Jing Zhai is a very small pavilion located behind the Qinzheng Palace, the decoration is simple and elegant, if the first person enters this room, without knowing who the owner of the house is, will definitely conclude that this is a small study room specially reserved for the children of ordinary families to study at home.

The four walls are clear and do not see any decorations, the ground is paved with bluestone, a table, a chair and a bed, and a large bookshelf occupies a whole half of the wall. The furniture is very simple and not even decorated. On the top, where the varnish is simply brushed, the texture of the wood is clearly visible.

The only extravagant furnishing is a Boshan stove on the desk, which burns with the scent of green clay.

This is the incense burned by the master of the study in order to clear the mind and calm the air.

This is the study of Emperor Zhengxi.

It is very rare for the emperor to summon his courtiers in Jingzhai.

Because the emperor handles official affairs in the Qinzheng Palace, Jingzhai is a place for him to escape from heavy official affairs, which is his private space. It is said that he recited poems and paintings here, drank with his favorite concubines, and talked all night. The only thing that doesn't happen here is the office.

So, summoning the minister here overnight, is it for official or private business?

No one would believe that the emperor would be in the mood to summon his ministers to drink tea and wine or play the piano and paint overnight.

Therefore, when Yin Wenhua and Yuan Lingyun followed the footsteps of the guide waiter to this point, they both stopped and looked up at the high place in unison. The lintel is not high, the study is actually a small house opened up by the architect using a small space between the Qinzheng Hall and the back building, hidden under the elbows and armpits of many tall buildings, very inconspicuous, it is said that there were assassins who broke into the palace late at night to assassinate, and walked all over the front and rear halls and houses, but they failed to find the Zhengxi Emperor, precisely because he happened to be busy hiding in Jingzhai that night to read books.

His gaze stopped for a moment from the word "Jing" in Jing Zhai, and then Yin Wenhua and Yuan Lingyun's eyes met.

Now the situation, when they met in the early years, at least they could say hello in the early years, the superficial politeness is gone, and now it is like fire and water.

Yuan Lingyun snorted first.

Yin Wenhua was unwilling to suffer, and snorted coldly from his nose.

If you don't pee on me, I won't pee on you.

You look at me unpleasantly, why should I look at you pleasing to the eye!

However, the emperor summoned the ministers here, and he still summoned them urgently overnight, depending on the situation.

"Two adults, the emperor is waiting. Liu Changhuan hunched his waist, like a slippery fish paddling through the dark night. He made a gesture of invitation and gently lifted the corner of the curtain.

There was only one lamp in the room, the light was as small as a bean, and the figure under the lamp was blurred by the light, and the man in the blur was looking at the two ministers who were slowly crossing the bluestone threshold.

The two Xiangguo entered the door, and the thin cotton curtain behind them fell silently like water, and the small door also quietly closed from the outside.

Liu Changhuan's waist slowly straightened up, and then sat under the threshold, guarding the small door diligently like a little chamberlain who had just entered the palace and was bullied everywhere and was only worthy of keeping vigil.

Jingzhai is very quiet, and time flows in the sound of everyone's heartbeat.

In front of the desk, two old figures stood on the left and right.

Both of them looked at the tip of their noses, looking like they were settled by the old monk without distractions.

The thirty-five-year-old face behind the desk was pale from the continuous exertion of the recent days.

At the door, Liu Changhuan seemed to be leaning on the threshold and dozing off for a long time, but in fact, his ears were darkly erected, holding his breath and listening to the conversation in the room.

This may be a night talk related to the direction of the national fortunes of Dongliang country, and it is also a long talk related to the lives and rights and interests of countless people.

Time flies so slowly.

Liu Changhuan felt sleepy.

But there was still no movement inside.

It was as if it was just an empty room.

Too sleepy - the emperor must be even more sleepy, he hasn't slept well for a month, sometimes think about the emperor is actually quite pitiful, being the emperor is too tired, and these tired, people outside can't see - Liu Changhuan quietly covered a big yawn in the heart of his hands.

"Speak—" was the Emperor's voice, who was finally the first to break the silence.

He looked at the two ministers, and he was actually very angry when he saw their faces, but even if this anger broke his stomach, he could only hold it in his heart, otherwise they would say that you have no bearing and no temperament, so his voice sounded without the slightest emotion, "I invite you two to come here at this moment, because I want to hear your opinions on today's court discussion." ”

Sure enough, it was for the daytime. Liu Changhuan opened his eyes, the night sky was clear, and the stars were blinking.

The Emperor's voice was soft, but it sounded clear in the stillness of the night.

There is only one content in today's court discussion, that is, the offensive of the Moro Kingdom on the land of Dongliang has not been effectively contained, but on the contrary, it is constantly deteriorating, and there is a danger of dragging most of the Dongliang Kingdom into war.

The military forces in the southwest were all in the hands of Luo Jian, and Luo Jian, who concealed the military situation and resisted passively at the beginning, was not punished by the imperial court, on the contrary, the imperial court gave him the greatest trust and let him lead the southwest army to meet the enemy, which was equivalent to entrusting the entire territory of the three southwestern states to him.

Luo Jian, who had high hopes, failed to repay the emperor and the court with the same achievements, but retreated one after another, and unfavorable news kept coming. The Flying Dragons of the Southwest Battalion sent letters one after another, reinforcements, reinforcements, reinforcements! The Southwest needs reinforcements! The army, grain and grass, all need reinforcements in large numbers!

This annoyed the emperor very much, after the establishment of the Dongliang state, the retention of military strength was based on the strength of the surrounding countries and the threat capabilities posed, as well as the needs of the defense and defense of the country's Kyushu, and the current military layout was built. According to strict calculations, such a layout is sufficient to maintain a country's internal and external security.

But now Luo Jian and the Southwest Battalion are not only unable to maintain the security of that territory, but also unable to effectively resist the enemy, and not only do they require backup, this gap is very large, and it must be difficult to mobilize enough men, horses, grain and grass in a short period of time. Of course, this difficulty is also easy to solve, that is, to mobilize the Beijing Central Battalion, and the strength of the Beijing Central Battalion can fully meet Luo Jian's gap.

Although there were still royal guards left in the capital, as well as private guards kept by the royal nobles and ministers, according to the ancestral system, the royal family had the right to mobilize these private forces to protect the royal security in the event of a palace crisis.

When he was a child, the emperor took him to read the history of the previous dynasty, and he once pointed to the portrait of the last emperor and told him that this little prince was the emperor because he was gullible in believing his subordinates and handed over the army guarding Gyeonggi.

"Remember, as an emperor, you always have the people in mind, but you must first ensure your own safety. How can an emperor who can't even protect himself talk about protecting his subjects in the whole world!" The emperor taught his son earnestly.

Therefore, in the face of the southwest battalion's request for help, he repeatedly hesitated and was difficult to decide.

Moreover, once the battalion in Beijing is transferred, who can take care of the stability of the other six states behind him, especially the small countries in the east that have been preparing to move, if they take the opportunity to make a mess and launch an attack, won't they be ignored by the enemy on their backs?

Therefore, the camp in Beijing cannot be moved.

A more important reason why the camp in Beijing could not move was because the capital eunuch was Li Dunian.

Luo Jian came out of Bai Shuai's subordinates back then, and so did Li Dunian.

The subordinates who were also old marshals now choose a completely different path.

Luo Jian is Yin Xiangguo's person, which is well known to both the government and the opposition.

Li Dunian, Li Dunian is not clear at the moment.

This is not clear, and it is a little subtle.

Although on the surface, everyone is saying in a grand manner that they are all courtiers of the country, pillars of the imperial court, in front of tolerance, eating public meals, naturally belong to the Dongliang Kingdom, and even more to him Emperor Zhengxi.

However, it is a well-known axiom that many forces have been separated, intersected and relied on each other above the temples and outside the rivers and lakes, and the development of the country has always been difficult to advance in an intricate network of relationships.

Yin Wenhua is good at forming parties for personal gain, he has quietly woven an impermeable network of contacts for himself over the years, from top to bottom, from the court to the rivers and lakes, his manpower is everywhere, bright and dark, some can be seen by outsiders, and those hidden in the shadows may not be fully grasped by him, the king of a country. Of course, this made him helpless, but he was also vigilant and took due precautions.

Yuan Lingyun is completely innocent as water?

Naturally not.

If this is the case, then it is not normal, because in a political ecological relationship, if you want to survive, you have to play according to the rules of this game, otherwise there is only one result, out.

Li Dunian was not recommended by Yuan Lingyun.

It was arranged by Emperor Zhengxi to serve as the capital supervisor of the camp in Beijing.

Herein lies the subtlety of things.

If Li Dunian clearly followed Yuan Lingyun's path, then he would be calm here.

If Yuan Lingyun stood up and spoke for Li Dunian's future, even if it was just a little mention, he could accept it in his heart.

The problem is that after all these years, Li Dunian has never shown any signs of standing in Yuan Lingyun's camp, and from Yuan Lingyun's attitude, he can't see his concern for Bai Shuai's old department.

They handle the relationship in such a way that there is nothing to say.

It is this kind of pure clarity that makes it difficult for him to be sure.

When the water is clear, there are no fish, this is an eternal truth.

Also, what is the attitude of Li Dunian and the old marshal Bai Feng over the years? Is it that they have not broken off contacts at all as on the surface, and no longer have any relationship, or do they continue to communicate with each other secretly, and may even secretly cooperate at critical moments to do great things that shake the foundation of his Zhengxi Dynasty?

Everything is difficult to determine.

Just because this can't be sure, he has actually been hanging a heart all these years, Bai Feng's handsome seal has been taken and hung in the hands of him, the emperor, and there has been no new marshal for a long time over the years, on the surface, he should be able to sleep peacefully with his head in his hands, but only he understands in his heart that in fact, he still can't eat and sleep well all these years, as long as he thinks that Bai Feng is still alive in the world, his influence is still circulating in the army, and there may be all kinds of hidden expectations surging in secret, then, his throne has always been a threat.

This is the fundamental reason why he refuses to allow reinforcements from the battalion in Beijing, and if he wants to send more manpower, he will inevitably have to hang up the handsome seal, and where is the candidate for the commander? Luo Jian or Li Dunian? In the current situation, Luo Jian has lost his qualifications, and only Li Dunian is left. So, once this heavy handsome seal is handed over to Li Dunian, what does it mean, and what kind of movements will occur in the future, it is difficult to predict.

He can't be careless.

Moreover, this time Yuan Lingyun's attitude was very clear, and he leaned towards Li Dunian with all his might.

Is it for the overall interests of the family and the country, or is the secret that has been hidden for many years finally about to surface?

Another one can't be sure.

These are extremely frustrating and unspeakable uncertainties!