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The next morning, while the festive energy in the palace had not passed, Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang asked for an audience. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The cabinet minister wanted to meet her, but Empress Dowager Zhang has always refused to come, she did not hesitate, and immediately set up in the main palace to meet the two.

After the two of them saluted, their eyes staggered, and there was already a tacit understanding, Li Dongyang first said: "There have been some rumors in Beijing recently, I don't know if the Queen Mother has heard of it?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang was still smiling, her face couldn't help but become cold, of course she knew what the rumors Li Dongyang said, her eyebrows furrowed, and she said in a flat tone: "Now there are all kinds of rumors, and the mourning family also knows some, some are unscrupulous, and some are ill-intentioned, of course, not all of them are like this, which rumor does Li Aiqing want to say." ”

The ball was kicked at the feet of Li Dongyang again.

Li Dongyang smiled bitterly in his heart, this woman in the deep palace may not be an easy character to deal with, but before he came, he and Yang Tinghe already had a draft, so he was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "It is said that the emperor wants to emulate Taibo, hey, the emperor is a great sage, but he is a naughty man, he is the most virtuous person." First set a tone for the emperor's historical status, Li Dongyang secretly looked at the face of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and saw that the Empress Dowager Zhang's face softened slightly, and knew in his heart that the Empress Dowager Zhang had gradually accepted the current reality from hope to disappointment, anyway, her son was gone, of course, she hoped that her son would have a better reputation, which may be a mother's purest idea.

Li Dongyang continued: "The emperor wants to emulate Taber, how can I be willing to wait as a courtier, but now the emperor has made up his mind, and there has been no news so far, now four months have passed, four months have passed, the country has no monarch, people's hearts are fluctuating, and there is a chance to take advantage of the chaos of the party's night, Weichen is very worried, if it goes on like this for a long time, isn't it Your Majesty's good intentions to evolve into a disaster?" Now all the officials are suspicious, the clans are also uneasy, the people are at a loss, the country cannot be said to be without a king, and the ministers secretly think that the surname Suo has fulfilled His Majesty's wish......"

Having said that, Li Dongyang stopped at the point.

He first insisted that Zhu Houzhao was going to abdicate and make way for the sages and follow the example of the sages, since he had determined this matter, then the so-called fulfillment of Zhu Houzhao's wish was actually to immediately select a new emperor from the clan to preside over the overall situation.

Empress Dowager Zhang is not a fool, the throne belongs to her son, no matter how she says, let it go, besides, everyone says that the emperor wants to follow Taibo, in fact, it is to put gold on her and the emperor's face, and she is not so confused that people are afraid that the most important things in the world will be handed over.

Seeing that Empress Dowager Zhang hesitated, Yang Tinghe hurriedly said: "Niangniang's thoughts, Weichen certainly understands, but the situation is urgent, and the world is full of suspicions. Weichen is also planning for the common people in the world, and he is to endure the pain of advocating this matter, and please ask the Queen Mother to understand our painstaking efforts, and also hope that Niangniang can follow the ancient sages......"

"These words of yours ......" Empress Dowager Zhang sneered, and interrupted Yang Tinghe without hesitation: "Why can't this palace understand, now the emperor is still there, and then set up a new monarch, this is a contradiction between the etiquette and the ancestral system, and now the emperor has no news, but it does not mean that he will never come back, if the mourning family agrees to you today, he said that if the emperor returns to Beijing, what face do you have to see the emperor, and how can the mourning family be worthy of him?" There is nothing wrong with the saying that the country cannot be said to have no king, but don't forget, there are no two lords on this day, and there are no two lords for people, and the old lord is not mourned, so you are looking forward to bringing out the new lord, is this also called loyalty? When the first emperor was here, he treated you well, and if you had this thought, it was the sin of ten thousand deaths. ”

In fact, when the two entered the palace, they had already expected that the Queen Mother would move out of this, the two did not panic, but they didn't dare to sit down, and obediently got up from the chair and fell to the ground, Li Dongyang said: "Niangniang's heart-wrenching words, Weichen can't afford it, but the matter is urgent at the moment, and there is a lot of criticism in the DPRK and China, plus the people are rumors, Weichen is afraid that someone will take the opportunity to make trouble." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang sighed and said: "Actually, the mourning family also knows your thoughts, and you are not all selfish. ”

Fang Cai angrily reprimanded, and now it is affirmative, but the words are changed very quickly, the shrewdness of the Empress Dowager Zhang is here, first reprimand, let them know that they are afraid, and then affirm, give them a little sweetness, of course she knows that once the two cabinet ministers can't talk, then the next cabinet minister will not come to talk to the palace, maybe it is a hundred officials, that is, the governors of the provinces, these people pay the most attention to the first courtesy and then the soldiers, now it is courtesy, if they say too much, then things will only get worse.

Empress Dowager Zhang sighed in her heart, speaking of which, her son is still useless, so that she has reached the point of centrifugation and detachment, now she is a woman, how can she stabilize the court? To deal with them, you can't blindly move strongly, the stronger the rebound, the bigger the rebound, the cabinet is Wenchen, and the people who are staying in the six ministries are also Wenchen, not only these, but also so many Beijing officials in the Beijing Division, the governors of the provinces, the political envoys, the prefects of each prefecture and the prefects of each county are all Wenchen, don't look at the usual fierce fights in their nests, but the Empress Dowager Zhang knows that in this matter, there must be a consensus within them, otherwise there will never be a sudden attack.

So Empress Dowager Zhang must back down, but to what extent, where to retreat, she also has a plan in her heart: "Actually, what you said is not unreasonable, now that the emperor is nowhere to be seen, the country cannot be without a king, there should always be someone to supervise the country, it is better to mourn the next decree, choose a virtuous clan to enter Beijing to supervise the country, how about the temporary emperor?" ”

This is already the bottom line of Empress Dowager Zhang, it is impossible to give up the throne, but she must compromise, and letting the clan supervise the country can indeed calm the current criticism, once Zhu Houzhao comes back, he will still be the emperor.

Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe glanced at each other, and seemed to be a little hesitant, and after a short silence, Yang Tinghe said: "Since Niangniang has her own opinions, the ministers naturally dare not disobey." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang smiled, with a little kindness on her face, and asked, "But who can supervise the country?" ”

If you want to supervise the country, it is impossible to let a foreign surname come, the reason is very simple, this is the duty of the temporary emperor, and the surname of the Ming Dynasty is Zhu, so it must be chosen from the clan. And although Empress Dowager Zhang said that she wanted to find a virtuous king, in fact, this is a nonsense, and there is no standard for measuring whether you are virtuous or not, not that who is virtuous is virtuous? is like Liu Chengfeng, who says that he can find out his countless merits and prove it, and that he is a bastard can also find a hundred examples to cite.

But then again, just looking at the virtuous and not the virtuous is also fake, the distant branch of the clan is definitely not qualified, can only be selected from the closest close branch clan, in fact, these generations of emperors are relatively thin, so there are not many people to choose from, Li Dongyang said straightforwardly: "The minister heard that His Royal Highness Zhu Youruan, the king of Anlu, is a corporal of Lixian, who can be the word virtuous king, and he and the first emperor are brothers, and it is best for him to preside over the overall situation as an uncle." ”

Yang Tinghe also said: "The minister also thinks that the regent of King Anlu is enough to convince the people. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang squinted, nodded her head, and said, "Since this is the case, the matter is so decided, and the mourning family has its own plans." ”

The performance ended in a hurry, and both sides made compromises and concessions in this performance, which seemed to be a happy ending.

However, in the palace, Liu Chengfeng also learned the news of the meeting of the two cabinet ministers, plus he had many eyes and ears in the palace, after hearing the news, the joy of being a father for the second time couldn't help but dissipate a little, and he hurriedly came to meet the Empress Dowager Zhang.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked very depressed and tired, glanced at Liu Chengfeng, and said slowly: "The mourning family knows what you are doing?" Do you think it's inappropriate to have a regent? ”

Liu Chengfeng said bluntly: "Yes, this is what Weichen meant, the Queen Mother should not forget, Emperor Yingzong's past, the past will not forget the future teacher, don't cause the future clan to kill each other." ”

The allusion that Liu Chengfeng said is that after Emperor Yingzong was captured by the Watt Thorns, the imperial court immediately launched the regent of Zhu Qiyu, and then Zhu Qiyu, the king of Yingzong, succeeded to the throne as emperor, and waited until Yingzong suddenly returned to Beijing, which caused a palace turmoil.

Liu Chengfeng has almost decided that once Zhu Youruan arrives in Beijing, after a while, if there is no news from the emperor, the ministers will definitely get an inch, please Zhu Youruan is the emperor, and Zhu Youruan is already regent, and the military and politics are all in his hands, and it is logical that he will ascend the throne at that time, who can stop it? The best outcome for now is to stop this, otherwise it will be too late to regret it.

Empress Dowager Zhang's expression was gloomy, and she said: "How can the mourning family not know your truth, in fact, what you said is not wrong, but does the mourning family still have a choice?" When she said this, Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Liu Chengfeng sadly, and said: "The son of the mourning family is not angry, and now it has reached this point of being out of control, if it persists, it will only cause more people to be dissatisfied, ministers, clans and even the people, if there are people behind the back, it will be an uncontrollable situation, and now the mourning family can only compromise, can only delay time temporarily, but I hope that the emperor can come back, take advantage of this raw rice to cook and cook, and do his duty as a son and emperor, if he really never comes back, Although the mourning family is respected as the queen mother, what can be done? ”

With frustration and discouragement in her words, Empress Dowager Zhang was tired.

Liu Chengfeng said: "But what if the emperor comes back in the future?" ”

This is the crux of the matter, doing so will undoubtedly cut off Zhu Houzhao's way of life, once the ministers succeed and the officials support Zhu Youruan, Zhu Houzhao's position will be extremely embarrassing, and at that time, people will be swordsman, and I will be fish, and all the initiative will be in the hands of others.

(To be continued)