Generally speaking, the Wenhua Palace meeting is a gathering of important officials from the outer court and the inner court to discuss major affairs of the court. That is to say, the cabinet of the outer court, the six Shangshu, and the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, if necessary, will also be present in the six departments. And the words of the inner court are the eunuchs of the celebrant and the pen.

But this time, when the officials of the outer court went to the Wenhua Hall to wait first, they found a lot of abnormalities. In fact, it can be said that when I entered the Forbidden City, I already felt that something was wrong.

I didn't have time before, and when I was waiting, I was looking for someone who was good and whispering.

As soon as the palace gate opened, the eunuch Wang Gonggong led a large group of people out of the palace. Look at the menacing one, as if something has happened. ”

"Something must have happened! Those palace guards didn't even squint, and they didn't have the lazy feeling they had before! ”

"Yes, also, the eunuchs who patrol the palace seem to have changed!"

“……”

While these civil officials were discussing, they suddenly saw the eunuch Bingbi of the celebrant coming over.

At this sight, they were surprised again. One of them, Zhou Yanru, the first assistant, asked one of them: "What about the prince?" Why did the celebrant only come to a few of your fathers-in-law? ”

When the eunuch heard this, he wanted to answer, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he suddenly remembered something, so he immediately shut up and stood in his place. Then, these eunuchs all have a virtue, looking at the nose and the nose, looking at the heart, motionless, like a respected mud bodhisattva.

Their move suddenly surprised Zhou Yanru and others. Needless to say, something big definitely happened in the palace, otherwise, these eunuchs who are usually kind and greet each other will definitely not behave like this!

As a result, a group of civil officials focused their attention on Zhou Yanru. The meaning is obvious, you are the first assistant, why don't you hurry up and find out, what happened?

Zhou Yanru's brows furrowed, he really couldn't think of what happened in the palace? The most recent major event should be the defeat of Matsuyama. However, this defeat of Matsuyama shouldn't have much to do with the palace, right? Could it be that the emperor was angry and angry in the palace, so a large number of people were unlucky?

Unsure, Zhou Yanru was also a little panicked in his heart. I don't understand the situation, what if I meet the emperor when I meet the emperor? Therefore, after a little consideration, he asked the eunuch again: "Father-in-law Gao, what's the matter, can't you breathe first?" We, as courtiers, don't we all want to make Your Majesty angry, right? ”

While asking, I thought in my heart that it would be good if the eunuch Wang Dehua was here. With his friendship, he will definitely ventilate in advance if there is anything.

Hearing this, the senior father-in-law opened his eyes and glanced at him. Unexpectedly, he closed it again, and still ignored it.

This time, Zhou Yanru was a little angry even if he was a clay character. Anyway, he is the head of the cabinet, so kindly, he talks again and again, and he doesn't even give him any face.

But seriously, it's useless for him to be angry. Even if he is the first assistant of the cabinet, he can't control the inner court. So, for a moment, he had a hard time stepping down, his beard curling to the ground, clearly trying to calm his anger.

At this moment, a sudden shout came from Emperor Chongzhen.

As a result, all these civil officials in the Wenhua Hall were in place to welcome Emperor Chongzhen.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After the ceremony, it is generally Emperor Chongzhen's "Zhongqing Ping". However, this time, a group of people waited, but they heard Emperor Chongzhen say above: "Come, give Mr. a seat!" ”

"Give me a seat?" Whether it is a civil official or a eunuch, they are all surprised, where is the gentleman, what kind of gentleman?

Thinking so, they peeked at the situation.

It's okay not to look at it, but when I saw it, I was taken aback.

Seeing His Majesty Dan, an attendant was carrying a round stool over, and a stranger in a python suit did not thank him, as if he was a little unaccustomed to sitting directly.

"......" saw this scene, and the civil and eunuch officials were all shocked, and their minds were full of questions.

Who is this? Actually wearing a python suit! Why haven't you seen it before?

The emperor seemed to call him Mr. just now, but why is he so young? How can this be the emperor's husband?

What surprised them the most was that this person seemed to be extremely arrogant, and the emperor's gift of the throne seemed to be taken for granted?

…………

In short, Zhang Mingwei immediately became the focus of the Wenhua Palace.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen's voice rang out: "Get up!" ”

Whether it's the words or the tone, it's a bit unkind. This made the civil officials and eunuchs suddenly wake up, and hurriedly got up according to the courtesy.

Emperor Chongzhen did not introduce Zhang Mingwei first, but said in a cold tone: "Performance! ”

This change in attitude is no wonder to him. Last night, he saw that on Wang Dehua's account book, there were most of these so-called important ministers in front of him, even the first assistant Zhou Yanru, how could he not be annoyed!

You must know that being promoted to such a high position by him is, of course, that he thinks it is worth using and is a person he trusts very much.

Hearing that Emperor Chongzhen was very unhappy, Zhou Yanru remembered the abnormality of the celebrant supervisor, and couldn't help but feel apprehensive in his heart. ”

Zhou Yanru's talent, that is indeed a lever among the ministers in the late Ming Dynasty. At the age of 20, he was even the champion of Zhonghui Yuan and the champion, and at the age of 27, he was named the first assistant of the cabinet, and he was one of the youngest cabinet assistants of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, he felt that this memorial text used to commemorate Hong Chengchou was a wonderful pen, and the image of a loyal and loyal person who died with all his heart was perfectly presented. Emperor Chongzhen will definitely appreciate it when he sees it, so that the unhappiness in his heart will be alleviated a lot, and everyone will not have to be so afraid.

But who knows, as soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard his words, he immediately remembered that Hong Chengchou, who he thought was the dry city of the country and thought that the people of the world were exemplary, was so spineless, not only surrendered to Jianyu and ignored the grace of the saints, but even helped Jianyu to make plans to deal with the Ming Dynasty!

As soon as he thought of this, he was very angry, and slammed the royal case, making a "pop" sound, and the movement was very loud.

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly thundered and was furious, so frightened that Zhou Yanru and the others hurriedly knelt down, bowing their heads and not daring to speak. At the same time, I also wondered in my heart, I don't know what I said wrongly, which caused the emperor to be so angry?

Only Zhang Mingwei, who was sitting there, knew that he looked at Zhou Yanru and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "If you don't open that pot, you deserve to be unlucky!" ”

As a bystander, although Emperor Chongzhen's anger was not directed at him, he still felt that the majesty of imperial power was still very high in this era.

These civil officials can deceive the emperor, but there is absolutely no one who dares to disobey the emperor, even if Emperor Chongzhen is the last emperor.

At this time, after Emperor Chongzhen was angry, he suddenly felt that his anger seemed to be a little too much. After all, Zhou Yanru wrote the sacrificial text to act on orders, and they didn't know that Hong Chengchou would surrender to the enemy.

So, in the Wenhua Palace, there was a strange silence.