Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Chang Yanxiao had regained consciousness at this time, and he didn't know why he changed his original intention. Not only did he not kill the ministers and the emperor, he even knelt down and repented to the emperor. It was simply not like what he had done.

Now that he saw Xiang Nan dispatching troops and generals, he knew what was about to happen.

Because the strength of Dongchang Fanzi and Black Flag Guards alone is simply not enough to compete with the Jin Yiwei and the Beijing Camp defenders. The reason why Dongchang was able to surpass all officials was because of the protection of the imperial power.

To be precise, it was because the emperor was indifferent and transferred power to them, so that they could hold the emperor hostage and order the princes. But now that the emperor has deprived them of their power, they immediately became homeless dogs.

Although a bereaved dog can jump over the wall in a hurry, its strength has greatly declined. If he had just gone all out to kill the ministers, kill the emperor, and establish a new emperor, there might have been a glimmer of hope, but now I am afraid that even this glimmer of hope is gone.

Therefore, in order to find a way to survive, he was about to summon him again when he suddenly felt a soreness in his acupuncture points, and his whole body was unable to move, standing there like a statue.

Fortunately, all the ministers were standing now, so his appearance was not conspicuous. Just like this, he can't think of making any more moves.

Soon, Menda led the Jin Yiwei, Cai Shaoping led the third squad of yamen, and Xu Huairen led the Beijing camp. King Qin of the Forbidden City came to the Forbidden City to escort them, and surrounded and killed Dongchang Fanzi and the Black Flag Guards.

The Dongchang Fanzi and the Black Flag Guards only numbered more than 2,000 people. They could take advantage of the chaos to attack the Forbidden City, but they couldn't fight against the Wanjing Camp defenders, no matter how high their martial arts skills were.

What's more, there were three squads of yamen servants from Jinyiwei and Shuntian Mansion, so they were defeated miserably after not holding on for long.

The siege continued until daylight. The shouts, cries, roars, and whines continued outside the palace gate and could be faintly heard inside the palace.

All the ministers were also horrified, facing such a bloody and brutal situation for the first time.

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After the destruction of the Dongchang and Black Flag teams, Menda, Cai Shaoping, Xu Huairen and others immediately entered the palace to see him.

"Three beloved ladies, please get up quickly. You have all worked hard!" Xiang Nan said with a smile, and then ordered the guards, "Drag Chang Yanxiao down and behead him in public."

The guards immediately stepped forward and dragged Chang Yanxiao down. After a while, his bloody head was brought into the palace. His eyes were wide open, with a look of death.

When the ministers saw it, their expressions changed slightly, and they faintly felt the emperor's cruelty.

Then Xiang Nan issued the three decrees after he ascended the throne.

The first decree is to confer titles on all the ministers, and all the participants in the incident of seizing the gate will be conferred titles and titles. As for non-participants, as long as they are willing to be loyal, they will retain their original official positions and will no longer be held accountable for their previous responsibilities, in order to appease their minds;

The second decree is to ban Dongchang. Dongchang was originally a department established by Emperor Yongle Zhu Di to control hundreds of officials. Its full name is "Dongji Shichang" and it was controlled by eunuchs.

The reason for this is that many eunuchs such as Zheng He and Wang Yan made outstanding contributions during the Jingnan Campaign. Therefore, Emperor Yongle trusted the eunuchs and was willing to reuse them.

But this also gave eunuchs the opportunity to participate in politics. Once the imperial power was weakened, these eunuchs might override the imperial power. Just like Liu Jin during the Zhengde period, Wei Zhongxian during the Tianqi period, etc. Therefore, the banning of Dongchang is to cure this problem.

The third decree was to change the eighth year of Jingtai to the first year of Tianshun, depose Emperor Jingtai as King Ye, and place him under house arrest in Yong'an Palace in the west.

After the three decrees were issued, all the officials knew that times had changed.

…

Xiang Nan then went to the palace to meet his biological mother, the Queen Mother.

The success of this coup was due to the support of the Empress Dowager Sun in the harem.

When mother and son meet, they naturally burst into mourning.

After all, since Zhu Qizhen was imprisoned in Nangong, mother and son had not seen each other for eight years.

"My son, I pay my respects to my mother~" Xiang Nan bowed and saluted.

"My child~" Queen Mother Sun also had tears in her eyes.

The two talked about their love for mother and son, during which it was inevitable that there would be some disagreements.

After all, Xiang Nan is not the real Zhu Qizhen, so many things are not clear. Fortunately, Queen Mother Sun did not become suspicious.

After all, the emperor had been imprisoned for eight years, and he had just ascended the throne today. His mind was confused and his memory was blurred. These were unprepared things.

It would be strange if he was still the same as he was eight years ago.

After meeting the Empress Dowager Sun, Xiang Nan met with his nominal son Zhu Jianshen, also known as Emperor Chenghua in history.

He and his son had not seen each other for eight years. The last time they were separated, Zhu Jianshen was only two years old and had no understanding of human affairs at all.

Therefore, they cried bitterly after the meeting. Later, Xiang Nan asked Zhu Jianshen about his homework and told him to study hard.

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After finishing all this, Xiang Nan then began to clean up the harem.

All the eunuchs in charge of the twelve eunuchs in the inner court were imprisoned by him.

The Twelve Prisons of the Inner Court were similar to the House of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty and were in charge of royal affairs. Including the ceremonial supervisor, the internal official supervisor, the royal supervisor, the royal horse supervisor, the Shanshan supervisor, etc., each supervisor has a eunuch with a palm seal in charge.

Among them, the Supervisor of Ceremonies has the greatest power because he has the power to criticize red officials. The so-called red criticism means that the emperor used red letters to comment on the memorials of the Ming Dynasty cabinet ministers.

Most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were lazy and lazy people, such as Zhengde, Jiajing, Wanli, Tianqi, etc. They were not willing to take the trouble to take charge of the government, so they gave the power of criticizing the red to the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

In this way, the eunuch in charge of the Li Supervisor became the de facto emperor, and naturally had great power.

They also used this opportunity to intervene in government affairs and intervene in military and state affairs, which led to frequent eunuch dictatorships in the Ming Dynasty.

In comparison, during the reign of the Twelve Emperors of the Qing Dynasty, no eunuch dared to monopolize power.

Even An Dehai, the most valued eunuch of the Empress Dowager Cixi, was beheaded by the governor Ding Baozhen not long after he left the palace and became arrogant, but the Empress Dowager Cixi did not dare to say a word.

Therefore, in order to put an end to the autocratic power of eunuchs, Xiang Nan naturally had to drastically reform the government.

As Emperor Jingtai and his concubines were moved into Yong'an Palace, Queen Qian, Concubine Zhou and other concubines in Nangong were invited back to the palace and returned to their own palaces as usual.

"Zitong, I have really wronged you for so many years." Xiang Nan said, holding Queen Qian's hand.

Queen Qian has been crying every day since Zhu Qizhen was captured by Wala, until she went blind in one eye. After arriving in Nangong, due to the pressure of life, he had to take Gong'e with him to embroider every day in order to exchange for food. As a result, he was extremely tired and sick.

Xiang Nan felt guilty looking at it.

"Your Majesty, don't say that. All my concubines are willing to do so. As long as the Emperor is well, that's all." Queen Qian waved her hand.

"Immediately declare the imperial doctor and treat the queen's illness well." Xiang Nan then ordered, "Zitong, you take good care of your health. I will not let you suffer any grievances again."