"Zhang Guojun is a lifelong earl and is promoted to a marquis. It's really lively."
Hou Fangyu was sitting in an elegant room of a teahouse facing the street in Dongcheng, looking at Zhang Guojun's motorcade passing by on the street downstairs with disdain in his words.
Empress Zhang was deposed, but Zhang Guojun, the queen's brother, was promoted to a noble title. Isn't this selling his sister? Not only did Zhang Guojun not say a word for his sister or nephew, he actually praised the prince's wisdom in newspapers and even went to the East Palace immediately.
See you.
Not to mention that Zhang Guojun's daughter is now sent to the East Palace as the crown prince's concubine.
There is no moral integrity at all.
Zhang Guojun actually doesn't have a bad reputation, because he was dismissed from the post of commander of the Jinyi Guards within a few days. In the past few years, he has concentrated on business and industry, and has become as rich as the enemy, with a net worth of tens of millions. Such a dandy descendant from the Jiangnan gentry would have originally been
No one will care too much.
But what happened now still arouses the contempt of many people.
"My arms couldn't hold my thighs, and Zhang Guojun was a dandy who couldn't hold himself up against the wall. The emperor just offered some sweets, and he didn't even need to threaten him, and he just flattered me." Chen Zhenhui said bluntly, although Zhang Guojun also joined at the beginning.
He joined Fushe, but the young master of Fushe didn't know Zhang Guojun at first, and even now he still looks down upon him.
Mao Bijiang looked at the spectacle of Ningbo Marquis and just watched with cold eyes. This team was indeed very impressive. In the front were servants riding tall horses to guard the way. In the middle, Zhang Guojun was riding a four-wheeled carriage with four horses and was inlaid with gold.
Not to mention the extremely gorgeous silver inlays, there are more than one car. Behind them are guards on horseback, which is extremely grand.
Even their servants' horses are famous horses from Qinghai and Dawan in the Western Regions. These horses are naturally very expensive. The horses' saddles and bridles and the servants' clothes are all very neat and high-end.
Zhang Guojun's wealth of tens of millions is definitely not in vain. It is said that he always carries a bag of golden melon seeds, half a liang and a grain, to reward people at any time. The entourage around him also carries a lot of dragon silver, and he is very generous.
The emperor was frugal and usually only had four dishes and one soup. But Zhang Guojiu spent a thousand taels of silver on a meal, bought a famous prostitute for 3,000 yuan, customized and decorated a luxury yacht with heavy gold, and even spent a hundred thousand taels of silver. He was so generous.
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Zhang Guojiu has a flamboyant style that is almost ostentatious. Although he is disdained by many people, some people like him. He thinks he is bold and generous and has a true temperament. The most important thing is that Zhang Guojiu manages his business well and makes money in a good way. He does not steal or rob, and he is a banker.
, pawn shops, and even opened banks, engaged in maritime trade and mining, they have the strength.
"It's okay not to mention cowards like Zhang Guojun and Mao Youlun, but why don't any of the ministers of the dynasty stand up for such a major matter as establishing a prince?" Hou Fangyu sighed.
Fang Yizhi said bluntly, "I don't even look at who the ministers are above the court. They are all the emperor's confidants. Who can object?"
If it had been more than a year ago, there might have been a lot of opposition, such as their famous fourth son, who would have stood up to oppose it. Maybe Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou, and even Qi Biaojia would have stood up to compete with the emperor during the two weeks.
But after the temporary suspension last year, how many of those in the DPRK who dare to speak out are still willing to speak out?
The remaining old guns like Liu Zongzhou are silent now. Of course he himself said that state affairs are the most important thing, but it is obvious that the emperor has high prestige and has complete control over the government. Even his behavior has made people who have been in the government for a long time
Liu Zongzhou and Liu Dapao have gradually and subtly accepted that trick.
As for people like Hong Chengchou and Qian Qianyi, let alone mention them. They are all very smart people who are aware of current affairs. On the contrary, they do not have any true position of their own. They only try to figure out the holy will and obey the holy will.
It was even more excessive than before during the Chongzhen Dynasty, and Qian Qianyi was completely reduced to the emperor's yes-man.
He no longer has any voice of his own. In the past, during the Chongzhen Dynasty, Qian Qianyi was still the leader of Donglin, and he still engaged in party disputes in the court. Now, he is simply doing things according to orders.
In fact, even the four young masters who have returned to society have not left the capital this time, but they have remained silent on the important matter of establishing a prince.
First of all, after the four people stayed in Taiwan for more than a year, they became more pragmatic. They also knew that there was no room for this matter with the emperor's character and his authority. Even in their hearts, they actually did not
Doesn't he really oppose the emperor's establishment of Zhu Hongjia?
In the past, this could definitely be fought over, taking the opportunity to fight with the opposition parties, or even gain political reputation by opposing the emperor, but now these methods are unworkable and dead ends.
"Why do you think the emperor is so anxious to appoint the eldest prince as his heir apparent?"
"If it is true that His Majesty said that establishing a direct heir will lead to a long life, it is actually possible to cancel the adoption of the eldest prince to Empress Yuan, right? In contrast, there is no problem at all in establishing the ninth prince, right?"
Although the streets in February are not as lively as in the first month, there are still people coming and going.
The teahouse is very warm, and a pot of tea exudes the fragrance.
"Pijiang, what do you think?"
Mao Pijiang was already preparing to return to Taiwan. He got a new position and continued to work in Taiwan on a temporary basis, but now he was the prefect of Taipei on a temporary basis.
Maoxiang picked up the tea cup and took a few sips, looked at Zhang Guojun's motorcade, and said slowly, "Your Majesty admires Emperor Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, and Song Zu. Everyone has appreciated his song "Qinyuan Chun·Snow" this year. It has a magnificent artistic conception and great momentum.
Magnificent, commenting on historical figures, domineering and revealing.
I regret that Emperor Qin and Han Wu were slightly less talented in literature; Emperor Tang and Song Zu were slightly less elegant.
The genius of the generation, Genghis Khan, only knew how to bend his bow and shoot at the enemy.
It’s all gone, let’s count the famous people, but let’s look at the present.”
Several people nodded.
The former four young masters of Fushe were all extremely talented. Naturally, they could tell the quality of this poem at a glance. It was indeed majestic and bold-minded.
"That sentence about wanting to compete with God reveals a lot."
Facing several friends, Mao Bijiang had no reservations and said bluntly, "I think the emperor made the eldest prince the crown prince instead of the ninth prince. In fact, it is not at all because of the legitimate eldest son or not. It has nothing to do with the true eldest son or the false eldest son.
What kind of heroic emperor is today?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In this dilapidated and dangerous country, he helped the building before it collapsed and turned the tide before it fell. In less than five years, the Central Plains was completely restored.
With this kind of ability, even if Taizu is resurrected, it will not be so magnificent.
Although it was only a few years since he started his army, he not only expelled the Tartars militarily, but he did not simply regain the country, but implemented so many new policies. Although the country of the Ming Dynasty has been restored today, it can actually be said to be different from the previous Ming Dynasty.
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Several people nodded.
Today's Shaotian Dynasty can be said to be the same as when Liu Xiuguang and Wu Zhongxing were established. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty with its capital in Luoyang and the Xi'an Dynasty with its capital in Chang'an were both established by the Liu family, even their basic national policies were different.
The Western Han Dynasty has always suppressed and attacked the powerful, but Liu Xiu united with the powerful to establish the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Maoxiang believed that the emperor respected the emperors of Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, and Song, and the system was all about restoring the Qin, Han, Tang, and Song dynasties, which also revealed the emperor's ambitions.
It is necessary to restore the old borders of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and even expand the territory like the Han and Tang Dynasties. It is also necessary to be as prosperous as the Han and Tang Dynasties, and it is also necessary to be economically prosperous and strong like the two Song Dynasties.
As the emperor of Zhongxing, he has supreme authority and has the dictatorship power of the Ming Dynasty that is not weaker than that of Zhu Yuanzhang. Such an emperor has such ambitions, so he will never choose his successor like ordinary emperors.
Choose according to the direct lineage system.
"The emperor actually wants to establish virtuous people."
"After the eldest prince was found, the emperor did not make him the prince. After the ninth prince was born, he did not make him the crown prince. Why did he make the eldest prince the prince now? It happened that the emperor personally took him by his side and taught him for more than a year.
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"It's all because the performance of the eldest prince, who was personally taught by the emperor, has been fully appreciated by the emperor. The emperor has publicly praised the eldest prince's perseverance and perseverance more than once, saying that he has withstood the test of hardships at a young age, and that he is smart, studious, and knowledgeable.
Being motivated and praising others for their virtuous qualities have all been revealed."
The emperor should establish the virtuous rather than the direct descendants.
Establishing a direct descendant is indeed a very important inheritance system.
"Who was the successor of Emperor Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, and Song Zu? Who ultimately succeeded them to the throne?" Mao Bijiang asked rhetorically.
Everyone could not help but fall into deep thought, and one word woke up the dreamer.
Emperors are also divided into three, six or nine levels. For example, Emperor Zulong was the first emperor, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the great emperor who can be recorded in history forever.
Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, and Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, were all the kind of emperors who could be chosen one in a million.
Another characteristic of them is that they are not ordinary rule-followers, but rule-makers.
Qin Shihuang did not make his eldest son Fusu the crown prince, and Hu Hai eventually became the emperor.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first deposed the Queen Chen Ajiao and installed Wei Zifu, who was a singer in his sister's family, as his queen. His eldest son Liu Ju was made the crown prince when he was seven years old, but in the end he rebelled and failed.
He was killed. In his later years, Liu Che also made his youngest son the prince, and he also made his son kill his mother.
Tian Khan Li Shimin himself seized the throne by killing his brother and imprisoning his father in the Xuanwu Gate Rebellion. He initially established his eldest son Li Chengqian as the crown prince, but later he deposed Chengqian, who had been the crown prince for sixteen years, and the queen also deposed the crown prince.
Instead of establishing a second legitimate son, Li Tai, the throne was finally given to the last legitimate son, Li Zhi.
Zhao Kuangyin is also a hero. Although some people think that his achievements are not high, but he can end the troubled times of the Five Dynasties. Although he died early and failed to regain Youyun, it is just a pity that he died too early. It would have been better if he died not so early.
Possibly recoverable.
When he was still alive, his eldest son died young. Although his second son, Zhao Dezhao, was a virtuous man, he was only appointed as a defense commander for the first time. Before his death, he did not confer a title on his son, let alone establish him as a prince.
In the end, the throne was taken away by his younger brother.
Of these four great emperors respected by the emperor, none of them succeeded to the throne as their legitimate eldest son. Qin Shihuang was the second son, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the youngest son, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was the third legitimate son, and Song Taizu was succeeded by his younger brother.
The most fundamental reason for the eldest son system is stability, because the eldest son is basically not controversial, but the establishment of a worthy person is more controversial.
However, for those emperors who founded dynasties, although they wanted to make a good start, the situation was often more complicated at the beginning of the country, and strong successors were needed to carry forward the dynasty.
Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and even Emperor Wu of the Western Jin Dynasty were the emperors who created a unified dynasty. The unified dynasties they created were all born from the second generation of heirs. The Qin, Sui and even the second generation died, so Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty established a unified dynasty.
After the meaty prince became emperor, he also caused the Eight Kings Rebellion and destroyed the Western Jin Dynasty.
Even the Han dynasty founded by Liu Bang, his eldest son Liu Ying, was supported by his mother Empress Lu and others to become emperor after his death, but all the power was in the hands of Empress Lu. The Lu Dynasty was in chaos and even almost usurped the Han Dynasty.
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In China's unified dynasties, the Qin, Han, Jin, Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties, the princes established by the founding emperors either died or were deposed. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty both succeeded in seizing the throne on their own.
Even in the Ming Dynasty, the first prince Zhu Biao died early, and Zhu Yuanzhang decided to establish a legitimate grandson instead of a legitimate son. Zhu Yunwen was not Zhu Biao's legitimate son at first, but a concubine, but the crown prince died early, and Zhu Yunwen's mother was promoted to the crown princess.
So he also became the legitimate son, but the eldest son Zhu Xiongying from his original wife died young, and the second son Yunxi was younger than Yunwen. Therefore, the eldest grandson Yunxi was demoted to the second grandson, and Zhu Yunwen became the eldest grandson from a concubine.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang still established Zhu Yunwen as the emperor's grandson. Firstly, although Zhu Yunwen was a concubine before, he is now the real eldest grandson. Secondly, Yunxi's mother's family is the Chang family's Lan family, and Chang Yuchun Lanyu is both
The target of Zhu Yuanzhang's purge, Zhu Yuanzhang, who killed the heroes, of course also had to consider this.
But he never expected that his eldest grandson, Zhu Yunwen, could not take on the important responsibilities of the empire, so he cut down the vassals of his uncles when he came to the throne. As a result, he killed several of his uncles, and then forced the King of Yan to rebel. Finally, Jingnan rebelled and took away his empire.
In Mao Bijiang's view, today's heroes are like Zhu Yuanzhang who founded the dynasty. The matter of establishing a prince naturally has to be considered in the long term. Otherwise, like Qin Shihuang Yang Jian, he will die in his second generation, or like Sima Yan, why not establish a throne?
The prince of minced meat, under the nine springs, the coffin board will not be able to hold it down.
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It is decided that if the reserve is empty, it will really trigger a fight for the right to inherit the throne, which is not allowed.
So either we should establish the Ninth Prince now, or we should establish the First Prince immediately.
In the end, Zhu Yihai did not want to spend more than ten years gambling on an unpredictable future, nor did he want to trigger the struggle between the Grand Prince Party and the Nine Princes Party in the court, so he simply made the 'eldest son' Zhu Hongjia the crown prince.
As for the Ninth Prince, he directly deposed his mother, Empress Zhang, and made a decision in advance to make Si Yongning the feudal slave's capital in the future, so that when he was only one year old, he would completely lose the capital to seize the legitimate heir, and even attracted his uncle and uncle to the throne.
On the prince's side, let them marry their daughters to the prince as concubines, completely eliminating the possibility of support from their natal family.
This is the usual style of the emperor, who acts decisively. Once the decision is made, he will hesitate again and get it right in one step.
There is no Nine Princes Party in the DPRK, and there will never be one again in the future.
"The prince was imprisoned for six years. Is he really suitable to be the heir?" Hou Fangyu said.
"Didn't Your Majesty have such a saying? He is always naive without knowing the world, and a hero is always born in purgatory. To be able to return from six years of training outside the customs and still be so calm and tenacious is indeed better than countless people in the past who were born in the deep palace and raised in the palace.
The hand of a woman is a prince who does not know the sufferings of the people and does not know the ways of the world."
"If you count the famous people, look at the present day!"
"I think the emperor is only 30 years old, and there is still time to verify his decision."
The four young masters all bowed their heads and drank tea. Yes, this matter has been settled, and there is no need for them to get involved anymore. They should just take a look at the prosperity of Tokyo again, and then prepare to go to Qingdao to take a boat back to Taiwan to continue their work.
Zhu Yihai was a heroic emperor, but even the emperors of Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, and Song, no one was perfect.
Next time I go back to North Korea, I will go to Beijing.
Although there were some flaws in the way the emperor deposed his queen and established a heir, and even the plight of Empress Xiao Zhang made people feel pity, they were no longer those young scholars who only knew how to talk in brothels and hotels.
At that time, Emperor Jiajing inherited the throne as a vassal, and Jiajing, who came to Beijing from Hubei to succeed, wanted to postulate his biological father, Prince Xingxian, as emperor. His uncle and biological father were all emperors.
But this incident aroused firm opposition led by the chief minister Yang Tinghe. They forced Jiajing to adopt the name of Ming Xiaozong and abandon the original lineage of King Xingxian. They asked Jiajing to call Ming Xiaozong father and his biological father uncle.
For this reason, a dispute over the Great Ceremony broke out.
Jiajing, who came to Beijing and succeeded to the throne at the age of 12 or 13, had a three-and-a-half-year-long ceremonial dispute with the courtiers over the issue of his father's title and imperial lineage.
Later, until the 17th year of Jiajing, Emperor Xingxian was posthumously honored as "Ruizong Zhitian Shou Dao Hong Deyuan Ren Kuan Mu Chunsheng Gong Jian Jingwen Emperor", and the tablet of Emperor Xingxian was promoted to Yuan Taimiao, ranked above Ming Wuzong, and Xingxian was changed to
The tomb of the king was presented as the Xianling Mausoleum, and the Dali Conference event finally ended with the victory of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty.
The Jiajing Dynasty’s Great Rites Dispute was essentially a struggle for control of the court by the young emperors who had no foundation after the foreign vassals succeeded the Great Unification. This “Great Rites Dispute” had nothing to do with the survival of the country or the survival of the country.
The welfare of the people was concerned, but the struggle lasted for more than ten years, and even shaken the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
The fundamental reason was the struggle for imperial power. Later, after Jiajing truly took charge, he finally won a tragic victory, which also marked that he finally regained the imperial power that should have belonged to him.
Jiajing, a young man from a foreign vassal who succeeded to the throne, could fight with the ministers to a bloody head. But now, how could the Zhongxing Ming Lord give in on such a major matter?
However, the power of Emperor Shaotian is as powerful as the sun and the moon in the sky, and his power is unparalleled. The emperor's confidants are all in the court, so how many of them will stand up to fight?
Of course there were some who argued, but their voices could not be heard at all and were completely muffled.
"As expected of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, he was slightly less talented in literature; Emperor Zong of Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty were slightly less charming. Even Genghis Khan, the prodigy of the generation, could say that he only knew how to bend a bow and shoot withers. This kind of domineering power is worthy of being today."
Even though it has only been a few years since he started his army, he has not yet been emperor for five years.
But when it comes to the control of imperial power and its despotism, Zhu Yuanzhang probably has to say that a young man is better than a good man, and the next generation is to be feared.
As for the dozen other emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Xuande and Zhengde were on the verge of tears, Jiajing and Wanli were jealous, and Chongzhen was so ashamed that he hanged himself again.
If any of them had half the control that Zhu Yihai had, they would not be able to say that they had not gone to court for decades, and even won great victories, only to be said by the civil servants that they had only chopped off a few heads of Mongolian Tatars, let alone
Chongzhen was in a situation where all the civil and military officials of the dynasty deceived him.
The Fourth Young Master is a little lonely, and it is actually a bit frustrating to be a minister to such a holy emperor.
"When will you leave Beijing?" Fang Yizhi asked.
"The day after tomorrow, let's go together?"
"Okay, let's go to Qingdao and take a boat together the day after tomorrow." Everyone suddenly lost interest in chatting, put down their teacups, got up and left the teahouse, and went their separate ways.
In that noisy street, my steps were even a little heavy.