For more than 100 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a queen mother who has listened to the government, although it has been nearly half a decade since the death of the first emperor, and Jiang Yuyan is not the first time to go to the court, but the courtiers are still not very adaptable, and even most of them feel strange.

Without him, first of all, this queen mother is younger than all of them, and she can even be her own granddaughter; Secondly, the young age of the new emperor is really unprecedented in a thousand years in China, counting forward, the youngest is still Liu Long, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, although he is the same as the current new emperor. He was still an infant when he ascended the throne, but Liu Long had been born for nearly 100 days at that time.

The new emperor Zhu Zaiyuan is less than half. Not to mention that the emperor will not be able to go to court for a few years, what worries the ministers the most is that most of the young lords in history died early.

Among them, there are still a few who died of natural diseases, and most of them died in coups d'état or persecution due to the control of others.

Thinking of the children of the Western Han Dynasty and Emperor Xiaoming of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the princes of the court only felt that their heads were as big as a fight.

This child, Liu Ying was the crown prince of the Western Han Dynasty, but he only survived as the prince for three years under Wang Mang, the false emperor, and was imprisoned at the age of four.

When Liu Ying grew up, the six animals didn't know anything, and he couldn't speak clearly, so he was raised to be a fool.

In the end, he was killed by the rebels, and he was only 21 years old when he died, and he did not know the burial place.

Emperor Xiaoming of the Northern Wei Dynasty Yuan Xu was also a poor man, he succeeded to the throne when he was young, and the powerful minister Yuan Cha and his biological mother Hu successively abused power and disorderly government, resulting in an uprising in the north and a declining country. In the first year of Wutai (528), Yuan Xu was dissatisfied with the autocratic power of Empress Dowager Hu, and secretly ordered the warlord of Jinyang, Er Zhurong, to enter King Qin. But the secret edict was leaked, Hu was furious after reading it, Yuan Xu was poisoned by it, at the age of nineteen, he was called Emperor Xiaoming, the temple was called Suzong, and he was buried in Dingling.

This routine was later learned by the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, and was used to poison Guangxu, the "Lord of Zhongxing" of the Qing Dynasty, and the ridiculous thing is that various historical materials say that the Guangxu Emperor was seriously ill before his death, and he continued to use drugs with toxic side effects, coupled with a long period of depression, which led to Guangxu's physical and mental collapse and death, which had nothing to do with Cixi.

It wasn't until a hundred years later that archaeologists examined the truth of history from a hair on Guangxu's corpse, and found a large amount of arsenide in the hair, that is, arsenic.

As long as you think of these consequences, you will feel a faint pain in your head.

But that's not the most important thing right now.

"The minister has the right to play." A middle-aged man dressed in a scarlet official uniform, wearing a honeysuckle belt, dressed as a three-grade person, with a slight mustache and a long beard, and a rather thoughtful appearance, came out of the ranks.

Jiang Yuyan, who was sitting behind the curtain, had excellent eyesight, and seeing that this person had a good appearance and temperament, she felt quite good in her heart.

Yang Jinshui said to Jiang Yuyan with a very good eye: "Niangniang, this is Qian Qianyi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Jiang Yuyan nodded, Yang Jinshui straightened up, and said with a full of anger: "Speak~"

Jiang Yuyan reacted suddenly, Qian Qianyi? That Liu Ruyi's husband? The water is too cold? Itchy scalp? It's only 1520, right? Right? Her deliberately dignified posture almost couldn't be maintained.

But thinking about the dead Nurhachi, and Huang Taiji, who has not been in power for a long time (no mistake, transliteration, I don't want to use Tai Chi for him), Jiang Yuyan feels that she can understand again.

Who knows what's going on in this world? There are Huang Taiji and Qian Qianyi, and there should be a large number of people in the late Ming Dynasty, right?

"Chen Qian Qianyi suggested, demolish the leopard house!" Qian Qianyi's eyes are firm, he used to be small and transparent in the court, and he wants to make a name for himself! Jiang Yuyanfeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and she glanced out at the silent court princes, and subconsciously felt unusual, while paying attention to the movements of the hundred officials below.

"The first emperor dragon is nearly half of the day, and the emperor and his mother have moved into the Forbidden City again, and the leopard room is vacant, and it is useless to leave it, so it is better to demolish it." Qian Qianyi added.

This time, he stood up to speak, not because he was alone, but on behalf of many colleagues.

Since Yang Tinghe's rebellion, the civil official group has collapsed, Mao Ji is useless, and the eunuchs have become more and more wanton under the leaderless dragons, and it is time to put an end to this situation!

Jiang Yuyan is a novice in the end, and she doesn't know what Qian Qianyi wants to do, but it is right to refuse first, so she said lightly: "The leopard house is just a separate garden for the emperor, and it cost a lot of money when it was built, so it is a pity to demolish it, so it is better to leave it in place." ”

As soon as the words fell, another middle-aged civil official jumped out and said loudly: "The leopard room is really a place where the emperor raised fierce beasts in captivity to hunt for curiosities, and also accepted women from all over the world, and the reputation of the people has long been stinky!" For the sake of my reputation of the Ming Dynasty, it should be dismantled quickly! ”

This person's words almost pointed to Zhengde's coffin board and scolded, didn't he just want to say that the leopard room is a zoo and a place for pampering women?

Not the Forbidden City? Jiang Yuyan felt inexplicable.

"This is the right capital Yushi Yu." Yang Jinshui whispered.

Yu Ji is a second-class member, and his speech soon brought out a large number of civil officials to echo him, and the Wuxun Group has nothing to do with himself, and his eyes, nose, nose and heart are all settled.

But Qian Qianyi was a little puzzled, he didn't ask Yu to admonish? said that he would lead the way, what happened to this Yu Ji jumping out?

Jiang Yuyan probably understood what these people thought, it was nothing more than wanting to make a name for herself and enhance her prestige in the court by denying Zhu Houzhao.

She was a little displeased, and said: "The leopard house is a royal garden, it covers a lot of land, there are many palace people, and it is rashly demolished, how can these palace people be placed?" This matter will be discussed later. ”

Everyone still wanted to fight for it, but when they saw Qian Qianyi coughing lightly again, he made a posture of wanting to speak, so he had to retreat temporarily.

Qian Qianyi had already prepared, and if one move didn't work, he would have a backhand, and he said: "The Empress Dowager Qi, the minister still has this Qilu." ”

Jiang Yuyan didn't stop it, and motioned for it to continue.

Qian Qianyi had a subtle smile on his face: "The first emperor issued an edict in the fourteenth year of Zhengde, and the then Emperor Shouren of the Imperial History of the Imperial Governor had quelled the rebellion of King Ning at the end of July, but he concealed his military exploits and personally conquered in August.

It can be seen that before, hundreds of officials paraded and knelt at the door for advice, but most of them were beaten and demoted, changed to the people, and filled the army.

There are also those who were killed by the court rod, and those who were killed by the army, should also be posthumously presented with an oracle sacrifice [Note 1], if such a move, the court is not far away. ”

As soon as these words came out, the court instantly discussed, many people echoed their words, and some people who remembered the situation of the day choked up and raised their sleeves to wipe their tears.

"What Gong Qian said is very true!"

"Da Ming really shouldn't be guilty of his words!"

Jiang Yuyan's face was gloomy and uncertain, and Yang Jinshui, who was newly serving, felt frightened. He can feel the aggressiveness of Qian Qianyi and others, and the officials are so eager and so angry, this is to understand that they want to fight for power and bully the queen mother, their orphans and widows.

What made Jiang Yuyan feel a little relieved was that the three ministers, Mao Ji, Wang Qiong and Yang Yiqing, did not speak.

Zhu Houzhao completely fell out with the civilian officials for the sake of military power, and originally planned to capture King Ning alive, maintain the stability of the clan, and establish prestige in the army, but unfortunately, King Ning failed to resist Wang Shouren.

The civil officials are not happy with the emperor's personal recruitment, their plan is to be like Yu Qian, holding the military power, saying that the emperor only needs to stay in the palace and sit and watch the courtiers govern this great river and mountain, why bother so much.

If Jiang Yuyan hadn't heard Zhu Houzhao talk about it, she would really think that the person who had been kneeling at the door for 14 years of Zhengde had Qian Qianyi so innocent and pitiful.

It's not that the emperor is lucky, just a certain emperor of the Qing Dynasty went down to the south of the Yangtze River several times, so did anyone dare to squeak in the Manchu Dynasty?

Why did in the Ming Dynasty come up with such things as "kneeling at the door to advise" and "counting people with a cane"?

Jiang Yuyan selfishly summarized several reasons:

First, King Ning and the courtiers colluded, the emperor personally conquered, King Ning will be defeated, in order to help King Ning relieve the siege, some of the courtiers in tandem to advise, even if they are degraded because of this, as long as King Ning's rebellion is successful, they can be ordinary in an instant, and even promoted. The wishful thinking was crackling, but they didn't expect that King Ning's rebellion would not last long at all, and all the business would be in vain;

Second, the Ming Dynasty did not engage in the Manchu Dynasty's Daxing Literary Prison, and the scholars and scholars still used the old Song Dynasty's idea of "the Son of Heaven and the scholars rule the world together". Behavior is the style of the old Song Wenchen, no matter what position he is, he can advise the emperor, but in fact, his work is not necessarily very good, but the mouth cannon and keyboard warrior are very good.

Multiply, under the above line of thought, the people who follow the crowd to Zhu Houzhao's admonition, it is just a sale of fame, and more than 100 officials are implicated in the "kneeling door" incident, and some people are just using the luck psychology of "the law does not blame the public", and even feel that as long as there are enough people, the emperor will be forced by the general trend to bow his head, and dare not do anything to them;

The emperor bowed his head, and their exhortations became famous; It doesn't matter if the emperor doesn't bow his head, whether it's a court staff or a derogatory, as long as he is added to his body, he has his own colleagues to help him become famous, and it is only a matter of time before the fame spreads, and then, after the limelight has passed, I am afraid that there will be no official to do? Neither consequence is lost. This is almost the default unspoken rule of all literati, and with it, these people can be unscrupulous.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao did not compromise, he regarded the so-called "kneeling door" of the ministers as a provocation and coercion, and in a fit of rage, he beat 107 people with a staff outside the noon gate, and most of them were 30, 40, and 50.

The civil officials were weak, and many people were killed on the spot, including Liu Xiao, the director of the Criminal Department, Liu Jue, Zhaoma, He Zun, the director of the Ministry of Engineering, and Lu Zhen, a member of the Military Department, among them, and a few who had not been infected by the follow-up trauma, and it is estimated that they never thought that they would really die because of this.

Jiang Yuyan didn't sympathize at all, she even thought that these people didn't know how to regret it when they arrived in the underworld.

The hundred officials should have performed their duties, but they learned to jump up and down in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, barking wildly, admonishing one by one with death, and those who could not kneel for a long time were clearly looking for death!

Zhu Houzhao can still save most people's lives, if she Jiang Yuyan is in her position, she would have slapped these people to death with one palm!

Is there still a shortage of scholars in the Ming Dynasty?

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[Note 1]: Adapted from the edict of ascending to the pole drafted by Yang Tinghe, one of the articles: "In the fourteenth year of Zhengde, civil and military officials, etc., were removed from the people for the army because of the parade, kneeling and scolding, and the demotion, the ministry played a repetition and was promoted as appropriate." Those who were beaten to the dead were posthumously offered sacrifices, and still in prison to study. Those who have died in the army will be posthumously presented as a whole, and their relatives will be restored."