What is ridiculous, Zhu Jianshen wanted to accept the palace maid Wan Zhen'er as a concubine, but Zhu Qiyu was inclined to agree.

Half a month without words, time flies.

Early in the morning of June 9, important cabinet ministers took the initiative to come to Ganquan Palace and ask for Hajj.

Zhu Qiyu took Zhu Wenfang to summon everyone in the Qingyun Palace, and a long-lost figure appeared in the hall.

The meritorious Yasukuni Duke Wang Ji finally returned to the court, and Zhu Qiyu asked for a long time before getting to the point.

This time, it was Wang Yining, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who preluded the prelude, and respectfully presented the crown prince's letter to the emperor, and explained the reasons in detail.

Although Zhu Qiyu had known it for a long time, he still pretended to be surprised: "The crown prince insisted on abdicating himself and becoming a vassal king? Do you want to cancel your previous engagement?

Forget it, do you want to accept the palace maid Wan Zhen'er as the princess? ”

Wang Yining nodded affirmatively.

Zhu Qiyu touched Zhu Wenfang's head lovingly, and then asked the ministers, "What do you think?" ”

Everyone took the emperor's actions into account, and they were all shocked: the emperor was too lazy to pretend, and it was clear that he wanted to change the prince.

Has the time finally come? Since the birth of the prince of Qi, the emperor has endured it for six years before he started, which has been much beyond the expectations of the government and the public.

Most of the cabinet members are actually ready to accept Yi Chu in their hearts.

The reason is very simple, the emperor now has twelve sons, and King Yi has one son left: the crown prince Zhu Jianshen.

The Father has the world, and let it be passed on to the Son.

No matter how an accident happens, it is impossible for all twelve sons of the emperor to die, and the throne will not be able to return to the orthodox line no matter what.

The most important thing is that the army and important ministers loyal to Xuanmiao and orthodoxy are no longer there, and there is no way to start whether it is a mutiny or a coup.

And even if the ministers no longer have a conscience, they have to admit that today's son is not worthy of his father, and if he changes the temper of Xuanmiao, he will kill the orthodox family a long time ago.

When today's prince can easily kill the crown prince without a trace, but he is still willing to go through the easy storage process, this is already merciful enough.

Everyone had the courage to secretly aim at the emperor, and the emperor's eyes revealed obvious impatience and a trace of imperceptible ruthlessness.

Seeing that everyone didn't reply, Zhu Qiyu sneered faintly: "Does anyone want to be a scholar?" Hand me the notebook, and the widow will take care of it for you on the spot.

The widow has no other ability, and he loves to write this 'quasi' word in his life. ”

He Wenyuan, the secretary of the ministry, took the lead in kneeling on the ground and said: "Initiating the saint, the father has the world, and it is passed on to the son, which is a natural and righteous principle."

King Yi has repeatedly committed serious crimes against Sheji, and the crown prince should have been deposed. It is the benevolence of the saints, and it has been maintained to this day.

However, changing the prince is not only the hope of the subjects of the world, but also the foundation of ensuring the stability of the country.

Wechen implored the saint to conform to the hearts of the people and change the prince to the crown prince to correct the country. ”

Zhu Qiyu sat precariously and did not refute it.

Seeing that the emperor had already expressed his attitude, Wang Wen, Wang Ji, Luo Tong, Zhou Chen, Shen Yi, Huang Pu, He Yi and others all knelt down.

The old seniors in front of them all knelt down, and the five people who entered the cabinet later, Wang Yining, Xiao Rong, Yao Kui, Zhou Xuan, and Geng Jiuchou, glanced at each other, and it was difficult to insist any longer.

There are currently fifteen scholars in the cabinet, and eight of them have already knelt down, and Xu Youzhen and Jiang Yuan, who are leading the troops outside, know that they must support the emperor without asking.

After a little hesitation, Yao Kui also knelt down. Because after the Tumubao Incident, when the ministers were arguing endlessly about the succession to the throne, it was Yao Kui who stood up and scolded: The ministers of the imperial court are planning for the society, why do they do it!

It was these words that were finalized, and the proposal to support Zhu Qiyu was completely determined.

After Zhu Qiyu succeeded to the throne, although he was not very close to Yao Kui on the surface, Yao Kui was promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department at the age of forty-three and entered the cabinet, and was one of the fastest-promoted officials in the Jingtai Dynasty, not much worse than Xu Youzhen.

Yao Kui is also very reasonable, he supported the enthronement of today's son, if he doesn't support Yi Chu now, wouldn't he force the emperor's sons to die, how can he be a courtier to pit the emperor like this.

Moreover, Yao Kui's political propositions are very consistent with those of today, all of which are to suppress Buddhism, prohibit procurement, compassionate military craftsmen, reduce forced labor, soothe displaced people, and save redundant expenses.

Especially on the issue of suppressing Buddha, Yao Kui is a die-hard supporter of today.

Among the monarchs and ministers who attended this small court meeting, there were only two people who hated Buddhism and hated toothache, one was Zhu Qiyu and the other was Yao Kui.

Following Yao Kui, Xiao Rong and Wang Yining also knelt down.

Zhou Xuan and Geng Jiuchou saw that there were only two brothers left, so what was the point of holding on. And he, like Zhou Chen and Shen Yi, belongs to the hard-working faction, and on these political positions, he can just follow the crowd quietly.

After everyone knelt down, Zhu Qiyu pretended to be panicked and excused himself: "The crown prince is not at fault, how can he change it without authorization, and put this proposal aside."

The prince's marriage, how can the things that have been decided be easily changed. As for the prince's liking of the palace maid Wan, he can be included as a side concubine. ”

Everyone can't agree to this, everyone knelt and knelt, and the posture was expressed, and the emperor, the old man, said that it was not easy to save, that was not a joke.

The psychology of people is like this, hesitating before taking that step, and looking forward firmly after taking that step.

Since it is necessary to store the position sooner or later, it is better to do it to the end today, so as to quickly get the power to intervene in the next emperor Zhu Wenfang.

Now that the name is not right, the ministers can't control anything related to Zhu Wenfang at all.

Thinking that Zhu Wenfang's wife had already been decided, and Master Wenwu had already taught him, and Zhu Wenfang was only the prince of King Qi, and the government and the opposition did not even have the power to intervene, the ministers were heartbroken.

Fortunately, the emperor did not do things absolutely, and the positions of the prince's third division, the prince's third youth, and the subordinate officials of the Zhan Mansion were all retained.

Now that Yichu has made it clear, what are you waiting for if you don't rush up to grab it.

Therefore, the ministers refused to get up and insisted that the emperor officially decide to change the prince.

But Zhu Qiyu just wants to hold a closed-door meeting today and reach a consensus with the cabinet on easy storage.

To officially announce Easy Storage, we will have to wait until next year.

Next year is the eighth year of Jingtai, which is not only the year of martial arts, but also the beginning of cultural governance.

At the beginning of the year, he conquered Japan and earned an additional income of five million taels a year for the imperial court; Conquer Majapahit, recover the old port, and develop overseas trade in an all-round way.

At this time, the prestige has risen a lot, and he can take advantage of the situation to send Zhu Qizhen away and depose Zhu Jianshen.

As for whether the common people and gentry will support it?

Zhu Qiyu left a hand early: permanently exempting the poll tax and carrying out the reform of forced labor.

Such a huge benefit, the unbelieving common people and gentry did not support.

The Ming Dynasty now has a rather serious hidden population. The reason why the local gentry and heroes resisted the inventory of the population was not because they had to pay a poll tax.

There are also people who sell their sons and daughters, which also has a lot to do with the poll tax.

As for conscription, it was a great burden, not only for the common people, but also for the gentry and the powerful to be annoyed by the conscription.

(End of chapter)