In the face of everyone's forced palace, Empress Dowager Sun was completely isolated.

Feng Shui takes turns, and today's Empress Dowager Sun also experienced the despair of Queen Hu's 'no one in the Manchu Dynasty was a loyal minister'.

Chen Xun led everyone to kneel on the ground, waiting for Empress Dowager Sun to make a decision.

Empress Dowager Sun could only ask helplessly: "As long as the palace makes an edict against itself, the southeast civil rebellion can be pacified?" Can the Southwest Miao Rebellion be suppressed?

Can Jing Yuanbo, Ningyang Hou, and An Yuanhou return to the dynasty smoothly? Can you lead the army to welcome the emperor back to Beijing? ”

Empress Dowager Sun knew that there was no hope of resistance, so she wanted to put forward some conditions and make up for herself. Zhu Qiyu had already agreed to Zhu Qizhen before, agreeing to send at least two of Jingyuanbo, Wang Ji, Ningyang Hou Chen Mao, and Anyuan Hou Liu Pu to lead the army to pick him up.

However, the precondition set by Zhu Qiyu at that time was that the emperor sent him quietly, not to cause trouble, and not to hinder the emperor.

Unexpectedly, when a number of vassal kings and local officials entered Beijing, Empress Dowager Sun, who felt that she had something to rely on, began to be smart.

Therefore, Empress Dowager Sun still has to confirm that Zhu Qiyu's promise has not been counted.

Chen Xun and Wang Wen both felt that they couldn't answer this question, and they all turned their heads to look at He Yi. Among these scholars in the cabinet, only He Yi can contact the emperor every day, and he knows the emperor's mind best. Now He Yi has almost become the most authoritative royal microphone.

He Yi nodded lightly at the two.

Empress Dowager Sun took in these small actions and was also very speechless. A group of important ministers of the imperial court, who were dozens of years older, all went to see a descendant who was about the same age as the emperor. With Chen Xun's age, it is just right for He Yi to be a grandfather.

Chen Xun didn't care about this, and after getting He Yi's prompt, he replied to the Empress Dowager Sun: "Empress Dowager Qiqi, at least this year, Marquis Ningyang will be able to return to the court, and Marquis Anyuan is also likely to be transferred back to the capital." ”

Chen Xun only made a promise to the return of Ningyang Hou to Beijing, but this had already met Empress Dowager Sun's expectations.

Ningyang Hou Chen Mao is a leader among the nobles in terms of qualifications, military exploits, and talents. And because he was sent to the southeast to quell the civil rebellion, he was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe of the Tumubao Rebellion.

Once Chen Mao returned to the capital, the emperor sent the nobles to have the backbone. There is also a candidate to greet the emperor.

Only by bringing the Emperor back can the Emperor faction have a real backbone.

The emperor is respected, and the son of heaven is despicable, which is not only the place of righteousness, but also the consensus of the government and the opposition.

Except for the emperor's cronies in front of him, the rest of the people all recognized that the Emperor Taishang was higher than the emperor from the perspective of etiquette.

So Empress Dowager Sun nodded in agreement and admitted this sinful edict.

At this point, Empress Dowager Sun and the ministers all thought that they were done and could go back to their respective homes.

Unexpectedly, Wang Cheng suddenly stood up and replied to the Empress Dowager Sun: "Empress Dowager, since you have decided to live in seclusion in the Yinghua Palace, please also hand over the Empress Dowager's seal to Shangbao for safekeeping." ”

Empress Dowager Sun was stunned when she heard this, and even the ministers present were a little confused.

Hand over the seal of the Queen Mother and live in the Yinghua Palace? According to Wang Cheng's meaning, this is to directly put the queen mother under house arrest.

But the ministers did not dare to speak out against it, and Wang Cheng dared to say this, which must represent the emperor's will.

Empress Dowager Sun looked around, and the ministers all lowered their heads and remained silent, and their attitudes and reactions were exactly the same as when she deposed Empress Hu.

In desperation, Empress Dowager Sun asked Wang Jin: "Wang Jin, you are the oldest celebrant here, what do you say?" ”

Wang Jin groaned slightly, and then replied: "The old slave thinks that the queen mother is not much at fault, just idle and introspective. ”

When Empress Dowager Sun heard this, she was very relieved, and for the first time in this forced palace, someone stood up to speak for herself.

But before Empress Dowager Sun could be happy, Shu Liang shouted loudly: "This is a mistake, the 500,000 dead soldiers in Tumubao are not far away, if no one is at fault, then how did these soldiers die in vain?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the needles in the temple could be heard, and the birds were silent.

Just when the scene was deadlocked, Gao Ping came in and asked for instructions: "Queen Mother, the medicine is boiled, please drink it while it's hot, the effect of the medicine is not good when it's cold." ”

When Empress Dowager Sun heard this, she sighed, and then also came down the steps: "Gao Ping, go and bring the seal, hand it to Wang Cheng, and then send off guests for the palace." ”

With that, Empress Dowager Sun turned around and entered the inner room.

The ministers also breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly got up and left.

Wang Cheng followed Gao Ping to obtain the seal, and only then did he leave with Shu Liang and the others complacently.

Just after noon, Empress Dowager Sun's guilty edict was officially released.

Before dinner, it spread all over the capital.

Because Zhu Qiyu attaches great importance to propaganda, he constantly cultivates manpower and controls public opinion for himself either explicitly or covertly. Therefore, as long as the news that Zhu Qiyu wants to spread, the speed of transmission is very fast.

Moreover, Zhu Qiyu also relaxed the restrictions on the discussion of politics by the people in the capital, as long as the speech is not too intense, there is basically no need to worry about being invited by Jinyiwei to the edict to talk to him. Therefore, recently, the enthusiasm of the people in the capital to pay attention to the situation has been high.

The emperor, the queen mother, and the empress issued edicts one after another, which was very novel for the people.

And these sinful edicts are more and more fierce than the other, the queen mother didn't even want the honorific title, not only took the initiative to remove the honorific title, but also avoided the side hall and lived in seclusion for self-reflection.

The most surprising thing was that the Empress Dowager announced that the Ming Dynasty would not rebuild Cining Palace and Qianqing Palace for one day if it did not achieve prosperity in the Ming Dynasty.

That's really yourself.

However, the people did not think about the emperor forcing the queen mother to issue an edict of guilt, after all, the emperor himself had just taken the initiative to issue an edict of guilt, and the punishment measures for himself were much more ruthless than that of the queen mother.

In the eyes of the people, as an emperor, if you don't live in the palace, don't repair the imperial mausoleum, and don't set up a queen, this punishment is much harsher than the queen mother's removal of the honorific title and not living in Cining Palace.

In particular, this lifelong non-repair of the imperial mausoleum really amazes the people of the capital who advocate luxury and superstitious Buddhism.

……

As the emperor, Zhu Qiyu got the empress dowager's edict even an hour later than the ordinary people in the capital.

It was already dark, Zhu Qiyu was lying in the warm quilt with fragrant fragrance, and was about to do indescribable things with his favorite concubine, when the report was sent in.

This time, Zhu Qiyu took the report and took a look at it in person.

After reading it, Zhu Qiyu laughed to himself.

There were about ten eunuchs in power in the inner court, and there were also about ten ministers in charge in the outer court, and Zhu Qiyu gave them considerable autonomy.

With autonomy, these people also have subjective initiative.

Things like collecting the seal of the Queen Mother were not Zhu Qiyu's orders at all.

And Zhu Qiyu just asked Empress Dowager Sun to live in the Yinghua Hall to reflect on her mistakes, but she didn't say that she would be grounded. The house arrest of Empress Dowager Sun was also played by Wang Cheng on the spot, and he personally added it.

However, Zhu Qiyu didn't care about this, through the study of historical lessons, it can be seen that the Jingtai Emperor was too strict with his subordinates, and finally made his cronies afraid to do things:

Lu Zhong and Gao Ping planned the Golden Knife case and were trapped; Xu Zheng and Huang Jian plotted to isolate Nangong and strengthen the supervision of the Emperor Taishang, and were trapped.

His cronies will be cheated if they do anything, so how can they do things with peace of mind.

(End of chapter)