Xiang Jingtai proposed to 'imprison the South Palace', which is the representative work of Xu Zheng and Huang Jian.

In the sixth year of Jingtai, the prince of Emperor Jing had already died, and at this time, Xu Zheng also secretly said that he proposed to 'move the emperor and the late prince to the king of Yizhou'.

Such a loyal minister of Jingtai is difficult to find even with a lantern.

It's a pity that Jingtai in history not only didn't listen, but sold Xu Zheng after changing hands.

As a result, Zhu Qizhen was reinstated, and Xu Zheng was delayed in the city for three days.

Jingtai in history is really upright. Therefore, it is said that Jingtai did not kill Zhu Qizhen because he had no real power, and he was set aside by Yu Qian and other ministers, and it is really unlikely. The main reason is that Jingtai himself doesn't want to do it at all.

The current Zhu Qiyu is still very different from the Renjun Jingtai in history.

Zhu Qiyu's attitude now is very simple: You respectfully let the emperor and his family go to the palace in Fengyang, the central capital, and enjoy endless glory and wealth.

But if you have to stay in Beijing and raise the bar, then I'm sorry, I also have a big family, and they are also old and young, women and children, and they also need to live.

If you refuse to leave, my favorite concubines and these children will be killed sooner or later.

It wasn't until the afternoon, when it was almost dark, that Zhu Qiyu instructed He Yi: "Do righteousness, give an order to Duke An Guo and Marquis Wuding, and lift martial law in the capital." ”

He Yi asked, "Your Majesty, will the Imperial Palace also lift martial law together?" ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded.

In fact, martial law has no practical significance for Zhu Qiyu, it is used to set off the atmosphere and show off force.

The people of the capital may not all care about the political situation. These internal contradictions of the royal family are at most an after-dinner conversation, and a considerable number of people don't care about it.

But after such martial law, the vast majority of the people in the capital will take the initiative to understand the reason for martial law.

In this way, within three days, the news of the eunuchs in the inner court poisoning the prince and blaming the emperor will reach everyone's ears.

And then with a little guidance of public opinion, the spearhead will be directed at the Empress Dowager Sun and the Sun family.

As for the purpose of showing off force, it is even simpler: to let the people inside and outside the capital, the government and the opposition, know that the emperor can control the army and can cover it. Whoever dares to commit rebellion will only be brutally suppressed.

When it was time for dinner, news came from the capital. The two princes are in critical condition, especially the third prince, who is younger and more fragile, and he can't support it anymore.

Zhu Qiyu was also helpless when he heard it. Things have come to this point, to be honest, Zhu Qiyu himself doesn't understand what the eunuchs in Nangong are doing.

Strictly speaking, only among the sixteen concubines dedicated to Zhu Qizhen, two or three of them can be regarded as people placed by Zhu Qiyu, but they can't participate in such a big event.

The other women in Nangong are all from Zhu Qizhen.

A little eunuch like Zhang Min is far from being a cronie, and it can only be said that he can exert some influence on them.

As for the rest of the people, Xing'an, Chen Xiang, Ruan Lang, Cao Jixiang and others are all real Zhu Qizhen's cronies.

In other words, the influence that Zhu Qiyu can exert on Nangong is actually very limited.

So Zhu Qiyu had a bold idea: he had misjudged that the eunuchs or concubines in Nangong were really fighting among themselves.

Even the eunuchs and concubines of Nangong united together, secretly stirring up trouble and contributing to the entire poisoning incident.

I always thought that under huge external pressure, Nangong would temporarily become a monolith, and it seems that I still underestimated human nature.

Xing'an and Ruan Lang are Zhu Qizhen's hardcore henchmen who have been proven by history. The problem may be Chen Xiang and Cao Jixiang.

Well, yes, although all the palace people in Shangshan Prison have been detained, someone still has to cook for the masters of the palace.

So Zhu Qiyu made another decree, ordering Chen Xiang to concurrently serve as the seal of the Shangshan Superintendent, and had the right to temporarily requisition and transfer the personnel and materials of Guanglu Temple.

To the south of Shangshanjian, next to it is Guanglu Temple.

Although the cooks of Guanglu Temple may not be as good as the imperial chefs of Shangshan Supervisor, it is better than giving Gong's family a hungry stomach.

The messenger quickly whipped his horse, and in an hour he delivered the will to Nangong.

Chen Xiang successfully got back the Shang Shan Jian again, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, so he immediately went to the Shang Shan Jian to arrange food.

However, despite Zhu Qiyu's kindness, the emperor's family hardly had dinner.

Everyone was afraid, lest they didn't eat a bite of food, so they followed.

There was no word all night, and the next day, the news spread in the capital.

But the civil and military officials were surprisingly quiet.

Even the official of the science and Taoism had nothing to say for a while.

This sudden incident will not be rectified for everyone.

And the ministers couldn't play it. Before the Jingtai Dynasty, there had always been a tacit understanding between the royal family and the ministers: not to admit that the royal family had the possibility of being assassinated.

When today's son ascended the throne, he publicly admitted that Shi Jing, the commander of the horses, had murdered Princess Shunde, and sentenced him to Ling Chi.

However, in the end, when Princess Shunde was killed, she had already married out of the palace, which was not a disaster that happened in the palace, and Daming has never attached importance to the princess.

But now that the prince has been poisoned in Nangong, once he is publicly convicted, it will completely break the rules and admit that the royal family may be assassinated.

Therefore, the ministers were reluctant to discuss it, nor were they willing to make the matter public, let alone point it to the Queen Mother.

Zhu Qiyu doesn't care about this, the people of the capital will discuss it. Before, you used public opinion against me, but now it's time for me to do the other way and give back to the other.

Public opinion will be holding you back.

The parties faced each other silently for several days.

The wind direction of the entire capital is extremely strange: there are many people talking, and the court is as calm as water.

On April 24, the peace was finally broken.

An obituary spread throughout Beijing: The third prince was seriously ill and died in the middle of the night on April 23.

Concubine Wan Chen was so grief-stricken that she cried and fainted four or five times in a row. Gong made the emperor furious and demanded a thorough investigation of the Shang Shan Supervisor.

Zhu Qiyu got up early in the morning, just freshened up, and waited for the important ministers of the court.

It just so happened that in the past few days, Zhu Qiyu has not slept all night.

When I came to Qingyun Pavilion today, all the ministers also saw it: the emperor's eyes were red, bloodshot, and his face was full of depression and helplessness.

Seeing this situation, the ministers could only express sympathy and comfort to the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu sighed heavily, and waved his hand weakly: "You all talk about it." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Wang Wen.

Wang Wen stood up and replied helplessly: "Your Majesty, Weichen is incompetent, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, together with the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, interrogated the palace people involved for many days, but still failed to make them confess their crimes and confess to the mastermind. ”

Xiao Weizhen, the secretary of Dali Temple, then stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the three law divisions have done their best, so please ask Your Majesty to order Jinyiwei to take over." ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Order the Jinyi Guard to command Menda and Lu Gao to take over." The person was still locked up in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and ordered Menda and Lu Gao to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for interrogation. ”

Everyone agrees on this, if you put people in Jinyiwei Prison, you risk being killed and killed. Comparatively speaking, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is much safer.

Zhu Qiyu added: "I will send pro-troops to temporarily defend the Metropolitan Procuratorate until the case is concluded." ”

When everyone heard this, they were secretly speechless in their hearts, the emperor's 'pro-army' here definitely did not refer to Jinyiwei.

In the Jingtai Dynasty, Dongchang and Jinyiwei were not trusted and valued by the emperor, and their sense of existence was extremely low, which was a good thing.

Next, Chen Xun asked the emperor for the next arrangement.

Zhu Qiyu thought for a moment before replying: "Posthumously as the king of England, and bury him with the gift of a prince." ”

Everyone had no opinions, and Chen Xun replied: "Your Majesty, I respectfully asked the emperor to move Empress Zhou and the crown prince to live in the South Palace, and his attitude was extremely resolute.

How to reply to the emperor, please also ask the Holy Lord. ”

This is something that Zhu Qiyu himself did not expect. According to Zhu Qiyu's speculation, the reason why Zhu Qizhen made such a request was because he was suspicious of Queen Zhou and wanted to summon her to her side and supervise her nearby.

The second is to ensure the safety of the crown prince. After all, Empress Zhou and the crown prince live in Kunning Palace, and it is more convenient for traitors to move. moved to Nangong, beside Zhu Qizhen, others still have some scruples.

And if you are in a hurry, you can close the gate of Nangong and rest on your laurels.

(End of chapter)