According to the etiquette system, the emperor will go to the Taihe Hall to receive congratulations, that is, the third day after the emperor's wedding, which is just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival. [Full text reading]

In the next day of the turmoil, the capital was originally panicked, and quite some people had the idea of going out of the city to avoid disaster, but the nine gates were closed at that time, and they couldn't get out if they wanted to, so everyone could only hide at home tremblingly, praying to God to avoid the military disaster.

After two days, someone soon found out that the chaos had indeed ended, and although I didn't know what the outcome was, the capital had completely recovered its former state.

The ministers still arrived at Taihemen early every day, and the various yamen also began to work normally, except for the normal guards, the soldiers of the Beijing camp also withdrew from the capital and returned to the barracks, everything was the same as before.

If there is anything different, it is that the market of bone-setting doctors has suddenly become tight, and the people who invite them to the door are all Zhumen Compound, which has aroused the curiosity of many people.

However, when they were able to enter and leave the deep house, the doctors' mouths were very tight, and ordinary people couldn't find out any news, but some of the subordinates of some families were drunk and let out some rumors, saying that their lords and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty stood quietly outside the Taihe Gate for two or three hours every day, so they were so tired that their legs cramped.

This news is so strange that people can't believe it for a while, but when the person who said it suddenly disappeared silently, people were convinced of the news, probably this is the so-called desire to cover up.

No one likes such things as military disasters to fall on their heads, but everyone likes to talk about these things, just like the popularity of the Three Kingdoms Commentary, as long as it has nothing to do with their own family, the story of Jin Ge Iron Horse still makes the audience's blood boil. What's more, this time the turmoil happened in front of my own house, and many of the characters in it are familiar to everyone, which can arouse people's interest even more.

Originally, there was some speculation, but no one knew the real result, and they didn't dare to inquire casually, until the news of the ministers' punishment came out, and the people of the capital confirmed who the winner of this battle was.

If it weren't for the victory of the plague god, how could the scholars be so honest? Say that if you are punished, you will be punished? A few months ago, when something like this happened, the court still had to make a fuss?

Knowing that the victory or defeat has been decided, people's hearts have settled down, and the amount of information of the people is not as great as Xie Hong's, of course, they will not think of the speculation that Xie Hong said to Zhengde, for them, that kind of fact is too mysterious. They only saw the closed gates open again, and though they had not yet seen the notice of peace, they could no longer see the disturbing things.

So, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the capital completely restored its former prosperity, and the streets and alleys were full of people talking about the topic of nothing more than the excitement in the turmoil and the possible development of the situation.

Of course, no one can tell what happened, the rout of the forbidden army has a place, only a small number of defeated soldiers in Beijing have mixed into the people, what they know is nothing more than the iron wall of the Ordnance Division, and the invincibility of the fans. But even so, these topics still make people listen to them with relish and addiction.

On this day, the ministers were also very happy. Although the rumors in the market made them a little unhappy and felt that they had lost some face, they were still very relieved to be able to end their long penalty career.

When I get old, this leg and foot is really useless, not to mention that one stop a day is more than two hours, and I stand for three days in a row, and when I come home every day, my legs are weak and my body is sore, not to mention how big the sin is.

Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival in the first year of Zhengde truly achieved universal happiness, at least in the capital.

"Binzhi, today's court meeting, you also have to spend more time, no matter what tricks that annihilator does, we must work together to tide over the difficulties."

Liu Jian is also very tired these days, after all, he is over 70 years old, and it is really not good to do manual work. But he didn't show joy like those low-grade officials, and the expression on his face became more solemn.

Xie Hong's revenge is just a punishment for changing the law? Liu Jian didn't believe it, if that was the case, this person would not be able to become a big problem for everyone in the world, and he would be grateful to God.

This must have been just a prelude to the storm, and there must have been some trickery behind it. Liu Shoufu is very sure of this.

"What Brother Xixian said is that from the old man's point of view, Xie Hong's plan must be not small, but it can be assured that since he designed it, there should be no such unspeakable thing, even if there are some twists and turns, it will not hurt Shilin's vitality. After today's difficulty, I will wait for him to deal with him slowly. ”

Li Dongyang's face was not good-looking. It's not because of the past, at the level of him and Liu Jian, even if they are really enemies of each other, they will not be exposed on the surface, not to mention that his strategy of staying out of the matter is originally correct, if Xie Hong really brings down Liu Jian, then it will be time for him to take the position.

Although Liu Jian and others bore the brunt of Xie Hong's liquidation, Li Dongyang did not dare to take it lightly, let alone pull back, relatively speaking, he thought about the overall situation the most.

It is not uncommon for the Son of Heaven to bring down the prime minister, even if Xie Hong overthrows the two ministers in one go this time, Li Dongyang will not be too surprised. But if Xie Hong didn't stop after overthrowing the two ministers and expanded the scale of the liquidation, then Li Dongyang would not be able to be silent.

No matter how great the power of the Son of Heaven is, there must be a limit, and there must be a law to follow, and the most appropriate law is, of course, the Confucian set of things. Li Dongyang is not a nerd who reads to death, he is well aware of the causal relationship between Confucianism and being an official.

Officials do not necessarily have to believe in the Confucian classics, but it is most appropriate and beneficial for scholars to govern the country and limit the imperial power with Confucian classics. This set of rules has been tested by successive dynasties, and is constantly improving, as long as it persists, it can continue the glory of the scholars.

This rule is very useful, scholars who are proficient in Confucianism can do whatever they want, and they can justify themselves no matter what they do, while those who do not understand the subtleties can only run into walls everywhere. The person who made the law and the person who carried it out were the same, so the scholars and doctors could completely monopolize the court.

What Li Dongyang wants to maintain is this rule, as long as Xie Hong does not completely subvert this rule, he can tolerate it, otherwise even if it really causes chaos in the world, he will not allow Xie Hong to continue to act.

As a member of the scholars, doing these things will not be criticized, but if the whole class retreats when it is threatened, it will be completely abandoned by the scholar class, and Li Dongyang is very clear about the relationship between them.

"As long as we work together, the annihilation will not succeed." Liu Jian heard the meaning of Li Dongyang's words, and he was also relieved. The stakes are very high, although he knows that with Li Dongyang's far-reaching thinking, he will not do that kind of thing that is happy for relatives and enemies, but before getting the other party's personal acceptance, he still can't be completely relieved.

"Dang!" With the ringing of the Jingyang bell, the ministers waited for three days, and the great court meeting that had been anxious for three days finally began.

"The emperor has arrived!" Unlike the ministers who were pale and haggard, Zhu Houzhao, who had not seen him for a long time, was full of red light and full of energy, and when he walked to the dragon chair, he even waved his hand down with a smile, which made the ministers feel sad.

Alas, old! was forced to such a point by two little broken children, and it will definitely be recorded in the history books of later generations: In the early years of Zhengde, the princes of the court and the central government were all mediocre people, so that the party was rampant, and the government and the opposition could not be controlled, until a few years later, there were people with lofty ideals to support justice.

Alas! I don't know if there were any people with lofty ideals at that time...... "Congratulations to the ......emperor, congratulations to the emperor" Although the heart is bitter, but I still have to congratulate him insincerely, who made today's topic a pilgrimage?

"All of you are exempt." Zhengde waved his hand and said, "In addition to Chaohe today, I still have some things I want to discuss with all Aiqing......

Here it comes! All the ministers are nervous, according to the charter, there is no need to discuss political affairs today, but since the first year of Zhengde, there have been too many unusual things, and they don't care about this more.

"Celebrant Commander Wang Yue......" Zhengde said leisurely, the courtiers' hearts sank again, mentioning Wang Yue, it was obvious that he was going to talk about rebellion, rebellion against two generations of emperors...... Could it be that the emperor really wants to make things bigger?

"Your Majesty, there is another hidden truth in this fact, please find out about it." Min Gui was the first to jump out, rebellion is also related to criminal law, Dali Temple Qing Yanzhong is not responsible, of course he is the secretary of the criminal department.

"Secrets? Min Shangshu, do you know what I'm going to say? Zhengde asked stunned.

"Old minister......" Min Gyu choked suddenly.

Now the news in the palace can't come out at all, whether Wang Yue is alive or dead, did he confess anything before he died, no one knows, what can he say? Say that Wang Yue is wronged? Or is Wang Yue the mastermind? I don't know how much evidence Zhengde has in his possession, this kind of thing can't be said nonsense, and it is very dangerous to give false testimony on the Jinluan Palace.

"So you don't know? So what are you doing here? Go back to your post and stay there. Jeong-deok pointed to Min Gyu's original position and motioned for him to stand back.

"The old minister obeys the order...... Min Gui's face was hot, and he wanted to block Zhengde's words first, but he was blocked back by Zhengde. What is this called? Go back and stay? The old man is not a dog...... "So, I always warn everyone Aiqing, don't talk nonsense if you don't know, you can eat indiscriminately, can you talk nonsense?" You see, Min Shangshu is a stark example, he doesn't know what I want to say and just say that there is a hidden secret, this is obviously not right for people, how can he use such an attitude to discuss national affairs? My heart hurts! ”

Zhengde took advantage of the topic to play and taught the ministers a good lesson, and his tone and expression were very distressed.

"What the emperor said is ......" Everyone was helpless, but they couldn't refute it. You can't blame Min Gui for acting too fast, the emperor is talking about this kind of big thing, but he stretched his voice so long, it is obviously a trap, whoever catches up is unlucky, everyone can only pinch their noses and admit it, otherwise what can they do?

"Actually, I just want to tell you that Wang Yue, Li Zhong, Zhao Lian and others, as well as Mu Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei, Shi Wenyi, Tongzhi, and Xiao Nuo, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp, ......" Zhengde pulled a long note again, but this time no one was fooled, and all the ministers took a deep breath and fought with Zhengde with a pure heart.

“…… He's dead. Zhengde was also simply, seeing that no one was fooled, he didn't sell it, and said the following cleanly.

…… The hall was silent.

(To be continued)