The bell and drum of the ministers in the Forbidden City rang suddenly, and the bell rang out of the imperial city, and then to the inner city.

When the family members in the civil and military ministers' mansions heard the sound, they immediately informed their respective masters, and the ministers were curious for a while, His Majesty had been out of office for a few days, why did he suddenly convene a court meeting with his ministers today? Could it be that something big is going to happen?

In the palace of King Xin, Zhu Cihong also heard the loud bell from the palace, and he looked in the direction of the palace with blazing eyes.

In this court meeting, all important officials in Beijing must participate, and Zhu Cihong, as the crown prince, must enter the class to listen to the government.

After hearing the bell, Sun Yingyuan and other high-ranking generals of the Tianwu Army and the subordinate officials of the East Palace first rushed to the Xinwang Mansion, and Zhu Cihong temporarily convened an emergency meeting and discussed it secretly.

Subsequently, Xu Sheng led the Yongwei battalion to escort Zhu Cihong to the court, when entering the imperial city, they found that the number of people in the Beijing camp around the imperial city was significantly more than before, according to the Ministry of Intelligence, after the nine gates of the Beijing division were controlled by the Tianwu army, Yu Linwei and other people in the Beijing camp shrank around the imperial city to prevent sudden changes.

After the Yongwei battalion entered the noon gate, it was not blocked, as usual, most of them stayed outside the noon gate, and only more than 100 guards followed Zhu Cihong into the palace together, and the forbidden army guarding the noon gate did not stop them, because they knew very well that they would be stopped in vain, and they would have to be beaten.

There are still those guards in the palace, and there is nothing abnormal on the surface, after the original Jinyi Guard commander Wu Mengming was killed by the Eight Jin Shangs, Chongzhen appointed Wu Mengming's son Wu Bangfu as the new Jinyi Guard commander, responsible for the defense of the palace.

Zhu Cihong sat on the guard of honor, silent, he knew very well in his heart that there might be a storm that would break out in the Forbidden City, which had been up and down for hundreds of years.

When the ministers entered the Imperial Palace, the furnishings in the hall had been newly arranged, and the Han generals wearing gorgeous armor stood in two shifts.

The civil and military officials are divided into left and right stations according to their ranks, and the lower the rank, the farther away from the throne, and the officials below the fifth rank can only bow outside the palace, but often in the Taimiao purge, there are already half fewer people in the palace.

Surrounded by the subordinate officials of the East Palace, Zhu Cihong slowly walked into the hall, and the surrounding officials immediately dispersed, bowed their heads and saluted, not daring to look directly.

After the ninth ring of the golden bell, Emperor Chongzhen stepped into the golden steps with the support of Wang Chengen, and after sitting on the dragon chair, his eyes quickly swept through every corner of the hall, and finally looked at Zhu Cihong not far away.

Zhu Cihong met his gaze with a slight smile, which made Chongzhen suspicious, he glanced at Wang Chengen, and saw Wang Chengen nodding his head, so he was a little relieved to officially start the court meeting.

The ministers sensed the strangeness of the atmosphere, and they were all quietly waiting for who would jump out of the limelight and what would happen next.

Zhu Cihong was also waiting, the imperial eunuch had already reported what happened in the Fengxian Hall in time, he wanted to see what the father above used to abolish the prince, and who dared to support it present.

At Chongzhen's signal, Wang Chengen took out a holy decree from the brocade box and slowly unfolded it, just as he was about to read it, he heard a person in the hall cough heavily.

Sun Yingyuan, who was standing in the column of honors, steadily came out of class and played: "The minister has this music!" ”

Chongzhen was a little displeased in confusion and said, "Uncle Jing Wu, is there anything you can't wait to say?" Why are you so ignorant of the rules at the court? ”

Facing Chongzhen's gloomy gaze, Sun Yingyuan gritted his teeth and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, please let the crown prince go to Nanjing to supervise the country!" ”

There was silence in the Imperial Palace for an instant, as if the entire hall was frozen by ice, and everyone was shocked, but they didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Cihong frowned slightly, he was very dissatisfied with Sun Yingyuan's behavior, and wanted to scold Sun Yingyuan, what kind of fork are you playing, you let him make an order, let him wave!

Chongzhen's face changed suddenly, and he raised a trembling hand to point at Sun Yingyuan, and said angrily: "You...... You are presumptuous! ”

Chongzhen was very angry, with the current power of the crown prince Zhu Cihong, if he went to Nanjing to supervise the country, what was the difference between ascending the throne and becoming the emperor?

The Ming Dynasty implemented the two-Beijing system, and Nanjing, like Beijing, had six departments, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Administration Department, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian and other institutions, and the rank of officials was also the same as that of the Beijing Division.

Beijing is located in Shuntianfu, Nanjing is located in Yingtianfu, and even the imperial palace in Nanjing is ready-made, and it is larger than the Forbidden City in Beijing.

As the emperor spoke, the ministers in the palace began to talk in a whisper, all secretly saying that Sun Yingyuan's move was too much, I don't know if it was the instruction of the crown prince, everyone looked at Zhu Cihong, but saw that he closed his eyes slightly and didn't say a word.

Sun Yingyuan completely ignored the surrounding discussions, and still said loudly: "The minister heard that Suzhou Mansion, Songjiang Mansion, Huzhou Mansion and other places in Jiangnan poured rain day and night, the water potential suddenly appeared, and the houses toppled down, and the price of rice soared, fighting rice to three or four dollars of silver, the rich families were closed, the people ate grass and trees, and the dead were thrown to each other, and the tyrannical people were in groups of three or five, clamoring to eat, the neighborhoods were boycotted, the countryside was closed, and the disaster in Jiangnan was so turbulent, please send His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to supervise the country in Nanjing to relieve the disaster and govern the people!" ”

"Shut up!" Chongzhen trembled with anger, and shouted in a hissing voice: "Someone, drag him out of the hall!" ”

At this time, Chongzhen regretted very much that he had given Sun Yingyuan a hereditary earl, this person was so godless, he should be punished!

Several Han generals in the palace were about to take people, but they were blocked by a team of guards from the Yongwei battalion, and several Han generals looked at each other for a while, and hesitated to retreat.

Sun Yingyuan frowned slightly, exuding the momentum of a general commander, and said in a deep voice: "Please Your Majesty's permission, let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supervise the country in Nanjing!" ”

Seeing the court guards in the hall retreating, Chongzhen was furious, and shouted outside the hall: "Yu Linwei! Take him down! ”

"Yu Lin Wei! Where is my Feather Guard? ”

After shouting for a long time, Chongzhen didn't see a Yu Linwei rushing in to get someone, he looked at Wang Chengen with a question mark on his face, but saw that Wang Chengen's face seemed to have a big question mark, so he almost spread his hands.

Yang Sichang had already discussed this matter with Chongzhen, and when he saw that Yu Linwei outside the hall had not moved, he was terrified in his heart, and secretly looked at the crown prince, but saw that Zhu Cihong was still sitting there with his eyes closed and silent, as if everything was under his control.

Seeing that the emperor could not transfer his own pro-army, the ministers gradually made noise, and really felt that something was wrong.

In the boiling uproar of the hall, Zhou Yuji, Dingxibo, stood up and said: "The minister seconded Jing Wubo, please ask Your Majesty to order His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to supervise the country in Nanjing!" ”

Zhou Yuji knew that seeing that the emperor was going to abolish the crown prince, Sun Yingyuan made this decision to stand up, which seemed to be persecuting the emperor on the surface, but in fact he was protecting him.

Chongzhen looked at the two of them with a pale face, and shouted, "What are you doing?" Are you going to force the palace together? ”

Sun Yingyuan's face turned red with anger, what's the matter with this majesty, he is usually very fine, why can't he see that the prince is holding a forty-meter-long machete in his hand now!