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There was a sudden boom of thunder, and lightning and thunder thundered in the depths of the dark clouds.

The rain poured down, whipping down on the ground like a whip, and splashing up a mist half a man high.

The officials, eunuchs, and maids in the palace all looked at this sudden rainstorm in shock.

The wind and rain swept the heavens and the earth, and it made people smell and change.

In front of Cining Palace, the Son of Heaven looked at this heavy rain, even if he was under the eaves, he felt the water vapor, and he was straight through his clothes.

The Son of Heaven looked at the palace of Cining Palace, but when he arrived at the door, he began to hesitate.

When he was young, the Queen Mother threatened the Son of Heaven to abolish the Legion, and also cited the possibility that Zhang Juzheng was going to be Yi Yin and Huo Guang, which left a deep shadow in his heart.

At that time, the Son of Heaven was so frightened that he couldn't sleep all night, since ancient times, how many good ends did the abolished emperor have? No, not one.

He remembered that Emperor Jianwen of this dynasty had a son, who was only two years old when Jinling City was broken.

Chengzu locked the two-year-old child in the deep palace and called it Jianshuren. Although the food and clothing supply is comprehensive, he has been imprisoned in the deep palace since he was a child.

was imprisoned for dozens of years in this way, and when he was fifty-seven years old, the Son of Heaven at this time was no longer an ancestor, but Ming Yingzong, who had experienced the change of seizing the door. Because of the same experience as the Jianshu people, Ming Yingzong decided to release the Jianshu people.

However, the hundred officials were worried that someone would support the restoration of the Jianshu people, but Yingzong said that those who have the mandate of heaven can do whatever they want, and still decided to release the Jianshu people. But after the Jianshu people were released, they didn't even know about the cattle and horses, and they died of illness a few months later.

And the Son of Heaven remembered that when the Empress Dowager threatened him to abolish the throne, he replaced him with his younger brother King Lu.

This threat was not lifted until the Son of Heaven had the eldest son of the emperor. As soon as the eldest son of the emperor was born, the first assistant Zhang Siwei did the first thing to do was to ask King Lu for a big wedding, and then go to the domain.

The prince's entry into a feudal domain is equivalent to giving up the right to inherit the throne (refer to the history of King Fu's feudal domain). Otherwise, the Son of Heaven has never had the eldest son of the emperor, and King Lu is raised in the palace, which is the default heir to the throne. But Empress Dowager Li showed reluctance to King Lu in front of the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, in order to let King Lu succeed in the domain, the Son of Heaven almost responded to the request of King Lu for the Empress Dowager Li.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager Li gave King Lu 5.9 million yuan for two weddings, and asked for 10,000 stone of Lu Wang's annual Zhilu rice every year and 3,000 stone banknotes in Beijing, as well as 600 banner captains and 1,000 elite soldiers to fill the palace of King Lu.

King Lu's wedding gold beads were insufficient, and the household department paid additional money to subsidize it.

At this time, King Lu proposed that Huguang was too far away, and wanted to be a vassal in Henan, so that he could get close to Tianyan.

At this time, the palace of Huguang has been repaired, and the cost is more than one million taels, but if you don't want it, you don't want it. So the Son of Heaven ordered Henan to undertake the construction of the new palace, and the cost of the new palace was 670,000 taels, and then the Yellow River was flooded, and the Henan government was blown up.

(The author's note, in history, King Lu has been staying in the palace until the seventeenth year of Wanli, and the history books say that the two brothers are harmonious, so when the Son of Heaven leaves the palace, King Lu is in charge of the country.) What is the truth? ）

Therefore, when Lin Yanchao played a chapter to attack King Lu, what was the mood of the Son of Heaven was also a matter of opinion.

The Son of Heaven and the three auxiliary ministers knelt in front of the Cining Palace at the moment, waiting for the Queen Mother's reception. But in Cining Palace, the attendants stood silent, and the Queen Mother did not say anything to let them in, so everyone had to kneel down like this.

The Son of Heaven was a little retreating in his heart, if the Queen Mother was gone, would he have been kneeling here? It was raining heavily in the outer week, and would the courtiers hold on?

Although Empress Dowager Li did not explain her attitude, this procrastination trick was already a means to dissolve all of them, unless the Son of Heaven dared to rush into Cining Palace at the risk of disapproval.

The Son of Heaven was a little retreating, but at this moment, Zhang Siwei said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager of Song Shimingsu and Renzong are fortunate to be in the same Cixiao Temple, and they want to take the car first. The Queen Mother took advantage of the public opinion. ”

"The Son of Heaven and the minister knelt down in front of Cining Palace, what is this courtesy?"

Zhang Siwei is talking about Renzong and the Empress Dowager of Mingsu, in terms of filial piety, the Empress Dowager should ride in the front, and the Son of Heaven should ride in the back.

However, the minister argued that a woman who is not married to her father, but who is married to her husband, and whose husband is dead and follows her son, this is the three obedience and four virtues. Now that the first emperor has gone, the queen mother should be subordinate to today's son, how can she be in front of the Son of Heaven, the queen mother listened to the minister's opposition, so she will be subordinate to the Son of Heaven.

After Zhang Siwei finished speaking, Shen Shixing also said: "Your Majesty, in the past, Renzong led the ministers to the Empress Dowager in the inner hall. Fan Zhongyan is sparse, the Son of Heaven is close to the inside, has his own family etiquette, and now Gu is in the same column with hundreds of officials, facing the north and facing the court, losing the monarch's body, damaging the lord's authority, and not so hanging the law of the future generations. ”

"Today, the Son of Heaven and the ministers are here, and the Queen Mother in the north is in charge, this is not the body of the emperor, and the ministers ask Your Majesty to raise it."

After Zhang Siwei finished speaking, Shen Shixing also came to help.

Shen Shixing gave an example of Fan Zhongyan, the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother are mother and son, and they can perform family gifts when they are in the palace, and it doesn't matter if the Son of Heaven is in the north. But now that the Son of Heaven is in the same column as the hundred officials, and the monarchs and ministers are all facing the northern affairs, then it is the Son of Heaven that the hundred officials should respect? Or the Queen Mother?

The Confucian ministers fought for this word of etiquette, otherwise where did the great etiquette come from. The Son of Heaven used to serve the Queen Mother like this, and the officials didn't dare to say anything, but today Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing had a first assistant, and a second assistant stood up together to discuss the ceremony.

Yu Youding said: "Your Majesty, if Lu Zongdao and Fan Zhongyan are here today, he will definitely report this matter to the Queen Mother." ”

The meaning of the three auxiliary ministers is obvious, today's matter is already difficult to ride a tiger, if the Queen Mother doesn't give face and doesn't know how to measure, then don't blame us for tearing the fig leaf for you.

In the face of the loyalty of the fist of the three auxiliary ministers, the Son of Heaven struggled for a while, lowered his head and said: "I was raised by the Queen Mother since I was a child, and the family law has always been like this, so the two Qing families should not fall into unfilial piety." ”

The three auxiliary ministers said together: "Your Majesty, if the king is humiliated, the ministers will die, and the ministers will not be able to see Your Majesty humiliated even if they die!" ”

At this time, the father-in-law Gao beside the Queen Mother hurriedly came out of the palace and said: "The Queen Mother invites Your Majesty and the three auxiliary ministers to meet you." ”

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he suddenly showed a happy look, so the monarch and the ministers merged into the Cining Palace.

The Queen Mother sat behind the bead curtain, and the Son of Heaven and the three auxiliary ministers saluted the Queen Mother.

At this time, a sobbing sound came from behind the bead curtain: "Your Majesty, you are really filial!" ”

The Son of Heaven wept when he heard this: "Queen Mother, this is the invitation of a hundred officials, I ...... I can't help myself. ”

"Hmph, if it wasn't for His Majesty's instructions, Lin Yanchao dared to admonish him, but today if it wasn't for His Majesty's connivance, hundreds of officials dared to cry at the door, mourning for 20 years of hard work, how could he raise a white-eyed wolf!"

The Son of Heaven lowered his head and trembled when he heard this: "Queen Mother, the sons dare not do this. ”

At this time, Zhang Siwei said: "The Empress Dowager ...... Qiyu"

"Zhang Siwei, shut up......" The Queen Mother interrupted Zhang Siwei's words after hanging the bead curtain, "The mourning family really mistook you, and actually believed that you entrusted you with state affairs." You are really good, when Zhang Juzheng was alive, he endured it for eight years, after Zhang Juzheng died, you first defeated Pan Sheng, and then brought down Feng Bao, and now you don't even let go of the mourning family, and even separates the mother-son relationship between His Majesty and the mourning family. ”

"In this Manchu Dynasty, you are the biggest traitor!"

Zhang Siwei kowtowed in fear and said: "The queen mother is tolerant, the minister is wronged, if today's matter is secretly instructed by the minister, the minister will not die well." ”

The Son of Heaven also said: "Queen Mother, Mr. Zhang, he really didn't know about today's events in advance, and they were all presumptuous by those ministers. ”

The Queen Mother sneered: "It's not you Zhang Siwei's instigation, it's also Zhang Siwei's connivance, the mourning family doesn't believe that you don't know anything in advance." ”

Zhang Siwei said: "Empress Dowager, the minister has tried his best to appease, but the situation is out of control. The minister is dedicated to His Majesty and the Queen Mother, and this heart can be expressed every day. This time, the minister is willing to resign and return to support his family in order to fulfill his filial piety. ”

The Queen Mother heard Zhang Siwei say this, so she said: "Shen Shixing, you have always been loyal and cautious, how dare you come to force the mourning family?" ”

Shen Shixing said in fear: "The minister really doesn't dare, Lin Yanchao has looked for the minister before admonishing him, and the minister tried his best to persuade him, but the minister really couldn't persuade him." Then the court impeached Zhang Jiangling, and the minister closed his door at home to avoid suspicion, and Yu Chaotang didn't know anything about it. ”

"And today, hundreds of officials are crying and persuading, but the minister didn't expect it at all. But the minister remembered that the wind started at the end of Qingping, and the three-foot ice was not a day's cold, and in the matter of King Lu, the people of the hundred officials had already had grievances in their hearts, so it was not unexpected. Today, if Yuanfu and the minister don't come forward to say a few words, the minister will bear the infamy of a lifetime, but Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is innocently accused of being a big matter. ”

Therefore, the minister came here and risked his life to ask for the queen mother's decree, and he had no other selfish intentions. This matter is over, the minister is willing to beg the bones, and implore the Queen Mother to see it. ”

After Shen Shixing finished speaking, Yu Youding also knelt down to speak, and then expressed his willingness to resign as a cabinet scholar. The Queen Mother knew that Yu Youding had half of his opinions, and he was looking at Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing's face.

After hanging the bead curtain, the Queen Mother was full of anger, but she didn't know who to find to relieve her anger. The Son of Heaven said that he was coerced, and Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing even shirked the matter cleanly.

Does the Queen Mother want to go to the hundreds of officials who are crying outside the door to settle accounts?

The Queen Mother was so angry that she trembled: "You three auxiliary ministers are resigning together, are you forcing the mourning family and Your Majesty?" ”

The third assistant minister said: "The minister doesn't dare." ”

The Queen Mother was furious, and at this time Gonggong Gao said a few words in his ear. The Queen Mother nodded after hearing this, looked back at the Son of Heaven, and Zhang Siwei said calmly: "That is the case, you three auxiliary ministers will go to the Emperor's Gate for the Mourning family to appease the hundred officials, and tell them that today's invitation, the Mourning family already knows."

"Let them disperse first, then after three days, the mourning family will give them a reply."

Zhang Siwei, Shen Shixing, and Yu Youding glanced at each other, the three of them have been in the officialdom for so many years, how could they fall short at this time and become the Empress Dowager Li.

Zhang Siwei said: "The queen of heaven doesn't know, and those officials outside have long been disobedient to their ministers. The minister can't do it. ”

"You're the first assistant of the court!"

Zhang Siwei said quietly: "Queen Mother, the minister is already doing his best. ”

"Zhang Siwei!" The Queen Mother forced.

Zhang Siwei just kowtowed.

The Queen Mother sneered and said, "Okay, Zhang Siwei, you can't do it, then someone can do it." You three auxiliary ministers, who can persuade the mourning family and His Majesty to dismiss the hundred officials outside. From now on, the mourning family and His Majesty will entrust him with all state affairs and make him the real prime minister! ”

After speaking, the Queen Mother looked at Shen Shixing and Yu Youding.

At this moment, Zhang Siwei's lowered face showed a hint of sarcasm.