In two months, Jingtai will be eight years old.

Eight years is a long time, and it is time to completely figure out the issue of the throne.

In the afternoon, the news that the Japanese did not want ransom and deposed the emperor and went to sea spread throughout the government and the opposition.

In the cabinet, ten scholars, you look at me, I look at you.

At this point, the old foxes finally saw the mystery of the invasion of the Japanese invaders.

The deposed emperor was held hostage to the sea, and the next step was restoration. For the Ming court, the restoration of the abolished emperor in China was called a coup d'état; Restoration abroad is called treason.

The most crucial issue is that all the scholars here have more or less participated in the fourteen years of orthodoxy to support the new monarch.

If the restoration of the abolished emperor is in accordance with the law of etiquette, then how will the ministers who supported the Jingtai Emperor deal with themselves?

That is to say, the cabinet as a whole was kidnapped by the emperor, and once the abolished emperor was restored, the cabinet had no other way than to help the emperor completely purge the power of the abolished emperor and the crown prince.

After accepting this petition, don't think about swaying from side to side in the future.

No one in the cabinet dared to speak easily, and in the end, Zhou Xuan praised: "This Japanese Muromachi shogunate shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, is really so at stake?"

Thousands of Japanese invaders invaded Shandong and Nanjing in two ways, which was easy to say, but extremely difficult to carry out in practice. It needs to be interlocked, and one wrong step may be wasted.

It's a miracle that such a difficult invasion was made by them. ”

Luo Tong hurriedly replied: "It's just a fluke, it's all because the main elites of Nanzhili and Shandong, especially the sailors, all went to the front line, so that the Japanese have a chance to take advantage of it."

In normal times, there is absolutely no reason for the Japanese to succeed. ”

Luo Tong hurriedly interrupted Zhou Xuan, because he was afraid that he would continue to talk nonsense. In fact, Ashikaga Yoshimasa was only twenty years old, and after the failure of aiding Korea to resist the Ming Dynasty, he barely grasped the authority.

With him, what is it possible to manipulate such an intricate invasion and succeed?

Wang Wen then asked: "If Yiwang is really restored with the support of Japan, how should we deal with it?" ”

This is to unify the voice, the cabinet has reached a consensus with the emperor on Yi Chu before, but I didn't expect the situation to change so quickly, and before Yi Chu started, Yi Wang initiated the restoration first.

He Wenyuan replied: "King Yi was originally the son of the concubine of Xuanmiao, and the saint was originally the son of the holy queen. If King Yi committed treason, he should be in the right position, distinguish the concubine, and change the eldest son of the holy grandson as the crown prince, so as to reassure the hearts of all the people. ”

Wang Wen nodded, looked around again, and asked for the opinions of others.

Everyone else nodded either voluntarily or forcefully.

Everyone can also see that after eight years, this war of public opinion will finally end with today's comprehensive victory.

The most important thing is that among the important ministers of the cabinet, not a single opponent of the emperor can be found.

The important ministers of the cabinet who were loyal to the Xuanmiao and orthodox were purged to the point that there was no one left.

In today's court, the upper-level civil officials are on the emperor's side, and the lower-level civil officials are also on the emperor's side, because most of the lower-level civil officials are Jinshi and Juren in recent years.

There are only middle-level civil officials, most of whom are Jinshi and Juren who have passed the orthodox court examination, and a considerable number of people miss the old master.

But nostalgia is nostalgia, it's just thinking about it in my heart, and those who really dare to stand up and fight with the emperor are now staying in the Fengtian Jingnan Preparatory Office founded by the emperor.

In addition, the Jinshi of the Orthodox Dynasty are not monolithic, and there are many who have moved their minds.

For example, Qiao Yi, a Jinshi in the thirteenth year of orthodoxy, immediately took leave and went home after hearing the news that King Yi was taken hostage to the sea.

When he returned home, he saw that Qiao Feng was studying hard, Qiao Yi hurriedly beckoned: "Feng'er, don't read it, come and let's discuss, something big has happened in the imperial court." ”

Qiao Yi carefully explained the news he got, Qiao Feng was shocked for a long time, and then asked: "This court event has nothing to do with us, right, what is my father's plan?" ”

Qiao Yi shook his head: "The situation has changed like this, and my previous thoughts are not right. What I originally thought was that our father and son would be quiet, and everything would wait for you to be admitted to the Jinshi next year.

However, people's thinking should be flexible and their judgment should be sharp, and they should not carve a boat to seek a sword and respond to all changes with the same.

Our saint is so powerful, I never dreamed that the court situation could be controlled to this point, King Yi and the prince are completely finished, and even public opinion can't support King Yi and the prince now. ”

Qiao Feng asked, "Father wants to go to school?" ”

Qiao Yi nodded: "It was our father and son who wrote together, requesting the deposition of King Yi and the crown prince to set the record straight." If we had waited any longer, by the time the palace test list was released in March next year, the dust would have settled on this incident long ago.

At that time, Yi Chu was completed, and the saint completely sat on the throne, and the dragon work had already been divided by others.

What can you do if you are a jinshi, a nineteen-year-old jinshi who has not learned from the dragon may not be as good as a twenty-five-year-old jinshi who has the skill of a dragon, and who has a brighter future is not necessarily. ”

Qiao Feng asked, "Then when will it be on the table?" ”

Qiao Yi replied with a firm face: "Write it now, and hand over the recital early tomorrow morning." The one who plays first is called the dragon, and the one who plays later is called coaxing.

From the dragon's soaring, the coaxing is nothing. ”

Qiao Feng was very obedient, and the father and son wrote and drew all night, changing their drafts several times, and did not write their respective scripts until late at night.

Although Qiao Feng has no official status, according to the rules of the Jingtai Dynasty, people can also go to the book and talk about things and listen to the heavens, and no one has the right to obstruct it.

The next day, when it was almost noon, Zhu Qiyu got up slowly to eat.

Zhu Qiyu drank millet porridge to nourish the stomach, and asked: "What did the hundred officials say, did they speak for King Yi and the crown prince, what happened to the loyal ministers who were martyred by Fengtianjing?" ”

Qianxue shook her head: "It's all like this, who dares to speak for King Yi." It's those loyal ministers who are difficult to be loyal to the heavens, and some of them speak for the prince.

They believed that the crown prince did not collude with Japan and was innocently implicated. ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Very good, send all those loyal ministers to Nanjing, if the Mandate of Heaven is not in the widow, they will support the crown prince to succeed to the throne in Nanjing, and it will be difficult to be punished by heaven."

Or they choose to find a way to take a boat from Nanjing to go to sea and go to Japan to find Zhu Qizhen.

In short, Beijing can't tolerate them, so they will leave for the south tomorrow. ”

Qianxue asked again: "If they take a boat to the south, do they want to sink the ship halfway?" ”

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Forget it, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself." Since they believe in the mandate of heaven, then we also believe in the mandate of heaven, and we don't need to take action in person, God will clean them up.

Have you ever written to request the deposition of King Yi and the change of crown prince? ”

Qianxue asked rhetorically, "Husband, do you guess it yourself?" ”

Zhu Qiyu continued to shake his head: "No, just these ministers of our Jingtai Dynasty are all masters who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, I don't have hope."

Before Zhu Qizhen officially announced the restoration, no one should stand up and speak for our family. ”

Qianxue smiled: "Husband also guesses wrong, take a look, there are three copies here, all of them are rushing to support Brother Fang as the prince." ”

(End of chapter)