Chapter 282: Inside and outside the palace (Basiliu) full of suspicions
Gao Pragmatic and Shen Yiguan's eyes met, and they both saw a deep suspicion in each other's eyes. At this time, Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but have some self-doubt, and thought to himself: Could it be that Shen Yiguan didn't do it? Is Shen Yiguan still suspicious?
I did this? But... why?
Shen Guangyuan may have assassinated the emperor. This was something Gao Pragmatic had predicted before, and he believed that this inference would not be wrong in general. Even if there was a deviation in the judgment, it could only be due to the timing, not the time.
It should be based on whether this plan needs to exist.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic also had to admit that if Shen Yiguan really deliberately arranged a conspiracy against the emperor at a time like today, then the plan itself was indeed a bit insane and not at the level that Shen Yiguan should have.
Why? Because if the emperor really died for some reason today, although it would definitely be a huge political blow to his high pragmatism, to be honest... it would not be fatal.
The reason is simple: the emperor's legitimate son is still doing well!
Think about it, if the emperor dies today, then even if the emperor's legitimate son has not been appointed as the prince, his identity is clearly the undisputed "first heir". Even if it is only one full moon today, according to the rules and traditions of the Ming Dynasty,
, he will definitely become the new king in his infancy.
Orphans and widowers in the Tian family were indeed very dangerous in other dynasties, but this was not the case in the Ming Dynasty. So what about orphans and widowers? As long as there was no trouble in the cabinet, orphans and widowers would not affect the normal operation of the court at all.
So, will there be trouble in the cabinet? To put it bluntly, as long as Gao is pragmatic and does not want trouble in the cabinet, such trouble will not happen!
Why? In such a critical moment, only his pragmatism can ensure that the Imperial Guards will not dare to disobey orders!
Throughout the history of Chinese dynasties, whether it is a coup or other abnormal transfer of top-level power, what is the most critical thing if you want to succeed? It is to control the center of the court as quickly as possible.
How can we control the center of the imperial court as quickly as possible? Of course, we must first control the military power of the capital!
Once a completely unexpected event such as the sudden death of the emperor occurs, and the ministers of the court have disputes about which of the princes should succeed to the throne, in theory, of course, the decision should be made by the queen mothers of the two palaces.
However, the Queen Mother of the Ming Dynasty was not the Queen Mother of the Han Dynasty. The Queen Mother of the Han Dynasty had legal and traditional support to make such a decision, but the Queen Mother of the Ming Dynasty actually had no such legal support and traditional support at all.
Therefore, in fact, the queen mothers of the two palaces did not have the power to take the initiative to issue decrees indicating who should succeed. Instead, they had to wait for the cabinet to draw up votes and suggestions, and then the queen mothers could choose to support or veto them. Of course, from a historical perspective, it seems that the queen mothers of the Ming Dynasty
Never vetoed cabinet recommendations, especially collective recommendations.
So it is very clear when I say this. In fact, if this happens, the decision-making power of who will succeed the new king ultimately lies with the cabinet. This is also easy to understand. For example, the reason why Emperor Sejong Jiajing had the opportunity to become a vassal king
Those who inherit the throne are also selected by the cabinet.
Although Jiajing was indeed the one who best met the requirements for succession in terms of pedigree at that time, what can we say about this... If the cabinet did not recommend him, but recommended another vassal prince to the Queen Mother, wouldn't it be possible?
The answer is yes. Because the cabinet's recommendation does not only represent the personal views of a few cabinet ministers, it actually represents the attitude of the entire civil service group. When this attitude is endorsed by the Queen Mother, it means "imperial power and
"The ministers and ministers have reached an agreement" and no one can object.
Unless the military power objects.
Will the military power of the Ming Dynasty oppose it? Before the Tumu Fort Revolution, this might have been possible, but after the Tumu Fort Revolution, everyone knew that it was impossible.
However, today is different from the past. If the Imperial Guard really wants to oppose it, it can really do so. Because now the Imperial Guard is the strongest near the capital, and it is fully capable of comprehensively and thoroughly controlling the situation in the capital, physically ensuring
No one dares to oppose it, and no one can oppose it.
Some people may ask: The Imperial Guard only has 60,000 people, so there are enough "King Qin" troops around the capital!
You see, there are 180,000 soldiers in Liaodong, 180,000 soldiers in Jizhou, 60,000 soldiers in Changping, 130,000 soldiers in Xuanfu, 120,000 soldiers in Datong, 70,000 soldiers in Shanxi, and 40,000 soldiers in Baoding.
, Tianjin has 30,000 soldiers, and the west, north, and east sides of the capital alone have an army of nearly 900,000. No matter how well-trained and well-equipped the imperial guards are, they will definitely not be able to withstand such a siege!
Yes, the military strength is indeed distributed like this, but there are two problems: First, if you say Qinwang, Qinwang, who ordered you to Qinwang? How dare you disobey the rule that border troops are not allowed to enter the capital? Think about it when Qi Jiguang entered the capital.
How do you ask for instructions early and report your position later?
What a joke, who gave the order to send out troops? Come and see! Believe it or not, this matter does not even require the emperor or the queen mother's decree. As long as an official document from the cabinet comes down, your generals will behead you first?
Secondly, these nine-border towns are indeed powerful in military strength, but... do you want to first find out whose commander-in-chief of these military towns is "the lackey so-and-so"?
Or maybe you think the generals don’t have the guts to launch troops casually, then you might as well do more research and look at the current governors of Jiliao, Xuanda, Liaodong, Datong, Shanxi, Xuanfu, and Shuntian.
Who currently holds the posts of Governor of Baoding, Governor of Tianjin, etc. Think about which faction they basically come from?
The Real School has been running the Nine-Border Military Affairs for thirty years, and Gao Jingshi personally led them to fight several battles that ended in complete victory. It can be said that if something happens to the real capital, unless Gao Jingshi explicitly orders them to go to the capital to serve the king, otherwise
No one can mobilize them to do such a forbidden thing - who is the emperor is none of their business?
Don’t they understand the system of the Ming Dynasty? They are just swords, not the people who hold them. If they can avoid this kind of unfortunate job, they should try to stay away from it. For them, as long as the dust settles in the capital and the new king succeeds, they will
Just congratulate me on the table above. Why put your head in your belt and get involved in something that won't bring any benefits? Could it be that the grace minister is pragmatic and plans to become the emperor himself...
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! These truths are actually obvious. Gao Pingshi knows it, and Shen Yiguan certainly knows it too. So killing the emperor now is definitely not a good thing for Shen Yiguan, it can even be said to be a big bad thing.
Imagine that the emperor suddenly died, and Gao Jingshi had enough prestige to order the imperial guards to stabilize the situation in the capital. Then once he helped the emperor's legitimate son ascend the throne, the infant emperor would obviously not be able to manage the government in person, and could only rely on the queen mother to supervise the country.
regent.
There is another point to note here: everyone knows that Empress Dowager Li has always been wary of Gao Pragmatism. However, once the emperor's legitimate son succeeds to the throne, Empress Dowager Li will no longer be the empress dowager, but the empress dowager. The current empress will become the empress dowager.
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In the past, the Empress Dowager Zhang could decide whether Zhu Qizhen would succeed to the throne. Some people may think that the Empress Dowager was more capable than the Empress Dowager in deciding the political affairs when the young emperor was unable to manage the affairs.
In fact, there is a huge misunderstanding here: Xuanzong's Queen Hu was not made the empress dowager at that time, because as early as the third year of Xuande's reign, she was asked by Xuanzong to resign from the position of empress due to childlessness and illness, and then retired to Chang'an Palace.
, was given the title Master Jingci.
Empress Sun, who was newly appointed as empress at that time, became the empress dowager after Yingzong succeeded to the throne (she was also Yingzong's biological mother), and she also had great influence. As for her, she never had any power struggle with empress dowager Zhang.
This move was essentially because the Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and Empress Dowager Zhang treated her daughters-in-law well, so it is more likely that she did not want to do this, rather than that she was unable to do so.
But what if something similar happened today? It would probably be very different.
The current Queen Mother has been deeply supported by Gao Jingshi for many years. If the emperor's legitimate son ascends the throne and it is actually Gao Jingshi who supports him, it is conceivable that the Queen Mother who became the Queen Mother at that time will definitely say: "Please listen to Mr. Gao on all political matters."
ruling."
It can be seen that if the Xinxue School plots to harm the emperor now, it will be pure political suicide!
Because of this, Gao Pragmatic's previous judgment was that the Xin School should first assassinate the emperor's legitimate son, then force him to Gao Dingyou, and finally assassinate the emperor. Even if something unexpected happened, it would only be the first two things.
The order can be reversed, that is, first force the high-ranking and pragmatic Ding You, then assassinate the emperor's legitimate son, and finally assassinate the emperor.
In short, you must not assassinate the emperor first, otherwise the emperor's legitimate son will inevitably succeed to the throne, and all major achievements will be in vain.
Now Gao Pragmatic wanted to understand why Shen Yiguan looked at him with a sullen face and suspicious eyes, but he himself also wondered: If Shen Yiguan had not done this, was the current situation really just an accident? But this...
Isn’t it too much of a coincidence?
And the real big problem is, looking at Shen's consistent performance, we know that if the emperor is really "collapsed" at this time, wouldn't his pragmatism be the biggest beneficiary of this matter?
What does it mean to be a beneficiary? In a conspiracy, benefiting means having a motive!
That is to say, the emperor suddenly coughed up blood and fainted. If it can be found out later that it was just an accident, then it would be fine. But if the investigation is delayed and the investigation is unclear, then his high pragmatism will inexplicably become the biggest suspect!
I'm so hot!
Gao Jingshi really wanted to scold his mother for a moment. I had planned it well, but Shen Yiguan's little thoughts were already part of my plan. Not all the people in Dongping Water Village were killed on the spot, if Wu Ruo was captured over there
Several survivors were obtained and they were secretly brought to Long Wenyayuan for interrogation. Although there is a high probability that physical evidence cannot be obtained, as long as there are survivors, there is a chance that it will be used in the future.
In addition, measures are being taken both inside and outside the palace. Although I always feel that there is still a certain force that has not surfaced, I have also made some guesses and have also arranged personnel to observe closely... In short, the overall situation of the capital is under my control.
Under control!
But just at this moment, the emperor unexpectedly had such a big accident, which suddenly made me the most suspicious. What the hell is going on!
Why do I want to harm the emperor? Who doesn’t know that my biggest supporter is the emperor? Who doesn’t know that the emperor’s most trusted minister is me, Gao pragmatism?
Why should I harm him! If he is good, I can also be good. If he is the undisputed leader of ZTE in the future, then I will also be a famous minister of ZTE. I am so full that I want to hurt him?
But now an accident happens! If the emperor is fine in the end and the cause of coughing up blood and fainting can be found out after waking up, then everything will be easy. Otherwise, it will really be like yellow mud falling off his crotch, which is either shit or shit.
Gao Pragmatic felt depressed for a moment, held his forehead and sighed. His whole person looked worried, and his eyes were full of worry.
At this time, Wang Jiaping seemed to have figured out something, and was casting a scrutinizing gaze towards Gao Pragmatic. But when he saw Gao Pragmatic looking so decadent and sad, he felt that it was not a fake, and couldn't help but frown deeply. Others saw this, and they didn't know.
What is Wang Yuanfu thinking in his mind at this moment?
Under such a strange situation, all the ministers have been led by Liu Ping to the outside of the Xinuang Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace. At this moment, the Xinuang Pavilion undoubtedly looks like it is facing a powerful enemy.
Sent, the heavily armed Jingjun were all nervous... I don’t know why they were nervous.
Although the auxiliary ministers have special status, they are still ministers of the outer court in the final analysis, and they can only stop temporarily when they come outside Xinuan Pavilion. Liu Ping is an internal minister, so he said a few words to the gentlemen and then entered the pavilion to visit the situation.
Report earlier.
However, not long after Liu Ping entered, it was not him who came out, but Chen Ju.
Chen Ju looked very bad at the moment. He couldn't tell whether he was worried or serious. All in all, just looking at him made people nervous. All the ministers couldn't help but feel anxious when they saw him, for fear that he would say something that would make people look up to the sky.
If so, come on.
Fortunately, the worst case did not happen, but it was shocking enough. Chen Ju came to stand in front of the ministers and said with a livid face: "Gentlemen, thanks to the great fortune of the second ancestor, the emperor has woken up..."
All the ministers let out a sigh of relief at the same time, but unexpectedly Chen Ju continued: "However, the emperor heard that the ministers did not agree to summon him after they came to see him. The doctors suggested that he wait for the emperor to rest and recover before summoning you all.
I have an audience with you, sir."
Although somewhat surprised and even a little worried, the cabinet ministers still expressed their support one after another. Wang Jiaping glanced at Gao Pragmatic and Shen Yiguan, and finally couldn't help but asked: "Chen Zhangyin, why did your Majesty cough up blood and faint?
Do the imperial doctors have anything to say?"
"I'm afraid the situation is a bit complicated." Chen Ju frowned deeply and said hesitantly: "The emperor may have had wind evil enter his body due to the sudden cold and heat today, but the imperial doctors believe that this is not the main cause of coughing up blood and fainting, and can only be said to be an inducement at best.
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"Then what's the main reason?" Wang Jiaping asked solemnly: "But the jar of royal wine was tampered with?"
"But it's not the case." Chen Ju smiled bitterly and said: "The imperial doctors checked the remaining part of the wine and found nothing abnormal. However... the emperor's vomit seemed to contain drug residues that conflicted with the wine.
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