Chapter 66: Since King Sejongs journey to the south
His Majesty the Emperor openly had a conflict with the Prime Minister assisting the government at the court meeting. This was the first time since the first year of Hongde.
And when His Majesty, the young Emperor, raises an issue in the court, it means that the young Emperor has already announced to the outside world that he will take charge of the government!
After getting angry in the court, the young Emperor returned to the harem and went to the Kunde Palace where the Queen Mother lived to pay his respects to the Queen Mother.
This is one of the daily schedules of His Majesty the Emperor.
After going to court, he first went to Kunde Palace to see the Queen Mother, and then returned to the residence of the Emperor to listen to lectures by several masters.
After arriving at Kunde Palace, His Majesty the Emperor quickly arrived in front of the Queen Mother, bowed his head and saluted: "Greetings to my mother."
The Queen Mother sat on the soft couch, looked at the growing-up son in front of her, sighed slightly and said, "Sit down and talk."
The Queen Mother's surname is Sun, and the outside world calls her Queen Mother Sun.
Although she has become the Queen Mother, Queen Mother Sun is not very old. Although she has been the Queen Mother for five years, until this year, she was only in her thirties.
If a person in his thirties is placed in the court, he may still be an "ignorant" officialdom child. As for the Empress Dowager Sun, a female prostitute, although she has discussed court affairs with the prime ministers in the past five years, she is limited by her ability and knowledge.
, court affairs mostly depend on the hands of the prime ministers.
However, the Empress Dowager Sun was both the first wife of the late emperor and the biological mother of the emperor. Before the emperor personally took charge, she was the supreme ruler in terms of etiquette and law.
At this time, Empress Dowager Sun spoke very loudly in the court.
The emperor found a chair aside and sat down politely.
Then he glanced at his mother and waited quietly for her instructions.
Empress Dowager Sun took a serious look at her son, and then asked: "Today...what happened at the court meeting, were you the one who came up with it yourself, or were some of the masters in your palace giving you ideas?"
When the emperor was young and became the crown prince, the late emperor selected several great Confucians to teach him how to study. Later, when the emperor ascended the throne, because he was still young, several masters still taught the emperor's studies in the imperial palace and became the imperial teachers of the dynasty.
What the emperor said in the court today would be fine if it came from the emperor's original intention, but if someone instigated it, then even the good-tempered Empress Dowager Sun would have to beat those so-called "emperors".
His Majesty the Emperor looked at the Queen Mother honestly and said, "Mom, what happened today was the child's own idea and has nothing to do with the masters."
Empress Dowager Sun looked at the emperor again and asked: "Is this really so?"
The emperor nodded again: "Mother, I will never lie to you."
Empress Dowager Sun exhaled a breath of turbid air and said, "Get the ruler."
The maids of Kunde Palace were obviously used to this scene. After a while, they took out a ruler and handed it to the Queen Mother respectfully.
Empress Dowager Sun held a ruler in hand, looked at her son silently, and asked, "Do you know why I beat you?"
The emperor nodded: "I know."
"The queen mother blamed her son for making his own decision without consulting the queen mother or several masters in advance."
Queen Mother Sun closed her eyes and said, "Reach out your hand."
The little emperor obediently stretched out his palm, but he was not convinced. Instead, he looked at his own mother and said: "But mother, if my son tells you this matter in advance, and tells this matter to several masters, you
How many masters would they let their sons do this?"
Queen Mother Sun's ruler, which was about to fall, stopped in mid-air. She looked at her son and asked, "Okay, tell mother, why did you do this?"
"My son will be sixteen soon."
The little emperor looked directly at the Queen Mother with fearless eyes: "But the prime ministers still regard me as a child and do not regard me as the emperor of Dachen at all. If my son is still the same as before and can only be a nodding emperor, then not only those prime ministers
He will not return the power to me, and even those ministers who are willing to support his son will hold back and dare not express their stance."
"only……"
The little emperor said solemnly: "Only when his son clearly shows his intention to pro-government, will people like Yang Jingzong face up to his son, and those in the court who support his son's pro-government will dare to stand up and express their stance openly!"
The emperor's eyes were firm: "Mother, today's court meeting is the beginning of my personal rule!"
"But what happens after you take charge?"
Although Empress Dowager Sun lowered her ruler, there was still worry in her eyes. She looked at her son and said slowly: "Mother has heard that the reason why you had trouble with Yang Jingzong in the court today is because
Regarding the war with the Northerners, tell mother, what will you do after you take charge of the government? Will you start a war with the Northerners?"
Hearing this, the little emperor smiled at the Queen Mother Sun and said, "Mother, your son will always find a reason to stir up trouble."
"We, Chen, have been bullied by the Northerners for so many years. Many people in the court are holding their breath, but Yang Jingzong has been holding it in. I can only use this excuse to quarrel with him.
In this way, justice will be on my side."
"As for after I take charge..."
The emperor looked at his own mother and his face became serious: "Mother, since Emperor Shizong came to the south, our Chen country has been humiliated by the northerners. After his son ascends the throne, although he will not immediately start a war with the northerners, he will
We can no longer be like Yang Jingzong and others, who bow down and give in again and again when they see the Northerners!"
"It's been sixty years since Emperor Sejong!"
"Both generations have passed away, and the current Chen Dynasty has already lost all its vigor. If we continue to retreat and give way like this, the Chen Kingdom will be destroyed as well."
The young emperor was ambitious and whispered: "After I take charge of the throne, I will not immediately go to war with Northern Qi, but I will definitely be prepared to go to war with Northern Qi!"
Queen Mother Sun looked at her son, her expression was not overly gratifying, but she let out a long sigh.
It was not because of anything else, but because she had seen the emperor's ambitious appearance before.
Since Emperor Sejong went south, every emperor in Dachen was no different from the current little emperors when they first came to the throne. They were all ambitious, wanted to expedition to the north, and wanted to return their old capital!
But ideals are very full.
When he first became emperor, he had been ambitious for a few years, suffered several defeats, and suffered broken bones and tendons. He immediately gave up the idea of the Northern Expedition and retreated wholeheartedly. He wanted to be his own emperor, for fear of becoming the leader of the country.
Jun.
Since Emperor Sejong's journey to the south, the young Emperor Hongde was already the fourth emperor.
The first three emperors were probably like this.
Especially the late emperor, the husband of Empress Dowager Sun.
The late emperor ascended the throne at the age of twenty. When he ascended the throne, he was exactly the same as the current young emperor. He was also ambitious. However, it didn't take long before he suffered several defeats in succession and had to negotiate peace with the Northern Qi Dynasty. He paid tribute year after year.
In this way, the late emperor's ambitions were quickly wiped out. He only drank in the palace all day long, indulged in women's pleasures, and passed away in his early thirties.
Queen Mother Sun looked at her son with bright eyes in front of her, as if she had met her husband back then. She reached out and pulled the little emperor's sleeves, and sighed slightly: "Son."
The little emperor lowered his hands and said: "Mother."
"It's good for you to be ambitious."
Queen Mother Sun sighed again.
"It's just...don't make it too difficult for yourself in the future."