According to the practice of previous years, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor's relatives and princes and ministers in Beijing are going to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor and empress.

Originally, the ministers had thought about it, just give the emperor a New Year's greeting, but the queen couldn't help but come, don't look at the queen to see the prince, that is the future emperor, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if no one looks at it, you have to come to pay New Year's greetings to the careful-eyed Grand Duke Ye!

But waiting for the civil and military officials to come to the palace to pay New Year's greetings, the palace broke a big news, there were Japanese ninjas assassinating the emperor, the emperor was originally ill, although the assassination was thwarted by the guards, but the emperor was scared to a mental disorder.

Hearing this news, many people subconsciously thought of Ye Xun, and some people even wondered if Ye Gonggong planned to let the emperor ascend to the sky, and then let the crown prince succeed to the throne, so that with his relationship with the queen, he could continue to control the government?

However, this statement and rumors quickly broke down, and everyone knew that with Ye Xun's ability, if he wanted to kill the emperor, there was no need to use such a means, and news came out from the Tai Hospital one after another, the emperor was indeed crazy, delirious, and full of nonsense.

In fact, there were rumors before that the former emperor was killed by the current little emperor, but after all, it was just a rumor, and the government strictly forbade talking about it, but now it is different, the words came out of the little emperor's own mouth, and even the government could not come forward to refute the rumors.

In the midst of the discussions, the officials of Xichang, Jinyiwei, and Shuntianfu were all dispatched to strictly investigate the shops and inns related to Japan.

You must know that with the full opening of Daming economy and trade, many wealthy Japanese and Korean businessmen have opened their own shops in the capital.

Although it is the Chinese New Year, no businessman is willing to leave the rich Ming Dynasty, not to mention that Japan and Korea are at war, that is, there is no war, and their prosperity there is far less than that of the Ming Dynasty, and now they are almost thinking of themselves as Ming people.

However, when this happened, these shops naturally bore the brunt, and all the shop owners were taken away for investigation, and no one was spared.

It's just that these shrewd foreign businessmen are not alone, each businessman has a powerful person in Beijing behind him as a backer, and if they are arrested, naturally someone will find these backers, so a long queue soon formed outside Ye Xun's mansion.

However, Ye Xun was not in the mansion at the moment, but was invited to the mansion by Zhang Weixian in the name of New Year's greetings, along with several cabinet elders.

Zhang Weixian's mansion has a large population, and today is the first day of the new year, and the house is still very lively.

However, at this moment, Zhang Weixian's inner study was very quiet, and the expressions on everyone's faces were also very solemn.

Yuan Keli, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, took the lead in breaking the silence and said in a deep voice: "Now that the rumors are spreading more and more, we can't help but take action."

In fact, Zhang Weixian summoned everyone to come just for this matter, just imagine, how qualified is a person who murdered the emperor and is his biological father to sit on the emperor's throne?

Although many people know the truth of this matter, but after all, no one has poked it out, for the stability of the court, and at the same time it is also a matter of their own interests, everyone chose to be silent, but now it is not possible, the kid himself admits it, if he is still allowed to occupy the emperor's throne, I am afraid that the vassal kings of various places will have to stop doing it first, and if it is not done well, it will be a big mess.

Zhang Weixian, the old fox, glanced at Yang Sichang, and then at Ye Xun, the meaning was obvious, if Ye Xun didn't nod, it would be useless for everyone to say anything.

Yang Sichang understood, turned his head to Ye Xun and said, "What does my father-in-law think about this?" ”

Ye Xun naturally knew the small actions of several people, and said with a smile indifferently: "It's very simple, the crown prince succeeds to the throne, the queen enters the queen mother, and the curtain listens to the government."

"Listen to the government?"

It's the first time I've heard of this word, but I can understand the meaning.

Fang Zhenru, the imperial historian of Zuodu, frowned and said, "What does Gonggong Ye mean, does he want the queen to participate in politics?" ”

"I don't think the queen will participate in politics, but the prince is young, if there is really any court ceremony, the prince must have someone to come forward"

As soon as Ye Xun said this, everyone understood, and nodded in agreement.

The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, this is the ancestral system, this kind of thinking has been ingrained in the hearts of everyone, but they didn't expect Ye Xun to pave the way for his son.

The supreme power of the Ming Empire must be in the hands of the emperor, as for the future of these old ministers, if they are interested, they will have a good death, if it is the other way around, Ye Xun can only say sorry, after all, compared to them, it is still his own son who is important.

It can be said that the existence of these old ministers also sounded the alarm for Ye Xun, the royal family has no power, and the abolition is completely in the hands of others, so this kind of thing must also be avoided.

The matter of the new emperor was decided in this way, and the enthronement ceremony had to ask Qin Tianjian to set the date, as for what Zhu Youxiao should do, everyone was very wise and did not come up with ideas or ask, because everyone knew that although Zhu Youxiao made a big mistake, it was still not something they could deal with casually, so this matter could only fall on Ye Xun's head in the end, who let him have an iron relationship with the queen!

When he left Zhang's mansion, it was already completely dark, and the palace gate was closed at this time, although Ye Xun could go in, he didn't want to break the rules, as early as when he came to Zhang Weixian, he had already sent someone to tell Baozhu that he was afraid that he would not be able to go back, so that Baozhu and they didn't have to wait for him to eat.

It can be said that Zhang Weixian's reaction was a bit unexpected for Ye Xun, and he still needs to analyze this matter calmly.

The face of the Celestial Empire cannot be desecrated, so there is nothing wrong with Zhang Weixian and the others' reactions, but what about after that?

The new emperor's ascension to the throne seems to be taken for granted, but it is also tantamount to putting a splint on his son.

According to Ye Xun's education plan, his son can't always be in the deep palace, but he can't be the emperor, the previous Ming emperors have already set up various rules and regulations for themselves, if you want to break through these prohibitions, not to mention another bloody storm! But it's certainly not an easy task.

Ye Xun suddenly had a feeling that these old guys were probably also coming for him.

Control the little emperor within the framework, and then go according to their wishes, when the little emperor grows up, shouldn't he, the traitor, also step aside?

Thinking of this, the corners of Ye Xun's mouth couldn't help but show a mocking smile, it seems that these old guys are still dissatisfied with their manipulation of the court situation behind their backs! Is it useful to be dissatisfied?

When he returned to his house, he saw a carriage parked outside the house, and two small samurai stood under the carriage.

Seeing the standing posture of these two warriors, Ye Xun's brows immediately furrowed.

Japanese samurai, but also Japanese? And it's coming to the door.

Without waiting for Ye Xun to ask, the guards guarding the door hurriedly greeted him.

"Father-in-law, there is a lady from Japan who wants to see you, and she has been waiting for a while."

Lady from Japan?

Ye Xun looked at the carriage with the curtain hanging low, and then glanced at the two warriors who seemed to bow their heads smoothly, the corners of their mouths raised, and said, "Invite them to the living room"...

(End of chapter)