Spring and autumn have passed, winter is wanton, and things don't care about the cold in the north.

On the Fuxing platform, there was a surge of people.

In the Yingze Palace, whispering.

Everyone knows that this bone-piercing cold wind not only comes from winter, but also from the northern desert.

Zhu Zhiling died of incense, and Imuran's army was forced to the border. Choking and Strange Novels|w~w~w.

The country of the blue sea seemed to have shown all its prosperity overnight, and in the blink of an eye, it withered into a piece of dilapidated weeds in the cold wind.

The ministers of the palace all shrank their heads and tails, and lined up on both sides. What they knew to each other was that what they were thinking about at the moment was not how to resist the enemy, but that they hoped to leave this precarious place by boat as soon as possible, just like those people who passed through the national capital when they fled from Linzhou to the south for refuge.

In their hearts, they didn't even have the heart to suggest that the Ming Emperor send someone to make peace.

Bihai people have been good businessmen since ancient times, and naturally know what conditions are needed for peace.

Give gold? It's useless, can the gold given more than the Imulans snatch with their own hands?

Send the daughter of the clan and relatives? The three princesses of Emperor Ming, one died, one married and one disappeared, where are the daughters of the clan.

If you can't give anything, what can you do to make peace?

The ministers sighed to themselves, and had to comfort themselves that the Imulans had not yet gone south? Maybe some kind of snowstorm will fall in the sky and bury all the Imurans in Kamakaya?

When some people talk about the Imurans, they suddenly remember that there is also the Imuran Merchant House under Taiye City.

In the past, many things were mediated by the merchant hall, and many incidents were calmed down, but now I know that it is unlikely to give it a try, maybe it will be of some use.

However, Taiye City Mansion Yin shook his head.

"I've already tried it if I can...... The Mo Daqiu of the merchant hall ignored the mediation at all, and only said that since you Bihai is going to fight, why don't you buy more weapons as soon as possible? After this village, there is no such shop. ”

Immediately, some ministers were furious when they heard this.

"It's all at this juncture, and you still want to earn our national disaster money? He doesn't look at whose turf he is doing business on either! Just find someone to seal the merchant house! ”

Taiye City Mansion Yin shook his head again and whispered:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the country is broken, who can know what the situation will be in the future, and now it is easy to tear your face with that big man, even if one day when the soldiers come to the city, they will ask him to intercede and leave some wealth for us......"

The previously angry minister immediately shut up.

He is already forty-five years old, and he still thinks that in a few years he will be able to die and lie down in the feng shui treasure land that he has bought a long time ago at the foot of Jiubao Mountain, and he doesn't want to make any extraneous branches.

The rest of the ministers echoed one after another: "Yes, yes, Lord Yin has thought it through. By the way, now that winter has arrived, I don't know what those Imulans lack. Why don't you send some seasonal fruits and vegetables and heating things over to show kindness? As the saying goes, if you have a short hand, it's easier to talk in the future, isn't it? ”

Taiye City Mansion Yin whispered: "Don't worry, your lords, it has been delivered." ”

There are also ministers who are silent, such as the Lu family.

Prime Minister Lu Xingyuan put on the green and gold crown again and stood at the head of the ministers, which was the old position he had stood for decades before he resigned.

Since the last time Lu Wenchi, the head of the household department, died suddenly, and Lu Xingyuan left the court, the ministers have speculated whether the Lu family will decline. However, in less than a few months, this Pei Guogong not only returned to the position of prime minister, but the rest of the Lu family's children who entered the court only increased.

It is worthy of three generations of old ministers, like a banyan tree, with thousands of branches and whiskers, and a deep foundation.

Everyone was afraid of the power of the Lu clan, and even if the great enemy was current, they did not dare to say a word of decadence in front of Lu Xingyuan.

Because Lu Xingyuan is a thorough main battle faction.

Mo said that now there is still a golden feather and white sand in the hands of the Bihai Kingdom, that is, when there were no troops in the Battle of Poison Gold a few decades ago, Lu Xingyuan never had the idea of surrendering to peace.

Moreover, the ministers can obviously feel that since Lu Xingyuan returned to the court this time, his personality is very different from before. There are fewer words to say, and there are more places to restrain the people of the Lu clan. When it comes to the Imurans, all the Lu children are silent.

When the ministers were sighing to themselves, suddenly a cold wind suddenly rose in the Yingze Palace, and the palace door was wide open, only to hear the Yingze Hall Changshi say loudly: "Welcome Your Majesty to the airport." ”

Phoenix robes, belts, purple shoes, and gold crowns.

The ministers knelt on the ground with great respect, their ears ringing, and the incense on their heads lingered until they said "flattened" before they dared to raise their heads and stand up.

Since the death of Princess Zhu Zhiling of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Yutang of the Ming Dynasty will meet the Fuxing Platform once every three days. During this period, including the moment when she personally announced the death of her daughter in the palace, the ministers were unable to catch a trace of panic, grief, or wavering on her face.

It is always a face like a jade carving, sometimes warm and sometimes cold, but rarely expression.

"From outside the hall, I faintly heard you talking. I don't know what I'm talking about? Speaking of which, I want to hear it too. ”

Like a frosty wind, the crows are silent.

"What? Don't you dare to say it? Do you want me to call out by name? ”

Everyone couldn't help but take a step back, bow down and bury their faces first.

The art of contemplating the mind is to recognize people's hearts at a glance...... Don't dare to retreat.

"If you don't dare to say it, I'll say it for you." Emperor Ming stood up and looked around the steps.

"Bihai has lost the prince, jackals have come to the north, people's hearts are fluctuating, panic and restlessness, these I can understand. After all, the peaceful days have been too long, and in the past 20 years, some people have closed their eyes and buried themselves in the ancestral tomb since they entered this Yingze Palace, and they have not seen a real burning, killing, and plundering, and they have long forgotten what our Bihai Kingdom came from! ”

The ministers below all bowed their heads and remained silent when they heard this, but there were a few people with a slight disdain in their expressions.

Emperor Ming nodded to himself and said, "Yes, you are thinking, what do you rely on?" Isn't it a country built by relying on money, relying on mines, and relying on merchants' exchanges? Such a country, unarmed, what else can it do except be a mermaid. Isn't it? ”

Immediately, several ministers hid their heads lower.

Emperor Ming suddenly opened his phoenix eyes and shouted: "Then you are all wrong!" I want to remind you today that my Bihai country is an alliance with business, and it is true that the alliance is a country, but the country has relied on this business word for a hundred years, but this combination word! ”

The clear voice is high-pitched, and the echoes in the main hall are endless.

"Everything in this world gathers sand into a tower, and the trees become shady, and it is expensive in a ligature! I think that it took eight years for my founding emperor to travel to the eight major business alliances to gather a plate of scattered thousands of islands and thousands of villages into this blue sea country, and gather the children of all parties to this Taiye Island. In the past hundred years, neighboring countries and foreign races have come to the court, and the east, west, north and south have come to the world. And you, who are in the five temples and six departments in the north of Taiye, all have thousands of wealth and fine clothes and jade food, as soon as you hear the wolf smoke in the north, you will throw away your loyalty, righteousness and shame, just want to steal the birds and beasts tomorrow, where can you still think of the ligature! ”

The words made the ministers sweat, and the black veil on their heads trembled.

"But ......"

Emperor Ming's high-pitched voice suddenly cooled.

"I'm not an unreasonable person, you probably think that if I can't sit on this throne tomorrow, it's a different place, and if you surrender the enemy tomorrow, maybe you can still hold your tail and occupy a place in this Yingze Palace. So, I'm pulling you back, aren't I? Then I will speak before today! Those who have this thought might as well stand up now, remove all official positions, and withdraw from the temple! Not only did I not punish the crime, but I also gave 20 gold as the capital to return home, and we monarchs and ministers had a meeting, so that we could gather and disperse. ”

The subordinates couldn't help but let out a commotion like a swarm of insects.

Emperor Ming still looked at him coldly, glanced down lightly, and asked, "How?" Retreat, or not? ”

The building will fall, and the wind and rain will be shaking.

If you don't know the times, won't you lose your life in vain?

Then a slowly moving figure appeared in the crowd, followed by the second, and then the third...... Slowly gathered on the red gold carpet of Danfeng Chaoyang in the middle.

There are more and more people, and gradually they form groups. Suddenly, an old cry sounded from the crowd: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty! It's not that the old minister is disloyal, it's really more than 170 people in the old minister's family......"

Before Emperor Ming could speak, Lu Xingyuan suddenly scolded: "Qingguo Gong, shut up!" When the national disaster is at hand, Your Majesty is already generous, if you are cowardly, you will retreat! How much do you say? ”

Qingguo Gong was stunned by Lu Xingyuan's roar, and said with a red face: "Lu Xingyuan, you and I are both Guogong, and I am a side branch of the royal family, and I am only inferior to you in terms of status!" How dare you be rude to me? ”

Emperor Ming sneered and said, "Qingguo Gong, in terms of seniority, I still want to call you the imperial brother, you want to leave me now, but you have made up your mind?" ”

Qingguo Gong looked up at Emperor Ming with a weak heart, and then cried and said, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, the minister is really ......"

Emperor Ming coldly interrupted him: "As an imperial descendant, I can't share my worries yet, so why should I have anything to do with you?" What is the history of Yingze Palace? Spread my will, immediately degrade the Duke of Qingguo and his clan as concubines, erase his name from the royal genealogy, give him twenty gold, expel him from the palace, and never see each other again! ”

Qing Guogong instantly turned into a statue, stood in the hall with a dumbfounded gaze, and then cried: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you can't be so ruthless! Brother Huang has been playing with you since childhood......"

Emperor Ming's cold face revealed a trace of disgust, and he waved his hand and said, "Drag it out......"

She watched Qingguo Gong being dragged out of the hall like a piece of broken wood, and said loudly: "Those who abandoned the country today, although I am not guilty or blamed, but the fate of the monarch and the minister is over, and there is no need to break the connection. In the future, no matter what the reason is, the people of the nine clans will never be hired! The long history, the names and family history of these people, all registered in the book, in duplicate, one is stored in the ministry, and the other is sealed on the Fuxing platform! ”

In a word, the ministers who were still hesitating to come out of the ranks were so frightened that their faces were like earth, and they suddenly retracted their outstretched feet.