After Emperor Chongzhen said this, everyone present was surprised.

Gong Yonggu, Wang Chengen, and Cao Huachun, Fang Zhenghua, Chu Xianxian, and other ministers who came to serve after hearing the news all immediately knelt on the ground to admonish.

Gong Yonggu said: "Your Majesty! Britain is indeed an important minister of the country, and now he is critically ill, His Majesty's mood, and the ministers all know, but now the palace door is closed, and His Majesty is out of the palace at night, and the ministers are afraid that the Beijing master is uneasy, please think twice! ”

After Gong Yonggu said this, Cao Huachun also hurriedly kowtowed and persuaded: "The British Duke is critically ill, Your Majesty personally asks about the illness, although it is the emperor's grace, but the number of etiquette is not in line, and the slave and maid are afraid that Your Majesty's move will disturb the old prince!" There is a case for the old man on a different day, and I don't know what to say! ”

At this time, Fang Zhenghua also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty think twice!" It is true that the old man is an important minister of the country, but His Majesty is concerned with the safety of the world, the old man is suffering from coughing up blood, lingering on the sickbed for many years, and His Majesty is personally condoling, which is tantamount to risking his life! Even if the old prince learns about it, he will inevitably refuse to see it! ”

Fang Zhenghua is not wrong in what he said, the etiquette can be ignored, but the emperor's own safety cannot be ignored, in case he goes to see the critically ill old man, and he comes back from there and is infected with any disease, it will be a big trouble.

When Wang Chengen, Chu Xianzhang and others heard this, everyone kowtowed again and again, advising the emperor not to go.

Zhang Zhiji originally hoped that the emperor would go, after all, such a favor is not something that anyone can get.

The British government has reached the peak of history in Zhang Weixian's generation, and has assisted two emperors to ascend the throne.

In Zhang Zhiji's heart, as soon as his father died, the status of the British government was about to decline, and if the emperor could go at this time, there would inevitably be a new reward, and it would be very beneficial for him to successfully attack the lord in the future.

It's just that after listening to the words of these people around the emperor, I understand that these people don't want the emperor to go, and the words that originally wanted to receive the edict and thank you were blocked from my mouth, and in the end, it was worth saying a word.

Zhang Zhiji said: "Your Majesty Longen, the sky is high and the sea is wide, Weichen and his father all know in their hearts that the minister's father is critically ill and the house is in a panic, so it is really not suitable to take over in the house!" Please take back your order! ”

Emperor Chongzhen's perception of the British Duke Zhang Weixian is more complicated, this person is generally mediocre, but at every critical moment, he can always make the right choice.

Especially for the enthronement of Emperor Chongzhen, he has made a contribution.

Although after the death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youzhen, who was still the king of faith at the time, was the most polite choice, not only the last words of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but he was also the only half-brother of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but this does not mean that if you succeed to the throne, you will definitely be able to succeed to the throne smoothly.

Among them, if it were not for the strong advocacy of Empress Yi'an and the British Duke Zhang Weixian, it is difficult to say that there would be other twists and turns.

Moreover, the reason why Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters at that time, was able to enter the palace smoothly was also thanks to the British Duke who led the men and horses to personally escort him into the palace and help him sit on the emperor's throne.

As far as this merit is concerned, now this Emperor Chongzhen should really go and see it in person.

However, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to go, not because of this, but because Zhang Weixian ordered his sister-in-law Zhang Zhiji to be sent to the palace before his death.

Maybe it's the reason why people are dying and their words are good, the British public Zhang Weixian, who is usually cautious and serious in words and deeds, said a lot of things that he had never said to the emperor in the last compromise he had just sent to the palace.

Emperor Chongzhen only had a cursory look at a few articles, but he was already very emotional, such as the ancestral system cannot be changed, the civil officials cannot be trusted, the clan should not be moved, it is necessary to rely on the noble family, to beware of the Taixi Yi people, not to be overjoyed, and so on.

Although Emperor Chongzhen does not agree with all of the rules and regulations that are said in this, it is already very commendable for a person to be able to give you a few sincere opinions from the bottom of his heart and lungs when he is about to die.

After all, a friend who sincerely opposes you is more valuable than an enemy who hypocritically praises you.

Because of this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly wanted to have an interview with the British Duke Zhang Weixian, and wanted to hear the views of this old prince who had been in the throne for more than 30 years and had gone through four dynasties on the future situation.

I even wanted to talk to him about the ending of the Ming Dynasty that he knew, including the ending of the British Mansion that he had in mind.

Fortunately, at this time, after listening to the words of these close ministers and servants around him to dissuade him, Emperor Chongzhen finally dispelled this dangerous idea.

In today's world, he may be destined to be a lonely person.

Because what he knows in his heart can never really be said to others.

That night, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the testament submitted by Zhang Weixian in advance, and was depressed, and wanted to go to the British Mansion in person to have an open and honest conversation with this person who did not understand him but had always tolerated and supported him everywhere.

But after all, he was commanded by the Jinyi guards present to persuade Gong Yonggu and others to stop him.

Since the Ming Dynasty, there has been little precedent for the emperor to personally visit the homes of nobles or ministers.

Now this Chongzhen Emperor doesn't care if there is such a precedent, but thinks about it, and feels that this is meaningless after all.

In the end, he just sent Gong Yonggu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, to leave the palace overnight and go to see Zhang Weixian, who was critically ill, instead of himself.

Zhang Weixian's request to the emperor through the two of them when he was dying was a hereditary issue of the inheritance of the dukedom of the British Duchy.

And Wang Chengen, according to Emperor Chongzhen's prior instructions, clearly told him when he was dying that the emperor had promised his son, Zhang Zhiji, to attack the first British duke.

Although it is no longer an eternal hereditary replacement, if he has a spirit in heaven, he should also be blinded by it.

Because in the original history, after the death of the British Duke Zhang Weixian, although his sister-in-law Zhang Zhiji attacked the title of Duke of China, he was mediocre and ill.

Zhang Zhiji died of illness after being a British duke for a few years, and passed it to his son, Zhang Shize, the grandson of Zhang Weixian, but a year later, the city of Beijing was broken, and the army entered the city, and the entire British duke was killed, and the title of British duke was also cut off.

If Zhang Weixian knew the original result, then he would rather have a hereditary reduction and extinction than have a hereditary name and then pass it on.

At noon the second day when Emperor Chongzhen sent Gong Yonggu and Wang Chengen to follow Zhang Zhiji to the British Mansion to inquire about illness, Gong Yonggu came to the palace again and reported to the emperor the news of the death of the British Duke Zhang Weixian.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was leading several personnel from the military aircraft department and the military attache of the imperial attendant, staring at the direction of the three sides of the northwest in front of the sand table of the emperor's territory in the west side of the Wuying Palace, pondering the chaos in the northwest.

Hearing the news brought by Gong Yonggu, Emperor Chongzhen sighed, waved his hand and let everyone in the palace go out, and was silent alone facing the mountains and rivers and cities on the sand table in front of him.

To rely on the noble family, to beware of the Taixiyi people, don't be so happy, no matter whether there is any selfish distractions of this old prince, now this Chongzhen Emperor agrees, and knows what to do.

But for the rest, he didn't have anything better.

Because if the ancestral system can't be changed, what else can he change, can he change the outcome of the demise of this Han dynasty?

If the clan is not suitable to move, what should he do, does he want to watch these clan disciples become another boulder that crushes this empire?

If the civilian officials are not credible, who should he trust, and what will he rely on to govern this huge empire and straighten out this chaotic situation?

Should he rely on eunuchs and reuse eunuchs, as some later generations said?

Could it be that the Chinese civilization, which it is proud of and proud of, will ultimately rely on the eunuchs who have been castrated to govern the country and carry it forward?

All this, of course, is a question without an answer, because the premise is not right.

Nothing can be changed, as long as the Jianyu is eliminated, the thieves are eliminated, and the tragedy of the world is avoided, even if there is another king on the land of China decades later, what about it?

Did he come here for the selfish interests of one person, one family, or one surname?

In the afternoon of the same day, Emperor Chongzhen was left alone in the Wuying Palace, pondering for a long time.

However, before he could answer the questions he raised, Xu Yunzhen, the sect commander of the Zongren Mansion, hurriedly brought him another piece of news.

Zhu Dingwei, the king of the clan, died on September 25 in Datong.

And this news also made the emperor's heart move, and it seemed that he had found the key to solving the problem.