Chapter 442: The Longest Night
In the silence, the huge Beijing camp has changed its owner. It's just that, unlike the unlucky ending that Zhu Huiman, the Duke of Baoguo, thought of him, Zhu Houzhao glanced at him, but didn't say anything, and directly ordered him and Miao Kui to tidy up and down, and ordered Wuding Marquis Guo Liang to assist from the side, so they all blasted them out, and even drove Qi Jiliang and Xu Yanche out of the camp to inspect, and after the matter was over, Miao Kui and Shenying went back to take over the 12th regiment camp, leaving only Xu Xun behind.
Without others, Zhu Houzhao threw away the calm and relaxed appearance in front of people. After sitting down, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "Xu Xun, do you say that I am really unreliable and useless?" ”
If it weren't for the news from Huitong earlier, Xu Xun would have thought that Zhu Houzhao had eaten a dull stick from Zhou Qiniang by mistake, so he was addicted to Xiyuan and did not return, but now that he knows, of course he will not flatter and please stupidly, but seems to think seriously for a while, he nodded first, and then shook his head.
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao was puzzled, and he asked with a dark face for a while: "What do you mean by this, nodding and shaking your head, and playing dumb riddles with me?" What do you have to say, I'm not a three-year-old anymore, I can afford it! In fact, you don't say that I know what you want to say, you have only been gone for a few months, and there is such a big incident in the capital, and the emperor of heaven slipped out of the palace overnight, I really lost my father's face! Those people are not only here for Liu Jin and them, they don't like me to make their own decisions about everything, and they always don't play cards according to common sense, otherwise, why would they transfer Miao Kui, put Shenying under house arrest, and keep the twelve regiments and battalions of the Beijing camp firmly watching, they are obviously trying to force me to kill the people around them! ”
It was not so much anger as remorse, so without waiting for Xu Xun to speak, Zhu Houzhao suddenly leaned back heavily, looked up at the roof blankly, and said in a low voice: "I didn't mean not to go to the court, I just didn't feel happy in my heart...... You are the Son of Heaven, this is not allowed and that is not allowed, I am not as good as Xu Yanche Qi Jiliang and these noble children, not to mention that I can't even marry a woman I like...... Do you know that the queen mother has invited the queen mother, and she is going to set a second concubine for me...... Hmph, I said that I was the last to choose, but the three of them were either this or that, what was there to see, I was annoyed when I thought about it, but the seventh sister was still poking a knife in my heart, saying that I was addicted to fun and not doing government affairs, I was really disappointed! ”
Hearing Zhu Houzhao say such a bunch of words as if pouring beans in one breath, and seeing the little emperor looking up to the sky, Xu Xun moved the chair under him closer, and said with a smile: "The emperor knows why the minister nodded and shook his head just now?" Nodding means that the emperor's temperament is too impulsive, saying that the wind is rain, in the eyes of the minister, it is a change of order, and in the eyes of women, it is that the wind and fire are not reliable enough. As for the meaning of shaking his head, the minister wants to say that the emperor's intentions are good, and he wants to inherit the long-cherished wish of the first emperor and pacify the four seas to govern the world. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao sat up straight all of a sudden, although there was a little joy on his face, he was also a little dazed. Knowing that his words were valid, Xu Xun said with a straight face: "The emperor is the king of a country, and he feels that he is not free, naturally because there are many things that are higher than the king of a country, among which there are etiquette laws and regulations, in fact, why don't the officials in the court abide by these?" Marriage has always relied on the words of the matchmaker on the orders of the parents, don't look at the minister's success, that is also lucky, and Yue'er was not set by her adoptive father a long time ago? Miss Zhou said those words to the emperor, firstly, because she didn't know your identity, and secondly, because of rumors in the palace, it is actually very easy to reverse these, as long as there is enough time, but your wedding is imminent, you can't keep hiding her identity, right? ..., "this ......"
"Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is what the emperor plans to do today!"
Xu Xun didn't intend to get involved in the emperor's family affairs, so his words were so thorough that he had to change his words in a moment. And after Zhu Houzhao's initial catharsis, his mood has improved a lot, and he held his chin and thought about it seriously. After a while, he said categorically: "The fault of this incident is not Liu Jin and them, the fault is me, it is I who can't think of abandoning government affairs for a while!" If the ministers of the cabinet and the ministries just want me to get rid of them, I can reluctantly agree to temporarily transfer people to Nanjing or Tailing Sixiang, and then transfer them back, but they must kill people and hurry up, then I will never agree! ”
Among the Eight Tigers, the others are just that, Xu Xun has always been a little jealous of Liu Jin, it can be seen that the little emperor has such an attitude, he naturally will not say anything uninterestingly to deal with a provocative killer and make the ministers stop. Therefore, when he saw Zhu Houzhao clenching his fist and knocking on the armrest, he said thoughtfully: "In this case, the minister heard that there will be a hundred officials to write to the court early tomorrow morning. The emperor might as well draft an edict, forgive the eight of them, and send this edict tomorrow. ”
"Well, that's what you said." Zhu Houzhao nodded heavily, and then frowned and said, "Although Han Wen and their books are connected with each other, after all, it is my fault first, Liu Jin and they are also guilty of not admonishing, and I can hang them for the time being." Tonight's matter is to protect the prince Zhu Hui, Wuding Marquis Guo Liang has a share, let them stay at home! However, not only did the cabinet know about it, but they must have been troublemakers with the actions of these military camps...... Xu Xun, as we said before, we will select the elite from the 12th regiment battalion to set up the left and right official halls, and appoint the general army to the general, this general soldier will be done for you, others are not at ease, and the upper and lower officers are as you choose! ”
"Command!"
This kind of time is unusual, of course Xu Xun will not shirk, and straightly get up and salute to receive the order.
Since the news of the book spread, Zhu Houzhao left in a hurry, and the campus of Xiyuan University, which had been in full swing for a whole month, quieted down unconsciously. A few monks and wrestlers in the Western Regions were certainly in a panic, for fear that those ministers would overthrow Liu Jin and the others, and follow closely to find their own troubles, even Qian Ning was restless. When Xu Xun left, he handed over all the avant-garde of the government army to himself, but he only cared about flattering the little emperor in front of the saddle, and didn't bother to pay attention to other things. At this moment, if Liu Jin and the others fall off the horse one by one, it will inevitably be Xu Xun next, and then he will be able to run away?
Therefore, this night he was like an ant on a hot pot, round and round. However, Liu Jin and the others looked up and didn't look down, and at this time he wanted to see but had no way to see. He is a foreign minister, not Xu Xun, and the palace city is important to not want to step further, as for leaving the palace, he went to Xi'an Gate to try once, but was politely blocked back. Because of this, he even felt that he had become a caged bird, flying and flying and not sleeping well. It was not until there was a commotion outside that he immediately forced himself to calm down, revealing a calm expression.
"Lord Qian."
What he saw was a strange eunuch, at least he had never seen it, but he was wearing a big red robe worn by a high-ranking Da Jue, and his walking posture was also a little self-conscious, Qian Ning's eyelids jumped, and then he stood up, and asked in a somewhat confused and uneasy tone: "It's me, dare to ask ...... this father-in-law is"
"Our imperial horse eunuch Xu Zhi." The person who came bowed slightly, and when he saw that the young army who came in with him quietly withdrew from the house under Qian Ning's eyes, he waved his hand and declined Qian Ning's kindness to ask him to sit down and speak, and said bluntly, "Our family came here today to serve the order of the Queen Mother." Liu Jin and others are bewitching their hearts and crimes, and now the cabinet is all about death, and Lord Qian is a good hero who single-handedly took the head of the general in the chaotic army, if it is because of these eunuchs, it will not be a pity? The Queen Mother said, at such a time, you should be guilty of meritorious service! Qian Ning was calm on the face, but secretly he was frightened. When you are fighting for the future on the battlefield, you can let it go, but now that you are famous, you can see that the glory and wealth are in front of you, and this sudden encounter is as if the sky has fallen. He hesitated for a while before he asked in a low voice, "Gonggong Xu, please make it clear, how to make meritorious service?" ”
"It's very simple, early tomorrow morning, you take these five hundred guards to watch the Wumen Gate of the Palace City and the Donghua Gate, the Xihua Gate and the Xuanwu Gate, don't let Liu Jin and the three of them who went to the Chengqian Palace run away, and tonight, you need to take down Ma Yongcheng and the others who are still in the Imperial City overnight!"
Hearing these two, Channing's eyelids jumped. He is not stupid, he has done these two things, and it is just a complete break with Liu Jin and others, but the question is how will the little emperor look at him? Although Xu Xun didn't tell him anything when he left, maybe he wasn't prepared for this encounter, but those bosses like to give people the hat of traitors, and he has no friendship with Li Rong's celebrant and eunuch Dajue, and he doesn't have the slightest bargaining chip in his hand. If someone tricks him into turning against him, and in the end throws him out like throwing a pair of broken shoes, he won't end well!
So far, it's better to fight than to fight!
Xu Zhi saw Qian Ning standing there with a cloudy face, thinking that he couldn't make up his mind yet, so he lowered his face and said: "Lord Qian, this is the last chance for you ...... Queen Mother gave you."
"What will happen then? When the time comes, I will also end up with Gonggong Liu? Qian Ning suddenly took a step forward, sneered, and grabbed Xu Zhi's collar, "Who do you think I Qian Ning is?" Lao Tzu dared to only lead a group of rabble out of the fortress, Lao Tzu dared to drag a person into Shacheng, and assassinated Qian Ning, the avant-garde commander of the government army of the two leaders of the Tartars, in one fell swoop, and even the emperor did not hesitate to praise the warriors! If Lao Tzu is so intimidated by you, he will practice this martial art in vain! Come on, drag this down! What is the will of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother will never stab the emperor in the heart at this time! ”
"Well said!"
Hearing this voice suddenly, Qian Ning was startled, and his hand couldn't help but loosen, and he was relieved when he saw that Ma Qiao, who had been in charge of guarding outside the city, suddenly broke in from outside. Seeing that the two young soldiers who came in with Ma Qiao rushed forward and twisted Xu Zhi's arms, he couldn't help but ask, "Old Ma, how did you get in?" ”
"Don't mention it, it took a lot of effort, fortunately I found the right person, and now it's mainly to prevent people from leaving the palace and not preventing people from entering the palace, I may not be able to get in, don't you see that I'm still wearing this dress?"
Xu Zhi didn't expect Qian Ning to be different from the judgment when Wang Yue discussed with him before, not only did he not fight back at the critical moment, but even turned his face at him, and at this moment, he saw a middle-aged man who was familiar with Qian Ning coming in, and he didn't know how to get in from outside the palace, and he was shocked and angry for a while.
"You ...... Do you want to rebel and fail, and you dare to enter the palace privately......"
Smack-
Before he finished speaking, Ma Qiao stepped forward, gave Xu Zhi a heavy slap, and tore off a piece of his shirt and rolled it into a ball and stuffed it into people's mouths, then he clapped his hands and said: "Rebellion, it is you who are not us who want to rebel, the emperor is still there, the queen mother is still there, you dare to fake the will to be abducted and deceived, and it is against you!" ”
scolded indignantly, he looked at Qian Ning and said: "You probably didn't pay attention to it in the palace before, the palace in and out of the city has long been under martial law than usual, Jinyiwei and Xichang are all watched, and even a fly can't fly out, so there is no wind in advance." ”
Although he had already guessed this, Qian Ning still gasped, and when the two young soldiers took Xu Zhi, who was struggling to death, down, he grabbed Ma Qiao and asked in a deep voice, "Then what should we do now?" "...," detain the dead eunuch just now, but don't act rashly, act tomorrow, if the emperor comes forward, if those bosses repeatedly force each other, and it also involves our adults, then I can only fight with them, after all, both glory and humiliation, and most of the adults will not be able to keep our government army avant-garde! As long as we stand on the emperor's side, forgive those bosses who don't dare to risk the world's disapproval to transfer troops into the palace, and then we can fight! ”
"Okay, just do as you say! It's time for it, it's up to who dares to go out and fight! ”
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Lord Qian, Master Ma, Gonggong Liu is here!" ”
The Wenyuan Pavilion in the northeast corner of Miyagi was also brightly lit this night. Although Li Rong, Chen Kuan, and Wang Yue went to Chengqian Palace to report to Zhu Houzhao, the three of them left there and all returned here. Compared with the previous cabinet ministers, who could not see the emperor on the side, and the eunuchs on the side of the ceremonial eunuchs were also unavailable, these days the ceremonial supervisor Da Jue and the cabinet elders have frequent contact, which can be regarded as a rare grand occasion after Xuande. However, when Chen Kuan tactfully proposed that it was better not to force the emperor too much, it was better to send Liu Jin and others to live in a new house in Nanjing, but Liu Jian, the first assistant, slapped the table without hesitation.
"It's so easy to create such a momentum, and it's so easy for the emperor to understand what the ministers are thinking, is it just to give them a chance to make a comeback in the future? This is absolutely not feasible! Before the death of the first emperor, he held the hands of my old ministers, entrusted the emperor and the government affairs to us, and now the first emperor has just entered the earth, and the land of Tailing has not yet dried. ”
Liu Jian, the first assistant, said this, and Xie Qian, who had always been fiercely spoken, also said categorically: "If it weren't for the fact that these lucky dogs jumped off the wall in a hurry, why would I make such preparations in the Beijing camp and the 12th regiment camp!" Hair Nanjing new house idle ...... Don't talk about others, Gonggong Xiao once went to Yuling Sixiang back then, how did he come back! When it comes to this, you can't be kind to a woman! is the emperor, but when these people are playthings like cats and dogs, besides, the government is more important than personal feelings! ”
When the matter came to this, Li Rong glanced at Chen Kuan, although he also muttered in his heart about his woman's kindness, but he did not speak. In fact. Although he, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch, has been secretly promoting this matter from beginning to end, he has always listened more and said less without expressing his position, in order to worry that Zhu Houzhao is still young and may not be able to settle the matter one day. However, Wang Yue was not as slippery as Li Rong, and at this moment, he did not live up to Wang Pao's reputation at all, and echoed Liu Jian and Xie Qian without thinking.
"Yuan Fu and Xie Ge Lao said very well, to eliminate the evil, how can there be a reason to open up the net at such a time?"
Li Dongyang saw that Liu Jian and Xie Qian were all looking at him, and he was about to speak after a moment, when a voice suddenly came from outside: "Yuan Fu, Li Ge Lao, Xie Ge Lao, Shaanxi Gansu Yansui Trilateral General System Lord Yang sent an urgent letter!" ”
Previously, Yansui fought a beautiful counterattack, and the central government had a very high evaluation of Yang Yiqing, but Yang Yiqing and Liu Daxia had a good relationship, Liu Daxia had recommended him many times before, and he was able to take office as the general system of the three sides, but it was also due to Xu Xun's private recommendation to the little emperor, therefore, Liu Jian was not so cold to Yang Yiqing. Hearing this, Liu Jian gestured to Li Dongyang with his eyes, and when he saw Li Dongyang going out willingly, he said in a deep voice: "All in all, tomorrow Han Shangshu of the household department will lead the hundred officials again, and this is the opportunity to make a final decision!" ”
Li Dongyang walked out of Liu Jian's straight room, and when he went outside, he saw that a clerical officer who was often with him was standing there waiting, and he immediately stepped forward quickly. However, before he could ask Yang Yiqing what urgent letter was coming, the clerk glanced around, and then quickly stuffed a letter into Li Dongyang's hand, and then sent a note. …,
"Elder Li Ge, it really happened suddenly, the Ministry of Jiao Butang asked someone to come in with a letter in a hurry, and he happened to see that Yang Zongxian had a twist, so he had to make this decision."
Hearing this, Li Dongyang couldn't help but be stunned, he thought about it, and didn't go back to the house, just opened Jiao Fang's letter under the lantern outside, squinted his eyes and saw the scribbled two lines of handwriting, he was stunned for a moment. Although he had always been moody in front of outsiders, and he was only contemplative at this moment, his heart was really churning violently.
Seo Hoon is back? How is this possible! Nanjing has been reporting that its people are investigating the matter of the banknote customs, and they have just taken down the tax eunuch of Shangxinhe Pass, and left Nanjing for Hangzhou...... Even if he really sneaked back quietly, Dongchang was still strictly guarding the Tongzhou Wharf and the land official road and the nine gates of the capital, how could he not get the slightest rumor? Also, if Xu Xun comes back and doesn't show up, what are you doing here?
Li Dongyang suddenly thought of a great possibility, crumpled the letterhead for a while, and then turned his head sideways to the clerk and bowed slightly before turning around and entering the room. casually put Yang Yiqing's recital on the table, seeing that no one cared about this, he listened to the people on both sides discuss various measures after dawn tomorrow, but his heart quickly calculated the situation outside.
I'm afraid that Xu Xun is going to the Beijing camp and the 12th regiment camp to make some famous names! However, Baoguo Gong and Wu Dinghou are both there, a Xu Xun, the argument is that the plan can't overturn the current decision, it's better not to say it and disturb people's hearts, it's too late to do anything after three watches in the middle of the night!
In the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, most of the Kehanlin Shuji were arranged in a large mansion in Nanxunfang on the north bridge of the Yuhe River, which was close to the Hanlin Courtyard, and secondly, this was the old house built by the Ministry of Industry to live in the Like Shuji, and the pattern and so on were ready-made. Although this day is not a day off, but the major events in the DPRK and China are disturbed, and most of the people quietly discuss according to their origins or friendships, and none of them sleep at night. In a room to the west, however, a visitor came late at night, and was having a night conversation with his host.
"Brother Bohu, do you really want to do this?"
"Of course it's true, otherwise why am I rushing back from Jiangnan on a hot day?" Tang Yin saw that Xu Zhenqing was still hesitant, so he said with a straight face, "You don't know that Lord Xu is a person, tomorrow, you must persuade those you know not to join in the fun." To join in the excitement, it is better to pay attention to more important matters. We are all people from the south of the Yangtze River, who are Lord Shangshulin of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials and Lord Zhang of the Nanjing Criminal Department, you should know very well, shouldn't you recommend them? ”
"There's no problem with recommending these two, it's just that tomorrow will be gone...... I'm afraid that no one will listen to me, even if I am willing to advise. Xu Zhenqing sighed, and glanced out the window, "There are so many Jishi, I'm afraid that half of them want to follow, after all, Han Shangshu Gengjie's name of integrity is known all over the capital, and everyone is willing to attach Ji Wei...... Anyway, did Lord Xu ask you to come, Brother Bohu? ”
"Where can he take care of me, I am so idle and panicked, and I regret that I shouldn't have followed Shangjing recklessly, and secretly wanted not to let people be like me, recklessly plunged into the whirlpool of right and wrong back then." Tang Yin spread his hands, then looked at Xu Zhenqing seriously and said, "I know that you have some fame in the capital Shilin now...... In this way, you don't have to say anything to persuade Fu Que, just pull a group of people to recommend those two. Recommending two of the four famous gentlemen of the Southern Capital, this matter is as important as the impeachment of the traitor, besides, Ma Liu Er's Shangshu has sent to Shi, and there is already an uproar in the court, and it is time to use a few righteous gentlemen! Joining Fuque, when the time comes, it will be just the icing on the cake, but recommending a righteous person, even if Fuque fails, everyone is also a charcoal in the snow! ..., when Xu Zhenqing sent Tang Yin out, the door of the opposite room opened at the same time, but it was Zhan Ruoshui who also sent a guest out, and what was even more coincidental was that someone from the north room went out almost at the same time, and it was Yan Song who walked out of the threshold while yawning. Three groups of people collided at the same time, Yan Song was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said What a coincidence, arched his hand and said that he was going to go to the opposite shop to buy some supper, so he walked straight away, leaving only two pairs of people facing each other.
Previously, when Xu Xun was knighted, Wang Shouren Zhan Ruoshui and Xu Zhenqing had both gone to Xufu to congratulate, but Tang Yin and Xu Jing deliberately avoided it, and Tang Yin was sure that no one knew him. However, when he said goodbye to Xu Zhenqing calmly, a voice suddenly came from his ears.
"But is it Gusu Tang Jieyuan?"
Xu Zhenqing saw that it was Zhan Ruoshui who spoke, and Wang Shouren on the side was taken aback when he heard this, and he was also staring at Tang Yin's back with blazing eyes, and he couldn't help but secretly feel that it was tricky. He was about to cover up for Tang Yin, but he didn't want Tang Yin to turn his head in shock, so he looked at himself with an inquiring gaze, and he didn't mean to avoid it, so he had to introduce the two of them to him. After seeing each other one by one, what he didn't expect was that Tang Yin actually spoke to Zhan Ruoshui and Wang Shouren from time to time.
"I didn't want to meet Brother Zhan and Master Wang, it's really unexpected. Today I came to find Xiao Xu, originally to ask him to invite the same people to recommend gentlemen among the scholars. I heard that Brother Zhan was once invited by the chief priest of Nanjing Guozi Jian Zhang to stay in Nanjian for a while, and I think he should know about the two adults Zhang Lin in Nandu. Now that the Criminal Department and the Military Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all lacking in the main hall, they should be recommended to be in the right court! ”
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