Yang Muyun followed behind the little eunuch, entered the palace from the left gate, and after crossing the Jinshui Bridge, he saw that the civil and military officials had retreated from the Fengtian Palace, and walked in the direction of the noon gate in twos and threes. Kuang, the secretary of the military department, was also among them, and I saw that he was whispering something with Wang Zuo, the secretary of the household department. He raised his head and glanced at Yang Muyun, nodded slightly, and did not speak.

The little eunuch led Yang Muyun to bypass the Fengtian Hall from the left side and come to the front of the Jinshen Palace.

"Lord Yang, you stay here for a while, let's go in and report to the emperor." The little eunuch said and bowed his head and quickly walked into the temple.

"What will the emperor ask me when he summons me this time?" Yang Muyun couldn't help muttering in his heart, how could he and Yuan Qi'er be born in front of the emperor, and it took some time to think about it.

Just thinking about it, I heard a sharp voice inside shouting: "Rumor, Yang Muyun, a member of the military department, has come to see you!" ”

Yang Muyun hurriedly dusted off the sleeves of his robe, lowered his head slightly, and entered the hall with a solemn expression.

"Yang Muyun, a member of the Arsenal of the Ministry of Ministers and Soldiers, knocked on Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Yang Muyun stood still in front of the imperial case, and bowed his head.

"Flat," said in a clear voice behind the case.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yang Muyun stood up and stood aside.

"Yang Qing, raise your head!"

"Obey the order!" Yang Muyun slowly raised his head, and what caught his eye was Zhu Qizhen's majestic and slightly happy face.

"Yang Qing, I see that your complexion is good," Zhu Qizhen stood up with a yellow forehead tied on his head, wearing a soft and comfortable Hese dragon robe, "Ever since I learned that you were taken captive by the Tartars, I have been worrying about you!" ”

"Let the emperor worry, the ministers are afraid!" Yang Muyun looked sincerely frightened.

"You don't want to be so restrained here in me," Zhu Qizhen walked out from behind the imperial case and stood still in front of him, "Do you want to be like those old-fashioned old ministers and make me as boring as Fengtian Palace?" ”

"As long as the emperor doesn't blame, then the ministers will be forgiven," Yang Muyun let out a sigh, his tense shoulders collapsed, and he smiled at Zhu Qizhen, "To be honest, he is always so serious in front of the emperor, and the ministers are not used to it." ”

"That's it," Zhu Qizhen stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "Although I am the Son of Heaven, there is no considerate person around me to speak, only when Mr. Wang is there, I will feel more relaxed......" Seeing Yang Muyun's face in pain, he hurriedly stopped his words and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you, where is it uncomfortable?" ”

"It's okay," Yang Muyun covered his shoulder, and a smile appeared on his face, "The minister didn't dare to hide it from the emperor, after the minister chased out of the capital that night, he met the Tatar cavalry of the brigade, and the minister fought with them, but he was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, so that he was captured ...... miss."

He spoke with emotion, and Zhu Qizhen nodded frequently when he heard it, "I also heard from the people who came back, if you hadn't delayed them, Mr. Ouyang would not have calmly arranged for the Xuanniao Guard to intercept them in Liuyinggou, but it's a pity that my arms and ordnance were burned by the ignited fire......"

"Mr. Ouyang?" Yang Muyun asked with a surprised face: "...... is he?"

"She is the commander of the Xuanniao Guard, specializing in training dead soldiers for me, you have also seen her, Qiao Ziliang, Lin Mei'er are her disciples." Zhu Qizhen explained.

"Which mysterious masked woman?" Yang Muyun's face was a little strange, "It's really strange that a woman is actually called Mr. ”

"I asked her to send someone around to find out about you, but I didn't expect you to come back safely." Zhu Qizhen smiled and said.

"Thank you for the emperor's concern," Yang Muyun said busily: "Even if the minister is broken, it is difficult to repay the emperor's great kindness." ”

"Don't," Zhu Qizhen waved his hand, "You're going to be crushed, and Xiyuan won't let me live." ”

At the mention of Princess Yongqing, Yang Muyun hurriedly diverted the topic, "The minister is incompetent, and he failed to save the arms and ordnance." ”

"There are no more arms and ordnance to be rebuilt," Zhu Qizhen said quite generously: "As long as you don't invest in the enemy, you will become a ......" The words changed sharply, and his tone was full of indignation, "These Tartars are really becoming more and more rampant, taking the opportunity to pay tribute to me, but they are secretly smuggling arms."

The matter of ordnance, this is not counted, but it is directly under my capital city, looking directly at me as if there is nothing. ”

"The Tartars were able to cross the layers of defense lines of our border army, and they must have obtained the secrets of our Ming military deployment, so they were so fearless." Yang Muyun remembered that Gu Yunduo and Yuan Qi'er traded the military deployment map around the Beijing Division, and said thoughtfully.

Zhu Qizhen nodded, "I also think so, I ordered the Criminal Department and Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation, and found that this was done by Gu Yunduo, a member of the Ministry of War, and now Gu Yunduo has committed suicide in fear of crime, and I have ordered someone to raid his home, and his family will be sent to Yousi for ......distribution" After a pause, he said: "There is also the smuggling of arms and ordnance, I have also ordered Jinyiwei to conduct a thorough investigation, and the directors of Wang Gong Factory and Armor Factory under the Ministry of Industry have been transferred and controlled, and I believe that there will be results soon......"

"So the emperor should sit back and relax." Yang Muyun deeply sighed at Zhu Qizhen's resolute and resolute actions.

"Sit back and relax?" Zhu Qizhen glanced at him with complicated eyes, sighed, and slowly shook his head, "It's so easy to talk about!" After this incident, many of my ministers have been afraid of the enemy like tigers, not only did they not give advice on how to defend my Ming Dynasty, but instead persuaded me to move the capital to avoid the enemy's edge......" Speaking of this, he was a little indignant, "It has only been more than 20 years since Emperor Taizong's five expeditions to Mobei, and my courtiers of the Ming Dynasty have actually lost their blood, some people have asked to move the capital, and others have stood there silently listening, without even a word of refutation, how can this be true......"

Yang Muyun's heart moved, and he secretly said in his heart: "It turns out that what those students in the breakfast shop said is true. ”

Zhu Qizhen noticed that his expression was different, so he said, "What, does Yang Qing have anything to say to me?" ”

Yang Muyun bowed and said: "Back to the emperor, the ministers returned to Beijing in the morning, and listened to a generous speech by a student of the Guozijian in a breakfast shop, denouncing the courtiers in the court who persuaded the emperor to move the capital, and proposed to unite all the students of the Guozijian to write to the court, and ask them to write to the court on their behalf, please strengthen your confidence and never move the capital!" ”

"Oh?" Zhu Qizhen's eyes lit up, "I am very relieved that there is such a hot-blooded man in my Daming, what is the name of the Tai student of the Guozijian?" ”

"His name is Wang Yue," Yang Muyun said: "He said that a small entry into the Tartars frightened some court ministers like this, and they moved the capital at every turn to avoid the enemy's edge, saying that they would still be Jinling, and some wanted the emperor to follow the example of the Tang Emperor to enter Shu and come to Chengdu." If it is really shameless, if this is the case, won't my Ming Dynasty become the southern crossing of the Song Dynasty, and abandon half of the country to Hulu? ”

"That's right," Zhu Qizhen's eyes lit up, "This Wang Yue, I really want to see him, let him stand on the Fengtian Hall and say it to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, shame these people who are in high positions and have a vegetarian meal," and then sneered, "Return to Jinling, and return to Shu?" What's more, Yu Shaowen, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, also said that Emperor Taizu was interested in Bianliang back then, and wanted to move the capital here, and also built a palace there, and said that Kaifeng Mansion was in danger of the Guanhe River, and it was the land of Longxing of the previous dynasties, and I ...... it."

Looking at Zhu Qizhen's excited appearance, Yang Muyun was secretly amused, but it was a major national event, and it was inconvenient for him to put his beak on the side, so he was silent.

"I almost forgot," Zhu Qizhen glanced at him, "When you came to Beijing, you passed through Kaifeng, where you spent many days and were quite courteous to King Zhou, how about it, is the palace there not much better than my Forbidden City?" ”

Yang Muyun saw that his expression was not good, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he said seriously: "The prince of Zhou is very low-key, restrains the words and deeds of the princes, never interferes in local political affairs, and does not exceed the rules of food and clothing. ”

"You're here again," the corners of Zhu Qizhen's mouth hooked, "I'm just asking casually, why are you so nervous?" Then stared at him directly, "By the way, Yang Qing is from Jiangnan, I don't know what he thinks about the discussion among the courtiers about Jinling?" ”

"Emperor Mingjian," Yang Muyun bowed slightly, his face full of solemnity, "The minister is a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, he should be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, honor his parents at home, and dare not be limited by the region." The minister is in Beijing, and the father of the minister does not leave his homeland, and he is also because the tomb of his ancestors is in the township, and he cannot be left unattended. Now Emperor Taizong, Emperor Renzong and the tombs of the three generations of emperors of the first emperor sit in Yanshan, but the emperor is really as invited by some courtiers, the imperial capital will be moved elsewhere, how will the imperial tomb be cared for, and a hundred years later, how will the emperor face the first emperors under Jiuquan? ”

Zhu Qizhen listened to Yang Muyun's words, his body was shocked, and he didn't say a word for a long time, and at the end, Fang Chang sighed, "Yang Qing knows my heart very well, your father can't bear to leave his hometown because of the unattended tomb of his ancestors, as the son of heaven, is it not as good as the filial piety of a courtier, and the people who confuse me and move the capital are to put me in unfilial piety!" ”

"The emperor is the son of heaven, and he should take the world as his own responsibility." Yang Muyun continued: "If they move the capital in the slightest crisis, then where will they be placed in the world, and how do they view the emperor and the Ming court? I think that back then, Emperor Jin left the central capital and went to Bianliang, and the entire north of the Yellow River no longer listened to Jin's orders. The Song dynasty crossed to the south, and the thousands of people in the north no longer faced the south and called themselves vassals. This situation and this scene are all vivid, the emperor is a promising king, how can he repeat the mistakes of the past? ”

The hall was very quiet, so quiet that it could be heard that a needle had fallen, Zhu Qizhen's face was solemn, looking up at the high dome, with a look of perseverance on his face, "I have decided, whoever wants to give me a book to bewitch me to move the capital, I will definitely punish him heavily." ”

"The emperor is wise." Yang Muyun said sincerely.

"I can also see it," Zhu Qizhen said lightly: "All the people who give me a letter to move the capital are all petty officials with humble positions, and there must be someone behind them to instruct them, hum...... These old fellows, not daring to jump out on their own, let some puppies and kittens take the lead, so as to probe my tone, and my will cut off the thoughts of both ends of their heads. Then he glanced at Yang Muyun, "You are very good, very good, those words are really deafening, and I will order people to write all of them into my will later, and read them to the public tomorrow morning......" and then paced back and forth in the hall thoughtfully.

"Does the emperor still have any difficulties?" Yang Muyun couldn't help but ask.

"Well," Zhu Qizhen glanced at him sideways, "There is a difficulty, but it's not mine, it's you!" ”

"Me?" Yang Muyun was stunned, "What is there about the minister that makes the emperor embarrassed?" ”

"I'm wondering where to put you?" Zhu Qizhen smiled indifferently, "I transferred you to the military department because I didn't want you to have any mistakes, and this is also for Xiyuan's sake......"

"Her Royal Highness the Princess," Yang Muyun said in his heart: "Is it because the emperor is following the princess's will when I go to the military department?" ”

I only heard Zhu Qizhen continue: "Who knew that the military department still used you as a Jinyi guard, which is even more thrilling than you were in Jinyi Weinan Town......" turned around and smiled at Yang Muyun, "Okay, you just stay by my side and be a government army avant-garde five-grade sword officer!" Usually stay with me so that you don't encounter any danger! ”

"Your Majesty," Yang Muyun was a little puzzled, "the minister is loyal to the emperor, although he goes to the soup and fights, he will not give up." Why is the emperor always worried about the danger of his ministers? ”

"Well, I'm for Xiyuan......" Speaking of this, Zhu Qizhen smiled slightly, and then said: "You are loyal, I appreciate you very much, why, stay by my side, don't you want to?" ”

Yang Muyun suddenly realized, and was shocked in his heart, "If it is unclear with Her Royal Highness the Princess, I am afraid it will not be a good thing, and I should make this clear to the emperor." He bent his knees, knelt on the ground, and said: "The emperor is grateful, the minister is grateful, the minister does not dare to hide from the emperor, the minister already has a wife in the family, and the minister has never had delusions about Her Royal Highness the princess, and please ask the emperor to know it!" ”

"Hurry up," Zhu Qizhen frowned, knowing the meaning of his words, "Why are you talking about paying homage again, you have a wife, I know, Xiyuan she also knows, don't need you to say it." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." After Yang Muyun stood up, he stood aside in fear.

"I kept you by my side, not just for Xiyuan," Zhu Qizhen stretched his eyebrows and said with a pleasant face: "It's because of you...... It's been a long time, and no one has ever said such a thing to me so sincerely, I just want to find someone who can talk to me, this ...... Do you understand? ”

"The minister understands!"

"As for Xiyuan," Zhu Qizhen said slowly: "She has a good impression of you because you saved her, and there may be no other meaning in this, so you don't have to care too much about it." She's only twelve years old after all, and when she's old enough to get married, maybe she'll have forgotten about you......"