“Meet the Queen Mother and meet His Highness King Xi.”
As Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qiyu sat at the top, all the officials bowed and saluted.
“No courtesy! Please sit down, everyone.”
Zhu Qiyu's calm voice came over, so all the ministers straightened up and took their seats. After sitting down, before anyone spoke, a minister quietly looked at the expressions of the Queen Mother and His Royal Highness.
It seemed that both of them were not in a good mood. The Queen Mother had a cold face, and His Highness Prince Xie also changed his usual warm face and looked very gloomy.
Not long after the meeting, Zhu Qiyu saw that all the ministers had packed up, so he spoke.
"Today I have summoned you all to come here for two things. One is to report yesterday's military report, and the other is to report on the great court meeting. Because the military report is of great importance and involves the emperor, I specially invite the Queen Mother.
The empress is here to discuss and decide together."
The minister below listened and probably made some preparations in his mind.
It seems that this small court meeting was not an impromptu event, but had been prepared for a long time. It was probably for the military report that His Highness King Xi just mentioned.
But speaking of the Great Court Meeting...
The hearts of the elders are raised again. Isn’t this matter over? We have been reprimanded and punished. Is it possible that there are still things that have not been settled?
However, Zhu Qiyu did not care about the thoughts of the people below and spoke.
"Yesterday at noon, Yang Hong, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, sent the latest military report. He said in it that a piece of yellow paper was sent from the Ala Zhiyuan of Walapingzhang. Ziyun said it was an edict from the emperor and the matter involved was very big. Yang Hong
I didn't dare to be good at it, so I ordered someone to seal the document overnight and send it directly to the Ministry of War."
As soon as these words came out, the elders present immediately forgot about the affairs of the court meeting.
Wang Zhi, who had squinted his eyes, suddenly regained his clarity in his old eyes. He immediately stood up and asked, "May I ask, Your Highness, does anyone else know about this matter?"
Zhu Qiyu did not speak, but glanced at Yu Qian who was standing aside, so Yu Qian stood up and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Otsuka, the military report was sent directly to me. After I opened it and read it, it was immediately sent to His Highness King Tan. So far, no one knows the details.
There are only two of us, His Highness King Xi, but the military report was not distributed secretly, so many people know about the existence of this military report."
Wang Zhi nodded, cupped his hands, and sat down again.
The ministers present also reacted at this moment, this is really a big deal!
Not to mention what the content of this "yellow paper document" is, after Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, anyone with a little political sensitivity immediately realized a problem.
That is, the validity of this document!
Previously, Wala had already blackmailed the emperor and repeatedly asked for property. It took a lot of effort for the court to come to a consensus, and on the grounds that the emperor was being held hostage, he ordered the generals to reject all requests made by Wala.
But now, it seems that the other side is also aware of this problem, so he directly took out the edict!
You must know that hand edicts, which are written on paper, are different from oral instructions. At least in terms of effectiveness, hand edicts are far more effective than oral instructions.
If Wala only asked for property verbally, he would have refused if he refused, but something like a hand edict is equivalent to an imperial edict. No matter whether the emperor is captured or otherwise, the emperor is the emperor, and his hand edict represents the imperial power. Denying the hand edict
The imperial edict was equivalent to fighting against the imperial power.
Of course, this is not the most important thing.
Let alone a hand edict, it is a formal imperial edict. Theoretically, the Sixth Section also has the authority to seal, reject and return it, but it is different now and in peacetime.
If the emperor was in the capital, after the imperial edict was sealed and returned, the emperor would re-issue the imperial edict. But now that the emperor was kidnapped, where could he send the imperial edict? He couldn't just send a handwritten imperial edict and have the imperial court seal and refute it.
If so, where is the dignity and dignity of the imperial power?
But the most important thing at the moment is to see what is written in this yellow paper document.
The ministers immediately focused all their attention on Zhu Qiyu.
Even the Queen Mother Sun couldn't care less about her own thoughts and concentrated her energy. She naturally knew the seriousness of this matter.
Especially, seeing Zhu Qiyu summoning so many important ministers so aggressively, she felt a strong uneasiness in her heart.
Under the attention of everyone, Zhu Qiyu took out a military newspaper from his sleeve. After opening it, he took out a yellow paper document. The minister sitting in front could clearly see that the handwriting on the yellow paper was
Written with a vermilion pen.
"This is the so-called hand edict. Please take a look at it."
Zhu Qiyu unfolded the yellow paper and first handed it to the Queen Mother Sun who was standing aside.
Empress Dowager Sun took the yellow paper, steeled herself, raised her eyes, and scanned it briefly. Her heart suddenly sank. The joints of her hands holding the yellow paper turned white, and she wanted to tear the yellow paper into pieces on the spot.
But she didn't do it in the end. With so many ministers present looking at it, it was simply unrealistic to destroy it. Besides, besides her, Yu Qian and King Xi both knew the contents. Simply destroying such a piece of yellow paper
, which makes no sense at all.
But even so, the yellow paper was still in her hand, and it was somewhat deformed.
Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu winked, and a servant came forward and took the yellow paper from the hands of the Empress Dowager Sun. The Empress Dowager only hesitated for a few breaths and then let go.
So the yellow paper was circulated to the officials below.
The ministers below also suppressed their emotions and did not stand up. They waited obediently for the yellow paper to be handed over. Without exception, all the ministers who had read the yellow paper had extremely ugly faces.
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Zhu Qiyu was waiting aside. Although he was anxious, he was not rushing.
For such a major event, it is no longer enough to just read it out. All the ministers present must see it with their own eyes before it can win people's trust.
He already knew the contents of this yellow paper document. It actually only said two things, that is, Zhu Qizhen, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, announced the opening of the banned trade between the Ming Dynasty, Oara, and Tatar.
At the same time, the Mongolian leader Totuo Buhua was canonized as Khan, and he was also canonized as the Mongolian Grand Master first, and announced that the Ming Dynasty would be on good terms with Mongolia forever.
You should know that although the Ming Dynasty used to call Ye Xian the leader of the captives, in fact, the co-leader of the Mongolian tribe was not Ye Xian, but just the Mongolian Taishi. The real leader of the Mongolian tribe was the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Zhaozong.
Great-grandson, named Tuotuo Buhua.
However, since the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian tribe has been divided into two large tribes of Tatar and Wala, as well as many smaller tribes. Tuo Tuo Bu Hua was originally the leader of the Tatar tribe, and later joined forces with Yesian's father Tuo Huan.
, unified all Mongolian tribes and was known as Khan.
But for this reason, in this new Khan Court, as the leader of the Oara Tribe, he also first grasped most of the real power.
Including this war, it was Ye Xian who took the initiative, because everyone in the court agreed that Ye Xian was the one who made the decision, but in terms of title, Tuo Tuo Bu Hua was the co-leader of the Mongolian tribe.
Of course, this is Mongolia's own statement. From the Ming side, the Oara tribe was a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and was first the Jingshun king conferred by the imperial court. As for Totuo Buhua, the Tatar tribe he commanded was a force of the old Yuan Dynasty.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty only recognized him as a remnant of the old Yuan Dynasty and did not recognize his Khan position at all.
Therefore, they also launched troops to attack the Ming Dynasty first. In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty's monarchs and ministers, it was not an invasion by the enemy, but a rebellion by the subordinates!
In other words, the content of this edict actually means that the Ming Dynasty recognized that the Oara tribe was separated from the control of the Ming Dynasty and was no longer a subject of the Ming Dynasty.
Lord, on an equal footing with Ming Dynasty...
About a stick of incense passed, and when everyone had finished reading, Zhu Qiyu asked: "Everyone has finished reading, what should I do with this so-called edict?"
But perhaps because the matter was too shocking, Zhu Qiyu asked a question, but no one answered for a while...