In the Taihe Palace, the crowd surged, and the faces of the hundred officials all had a look of surprise and uncertainty, although there were true and false, but they all looked so realistic, and the atmosphere of panic permeated the main hall. [Full text reading]

Wang Shouren and Tang Bohu are naturally the focus of people's attention, and the warning signal is sent from the palace, these two people are close ministers of the Son of Heaven, and they should always know more than others. It's just that although these two people are not scheming people, they are not characters who can easily peek into their minds, and of course they will not give people any scrutiny.

The crowd turned to other acquaintances and whispered.

"Brother Li, what the hell is going on today? The bell sounded to warn, and the palace summoned hundreds of officials, could it be ......" The speaker was full of doubts, and while speaking, he gasped, frightened by his own speculation.

"Brother Zhao Xian, don't raise your voice, about this matter, Brother Fool knows a little, just an hour ago, someone galloped on Chang'an Avenue, I heard that it was from Xibianmen......"

"Riding on the royal road in the capital? That's ...... A hundred thousand anxious messengers? Could it be that there is a military affair, and the west side is a Tartar and a ...... But isn't it autumn? ”

"Where can those barbarians who drink blood tell the season, and they come when they want to. That's not the point, the problem is that it's so urgent, I'm afraid that the Tartars are not good, and the border town may have already failed. ”

"How's that to be?"

"The sky has fallen, there are tall people on top, you and I are only six ranks, and you are not a favored minister like Lord Tang, so why bother about such things, besides, didn't you see the expressions of the elders of the Wang Pavilion? It's clear that we're just waiting to see the excitement, these favorites and bigwigs are like this, so why are we in a hurry? Hey, let him go, let him go. ”

Even in the previous mode of court struggle, among the victorious side, the winners could only be a small number of people, and those who followed the trend late, or the peripheral personnel, generally did not have any light, at most they could only protect their original interests.

This is also a matter of no choice, there are so many positions and interests, one more person, fewer others, and the victorious side can only try its best to win over the henchmen, and naturally there is no time to pay attention to those wall grasses.

The mode of court struggle during the Zhengde period has taken a step further, not so much as court struggle, but rather a system change. The degree of getting closer to the core is not determined by the degree of following the trend or the size of the original strength, but by the degree of recognition and adaptability to the new system.

Jiao Fang, Cao Yuan and others followed the trend early, but they have always been outside the core circle, but Zhang Cai, who was the same time as them, and Wang Shouren, who was much later than them, came out on top and became the backbone of the imperial party.

The idea of the new bureaucracy is that there is no need for people who can only put on a show and engage in politics, but only those who can do things, which is not too high, but it still excludes most of the courtiers in the court, especially the older ones.

Adults only need to make decisions, and do not need to deal with practice, which has been a practice for nearly a hundred years, and the courtiers have been very adaptable, and suddenly such a change has occurred...... Hehe, to put it mildly, this is called accumulation, even if you realize the important and necessary surnames of the change, you are no longer able to return to the sky.

What's more, most people don't quite approve of the set of things of the New Deal, and the officials have gone to do things, so why do you need those officials to do it? Besides, this is also a loss of the court's system.

Therefore, even if they have become vassals of the imperial party or have broken away from the scholar party, in fact, most people have not changed much in their bones, but they are forced to be strong and have to endure it. Whenever Tang Bohu and others are mentioned, everyone's hearts are also sour, and in today's crisis situation, many people even have schadenfreude.

As the old saying goes: meat eaters seek it, although everyone is an official, but Tang Yushi and Wang Shilang eat meat, and these people can only drink residual soup, and if there is a big event, of course they have to go to the top, isn't it natural? Presumably, Wang Ge Lao and them thought the same, otherwise, what would the imperceptible sneer on their faces mean?

Wang Wei actually wanted to restrain that sneer, but he couldn't help it!

The cycle of heavenly reason, retribution is not happy, the two monarchs and ministers have been proud for so long, and finally it is time to be retributed, there is no need to mention the relief in his heart, only by letting those two people never recover, can he comfort the hundreds of souls of the Wang family in the sky! For this reason, even if it is Shenzhou Lu Shen and his lives are ruined, he will not hesitate to do it.

Lu Wan didn't intend to suppress his mood at all, among a series of plans, the beginning was the most important and crucial part, as long as this step was successful, the others were just side effects, those were just to increase the chances of winning.

Although there is no definite news in the palace, how could he, an insider and participant, not know, when he sees it, it can only be that incident happened, and according to the surname of today's son, the surname may be at least ninety percent if the plan will be carried out as scheduled!

Even if there is an accident, it doesn't matter, the sneer on his face is thicker, he can do fifteen if he does the first year of junior high school, and if it's a big deal, he will do it again, and if it doesn't work, he will abandon the capital.

Hmph, if that's really the case, it's an opportunity for me. From the dragon's merit, with his friendship with King Ning and his actions all along, how can he run the first merit he has supported?

Li Xiya no longer has any prestige, and now he is just a corpse meal; Wang Jizhi is old after all, and under the anger, he is also a little chaotic; Jiao Fang? Hmph, it's just dry bones in the grave, and when the dust settles, it's his gloomy retreat; But Yang Jiefu is a little tricky.

Lu Wan's eyes fell on Yang Tinghe, although the other party still looked calm, but the slightly trembling sleeves still revealed his mood. The society is at stake, as the initiator, his responsibility is not small, whether he is a virtuous minister who has left a name in history, or a minister who has been infamous for thousands of years, only between success and failure, how can Scholar Yang not worry?

Maybe Yang Jiefu still has some henchmen in the DPRK, but if he goes to Jiangnan, then he will have no foundation, and how can he fight for himself? Lu Wan shook his head slightly, his mood was a little complicated, he didn't know whether he wanted the plan to go smoothly or if there was some accident, the benefits on both sides were not small, it was really difficult for him to choose.

"The emperor drove to ......"

"Greetings to Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The ministers have their own thoughts, but the voice of the mountain call is still neat, after all, it has been practiced for a long time, and the proficiency is very high, and it is already a resident skill.

"Flatten," Zhengde seemed a little quieter than before, and after sitting down on the dragon chair, he just raised his hand and instructed lightly: "San'er, tell all Aiqing about the matter." ”

"Slave and maid obey the order...... "After the eight tigers became seven tigers, and in the end there were only six tigers left, everyone got along a lot better, which is also related to the fact that they are in charge of their own stalls, and there is nothing to fight for." Gu Dayong and the third father-in-law are often in the hall, and the fat man Gu is not good at stealing the limelight, and he is not keen on things like fame and fortune, so it is usually the third father-in-law who speaks.

"Today, there are 800 miles of Xuanfu urgent military report here, the little prince of Tatar led 100,000 people, and entered Kou Xuanfu in a big way, Yehuling to Sand Castle was in a comprehensive emergency, Kou passed Wanquan right guard and did not enter, crossed the white waist mountain, and took Huai'anwei directly, which seemed to take the Xuanfu and invaded Shanxi, and Zhang Jun, the general soldier of Xuanfu, did not dare to sit idly by, and raised 50,000 Xuanfu border troops to meet the ......"

The third father-in-law's voice sank suddenly, "...... On the seventh day of the first month of September, the fiasco was defeated in Shunshengchuan, Zhang Jun was killed in battle, and the rest were defeated, and now the enemy is very arrogant, and no one can control the second town of Xuanda, and the captives are extremely large, and Xuanfu and Datong are in a hurry. ”

"Phew!" There was a gasping sound on the Jinluan Palace, since the change of civil engineering, the Ming Dynasty has changed from attack to defense against the Tartars, and there have been many defeats over the years, but it is the first time that the defeat has reached such a miserable situation.

All the 50,000 elites were defeated, the general soldiers were killed in battle, and the Xuanfu border army had no strength to fight again. And with such a precedent, the Datong border army is even more afraid to come out, compared to Xuanfu, Datong's border army has experienced very few wars, and it is far less than the former, where do you dare to face the Tartars alone?

Moreover, the scale of the Tartars is far greater than before, and the little prince actually led more than 100,000 people to attack it, obviously with the intention of winning. You must know that in the past, when the Tartars invaded, there were more than 50,000 people, which was already quite large.

They are here to rob, and the cost issue must also be considered, although the strength of too many people has been strengthened, but the consumption is also large, and scattering and eating is the king.

As soon as the third father-in-law's voice fell, the sound of inhaling cold air also stopped abruptly, and then, the hall became quiet. Some people frowned and hurriedly thought about countermeasures; Some people lowered their eyebrows and lowered their heads, sneering secretly; More people are holding their breath, for fear of being noticed by the emperor, and at the same time, they are also secretly pondering the taste of this change.

The Jinluan Hall suddenly became cold.

Others are fine, but this matter is the responsibility of the Ministry of War, and after waiting for a while, there was no movement, Cao Yuan had no choice but to stand up, and the suggestions put forward were decent.

"Your Majesty, the Xuanfu border army has been defeated, the top priority, should be to guard the Beijing Division, please Your Majesty quickly send down the royal edict, order the world's soldiers and horses to come to help, and then transfer a strong army from Jizhen to reinforce Juyong Pass, in order to ensure that the Beijing Division is unharmed......"

"That's what Cao Shangshu means?" Before Cao Yuan finished speaking about the important surname of King Qin's order, he was interrupted by Zhengde, and the young son of heaven had no expression on his face, and the question was concise and to the point.

“…… The minister is willing to lead the troops out of Beijing and go to Juyongguan to supervise the army, and swear to keep the pass safe and sound, waiting for backup! I don't know what Zhengde wants, but the emperor who has always been smiling suddenly made a straight face, and Cao Yuan can only understand it as some kind of dissatisfaction.

In Juyong Pass, you have to face the Tartars who have 100,000 people and come to take advantage of the victory! Although he may get the reputation of turning the tide afterwards, the danger is self-evident, and he can be regarded as sacrificing his life to fight for wealth, Cao Yuan thought.