"If you succeed to the throne, how will you treat your ninth brother?"
The father and son went to visit Queen Zhang again, but were still turned away. Zhu Yihai and Prince Hongjia were walking back to the palace, and he directly asked a serious question.
Hongjia was stunned for a moment and stopped.
"Recently, I often listen to my father's teachings, saying that after the Tartars are driven out in the future, a system of enfeoffment will be implemented. Each feudal vassal will be established and the center of the vassal will be divided. In the future, my father will pass the throne to me. At that time, my ninth brother will also be enfeoffed.
I am willing to make an oath with my ninth brother so that the clan will last forever and be passed down from generation to generation."
Zhu Yihai looked at the serious prince, and this answer was quite satisfactory.
"Your ninth brother is still young and doesn't understand anything. But what if a treacherous official instigates him in the future and makes him think of wrongdoing? What should you do then? What if he rebels in the fief?"
"I asked my father to choose a virtuous teacher for my ninth brother to teach him from an early age. If my father is willing, after a few years, I would like to personally take my ninth brother to study together and teach him how to live in harmony with his brothers and sisters. As long as the teacher is willing
If friends are virtuous, my ninth brother will not go astray."
Zhu Yihai patted Hongjia on the shoulder and continued moving forward.
Hongjia is now fourteen years old. He was kidnapped when he was seven years old and spent six years outside the customs. After he came back, Zhu Yihai also asked the factory guard to collect every bit of his past six years outside the customs and compile it into a book.
He learned more about it. Zhu Yihai originally planned to make Hongjia the crown prince, firstly because he was the legitimate eldest son of Queen Dazhang who had long been adopted.
The second is that he has a perseverant character.
The most important point is that although he has experienced disasters, he still has kindness and family affection in his heart. The two brothers were kidnapped outside the customs. The third brother was more than a year younger than him. While on the road, the third brother got cold, had a fever and talked nonsense.
The Tatars thought he was a burden and wanted to throw him away, but Hongjia begged to stay. He built a simple tow truck and dragged the third child all the way through the ice and snow.
The Tatar gave only one portion of food to the two of them, and he chewed it, warmed it, and fed it to his younger brother.
This happened more than once.
Later, when we arrived outside the customs, there were several times when the Tatars disliked the sick and thin Lao San and wanted to throw him away or sell him cheaply. Hongjia begged again and again, and always took care of Lao San himself.
When Zhu Yihai knew this, he didn't even believe that it was all true, but he sent other people to find out, and it turned out that it was true. The third child, Hongcheng, was thin and weak, and he was not as good as his elder brother in doing things. He was always beaten and scolded.
Often without food, Hongjia would always defend his younger brother, give him his share, do things for him, and even get beaten for him.
Zhu Yihai later asked Hongjia why he could do this when he was only seven or eight years old. Hongjia said that he was the eldest brother and he had to take care of his younger brother.
He said that they are family members and brothers, and he is the eldest brother. If he doesn't take care of his younger brother, no one will take care of him. Outside the customs, they can only depend on each other.
He also said that his father and mother once taught him this. As the eldest brother and the eldest son in the family, he must act like an heir.
At a young age, he showed many rare qualities.
Tough and kind.
These qualities impressed Zhu Yihai. His empire needed an heir, and more importantly, an excellent heir. Although he was adopted by the queen, these were enough.
Today he suddenly asked the prince that question, which was also very meaningful.
Empress Xiao Zhang's attitude forced Zhu Yihai to face up to a problem, that is, there would always be some people who refused to accept Hong Jia's appointment as crown prince.
Now she is Empress Zhang, and in the future she may be the Ninth Prince.
This problem must be solved, otherwise it will become a hidden danger sooner or later.
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After letting the prince return to the East Palace, Zhu Yihai immediately went to the Prime Minister's office, and then summoned all the prime ministers, ministers, and associate ministers to discuss the matter.
"Hongjia is my eldest son, and he was adopted by Empress Dazhang as his direct descendant. In the past, when I was still the general of the country, I petitioned the imperial court to appoint my eldest son as his successor. Later, I also asked the imperial court to designate him as the crown prince and give him the crown prince title.
God and ancestors protect you. Hongjia was kidnapped outside the Pass for six years and was still found. What’s even more fortunate is that the child was not tortured. Instead, he developed a persevering character. He came back for more than a year, and his performance is obvious to all. He is filial to his parents.
I love my brothers, I am diligent and studious, loyal and virtuous,
Why don't I become a reserve?
From the prime minister of the imperial court, to the great scholars of the cabinet, the six ministries and nine ministers, as well as the military generals in the royal camp, and to the gentry in the palace, they all supported this very much.
However, Empress Zhang refused to recognize Hongjia as the crown prince due to her own selfishness. The prince repeatedly asked her to pay homage, but was turned away. She even openly uttered evil words and curses. Isn't this the behavior of a mother of the country?
Dehu, if De is not worthy of the position, how can he be able to occupy the position of the middle palace again?"
The emperor got straight to the point and made a long speech.
Finally, two words were thrown out directly.
"Deposed queen!"
After the emperor personally wanted to depose him, he also brought out these testimonies of the empress's misconduct, and the officials could not refute it. After all, not recognizing the prince, or even cursing the prince, was already a very serious evil act.
This is what the emperor himself said, and everyone has to believe it. If not, then does it mean that the emperor framed the queen?
"Since the Queen has lost her virtue, Your Majesty also has the intention to abolish the Queen. I cannot and will not stop her." Wang Zhiren, the second assistant, expressed his attitude directly.
Zhang Mingzhen also stood up and said, "I will always support your Majesty."
These two were representatives of the military. They supported the deposed emperor without reservation, which basically showed the attitude of the military. Although the Zhang family also came from eastern Zhejiang and had contributed a lot to the original uprising, their support for the emperor also
Support the prince, support the deposed queen.
Wen Anzhi also stood up at this time.
The chief minister did not object to this matter. When the emperor wanted to establish Hongjia as crown prince, the ministers in the court basically expressed their support, so now there is no reason to oppose the abolition of the queen.
Regardless of whether Queen Zhang cursed the prince or not, she was the biological mother of the ninth prince, not the prince, so the relationship was subtle. As the chief minister, he also knew something about the queen's attitude towards the prince.
It can be said that Empress Zhang brought it upon herself to bring things to such a state where she was deposed.
If today is not the period after the Great Rebellion, if the emperor is not the master of the ZTE, but is the emperor of Jiajing, Wanli or even Chongzhen, it is estimated that there will be a long battle over whether to make the eldest prince or the ninth prince the crown prince, and it may even shake the foundation of the country. But who is the emperor today?
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Although it has regained the territory of the pass, it needs great governance after the chaos, and even needs to make a northern expedition to the outside of the pass, plow the court and sweep the holes. The Ming Dynasty needs an excellent successor. Zhu Hongjia is the eldest son, and he is old and outstanding. Everyone is happy to see him and support him.
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In contrast, Queen Zhang was Zhu Yihai's third wife. Although she gave birth to the ninth prince, she did not have much influence from her natal family in just a few years.
The eldest brother Zhang Guojun is still unable to support himself on the stage and can only be a wealthy earl. Among his relatives, Baoding Uncle Mao Youlun is a general soldier.
The Ninth Prince is still a baby.
There were no interest groups formed at this time.
The emperor's action at this time was undoubtedly the last obstacle to the crown prince Hongjia.
Among the ministers, not even one could speak for the queen.
It was Wen Anzhi who said, "Please treat the queen well."
Zhu Yihai nodded.
Zhu Dadian, a scholar at Wuyingdian Palace, suggested, "We can summon Zhang Guojun and Mao Youlun, the queen's relatives, and ask them to come forward to persuade the queen to resign on the grounds of serious illness."
Yan Wogong, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, proposed that Empress Zhang should be allowed to resign herself according to Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty when she abolished Empress Hu, and then retire to a side palace and be given the title of Cultivation.
Many queens were deposed in the past dynasties, some were sentenced to death directly, some were deposed as common people, some were imprisoned in the cold palace, and some were monastics.
The ministers still sympathized with Empress Zhang, regardless of whether she cursed the prince or not.
Zhu Yihai nodded again.
"The Queen is seriously ill and wishes to enter a Taoist temple and be given the title of Immortal Master Jing'an. She will live in a separate palace to support her."
"The treatment will not be reduced." Zhu Yihai added another sentence.
The emperor still cared about the relationship between husband and wife, and even though he became a monk after being deposed, he still lived in the palace, and his treatment was not reduced, but he was no longer a queen, but a monk.
If the Queen resigns and becomes a monk, then the Ninth Prince will naturally lose his status as the legitimate prince.
"The ninth prince, King Qin, was renamed Yongning County Prince and his name was changed to Hongzhi."
Zhu Yihai also changed the name and title of Lao Jiu. The King of Qin was changed to the King of Yongning County. It was obvious that there was a huge gap. In fact, he was directly downgraded by two levels.
For the two daughters born to Queen Zhang, Zhu Yihai changed their titles to Princess Lanling and Princess Yongjia, and granted them 800 real titles each, and two Tangmu manors.
It can be considered a mercy to still have this kind of treatment after being deposed.
The most ruthless emperor is one, and many emperors have no feelings at all once they fall out.
The emperor changed the title of the Ninth Prince to the Prince of Yongning County. No one even remembered where Yongning was. Zhu Yihai asked him to get a map and circled the location of the Nuergandusi station established by the Yongle Dynasty.
It is near the mouth of the Heilongjiang River. It is located in the Telin area on the east bank of the confluence of the Henggun River estuary in the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River. It was originally the Marshal's Mansion for the Eastern Expedition of the Yuan Dynasty. In the ninth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, the Nurgan Dusi was officially opened.
During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, at the Pen Guards in the area under its jurisdiction, leaders of various ethnic groups were appointed to take charge of each guard, and they were given seals, customs, and affiliations. Based on the post stations of the Yuan Dynasty, the post to the mainland was restored.
The administrative seat of Nuergandusi is still several hundred miles away from the Heilongjiang estuary. The officials and garrison troops who were previously sent to Nuergandusi were all here. There used to be guards with more than 400 guards. In the eleventh year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, with the Ming Dynasty,
In the eighth year of Xuande's reign, Yongning Temple was built here twice and two monuments were erected.
The Ming Dynasty once set up a seal guarding army here and garrisoned it in rotation, with the number ranging from 500 to 2,000 to 3,000. After Xuande, the Ming Dynasty contracted its overall strategy and actually gave up on the distant Nurgandusi.
Now the emperor actually sealed the Ninth Prince there. This is an exile.
Everyone is unbearable.
The emperor said directly, "Hongzhi is still young. He will be granted the title of Yongning after he turns eighteen."
"Your Majesty, is it too far?"
The Ninggu Pagoda established by the Tatars was only in the north of Changbai Mountain, which was already the territory of the savages and Jurchens, an extremely bitter and cold place of exile, and Yongning was thousands of miles away.
In the early Ming Dynasty, where the Nurgan Dusi was located, the Yongning Domain was established. The emperor had just recovered the Great Wall, but was he already looking thousands of miles to the north?
The ambition is lofty, but this is really unfair to the Ninth Prince.
But if it is to prevent the future, it will never cause trouble. If you kick Si Yongning away from the slaves, there will be no threat if you want to rebel.
Once something has been decided, it can no longer be indecisive.