Out of Control
During the morning court session, the minister standing in front noticed that the emperor who walked up to the throne did not look very good. Zhu Yunwen's complexion was originally fair, but it was still fair at this moment, but lacked some healthy blood color, and his eyelids were also swollen and slightly wrinkled.
The edge of his eyebrows revealed his depressed mood without concealment.
Zhu Yunwen's complexion was indeed not good, and he was in a bad mood. He didn't sleep much last night. He tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. Later, he simply put on his clothes and got up, casually opened a book and read it, which caused Ben to be called to bed.
The imperial concubine Feng Baoer stayed with him for the whole night.
"My lords...Pingshen..."
Zhu Yunwen said feebly. He looked at the courtiers slowly rising at the foot of the steps, and his heart palpitated suddenly: "Is this really the case, king, king, minister, father, father, son? All my decisions, whether right or wrong, are theirs."
Is there really only blind obedience, and obedience from the bottom of the heart? King Xiang... fights with death, and the whole family is harmed, so what can I say?"
He suddenly remembered something that his father said when he was a child. This thing had been in his heart for a long time. For some reason, he suddenly remembered. What his father said to him,
It happened during the Three Kingdoms period. Once, before a banquet, Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi suddenly asked the ministers a question on a whim: "If the biological father and the king are both terminally ill at the same time, and there is only one pill, only one person can be saved."
, Sirs, are you going to save you or your father?"
All the civil and military officials made impassioned speeches to express their loyalty to the emperor, saying that if he encountered such a situation, he would sacrifice his father to save the emperor. However, one minister named Bing Yuan did not say a word. Cao Pi asked him by name.
, Bing Yuan replied loudly: "Of course I will save my father!"
Of course, saving the father, saving the king or saving the father, does this need to be discussed? In his view, of course the father is more important than the king. Cao Pi did not blame him, because Cao Pi also knew that those ministers who claimed to sacrifice their father to save the king,
I was just trying to please him, and what I said was not the truth.
His father said to him: "The closest relatives in the world are nothing more than flesh and blood. We were born in an imperial family. Compared with brothers and sisters in ordinary families, we have many more rules and systems. Therefore, we are far less likely to get close to our relatives than those in ordinary families. Only for this reason, we
We should pay more attention to the love between relatives and show more care and consideration to our closest relatives."
His father, Zhu Biao, had never done anything outstanding. He even died of illness within a few years of becoming the crown prince. But his grandfather had more than 20 sons, some were charitable, some were violent, some were eccentric, and some were withdrawn.
Regardless of his temperament, he is docile and close to his father, truly respecting and loving this eldest brother as his eldest brother. Even though his father has passed away for so many years, no matter who mentions him, he is still full of respect.
Did my husband teach me wrong? Should I be like my father? What's wrong with me? I am the emperor, I am the emperor! Why can't they fulfill all my hard work?
Zhu Yunwen's face twisted, and in a trance, he seemed to hear someone calling: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"Um?"
Zhu Yunwen woke up and looked intently, only to see the officials of Honglu Temple standing there cautiously, saying: "Your Majesty, thank you for today. All the officials have announced your resignation. If the Emperor doesn't see them, then..., it's OK
Let the officials take action."
Zhu Yunwen corrected his posture and said: "Then...let's do something."
"According to the order!"
Honglu Temple bowed to receive the order, turned to the ministers, and shouted loudly: "The emperor has a decree, and the ministers will carry out the work. If you have the right to do it, you will withdraw from the court if there is no problem!"
"I have my own notes!"
With sharp eyes, Zhu Yunwen saw a tiger general standing out from the Wu Chen class. Someone seemed to be pulling him from behind. He also flicked his sleeves fiercely and threw away the colleague who was trying to hold him. Only then did Zhu Yunwen see clearly.
The person who stood up was Xu Zengshou, a first-rank military minister of the dynasty and the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army.
"Xu Aiqing, do you have anything to say?"
"Yes, I heard yesterday that the King of Xiang was scolded by His Majesty for a minor offense, and the whole family stayed in the palace..."
Before Xu Zengshou finished speaking, Lian Zining came out of the crowd and said in a deep voice: "Captain Xu must be careful, King Xiangli is plotting rebellion. His crimes are exposed and he commits suicide in fear. This is not a small offense."
"You fart!"
Xu Zengshou was furious and shouted: "Rebellion, another rebellion! Less than a year after the death of the late emperor, the king of Zhou rebelled, the king of Qi rebelled, the king of Dai rebelled, and now the king of Xiang also rebelled. Why didn't he rebel before? Suddenly
Suddenly all the kings in the world rebelled? If they rebelled, they would rebel. Now the civil and military officials of the dynasty and the common people in the world have only heard that they rebelled, but there is no real evidence! If they really rebelled, I would be a military commander.
On behalf of Your Majesty, I am willing to be the first to send troops to attack, and it will not be a pity to die on the battlefield. However, if you are convicted based on just one word, where is the court's law and order? Where is the prestige?"
Huang Zicheng said gloomily: "Admiral Xu, what do you mean by 'I didn't rebel before, but suddenly all the kings in the world rebelled'? Are you insinuating that the emperor is unjust and has caused unrest in the world?"
"***Your grandma!"
The enemy was extremely jealous when they saw each other. Xu Zengshou had been holding back his anger all night. When he heard that he was taking him into the ditch, he cursed in anger. Zhuo Jing shouted angrily: "Governor Xu, even if you are the empress of Zhongliang, you are the queen of Zhongliang.
How can you, a very human minister, lose your manners in front of your Majesty and end up like this?"
Xu Zengshou also knew that based on his words, if Zhu Yunwen had the intention to embarrass him, he could be punished for the crime of misconduct. He simply pointed at Huang Zicheng and filed a complaint against Zhu Yunwen first: "You grandma, dig me up and bury me."
! Your Majesty, you heard that Huang Zicheng is a sanctimonious person on the surface, but he is a man who steals men and prostitutes women. He has ulterior motives and is extremely insidious. He is deliberately abducting me and trapping me in injustice. Your Majesty must uphold justice for me!"
Zhu Yunzhen was so angry that he slapped the table and shouted: "What nonsense! This is the Golden Palace, where hundreds of officials perform their duties. If you are making any noise, please stay away!"
Guo Ren, the Minister of Household Affairs, stood out from the crowd, bowed to Zhu Yunwen, and said loudly: "Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has been hoarding money and preparing a strong army. What is it for? To attack Zhou in the north, to attack Hunan in the south, to cut off the two feathers of swallows, and to eliminate serious troubles for the court.
, It’s just for eternal peace. Governor Xu receives a salary from the imperial court, shouldn’t he share his worries for the emperor in order to be loyal to the emperor?”
Guo Ren's implication was: Let's open the skylight and speak frankly. The emperor wants to reduce the vassalage. He has planned to reduce the vassalage since he ascended the throne. He has started making preparations long ago. These princes have all led troops and fought in wars.
He had military power and had a relatively good relationship with King Yan of Peiping. No matter whether the kings had rebelled or not, they could not escape the fate of being deposed first. King Xiang himself was ignorant of current affairs. Who could blame him?
You still speak for him, but whose side are you on?
Guo Ren was on Zhu Yunwen's side. Unfortunately, what he said was too tactful and he didn't know how to hide it at all. After hearing this, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but blush. Before he could distance himself, someone else spoke next to him: "Master Guo, this is
That's wrong, can we kill all the kings and achieve peace for all eternity?"
"Eh? Who is so bold, knowing the emperor's intentions, and dares to go against the emperor with Xu Zengshou's stupid young man?"
The officials turned around and saw that Yuan Tai, who was standing at the head of the Imperial Envoy's Office, almost fainted. The person speaking was actually from his Imperial Envoy's Office, and he had personally promoted him in order to attack Wu Youdao's cronies.
A young envoy said: "This boy is so ignorant of current affairs that he actually goes against me!"
This young imperial envoy named Yu Xin was full of enthusiasm. He felt that as an imperial envoy, he should uphold justice. He ignored Yuan Tai's murderous gaze and said to Zhu Yunwen proudly: "Your Majesty,
All the kings are the sons of Taizu, the brothers of Emperor Xiaokang (Zhu Biao), and your majesty’s biological uncle. The two emperors have spirits in heaven. Seeing that your majesty is the emperor, but their own sons and brothers were brutally killed,
Can they feel at peace in their hearts? The so-called views of cutting down vassals are all foolish views of Confucian scholars. I advise Your Majesty not to listen to them. Otherwise, our great Ming Dynasty will be in a great situation. I am afraid that within ten years, there will be great chaos. Your Majesty will regret it then.
It’s too late.”
Qi Tai said angrily: "Shi Yu, do you think that the emperor is forcing the kings to rebel?"
The young imperial envoy smiled faintly and replied calmly: "As an imperial envoy, I am responsible for impeaching hundreds of officials and supervising criminal laws. If I see any injustice and hear any injustice, I should report it to the emperor to set his sights straight. This is
The imperial envoy talks about matters within his official duties. Will Mr. Qi also imitate Huang Xueshi's method of luring Governor Xu into committing a crime?"
Someone among the officials in the hall immediately sneered. Qi Tai's face was a bit thinner than Huang Zicheng's, and he couldn't help but blush when he heard this.
When Fang Xiaoru saw it, he quickly stood up to defend Zhu Yunzhen. When he opened his mouth, it was the ancient sages, and when he shut up, he was talking about Confucius and Mencius. Zhu Yunwen was sitting on the throne, upset and angry, and wanted to leave. He knew that he was trying to cut off vassalage from him.
Some people in the court have always disapproved of the method, but for fear of the emperor's majesty, the ministers have never dared to speak up. Therefore, Gao Wei, the former governor of the governor's office who was serving as an official at home, did not know the seriousness of the matter and raised objections to him. However, because of the death of King Xiang
, there was finally an open voice of opposition in the DPRK, which made him deeply uneasy.
Zhu Yuanzhang's son did not have a fuel-efficient lamp, so the King of Qi only gave him some eye drops. King Yan Zhu Di was sometimes hard and sometimes soft, half mocking, half teasing, which once embarrassed him, but their actions
None of them were as fierce as Zhu Bai, King of Xiang. Zhu Yunwen had a good reputation and wanted face, but his uncles unanimously chose not to give him face and beat him hard in the face. Zhu Bai even used the lives of his whole family to beat him hard.
Slapping him in the face caused the halo of benevolence, filial piety and charity that he once advertised on his body to gradually fade away. The significance of Zhu Bai's death only began to appear after his death. Zhu Yunwen was worried that not only the kings were secretly hostile to him, but also
Many people in both the government and the public are disloyal.
"I cannot agree with what Academician Fang said!"
After listening to Fang Xiaoru's boastful talk about the theory of kings and ministers, fathers and sons, ministers should share the worries of the king and father, Jin Youran, a member of the Ministry of Rites, went out to the class and said: "Your Majesty, I think that the strategy of reducing the vassal is not appropriate. The late emperor
Using a commoner to drive out the barbarians and defeat the heroes is a great talent and a great leader. If the feudal vassal state is harmful and useless, wouldn't the late emperor know it? The great leader who founded the feudal vassal state, such as Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, is not as talented and strategic as a group of boasters.
Literary person?
Why feudal vassal states? Because whether it is because of relatives, internal eunuchs, or the court's powerful traitors, the local princes are too powerful to overwhelm the emperor. The feudal vassals are the emperor's biggest backing, so they are like Empress Dowager Lu, Empress Dowager Dou, and Wu Zetian
It is so powerful that once the clan exerts its power, it will be like a flash in the pan, and the imperial power will eventually return to the royal family. If the royal kings are not trustworthy, then are outsiders more trustworthy?"
Huang Zicheng said angrily: "Jin Youran, you, a little official of the Ministry of Rites, actually use the heretical theory to deceive the emperor?"
Jin Youran, as his name suggests, has a very slow temper. He was afraid that his thoughts would be interrupted if he got anxious, so he still said slowly and leisurely: "Master Huang's words are wrong. The people of the Han Dynasty summed up the lessons learned from the death of Qin Li II.
It was said at that time: "The Qin Dynasty has no support of flesh and blood, and no bodyguards of the rulers or tribes outside. Wu and Chen fought hard to defeat him, and Liu Xiang killed him." This is the disadvantage of having only prefectures and counties without enfeoffment.
Otherwise, how could Chen Sheng, Wu Guang and Liu Bang and Xiang Yu succeed so easily?
After the death of the First Emperor, Zhao Gao regarded deer as a horse and committed regicide. If the Qin clan was powerful, how could he be regarded as a ruthless person? Since ancient times, this has always been the case when powerful ministers controlled the government and had no strong vassals. Because the royal family was lonely and weak, once the emperor became a human being,
To be continued...