In the cabinet duty room, several cabinet elders were all here, and the expressions on everyone's faces were not so sad, but more serious. The pain is unbearable, it is for outsiders to see, and it is only an emperor who dies. The Son of Heaven and the scholars share the world, and these ministers, as the leaders of the scholars, care about the gains and losses and trends of the whole world, as for the emperor's death, what does it have to do with them?

Acting that crying drama is for others, if you still play this in the cabinet, in front of other colleagues, you don't have to be a person. The only one who has a sad face in this is Yang Tinghe, the first assistant, thinking that the disciple he taught had just died in front of his eyes, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. However, people who are in politics naturally have great perseverance, but they can control their emotions.

Compared with the sadness in his heart, another emotion is now playing a major role in him, and for many years, because of the willfulness of the Son of Heaven, the development of the entire court has reached a very dangerous point in his opinion. According to this development, the country will not be a country, and the ancestral foundation of the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in one fell swoop.

Now that this wayward Son of Heaven is gone, before the arrival of the new monarch, the operation of the entire empire is in his own hands. Let yourself use this time to correct all those mistakes. This sense of mission to turn the tide with one hand makes this old man who is over the age of sixteen seem to have returned to his youth when he was a junior high school jinshi, and his body is full of strength.

The town guards the lieutenant officials, the four foreign armies, the envoys of various countries, the Huangzhuang Huangdian, and the internal ...... In front of Yang Tinghe, there are too many problems waiting for him to solve. Before the arrival of the new king, turn all this into a fait accompli, so that there is no fear that after the arrival of the new king, these erroneous national policies will continue.

Jiang Mian said: "Shi Zhaigong, the candidate for the new monarch has already reported to the inner palace?" The Queen Mother's side, maybe she can pass through? The Empress Dowager Cisheng has always been interested in the prince of Shu, and Jiang Bin's side must also prevent him from jumping off the wall in a hurry. ”

The people in this cabinet duty room are all their own people, and there is nothing taboo about speaking, Yang Tinghe said: "Xianggao rest assured, the old man has sent a public news to the soldiers of the Beijing camp who were sent by the Son of Heaven to guard the border pass in turn in the name of the military department, and transferred them back to Beijing. The elite of the Beijing camp will be able to arrive in Beijing in a few days, and the four armies outside the country are just a rabble, as long as there are elite elites of the Beijing camp to suppress the scene, they are not afraid of any chaos that will happen to them. As for the inner court, who will succeed to the throne is not a matter for the women and eunuchs to decide, our outer court has made a decision, and they only need to use the treasure. The Holy Son of Heaven should still rule with a bow, let alone the Queen Mother? The overall situation is like this, and there is no part that she does not agree. ”

At this time, a eunuch came in from outside, looked at several elders, was a little timid, and whispered: "Queen Mother...... The Queen Mother has a decree ......"

Yang Tinghe didn't even bother to do the etiquette on the scene, and waved his hand impatiently, "Say!" ”

The eunuch swallowed his saliva, and boldly unfolded the yellow silk in his hand, "The emperor is dying of illness, and he is hereby ordered to welcome the eldest son of King Xingxian to come to Beijing, and the heir to the throne of the emperor, all affairs are waiting for the heir to be punished on the solstice." When the heir is not here, all affairs inside and outside the court will be dealt with by the cabinet. ”

"Okay, we've heard the Queen Mother's decree, you can go. As for who will pick up the driver, when we finish discussing, we will inform the Queen Mother. ”

When the eunuch saw the appearance of these elders, he always felt a chill down his spine, and he couldn't help kneeling down and kowtowing, and then fled in a puff of smoke.

Yang Tinghe didn't have the heart to care about the opinion of a eunuch, but said to several ministers: "Liegong, there are several major events at the moment, one is to treat the funeral for Long Live ; The first is to welcome the heir; Another thing is to deal with the aftermath and make up for all the losses over the years. How do you think this thing should be distributed? ”

Mao Jidao: "Shi Zhai Gong is in charge of the overall situation and supervises the country on behalf of the government, which is nothing to say." Eliminate maladministration internally, and catch traitors externally, these things must be dispatched by Shi Zhaigong. Others are not qualified to do so. As for the funeral, old decay may be possible. Greet the heir......"

Liang Chu snorted and said, "Let's take this errand next." The last time I walked to the southeast, An Lu is also familiar with the road, but the candidate to welcome the heir must be carefully considered. ”

Welcoming the heir is the first time in the Ming Dynasty that everyone lacks experience in this area, and they must be carefully considered from the process to the candidate. Yang Tinghe said:

"The kingdom cannot be without a king for a day, and the most important thing now is to bring people in than those rules. Only by sitting in the Forbidden City can the civil and military be at ease and the government can return to normal operation. So you have to be as fast as you can on the road, the faster the better. As for the candidates, according to the old man, Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, Cui Yuan, the Commander of the Horses, Gu Dayong, the Eunuch of the Celebrant Bingbi, Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, Mao Xianqing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, plus Brother Houzhai, what do you think of the people who went to greet them? ”

This list includes the inner court, the outer court, the civil ministers, the generals, the nobles, and the relatives, basically including all the current forces of the Ming Dynasty. The welcoming team composed of these people is considered to be stable and leaky, and in the shortest possible time, making such a choice really shows extraordinary quality.

Jiang Mian groaned: "Zhang Yanling? He seems to have some ...... with the Xingxian Palace."

"It was because he had some disagreements with Xingxian Wangfu that he let him go. What kind of person is our future emperor, and some clues can be seen through how he treats Zhang Yanling. Thick fasting, the burden of testing the new king will fall on you. This trip is blocked by mountains and rivers, so you must take care of your body. ”

Liang Chu nodded, "Shi Zhai, rest assured, this old bone can serve for a few more years, this little thing can't tire me." In comparison, the wind and waves in Beijing are urgent, and Shi Zhai Gong has to cherish it a lot, and sweep away the demonic atmosphere of the Jingshi. After so many years of black smoke and miasma in the Ming Dynasty, it is finally time for the Haiyan River to clear. ”

In the Pingyubo Mansion, Li Cong anxiously pulled Jiang Bin and said, "Chitose, I can't hesitate anymore now." Yang Laogou verbally promised you to support King Yi, but now, it has become the son of the king! That little brute has a grudge against you, and don't forget, your son almost lost his sister! This great enmity is here, and when the new monarch ascends the throne, there will be no place for my generation to die. Now I can't hesitate any longer, hurry up and order the people, go into the palace, kill all the old people in the cabinet, and set up a new master. Otherwise, it's all over. ”

Jiang Bin flicked his arm irritably, "Don't pull me, let me think about it." Where did Yang Laogou get the guts to lie to me? ”

Jiang Jie ran in from outside, anxiously shouting, "Dad, something is wrong!" The elite of the Beijing camp stationed on the nine sides is only a few dozen miles away from the Beijing division. And the Beijing camp left behind in Beijing is also heavily guarded, and many of our subordinates can't be contacted, as if the imperial court sent someone to our military camp to take over the military power! Old dog Yang, do it to us. ”