Save the Bachelor of Heaven

  Chapter 3439 3441 [Three Fires of the New Emperor’s Restoration]

Chang Yanxiao had regained consciousness at this time, and he didn't know why he changed his original intention. Not only did he not kill the ministers and the emperor, he even knelt down and repented to the emperor. It didn't seem like what he had done.

Now that he saw Xiang Nan dispatching troops and generals, he knew that he was going to suffer.

 Because the strength of the Dongchang Fanzi and the Black Flag Guards alone was simply not enough to compete with the Jinyiwei and the Beijing Camp defenders. The reason why Dongchang was able to surpass all officials was because of the protection of the imperial power.

 To be precise, it was because the emperor did not take matters into his own hands and transferred power to them, that they were able to coerce the emperor and order the princes. But now that the emperor has deprived them of their power, they immediately became homeless dogs.

Although a bereaved dog can jump over the wall in a hurry, its strength has greatly declined. If he had just gone all out to kill the ministers, kill the emperor, and establish a new emperor, there might have been a glimmer of hope, but now I am afraid that even this glimmer of hope is gone.

So in order to find a way out, he was about to gather himself together again, but suddenly he felt a soreness in his acupuncture points, and his whole body was unable to move, and he stood there like a statue.

 Fortunately, all the ministers are standing now, so his appearance is not conspicuous. Just like this, he can't think of making any more moves.

Soon, Menda led the Jin Yiwei, Cai Shaoping led the third squad of yamen, and Xu Huairen led the Beijing camp. They rushed to the Forbidden City under the orders of King Qin to **** them, and surrounded and killed Dongchang Fanzi and the Black Flag Guards.

The Dongchang Fanzi and the Black Flag Guards only numbered more than 2,000 people. They could take advantage of the chaos to attack the Forbidden City, but they couldn't fight against the Wanjing Camp defenders, no matter how high their martial arts skills were.

Moreover, there are still three classes of Jinyiwei and Shun Tianfu, so they lost a long time before they were.

The siege continued until daylight. The shouts, cries, roars, and whines continued outside the palace gate and could be faintly heard inside the palace.

 The ministers were all horrified, facing such a **** and brutal situation for the first time.

 …

After the destruction of the Dongchang and Black Flag teams, Menda, Cai Shaoping, Xu Huairen and others immediately entered the palace to see him.

"Three beloved ladies, please get up quickly. You have all worked hard!" Xiang Nan said with a smile, and then ordered the guards, "Drag Chang Yanxiao down and behead him in public."

The guards immediately stepped forward and dragged Chang Yanxiao down. After a while, his **** head was brought into the palace. His eyes were wide open, with a look of death.

When the ministers saw him, their faces changed slightly, and they felt the emperor's cruelty.

 Subsequently, Xiang Nan issued three decrees after he ascended the throne.

 The first decree is to confer titles to the ministers, and all the participants in the incident to seize the gate will be conferred titles and titles. As for non-participants, as long as they are willing to be loyal, they will retain their original official positions and will no longer be held accountable for their previous responsibilities, in order to appease their minds;

 The second decree is to abolish Dongchang. Dongchang was originally a department established by Emperor Yongle Zhu Di to control hundreds of officials. Its full name is "Dongji Shichang" and it was controlled by eunuchs.

The reason for this is that during the Jingnan Campaign, many eunuchs such as Zheng He and Wang Yan made outstanding contributions. Therefore, Emperor Yongle trusted the eunuchs and was willing to reuse them.

 But this also gave eunuchs the opportunity to participate in politics. Once the imperial power was weakened, these eunuchs might override the imperial power. Just like Liu Jin during the Zhengde period, Wei Zhongxian during the Tianqi period, etc. Therefore, the banning of Dongchang is to cure this problem.

 The third decree was to change the eighth year of Jingtai to the first year of Tianshun, depose Emperor Jingtai as King of Ye, and place him under house arrest in Yong'an Palace in the west.

 After the three decrees were issued, all the ministers knew that times had changed.

 …

Xiang Nan then went to the palace to meet his biological mother, the Queen Mother.

 The success of this attempt to seize the gate was due to the support of the Empress Dowager Sun in the harem.

 When mother and son meet, they naturally burst into mourning.

 After all, since Zhu Qizhen was imprisoned in Nangong, mother and son had not seen each other for eight years. "My sons and ministers pay homage to my mother~" Xiang Nan bowed and saluted.

 “My child~” Queen Mother Sun also had tears in her eyes.

The two of them talked about their relationship as mother and son, and it was inevitable that there would be some disagreements.

 After all, Xiang Nan is not really Zhu Qizhen, so many things are not clear. Fortunately, Queen Mother Sun did not become suspicious.

 After all, the emperor has been imprisoned for eight years, and he has just ascended the throne today. He is confused and has blurred memory. These are unprepared things.

It would be strange if he was still the same as he was eight years ago.

After meeting the Empress Dowager Sun, Xiang Nan met his nominal son Zhu Jianshen, who was also the historical Emperor Chenghua.

He and his son have not seen each other for eight years. The last time they were separated, Zhu Jianshen was only two years old and had no understanding of human affairs at all.

 So after meeting, Xiang Nan cried bitterly again. Later, Xiang Nan asked Zhu Jianshen about his homework and told him to study hard.

 …

After finishing all this, Xiang Nan then began to clean up the harem.

He sent all the eunuchs in charge of the twelve eunuchs in the inner court to prison.

The Twelve Inquisitors of the Inner Court are similar to the House of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty and are in charge of royal affairs. Including the ceremonial supervisor, the internal official supervisor, the royal supervisor, the royal horse supervisor, the Shanshan supervisor, etc., each supervisor has a **** with a palm seal in charge.

 Among them, the Supervisor of Ceremonies has the greatest power because he has the power to criticize red officials. The so-called red criticism means that the emperor used red letters to comment on the memorials of the Ming Dynasty cabinet ministers.

Most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were lazy and lazy people, such as Zhengde, Jiajing, Wanli, Tianqi, etc. They were unwilling to take the trouble to take charge of the government, so they gave the power of criticizing the red to the Chief of Ceremonies.

In this way, the **** in charge of the ceremony became the de facto emperor, and naturally had great power.

They also used this opportunity to intervene in government affairs and military affairs, which led to frequent **** dictatorships in the Ming Dynasty.

 In comparison, during the reign of the Twelve Emperors of the Qing Dynasty, no **** dared to monopolize power.

Even An Dehai, the most valued **** of Empress Dowager Cixi, was beheaded by the governor Ding Baozhen not long after he left the palace and became arrogant, but Empress Dowager Cixi did not dare to say a word.

 Therefore, in order to put an end to the autocratic power of eunuchs, Xiang Nan naturally had to drastically reform the government.

 As Emperor Jingtai and his concubines were moved into Yong'an Palace, Queen Qian, Concubine Zhou and other concubines in Nangong were invited back to the palace, and returned to their own palaces as usual.

"Zitong, I have really wronged you for so many years." Xiang Nan said, holding Queen Qian's hand.

Ever since Zhu Qizhen was captured by Wala, Queen Qian has been crying every day until one of her eyes went blind. After arriving in Nangong, due to the pressure of life, he had to take Gong'e with him to embroider every day in order to exchange for food. As a result, he was extremely tired and sick.

Xiang Nan felt guilty looking at it.

"Your Majesty, don't say that. All my concubines are willing to do so. As long as the Emperor is well, that's all." Queen Qian waved her hand.

“Invite the imperial physician immediately to treat the queen’s illness.” Xiang Nan then ordered, “Zitong, take good care of your health. I will not let you suffer any further grievances.”

 (End of this chapter)