The old empress dowager died of illness a year after Emperor Chongde ascended the throne, and she could not hold the enthronement ceremony, but whether it was Emperor Jiaren, Emperor Chongde, King Tong, or even the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, she would not let her affect this vital event, so it was a miracle to hang her life with all her might, and it was a miracle to hang her for a year.

After the old queen mother died of illness, the court and harem temporarily settled down a lot, no one was a demon, no one was doing anything, everything was going according to plan.

But calm is only relative, and some people with ulterior motives can't bear to do things on their own, and they are ready to move again.

Of course, you also need excuses to make trouble, and the excuses found by these people with ulterior motives are King Tong and Prince Li.

After Emperor Chongde ascended the throne, King Tong, as the closest brother who escorted all the way, was naturally on the rise, holding great power, and becoming a powerful minister in the world. You can go in and out of the palace anywhere at any time, you don't need to be notified at all, you can even eat at the same table with Emperor Chongde, and you can stay in the palace without saying hello.

These behaviors of King Tong are actually habits for so many years, in the eyes of Emperor Chongde and himself, it is not a matter at all, this is their daily life, but in the eyes of the vast majority of ministers who do not know the inside story, King Tong's behavior is absolutely disrespectful, absolutely overstepping, which they cannot tolerate.

Those guys with ulterior motives took advantage of the psychology of these ministers and began to drill camps and stir up trouble everywhere, but they didn't dare to do it obviously, after all, they had also experienced the methods of Emperor Chongde and King Tong, and if one was accidentally discovered, not only would there be no dead body, but I am afraid that it would also affect the family and clansmen.

"They thought they were doing something very secretive, but in fact, all their every move fell into the eyes of Emperor Chongde and King Tong." Song Qiyun shrugged, "King Tong wrote in his memoirs, and they decided to plan the plan. ”

"Will it be calculated?" Jin Miaomiao frowned slightly, "What do you mean?" ”

"Sister Miao Miao, you know, the situation in the court is controlled by the emperor, and the most taboo thing is that there is a one-sided situation, which is very bad, but it actually does more harm than good. Therefore, they let these people's petty actions go unleashed, and they want to adopt the method of checks and balances. ”

"Checks and balances? Doesn't sound very reliable. ”

"Yes, they admit it themselves, and they think it's a mistake to use the art of checks and balances."

"They probably didn't expect that these people's appetites are getting bigger and bigger, and they have already deviated from their hearts." Shen Haolin nodded, "The art of checks and balances itself is the basic ability that the emperor should master, but they underestimate some ministers too much, although those ministers show respect and sincere fear for them, but they still have arrogant virtues in their bones, look down on young people, and want to replace young people." Their ambitions were slowly fed by this art of checks and balances, and eventually reached the point where they were difficult to control. ”

"Brother is right, the young emperor, or the young emperor, if the ministers in the court are all relatively old, the last thing should be checks and balances, but absolute imperial suppression." Shen Cha chuckled, "Your Majesty has done a very good job, so that those ghosts and ghosts will put out that bit of thought and honestly be a turtle with a shrunken head." ”

"If you make a mistake, it's very difficult to get it back." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "Most of those courtiers are like Mrs. Zhen, the old ministers of the two dynasties and the three dynasties, not to mention anything else, just standing in the court for more time than the two of them combined, they are the veterans of checks and balances." ”

"That's what I'm talking about!" Song Qiyun also sighed, "Emperor Chongde and King Tong have already regretted it after two years of implementing the art of checks and balances, and it is completely too late to use imperial power to suppress it at this time. The daily morning and afternoon dynasties are not to discuss the people's livelihood, nor to discuss the defense of border passes, but to attack each other between different camps. Even if King Tong is leading the troops outside, and the person is not in Xijing, he is also the target of impeachment. ”

"Miserable or Tong Wang miserable, in fact, among these people who participated in him, there may not be anyone who knows the real relationship between him and Emperor Chongde, but he just wants to pretend not to know, if he pierces this layer of window paper, won't they have no excuse to show their existence in the court?" Jin Miaomiao shook her head helplessly, "We said before, whether it is Emperor Chongde or King Tong, what are they like, the courtiers will not take them to heart, and it is true that they can use them to achieve their own goals and win benefits for themselves." ”

"Not to mention, Emperor Chongde and King Tong were born at the wrong time, they tried their best to turn the tide, but they found that the people around them were dragging their feet." Song Qiyun smiled bitterly, "Not to mention Emperor Chongde and King Tong, any famous emperor in the past and present is very powerless in the face of such a situation." There is no other way to go but to give up. ”

"If it's just impeachment, the methods they think of are not something that normal people can come up with. In order to implement some crimes for King Tong, some people sent him valuable things, silver, and even beautiful women. Tong Wang for these, naturally do not accept, in order to disgust Tong Wang, they blocked the door of Tong Wang's Mansion and refused to leave, resulting in a scene of Tong Wang's Mansion giving gifts. King Tong was annoyed by them, so he simply hid in the palace and didn't come out. Results ......"

"They can also be accused of great disrespect." Jin Miaomiao sighed, "These ministers are chasing and beating King Tong, and I feel that what King Tong does is wrong, and even his breathing is wrong. ”

"Yes, Kirioh thinks so too." Song Qiyun knocked on the table, pointed to the memoir and said, "Although they know that these people are intentional, and they want to deal with these people, they can't stop them from looking for trouble every day." Although Emperor Chongde did not blatantly stand up for King Tong, he also punished several particularly happy ministers with side knocks, of course, for other crimes. For those old guys who like to figure out the emperor's thoughts, it is not difficult to guess the true thoughts of Emperor Chongde, but they still go their own way and don't know how to converge at all. Therefore, these two people feel very tired, and they don't want to clean up this gang of people, but if they really want to do that, their fire will be scattered, but there will be no one to do for them in the future. Therefore, the two of them can only comfort each other, and then regroup and continue to deal with those old guys. ”

"Everyone has their own difficulties, and it's not easy."

"Not really!" Song Qiyun nodded, "It was in such a desperate situation that King Tong's family came to the door." ”