Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 86: All were killed, heads fell to the ground

"You have me, I have you, and everything in the world is bad here."

"I still want to meet this Yang Tingyi."

Zhu Houcong was reading a copy of "Wen Bao". Now, after dealing with the inner court and deciding on the grand gift, he had time to deal with the matter of Yang Tingyi competing with him for the right to speak.

of course.

Zhu Houcong had already known from the operating ideas behind Wen Bao and Yang Tingyi's behavior in recent days that Yang Tingyi was obviously working for his brother Yang Tinghe in public, but was actually standing on the side of him, the emperor, in secret.

That's why Zhu Houcong had such an exclamation.

In his opinion.

This is where it is most difficult for him to deal with the nobles and bureaucrats.

In a noble or bureaucratic family, the family members do not seem to be a whole, nor are they of one mind, but they also seem to be a whole, and seem to be of one mind.

Therefore, Zhu Houcong was worried that Yang Tingyi's behavior was Yang Tinghe's intention.

in the case of.

In Zhu Houcong's view, this was indeed Yang Tinghe's strength.

It really gave him enough headaches!
And therefore.

He knew that if he wanted to completely overthrow Yang Tinghe's political intention, he had to do this.

Since it is inevitable that there is a me-and-you in this world, Zhu Houcong naturally needs to have as many spies as possible so that he can manipulate public opinion and fish in troubled waters to achieve his own goals.

However, Zhu Houcong did not just use Yang Tingyi.

Now, since the inner court was purged, he can also arrange some ministers privately.

to this end.

Zhu Houcong had already contacted a group of officials through the Censorate who were worthy of being developed as his spies.

Among them was Ke Weixiong, the director of the Ministry of Personnel’s Examination and Reward Department.

at the moment.

All court officials and censors above the fifth rank went to the imperial court, including the civil servants who were immediately promoted.

Only civil officials below the fifth rank and those who had been demoted or exiled for disrespect remained in the city.

Inside.

Under the instructions of Zhu Houcong, the chief official Ke Weixiong also followed Zhang Lun and other demoted and exiled civil servants of the ritual faction, as well as civil servants of the ritual faction who sympathized with Zhang Lun and others, to meet Yang Tinghe.

After Zhu Houcong ordered Yang Tingyi to choose a day to submit a request for an audience with the emperor, he met Ke Weixiong in the afternoon.

"What do they think of the Master now?"

Zhu Houcong asked when he saw Ke Weixiong.

Ke Weixiong said: "Your Majesty, they are very disappointed and therefore resentful."

"it is good!"

Zhu Houcong nodded.

"You should keep in touch with Zhang Lun and his men, exchange letters, and tell me about their situations."

Zhu Houcong then gave instructions.

Covey Bear nodded in agreement.

Shortly after Zhu Houcong met Ke Weixiong, Gu Dayong brought Yang Tinghe's congratulatory message.

This made Zhu Houcong sneer and thought to himself: "This Yang Tinghe really wants to return to the cabinet!"

But at the same time.

Zhu Houcong's face darkened again.

Because he had to admit that Yang Tinghe was really determined to make him choose to be an emperor like Xiaozong in the future, and he was willing to compromise in order to retain the emperor's favor, unlike in the original history, where he chose to resign in time after becoming discouraged.

In Zhu Houcong's view, it was probably because he showed true love for the people that Yang Tinghe had more fantasies.

After all, he is an emperor who truly loves his people.

Therefore, Yang Tinghe felt that he, as the emperor, would be willing to sacrifice himself to save the people of the world.

As long as he returns to the court in the future and can lead all the officials to force the emperor to sacrifice himself.

anyway.

Zhu Houcong was still very happy after receiving Yang Tinghe's congratulatory message.

After all, this means that the gift that has already been confirmed is more convincing.

to this end.

Zhu Houcong ordered Yang Tinghe's congratulatory message to be announced to the world.

Because all the officials have left the city one after another.

Zhu Houcong did not need to discuss state affairs for the time being, so he took this opportunity to call a palace maid named Cao Ying, whom he had brought from Prince Xing's Palace, to his study.

Cao Ying was the palace maid who was almost strangled to death that day but refused to tell which bed the emperor slept in. She was even willing to be kicked to death but still hugged the calf of the palace spy to prevent him from committing regicide.

Zhu Houcong looked at Cao Ying, who was kneeling on the ground with some red marks on his neck, and said, "That night, you did a good job and showed your loyalty and bravery, but I cannot openly reward you for this."

"This is to protect you."

"But I can promote your brother Cao Qi and give him credit for this achievement."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"

Zhu Houcong added: "But you can't get nothing."

"I will give you a favor."

"I allow you to write a letter to your brother. You dictate what you want to say to your brother, and let Huang Jin write it for you, and then he will hand it to your brother."

Zhu Houcong was very familiar with the people within ten steps of him, and naturally knew that Cao Ying had only one relative, his brother Cao Qi, who was also adopted by the royal palace.

When Zhu Houcong spoke of this grace, the palace maids nearby were all deeply touched and cast envious glances at Cao Ying.

They had no worries about food and drink in the palace, but the biggest drawback was that they could not contact their families for many reasons.

So, this grace is really tempting to them.

"Go ahead."

"Tell Huang Jin what you want to say to your brother."

Cao Ying's eyes were already filled with tears. "I don't know what to say, I just want to say that I miss him very much and hope he is well."

After that.

Cao Ying kowtowed to Zhu Houcong with great emotion and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great kindness!" "Stand up and leave."

Zhu Houcong then said with a smile.

Cao Ying agreed and left.

"I will bathe and wash my hair, then go to Donghua Gate to welcome the Virgin Mary!

then.

Zhu Houcong gave the order.

Wang Chunjing bowed and said yes, then left the hall.

Let’s talk.

On the day of Our Lady's coming.

Zhao Jian, Zhang Chong and other civil servants who committed crimes.

Lu Yong, Ma Shan, Liu Zhao and others committed crimes and were awarded military honors.

He was formally taken to the execution ground.

On the road.

With her hair tied into two buns, Zhao Jian and others standing in the prison car happened to see the court officials who were leaving the city one after another to welcome the emperor.

This makes them feel quite regretful or quite lost.

Because they knew that if they had not done these things, they would also be leaving the city to welcome the emperor like these court officials.

but.

The main regret was for military exploits.

They are not so obsessed with etiquette, they just want to take this opportunity to gain more benefits.

Can bear fruit.

They didn't expect that they would lose their lives and property.

The ones who were lost were mainly civil servants such as Zhao Jian.

Because they saw that the central gate of the Daming Gate had been opened wide and the imperial road was lined with men and generals in brocade clothes, they guessed that this meant that the emperor's biological mother was going to enter the capital with the ceremony of empress dowager, and that the ceremony they had fought for had completely failed.

This meant that their idea of ​​controlling the emperor was shattered.

Therefore, civil servants such as Zhao Jian were very disappointed.

"cut!"

After the executioner shouted like this.

The executioner raised his sword behind these noble and civil officials who had committed crimes.

Before Zhao Jian was beheaded, he couldn't help but shed tears and sigh, then he closed his eyes and waited for the knife to fall.

When Zhang Chong saw Zhao Jian's head fall to the ground, he couldn't help but tremble, and then his head and body were separated.

Other noble and civil officials who committed crimes were also beheaded.

It makes people feel scared when they see it.

The civil servant Xu Chengming who came to the execution ground and saw this scene had a sad face:
"This means that the court can kill the nine ministers and censors again!"

"Yes, our power has not been restored but has declined!"

Editor Shu Fen followed Luo Luo's words in a depressed tone.

The person in charge, Ke Weixiong, slammed the table in excitement and said, "It's all because there are too many hypocritical people. Even Yang Xindu is like this. How can the power of the scholars not decline?!"

Shu Fen and others were frightened when they saw this and hurriedly advised Ke Weixiong to be careful of the spies from the factory guards, but they also admired Ke Weixiong's courage because Ke Weixiong said he was not afraid of going to the imperial prison.

When Zhu Houcong heard that Xingxian had reached the outskirts of the city, he came to Donghua Gate early to wait, looking eagerly in the direction of Daming Gate.

he knows.

In this life, because he had won the dispute over the great ceremony in advance, and he no longer had to recognize Emperor Xiaozong as his imperial father, Jiang would no longer kneel to see him, nor would she kneel to Empress Dowager Zhang.

Zhu Houcong remembered that in history, Emperor Jiajing had to watch his biological mother kneeling to meet him and Empress Dowager Zhang because he was unable to compete with Yang Tinghe and others at the beginning.

This scene should have left a very humiliating impression on Jiajing in history, causing him to deliberately make things difficult for Empress Dowager Zhang afterwards. After Empress Dowager Zhang's bedroom was burned down, he deliberately did not rebuild it, and let Empress Dowager Zhang live in a much more shabby side hall.

And now.

This scene will never happen again.

Outside the Daming Gate.

After Xingxian's death, the emperor was gradually heading north.

The court officials and common people all knelt on the ground.

Inside.

The Jiang family's children were the most moved and happy.

Because they thought that the fifteen-year-old Zhu Houcong would not be able to defeat the ritualists.

Therefore, they had long been prepared to accept that Zhu Houcong would not recognize them as his maternal clan, but would only recognize the Zhang family as his own maternal clan.

Especially after a civil official came to threaten them not to try to incite the emperor to change the great ceremony, they dared not even talk about it.

Zhu Houcong's uncle Jiang Lun specifically advised his mother to give up the idea of ​​meeting her emperor grandson and daughter.

But Jiang Lun didn't expect that the situation would take a turn for the better in the end.

His elder sister was actually honored as the Queen Mother of Xingguo and had to enter through the Daming Gate.

This made Jiang Lun realize that the status of his Jiang family would also be improved.

Therefore.

He is very happy now and has great respect for the current emperor.

He really didn't expect that the young emperor would change all this.

Let’s talk.

Jiang's carriage quickly entered the Daming Gate and arrived at the Donghua Gate.

Zhu Houcong saw her here and bowed deeply: "Mother!"

Jiang smiled with tears in her eyes, accepted the gift, and then looked at Zhu Houcong with heartache and emotion.

Because she knew very well how much pressure and effort her fifteen-year-old son had to endure in order for her to hear the name "Mother" now.

(End of this chapter)