"Who said it was a lonely city?" The emperor ignored him, but said: "The three major halls are on fire, you have all seen it, the sin is in my bow, I am really guilty of heaven!"

An inexplicable fire burned the three major halls into ruins, more than 2,000 eunuchs in the palace of death in the fire, the blow to the emperor was too great, how much rare wood was used in this hall, how much silver taels were spent, how much labor or second, after all, the Ming family is rich, not to be hollowed out, the key is that the three major halls are the symbol of the Ming imperial power, "heavenly warning" is a serious problem. Earthquakes, disasters, lightning strikes, etc., are seen as the result of the mistakes of those in power.

"Your Majesty," Yang Rong took the lead and said, "It's obvious that the White Lotus Demon has rebelled and burned down the three major halls!

The commanders of the Jingwei all said: "If you want to say that you are guilty, it is all the negligence of the ministers and others, and they did not guard Beijing well, please ask the emperor to surrender their crimes!"

The big eunuch in the palace also cried: "It's all the slaves and maids who didn't guard against it and didn't protect the palace well, so they let the demons have a chance, please ask the emperor to surrender!"

The guilty and the innocent rushed to confess, and they all rushed to bear the guilt on their own heads in order to save the emperor's face, but the emperor sighed and said: "I and you all know that the demons of the White Lotus Sect set the fire, but the common people don't know the truth, they will only think that I have provoked the wrath of the heavens! Those remnants of Nanjing can even be wantonly proclaimed, saying that it is the heavenly punishment caused by the usurpation of the throne by the mere dynasty!"

The Emperor gasped for breath before he asked tentatively, "I want to issue an edict—"

Before he finished speaking, Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong said in unison: "Your Majesty can't!"

Yang Rong rushed ahead and said: "The burning of the three major halls was originally done by demons, Your Majesty should not blame yourself, if you make an edict, it is an admission that there is something wrong with your rule, and God will be angry." The common people really think that you are as Jianwen Yu said, because the heavens are angry and the people are complaining, and when the time comes, the people will be panicked, and they are afraid that the country will be unstable!"

Yang Shiqi also said: "This fire is strange, originally a few sparks came out of the Huagai Palace, and after a while, a few sparks in this area will ignite the three major halls, Your Majesty should thoroughly investigate the specific cause of the fire in the hall at this time, and tell the truth to the people." ”

The emperor coughed before he said, "I am going to issue an edict." ”

This relieved everyone who was ready to give an impassioned exhortation, and it turned out that the emperor was going to issue an edict to ask for advice. In other words, he hoped that the wise people of the court and the opposition would find out the three major halls of lightning strikes for him—oh no, it should be the reason why the White Lotus Sect is so rampant.

"I don't ask myself if I have lost my respect for the gods," the emperor said in a deep voice, "I only ask if I have lost my morality, whether I have wasted money and money in decision-making, and whether I have misemployed people?" You are all my courtiers, and you are closely related to me, so you should point out my mistakes, tell the truth, and save the hearts of the people. ”

"Yes. "All the ministers said.

In the end, the emperor left Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji, and the cabinet scholars, looked at them and said, "Do you know why I left you alone?"

Several people were like mirrors in their hearts, and finally sighed tremblingly: "Your Majesty is worried about the officials and imperial historians, these people don't care whether the three major halls are heavenly or man-made fires, they will only see the destruction of the Ming Hall, and blame the emperor for all this...... Many of the previous grievances are about to explode at once. ”

Jian Yi hit the nail on the head, these officials who have been hiding for 20 years and living under the emperor's obscenity have shown signs of outbreak from the moment the capital was moved, but they were suppressed by the emperor, and now the three major halls have been destroyed, and the emperor has issued an edict to ask for words, which is to give them the best opportunity, so that they are eager to try, and they want to vent their dissatisfaction with the emperor!

Most of those who objected to the emperor's relocation of the capital were the speech officials, who were from the south, while the ministers of the ministry were mostly northerners, and they were staunch capital movers. They also became enemies of the southern scholars, so their interests were the same as those of the emperor. If it was only a regional faction, it would not be like this, but these officials who came from the bloody storm in the last years of Jianwen felt too deeply. Everything about the emperor is far from the Ming Jun in their hearts, and the most inwashable thing is the name of the emperor's usurpation that accompanied the emperor's life, and then it was a large-scale planting, melon and vine copying, and then it was a rampant conquest, a great joy, and then even changed the law of the ancestors and moved the capital to Beijing!

The antipathy of the officials to the emperor is innumerable, and in the past, they were forced to be angry and dare not speak, but now they finally have such a God-given opportunity, how can they not take advantage of it?

The emperor was also clear in his heart, and he had a headache: "You are all my henchmen, the pillar of the country, I rely on you, and I want you to explain to them, don't add firewood to me at this juncture!"

This is an extremely difficult task, and several people can even imagine what kind of face they will see mixed with contempt and contempt when interviewing the speaker, reprimanding them with righteous and awe-inspiring words as villains who "welcome the king", and finally saying "ashamed of being in the company of the same ranks", spraying them with a mouthful of spit.

When did the Yanguan grow to this point? Even the emperor felt uncomfortable controlling them, what Yang Shiqi said in Jiangxia Village back then seemed to be gradually becoming a reality, which made Yang Shiqi shake his head slightly, but he didn't have time to think about it anymore, the emperor used them to control the Yanguan, it was a hundred times better than using someone like Jinyi Wei Jigang.

They all know that this time they must suppress the officials, otherwise, the emperor will see that they are not effective, and he will use the Jinyi Guard to deal with the officials again, which is what all civil officials must avoid, and the dynasty no longer needs a violent machine like the Jinyi Guard, to disrupt the rule that belongs to the civil officials now and even in the future!

"Your subordinates must do their best. "Everyone's heart is heavy.

"Your Majesty," Huang Huai couldn't help it: "Nanjing-"

"Alright, let's go down," the emperor rolled slightly, "I'm going to rest." ”

Walking out of the palace, Huang Huai grabbed the sleeves of several people: "Why didn't the emperor quickly rescue Nanjing? Even if he is dissatisfied with the prince, the king of Han and his family are also in Nanjing!"

This question is really too right, Jianwen has always been the emperor's heart disease, it is impossible to say that he knows that this person is in Nanjing and is indifferent, not to mention that the emperor's two sons are in Nanjing, if you are not careful, it is a matter of hatred for eternity, why is the emperor so calm and relaxed? But no one knows why, everyone is thinking about this problem. Yang Shiqi went from the panic at the beginning to the current contemplation, he also saw the emperor's immobility, so he guessed that the emperor might have left behind.

But what is the backhand?

The emperor would not say that he did not like the crown prince and was dissatisfied with the king of Han, so he simply abandoned both of them and wanted to make King Zhao in Beijing the heir, right? Yang Shiqi's thought was only a flash, he knew that this was impossible, and when he walked down the steps, he saw King Zhao in front of the Rijing Gate, who seemed to be talking to the eunuch Ma Jing.

Ma Yun from Dongchang went to Nanjing, and this time it was Ma Jing who tried the assassination of the emperor.

A chill rose from the soles of Yang Shiqi's feet, and he seemed to be sure of one thing, the big case of the assassination might be about to interrupt the clues.