In the Cining Palace of the Forbidden City, the Empress Dowager Sun was drinking morning tea. Empress Qian, Emperor Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu and his first wife, Empress Wang, were sitting on the two sides respectively.

In ancient times, filial piety was the first priority. Morning and evening greetings were not unique to the Qing palace. On the contrary, the Qing Dynasty followed the Ming rules. As the emperor halfway, Zhu Qiyu had to show filial piety at all times to consolidate his throne of the Dharma.

After putting down the teacup in his hand, Empress Dowager Sun looked at the white snow outside the door, and said with a sad face: "The weather in winter is getting colder every year. I wonder if the Supreme Emperor can withstand the heavy snow and the bitter cold wind in the bitter cold land in the northern part of the desert."

When Empress Dowager Sun mentioned the Ming Dynasty Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu showed a little embarrassment, so she could only grit her teeth and comfort her: "The Tartars lost their troops and generals in the capital, and later they lost a large number of military, horses, cattle and sheep. If they wanted to let livestock and herdsmen survive this cold winter, they would definitely ask for the Ming Dynasty's switch trade and would definitely not be rude to the emperor."

In a sense, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu said the truth. The more beautiful the Ming Dynasty counterattack, the stronger the strength was. Even if Zhu Qizhen became the king of the North Sword, the enemy still dared not do anything to him, and even dared not humiliate him.

If the Northern Song Dynasty was ashamed of Jingkang, and the Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty who had been in the south, could have known the shame and then bravely, and resolutely fought against the Jin army, those humiliating things would not have happened.

But when she heard these words, she couldn't help but burst into tears. Now that the new king has ascended the throne and changed the dynasty, there are court officials outside to prevent the Supreme Emperor from returning to the south. Her husband's situation outside the border is almost the same as a king who has lost his country. How could he be treated with courtesy?

Seeing Empress Qian secretly feeling sad again, Empress Wang quickly comforted her: "Sister Qian, the Imperial Doctor said that your eye disease is getting worse and worse. You must not cry all day long. You must take good care of your body and wait for the Emperor to return."

Queen Wang has a strong personality and kind heart, and is not the kind of jealous and favorable woman in the traditional harem.

In history, in the third year of Jingtai, after Zhu Qiyu was firmly in the throne, he planned to violate the agreement made with Empress Dowager Sun and wanted to make his son Zhu Jianji the crown prince.

After learning about this, Empress Wang resolutely opposed the deposed crown prince, which angered Zhu Qiyu and was deposed as a commoner. From this point, it can be seen that not to mention the ministers of honor and relatives still put the inheritance of the throne on Zhu Qizhen and his son, even the identity of a pillow-side person, the queen also follows the concept of "orthodox" in her heart.

The word "legal system" of the inheritance system of the eldest son is related to the ruling foundation of the entire feudal dynasty and transcends ordinary relationships of closeness and distantness.

She spoke out to advise Empress Sun, sincerely for the sake of the other party's health. You must know that during the time when Emperor Qian was in the north, Empress Qian was almost crying and even had no choice but to be helpless after the imperial physician's diagnosis and treatment.

If Queen Qian continues to cry so sadly, she may not be able to see her husband's face clearly.

The daughter-in-law's sobs, the confrontation of the court meeting yesterday, and Zhu Qiyu's erratic disobedience, and the incidents were placed in front of Queen Mother Sun, making her feel an indescribable anxiety in her heart.

If you want to welcome the emperor back and suppress the opposition forces in the court, you must shoot the bird and tell the world the leader Chen Yichen to the crime.

"Emperor, has Chen Yichen been imprisoned in the imperial prison?"

When Zhu Qiyu heard Empress Sun suddenly ask about Chen Yichen, he felt a slump in his heart, but he still replied with great respect: "Qi Bi Mother, the Jinyiwei had already gone to the Duke Cheng's Mansion to arrest Chen Yichen, and he was in the imperial prison."

"Okay, such a traitor who disobeys and offenders must be ordered to be killed!"

The word "kill" came out, which made everyone who asked Cining Palace's concerns. After all, there were few words in the harem that directly killed the ministers of the previous dynasty, especially from the empress dowager.

"After all, Chen Yichen is young and energetic. If he is severely punished, he will appear to be inconsistent with his mother and will damage his reputation. Please think twice."

Zhu Qiyu quickly persuaded him, knowing that the Empress Dowager said something like the emperor, and belongs to the category of golden words and jade words. He said in private that it would be fine to be killed, but if he said such words in front of civil and military ministers in the future, there would be little room for recovery.

"If the Ai family was disobedient in public by the court officials, if there is no severe punishment, then where will the royal family be majestic?"

"Emperor, do you still remember what the Ai family said to you? The way of governing the emperor should be to give both kindness and power, and you should not let your ministers climb up!"

Empress Dowager Sun once said this, but she also said that the interrogation of Chen Yichen is a matter of being punished if there is, and if there is no, it is encouraged if there is no.

As a result, he is now punished for his death and completely forgetting his promise, which makes Zhu Qiyu feel so miserable.

However, at this point, Zhu Qiyu would never destroy the Great Wall and compromise and agree to the Queen Mother Sun's disposal, otherwise there would be no chance of turning around.

He gritted his teeth and replied, "Mother, Chen Yichen has not been investigated and asked for his crimes. It is too early to say that it is sentenced to life and death, and it is easy to cause criticism from all the scholars in the world."

"That's easy to deal with. Let the Shaoqing of Dali Temple lead the trial of the Three Jurisprudences and use iron evidence to block the mouths of scholars all over the world!"

After the meeting of the court yesterday, not only Zhu Qiyu and Chen Yichen were in action, but also the Supreme Emperor power headed by Empress Dowager Sun did not rest.

As the saying goes, taking advantage of the illness and finally put Chen Yichen in prison and questioned him, how could he keep him intact?

The Three Laws, composed of Yang Shan, the right censor of the Censorate, Yang Hongze, the young minister of Dali Temple, and Yu Shiyue, the Minister of Justice, have long been sharpening their knives and preparing to make a garlic.

Even if you are Chen Yichen, you have the support of the military generals of Qi and Wu? The judicial department, the chief judge, and the judge are all my people. What are you fighting with me?

Just when Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu looked embarrassed and didn't know how to refuse, the sound of "Dongdongdong" suddenly came from outside the Cining Palace.

I heard the drum ring?

The only drum sound that can appear in the Forbidden City is the Dengwen Drum set up by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, outside the Meridian Gate, to prevent those who have major injustice from making complaints among the people.

The problem is that after more than 70 years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Dengwen drum almost became a decoration, and no people dared to ring it.

The reason is that it is like beating drums, blocking sedan chairs and shouting for justice. In ancient times, there was a special term called "kow to the throne". Especially at the level of the emperor, no matter whether the content of your complaint is true, as long as you collide with the ceremonial warriors and disturb the saint's carriage, you have to "take a hundred wars and get close to the border and be promoted to the army."

Before the injustice was announced, the person was beaten to death first. Who dared to do such a kowtow?

Not to mention a new king like Zhu Qiyu, even Empress Dowager Sun has not heard the sound of the drums in the past few decades since she entered the palace.

This time, someone suddenly heard a sound, as if it indicates that something big will happen.

Before Zhu Qiyu and Empress Dowager Sun recovered, Tongzheng's Secretary Zuo Tongzheng appeared at the gate of Cining Palace in a panic expression.

You should know that the scope of responsibilities of the left and right government is to accept internal and external written submissions and sealed lawsuits by subjects. According to the normal process, after acceptance, it must be sent to the cabinet, first "revealing the post" and then "publishing the votes", and finally it will be sent to the emperor for approval.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the emperor does not look at it, and directly handed it over to the eunuch in charge of the seal and "recommendation of the popular".

Now Zuo Tongzheng has gone through these palace procedures and came directly to the emperor with a memorial, and in front of the empress dowager, which is really unreasonable.

"Your Majesty, I have a petition from the scholars of the capital and a memorial from the Imperial College. I dare not delay any delay in any matter. Please forgive me!"

Before the drums sounded at the Meridian Gate, the joint letters of the capital and Li Shimian's "Original Commentary" were delivered to officials of the Tongzhengsi.

Faced with these two memorials directed at the harem's interference in politics, the officials of the Tongzhengsi were immediately frightened and did not dare to delay any delay and ran to the Cining Palace, for fear of slowing down and causing shock to the scholars and officials in the world.

"Is this memorial related to the sound of the drums?"

Zhu Qiyu was keenly aware that these two things happened at the same time, and there must be a connection between them.

"Report to Your Majesty, the various governors in the capital are taking the exam and thousands of students from the Imperial College have gathered outside the Meridian Gate, and they are the ones who beat the Dengwen Drum."

"What exactly do these literati want to do?"

Empress Dowager Sun also had an unknown premonition in her heart. The scholar-official class was the cornerstone of the rule. If they collectively protested, it would easily cause turmoil in the government and the country and the situation was unstable.

The Mongolian Tartars had just retreated, but the Ming Dynasty could not withstand the continuous tossing and troubles.

"This...this...this...this...this is not afraid to say it."

Zuo Tongzheng's forehead was covered with dense beads of sweat, and he lowered his head deeply to his chest, trying to escape the sharp gaze of Queen Mother Sun.

"Ai family tells you to say it!"

Empress Dowager Sun was in a bad mood, but when she saw Zuo Tongzheng still looking slapped, she was instantly furious.

"The Imperial College Supervisor said you...you say you are a hen and a stern!"

After gritting his teeth, Zuo Tongzheng finally said this sentence. Anyway, the memorials were already here, and the empress dowager would see it if he didn't say it.

The hen is in the morning!

Hearing these four words, Empress Dowager Sun opened her mouth wide and sat blankly on the phoenix chair, unable to say a word.

This is definitely an extremely heart-wrenching description, and it comes from the Imperial College Priest, a literati in the Ming Dynasty!

I can't imagine what kind of criticism I will suffer when this word spreads, and will be despised by the people of the world!

"I am arrogant. My time to ascend the throne is still short. My mother is just polite and teaching. How could she be so malicious indictment?"

"Transfer my will to arrest Li Shimian, the Imperial College Priest, and the scholar who took the lead in causing trouble!"

The operation of adding fuel to the fire is not only Chen Yichen can do it, but also Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu.

Now that the sound of the drums and the crowds of scholars in the capital are angry, they do not first understand the reason for the complaint, but instead immediately rudely punishing people, which will only arouse a greater rebound and wave.

And even if the orders were given by Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, the scholar-official class would never blame him. The only one who ended up being criticized was Empress Dowager Sun.

The scholar rebelled for ten years, but as long as the entire scholar-official class was involved, no one could resist this force.

Not to mention the Empress Dowager, the Emperor can’t do it!

"Slow down!"

Just as Zuo Tongzheng was about to receive the order, Empress Dowager Sun seemed to realize something and suddenly spoke up and stopped him.

The infamy of the hen Sichen has been borne by many harem power in history. In most cases, they compromised each other and transferred the power to the emperor.

After all, Wu Zetian only appeared in thousands of years.

"Support Li Shimian's memorial to the Ai family."

"Mother, just leave this matter to the son minister. Don't hurt your body."

“Support it!”

Empress Dowager Sun shouted fiercely, and she wanted to see how these literati people evaluated themselves.

"Yes, the Queen Mother."

Seeing Empress Dowager Sun's attitude, Zuo Tongzheng naturally did not dare to disobey and submitted the original Commentary written by Li Shimian overnight to Empress Dowager Sun.

After receiving the memorial, you can clearly see the trembling of Queen Mother Sun's arms. After slowly opening it, her chest immediately fluctuated violently, demonstrating the excitement in her heart.

The first sentence of Li Shimian's memorial was introduced to Zhu Yuanzhang's "The Instructions of the Emperor's Ming Ancestors", "When the Empress stops Xu Neizhi's women in the palace, they will be involved in the affairs outside the palace gate, and their mothers must intervene!"

If the hen Sichen is just a dishonor, then the four words "harem interfering in politics" can be called a crime.

Empress Dowager Sun had to hold on to read the memorial, but now her face suddenly changed and could no longer hold on. The memorial in her hand first slipped down, and then she fell backwards with a shaking look on her face.

"Mother Queen."

"The Queen Mother!"

Whether it was the emperor or the ministers and palace maids present, they shouted in shock at this moment.
To be continued...