Chapter 163 Inheritance of the Emperor [For Xin Yuhua Night
As the saying goes, there are three unfilial piety, the worst of which is not having offspring. Even if it is a common people's family, there is such a thing, let alone a king of a country.
If you think about it carefully, Zhu Houzhao is already about twenty years old. At this age, he should have a full family of children.
The most important thing in the royal family is the prince and his grandson, especially if the emperor of a country has no children, it is not a small problem.
That is to say, Zhu Houzhao was young, so this issue was not taken seriously by the civil and military officials. If Zhu Houzhao was over thirty years old and there would be no prince at his knees, I am afraid that all the civil and military officials would write letters begging Zhu Houzhao to accept the harem.
Emperor Hongzhi only loved the queen in his life, and his only son was Zhu Houzhao. In Zhu Houzhao's generation, Zhu Houzhao didn't even have a brother or sister.
Even Chu Yi subconsciously ignored the problem that Zhu Houzhao had no children.
If history had not changed, Zhu Houzhao would have died inexplicably in the future, but the result was that because he had no children, the throne fell into the hands of a cousin like Emperor Shizong Jiajing.
There is a saying that when people die, government will cease. After the death of Zhu Houzhao, a group of ministers led by Yang Tinghe completely eliminated the policies promulgated when Zhu Houzhao was in power. There was even a lot of slander against Zhu Hou in the "Records of Ming Wuzong" compiled by Yang Tinghe.
The place of light.
It is conceivable that the person who succeeded Zhu Houzhao to the throne was just Zhu Houzhao's cousin, and there was no relationship between him and Zhu Houzhao.
It can even be said that Emperor Jiajing vaguely supported Yang Tinghe's smear campaign against Zhu Houzhao. Emperor Jiajing himself had some problems in taking the throne. If Zhu Houzhao, the former emperor, was so wise and powerful, wouldn't Emperor Jiajing be shrouded in Zhu Houzhao's halo?
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More importantly, there are many doubts about Zhu Houzhao's death. Some people speculate that the civil servant group headed by Yang Tinghe counterattacked and Zhu Houzhao was killed.
If Zhu Houzhao had a prince, these people would not dare to be so crazy. If the prince came to power, he would not avenge his father.
Think about the Ming Dynasty, the two most mysterious and suspicious emperors, the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao and the Apocalypse Emperor Zhu Youxiao. Both died after falling into the water and contracting wind and cold. Both were childless and were succeeded by their brothers.
In addition, there are similarities between the actions of the two emperors Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Youxiao when they were in power.
Zhu Houzhao favored Liu Jin in the early stage, and later tried to take control of the military and get rid of the control of the civil service system. As for Zhu Youjian, although he was known as a carpenter emperor, the famous eunuch Wei Zhongxian was single-handedly promoted by Zhu Youjian to compete with the civilian officials.
When Wei Zhongxian came to power, the Ming Dynasty had sufficient taxes, there was never a shortage of food, soldiers and soldiers at the border, and he still took the initiative in the confrontation with Hou Jin.
When Zhu Youxiao fell into the water and died, Chongzhen succeeded to the throne. He listened to the words of civil servants, threw Zhu Youxiao's last words behind him, killed Wei Zhongxian, abolished Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and the result was that the Ming Dynasty fell into the abyss.
From the two emperors Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Houzhao, we can see that the consequences of the emperor's childlessness were quite serious.
Chu Yi really didn't notice this before, but now someone uses the fact that the emperor has no heirs to attack him. The other party is not targeting the emperor, but just wants to create trouble for Chu Yi.
After all, Zhu Houzhao was only twenty years old. No one could have expected that Zhu Houzhao would have no heirs in his life, not even those who secretly fabricated rumors.
It was fine if he didn't notice it before, but now that someone reminded him, Chu Yi had to take it seriously.
If the emperor has no heir, the consequences will be quite serious. If the prince is raised by his own hands, then the changes made by Zhu Houzhao during his reign may continue through the hands of the prince.
But if an outsider were to sit on the throne, it would be hard to say.
The most critical point is that if the emperor has no heir, it will be difficult to stabilize people's hearts. Zhu Houzhao will collapse inexplicably in the future. If there is no such reason, Chu Yi himself will not believe it.
Anyway, the emperor has no queen, so if he is killed quietly, he will be killed. After all, no one will go into it. If there is a prince, even if he has that intention, he must consider whether he will be settled by the queen in the future.
Taking a deep breath, Chu Yi stood up slowly and said to the young eunuch Du Qian standing aside: "Du Qian, take these cases and follow the governor to the Leopard Room."
Du Qian hugged An Zong and followed Chu Yi straight to the Leopard Room.
The government affairs of the DPRK were handled by Yang Tinghe and Chu Yi. The most Zhu Houzhao could do was look through the important memorials selected by Chu Yi, Yang Tinghe and others.
Therefore, Zhu Houzhao's days were quite leisurely these days. Even because there was an atmosphere of terror everywhere in the capital, none of the important officials in the court came to disturb Zhu Houzhao, which made Zhu Houzhao much calmer.
On this day, a small sedan appeared outside the Leopard House.
I saw a white-haired figure appear, with a young man supporting him beside him. If a powerful person saw it, he would definitely recognize him immediately. He was the British Duke Zhang Mao, the leader of the nobles in the capital.
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Zhang Mao glanced at the young eunuch angrily and said, "Go and report to the Emperor Tomorrow, and tell me that I, my old minister, Zhang Mao, want to see you!"
Zhang Mao has been the emperor of several dynasties. As the head of the noble family, he has been in charge of the capital for more than forty years. How can a young eunuch with such an imposing manner be able to withstand him?
At this moment, he naturally nodded in fear and hurriedly ran into the leopard room to pass the message to Zhang Maotong.
Soon Zhang Mao and his grandson were invited into the leopard room.
When he saw Zhang Mao, even Zhu Houzhao took a step forward and said, "If the old prince is not resting in the mansion, how can he have time to see me!"
Zhang Mao made a big salute and said: "I have come here to apologize to Your Majesty!"
The Duke of Wei and the Duke of England all retired with the country. Zhu Houzhao also respected Zhang Mao very much. He supported Zhang Mao and said: "Old Duke, there is no need to be polite, get up quickly!"
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao said to Gu Dayong: "Gu Dayong, hurry up and prepare a seat for me. I will sit down and talk with you!"
Zhang Mao thanked the emperor, sat down, and then looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, I am guilty!"
Zhu Houzhao then looked at Zhang Mao and said, "Why did the old man say this!"
Zhang Mao said slowly: "A few days ago, Huang Huai and Huang Kui secretly mobilized troops. As the admiral of the capital camp, the old minister did not notice it, which almost caused Huang Kui and other traitors to cause a catastrophe. The fault of the minister is not small, especially
Come and apologize to Your Majesty!"
Zhu Houzhao was slightly stunned and chuckled: "What does the matter of Huang Huai and others have to do with the old Duke? Although the old Duke is in charge of the capital camp, he cannot be stationed in the army permanently, and Huang Huai and others will naturally mobilize their troops privately.
I hid it from the old Duke, so I don’t have to blame myself for this."
Zhang Mao said with a grateful look on his face: "I have received your Majesty's trust. This old minister is very frightened. I don't know whether to say something to His Majesty or not."
Zhu Houzhao said quickly: "The old prince is the pillar of the country and can be called my elder. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Zhang Mao looked at Zhu Houzhao with a serious look and said: "I sincerely ask your majesty to stay away from Chu Yi and not to make the same mistake as the Yingzong's favorite Wang Zhenzhi!"
Suddenly Zhu Houzhao's face became a little ugly, but seeing the loyal and earnest look on Zhang Mao's face, Zhu Houzhao sighed softly in his heart.
Zhu Houzhao was not surprised at all that Zhang Mao resented his favor and trust in Chu Yi. Zhang Mao had said the same thing before when he favored and trusted Liu Jin.
The battle of Tumubao left a profound shadow on Zhang Mao, so whenever the old prince saw the possibility of a certain servant becoming Wang Zhen, he would directly admonish him.
Whether it was Wang Zhi during the Chenghua period, or Liu Jin, or even Chu Yi, Zhang Mao had directly remonstrated with the emperor, hoping that he would not favor the servants and should take Wang Zhen's incident as a warning.
Even as the emperor, Zhu Houzhao didn't know what to say when faced with Zhang Mao's direct remonstrance. At this moment, Chu Yi and Du Qian were striding over from afar.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he saw Chu Yi, and his reaction in Zhang Mao's eyes naturally made Zhang Mao frown.
Chu Yi can know the rumors in the market, so Zhang Mao can naturally know it. Zhang Mao is not just here to apologize. In addition to asking for apology, he also persuades Zhu Houzhao to stay away from Chu Yi and other internal servants, and spend more time with the concubines in the harem, and to reproduce children.
The purpose of this trip.
Zhang Mao's gray-haired, calm demeanor, and the fact that Zhang Mao was still qualified to sit across from Zhu Houzhao when he met Zhu Houzhao, Chu Yi roughly guessed his identity without even thinking about it.
There are only a few people in the capital who meet these requirements, but combined with Dongchang's intelligence, Chu Yi is almost certain of Zhang Mao's identity.
Zhang Mao looked at Chu Yi, his eyes naturally showing a bit of displeasure and disgust. Chu Yi knew something about this British prince, so when he noticed Zhang Mao's displeasure, Chu Yi was not surprised at all.
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Ever since the battle of Tumubao, Zhang Mao had no good impression of his chamberlain, which was no secret among the capital.
Taking a step forward, Chu Yi first saluted Zhu Houzhao, and then said to Zhang Mao: "Chu Yi has met the British Duke!"
Zhang Mao stroked his beard, glanced at Chu Yi indifferently, and snorted softly.
Chu Yi did not take it seriously and motioned to Du Qian to present the case to Zhu Houzhao, and then said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, Huang Huai and others have conspired to commit rebellion. The principal culprit and the accomplices have been arrested and brought to justice. These are the cases of the principal culprits and the accomplices.
Zong, please ask your Majesty to review it personally."
Zhu Houzhao looked at the thick pile of cases and said with a bit of anger: "Thank you for your trouble, I will read it carefully!"
At this time, the British Duke Zhang Mao said to Chu Yi with a bit of ridicule: "General Manager Chu has been very majestic these days. In this capital, the name of General Manager Chu can almost stop children from crying at night. Your Majesty trusts you so much.
Manager Chu, please don’t try to create any unjust, false or wrongful cases!”
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