The Forbidden City is an important royal place, and when there is no court meeting, foreign ministers are not allowed to enter, but there are two yamen exceptions, one is the cabinet and the other is the six branch corridors.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet was only the adjutant to assist the emperor, and after more than 100 years of development, it has gradually become the center of power of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the most desirable place for countless scholars in the world.

This holy place is not conspicuous, except for the most central one with flying corners and heavy eaves, the rich and spacious Wenyuan Pavilion, the other buildings are even a little dilapidated and narrow.

During this time, due to the fact that the current emperor went out privately, people in Yanjing City were panicked, and the atmosphere in the Forbidden City was also very tense, and this cabinet was naturally no exception. These days, several scholars have gloomy faces all the time, and the officials of the edict room and the edict room are all worried when they do things, for fear that something will go wrong, so that they will be reprimanded by Scholar Xie.

But today is a little different, after receiving an urgent letter, several scholars and six departments and nine secretaries, these highest-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty are gathered together, although the atmosphere is still tense, but there is no anxiety from the previous days.

Looking at Wenyuan Pavilion, the officials let go of their worries, but they couldn't help but be a little curious, at the juncture of His Majesty's disappearance, what could make these adults get together, could it be news about His Majesty?

Although he was curious, he could do things in this kind of place, and there were no reckless people, just a few acquaintances who got together to talk about it, but there was silence around Wenyuan Pavilion, and only some sounds came from time to time in the pavilion.

"I've read the letter, you are all ministers of the imperial court, let's discuss it, and we can get a charter as soon as possible."

Liu Jiannai, who has white hair, is the head of the three bachelors, sitting on the main seat in the center. Although he is over the age of old and has experienced a fright from the previous day, his eyes are still sharp at this time, and everyone here is a long-time veteran, but under his look, he feels a lot of pressure.

Of course, this is not only because of the eyes of Scholar Liu, but also the content of the letter is the main reason, several senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee looked at each other, but they did not say anything, and their eyes were even more evasive and evasive to avoid the letter on several cases, as if there was something frightening on the letter.

"What else are you talking about?" A red-faced old man dressed in a second-grade official uniform suddenly got up and said: "Elder Liu Ge, what is clearly stated in this letter is that Your Majesty has only passed the Juyong Pass for ten days, and there is no doubt that there is a beacon fire on the Great Wall in the west, and there is no doubt that Your Majesty is in danger. We should quickly invite the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother to mobilize the Beijing camp and go to Xuanfu to rescue, and the old man should personally take command of the expedition. ”

This old man is Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, he has served in the Ministry of War for many years, quite heroic, although he is not young, but his voice is loud, and for a time his voice is echoing in the entire pavilion.

"Brother Shi Yong, don't be impatient, don't say how much it will take to transfer the Beijing camp to the border town, just say that when the army moves, where will the money and food come from? At this time, it is not yet the first month, and if the army is supplied, this second half of the year ...... Alas," someone shook his head and sighed, "Don't look for other ways." ”

"Han Shangshu, according to your meaning, for the sake of money and food, even Your Majesty can not be saved? You are really conscientious, are you willing to wait for the story of the civil fort to repeat itself, and the society will fall? Liu Daxia was furious when he heard this, and he didn't care that the other party's grade was not lower than his own, but he just questioned sharply.

Han Shangshu spread his hands and said helplessly: "Brother Shi Yong, your surname is too anxious, what does this mean from this official, it's just ......"

"The two of you live, whether this is the matter of King Qin will be discussed later, Liu Shangshu, you are in charge of the military department and are familiar with border affairs, do you think the Tartars will enter Kouxuan Town in a big way at this time?" Li Dongyang persuaded Liu and Han, and then asked Liu Daxia.

"What is this......" The three bachelors, all of them should not be taken lightly, Li Dongyang is known as the most scheming person among the three, although Liu Daxia is impatient about his inquiry, he does not dare to ignore it, he twists his beard and mutters: "In the middle of last year, the Tartars have already entered Xuanzhen once, and Zhang Jun was defeated, and the Tartars have looted a lot, so it is said that they will not come again." ”

He shook his head again and sighed: "The Tatar tiger and wolf have become surnames, it is really difficult to estimate with common sense, even if they have a lot of looting last year, they can't keep them from getting a sweetness, and they want to repeat their old tricks." ”

Hubu Han Shangshu has a single name, after Han Qi, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, he is a jinshi in the second year of Chenghua, he was known as smart when he was young, and he is now over sixty years old, but his mind is becoming more and more delicate, listening to Li Dongyang seems to have something to say, so he asked: "Li Ge Lao, do you suspect that this urgent report is false?" ”

"It should be true, this matter was reported by the old man's unsuccessful disciple, although Xinliang is a little stupid, but such a major event should not be neglected, alas, if he was not too stupid, he could have stopped His Majesty at Juyong Pass, and this disaster was avoided."

Li Dongyang sighed and continued: "According to the emergency report, it was the beacon fire that was ignited at the border gate, but I don't know what the specific military situation is, and His Majesty's whereabouts, alas, ......" He sighed and shook his head.

"Actually, what is said in this letter, this official heard it earlier, and originally thought it was a false statement, but he didn't want to be true, could it be that God did not bless me with such a disaster?"

Everyone raised their eyes to look at each other, and saw that it was Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who spoke, and they were all very strange for a while, if it was said that the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Officials got the news in advance, it would be easy to understand, but the Ministry of Rites has never been known for being well-informed, which is strange.

"Where did the news of Zhang Shangshu come from?" Li Dongyang asked with a deep groan.

"I'm ashamed to say that this news was still told by the North Korean envoy who came a year ago......" Zhang Sheng smiled bitterly.

"North Korean envoys? Didn't they arrive in the capital years ago? How will you know these things. Li Dongyang frowned and asked. North Korea is a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, and it comes to pay tribute every year, and this year it came earlier than in previous years, and diplomacy is no trivial matter, as the first assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang also knows these things.

The smile on Zhang Sheng's face became more and more bitter, and said: "It's because they arrived early, they couldn't see Your Majesty, and they wandered around the city, but somehow they heard the rumors in the market, and then imagined it for themselves, but they took it to ask the official, saying that it was His Majesty's royal expedition, and as a result, the incident of the civil fort was repeated, and the Ming Emperor was captured by the Mongols, and the other party asked for 100,000 taels of gold, and the official didn't know how to deal with it......"

"What else to deal with!" Liu Daxia was furious again, and shouted: "Zhang Shangshu, won't you send them back to China as soon as possible?" Puer Xiaobang dared to slander the Heavenly Empire with some discussions in the market, and there are no rules? Moreover, how could there be these rumors among the people, didn't they block the news? ”

Everyone present knew Liu Daxia's temper, and Zhang Sheng didn't care about his tone, shook his head and said: "If it was good to say in previous years, but North Korea probably suffered from famine again last year, so this year I specially offered a treasure to get more rewards, if this matter is not answered, they will definitely refuse to leave." As for how the news leaked, hehe......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Shangshu smiled and said nothing, looking down at the letter, as if the reason was written on it.

"This is the negligence of the official." Scholar Xie Qianxie, who is known as the most eloquent, has been silent today, and if it weren't for his sudden speech at this time, everyone would almost have forgotten his existence.

As he spoke, Xie Qian's face was slightly red, and when he heard the bad news, he mourned in his heart, and almost fainted, but he forgot that all the officials were around, and many people heard his words at that time, and the news leaked out like this. The various rumors derived from just a few words are more bizarre than the words of the parties, and Xie Qian also experienced it well.

This matter has always been in his heart, Xie Qian felt that he should have lost the dignity of the minister, and he was not ashamed, so he was silent for a long time, and he did not say a word until the summit meeting today, until the topic involved himself, he was ashamed to express his position.

"I have to complain about this matter, Ziqiao." Liu Jian suddenly spoke: "When I was shocked to hear the bad news, it was the old man's general heart swaying, and he couldn't help himself. Although Gyeonggi is heavily guarded, but at the end of this year, folk rumors are difficult to prevent after all, and you can prevent rumors from going out, so you can't let the people outside in, right? ”

Liu Jian paused slightly, looked at Li Dongyang, Li Dongyang understood and continued: "Because of this, the Beijing camp can't be moved lightly, Your Majesty thinks that it is a blessing to the sky, and every evil turns into good fortune, if there is really something unbearable...... Then Gyeonggi can't be messed up, the Beijing camp has not moved, and the people have already spread rumors, if the Beijing camp is exhausted, I'm afraid that Gyeonggi will be unstable. ”

He is still not finished, but what kind of people are here, the truth is not to say it, everyone also understands that the emperor is gone, and a new one can be established, even if there are no brothers and heirs today, it is not difficult to find a cousin. But if there is a change in Gyeonggi, then Daming Sheji will be in danger.

"I can't be the king of Qin, and I can't make a statement, we are all pillars of the court, is it difficult to sit here and wait?" Liu Daxia was very anxious and muttered, and suddenly raised his head and said: "Then don't move the Beijing camp, how about the old man order five hundred cavalry from the three thousand battalions and go to the Xuanfu to find His Majesty?" ”

Everyone didn't answer, if the virtue is good, then the welcome is a big deal, this greeting candidate, hehe, who doesn't want to go? It's just that at this auspicious moment, if the holy car is covered with dust, the person who goes to greet him will probably fall into a big problem.

So for Liu Daxia's proposal, no one agreed, but no one objected, everyone looked at Liu Jian, waiting for the decision of the first assistant of the dynasty.

Liu Jian's face sank like water, but his heart was far less calm than his face, and he could naturally think of what others could think of. Any one of you here, if you welcome the holy car, it may threaten his position, the most suitable person is of course himself, but now the situation is unclear, if he goes out lightly, then what about the capital?

Liu Jian looked around, Ziqiao was of the same mind as himself, but Ziqiao's city mansion was not as good as Binzhi, and his prestige was slightly lower; And Binzhi, he groaned slightly, although he was also a minister who took care of his life and had been in business for many years, Liu Jian still felt that he couldn't see through Li Dongyang.

Alas, it would be nice if the situation was clearer, and Scholar Liu, who is known as the best at judging things, is also at a loss, for no other reason, if he takes a wrong step, it may be the difference from heaven to earth, how can he break lightly?

When he was in distress, a rush of footsteps suddenly sounded outside, including Liu Jian, and everyone's hearts were full of joy.

The six ministries and nine secretaries and cabinet scholars are discussing here, and the outside world knows it, but someone is coming at such a time, is it possible that there is something important? What will it be, bad news, or ...... Even Liu Daxia, who had been restless, quieted down, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the door, waiting for the answer to be revealed.

(To be continued)