The autumn season is getting closer and closer, and the scholars in the capital are gathering more and more, and all kinds of news are also spreading in the capital.

For the ministers of the imperial court, the scientific research that was most valued in previous years was now thrown aside, and they had no time to take care of it, not for anything else, because the things that happened in the capital in the past few days were taken out at random, and they were all ordinary things that were enough to shake the court.

The situation on the Emperor's Palace has quickly spread throughout the capital, for the Son of Heaven's praise of the Jinyi Guard, the court and the opposition are all discussing, the courtiers are naturally opposed, and even many ministers have the front foot out of the palace gate, and after the back foot returns to the house, they will work hard to write a book, play the emperor, force Chen Factory Guard's harm, insist on not reusing the factory guard.

However, such people are in the minority after all, and most of the officials choose to stand still and wait and see what happens.

Among the people, it should be said that Zhu Changluo, the emperor, still has a great influence, and with his praise, the people's perception of Jinyiwei has greatly improved.

Of course, this is actually not very useful, and in addition to this matter, one thing that the government and the opposition are more concerned about is the first auxiliary minister Wang Xijue.

Because it was the old Shoufu who resigned by himself, and his attitude was resolute, this matter did not set off too much waves in the government and the opposition, it should be said that this is a matter of time, the old Shoufu's age is already close to the age of Zhishi, so most of the courtiers have been prepared for this matter, so although there are many voices of retention, but there is no other thing.

Of course, to the surprise of the government and the opposition, the old Shoufu seemed to have made up his mind completely this time, and from the day he hung the crown on the palace and left, he began to check the family property in Beijing, but two or three days later, when the will of the Son of Heaven arrived, he left the capital with a family member in a light car, without alarming anyone, and without fanfare, just in a quaint carriage, which ended his magnificent political life, and the people who went to see off the news were only a few protégés.

However, it is said that on this day, the Son of Heaven retreated left and right, and stayed in the Qianqing Palace alone for a long time, and the direction he was in was the direction of the east gate where the old Shoufu left......

Above the court, coming and going is the eternal theme, and since the old chief assistant has stepped down, the attention of the ministers has naturally shifted away from him, which is the cruelty of officialdom.

On the same day that Lao Shoufu left, two major events occurred in the capital, which instantly attracted everyone's attention.

The first thing is about Cabinet Minister Lee Ting-ji Lee Ge Lao!

It is said that on the day of the court meeting, Li Ge Lao saw that the Son of Heaven wanted to reuse the factory guard, and his heart was full of worries about the country, and he resolutely entered the palace to persuade the emperor alone.

As soon as the news came out, the ministers were immediately angry, and countless ministers supported Li Ge Lao and asked the Son of Heaven not to sin for his words, but they were all ignored by the Son of Heaven.

Of course, if this is just the case, it is not enough to shake the entire capital, what really shakes the Beijing division is Li Tingji's actions after being grounded in the palace!

There are rumors in Beijing that after Li Ge Lao was punished in the mansion, he was full of grief and indignation, but he still had state affairs in mind, and he was silent in the direction of the imperial city for a few days. ”

Then he returned to the study, wrote hard, cried blood to smell, and resigned!

After all, rumors are rumors, and the courtiers don't know what kind of mental journey Li Ge has, but what they know is that the cabinet has indeed received the resignation, and I am afraid that at this time, the recital of the beggar bones has been placed on the imperial case of the Son of Heaven!

In just a few days, two ministers in the cabinet resigned, even though the old chief assistant left normally, but this was enough to shake the entire court.

And the reaction of the Son of Heaven was also much more than the courtiers expected, according to the reason, the situation of Li Ge Lao and Lao Shoufu is different, he only made this move to persuade the Son of Heaven not to reuse the factory guard, and the Son of Heaven immediately ordered to comfort and stay, and gave in a little to calm the matter.

But this time the Son of Heaven was abnormal, not only did not give an order to stay, but was furious, it is said that in the Qianqing Palace, several cups were broken one after another, and he said angrily: "Do you want to resign and threaten the king? ”

So the palace issued a decree in just a moment, and the edict cabinet minister Li Tingji had bad intentions and coerced the monarch with his resignation, which was really an abomination.

It turned out to be a direct punishment from a small punishment to an indefinite house arrest!

Not only that, Li Tingji's actions seemed to have completely angered the emperor, and this edict was just the beginning, which opened a new storm in Beijing......

Just after this edict, the Son of Heaven issued an edict to the cabinet, sternly refuting the chaos of forming parties and fighting with each other in the court, accusing the ministers of forming parties with each other, attacking each other, abandoning the government and protecting each other, and other behaviors.

Immediately, countless ministers defended their defenses, and their rhetoric was fierce, and several ministers who were named even more vigorously expressed their grievances, and even followed Li Tingji's footsteps, and resigned from Shangshu and did not come out to show their innocence.

At this time, in addition to the old chief assistant who had just left, two more cabinet ministers resigned at the same time, plus a secretary of the criminal department, and the thirteen bigwigs in the court, one-third of them resigned at once.

Suddenly the government and the opposition of the Beijing division were moved!

And the Son of Heaven reacted faster, and when all the ministers did not react, the palace issued an edict again.

However, this time, it is neither the will to appease the ministers, nor the will of several bigwigs who have already resigned, this edict of the Son of Heaven is the will of the promotion of officials.

Edict, Jin Rite Department Shangshu Yu Shen Xing Wenhua Hall Scholar, into the cabinet counselor machine, and sent to Shen Xing as the deputy chief examiner of the scientific examination, acting on behalf of the first assistant Wang Xijue and the second assistant Zhen Ji co-presided over the scientific examination, the Ministry of Officials Lang Pei Yingzhang for the criminal department of the Lang, acting in charge of the criminal department affairs, Honglu Temple Shaoqing Yang Lian sent an envoy to Liaodong, Yu Guogong, promoted to the rite of the department to give the matter, the resumption of Shanxi Provincial Supervision of the imperial history Yuan Keli as the household department to give the matter, immediately took office!

Under the edict, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, what is the Son of Heaven doing?

You must know that in the past, even though the Son of Heaven acted with tough means and had a strong attitude, he came according to the rules after all, but now that the old Shoufu has just gone to the court, the Son of Heaven's attitude has changed greatly, and he doesn't care about the slightest rule of the court?

First of all, Li Tingji, the cabinet minister closest to the Son of Heaven, was grounded in the palace because he advised the Son of Heaven not to reuse the factory guards, which was like house arrest, and then the four courtiers who were agitated asked for resignation, and although the Son of Heaven did not seem to have any statement on the resignation of these four courtiers.

But this freshly baked edict has undoubtedly revealed the attitude of the Son of Heaven!

Zhu Geng's official is a scholar of Wenhua Palace, and now he is still there, but he just submitted his resignation, and the Son of Heaven immediately promoted Yu Shen to be a scholar of Wenhua Palace, which is simply a replacement of Ming Huanghuang, you know, although there has been no explicit provision in the Ming Dynasty, but since the Ming Dynasty has a cabinet, there has never been a precedent for two scholars to serve at the same time, otherwise there would not be a cabinet is a radish and a pit.

Others, such as Xiao Daheng, Qi Shijiao, Guan Yingzhen and others, although the Son of Heaven did not transfer people to directly replace them in official positions, but reappointed officials to take over the government affairs in their hands.

Such a tough attitude has only one meaning!

You don't want to do it, some people do!

But fortunately, even though the Son of Heaven is like this, there are still backbones in the court, and the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty are known as the civil officials with the strongest combat effectiveness, but they are not just talking, in the face of such a strong attitude of the Son of Heaven, the civil official group finally made its own counterattack.

Whether it is Yang Lian, the confidant of the Son of Heaven, or Yuan Keli, who once admonished the Son of Heaven, or Pei Yingzhang, who has been serving as a servant in the Ministry for several years, they all chose the same reaction in the face of the appointment of the Son of Heaven.

Du Men does not come out, and he is not sick!

This was a silent protest by the civil official group against the Son of Heaven, and this time, the Son of Heaven finally calmed down, and the palace did not continue to issue any edicts.

The capital, which had been in turmoil for several days, finally fell into a brief calm.

But all the ministers of the court knew in their hearts that this was just the calm before the storm, and the matter had reached such a point that the longer the time dragged on, the more embarrassed the face of the Son of Heaven became.

The edict has been issued, but the courtiers did not obey the decree under the pretext of illness, which is undoubtedly a slap in the face of the Son of Heaven. And the courtiers will never allow the Son of Heaven to break the rules like this, the two sides will not give in to each other, the short-term calm is just accumulating strength, and it will not be long before there will be a most fierce conflict in this capital since he ascended the throne!

And this time, the old Shousuke has already left, and no one will be able to stop this huge turmoil......

Just when the capital was turbulent, Zhu Changluo, as the initiator, was still sitting in the Qianqing Palace to deal with the government affairs handed over by the cabinet, as if all the surging outside had nothing to do with him.

"Your Majesty, the commander has arrived!"

Wang An walked in from outside, replaced the cup of herbal tea on the imperial case, and spoke.

"Call him in!"

Zhu Changluo didn't raise his head and said.

After a while, Luo Sigong walked into the hall with his usual cold face, and saluted with his fists.

"I've seen Your Majesty!"

Zhu Changluo put down the pen in his hand, said with a slight smile on his face.

"Get up, what's going on with what I've ordered you to investigate?"

"Your Majesty rest assured, according to Your Majesty's will, the minister has collected a lot of evidence, as long as Your Majesty gives an order, the minister can go to the military department to get the driving post and detain them in prison!"

Hearing the Son of Heaven ask about this, a trace of coldness flashed on Luo Sigong's face, and there was a faint excitement in his gloomy eyes.

He naturally knew the intention of the Son of Heaven to reuse the Jinyi Guard, and he also knew that when the Son of Heaven activated the Jinyi Guard, he, the commander, would inevitably become the target of the public, and might even be thrown out in the end to become a tool to calm the anger of the ministers.

But so what?

Jinyi is a sharp blade in the hands of the Son of Heaven, no matter how sharp the blade is, it can only be hidden in the sheath, and it can only be spent in the dark all day long.

However, Luo Sigong's anger made Zhu Changluo shake his head and said.

"Why are you in a hurry? You keep all these things for me, and without my will, you are not allowed to let anyone know, can you understand? ”

"Yes!"

After being reprimanded, Luo Sigong lowered his head and replied dejectedly.

Zhu Changluo chuckled lightly, and glanced at the recital at hand, this recital was sent by the third lady, since the Huangji Palace gave the seal, it has been a few days, this is the third time that the third lady has been on the book, asking to return to Tumut, it seems that there are some things, it can't be delayed......

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Changluo's face turned solemn and turned to ask.

"You can do the affairs of the DPRK and China here for the time being, what is the situation of the border that I ordered you to investigate?"

"Back to Your Majesty, as Your Majesty expected, now the grassland has become a pot of porridge, Weng Guodai followed Lin Dan back to the Chahar Department, successfully replaced Chechen Khan, usurped the throne and stood on his own, named Weng Guodai as the Taishi, in charge of a general affairs, but this time Lin Dan usurped the throne, but the Khalkha Department of Chechen Khan was very dissatisfied, and now the two have turned against each other, and the war is about to break out, the minister has been in accordance with His Majesty's instructions, sent an envoy to the Chahar Department and Weng Guodai to get in touch, this is the reply given by Weng Guodai, please Your Majesty Imperial Visit!"

Speaking of this, Luo Sigong's face also became solemn, and he took out a tight letter from his sleeve and handed it over respectfully.

Zhu Changluo opened the envelope and looked at it carefully for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face and muttered.

"Sure enough, it's a greedy person!"

With that, he folded the letter again and put it away, and turned his head to speak.

"Wang An, go to prepare an order, order someone to send Mrs. Zhongshun and the king of Shunyi to leave Beijing and return to Tumut, and also make a clear order to the front line of Ma Gui, and order him to hand over all the surrendered troops to Mrs. Zhongshun, and after Mrs. Zhongshun leads the army back to Guihua City, the army can retreat, I and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, wait for the return of the army!"

There was a rare hint of relief in his words, and now that the border matter was almost resolved, he could breathe a sigh of relief.

After Wang An received the will, Zhu Changluo rubbed his forehead, but asked casually.

"By the way, where is Yu Shenxing now?"

Seeing the Son of Heaven asking, Luo Sigong hurriedly replied.

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the news of Jinyiwei, Lord Yu is less than two days away from Beijing, and he will be able to enter Beijing about tomorrow!"

Zhu Changluo looked into the distance, with a faint hint of expectation in his eyes.

He prepared such a big gift for Yu Shenxing, and he only hoped that this capable minister, who was praised by everyone, would not let him down......