Chapter 236 The King Who Lost His Country 36
History is always surprisingly similar at certain moments.
For example, Nan Liujing still wants to demolish the cold palace and build a new palace in the cold palace area.
For another example, the name of this palace is still Zhaixing Palace.
[Does the name Zhaixing Palace have any special meaning?] Yao Rong asked the confusion that had always existed in his heart.
Nan Liujing put his left hand behind his back, raised his right index finger and shook it: "I'll keep you in suspense for now. When the palace is completed, you, my mother, will know the answer."
He said so, and Yao Rong didn't ask any more questions.
While it was not completely dark, Nan Liujing called a few guards to go with him to Changxin Palace to pick persimmons.
With the joint efforts of several people, it took less than half an hour to pick all the persimmons on the two trees.
The unripe persimmons were lifted up to ripen, and the ripe persimmons were personally divided into many portions by Nan Liujing to give to others.
He did not favor one over another.
In addition to Liang Guangyu and Qi Mingxu, who were his confidants, many civil and military ministers in the court also received persimmons.
Knowing that these persimmons were produced from the persimmon trees planted by Nan Liujing, and that these persimmons were picked and selected by Nan Liujing himself, many ministers felt honored.
Especially those ministers with low official positions were even more delighted.
Why didn't the third prince give persimmons to other officials, but to them? This shows that their usual performance has been noticed by the third prince!
Those who did not receive persimmons, such as Prince Li and the Minister of Rites, were all very angry at home.
After hearing the reactions of the crowd, Nan Liujing just laughed it off and continued to do his own things.
Yao Rong, however, was a little emotional.
When Nan Liujing wanted to send persimmons, his kindness was thrown away like a worn-out shoe.
Now, everyone in the court is proud to receive persimmons from him.
***
In the next three days, Nan Liujing was busy sorting out the affairs of the court and getting familiar with the ministers of the court.
Emperor Yongqing and the Sixth Prince had long been forgotten by him. It was not until he heard that Emperor Yongqing had a fierce conflict with the Sixth Prince after waking up that Nan Liujing remembered these two people.
"What was the result?"
"The Sixth Prince injured Emperor Yongqing."
Nan Liujing locked the two together, intending to let them fight each other. Hearing this, he just said lightly: "Just don't kill anyone." He continued to be busy.
At the same time, the ministers in the court were not idle either.
They were busy running around to block people.
They first blocked Liang Guangyu, trying to get news from Liang Guangyu.
For example, when did Liang Guangyu defect to Nan Liujing, and what the current situation of Emperor Yongqing is.
Liang Guangyu was as slippery as a loach. It seemed that he said a lot, but in fact he didn't reveal anything.
The ministers in the court ran to block Yao Shengan again, crying and shouting for Yao Shengan not to open the ancestral hall.
Yao Shengan was so annoyed by their noise that he simply closed the door and refused to see the guests.
Seeing that the grand court meeting was about to be held tomorrow, Prince Li summoned the Minister of Rites and others to his residence overnight.
When they met, they first sighed and groaned.
But after complaining, there must be a solution to the problem.
Prince Li was undoubtedly the most active one. Seeing that no one was talking, he coughed twice to draw everyone's attention to himself, and took the initiative to speak: "The Third Prince's intention is very clear. As long as we don't agree with him to question Emperor Yongqing, he will change his name. Today, Qi Mingxu also asked me what I think of the name of the country, Ning."
The Minister of Rites had a headache: "Tell me, why does the Third Prince insist on punishing Emperor Yongqing? What good will it do him?"
The Dean of the Hanlin Academy sighed softly: "I went to the palace today and explained all the interests to the Third Prince. Do you know what he answered me?"
"What?"
"The third prince said that he wanted justice for the people of the world. Ji Yushan and Ji Guifei have already paid the price for their actions. Emperor Yongqing cannot bear the responsibility of the emperor and cannot escape his guilt."
Justice is not as important as interests in the eyes of most people in the world. But it is undeniable that there are always some people who value it more than their lives.
And this person just happened to have the power to demand justice...
While everyone was stunned, the head of the Hanlin Academy walked to the window, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and said with emotion: "Everyone here has known me for decades, and you all know that when I was young, my family was poor. I was able to learn to read and write by being a companion to the son of the county magistrate."
"At that time, I read a sentence in a book that said that if the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished the same as the common people."
"But from studying to serving as an official in the imperial court and then entering the inner cabinet, I have never believed this."
Countless scenes flashed before the eyes of the head of the Hanlin Academy. He suddenly remembered that because he learned better than the son of the county magistrate, he was praised by the teacher, and the son of the county magistrate broke his right hand and almost couldn't write again.
How can the emperor and the common people be the same?
Not to mention the emperor, even if the son of the county magistrate made a mistake, would anyone punish the son of the county magistrate for breaking his right hand and almost ruining his future because of a little companion?
But now, such a person appeared.
He was aware of all the pros and cons, and knew the negative impact that judging Emperor Yongqing would bring to him, but he still stood up against the pressure of the court and the disapproval of the world, just to prove this statement to the world.
"In the past few decades, you and I have been in the midst of a fierce party struggle, and we can only protect ourselves."
"But have you and I stayed in such a court for too long, so that we have forgotten that it is not wrong to ask for justice. It is wrong to prevent others from asking for justice."
After saying this, the president of the Hanlin Academy felt open-minded, and the depression that had been accumulated in his heart for many years was swept away: "Everyone, I have decided to support the third prince. It is getting late, so I will take my leave first."
Watching the president of the Hanlin Academy leave Xiaosha, Prince Li and the Minister of Rites and others looked at each other.
"I'm taking my leave too."
"Let's go together."
Seeing more and more people leaving, the Minister of Rites also stood up slowly, saluted to Prince Li and left.
Prince Li kept saying "ah" for a long time in the back, but no one stopped.
Looking at the cold tea on the table, Prince Li was so angry that he picked up the teacup and drank it all, then put the teacup heavily on the table.
"Humph, you guys ran so fast, do you think I won't make the same choice as you?"
Although he is the uncle of Emperor Yongqing, he and Emperor Yongqing have no family relationship at all. He stood up in the court to oppose Nan Liujing, just because he thought that doing so would damage the royal dignity.
In fact, Prince Li wanted the Nan family to be stable more than the president of the Hanlin Academy.
Only when the Nan family is stable can he continue to be the rich and idle prince.
"When your majesty was in power, Daye had already shown signs of national destruction... As long as the third prince can continue Daye's destiny, he can do whatever he wants..."
At the court meeting the next day, Prince Li was the first to stand up and support Nan Liujing, which was unexpected by everyone.
The Minister of Rites, the President of the Hanlin Academy and others also changed their words to support him.
Even the stubborn faction in the court agreed to this move, and naturally other officials had no objections.
Nan Liujing personally read out the five edicts of guilt.
He not only read out the edicts, but also showed the corresponding evidence to everyone when mentioning any crime.
After reading the five confessions, Nan Liujing said, "I read the confessions myself because I want everyone to hear what crime Emperor Yongqing has committed."
"But I am not the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court, or the Left Chief Justice of the Inspectorate. I do not have the power to adjudicate cases, let alone convict."
"So I decided to let the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court, and the Inspectorate jointly review the case, and conduct a joint trial by the three courts. Then, all the people in the city can go to the three courts to listen to the trial." When
these words came out, it was like a bolt from the blue.
It was not enough for Nan Liujing to judge Emperor Yongqing by himself. He wanted the three courts and the people of the world to judge Emperor Yongqing together!
It has never happened since ancient times that the emperor is judged by the ministers and the emperor is judged by the people!
But it didn't happen before, but it happens now.
No matter how shocked the court officials were at this proposal, under Nan Liujing's insistence, the court officials, whose attitudes had softened, finally acquiesced to this matter.
The Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple, and the Supervisory Office acted quickly and began to verify the five confession edicts and all the evidence of guilt produced by Nan Liujing.
The former Zuo Du Shi of the Supervisory Office had been confiscated and executed by Nan Liujing for cooperating with Ji Yushan's palace coup, so the position of Zuo Du Shi was vacant at the moment.
Nan Liujing was not polite and directly promoted Qu Jianbai to the position of Zuo Du Shi.
In the past six months, Qu Jianbai has been staying in the south to appease the people in the south. Even for such an important matter as Nan Liujing's uprising, he did not rush to the north.
Now that the situation in the south has stabilized, Qu Jianbai hurried back to Kyoto. As a result, he became Zuo Du Yu Shi as soon as he entered the capital. He
was promoted directly from a commoner to Zuo Du Yu Shi of the second rank. This promotion speed made countless people envious.
But Qu Jianbai's reputation was there. He had worked in the Ministry of Justice for many years and had judged many unsolved cases. Therefore, people were just jealous and did not say anything behind his back.
Of course, no one cared about their gossip.
However, it was also because of this promotion that many people in the court knew about the relationship between Nan Liujing and Qu Jianbai.
They subconsciously thought that this teacher Qu Jianbai was Nan Liujing's teacher. Some people who had a good relationship with Qu Jianbai, such as the president of the Hanlin Academy, smiled and congratulated Qu Jianbai for teaching such a good student.
Just based on this point, Qu Jianbai can go down in history.
"When the third prince ascends the throne, the position of Taifu will definitely belong to you."
Taifu is the assistant minister of the court and the emperor's teacher. Although it is only a nominal title, it is not easy to get this nominal title.
The previous Taifu of Daye was Ji Yushan.
Qu Jianbai smiled and shook his head: "I am just the teacher of a certain course of the third prince. How dare I accept the position of Taifu?"
Others did not understand Nan Liujing's intentions, but how could Qu Jianbai not understand it?
This position of Taifu was definitely reserved for the mysterious teacher of the third prince.
During this conversation, Qu Jianbai also revealed to the president of the Hanlin Academy his evaluation of Nan Liujing: "Your Highness is the talent of Daye."
The president of the Hanlin Academy had to admire Qu Jianbai's vision.
When Nan Liujing was still insignificant, no one in the court cared about him, but Qu Jianbai had already seen his talent and tried his best to assist him.
With the cooperation of the three courts, it took less than ten days for them to verify all the evidence and confirm that all the evidence was true and credible.
After listening to the report of the three courts, Nan Liujing immediately said: "In this case, it is time to open the trial."
Qu Jianbai asked: "I wonder when your Highness plans to open the trial?"
Nan Liujing turned his head and looked out the window at the white snow.
The Chinese New Year is just a few days away. Nan Liujing thought for a moment and said, "There's no need to delay this matter until next year. Let's do it on the 28th."
***
The most sensational trial in Daye's history began on the 28th of Rama, the 25th year of Yongqing.
This trial was not only unprecedented, but also the last.
Because the person to be tried in this trial was none other than Emperor Nanling, who had been in power for 25 years.
The trial was deliberately held in an open area so that the common people of Kyoto could come and listen.
As a result, before dawn, the platform set up for the trial was already surrounded by common people who had come with their families to watch the excitement.
In this trial, the three judges not only judged Nanling's crimes, but also formally rehabilitated the Yao family.
When Nanling, with a scab on his forehead, appeared at the trial, the common people did not dare to do anything at first, but someone threw rotten vegetable leaves at Nanling first, and all of a sudden, all kinds of rotten vegetable leaves, rotten eggs and small stones flew from the crowd to Nanling.
Nanling stood in the middle of the trial with a pale face and a dull expression, listening to Nan Liujing's announcement of his punishment.
"Nanling's sins are worthy of death. Now he will abdicate, be expelled from the family tree, demoted to a commoner, and go to the imperial tomb to guard the tomb."
After abdicating, don't even think about being the emperor, just expel him from the family tree and demoted to a commoner.
Don't even think about living in a manor house and leading a life of a rich man. Go to the imperial mausoleum, live in a thatched house and eat simple meals every day, so as to reflect on your mistakes to your ancestors.
For Nanling, this punishment is more painful than directly executing him.
The gap between falling from the most honorable position in the world to the dust is too big, so big that Nanling can't accept the reality at all, and his mind is a little disturbed.
However, Nanling does not have the courage to commit suicide.
So he is destined to linger like a bereaved dog.
***
As soon as the three-division meeting was over, Nanling was escorted to the imperial mausoleum.
After dealing with Nanling, the sixth prince was left.
Nan Liujing did not imprison the sixth prince, but demoted him to a commoner and exiled him to Lingnan. Nan Liujing also made arrangements for the concubines, princes and princesses in the palace one by one.
For the concubines who wanted to leave the palace, Nan Liujing not only allowed them to return home, but also agreed to their remarriage.
As for the concubines who did not want to leave the palace, Nan Liujing did not care. He enclosed an area in the harem, allocated palaces according to their positions, and let the concubines live there.
As for the princes and princesses, Nan Liujing directly asked Prince Li to arrange them.
Anyway, they will definitely get what they deserve.
But there will be no more.
After sorting out the affairs of the palace, it was New Year's Eve.
On New Year's Eve, Nan Liujing received an urgent report of victory from eight hundred miles in the north.
Just as Nan Liujing expected, after learning about Daye's situation, Di Rong wanted to take advantage of the situation and plunder the border, so he sent 30,000 troops to attack Beidi.
Fortunately, Nan Liujing was well prepared and left a lot of backup plans in Beidi. The Beidi army fought several battles with Di Rong, not only did they not suffer any losses, but also won several small victories.
Nan Liujing held the victory report and smiled coldly: "These foreign races did not dare to act rashly when the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, and they would even bow down to the Central Plains Dynasty. But when the Central Plains Dynasty showed weakness, they would show their fangs at the first time."
He was not willing to take action for the time being.
When the internal troubles are solved in the future, he must go to quell the external threats as soon as possible.
[Don't be angry. The defense of the North is weak now, and it is not easy to avoid a big loss. It is a pleasant surprise to have a small victory .
Nan Liujing nodded. This is the truth: "But this is not a long-term plan. When the spring comes and the roads are easy to travel, the 50,000 troops in the North should be withdrawn to the North, so as not to delay the spring plowing."
Yao Rong smiled and said: "Don't worry, the spring plowing will not be delayed.
Before they go back, you have one more thing to do.
Nan Liujing understood what Yao Rong meant.
The Ji family and the Ji family's party have been executed, and some corrupt officials with bad records have also been punished by him. The termites that should be cleaned up in the court have been cleaned up.
It is time for him to ascend the throne.
There is no need for Nan Liujing to deliberately hint at anything. Just after New Year's Eve, several ministers jointly wrote a letter, saying that the country cannot be without a leader for a day, and asked Nan Liujing to ascend the throne.
Nan Liujing didn't bother to ask and decline, he just agreed, ordered Qin Tianjian to calculate the auspicious date for the coronation, and ordered the Ministry of Rites to be fully responsible for the registration ceremony. Qin Tianjian
sent three auspicious dates that day for Nan Liujing to choose.
Nan Liujing looked at the three auspicious dates, smiled and said to Yao Rong: "These three dates are all next month."
The fastest one is the second day of February.
The slowest one is only the twenty-eighth of February.
Yao Rong saw through Qin Tianjian's trick at a glance: [I guess he wants to please you, so he arranged such a close time.]
[] If the Ministry of Rites had not spent time preparing for the coronation ceremony, Qin Tianjian might have calculated that the auspicious date would be three days later. "
The dragon will rise in less than 20 days, which is too late. February 28th is too late, and it will delay the spring ploughing in the north." Nan Liujing finally chose a day that was neither too early nor too late: February 10th.
Even though Nan Liujing emphasized keeping everything simple, the coronation ceremony was still extremely complicated.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites worked tirelessly for a month before finally preparing all the matters for the coronation ceremony.
On the day of the coronation ceremony, a light rain fell in the imperial capital.
Seeing that the auspicious time was about to arrive, the rain still showed no signs of stopping, and many court officials were scolding the Qintianjian Supervisor.
What kind of auspicious time is this?
Many ceremonies of the coronation ceremony need to be held outdoors. Your Majesty can't offer sacrifices to the heavens while holding an umbrella.
Qin Tianjian felt that he was innocent, and was also angry that his professional level was questioned by others.
This day is indeed a very auspicious day.
There will be no better days than today in the next few decades.
The Minister of Rites had a headache and trotted to Nan Liujing to ask Nan Liujing about this matter.
Nan Liujing was very calm. Even in such an unexpected situation, he did not have too many emotional fluctuations: "It doesn't matter, just follow the original process."
The auspicious time has arrived. Nan Liujing, served by the palace servants, changed into the complicated and retro black crown and wore the twelve crown tassels that symbolize the power of the emperor.
This was the most important moment in Nan Liujing's life, and Yao Rong naturally could not be absent. She sat in front of the water mirror with the system early on, watching Nan Liujing put on this majestic and solemn imperial dress.
"Mother."
When Nan Liujing put on the twelve crowns, he couldn't help but call Yao Rong.
He had thousands of words in his heart to say to Yao Rong. Between his lips and teeth, a burst of hot air suddenly rushed into his eyes, making his eyes slightly moist.
Yao Rong understood his intentions in an instant: [You did it.]
Mother is indeed the person who understands him best in this world. Nan Liujing felt emotional, reached out and picked up the Emperor's Sword on the sword rack, and walked out of the hall.
To everyone's surprise, the moment Nan Liujing stepped out of the hall, the drizzle that was still falling suddenly stopped.
In just a blink of an eye, a ray of sunlight broke through the dark clouds and sprinkled downwards.
The sun, which had been obscured by the clouds for the entire morning, emerged from the clouds again, dispelling the bad weather and the faint haze in the hearts of countless people.
The ministers who were originally scolding the Qin Tianjian opened their eyes wide in shock and turned to look at the Qin Tianjian Supervisor.
It turned out that the Qin Tianjian Supervisor was really capable.
The auspicious day and the auspicious time were calculated. When the historians write history books in the future, they will have to write this astronomical phenomenon of the enthronement into the book.