Chapter 26 The school field is the court
Just when Xiao Xuan promised the teenagers a bright future and gave them a lecture, an internal supervisor under Pang Tianshou, who had been weighing for a long time, still walked up at an inopportune time and whispered a few words in Xiao Xuan's ear. This kind of behavior that made Xiao Xuan feel very disappointed and couldn't get off the stage also made Xiao Xuan feel embarrassed for a while, because this would at least bring a little bit of estrangement between himself and hundreds of teenagers, and the adults of this era may not take it seriously, but Xiao Xuan did not ignore the consequences of remembering the harsh reprimand of the class teacher when he was in primary and secondary school, and in a blink of an eye he laughed and talked with colleagues outside the classroom door like a chameleon.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Xuan made a move that surprised Pang Tianshou and the others, and said to the hundreds of teenagers openly: "The courtiers are urgently looking for me to discuss matters. I suspect that they are probably planning to move me to the Imperial Palace. Would you like to go to the palace with me and be my palace guard? β
Children of this age may have more complex thoughts in the 21st century mobile phone era, even in the eighties and nineties of the 20th century, it is likely that they will judge "yes" or "no" by the tone of the teacher, and feel that Xiao Xuan's tone is obviously asking others to agree. "Yes!" Although not very loud because of a hint of confusion, it still formed a seemingly neat answer.
Xiao Xuan was silent for a moment and then said solemnly to everyone: "The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first work their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skin, and act chaotically. Are you confident that you won't lose yourself in the environment of the court? I'll tell you the truth: I don't have that confidence in you at all, and even I don't have a lot of faith in myself. So here I may confess to you: even if the Wei rebellion in the palace is temporarily cleared, the evidence is conclusively cleared. I will still live with you on this campus until ... Until we have enough strength to deal with the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty... β
As the Son of Heaven, he paid such attention to the hundreds of teenagers who had just enlisted from the lower classes, and the touching and significance brought by this era were not expected by Xiao Xuan, who was born in modern times. Such words brought a silence to the whole school field for a while, and soon after, it was a cheer that had not been seen for a long time in this era, and seemed to break some kind of shackles in the heart.
When Xiao Xuan vaguely found the tears of the teenagers who did not seem to be fake under the light of the torches lit at night on the school grounds, he was reassured: It seems that there will be no danger of being privately divided the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver just harvested because he has been away for a while...
In this way, Xiao Xuan followed Pang Tianshou to the door outside the Imperial Horse Prison with peace of mind, and met Shi Fenglai, the head of the cabinet, and Zhang Turui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and other officials who came to ask for guilt.
"The ministers deserve death, and this time I took the liberty to come here to ask Your Majesty to calm down the affairs in the palace. . . ." Shi Fenglai, the head of the cabinet, was completely unwilling to use force to solve the eunuch emperor's mind at this time, and he was afraid that the other party was a tyrannical monarch and directly solved himself. But under the pressure of many officials, Shi Fenglai, as the first assistant, had to come boldly.
At this time, Xiao Xuan was also thinking: The names of these high-ranking Beijing officials seem to be so unfamiliar? Could it be that in history, because of clinging to the eunuch party, it was either solved or dismissed later? How should these officials who tended to be inflammatory, when Wei Zhongxian was there, treat themselves? Xiao Xuan felt that it was better not to act rashly for a while. At least: these people have the authority and don't hand in too bad votes. It's much better than those who claim to be "all the right and prosperous dynasties" and don't have much awe in front of the imperial power?
Thinking of this, Xiao Xuan said categorically: "You don't have to worry too much. As long as you do not participate in the rebel war or have nothing to do with the rebel war, and do not have a blood debt that concerns the eunuch party and causes public outrage, you can make up for it. Of course, if someone doesn't know how to lift up after the limelight has passed, then I can't talk about it. The palace is not small, and perhaps the remnants of the eunuch party are hiding in some corners of the palace. This month, I will not live in the palace, at most I will occasionally go to see Empress Zhang and the others, and of course, there are also a group of prisoners temporarily detained in the palace. For the personal safety of your ministers, as in the court, it is here... It's a makeshift in the living room of the Imperial Horse Prison near the school grounds, and I don't think it's a small place. It should be barely possible to accommodate hundreds of officials, although it is a little crowded, but what is said can be heard more clearly. . . β
Hearing this, Shi Feng, who was the first assistant to the cabinet, looked at the eyes of the officials on both sides and was about to speak out against it, but at this time, he saw the young new emperor's smiling and murderous gaze. Obviously: personally leading the team and saying that he will turn his face, and the new emperor who has won the world by force coup d'Γ©tat instead of playing cards according to the routine is probably not so easy to provoke...
"I have the final say on this decision, if you don't plan to accompany some people, then go down!" In the end, Xiao Xuan said bluntly.
After all, Shi Fenglai and other cabinet ministers are not the Donglin Party of the "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty", and no one knows whether the new emperor at this time will have a convulsion for a while, and he will directly arrest these people as traitors who are attached to the eunuch party. Therefore, after a moment of silence and whispering, he could only reply: "Since Your Majesty has decided so, then... THAT MONTH ... β
After thinking carefully for a moment, Xiao Xuan said: "Do extraordinary things when it is extraordinary. In the morning, I am busy with military affairs, and there may be other things going on. There are important things, and it doesn't hurt to come back when dusk is approaching evening. In the future, the early dynasty will be changed to the late dynasty. Oh, and of course this is only a temporary move in extraordinary times ... β
If this is a bit unruly, Shi Fenglai and the others at this time can only temporarily soften, because it is still a question whether they can keep their position at this juncture, and they have no intention of raising the bar with Xiao Xuan, who is "a new official taking office with three fires", on this issue.
At this time, a confidant of Wang Chengen, who was in charge of guarding Wei Zhongxian and others in the new camp, reported at this time: "Then Wei Zhongxian seems to have something important to report... β
Hearing this, Xiao Xuan's heart became even more excited, I'm afraid that this money bag is going to spit out money again? Although the construction cost of 5,000 infantry is his bottom line expectation within two years, if the more the merrier, he will not object to it. Even if the progress of army building requires a specific process, it can be fully cavalry, full vehicle artillery, or equipped with better horses, equipment, gunpowder...
However, the truth was very different from Xiao Xuan's thoughts.