The Warat tribes are plotting to blackmail the Son of Heaven to invade the capital, and Emperor Jingtai of the Ming Dynasty is still racking his brains to quell the political aftershocks after the new monarch ascends the throne.

He made the third historic choice, that is, to open up his voice and further dilute the voice of the old ministers of the DPRK and China. In the event of a major event, he no longer adhered to the old system of "court discussions," but took advantage of the opportunity of the early dynasty or directly told hundreds of officials to brainstorm and listen to the opinions of middle and lower-level officials and even the people, so that he was able to know the truth and hear the truth, and he had to face many sharp criticisms.

For example, the later victory in the Battle of Beijing was a major historical event in which Emperor Jingtai was able to sit on the throne, but later some lower-level officials accused the Battle of Beijing of being ugly and many aspects needed to be improved. In this regard, Emperor Jingtai did not rush into a thunderous outburst, but acted like a stream, and instructed all ministries to adopt and implement the suggestions of the critics.

A king can listen to the harsh criticism like Tang Taizong, this is his first step to become the holy lord of the Ming monarch, and the good news is that Emperor Jingtai has such potential.

During this period, Zhu Qiming was always left by Emperor Jingtai's side, and he was busy with state affairs all day long, and he had no time to go to Wantingju.

Early this morning, Zhu Qiming had just entered the Wuying Hall when he saw the eunuchs Jin Ying and Xing'an entering one after another.

Unlike Jin Ying, who was left and right and carefully wandered between various forces, Xing'an was only loyal to Emperor Jingtai alone.

Who said that eunuchs have no unscrupulous ministers and no great ambitions? Xing'an, who is less than fifty years old, has given the world a powerful counterattack to the prejudices!

Xing'an is very honest and loyal to Emperor Jingtai, and now this unprecedented crisis of a great power makes him simply burning with passion!

In the impression of the world, a good minister like Yu Qian who is honest and upright, brave and resourceful will definitely be deeply expected, in fact, Yu Qian has too many opponents, Yu Qian and Kou Zhun and Li Gang of the Song Dynasty, they can't protect themselves, and many times, it is Xing'an who gives Yu Qian selfless support and strong protection.

Some people will ask, does a lieutenant have such great ability? Of course! Jin Ying and Xing'an are both in rank and rank, but when they try cases with the hundreds of officials in the court, Jin Ying or Xing'an always sit in the center, while officials such as Liubu Shangshu can only sit on their left and right sides, which shows that the actual status of Zhongguan is much higher than their nominal rank.

However, Hung Yen is also powerless. On the matter of whether to welcome back the emperor's holy car, Emperor Jingtai repeatedly had disagreements with the old ministers of the court, and Xing'an, who was loyal to the lord, always came out and debated fiercely with Wang Zhi and other old ministers.

At this moment, Jin Ying and Xing'an brought the latest movements of the Warat people.

"Your Majesty, there is a captured Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi named Chen Xitong who fled back from Wara, saying that Totokh would not spend 10,000 troops to lead an army, and he wanted to go to the southwest to join forces with Yexian and Ara, and make an appointment to raise troops to attack Beijing." Jin Ying took the lead.

Emperor Jingtai walked down the imperial platform with a solemn expression and cast an inquiring glance at Zhu Qiming.

Zhu Qiming arched his hand, "Your Majesty, you only led an army of 10,000 people without spending money, and it can be seen from this that the three departments of Warat have their own thoughts and reservations, and it is expected that there will not be too many Tartar thieves who will invade the Beijing Division at that time." ”

Emperor Jingtai nodded, but his face did not soften.

Even if only tens of thousands of Tartar thieves invade Beijing, I'm afraid that the Ming Dynasty will be enough! At present, the border army in the north has become a frightened bird, afraid of the Tartar thieves like a tiger, and the generals below the chief officer are accustomed to closing the city to protect themselves, and they often fail to advance when they are dispatched, and even refuse to obey the illness, even Yang Hong's son Yang Jun.

Li Ke gave Jin Da a copy of Yang Jun in the matter, saying that Yang Jun was "greedy and greedy, brave and unscrupulous, and unworthy of appointment", and the military department discussed the matter, and the military department considered that Yang Hong was involved, and now it was the time to employ people, so it was decided to transfer Yang Jun to Beijing for training, and his subordinates were assigned to Zhao Wen as the commander. However, Yang Jun could not advance, and then at the critical moment when the war in the capital was tight, Yang Jun once again refused to listen to the dispatch.

The border generals are like this, and the officers of the training battalion in Beijing are even more unbearable. Yu Qian carefully inspected the officers of each battalion and found that most of them were unusable, so he could only ask Emperor Jingtai to dismiss them and re-select them.

Most of the civil officials are quietly looking for a way back and secretly sending their families out of the capital, which has made the already settled people panic. Among them, when Yu Shiyue, the newly promoted Imperial History of the Right Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, transferred his family, he was arrested, Yu Shiyue quibbled in every way, and Emperor Jingtai had no choice but to let go.

The situation in Beijing was worrisome, so he listened to Jin Ying's report, in view of the instability of the people's hearts and the inadequacy of war preparations, Emperor Jingtai immediately instructed the officials in the close service to pass on the order: "Inform the military department of this news, and it is appropriate to send additional troops to Zijing Pass, Juyong Pass, and Gubeikou." ”

At this time, Xing'an said a message that made Emperor Jingtai in a dilemma: "Your Majesty, according to Yang Hong, the chief military officer of Xuanfu, sent someone to report that Ji Duo, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, said when he came back: He also threatened to 'send the Supreme to Beijing to take the right position, and the officials of the five governments and six ministries will come out to greet him', and he can arrive in Beijing in a few days." In addition, according to Guo Deng, the chief military officer of Datong, sent someone to report, and his subordinates first sent an edict from the emperor, but I don't know whether it is true or false, and the emperor said in the edict: 'The emperor should not be on the throne, but he will first come to avenge me'. ”

From this historical fact, it can be seen that the so-called claim that Emperor Jingtai ascended the throne and was approved by the orthodox emperor is completely illogical! Think about it, if the orthodox emperor really had this intention, and someone sent back his message, so that the officials in the court and the central government knew his meaning, and the emperor's edict that suddenly appeared at this time was assumed to be forged by the Warat people, then what is the practical significance of such a forgery?

Everyone knows that the Emperor's edict is forged, so wouldn't it be too much for now!

In the face of the emperor's edict, including Emperor Jingtai, the only conclusion that people can draw is: the emperor's edict is indistinguishable from the fake!

At this moment, Emperor Jingtai naturally weighed the weight of this news, and he turned around suddenly, looking extremely angry, "Didn't the hundred officials say that it was the emperor's intention to let me ascend the throne!" After a moment, he raised his head and sighed: "The Queen Mother! ”

Ji Duo was an envoy sent by the Empress Dowager, and he secretly conveyed the news of the Emperor to Yang Hong, the chief military officer of Xuanfu, without concealing Emperor Jingtai, and it is no wonder that Emperor Jingtai suspected that there might be an ulterior conspiracy between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

External troubles are coming, how can the court have another strife! In view of this, Zhu Qiming hurriedly said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to think about what the envoys sent by the Empress Dowager secretly said to the emperor, Your Majesty should know that the current society is in danger, and the Empress Dowager will definitely focus on the overall situation!" ”

Emperor Jingtai put a hand on Zhu Qiming's shoulder, and he could hold back his anger, "Pass Ji Duo." Come on, the purpose! ”

An internal official approached with a pen and paper in his hand.

"The edict to Zhao Cong, the official of Xuanfu Town, and others: 'You are guarding the border for the imperial court, and the people in charge only know that there is a sect and society as important! The situation is unpredictable, there is a true love to send back to Beijing, people and horses stop five, seven rides, or more than ten rides, you can listen to their own comes; If it is large, it will not be true, you will think about it in the long run, or attack, or use it to hold on, and make it complete, so be cautious! ’”

Emperor Jingtai's edict is reasonable, if the Warat people really want to send the emperor back to Beijing, only let up to ten horsemen and horses enter the country; If the Varat army enters, its intentions are unclear, and the defenders should naturally be cautious. However, he knew that it would be difficult to do so, so it was rumored that Ji Duo, who was behaving abnormally, promoted him to the commander of the right guard of Jinwu against his will, and ordered him to send another envoy to Wara, and sent Emperor Jingtai's handwritten letter to the emperor.

"Brother Qi Yu goodbye, Fengshu eldest brother Emperor His Majesty, to protect the temple, Sheji, led the division to patrol the border, unfortunately was left in the court, since the Queen Mother and the younger brother and the ministers are hateful, my queen mother remembers the sect, the subjects have no owner, has set up the eldest brother and the eldest son of the emperor as the crown prince, proclamation to the world, in order to tie the hearts of the people, in order to wait for the eldest brother to drive back. However, the temple is lacking in worship for a long time, the country has no owner, my queen mother and the princes of the clan all led people and horses to Beijing to protect the sect, and the prince was young, unable to take care of state affairs in person, and the subjects were hopeless, so he ordered his brother to be the emperor to comfort public opinion. In Beijing, the duke, the marquis, the horse, the uncle, the civil and military ministers, and the people also agreed to make a big plan early, and the ministers also passed on the order of the eldest brother, so that the younger brother was ordered to dominate the temple, and the younger brother had to be ordered to dominate the world and respect the eldest brother as the emperor. Although the younger brother is already like this, he really hates it, and he looks up to the eldest brother to spin early, and he is very lucky! Now I have to give the book, read it again and again, and I am happy and painful, and the Taishi also wants to send the eldest brother back, is it able to go up to the heavens, and go down to the hearts of the people, what the real husband does, isn't it famous through the ages? On the day when the eldest brother arrived in Beijing, the matter of the throne was as he said, and he planned again, and there was nothing between the brothers, so how could they divide each other? But I am afraid that I will be humbled by humble, which is against the way of heaven, I hope that the eldest brother and the first master will say that there is no need to send more people to send my brother back to China, I am afraid that the kings and horses will be big in Beijing, and they will offend each other, and they can't help themselves, and they can't keep their younger brother safe! It is only advisable to send it with five or seven horses, so as to reconcile completely. Brother Fuwang deeply remembers the ancestors, the community, and the living beings, and the good is a word, and the heavens, earth, ghosts and gods will be blessed. Lin Yang was worried and hated, but the eldest brother was bright. ”

The language of this letter seems quite sincere: My younger brother, I ascended the throne out of helplessness, who is willing to stretch out this head when he is full! Oh, by the way, didn't you ask someone to pass the word for me to take the throne? Is there any truth in this? Oh, although I am an emperor, I often think of what happened to you, my eldest brother, and my heart is still sad and indignant. If you can really let the eldest brother return to China, it will prove that he is also a big husband, he will be famous through the ages, and my brother and I are also looking forward to the eldest brother you returning to Beijing, and when you return to Beijing, who will be the emperor will be discussed again, how can the brothers be the same, who is the emperor is not the same, isn't it? However, there is one thing that I have to draw your attention to, if you are coerced by a large number of Tartar thieves to return to Beijing, that is to be humiliated, which is against the way of heaven, I hope that eldest brother, you will also talk about it first, you don't have to send too many people to return to China, why do you need so many Tartars to follow back to China? Five or seven horsemen are enough! There are too many people and horses, I am afraid that it will cause misunderstanding among the kings in Beijing, and once the two sides fight, it will be difficult for my brother and me to take care of your safety, eldest brother. Alas, you don't know how deeply I miss you when I approach the letterhead, it is like a surging river······