A conversation ended up with no results, and no one came up with any countermeasures.

After a stalemate, the emperor was tired, and the others naturally left with interest.

After discussing with Zhu Youzhang, Zhang Ru was taken away by Wuxiang and Fan Wujiao, and Chu Hong and others sent the three out of the noon gate before turning back.

When they returned to the Dongnuan Pavilion, they only saw the emperor holding a bowl of bird's nest that had been cold, looking at the empty bed in a daze.

Zhu Youjiao, who didn't dare to disturb the contemplation, took their places and hid in various corners of the Dongnuan Pavilion.

The gate of the Dingbian Marquis Mansion was closed, Wuxiang and Fan Wuyi climbed over the wall to enter, put Zhang Ru on the bed, and notified Jiang Caiwei and Su Qiqi to take care of them, and the two old guys disappeared. In the next few days, no one in the Dingbian Hou Mansion saw any trace of the two old men.

On the twenty-ninth day of the first month of the eleventh year of Hongzhi, a messenger came from the south, and the eight-hundred-mile fast horse galloped on the streets of the capital, and all pedestrians avoided it.

The urgent letter arrived in the cabinet, and Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately sent the letter to the palace.

Zhu Youzhu just glanced at the words on the envelope, and threw the letter aside, without opening it at all.

"Your Majesty, you better take a look! The situation in the south is now very critical, and if we are not careful, we may cause a catastrophe. Liu Jian persuaded bitterly.

This time it is not a public grievance, if it is a public grievance, with the current financial resources of the imperial court, it will not make him, the head of the cabinet, tremble.

This time it was a military disaster, and there was a rebellion in the thirteen southern prefectures and thousands of households, and they held high the banner and said that they would avenge Zhang Ru, the Marquis of Dingbian.

Zhu Youzhu said lightly: "It's the New Year, it's a big deal." If there is anything, I will talk about it after the New Year. The thirteen prefectures and thousands of households together do not have 100,000 soldiers, what are you afraid of. ”

Liu Jian's words came to his lips and did not speak.

What he was afraid of was the rebellion of more than 70,000 soldiers in the thirteen southern provinces, and what he was afraid of was that those who were related to Zhang Ru would jump out to rebel.

He had an ominous premonition that this rebellion in the Thirteen Southern Mansions was just the beginning, and the more violent shaking should be still to come.

Zhu Youzhu seemed to be lacking in interest, no matter how Liu Jian persuaded him, he had a lazy attitude, and in the end, Liu Jian didn't bother to say anything.

He has done his duty as a minister, and if the emperor is a Ming monarch, he can do whatever he wants. If the emperor wants to be a dumb king, he is a courtier, what else can he do besides listen to the emperor's orders?

The current situation is still within the scope of Liu Jian's patience, and once the matter is beyond the scope of his patience, he will resign and go into hiding, ignoring the matter in the court.

Liu Jian turned to leave, his feet had not yet stepped out of the threshold, and the corners of Zhu Youji's mouth behind him had already hooked up a smile, and he said to himself: "Interesting, interesting, the people under Brother Hu's command are not bad, I want to see how fierce this storm is." ”

It's not that he doesn't know the danger of the current situation, he also knows that the matter of the Thirteen Southern Prefectures is just the beginning, and he also knows that more violent storms are ahead.

He didn't know where the confidence came from, and he always felt that things wouldn't go the worst.

On the seventh day of February in the 11th year of Hongzhi, an emergency military report came from Liaodong.

On the ninth day of February in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, a secret letter came from the Wei Mansion in Nanjing.

On the twenty-second day of February in the 11th year of Hongzhi, an emergency military situation came from Fuzhou.

These letters and secret reports all went to the emperor's desk, but the emperor just acted as if nothing had happened, and every day in addition to listening to the noise of the courtiers, he accompanied the prince to study.

He is like an outsider, turning a deaf ear to what is happening in various parts of the Ming Dynasty now, as if this country is not his at all.

The courtiers were so anxious that they were scurrying around like ants on a hot pot, and the threshold of several scholars in the cabinet was about to be broken by these officials.

On the twenty-fifth day of February in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, an urgent military report came from Datong, and the Tatar army of 300,000 pressed the border, and the banner was to avenge Zhang Ru, the Marquis of Dingbian.

At this moment, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could not sit still at all, and the government and the opposition were in an uproar.

In the early dynasty, all the courtiers knelt in front of Zhu Youzhu and begged him to preside over the overall situation.

Zhu Youzhu said impatiently about this little thing, why worry about it, someone betrayed the court, naturally someone is loyal to the court, you eat the king's luck, share the king's worries, everything I have to do, what I want you to do.

In the past, if he had said such serious things, those courtiers would have been silent.

But today is different, after he said this, most of the courtiers still remained kneeling, and their mouths were full of words, and what they said was nothing more than that His Majesty must uphold justice and ask His Majesty to mobilize border troops to suppress bandits.

A small number of courtiers who thought they were loyal looked at the emperor with indisputable eyes that mourned his misfortune and anger, and at this time, these courtiers could not care about the distinction between monarchs and ministers.

Several scholars in the cabinet were full of suspicion, and the emperor's style during this period was very different from his previous style. Especially Li Dongyang, he instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Even if Zhu Youzhu has absolute confidence in Zhang Ru, now that the soldiers are in the city, he should not be so calm.

Zhu Youzhang's face was angry, and he couldn't scold these so-called loyal ministers, so he had to say patiently: "Don't worry, Aiqing, things haven't reached the point of no return." ”

An old minister with a gray beard said in a sad tone: "Your Majesty, the rebellion of the thirteen southern prefectures and thousands of households, the mutiny of the twelve places in Nanjing, the emergency of Datong, and the 100,000 border troops of Liaodong hold high the anti-flag. If this is not to the point of no return, dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the situation to the point of no return? ”

Another person said: "Do you have to wait until you lose half of the Ming Dynasty before Your Majesty can really take the important affairs of the family and country to heart?" ”

Faced with the questions of the ministers one after another, Zhu Youzhu felt very embarrassed, but at the same time a little relieved.

It seems that not all of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee think for themselves, and there are still some loyal ministers who are loyally thinking about the court.

But for a while, he couldn't find good words to prevaricate these loyal ministers, so he had to look at those courtiers who said that the emperor was not the emperor.

I don't know who suddenly shouted: "First Emperor! ”

Immediately, someone chimed in: "First Emperor, open your eyes and see, this huge Ming is about to die!" ”

The mournful cries in the Taihe Hall came and went, Zhu Youzhang's face was pale, and he neither advanced nor retreated.

It's not that he doesn't want to think of a way to solve the current situation, it's that he can't think of a way to deal with those people right now.

The people under Zhang Ru's command did not leave any room for doing things, and in just one month, they directly blossomed from all over the country, and directly caught the imperial court off guard.