347 From the Dragon (2-in-1)
"Empress Dowager Qi, King Yu, after experiencing the change of Tumu Fort, the head of the tile spur thief has also increased his strength greatly, and now he has more than 200,000 soldiers, and he is known as a million people who control the strings."
The Datong Governor Xining Marquis Song Ying Yu Yanghe was defeated, so that the Datong border army of 40,000 elites were lost, coupled with the follow-up Mongol Tatars swept the Fengsui border fort, the current Datong military town is only a lonely city. The number of soldiers and horses has also dropped sharply from more than 60,000 at its peak to less than 10,000 at present. ”
"If Datong changes, the Jingshi will open the door, and the northern border of the Ming Dynasty will be trampled by the Mongolian iron cavalry. I also hope that the Queen Mother and King Yu will focus on the family and the country, and the lives of the people, and do extraordinary things at extraordinary times! ”
Shen Yichen's words of indignant speech echoed in the vast hall of the body, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, making the faces of everyone present change instantly.
What is called not amazing and endless, Shen Yichen is now!
It is impossible to be a political idiot who can be in the palace of self-esteem, even a woman like Empress Dowager Sun has seen various power struggles for decades. Although Shen Yichen did not say what he wanted to do, everyone present understood what he wanted to express.
That is to set up a new monarch and completely give up the great tomorrow son Zhu Qizhen!
"Rebels and thieves!"
Empress Dowager Sun, who originally planned to maintain dignity with Shen Yichen, heard the other party say the idea of setting up a new monarch, and immediately shouted angrily.
No matter how mediocre Zhu Qizhen is, no matter how bastard, and even betraying the country in order to survive, he is the Ming Emperor after all, the son of the Empress Dowager Sun.
Even if the royal family does not pay attention to family affection, in ancient times, it was a mother who relied on her son, and the Empress Dowager Sun was able to sit in the back seat today and listen to the government, relying on herself to give birth to Zhu Qizhen and become the emperor.
Abolishing Zhu Qizhen means that she, the queen mother, has no one to rely on, and under Shen Yichen's docile appearance, there is indeed a wolf ambition!
"Shen Yichen, the emperor treats you well, hand-picks you as the third yuan and the first, and then ensures that you have a prosperous official fortune all the way."
"Now you don't think about how to welcome the emperor back to Beijing, but your mind is full of abolishing things, how to be worthy of the emperor's Enlong holy scroll, you are really ungrateful!"
Shen Yichen wanted to abolish his son and set up a new monarch, and Empress Dowager Sun also scolded her completely regardless of decency. Indeed, in a sense, Shen Yichen is the descendant of Zhu Qizhen, and today's achievements are inseparable from the support of the emperor.
The ancients Yunshi died for his confidant, and his courtiers should die for the king, Shen Yichen enjoyed the emperor's favor but betrayed the emperor, he was really a villain!
In the face of Empress Dowager Sun's anger, Shen Yichen seemed very calm, from the very beginning he knew that Zhu Qizhen was not a Ming monarch. But people can be ruthless, and after getting along for a long time, they can feel the emperor's side as an ordinary person, just a young man who is similar to himself.
Even Shen Yichen once imagined whether he could change the ending of Tumubao, so that the history of Zhu Qizhen's treason and stealing his life and wantonly slaughtering loyal ministers would not happen again. An An is a stable and stable king, in exchange for the monarch and the minister to create a peaceful and prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty!
But as the saying goes, the nature of the country is easy to change and difficult to change, not to mention that the giant wheel of history rolling forward is so easy to change?
After all, Zhu Qizhen has become what he is in history, no longer the enterprising Ming monarch, but a coward who steals his life!
"Queen Mother, now that the court is turbulent and turbulent, do you really want to see your ancestors' foundation ruined?"
Shen Yichen replied indifferently, and then prostrate on the ground, showing a posture of loyalty and admonition.
"Nonsense!"
In a fit of rage, Empress Dowager Sun couldn't keep her mind sane at all.
"Not counting the 100,000 troops brought by you, a rebellious minister and thief, the Jingshi also has a steady stream of Qinwang troops from all over the country, and there is also the southern expeditionary army of Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji's division back to the dynasty!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be as stable as Mount Tai, and the emperor will also return south safely!"
After saying that, as if she wanted to find someone to confirm her words, Empress Dowager Sun looked at Yu Qian in the hall.
Now Yu Qian has been officially appointed as the secretary of the military department, controlling the soldiers and horses of all battalions inside and outside the court, and the real power is in his hands. As long as he doesn't stand on Shen Yichen's side and set up a new monarch, then he can keep Zhu Qizhen's throne stable, let alone be coerced by rebellious ministers and thieves!
But this time, Empress Dowager Sun's gaze did not get a response from Yu Qian, on the contrary, he stood in place with an extremely solemn face, as if he was making a very difficult decision.
Yu Qian also wants to set up a new king?
This thought popped up in her mind, Empress Dowager Sun's figure staggered, she couldn't believe that Yu Qian, who she had given a heavy responsibility, would choose to betray the emperor!
"Da Sima, do you have this idea too?"
Empress Dowager Sun opened her mouth and asked Yu Qian, her face full of disbelief.
looked at the shocked Queen Mother, looked at the nervous King Yun, and looked at Shen Yichen who was prostrate on the ground and begging for his life.
Yu Qian sighed and said, "Queen Mother, the society is important, and the monarch is light. ”
Hearing Yu Qian say this, Shen Yichen, who was prostrate on the ground, instantly felt a sour nose. This is the real literati style, Kuang Fu Sheji puts the people first, rather than becoming a royal servant and loyal dog!
"It's the other way around, you're all the other way around!"
Empress Dowager Sun only felt that her eyes were dark, and then she stumbled and almost didn't fall off the royal platform.
Seeing the appearance of the Empress Dowager Sun, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, couldn't sit still, and hurriedly got up and went over to support him: "Queen Mother, you still have to rely on you to support you inside and outside the court, and you must not be angry!" ”
"Queen Mother, no matter whether Datong Mansion has switched on or without the city, the Mongolian Iron Cavalry will definitely not delay any longer, and the Beijing Division will face the crisis of soldiers approaching the city."
"At that time, if the Tartars push His Majesty out, how will the defenders of the city deal with themselves?"
The crisis that Shen Yichen thought of, Yu Qian also thought of.
The border guards can still pretend to be stupid and stunned, refuse Zhu Qizhen's holy decree to open and close the city, and wait until the day when the Mongolian army attacks the Beijing division, and put the emperor Zhu Qizhen in front of the battle, will the court defenders fight or not?
In case Zhu Qizhen is really shameless and directly calls the Menjing Division, it will be a subversive blow to the confidence of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces and the defenders, making everyone panic and put themselves in danger!
There are no two days in the sky, no two kings in the earth, and no two masters in the family.
Only by completely abolishing Zhu Qizhen and setting up a new monarch can we ensure that the soldiers of the Beijing Division are united and cut off the worries of being held accountable afterwards.
The country cannot be without a king for a day, in fact, this idea has long been in Qian's mind, and now he can finally say it.
"Mourning home, mourning ......"
Empress Dowager Sun was furious, and tremblingly stretched out her finger to Yu Qian, wanting to reprimand or refute his words.
But she didn't know how to refute the other party.
At that time, the sentence of Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen "Don't hurt my uncle" made the imperial army that occupied an absolute advantage fearful, and finally succeeded in succeeding Ming Chengzu Zhu Di ascended the throne.
Now the dominant side is the Mongolian aliens, they launched the Ming Emperor to persuade him to surrender, I am afraid that the effect will be far worse than the sentence "don't hurt my uncle".
If Da Ming is dead, then Zhu Qizhen, the emperor, can't come back, what's the point?
"Queen Mother, please also focus on the country!"
Now that he has taken this step, Yu Qian will definitely not have any heart to retreat.
I saw that he was also prostrate on the ground, planning to die and persuade the Empress Dowager Sun to set up a new monarch.
After all, nominally, the Empress Dowager is in charge of the power to depose the emperor, and if she wants to successfully complete the replacement of the old and new kings, she must make the Empress Dowager Sun nod.
Otherwise, even if the palace is forced to let the new monarch succeed to the throne, it will still bury the hidden danger of civil strife in the palace in the future.
But at this time, a more shocking scene appeared, Shen Yichen, who was still prostrate on the ground before, stood up slowly without the permission of the Queen Mother or King Yu to get up, and then looked proudly at the Queen Mother Sun and King Yu on the royal platform.
"The queen mother, the ministers risk death to admonish, hoping to support King Yu as the new king!"
That's right, this is Shen Yichen's final plan to enter the palace, that is, to support Zhu Qiyu to the throne and obtain the merit of being a dragon!
You must know that Shen Yichen's label of Zhu Qizhen's lineage cannot be washed off under normal circumstances, even if the new monarch takes the throne in the future, it is impossible to regard himself as a confidant.
If you count the actions of not summoning the army to go to Beijing, as well as controlling the heavy army to resist the order and so on, let alone a confidant, I am afraid that it will be regarded as the number one big threat, and it must be eradicated if you find an opportunity.
If he wants to change this situation, Shen Yichen's only turnaround point lies in King Yu, and he also has to get the skill of Conglong in order to completely change his camp.
The biggest difference between King Yu and other emperors is that although he is extremely jealous of the dictatorship of powerful ministers, he can focus on the overall situation of the court, suppress the suspicion in his heart, and most of the time can give full trust to the powerful ministers.
It's like he was always worried that Yu Qian, who was in power, would rebel, but until he was seriously ill and dying, he didn't place charges to persecute the other party. On the contrary, after Zhu Qizhen Nangong was reinstated in the coup, he immediately avenged Yu Qian's revenge for setting up a new monarch.
Shen Yichen doesn't need King Yu to be a good monarch and minister with himself, he just needs to remember his dragon skills today, and then look at himself from the perspective of the righteousness of his family, country and world, it's enough!
Shen Yichen wants to support King Yu?
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Sun stared at Zhu Qiyu who was supporting her with wide eyes, and an amazing idea appeared in her mind.
Could it be that King Yu had already had private contact with Shen Yichen, and this was the only reason why he had traveled thousands of miles to help Jingshi. At the same time, it can also explain clearly why Shen Yichen can predict the prophet and learn that the emperor's personal expedition will fail.
Behind everything, is it all Shen Yichen colluding with King Yu?
Looking at the questioning eyes of the Empress Dowager Sun, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, was simply terrified in his heart at the moment, he had no thoughts about the throne from beginning to end, let alone uniting with foreign ministers to seek the throne.
Why did Shen Yichen suddenly establish himself as the new king, I Zhu Qiyu don't know......
In order to prove his innocence, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, what talent and virtue does this king have, dare to take this position?" ”
"Besides, the imperial brother still has children, how can he let the throne fall to a side branch?"
In the face of Zhu Qiyu's resignation, Shen Yichen said righteously: "When the national crisis is at the head of the young lord to succeed to the throne, how can you help the building to fall?" ”
"And King Yu is also the bloodline of the first emperor, how can it be counted as a side branch. The minister is worried about the country, not for personal reasons, but just to appease the sect and comfort people! ”
Zhu Jianshen is currently only a little more than a year old, and letting him succeed to the throne will inevitably have to be the regent of the country, there is no doubt that this person will most likely be the Empress Dowager Sun to listen to the government.
Based on the current impression of Empress Dowager Sun on herself, once she is completely in control of the court, then there will be endless troubles in the future.
In public and private, Shen Yichen can't let Zhu Jianshen succeed to the throne at this moment, even if he catches the duck on the shelf, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, must become the new king!
"The minister agrees with what Admiral Shen said, when the country is in danger, the young lord cannot take on the heavy responsibility of the society, and I hope that the king of the servant will be difficult and stabilize the hearts of the people in the world!"
Yu Qian didn't care so much at the moment, and directly stood up to agree with Shen Yichen's support. From the perspective of the country and the world, King Yu is currently the best candidate to tide over the difficulties, and there is no one.
In the face of the situation that the Mongol army is about to fall under the city, there can be no room for the slightest delay, and the new monarch must be succeeded to the throne as soon as possible, and Zhu Qizhen must be respected as the emperor.
Seeing Yu Qian and Shen Yichen, two ministers with heavy troops, coincidentally supporting their own succession to the throne, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, was full of shock, and suddenly had a trace of expectation in his heart.
As a royal family, no one does not yearn for the supreme throne, but due to various reasons, he can only bury those delusional ambitions deep in his heart, and dare not reveal anything, so as not to cause death.
Now that the throne is near, the slightest flame of ambition is infinitely magnified at this moment. Zhu Qiyu has realized at this moment that as long as he nods, he can become the most honorable emperor in the world!
"King Yu, do you want to take the throne?"
Feeling the change in Zhu Qiyu's demeanor beside her, Empress Dowager Sun also understood that in the other party's heart, she already had thoughts that should not be separated.
No matter how close the relationship is, whether or not they have the status of mother and son, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, is not the biological son of the Empress Dowager Sun after all. When he inherits the great treasure, the inheritance of the throne will be completely turned, and there will be no possibility of returning it in the future?
Mother-in-law, after all, is not as good as mother-in-law.
"Erchen ......"
Zhu Qiyu subconsciously wanted to explain, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't say them.
Looking at the Empress Dowager Sun who looked very surprised in front of her, Zhu Qiyu silently let go of her hand.
Since ancient times, kings have been lucky, and they are the most ruthless emperors.
Between the throne and family affection, Zhu Qiyu finally chose the former.
Looking at the let go of the hands, Empress Dowager Sun stood in place, she had realized that the situation was out of her control.
With the support of the two "powerful ministers" of the imperial court, the establishment of a new monarch will become a sure thing. Even if it is widely advertised, from the perspective of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, I am afraid that they do not want Zhu Qizhen to come to the Nine Gates of Beijing to persuade him to surrender as the emperor.
"Queen Mother, please also make a decree to establish King Yu as the emperor, and respect His Majesty as the emperor."
Shen Yichen struck while the iron was hot and urged, now that history has changed, he doesn't dare to ensure that King Yu will definitely succeed to the throne.
If it drags on, when the army of King Qin, the state capital, continues to arrive in Beijing, especially the Southern Expeditionary Army led by Wang Ji of Jingyuan Bo returns to the dynasty, then he will not have the absolute advantage he currently controls.
Since this is the case, it is necessary to set up a new monarch now, and the will of the Empress Dowager Sun is very important!
Hearing Shen Yichen's urging that could be called "forcing the palace", Empress Dowager Sun understood that the wood was already in the boat, and it was impossible for her to change the result of King Yu's succession.
Her eyes gradually changed from sluggish to clear, Empress Dowager Sun stood up straight, used her best strength to maintain the majesty of being the empress dowager of the dynasty, and said to Shen Yichen word by word: "Okay, the mourning family can make a decree to establish King Yu as the new king, but when King Yu succeeds to the throne, it is necessary to make Zhu Jianshen, the heir of the emperor, the crown prince!" ”
This is the final quid pro quo of Empress Dowager Sun, Zhu Qizhen's throne will definitely not be kept, so he must keep his son's future throne no matter what.
Compared with the titular son of King Yu, Zhu Jianshen is his own grandson and a family connected by blood!
Regarding this condition, Shen Yichen did not speak, and he was not qualified to interject, so he could only look at Zhu Qiyu, the king of the servants.
"The son is in danger, how can he covet the emperor's brother's throne, and after a hundred years, he should return the ancestral inheritance to the emperor's nephew!"
Zhu Qiyu agreed without the slightest hesitation, because at this time, he had not yet tasted the supreme power brought by the throne.
At the same time, Zhu Qiyu knew better that without the support of Empress Dowager Sun, then his position as emperor would not be stable.
After all, the emperor's brother Zhu Qizhen is still alive!
"Go out, the mourning family will give an edict."
When the dust settled, Empress Dowager Sun waved her hand to everyone, then turned her back, tears flowing uncontrollably.
She didn't want the king and the courtiers to see her weakness, and she hated her inability to keep her son's throne. The only thing that made Empress Dowager Sun feel relieved was that her grandson Zhu Jianshen would be made the crown prince, hoping that he would become a Ming monarch in the future and wash away the shame of his father.
"Sons and ministers retire."
King Yu and Shen Yichen withdrew from the palace, waiting for Empress Dowager Sun to calm down and issue a decree to pass on the throne.
But standing outside the hall and looking at the Forbidden City full of sunshine, the three of them were all worried in their hearts.
Compared with Shen Yichen and King Yu's complicated mood, Yu Qian is relatively much simpler, he is only worried about whether the process of power transfer is smooth, and whether King Yu can take on the big responsibility of guarding the capital and protecting the people!
After being silent for a long time, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, finally couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and asked Shen Yichen beside him: "Admiral Shen, you are deeply favored by the imperial brother, why did you choose to support this king as the new king?" ”
Is there any private collusion with Shen Yichen, others don't know, can King Yu himself not know?
The two of them can't fight at all, and even the first time they met, it was when Shen Yichen entered the palace alone, but the other party resolutely stood up as the new monarch in front of the queen mother with a disrespectful attitude.
Zhu Qiyu couldn't understand why, or maybe he wanted to know what Shen Yichen was going to get.
"Because at this moment, only King Yu can stabilize the hearts of the people of Jingshi."
"Is that all?"
Zhu Qiyu obviously didn't believe such a high-sounding reason, so he opened his mouth to ask.
But at this moment, a eunuch in the temple walked out, holding a bright yellow scroll in his hand.
There is no doubt that this is the decree of Zhu Qiyu, the king of Yu, as the emperor.
Daming will soon open a new chapter.