Chapter 832 921 Problem

Tianshou Mountain, located in Changping County, the northern suburbs of Beijing, was the mausoleum site chosen by Emperor Zhu Di after he announced that he would move the capital to Beijing.

In order to choose an ideal "auspicious soil", Zhu Di summoned a group of famous Feng Shui masters from all over the country and asked them to travel all over the mountains and hills around Beijing.

These Feng Shui masters worked hard for several months, eating and sleeping in the open air, traveling through mountains and rivers, and finally selected five mountain tombs and drew a pattern for Zhu Di to delineate.

Zhu Di also asked his most trusted "prime minister in black" Yao Guangxiao and the prime minister Yuan Gong to participate in their opinions. After careful consideration, he finally selected the Loess Mountain selected by Feng Shui master Liao Junqing as the imperial mausoleum.

However, Zhu Di thought the name of Loess Mountain was inelegant, so he personally changed its name to Tianshou Mountain.

This Tianshoushan Mountain is indeed a rare piece of good auspicious soil. It is eighty miles from beginning to end and is a branch of Yanshan Mountains.

It is surrounded by mountains to the east, north and west, but the south side is open and unobstructed, like a large courtyard. At the end of the "courtyard", there is a pair of small mountain gates. The left side is called Longshan and the right is called Hushan.

In the middle of Tianshou Mountain is Zhu Di's Changling Mausoleum. After Zhu Di, there are eight mausoleums in total: Renzong Zhu Gaochi's Xianling Mausoleum, Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji's Jingling Mausoleum, Xiaozong Zhu Youtang's Tailing Mausoleum, Wuzong Zhu Houzhao's Kangling Mausoleum, and Shizong Zhu Houcong's Yongling Mausoleum. The emperor's tombs are all in Tianshou Mountain.

The Zhaoling Mausoleum of Mu Zong and Zhu Zaiye, which is under construction, is already the ninth imperial mausoleum in this mountain.

Ancient mausoleums were built in two parts: above ground and underground. The underground palace was where the emperor's palace was parked, and the above ground was also built according to the standards of the imperial palace. There were also some palaces built around it for people who came to worship to rest.

In the Thanksgiving Hall outside Zhaoling, Xu Jue met Zhang Juzheng.

"Hey, isn't this Xu Jue? What, you were sent here as an errand?"

Zhang Juzheng asked with a smile when he saw the person.

"Mr. Zhang Ge is joking."

Xu Jue answered hurriedly.

In fact, when people below reported that Xu Jue was here, Zhang Juzheng knew that Feng Bao didn't understand his intention, so he sent someone over to take a look and wait for him to give him advice.

"I am here to ask for an audience with Mr. Zhang Ge on the orders of my master."

Xu Jue continued.

"What's the matter?"

Zhang Juzheng pretended not to know and asked casually.

"Mr. Zhang Ge must be aware of the situation in the capital in the past two days. My master was targeted by Gao Gong. I asked Mr. Ge to give me some advice. My master is very grateful."

Xu Jue replied hurriedly.

As a royal guard, he can certainly boss people around in other places, but in front of cabinet ministers, he still has no reason to be proud.

What's more, when he came out this time, it was Feng Bao who asked him to ask Zhang Juzheng for advice, so his attitude was also sincere.

"Have the money from the Ministry of Finance been allocated?"

Zhang Juzheng did not directly answer Xu Jue's words, but seemed to have a casual conversation.

The money from the Ministry of Finance naturally refers to the 200,000 taels of silver that Gao Gong asked the Ministry of Finance to allocate to Concubine Li. This clearly shows that Gao Gong wants to please Concubine Li, who is the biological mother of the little emperor.

In this, Zhang Juzheng actually saw part of Gao Gongyang's conspiracy.

After defeating Feng Bao, perhaps Gao Gong did not have the intention to take advantage of the victory and continue to target Empress Dowager Chen.

If Empress Dowager Chen falls, who will benefit the most?

That is of course the little emperor's biological mother, Concubine Li.

With the current situation in the court, he, the chief minister of the cabinet, should have come out to explain the situation and clear away the suspicion of Empress Dowager Chen and Feng Bao of tampering with the imperial edict.

But until now, neither Gao Gong nor GROHE has come forward.

Under such circumstances, if Empress Dowager Chen or Feng Bao came out to explain, no one would actually listen.

Moreover, the behavior of cabinet ministers makes it easier for some officials who do not know the truth to think that the cabinet is under pressure from the palace and does not dare to express its position.

"The money from the household department has been allocated."

Xu Jue was in Jinyiwei. Although he could not interfere in government affairs, he was indeed very well-informed about the news, so he answered immediately.

"Concubine Li should be very satisfied."

Zhang Juzheng smiled again.

"Well"

Xu Jue suddenly didn't know what to say.

Concubine Li's attitude is of course happy. Anyone who has a large amount of money in their hands will not be happy, and it is filial to the outside world.

You know, the year before last, when Emperor Longqing flirted with Ma Sen, he only got 100,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs to make jewelry for the harem.

She got two hundred thousand taels of silver for doing nothing, which was much more respectable than the late emperor.

"Your master has been close to Concubine Li when he was in Yuzhuan. He should know what Concubine Li wants most now. Only by giving in to her will can he have a higher status in the master's heart.

As for Empress Chen, she probably won't say much due to her temperament, so you can rest assured.

Just remember this and tell him when you go back. "

Zhang Juzheng said.

"But now officials from foreign countries are constantly reporting to impeach my master, using fierce words and making up nonsense to maliciously smear me."

Although Xu Jue didn't know what Concubine Li wanted, he came here this time not to ask Zhang Juzheng for advice on how to flatter the nobles in the palace, but what to do in the face of impeachment from a foreign court.

"The impeachment of those officials is just that, so there is no need to worry about it.

This is what I tell you, the owner of the house, the deeper you dig a high-arch pit, the easier it is for you to fall into it.

In fact, when I left Beijing, I already gave him the advice and asked him to think about it.

Gao Gong wanted to kill two birds with one stone, but he put himself in danger. "

Zhang Juzheng said calmly, "Now, your master should still focus on how to please the two nobles in the palace. Don't let them be at odds for a little fame.

To defeat Gao Gong, the attitude of the palace must be consistent, so as not to give him any chance to turn the tables."

At this point, Zhang Juzheng shut up, stopped talking, and slightly closed his eyes.

Xu Jue was still trying to remember Zhang Juzheng's words, but he didn't expect that it was so confusing. He understood it, but it seemed that he didn't understand it. He wanted to continue asking questions to figure things out so that he could report back.

But when he looked up at Zhang Juzheng, although he was sitting upright at this time, his eyes were slightly narrowed as if he was dozing. He knew that Zhang Ge Lao didn't want to continue the conversation.

Xu Jue knew that this was an attitude. Zhang Juzheng didn't want to continue the deep conversation. He didn't want to get too deep into it. After all, although his master had contact with him, they had not formed an alliance and could not be considered an ally.

After saying so much, it was considered to be a kindness to give a suggestion.

I'll tell Feng Bao what he said when I go back, maybe he understands what Zhang Juzheng meant.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Juzheng, Xu Jue didn't dare to delay for a moment, and rode back to the city to inform Feng Bao.

The situation in recent days has been critical, and Xu Jue also knows that if he can't find a way to deal with it, his master will be in trouble, and he won't be much better off.

After he joined Feng Bao, he actually had no place in Zhu Xixiao's Jinyiwei.

Once the Dongchang factory master is replaced, the emperor will have his own ministers, and Feng Bao's old man will probably be cleared out of the Dongchang, and he will have to sit on the bench when he returns to Jinyiwei.

Xu Jue is not a person who is willing to do this, so he is particularly concerned about Feng Bao's affairs.

The time to enter the city is just right. He left the city the day before and returned the next day during the day. The effect of traveling overnight is like this, and he entered the capital smoothly.

If he delayed in Zhaoling for a night before setting off, he was afraid that when he arrived in the capital, the four gates would be closed, and it would be difficult to enter and exit.

Even if he was a member of the Jinyiwei, it would be difficult to enter the city without a gold medal, not to mention that he did not arrange for anyone to help him enter the city at the beginning.

It was really too hasty to leave the city this time, and he did not make any more arrangements before leaving the city.

Once he entered the capital, everything would be easy, of course he would go to see Feng Bao.

Although the burden on his shoulders was not light, Feng Bao did not summon him immediately after he asked for an audience. It was said that Feng Bao was accompanying the little emperor at this time, so he could only wait.

This wait lasted for almost an hour, and the sky was getting dark. If he could not see anyone again, Xu Jue could only leave the palace and wait, and it would not be appropriate to continue staying in the palace.

Just when Xu Jue was gradually getting impatient, Feng Bao finally came out of the palace.

Seeing that Xu Jue did not answer, he took him back to his room.

"Tell me, what did Uncle Zhang say."

Feng Bao was in a bad mood these two days, but he had to change his mood and pretend to be very good to please the nobles in the palace, which was also very uncomfortable.

After receiving the notification and knowing that Xu Jue was back, although he wanted to come out to see him as soon as possible and ask Zhang Juzheng if he had any advice, he still patiently served the little emperor first before taking the time to come out.

"Eunuch, Zhang Ge Lao said"

Thanks to Xu Jue's good memory, although he didn't understand a lot of Zhang Juzheng's words, he still repeated the conversation between him and Zhang Juzheng verbatim.

Feng Bao also had patience at this time. After knowing that Zhang Juzheng had said a lot to Xu Jue, he patiently listened carefully.

This is his only life-saving straw. Although the four-nine city is big, it is a bit sad that he can't find someone to help him Feng Bao.

After this matter, he has to gather some scholars, who are usually good at writing, and can help him come up with ideas and think of countermeasures when encountering things.

"What Concubine Li wants most. Gao Gong is digging a hole for me, and also digging a hole for himself. He has already given himself advice"

After listening carefully to Xu Jue's words, Feng Bao murmured in his mouth.

These are the key words Feng Bao extracted from Zhang Juzheng's words. When it comes to giving advice to himself, Feng Bao first thought of the note he received two days ago. What was written on it?

By the way, "How can a ten-year-old child rule the world?"

It seems that Gao Gong said this in the cabinet, but what else can he do except to punish him for the crime of disrespect? This is still a big deal. Normally, he would just reprimand him, apologize, and admit his mistakes.

Gao Gong dug a hole for me and also for himself, which means that there is also a fatal handle for Gao Gong in the impeachment memorial.

However, Zhang Juzheng reminded him to find a way to seek what Concubine Li wanted most. Feng Bao understood this, isn't it the title of Empress Dowager?

Two Empress Dowagers

Empress Dowager is the title given by the emperor to his mother. The term Empress Dowager first appeared in the Warring States Period in China. "Empress Dowager", or "Empress Dowager", generally refers to the emperor's mother, but not necessarily the biological mother.

According to the rules, if the emperor succeeded to the throne as a concubine, his biological mother would be the Empress Dowager. If his legal mother was also present, they would both be Empress Dowagers. The legal mother Empress Dowager usually ranked above the biological mother Empress Dowager. However, if the biological mother was of too low status, she could not be called Empress Dowager. At most, she could be honored as Imperial Concubine Dowager, but she could be promoted to Empress Dowager in the future.

If the emperor succeeded to the throne as a collateral branch, his stepmother would be the Empress Dowager, and he had to recognize her as his legal mother. The biological mother would still maintain her original status and would not be named Empress Dowager.

This was actually the beginning of the great ritual dispute during the Jiajing Dynasty. In the end, Emperor Jiajing won, but it was actually not in line with the etiquette of that era.

Because Emperor Jiajing did not admit that he ascended to the throne by succession, but by inheritance.

If the successor emperor is of the same generation as the previous emperor, or even the elder of the previous emperor, the legal mother of the emperor will not be named the empress dowager.

The first time in history that two empress dowagers coexisted can be traced back to the period of Emperor Ai of Han.

Emperor Cheng of Han died, and he had no son, so he could only adopt his nephew Liu Xin as the emperor, that is, Emperor Ai of Han.

Emperor Ai of Han was actually unqualified as an emperor, but a very strange phenomenon appeared at this time. He was adopted by his uncle Emperor Cheng of Han, Liu Ao, so the empress Zhao Feiyan of Emperor Cheng of Han was nominally the mother of Emperor Ai of Han, that is, his legal mother, but at this time, Emperor Ai of Han's biological mother, Ding, the wife of King Dingtao, was still alive.

After a long struggle with the ministers, Emperor Ai of Han became the winner of this dispute over status. The ministers respected Emperor Yuan of Han's empress Wang Zhengjun (Wang Zhaojun's sister) as the grand empress dowager, and Empress Zhao Feiyan as the empress dowager; Emperor Ai of Han's grandmother Fu was the empress dowager, and his biological mother Ding was the empress dowager.

After that, it was the period before and after Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. At that time, the number of empress dowagers was really chaotic. There were even three empress dowagers. Because the emperors changed too quickly, the succession of the emperor was mostly passed down between brothers. The predecessor gave his biological mother the title of empress dowager, and the successor naturally could not cancel it, so there were many empress dowagers all of a sudden.

The most recent one was naturally during the reign of Emperor Jingdi of Ming Dynasty. The Tumu Incident made the successor Emperor Jingdi of Ming Dynasty honor the biological mother of Emperor Yingzong, Empress Dowager Sun, as the "Shangsheng Empress Dowager" and his own mother, Empress Dowager Wu.

This situation is actually very obvious. In history, the two empress dowagers were often caused by the death or abdication of the emperor. However, this time when the young emperor Zhu Yijun ascended the throne, the problem was slightly different.

Later generations knew about Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, and also knew about the so-called East and West Palaces. In fact, tracing back to the source, the source came from the present.

You must know that according to the system, Empress Chen was of course the empress dowager of the Wanli Dynasty, and no one could move her, but Zhu Yijun's biological mother, Concubine Li, should be Concubine Li and could not be given the title of empress dowager.

Feng Bao knew that although Empress Chen and Concubine Li had not discussed this matter publicly, Concubine Li also wanted to be the empress dowager.

After all, her son had ascended to the throne and became the emperor, so it was natural for her to want to be the empress dowager.

As long as Empress Chen died of illness, she could become the empress dowager.

But now Empress Chen was fine, and the two had a good relationship, Concubine Li was indeed at a loss.

Ask for the title of empress dowager for Empress Chen and Concubine Li?

Feng Bao understood that this was Zhang Juzheng's advice to him to please Concubine Li, which was definitely much better than Gao Gong giving people 200,000 taels of silver.

However, in order to preserve his own wealth and glory, Feng Bao also secretly made a decision in his heart, that is, no matter whether this matter succeeded in the end, he had to submit this memorial and make the suggestion.

Zhang Juzheng's proposal was actually very bold and unreasonable, which was why Gao Gong did not think about it at all.

There was no reference example in history.