When Zhu Houzhao arrived at the Ganqing Palace, he realized that the court meeting in the main hall had begun.

Under the guidance of the eunuch of the Silijian, Zhu Houzhao went to the back of the Ganqing Palace and hid behind the curtain and listened to the hall in front.

At this time, the three cabinet masters, the seven ministers, the six ministers, the prefect of the Shuntian prefect and other court officials were all present, as if they were discussing something. Zhu Houzhao had just sat on the chair and heard Xie Qian's voice. He quickly pricked up his ears to hear clearly and see if what Xie Qian said was related to the war in the southwest of Chen Xi.

In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, there should be nothing more important than this in the court now.

But after he listened carefully, he realized that what Xie Qian said had nothing to do with the war in the southwest. Xie Qian was talking about the funeral of the Empress Dowager Zhou.

Because Xie Qian's voice was not very loud and Zhu Houzhao came later, he didn't hear it so comprehensively, but he probably understood it. Xie Qian said that Empress Dowager Zhou should not have worshipped the Taimiao and should be buried separately. Although the emperor later ordered a special order to be buried with Yingzong, God warned that something happened to the imperial tomb, which proved that the road was no longer open.

Zhu Houzhao was puzzled, and then heard Xie Qian's explanation.

It turned out that Yuling, which is the tomb of Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty, collapsed on a large scale during the opening process because the Empress Dowager Zhou of the Taihuang was buried. The corridor originally reserved has now been completely blocked. If it is to be cleared again, it will not only cost a lot, but will also damage the original Feng Shui of the tomb and harm the descendants of the royal family.

In this case, even Xie Qian, who had previously supported the joint burial, changed his words, saying that this was God's intention, and even the emperor could not break the previous rules, otherwise it might bring disaster to God and cause endless harm.

Ministers in the court came out one after another and disagreed to open the blocked mausoleum passage.

Zhu Houzhao thought to himself: "Didn't it mean that the Empress Dowager is the biological mother of the emperor's grandfather? Why can't the biological mother be buried with the former emperor? This is a bit unreasonable, right?"

With his age, he still did not understand the importance of authenticity in the direct line, because he had never been involved in the issue of the throne of the legitimate and illegitimate throne. After all, his father did not even have a concubine, so he did not have half-brothers, and he did not understand the terribleness of the eldest son and the legitimate son fighting for the crown prince.

In the eyes of naughty kids, he is the only legal emperor heir of the Ming Dynasty, and no one wants to compete with him for the position of crown prince.

Xie Qian and others were thinking about maintaining the outline and convention of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, only the legitimate queen could be the posthumous title of emperor and the Taimiao. The following queen and the emperor's biological mother were not the posthumous title of emperor, and they were worshipped in Fengci Hall.

Emperor Yingzong's posthumous title was "Emperor Rui", so only the queen of the main palace was qualified to add the word "Rui" to the posthumous title, otherwise even the biological mother of the successor emperor would not be qualified.

Therefore, even if the Empress Dowager Zhou was the biological mother of Emperor Xianzong of Ming and the grandmother of the current emperor, it is well known that Empress Dowager Zhou was not the direct queen of Emperor Yingzong of Ming.

Moreover, the Empress Qian of Yingzong's main palace has always been praised by the Ming Dynasty. Now, as the Empress Qian, has long been awarded the orthodox position. Even if the Empress Dowager Zhou died of illness, she actually did not have the qualifications to be buried with her husband.

Now the collapse of the tomb was launched, and the posthumous title and worship of Empress Dowager Zhou's family quickly became the focus of discussion in the court.

When Zhu Youzhang saw the ministers disobeying, he seemed very angry. He stood up with all his strength and shouted loudly: "The Empress Dowager has always been kind to others. He has always admired Emperor Rui, and is also the biological mother of the late emperor. I regard him as Xiaosu, Zhen, Shunkang, Yi Guanglie, and Tiancheng Shengrui, and buried him together in Yuling. Is this also wrong?"

In the aftermath of Empress Dowager Zhou, Zhu Youcheng was devoted to his own grandmother.

He said that his grandmother was kind to others, but in fact, in history, the Zhou empress always excluded the queen of money and hoped to become the queen of the palace. However, because Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty was concerned about Queen Qian's efforts for him, he had never been recognized.

After Queen Qian's death, Queen Zhou kept talking about this, because Queen Zhou was the biological mother of Emperor Xianzong of Ming Dynasty and her mother was noble by her son, so there was constant controversy.

The worship of the emperor's biological mother has always been the focus of the competition between the emperors of the Ming Dynasty and the civil servants of the court, because each emperor felt that the world was his own, and all matters should naturally be decided by him, and he should not let the court officials make a decision.

But civil officials are different. In their eyes, no matter whether the person who died was your emperor's biological mother, we only know that he was not the emperor's original wife. He didn't even want to enter the Taimiao.

The dispute over the legal system was too important. After Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, there was a three-and-a-half-year dispute over the imperial system between the old ministers of Wuzong led by Yang Tinghe and Mao Cheng on whom the title of Emperor Jiajing and the title of Emperor Jiajing's biological father. Emperor Jiajing disregarded the opposition of the court officials and forcibly respected his biological father as Emperor Xingxian and then appointed him as Emperor Xian. His biological mother was the Empress Dowager Xingguo, and he changed his name to Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty to be "Huangbokao", which had a profound influence.

In the original history, the Empress Dowager Zhou did not worship the Taimiao. Now there are still certain conflicts between the Civil Affairs Group and Zhu Youting, and they will not agree with this matter.

Xie Qian once expressed his support, but now with the collapse of the imperial tomb, he also thought it was an ominous sign and did not dare to violate the ancestral system. Emperor Hongzhi lost his help.

Now the court has a top-down view, and the unified view is that the Empress Dowager Zhou’s family worships Fengci Hall, and even the “Rui” in the posthumous title must be removed, so no matter how Zhu Youzhang loses his temper, it will be futile.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others continued to discuss this matter in the court. Everyone's view was clear. The rules of the ancestors could not be changed. Regardless of whether the Empress Dowager Zhou gave birth to Emperor Xianzong of Ming, her status was determined by Emperor Yingzong of Ming, rather than Emperor Xianzong of Ming or the son of today. This matter has no room for negotiation in the civil service group.

Even if the emperor was so angry that he coughed loudly, it had no effect at all. Xiao Jing stood up to help and talk to him, but was ridiculed by Li Dongyang. The roughly meant that Xiao Jing was to take care of his own affairs. Such a major matter was not something that a eunuch could intervene. In any case, Zhu Youzhang would not destroy the legal system of his ancestors.

Zhu Houzhao was originally hiding in the back hall to watch the fun. Seeing this situation, she couldn't help but look out and look at it, and was extremely shocked:

"Isn't it normal for the Empress Dowager to have her husband buried together? Then it's my grandfather's mother. Why are these court officials so inhumane?"

"Also, why didn't the father punish these ministers directly? These people usually say that they are loyal ministers, but seeing that their father is so angry, no one comes out to say good things, which is simply too sarcastic! Among all the people, only Eunuch Xiao is helping his father, but unfortunately no one listens to him... Eunuch Xiao seems to have no status in the court..."

In the past, in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, he had everything he had when he became an emperor, and he didn't have to think about what the minister wanted and did. So he always yearned for being an emperor because it meant that he could do whatever he wanted after he ascended the throne.

But as he grew older, Zhu Houzhao found that the ministers were really "annoying". Everything they did seemed to be deliberately against the emperor. He used to comfort himself that there were always a few annoying "Wei Zheng" characters in every dynasty who would jump out to make trouble, just don't pay attention to it.

But now that I see that my father was bullied so badly, I still have to try my best to explain to these ministers, hoping to get everyone's "comfort" which made Zhu Houzhao feel a little disappointed.

As more and more ministers refuted the emperor's words in the hall, Zhu Houzhao was furious and muttered: "The father is so kind to these ministers, so these people will be arrogant... No, no, I should go out and remind my father and let him make a decision directly. Why should I listen to the opinions of these old guys?"

"Well, the Empress Dowager must be allowed to enter Yuling and buried with her great-grandfather. Only in this way can the father be a filial emperor... These ministers are simply unfaithful and unfilial, unkind and unrighteous!"

With this idea in mind, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but stand up and rushed out to argue with the ministers present.

But before others could go out, Zhu Youzhang in the hall ahead sighed lightly and shook his head and said, "Since that's the case, I agree with your opinion, but I don't know how to go on to meet the old emperor..."

Zhu Youtang's expression was a bit sad, just like a resentful woman in the deep boudoir.

Zhu Houzhao stopped walking. After listening to his father's words, he couldn't believe his ears. The emperor actually wanted to compromise with his ministers, which was completely beyond his understanding.

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