Since Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian are already bedridden, the civil and military officials are assembled in vain.

Chen Xun dismissed the hundred officials and prepared to go home to rest.

Just when the hundred officials turned around one after another and began to walk back, the superintendent Yu Shi Zhongtong suddenly stood up and suggested to everyone in a loud voice: "Since it is inconvenient for the Holy Empress Dowager to meet with the hundred officials, then we should also go to worship the prince." ”

When the officials heard this, they all looked at Zhong Tong in surprise.

No one expected that Zhong Tong would raise such a sensitive issue at this chaotic moment.

No matter what the officials think in their hearts, there are two consensuses between the government and the opposition: First, it is impossible to let the son of today still be in the emperor's position.

After the Tumubao Incident, the ministers had come to depose the emperor in the actual sense. It's impossible to do it a second time, at least not on the surface.

If the ministers forced Emperor Jingtai back and Emperor Yingtai was restored, then the Confucian set of moral etiquette would collapse directly.

The ministers abolished the emperor, just like playing the house, and this kind of behavior will not be able to come back. It's all so nonsense, and if you talk about Confucian etiquette in the future, who else will listen.

The second consensus: when the time is right, the emperor will definitely depose the crown prince. This is normal human nature, and no one is crazy enough to pass the throne to their nephew.

Although from the heart, most people do not approve of changing the prince. But if the emperor insisted on doing so, the civil and military officials would not be able to stop it at all.

Not only can't it be stopped, but the ministers must try to behave as gently and submissively as possible, otherwise if the emperor is forced to be in a hurry, it is difficult to say whether he will go to extremes.

After all, now that the capital army is under the control of the emperor, it is just a matter of one sentence to kill all the emperor's family.

After the incident of Fengtianmen's ministers besieging Ma Shun, the hundred officials already had an understanding of the emperor's methods, and the personal guards headed by Liu Chang really dared to kill, which was very different from Zhu Qizhen's ruling style of just joking and not seeing blood.

This is how monarchs and ministers get along, through a series of events, constantly exploring the bottom line and temperament of both sides. In the end, either find a balance of peaceful coexistence between the two sides, or turn the table upside down.

Therefore, for Zhong Tong's overly bold proposal, Baiguan agreed but did not support it.

Wang Wen took the lead in replying: "If you want to worship the prince, then go ahead." I still have official business to deal with, and state affairs are important, so I'll go back to the cabinet first. ”

After speaking, Wang Wen pulled Chen Xun away. The other important ministers also followed closely behind and walked towards Fengtianmen.

Seeing this, the other ministers also dispersed, in groups of threes and twos, and while walking back, they discussed in detail from ear to ear.

In the same place, there are only the superintendent of the imperial history Zhong Tong and the Ministry of Rites Lang Zhong Zhanglun.

Wang Wen said very clearly, whoever is willing to go to worship the prince will go, and I will not stop him. Everyone has their own choice, everyone follows their own path, and everyone respects each other and does not disturb each other.

Zhong Tong and Zhang Lun looked at each other and smiled bitterly, there were only two people left, how could they go to worship the prince.

The Qin'an Hall in the imperial garden belongs to the scope of the harem, if the ministers and Shangshu gather hundreds of civil and military officials to worship and condole, it can still be said.

If only Zhong Tong and Zhang Lun go, the emperor will directly deduct the crime of trespassing and disturbing the harem, and go down with two knives at the entrance of the vegetable market at noon tomorrow, and everything will be over.

So Zhong Tong and Zhang Lun had no choice but to turn around and go back to their respective yamen.

……

In the Mingyufang Heavenly Tower, when it was time for dinner, the emperor's edict had already been circulated.

And thousands of copies were transcribed and distributed directly to the diners in the building. Each person receives a dozen copies, which can be taken home and distributed and spread.

A group of diners were confused: Could it be that this heavenly tower was opened by the emperor's opponent? Dare to openly publicize the emperor's guilty edict, and he is not afraid of being targeted? Is this really not using the Jinyi Guard's edict as a yamen?

However, waiting left and right, everyone can't wait for the arrival of Jinyiwei. As a result, the status of Jietianlou in the hearts of everyone has reached a higher level.

At this time, everyone put their minds at ease and carefully read the emperor's edict.

Those who have a heart have found the law: Emperor Jingtai's edict has always been concise and clear, and it is by no means just an official article. A careful analysis of the dismantling can lead to a lot of useful information.

Take this edict as follows:

"On the sixteenth day of the first month of the first year of Jingtai, the emperor told the subjects of the world: the widow, the only son of the Hu family, the queen of Zhaoyuzhen, was originally the king of Qi and did not become a vassal.

Shiwara invaded Xuanfu, and the emperor personally conquered Shanxi.

The eldest brother, the orthodox emperor, ordered the widow to live in the capital and the horse commander Jiao Jingfu; All important military and political affairs were sent to the emperor to be personally disposed of. The rest of the recitals are compiled by the six sections, and the recitals are sent back to the day when you wait for the bus.

As a prince, you should share your worries for the king. However, the widow did not hesitate and fainted for more than ten days. It was to live in seclusion in the palace, and failed to serve as a director.

Jiao Jing, the commander of the horses, lived on behalf of the widows, supervised hundreds of officials, and performed their duties.

Both inside and outside the Beijing Division, the government and the opposition, are conscientious, loyal to their duties, and pray day and night to be awarded the head.

However, he didn't expect the teacher to be unfavorable, and the car driver was mistakenly trapped in the court. The 500,000-strong army was wiped out in the civil fort, and the capital was shaken and the society was in danger.

The widow was forced by the current situation to serve as a prisoner of the country and take charge of military and political affairs.

However, the country has no long monarch, and the government and the opposition are suspicious, and it is difficult to unite the hearts of the people, and it is difficult to gather all their strength to fight against the 140,000 elite cavalry of Wara.

It was the invitation of the ministers, and the queen mother issued an order to temporarily take the throne.

Fortunately, God blessed the Ming Dynasty, the protection of the gods of Lai Taizu, the monarch and the ministers were single-minded, the three armies were killed, and more than 80,000 troops were killed, and they also led 20,000 remnants of the defeated army to flee west for 3,000 miles.

The siege of the capital division was lifted, the country was preserved, and the widow wanted to return to the throne and return to the state of Qi to establish a domain. However, the widow summoned the clan relatives of the vassal kings and local vassals to gather in Beijing to discuss state affairs.

Everyone said that the emperor should return to the throne on the day he returned to Beijing. Until then, it is still replaced by the widow.

Unexpectedly, on the 28th day of December in the 14th year of Orthodoxy, the sons and daughters of the widow were murdered by adulterers. Under careful investigation, involving the past, Cui Yuan of the Tai Hospital was sentenced to conspire with Shi Jing, the commander of the horse, to poison the widow's eldest sister, the eldest princess of Shunde.

Zhengdan Dynasty, change the Yuan Jingtai. Unexpectedly, that night, the Fengtian Temple, the Jinshen Palace, and the Huagai Hall were on fire, and the three halls were all burned down.

The widow thinks deeply, greedy for the merits of the sky, stealing the throne, and the widow's immorality.

It is to tell the subjects of the world today that the widow has taken refuge in the western suburbs and is introspecting and waiting for his sins in the palace of the king of Qi. On the day the eldest brother returned to Beijing, the throne was restored, and the widow should bear the guilt of Jing in front of the car.

At that time, the eldest brother emperor will have his own punishment, and the widow will not dare to shirk the responsibility.

However, before the eldest brother returned, the widow had to temporarily take the throne and take charge of the country. Please ask the subjects and officials to perform their duties and not slack off.

Within the four seas, people with lofty ideals can talk about it in a book. ”

This is the edict of Emperor Jingtai, the largest number of words.

At noon the next day, the wealthy and dignitary families in the capital basically had a copy of their own edicts.

Although there are thousands of words in the whole text, the emperor convicted himself of eight big words: greedy for heaven's merits and stealing the throne.

The whole capital was shocked: the emperor actually brought the most sensitive issue directly to the table. In this way, everyone will not be able to get along with the mud.

Does the current emperor have the merit of greed and steal the throne? Either you think there is, or you think you don't, either/or, there is no room for ambiguity.

Moreover, the answer to this question is directly related to the question of whether the current son should abdicate and whether the Emperor Taishang should be restored.

The next court fell into a rare silence.

The emperor's cronies were all silent, and no one came forward to express any opinion.

The emperor's faction did not dare to act rashly.

In the afternoon, King Xiang and Sun Zhong, the Marquis of Huichang, entered the palace to visit the Queen Mother.

(End of chapter)