Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Ministers Kneel and Admonish
However, Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Nanxing did not care about the collapse of their image, Zhao Nanxing took the lead and said cautiously: "Your Highness, the ministers are not embarrassed, please Your Highness must believe in the ministers, and just hand over this matter to the two of us!" ”
Zhu Hao raised his eyebrows again when he heard this: "Really not embarrassed?" ”
Seeing this, the two were afraid that Zhu Hao would make it difficult for them again, so they knelt directly on the ground and said solemnly: "The ministers are really not embarrassed!" ”
Zhu Hao saw that the two of them were kneeling on the ground, and he lost the meaning of beating in his heart, and said: "In this case, two adults, this prince will entrust this matter to you, I hope you will not let this prince down!" Tomorrow, I will have people open the palace gate, and the prince will personally greet the courtiers at the palace gate! ”
The two listened to Zhu Hao's words and knew that this matter was settled, so they hurriedly replied: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the ministers will definitely lead the courtiers and wait for Your Highness outside the palace gate on time tomorrow!" ”
Zhu Hao listened to the words of the two, then turned around and left, and did not let the kneeling two get up, which was also another warning to the two before Zhu Hao left, in order to vent the dissatisfaction in his heart.
After Zhu Hao returned to the palace, in order to prevent accidents, he asked the Praetorian Guards to notify the Praetorian Guards and strictly seal and monitor the palace gate and the Qianqing Palace, so as to avoid letting Li Xuanzhi hear any news, so as to regenerate any moths.
Fortunately, this night was spent very smoothly, and there were no accidents, and Zhu Hao went to the palace gate early the next morning, waiting for the ministers here.
But Zhu Hao waited until the time had passed, but at the palace gate, there was still a person, and he didn't see it, which made Zhu Hao can't help muttering a little in his heart, and said secretly: "These two old gangsters won't be deliberately going back on their word and want to play Lao Tzu, right?" If this is the case, Lao Tzu must let these two old gangs regret it for life! ”
Although Zhu Hao scolded Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Nanxing like this in his heart, as time went by, Zhu Hao's heart became more and more uneasy.
Time passed minute by minute, and in a blink of an eye, it was three minutes later, which was more than an hour later than Zhu Hao, Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Nanxing, and Zhu Hao basically decided at the moment that Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Nanxing were playing with him, and he no longer had any hope.
Just when Zhu Hao was about to turn around and leave, a group of ministers wearing red, red, green and green court clothes suddenly appeared outside the palace gate, and in the middle of these ministers, an old man with a white beard was clustered, the old man was not wearing a court dress, but a scholar's robe, Zhu Hao fixed his eyes and saw that this old man was the old man Guo he had just met the day before yesterday.
Zhu Hao finally understood at this moment why Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Nanxing were late, because these two people must be worried that their strength was not enough to make Li Xuanzhi retreat, so he first took the courtiers to Guo Mansion and invited Guo Lao Xiangye out.
Looking at this Ming Dinghai Divine Needle, all the resentment and complaints in Zhu Hao's heart disappeared at this moment, and his heart was at ease, Zhu Hao believed that Guo Lao Xiangye came forward, even if this Li Xuanzhi ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, he did not dare to be an enemy with it, because Guo Laoxiangye's influence in the court, coupled with the influence of Donglin Sanjun, this basically represents the power of the entire Ming officialdom, if Li Xuanzhi really insists on his own opinion, even if he can be canonized as the queen mother, he will definitely be abolished by this force in the future, This is something she had to think about.
The appearance of Old Xiangye Guo made Zhu Hao feel very good, and he hurriedly instructed the soldiers guarding the palace gate: "Hurry up and open the palace gate, this prince will go down in person to greet Old Xiangye Guo!" ”
When the soldier heard this, he hurriedly opened the palace door, Zhu Hao took the lead in walking out, took three steps and made two steps, and came to the old man Guo, and then bowed down and said: "Old man, I really didn't expect you to come too!" This is really a blessing for the court and a blessing for the community! ”
Old Xiangye Guo looked at Zhu Hao with a smile, stroked his snow-white beard and said: "The old man was originally an idle person, and he should not participate in the affairs of the court, but my Guo family is favored by the emperor, and there is a small chaos in the palace today, plus the invitation of all the adults, the old man has to come today, and then do his best for the court!" ”
Zhu Hao listened to the words of the old minister Guo, and hurriedly said: "It's the best thing for you to come forward, after the imperial brother is on the throne, I will definitely let the imperial brother ask the old minister to come out of the mountain to assist the government!" ”
After Zhu Hao finished speaking, Guo Lao Xiangye didn't say anything, but he saw Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Nanxing's eyes change, obviously Zhu Hao's words stimulated them, they were unwilling to let Guo Lao Xiangye go out of the mountain from the bottom of their hearts, because this would become a constraint to their development, Zhu Hao said this, in fact, it was just this important point of seeing Guo Lao Xiangye.
It's a pity that Zhu Hao's wishful thinking didn't start, after Zhu Hao's words were finished, Guo Lao Xiangye waved his hand and said: "The old man is old, he can no longer serve the new king, this time after the new king ascends the throne, the old man is ready to go back to his hometown to retire, this capital is too noisy, not suitable for the old man!" ”
Zhu Hao understands that Mr. Guo really doesn't want to go through this troubled water again, of course, this may also be due to the fact that his father forced Mr. Guo to resign with the help of the Donglin Party, which made him a little disheartened.
Although Old Xiangye Guo said this, Zhu Hao did not give up in his heart and asked the old Xiangye to go out of the mountain, but at this moment, he didn't say anything, because Zhu Hao knew that it was a big deal to rescue his eldest brother from Qianqing Palace at the moment!
Zhu Hao thought so in his heart, so he said to Old Xiangye Guo: "Old Xiangye, we will talk about this matter in the future, for now, we will invite the prince and the royal brother out of the Qianqing Palace to take the throne and the heart of the world as the most important!" ”
Old Xiangye Guo nodded, didn't say anything more, Zhu Hao saw this and walked in front to lead the way, and the group entered the palace and went straight to the Qianqing Palace.
Under the guidance of Zhu Hao, this group soon arrived in front of the Qianqing Palace, and when they saw the vermilion lacquer gate of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Hao couldn't help but secretly guess in his heart what method the old minister Guo would use to force Li Xuanzhi to hand over his eldest brother.
Just when Zhu Hao hadn't figured out what Old Xiangye Guo would do, Zhu Hao saw Old Xiangye Guo and knelt down at the palace gate of Qianqing Palace, and the ministers also knelt down when they saw this, Zhu Hao was a little stunned by this, but seeing everyone kneeling down, Zhu Hao thought in his heart what kind of ceremony this was, so he also knelt down.
I saw that after the old minister Guo knelt down, he shouted: "The old minister asks to see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
As soon as Old Xiangye's words fell, the ministers behind him shouted in unison: "The ministers ask to see His Royal Highness the Prince!" The voice shook the sky, and the entire palace and even the entire Forbidden City could hear this sky-rushing shout.
Zhu Hao finally knew what the old minister's method was, this is called the ministers kneeling, usually because of the monarch, when there is a major mistake, the ministers will be like this, but I didn't expect it to be staged here today.
In essence, this is actually an act of forcing the palace, but Wenchen is not a military general after all, they will only use this way to cause psychological pressure on the monarch and force the monarch to change his mind, but they will not use knives and guns directly like the military generals forcing the palace, so intuitive, but in fact, sometimes, the invisible knife is the sharpest.
Li Xuanshi, who is in the Qianqing Palace at this moment, deeply understands this truth, although she is not afraid of the Praetorian Guards in Zhu Hao's hands, nor is she afraid of the power of Empress Guo, but she can't ignore the kneeling advice of the ministers, if she ignores it, then the whole world, I'm afraid, will be difficult to have a place for her in the future.
Li Xuanzhi was extremely worried in his heart, but the ministers outside did not stop shouting because of her apprehension, but continued to shout again and again: "The ministers ask to see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
Li Xuanzhi knows that she can't avoid it anymore, because the later she goes out now, the more she will gradually anger the ministers, which will be more unfavorable to her, she controls the prince to seek profit, if she really offends the ministers because of this, it will really outweigh the losses, because if the ministers hate her, then even if she becomes the queen mother, I am afraid that she will not be able to command anyone in the future, so what is the point of this queen mother.
Li Xuanzhi thought so in his heart, so he opened the door of the Qianqing Palace, and she was the first to see Zhu Hao, who was kneeling in front of the crowd, the reason why Zhu Hao knelt in front was because he was the prince, and his status was the most noble among these people, and Guo Lao Xiangye knelt, and Zhu Hao staggered half a step away, and behind Guo Lao Xiangye, it was Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Nanxing and others, obviously this kneeling admonition was also according to his status, kneeling in a very orderly manner, and it was not chaotic.
Li Xuanzhi didn't pay attention, and Zhu Hao, who was kneeling at the front, because she knew who was the real principal, so Li Xuanzhi directly said to Guo Xiangye: "Old Xiangye, what are you doing?" Hurry up the ministers! ”
Old Xiangye Guo didn't look at Li Xuanzhi at all, but still stubbornly shouted: "The ministers ask to see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
Li Xuanzhi knew that Guo Lao Xiangye looked down on her with a humble status, but for her own appeal, she still had to speak again: "This concubine has told the ministers before, the queen is immortal, this concubine is the real adoptive mother of His Royal Highness the Prince, as long as the ministers let the concubine be the queen mother after the new monarch succeeds to the throne, the concubine will let His Royal Highness the prince come out to see the ministers, what the concubine asks is reasonable, and please don't embarrass the concubine!" ”
Old Xiangye Guo didn't pay attention to Li Xuanzhi this time, but glanced at her with his eyes, and said coldly: "Do you want to be the queen mother?" That is the emperor's family affairs, and the old minister has no right to ask, but now that the new monarch has not been established, you will be the queen mother, do you want to be the queen mother of the emperor of Daxing? You dare to say such a thing that violates the code of ethics, what a boldness! ”