"My me, please establish the foundation of the country!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in Dongnuan Pavilion changed drastically.

Please establish a foundation, what does this mean? This is forcing the emperor to establish a crown prince!

In fact, forcing the emperor to establish a crown prince is nothing in itself. However, there are not many emperors on this vast land of China, from the First Emperor who unified the six kingdoms to the end-of-day dynasty, among which more than 400 emperors were not emperors in form but actually even more emperors. There are probably not many who were forced to establish a crown prince by their ministers!

In fact, this kind of thing was already considered a small number in the Ming Dynasty. I don’t know why, the descendants of these emperors in the Ming Dynasty were not very prosperous. In addition to the dozens of sons of Emperor Hongwu who founded, the emperors later, Renzong had only one son, and Emperor Hongzhi had only one son, Zhengde. The foundation of the country naturally fell on the crown prince, and there was no need to fight for anything.

It is common for ministers to force the emperor to establish a crown prince, and the emperor is usually not too angry. After all, the establishment of a crown prince is not only a family matter, but also a state matter. It is necessary for the ministers to care about it. However, Emperor Zhengde has been forced to establish a crown prince by these important ministers over the years, and there are always thirty or fifty times. Of course, it is not absolute not to be angry, such as or at certain specific moments!

Just like today.

This is a special moment when there is no more special moment - the emperor just fainted after vomiting blood and woke up, and forced the emperor to establish a crown prince. What does this mean? Isn’t this clearly a curse of the emperor dying early?

What's your intention?

Zhengde's face suddenly became gloomy!

This matter is very important. Even these important officials of the court dare not participate easily. Therefore, after Yang Shen knelt down, the others who followed him were stunned for a moment and failed to keep up. Even if they were as close as Dai Zhangpu to Yang Shen, they were silent.

Seeing Emperor Zhengde's face pulling down, Liu Jixiang's face turned pale, his heart was beating and his butt was kneeling down. He knelt with the three brothers, and he was already cursing Yang Shen, thinking that you, an old guy, are you looking for death, don't get involved in the family affairs of the emperor. Can you be involved in the affairs of the foreign ministers like you?

Yang Shen knelt on the ground, his face as deep as water.

He was not unaware that his kneeling and his invitation almost forced the matter to a corner of a wall where he had to make a decision. If the emperor did not make a decision, he would lose his majesty, and if the emperor made a decision, he would definitely be very resentful to him. He knew very well that his kneeling and his pussy almost broke the balance between the monarch and the ministers who had been with him for more than ten years, and the tacit understanding between the monarch and the ministers!

Yang Shen knew that the emperor did not like him. The supreme person liked was Jiang Bin, Ma Yongcheng, and even the dead Gu Dayong, who was executed by Lingchi. He was close, caring and at ease. And a Jinshi civil servant like him, who was born in a professional class, naturally had a estrangement with the emperor, and he would never be caring with the emperor, especially an emperor who acted in a non-rule manner. The reason why the emperor relied on himself was that the position of chief minister was his own for more than ten years. He had never been touched by others because he did his work well enough. He could always sort out the old empire in an orderly manner. More importantly, he was in power without taking power, and he would not try to control the court, deceive the emperor, and he did not offend the emperor's decisions.

This is why I can sit firmly.

There is a tacit understanding between the monarch and his subjects that has never been agreed but both parties know each other and do not touch each other. It can be regarded as a kind of mutual respect between the monarch and his subjects!

But now, I have broken this tacit understanding with my own hands.

Yang Shen dared to conclude that from this moment on, the emperor had already planned to change the chief minister.

This supreme has such a rebellious personality and will never allow anyone to mercy or even intervene.

Yang Shen didn't want to do this either. If he had time, he would definitely make arrangements calmly, secretly start, and finally win in one battle. He had countless censors under him, middle-level officials like the ministers, the ministers, the doctors, and even many Xiao Jiuqing, who are at the level of the minister, are also lackeys under his disciples, but the problem is that it is too late!

The thunder just now shocked him and realized that things must not be delayed anymore. What if he wakes up early tomorrow morning, there will be news that the emperor's ceremony and the princes are competing for the throne, so what should he do?

The arrow is on the string and you have to fire it. It’s impossible not to force it!

After all, Yang Shen is a minister who serves the country, the people and the world.

It is like Yu Qian and Yu Shaobao, Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Ge Lao, who guards the Gucheng Shige Department, and is a civil minister who is granted the title of marquis and kings. He is the most outstanding figure of Confucian scholars in the Ming Dynasty. He is a proud and strong minister!

People of this generation have established their minds for the heaven and earth, established their destiny for the people, inherited their unique knowledge for the past sages, and opened peace for all generations!

Even if the civil servant group is so corrupt, degenerate, and how it is willing to suffer losses to the entire Ming Dynasty for its own selfishness, there are still some people who dare to take the safety of the world on their shoulders!

If it were an ordinary minister, Emperor Zhengde would have long since reprimanded and even beaten him up, but this is Yang Shen in front of him!

The chief minister of the cabinet, the Grand Secretary of Jianji Hall, Yang Shen!

Emperor Zhengde's mouth twitched slightly, and Concubine Liu could clearly feel the emperor's hand clenching a little. She quickly patted the emperor's hand gently. Zhengde suppressed the fire in his heart and smiled and said, "The establishment of the country is the family matter of the emperor. Yang Aiqing, let's discuss this matter in the future!"

Yang Shen knelt on the ground, and when he heard his neck, he raised his head. Zhengde thought to himself that it was broken, and this was a desperate advice!

Sure enough, he heard Yang Shen's tone resolutely say, "Master, you have been delaying this matter for thirty years. Please forgive me for offending me today. However, I must say something today! The son's descendants are so prosperous, but they have never set the position of crown prince. The son's age is already high. If there is anything unexpected, has the Lord ever thought that if there is any chance, what will happen behind me? The rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Jin Dynasty was shattered and the country was shattered. Isn't it a lesson from the past? Today, my Ming Dynasty has Tatar Ola, the Three Guards of Duoyan, Annan, and Hami in the south. The situation is so bad. I am far away from the Jin Dynasty! If my Ming Dynasty was enslaved by the barbarians for a hundred years and became a straw dog, then who is the guilt of this? The accident must not be delayed again, and I must come up with a charter today!"

After saying that, his forehead was hit hard on the gold brick, making a sound!

It became quiet in an instant, and Yang Shen's words echoed in the East Warehouse. The East Warehouse was extremely quiet. The needles could be heard, and only the sound of breathing that was heavy or deliberately lowered by everyone.

The four eunuchs' foreheads were pressed against the ground, and their whole bodies were as stiff as they were. They didn't even dare to make any noise, for fear of being irritated by the emperor!

The important civil officials standing behind Yang Shen, no matter what their position, felt a great sense of admiration. Such strong ministers who are loyal to the country and the people are truly a model for us!

At present, Xie Tingshi, the second assistant of the cabinet, the Minister of Personnel, the second-in-command of Zhengde in the 25th year of Zhengde, the Minister of Revenue Wan Shiting, the Left Minister of War, Dai Zhangpu, Dai Jixun, the Minister of Works, all knelt down in unison, and said in unison: "My me, please discuss with me! Please establish the foundation of the country!"

Looking at the ministers kneeling on the ground, Concubine Liu, who seemed to be sitting there, had a lit eye, and a look called surprise flashed across it.

This Concubine Liu, in fact, is one of the most famous people in history.

Concubine Liu, whose real name is Liu Liangnu. Perhaps not much knows about Liu Liangnu, but if you mention another name that was fabricated and not real but was widely circulated among the people, it will become much more famous - Li Fengjie.

In Lian Zining's era and in that time and space, this person could be said to be brilliant. From the beauty of the country to the Romance of Zhengde, from the dragon and phoenix to the unparalleled world. Then to the Dragon and Phoenix Store, Li Fengjie is almost indispensable whenever there is Emperor Zhengde's appearance.

Of course, just like the distorted image of Emperor Zhengde above, Li Fengjie is also distorted enough.

There is no consensus in history books on the origin of Liu Liangnu. The "Ming Shilu" says that Liu Liangnu is the wife of Yang Teng, a musician from the Jin Wangfu Mansion in Taiyuan. When Wuzong visited Shanxi, he sent someone to Taiyuan to ask for a female musician and got Liu Liangnu. Wuzong liked that she was both beautiful and skillful, so he brought her back to the leopard room from Yulin. He placed Liu Liangnu in the Tengzang Hall of Taiyechichi in the West Garden, known as his wife, commonly known as Liu Niangniang.

In "Baishu", it says: Liu Liangnu is a famous singer in the royal palace in Datong. Wuzong once pretended to be a low-level officer and went to the imperial court in the royal palace, so he was able to get to know Liu. At that time, Wuzong was not very noticeable in such a romantic place. Others thought he was just an ordinary officer, but Liu knew him with a keen eye and decided that he was not an ordinary person, so he looked at him differently. Wuzong remembered this Liu family and later sent someone to take him to Beijing.

These two are actually not right.

Liu Liangnu was the daughter of Liu Liang, a musician from the Datong Dynasty royal family. In the 12th year of Zhengde, when Emperor Zhengde was patrolling the Xuanfu Datong and other places, he asked the King of Dai for beauty. The King of Dai took out all the unmarried ones in his palace for Emperor Zhengde to choose. Zhengde took a fancy to Liu Liangnu at a glance. He returned to Beijing and was destined to be a beauty, and he was very favored.

After returning to Beijing with Liu Liang's daughter, he first lived in the leopard room, and later gradually entered the west to sleep for a special sleep.

Zhengde specially built the Qingliang Palace for Liu Liangnu in the west, and feasted and had fun. How much did Emperor Zhengde favor her? He must be with him in daily life. What she said works better than anyone else's words. Zhengde will listen to it! Sometimes the ministers in the court and even the eunuchs who were very confidant angered the emperor and were worried and scared, so he went privately to ask Liu Liangnu. When Liu Liangnu said that, Emperor Zhengde laughed and said that, he would skip this matter.

It is worth mentioning that when Jiang Bin first entered Beijing twenty years ago, he served as the commander of the Jinyiwei and commander of the four foreign troops, he was not as scheming as he later. He was very arrogant and arrogant. He always looked like he ignored everyone he saw, but when he saw Liu Liangnu, he would definitely kowtow respectfully and serve his mother.

Later, when Emperor Zhengde rebelled in the Nanzheng Ning rebelled, he could not live without her. Emperor Zhengde was a good Buddha and would always visit the temple. He walked along the way from Shangfang Temple to Nanjing. There were banners, flags, banners, and sculpts and books. Those who had been given the title of the wife Liu, were signed and named by his wife.

Later, the emperor fell into the water in Qingjiangpu and was extremely ill. The people in the palace were already unstable. Many palace ladies and even concubines had strange ideas. Only Liu Liangnu, who served the emperor day and night, stayed with him day and night. The emperor gradually recovered from illness, and the relationship between the two became even deeper.

In the 12th year of Zhengde, he was first named Guiren. In the 14th year, he was promoted to Zhaoyi and fifteenth year. He was appointed as Jie Concubine. In the 17th year, he was appointed as Zhuang Concubine. In the 18th year, he was appointed as Zhuang Concubine.

In December of the 18th year of Zhengde, Concubine Zhuang miscarriage and was weak in the army. The emperor did not take off his clothes and did not go to court. He waited by the bed for more than ten days. After Concubine Zhuang recovered from illness, he was named Concubine.

In the 21st year of Zhengde, Concubine Zhuang gave birth to a son. The emperor was very happy. He thought about it and read all the ancient books. He ordered his ministers to present their names, and finally decided on the name, Zhu Zai.

The empress of Emperor Zhengde's family was Empress Xia, who was from Daxing County, the capital. Her father was just a small official in the capital. Later, relying on her daughter's initially appointed commander of the Jinyiwei, she was promoted to the commander of the Central Army Governor's Office. In the Ming Dynasty, the prince chose concubines, and often liked to find families from small families to be born in this way. In this way, the power of the empress's mother's family was quite average, which could effectively avoid the dictatorship of relatives who appeared frequently in the Han and Tang dynasties. In fact, this practice was also very effective.

Empress Xia is a serious scholarly family. She is a jewellery and dignified person, but it is really not in line with Emperor Zhengde's appetite. Therefore, the relationship between the two is extremely weak and almost nothing.

Emperor Zhengde wanted to depose the queen several times, but firstly, the Queen Wang really couldn't find any mistakes. Secondly, Empress Zhang liked this daughter-in-law very much. With her protection, Emperor Zhengde often had no choice but to do anything. Thirdly, when the Queen was mentioned, the ministers in the court opposed it. The memorials of either admonishment, or even scolded him, flew over like snowflakes, which could almost flood the Qianqing Palace!

Therefore, after two or three times, Emperor Zhengde never dared to mention the deposed queen again, which really scared these Confucian scholars.

Fortunately, Liu Liangnu is also a very knowledgeable person - or rather smart person. She was born in the folk, and you can imagine how good a daughter from a royal family can have? She must have seen the cold and cold world since she was a child, so she developed a cautious personality and was even better at observing words and expressions. Such women from the folk must have little knowledge in some world situations, but in terms of human feelings and human hearts, they are much better than those concubines who are ladies.

She knew very well that Jin Shang was a filial son who listened to the Queen Mother's words. If she relied on the emperor's favor and tried her best to win the throne of the queen, she would not say whether she could get it under the obstruction of the queen. In the end, she would lose her favor and end up with nothing! It would be better to seize the one in front of her.

Therefore, she did not force her. Instead, Wen Yan advised the emperor, never mentioned the queen again, and at the same time, she abides by her duties, treats the queen and the queen, and bows down in the morning and evening, and follows the rules, and never lacks a day. Even those who do not like her will not be able to tell her any mistake. She is not domineering, nor arrogant, and even spends a lot of money to make friends with eunuchs and palace ladies in the palace who are in charge of affairs. In this way, everyone in the palace will say her goodness!

The emperor was even more favored. Over time, although Concubine Liu was still Concubine Liu and Empress Wang was still Queen Wang, the power in the harem was already in the hands of Liu Liangnu.

It has been forty years since Liu Liang’s daughter entered the palace in the 12th year of Zhengde.

The innocent and romantic girl back then is now a mature woman of a big age. However, she has taken good care of herself and looks only about thirty or forty, without any old look. Instead, her mature charm makes people even more obsessed with it. It is no exaggeration to say that she is so beautiful that the whole country is so beautiful.

The emperor is getting older, and she is getting older, but the only thing that remains unchanged is the relationship between the two.

Emperor Zhengde had many concubines, otherwise he would not have been so prince and princess. However, in his eyes, those concubines were just tools to vent their desires and vases. Only Liu Liangnu was the one who loved the most, couldn't let go, and was most concerned about. The relationship between the two was almost like a couple who had been together for decades.

Such feelings are almost unimaginable in the imperial family, but it is not surprising to consider that the old Zhu family has more seeds of infatuation - Emperor Hongwu and Empress Ma, Emperor Yongle and Empress Xu, Emperor Xianzong and Concubine Wan, and even later Emperor Wanli and Concubine Zheng, Emperor Chongzhen and Concubine Tian.

Emperor Zhengde failed to depose the queen and gave this position to Liu Liangnu, but he always felt guilty in his heart. Finally, he racked his brains, but came up with an idea - to make him the imperial concubine.

Originally, among the ranks of the harem of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial concubine was the imperial concubine. The empress was the first rank and the second rank. Later, Emperor Daizong of the Ming Dynasty, who was the Emperor Jingtai, sent the flag bearer and guard to sacrifice to the god of flags and flags. He appointed Shi Heng, the Marquis of Wuqing, as the chief envoy. Hu Yi, the Minister of Rites, was appointed as the deputy envoy, to confer the concubine Tang as the imperial concubine. Therefore, the sequence of concubines in the Ming Dynasty was added to the level of imperial concubines.

In fact, in the past dynasties, there were imperial concubines besides the queen. This has been the case since the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Even in the Ming Dynasty, this title was not officially established, but was only granted by some emperors at will. Wan Zhen'er, the favorite concubine of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, was the first recognized imperial concubine in the Ming Dynasty. Wan was named imperial concubine in the 12th year of Chenghua. Later, the imperial concubine was used to enthrone the most favored and noble concubine in the Ming Dynasty harem. In the Qing Dynasty, the imperial concubine became a prescribed order, which was second only to the queen, and was set up when Emperor Shunzhi enthroned Concubine Dong E, whom he favored. Later, it gradually became custom. If later concubines wanted to succeed as the central palace, they would usually first be named imperial concubine, temporarily take the harem, and then be named queen.

The imperial concubine is equivalent to the deputy empress. Most of the time, the establishment of the imperial concubine means replacing the empress. It is natural to first be named the imperial concubine, command the six palaces, and then add the empress.

Of course, in the Ming Dynasty, most of the time, being appointed as an imperial concubine was to express his favor for this concubine, but it was also an extremely helpless compromise choice!

The Ming Dynasty wanted to give his beloved concubine the queen was not just Emperor Zhengde. Zhu Jianshen, the Emperor Xianzong of Ming Dynasty, was an obvious example.

For Emperor Xianzong, Concubine Wan was a combination of nanny, mother, woman, and beloved concubine. It can be said that she was no longer simply favored Concubine Wan, or even relied on, so she tried every means to give her the queen. She just conferred a woman who was 19 years older than him as the queen. The court officials of the Ming Dynasty would rather die than agree. In no way, they had to make her the imperial concubine.

The same was true in Lian Zining's time and space, including later Concubine Zheng.

Zhengde did this time even more outrageously. He not only gave him the imperial concubine, but also gave him gold treasures, gold books and gold seals, just like the queen, crowns, chariots, and yiwei Lu books.

From then on, I devoted myself to the harem for decades!

Zhengde's face was already ashen.

What Yang Shen said just now is extremely ugly. He said it was elegant. If it was more blunt, it would be 'You Zhengde has not yet established a prince, and you have never thought about what if you die, what should we do if we die? It doesn't matter if we die. If our Ming Dynasty falls into the hands of barbarians, who is the responsibility? Is it true that we want to suffer the infamous for thousands of years?'

Who would not be frightened when he heard these words? What's more, the emperor who is rich in the world and dominates the world?

Of course, Zhengde also knew that Yang Shen’s words made sense, but he knew that it was one thing, but in fact he did it was another thing. Just like all the old people, Zhengde did not admit it, nor did he want to admit the fact that he was old. He did not want others to talk about it, and felt this fact, although this is something that everyone in the world understood. He was very taboo about this and even did not want to establish a prince because of this. I have to say that this was a flaw in Emperor Zhengde’s character. The stubborn and conceited side of his character is actually very unreasonable, but he was the emperor!

He didn't like the feeling of being forced to dominate. When he was young and energetic, he even drove all three out of the capital because of the various interventions of the three ministers in his life, and had endless fun with the ministers.

But now he is old and thinks that those things are meaningless and there is no motivation to wait.

He stared at Yang Shen with a terrible light flashing in his eyes.

But he knew that he was in the wrong, so he took a long breath, feeling a little stuffy in his chest. He held back his anger and said word by word: "I, what if I don't establish the foundation today?"

Yang Shen also suddenly looked up, but smiled slightly, lowered his head, aimed at the dragon head on the plate dragon pillar on one side, and said resolutely: "That minister, I will kill you here!"

"You!" Emperor Zhengde pointed at Yang Shen, his face full of unconcealed anger, but Yang Shen was also unafraid. He was free in his heart and righteousness. Not to mention the emperor, even if the gods came, he would not be afraid.

The two sides were in a stalemate.
To be continued...