The great scholars of the cabinet are born to be masters of playing with words.

However, after so many years of wits and courage, Empress Dowager Sun is not easy to fool.

The difference between Emperor Taishang and Emperor Gongrang can be clearly distinguished even by ordinary people in the capital.

Why does Empress Dowager Sun have to make Zhu Qizhen's era name orthodox, because people have always emphasized what they lack more than they want.

Sun snatched the back position of the Hu family, and he knew that he lacked legitimacy, so he kept talking about orthodoxy all day long.

If Zhu Qizhen is demoted from Emperor Taishang to Emperor Gongrang, it is equivalent to Zhu Qiyu taking another big step on the road of overthrowing the legitimacy of the orthodox emperor.

Therefore, Sun must be dying and struggling.

But Chen Xun and the others ignored it, and insisted on forcing the palace.

Therefore, today's imperial court has formed a very peculiar landscape: the top ministers forced the emperor and the queen mother, and other ministers forced the emperor.

The hearts of the top civil servants are towards Jingtai, and the hearts of other civil servants are orthodox.

This is the reason why Zhu Qiyu built a professional firefighting and disaster relief army in advance.

Most of the former courtiers were either protégés of Xuanzong or orthodox protégés.

Only the Jinshi selected by the Jingtai Dynasty is the real Jingtai protégé.

Therefore, these future Jinshi must be protected, and they must not be burned alive.

As for the demotion of the Emperor Taishang, the ministers only informed the Sun family, and did not expect her to agree.

From the beginning, all Zhu Qiyu wanted was Zhu Qizhen's handwritten edict.

Xuanzong has two adult sons, so there is really no need to ask the empress dowager about everything.

The next question is where the Emperor will live after returning to Beijing, which is a question that is worth discussing.

The answer that Empress Dowager Sun wanted was naturally Qianqing Palace.

But the answer given by the ministers was Nangong.

The Emperor is guilty of the country, his ancestors, and his subjects. This is the fundamental starting point of all the logic of the Cabinet.

As soon as the question of whether the Emperor was guilty or not, Empress Dowager Sun couldn't help but feel empty.

Whether in the court or in the opposition, as long as anyone whose conscience has not been completely extinguished, they all understand that the emperor is a guilty king.

After an hour of repeated ridicule, Empress Dowager Sun finally recognized the reality: she wanted to rebuild the Qianqing Palace, but there was no door.

If you want to live in Kunning Palace, you can't, Kunning Palace is where the queen lives.

There are two choices, either Nangong or Xiyuan.

In desperation, Empress Dowager Sun planned to choose Xiyuan.

This is really not to blame the Empress Dowager Sun, the Empress Dowager Sun can't think of it if she wants to break her head, and the Ming Emperor will be easily soluble in water. I didn't expect that there was a famous island in Xiyuan, called Yingtai.

Chen Xun saw that the Empress Dowager Sun couldn't think about it, and reminded softly: "Empress Dowager, Nangong is the Taisun Palace where the first emperor lived before he ascended the throne, and now the Taishang Emperor lives in the Nangong, which can be regarded as guarding the old residence of the hidden mansion."

Besides, the Emperor Taishang loves the splendid palace the most.

Nangong is a hundred times more magnificent than the western suburbs where the emperor lived.

The Emperor Taishang must be more satisfied with Nangong, and ask the Queen Mother to think more about the emperor. ”

At the mention of Xuanzong, Empress Dowager Sun changed her mind.

In the end, the result of the discussion between the two sides was that the Emperor Taishang lived in the South Palace, the Queen Mother lived in the Yinghua Palace, the Empress Zhou and the Prince lived in the Kunning Palace, and the Empress Qian moved from the Changchun Palace to the South Palace and lived with the Emperor Taishang.

As for the demotion, the two sides also reached a consensus: it was decided by the Emperor himself himself.

Empress Dowager Sun firmly believes that Zhu Qizhen will not agree, and the cabinet firmly believes that Zhu Qizhen will definitely agree.

Zhu Qiyu is the most calm, and he can do anything.

Fifteen moons and sixteen rounds.

Zhu Qiyu took his favorite concubines to an open-air hot spring halfway up the mountainside, bathing with mandarin ducks and watching the moon at the same time.

More than a hundred times more comfortable than the one who herded the sheep.

But soaking, Zhu Qiyu suddenly sighed heavily, and several favorite concubines hurriedly asked the reason.

Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly: "I also have a headache, Wang Ji, I don't know what he's thinking." According to the latest analysis of military reports, twenty days ago, Wang Ji had already led his army to Yijinai.

I'm wondering if he really wants to welcome our Emperor back to the capital.

Anyway, no matter how this battle was fought, more than 20,000 remnants of the army would be defeated first, and it would be impossible to defeat Wang Ji's 100,000 troops who had experienced a hundred battles.

Repeated defeats like Shi Heng's could never happen to Wang Ji. ”

Ning Xiang sat on Zhu Qiyu's body, hugged and hugged him, and whispered softly: "Won't the husband transfer this military secretary to Nanjing." ”

"That's not going to work, so everyone will know that I won't welcome back the emperor. Although everyone knows very well in their hearts, this kind of thing cannot be put on the table openly.

Besides, Wang Ji really has military exploits, and the secretary of the military department is the position he deserves, so I can't throw him to Nanjing and be idle.

Although my authority today is almost unlimited, I do things with principles and bottom lines. ”

Ning Xiang asked again, "Then have you sent a prison army?" ”

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "No, now Wang Ji is attributed to Wang Zhenyi's party by the officials, and he has been impeached repeatedly." Originally, he was like a frightened bird, and I would continue to stimulate him only when I was kicked in the head by a donkey.

Forget it, I don't want to, he can fight as much as he likes.

I can really welcome the Emperor back, and I admit it.

Let's hurry up and get down to business, and strive to get each of you pregnant before the Emperor Taishang returns to Beijing. ”

……

August 17.

The township test began, with a total of three sessions, each of which lasted three days.

The first two games were nothing, and Zhu Qiyu handed over the power to the cabinet.

In the third session, the test theory.

Generally speaking, the most important is the first session: Baguwen.

If the eight-strand essay is good, the exam will be eighty percent successful.

As for the strategy, answer casually, as long as it is not too outrageous.

But this time, Zhu Qiyu personally came up with the topic of the strategy.

The questions are simple and straightforward:

First, on the merits and demerits of the Battle of Luchuan.

Second, on the causes and consequences of the change of the civil fort.

Third, on how to prosper the Ming Dynasty and recreate the prosperous world.

Zhu Qiyu's three questions are intended to completely block people.

If you want to answer these three questions, you have to take a clear stand.

After the policy examination, Zhu Qiyu has to read the paper in person, and those who want to talk about it left and right, those who want to be vague, and those who want to pretend to be wrong, will all be dethroned.

As for the good answers, the most distinct positions, and the most to-the-point disadvantages, they will be focused on by Zhu Qiyu and become the candidates for the protégés of the Son of Heaven.

is also a Jinshi of Jingtai's first department, although they are all called protégés of the Son of Heaven, Zhu Qiyu will also be separated from relatives and distant from each other.

What is worth cultivating, it should be cultivated carefully. If it is not worth cultivating, leave it to Chen Xun, Wang Wen and others to deal with.

In order to avoid the leakage of test questions, before the start of the exam, the test questions only existed in Zhu Qiyu's own heart.

On the day of the exam, Zhu Qiyu dictated to Chen Xun and Wang Wen. The Cabinet then distributes the exam questions.

In this way, the Emperor faction did not have time to oppose it at all.

(End of chapter)