Nine hundred and ninetieth chapters Nangong
Danxia and green walls, pavilions and towers. The Palace of the Forbidden City is reflected in a peaceful morning light.
There is no court meeting today, so Zhu Cilang can sleep comfortably. Originally, Zhu Cilang meant that morning court meetings were imitating modern times, and the next five days were closed.
Unexpectedly, these workaholic ministers insisted on going to six or one day. Fortunately, the country is now in a mess and the government is becoming increasingly perfect. On weekdays, there are indeed a lot of official duties to be dealt with.
Zhu Cilang is actually used to the slow-paced life of this era, and he is also used to going to bed early and getting up early. The main reason is that the nightlife of this era is really scarce.
Every night, there seems to be nothing else to pass the time except for talking to Xiao Shishi. Fortunately, although it has been a long time since he got married, Zhu Cilang will not feel bored as long as he is with Xiao Shishi.
Xiao Shishi is really gentle and virtuous. She never loses her temper with Zhu Cilang. She is always gentle and gentle.
Whenever I come to Kunning Palace, when facing Xiao Shishi, Zhu Cilang always feels extremely peaceful and peaceful. This is a feeling of extreme relaxation and extreme comfort.
After working hard for a day, it is Zhu Cilang's happiest thing to come to Kunning Palace to completely relax himself.
Xiao Shishi is always so tender and she likes to do it herself. Many things are more than letting the palace maids do. For example, she would personally bring hot tea to Zhu Cilang and serve pastries.
This pair of emperors and empresses are more like a folk petty bourgeois couple. The elder brothers are envious of the palace maids in the palace.
When a palace maid reaches a certain age, she can leave the palace. Moreover, after leaving the palace, she will receive a valuable subsidy.
The palace maid system in the Forbidden City is quite enlightened. After two years, the palace maids can voluntarily leave the palace. After leaving the palace, they can enjoy the lives of ordinary people.
Because the treatment of being a palace maid is quite high, those who want to enter the palace have also broken the threshold. However, the selection of palace maids is quite strict.
We must recommend women who are virtuous, virtuous and good-natured here to the palace to serve. Moreover, if the palace maids commit crimes, those who recommend them will also be implicated.
This also makes all the women recommended by various places have both virtue and ability. At least, the selection of character has been greatly improved.
The advantage of doing this is to reduce the palace fighting. Fortunately, Zhu Cilang only married Shen Shishi, and there were no jealous concubines in the harem.
On the other hand, Emperor Chongzhen no longer cared about government affairs and lived a very leisurely life. The Queen of Zhou lived in the Cining Palace based on the fact that Zhu Ciyang often went to greet him, and he could be regarded as a filial son.
The deep palace is lonely, and Zhu Cilang stays with her forever, but she doesn't feel lonely. Xiao Shishi likes to do some needlework, such as embroidery.
Xiao Shishi was skillful and her embroidery skills were a masterpiece. Even some of the concubines of Emperor Chongzhen came to ask for skills. After all, this was the best way to pass the time.
Life is going through day by day, and the Ming Dynasty has already been on the right track. Everything is developing in a good direction.
Emperor Chongzhen now lives in seclusion in Chongzhi Hall, Nangong, where Emperor Yingzong was originally under house arrest.
Nangong refers to the southeast direction of the Forbidden City. Although it is not as small as the imperial palace, its scale is not too small.
On July 16, the 14th year of Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong of Ming was bewitched by the eunuch Wang Zhen, and led a large army to leave the capital and personally led the army to the expedition. On August 15, Emperor Yingzong of Ming was defeated and captured. On September 16, King Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, and was the Ming Daizong, and he respected Emperor Yingzong of Ming as the Supreme Emperor. Later, Yu Qian, the Minister of War, successfully resisted the enemy and negotiated peace with the Ola. The leader of the Ola saw that Zhu Qizhen was useless, so he agreed to let Zhu Qizhen return to Yanjing.
Zhu Qiyu expressed his unwillingness to abdicate and once said to the ministers: "I am not greedy for the throne, but you who pushed me to the throne." On August 15 that year, Emperor Yingzong of Ming returned to China and was imprisoned in the Nangong by Emperor Daizong of Ming.
The Ming Dynasty Emperor Daizong abolished Zhu Jianshen, the son of Zhu Jianji, and made his son Zhu Jianji the crown prince. He welcomed Zhu Qizhen back to the capital, imprisoned him in the Nangong, and respected him as the emperor. He also put Zhu Qizhen under house arrest with the Jinyiwei and strictly controlled the control. The palace gate was not only locked, but also filled with lead, and food could only be transferred from small holes.
In the first month of the eighth year of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu was seriously ill and summoned Shi Heng to his bedside and gave him earnest instructions. Shi Heng agreed to everything, but he saw Zhu Qiyu's illness with his own eyes and had already made up his mind. After he withdrew, he immediately sent someone to find Zhang Qi, the right governor of the former government, and the eunuch Cao Jixiang, and told the two that Zhu Qiyu was no longer able to do it and discussed to find a way out for himself.
On the spot, the three of them divided the work. The eunuch Cao Jixiang went to the palace to meet Empress Dowager Sun, secretly informed her of restoration, and took the opportunity to obtain the support of Empress Dowager Sun. Shi Heng and Zhang Qi went to discuss with Xu Bin, the chief minister of Taichang Temple.
When Xu Bin heard about the purpose of the two, he immediately added his forehead and said, "This is a great achievement! However, I am old and I am useless. Xu Youzhen has many strategies, so you can go to him to discuss it."
Xu Youzhen observed the celestial phenomena at night, and saw that the purple light had changed, so he hurriedly said, "The Emperor Star has shifted, so you must start quickly." After detailed planning, several people decided to start on the night of the 16th day of the first lunar month.
At this time, the sky was already light, and the ministers had already waited outside the Meridian Gate to see each other because Zhu Qiyu had stated in advance that he would come to the court today.
After hearing the bells and drums ringing, everyone walked into Fengtian Gate in order. But everything in front of them stunned them. The emperor on the throne was no longer Emperor Jing Zhu Qiyu, but Emperor Zhu Qizhen eight years ago.
The ministers looked at each other, not understanding what was going on for a moment. Just as everyone was hesitating, Xu Youzhen stood up and shouted: "The Supreme Emperor is restored!"
Zhu Qizhen announced to all officials: "The emperor was seriously ill and could not be in charge of the ministers. The ministers welcomed me to restore the throne, and the ministers still held their original positions."
Seeing this, the court officials had to kneel down to worship. Zhu Qizhen regained the throne.
This is the famous Nangong Restoration. Logically speaking, Nangong is an ominous place, but Chongzhen chose this place.
For example, Emperor Jiajing advocated Taoism, hoping to live forever, and often took pills. Later, he gradually became disgusted with the government affairs and even did not want to go to court, so he wanted to find a place to hide and refine pills.
When the court went to the court to consult the ministers, the rest of the people said it was not possible, but Yan Song looked at the emperor's thoughts and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor can enter the Nangong to practice, it is very pure."
Emperor Jiajing was afraid that his great-grandfather had been imprisoned here in that place, so he hated Yan Song.
But Chongzhen didn't care about these things. He said that as long as his son is filial, he would live anywhere. Moreover, Nangong was pure and stayed in the palace would affect Zhu Cixuan's governance.
It has to be said that it is really not easy for Emperor Chongzhen to have such a mind.
But at this moment, something happened to Nangong.
Chapter completed!