On the fourth day of the fourth month of the fourth month of the eleventh year of Hongzhi, the imperial army was completely deployed, but the emperor Zhu Youzhu learned to live in a simple place.

At three successive court meetings, Zhu Youzhu did not go to court on the grounds of physical discomfort, and the cabinet Li Dongyang, Xu Pu, Liu Jian, and Xie Qian jointly entered the palace, but they failed to persuade the emperor to go to court.

The DPRK and China gradually became unstable, and many officials jumped out to attack the generals under Zhang Ru.

At the same time, some people began to attack several scholars in the cabinet, but Zhu Youzhu never knew what to do, and left everything to the cabinet people.

When the recital of the cabinet desk reached a height that even Liu Jian did not want to see, as the first assistant of the cabinet, he entered the palace with the thick fold.

"Your Majesty, Scholar Liu asks to see you." Xiao Jing's gentle voice sounded outside the door of the East Warm Pavilion.

After Wang Zhi fell off the horse, Zhu Youzhu changed all the eunuchs in the palace, but he was merciful by nature, and did not kill these people, but demoted them to places where birds don't.

Zhu Youzhu was surprised, and there was a hesitant look on his face.

After a while, he still nodded and said, "Let him in." ”

As soon as Liu Jian came in, he knelt on the ground with a thud: "The minister is old and mediocre, please ask Your Majesty to return to his hometown." ”

Zhu Youzhu retracted the reprimanding words that came to his mouth, and hurriedly got up and helped Liu Jian up: "Scholar Liu, what kind of trouble are you making here?" ”

Liu Jian folded his hands and offered them: "Your Majesty, please take a look." ”

Zhu Youzhu hesitated for a moment, took the fold and looked at it carefully, and after reading a few copies, he put all the more than a dozen folds in his hand on the ground: "Ridiculous!" ”

Most of these twists and turns are impeachment of Liu Jian, and there are various accusations in them, some say that he is disrespectful to the old and climb the ashes, some say that he used his position to harm the public and private interests, and some say that he is greedy for the state money. What's more, he actually turned over the matter that Zhu Youzhu personally promised to Liu Jian's son to protect the country's eunuch.

It's no wonder that Zhu Youzhu is angry, he is still very clear about Liu Jian's character, this duke is not the kind of selfless person, but he is definitely not the kind of person who harms the public and the private interests.

What made him very angry was that these impeached officials were right-hearted, as if they were really thinking about the Ming Dynasty.

After waiting for a while to calm down his mood, Zhu Youzhu said in a deep voice: "These people don't have to care about him, they are officials in the court, where will no one gossip behind their backs." The university scholars work hard and work hard, I know it, and I don't need to pay attention to these gossips. ”

Liu Jian's face was sad, and the wrinkles on his face were trembling: "The minister doesn't want to pay attention to these gossips, I'm afraid that the three of them will become tigers, and the reputation of the old minister who has worked hard for a lifetime will have to be completely ruined by these petty people." ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "Why should a scholar worry about the sky, this reputation is not said by others, it is made by himself." The scholars of the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty do not know, these small officials of sesame mung beans may not even have seen your face, and they are there to make nonsense, behind this, there must be someone pushing.

A few days ago, I was angry with a few university members in the cabinet, and during this time, no matter what the courtiers' twists and turns, as long as they were unrelated to the war, they should not be ignored.

If you take these things back and burn them as firewood, or put them on the desk of the cabinet, I won't take care of them.

What kind of person are you, as long as I believe it, he Wan'an has three heads and six arms, can he still incite tens of thousands of officials of the Ming Dynasty to play together? ”

Liu Jian sighed: "The minister is stupid, I only know that these people have sharp teeth and sharp mouths, and many of them are also related to the people of the Imperial Historical Observatory. Your Majesty is kind-hearted, and will not kill these people, if Dingbian Hou is here, at least Your Majesty has a knife in his hand. ”

Zhang Ru is here, and Zhang Ru is Zhu Youzhang's knife to kill.

Regardless of whether he killed someone at the emperor's behest, all the blood debts would be credited to Zhang Ru. And Zhang Ru has an advantage, that is, he can really speak in front of Zhu Youzhang.

Liu Jian asked himself if he was as good as Zhang Ru, and he didn't want to bear this kind of infamy. But he is the head of the cabinet, and if an official is killed, then he will definitely be the first to bear the blame.

has been honest and honest all his life, and Liu Jian really doesn't want to be insecure at the last moment.

Zhu Youzhu said with relief: "Boss, rest assured, I don't kill people, it's not time for me to kill people." Now is not the time, no one knows how many henchmen Wan'an has. ”

Liu Jian said: "The minister doesn't know how His Majesty discussed with the Dingbian Marquis, but now the whole country knows that the people under the command of the Dingbian Marquis are reversed."

His Majesty did not move, and the ministers did not dare to beak, but the people of the world would not think so.

If it was arranged in advance, why did Hou Ye fall into a coma at this time?

If it was not arranged in advance, why did His Majesty not put down the rebellion? ”

Speaking of which, the topic finally got to the point, not only Liu Jian, but also several others, after talking to the emperor last time, they were more or less uneasy in their hearts.

The most important thing now is the people's heart, once the people's heart is lost, the Ming Dynasty is really in danger.

Zhu Youzhu sighed and said lightly: "I wonder if the boss has the heart to listen to me tell a story?" ”

Liu Jian was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "The minister listens." ”

Zhu Youzhu said slowly: "Many of you know about me and Dingbianhou. But many people only know that Dingbian Hou is my brother, but they don't know that he has saved my life countless times.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for the fact that there was a fixed border marquis, maybe it would fall into someone's hands.

I have always been grateful, for I know that as long as his heart remains the same, I will be able to live a peaceful life on this throne.

The plan could not catch up with the changes, as the Ming Dynasty became more and more stable, the life of the common people was better, and the life of the officials in the DPRK and China was also better.

He is only thirty years old now, and he is in the prime of life. I don't even know what kind of heights he will go in the future, so I am tempted.

I can guarantee that he will not rebel while I am alive, but I cannot guarantee that he will not rebel when I am dead. Since everything he has been given to him by me, I take it for granted that I can take it back at any time.

Unfortunately, my brother has never been a vegetarian, and he has been planning for a long time, just in case I turn my face and don't recognize anyone.

So he went to Fuzhou, and I used hundreds of thousands of troops from the imperial court to put pressure on him, but he never moved, just because I had been hesitating in my heart. ”

Liu Jian replied when the emperor paused: "I persuaded Your Majesty to get rid of the people who set the border marquis, and I didn't do anything wrong." ”