Although the emperor goes out on an expedition, it is also a practice for the vassal king to supervise the country, but this convention is also a formality, and the power in the hands of the king is actually not more than a chicken, such a big event, of course, is not something he can decide. From the moment the emperor's Chinese army fell, the dominance of the government had actually returned to the hands of the queen mother, and this time, there was no queen mother pressing on her head.

If it is an ordinary concubine, at this time, she is waiting for the result in the harem, just chanting a few more Buddhas, but Xu Xun is different, when she is still a concubine, her identity is already special, and then the queen mother is not in good health, and in the two years of her stroke, Xu Xun listened to the government, although she did not make it clear, but the courtiers knew about it. People who have been close to the pinnacle of power, of course, will have a little special treatment, and when she went to the Wenhua Hall together, everyone felt that it was natural, and no one said anything. - Now is indeed not the time to mind that.

Suddenly, when the Queen Mother and Xu Xun arrived in the palace, King Yu had already discussed the matter with the courtiers who had received the news and were recruited into the palace. Liu Zhien, Jin Ying and other eunuchs who stayed behind were also guarding King Yu over and over again, in fact, the authority in their hands was more important than that of King Yu. For example, Liu Zhien's Dongchang has actually been the leader of Jinyiwei over the years, he leads the two major spy agencies alone, and his prestige is extremely high, even the ministers have to treat each other differently, and at this time, people have repeatedly asked him about the details of the war.

"It's really broken up." Liu Zhien also replied tirelessly, "There is no one out of ten of the rest-this is the news from Huailai County." ”

He paused, and added, "When the spy sent out the secret report, Huai Lai had not yet fallen, but according to the letter, it was a matter of time. ”

Suddenly, the Wenhua Hall did not even move the screen, the Queen Mother, Xu Xun is now in the palace for more than 30 years, the age of forty people, can be regarded as an old man, at this time is not so exquisite, everyone saluted, the King of Yu was already empty waiting for the Queen Mother, seeing Xu Xun coming, he gave her his place, and sat down in the next position. Xu Xun glanced at him a few times, saw that he was pale, his eyes were sunken, he bit his lip and did not make a sound, and he also sighed secretly: King Yu was not familiar with government affairs, but he was a good-looking person. He is a cautious person, and now he will naturally not interject in any matter what, so as not to attract criticism from others.

She listened quietly for a while, and then understood that before they entered the palace, several old ministers, who she didn't recognize, patronized and repeatedly confirmed the whereabouts of the emperor, but they didn't say a word about the war, and they almost didn't pay attention to the king, and they didn't give him a chance to speak at all.

This is the way of the minister, now this situation, confirm the life and death of the emperor, for the future action response is also of great significance, if the death of the emperor is not confirmed here, the new emperor is hurriedly canonized, but less than half a month later the emperor returned, that is not a big joke? The imperial court system is simply gone, and it is difficult to say what trade-offs should be made between the old emperor and the new emperor at that time. For example, now, it must be the eldest son of the emperor, if the eldest son of the emperor is established, and the emperor comes back, will the eldest son of the emperor be allowed to abdicate and ascend the throne again when the time comes?

This kind of topic is not at all something that King Yu, who is now an extremely sensitive vassal king, can interject, no matter who takes the initiative to involve him in the topic, it will inevitably be discussed in the future, if he speaks by himself, it is the best evidence of ill-intentionedness, so everyone does not dare to discuss the things next to him now, and if this matter is not settled, he will say something else, for the new emperor, it may be the object that needs to be liquidated after growing up.

But then again, Warat is now only a little more than a day away from the capital, and it is really impatient to confirm the life and death of a waste person here, Xu Xun did not speak, but just looked at the Queen Mother - this is not the time to fight bravely, this is not the time to fight bravely, this is not the time to say this, except for the Queen Mother, no one can say it.

The long and useless discussion seemed to make the Queen Mother a little impatient, and she took a deep breath-

Even though the mother-son relationship with the emperor has almost disappeared, the queen mother still hesitated for a moment when she exited, she glanced around, and a trace of indescribable emotion flashed on her face, after all, it was dignified and authentic. "The army of 200,000 was defeated in one day, and almost all of them were lost. Under the nest, how many eggs are gone? Even if you can escape into Huailai County, there is only one county seat, how long can you hold it? The fall of Huailai is almost a certainty. I am the son of heaven, and there is no reason to fall into the hands of an enemy...... Even if Da Lang didn't die in the hands of the enemy, I'm afraid he would have already cut himself! ”

She paused, and said hatefully, "The ancestral inheritance, for this reason, the erection has been corrupted into what it is today, and only by dying can we thank the ancestors!" ”

This is already a very serious accusation, if it is a parent and son, the queen mother may not be able to say such a thing, but even so, no one in the palace speaks for the emperor, and everyone is full of Mu Ran - the queen mother did not say anything wrong, the emperor's move will definitely be written into the annals of history and become a great shame for the dynasty. I want to know that they will not play a glorious role in it, they can't stop the emperor's personal conquest, everyone is guilty, and no one can be left alone. Even the ministers who were opposed at the time could not stand up and criticize their peers, after all, they did not follow through.

The queen mother qualified, no one refuted, and the emperor's life and death were decided. A minister said, "In this case, the minister asks the eldest son of the emperor to be the crown prince, and the queen mother is invited to hang the curtain." ”

At this time, there is no unspoken rule that women can't come to the dynasty to weigh the system, the eldest son of the emperor is younger this year than when the emperor ascended the throne, and the country is in turmoil, the most important thing is that many ministers are all in the pro-conscription team, and now there is not even one who can do things, even these courtiers in the palace now, Xu Xun also does not know - she has only been away from politics for a few years. At this time, if the Queen Mother does not come forward, the situation will not be cohesive at all.

The Queen Mother's lips moved, and when she seemed to be about to agree, someone suddenly came out of the queue and replied, "Niangniang, the country needs a long monarch." The eldest son of the emperor is young, and he is afraid that he can't afford the ups and downs of today! ”

Xu Xun was extremely impatient in her heart, but she was also helpless, she knew that if this matter was undecided, the imperial court would not have the heart to talk about the strategy of retreating the army. However, she didn't expect that at this juncture, there would be any waves.

"Changjun?" The Queen Mother's voice suddenly raised her voice, "What does the Qing family mean, you might as well say it directly." ”

Although it was not obvious, the vague displeasure in the words could be heard by everyone.

"!" The minister paused again and again, "The minister is not talented, but now the thieves are hundreds of miles away, the three battalions are exhausted, near the capital, there are almost no available soldiers, even if there are soldiers and horses elsewhere, they are far away from quenching their thirst, but I am afraid that the number of Geneva is the soldiers coming to the city, and we don't know how to resist the enemy!" Whether it's ...... Whether to move the capital or meet the enemy, an elder is needed to reassure the people, and the eldest son of the emperor is young, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it! ”

This is extremely reasonable, Xu Xun also sighed softly, she is not affected by the psychological influence of preserving the orthodox imperial throne inheritance at all, and she also said, "I think let's talk about this meeting the enemy as soon as possible, come from Huailai, how many passes are there?" I remember that there was only one Juyongguan! ”

If you want to fight and resist the enemy, you must not fight on the plains, whether the enemy or I are around the walled city to fight, from Huai to Beijing, the important pass is only Juyong Pass, even if it is this pass, it is impossible to garrison the army, after all, it is only a pass of the Great Wall, that is, there is no army to garrison. And although Huai came to Beijing all the way to densely populated, these towns were almost all defended without danger, and it was impossible to stop the enemy. Basically, it is a matter of time to come from Huai to Juyong Pass, or it is expected that the guards of Datong Xuanfu will suddenly show great might, and cover up from the rear to kill Wara, but this is basically impossible, they are facing a longer defense line, and there are many barbarians outside the pass who want to take advantage of the fire to rob and enter the customs to get a vote. Besides, judging from the battle report that Xu Xun learned, the two guards did not have so many resources to squander.

"There is also a Bauhinia Pass...... someone softly corrected her mistake, Xu Xunxun looked at it, and saw that it was a thin old minister in his fifties, although he bent down slightly to speak, but his bearing was high, obviously not a fly camp dog, incompetent. There is also Bauhinia Pass, which is still before Juyong Pass. ”

Xu Xun nodded, but she didn't say anything, her meaning was also conveyed very clearly, and now the top priority is to quickly send troops to defend these two passes, and make a little effort, otherwise, it will really be hit to Beijing in the blink of an eye. At that time, it is estimated that everyone will have 'no captured women/courtiers in our family'.

The Queen Mother estimated that she had no other expectations for the matter of the heir, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time when she said that sentence, but now that she had this topic as a buffer, it was even more urgent, so she glanced at Xu Xun with a little gratitude, and asked, "Are you-"

"Yu Tingyi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Ministers." The old minister said softly, his attitude was still very calm, and after he finished speaking, he took the initiative to add, "Lord Kuang, the secretary of the military department, has gone out of Beijing with the army. ”

In other words, it is estimated that he will die outside, even if he doesn't die, he won't be able to come back for a while, and now Yu Tingyi is the boss of the military department. The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Okay!" So in your opinion, how to defend the two levels now? ”

Yu Tingyi's tone was still very calm, but what he said made people not calm down at all. "The emperor is here, and the three battalions of soldiers can be used, when the old minister checked the day before yesterday, now in the city, except for the forbidden army guarding the palace, the number of soldiers who can be driven into battle will not exceed 20,000."

The number of people who entered the Kou is familiar to the Queen Mother and Xu Xun - it is claimed to be 200,000, the real number of people is seven discounts and eight discounts, and 50,000 is definitely available. Moreover, these 50,000 are all elite soldiers, and there is no combat power that cannot be used, and those who are not able to do so much combat power will not be able to survive in such a bitter place outside the fortress.

The Queen Mother's face changed, even Xu Xun's heart was heavy, she ignored the difference in identity, and asked, "If even the forbidden army in the palace is launched, how many people are there?" ”

"Three thousand forbidden troops," Yu Tingyi replied, "but if even the forbidden army goes out of the city, I am afraid that the hearts of the people in the city will be lost, and if they don't wait for the thieves to come, they will be in chaos!" ”

Not to mention the Queen Mother, Xu Xun, and King Yu, even several ministers are pale as dirt. Although we know that the problem is serious, it is very different from facing the problem and solving it.

The old minister who spoke at the beginning on the side was also good at seizing the opportunity at this time, and said just right, "Niangniang, the country is in turmoil!" Weichen please set up King Yu as the emperor! ”

After all, the situation was critical, and he didn't care about playing any clever political tricks, so he directly put his intentions on the table, and it was in front of King Yu......

Xu Xun's eyes narrowed slightly, and he glanced at him, and the king was already shocked, and shouted, "This can't be nonsense!" ”

The ministers also reacted violently, and many of them were angry and shouted in a low voice, and the queen mother saw that the situation was not right, so she hurriedly glanced at her side, and Jin Ying shouted, "What kind of place is this!" What is the noise? ”

Seeing that a group of people had temporarily reined in their edge, and they were all about to come over to ask for guilt, the Queen Mother also waved her hand weakly, "Don't talk about this now!" Yu Tingyi, is there only you in the military department now? What other military ministers remained in Jingzhong? ”

Yu Tingyi said naturally, "The generals above the third rank all went with the army." ”

Everyone suddenly lost the strength to quarrel, the Queen Mother pondered for a moment, and then said, "That's it tonight, you rest in the Wenhua Palace, tomorrow morning the court meeting, everyone will discuss the defense of the capital together." As for the immediate reserve...... This matter can be postponed! ”

The incident happened suddenly, and everyone needed to slow down, especially the queen mother was reluctant to express her position on this matter, and there was no contention, so everyone should come down, Xu Xun withdrew from the house with the queen mother, and looked at the sky, in fact, there was only one hour before dawn.

The two sat in a sedan chair and separated in front of the Wenhua Palace. After Xu followed the sedan chair, he saw that the queen mother's sedan chair was going first, so he lifted the sedan curtain and whispered to the left and right, "Let the king of Yu come to my palace to rest!" ”

Even if she does this, it is very easy to arouse suspicion and make people doubt her intentions at this very moment, but now is not the time to worry about this, time is precious, even one night cannot be missed.