Chapter 65 Your Majesty returns to the court! Please forgive me!

Zhang Yan didn't expect such a thing to happen, and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty's flesh and blood are still here, why do you want to establish the trust of the king?! Go and ask them, what is the reason for this! Just say that it is my palace, or wait for your majesty

Come back, or let my son supervise the country first, and let the chief minister assist in the government!"

This is not the time when Tianqi died in history. Historically, when Tianqi died, Tianqi had no children and had a personal edict for Zhu Youjian to ascend the throne, so Zhang Yan supported Zhu Youjian's accession to the throne.

But now that Zhang Yan has her own biological son, she will naturally not let her son lose the throne.

What's more, it's not like she didn't know how emperors in the past generally treated their elder brothers' sons after they inherited the throne from their elder brothers.

Therefore, Zhang Yan did not agree.

Wei Zhongxian naturally did not support King Xin, because once King Xin came to the throne, the civil servants would probably force King Xin to order his death.

When the eldest son of the emperor ascends the throne, he will continue to control the inner court because of his young age, as long as he pleases the queen.

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Therefore, Wei Zhongxian agreed and came to the gate of Xiyuan to declare the queen's intention to the civil servants: "The empress ordained that your majesty's flesh and blood are still here, why should you establish a trustworthy king? What is the truth? Either wait for your majesty to come back, or

Let the eldest son of the emperor oversee the country first, and let the chief assistant assist the government."

Chen Yan, Zhou Yanru and other civil servants did not expect that Queen Zhang Yan would not cooperate.

Naturally, they were unwilling to allow the emperor's eldest son to ascend the throne.

First, because they knew that the emperor's eldest son was young, and if the emperor's eldest son came to the throne, it would be easy for the harem to interfere with politics. Moreover, the queen was a female dependent and could only be in the harem and was easily controlled by the eunuchs, so eunuch dictatorship would still occur;

Second, Xishan has already been stated in the Ming Dynasty imperial edict to be the property of the descendants of the Zhang family. Even in the Industrial Department and Ordnance Department of Xishan, the Zhang family holds certain shares in the name of providing land, etc. However, Xishan now has rich coal mines and the most advanced

Weaving technology, firearms and other technologies, and these civil servants naturally did not want a place like Xishan, rich in wealth, to continue to be held by descendants, and they did not want the eldest son of the emperor to ascend the throne. After all, it was impossible for Zhang Yan to agree to transfer the money that belonged to her natal family.

The profits were given up to be divided among the civil servants.

"It seems that we can only resort to remonstrance!"

Chen Yan therefore said to Zhou Yanru.

Zhou Yanru nodded: "I'm going to see Zhou Yuji!"

Chen Yandao: "I'm going to see Mangui! As long as we convince these two people, we can directly escort King Xin to Wenhua Palace to ascend the throne, and then force the Zhonggong Palace to admit it!"

Mangui led the Shenshu camp to guard Xiyuan Palace.

Zhou Yuji led the forward battalion to guard the capital city defense.

As soon as Chen Yan saw Man Gui, he took out a large vote and said: "As long as the general agrees to support King Xin's accession to the throne, the three hundred thousand taels of silver votes will belong to the general. In addition, the profit from Xishan cotton cloth will be divided into 10% of the general's.

And promise the general and count!"

The conditions given by Chen Yan were not generous, not to mention the financial benefits, and the title promised was not small. You must know that the titles of the Ming Dynasty were only duke, marquis, and uncle. It is still very difficult to be awarded the title of earl.

Man Gui then thought that this was the Zhu family's empire after all, and it was the most important queen of the Zhu family who should decide who should take the throne, not to mention that she was able to reach her current position because of the support of her uncle Zhang Gui.

, so he said: "This is not what we military ministers should say. It is really insulting for you to act like this. I only listen to the emperor. If the emperor is not here, then I can only listen to the empress. Please go back."

Chen Yan was stunned. He didn't expect Man Gui to be so loyal, so he had to say goodbye and leave.

Zhou Yanru also made this promise to Zhou Yuji here: "The general and I are from the same clan. Now that the country is in danger, whether we can stabilize our country in the Ming Dynasty depends entirely on the general."

Zhou Yuji also thought that only the Queen was the most suitable person to say this to him, and that he was supported by Zhang Gui to be where he is today. He could not bully the descendants at this time, so he said: "How dare I speak to Gong Lianzong and make this public statement?"

This is a shame for me. Your Majesty is not here, so I can only obey the Queen's orders. Otherwise, I will be suspected of being disloyal. Please come back, sir."

Zhou Yanru also didn't expect that Zhou Yuji would not be moved by fame and fortune, so he had no choice but to leave Zhou Yuji's place in anger.

After all, Zhou Yuji and Man Gui are generals whose loyalty has been tested by history.

One was betrayed by the court but remained loyal, while the other defended Li Zicheng from surrender for seven days and nights and even sacrificed his family's lives for the Ming court.

Otherwise, Zhang Gui would not have chosen these two people to control the most important military power in the capital.

Of course, Tianqi's decision to let Zhang Gui take charge of the capital camp was actually to prepare for something that would one day endanger his prince's accession to the throne.

"These two foolish and loyal people only listen to the Queen's orders!"

After Chen Yan and Zhou Yuji exchanged words with each other to convince Man Gui and Zhou Yuji but failed, Chen Yan couldn't help but curse.

Zhou Yanru said: "Now it seems that we can only convince the Queen first."

Chen Yan nodded and shouted: "It is appropriate for the country to establish a eldest king! What's more, at this time when the strong soldiers are pressing down on the country, please think twice, consider the safety of the country, and establish King Xin as the superintendent of the country!"

"Please Queen, consider the safety of the country and choose King Xin!"

"Please Queen, consider the safety of the country and choose King Xin!"

"Please Queen, consider the safety of the country and choose King Xin!"

…

The civil servants petitioning outside Xiyuan all shouted loudly.

Wei Zhongxian was very angry when he saw this, and shouted: "Our family has already said the imperial edict, do you want us to say it again?!"

"Eunuch! You must be pretending to pass on the Queen Mother's words. We want to see the Queen Mother say it with our own eyes!"

Chen Yan directly denied the authority of Wei Zhongxian's edict, intending to force the queen out, bypassing the eunuchs in the inner court, and directly force the queen.

"That's right, who doesn't know that the empress is a person with general knowledge, how could she have such a dictation?! It must be you, the eunuch, who is pretending to pass on the dictation!"

Zhou Yanru also understood what Chen Yan meant and scolded Wei Zhongxian in the same way.

"You eunuch, you have the ability to come out and make an announcement!"

Some civil servants directly asked Wei Zhongxian to come out to deliver an edict and wanted to kill Wei Zhongxian. After all, as foreign ministers, they did not dare to trespass into the palace, because Mangui did not join them and controlled the defense of the palace. If they trespassed, they might be killed.

If you say kill them, just kill them.

Wei Zhongxian could also see that the imperial guards of Xiyuan had not yet surrendered to these civil servants, so they did not come forward. Instead, they hid behind the imperial guards. Even after seeing Man Gui appear with the imperial guards in person, he stood directly beside Man Gui.

Behind him, he reminded: "The general should know his responsibilities. As long as he breaks into the palace without permission, no matter who he is, he will be killed!"

"I know that I am a humble official, so don't worry, father-in-law!"

Mangui replied.

"That's good!"

Wei Zhongxian smiled and said.

"Eunuch, if you have the ability, come out!"

"Eunuch, come out!"

There were still civil servants shouting provocatively.

But Wei Zhongxian just didn't go out.

Chen Yan and others saw that Wei Zhongxian was hiding behind Man Gui and other imperial guards and could not come out, so he had no choice but to continue shouting: "We want to see the Queen! Does the Queen really want to ignore our Ming Dynasty?!"

"Please set up a curtain to meet the foreign ministers!"

"Please set up a curtain to meet the foreign ministers!"

"Please set up a curtain to meet the foreign ministers!"

…

These civil servants began to shout.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian had no choice but to come to Zhang Yan again and tell Zhang Yan about the situation.

Zhang Yan burst into tears after hearing this: "They are bullying me for being a woman, and bullying the eldest son of the emperor who is still a toddler! They are bullying His Majesty for not being here!"

Then Zhang Yan put away her tears again and said: "Since they don't believe you, then I'll go and prepare the phoenix chariot!"

"According to the order!"

Not long after, Zhang Yan arrived at the Xiyuan Gate in a phoenix chariot. She placed the beaded curtain on the chariot and the Xiyuan Palace Gate to watch the civil servants petitioning outside.

These civil servants also became quiet when they heard the Queen's arrival.

At this time, Zhang Yan put down the bead curtain and said: "I have said that we must either wait for His Majesty to come back, or let the emperor's eldest son oversee the country first and assist in the government! The emperor has a son, so there is no reason to establish a vassal king!"

"Does the empress want to be the regent of the harem?!"

After hearing this, Chen Yan directly asked.

"Taizu taught us that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. When it comes to establishing a new king, the empress can only obey loyal ministers. How can she be arbitrary and violate the ancestral system? Does the empress really want to risk the disapproval of the world?!"

Zhou Yanru also chided and asked.

Zhang Yan was so shocked that her breathing became rapid.

…

After Zhou Yuji rejected Zhou Yanru, he did not participate in the matter. He was now more concerned about whether Jiannu would attack the capital.

Because his duty is to guard the capital.

Therefore, Zhou Yuji took all the bedding to the city wall and prepared to personally defend the city day and night.

But just when he took the quilt to the wall of the capital, he saw the emperor's banner, and then he saw a guard on horseback holding a gold medal to report: "His Majesty has returned to the court! Open the door to welcome him!"

Zhou Yuji was worried that the emperor had fallen into the hands of Jian Nu, who deliberately used the big banner to force the guards to trick the city gate into opening, so he did not agree until he saw Tian Qi and Zhang Gui get out of the car together.

, then hurriedly asked someone to open the city gate, and immediately worshiped in front of Tianqi: "My minister Zhou Yuji was ordered to guard the city, but he did not dare to go out of the suburbs to greet him. Please forgive me!"
Chapter completed!