The three assistant ministers of the cabinet and the six ministers are waiting for the emperor's eldest son Zhu Youxiao in the Wenhua Hall.
The emperor died suddenly and suddenly, two emperors died within a month. This was a strange thing that happened only once in a thousand years. Now they were eager to see Zhu Youxiao.
Just now, three assistant ministers suddenly summoned all the officials to say that the emperor has done a great job. The emperor's eldest son was placed under house arrest by Li Xuanshi, which frightened all the ministers. The ministers were united as never before, and for the first time they unanimously agreed that the emperor's eldest son should be released as soon as possible.
Ascending the throne, otherwise God knows what other emergencies will happen.
"His Royal Highness the eldest son of the Emperor has arrived!"
The little eunuch on duty at the door shouted loudly.
The nine ministers immediately stood up, and Zhu Youxiao walked forward quickly.
The ministers bowed and said: "See His Royal Highness the eldest son of the Emperor!"
Zhu Youxiao looked condescendingly at the ministers below who were standing to salute him. He saw Fang Congzhe, Yuan Fu of the cabinet, standing in the center on the left side. Behind him was:
"Han Xu, the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, Zhou Jiamo, the Minister of Personnel, Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, and Huang Kezan, the Minister of Punishments!"
On the right is:
"Liu Yisui, the assistant minister of the cabinet, Wang Yingjiao, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs, Zhang Heming, the minister of the Ministry of war, and Wang Zuoyi, the minister of the Ministry of industry!"
"Masters, please get back on your feet."
"You masters are so anxious to see me, but is there anything important?"
Fang Yizhe, Yuan Fu of the Cabinet, stepped forward and replied, "Your Highness, I am here just to ensure that Your Highness ascends to the throne as soon as possible and succeeds to the throne!"
Zhou Jiamo, the official minister, also stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, the ministers and others have unanimously decided that Your Highness should ascend the throne as soon as possible, otherwise it will be inevitable for traitors and villains to cause trouble."
Zhu Youxiao knew that what happened today caught them off guard. The eldest son of the Ming Emperor was almost controlled by a woman like Li Xuanshi.
Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, also said:
"His Royal Highness will ascend the throne in three days!"
Three days later, Zhu Youxiao had just finished observing the three days of filial piety for Emperor Daxing. Now the situation was unstable. All the ministers hoped that Zhu Youxiao would ascend the throne as soon as possible. If the etiquette and law were not still there, these ministers would like to memorialize Zhu Youxiao now.
Be an emperor.
"Where's the year number?"
"The ministers and others have agreed that the reign name should be Tianqi. I wonder what your majesty means?"
"Since all the masters have chosen the date and decided on the year, time waits for no one, and I will not engage in this trick of making three concessions. Masters, go and make arrangements now!"
Of course, Zhu Youxiao also hopes that the sooner the better. He no longer wants to wait any longer. If it takes more than one day, the situation in Liaodong may collapse.
"Your Majesty, please leave!"
The cabinet and the six ministries had left, while Zhu Youxiao was sitting on a chair, deep in thought.
Now that the Commander of the Jinyiwei has chosen him, Xu Xianchun is a good knife, and Tian Ergeng is also capable of using it, so let him go to Nanjing to serve as his frontline.
Wei Zhongxian can also let him appear. After all, there must be a competitor between Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and there are also constraints between them.
The first task now is to clean up all the eunuchs and maids in the palace who are having secret affairs with foreign ministers. We also need to find a way to deal with people like Concubine Zheng and Li Xuanshi. After all, Concubine Zheng is the favorite of Grandpa Shenzong.
Concubine, and Li Xuanshi is also his nominal mother.
After ascending to the throne, he must centralize power and kill the so-called Donglin Qingliu and civil servants who only care about party fighting.
The empire is now like some cancers in later generations. How can we save it without taking some strong medicine?
Severe punishments are necessary!
The "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions" that Zhu Youxiao has devoted more than a month to studying is prepared for these people.
After all, he had also learned from his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang's ability to reorganize the administration of officials. He believed that it was enough to deal with the short-sighted civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty who only cared about small profits.
After all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has proven that as long as the knife is put to his neck, there is nothing that can't be solved? If it doesn't work, just add another one!
Military power!
Isn't it because the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to massacre without restraint and make hundreds of millions of Han people kneel at their feet and call themselves slaves because they had soldiers?
Power comes from the barrel of a gun!
This sentence is truly an eternal truth!
"Chaosuke."
Zhu Youxiao shouted towards the door
"The slave is here"
Wang Chaofu trotted in with his head lowered.
"Tell Xu Xianchun that the people I entrust to him should be watched carefully and don't make any mistakes!"
Zhu Youxiao was afraid that Xu Xianchun would want to express himself too much and would be punished there.
Those people were specially reserved by him to wait for him to become powerful when he ascended the throne.
Before that, nothing is allowed to happen!
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September 4th
Fengtian Hall
Hundreds of officials trotted into the palace from the left and right sides. On the left were the civil servants headed by the Minister of Cabinet, and on the right were the military attachés headed by the British Duke.
Zhu Youzheng was waiting eagerly in the hall.
Today is his coronation ceremony.
From today on, he is the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor above ten thousand people.
After all the officials entered, everyone inside and outside Fengtian Hall immediately knelt on the ground and shouted:
"I see His Majesty the Emperor, long live His Majesty the Emperor!"
Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon throne, excitedly watching the ceremony that only belonged to him as the emperor, with thousands of people kneeling in worship.
It's really comfortable!
Zhu Youxiao said calmly:
"Pingsheng!"
Next came the stage for the ministers. The blessings never stopped. The various procedures before and after this ceremony took a whole morning. Zhu Youxiao's buttocks hurt from sitting on the dragon chair.
When Zhu Youxiao returned to Nuange, he felt that it was so beautiful. It was almost winter now, and the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty was getting more and more serious. It was already very cold in the capital at this time.
Zhu Youxiao felt that only in this warm pavilion could he feel a little warmth.
"Chao Fu, go get the owed memorials."
Zhu Youxiao felt that although he was very tired now, work still came first. Let's first see what the current situation in Ming Dynasty was like.
After a while, Wang Chaofu came in with two young eunuchs, each holding a box of memorials. Zhu Youxiao Dingqing took a look, good guys, all three are full.
When Wang Chaofu placed the memorial on Long's case, Zhu Youxiao immediately opened it and took a look.
The content was hard to understand at first glance, and when he took a closer look, his expression became distorted.
The memorial is full of chapters, such as sage clouds and the like, with at least more than 10,000 words, and only the last few words are the real content.
"Feng Sanyuan, the censor of the Imperial Procuratorate, impeached Xiong Tingbi on Liaodong's economic strategy, wasted money on the national treasury, retreated steadily in Liaodong, feared the enemy like a tiger, and so on~!"
Opened another memorial:
"Qian Chun, the censor of the Imperial Procuratorate, impeached Xiong Tingbi..."
"Censor of the Imperial Court..."
"I...impeach Xu Guangqi"
Zhu Youxiao opened five memorials in succession, four of which impeached Xiong Tingbi.
After watching it, Zhu Youxiao felt that his life was simply wasted.
said angrily:
"Are these so-called important ministers of the DPRK just thinking about how to impeach others all day long?"
"Zhao Fu, take these eunuchs and pick out all the impeachment memorials for me."
Colonel Zhu You turned to Ke Baba and said warmly: "Nanny Ke, go and make me a bowl of ginger soup."
"My slave obeys the order!"
Ke Baba smiled at him.
Later generations were completely disparaging about Emperor Tianqi's wet nurse. It was said that it was because she caused Emperor Tianqi's Empress Zhang to miscarry, resulting in Emperor Tianqi having only one son, and that only son also died because of Wang Gongchang's birth when he was three years old.
Died due to explosion.
Through his observation during this period of time, Zhu Youxiao did not find that Ke Baba was the kind of woman with a heart as poisonous as a scorpion.
After all, she was just Emperor Tianqi's wet nurse. In the past, she was just one of the thousands of maids in the palace. Everything she had was given by the emperor. Without the emperor's favor, how could she have power?
On the contrary, according to history, after Ke Baba left the palace, Emperor Tianqi accidentally fell into the water and contracted an illness and died soon after.
Zhu Youxiao didn't know whether there was something fishy about it, and he didn't want to know. He only knew to follow his inner thoughts.
"Xuanxian Chun and Tian Ergeng come to see me!"
Zhu Youxiao knew that his battle with the civil servants had begun. The civil servants in this time and space did not have the so-called ability to follow the dragon. It was much easier for him to deal with them.
…
"Your Majesty, Xu Xianchun and Tian Ergeng are here!"
Because of the warm environment in the Nuan Pavilion, Zhu Youxiao actually fell asleep on the chair. It was because of the noise caused by Ke Baba covering him up with a quilt that he woke up.
When Xu Xianchun and Tian Ergeng below saw that the emperor had woken up, they immediately knelt down and said:
Zhu Youxiao feels a little dizzy now. He slept a little too deeply.
"How long have I been sleeping!"
Wang Chaofu on the side replied: "Your Majesty, you just slept for a full hour!"
"You two have been waiting for a while. Is there anything going on at Yikun Palace?"
Xu Xianchun on the side replied: "Back to Your Majesty, several maids and eunuchs in Yikun Palace committed suicide!"
"Oh, who is he?"
Zhu Youxiao asked whether it was Li Xuanshi or Zheng Guifei.
"Your Majesty, they are Concubine Zheng's maids. One of them is an old maid who has been with her for nearly ten years!"
Zhu Youxiao sneered: "It seems that you are still willing to spend money!"
Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment and said:
"I intend to promote you two to serve as commanders and envoys of the Imperial Guard. Are you likely to be qualified?"
Xu Xianchun and Tian Ergeng below were ecstatic and replied:
"I will obey His Majesty's will!"
Zhu Youxiao ordered again:
"Last time I saw you two bringing more than 200 royal guards into the palace. Do you think these people can be trusted?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry, those people are my close friends and trusted friends, there will be absolutely no problem!"
Zhu Youxiao ordered: "Then you two will immediately rectify the Jinyiwei after you return. Those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and wait for death with their corpses eating plain food and waiting for death will all be kicked out of the Jinyiwei. Then use your two trusted followers as a team to give me
Select people who are loyal, reliable, and highly skilled in martial arts to rebuild the Imperial Guard. If there are any difficulties, report them to me as soon as possible!"
"Yes!" The two of them didn't expect that the emperor came to them today for this matter. However, the two of them wanted to express themselves better in order to go further.
"Back off!"
Zhu Youxiao stood up, stretched, looked ahead and said, "Chao Wangfu, have you finished picking out the memorial?"
"Your Majesty, the memorial has been selected!"
Zhu Youxiao looked at the memorials on the Long Case, which contained only about twenty books, with a sneer on his lips.