"Knock-knock-knock-"

The solemn drum beat on the drum represents the beginning of the early dynasty. The hundred officials followed the sound of the drum and entered the Zhengde Hall in turn, only to see that on the dragon chair in the center of the main hall, the Great Emperor was sitting upright and looking ahead, showing the majesty and solemnity of the emperor. The last time a hundred officials saw the emperor was ten days ago, and in these ten days, too many stories have happened, not only thrilling, but even many people are no longer in this world.

Ten days later, the officials finally saw the emaciated Emperor Dade again, and many courtiers couldn't help but cry when they saw the emperor's sunken eye sockets and pale face, guessing in their hearts that His Majesty the emperor had been greatly wronged. They naturally inquired about the emperor's serious injury through various methods, and today they can see that the emperor is here, everyone is already satisfied, as long as the emperor is here, there is hope for the imperial court.

Zhang Kuan, the left minister, is the head of the hundred officials, he stands in the first place, the closer to his grandson, the more uncomfortable Zhang Kuan is, he holds back his tears, waiting for the hundred officials to stand still. Subsequently, under the leadership of Zhang Kuan, the left minister, a total of 266 officials from the eight ministries and six courts all bowed to the Emperor Dade and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

After bowing to the three provinces, the officials only waited for the emperor's sentence "Aiqing is flat", but what they waited for was the answer of the imperial envoy Lu Baiting: "Your Majesty is back, flat." ”

The hundred officials felt sad in their hearts, and after getting up, they all looked at the Great German Emperor, and saw that the Great German Emperor was looking straight ahead, expressionless, solemn, but it seemed to be a little less lively, as if he was a puppet. The officials got the news, but everyone was hearsay, I don't know what kind of illness the emperor had, everyone had a lot of suspicions, but at this moment everyone affirmed the previous conjecture that something must have happened to Emperor Dade.

Lu Baiting said loudly: "The King of Jin rebelled, because the rebels entered the palace, killed a total of 773 people in the harem such as the queen mother, poppies, palace maids and eunuchs, and burned 560 pavilions and buildings in the harem, and suffered heavy losses in the palace. Fortunately, the crown prince Zhang Xiaowu galloped away in the starry night, he entered the palace alone and personally killed Li Canglan, Wu Dong and other rebel commanders, led the silver guards to quell the rebellion of the Jin king, and killed 87 rebels. However, the thief Li Canglan shot His Majesty with a secret arrow, and because of the injury to his voice, His Majesty was temporarily unable to speak, so I will speak on Your Majesty's behalf. ”

"Your Majesty is frightened, and the ministers will not give up." Baiguan was busy talking, there are many versions that everyone has heard, some true and some false, but in general, the story is one, that is, Zhang Xiaowu single-handedly entered the palace to rescue the emperor, and also killed Li Canglan, the lieutenant general of the rebellious Imperial Forest Army, and killed Wu Dong, the Marquis of Liyang, who led the troops into the palace, and killed three hundred and sixty-four rebels by himself, which is really the first general in the world.

People looked at Zhang Xiaowu, and it was unbelievable that this general, who could kill more than 300 people in one night, was now wearing the clothes of a civilian official, standing in the ranks of the officials, and ranking as the left attendant.

Lu Baiting said again: "Your Majesty was seriously injured, and it took nine days for the imperial doctor to wake up, so Your Majesty can only handle government affairs for half an hour every day, and the rest of the time must be cultivated. Because of the meritorious work of the crown prince Shaobao Zhang Xiaowu to quell the rebellion, His Majesty authorized Zhang Shaobao to set up a central government to serve as the central commander during his recuperation, and selected six people to serve as the governor of the central government, including the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, the left minister, the right minister, the secretary of the household department, the secretary of the military department, and the imperial envoy. During His Majesty's recuperation, these seven people had full authority to deal with the major affairs of the DPRK and China, and after all the officials had a decision of the Central Government, they went to His Majesty to protect them. ”

Baiguan was dumbfounded, didn't this central government become an institution that monopolized power, so the existence of this institution didn't empty the imperial power?

"Princess, if there is something to do, there is nothing to retreat."

In this case, Zhang Kuan, the left minister of the head of the hundred officials, should stand up, but today's Zhang Kuan's face was blue and old, and he stepped forward slowly: "Your Majesty, the ministers and sons have no way, and even Zhang Biao listened to slander and was involved in the case of the rebellion of the King of Jin. His Majesty is sympathetic to the old minister, not the rest of my Zhang family, but the old minister knows that he is guilty of a deep sin, and hereby resigns from the post of left minister. The minister recommended the senate veteran, open and honest Bo Bian Xue took over as the left minister, Bian Daren has been an official for many years, and has a heavy responsibility in the senate, and he is an official and honest and can serve the public, and the minister asks His Majesty for permission. ”

Although the hundred officials knew that Zhang Kuan was resigning, when Zhang Kuan really resigned, there was a sadness in his heart, and suddenly many of Zhang Kuan's students choked up and cried, and couldn't help but say: "Zuo Xiang...... You can't leave us. ”

"Prime Minister Zuo, the court still needs you."

"Prime Minister Zuo, it is not known whether Zhang Biao is rebelling."

"Left ......"

Zhang Kuan, the left minister, represents an era, represents the civil and official group, and also represents the scholar family, and his resignation means that the imperial court, which has been calm for nearly 30 years, will usher in a new powerful figure. People naturally looked at Zhang Xiaowu, who was the left servant of the Ministry at the time, it was this person who eliminated the rebels of the King of Jin, and it was this person who personally overturned Zhang Kuan, the left minister, from the peak of the political arena. No one expected that the person who replaced Zhang Kuan was not his student, nor was he another county king or earl, but a small border army general, a military general who was only twenty-three years old.

Perhaps it was because of Chengping for a long time, and the hundred officials of the imperial court were completely at a loss when faced with the imminent military generals taking power.

It's like a flock of sheep, and one day the sheep suddenly gets old and leaves, and a young wolf becomes the leader of the flock. The sheep didn't know how to resist, and even didn't know how to resist, and even many people were very happy about Zhang Kuan's resignation, and some people were complacent because of the gains.

The officials around Zhang Xiaowu felt a little awkward, and they thought that Zhang Xiaowu should be ranked above the top 100 officials, not around himself. Zhang Xiaowu saw that everyone was looking at him, so he nodded and smiled at everyone one by one, looking directly at each other, and soon, his sharp gaze made all the officials who looked at him lower their heads or wandered their eyes.

Zhang Xiaowu used his eyes to conquer all the officials, no one spoke, no one discussed, everyone just patiently waited for the next progress.

Lu Baiting pretended to say a few words in the ear of Emperor Dade, and then put his ear on Emperor Dade's mouth, pretending to listen to his orders, and then shouted: "Your Majesty has a decree, Zhun Hengshui Bo will return to his hometown, and promote the senate veteran Kaicheng Bobian to the position of Zuo Xiang, Qin this." ”

Zhang Kuan then bowed to Emperor Dade to the end, and shouted in his mouth: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Thank you, Lord Longne! Then, he turned to face Baiguan, smiled calmly, and left in style. With Zhang Kuan's departure from the court, the Zhang Party became a thing of the past, and the ghost general Zhang Xiaowu would lead his subordinates to form a new party to influence the court. People don't know where the Holy Han Empire will go after this young man takes charge of the imperial court, and everyone first changed from a relaxed and lively mentality to a worry.