The bells in the Forbidden City echoed, and the entire Jingshi, everyone, understood that the emperor was in a big way.

Compared with the mourning in the palace, there are many differences in the Jingshi.

Some people beat their chests and stumbled, some people were indifferent and looked at this qiē indifferently, but some people were ecstatic, and in the capital alone, there were many places where firecrackers were lit.

At this time, the factory guards were also standing still, and no one dared to make a mistake.

After the death of Jiajing in history, there are indeed many people who set off firecrackers to celebrate, and now, it is still the case. Obviously, in the eyes of these people, they have a deep hatred for Jiajing, and they have already been washed and changed.

The sound of firecrackers outside the palace stinged the nerves of many people.

The Queen Mother, who woke up slowly, was deeply stung, she called Huang Jin, and said angrily: "Who violated the mourning system? Is it a rebellion? ”

Huang Jin was too frightened to make a sound.

The Queen Mother asked angrily: "What does Dongchang do for food, why don't you investigate it immediately?" ”

Huang Jindao: "The slave has already ordered someone to investigate." ”

"Do you still need to look it up? The factory guards should be dispatched immediately to deal with a few bold fanatics to set an example. ”

Huang Jin still didn't dare to speak.

The Queen Mother almost vomited blood, her son had just died, but there were bursts of firecrackers outside, as a mother, how could she stand it, he questioned again and again, and finally said murderously: "Why don't you speak?" ”

Huang Jin wanted to cry, kowtowed fiercely, and said: "It's not that the slave doesn't want to investigate, it's not that she doesn't want to do it, it's just that the relationship is important at this time, and the slave doesn't dare to act rashly, not to mention that at this very time, it is not appropriate to cause trouble, the slave and the maid are worried that once the factory guard investigates and handles it, it is very likely that more people will set off fireworks...... Fireworks ......"

What Huang Jin said was the latest chapter of the spring color of the real farm. Maybe the Queen Mother didn't quite understand. But the reality is like this, many people always think that the Ming Dynasty is a monolith, and everything will be fine when the monarch's destiny comes, but the reality is completely different, the emperor, in a sense, has already been smeared to the extreme, hypocrisy prevails, and almost all the national policies of the Ming Dynasty are wrong. It's all on the emperor, this kind of blame. On the one hand, the emperor himself is not competitive enough, and on the other hand, it is also the practice of civil officials to shirk their responsibilities.

It is the emperor's fault that the officials are not clear, and the political affairs are restless, and it is naturally the emperor's fault, that is, there is a natural disaster and earthquake. Naturally, it was also the emperor's fault.

Under this propaganda, so much so that decades later, some radical views emerged, the so-called no-monarchism.

But don't forget, the emperor is certainly not a good bird, but those ministers and civil officials who shirk their responsibilities are not much better, in a sense, the greatest motivation to maintain this society is still the emperor. Because after all, the world belongs to the emperor, and if the society is gone, it is also the emperor who bears the greatest responsibility, and they are facing the end of the death of the whole family.

It's just that for the ministers, it doesn't matter, they can rest assured that they are greedy for ink, if the society is gone, someone will naturally replace it, and any regime that replaces it needs their support, so the society changes hands, and the emperor suffers the most, but it may not be a good thing for the ministers. When the Manchus came, they were Manchu ministers, and even if there was no revolution, they changed the signboard of the yamen to the so-called national government, but they changed from governors to overseers and governors.

Huang Jin persuaded: "Niangniang, the top priority at the moment is the major event of His Royal Highness the King of Zhongshan ascending the throne, and other things can be postponed." ”

Only then did the Queen Mother wake up and hurriedly said, "Didn't Your Majesty already draw up an edict?" What else could be the problem? ”

Huang Jindao: "It stands to reason that although the edict has been drafted, the ministers still need to meet the Queen Mother. ”

The Queen Mother thought about it and knew where the crux of the problem was.

Now the Queen Mother has become the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother should be the biological mother of the future Son of Heaven, but now the King of Zhongshan has not ascended the throne, so Liu Guiren is only a concubine, who is the Queen Mother? Naturally, it was the original Empress Zhang.

The Queen Mother, or the Queen Mother, couldn't help sneering at this time, and said: "The queen is a person, I'm just afraid that she has other intentions, when you say this, the mourning family knows what you mean, are you afraid that she will blatantly support some ministers and lead wolves into the house?" ”

Huang Jin smiled bitterly: "According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the Son of Heaven is in a big way, the new monarch has not ascended the throne, and the Queen Mother is indeed full of words." ”

Wang said coldly: "You go and see, if you can catch the gap and talk to Xu Qian, tell Xu Qian, and you must not compromise as a last resort." ”

Huang Jin said: "The slave and maid will go now." ”

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The minister, who wore filial piety clothes and hats, had already followed the rules and went to the main palace under the guidance of the eunuchs.

Empress Zhang has become the queen mother, and she has been waiting in the palace for a long time at this time.

The ministers bowed down together and said, "Please mourn on the Mother's Day." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang cried: "Your Majesty, the mourning family is overwhelmed, but only orphans and widows are left in the palace, and Zhuqing are all old ministers left by the first emperor, and the life of the mourning family has to be maintained on Zhuqing." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang naturally knew that Jiajing had drafted an edict and could not change it, so she did not insist on this matter, but now, she has felt that the sky is dark, not for Jiajing's grief, most of the women in the palace have been refined out of the heart of iron and stone, for Empress Dowager Zhang, what she has to firmly grasp now is her own treatment and status, once Zhu Zaiji ascends the throne, Liu Guiren will be a mother and a son, and then she will be completely finished.

So she knew in her heart that she only had one last chance left, at least before Zhu Zaiji ascended the throne, she had to settle everything properly.

The ministers said one after another: "The ministers dare not do their best to read the full text of the calamity." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes wandered, observing everyone's attitude in secret, when she saw Xu Qian, she saw that Xu Qian was a little distracted, and her heart was slightly stunned, and then her eyes fell on Yang Tinghe, and saw that Yang Tinghe was as steady as a rock, not moving at all.

couldn't help but open the cherry blossom mouth, and said: "Yang Qing is the first auxiliary minister, the military and government of the world are maintained, and the mourning family dares to ask, now like today's big line, only we orphans and widows are left in the palace, and the young master is weak and weak, what should I do?" ”

Yang Tinghe said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, the old minister is overwhelmed with grief, and the mother has lost the Son of Heaven, and it is the same if you think about it." It's just that for now, we should focus on the overall situation and never hurt our bodies. His Majesty has an edict, and the king of Zhongshan is the emperor, but the king of Zhongshan is only one year old, and he is still in his infancy. In this way, it must lead to the fall of power, and the government affairs of the world will either fall into the hands of eunuchs or fall into the hands of powerful ministers like Yingzong, and the ministers are worried that once this happens, the world will be restless. ”

His words are quite reasonable, Emperor Yingzong ascended the throne at a young age, was young and ignorant, and was finally used by Wang Zhen, and finally caused the change of Tumubao, it can be said that the change of Tumubao has always been a thorn in the Ming Dynasty, such as a fish in the throat, therefore, many people in later generations have taken it as a negative model. Therefore, Yang Tinghe's words are unthinkable and reasonable.

Empress Dowager Zhang cried: "Then the mourning family wants to ask, what is the high opinion of Zhu Qing?" ”

The ministers looked at each other at first, and then someone cheered up, Empress Dowager Zhang was obviously inducing something, or maybe she hoped that someone would say something in her heart.

The people present, the old fox is the majority, of course, they can hear this extraneous sound, everyone can't help but cheer up, and finally their eyes fall on Yang Tinghe, Yang Tinghe Zhengse said: "In such a situation, naturally we must be careful, and we must not allow the slightest difference, and in the future, the political affairs of the world will either be entrusted to the eunuchs, or the foreign ministers will be entrusted ......."

Empress Dowager Zhang said: "If you entrust a foreign minister, can Yang Qing take on it?" ”

It is absolutely impossible to shelter eunuchs, at least morally it needs to be absolutely avoided, eunuchs are not a good thing, this is the consensus, both the new party and the old party, I am afraid that they all understand this.

Yang Tinghe only gave two choices, and in principle, it was also impeccable.

Now Empress Dowager Zhang's meaning is nothing more than wanting to rely on Yang Tinghe and introduce him as foreign aid.

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said, "The old minister is in his last years, but I'm afraid it is not enough to take on the big responsibility." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang said eagerly: "In this case, what can I do about it?" ”

Yang Tinghe said: "Instead of this, you might as well rely on the clan, the closest person to the Son of Heaven is the clan, which is connected by blood, and now the king of Zhongshan is weak, and he should lead the virtuous clan to act on behalf of the government." ”

Going around and around, it's still the same, but logically speaking, it's also impeccable.

Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't ask for it, after all, for her, she urgently needed to introduce someone to maintain the balance of power, only the balance of power could allow her to fight against Liu Guiren in the palace, she hurriedly agreed, and said: "It's just which clan is appropriate to enter Beijing?" ”

Yang Tinghe said: "King Yi of the world, His Majesty Xià was alive, he trusted him, when His Majesty was riddled with diseases, he expected that things were irreparable, so he ordered King Yi to enter Beijing, and now King Yi has arrived in Beijing, just to complete the last wish of Emperor Daxing." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang promised: "This is very good, the mourning family will draw up a decree and enter the palace of King Xuanyi." ”

"Mother, no." Xu Qian didn't speak, he didn't speak, not because he didn't care about himself, but because he wanted to see what kind of mystery this Empress Dowager Zhang wanted to play, now Empress Dowager Zhang and Yang Tinghe sang and harmonized, and their attitude was self-evident, but they were not polite at this time, and jumped out directly to oppose it.