phoenix knot

Chapter 143 Long live my emperor

On June [-]th of the second year of Zhenhua, it was sunny.

This day is the folk "washing and sunning" festival. Some people say that the empress chose this day to issue an edict to ascend the throne not only to realize her ambition of becoming the throne at the age of 40, but also a deliberate and sinister decision.

June [-]th is almost the hottest day of the year.

The officials were furious and questioned the emperor.

Liang Guanjing said: "If you think it is feasible for me to ascend the throne next month, you can stay in the palace, and we will discuss today's affairs; if you have any advice, you can submit a memorial, and I will review it carefully; if you want to roar at the court, the imperial guards We can only invite people out of the hall."

"Empress Liang, are you determined to imitate Wu Hao and become the emperor?" There have always been dissatisfied ministers in the court who complained about the harem's meddling in politics. up.

"Master Yao used to call me the emperor, why did he change his name to empress Liang now?" Liang Guanjing smiled, "If Lord Yao finds it difficult to change his name for a while, I will allow you to continue calling me the emperor until Lord Yao calms down." Of."

"Imperial Ancestor, the foundation established by Emperor Tai-zu cannot be taken by chance. You call yourself emperor with the surname Liang. As the king of a country, how can you be worthy of the ancestors under the spring?"

Liang Guanjing said: "Lord Xiao's cousin has no children, Wan Guan's family wealth has gone to the second and third bedrooms, orphans and widowed mothers live under the fence and lack food and clothing. I don't know if Master Xiao has visited your cousin during the holidays. The nieces and daughters have not been bullied at her husband's house. Naturally, Mr. Xiao lives in the best house in the capital, and has a lot of work to do every day, so he doesn't pay much attention to these."

That Master Xiao was blushing, and his colleague stood up and said: "If the property of the Xiao family falls into the hands of his cousin's widow, won't it be cheaper for people with foreign surnames?"

Liang Guanjing said: "I didn't say that I want to change the name of the country. My children are still young. In the future, they will naturally be inherited by the descendants of the Han family according to the ancestral system. The emperor is not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?"

"If the emperor is too young to take on a big role, the emperor can return to Beijing to manage the government personally. During the reign of the emperor, Wen can govern the country, and military can kill the enemy. It is Shi Zhaoda's ambition to usurp the throne. Now that the military chaos has subsided, it is a good time to welcome the emperor back. .”

Liang Guanjing said: "The emperor is weak and needs to continue to recuperate in Nangong."

"The last year when the emperor was weak and crowned, resting for these days will definitely make the dragon healthy."

Liang Guanjing said: "The emperor said that he will continue to rest, and he intends to leave Nangong and go back to the mountains." He took out a letter, "This is the letter written by the emperor a month ago, and he advised me to become the emperor."

"If the emperor is weak, his younger brother King Zhou and others can ascend the throne."

Liang Guanjing said: "If you are sick and you still have a son in your family, will you give your family wealth and title to your younger brother and his son?"

"Emperor Ancestor, you already have all the power in the court, why do you have to be called emperor?!"

Liang Guanjing said: "I am a king because of my destiny, not because I am determined to learn martial arts."

Some ministers turned to face the south and cried out to the Tai-zu Emperor, "Heaven is above, the century-old foundation is now going to fall into the hands of this temptress, Tai-zu Emperor Ruoquan knows..."

With a wave of Liang Guanjing's hand, the imperial guards from Shenji Camp had already come up and invited the minister out of the hall.

"Let's go, I'm not here to be a woman's official!"

Many people jumped out to talk about the Tai-zu emperor and the ancestral system. Liang Guanjing said: "The Tai-zu emperor didn't say that women can't be emperors. When the country is in danger, I am ordered to follow the Tai-zu emperor's last wish. , work hard to govern, and to carry forward our dynasty. In the past year, I got along well with all the monarchs and ministers in the court. Now the court is thriving, both inside and outside the court. The country is prosperous and the people are safe. If you are thirsty, if you feel that I have not done well in any aspect, you can speak up, and I will accept it with an open mind. If there is something, I will change it, and if there is nothing, I will encourage it. I hope that the monarchs and ministers will continue to work hard and help each other in the same boat. Everyone is willing to help me. , Naturally it can be reused, if you are proud and think that it is a shame and shame for the empress to ascend the throne, you can take off your official hat and leave the hall."

"Let's go! It's not rare to be an official for a temptress!" The ministers formed gangs and left together.

"Wait, what I'm saying is, take off your official hat and leave the hall."

After hearing this, the ministers dropped their official hats one after another, and some ministers even took off their official uniforms.It's June day now, and I don't wear anything under the official uniform. I'm a little hesitant to take off the official uniform, and some don't care. Anyway, it's open and frank, so what if you're shirtless.Those who hesitated would be ridiculed by colleagues, and even helped to take off their clothes, thinking that the empress was sitting first, and it was good to be ashamed of her.

Naturally, there are also some people who have other calculations in their minds, judge the situation, and decide to stay because of the face of high-ranking officials.Or those who had problems with those ministers who went out decided to stay and sing against those people.

"Let everyone think about it again and again. If anyone changes their minds, they can come back to court at any time. The limit is seven days. If it exceeds seven days, there will be no waiting." Liang Guanjing said again.

About a hundred officials, big and small, walked into the court hall at once, but the rest didn't say they were going to leave, and started to make noise. The words of the car were nothing more than how a woman can be an emperor, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. Usurping the throne, the Shenjiying incident will not be wronged!

The six ministries and nine ministers looked at each other, and the remaining four ministers who heard the edict of the legacy were embarrassed to change their words immediately. After all, they had already admitted or acquiesced that Liang Guanjing did not burn the edict. It is no longer appropriate to come out.Three of them went out, leaving only Tang Yixin, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

There was an endless quarrel in the hall, all of which were to persuade Liang Guanjing to think twice, Liang Guanjing lazily fell back into the dragon chair, propped his head on one hand, and just pretended that he was deaf and turned a deaf ear.

After arguing for a long time, Tang Yixin cupped his hands and played the book.

Liang Guanjing asked him to speak.

The hall fell silent.

Tang Yixin said: "The emperor proclaims himself emperor, and the ministers will strongly oppose it."

Liang Guanjing said: "What's the reason?"

"Emperor Tai-zu's inheritance cannot be handed over to a woman in the harem."

Liang Guanjing said: "A year ago, you were handed over to me personally."

"I hope the emperor thinks twice."

Liang Guanjing looked at him condescendingly, with a slanted body and slanted eyes, "Ge Lao, you are seventy-two, you are already old, you should retire."

The empress dismissed the chief minister of the cabinet with a light sentence. She is not a child, and there are endless memorials in the court. She is not afraid, she can do it by herself, and she can't finish it.A Korean lady can be the head of a cabinet.

Tang Yixin knelt down to thank him, took off his official hat, and strode out.

Liang Guanjing waved to the eunuch at the side, and sure enough, the eunuch said: "There is a book to play, and there is nothing to do."

Seeing that the rest of the people were still in shock, Liang Guanjing got up and left.

The ministers who left the Hall of Supreme Harmony that day did not leave immediately. They gathered in the square in front of the Dragon Boat Festival to protest, but the green bricks on the ground were so hot that eggs could be boiled, and they couldn't sit down.After standing for a while, some people wanted to find a shaded place to escape the heat, but the front of the Dragon Boat Festival Gate was very wide, except for a single tree, and the shadows cast by the eaves on both sides were extremely short.Some ministers who were not afraid of the sun stood sullenly under the sun, and some cried with dry throats, and it didn't take long for some people to pass out.Some old and weak people fainted on the brick floor, this is the rhythm of death.However, if someone went to help them, the half-awake ministers would angrily stop them, thinking that these people were in the way, and prevented them from martyrdom.

After a while, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion in official uniforms came out one after another. They didn't come to drive the ministers away, but each of them took a few big umbrellas in their hands and distributed them to the ministers.Some people have the backbone to refuse, some people reluctantly ask for it, and the ministers who fainted on the ground are also covered by umbrellas.

Several chariots and horses passed by the Dragon Boat Festival gate with grunts. The Korean lady had a maid holding an umbrella beside her. The minister couldn't save face, and the scorching heat was unbearable, so he took the sour plum soup and drank it.

On the second day, more than 100 civil and military officials made more than [-] memorials to persuade the emperor to withdraw his order and give up his enthronement, and threatened that if he did not listen to the advice, there would be more memorials to scold her.

Su Mingyue, Wang Wanyan and the others temporarily acted as the cabinet, and sorted out the memorial overnight.

"These are in support of you becoming emperor." Su Mingyue pointed to the left, where there were only three thin memorials, "These are for persuasion." There are a lot of memorials on the right.

"These are just blasphemy." Wang Wanyan was surrounded by mountain-like memorials.

Liang Guanjing smiled lightly: "Has everyone outside the Wumen left today?"

"Still guarding, the imperial physician has also visited the patient with heat stroke, force-fed the decoction, and tomorrow he will faint from hunger."

"It's better if you faint from hunger, just drag it away."

Qin Feiyang presented the roster, "These are the leaders, these were forcibly taken away, the mothers of these families are in the capital, these few have a clean sleeve, and these few are corrupt for sure."

Liang Guanjing nodded: "In the past few days, let the people from Shenji Camp handle it separately."

Qin Feiyang took the order and went out. In the next few days, the leader was arrested and imprisoned; he had no idea and was forcibly taken away to go home and rest; the mother at home was in the capital, and Shenjiying went to visit his mother , let the old mother train the son, do you want to go back to your hometown or serve the imperial court as an errand for the empress?The two-sleeved stick is responsible for spanking, and those who are corrupt and pervert the law are easy to deal with, ransacking their homes and confiscating their properties.

Mrs. Han said: "Confiscation of family property, confiscation of family property, this kind of thing is best left to Mr. Zhao, I think he is the best at it."

Liang Guanjing nodded heavily, "Zhao Huaijin is indeed a talent."

Many officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple have been sitting quietly at the Dragon Boat Festival these days, refusing to go back to the Yamen to do their errands. listen.

For a while, ghosts and wolves howled all over the capital.

The news of the empress' ascension to the throne has spread throughout the country, and it also comes with the first new edict: "All insightful people in the world, regardless of gender, can take part in the scientific examination this year. Those who can do it."

There are not only female emperors in this dynasty, but soon there will also be female officials.