"Queen Mother, the Imperial Doctor said that you can't be angry anymore, please take care of the Holy Body!"

Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu knelt beside the couch, looking distressed, and tears could be faintly seen in his eyes.

In a sense, Zhu Qiyu's nervous and worried look is not a complete fraud.

When he was the king of Yu, Empress Dowager Sun treated Zhu Qiyu very well, and even delayed leaving Beijing to become a vassal. Even when discussing the new monarch's accession to the throne, it was Empress Dowager Sun who finally made a compromise, and there was a scene of the subsequent enthronement of the Ninety-Five Supreme.

It can only be said that once the imperial power is in control, no one is willing to give it up, even between father and son, let alone brothers and mothers?

The former family care, along with the current struggle for imperial power, has begun to gradually disappear.

"Take care of the Eucharist?"

"Emperor, why is the mourning family so angry, don't you know the reason in your heart?"

"Now the mourning family just wants to ask you, how many benefits did Shen Yichen promise, so that he was willing to rebel at the court meeting and prevent the emperor from returning to Beijing?"

Normal people's logical thinking would not believe that Shen Yichen was trying his best to prevent Zhu Qizhen from coming back, just for the dignity of Daming. Mu Yong undoubtedly can drive him to do this, only greater interests or bigger people standing behind him.

With Shen Yichen's status and power today, the main messenger behind him is almost ready to come out, except for Emperor Zhu Qiyu, there is no second choice!

At the court meeting, Empress Dowager Sun couldn't bear to ask this question. Now that he is in Cining Palace, he and Zhu Qiyu are the "mother and son", so they simply open the skylight and say something.

Faced with Empress Dowager Sun's question, Zhu Qiyu's forehead was covered with dense beads of sweat in an instant.

He did discuss with Shen Yichen, wanting him to lead the opposition at the court meeting and prevent the imperial brother from returning to Beijing to seize power. But the problem is that at the last moment, Zhu Qiyu was never able to let go of his brotherly affection and chose to give up.

As a result, who would have thought that Shen Yichen would still be so tough at the court meeting, even if he contradicted the Queen Mother, he would not hesitate to stand up and oppose it.

At this time, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu couldn't say anything, obviously he didn't instigate it, but he couldn't justify it.

Looking at Zhu Qiyu silently, the Empress Dowager Sun even decided that it was he who instructed Shen Yichen to prevent the Emperor from returning to Beijing.

So with red eyes, he wiped his tears and said: "Emperor, even if you don't recognize me as a concubine, but the Emperor is also your sibling no matter what he says, the only blood connection in the world, can you really bear to watch him suffer in Mobei?" ”

"No, Erchen never thought of it that way."

Zhu Qiyu muttered back, his expression full of pain.

He has not received an imperial education, let alone the iron heart of the emperor he has cultivated since he was a child, just like a rich man who suddenly ascended to the throne, many things are completely beyond Zhu Qiyu's control.

Seeing that Zhu Qiyu was a little moved, Empress Dowager Sun grabbed his arm and continued to persuade with tears in her eyes: "Emperor, the mourning family understands your difficulties, even if the emperor returns, he will not covet the throne." ”

"Just beg you as a mourner, give your royal brother a way to live."

Hearing Empress Dowager Sun say such heart-wrenching words, Zhu Qiyu couldn't hold back any longer, so he could only crawl on the ground and weep bitterly and replied: "Queen Mother, the sons and daughters have no intention of hurting the imperial brother, and they plan to pass on the throne to the crown prince Zhu Jianshen after a hundred years. ”

"Erchen promised you, this will make peace with the Tartars and welcome the imperial brother back to Beijing!"

Having said that, in fact, Zhu Qiyu has no choice, if he doesn't agree, he will be disloyal and unfilial, and the crisis on the throne may be more serious than letting Zhu Qizhen return from Mobei.

"Okay, I can see that your brothers are in harmony, and the mourning family can be blinded even if they die."

"Do not say this, the Queen Mother, for you will have good communion and a long life."

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly relieved, if it weren't for this battle for the throne, there would indeed be some mother-son affection between the two.

"Emperor, in addition to the matter of the emperor, the mourning family also has a reluctant request."

The queen mother said.

"Shen Yichen is a thief of the country, you must not be a cronie, you must take this opportunity to uproot his foundation, otherwise it will become a disaster for me in the future!"

Suddenly hearing that Empress Dowager Sun pointed the finger at Shen Yichen, and the words were so serious, Zhu Qiyu looked a little shocked.

"Queen Mother, Shen Yichen is for the country and the people, this siege of Beijing and the crisis in Liaodong can be called a powerful effort to turn the tide, how can he become a thief of the country?"

Listening to Zhu Qiyu's defense, Sun only replied with a sneer: "Emperor, Duke Zhou is afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang is humble and has not usurped the time. ”

"Shen Yichen did not call the army to go to Beijing at the beginning, and now he is even blocking the Emperor Taishang from returning to Beijing in public, do you think this person will really be loyal to the emperor?"

"He can betray the Emperor today, and he may not be able to rebel against you in the future, and people who are born to rebel cannot be trusted!"

Empress Dowager Sun's words happened to speak of the mustard in Zhu Qiyu's heart, and even Shen Yichen himself had long expected that such a day would happen. For the emperor, if one of your courtiers has a history of betrayal, then loyalty will inevitably be marked with a big question mark.

Who really dares to completely trust a "second minister"?

But Zhu Qiyu has one good thing, that is, his mind is better than most emperors, even if he is suspicious and jealous of Shen Yichen, he is unwilling to convict his courtiers of betrayal with "unwarranted" speculation.

"Queen Mother, Shen Qing is not what you think, there must be a misunderstanding in it, and Erchen believes that he will become a capable minister who rules the world."

"You believe him? Then the mourner will tell you one more thing! ”

After that, Empress Dowager Sun dismissed the palace maids and eunuchs serving in the house, leaving only a few henchmen.

Then he spoke: "Emperor, do you remember the death of King Lu?" ”

"Erchen remembers."

King Lu committed suicide on the way to Beijing, but it caused an uproar in the clan, and no matter how Zhu Qizuo didn't ask about the government during his tenure as King Yu, it was impossible not to know about this matter.

"When Wang Zhen was alive, he once told the mourning family that the death of King Lu had something to do with Shen Yichen, and the mourning family didn't believe it at that time, but now it seems that this son really has the courage!"

What?

Hearing Empress Dowager Sun say this, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu stayed directly in place, completely unable to believe it.

After all, Shen Yichen's behavior is a little out of line, and his personality is a little flamboyant, all of which are within the scope of young people's vigor and tolerance. In exchange for other sons of the family, to achieve Shen Yichen's achievements, I am afraid that it will be even more unbeatable than him.

But the murder of Prince Daming, this kind of thing is really a bit appalling, Zhu Qiyu can't believe that Shen Yichen will have the courage to do so no matter what.

"Queen Mother, Wang Zhen and Shen Yichen are not in harmony with the world, and the two times they were forced to leave the town are related to him, and this matter should not be trusted."

"But King Lu also wrote a letter to plead with the mourning family, how could he commit suicide on the way to Beijing?"

"As an emperor, many things would rather be believed than not, since this son has bad intentions, he will definitely be severely punished."

"Even if this matter is a false accusation, it can give Shen Yichen a deterrent and warning, so that he can dispel some dangerous thoughts, and the combination of grace and power is the king's way of the king!"

That's right, in many cases, even if a king favors a certain courtier, he can't blindly rely on connivance, and must knock it from time to time to let the other party understand who is the ruler of the world.

After all, Empress Dowager Sun watched Zhu Qiyu grow up, and knew that he was more than kind and not majestic. simply use Shen Yichen's matter to let him know what to do to be a qualified emperor.

Zhu Qiyu's face was embarrassed, he didn't understand the reason, but he couldn't do anything unnecessary.

"Since the emperor can't bear to do it, then in the name of the mourning family, he put Shen Yichen into the edict for interrogation."

"If there is one, one will be asked, and if there is none, one will be encouraged!"

It is not uncommon for the ministers of the Ming Dynasty to be imprisoned, until the beginning of the orthodox dynasty, including the current official department of Shangshu, at least half of them have been imprisoned and questioned, and Wang Zhen has reached its peak in order to beat disobedient civil officials during his reign.

Sending Shen Yichen to prison now is nothing more than following the traditions of the orthodox dynasty.

"The queen mother, the son-in-law ......"

Zhu Qiyu still wanted to defend himself, but Empress Dowager Sun would not give him a chance at the moment, and directly ordered Jin Ying, the master of ceremonies, to the side: "Pass on the will of the mourning family, order Jinyiwei to arrest Shen Yichen and put him in prison, thoroughly investigate the matter of plotting rebellion, and see if there is any ambition to be disobedient." ”

Hearing that Empress Dowager Sun wanted to use the power of approving red, Jin Ying subconsciously looked at Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu on the side.

At the beginning of the Jingshi Guard War, the Emperor Taishang had not returned from the Northern Hunt, and the new monarch had not yet ascended the throne, so the Empress Dowager's decree could naturally be used as a holy decree.

Now that the emperor is here, and he is still issuing it in the name of the queen mother, it is really a bit unreasonable. After all, in legal theory, Empress Dowager Sun is not like the Empress Dowager Zhang at the beginning, who clearly lowered the curtain and listened to the government to take charge of the imperial power.

Facing Jin Ying's gaze, Zhu Qiyu nodded helplessly, he didn't want to impose difficult things on a eunuch.

Empress Dowager Sun has already fallen ill in bed, if she is tough against it, there are three long and two short under the anger, not only Shen Yichen's guilt can't run, but even herself, the emperor, can't be left alone.

"Yes, Queen Mother."

Jin Ying bowed down to receive the order, and then slowly withdrew from the Cining Palace and went to the celebrant to draft the decree.

On the other side, Shen Yichen returned to the mansion, Zhu Yong is now no longer the Duke of Daming, and several sons are already on the right track, the depression brought by the Lin family and Zhu Ji has gradually disappeared, just like an ordinary old man, he is holding a kettle and watering a few pots of flowers and plants in the courtyard.

"Grandpa."

Shen Yichen saluted Zhu Yong according to custom.

"At today's court meeting, what kind of reward did you get for your merits?"

Zhu Yong asked casually, according to Shen Yichen's merits in the defense of the Beijing Division, entering the pavilion to pay respects to the prime minister should be in front of him.

"Your Majesty ordered me to join the cabinet to participate in the aircraft service, but the position of the squire of the military department was changed to a higher rank."

"Title?"

Hearing Shen Yichen's answer, Zhu Yong put down the kettle in his hand and asked formally: "Why is this happening, did you say anything at the court meeting?" ”

You must know that before the Great Dynasty Meeting, Shen Yichen had already met Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, and in a sense, the two sides negotiated a reward, that is, to enter the cabinet as a squire of the military department with real power to participate in the aircraft service.

As the saying goes, there is no joke, and Zhu Qiyu's throne is unstable, so it is impossible to choose to go back on his word at this time.

Even if he didn't care about offending Shen Yichen, Zhu Yong didn't believe Zhu Qiyu and would not consider the Chengguo Mansion and the Xunqi Group behind him.

"I oppose the Emperor Taishang's return to Beijing, so the Queen Mother is afraid and wants to strip me of the military power."

Shen Yichen told the truth that no matter how uneducated the woman in the deep palace is, it is impossible to see her as an ordinary woman in the market, not to mention that the other party is the Queen Mother of the Ming Dynasty, who once relied on palace fighting methods to bring down the ruthless role of the main palace.

In the final analysis, the military power in his hands threatened Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong, and it also made the group of ministers in the court who wanted to support the restoration jealous. No matter what you say or do at the court, the final result will definitely try to restrict, and when the other party wants to take the initiative to find fault, the threshold of the Fengtian Hall with the left foot first can become a reason.

"It doesn't matter, the Queen Mother can deprive you of the right to soldier, but she can't deprive you of the right to soldier, let alone the right to deprive the Chengguo Mansion of a line!"

Zhu Yong replied surging and didn't care.

Now that he and Shen Yichen have put down the mustard, a lot of information has been exchanged, and they are no longer hiding and guarding each other as before.

Shen Yichen went out of Shandong and Fujian, and he has been loyal to the soldiers of the two guards, especially Fujian has inserted former rebel soldiers and horses into it, they only know Shen Yichen, but they don't know the imperial court.

Relying on the defense battle of the Beijing Division, Shen Yichen won the respect of the Beijing Battalion Followers in the Pro-Expeditionary Army, if it wasn't for his resolute rush to Tumu Fort to help, how many of these people would have escaped back to the Beijing Division alive?

Finally, Liaodong, the general soldier Cao Yi's abandonment and flight of the city made his prestige fall to the bottom, and at the same time, the command of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division was chased and killed by the Tatar Department. The vacancy of the former power class gave the newcomer the opportunity to take the position, and Li Da and other childhood partners were fighting bloodily, living and dying with the officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army, and they had already won enough prestige.

Shen Yichen rushed to the aid of Liaodong to fight, which was equivalent to the last kick in the door, so that he and Li Da and others were completely unshakable in Liaodong.

Not counting the influence of Chengguo Gong in the border army, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in these four places alone, and many things are not something that you can dissipate by stripping off a title.

Shen Yichen is still young, and he has a lot of things to do after entering the cabinet, how long can Empress Dowager Sun stop it?

The truth of the slow picture, no one understands it better than a veteran like Cheng Guogong, who has been up and down in the official sea for a lifetime.

"But if I can't stop the Emperor Taishang from returning to Beijing, this matter will be variable."

After all, Empress Dowager Sun is a female generation, relying on filial piety and righteousness and the identity of the queen mother, it is okay to occasionally interfere in the government affairs, it is impossible to completely rule the court, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will not really tolerate Si Chen.

But when Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen returns, the situation will be very different, and the ministers who are loyal to and supported in the DPRK and China will be equivalent to having a backbone, instead of fighting separately as they are now.

"The old man is deeply favored by the Emperor Taishang, and this matter can only be done by yourself."

Zhu Yong looked at Shen Yichen, said such a sentence, and then turned around and walked towards the house. However, when he walked in front of a bonsai plant, he suddenly reached out and broke a branch, and everything was silent.

Shen Yichen understood what Zhu Yong wanted to express, in a sense, he was already thinking about the feasibility of this matter in his mind on the way home.

It seems that it will still come to this point after all.