New year, new atmosphere, the first day of the first month of the first year of Zhengde, the capital is full of joy, a prosperous scene.

Sending away the era name of Hongzhi and the generous and benevolent Emperor Xiaozong, the people were a little sad in their hearts, but today, everyone forgot all the sad things and threw themselves into this festive atmosphere.

Moreover, although the new emperor is young and a little naughty, there are rumors in the capital that in the past two months, under the persuasion of several scholars, the emperor has shown the demeanor of a wise monarch.

In the past two months, the emperor has not only obeyed the words of several respected scholars in the court, but even behaved in accordance with the rules, not to mention that the emperor has also restrained the emperor's relatives and relatives, and then rewarded the ministers, which is really done by the ancient saints!

You must know that the money rewarded by the emperor is taken out of the inner treasury, and such a generous emperor may be able to catch up with the three emperors and the five emperors. What's more, there are rumors that several college students asked for the closure of the Imperial Village, and the emperor deliberately approved it, which is really amazing.

What is Huangzhuang? That is the emperor's own industry, which is used to help the border people, and now the saint is really very sage, and the virtuous are boundless. The emperor is so virtuous, he will definitely move the heavens and the earth, bless the Ming Dynasty with smooth wind and rain, and peace for ten thousand years.

Therefore, this year's New Year's Day in the capital is a little more lively than in previous years, and this atmosphere has even infected the ministers of the court.

When worshipping the sky, it should be solemn, but listening to the chapter of Qingping, all the adults can't stop smiling, can't be unhappy, originally the surname is a little out of the way, everyone is worried, who thought that he would understand things so quickly, it's really gratifying.

The sound of the drums changed again, and when it came to the chapter of Youping, the ceremony was about to end, and the eyes of the courtiers were on the three people in the front. Some of the eyes are full of envy, some are full of expectation, and some are hidden with jealousy, and everyone understands that these three people will soon become the most powerful people in the world.

The three bachelors, that is, the ministers of Tuogu, and the elders of the fathers, corrected the emperor's surname in a few months.

"Let's drive back to the palace!" The generals of the Han Dynasty shouted in unison, and among the neat guards of honor, Huang Luohuagai appeared to be very weatherly, with a royal atmosphere.

"Ziqiao, Your Majesty can have the demeanor of today, thanks to your painstaking advice." The sacrifice to the heavens was over, and the three bachelors also talked to each other, and the one who spoke was an old man who was already over the age of old, his hair was white, but his eyes were not cloudy at all, and there was a fierce look between them.

"Hehe, Brother Xixian has an overreputation, assisting the Son of Heaven is a matter of my generation, and where can I talk about any credit. Besides, this matter was also done by the three of us, so how could it be the work of Xie Qian? Xie Qian's face was flushed, and he didn't know if he was so excited or excited, but the words he said were restrained.

"Haha, Ziqiao doesn't have to be too modest, when he entered the palace recently, whenever His Majesty hesitated slightly, as long as the name of Ziqiao was mentioned, His Majesty would not allow it, if it wasn't for your good guidance, who else would it be?" Xixian is the word of Liu Jian, a university scholar, and Liu Jian is now also full of ambition and smiles very happily.

"Ziqiao, Binzhi, it's still early, how about going to the humble house for a drink? The cancellation of the Huangzhuang matter, and the two of them and the old man have to take a good look at it together. Seeing that the guard of honor entered the palace, Liu Jian invited loudly.

"I heard that Brother Xixian got the good wine of the altar and the authentic works of the right army, so I happened to come to the door to disturb him." The three of them were very familiar with each other, and Xie Qian was not polite, so he agreed immediately. When he turned his head to look, he saw Li Dongyang frowning slightly, not knowing what he was thinking, and it seemed that he hadn't listened to the conversation just now.

"Binzhi, what's the matter? What makes you so worried? Xie Qian was surprised.

"Brother Xixian, Ziqiao, don't you think Your Majesty has been a little weird lately?" Li Dongyang's face was pale, and he had a Confucian demeanor.

"Weird?" Xie Qian thought about it for a moment and said, "Nothing unusual?" Isn't it very good that Your Majesty is like this now? ”

Li Dongyang shook his head, "When Your Majesty was still the crown prince, due to the favor of the first emperor, the surname was not calm, although we taught carefully, but Your Majesty still went his own way, and it has been the case for many years, even after His Majesty ascended the throne for a few months, it was the same." And the last time he suddenly decided to go out of Beijing, he was blocked by us and others, and his surname changed greatly...... I've always found it a little weird. ”

"There is no need to worry about it, as long as I do my best, Your Majesty will always understand one day. Let's disperse today, we won't move here, and your colleagues can also eat the cold wind, hehe. Liu Jian laughed.

Li and Xie bowed their heads when they heard this, and they left together. At this moment, a small eunuch suddenly ran out of the imperial city and came straight to the three of them. The man was running fast, his face was panicked, and the three of them were shocked when they saw it from a distance, and they couldn't help but stop.

"Three adults, our family came to ask at the behest of the Queen Mother." The little eunuch didn't ask in a low voice until he got closer: "The Queen Mother asked, where is Your Majesty?" ”

This question was really unexpected, the three scholars looked at each other, and finally Xie Qian said, "Didn't Your Majesty just return to the palace?" ”

"Only the honor guard returned to the palace, but His Majesty was not there, didn't the three adults go to worship the heavens with His Majesty and come back together? How could you not see Your Majesty? The little eunuch knew the seriousness of the matter, and although he was anxious, his voice kept very low.

"Your Majesty didn't return to the palace? How is this possible? Not only the old man and the other three, but also hundreds of officials, how could it be that His Majesty was missing? It's still there when I worship the heavens. Xie Qian was cold all over his body, trying to recall the scene when he sacrificed to the sky, obviously yes, the people were still there when the sacrifice to the heavens, so many people followed, how could they be gone?

"Is anyone else missing? Are the few who often serve by His Majesty's side still there? Li Dongyang is known for his shrewdness, and after being startled, he immediately stabilized his mind and asked in a deep voice.

"Qian Ning, Gu Dayong, and Liu Jin have not come back after following His Majesty to worship the heavens, and the others who have not gone out are still there." The little eunuch replied without thinking, there were already chickens and dogs in the palace, how could these people be missed.

"Oops!" Li Dongyang's heart was racing, and he muttered: "Your Majesty sacrificed to the sky today, and there are a lot of brocade guards, originally the old minister was still a little strange, could it be that Your Majesty ...... him?"

Before Li Dongyang finished speaking, another eunuch ran out of the palace, this person was obviously not as calm as the one who came out first, and shouted from afar: "Three adults, the queen mother found this letter in the emperor's bedroom, and asked the slave maid to show it to the three adults." ”

Originally, the first one to report the news had already aroused the doubts of the hundred officials, and when the second one came out again, there was a stirring in the crowd, and everyone was already talking, but everyone's attention was focused on the three bachelors, and no one noticed that the corner of the mouth of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zeng showed a trace of an unfathomable smile.

"Show me!" Liu Jian took the letter from the eunuch with a cold face, opened it and looked at it, there were only a few words on it: "I went to inspect the border pass, and I bothered a few scholars to take good care of the house." "That's right, it's Your Majesty's tone, but this content ...... Rao is Scholar Liu is already a handful of years old, has experienced a lot of storms, but even the anger is frightened, at this time it is also a gold star in his eyes, his chest is suffocated, it took a while to stabilize his mind, and slowly said: "Your Majesty has sneaked away......

Xie Qiancheng's mansion was not as good as Liu Jian, after listening to Liu Jian's words, he only felt that his eyes were dark, and he fell to the sky, but fortunately, Li Dongyang reacted quickly and supported him in time.

Xie Qian lost the vigor of the sacrifice to the sky, leaned on Li Dongyang softly, and cried: "The emperor ran away, this kind of thing has never been done before, if Your Majesty has a case, what will happen to this Ming Dynasty?" How can we have the face to see the first emperor under Jiuquan, and the old minister is ashamed......"

Li Dongyang broke off in a cold voice, "Ziqiao, now is not the time to say this, the hundred officials are still there, you don't lose your demeanor, and you can't let the news get out, otherwise you ......" As soon as he drank it, Xie Qian was calm, although he was still anxious in his heart, he stopped crying.

Li Gongmou, Liu Gongju, what he said was that Liu Jian saw things very quickly, he ignored Xie Qian, who was crying, and said categorically: "The sacrifice is in the southern suburbs, Your Majesty must have left the capital now, this news cannot be leaked, you can only teach the passes everywhere to strengthen the garrison, and then send people around to look for it." ”

Li Dongyang's head said: "What Brother Xixian said is very true, last time His Majesty said that he was going to Xuanfu, and this time he said that he was going to inspect the border pass, and he must go west, and he should quickly send a message to Juyongguan." Supervising the imperial history Wang Xinliang was ordered to inspect the pass is in Juyong Pass, this person is a junior brother's disciple, he has always been upright, as long as he gets the news, he will be able to block His Majesty in Juyong Pass. ”

"What Binzhi said is very true, and he will follow Binzhi."

…… The culprit who made the chickens and dogs jump in the capital is happy at this moment.

Mixed in the middle of a group of brocade guards, Zhu Houzhao was wearing a flying fish suit, on the left hand was Liu Jin with a blank face, on the right hand was Gu Dayong with a face like ashes, and there was a straight-eyed Qian Ning following behind, only he looked around happily.

"Wow, that tree is so big and lush, is it a pine?"

Where do the big trees come from in the winter? Qian Ning subconsciously glanced up, looked at the dead branches with a smile, and replied weakly: "Back to Your Majesty, that's a poplar ......"

"Oh, I said Lao Liu, Dayong, it's easy to come out, why are you two so listless? Cheer up, you see how picturesque this scenery is. Zhengde was so happy that he forgot about the title.

At this time, it is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it is the coldest time of winter, and there is a bleak scene on the Hebei Plain, and at a glance, you can't even see the slightest bit of green. Liu Jin and Gu Dayong looked up and looked around when they heard the sound, looking at the barren mountains and dead trees around them, but their hearts were even more dazed, this is also called picturesque, long live the lord, don't be happy and confused, right?

Seeing that Zhengde was happy, Liu Jin plucked up the courage to ask, "Long live Lord, where are we going?" ”

He really didn't know anything, and was inexplicably pulled on the horse by a group of brocade guards, and he thought that Wang Yue was going to kill him secretly. When he found out that he was okay and came back to his senses, he found that he was following Zhengde and had left the capital.

"I'm going to inspect the border gates." Zhengde took it for granted, and then asked in surprise, "Didn't I inform you?" ”

"This is really not ......" Liu Jin burst into tears, it turns out that there are still us in your heart? I still remember to inform the old slave.

"You're really useful, didn't I discuss it with you and Qian Ning? The two of you didn't tell Lao Liu, you saw that he was surprised, and you both cried. Zhengde complained to Gu Dayong.

"So you're talking to the old slave?" Gu Dayong also cried, long live Lord, you also call it discussion?

Zhengde was supposed to be in the fasting bath last night, but Gu Da inexplicably found that Zhengde appeared in his room, and then proudly ordered himself how to cooperate tomorrow, if this is also called discussion, then what is the order?

"Huh? So let's discuss it now? Dayong, Lao Liu, what do you think of us going to inspect the border together? Hey, what's that in your eyes? If you don't like it, you can go back to the capital first, I don't like forcing others the most. "Zhu Houzhao has always been kind and good.

"It's better to listen to you......" Gu Dayong and Liu Jin said in unison. There may be a way to live with you, if it's just like this, you won't be eaten raw by Wang Yue and those civil officials? It's a fool to go back.

"Qian Ning, there are still a lot of deficiencies in this operation, when you go back, you must sum up the lessons learned, and the next time we come back, it will be easier." His opinion was wholeheartedly supported by his subordinates, and Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction, and then began to criticize and self-criticize, and looked forward to the future by the way.

"And next time......" Qian Ning finally couldn't hold back and cried, I don't know if I have a life when I go back this time, or next time? Oh my God!

"Okay, it looks like you all can't wait, let's speed up." Zhengde waved his hand vigorously.

"Long live Lord, you said to inspect the border passes...... Where are we going? Liu Jin asked hesitantly.

"Go to Xuanfu." Zhengde's eyes rolled and he found a reason, "Didn't Miao Kui say that the Tartars are rampant and the border is in an emergency?" I went to meet the Tartars myself. ”

Liu Jin and Gu Dayong rolled their eyes together, it was all half a year ago, okay, it's strange to see the Tartar now.

Liu Jin was more familiar with political affairs, and remembered one more thing, and said: "Long live the master, Li Dongyang's disciple Wang Xinliang is in Juyong Pass, that person is also a dead brain, I'm afraid he may not be willing to switch and let us go, right?" ”

Seeing that Zhengde was on the rise, Liu Jin didn't expect to be able to persuade people to go back, so he simply said something troublesome, wanting to dispel Zhengde's idea of going to Xuanfu.

"That superintendent of the imperial history...... Zhengde scratched the back of his head, and was also a little distressed, but he had endured it for two months in order to go to Xuanfu, where would he retreat because of this little difficulty. He thought for a moment, then clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and I will have a way." ”

Your solution? Several followers glanced at each other, and they all had an ominous premonition, don't be some unreliable way, right?

(To be continued)