Zhou Renyuan woke up at about four o'clock in the morning, he usually got up at six o'clock, and he woke up very early today, because he was a little uncomfortable living in this Qianqing Palace, and he was going to participate in the morning dynasty today, so he had to get up early. He practiced the exercises on the bed for a while, and felt that his spirit was much better, so he shouted outside the door: "Is there anyone outside, I'll wash." As soon as the door opened, a voice said, "Lord, you get up early, the old slave is always waiting for you." "It turned out that Gao Qiqian had almost become his personal maid since he entered the capital. Zhou Renyuan smiled: "It turned out to be Gonggong Gao, how is this appropriate?" Just ask the other little eunuchs to bring water. Gao Qiqian hurriedly sneered, "Suitable!" Suitable! Who told the old slave to be familiar with the prince? You are the first prince to live in this Qianqing Palace since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. In the future, the old slave will have to rely on the protection of the prince. Zhou Renyuan heard that he had the intention of taking refuge in himself, and couldn't help but move in his heart, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Gao, we are old acquaintances, this king asks you, is there a shop with a better location in the capital?" Yes, my lord, do you want to do business in the capital?" Gao Qiqian is a little confused. "It's not this king, it's you!" Zhou Renyuan took out the toothbrush he was carrying, "What is the difference between the manes on this?" Gao Qiqian took the toothbrush and touched it with his hand: "Oh, Lord Wang, the bristles on your toothbrush are so soft, which is softer than the toothbrushes on the market." "It's bristles, that's why they're so soft, and it's much more comfortable to brush than a brush made of horsetails." Zhou Renyuan explained. "Could it be that the prince wants to open a toothbrush shop?" Well, this king is not good to come forward, so he can only help me buy the principal in the name of Father-in-law Gao, you don't have to make a profit, how about half of us?" Zhou Renyuan looked at Gao Qi and dived into ecstasy, this new variety of toothbrush will definitely be popular in the capital, although the thing is small, but it is a consumable, and the potential to make money is huge! He nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, the old slave will go to the store today." "Don't you coerce people to make a reasonable acquisition, you know?" Zhou Renyuan admonished. "The old slave knows that it will not ruin your reputation, Lord Wang." Gao Qi sneaked back and walked away.

At this time, the civil and military ministers of the court in the Taihe Hall Square all gathered together, waiting for the emperor to arrive, and while whispering about the reputation of Zhou Renyuan. "Lord Li, do you know that the fourth son of King Gui has just given 100,000 taels of silver to the imperial court, and he has been crowned King Yongming, what is this called?" Huh? Master Ma, don't say that, people are also loyal, isn't your family very rich, or Lord Ma, you will also donate 100,000 taels, maybe the emperor will be happy and make you a prince?" Master Li, don't talk nonsense, besides, my family has money, and I'm anxious with you. Your family has more money than mine, why don't you donate?" I said, don't fight, you don't know, I heard that this prince rested in the Qianqing Palace last night!" Ah, Lord Hu, is your news reliable?" - Only Yang Sichang and Huang Daozhou closed their eyes and were silent, they were thinking, just heard the word from the inner servant and came out and said that King Yongming is also going to participate in today's court meeting, does the emperor want to break the taboo of the vassal king not to interfere in politics? Do you want to bring King Yongming directly from behind the scenes to the forefront? It's not proper, it's not proper! There is also a black-faced three-grade official of about forty or so who did not participate in the discussion, he is also thinking about what kind of person this Yongming King is, first sent two silver to the imperial court, and immediately got the title, it is said that in front of the emperor, a word made the emperor depose the first assistant, Wen Tiren, every time the emperor summons the meeting, the content of the meeting is only known to the military department Shangshu Yang Sichang and Zuo Yushi Huang Daozhou, but these two people are very tight-mouthed, no one knows what they talked about, there must be something to hide from our ministers, he looked at Yang Sichang and Huang Daozhou, two old foxes!

Zhou Renyuan entered the Taihedian Square under the leadership of the eunuch, and a group of people were standing on both sides, it turned out that the early dynasty was not like it was put in the house on TV, ah, yes, so many people were crowded in the house, so they didn't have to squeeze out the prickly heat. As he walked, he smiled and gestured to all the ministers, some of the ministers also bowed their heads in return, some of them were full of contempt, some people looked at him with envy, and some of them were sycophants, and suddenly an official behind him shouted: "Look, the sycophant prince is here." Some people laughed, some people were worried, and they all looked at Zhou Renyuan, Shoufu Liu Yuliang, and hurriedly shouted to the official: "Master Li, hurry up, shut up, don't be rude to the prince." Zhou Renyuan's eyes widened, his eyes stared straight at the official surnamed Li who said that he was a sycophant, sparks froze, he walked up to this official and said in a yin voice: "Just now it was the king you scolded." "That's what's wrong with me, I'm the one who speaks the official in the matter, and I'm not guilty." The official surnamed Li replied with his head held up a little stiffly. "The speaker is good, the speaker is not guilty." Zhou Renyuan smiled, and suddenly kicked him out three feet away with a flying leg. "Huh-" The official surnamed Li screamed

Fell by the door and rolled in pain. "The prince has killed people-" This time it was a mess, there were those who went to support, those who rolled up their sleeves and wanted to fight with Zhou Renyuan, and those who stopped them. Zhou Renyuan shouted: "Come on, don't be afraid of death, come on, you, you and you will go together." His eyes stared murderously at these ministers who rolled up their sleeves and wanted to stand out for the officials surnamed Li. Liu Yuliang looked at my mother, this prince is here to fight, and finally squeezed from the crowd to the front, full of sweat, "I'm Shoufu, everyone, don't get excited, all back down, all back down." An official shouted: "Why can the prince beat Master Li, Lord Li is a speech official, give us an explanation, otherwise we will all resign and go home." "A lot of people are agreeing" is just that. Liu Yuliang looked at Zhou Renyuan cautiously, and said quickly, my lord, if you don't handle this matter well, I, the first assistant, will have to get out of the way after just three days. Zhou Renyuan shouted: "Okay, then the king said, why do you want to beat this so-called speech official." Everyone fell silent when they heard this, "What is the privilege of the so-called speaker, that is, the speaker is not guilty, but." Zhou Renyuan paused, "It's not guilty of making mistakes about the content of the court's decision-making and court deliberations." And was the words that Li gave the king to scold the king just now for the decision-making of the court or for the court's deliberations?" The officials all bowed their heads and whispered. "Then you shouldn't beat people, lord!" One of the ministers said. "Hmph-this king beats him lightly," Zhou Renyuan dusted his feet with his hand, "As a speech official, he relies on his privileges, does not think about national politics, and does not share worries for the emperor, but in this court, he makes a big statement and insults this king, which is really underwhelming." If any of the adults are insulted and don't fight back, it's not as good as those people. Zhou Renyuan pointed to the little eunuch standing under the eaves. All the ministers laughed and nodded: "Yes, yes, if you are insulted, you have to fight back, the prince fights well, the prince fights well, we are not eunuchs." "The little eunuch looked depressed, who did I offend when I stand? Laughed at by so many of you? And that Master Li had already been carried down by the guards for treatment, and Zhou Renyuan was still measured, and only kicked and broke his two ribs.

In fact, Chongzhen and the prince had already come to the Taihe Palace, and the prince saw that it was so chaotic outside, and wanted to go out to take a look, but Chongzhen grabbed him, he wanted to see how this cousin dealt with this matter, but he didn't expect Zhou Renyuan to settle the ministers in a few words, which made Chongzhen feel a little disappointed and a little happy, and the loss was that he usually dealt with these ministers, but the effect was ideal. I'm glad that I didn't see the wrong person, this cousin has skills, ability, and good eloquence, and it is estimated that even if two or three ministers debate with him, he is not his opponent. He motioned to Wang Chengen, who walked to the door and shouted: "The emperor is here to meet the hundred officials!" Zhou Renyuan and the ministers knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Knock to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live." The guards came in and closed the door of the square, and Chongzhen began to listen to the government. After the ministers got up, Chongzhen was about to speak, and Wan Daoyi came out to speak: "Emperor Qiqi, King Yongming is the king of the domain, standing in the court today to participate in politics, which is not in line with the etiquette system, please withdraw from the court." As soon as Zhou Renyuan heard his mother's this, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to beat someone, Liu Yuliang, who was standing next to him, grabbed him and said in a low voice: "The prince is restrained and restrained." Zhou Renyuan smiled slightly: "This king just thinks that these sleeves are too loose and tighter to be comfortable." Liu Yuliang listened to the beard blowing with his luck. Chongzhen spoke: "I invited King Yongming to come today, not to participate in politics, but to listen to politics, because one thing I decided is related to King Yongming, and adults don't have to worry too much. "Wan Daoyi still doesn't let go", I don't know what the emperor decides is related to King Yongming, please show the emperor. Chongzhen couldn't help but be a little annoyed, this matter was originally going to be said last, he originally wanted Zhou Renyuan to listen to the content of today's court proceedings, and he could also listen to his opinions after the court, but he didn't want to be intervened by Wan Daoyi, so he had to discuss the matter of going south first, "cough-cough-" Chongzhen cleared his throat and said: "There are many things in the world, I want the prince to patrol the south on my behalf." "Hum", the courtiers talked about it, and even Yang Sichang and Huang Daozhou were taken aback, what kind of idea did the emperor play? Looking at Zhou Renyuan again, he looked like he had nothing to do with it, and he suddenly understood, looked at each other, smiled and was silent. Wang Chengen shouted, "Silence, silence!" Wang Yongyuan, the secretary of the ministry, knelt down and said: "The emperor, the crown prince is too young to leave the palace, and I hope that the emperor will take back his fate." Qiao Yuansheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also said: "The world is uneasy, the prince is afraid that there will be danger when he goes out of Beijing, and I hope that the emperor will think twice." Several more ministers also raised objections, knelt on the ground and shouted, "Please take back the emperor's order!" The crown prince Zhu Cihong stood up with great hatred in his heart and said: "Now that the world is in crisis, why can't the prince go out on patrol to share the worries of his father and sympathize with the people?" Chongzhen nodded: "The prince is right. At this time, the black-faced official about forty years old who didn't speak in the square came out to speak: "The minister's right and the capital of the imperial history Shi Kefa agreed that the prince went out of Beijing to patrol the prince, this year is twelve years old, the world is in trouble, he should have shared the emperor's worries and contributed to the court, and should not stay in this east palace anymore, only read the four books and five classics, and do not know current affairs." Now the officials stopped doing it, and they scolded Shi Kefa one after another, some said that he flattered the emperor, some said that he misled the country, and some said that he insulted the Confucian saint, and they couldn't wait to say that he was the first sinner in the Ming Dynasty, and there were also officials who supported Shi Kefa and began to scold each other. Zhou Renyuan looked at the messy court and shook his head again and again, alas-this is the official of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Chengen hurriedly shouted again, "Quiet, quiet!" Chongzhen's face turned red, what is this called? In front of this cousin, his face was disgraced. He slapped the table in a rage and shouted, "Shut up!" The emperor was rampant, and the ministers suddenly quieted down: "You said that the prince is young, and when I was the same age as the prince, I had already opened a mansion in the Xinwang Mansion and built a government!" You say that the world is uneasy and dangerous, can the prince only stay in this palace, and be a prince who sits in a well and watches the sky, how to inherit the unification in the future? How to lead the courtiers? How to revitalize my Daming?" Chongzhen pointed at Zhou Renyuan: "Okay, everyone is worried about this, I am worried that I will announce that King Yongming will accompany the prince out of Beijing together, King Yongming is both civil and martial, and the prince is protected by him, you will have no objections!" Chongzhen said the key point of the day, and now the ministers all understand, oh - it turns out that the emperor is a drunkard, not in wine, it's all an old fox, who doesn't understand. If you want to refute it, there is no reason for this Yongming King's methods, everyone has seen the barbarism and scheming just now, and now it is better not to offend the holy family! So the unanimous vote was passed, and two days later, Zhou Renyuan accompanied the prince out of Beijing. Next, Zhou Renyuan had nothing to do, so he withdrew from the court.

As soon as Zhou Renyuan left the palace, he saw Wang Fuzhi, Mozhu and Shen Tieshan looking at the palace gate from a distance. As soon as they saw Zhou Renyuan coming out, they happily surrounded him, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, which made Zhou Renyuan feel moved for a while. Mo Zhu said: "Lord Wang, you haven't come back all night since you entered the palace last night, we are worried, and we think something happened to you." Only Lord Wang was not worried at all. The kid looked at Wang Fuzhi with dissatisfaction. Wang Fuzhi didn't have anything to do with Mo Zhu and smiled slightly. Zhou Renyuan patted Mo Zhu on the shoulder, "The emperor invited me to drink and eat, where will something happen?" It's true? Is the food in the palace good? It's better than our King Gui's?" Mozhu has some gossip. "Of course, when will I take you in for a meal?" Zhou Renyuan quipped. "Really? Don't lie to me, lord!" Mo Zhu's eyes lit up, and he smiled. Wang Fuzhi came over and said, "Renyuan, you are very happy to see that the matter is done?" Zhou Renyuan twisted his head around and said, "Half and half, let's go back and talk about it." Just as he was about to get on the horse, a fast horse came running towards him, and jumped off the horse, and a brocade guard in his thirties wearing a reckless ox costume knew that it was a high-ranking official of the brocade guard. As soon as he saw Zhou Renyuan, his face smiled, his hands clasped his fists, and he saluted: "This is His Royal Highness the King of Yongming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Luo Yangxing, has seen the prince." "Yo, he is the highest spy leader of the Ming Dynasty secret service, a high-ranking official of Zheng Erpin. Zhou Renyuan didn't dare to slack off, and returned the salute: "Lord Luo, you don't have to be polite, how do you know that I am the King of Yongming?" Luo Yangxing smiled "hehe", "Now is there anyone in the capital who doesn't know the name of the prince, both civil and military, and besides, which bowl of rice do you think Xiaguan eats?" Zhou Renyuan also smiled when he heard it, what is Jinyiwei doing, the spies are all over the capital, and the news is the most well-informed. "Lord Luo is in such a hurry to enter the palace?" The emperor's summons is also related to you, the prince. Luo Yang said mysteriously. From then on, this king will have to be closer to Lord Luo. Haha-" Zhou Renyuan laughed. Luo Yangxing arched his hand: "You must retire!" Zhou Renyuan looked at the back of Luo Yangxing entering the palace thoughtfully, "Lord Wang, what do you have to talk about with a brocade guard?" Mo Zhu was a little puzzled. Zhou Renyuan shook his head: "You don't know how to go back on the horse!"

Back at the post house, Zhou Renyuan told Wang Fuzhi what he talked about with Chongzhen after entering the palace yesterday, Wang Fuzhi thought for a moment and said: "Then the emperor does not agree to move the capital, in the face of the righteousness of the world, he also has a last resort, Renyuan, you can't change this." That's where the integrity of a country lies. "Temperament? I didn't call everyone to surrender, this is called strategic retreat, for the sake of the so-called integrity, you can ignore reality and bet on the world? We can't afford to lose. Zhou Renyuan said hatefully. Why do you think that integrity is not important?" Wang Fuzhi felt that Zhou Renyuan's point of view was a little strange. "Of course, I think that integrity is very important and very important, I mean, knowing that there is a way to survive can save the Ming Dynasty, do you think, if you move the capital to Nanjing, you can attack and retreat, we can defend it, and then the Ming Dynasty is slowly trying to figure it out, it is not that there is no chance of counterattack, now the emperor insists on staying in Beijing, only a few hundred miles away from the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north, and only a few hundred miles away from Shanxi and Henan occupied by Li Zicheng, where are the gentlemen not standing under the dangerous wall?" Zhou Renyuan complained, "This is not called morality, it is called pedantry!" Well, well, this capital can no longer be changed, I just hope that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can resist the attack from the north and the south, and there is no other way. Wang Fuzhi was also a little discouraged, "But didn't the emperor agree to the matter of peace?" Although the emperor agreed, I don't think it will be easy to implement, and Brother Nong, you didn't see the ministers in the court behaving today, like a vegetable market, I feel disgusted for a moment. Therefore, only the emperor, Lord Yang and Lord Huang, know about this matter. Zhou Renyuan felt a headache when he thought of the scene of the quarrel in the court if the conference was announced. Wang Fuzhi smiled bitterly: "If you don't say it, I can guess the demeanor of these ministers, who only know empty talk and refuse to face the reality, which is simply covering up their ears and stealing the bell, and deceiving themselves." "Yes, they are deceiving themselves, they still dream that my Ming Dynasty is a great country and the center of the world." Zhou Renyuan agreed. "The emperor is not bad," Wang Fuzhi continued, "He can help you think of the idea of accompanying the prince out of Beijing is quite sage." "It's true." Zhou Renyuan nodded, "But I'm still worried, do you think what would happen if a brave lion led a flock of sheep behind him and an equally ferocious tiger led a flock of jackals to fight?" That lion will be defeated, Renyuan, are you saying that this lion is the emperor, and the tiger is the emperor Taiji?" Wang Fu was in a cold sweat, "What if you are added?" Zhou Renyuan "cut" and said, "That's only two lions at most." Wang Fuzhi was silent for a long time.

In the afternoon, Gao Qiqian excitedly came to the post house to tell Zhou Renyuan that the matter of the store had been arranged, and he bought a silk village with a good location at a price two percent higher than the market price, and also brought the documents for signing and transferring. Zhou Renyuan patted Gao Qiqian's shoulder with satisfaction and encouraged, "Father-in-law Gao will make a fortune together in the future." "Gao Qianle's face was squeezed into chrysanthemums, and he took the silver and walked away." Renyuan, what are you doing here?" Wang Fuzhi was a little puzzled: "Do you think I really want to make money in business?" Our Guiwang Mansion still lacks this bit of silver?" Zhou Renyuan said with a smile. "Are you looking for a point of contact in the capital?" Wang Fuzhi took a breath of cold air. "I'm going to go back sooner or later, Hengzhou is our foundation, but we can't know the movements in the capital, and when the time comes, some people from Hengzhou will be considered a rainy day!" Zhou Renyuan stretched his waist and replied casually. In fact, what he has been worried about in his heart is that once Beijing is really broken in a few years, he hopes to rescue Chongzhen, because of his experience in the capital in the past few days, he feels that the possibility of changing history with his own strength has become very small, which is undoubtedly a great irony for him! Reality: This is the cruel reality!