Walking on the cold and lonely palace road, Zhu Qiming had no intention of being sad. He knows very well that the direction of the government has ushered in a critical node: either the main fighter can gain the upper hand, temporarily put aside the fetters of the etiquette system, no longer care about the emperor's situation, and use the strength of the whole country to fight to the death against the Warat people, and save the society from the general; Either advocate the return of the emperor's car driver to control the public opinion of the DPRK and China, then the capital will be forced to open the door to thieves, and the Ming Dynasty will repeat the mistake of the Song Dynasty Tokyo City!

Of course, the women in the Forbidden City can't be like him, repeatedly weighing the heaviness of the society's life hanging by a thread. The queen mother had illusions that she would first or really put the emperor back to China, which made her uncertain and easily confused by some illusory hopes; Concubine Wu has been dormant for many years, perhaps because she has endured loneliness for too long, and is eager to dispel and vent her inner bitterness, so that after her son ascended to the pole, she can no longer control herself, stirring up a harem, and constantly stimulating the queen mother to increase countermeasures, resulting in increasingly intensified disputes between the DPRK and China.

There is also the queen Qian, who washes her face with tears all day long, it is said that she is also blind, her legs are lame, and her pitiful situation has won the sympathy of many people.

In the palace, only Concubine Zhou is quite calm, and there is a son who is the crown prince who is worth waiting for, so why should she bother? As for the other concubines of the emperor, they have no choice, no matter what kind of fate it is, once it comes, they have to bear it!

Zhu Qiming didn't want to care about the affairs of the women in the palace, and after he met the crown prince Zhu Jianshen, who was not yet two years old, he went straight to Xianxi Palace accompanied by several chamberlains.

Entering Xianxi Palace, the corners of the Queen Mother's mouth actually floated a long-lost smile, and she stepped forward with some excitement and slowly beckoned him to take a seat.

"King Yue, the emperor sent an edict to someone, and he also sent someone to Beijing to pass the word, it seems that the emperor can really return to China this time!"

Zhu Qiming was silent. There are very few people in the court who have seen the emperor's edict, and even Zhu Qiming only knew that it was true after listening to Emperor Jingtai mention this letter, and he did not know the details of the edict that made Emperor Jingtai "read it again and again", and only heard of the key words such as "officials from the five governments and six ministries came out to welcome the holy drive".

"King Yue, when the emperor returns, will you go out of the city to greet him?"

At this moment, the amiability and expectation on the queen mother's face are so strong that people can't bear to feel half a disobedient heart when they look at it.

Zhu Qiming gritted his teeth, left his seat and knelt on the ground, "Queen Mother, the ministers dare not come out to greet you." If he really sends the imperial car into the country first, the minister will risk death to send the crown prince to Nanjing to avoid the catastrophe! ”

The Queen Mother was shocked when she heard this, and was so shocked that she almost choked on the tea, was stunned for a moment, and said blankly: "King Yue, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhu Qiming raised his head and replied to the question: "The minister will also escort the Empress Dowager, the Emperor's Empress and Concubines, Princess Shunde, Princess Changde, and the young Princess Chongqing and Princess Chun'an to Nanjing, so as to stay away from the unruly place of Beijing!" ”

The queen mother's face turned pale, she got up and stomped her feet, "What nonsense are you talking about?" Are you forcing the mourners to submit? ”

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"I have ordered Ji Duo to send me a handwritten letter to the Emperor, and I have also sent a letter to the Emperor first, and we have agreed: if the Emperor returns to China, the accompanying Warat men and horses will be limited to five, seven or ten horsemen."

In the Fengtian Palace, Emperor Jingtai sat on the imperial platform and slowly glanced at the hundred officials in the palace.

Today's court discussion is not a court meeting, but a wide discussion, the court and the central government plan to speak freely, regardless of rank, can enter the Fengtian Temple, and those who have an unclear attitude and just want to see the excitement gather in the Fengtianmen area.

Emperor Jingtai began, and the hundred officials were about to closely follow the theme of whether to obey the emperor's will and go out to meet the emperor's chariot to start a heated discussion, involving the etiquette system and the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, so the original intention of the people who said it was not all simple, and most of the high-sounding statements implied naked interest appeals, or out of public intentions, or out of private thoughts, the difference was just that.

The so-called battle of tongues in the court is not so much about the art of language, but rather about the art of packaging.

However, you are not stupid, as soon as you open your mouth, others will guess your original intention, and the people here are no more simple and easily fooled than the world, and they will never let you perform to your heart's content.

Therefore, after Emperor Jingtai spoke, there was a brief silence in the hall, and all the officials lowered their eyebrows, and no one wanted to speak rashly, in case they accidentally became the target of others' attacks.

Suddenly, I saw a figure flickering, Wang Zhi went out of class, and the eyes of the monarchs and ministers in the palace suddenly all converged on Wang Zhi.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are the courtiers, the emperor is the father, and since the ministers have read the emperor's edict, they have to follow the order to meet the emperor's chariot."

After the Tumubao Incident, Wang Zhi lost his right to speak on such a major issue as how to deal with the Tartar thieves and became an echo worm. For example, after Yu Qian took out his opinion, Wang Zhi's statement was only one sentence, which in modern language was: "Yu Shangshu is right." ”

If Chen Xundao had an opinion that was slightly different from Yu Qian's, Wang Zhi would say, "Chen Shangshu is right." Yu Shangshu and Chen Shangshu are right. ”

However, this did not prevent him from speaking freely on the matter of welcoming back the emperor, and in general, the matter was only about morality, not about the survival of the society.

In all fairness, Wang Zhi took the lead in expressing his position, and this move was not necessarily from his original intention. has been in the Jiuqing prelude for many years, and there are a lot of protégés and former officials, so the so-called people like him are outstanding, from another point of view, they are actually like many old spokespersons. As long as the protégés and fellow villagers have euphemistic appeals, Wang Zhi has to stretch out his head, otherwise, where can anyone hope to speak of?

The celebrant and eunuch Xing'an didn't care about this, and when he saw Wang Zhi picking his head to embarrass Emperor Jingtai, Xing'an immediately became angry: Okay, you Wang Zhi, if you are like Peng Shi, the champion of the new department, openly disobey the order and not accept the grace of heaven, it will also make people awe-inspired, and others will never doubt his sincerity to the emperor. And your Wang Zhiguan was also born, and the reward was also received, and after receiving the emperor's reward, he still flaunted his loyalty to the emperor, what is this not hypocrisy!

Xing'an naturally didn't dare to reprimand a minister in court so explicitly, and when he opened his mouth, he tried his best to put on a calm and calm posture.

"Wang Shangshu, the emperor said very clearly, the emperor did not allow hundreds of officials to go out to meet the emperor, but made an appointment with the emperor and Ye first: only send a few horsemen or more than ten horsemen to escort the emperor back to China. If you can keep the covenant, you can go out to meet the emperor; If you don't keep the contract, it shows that you are also a wolf with ambitions, and you want to deeply plan for my Ming Sheji, at this time, do you still want to welcome? Ignoring the safety of the community, so blatantly disobeying the holy will, what is Wang Shangshu's intention? ”

Wang Zhi didn't look at Xing'an at all, but bowed down to face Emperor Jingtai, "Your Majesty, if you also send a large army to send the emperor back to China first, then it is the Warat people who violate Your Majesty's holy will, and it has nothing to do with the ministers, and the ministers only know that since they have been sent to the emperor's edict, they will have to welcome the holy car." ”

Quibble! Emperor Jingtai swept his eyes towards Wang Zhi, and after a while, his eyes froze, and he turned his head to look outside the hall in great depression.

In this deep palace hall, there is a bloody moral blade hanging high at every moment, and even the imperial power with boundless mana cannot compete with it!