Chapter 163: Inheritance of the Imperial Throne [Reward for Xin Yuhua Night]
As the saying goes, unfilial piety is great, even if it is a family of ordinary people, there are still such words, let alone the king of a country.
If you think about it, Zhu Houzhao is now about twenty years old, and at such an age, it is said that he should be full of heirs.
The most important thing in the royal family is the prince's sons and grandchildren, especially the emperor of a country, if there is no child under his knees, it is not a small problem.
That is, Zhu Houzhao is young, so this issue has not been taken seriously by the civil and military officials, if Zhu Houzhao is over thirty years old, there is no prince under his knees, I am afraid that the civil and military officials will write to Zhu Houzhao to accept the harem.
Emperor Hongzhi only loved the queen in his life, and only had Zhu Houzhao as a son under his knees, and in Zhu Houzhao's generation, Zhu Houzhao didn't even have a brother or sister.
Even Chu Yi subconsciously ignored the problem of Zhu Houzhao having no children under his knees.
If history had not changed, then Zhu Houzhao would have collapsed inexplicably in the future, but the result was that because he had no children under his knees, the throne fell into the hands of a cousin like Emperor Sejong Jiajing.
There is a saying that after the collapse of Zhu Houzhao, the ministers led by Yang Tinghe completely eliminated the policies promulgated by Zhu Houzhao during his reign, and even the "Records of Ming Wuzong" led by Yang Tinghe smeared Zhu Houzhao.
It is conceivable that the person who inherited Zhu Houzhao's throne was just Zhu Houzhao's cousin, and there was no affection between him and Zhu Houzhao.
It can even be said that for Yang Tinghe to smear Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Jiajing faintly supported, and there were some problems with Emperor Jiajing's succession, if Zhu Houzhao, the former emperor, was wise and martial, so set off, wouldn't Emperor Jiajing be shrouded in Zhu Houzhao's halo?
More importantly, there are many suspicions about Zhu Houzhao's death, and some people speculate that the civilian-official group headed by Yang Tinghe counterattacked, and Zhu Houzhao was killed.
If Zhu Houzhao has a prince under his knees, these people don't dare to be so crazy, and they won't avenge their own Lao Tzu after the prince takes the throne.
Think about the Ming generation, the two emperors who died the most strange and suspicious, Zhu Houzhao, the Emperor of Zhengde, and Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, both of whom fell into the water and contracted the wind and cold and died, both of them had no children under their knees, and they were succeeded by their brothers after their deaths. Moreover, there are similarities between the actions of Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Youxiao when the two emperors were in power.
Zhu Houzhao favored Liu Jin in the early stage, and tried to take charge of the military power to get rid of the control of the civilian system in the later stage, and Zhu Youzhen, although he was said to have won the name of a carpenter emperor, but the famous eunuch Wei Zhongxian was pushed out by Zhu Youzhen to fight with the civil officials.
When Zhu Youxiao fell into the water and collapsed, Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, listened to the words of Wenchen, left Zhu Youxiao's last words behind, killed Wei Zhongxian, and abolished Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and the result was that the Ming Dynasty fell into the abyss.
It can be seen from the two emperors, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Houzhao, that the consequences of the emperor's childlessness are quite serious.
Chu Yi really didn't notice this before, but now someone is attacking him with the fact that the emperor has no queen, and the other party is not targeting the Son of Heaven, but just wants to make trouble for Chu Yi.
After all, Zhu Houzhao is only twenty years old, and no one can expect that Zhu Houzhao will have no heirs in his life, which even people who secretly make up rumors can't think of.
It was okay if he didn't notice it before, but now that someone reminded him, then Chu Yi had to treat it solemnly.
If it is said that it is the prince who has cultivated it himself, then the changes made by Zhu Houzhao during his reign may continue through the hands of the prince.
But if it was an outsider who came to sit on the throne, it would be difficult to say.
The most critical point is that it is difficult to stabilize people's hearts if there is no queen of heaven, Zhu Houzhao will collapse inexplicably in the future, if there is no reason for this, Chu Yi himself will not believe it.
Anyway, there is no queen of the Son of Heaven, and if he dies quietly, he will be killed, after all, no one will delve into it, if there is a prince, even if he has that thought, then he must consider whether he will be settled by the queen in the future.
Taking a deep breath, Chu Yi slowly got up and said to Du Qian, the little eunuch standing aside, "Du Qian, take these case files with you and go to the leopard room with this governor." ”
Du Qian held the case file and followed Chu Yi straight to the leopard room.
The government affairs of the DPRK and China are handled by Yang Tinghe and Chu Yi, and Zhu Houzhao is at most to read the important pieces selected by Chu Yi, Yang Ting and them.
Therefore, Zhu Houzhao's days in the past few days have been quite leisurely, and even because of the fact that Beijing is riding everywhere, there is a terrifying atmosphere everywhere, and none of those important ministers of the court came to disturb Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao has been much cleaner.
On this day, a small sedan chair appeared outside the leopard room.
I saw a white-haired figure appear, and a young man beside him supported the other party, if the powerful people saw it, they would definitely recognize the other party as the first time in the capital, the British Gong Zhang Mao, the head of the capital.
Zhang Mao glanced at the little eunuch angrily and said, "Go to the son of tomorrow, and say that the old minister Zhang Mao wants to see him!" ”
Zhang Mao has gone through several dynasties of emperors, as the head of the nobles, he has been in charge of the Beijing camp for more than 40 years, and how can a little eunuch be able to withstand that momentum.
At this time, he naturally nodded in fear, and hurriedly ran into the leopard room to pass it on to Zhang Maotong.
Soon, Zhang Mao's grandfather and grandson were invited into the leopard room.
When he saw Zhang Mao, even Zhu Houzhao stepped forward and said, "The old prince is not resting in the mansion, how can he have time to come to see me!" ”
Zhang Mao bowed and said: "The old minister has come to ask His Majesty for his guilt!" ”
The nobles of Wei Guogong and British Duke are all retired with the country, and Zhu Houzhao also respects Zhang Mao very much, and he hugged Zhang Mao and said: "The old prince doesn't need to be polite, get up quickly!" ”
Saying that, Zhu Houzhao said to Gu Dayong: "Gu Daban, quickly prepare a seat for the old man, and I will sit down with the old man to talk!" ”
Zhang Mao thanked the Son of Heaven, sat down, and then looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty!" ”
Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Mao and said, "Why did the old man say this!" ”
Zhang Mao said slowly: "A few days ago, Huang Huai and Huang Kui privately mobilized troops and horses, but the old minister, as the governor of the Beijing camp, did not notice it, and almost caused Huang Kui and these chaotic ministers and thieves to cause a big disaster. ”
Zhu Houzhao was slightly stunned, and chuckled: "What does the matter of Huang Huai and others have to do with the old Guogong, although the old Guogong is the commander of the Beijing camp, it is impossible for him to be stationed in the army, and Huang Huai and others naturally have to hide from the old Guogong when they transfer troops privately, so the old Guogong does not have to blame himself for this." ”
Zhang Mao said with a grateful face: "Trusted by His Majesty, the old minister is very frightened, and there is a sentence in his heart that I don't know whether to say to Your Majesty. ”
Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said: "The old prince is the pillar of the country, and he can be described as my elder. ”
Zhang Mao looked at Zhu Houzhao with a straight expression and said, "The old minister implores Your Majesty to stay away from Chu Yi, don't repeat the mistake of Yingzong's favor and trust Wang Zhenzhi!" ”
Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao's face became a little difficult to look at, but looking at Zhang Mao's loyal and sincere face, Zhu Houzhao sighed lightly in his heart.
Zhu Houzhao was not surprised at all that Zhang Mao was disgusted with his favor of Chu Yi, when he favored Liu Jin before, Zhang Mao said the same thing.
The shadow left by the Battle of Tumubao on Zhang Mao was too profound, so whenever this old prince saw that a certain chamberlain might become Wang Zhen, he would admonish him directly.
Whether it was Wang Zhi in the Chenghua period, or Liu Jin, or Chu Yi, Zhang Mao once directly admonished the Son of Heaven, hoping not to favor the inner servants, and to take Wang Zhen's affairs as a warning.
Even if Zhu Houzhao was the Son of Heaven, he didn't know what to say in the face of Zhang Mao's direct advice, and at this moment, Chu Yi strode with Du Qian in the distance.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes couldn't help but light up when he saw Chu Yi, and his reaction in Zhang Mao's eyes naturally made Zhang Mao frown.
The rumors in the market, Chu Yi can know, then Zhang Mao can naturally also know, Zhang Mao is not only here to ask for guilt, in addition to asking for guilt, in addition to asking for guilt, to persuade Zhu Houzhao to stay away from Chu Yi and other internal servants, accompany the harem concubines more, and reproduce heirs is also the purpose of his trip.
Zhang Mao's white-haired, non-angry and self-righteous appearance, coupled with the fact that the other party was still qualified to sit opposite Zhu Houzhao when he met Zhu Houzhao, his identity didn't even need to be thought about, Chu Yi probably guessed it.
In this capital, there are only a few people who meet these requirements, but combined with the intelligence of Dongchang, Chu Yi is almost certain of Zhang Mao's identity.
Zhang Mao looked at Chu Yi, his eyes naturally showed a little dislike and disgust, Chu Yi still knew something about this British duke, so when he noticed Zhang Mao's dislike, Chu Yi was not surprised at all.
Since the battle of Tumubao, Zhang Mao has not had a good impression of the inner servants, which is not a secret among the Jingshi at all.
Taking a step forward, Chu Yi first saluted Zhu Houzhao, and then said to Zhang Mao: "Chu Yi has seen the British duke!" ”
Zhang Mao stroked his beard, but glanced at Chu Yi indifferently and snorted lightly.
Chu Yi disagreed, motioned to Du Qian to present the case file, and then said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, the case of Huang Huai and others plotting against each other, in which the main culprit and accomplice have all been arrested and brought to justice, these are the case files of a group of main culprits and accomplices, and please review it personally by Your Majesty." ”
Zhu Hou looked at the thick stack of case files, and said with a little anger: "Big companion bothered, I will read it carefully!" ”
At this time, the British Duke Zhang Mao said to Chu Yi with a bit of ridicule: "Chief Administrator Chu has been majestic these days, in this capital, the name of Chief Administrator Chu can almost stop children crying at night, Your Majesty trusts you so much, Chief Governor Chu doesn't want to create any unjust, false and wrongful cases!" ”
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