Seeing the emperor getting angry, Zhang Yan suddenly panicked and said quickly:
"Your Majesty, calm down. My father was instigated and exploited by villains when he was confused for a moment. I have already taught him a lesson."
"Don't worry, they are your relatives after all. I will take your feelings and face into consideration and won't do anything to them."
"As long as they abide by the laws and live a good life in Henan, they can still be wealthy and prosperous for three generations."
"It's just some thoughts and thoughts. If you shouldn't have it, don't have it."
Hearing this, Zhang Yan breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She was really afraid that the emperor would attack her relatives in anger.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take good care of my father and two younger brothers."
"I am also guilty of this matter. I failed to advise and stop my father in time and did those treasonous and unethical things. Please be punished by your Majesty."
For the beautiful Zhang Yan, even the emperor Zhu Youxiao had to be moved by her.
Men, few can hold their own in front of beautiful women.
No, Zhang Yan's coquettish look immediately made Zhu Youxiao angry, who had been holding back for some time.
And after so many things happened, or maybe it was the words of Concubine Liu that she had no heirs last time in Cining Palace that made Zhu Youxiao a little worried.
Although he is still young, the emperor must have a son, not to carry on the family line, but to further consolidate the imperial power and establish an orthodox heir.
At this time, Zhu Youxiao also had the idea that he must have a biological son.
"Well, you are indeed guilty. You have been married to me for more than a year and you haven't given birth to a prince yet. I really want to punish you."
After saying this, Zhu Youxiao hugged Zhang Yan, making the latter feel shy.
The three emperors who had no sons in the Ming Dynasty all ended up very miserable.
The seriously ill Emperor Jingtai was directly betrayed by his ministers, and even Yu Qian, who supported him with one hand, chose to stand by and watch.
The most tragic thing was Emperor Wu Zong. He had always been strong and healthy, but he fell into the water and fell ill.
When he felt that his life was threatened, he found that there was no one around him, and even changing doctors was blocked by civil servants.
After his death, he will be subjected to all kinds of manipulations, fabricating facts and distorting history.
And Jiajing was just his cousin. Not to mention the two of them, even King Xingxian and Zhu Youxian may not have met a few times.
Apart from a blood relationship, there is no emotional basis at all, and they are no different from strangers.
Moreover, Jiajing was also the successor of Emperor Wu Zong. When he was young, he was a competitive person and was arrogant. Naturally, he would not feel that he was inferior to his predecessor.
Therefore, Jiajing almost acquiesced to the deliberate efforts of literati and officials to infiltrate the dark side, and even took pleasure in their misfortunes.
If Zhu Houzhao himself had a son, would the literati and officials dare to be so blatant in trying to tamper with him?
Even when he was dying on the bed, as an emperor, his request to change doctors was rejected?
Wasn't this the case with Emperor Tianqi in history?
After his death, the literati and officials immediately changed their faces, saying that he was incompetent, timid, timid, and a puppet emperor of Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family.
There were even rumors that he was illiterate, and a lot of brainless people actually believed it.
This statement is simply nonsense. There is no lower limit to any means necessary to get into the dark.
If even the grand grandson of the emperor could not read, how could Chongzhen, who was an ordinary prince at that time, be literate?
It's simply off the mark.
As the emperor's grandson appointed by Emperor Wanli, Emperor Tianqi could not say how outstanding his talents were, but at least he was outstanding and not as mediocre and incompetent as the civil servants said.
When it comes to the mouths of literati and officials, it is worse than shit.
As for Emperor Chongzhen, it was like flattering and fawning, saying that a holy emperor was on the throne, and the master of Ming Dynasty and Zhongxing was descended from heaven.
Tianqi was so kind to Chongzhen, and even said that my brother should be Yao and Shun.
But how did Chongzhen repay his brother?
It's exactly the same as Jiajing, letting the ministers arrange things in the dark, pretending that they didn't hear or see, and just let you go.
Even more outrageous, he actually gave him a posthumous title, which directly trampled Apocalypse into the ground.
Although Jiajing did not know Zhu Shousu, he at least gave Yi Yi a fair response.
You and Tianqi grew up together, and they worked hard to train you, and the country and the country were also handed over to you. But in the end, you turned your own brother into a useless man.
From this point of view, Chongzhen's character and virtue are open to question. He was mean and ungrateful, and had no sense of humility, not even family affection.
If he hadn't hanged himself when the country was overthrown, his reputation would not be much better than that of Qin II.
Even if he has problems with his personal ethics, he is also in a complete mess when it comes to military and national affairs. He bullies the weak and fears the strong, and does not dare to take responsibility. This can be said to be his most outstanding characteristic.
Loyal ministers and righteous men like Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were dismissed from their posts and imprisoned at every turn. Their merits were not rewarded, but their mistakes were punished and executed.
As for warlords like Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui, he tried every means to please them, asking for money and giving officials, for fear of offending them.
What is particularly classic is that Zuo Liangyu was defeated by Zhang Xianzhong and fled, but Chongzhen actually issued an order to appease him and was promoted to an official, which would make people laugh to death if he told it.
In the first year after taking the throne, the border troops mutinied, and civilian rebellions in the northwest followed one after another, opening a historical chapter of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty.
In the third year after taking the throne, Huang Taiji led tens of thousands of Manchu and Mongolian troops, easily crossed the Great Wall, and marched to the gates of Beijing.
But he was almost frightened to death, and he quickly sent an order to the border troops and the soldiers who were killing the bandits at that time to rush to the capital, King Qin.
The frontier army in Gansu Province had no food and no news, so the sergeants raised their own money and food for military use and traveled to the capital at starry and night hours.
As a result, the Holy Emperor Chongzhen blamed them for arriving too late, and directly ordered the general to beheaded, the army to be disbanded, and everyone to return to their homes.
The Gansu frontier troops were naturally disheartened after being treated like this. At this time, they were like beggars and would starve to death in the wilderness at any time.
In anger, the Gansu border troops, who had certain combat capabilities, directly raised their flags and rebelled.
From then on, the frontier troops in the northwest were extremely disappointed with the imperial court. The imperial court's orders and the emperor's will were delayed and pushed away whenever possible.
Chongzhen was also very straightforward and completely cut off the military pay in the northwest, making it impossible for the soldiers in the northwest military households to survive.
Military households and soldiers fled in large numbers and joined the peasant uprising army at that time. They were also recruited by various leaders and incorporated into their old camps.
With the addition of the border troops, the peasant army, which was originally a ragtag group, greatly increased in strength and slowly began to get on the right track.
Before the ninth year of Chongzhen, three thousand Ming troops could chase tens of thousands of peasant troops. However, after the ninth year of Chongzhen, the peasant troops could already equal the Ming troops.
After Li Zicheng came out of Shangluo Mountain, in just a few years, he swept the world with a violent offensive.
It was the fleeing border soldiers that he relied on.
Otherwise, where did his many cavalry and elite battalions come from?