"Your Majesty's last message: I can't do anything about my illness. He reached the queen mother with his intentions, and the world was serious, and he was tried and dealt with by the ministers. The past is all wrong, and it is not something that you can predict. ”

In the Qianqing Palace, the four cabinet ministers were all present.

Emperor Daxing had not yet been buried, and next to the place where the soul was stopped in the middle of the main hall, Yang Tinghe knelt on the ground with Liang Chu, Jiang Mian, and Mao Ji.

On the side, there are also the big eunuchs who can arrive at the moment among the internal officials, and there are many people.

After the two eunuchs who were beside him read Zhu Houzhao's edict when the emperor died, after everyone got up, the big eunuchs looked at each other, and only one of them took a step forward with a smiling face.

This person is Wei Bin, one of the Bingbi eunuchs who is now the celebrant eunuch.

"Elders, the Queen Mother is in the side hall. His Majesty ordered that the major affairs of the world be deliberated and disposed of by the Queen Mother and the cabinet ministers, and also asked the cabinet elders to move to the side hall. ”

Empress Xia, who was pale and guarded by the spirit of Emperor Zhengde, was pitiful, and could only bite her lip to watch them walk to the side.

Matters to be discussed included the choice of a new monarch regarding her fate, but this was not her part.

In the side hall, there is a curtain separating the inside and outside, and the person sitting faintly behind it is the Empress Dowager Zhang, the mother of Emperor Zhengde.

"Elder Yang Ge, you are here, sit down first."

"The Queen Mother's Day mourns." After Yang Ting saluted them, he got up and sat down, and first looked at the row of eunuchs standing opposite, especially the three people who were the leader.

These three people are all great eunuchs who are listed as the "Eight Tigers" in the early years of Zhengde.

Today, Gu Dayong serves as the "eunuch in charge" specially established by Emperor Zhengde.

As for Zhang Yong, after participating in the overthrow of Liu Jin at that time, he served as the master of ceremonies, and he also served as a messenger. Later, he became the eunuch of the imperial eunuch in charge of the seal in many internal and external disputes, but the important errand at the moment is the regimental battalion of the commander: in charge of the regimental training camp composed of the elite of the border army selected under the instruction of Emperor Zhengde.

Wei Bin only focused on the inner palace, but he was the master of ceremonies and had the most dealings with the ministers, so he came forward to invite the ministers to come over.

What Yang Ting and them were looking at was the "relic" that Emperor Zhengde had reused to confront the eunuchs against the ministers: a deformed group of eunuchs.

A voice came from behind the curtain: "Elder Yang Ge, in Qing's opinion, what should I do now?" ”

Yang Tinghe groaned.

There was no edict, only a last word.

There is no mention of the eunuch's participation in the next major events, and there is no mention of letting the Queen Mother listen to the government.

The emperor also set the tone himself, and he admitted that he had made a mistake in the previous political affairs.

Yang Tinghe spoke: "Back to the Queen Mother, the ministers and others have all missed the night to enter the palace, and the hearts of the people in the capital must have been floating." The former pro-army commanded Qian Ningtong to be imprisoned, and the pro-guard army was still in chaos; Admiral Jiang Bin trained the mighty regiment and left His Majesty in Tongzhou for more than 40 days, and his heart of rebellion must be guarded against. ”

As soon as the words came out, the hall was silent, and the turmoil seemed to be in front of him.

The pro-army commanded the twenty-six guards of the imperial city under the jurisdiction of the envoy, and the famous Jinyi Wei was only one of them. This pro-army commander has always been not under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, but under the personal command of the emperor.

The training camp of the mighty regiment is a new army in addition to the three major battalions of the armed forces of the capital armed forces, and they are all the elite of the border army selected and transferred to Beijing.

Needless to say, Qian Ning has been imprisoned, but Jiang Bin and Wei Bin are in-laws, and they are also very familiar with Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong, and they are all people who used to surround Emperor Zhengde, eunuchs and righteous sons.

Emperor Zhengde received more than 100 "righteous sons", and some even gave the surname Zhu and knighthood.

Now there is a rebellion of King Ning, and the two most powerful of these righteous sons have been brought up by Yang Tinghe in one breath.

But no one thinks this is a big fuss, after all, one was in charge of the 26 guards of the pro-army for Emperor Zhengde before, and the other was in charge of the newly trained Beijing camp.

Now that Zhu Houzhao has died, who knows what will happen?

"What the elder said is extremely true!" Wei Bin immediately opened his mouth to echo, not only to clear up the relationship, but also to the curtain with another purpose and said respectfully, "Please send down the holy decree of the Queen Mother, and the Pavilion Elder will make arrangements quickly." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Tinghe and the others suddenly changed their eyes, and after staring at Wei Bin, they looked at the figure behind the curtain.

What does it mean to give a holy decree?

Empress Dowager Zhang was silent behind the curtain.

The air pressure in the side hall suddenly decreased, and the eunuchs and palace maids who served outside but faintly heard only a few words were covered in cold sweat.

The invisible pressure is suffocating.

How can they, who often do things in the palace, not know the bloody storm that these words may represent?

It has always been the emperor who has always called the holy decree, and now the emperor is lying there!

"Queen Mother Mingjian!" Yang Tinghe had to speak, and even stood up, but the object of his speech was Wei Bin, "Father-in-law Wei, according to the ancestral teachings and the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if the Empress Dowager wants to change the name of the Holy Decree, I am afraid it is extremely inappropriate!" ”

The four ministers, who were originally not concentric, are now thinking about the same question: Is this the Empress Dowager instructing the celebrant to tempt, or is Wei Bin anxious to survive and selfishly persuade the Empress Dowager to listen to the government?

The possibility of being even more bold and reckless, the four ministers did not dare to forgive them.

At this time, I only heard Zhang Yong speak: "Now that there is such a big change, I remember that there was a decree of the Queen Mother in the previous generation. ”

Yang Tinghe shook his head resolutely: "The generations are different, and the law is even more different!" In the previous generation, there was a prime minister who was crowned king, and Tong Guan, a minister, was also crowned king. Has such a thing ever happened in my Daming? Queen Mother, you have assisted two generations of kings, and you can be called the female Yao Shun. Now that the heir is undecided, everything is done according to the will of Yi, which is perfect and praised by all generations! How dare my generation fail to achieve beauty and beauty, so as to ridicule future generations? ”

In just a few sentences, it is the characterization of the testament.

The old things of the prime minister and the eunuch were all raised, and Yang Tinghe made it clear that there could be no such situation in the Ming Dynasty!

Daming no longer has a prime minister, and he Yang Tinghe is considered a "prime minister".

He doesn't expect to have a higher position of power, the queen mother and the eunuchs, don't think about surpassing the "Emperor Ming Zuxun".

“…… What the Master has said is very true, and you must not speak falsely. Empress Dowager Zhang finally opened her mouth in silence.

The great eunuchs immediately knelt on their knees and confessed.

The second assistant Liang Chu watched the performance meaningfully.

The big drama started, and Yang Tinghe just proposed to cut off another arm attached to the monarchy, and the other force made a tentative move.

The Empress Dowager called Yang Tinghe the crown prince Taifu to remind him that Yang Tinghe was promoted by Emperor Xiaozong to Emperor Zhengde as a teacher, and was deeply favored by the monarchs of the two dynasties.

It's okay to stop her from listening to politics, but other things can't ignore her opinion.

Yang Tinghe didn't react to this, and continued: "It is imperative for the ministers to ask the Empress Dowager Yizhi to first take Gonggong Zhang to supervise the nine gates of the Jingshi, and the Marquis of Wuding, Dingbianbo, and Shangshu of the Military Department to select the battalions of horses and infantry officers and troops to defend everywhere, and ask Dongchang, Jinyi Wei to investigate the Yamen and the five cities to inspect the governors of the imperial history!" ”

Hit a stick and appease again: At this moment, the military power in the capital, the cabinet has no intention of interfering, and it is still led by Zhang Yong.

I only heard Yang Tinghe say again: "The training camp of the mighty regiment has almost become Jiang Bin's private army, and there have been frequent changes recently. The minister asked Yi Zhi to disband the training camp of the mighty regiment and send back the border town! You can Your Majesty announce Jiang Bin in the mountain mausoleum, Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, enter the palace to worship, and Zhang Gonggong admirals guard the nine gates of the Beijing Division. In addition......"

One by one, important suggestions related to the occasion of this succession to the throne were put forward by him, involving not only an individual, but also some policies and current conditions related to it.

“…… So be it. Empress Dowager Zhang nodded very casually, and then asked in a choked voice, "How should the edict be drafted?" Who should worship the temple? ”

In a few words, the fate of many important ministers has been decided.

Tonight, the capital is going to be bleeding.

And after Empress Dowager Zhang tried to think about her own possibilities, she didn't pay attention to these "little things" anymore.

All she cares about now is who the owner of the Forbidden City will be.

After all, she will live here for a long time after that, who will worship the god of filial piety and her after a hundred years?

I only heard Yang Tinghe slowly say his choice: "After the Daxing Emperor has not been, he should follow the text of the "Ancestral Teachings" "Brother to Brother and Brother and", and welcome the son of the king to the throne!" ”