Chapter 2: One Kingdom and Two Emperors (2)
Due to the shortage of officials, there were no so many substitutes for a while, but Zhu Yinglong's meaning was to be lacking than being too bad. The appointment and talent of officials cannot be relaxed, especially the speculators cannot get in. The palace has not been peaceful these two days, and poisoned the meals and assassinated several times. Not only Zhu Yinglong himself, but also Zhou Yingning and Tian Shuying sisters all had similar situations. He dared to fall asleep only when he was confused about his clothes and had to eat and eat at night. He was prohibited from having sex or having sex, and at the same time, he sent people to protect them closely.
On the 23rd day of the incident, that is, August 18, the seventh year of the Tianqi period, the sixth ministry was temporarily built due to the arrival of Sun Chengzong and others in Beijing, and they quickly devoted themselves to work. The most urgent task was to stabilize the capital first and then talk about other things.
Wei Zhongxian burned nearly 2,000 houses before leaving. The situation was chaotic that night. The people were injured by accident and four or five people were killed. The number of burns and deaths was still increasing. Shi Kefa asked the court to rebuild houses for the people whose houses were burned, and to show kindness to the people who suffered disasters. Zhu Yinglong naturally agreed. At this time, not only should he rebuild the houses for the people, but he should also give proper kindness to exchange for stability in the hearts of the people.
What Zhu Yinglong is worried about is that the capital is easy to deal with, but what to do in other provinces? Wei Zhongxian's words are somewhat confusing. In history, few emperors gave the throne to his younger brother. Unless he has no descendants, no one wants his descendants to sit on this dragon throne. Now the Emperor of Heaven has a descendant. As for how this "research" comes, he cannot be announced yet. It will be more passive to say it. If Wei Zhongxian bit back and said that this is a rumor compiled by his treason and usurpation of the throne, and then he also falsely accused the queen Zhang Yan, he would not be able to explain it clearly. As long as he doesn't say it now, the truth will be revealed one day. If he tells it out, the truth will probably be overwhelmed by rumors. Moreover, the queen Zhang Yan is pure and innocent. Although she communicates with her affection with her, it is not a mistake. He cannot ruin her reputation. Now he realizes that it is really difficult to be an emperor!
Zhu Yinglong's dragon robe is left by Emperor Tianqi. He was just right to wear it, so he did not ask Shangyijian to prepare a new dragon robe. After the incident, more than 1,000 eunuchs with rebellion in the palace rushed out with Wei Zhongxian. The rest were captured by Chang Yanlin's left and right guards and locked up. These eunuchs were released, but they were killed. After all, these people were not punished and killed. Most of them entered the palace to be able to eat enough. Letting them go out is a big disaster. Just locking up like this, how much food is consumed in a day? Zhu Yinglong was very worried.
"Report to the Emperor, the water has gone from the Forage Farm of the Imperial Horse Supervision!" In just over twenty days, Zhu Yinglong actually lost weight a whole circle. Every time Yanhong, who was distressed, took a look, her eyes turned red.
"What, is the water coming from the forage farm in the Imperial Horse Supervision?" Zhu Yinglong had no time to have dinner. Yanhong had been hot several times this dinner. Just as she brought the bowl, things came over there. I have seen such a scene four or five times today. Yanhong could only turn around and wipe away the tears quietly.
Zhu Yinglong sighed to the sky and thought to himself, could this be God's will. In addition to the accumulation of some of the forage in the Imperial Horse Prison, the prisons in the capital are now overcrowded, so Zhou Huaian suggested that the eunuch who was attached to the palace be detained in the forage in the Imperial Horse Prison. If this fire continues, the lives of tens of thousands of people will turn into thick smoke.
The eunuch who reported to him hid in his room and did not come out during the incident, so he was fine. Afterwards, Wang Chengen discovered him and transferred him to the front of the imperial guards. He had no idea that the new emperor had a temper, so he was trembling as soon as he saw Zhu Yinglong and did not dare to show up.
"Have you sent someone to put out the fire?" He must be hard at this position. Zhu Yinglong silently warned himself, took a bite of rice, chewed slowly, and asked calmly.
"Your Majesty, the fire is too big to save it."
"Go and call Zhou Huaian here!" Zhu Yinglong felt in a panic. With a bang, he put down the silver chopsticks in his hand. More than 10,000 lives were gone, and no one could eat this meal.
"I Zhou Huaian respectfully invite the saint!" Zhou Huaian said when he saw Zhu Yinglong kneeling down and said.
Zhu Yinglong stared at him for a stick of incense. Zhou Huaian kept kneeling like this and letting beads of sweat the size of soybeans fall on the scarlet carpet. He didn't dare to look up. He just came to the firefighting scene and the fire was about to be extinguished, but all the people inside were gone. He saw that his body was covered with mud and a few hay on his head. He had no time to change clothes and rushed over.
"Did you send someone to fire?"
"Your Majesty, the fire was not released by the empress." Zhou Huaian lowered his head and replied. Zhou Huaian is now the position of the Imperial Army commander and is fully responsible for the security inside and outside the Forbidden City.
"Isn't you anyone else? Are you still lying to me at this time?" Zhu Yinglong asked in an extremely angry manner.
"Your Majesty, the fire is really not released by the empress." Zhou Huaian's eyes turned red, and he felt aggrieved in his heart, and he replied again.
Zhu Yinglong sighed to the sky. He knew that even if he released it, he would not admit it. Once he admitted that he released it, it would be said that the fire was what Zhu Yinglong ordered him to do. More than 10,000 eunuchs were killed with fire. It would be strange if the government and the country did not shake again for such a big thing. Especially those officials who were led by Wei Zhongxian to go south were basically in the capital. What would they think? You can imagine what they were panicking now. Even if they wanted to kill these eunuchs, there was no need to kill them now. When they were convicted in the future, they would be very guilty and killed a few of them. The rest could be made to make them do hard labor. It would be much better than killing them now.
"I can prove that the fire was not what he asked people to release."
"Who?" Zhu Yinglong looked at the person who came in in surprise. It was Tian Shulan who accompanied Da Yu'er in. The words were Da Yu'er.
Today's big jade is really like a piece of beautiful jade, and every frown and smile exudes endless charm.
“Bring in!”
"Tu Wenfu!" Zhu Yinglong was surprised to see Tu Wenfu who was trembling on the ground by the guards.
"The fire was released by this person. The palace is too big, so it is not difficult to hide someone, not to mention that he has four accomplices. How about it, should the Emperor of Ming Dynasty meet all of them?" Da Yu'er also knew about Huang Taiji's attack on Ningyuan City. At this time, even if Zhu Yinglong hated her to the core, he would not kill her, because she was very useful.
"How did you find out?" Zhu Yinglong knew that he was wrongly blamed Zhou Huaian, so he stepped forward to help him up. After all, at this time, his suspicion was good at all. Zhou Huaian was kind enough to help him solve the problem, but it was not the time. Now he understood that this was Wei Zhongxian's last move. He wanted to cause chaos in the capital and could not take care of himself, so he naturally had no ability to chase him.
"The reason is very simple. His makeup skills are so bad that he was recognized by Sister Tian at a glance. Ben Fu... Miss asked carefully and found that all the cartilage was confessed." Da Yuer said with a smile.
Yes, this guy has been to Kaifeng and issued an order to him, so Tian Shulan can recognize people. This is really his fate.
"Tu Wenfu, I ask you, who sent you to stay in the capital and set fire to the Imperial Horse Supervisor's forage farm?"
"It's Wei Zhongxian and Eunuch Wei." Tu Wenfu got up and knelt down to Zhu Yinglong and dodged his eyes.
Wei Zhongxian could have such a scheming in such a panic situation. Zhu Yinglong didn't believe it and asked again: "You have to deceive me. You must know that although the Dongchang was deposed by me, I will still make good use of those torture instruments."
"No, my master, I said that it was Cui Chengxiu who asked me to stay, let me act on the camera and make trouble in the capital." Tu Wenfu said with a frightened look pale face. He could not have thought that so many people would be burned to death, and there were the things in the East Factory. Who would not know that they were eunuchs?
"Cui Chengxiu?" Zhu Yinglong said this name, and then asked Zhou Huaian to take the person down to continue interrogation. There should be more than Tu Wenfu, the eunuch party member hidden in the capital. According to historical records, Cui Chengxiu tried his best to persuade Wei Zhongxian to rebel first. Unfortunately, Wei Zhongxian did not accept it, and ended up committing suicide and being whipped into the body.
Such a thing happened, Zhu Yinglong could not eat it. After such a fuss, the eunuchs in the palace were not panicked. After finally calming down, the storm broke out again. Fortunately, the capital is now under military control, and the news cannot be leaked for the time being, and the situation can be suppressed for the time being.
Da Yu'er Zhu Yinglong is not in the mood to care about her now, but why she is involved with Tian Shulan. Fortunately, no one can recognize her for the time being. She is just one of Huang Taiji's many concubines. Huang Taiji lost his favor before he came. Huang Taiji always thought it was a good thing for the Mongolians. Every message has been heard for more than a year, I am afraid that she has already thought she was dead. Although so, Zhu Yinglong still told Tian Shulan not to get too close to her and arranged for people to monitor her actions closely, because she was walking in the palace as a palace maid. The more mysterious the character is, the more curious it can arouse people's curiosity. Zhu Yinglong didn't want Da Yu'er to become mysterious, so he would turn her into an ordinary person and tie her around at any time. Anyway, he had promised her.
Zhu Yinglong asked Xu Yingyuan to call Shi Kefa and Sun Chengzong and other six important officials to Wenyuan Pavilion, and they would have to discuss matters all night tonight.
The first thing to discuss is the water flowing from the hayyard of the Imperial Horse Supervision Bureau. Zhou Huaian had an unshirkable responsibility in this matter. Although the eunuchs who rebel against Wei Zhongxian were all more than 100% dead, now they were burned to death, giving Wei Zhongxian the excuse to spread rumors. People in the world would also regard Zhu Yinglong as a cruel and unvirtuous tyrant. Fortunately, the emperor had a reputation as a "virtuous king" among the people of Beijing and also caught the fire-making people. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable. He scared Zhou Huaian and kowtowed and apologized. He thought that burning these people would only benefit the emperor, and he felt a little aggrieved. He didn't know that the powerful relationship here was so complicated.
Zhu Yinglong also knew this, but Zhou Huaian was in multiple positions and was too busy to pay the blame. He also had the responsibility, but he was also responsible. He was not considering it carefully enough that such a big mess came about.
It's really a matter of using people now. Withdrawing Zhou Huaian is simply a struggle with him. In the end, Zhu Yinglong asked him to commit crimes and make meritorious service. He must dig out all the hidden elements of the eunuch party in Beijing, put on clean clothes, and then Zhou Huaian sat back on his seat with gratitude.
It was still the same round table, but Zhu Yinglong moved from Kaifeng to Wenyuan Pavilion. However, the kneeling ceremony was difficult to abolish for a while. Zhu Yinglong didn't want to cause trouble for himself at this time. He accepted the kneeling ceremony, but when discussing the matter, he forced these ministers to the round table. This was his rule, and these ministers could not abide by it. Besides, the court is empty now, and the people in power are all Zhu Yinglong's direct descendants. He implemented some strange systems to have a lot less resistance.
This is just as Shi Kefa advised him. Since the jars and jars of the imperial court were broken, we should rebuild them ourselves. Those people were noisy in the court, and I am afraid that what the emperor wanted in his heart would not be able to realize for a hundred years. This statement conforms to the idea of dialectical materialism. From two different perspectives, the conclusions drawn will be different. Zhu Yinglong looked at the moment because he was already in the dilemma in front of him and could not extricate himself. Shi Kefa took a step ahead of him. Later, it seemed that the matter of the disciple starving his teacher to death would happen to him one day. It was with Shi Kefa's words that Zhu Yinglong had endless confidence. Isn't it just that he was poor now? What's more, he is not too poor now.
Shi Kefa first reported to Zhu Yinglong about his achievements over the past 20 years. He, the prefect of Shuntian, is now rich. According to Zhu Yinglong's order, officials who were swept south by Wei Zhongxian were only encircled by eunuchs, but only the house was raided, but they were never allowed to cut off their lives. When the house was raided, soldiers beat and scolded the criminals' family. The criminals were guilty of the officials, and his family was not guilty. Even the family and relatives of eunuchs' officials were not allowed to be arrested casually. Anyone who really committed a crime could be arrested. Zhu Yinglong decided to abolish the crime of being held, even Yang He
Chen Yangmei and other ministers submitted memorials to object, but did not change Zhu Yinglong's determination. He wanted to find a legal basis for Zhou Yingning's post. Zhu Yinglong's actions were equivalent to comprehensively revising the Ming Dynasty's laws. This was strongly supported by Shi Kefa, the young and strong sects. Sun Chengzong and others received influence from Zhu Yinglong and neither expressed opposition nor approval. With the strong support of Zhu Yinglong, the emperor Zhu Yinglong, the order was enforced, which was accelerating the execution of the order. This caused the officials who were later swept to Nanjing by Wei Zhongxian to return to Beijing repeatedly, accelerating the demise of the pseudo-Ming court in Nanjing.
Chapter completed!