I don't know how long it took, but the bell finally sounded from behind the screen again, and everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

Wei Zhongxian glanced at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Xia Junze, who was still kneeling there, and said with a gentle smile: "Lord Xia, get up." You are brave and loyal, and the emperor will not blame you. You have to continue to be the secretary of the military department. As long as the emperor doesn't speak, no one dares to ask for your life, and no one can ask for your life. ”

Xia Junze was silent for a while, then kowtowed three times to the screen and said loudly: "Minister Xia Junze thanks Your Majesty for his innocence." Then he got up and put the black gauze hat in front of him back on his head.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it seems that there is nothing to be done today. Everyone is tired of the day, please come back. ”

Wei Zhongxian glanced at the direction of the screen again, and then said to everyone.

"Wait for the resignation!" A group of people kowtowed and retreated one by one.

First, the seven ministers withdrew, and then the four eunuchs of the celebrant eunuchs. Then eight little eunuchs quickly came in from outside, and quietly carried out the two mahogany long tables, and the screens were removed.

Emperor Ji Siyuan, who was sitting behind the screen, stood up, slowly walked to the door, looked at the distant sky outside, and suddenly said after a while: "Wei Zhongxian, do you say that Jiang Chuan is really a loyal minister?" ”

Wei Zhongxian, who was waiting behind the emperor like a shadow, moved his eyebrows, and said quietly: "The master has a scale in his heart, and the master says that whoever is a loyal minister is a loyal minister." ”

"Wei Zhongxian, you also play tricks on me. I command you to tell the truth, to speak from your heart. The emperor turned to look at Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian's head lowered: "Master, what the slave and maid say in front of the master is the truth." The slave felt that although Lord Xia's words were reckless, they were also true and truthful. The slave felt that whether he was a loyal minister or a traitor did not depend on what he said, but on what he did. ”

This is tantamount to indirectly expressing one's own attitude.

The emperor's eyebrows moved, and he muttered: "Regardless of the heart, regardless of the heart, the deeds are not the heart, it is good." I don't want to be the king of a dead country. ”

The last sentence was very quiet, and after saying that, he suddenly fell silent, and walked on the ground, as if he was struggling with something.

Wei Zhongxian's body was motionless, standing in that corner like a sculpture, like the shadow of the emperor.

I don't know how long it took, and I don't know how many laps the emperor paced back and forth on the ground for a long time, but finally stopped, turned around and looked at Wei Zhongxian, and said in a very decisive tone: "Proposed decree, add the title of Marquis of Wu'an, Jiangchuan, the general soldier of southern Liaoning, as the king of Qin, grant the right to open the mansion and build a government, and control all affairs in Liaodong. And added the title of Prince and Master of Jiangchuan, the title of secretary of the Ministry of War, and the etiquette regulations were compared with the prince. ”

"Another decree, on the day of the arrival of the holy decree, ordered the Liao king Jiangchuan to lead his troops into the king of Guanqin, and repelled Li Yi, Datong, and Shanhaiguan were all under the jurisdiction of the king of Qin. And give the sword of the Son of Heaven, seeing that the sword of the Son of Heaven is like me coming in person, if you encounter a disobedient and disloyal person, you can have the right to cut first and then play. ”

The emperor said two holy decrees in one breath, and Wei Zhongxian wrote them down one by one. Hearing that the emperor had finally made up his mind to crown Jiangchuan as king and control Liaodong, he was really relieved.

Wei Zhongxian looks honest, but in fact, he is definitely no less intelligent than any minister of the DPRK and China. Otherwise, he would not be able to step by step from among the 100,000 palace female eunuchs in the inner court into the cabinet of the inner court, and become the eunuch who is worthy of the name of the eunuch and the most trusted person of the emperor today.

He always knew what to do and what to say in front of the emperor.

He was also absolutely loyal to the emperor.

But being loyal to the emperor doesn't mean he won't be looking for a strong foreign aid for himself. Everyone knows the current situation, he watches countless snowflakes flying in the inner court every day, and he knows the erosion of the battle situation better than outsiders.

Therefore, although the last experience of going to the edict gave him a fright at the time, it also gave him the opportunity to be tied to Jiang Chuan, the most powerful faction today.

It can be said that he and Jiang Chuan are now in a relationship of both prosperity and loss.

The higher Jiang Chuan's status and the stronger his strength, the more stable his position as an internal minister. Therefore, this time, when Jiang Chuan sent someone to send the jade seal of the Manchu Emperor to the imperial court, he also told him through the people of Heibingtai: Marquis Wu'an hopes that he will be crowned king.

The other party left this sentence, so after thinking about it, Wei Zhongxian took advantage of the opportunity when the emperor was angrily scolding the ministers to report the good news to the emperor and hold the jade seal of the Manchu emperor.

This made the emperor have a great impression and hope for Jiang Chuan, so there was a matter of court discussion.

In fact, before the court meeting, the emperor already had a plan. He just wanted to say what he wanted to say through the mouth of the celebrant to see how many people jumped out against it.

The attitudes of Zhou Tingru, Liu Kongzhao, and Qian Qianyi are all expected, and the attitude of Shoufu Wen Tiren is not difficult to imagine. There are traces of what a person does.

The only thing that surprised everyone was the newly promoted military department Shangshu Xia Junze.

His directness and undisguised surprise Wei Zhongxian, but when he thought that Xia Junze's ascension was a general personally ordered by the emperor, he understood a little.

To a certain extent, what Xia Junze said was actually what the emperor wanted to say.

Therefore, Xia Junze's rebellious words in front of other emperors have nothing to do in front of the current emperor.

The absence of an attitude is an attitude in itself.

Wei Zhongxian was secretly glad for his caution, but he also completed Jiang Chuan's explanation, allowing him to successfully obtain the prince.

It's just that he suddenly realized something strange: since ancient times, the kings have been named according to the location of the fief. Jiang Chuan is now in Liaodong, and he started his career in Liaodong, it can be said that everything in Jiangchuan is in Liaodong, but the emperor actually gave him a Qin king.

Qindi is now Li Zicheng's base camp, and Xi'an, where Qindi is located, has become the capital of Li Zicheng's Dashun Kingdom.

sealed a king far away in Liaodong to the area where the enemy was located, and the meaning was obvious: the words of Zhou Tingru and others still played a role in the emperor's heart, and the emperor had a heart to guard against Jiangchuan.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian felt a chill down his spine. He didn't know what Jiang Chuan would think when he received this holy decree.

It's just that he knows that he can't say anything superfluous at this time, because this is a suspicious emperor.

Wei Zhongxian restrained his thoughts and said respectfully: "Your Majesty's will has been written down one by one, so let's go and draw up the will." ”

The emperor said, "Wait. One more will. Cabinet minister Liu Kongzhao, as an important minister of the imperial court, was in a national crisis, and did not think of serving the country, but slandered the loyal ministers who served the country. Anyone who has written a romance for Liu Kongzhao will be guilty of the same crime as him. ”

Wei Zhongxian's body trembled, knowing that the emperor was finally going to make a move on the Donglin Party, and hurriedly said, "The slave obeys the order." ”