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Although the capital of the fourth watch is a little light, it is still shrouded in the aftermath of the dark night. The crescent moon on the horizon has become as thin as paper, and the clear light is no more.

In the haze, the huge figure of the Forbidden City is like a sleeping giant, although it still exudes an indescribable majesty, but it also exudes a bit of vicissitudes.

It took 14 years to complete the construction in the fourth year of Yongle, but only four years later, it was ravaged by a fire, and the first three palaces were destroyed, and I don't know if it meant anything.

And today, Huhu Ran has passed again, and the years have mottled the renovated palace again, just like the master in the palace.

In the Kunning Palace, Emperor Hongzhi sat in front of the bronze mirror with only his middle clothes and his hair scattered. Empress Zhang stood behind him, combing his hair with a jade comb.

At the door, several palace maids were waiting with copper basins, face towels and other things, and there was no sound. The only thing in the room was the red candle jumping, and occasionally the lamp burst out with a dumb sound.

In the silence, there is a warm atmosphere flowing slowly. Emperor Hongzhi had only one wife in his life, and the husband and wife were very close to each other, and the relationship was very deep.

At this moment, Empress Zhang gently combed her husband's hair, but suddenly her jade hand trembled and picked out a silver-white hair.

subconsciously looked at the bronze mirror opposite, but saw the person in the bronze mirror, and the temples were also mottled and scattered, and I couldn't help but feel sour.

He was just thirty years old, and a man who was standing at the age of thirty had so many gray hairs, which shows how hard he has come.

Thinking about how many hardships and hardships the two have experienced since they met and fell in love, I thought that he would become an emperor and finally be able to live with peace of mind, but he didn't think that his body was safe, but he governed a huge country, but he ruthlessly consumed this Langjun from the mental strength.

She only felt an irrepressible sadness surging up from her heart, her shoulders trembled slightly, but she bit her red lip desperately, so that the sadness would not be noticed by the people in front of her.

Hongzhi suddenly raised his head, looked at the person behind him with the bronze mirror and smiled, raised his hand, and gently patted the jade hand that was stagnant, but he didn't say anything.

The husband and wife have been connected for a long time. No matter how Empress Zhang hides it, how can she escape the detection of the person next to him?

"Queen, the hour is not early, I am going to the court. Sensing the person behind him, he trembled more and more urgently, and he had to remind lightly.

"Yes. Empress Zhang responded softly, tears rolling down her face, but her hands moved again, but in a moment, she had already tied her hair in a bun and cleaned up.

Hongji stood up, turned around and hugged his wife gently, then turned around and walked to the door, simply washed his face with cold water, and strode out the door. Outside the door, the eunuch Du Fu hurriedly bent over and kept up with small steps.

Hongji didn't look back at the queen again, but he knew that the queen at this moment must be looking at him stupidly.

He didn't dare to turn back, he was afraid that once he turned around, he would never be able to hold back again. Over the years, he has gradually begun to be a little tired of politics, and he is not as diligent as when he first ascended the throne.

He knew it wasn't good, but his physical energy couldn't keep up with the pace of consumption. Maybe it was the root of the disease that fell when he was young, he thought secretly. Thinking of the years of hardship and life, I sighed in my heart.

It is said that young people always look forward to the future, and only old people always recall the past. But he's only thirty years old, why is he more and more fond of memories lately?

This is really not good, well, I have to let the Heavenly Master see it again, but there is any elixir that can solve it. As he thought so, his feet became light again.

Like his father, he has now begun to ask the immortals, but he doesn't dare to publicize it. After all, the influence caused by his father back then was too great. Although after he ascended the throne, he expelled all the Taoists and killed some people, but honestly, it was just a political tactic, in order to entrap the courtiers.

Does the Son of Heaven need to care what the courtiers think? The answer is yes. Now these ministers are no longer the courtiers of the Taizu and Chengzu back then. They are always in a group, fighting all day long for such and such interests, making him, the emperor, scruples and bored.

"What's going on in the DPRK lately?" he asked as he walked slowly, thinking of the ministers.

Behind him, Du Fu's feet were swift but silent, like a ghost. But after Hongji's question rang out, he reacted immediately.

"Back to my grandfather's words, a while ago, Shandong suffered a military disaster, and many people were lost, resulting in a lot of barren farmland. Since this spring, not a drop of rain has fallen to this day, and it looks like a drought. ...... of the DPRK and China"

Speaking of this, he paused, peeked at the emperor's face, and then continued: "There are rumors in the court that this is a sign that the demon is about to appear, and it seems that there is quite a dispute. ”

After saying that, he was silent again, floating behind the emperor like a shadow.

Hongji was silent, noncommittal, but there was a trace of coldness in his eyes. In the Ming Dynasty, there were Jinyi Guards and Dongchang, and the movements in the court could not escape his ears and eyes. Although he has deliberately suppressed the power of the factory guards since he came to power, it still does not prevent him from firmly controlling this sharp sword.

Demon?" he sneered inwardly.

A while ago, someone took a little boy in Wuqing to talk about something, and was pressed down by himself and the mud. This time, he made a comeback through the Shandong disaster, and I don't know what the little boy did to be so worried about these high-ranking ministers.

Hey, I said I was thinking about that little boy, but I was afraid that the drunkard didn't mean to drink. They want to warn me and remind me not to learn from the emperor.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a sense of detachment. I have always been diligent and conscientious, and I have never dared to slack off the government, and I have never been as troublesome as the former emperor, so why do they think that if I listen to the Taoist scriptures, I will be like the previous emperor? Could it be that if I am not a son of heaven, I will not even have a little preference of my own?

In terms of state affairs, I have connived enough with them, what else do they want? At the beginning, they even wanted to meddle in the affairs of my harem, but fortunately, my queen was spicy enough to finally let them die down. Now I want to interfere with my own preferences, hey! Hongzhi Shengshi, Hongzhi Shengshi, I'm afraid that I honestly be a marionette, which is the real Hongzhi Shengshi.

He pursed his lips vigorously, trying to calm the anger in his chest. Is this still not my Zhu family's world? I am still not the emperor? He couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart.

Entering the Qianqing Palace, he raised his eyes to look at the seat that symbolized power, he paused slightly, then took a deep breath, flicked the sleeves of his robe, and strode forward to sit down.

Outside, the bell rang and spread throughout the imperial city.

With the sound of the whip, on the square in front of the Jinshui Bridge, the cabinet ministers Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian took the lead, followed by the six Shangshu Shilang, the two capital imperial history, Dali Temple, Qin Tianjian and other large and small officials, various ministries and officials, and the rulers, lined up in a neat line, and solemnly entered the main hall.

When the procession stopped, they all fell to their knees and shouted long live. After three bows, Du Fu shook off the dust, took a step forward, and shouted: "Licheng, retreat—"

At this point, the worship is complete. In fact, when the emperor went to court, he did not worship the emperor as in later films and televisions, and began to ask questions on the spot. It's not every day that it's so solemn. This is only the case on the New Year's Day of the month.

The so-called synodic hope refers to the first day of the first month of the month, and the hope is the fifteenth day. At other times, it is the opening of the afternoon dynasty to listen to the government. Even the noon dynasty is also a time to drop out, and there is no customization. This is a legacy left from the time of Yingzong.

In this Qianqing Palace, it is only for worship. After the worship is completed, the emperor will move the Qianqing Gate, which is also called the Right Shun Gate. The ministers who have something to do will enter the concert in turn, and the ministers who have nothing to do will go back to the yamen to work. This is the "Imperial Gate Listening to the Government".

At this moment, after Du Fu called for retreat, it was time to send off the ministers, and Hongzhi got up and moved to Qianqingmen. However, just as Hongji's body moved, the original ministers' congratulatory voices did not start, but an abrupt voice sounded first.

"Your Majesty, Tian Cheng'an, a politician from the Ministry of Households, has an urgent matter, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me. Among the ministers, an official in Tsing Yi rushed out and bowed down under the Danqi.

The ministers were in a commotion, and they were all stunned by this abrupt guy. What kind of person is this, does he understand the rules? What kind of urgency is it, he can't even wait for this moment or three?

There is the one who reacts quickly, but there is a look of surprise on his face. The Japanese and Korean dynasties stipulated that only eight things should be played every day, and to see that this person was just a political observer, how could he be squeezed into those eight things? Only by reporting to the next level, until the cabinet first approved it, could it be forwarded to the celebrant for approval according to the priority, and finally the celebrant thought that it was necessary to submit it to the emperor's imperial review, and then it would be sent to the emperor's desk.

And this person refused to go through this procedure, desperately breaking the rules of worship, which is obviously a ruined boat. Not only that, but this is tantamount to deliberately bypassing the cabinet, isn't it ** slapping the faces of the cabinet elders naked?

Peeked at it, and sure enough, Liu Jian and the three of them were all gloomy. Xie Qian couldn't help it at first, took a step forward, and shouted angrily at Tian Chengan's halberd finger: "Tian Chengan, you are presumptuous!", after saying that, he turned around and bowed to the emperor above, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please treat this person for the crime of great disrespect!"

Among the ministers behind him, some people seconded the proposal in unison. Although Liu Jian and Li Dongyang's faces were ugly, they did not speak.

Hongji's face was also sinking like water, and there was anger in his eyes. This Tian Chengan was clearly picked up by others, just a pawn, is he stupid?

His face was calm, and his gaze swept over the faces of the courtiers below. Half a sound, he snorted lightly, brushed his sleeves, turned around and got off the throne, and went straight to the side hall.

Behind him, Du Fu glanced coldly at Tian Chengan, who was still kneeling below, and shouted: "Retreat." shouted, turned around and walked quickly after Hongji.

In the main hall, all the officials were a little ashamed when they saw the emperor leave in a rage. No one looked at Tian Cheng'an, and went straight out of the hall in twos and threes.

Xie Qian was still annoyed, stepped forward and pointed at Tian Chengan to scold, and the imperial envoy Tong (si) Zhong on the right next to him grabbed him: "Yu Qiao, control your anger, and your majesty will deal with it." ”

Hongzhi left without saying a word, I was afraid that he was interested in seeing who jumped out, Xie Qian rushed up stupidly, wouldn't he be asking for trouble?

Xie Qian also thought sharply, so he stopped, but he snorted heavily in his anger, and then turned around and walked out side by side with Tong Zhong.

In the crowd, Cheng Minzheng watched silently, and suddenly felt a sense of apprehension in his heart inexplicably.

The courtiers walked to the palace gate in twos and threes, but suddenly saw a Han general, leading a dusty border soldier to run straight to the palace. Li Dongyang frowned, stretched out his hand to stop everyone, turned his head to Liu Jian and said, "Gong Liu, I might as well wait for a while." ”

Liu Jian nodded, looking at the backs of the two people, with a trace of worry locked between his eyebrows. Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the military department next to him, said in a low voice: "Is there an accident at the border pass again?"

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang glanced at each other, and said in unison: "Let's take a look." So they stood by and waited.

Sure enough, after a short time, I saw a little eunuch rushing out, and when I saw Liu Jian and others, I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said: "Your Majesty has a decree, announcing three elders, six books, and the British Duke and the Dingguo Duke are right to discuss the matter." ”

Liu Jian and the others felt a pang in their hearts, and hurriedly bowed down to accept the order. The Son of Heaven even recruited two princes, which was obviously related to military affairs.

Everyone walked inside, but Li Dongyang saw that the little eunuch was still running out, so he couldn't help but be stunned, stretched out his hand to grab it, and asked, "Where else is the little father-in-law going?"

The little eunuch hurriedly bowed down and said, "Back to the scholar, the slave maid will also go to give Xu Ge Lao an edict and invite him into the palace." ”

Li Dongyang was taken aback.

Elder Xu Ge: Why is it that even his old man is alarmed?

This Xu Ge Lao is a very famous old man in the world, surnamed Xu Mingpu, the word is used, and the name is Mr. Qianzhai. Jingtai five years of Jinshi, to the Huagai Temple University Scholar, in the cabinet auxiliary government for 12 years, dignified nature, has experienced three dynasties auxiliary government.

Now because of his advanced age and eye disease, he has told the old man. It's just that the Son of Heaven is reluctant, and repeatedly decrees to keep him, allowing him not to go to court, but only recuperate at home, and only invite him into the palace for consultation in case of trouble.

Now Hongzhi not only announced the public audience of the British Duke, but also specially announced that Xu Pu was invited to enter the palace, it seems that this time the matter is really not small.

He thought in his heart, and quickly caught up with Liu Jian and the others in front of him. After saying this, Liu Jian was also shocked, and his heart became heavier and heavier.

When I entered the side hall, I saw that Hongji had changed into a regular clothes and was sitting behind the desk looking down at a fold. Hearing the sound, he looked up at them coming in, smiled and nodded: "All Aiqing have arrived, sit down, let's wait for Master Xu, and talk about it when he comes." ”

Xu Pu has been in charge of three dynasties, and he has taught Hongzhi a lot, so Hongzhi has always been called a teacher, which can be regarded as a special treatment.

Liu Jian and the others thanked and sat down, Hongzhi picked up the fold from the table, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Let's take a look first and see how to deal with it." ”

Next to him, Du Fu stepped forward to take the fold and gave it to Liu Jian first. Liu Jian took it in his hand and browsed it at a glance, with a look of surprise on his face.

casually handed the fold to Li Dongyang, and after everyone saw it, it suddenly dawned on him.

It turned out that this was a military report sent by Ningxia Wei. The situation in the northern steppe has changed this spring, and the little Mongolian prince is only a catty. Batu Mengke, also known as Dayan Khan, fought a great battle with Yismayin of the Waspur tribe, and Yismayin was defeated and retreated all the way to the west, and Dayan Khan's prestige soared, and there was a faint tendency to unify Mongolia.

And although Yismayin was defeated, he still had a follow-up move, after all, he was once a Mongolian prince, and compared to Dayan Khan, who had risen entirely by Manduhai before, he also had a lot of connections. The Mongol Yibu is one of those who tends to support Ismain.

Because of the defeat of Yisma, in order to resist the pursuit of Dayan Khan, he made people secretly envoy Yibu to start an incident from the rear of Dayan Khan.

The result can be imagined, although the Yibu Assassin Department was unexpected and effectively delayed Dayan Khan's pursuit, but after all, the power of his tribe was far inferior to Dayan Khan. After a scuffle, he was defeated and retreated, retreating all the way to Guanzhong, and sent an envoy to seek refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, Dayan Khan sent an envoy, claiming that if the Ming was willing to send troops and attack it, he would guarantee that within five years, the Tatars would never invade the Ming frontier again. If not, you must abandon Yismain and go all out to wage war against the Ming Dynasty.

"Arrogant! Tartars dare to blackmail me?" Xie Qian scolded angrily, his face flushed.

"Your Majesty, Tartar, Wolf, greedy, bloodthirsty and cruel. If you feed it, you don't think it's gracious, and if you do, you're arrogant. In the past, I invaded my Xuanfu, making Shandong almost red, countless homeless people wailed, and the corpses and bones were violent in the wilderness, and the sound of mourning and crying was still heard. This time, I closed the door tightly and didn't let it in, and he hit the dog's brain out of the dog's brain, what do you have to do with my Daming? Since the beginning of the civil fort, how have the thieves ever stopped? But I have not been able to help me, and Your Majesty does not need to pay attention to it. "It's really worthy of You Kankan's Xie Gong, and this is a bit uncontrollable.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang all frowned, and Hongzhi was also a little crying and laughing. This Xie Qian is knowledgeable and talented, and he is also upright and upright, black and white. But in handling things, it is always a little rough and helpless.

"Zhang Qing, Xu Qing, what do you two say?" he looked silent, and turned to Zhang Mao and Xu Yongning to ask.

Xu Yongning is the contemporary Dingguo Gong.

Hearing that the emperor asked, the two glanced at each other, and Zhang Mao said: "This depends on Lord Zhou, as long as the grain and straw equipment keep up, let him come to the east, and the old minister will attack it for His Majesty." ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help licking his lips, squinted his eyes and said, "The old minister has been itchy all these years, and he wants to move." ”

This is a killing billet, the implication is that I just fight, you say you will fight, but you have to give enough food and grass.

Hongzhi was speechless, and without him turning his head to ask, Zhou Jing, the head of the household department, cried out with a sad face: "Your Majesty, in the eighth year of Hongzhi, Su Song was flooded, and the household department allocated two million taels of silver; last year, the Yellow River was raging, and another 700,000 yuan of silver was allocated; and Shaanxi, Gansu, and Yunnan Tusi were attached, and the total number was nearly one million. This year, when Shandong was relieved, the ministers were stretched thin, if they really want to go to war, the ministers ...... The minister is really powerless, and please ask Your Majesty to punish the crime of incompetence of the minister, go to the post of minister, and choose another virtuous. And when he had spoken, he knelt down.

Hongji hurriedly stopped him and comforted him with gentle words. Well, before we can wait, I'm going to pick one.

Several other Shangshu on the side also helped to persuade him, and Zhou Jing stood up aggrieved. There were those who supported the acceptance and those who opposed the acceptance, and there was a quarrel for a while.

Hongji pinched his brows and sighed secretly. was having a headache, and suddenly there was a report from outside that Xu Ge had arrived.