Zhu Qiyu found that he had underestimated his current authority.

I thought that there would be quite a lot of people who said that they would not be sick, but I didn't expect that after all, no ministers, vassal kings, and nobles would dare to openly fight the emperor in the ring.

The emperor of the early Ming Dynasty was already extremely authoritative, otherwise Zhu Qizhen would not have been able to go from the decision to conquer in person to the actual departure in only five days.

In addition, the more than 80,000 heads of people cut by Zhu Qiyu were really placed outside the Xizhi Gate, and all the local dignitaries and vassal kings who entered Beijing saw it with their own eyes.

Three months ago, he was invincible, but in a blink of an eye, he had been turned into a lost dog by the emperor.

That's an army of 80,000, and the princes weigh their catties, and they know that they can't make an army comparable to that of the first.

At least for now, no prince has any intention of raising an army.

Even if the emperor had publicly expressed his willingness to restore Empress Hu to the throne, none of the princes wanted to be appeased.

Even though the emperor recognized his princess under the name of Marquis Wuding, and the heart of Yi Chu had begun to emerge, there was still no prince who was interested in raising troops and making it difficult.

Emperor Jianwen became like that, and Taizong's Jingjing won very difficult.

Today's emperor has proved to the world with the great victory in the defense of Jingshi that Emperor Jingtai is at least ten times stronger than Jianwen.

And the current princes think that their talents are far inferior to Emperor Taizong, so what's the point of this difficulty. In addition to being slashed, will there be any other ending?

Zhu Qiyu sat in the chariot and drank hot tea, while the others stood in the cold wind and waited quietly.

The princes gathered together, and King Xiang looked in the direction of the chariot, his eyes were quite complicated.

In fact, from a rational point of view, King Xiang also knows that the current situation is all caused by Zhu Qizhen's recklessness and ignorance, and Zhu Qiyu's ascension to the throne is not only a helpless move, but also the only feasible plan.

Although King Xiang is the son of Renzong and also has the right of theoretical inheritance, King Xiang is far from truly inheriting the throne.

After the change of Tumubao, from the position of Empress Dowager Sun, she may not have really considered letting King Xiang succeed to the throne.

As for the ministers, they never thought of letting King Xiang inherit the throne. The proof is that all the ministers unanimously asked Zhu Qiyu to succeed to the throne, and not even any minister proposed to succeed King Xiang.

Don't look at King Xiang's expectations, but do you really take two steps towards the emperor's throne? See if the Manchu ministers of civil and military affairs can kill you, you'll be done.

The first choice of the ministers is definitely to let the emperor stay in the line of Xuanzong, how can it be possible to transfer the emperor to the line of King Xiangwang when Xuanzong still has descendants, isn't it just taking the wrong medicine.

Therefore, after Zhu Qizhen was captured, the successor was either Zhu Qiyu or Zhu Jianshen.

Considering the situation at that time, it was not allowed to set up a three-year-old child as the emperor at all, and Zhu Qiyu was the only candidate for the emperor.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu's succession to the throne is no problem in legal theory: it is not to seize power, not to usurp the throne, but for the sake of the country, for the people of the world, and for the ancestors and ancestors, Zhu Qiyu has to come out and take the blame.

This is also the reason why Zhu Qiyu can ask for various willful prices before and after his succession.

As the only person to carry this big black cauldron, Zhu Qiyu asked the ministers for a settlement fee, which is not too much, right?

Just when everyone was thinking differently, the carriage of the king of Dongwu County finally appeared in everyone's field of vision.

Zhu Qiyu got out of the chariot and stood at the front with a smile on his face.

Hu Hui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wu Jin, the Hou of Gongshun, and Zhao Rong, the Bo of Xincheng, were sent to greet the king of Dongwu County and the king of Xiwu County. However, the family of the king of Xiwu County did not want to get involved anymore and chose to live in Fengyang temporarily, so only the family of the king of Dongwu County entered Beijing this time.

The carriage slowly drove to Zhu Qiyu's approach, and Hu Hui, Wu Jin, Zhao Rong and others first saluted the emperor, and then respectfully asked Zhu Wengui, the king of Dongwu County, to get off the car.

The soft curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Zhu Wengui, who was already forty-eight years old, stepped out of the carriage.

Zhu Qiyu stepped forward enthusiastically and personally supported him.

He was imprisoned in Fengyang at the age of two, and by this time Zhu Wengui had been imprisoned for forty-seven years. Isolated from the world, Zhu Wengui understood almost nothing.

And Zhu Qiyu has rarely worn a dragon robe, so Zhu Wengui didn't even recognize the young man in front of him as the emperor.

After getting off the bus stop, Hu Hu reminded on the side: "King of the county, you should salute the emperor." ”

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly waved his hand and sighed sadly: "No need, for so many years, Uncle Wang has suffered." Taizu Hadith, all the descendants of the Zhu family should remember the friendship of relatives.

However, our four rooms and the long room have been fratricidal to this point, and every time I think about it, I feel heartbroken. It should be me and Uncle Wang to apologize. ”

After that, Zhu Qiyu bowed deeply to Zhu Wengui.

Zhu Wengui was speechless, called His Majesty, and then couldn't say anything else, just choked up and cried.

Zhu Qiyu soothed: "Uncle Wang, don't be sad, in the future, Qi Yu will serve Uncle Wang wholeheartedly, and never let Uncle Wang suffer the slightest grievance." ”

After that, Zhu Qiyu turned his head and said to everyone: "Please worship Uncle Wang with a princely salute." ”

The emperor's cronies did not hesitate when they heard this, and they knelt down in a large area.

These relatives also felt relieved in their confidence: Don't you emperors talk about orthodoxy all day long, chirping and crooked. Now it's okay, the real orthodox lineage of Taizu is in front of you, worship.

Most of the ministers, generals, and nobles knelt, and the remaining small number of nobles and most of the county kings felt that it was not interesting to raise the bar, so they knelt down one after another.

As for the prince present, there is no need to kneel.

Zhu Qiyu introduced Zhu Wengui to the top civil and military ministers and noble royal relatives present one by one, and then boarded the chariot with him.

Zhu Wengui rode with the emperor, and 60,000 pro-troops surrounded and marched into the Forbidden City along the way.

Then a banquet was set up in the Fengtian Palace, accompanied by the ministers, which was extremely grand.

After the banquet, the hundred officials dispersed, and Zhu Qiyu personally accompanied Zhu Wengui to see the Empress Dowager Sun.

At this time, Empress Dowager Sun, Concubine Wu, Empress Zhou, Concubine Wan Chen, Concubine Wang, and Hang were all waiting in Cining Palace early.

Empress Dowager Sun has been in extremely bad spirits in the past few days, she can't sleep well, she can't eat well, and she is depressed to the naked eye.

As the saying goes, one wrong step, one wrong step.

The source of everything is that Zhu Qizhen had to recruit in person, but he was defeated and captured, and lost the throne.

Now that the name of righteousness is in the hands of Zhu Qiyu, the emperor's faction is tied to anything, and they can't use it.

Zhu Qiyu wants to restore the position of Empress Hu, and now public opinion is overwhelmingly supporting the restoration of Empress Hu, and the general trend has been achieved.

This is the most straightforward slap in the face to the Empress Dowager Sun, but the Empress Dowager Sun can't find the means to fight back, so she can only be aggrieved and repeatedly retreat.

In addition, the Marquis of Wuding recognized the daughter, which means that the emperor will completely cut off Wang's hope of becoming the queen.

Now there is another king of Dongwu County, Zhu Wengui, now it's okay, the only remaining legitimacy of the emperor's faction seems to be suppressed by the emperor.

Every means of the emperor, Empress Dowager Sun could not find a good way to fight back for the time being. The most important thing is that the palace is also completely chaotic, and most of the eunuchs and palace maids are ready to move and want to vote for a new master.

This is the real people's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead.

(End of chapter)