Chapter 698: Sealing the King
Xu Qian's sudden move made everyone stunned.!
Here, Yang Tinghe is vigorously opposing the establishment of the crown prince, and Xu Qian over there didn't say anything, and directly came to His Royal Highness the crown prince Chitose.
Obviously, Zhu Zaiji in his infancy is busy sucking his fingers, and he has no time and leisure to take care of this kind of thing, but everyone knows that this matter has a great impact, and the prince is the future son of heaven, so the selection of the prince is of great significance, it can affect the rise and fall of the dynasty, and it can also affect the honor and disgrace of countless people.
Xu Qian's statement is undoubtedly a heart booster.
Because at this time, Xu Qian, in the minds of the ministers, has a lofty status, if at this time, Xu Qian clearly supports Zhu Zaiji, then it means that the future Zhu Zaiji is no longer just one of the candidates for the throne born from the absurd ideas of the emperor, but a powerful force with the support of the entire royal party and the entire Zhejiang, in addition, there are the top Ming newspapers in the Ming Dynasty, the household department and Ruyi Fang who control the financial resources of the Ming Dynasty, as well as a considerable part of the factory guards, and even in the palace, most of them include Huang Jin and others. Among the emperor's relatives, several relatives of the Queen Mother will also become strong supporters of Zhu Zaiji, as well as the Royal Academy and the New Army.
These new interest groups composed of individuals are no longer Wuxia Ameng, and Xu Qian expressed his position, which means that even if Zhu Zaiji does not have the support of the Son of Heaven, he definitely has enough strength to compete for the reserve.
The faces of many ministers changed dramatically.
Xu Qian's actions subverted their cognition, they looked at the resolute Emperor Jiajing, and then looked at Xu Qian, who bowed down to Zhu Zaiji, and many people suddenly realized that a battle to determine the future of the Son of Heaven seemed to have begun.
One side is the new powerful faction, while the other faction is an old tree with roots and the old so-called morality as a banner, and the two sides will inevitably clash over the selection of the prince.
At this time, many people hesitated.
Xu Qian's terrible, most people have already seen it, this person, Leng Zi can do everything, and then he has made great achievements this time, and the strong strength he showed last night, and he has to be re-weighed.
"Weichen Zhang Zilin, meet His Royal Highness the Prince." Zhang Zilin is not ambiguous, since Xu Qian has expressed his stance that Shiville is the same party, if he hesitates at this time, it will be indecent.
Xu Qian and Zhang Zilin bowed down to Zhu Zaiji, and said to Zhu Zaiji: "Wechen meets His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
Another group of people threw themselves to the ground.
In the entire dormitory, dozens of ministers knelt on the ground, but some people followed Xu Qian and bowed down, claiming to be the crown prince Chitose, and some asked His Majesty to think twice.
For the first time, the officials of the imperial court have completely broken with this so-called "major right and wrong" issue, and the old party must hold on to the so-called ancestral law if it wants to protect its own interests, and although the ancestral law is used most of the time, even if the shoes are shining, they still have to shout slogans loudly, and when it comes to interests, they can bypass the ancestral law, which is just a major issue of right and wrong, but they will never let it.
In fact, for Yang Tinghe, who is the Son of Heaven has little to do with him, and even Zhu Zaiji, the young master, is also good for him. But he also knew that he had to oppose it vigorously, because although he was the first assistant, in a sense, he was only a representative of the old forces, and the opposition of the interest group he represented, or the opposition of this class, would make him choose to oppose it.
However, as far as the royal party is concerned, they are originally a counter-current, and new interests are born, which leads these people to move against the so-called trend, and if they do not oppose the existing law, they will talk about a new policy.
In fact, there is no difference between this and the so-called political dispute and etiquette, but the competition of the crown prince is easier to realize their own interests, because everyone considers the continuity of the policy, if the royal party supports Zhu Zaiji, then the foundation of Zhu Zaiji is the royal party, the source of power, and also comes from the royal party, once he ascends the throne in the future, he must rely on the royal party to govern the world.
Now that the royal party is of course aware that this is an opportunity, they do not support it at this time, how long will it take?
Jiajing squinted, looked at the two groups of ministers who were fighting against the court, and said: "This matter, let's talk about it here, tomorrow I will order the prince Zhu Zaiji to live in the East Palace, Xu Qian will be the prince's young master, and Zhang Zilin will be the prince's young master......"
Yang Tinghe Zhengse said: "The minister does not dare to obey the edict. ”
At this point, it can only be hard topped, and many ministers are also angry and corrupt: "If Your Majesty makes a holy decree, the ministers will refute it, this matter must not be done, once the outline is often reversed, this is the way to take trouble, among the ancestral law, to grow up, there is a reason, and please ask Your Majesty to take back the order, if not, the micro-ministers, etc., have to resign." ”
These people sacrificed their own weapons of great destruction.
Resignation, it seems that a child is playing a temper, but behind it, there is a deeper reason, if the imperial court resigns on a large scale, even Yang > also asks for Zhishi, according to reason, Jiajing can't ask for it.
However, it must be understood that these people are by no means a person, but a group, even covering countless gentry and scholars, although the royal party has risen, but the basic plate is in Zhejiang, and quite a number of provinces, but still the old party's world, once these people are in office, it will make the old party no one in the court, no one, it is easy to cause turmoil in the world, once these traditional gentry and scholars and the court are separated from morality, it may not be a good thing.
What's more, there has been such a big event in the imperial court, which is enough to arouse suspicion, and at this time, a large number of ministers will break out, and people's hearts will definitely fluctuate.
Jiajing frowned, looking at these tense ministers, he smiled slightly, and said: "I do this as a precaution, since Yang Qing refuses to agree, then it doesn't matter, it might as well be so, the prince still lives in the new palace, but he does not crown the prince." ”
Give treatment, but don't give honorific titles, this is the meaning of and mud, it can be regarded as making some concessions to Yang Ting and these people, but, in essence, it gives the prince Zhu Zaiji some treatment that is in line with the prince.
Jiajing said lightly: "Another prince, Zhu Zaiji, is the king of Zhongshan." ”
Suddenly crowned the prince, this is already close to the status of the prince, and this Zhongshan King is quite greasy, the Zhongshan King is in the land of Yan Zhao, and before, there was a Yan King, Yan Wang is Emperor Wen, this must also be Jiajing's expectations.
Yang Tinghe and others were naturally dissatisfied, and they had to argue, but at this time, Jiajing said: "What I want to say is the second thing, Xu Qian has meritorious service in saving the driver, the so-called rewards and punishments are clear, I think about it again and again, although I and Xu Qing are not related by blood, but they are no different from brothers, I want to give him the surname of the country, and I want to give him the surname of the country, and I will be the king of the heaven-given county, and build a domain in Hangzhou, I don't know if it is possible." ”
suddenly threw out such a sentence, at this time, everyone was in no mood to think about what the prince was.
Give the surname of the country, the king of Jiajun, in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there are really few of them.
Now Jiajing suddenly threw out a county king, which was enough to make everyone stunned.
What's wrong with the Son of Heaven, is he crazy, the two things he said today, which one is extraordinary.
Non-King Zhu Bu, this is the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, that is, many heroes of the founding of the country and Jingnan, but they were posthumously crowned as kings after death, and they never became kings during their lifetime.
But now, he has been added as the king of the county.
Lose your marbles...... Lose your marbles......
Everyone suddenly felt that the shape shì was a little unable to catch up with the changes.
However, Yang Tinghe guessed something, and Jiajing's current attitude is a bit like Tuogu.
On the one hand, he set up the crown prince because he planned for what would happen after his death. On the other hand, Xu Qian is the king, perhaps for Xu Qian.
After Xu Qian bombarded the Forbidden City, it may be okay when Jiajing is still there, but what if Jiajing dies? No matter who it is in the future, I am afraid that I will be afraid of one or two.
The reason why everyone is afraid of you Xu Qian is not because of what kind of official you Xu Qian is or what title you hold, but because of your rights, you have the right to enter the Forbidden City, whether others are afraid of you, how can the emperors in the Forbidden City sleep?
And now, directly added as the king of the county, since he is the king of the county, in the future when Jiajing dies, he can directly let Xu Qian return to the town, and a nominal county king, although he can live freely, but naturally, he will stay away from the military and political center, so that the emperors of later generations will naturally have no need to be vigilant.
It's just that this is against the ancestral system, in a sense, Yang Tinghe also hopes that Xu Qian will be added as the county king, there are many county kings in the Ming Dynasty, but almost none of them make him jealous, why? Because once you are crowned king, sooner or later you will have to become a vassal, and after you become a vassal, you will have to fade out of the center of power, which is exactly what Yang Tinghe wants, but Yang Tinghe is reasonable, if he doesn't jump out to oppose it, he is afraid that he will be criticized, so he said lightly: "Lord Xu is already a very popular minister, why should His Majesty be rewarded, although he has great merit, but he can reward him with wealth, why should he be crowned king?" ”
Jiajing's attitude was even more resolute this time, and said: "I have made up my mind, you don't need to say much." ”
Speaking of which, in fact, the establishment of a prince is different from the title of king, the establishment of a prince is to issue an edict, and to announce it to the world, it must be approved by the ministers. But the king and the ministers really have nothing to do with it, because the procedure of the king is from the Zongling Mansion, even if it needs to be said by the Ministry of Rites, even if it bypasses the Ministry of Rites, it will not prevent it from becoming a fait accompli.
So once Jiajing made up his mind, no one had anything to say.
(To be continued)