The first thing, in the Xuande Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong spoiled his concubine and killed his wife in such an open and honest manner, abolished his wife and empress, and regarded Confucian etiquette as nothing, but none of the ministers stood up to oppose it.

The second thing, in the Jingtai Dynasty, Emperor Jingtai brazenly abolished the crown prince Zhu Jianshen and appointed his son Zhu Jianji as the crown prince. Directly violating the agreement when he ascended the throne and transferring the imperial lineage, is this in line with Confucian etiquette? Yet, none of the ministers came out against it.

The third thing, in the Tianshun Dynasty, the Emperor Zhu Qizhen launched a change to seize the door, and when the emperor was still alive, he colluded with nobles, military generals and some civil servants to forcibly restore the throne. Is this in line with Confucian etiquette?

Has anyone come out against it? The answer is still no.

The most ridiculous thing is that after the restoration of Zhu Qizhen, the Tianshun Emperor and the Empress Dowager of Shangsheng were so happy that they forgot to go through the procedure, and the Empress Dowager issued an edict to abolish the throne of Jingtai.

So much so that in that half a month, there were two emperors in the Ming Dynasty at the same time legally, and the ministers didn't care about it, is this in line with Confucian law?

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, these civil servants did not have the slightest interest in adhering to the bullshit Confucian etiquette.

Like the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties, the ministers collectively admonished, and the emperor collectively admonished and killed dozens of ministers on the spot, and then the ministers still refused to back down.

This kind of thing, in the five dynasties of Xuande, Orthodoxy, Jingtai, Tianshun, and Chenghua, is simply unimaginable, like a Arabian Night talk, no one believes it.

Don't talk about others, just say Yu Qian, this is recognized by later generations as honest and honest, and his character is noble.

Yu Qian is a Jinshi of the Yongle Dynasty, after the abolition of Xuanzong, Jingtai Yichu, and the restoration of Yingzong, he has personal experience of these three things. But did Yu Qian object to any of them?

No, nothing was opposed.

This is still Yu Qian, not to mention the rest of the other ministers.

The more Zhu Qiyu thought about it, the more speechless he became, looking at it this way, his Jingtai ceremony discussion would not be able to be carried out at all.

There is another example later, Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen's wedding was not a month old, and he abolished his wife, Empress Wu, who was easy and freehand, and there was nothing to do.

Even the deposition of the queen is so easy. Abolish a little princess, it's not as easy as a snap, digging into the bag.

Fortunately, Princess Yu has a huge advantage, that is, her temperament is relatively twisted. Even if it is clear that the emperor does not care about me, I will not go up to catch up with the emperor.

So everyone doesn't bother each other, and Zhu Qiyu is too lazy to toss, as long as Princess Yu doesn't come to find trouble, everyone will be rich and noble, and forget about each other in the rivers and lakes.

Zhu Qiyu was thinking about it, but Lin Xiangyu turned over, faced Zhu Qiyu, and asked with a look of admiration: "Then please ask the husband to teach the slave family, how to treat the current ministers?" ”

Zhu Qiyu carefully covered the brocade quilt, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It's better for me, the princess of Qi, although she is extremely smart, she can pretend to be stupid and weak, unlike some people, who owe her eight hundred taels to me all day long.

So Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "The current ministers believe in the so-called 'providence'. Notice, it's the so-called 'providence'.

To give you a few more examples, Taizong moved his capital to Beijing and built the Forbidden City, which is now hated by both of us.

In fact, not only did we hate it, but the ministers of the Yongle Dynasty at that time hated the Forbidden City, and they all wanted to go back to Nanjing.

The core building of the Forbidden City in Beijing is the three major halls. The front hall of three of the halls is called the Fengtian Temple. Just by looking at the name, you can see that the emperor and the ministers are superstitious and believe in the will of heaven.

But this has nothing to do with what I want to say, what I want to say is that at the beginning of the nineteenth year of Yongle, the Forbidden City was completed and officially opened.

It was only in April of that year, after only a hundred days of enjoyment, there was a 'thunder fire from heaven', which first burned the Fengtian Temple, and then the fire spread to the Huagai Hall and the Jinshen Temple, and finally the three major halls were burned to the ground. It was not until the sixth year of orthodoxy that the restoration was completed.

At this time, the ministers were all in good spirits, and their sense of justice was bursting, and they all wrote to point out that it was Emperor Taizong's fault that angered the heavens, which led to thunder and fire from the sky, and even vigilance. ”

Lin Xiangyu smiled: "Is this fire really falling from the sky?" ”

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Hey, I can't say, although I don't think the fire fell from the sky." But the people who can't stand the entire Ming Dynasty are superstitious and ignorant, even Emperor Taizong's high prestige and strong ability can only hold tears and grit his teeth to recognize it as 'thunder and fire from the sky'.

You can rest assured, this is not the last 'thunder and fire from the sky', and the three major halls will be burned to the ground again.

Well, maybe it's in our Jingtai Dynasty. But I'm definitely not going to spend even a single copper to build any bullshit three major halls. Even if that broken thing is repaired, it will be 'thundered and burned from the sky' at any time. To repair it is purely to work the people and hurt the people. ”

"And what about the next example?"

"Prince Yiwen knows, Taizu also wanted to move the capital back then, and let Prince Yiwen go to Xi'an to investigate. In the middle, the prince fell into the water, and died violently not long after he returned.

The ministers also called the death of Prince Yiwen 'providence'.

Even Taizu's high prestige and strong ability could not do anything with the so-called 'providence', and in the end he was forced to give up moving the capital.

See, what I played at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty was 'Providence', and this 'Providence' was so terrible that even Taizu and Taizong couldn't afford to provoke it. ”

Lin Xiangyu was so frightened that her body was cold, and she arched into Zhu Qiyu's arms, and said with fear: "No wonder the husband wants to do everything possible to arrange for the slave family to be recognized under the name of the Marquis of Wuding."

If it weren't for the strong support of the Xungui Group, under such a terrifying 'providence', even if the slave family gave birth to a son, they would definitely not be able to support it. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Don't talk about your son, without Xungui's support, you can't live on your own."

However, your fate is good, the eldest princess of Yongjia has a strong body, how can she live for another seven or eight years. And my uncle King Min's health is getting worse and worse, and it's only a matter of a year or two.

As soon as King Min died, the status and seniority of the eldest princess Yongjia among the royal family would be completely invincible. Therefore, the eldest princess can not only help you get rid of the nobles, but can even temporarily persuade the royal family to give up their opposition.

When the time comes, I will send another 100,000 army to the capital, and things will be done. ”

"My husband is really heartbroken for our family, how can the slave family repay my husband?"

Zhu Qiyu thought about it, then smiled: "If you want to repay me, then I will give you a difficult task." ”

As soon as Lin Xiangyu heard that it was a difficult task, she immediately came to her senses.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and teased: "It's not that kind of task, why do you think crookedly like this little girl."

It's that Shi Heng, and his doorman is called Tong Yin, you know. Because he calculated that the Emperor Taishang would hunt in the north, it won't be long before he will become famous in Beijing. There's no way, the people of Daming are just like this.

But the second half of his calculation is that the emperor will be successfully restored. The common people already believe this, and with the help of people with hearts, once this kind of warlock is determined to oppose me, it will be quite powerful.

The daunting task I have given you is to bring him over and work for me. ”

"If you can't win him over, can you kill him?"

"No, just because he said that the emperor would be restored, I ran to kill him a blind man, isn't that a joke.

It is precisely because it must be solved by peaceful means that I say that this is a difficult task. ”

"Okay, this difficult task, the slave family took it. Let's go to bed first, and we'll take care of these worries tomorrow. ”

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he fell asleep peacefully.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, when he was still asleep in the big tent of the Chinese army, his generals came over to ask for a meeting.

Even if these generals have already experienced a hundred battles, they are finally completely unable to bear it. In just one night, more than 200 elite soldiers sent out to patrol the night died.

Now the generals' appeal is just one word: withdraw.

(End of chapter)