Chapter 77 The Queen's Wife Leaves Beijing
The reason why they were panicked was largely because Queen Zhang left Yanziji this time without any warning and caught them off guard.
Although Empress Zhang left Beijing and came to Yanziji's imperial boat, Empress Zhang has been very restrained during this period. Although she would meet people from time to time and even invite famous Qinhuai prostitutes like Zhu Meier and Li Xiangjun to the imperial boat, she always abide by the principle of "no interference in politics in the harem", which gave them the illusion that everything was under control.
Before, when Lu Daqi and Jiang Yueguang were forced to retire under the attack of Ma Shiying, Donglin Junzi also launched a wave of petitions, hoping that Empress Zhang could come forward to keep these two Donglin bosses. However, although Empress Zhang expressed sympathy and tried to keep them, she was unwilling to use the supreme name in her hands to interfere in the government affairs, which made Emperor Hongguang and the inner ministers around her feel that they had touched Queen Zhang's bottom line.
Empress Zhang has always been a female person. She doesn't know how to use everyone's respect for her but only knows the story of the false. Therefore, these people and Ma Shiying all think that Empress Zhang's temporary residence in Yanziji is a good thing that is the best of both worlds. The court can put aside the principle of the three rules and regulations to join forces to destroy the enemy.
But no one expected that Queen Zhang would leave Nanjing at this critical moment, and Lu Jiude said with a panic look on his face: "I have asked clearly. There must be a traitor in the palace. As long as we go a few hours earlier, we can block Zhang Yan, the woman!"
Emperor Hongguang did not think there would be Queen Zhang's spies in his palace. He turned to ask Ma Xi, who was in charge of commanding the Beijing camp: "Can you block Queen Zhang's ship? If this matter is spread, the market will probably criticize you!"
It is not just a "criticism". Although Ma Shiying and Jiangbei towns made the most efforts during the entire process of Emperor Hongguang, the Donglin gentleman and the public opinion of the world believe that Empress Zhang's support is the key factor for King Fu to ascend the throne. Without Queen Zhang's support, I'm afraid that the situation of King Fu and King Lu will still be in the battle.
Although the parties involved all think that this so-called "world theory" is completely nonsense, exaggerating the role of Empress Zhang to the point of being completely lost, the legitimacy of the entire Hongguang court has a problem with the legitimacy of Empress Zhang as soon as she runs to the end. After all, there is Zuo Liangyu's army of more than 100,000, not to mention He Tengjiao, Yuan Jixian and others have always been dissatisfied with the court. Remote provinces such as Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan and Guizhou may not be completely loyal to the Hongguang court.
Although Ma Xi was very arrogant, he was in trouble at this moment: "Empress Zhang was able to leave Yanziji this time, so he naturally received the full support of Chengyi Bo's Mansion. Whether this matter can be good or not depends on Chengyi Bo's attitude!"
When Emperor Hongguang thought of Liu Kongzhao, the reckless man, and the Caojiang Navy under his control, Emperor Hongguang had a headache, but he also knew that the incident of Empress Zhang leaving Beijing and going to sea was probably unrelated to Chengyi Bo Mansion. Therefore, yesterday he hated Liu Yongxi, the prince of Chengyi, to his bones, to his heart, but now he has considered how to turn big things into small things: "Yes, you must ask Chengyi Bo to come forward for this matter, by the way... Chengyi Bo has asked for a position as the general of the Zhoushan Sea Defense?"
Lu Jiude had a very good memory, and he immediately replied: "Liu Kongzhao wanted a position as the General of the Sea Defense General of Zhoushan, but this matter did not end. Only one was set up to defend the sea defense guerrillas in Zhoushan, and the Chengyibo people took a hundred people to take office. Your Majesty, did Empress Zhang go to Zhoushan?"
Emperor Hongguang nodded: "Some days ago, the emperor's sister-in-law had always wanted to go to Putuo to burn incense, and even asked Wang Sunfan to put a secret message, but I felt it was inappropriate and didn't agree to her. I didn't expect the emperor's sister-in-law..."
He didn't know how to describe Zhang Yan's temperament, and he felt that things were definitely not that simple, but the mess left by Queen Zhang after leaving this must be dealt with as soon as possible.
Lu Jiude knew that the Censor Sun Fan was not only a hero, but also a basic team of Zhang Yan and Chengyi Bo Mansion. No matter what Zhang Yan had, the prince Sun Fan would report, so he frowned and said, "The key issue is how to deal with Xiao Chengyi Bo Liu Yongxi. Empress Zhang is not authentic. The court has its own opinions on the matter of annual monies. How could she deliberately make things difficult for the court!"
Emperor Hongguang felt that this incident might be due to coincidence, but Lu Jiude believed that Liu Yongxi and Empress Zhang were the real culprits to deliberately embarrass the court, and Ma Xi also added fire to the side: "What Lu Nei said is very much, the court should not be too weak in this matter!"
He was considering his father's authority. Everyone learned from Liu Yongxi and Empress Zhang. Ma Shiying, the de facto chief minister of the cabinet, was naturally boring. However, the reason why Emperor Hongguang was a domineering master was that he had always lacked the most determination: "This matter cannot be too weak, but it cannot shake the foundation of the country because of this. We must not only invite the emperor's sister-in-law back, but also maintain the overall situation of stability and unity in Jiangbei!"
When Lu Jiude and Ma Xi heard Emperor Hongguang say this, they felt that it was going to be bad. Liu Yongxi and Xing Shengping were so crazy that they robbed the grain and did not take the laws of the court seriously at all. However, Emperor Hongguang still said, "We must maintain the overall situation of stability and unity in Jiangbei." The end result can only be a big thing and a small thing.
But since this was Emperor Hongguang's decision, they could only kneel down and say, "Your Majesty is wise!"
It was only the next day that they felt how wise Emperor Hongguang's decision was. No one expected that Empress Zhang would have such a great influence. Whether it was Donglin or Donglin's enemy, they were now standing in the position of Empress Zhang to persuade Emperor Hongguang to think twice before acting. The Censor Sun Fan even scolded Emperor Hongguang in front of the emperor, but Emperor Hongguang was speechless.
In everyone's eyes, the reason why Empress Zhang left Beijing and went to sea was naturally forced away by Emperor Hongguang!
Although she is just a female, she has always strictly abides by the principle of "no interference in the harem".
Moreover, Emperor Hongguang was able to ascend the throne and ascend the throne, her sister-in-law was the first to be the emperor, but Emperor Hongguang never respected this sister-in-law but instead pressed her step by step. First, she forced Empress Zhang to move to Yanziji, but now she was pressing her step by step so that she could not stay in Nanjing and could only leave Beijing and go to sea.
Although Emperor Hongguang and his subordinates did not admit that there was a three-part agreement, nor did they admit that they forced Queen Zhang away, everyone is talking about Queen Zhang and the three-part agreement. Even Ma Shiying, the de facto cabinet chief, had to follow the crowd and talk about Queen Zhang and the three-part agreement.
Chapter completed!