Chapter Seventy-Five: The Kingdom Will Fall, and the Demon Will Rise (Part II)

Last time, I talked about urging the carpenter to Fang Congzhe's office and others, but I didn't know that this old man was competing with the emperor, and he almost shook out the criticism of the current situation.

At this moment, Li Kezhuo, the "Honglu Temple", offered the "red pill", saying that this medicine is miraculous and the curative effect is immediate. The "lustful addiction" Mingguangzong was more cautious at first, and when he tried one pill, he immediately had his spirit, so he repeatedly praised the donor as a "loyal minister". This is "self-inflicted iniquity—not living"!

Zhu Changluo thought to himself, since the interest came, it was better to hold on a little longer, maybe he could enjoy a moment of leisurely happiness, even if he died, it was worth it, after all, as the saying goes, "People die under flowers, and ghosts are also romantic!" That night, another pill was used, and the next morning, the chamberlain found that the emperor's hands and feet were cold and had returned to heaven.

According to the "Ming Shilu", this red pill is not mysterious, but is made of the girl's menstrual menarche and some tonic herbs, and it is also added by the "demon Tao" to some heavy metals such as lead and mercury, similar to "Wushi San", to put it bluntly, it is a royal aphrodisiac, which was produced in large quantities during the Jiajing period.

However, at this time, it is a big taboo to use it for people who are in the fire, especially those who are weak, and they are making up for the evil while putting out the fire, and the ice and fire are two heavens! This makes Zhu Changluo, who is already weak, how can he withstand such a toss, he will not be able to see it in just one night, after all, the biggest deflating of the human body is ejaculation.

The cabinet ministers headed by the "Donglin Party" all thought that this incident was too strange, and Cui Wensheng and Li Kezhuo certainly had ulterior motives and could not escape their involvement. Because of this scandal, someone even instructed the "Donglin Party" behind it to directly point the finger at the master of Cui and Li - Zheng Guifei.

In the early morning of August 29, Guangzong Zhu Changluo died at the age of 38. Although Emperor Guangzong died because of the "Red Pill Case", the fighting in the court did not stop, because it had a great deal to do with the soon-to-be-enthroned crown prince Zhu Youxiao, that is, Ming Xizong, which led to all forces in the court and China competing for him.

Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao's biological mother is Wang, in the Wanli Dynasty, is the crown prince Zhu Changluo's "selection of attendants", that is, the woman who sleeps with the emperor at night, the number is not three thousand but also five thousand, let alone status, only equivalent to a "senior palace maid", but later she was angry and gave birth to a son.

In the thirty-second year of Wanli (1604), Zhu Changluo's biological mother Wang was able to enter the position of "talented person", and finally improved her status a lot compared with ordinary palace maids, and she was able to admit that she was the emperor's "woman" in front of the world. Coincidentally, on the 14th day of the 11th lunar month in the 33rd year of Wanli (1605), Zhu Youxiao of Ming Xizong was successfully born.

However, in the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619), Zhu Youxiao's mother, Wang, died due to a palace battle. Remembering that the imperial grandson Zhu Youxiao was still a minor, Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor of Mingshenzong, asked the crown prince Zhu Changluo's "chosen servant" Li to raise Zhu Youxiao.

However, at that time, there were two "electors" surnamed Li, in order to distinguish them, they were called "East Li" and "West Li", and it was "West Li" who took care of Zhu Youxiao.

Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao because his father Taichang Emperor Mingguangzong Zhu Changluo could not get the favor of his grandfather Mingshenzong Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, therefore, Zhu Youxiao was also neglected since childhood, until the Wanli Emperor died before leaving a will, canonizing him as the "imperial grandson", laying the foundation for Zhu Youxiao to be the emperor in the future.

Although Zhu Youxiao's biological mother "Wang Cairen" was respected above "Li Xuanshi", she was favored by "Li Xuanzhi", so that she was humiliated by "Li Xuanzhi" and died. This planted a shadow in Zhu Youxiao's heart, so that he guarded against Xili everywhere.

After Emperor Guangzong Zhu Changluo ascended the throne, Zhu Youxiao and "Li Xuanshi" also moved to the "Qianqing Palace" together. But a month later, Emperor Guangzong Zhu Changluo died and died in the "Red Pill Case", and Zhu Youxiao was appointed emperor for "Ming Xizong". However, "Li Xuanzhi" still wants to continue to serve his titular adopted son Xizong.

At that time, "Zheng Guifei", "Li Xuanshi", "Wei Zhongxian" and others were very close. The eunuch "Wei Zhongxian" wanted to take advantage of Xizong's young age to control the power of the court, and insisted that "Li Xuanzhi" live in the "Qianqing Palace" where Xizong was located, so as to facilitate real-time monitoring of the young new emperor Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao.

However, in order to prevent them from interfering in the affairs of the court, Yang Lian, the minister of the central government, and Zuo Guangdou, the "imperial history", forced Li Xuanzhi to move to the palace of Renshou Palace.

However, "Li Xuanzhi" successfully controlled the Qianqing Palace by means of means, and with the support of the eunuch "Wei Zhongxian" and others, "Li Xuanzhi" and the "Zheng Guifei" of the Wanli Emperor formed an alliance, in an attempt to canonize the "Empress Dowager" by forcing Zhu Youxiao of Ming Xizong to be crowned "Empress Dowager". This move aroused the suspicion of the courtiers, who thought that she was going to listen to the government.

At the beginning, after the death of Emperor Guangzong, Yang Lian, Liu Yixiao and other courtiers went straight to the "Qianqing Palace" and asked to "cry" Emperor Guangzong and ask to see the emperor's eldest son Zhu Youxiao to discuss the accession to the throne, but they were blocked by "Li Xuanzhi". However, under the efforts of the ministers, Li Xuan's attendant Fang Zhun Zhu Youxiao met with the ministers.

When Yang Lian, Liu Yixian, and others saw Zhu Youxiao, they immediately kowtowed and shouted "long live," and protected Zhu Youxiao from leaving the "Qianqing Palace" to the "Wenhua Palace" to receive the worship of the ministers, and decided to hold an "enthronement ceremony" on 6 September. This really made the courtiers feel the "future" and "hope", hoping that the political situation would stabilize as soon as possible.

However, for the sake of Zhu Youxiao's safety, the ministers had to arrange for him to live in the prince's center for the time being, and the eunuch Wang An was responsible for protecting him.

After the purpose of "Li Xuanzhi" and "Zheng Guifei" to jointly hold Zhu Youxiao hostage failed, they also proposed that all the ministers' chapters must be handed over first, and they could only be handed over to Zhu Youxiao after they had seen them. However, the courtiers were strongly opposed to this.

Because the courtiers demanded that "Li Xuanzhi" must move out of the Qianqing Palace and move to the "Qiluan Palace", but "Li Xuanzhi" refused. Therefore, "Li Xuanzhi" also demanded that Zhu Youxiao must first crown himself as the "Queen Mother" before Zhu Youxiao could be enthroned as emperor. However, this move was not in accordance with the law of etiquette and was rejected by the ministers.

As a result, the date of Zhu Youxiao's enthronement ceremony in the "Imperial Qianqing Palace" is approaching. On the fifth day of the first month of September, "Li Xuanzhi" had no intention of moving the palace, and it was rumored that he would continue to postpone moving out of the "Qianqing Palace". As a result, the cabinet ministers collectively stood outside the gate of the Qianqing Palace to protest and forced "Li Xuanzhi" to move out immediately.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao's "East Palace Companion" eunuch Wang An drove away in the "Qianqing Palace", so that "Li Xuanzhi" had no choice but to leave the "Qianqing Palace" in a hurry and moved to the "Jiluan Palace" in the "Renshou Palace". On September 6, Zhu Youxiao enshrined the emperor in Tianmen, and changed the next year to the "first year of the Apocalypse".

A few days after Li Xuanzhi "moved the palace", the "Luan Palace" caught fire, and after struggling to rescue it, the mother and daughter of "Li Xuanzhi" were rescued. As a result, the officials who opposed the relocation of the palace spread rumors that "the servants were selected to throw themselves into the well, and their daughters were thrown into the well." Who pities the eighth sister of the emperor when she enters the well? The surviving pheasant is not sued. Accusing the new emperor Zhu Youxiao of violating the way of "filial piety".

Zhu Youxiao of Ming Xizong, with the support of Yang Lian and others, refuted these rumors, saying: "I ordered the suspension of the election of the title of servant to comfort the soul of the Holy Mother in heaven." Raise the selection of waiters and the eighth sister of the emperor to comply with the meaning of the imperial examination. The ministers can look up to their hearts. ”

At this point, the turmoil of "moving the palace" ended, and the attempt of "Li Xuanzhi" to become the "queen mother" and control the government finally came to an end. Soon, the ministers announced in the name of Xizong that they would cut off the title of "Li Xuanzhi", and they also ignored the defense of "Zheng Guifei".

This is one of the three major cases in the last years of the Ming Dynasty and the "Assault Case" and the "Red Pill Case", which was one of the three major cases, and after all, Zhu Youxiao won with the support of the courtiers.

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