Liu Yu and Cao Yuan's sudden departure from the Jinyi Guard Prison made Li Dongyang, the first assistant of the cabinet, smell a trace of abnormality, and the next sudden big rope in the capital also made him wonder. However, even in the Hongzhi period, it was not easy to ask to see the Son of Heaven, let alone the Son of Heaven, who acted recklessly in everything. So, he had to patiently observe the progress of the situation, and when the urgent report from Jiangxi finally arrived on the desk of him, the head of the cabinet, three days later, Rao's first reaction was disbelief based on his qualifications and mentality.

King Ning rebelled, Liu Jin gave up his life to assassinate, and the rebellion of Ning Fan was calmed down in one day?

The first and last one are just that, after all, there is a precedent for the rebellion of Zhu Ningyao, the king of Anhua, and King Ning, a relative of the vassal, can figure it out when he sees that the situation is not good; As for the peace of the day, just look at how well Xu Xun and Zhang Yong dealt with the King of Anhua, and it is not surprising that they will be calm this time. After all, the sooner this kind of thing subsides, the less it will affect the people, and it is a good thing anyway. However...... Will Liu Jin go to assassinate Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, or sacrifice his life to assassinate, has this sun come out of the west?

"The stones that stand in the way of this road have finally been pried up!"

Not only did Li Dongyang think so, but many ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee who were not members of the Xu Party and the Liu Party also thought so at one time. When the news spread, there were crackling firecrackers in many places throughout the capital, and even those who dared to set off fireworks directly. And more people began to connect in private, especially when the news of Qian Ning's arrest and imprisonment became known to everyone, thinking about where Qian Ning's smooth promotion came from, and even more so the idea of taking advantage of the situation to pull Xu Xun off the horse.

As a result, Li Dongyang breathed a sigh of relief because of Liu Jin's death, and when he ignored the downward trend for a while, the trend of the secret tandem of the DPRK and Chinese officials was naturally becoming more and more obvious. And Empress Dowager Zhang temporarily handed over the inner factory and the east factory to Zhang Heling and Zhang Changling's brothers to take over. After these two people tried Xu Liang one after another, they immediately fished for three days and dried their nets for two days, and Xichang and Jinyiwei also seemed to disappear from the street overnight after digging three feet into the ground and uprooting Ning Fan's various industries and eyeliners in the capital. Even more so that those tandems are rampant. Finally, when it was reported that Xu Xun and his party had passed Tianjin, the snowflakes were immediately piled up with the ceremonial supervisors, two-thirds of whom were written by local officials in the areas of Beizhili and Shanxi, Shandong.

These recitals are either counted as old accounts of Liu Jin's efforts to protect King Ning's revenge, or Xu Xun's strong recommendation of Qian Ning's eyes, or simply said that the two were embarrassed, and invited the traitorous ministers to the court, etc. Just because of this huge momentum, I don't know how many horses have died on the official road!

However. The celebrant sent this large stack of folds to the palace, and then it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news in all of them. Although there are many indomitable people, they can wait until the day when Pingbei Hou Xu Xun and Zhang Yonggu Dayong and others arrive in the capital. The little emperor, who had disappeared for several days, still did not say anything.

And the attitude of the little emperor came in a moment. Xu Xun, who has just arrived in the capital and has not yet entered the house. He and the others were summoned to the palace! On the evening of this day, the Son of Heaven issued an edict to the cabinet of the five governments and six ministries and the officials of the important yamen such as the Dali Temple of the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, and the next day the Wenhua Hall held a meeting. Although this was the day that everyone was looking forward to, the little emperor chose to reconvene the day after the return of those close ministers. still makes many people who are full of expectations have a bad premonition.

On this night, Xu Xun did not leave the palace. He accompanied Zhu Houzhao in the wide martial arts arena in front of the leopard room, looking at the empty venue and the two long galloping paths. The West Garden is no better than Miyagi, and there are many places to plant trees and flowers, especially near this leopard house. It is also shaded by green trees and fragrant flowers. The two of them sat on the ground casually, looking at the moon and stars in the sky together.

I don't know how long it took, Zhu Houzhao just raised his hand to the sky and grabbed it, and then said thoughtfully: "Xu Xun, you said that I am the Son of Heaven." Why can't you catch the stars in the sky? ”

Faced with this kind of too philosophical question, Xu Xun first flashed a film that he almost forgot in his mind. Then Fang Cai smiled bitterly: "The sunset, the moon rises, and the stars sink, from ancient times to the present, people think that this is eternal. However, few people know that sooner or later, the sun in the sky will die, and the moon will disappear from then on, and as for the stars, they have been changing positions from thousands of years ago to the present, and they will one day go to death. ”

Seeing Zhu Houzhao looking at him with a gaze as if he was a ghost, Xu Xun smiled slightly: "This was all taught by the gentleman when he was a teenager, and he also said something very frustrating and helpless." To be born is to die. ”

Zhu Houzhao has been depressed all the way back since Liu Jin died, and when he heard this at this moment, it didn't look like a comforting comfort at all, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and immediately raised his eyebrows and said: "According to what you say, horizontal and vertical is going to die, then it is better to think that everything is unscrupulous with your own temperament, and horizontal and vertical is a dead word in the end!" ”

"If you are just alone, without any worries, without parents, relatives, wives and children, and friends, then theoretically it can be so." Xu Xun smiled slightly, and suddenly remembered the kind of loneliness that he felt after his revenge in his previous life, so he spread his hands and said, "People live in groups, and one person can't live, and loneliness alone can kill him, so I have to think about those who care about and love me." Just like me, seeing my father, his daughter-in-law and daughter at home safe and happy, I am satisfied, and I am willing to live my life like this. ”

"Are you still getting by?"

Zhu Houzhao was angry for a while, and when he saw Xu Xun nodding vigorously, he was angry and funny, and he simply lay down on the ground. Although so many days have passed, Liu Jin's coffin has been transported back to the capital to prepare for burial, but he seems to close his eyes, as if there is still such a person beside him. Therefore, thinking of the various performances that filled most of the rooms in the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, and thinking of Xiao Jing's various reports, he felt that there was a fire burning in his heart. However, what Xu Xun said made his thinking unconsciously turn to another aspect.

"Xu Xun, if I am a family member of Liu Jin, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned by the four words that he said without thinking about it, and then said angrily: "It's gone? ”

"It's gone."

Facing Xu Xun, who was solemn and didn't look like a joke at all, Zhu Houzhao simply turned around. However. He hadn't slept well these days, but at this time, he gradually felt that his eyelids were heavy, and he closed his eyes unconsciously. In a daze, he vaguely saw Emperor Hongzhi, who had appeared in dreams less and less in recent days, and saw his father smiling at him as before. His mood suddenly relaxed.

"Father, the son promised you to be a good emperor......

When Xu Xun heard such a mutter, he couldn't help but stick out his head and look over, and saw that Zhu Houzhao was obviously asleep, he suddenly laughed dumbly, took off the robe on his body and covered it, and then stood up with his hands. I saw a few people not far away, clearly probing their brains. He beckoned, and when Zhang Yonggu and others all rushed over, he pointed to Zhu Houzhao on the ground, smiled and whispered, "The emperor finally fell asleep." You're watching. If you are not at ease, move carefully. I'll find a place to sleep, and tomorrow I will have a discussion in the Wenhua Palace. ”

Seeing Xu Xun yawning and going straight away, a few big people look at me, especially Ma Yongcheng, Wei Bin and Luo Xiang. They all wanted to take advantage of this last moment to make a lot of effort at the little emperor's place, but the primary problem to be solved at the moment was how to get people into the house without waking Zhu Houzhao. And Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong glanced at Xu Xun, who was clearly the shopkeeper, and looked at each other for a moment, and then they both laughed secretly.

On this night, some people fell asleep soundly and slept all night, while others tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. There are also people who have nightmares. When the gate of the Wenhua Hall opened, the high-ranking officials and bigwigs rushed in, and many people were looking at the lonely Li Dongyang. Except for the previous time when Liu Jian Xie moved to the office, there was rarely such a moment of vacancy in the cabinet, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

As soon as the civil and military ministers entered the hall, what they saw was that Zhu Houzhao was anti-ceremonial and did not wait for the ministers to gather before ascending to the seat. Instead, he sat on the throne in the center early. However, the position that has always been left for Liu Jin by his side. Now it's empty. Obviously, he arrived early, Xu Xun did not appear near the left of the Son of Heaven, but was in the extremely high position among the military attaches in the palace. Originally, someone wanted to open his mouth to question, but someone had already pulled him quickly.

"Have you forgotten? When he was promoted to marquis before, he also served as the left governor of the Left Army Governor's Mansion, and this son should be after the two governors of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion. ”

Seeing the ministers standing still, they then saluted one by one, and after everyone stood still, Zhu Houzhao didn't wait for someone to stand up and speak, so he said word by word: "I know that I haven't been in court for a few months, so I guess you have everything in your hearts." Seeing that those chamberlains and others, except for Zhang Yong and others, the rest of them crept back to the hall according to their previous instructions, so he said word by word, "So far, I will not lie to you, Xu Xun, Liu Jin and others will go to Jiangxi together." ”

He stood up suddenly, his sharp eyes swept over the officials who seemed to be about to make a noise immediately, and said coldly: "Among the civil officials who read the books of the sages, there is a good saying, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books, and for me, the son of heaven, to take a walk outside and take a look, it is far better than nesting in the palace and listening to people sing praises of the prosperity of the world, peace and hunger, and it is better than hearing people say that corruption is rampant in the internal officials, as if there is no incompetent and incorruptible person who is born in Jinshi." When I passed through Huaiyang, I heard a joke that there was a county magistrate who was keen on repairing water canals, but the originally good places were repaired by him, and there were floods at both ends in three days, but he was promoted to other places, and the people hated them so much! ”

"So, I have already gone, and now I have come back safely, I don't want to listen to those messy advices, and this is just to say to you, if there are any doubts from the outside, I will not admit it, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister in the past few years will be gone!"

Speaking of this in one breath, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, and when he saw Zhang Yong and the others resignedly carrying those big boxes, he walked over slowly, patted one of them casually, and then smiled and said: "What are the things in these boxes, I think you should know better than me." I didn't know the reason why the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, but it wasn't until this time that I clearly understood it. So many people only know the disadvantages of looking at Liu Jin, and no one thinks about his benefits? Could it be that he was wrong in advocating strict inspection of officials, was it wrong for him to advocate settling tax debts, and was it wrong for him to advocate liquidating the acres of land in various localities in accordance with the law on acres of land at the beginning of the country, and strictly prohibiting mergers? You are all old people, you might as well ask yourself if some things are really out of the public heart! ”

Although Zhu Houzhao has grown a lot in the past two years since he ascended the throne, for these old ministers who have been in the officialdom for twenty or thirty or even thirty or forty years, the little emperor is limited even if he is shrewd. But at this time, when I heard Zhu Houzhao's last rhetorical question, as well as the four words from the public heart, some people unconsciously looked unnatural.

However, Zhu Houzhao obviously didn't mean to stop there, seeing that no one in the hall came out to fight with him for the time being, he turned around and sat down, looked at Zhang Yong and said: "Take these boxes of things outside the Wenhua Palace, and order the celebrant to supervise the writing officials and record the name and surname of the calligrapher in the same way, as for the content, you don't need to look at it, you just burn it." People are dead, what are they going to do? As for these people who wrote down their names...... Zhang Cai, the secretary of the ministry! ”

Zhang Cai, who is known as a stroke, appeared in the spirit of today's Wenhua Palace, which is enough to make people understand that Zhang Cai was on the secret music before, so the news that Liu Yu, Cao Yuan, Qian Ning and others were imprisoned is true. At this moment, when he came out of the ranks, he naturally attracted the attention of countless people.

Liu Dangzhong was seriously injured this time, and Zhang Cai has become the leader of this remnant party!

"You are the secretary of the ministry, and these people are personally inspected by you every year. In the future, when they are in office, what they have done and what they have not done every year, and what the folk reputation is, I want to see a detailed list! If they are really outstanding in politics, I don't care about today's book, and the reward will not be less than theirs, and it will be praised by the world, but if they govern one side, they can't do it...... Hmph, if you know that others can't introspect, go home and farm! ”

"Obey."

Such a will is enough to make today's high-ranking officials, from Shangshu Shilang to Dali Siqing and so on, change their colors together. However, before they could express their objections, the little emperor said categorically: "This is my will, not to discuss with you!" In addition, I heard that the Hetao side resisted the little prince, and there were several small victories in succession, Yang Yiqing made great contributions, and the cabinet was just short of people, so he was transferred back to the cabinet as a second assistant! Tingtui's matter, Mr. Li will arrange it! The officials inspected the affairs of the officials and turned back to let Yang Yiqing supervise. ”

Xu Xun looked at Zhu Houzhao, who immediately brushed his sleeves away after saying all this, and a faint smile appeared on his face. With Yang Yiqing's qualifications and merits, and Zhang Cai, who was more popular after Liu Jin's death, finally has someone who can clamp and clamp it, if Ting Tui can't pass it, it will be a strange thing!