Hundreds of civil and military officials, nobles of the clan, a group of more than 100 people went to Xiyuan.

These more than 100 people are all of high rank.

Because if the grade is too low, and you don't even have the qualifications to enter Xiyuan, what's the use of coming?

The king of Zhongshun and the people of the clan have some sense of ambition and heroism.

Because along the way, all around him were words of praise and praise.

"The younger brother is here to congratulate the Nine Princes, as the only prince of the Emperor Taishang, this time, the Emperor Taishang will definitely canonize the Nine Princes as the new monarch......"

"Uncle Jiuwang is highly respected, and with so many ministers in the court and the first assistant, as well as the support of the children of our clan, he will ascend the throne and become the emperor in the future, and he will definitely go down in history as a man of martial arts."

"Exactly, when we meet the Emperor Taishang and his old man, we will all recommend Uncle Jiuwang to ascend the throne and be the emperor......"

Everyone is a smart person, and during this period of time, there has already been a lot of uproar about the selection of the new monarch.

The highest voices are naturally the King of Zhongshun and the King of Jing.

But everyone saw that King Najing did not come at all today, and it is conceivable that the support of these ministers must be King Zhongshun.

As for the clan, a hairy boy who has not yet been fully accepted by them, compared with the generation of the Emperor Taishang's bloodline, and the loyal king who has also won them over, they are naturally more willing to support the latter.

At this time, they have more than 100 people, and they almost occupy most of the core figures of the court and the clan, even if they are the emperor, they must be treated solemnly, right?

Moreover, they always felt that the emperor should be more loyal to the king.

How can you put a good son and not stand up, and set up a hairy boy who everyone is not convinced?

King Zhongshun looked at the majestic little brother around him, and he was in a really good mood.

But then he also saw a few people behind him who were not very enthusiastic, so he restrained his smile and said, "Thanks to everyone's love, Xiao Wang thanked him first."

However, Xiao Wang is only a shallow learner, and he doesn't dare to covet the big treasure, so don't bother me.

According to Xiao Wang, although the king of Guojun is young, he is majestic and elegant, but he is a rare virtuous king in our clan, maybe the emperor will enthrone the king of Guojun......"

King Zhongshun said, smiling at the King of Guojun, who was much younger than him.

King Guojun hurriedly waved his hand: "Uncle Wang has an overreputation, how dare the little nephew be compared with Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang must not be sarcastic about his nephew."

Today, I am just a witness for Uncle Wang. ”

Competing for the throne can be a very risky business, and it would be better if it was not revealed from the beginning.

Once you show your intentions, if you don't succeed in the end, you may be hated by your successor and end miserably.

Therefore, in the case of no certainty, King Guojun will not show his heart.

"Hahaha, you're too humble......"

King Guojun knew each other like this, which made King Zhongshun very happy, and he smiled loudly, and he didn't care about him.

At this time, Tan Ruisheng, a scholar from Hanlin, came over from the front with a letter requesting the canonization of a new monarch and asked them to sign it together.

King Zhongshun saw that the above only admonished the emperor to establish a new monarch, but did not mention him at all, and he was a little suspicious in his heart.

Tan Ruisheng saw it, pulled him aside, and whispered: "The teacher said, in the final analysis, the establishment of a new monarch is a matter of the emperor's words, although the ministers have the right to admonish, but if it is written directly on the admonition, there is a suspicion of persecution."

However, please rest assured, when you meet the holy face, the ministers will advise the Emperor to make the prince's ......"

King Zhongshun realized this, and he only felt that Wang Weiren really deserved to be the first assistant, and he thought so thoughtfully.

Therefore, he was very happy and signed his name and gave it to the rest of the princes of the clan.

Before coming to Xiyuan for a while, the general guarding the gate was taken aback when he saw so many white-clothed ministers coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to intercept him.

"Stop!"

Wang Weiren came out, "I am the first assistant of the cabinet, and I led hundreds of officials to ask to see the emperor when they had important matters, and asked the general to inform him to give way." ”

The guards of the front division of the palace were a little hesitant, although the ministers of Zhu Zi were qualified to enter Xiyuan, but except for the birthday banquet of the Emperor and the Queen Mother, there had never been so many people coming, which made him a little worried.

"I wonder what Lord Shoufu has to ask to see the Emperor? Can you allow the humble post to ask the emperor for advice first? ”

Wang Weiren frowned.

The ministers can go to Xiyuan first, and then report to the Dust Palace.

Because Xiyuan is very large, it is like a palace, in addition to the emperor, there are also the queen mother, concubines and even some princesses and county lords living in it.

However, he also understood the general's worries, anyway, he had gone so far, and he didn't care about waiting a little longer, so he nodded and let the general go in.

After a while, the inner supervisor beside the Emperor Taishang came out and said, "The Emperor Taishang's dragon body is not safe, and it is inconvenient to see the foreign ministers, please go back."

In addition, the Emperor Taishang also asked, today is the day of His Majesty's funeral, and the first assistant and all the adults are not in the Daming Palace to see off His Majesty, what are they doing in Xiyuan? ”

The latter words are obviously a reproach.

Wang Weiren hurriedly said: "I also ask my father-in-law to report that it is not that the ministers are deliberately neglecting, but that the ministers do have 100,000 urgent things to face Emperor Chen."

The imperial court was in turmoil repeatedly, and all kinds of ruins were waiting to be rebuilt, but the countries of the West Sea raised troops again to attack, and this time it was a coalition of various countries, and the situation was very critical.

At this time, the imperial court urgently needed to appoint a new monarch and sit in the center to lead the ministers to tide over the difficulties......

This sincerity is of great importance, and I also ask my father-in-law to pass it on my behalf. ”

The Emperor Taishang was gone, but it was still expected by Wang Weiren.

He had been here several times before, and almost all of them had been denied. If it weren't for the day he returned to the city, he had seen the Emperor Taishang, but he was afraid that he would have thought that the Emperor Taishang was no longer good and was controlled by others......

The big inner eunuch in the red dark pattern robe squinted at everyone, and said with a smile: "Lord Wang's words will be brought to the small ones, but the Emperor Taishang has clearly asked the adults to go back, but now the adults insist on not leaving, if you provoke the emperor to be angry, don't blame the small ones for not reminding you ...... when the time comes."

After speaking, he didn't care about the sudden changes in the faces of those ministers, straightened the Buddha dust, and left arrogantly.

"This kind of castration is really killable!"

Behind Wang Weiren, a person said angrily.

Wang Weiren also secretly clenched his fists, but then shook his head and stopped the angry ministers.

The eunuchs and civil officials have always looked down on each other, which is nothing, but this eunuch is also a little too arrogant.

But there are also those cunning people who speculate that those eunuchs are the most observant when they serve the saints.

Does the great inner eunuch's attitude towards them show from the side that the Emperor is really dissatisfied with them?

As a result, some people began to retreat. The team, which was still majestic and high-spirited just now, was a little scattered.

Until a long time passed, they had not received the order of the emperor, and many people could no longer bear it.

The people in that clan were the most afraid of the emperor, and there were few literati.

Be polite and say hello, and if you are not polite, you will slip away while others are not paying attention.

In the blink of an eye, half of the people in the clan had already run away.

King Zhongshun couldn't sit still and came to Wang Weiren for advice.

Wang Weiren's face was extremely handsome.

He didn't expect that the Emperor Taishang would be so disregarded for the feelings of the ministers, and he was unwilling to even pass the second order.

Looking at the scattered team, Wang Weiren knew that if they came with a group today, they would go back in disgrace.

Then, he will no longer have the face to serve in this first assistant.

So, he shouted: "Since ancient times, martial arts have fought to the death, and literature has been admonished."

On the occasion of the crisis of the imperial court, I am willing to use my five-foot body to ask the Emperor Taishang's sacred heart to make a clear decision and establish a new monarch as soon as possible! ”

The slogan handed down from ancient times is very appealing.

Not to mention Wang Weiren's protégés, even those other people were all instigated at once, and they knelt in front of Xiyuan one after another.

These people who came here today were not all in favor of the loyal king or the order of Wang Weiren.

Many of them are demagogic with the orthodox idea that "the family cannot be left without an owner for a day, and the country cannot be without a king for a day".

They may not understand why the Emperor Taishang has not established a new monarch for a long time, but they feel that if the saint is not clear, he needs to be admonished by the virtuous ministers.

The country has no owner, just like the sky has no sun, is it a long-term strategy?

Besides, Shoufu and the adults are determined to admonish the king with death, if anyone leaves quietly at this time, will they still be in the court in the future?

Therefore, none of the Wenchen escaped, and they all chanted, "Please make a clear decision with the Sacred Heart of the Emperor Taishang, and establish a new monarch as soon as possible!" Then followed Wang Weiren and knelt outside Xiyuan.

……

In the Xi Garden, the Queen Mother's bedroom.

The old eunuch hurriedly came to report: "Queen Mother, it's not good, Wang Weiren and more than 100 ministers knelt at the gate of Xiyuan, begging the Emperor Taishang to appoint a new monarch!" ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, her hand trembled slightly, and the white fungus soup bowl in her hand almost fell.

Only then did the Queen Mother say: "Oh, who are they going to support?" ”

"I don't know about this, but looking at the posture, it seems to support the prince of Zhongshun, because the king of Zhongshun is among them......"

"Hmph, wishful thinking!"

The Queen Mother slapped her palm on the table, causing the table to emit a heavy mournful sound.

"Tell me what you know." The Queen Mother ordered, and then the old eunuch told the Queen Mother what had happened outside Xiyuan before, as well as the reaction of the Lichen Palace.

After hearing this, the nervousness on the Queen Mother's face was gone, but a smile appeared.

But then she still said coldly: "This Wang Weiren, a good first assistant, is not in charge of affairs, and he has repeatedly interfered in the affairs of my heavenly family, which is really hateful." ”

The old eunuch naturally agreed, helped scold Wang Weiren a few words, and said: "Fortunately, the emperor made a clear decision and did not fall for their tricks." The servants looked, the Emperor didn't want to pay attention to them at all, their old bones, just kneel to death......"

The old eunuch said it unintentionally, but the queen mother's face changed slightly when she heard it.

Kneeling to death......

No way!

The Queen Mother finally knew the sinister intentions of Wang Weiren and others.

The Emperor Taishang maintained his reputation very much throughout his life, and rarely did anything to poison the courtiers.

The so-called heavenly family is selfless, not to mention that it is such a major event in the world as the canonization of a new monarch?

Wang Weiren and others' request for the emperor to be crowned a new monarch is not at fault if it is judged according to the law.

If they were punished by the Emperor Taishang to kneel and die because of this incident, I was afraid that the Emperor Taishang would leave a mark in the history books after a hundred years......

"Where is King Jing now?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, King Jing is still praying for Emperor Daxing in Daming Palace."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she nodded, Jia Baoyu was right to be able to sit still.

If Wang Weiren and the others really want to say that they are wrong, they are leaving without authorization on the day of Emperor Jingtai's funeral......

"You sent someone to leave an unexpected move, and you will come back as soon as possible."

"Minions obey ......"

……

"Didn't go in?"

In Daming Palace, Jia Baoyu was a little surprised when he heard Wei Liqi's return.

"Back to His Royal Highness, yes, now that Wang Weiren and the others are still kneeling outside Xiyuan, we can relax, it seems that the Emperor Taishang really has no intention of canonizing the King of Loyalty......"

Jia Baoyu smiled, he naturally understood this.

If Emperor Taishang really intended to be the king of Zhongshun, he would not have given him so much power, and let him control the military power in Gyeonggi.

Unless, the Emperor wants to kill him......

But obviously this is impossible, the Emperor Taishang took the risk of being criticized by the world and forcibly accepted him back to the royal family.

If the Emperor Taishang hadn't been sick, he probably wouldn't have done such a hard job of praising him and then throwing him to death.

"Since we are among them, we will know all about it when they return.

Today is Your Majesty's funeral ceremony, so don't send people over frequently to investigate, so as not to cause extraneous branches. ”

"Yes......"

Wei Liqi bowed in response.

"By the way, the court has no money, do you know about it?" Jia Baoyu said suddenly.

Wei Liqi nodded, "I've also heard that Daxuan has been leveling all over the world over the years, and in the past ten years, except for the construction of Xiyuan for Emperor Taishang, there has been no huge expenses, and the finances have always been relatively generous."

However, in this year, a lot of major events suddenly happened, and there were some sudden turnovers in the imperial court.

But it doesn't hurt to think about it, in a few months, this year's autumn tax will enter Beijing, and the crisis will be solved by then. ”

Just listening to Wei Liqi's words, I knew that although this person had not been an official in the imperial court before, he was extremely concerned about the affairs of the court, otherwise he would not have been able to say such a certain thing.

I couldn't help but look up two points again.

Sure enough, everyone is different, for example, Feng, Chen, and Wei all made their fortunes by virtue of their military exploits, but Chen Daliang already has some content with pleasure, while Feng Tang has to be military and has a lot of impatience with government affairs.

Only Wei Liqi, after the imperial court dismissed these generals, took the initiative to transform into a civil official......

Only in this way can people who are good at adapting to the environment be more reassuring to do things, so he will rely on him more and more.

However, Jia Baoyu did not agree with his words, but said: "In the case of autumn taxes, the provinces usually can't be counted until the winter wax month, and they have to wait until the tax and silver enter Beijing, and many of them have to wait until after the beginning of spring."

And now that the battle of the West Sea is imminent, it is simply too late in time. ”

Wei Liqi thought about it and felt that what Jia Baoyu said was right, so he said: "For a period of time, there have been nearly 100 civil and military nobles who have been convicted of being convicted, and there are countless smaller officials and ordinary soldiers.

Even now, there are still many homes that are still sealed, waiting to be investigated.

Otherwise, the lowly post will send additional manpower to count the finances and report them to the treasury as soon as possible, so that the imperial court can deal with the battle of the West Sea? ”

Although a big war costs a lot of money, it can't stand the many homes copied these days, as long as this silver is baked, it must be enough to fight a battle in the West Sea.

Jia Baoyu didn't say anything when she heard this, just looked at him.

Wei Liqi was stunned, and suddenly laughed, "The humble position is confused, there are many civil and military officials, and the property and land at home are scattered, and the inventory is very complicated and time-consuming, and it can't be counted in a short time......

If the court asks, and the humble office answers like this, Your Highness sees that it is feasible? ”

Jia Baoyu laughed at this time.