Wu Fan didn't wait long, that is, ten minutes, Wang Chengen walked in from outside, but the look on Wang Chengen's face was a little wrong, and when he looked closely, he seemed to be angry with a trace of sadness, and the whole person looked wilted.

However, at this time, Wu Fan was not in the mood to study what was wrong with Wang Chengen, and he couldn't wait to ask, "Is it time to go to court?" Then hurry up and lead the way. Wu Fan stood up as he spoke.

Wang Chengen hesitated and replied: "Your Majesty, the old minister is now the minister of the court" After talking for a long time, Wu Fan didn't understand what Wang Chengen wanted to express, Wu Fan said to Wang Chengen a little impatiently: "What is the matter?" If there is something to talk about, go to the court first, hurry up and lead me over, hurry up! ”

Wang Chengen didn't reply anymore, just lowered his head and silently led Wu Fan out, Wu Fan's scalp was a little itchy with excitement, and he hurriedly followed Wang Chengen, eager to come to the main hall in one step, and enjoy the scene of the civil and military hundred officials calling long live.

The middle pole hall was renamed the middle and hall in the Qing Dynasty, it is generally the place where the emperor gives a banquet to entertain the ministers, because it is already afternoon, it is not considered to be the official court, so Wang Chengen did not summon the civil and military officials to the Huangji Palace, but set up this court meeting on the middle pole hall.

There are four gates on the left and right sides of the middle pole hall, Wu Fan was led to the main hall by Wang Chengen from the back of the main hall, there is a throne on the high platform in the middle of the main hall, there are nine golden dragons carved around the throne, the golden light is brilliant, the royal couch on the seat is wrapped in yellow silk, which is extremely luxurious.

When Wu Fan came to the Forbidden City to travel in his previous life, he could only glance at the interior furnishings of the main hall from a distance outside the palace gate, and if he wanted to get closer, he would be dissuaded by the staff of the Forbidden City.

After Wu Fanzhi sat down proudly, he looked down the stairs, and something unexpected happened, the imaginary bustling ministers were divided into two shifts, and the scene of bowing down to Shi Lishan and shouting long live did not exist at all, and there were four or five people standing scattered under the steps of the throne, making the entire grand Zhongji Hall look cold and desolate.

This is the civil and military officials? Even if there are no hundred officials, there must be at least dozens of people, right? These four or five people are considered civil and military officials? And what about the left and right prime ministers and generalissimos in those TV series? What about the three publics, three orphans and six books? What about the Dali Temple Zhengqing that I have heard of since I was a child? What's going on?

Wu Fan was sitting there in a daze, silently feeling the thousands of grass and mud horses surging through his heart, and Wang Chengen's cheers beside him woke him up: "Long live the Lord to ~~~~"

With Wang Chengen's loud shout, several people under the steps of the throne knelt on the ground very neatly, and bowed to Wu Fan in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Wu Fan, who was awakened by the start, didn't pay attention to the few people who knelt down the stairs at all, turned his gaze to Wang Chengen, and asked strangely, "What's going on?" Why are there only so many people? You didn't send someone to inform the courtiers to come to the court? ”

Wang Chengen knelt down in front of Wu Fan with a thud, lowered his head and sobbed, but didn't say a word. On the contrary, Li Jiantai, who was under the golden ranks, raised his head and said loudly to Wu Fan: "Your Majesty, at this time, due to the rebellion of the army in Baoding, he may enter Beijing at any time, and the hearts of the people in the capital are fluctuating, and the dignitaries and dignitaries are also panicking, and even some of the important ministers of the founding dynasty are also full of fear, and they have said that they are not in the court.

The minister went home to change into court clothes, and on the way to the palace, he saw with his own eyes that some officials were buying tattered peasant clothes at a high price, which was really a shame for my Ming Dynasty~~" Speaking of this, Li Jiantai choked on his chest, and he couldn't say any more, so he took a few deep breaths before continuing: "These ugly things that I have seen with my own eyes, although I have made the ministers prepare for the court meeting, the personnel above the court meeting will not be complete, but the minister never imagined that only the ministers and other five people came, which is really true"

Li Jiantai was already crying so much that he couldn't stop crying, and an old man with a white beard kneeling beside Li Jiantai also cried to Wu Fan: "Your Majesty, the minister Fan Jingwen is a scholar of Dongge University, but he can't share his worries for His Majesty, and he can't destroy the shame of thieves, he is really ashamed to be a minister." ”

Wu Fan listened to the cries of several people under the golden steps, only to feel bursts of blood gushing up his head, and an anger that came out of nowhere almost blew up his head, and even his breathing became heavy and abnormal.

No wonder when Chongzhen finally hanged himself on the coal mountain, he even called the ministers to mistake me, what are the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty! When the country is in crisis, it is not said that they will work together to save the country, but even Li Zicheng's figure has not been seen, and he is already ready to scatter birds and beasts. Can Chongzhen Yan not commit suicide?

In the midst of the crying in the main hall, Wu Fan stretched out his foot and stepped on the dragon book case in front of him, and there was a loud bang, which made the crying above the hall pause, and Wu Fan, whose face was a little distorted due to anger, said viciously to Wang Chengen: "Wang Chengen! How much power do the palace guards still have now? How many more armies can you command? ”

Wu Fan didn't know anything else, but he knew that only with soldiers in his hands could he do it, just like fighting in modern society, the more helpers the better.

Wu Fan's words made Wang Chengen stunned, and he didn't know how to answer in a hurry. Fan Jingwen, who was kneeling on the ground, jumped up, and said loudly to Wu Fan with tears on his face: "Your Majesty, but you want to mobilize soldiers and horses?" Although the minister is resigned as the secretary of the military department, the old department is still there, plus the left attendant of the military department, Li Jiantai, and the right attendant, Wang Jiayan, can ensure that the strength of the Kyoto battalion can be called at any time, and vow to fight to the end with the rebellion and protect my Ming Dynasty. ”

Another minister also stood up and shouted with Fan Jingwen: "Your Majesty, Minister Meng Zhaoxiang, as the left attendant of the Criminal Department, can summon all the arresters of the Criminal Department to protect the safety of the Jingshi." ”

The last old minister did not get up, knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister Ni Yuanlu is in charge of the household department, and he can ensure that the army is paid and the army food is continuous. ”

Wang Chengen reacted at this time, and hurriedly assured Wu Fan: "Your Majesty, the old ministers of the inner palace guards can protect their loyalty and be at your Majesty's disposal at any time!" ”

After listening to the identity of these loyal ministers, Wu Fan suddenly became happy, this cheating system is not useless, look, at least among the high-level leaders of the Ming Dynasty, the three giants of the military department are loyal to themselves, which is equivalent to the military commission of later generations is still in their hands, and the criminal department also has a waiter, that is to say, the judicial and public security system is also in his own hands, and the household department is still the finance minister of the later generations, and the money and power are also grasped, and the situation is not as miserable as imagined. I just don't know how well these ministers in front of me can control, as long as they are not led by idiots who are set aside, Da Ming can still be saved.

Wu Fan nodded, gritted his teeth and said to Fan Jingwen and the others: "Fan Aiqing, Li Zicheng is still far away from the capital, so don't think about him for the time being." I order you to go with Wang Jiayan and Aiqing to mobilize all the troops of the Yanjing battalion now, and arrest all the ministers who should be at the court meeting today but can't resign, no matter what the reason, even if they are really sick, drag me to the top of the main hall, I will wait here, wait to see why these people can't come! ”

When Fan Jingwen heard Wu Fan's ruthless will, he was immediately shocked, and he didn't care about giving a salute and admonished Wu Fan: "Your Majesty, if the movement is too big in this way, Yanjing City can no longer afford such a toss." If Your Majesty"

Before Fan Jingwen's words were finished, Wu Fan pursed his mouth and shouted loudly: "When is it, there is still so much nonsense, go quickly!" ”

At this time, Wang Chengen had already commanded the little eunuch to straighten the dragon book case, Wu Fan turned around and came to the dragon book case, signaled Wang Chengen to draft a holy decree according to what he just said, took out the jade seal and sealed, and waved his hand to let Wang Chengen send Fan Jingwen over.

Fan Jingwen took the holy decree, glanced at Wu Fan with his mouth stammered, nodded his head, said goodbye to Wu Fan, turned around and took Wang Yanwen to the Yanjing camp to announce the transfer of troops.

Wu Fan sat back on the dragon chair, and no longer looked at Li Jiantai and the others under the stairs, and took advantage of the cover of the dragon book case to reach into his arms and touch the mobile phone that he had collected closely, and thought viciously in his heart: "The capital can't stand the toss? Hmph, I want to see who dares to make trouble, it's a big deal that Lao Tzu will delete him directly, as long as Li Zicheng's soldiers arrive in Yanjing, everything will be OK! ”

Touching that the phone was still there, Wu Fan raised his head and beckoned to Li Jiantai, and said to him softly: "Li Aiqing, you come up, I have a few secret words to tell you." ”

Li Jiantai was a little puzzled in his heart because Wu Fan sent Fan Jingwen and Wang Jiayan out just now without mentioning himself, and now when he heard Wu Fan's instructions, he realized that the emperor had another task to give him, so he forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, lowered his head and quickly walked to Wu Fan's side.

Wu Fan whispered to Li Jiantai and said: "It seems that the contact with Li Zicheng's envoy is urgent, you now bring Li Zicheng's envoy into the palace with Wang Chengen, and arrange it properly, and after the matter of the court meeting is resolved, I will immediately meet with Li Zicheng's envoy." This matter must be kept secret, if the incident is not secret, I'm afraid everything will be over, understand? ”

Li Jiantai knew that Wu Fan's decision to see Li Zicheng's envoy was a foregone conclusion, so he didn't say much at the moment, walked backwards down the golden steps, and withdrew from the Zhongji Hall with Wang Chengen.

At this time, there were only three people left in the Zhongji Palace, Wu Fan, Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household department, and Meng Zhaoxiang, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, and Wu Fan was not familiar with the two of them, and he didn't know what to say for a while, and the entire Zhongji Hall was completely quiet. Except for a few light coughs that could be heard occasionally from time to time by Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household, because of his age, there was no other sound.

Wu Fan sat behind the Long Shu case, and secretly took out his mobile phone under the cover of the Long Shu case, with the only trace of silence before this storm, Wu Fan decided to carefully check how many ministers were still loyal to him in the capital at this time.

Of course, by the way, we must also understand that in the last moments of the Ming Dynasty, there were still many ministers and Han annihilation hidden among the officials and not known to the world

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