it was also impossible to leave her at any time, Emperor Zhengde was a good Buddha, every time he passed by the temple to pay homage, all the way, from the temple above to the temple in Nanjing, the banner was splendid, the Van Bei clip book, there was a person who was on the tin of the place, and the name of Mrs. Liu was signed on it.

After the emperor fell into the water in Qingjiangpu, he was very ill, the hearts of the people in the palace were already unstable, many palace people and even concubines had a strange idea, but Liu Liangnu served by the emperor's side day and night, day and night, the emperor gradually recovered, and the relationship between the two was even deeper.

In the twelfth year of Zhengde, he was named a nobleman at the beginning, and in the fourteenth year, he entered Zhaoyi for fifteen years. Named Jieyu. In seventeen years, she was named a concubine, and in eighteen years, she entered the concubine.

In December of the eighteenth year of Zhengde, Concubine Zhuang had a miscarriage, her body was weak, the emperor did not undress, did not go to court, and waited by the bedside for more than ten days. After Concubine Zhuang recovered from her illness, she was named a concubine.

Zhengde twenty-one years. Concubine Zhuang gave birth to a son, and the emperor was overjoyed. ordered the ministers to dedicate their names, and finally decided on the name, Zhu Zaiyu.

Emperor Zhengde's main queen is Empress Xia, Empress Xia is a native of Daxing County, the capital, her father is just a small official in the capital, and later relied on her daughter to give the command of Jinyi Guard, looking for the governor of the Chinese army. After the Ming Dynasty was the emperor, the crown prince chose a concubine, often like to look for people from small families to be like this, so as to do so. The power of the queen's mother family is quite ordinary, which can also effectively avoid the dictatorship of foreign relatives that repeatedly occurred in the Han and Tang dynasties, in fact, this approach is also very effective. …,

Empress Xia is a serious scholarly family, a small jasper, and a dignified temperament, but it really does not meet the appetite of Emperor Zhengde, so the relationship between the two husband and wife is extremely weak, almost none.

Emperor Zhengde wanted to abolish the queen several times, but first, this queen really couldn't find anything wrong. The second is that the Empress Dowager Zhang likes this daughter-in-law very much, and with her old man's protection, Emperor Zhengde is often helpless, and the third is that after the abolition, the ministers in the court are against it. or admonish, or angrily reprimand, or simply scolded, the folds flew like snowflakes, and they could almost drown the Qianqing Palace!

It was after two or three times like this. Emperor Zhengde no longer dared to mention the matter of the abolition, which really frightened these Confucian Confucian students.

Fortunately, Liu Liangnu is also such a well-informed figure - or rather shrewd, she was born in the people, you can imagine, how good a family background can be for the daughter of a royal family? It must be that she has been accustomed to seeing the world since she was a child, so she has developed a cautious character, and she is good at observing words and feelings.

She knows very well that she is an out-and-out filial son, and she listens to the words of the Queen Mother, if she relies on the emperor's favor and wants the queen's throne, under the hindrance of the Queen Mother, can she get it and not say it, but in the end, she will lose her favor and end up with nothing! It's better to grab what is in front of you.

Therefore, she did not force it, but comforted the emperor with a gentle face, never mentioned the queen's affairs again, and at the same time abided by her duty, and was respectful to the queen mother. Even those who can't look down on her anymore can't tell her that she is wrong. is not domineering, nor domineering, but also does not hesitate to spend a lot of money to make friends with the eunuchs in the palace who are in power and take care of things.

The emperor is even more favored, and over time, although Liu Guifei is still Liu Guifei, and Queen Wang is still Queen Wang, the power of this harem is already in the hands of Liu Liangnu.

It has been a full forty years since Liu Liangnu entered the palace in the twelfth year of Zhengde.

The innocent girl with drooping hair back then is now a mature woman who is not young, but she is very well maintained, and she looks like she is only thirty or forty people, not a little old, but that mature charm, which makes people even more obsessed and intoxicated. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an alluring country and a city.

The emperor is getting old, and she is getting old, but the only thing that remains the same is the relationship between the two.

Emperor Zhengde has a lot of concubines, otherwise he would not be so princely and emperorly, but those concubines are just tools for venting desires and vases in his eyes, and only Liu Liangnu is the favorite in his heart, the most uncontrollable, and the most concerned. The relationship between the two is almost like a couple who have been in love with each other for decades.

This kind of affection is almost unimaginable in the emperor's family, but it is not surprising considering that the old Zhu family has more seeds of infatuation - Emperor Hongwu and Empress Ma, Emperor Yongle and Empress Xu, Xianzong and Wan Guifei, and even later Emperor Wanli and Zheng Guifei, Emperor Chongzhen and Tian Guifei.

Emperor Zhengde failed to abolish the queen and give this position to Liu Liangnu, but he always felt guilty in his heart, and finally racked his brains, but he came up with an idea - to make him the imperial concubine.

Originally, in the harem of the Ming Dynasty, under the queen, it was the concubine, the queen was the first product, the concubine was the second product, and later the Ming Dynasty was Emperor Jingtai, and the flag bearer was sent to the god of the flag. Ordered Wuqing Marquis Shi Heng to be the chief envoy. The Ministry of Rites, Shangshu Hu Hu, was the deputy envoy, and the concubine Tang was crowned the imperial concubine. As a result, the rank of imperial concubine was added to the sequence of concubines in the Ming Dynasty. …,

In fact, in the past dynasties, the queen is the concubine, and it has been like this since the Sui and Tang dynasties, even the Ming Dynasty did not officially set up this title, but only a few emperors added it casually. Wan Zhen'er, the favorite concubine of Ming Xianzong, was appointed as the imperial concubine recognized in the Ming Dynasty, and Wan was canonized as the imperial concubine in the twelfth year of Chenghua. Afterwards. The imperial concubine was used to canonize the most favored and noble concubine in the harem of the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, the imperial concubine became the rule, which was second only to the queen, and was set up when Emperor Shunzhi canonized his favored concubine Dong E. Since then, it has gradually become customized. When the later concubines wanted to succeed to the middle palace, they would generally be crowned imperial concubines first, temporarily taken into the harem, and then crowned as queens.

The imperial concubine is equivalent to the deputy queen, and most of the time, the establishment of the imperial concubine means that there is a meaning to replace the queen. First made the imperial concubine, commanded the six palaces, and then crowned the queen, it is a matter of course.

Of course. In the Ming Dynasty, most of the time, being the imperial concubine was a sign of favor for this concubine, but it was also an extremely helpless compromise choice!

The Ming Dynasty wanted to make his favorite concubine the queen, but it was not only Emperor Zhengde, his previous Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen is an obvious example.

For Xianzong, Wan Guifei is a combination of a wet nurse, a mother, a woman, and a concubine, and it can be said that Wan Guifei is no longer simply favored, or even dependent, so he tries every means to make her the queen. It's just that canonizing a woman who is nineteen years older than him as the queen, the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty would rather die than agree. There was no way, so she had to be made the imperial concubine.

In Lian Zining's time and space, including Zheng Guifei later, the same was true.

And Zhengde did even more outrageous this time, not only was he named the imperial concubine. It is also awarded gold treasures, gold books and gold seals, just like the queen. The crown clothes, cars, and guards are also the same as the queen.

Since then. Spoil the harem for decades!

Zhengde's face was already blue.

What Yang Shen said just now is already extremely ugly, what he said is elegant, if it is more straightforward, it is, 'You Zhengde has not established the prince now, and you haven't thought about it, what if you die, what will happen to our Ming Dynasty?' It doesn't matter if you die, if our Ming Dynasty falls into the hands of Yidi, whose responsibility is it, do you want to suffer a thousand years of infamy? ’

Who wouldn't be angry when they heard that? What's more, is it the Son of Heaven who is rich in the world and dominates the universe?

Of course, Zhengde also knows that Yang Shen's words make sense, but it is one thing to know, and it is another thing to do it, just like all old people, Zhengde does not admit it, and he does not want to admit the fact that he is old. He didn't want anyone to talk about it, to feel the fact, even though it was something that everyone in the world understood. He is very taboo about this, and even does not want to establish a prince because of this, I have to say that this is a flaw in the character of Emperor Zhengde, and the conceited side of his character is actually very unreasonable, but he is the emperor!

He also didn't like the feeling of being forced to dominate, when he was young and vigorous, he even drove the three ministers out of the capital because of the various interventions of the three ministers of Gu Ming, and he had endless fun fighting with the ministers.

But now that he's old, he doesn't think those things are interesting, and he doesn't have that motivation anymore.

He stared at Yang Shen with a terrifying glint in his eyes.

But after all, he still knew that he was at a loss, so he took a long breath, only to feel a suffocation in his chest again, and held back his breath, saying word by word: "I, what if I don't establish the foundation of the country today?" ”

Yang Shen also raised his head suddenly, but he smiled slightly, lowered his head, aimed at the dragon on the dragon pillar on the side, and said resolutely: "That minister, he will die here!" ”

"You!" Emperor Zhengde pointed at Yang Shen, his face was full of anger that could not be hidden, but Yang Shen was also not afraid. He has a free heaven and earth righteousness in his chest, let alone the emperor at this time, even if the gods come, he is not afraid. …,

The two sides were at a stalemate.

At this time, behind Yang Shen, there were still several people who did not kneel, Lin Jingyi, the third assistant of the cabinet, Dong Qichang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Qia, the secretary of the Criminal Department, all stood there, but they turned back slightly to avoid embarrassment. Although Yang Shen is a civil leader, this does not mean that everyone has to advance and retreat with him, and they also have their own opinions and opinions on major matters such as the establishment of the national capital, which will easily cost the lives of the whole family. What's more, these people felt that Emperor Zhengde looked okay, and it didn't seem like he was going to ask for it for a while.

Facing Yang Shen, who was resolute and calm, and did not retreat, Emperor Zhengde couldn't help but feel a little weak-hearted, he also knew that he was wrong, and he should have established the prince early, but his temperament would never be soft, and the more others persuaded him, the more he did the opposite. This feeling of weakness made him almost angry, but he really didn't dare to do anything to Yang Shen! For example, Yang Shen's behavior, I don't know how many in the history of the Ming Dynasty, advising the emperor instead of committing a crime, even if the emperor survives, he can only dismiss it or dismiss it in anger, even if he is imprisoned, it will inevitably end in the end.

Moreover, Zhengde knows his own affairs, and with his current body, it is almost a luxury to deal with the government, and the government is inseparable from Yang Shen.

It's just that he can't be soft, he is not his father Emperor Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi is the kind of dough emperor who can laugh when he is pointed at his nose and scolded by civil officials, and Zhengde is definitely not successful.

The two monarchs and ministers are deadlocked here, but no one can get off the stage.

At this moment, Concubine Liu Guifei glanced at Lin Jingyi, the third assistant of the cabinet.

Lin Jingyi comprehended, suddenly knelt down, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a play!" ”

Zhengde thought that he was also here to admonish, so he said angrily: "Speak!" ”

Lin Jingyi said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Your Majesty is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and today's incident is just an accident, but there is no need to make a fuss, the matter of establishing the country is not in a hurry, if it is because of this matter, it is in a hurry, and the country is established. ”

Zhengde was stunned for a moment, and then he was happy, and he looked at Lin Jingyi twice in his heart, and said in his heart that this guy was knowledgeable.

He was about to speak, but he didn't expect Lin Jingyi to change his words, and said again: "However, what Lord Yang said, it is also very reasonable, if you don't establish the foundation of the country for a day, the country will be unstable for a day. If the prince does not come out to do things, then the world is ignorant of its character and ability, and if it is according to what the minister said, it is clear at a glance, when the time comes, which is strong and which is weak, which is stupid, which is wise, are all seen clearly, at that time to canonize the prince, wouldn't it be clearer, when the time comes to elect a Ming lord, it is also the blessing of my Ming Dynasty, the welfare of the subjects of the world! ”

As soon as these words came out, they gave each of them a step down, which is equivalent to Emperor Zhengde and Yang Shen taking a step back, not not to establish a prince, nor to establish a prince now, but to take a look at it for the time being.

In fact, this idea is not a bad idea, but it is difficult to say what selfishness is mixed with it. rq