When Emperor Guangzong Zhu Changluo died, his eldest son Zhu Youxiao was sixteen years old, and during his lifetime, Emperor Guangzong made it clear to his courtiers that he would inherit the throne, and asked the ministers to assist him as a sage like Yao Shun. Therefore, it was logical for Zhu Youxiao to become emperor. However, Li Xuanshi was quite ambitious, pretending to be his mother's queen and waiting for an opportunity to intervene in the government. As a result, fierce clashes with upright officials ensued, and the struggle between emperor Xizong's ascension to the throne was fraught with struggle. Another famous event in the history of the Ming Dynasty, the case of the transfer of the palace, occurred from this.
The palace transfer case is the last of the three cases at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which is divided into two cases. The former occurred before the Red Pill case, had little impact, and can only be counted as a prelude; The latter one is very close to the Red Pill case, and the struggle caused by it is more intense.
Moving the palace means that people who should not live in the Qianqing Palace occupy it, and the officials who maintain the unification let them move out. As soon as the two sides come and go, bargaining, it is inevitable that many things will arise. The Qianqing Palace in the imperial city is like the Imperial Pole Hall in the outer court, only the emperor and empress are eligible to live, and other concubines can only live temporarily, which is used to avoid suspicion and show respect and inferiority. The status of the Qianqing Palace was so prominent that it naturally made many concubines yearn for it.
In the first year of Taichang (1620), after the death of Empress Wang, Emperor Shenzong was also bedridden. Concubine Zheng Guifei moved in as a servant. After the death of Emperor Shenzong on July 19, Princess Zheng Guifei, who knew that the Qianqing Palace was a symbol of imperial power, did not move there, and it turned out that she was colluding with Li Xuanshi to have a plot. Emperor Guangzong remained at Ciqing Palace on August 1, after he ascended the throne. The Son of Heaven could not enter the Qianqing Palace, the etiquette was contrary to the law, and the emperor's position was not correct, which was really intolerable in the feudal dynasty. Although the Qunchen were extremely anxious, Zheng Guifei refused to move out, but instead released her words. It was necessary for the new monarch to make her empress dowager and Li Xuanshi to be made empress before he was willing to move to the palace. Fang Congzhe had no choice but to temporarily agree, but the other ministers argued on the basis of reason and would never give in, and the matter of sealing was set aside.
The officials Shangshu Zhou Jiamo, BingKe Zhizhong Yang Lian, and Yushi Zuo Guangdou were quite concerned about the transfer of the palace. After the three of them consulted with other officials. Yu Qing Jiamu came forward to summon Concubine Zheng's nephew Zheng Yangsheng and tell him what was at stake. He asked him to tell the Zheng clan that if he knew about it, he would quickly move the palace, or he would set himself on fire, and then it would be too late to regret it. Zheng Guifei felt that things were not good, so she obediently moved to the Cining Palace, but her ambitions were still not dead. In this way, the Guangzong sect, who was a few heavens, finally lived in the Qianqing Palace. Since Emperor Guangzong had not been made empress during his lifetime, the former crown princess Guo Shi had died seven years earlier, and he was moved with him by his favorite Li Xuanshi. Li Xuanshi was beautiful in appearance and very intelligent, especially able to please Guangzong. However, she was arrogant, and a few years ago she bullied Zhu Youxiao's birth mother, Wang Shi, causing her to die in anger, and later those who ignored Li Xuan's attendants regarded "beating the Virgin" as a crime against her.
The ambitious Li Xuanshi was very keen on power and status, and when Guangzong had just ascended the throne, he could not wait to become empress, and repeatedly asked Guangzong for the title. According to the custom, only the wives and concubines of the prince are to be called the crown princess, and the others can only be called elected servants. Once the crown prince takes the throne, the crown princess will become the empress in name only, the ceremony is relatively simple, and the new king canonize according to the custom; The elected attendant can also be promoted to an ordinary imperial concubine, and if you want to become a noble concubine, you must be drafted by the cabinet before you can be established.
The crown princess had long since passed away, and when Emperor Guangzong succeeded to the throne, there was really no one in the middle palace, but the election was always a major event, and the requirements for character, talent, and family lineage were very strict, in contrast, the conditions for Li Xuanshi were far from enough. Under the pressure of Li Xuanshi, Guangzong had to order the Ministry of Ceremonies several times to discuss the issue of giving her a title. On August 10, although Emperor Guangzong was not in good health, he still passed on the edict to the Ministry of Rites, saying that Li Xuan was very hard to serve himself, and after the death of the emperor's eldest son and mother, he entrusted her to raise her according to the will of emperor Xian, and Li Shi treated her as such, and the merit was great, and he should be named an imperial concubine, and Qin Tianjian had no choice but to choose the sixth day of the first month of September to hold a canonization ceremony.
On the twenty-fifth day, Emperor Guangzong's cabinet ministers, ministers, and nine secretaries went to the imperial bed, and he told the courtiers that Li Xuanshi had not raised children several times, and only one daughter immediately passed on the emperor's eldest son to come out to meet him, and Guangzong Yi said that the fifth son of the emperor also lost his husband and mother, and was raised by Li Xuanshi, and then passed on the fifth son of the emperor to come out to meet. Guangzong's repeated service for Li Xuan was actually planned by Li Shi behind the scenes. On the twenty-sixth day, Emperor Guangzong summoned his ministers at the Qianqing Palace and ordered that Li Xuanshi be crowned as soon as possible, and that the minister of ceremonies, Sun Ruyou, should be appointed empress dowager, and that the ceremonial department should wait for the ceremony of the four to be held before handling the matter. If it is the merit of protecting the crown prince, the sooner Li Xuanqiu should be crowned, the better, and he can obey the request of qin tianjian. Emperor Guangzong then ordered that the canonization ceremony be held on the previously set date, and Emperor Guangzong proposed the canonization of Li Xuanshi in this righteousness. It was really impossible to resist Li Shi's repeated knocks on the side, and Li Xuanshi was anxious to become empress. In fact, he wanted to share the government affairs with Guangzong and satisfy his desire for power. Twenty-nine days. The day before Emperor Guangzong's death, when he summoned all the ministers, he made a holy decree to crown Li Xuanchuan as an imperial concubine. Guangzong's voice did not fall. Hiding to eavesdrop, Li Shi separated the curtain, called the emperor's eldest son in, hurriedly said a few words and pushed him out. The emperor's eldest son, Dai Li, told Emperor Guangzong that he was not a concubine of the emperor, but an empress. See this scenario. The ministers looked at each other in amazement, and even Guangzong changed his color greatly, so angry that he did not say a word, so that Li Xuanshi's ambitions were exposed, and in the opposition of the monarchs and courtiers, her plan to ennoblish the empress was ultimately not realized. The next morning, Guangzong died. Not only did Li Xuanshi not receive the title of empress, but even the ceremony of crowning the imperial concubine was not held. However, her pursuit of power did not diminish in the past, and after plotting with her confidant Li Jinzhong (later the leader of the castrated party Wei Zhongxian) and others, she tried to "blackmail the emperor's eldest son to respect himself", thus casting a heavy shadow on the upcoming succession of Zhu You. According to the regulations, once Emperor Guangzong died, Li Xuanshi, who was not eligible to live in the Qianqing Palace, should move out and live with the new emperor. Li Shi learned the hand of Zheng Guifei and insisted on not moving. Moreover, Zhu Yu was left by his side and he was not allowed to go out casually.
On September 1, Yang Lian learned of Guangzong's death. The loyal minister was not alarmed, and he summoned Zhou Jiamu and Li Ruhua to discuss countermeasures. Yang Lian analyzed the situation at that time, believing that Li Xuanshi was not a person who could entrust the young lord, and should take decisive measures, and when he immediately asked to see the heir, the mountain called out to reassure the people, and then surrounded the crown prince out of the palace and moved to the Ciqing Palace to avoid danger and protect the world. Zhou and Li thought that what Yang Lian said was extremely true, so they told Fang Congzhe about it. After summoning the ministers, Yang Lian led them to the gate of the Qianqing Palace. The gatekeeper eunuch opened his teeth and claws to block the way. Yang Lian stepped forward and scolded loudly, the emperor originally summoned us here. Now that the Emperor has died and the Heir is young, what do you want to do when you keep the door from letting us go in and cry? The eunuch who heard the words and retreated, and the people came to the palace. After crying, Yang Lian and the others asked to see the emperor's eldest son. However, the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Youxiao, was stopped by Li Xuanshi in the Dongnuan Pavilion and could not meet with the Qunchen. Wang An, the old bodyguard of the Eastern Palace, told everyone the truth, and he went in to trick Li Shi, saying that the eldest son of the emperor would return after seeing the courtiers. Wang An then carried Zhu Youxiao out, and when the courtiers saw it, they immediately prostrated their heads and shouted long live. Zhu Yu even said that he did not dare to be. The courtiers invited him to go to the Wenhua Hall together, and the eldest son of the emperor, who knew the sinister situation, did not hesitate, and Wang An hugged him. Cabinet minister Liu Yi exploded his left arm. Zhang Weixian, a courtier, took his right arm and walked towards the Wenhua Hall. At this time, the internal attendant Li Jinzhong and others sent orders from Li Xuanzhong several times. Trying to recall the Emperor's eldest son, he asked the courtiers where to take the Emperor's eldest son hostage. Yang Lian stood up again, righteously reprimanded him, and the crowd was able to support Zhu Youxiao to the Imperial Palace to the Wenhua Hall. In the Mandarin Hall, Zhu Yu sat facing the south of the school, and the courtiers asked him to take the throne on the same day, but he was refused, so he passed on the new king to the throne a few days later. Later, the courtiers hugged Zhu Youxue to ciqing palace. Halfway through, Li Xuanshi was not willing to accept such a defeat, and constantly sent people to urge the emperor's eldest son to return to Qianqing officials, and his plot was self-evident. Liu Yibang told Zhu Youxiao that there was no silence in the Qianqing Palace now, and His Highness temporarily lived here. Zhou Jiatan solemnly told Zhu Youxiao that his highness's body was now the body of the sheji god who had entrusted him with heavy responsibilities, and could not be moved lightly; Even if you go to the Qianqing Palace to cry, you must wait for the group of courtiers to arrive before you can go. Zhu Yu nodded in agreement. Yang Lian told the internal servants that the affairs outside the palace were the responsibility of the courtiers. Protecting the emperor is the responsibility of the courtiers, each with its own special responsibilities, and everyone cannot relax a little. Wang An and the others enthusiastically agreed, and the group of ministers left with confidence. The Crown Prince is in place, and there is debate over when he will ascend the throne. Some ministers suggested that it be held on the same day, and Zhu Yu once again sent a message to express disagreement. Yang Lian advocated a postponement, believing that his father was in a hurry to come to the court before his death was lost, and the etiquette was inconsistent. His claim was naturally inappropriate at the time. At that time, there was chaos inside and outside the palace, and people's hearts were uncertain. The foundation of the emperor's eldest son is not solid, and only by ascending the throne quickly is the best policy, otherwise, the night long dream is afraid of changes. Shaoqing Xu Yangliang and Yushi Zuo Guangdou were very dissatisfied with Yang Lian's views and scolded him in person for bad things. Only then did Yang realize the seriousness of the situation and ordered Jin Yiwei to strengthen the protection of the emperor's eldest son.
The group of ministers decided to take the throne on the sixth day of the first month, but it was necessary to let Li Xuanshi move the palace and Fang Xian's bright and upright, and on the second day of the first month, Zhou Jiamu, Zuo Guangdou and other important ministers asked Li Xuan to move the palace. Zuo Guangdou's sparse appearance has weight, and boldly exposes Li Xuanshi's conspiracy and trickery, prompting Zhu Youxiao to wake up violently. He said: The Qianqing Palace is of an important position and is by no means inhabitable by ordinary people. Now that Emperor Xian has passed away, Li Shi is neither an empress nor the eldest son and mother of the emperor, but lives in the Qianqing official. His Highness resided in the Ciqing Palace and could not guard the spirit of the former emperor and perform great gifts, so the name was reversed and people were confused. And the stock is sixteen years old, and there are people inside and outside to assist, and there is no need to carry anyone on his back. The request to make Li a noble concubine was granted only when Emperor Xian was dying. It is conceivable that the purpose of this can be imagined, and the former emperor could practice it in the name of gifts during his lifetime. And His Highness is in power, and there is a reason not to carry it out. If we don't make a decision early, the disaster caused by Wu Zetian will repeat itself today!" The manuscripts of these days were sent to the Ciqing Palace after being sent to the Qingqing Palace by The Qianqing officials. Li Xuan saw Zuo Guang: Dou's song was greatly ignited and wanted to summon Zuo Guang Dou to kill a hundred. But Zuo Guangdou did not listen to his call, claiming that he was the judge of the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven could not summon him. Li Shi became more and more angry, and Li Jinzhong once again offered a plan, believing that as long as he tricked Zhu Youxiao and controlled him, he would be able to kill Zuo Guangdou and still be able to listen to the government. However, the clever Zhu Yu school refused to go, but only sent someone to take the song, and after reading it, he quite appreciated Zuo Guangdou's opinion, and in turn advised Li Shi to move the palace as soon as possible. The Lord said that he had decreed that the palace should be moved, and that you could no longer prevaricate. As for the matter of canonization, since it is more difficult to say that it is difficult to call the honorable and inferior, the Ministry of Orders and Ceremonies will discuss it again. Same. His Highness is about to ascend the throne, and there are gods and goddesses and the support of the courtiers, what is the use of asking Li Xuanshi! I heard that she was not loyal and patriotic, and if she was crowned a noble concubine, she might take the opportunity to seize power. With caution, this matter should be stopped. The banknote was sent, which was in line with Zhu You's wishes. That is why there is the canonization mentioned in the encyclical.
On the fourth day of the first month, at the instigation of Li Xuanshi, the palace attendants were furious and threatened to arrest Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou. On this day, Yang Lian happened to meet Li Jinzhong in the palace and asked Li Xuan when he would move to the palace. Li Jinzhong shook his head continuously, saying that Niangniang was furious, and now their mother and son lived in the first palace,
He was trying to hold Zuo Guangdou accountable for the disaster of the Wu Hou. Yang Lian was greatly annoyed by this, and told him about the great righteousness and harm, and warned that the eldest son of the emperor was old, and those who did not do evil should be afraid and frightened. As a result, Li Jinzhong stopped saying a word and sneaked away. At this time, hui Shiyang, a scientific officer, came over nervously and said that when he heard the news, Li Xuanshi was going to listen to the government and arrest Zuo Guangdou. Yang Lian told him that there was no such thing. Regarding the matter of moving the palace, Li Xuan used the method of "dragging" to deal with it. She did not say that she would not move, but she did not move, and from time to time it was said that the move to the palace must be postponed. And pinned his hopes on Fang Congzhe. Fang Congzhe ostensibly firmly advocated moving the palace, but also advocated that it should not be pushed too tightly, and might as well delay it for a few days. The fifth day of the first month is the last moment, and tomorrow the new monarch will take the throne. Li Xuanshi still had no intention of moving the palace. Yang Lian gathered here
Qinggong was very anxious and discussed countermeasures together. Yang Lian immediately went to the stage, saying that the situation was grim and that Li Xuanshi had to move to the palace today. After the recital was presented, he went to urge Fang Congzhe, but the latter advised everyone that it would not be too late to wait until the ninth and twelfth days of the first month. The second assistant Liu Yibang could no longer hold back, and argued loudly with Fang Congzhe, and Yang Lian also said that the important matter of moving the palace could not be delayed for a moment.
At this time, In order to save the situation, Li Xuanshi sent people around. In the palace, some eunuchs said that Li Shi was also a guchen. Yang was furious and asked them whose Feng Lu they were eating. Liu Yibang and Zhou Jiamu also helped him speak. The contradictions between the opposing sides are becoming more and more intense, and it is likely to trigger a palace coup. For a moment, the noise reached the depths of the palace. Zhu Yu heard the noise and passed yang lian out of the official. Yang Lian vigorously resisted the neglect and believed that it was necessary to move the palace. He was righteous and resolute, and Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to order Li Shi to move his official position on the same day. Li Xuanshi saw that the situation was not good, and if he insisted on it, I was afraid that there would be no good end, so he could only obediently move out. Re-residence in the Palace of the Luan.
On the sixth day of the first month, Zhu Yu successfully took the throne as scheduled, which was for Yingzong. Changed his year name to Heavenly Revelation and lived in the Qianqing Palace. From the death of Emperor Guangzong to the ascension of Emperor Jiazong to the throne in just six days. In order to stabilize the crisis in the official government, the minister Yang Lian worked tirelessly to run around and exerted all his efforts, and only after the crisis passed did he find that his beard and hair had turned white. When Yang Lian and others forced Li Xuan to move the palace, they did not compromise on the one hand, and on the other hand, they advocated that she be properly placed after moving out. Just as Li Shi moved out of the Qianqing Palace, Yang Lian informed the courtiers that Li Xuan's failure to move officials was disrespectful to the Heavenly Son; However, since you want to move out, there should be a place to arrange, and you need to be taken care of by everyone, and don't let the internal servants take the opportunity to retaliate. This proposition was both thoughtful and prudent, consistent with the moral norms of the time, and conducive to political stability. But at that time, the situation was complicated, and what Yang Lian was worried about still happened. Due to the haste of transferring officials, the palace was in chaos at that time, and some internal servants took the opportunity to steal treasures. Some eunuchs, because of the weight of the things in their arms, fell on the road, and the gold and silver jewels were scattered on the ground for others to detect. At that time, Liu Xun, Liu Chao, and others were arrested, and since then, eunuchs have also been captured, and these people are Li Xuanshi's personal eunuchs. After Jiazong received the report, he was furious and ordered them to be handed over to the Judicial Department for strict handling. Unexpectedly, these internal attendants had a good friendship with the officials of the Punishment Department, and when they went there to make a point, they were safe and sound, and they were the same as Li Xuan. Dissatisfied with his own loss of power, he spread rumors that Li Shi, who had been expelled from the palace, hanged himself and his empress's eighth sister was thrown into a well and died. Rumors spread to Yushi Jia Jichun, who had always drilled the camp, and he thought that the opportunity could not be lost, and the time would not come again, and this good opportunity for promotion and merit "must not be missed." So he went to the cabinet and blamed the Qunchen for not advising the emperor not to persuade the emperor not to force shupai away with the story of Emperor Guangzong's treatment of Concubine Zheng Guifei, and saw that Zhou Chen was transferred from the middle, so that Li Xuan's attendant would eventually enjoy his life, and the eighth sister of the emperor would not be surprised. At that time, the portal was quite insightful, and Jia Jichun's Shangshu was regarded as a defense of the traitorous party. As a last resort, Zuo Guangdou neglected to talk about and moved the palace to correct the situation. Emperor Jiazong sent an edict to Neitu, announcing that Li Xuanshi had bullied the Virgin, threatened the Former Emperor to seek the throne, and pointed out that Li Shi had been raised, and he himself respected her. After receiving the edict from Zhe, the first shop fang thought it was inappropriate and said that it was too exposed to the faults of the elders. He returned it with the right to seal it in his hand. Emperor Xizong refused to budge and insisted on copying out the Holy Will. At a court meeting, Zhou Chaorui and Jia Jichun quarreled, and it was quite fierce. The former scolds the latter. To call them disorderly being right and wrong is to be a traitor. The latter was not to be outdone, and wrote a counter-attack, in which the rumor was "The eighth sister of the Emperor of The Ling, who pities; The undead of Mei Sai are difficult to complain about" and other words are preached everywhere. For a time, no one knew about it, no one knew about it, and there was a lot of discussion about it. Yang Lian was afraid that Jia Jichun's statement would spread and bring endless disasters, so he went on the "Respectful Description of the Beginning and End of the Migration palace", which described in detail the situation before and after the transfer of officials. Emperor Xizong was overjoyed and issued an edict to commend him. The events are also detailed in the original text. At the moment of the edict, Jia Jichun and his cohorts were even more annoyed with Yang Lian, and Jia borrowed the opportunity to tour Jiangxi and hid, but secretly instructed people to slander Yang Jienei's servant Wang An's position as a plotter. Yang Lian was indignant and pleaded guilty, asking for his resignation. Emperor Xizong praised Yang Lian's loyalty, but at Yang's repeated insistence, he was allowed to return home temporarily.
In the spring of the following year, Jia Jichun returned home. The previous chapter shows that his previous resignation to the cabinet was based on the importance of national affairs. Emperor Xizong ordered him to be reprimanded, but the opportunistic Jia Jichun was still not dead-hearted, and Shangquan falsely claimed that the things he himself told were hearsay. Emperor Xizong was really furious with him and dismissed him from his post and never appointed him. In April of the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624), Fan Jishi, the young secretary of the Dali Temple, requested that Emperor Guangzong appoint Li Xuanshi as a concubine, but Emperor Xizong resolutely refused to allow it. Earlier, Emperor Xizong's old internal servant Wang An was stubborn and upright, and after Wei Zhongxian came to power, he was killed under false divine will. Just in time for Yang Lian to go up to the scene and expose Wei's twenty-four counts, Wei Zhongxian was even more annoyed and decided to murder Yang Lian. The following year, Young
Framed for Wei Zhongxian, he died in prison. In June of that year, Wei Zhongxian falsely passed on the holy will and re-discussed the matter of sealing Li Xuanshi, and the courtier Lin Yaoyu requested that it be canceled, but did not listen, and even crowned Li Shi as Concubine Kang. In December, Jia Jichun and other traitorous parties were revived, and a large number of loyal and righteous soldiers were attacked. Since then, the party struggle has become more and more intense. Looking at the "three cases" of the late Ming Dynasty, they are not too big events, but at that time, the dispute between the sects was quite prevalent, and it was not uncommon for the party to fight against each other, so that it was angry. Black and white are difficult to distinguish, and things are getting bigger and bigger. In particular, later, Wei Zhongxian took advantage of the fact that the "three cases" were more controversial, so he compiled a book called "Three Dynasties Essential Code" to crack down on the Donglin Party and make a plan to fight the net. To a certain extent, the three cases of the attack, the red pill, and the transfer of the palace affected the politics of the late Ming Dynasty, resulting in the emergence of party strife and the loss of the state.