Facing the calm emperor's sister-in-law, Zhu Youjian saluted: "My brother has decided to respond to the emperor's call and go north to lead troops to serve the king."

As soon as these words came out, Empress Zhang frowned, glanced at the prince, and finally persuaded him to stay: "The regent is not allowed. The emperor has entrusted him with the responsibility before leaving, and the prince will supervise the country. However, the prince is young, and the country still needs the regent to make decisions on all matters.

Especially in this time of national crisis, the regent should sit at the center and coordinate the four directions. If the regent personally leads the troops, once - once something unspeakable happens to the emperor, the Ming Dynasty will rely on the regent for support." The tone was flat,

But the tears have long since rolled down like pearls.

Everyone knows that the Emperor and the Queen have a deep love for each other, and there are countless beauties in the Emperor's harem, but he and the Queen alone are in perfect love.

It is at this time that the country's affairs are still the most important thing. Instead of handing over the future country to an ignorant son and keeping his throne, he entrusts the country's affairs to his younger brother, the regent. With this heart for the country, everyone can

The important ministers bowed to the ground.

Zhu Youjian knelt on the ground again and cried: "The Queen also knows that our brothers have been lonely since childhood and depended on each other in the strange environment of Bo Yun. The emperor's brother was in trouble, how could I survive? No matter what, I have to save the emperor. Save the emperor."

Brother, please fulfill my brotherly love, the Queen."

After a long time, the queen sighed: "Banzai left the state affairs to the regent when he went out. Then when the regent leads troops to go to war, who should he entrust the state affairs to?"

Zhu Youjian kowtowed and said: "My brother has discussed with the ministers that the prince will supervise the country and the queen will listen to the government behind the curtain. If something happens to my brother, please ask the queen to assist the prince. When the prince reaches eighteen years old, please ascend the throne and return the power to the emperor."

This is tantamount to his last words, which is enough to show that if his brother dies, he will not come back alive.

Empress Zhang covered her face with her sleeves, and with a trembling voice, she changed her address and said: "Brother-in-law, don't do this. Your brother is the emperor. It is natural that the emperor should give everything for the Ming Dynasty. But brother-in-law should not do that unwise thing.

Instead, we should put our ancestors first, take care of ourselves and be useful, and assist the prince to govern as an adult. Besides, the family has ancestral rules and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, so I dare not overstep it."

Zhu Youjian kowtowed and begged: "Everything is subject to change. Extraordinary things are sometimes done. Please allow the queen to agree."

Empress Zhang still firmly refused. Yang Sichang climbed forward and kowtowed: "In extraordinary times, the regent is dedicated to leading the troops to serve the king to protect the brotherhood. At the same time, the military commanders of the kings and kings everywhere really need a commander-in-chief to coordinate. But the prince is young and the country cannot do it."

There will be no owner for one day, but if we find another prince to come to Beijing to serve as regent, what should we do when Long Live and the regent return in triumph? It will cause chaos in the court, so please put the overall situation first."

Yang Sichang is right.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty’s cabinet system is quite complete, and the Ming Dynasty is not an emperor who will not go to court until he is enthroned. In fact, sometimes, when the Ming cabinet is mature, there is an emperor who does not go to court, which is more diligent than an emperor who is diligent all day long.

The Emperor operates better.

But the premise is different now.

Regardless of whether the prince is young or not, the main reason is that he has not officially ascended the throne as emperor. This means that his name is not justified. This is not considered a mistake by Tianqi. Who would have known that he would go to Bashang to make an alliance and accept the surrender of the Mongols?

But something like this happened. Now if you want to promote the prince to the throne, it is not legal. In addition, the emperor is not dead yet. Now, even if the ministers force the prince to ascend the throne and become the nominal master of the Ming Dynasty,

Then it is not possible for everyone to happily carry out the cabinet operations, because if the emperor comes back alive, where will the father and son be?

Let the promising Tianqi be the emperor and let the bedwetting child be the emperor. In terms of legal system and principles, everything will be messed up.

And at this time, it is not possible to choose one of the princes from other places to go to the capital to be the regent. It is easy to ask the gods but difficult to send them away. Once this guy comes to the capital, let alone what kind of ambition he has, just say that the ministers will also

If there are opportunists who are trying to burn the stove, and there is a regent party, and the true orthodox prince is still there, fratricide will definitely inevitably happen. What if the regent is impatient and kills the prince directly, and then forcibly

Ascending the throne would really cost Ming Dynasty his life.

In the same way, the emperor has returned triumphantly, what should we do with this foreign prince? Place him in the capital? Absolutely not, let him go back in despair, let alone, at that time, he can only have a glass of poisonous wine. But that will make the world

The reputation of Tianqi, a recognized benevolent king, was greatly damaged, and the moral code was disrupted, with even more serious consequences.

It was precisely based on these many reasons that the ministers finally agreed to Zhu Youjian's method and asked the queen to listen to the government behind the curtain. In this way, if something happened to the emperor, everyone would protect the authentic dragon vein until eighteen, and then justifiably invite the queen to return to the government.

This is always easier than other endings.

And when the emperor comes back, everyone just goes about their business as expected, pretending that nothing happened and the world is still peaceful.

Under the explanations of Yang Sichang and other important ministers, Empress Zhang also understood the power of this. After repeatedly failing to persuade her brother-in-law to stay, she accepted this decision.

When she sat on the throne of the prince, the first decree she gave in the name of the prince was that her younger brother Zhang Jixian, who was now on waiting list, was appointed as the regent and general logistics manager of the King's Army and Tianxia Qin because he was good at managing money.

, accompanied the regent on the expedition.

The meaning is very obvious. The emperor's brother, the regent, died outside, and the only talented brother among the relatives is no longer alive. From then on, there will be no situation where the relatives interfere in politics.

It can be seen that this queen is really decisive and wise for the safety of the old Zhu family.

This act, which was almost a righteous act of annihilating relatives for the sake of the country, completely eliminated the last worry in the hearts of the ministers. They all admitted that Empress Zhang was really the female middle school of Yao and Shun.

The Queen's second decree is to activate all the distinguished veterans who are idle at home, establish a Senate, and work with the cabinet to manage the government affairs.

While this decision made the cabinet sour, it also had to admit once again that the queen had made a good plan to prevent the cabinet from being dominated by one family, bullying her orphans and widowed mother, and threatening the imperial power.

The third decree was to announce the news that the emperor was besieged on the dam and that the Manchus were advancing on the capital, without any concealment, to the subjects of Shuntian Prefecture, and called on the people to enlist and join the Forbidden Army to serve the country.

There was no panic and chaos for a while. Countless young and strong people filled the already empty Forbidden Army camp, making Zhang Weixian, who had just come out of the army, busy without even touching the ground.

Things were arranged properly. Zhu Youjian accepted the decision of the Queen and the cabinet, revoked the title of the Eight Wise King Zhu Youjian as the regent, changed the title of the Grand Marshal of the Qinwang Army of the World, led 40,000 of the 50,000 forbidden troops in the capital to go out to the Qinwang, and granted the title of Ming Dynasty Retention.

Zhang Jixian, the logistics manager of the Qinwang Army in the world, withdrew millions of silver dollars from his bank account and purchased the military supplies for the Qinwang Army from Tianjin. The Ministry of Revenue broke the original practice of supplying food and grass for foreign armies marching in various places and directly remitted money to the Qinwang Army in various places, allowing them to go along the way.

Purchase supplies and food from merchants to increase marching speed.
Chapter completed!