The court of the feudal dynasty was always a stage of turmoil, wave after wave. Shortly after the "Red Pill Case" was quelled, there was a related "palace transfer case", and this case also began with Zhu Changluo's favorite concubine.
Ming Guangzong Zhu Changluo
Zhu Changluo's position as crown prince had been unstable, and in the forty-first year of the Wanli calendar, the crown princess Guo Shi had never been a concubine after her death. After the attack, Zhu Changluo's position as crown prince gradually stabilized, his life was greatly improved, and Zheng Guifei sent many beautiful women, which gradually increased the number of concubines in the Eastern Palace. At that time, Zhu Changluo's favorite was the two attendants, both of whom were surnamed Li, living in the east and west compartments of the East Palace, so they were called East Li and West Li. Among them, because Xi Li was the most sympathetic and most loved by Zhu Changluo, when Zhu Changluo ascended the throne, because there was no crown princess around him, he brought Li Xuanshi, who was known as Xi Li, into the Qianqing Palace. Although this Li Xuanshi was from a humble background, he had a close relationship with Zheng Guifei and others, and he used his own favor to intervene in the government affairs from the moment Zhu Changluo took the throne, and because Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian were also entrusted to the care of Xi Li, especially Zhu Youxiao, since his birth, his grandfather Wanli Emperor announced to the world, which foreshadowed that he would become the heir to the imperial throne.
After that, Li Xuanshi colluded with Zheng Guifei, she supported the appointment of Zheng Guifei as empress, and Zheng Guifei also supported the appointment of Li Xuanfei as empress, and the two sides sang a song and blew wind in Guangzong's ear, especially when Emperor Taichang was sick, the two stepped up their activities. However, due to the opposition of the courtiers, zheng's appointment as empress dowager was eventually blocked, and Li Xuanshi was even more unscrupulous because he controlled the heir to the throne, Zhu Youxiao. Dissatisfied with the appointment of himself as an imperial concubine, he forced Zhu Changluo to make her empress, and pulled the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Youxiao, to speak for himself, which made Zhu Youxiao involuntarily tell the courtiers that he wanted to be made empress. However, at this time, there was no order from the emperor, and it was impossible to act hastily, so the first assistant of the cabinet, From Zhe zai, went to the bed to inform the emperor, and the emperor reiterated the order of the Li clan as an imperial concubine, and soon after announcing this will, Emperor Taichang died.
Due to the sudden death of the emperor, there were no ministers waiting around, let alone any last words, and Li Xuan was living in the Qianqing Palace, the first to receive the news, she thought that her opportunity had come, she immediately made arrangements, he firmly controlled the crown prince in his hands, and ordered the eunuchs to hold wooden sticks, forbidding the ministers to enter, ready to blackmail and force the ministers to agree to her request. Can this action of Li Xuanshi really work? In fact, the news of the emperor's death soon reached the ears of the courtiers, who invariably rushed to the Qianqing Palace. Unexpectedly, at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, a group of eunuchs armed with wooden sticks were seen, and no one was allowed to enter, and the ministers knew that it was Li Xuanshi who had done the tricks. The chancellor Yang Liansu, who was known for his loyalty and bravery, was even more furious at this time, and he rushed forward to push away the eunuch who was guarding the door, and went straight into the palace, and the ministers also rushed in.
During the farewell ceremony of the body, it was found that the eldest son of the emperor did not stand in front of the spirit, and there was no trace of him. After the ceremony, Liu Yijing, the second assistant of the cabinet, immediately asked the eunuchs around the emperor, but they all answered the questions, at which time the eunuch Wang An came forward and quietly told him: "The eldest son of the emperor has been hidden by Li Xuan. This angered Liu Yijing, who couldn't help but roar, "Who dares to hide the new Heavenly Son?" Wang An advised the ministers to wait outside first, and he went inside to try to get the crown prince out. Wang Anru saw Li Xuanshi in the inner palace, told her that the group of ministers wanted to see the emperor's eldest son Zhu Youxiao, and explained to her: "Now that the emperor's eldest son is not a concubine, nor has he been officially appointed as the crown prince, it is not a way to let the group of ministers see him, and it is necessary for him to go out to meet the powerful ministers." Li Xuanshi was momentarily moved by Wang An, so he called out Zhu Youxiao and asked him to meet the Qunchen.
After a while, Li Xuanshi suddenly realized that he had been deceived, but it was too late, and the ministers made arrangements after Wang An left, and as soon as the emperor's eldest son came out, the ministers immediately shouted long live and helped Zhu You to the imperial palace that had already been prepared outside the Qianqing Palace. In this way, Zhu Yu was rescued from Li Xuan's hands. Li Xuanshi lost this, lost the emperor's eldest son, an important chip, and could not help but be ashamed and angry, in order to compete for power, she repeatedly fought with the group of ministers, but failed one after another, and finally she only had one last move, that is, Lai did not leave in the Qianqing Palace.
Originally, the Qianqing Palace in the inner court could only be inhabited by the emperor, and the empress could also live here, and once the emperor died, even the empress dowager had no right to live here for a long time. Now Li Xuanshi was going to use the Qianqing Palace as a bargaining chip, and his intention was obvious, that is, to make Zhu Youxiao crown herself empress dowager and Zheng Guifei as empress dowager, so that after Zhu Youxiao took the throne, she would practice a double curtain to listen to the government, which made her have no fear, thinking that as the widow of the former emperor, she would throw a splash alone and make the courtiers unable to help her. In the face of the group of courtiers urging the palace to move, she ignored it and blindly delayed.
At that time, the ministers were divided into two factions, one was the orthodox faction represented by Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian, who demanded that Li Xuanshi move the palace immediately, and the wording in the song was very strong. The other faction was the procrastination faction represented by Fang Congzhe, the head of the cabinet, who had been attached to Zheng Guifei and his gang in the past, and also had certain contacts with Li Xuanshi, but under the circumstances at that time, he did not dare to openly support Li Xuanshi, but he believed that the matter of moving the palace should not be rushed. In this way, the two factions argue with each other and do not give in to each other. In the blink of an eye, the time for the new Tianzi to ascend the throne was approaching, and just the day before he ascended the throne, Li Xuanshi instead released the wind and said that he was entrusted by the former emperor to take care of Zhu Youxiao, and now that Zhu Youxiao had ascended the throne as emperor, he could still be entrusted to her care, and this attempt to control the new emperor and meddle in the government of the dynasty was immediately opposed by the ministers.
On the same day, the courtiers gathered at the Qianqing Palace unanimously, demanding that Li Xuanshi immediately move out, and the clamor reached the inner court, and some people even announced on the spot that if Li Xuanshi did not move out of the Qianqing Palace, they would not leave today. In the face of such a wave of opposition, Li Xuanshi was really a little afraid, and in the case of all kinds of evasion, she had no choice but to rush out of the Qianqing Palace with a group of eunuchs and palace women. However, the relocation case did not end there. Soon, Li Xuanshi ordered the eunuchs to send out a message, saying that the ministers had forced themselves to have no way out, contrary to the will of the former emperor, and it was also said that Li Xuanshi almost committed suicide.
At this moment, Yushi Jia Jichun took the opportunity to play a book, accusing the ministers of their actions, and even reprimanding the Emperor Tianzi. This omission caused an uproar, and because Jia Jichun had always been dependent on Fang Congzhe and had close relations with Zheng Guifei and Li Xuanshi, he was accused of being a traitor by the Qunchen. The matter became more and more noisy, and it had to be resolved by Emperor Xizong Zhu, who had just succeeded to the throne. He supported the orthodox opinion, counted the various crimes of Li Xuanshi, and exposed the fact that she had bullied and beat her birth mother Wang Xuanshi, causing her birth mother Wang Shi to die of hatred, and finally Emperor Xizong announced the removal of Li Xuanshi from all titles, and then repeatedly reprimanded Jia Jichun, and soon Jia Jichun was deposed and the case of moving to the palace ended.
Historically, the "Red Pill Case", the "Palace Transfer Case", and the "Strike Case" are referred to as the three cases at the end of the Ming Dynasty. All three cases seem to be inextricably linked to Emperor Zheng's concubines. However, there is no conclusive evidence to prove that this is Zheng Guifei's doing, or instigation, which has left various mysteries for future generations, and also provided a lot of creative space for literature and art, and these three cases have had a major impact on the politics of the ming dynasty.
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