How to make a famous minister

Chapter 11 The Emperor Dies

On July 48, Wanli 21, the emperor died.

The No. 13 emperor of the Ming Dynasty succeeded to the throne at the age of ten. During his 48 years as emperor, there were not only the glory of Wanli Zhongxing and the three major levies, but also 28 years of criticism of ignoring government affairs, disputes over the country, and imposing mining taxes.In any case, the longest reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty died, and he left.

White flags are hung up and down the whole country, filial piety is worn, weddings and ceremonies are not allowed among the people, and games and merrymaking are not allowed. Everyone must mourn that His Majesty the Emperor has left us.For nineteen days in central Beijing no slaughtering of livestock was allowed, and everyone could only eat vegetarian food, in the name of praying for the late emperor.

The civil and military personnel in Beijing and the wives of civil and military ranks above three consecutive days, twice in the morning and in the evening, will wear mourning clothes and enter the palace from Xihua Gate to cry outside the Sishan Gate.Fan Jingwen is now Wailang, a member of the Department of Anthology of the Ministry of Officials, and he will cry along with him.When the time comes, the common people will also cry at home facing the direction of the palace.

Mrs. Ma was old and could no longer kneel like this. His servants put cushions under her knees, and Mrs. Zhang also advised her to cry for a while every day before going back to her room to rest.Fan Xuanlang was young, and he only knelt with Ma Shi for a while every day.Fan Xuanchao wanted to kneel for a long time with Zhang, for three days in a row.

In July, Emperor Shenzong died, and in August, Ming Guangzong ascended the throne.

When Zhu Changluo was the prince, he had the hearts of the courtiers, and the Donglin Party single-handedly supported him.That being the case, after Zhu Changluo became the emperor, he would naturally repay everyone.To be honest, Zhu Changluo is more benevolent than Emperor Wanli. The first thing he did when he took office was to reissue the salary of the Liaodong army that had not arrived.Then a large number of Donglin Party and related personnel were promoted, including Fan Jingwen who had just been promoted.

"Your Majesty's abolition of the mining tax is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. As the first great treasure, you will show the image of a benevolent monarch." Fan Jingwen smiled happily, although the emperor might be sued for such a bright smile after death. , but this is in his own home, Fan Jingwen is more casual, revealing his true feelings: "Zhou Jin, now the court has a new look, it is time to employ people, why not enter the court as an official, or benefit one party, or serve in the court Zhongyi has a big picture."

Mr. Chen said with a smile: "I didn't want to be an official because I didn't want to be involved in the muddy waters of the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang, Qiqi, and Chu parties. Isn't it still the same in the court and middle school? Has there been any change?"

"Now Your Majesty is thirsty for talent. Although he uses members of the Donglin Party, he doesn't only know the Donglin Party. If you are your official, it will be fine if you don't participate in party disputes."

"Looking at the court, is there any official who is in the court and not in the party. It is Mengzhang, you are also close to Dong Wenmin, are you regarded as a party of Donglin?" Dong Wenmin is the great calligrapher Dong Qichang, Zhu Changluo is still When he was the prince, he was a lecturer in the East Palace.

When Fan Xuanchao came in, he heard that Fan Jingwen was still persuading him, and said, "Father, why don't you let Mr. Chen watch it for a while, anyway, it's not in a hurry to enter the court." In another month, Zhu Changluo will die. The superior, Wei Zhongxian is in power, not to mention persuading Mr. Chen to enter the officialdom, Fan Xuanchao estimates that Fan Jingwen himself wants to resign from office.

"Could it be to see your in-laws? This is a great opportunity for us to show our ambitions." Fan Jingwen glared at Fan Xuanchao, "There is no need to hesitate."

One month after Fan Jingwen said this, he was slapped in the face—Emperor Guangzong died.

Within a month, two emperors died one after another, no dynasty could stand it.Not only was there a lot of discussion among the people, but the court also exploded.

Even a historically illiterate like Fan Xuanchao knows that this is by no means simple, and it can be asserted that this is a conspiracy!Outright conspiracy, no doubt about it.The direct victim was Emperor Guangzong, who had just ascended the throne, and the indirect victim was the precarious Ming Dynasty that had been waiting for a Ming emperor for a long time.

Concubine Zheng has been in the harem for so many years, and her only reliance is Emperor Wanli.But Emperor Wanli died.Her support is gone.These few words can lead to a conclusion - those enemies who were not punished by Concubine Zheng are coming to punish her.However, there were very few people who could not be killed by Concubine Zheng in the Wanli Dynasty, and the rest were bodies of steel.

Concubine Zheng had to make plans for the stability of her life for the rest of her life, and even her prosperity.But Guangzong Zhu Changluo who ascended the throne was her number one enemy.In order to make her son King Fu the crown prince, and to tear Zhu Changluo down, Concubine Zheng did not even remember how many tricks she did, probably because of the number of times she eats three meals a day.It's a pity that Concubine Zheng is just a village woman in the mountains after all. She has little knowledge and is unable to support her people in the court. She can only blow pillows, poison or assassinate in the harem.

These didn't kill Zhu Changluo. Now that the whole world belongs to Zhu Changluo, what is the life of the former emperor's concubine in the mere harem?

Zhu Changluo really hated her to the bone, but he didn't hate her to the point where he killed his father's concubine first. After all, he was an upright gentleman who grew up under the guidance of the Donglin Party, so he naturally put his family, country and world first position, decided to deal with state affairs first, and then deal with Concubine Zheng.

This gave Concubine Zheng the time to make a last-ditch effort.She found Zhu Changluo's concubine Li Xuanshi. Although she has not been canonized as a concubine, she is Zhu Changluo's favorite concubine. With Zhu Changluo's main wife dead, let alone a concubine, she can reach the sky in one step and be named a queen.

And, most importantly, this servant Li Xuan raised Zhu Changluo's eldest son, Zhu Youxiao.The two had similar tastes, hit it off, and thought of a best strategy, that is, let Li Xuan serve as the empress, Zheng Guifei as the empress dowager, then kill the elusive Guangzong, and support the young Zhu Youxiao to take the throne, and finally the two listen to politics behind the curtain.

This incident seems familiar to us now, isn't that what Cixi did 200 years later?But they were stupid than Cixi, so Cixi succeeded and was buried in the Qing Dynasty, but Zheng Guifei and Li Xuanshi failed, and the Ming Dynasty buried them.

The key lies in whether there are any people of their own in the court.As for the officials of the Ming Dynasty, from top to bottom, from the first assistant to the county magistrate, none of them belonged to them. The only thing Zheng Guifei and Li Xuanshi had was a whole palace of maids and eunuchs.

This, they are very good at.

Concubine Zheng gave Zhu Changluo eight beauties.eight!A full eight!In order not to be seized and attacked by others, Zhu Changluo was always careful and did not dare to make mistakes.But now that he is the emperor, no one will attack him, and Concubine Zheng is already a soft-shelled turtle. Zhu Changluo also thinks that this is her act of begging for mercy, and enjoys these eight beauties with peace of mind.

Dealing with complicated government affairs during the day, and being lucky with femme fatales at night, such overloaded work, coupled with quack doctors treating illnesses, Zhu Changluo was soon tossed to death.By the way, that quack doctor is a eunuch. Although he is in charge of the imperial pharmacy, he is a half-hearted barefoot doctor.Before he became the second-in-command of the eunuch, he belonged to Concubine Zheng Gui.

On August 29, Emperor Guangzong felt that he might really be dying, so he summoned the cabinet ministers and asked, "How is the coffin prepared?"

Fang Congzhe, chief assistant, said: "The longevity tree and the emperor's mausoleum of the late emperor have already been prepared, and the spirit will come out only when the Qintian Supervisor calculates a good date."

Emperor Guangzong pointed to his nose with a wry smile and said, "It's mine." He sighed, and then said, "Forget it, I heard that someone offered an elixir?"

Fang Congzhe didn't answer the emperor's question right just now, and was very embarrassed. Now His Majesty just asked a question that he would answer, and hurriedly replied: "It was presented by Li Kezhuo from Honglu Temple, but we still need to ask the imperial physicians to examine it. I can't believe it."

Zhu Changluo said with a feeling that a living horse is a dead horse doctor, "Bring him in."

On the first day of September, Emperor Guangzong died.