On the Jinluan Palace

The ministers came in from Yong'an Gate one by one, and Emperor Mingzhen had not yet come at this time.

Standing in the front row, Prime Minister Zuo - Xiao Feng held the jade frie in his hand and did not talk to anyone, his face was serious, he did not smile, and his face was tightly tensed.

Right Prime Minister - Zhong Ming listened to it with a smile for a while, then turned his face and asked Xiao Feng: "What does the left minister think?" ”

Xiao Feng thought about it, and still replied: "I don't know if what the right minister said is the southern tour?" ”

"Exactly."

When all the officials heard this, they all quietly approached the two of them and pricked up their ears.

Speaking of which, a few days ago, I don't know if the emperor had a whim or something else, and said that he would send a few envoys to the south to take a look at the customs and customs of various places, and investigate the officials in various places. They are very concerned, after all, in this Jiangnan, who doesn't have a few relatives who are officials over there, even if they don't, they are involved with each other, this is involving a large number of officials, if you say a few above, it is not absent.

This southern tour is afraid that the emperor does not want to be moral, but to clear the party members, which will be bad. So they care a lot about this candidate. It's been a few days since the last morning pilgrimage, and many of them can't sleep for days for today's morning pilgrimage, and they visit their colleagues everywhere every day.

Xiao Feng said: "The emperor's will is unpredictable, how can the old minister know? ”

Zhong Ming secretly laughed at Xiao Feng, the old fox, he lifted the jade crest, and looked directly at the dragon chair with reverence in his eyes, "What Zuo Xiang said is right, how can we speculate on the emperor's decision?" ”

At this time, Lu Zheng walked in from the side hall and shouted, "Gentlemen, be quiet. ”

When the officials saw Lu Zheng, they knew that Emperor Mingzhen was coming out, so they closed their mouths one after another and lined them up one by one according to their grades. After Lu Zheng saw that all the officials were standing in their positions, he raised his head slightly and shouted: "The emperor has arrived!" Kneel! ”

The ministers knelt down and shouted: "The ministers see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!" ”

Lu Zheng shouted again: "Mountain call! ”

The ministers got up and knelt down again, and shouted again: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Lu Zheng shouted again: "Mountain call! ”

The ministers got up and knelt down again, and shouted again: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

After doing this three times, Emperor Mingzhen was late when the ministers knelt down, and he waved his sleeves, "Zhong Aiqing is flat." Then he sat down slowly, and the jade bead on his head swayed slightly, and he couldn't see Emperor Zhen's expression.

Lu Zheng stood aside and shouted: "There is a book to start playing, and there is no book to retreat." ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu came out of the ranks, holding the jade frie and bending over, "The minister has a book." ”

"The southern tour of the Qincha is going to hold a canonization ceremony, and the Ministry of Rites has always been responsible for the canonization ceremony, but I don't know the identity of this minister, I'm afraid it will be difficult to prepare properly."

Liu Yue, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is in charge of the decrees of the world's etiquette, sacrifices, and tributes, in fact, this matter of the southern tour should not be said by him, but the ministers didn't know how to mention it, so they had to push Liu Yue out.

Emperor Ming Zhen kept staring at Liu Yue as soon as he heard the word "Southern Tour", and Liu Yue broke out in a cold sweat after saying this.

Zhong Ming looked at Liu Yue, who was so unproductive, and scolded in his heart: Sure enough, it's Adou who can't be helped! With his support like this, he is still so timid as a mouse, if it weren't for the fact that he was his brother-in-law, he really didn't want to have anything to do with this kind of person. I'm afraid that the Ministry of Rites is already at the peak.

Emperor Mingzhen leisurely retracted his gaze and asked the ministers: "Who do you think Aiqing can be qualified for this minister?" ”

"This ......" the ministers hesitated, and there was no answer for a long time.

Emperor Ming Zhen asked Liu Yue: "Liu Yue, what do you think?" ”

Liu Yue was startled, knelt down on the hall with a plop, his eyes widened slightly, and he looked at Emperor Mingzhen in a daze: "If you go back to the emperor, the minister doesn't know." ”

After speaking, Liu Yue saw that Emperor Mingzhen didn't say anything, and secretly wiped his sweat.

"None of you have a candidate?"

Without looking at Liu Yue, Emperor Ming Zhen looked at the ministers again and observed the expressions of the ministers.

No one dared to make a head bird this time.

Emperor Ming Zhen set his eyes on Xiao Feng, "What does Zuo Xiang think?" ”

Xiao Feng came out according to the order, and his face was still serious, "The minister thinks that the matter of the southern tour is a major matter. ”

"Oh. The left phase continues. ”

Xiao Feng continued: "Shangjing is located in the north of Daye, and the emperor is far away from the mountains and rivers, so this southern tour is not only to understand the customs and customs, but also to inspect the officials in various parts of the Yangtze River, and to go deep into the people's livelihood to prescribe the right medicine and better manage all parts of the south of the Yangtze River." ”

"Then who is Zuo Xiang suitable for this position?"

"The minister thinks that the royal family should be sent to show the importance that the emperor attaches to the southern tour."

Speaking of this, Emperor Ming Zhen didn't force Xiao Feng anymore, but turned his head and asked Zhong Ming again: "What do you think?" ”

"The minister agrees with the left minister." Zhong Ming stood next to Xiao Feng, bent down slightly like Xiao Feng, and looked down at his toes.

"Royalty? I also think that it is good to have a royal clan, but who is going to go? ”

Emperor Mingzhen's brothers were all guarding the border at the border, and there were only a few uncles and cousins in Shangjing.

"How is King De? Respected. ”

Xiao Feng was the first to object: "Your Majesty, this must not be!" His Royal Highness King De is already in the year of the sixtieth year this year, and he can't stand the hard work. ”

King De is the imperial uncle of Emperor Mingzhen, when Emperor Mingzhen's father ascended the throne as the emperor and also helped Emperor Mingzhen's father, so this King De can enjoy a peaceful life in Shangjing.

"What about the King of Liaoyuan?" Emperor Ming Zhen casually mentioned his cousin.

This time, it was Zhong Ming who opened his mouth to object: "The king of Liaoyuan County is docile by nature, I am afraid it will be difficult to take on the big responsibility. ”

"This left can't work, the right can't work, you have to mention someone to me."

Of course, the ministers knew that the two people mentioned by Emperor Mingzhen just now were deliberate, and they were the ones who waited, but what could they do, they could only follow Emperor Mingzhen, after all, the one on the head was the one who could really call the shots.

"Why don't you send the prince there?"

Emperor Ming Zhen looked at Liu Yue, Liu Yue regretted dying, why did he want to open this mouth in a dignified manner? Just now he thought that the prince can't do it, the county king can't do it, then those smaller princes must be even worse, so isn't there only the prince left?

Emperor Ming Zhen smiled, "Come on, why don't you hurry up and help the adults up, what do you look like when you kneel there?" ”

Lu Zheng responded, "Yes." He walked to His Royal Highness, shook off the dust, and helped Liu Yue, "My lord, get up quickly!" ”

Liu Yue was flattered and followed Lu Zheng, "Thank you, Father-in-law Lu." ”

"Well, the slave can't afford to thank you." Lu Zheng replied with a smile.

After Liu Yue got up, Lu Zheng walked back to his position.

Emperor Ming Zhen asked, "Liu Yue, can you tell me which prince can hold the position of this Qincha?" ”

Although Zhong Ming still had a smile on his face, his eyes had already killed Liu Yue, idiot! I don't usually see him say a word, okay, at this time, he just wants to say a sentence to attract the emperor.

Although Emperor Ming Zhen recorded many heirs, there were more than 20 people, but less than 10 people survived, and there were only two princes, namely the third prince Rong Shen and the twelfth prince Rong Hui.

Liu Yue was stunned, he didn't know what to say, saying that it was all offending people.

He was so stumbling that he couldn't say a word.

When he accidentally saw his brother-in-law's terrible eyes, he trembled even more, and he hurriedly said, "I don't know! ”

After speaking, he didn't dare to look at Emperor Mingzhen's face at all, his waist was bent down, and his eyes were staring at the ground of the hall.

Zhong Ming breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he was not stupid enough to say the name of any prince, otherwise he would already be on the side in the emperor's heart. This is a big taboo, after all, the emperor is still in the prime of life, and he is very good.

But Zhong Ming knew that he should stand up, after all, in the eyes of everyone, this Liu Yue and him were in the same group, and Liu Yue's head was naturally taken over by him.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's better to be the third prince."

Emperor Mingzhen tilted his head slightly, and the jade bead shook again, "The right minister said." ”

"As Zuo Xiang said, the southern tour is a major event, and the Qincha must also have qualifications and responsibilities to be competent. And the third prince is the emperor's eldest prince, and the third prince has a good reputation among the people, so the minister thinks that the third prince is the best candidate. ”

Emperor Ming Zhen turned his head to look at the other officials, "Zhong Aiqing has other opinions." ”

Xiao Feng also stood up at this time and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

Emperor Mingzhen rarely saw that these two prime ministers agreed on the same thing, but he also knew that the third prince Rong Shen was the best candidate, both in terms of identity and qualifications.

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

After the left minister, the ministers came out one after another to express themselves.

Seeing this, Emperor Mingzhen made a decision, "Okay, pass on my will, seal the three princes to the south to patrol the Qincha, hold the sword of Shang Fang, eliminate the bullies, behead the traitors, promote goodness, and set off today!" ”

The ministers knelt down, "My Emperor Shengming, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Taking advantage of this, Lu Zheng shouted: "There is a book to start playing, and there is no book to retreat!" ”

No one came out of the ranks, and Lu Zheng shouted again: "Congratulations to the emperor!" ”

The ministers got up and knelt down again, "We send the emperor to you, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!" ”

In the shouts of the ministers, Emperor Mingzhen retreated to the side hall under the cover of Lu Zheng, and only after the soldiers were gone, did the ministers get up and go out.

"Thank you so much."

Zhong Ming smiled and arched his hand to Xiao Feng, Xiao Feng said flatly: "This is the most suitable for the three princes, and the prime minister just said what he wanted to say, how can I thank you?" ”

After saying that, Xiao Feng left alone.

"Brother-in-law, this leftist minister is getting more and more stubborn."

Zhong Ming smiled at Xiao Feng's fast figure, and as soon as he heard Liu Yue's voice, he secretly framed him with a jade fream, smiled and gritted his teeth and whispered to him: "Today's matter, I'll go back and clean you up!" ”

It's because the wife spoils this younger brother too much, and the Liu family spoils this only son too much, so that he will develop the appearance of his brother-in-law, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, cowardly as a mouse, stupid, and hopeless! But fortunately, Zhong Ming was slightly relieved, he couldn't imagine what would happen to Liu Yue if he just said the name of a prince.

The Imperial Study

"It's very interesting to look at that Liu Yue!"

As he spoke, Emperor Mingzhen laughed out loud.

"The emperor is talking about Lord Liu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites?"

Lu Zheng poured tea for Emperor Mingzhen and handed it to Emperor Mingzhen with his own hands.

"Exactly, Lu Zheng, what do you think?"

"What the emperor said is that this lord is very interesting, and when the slave maid helped him up just now, he actually thanked the slave and maid."

Emperor Ming Zhen shook his head and smiled, and only said: "But I'm tired of my right phase!" ”

Lu Zheng didn't answer this, as the emperor's personal attendant, he knew very well that those were things he could ask, and those were the ones he could listen to, and he would forget them immediately.

"Lu Zheng, what do you think of the third prince?"