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On the official road in the south of the capital, Li Yuntian, who was dressed in civilian clothes, stood in the shade of the tree beside the road with his hands behind his back, looking up at the direction of the capital, as if he was waiting for someone, and several guards looked like big men distributed around with a vigilant face.

Not long after, a carriage came speeding from the direction of the capital, and Li Yuntian got up to meet him when he saw this.

"Master, there's someone blocking the way ahead." The coachman who was sitting on the carriage gang saw that a young man with extraordinary equipment was blocking the way, so he hurriedly pulled the reins of the horse and stopped, turned around and lifted the curtain to Li Qingzheng, who was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed.

"Oh?" Li Qingzheng frowned slightly, feeling a little surprised, and then slowly opened his eyes, looking haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, and it was obvious that he was sleepless.

Just yesterday afternoon, the Ministry of Officials sent someone to deliver him an official document, asking him to leave the next day to take up his post in Jiaozhi and serve as the prefect of Xuanhua Prefecture in Jiaozhi.

"Dad, it won't be the emperor's repentance, right?" Opposite Li Qingzheng sat a young man in his twenties, who suddenly became nervous when he heard this, thinking that Emperor Hong Xi had sent someone to arrest Li Qingzheng.

This young man is Li Qingzheng's second son, Li Yu, who was born as a prisoner and is now working as a director of the Ministry of Industry, sending Li Qingzheng to Tongzhou Wharf to board the ship and go south.

"The words of the Son of Heaven Chrysostom will become child's play?" Li Qingzheng glanced at Li Yu dissatisfied, thinking that Li Yu was purely unfounded and worried, without the slightest determination.

Saying that, Li Qingzheng lifted the curtain, and when he saw Li Yuntian standing not far from the car, his brows furrowed slightly, and he lowered the curtain after snorting coldly, with a look of disgust on his face, he felt that Li Yuntian was a shameless man who took advantage of the camp, and in order to win the favor of Emperor Hong Xi, he deliberately attacked him with his sharp eloquence in the main hall, making him lose face.

"Dad, who is this person?" Seeing this, Li Yu felt that Li Qingzheng's reaction was a little strange, so he lifted the corner of the curtain and looked out, and asked suspiciously.

"Bachelor Li, the lower official knows that the bachelor doesn't want to see the lower official, but the lower official has something to say to the bachelor."

Li Yuntian had already noticed Li Qingzheng's actions, so he came to the front of the car, threw his hand at the carriage, and said in a deep voice, "The bachelor's talent and virtue are deeply admired by the lower officials, and the reason why the lower officials asked His Majesty to let the bachelor go to Jiaozhi is because Jiaozhi is a newly attached place, the situation is unstable, and people like the bachelor are needed to govern the place." ”

"Bachelor, the lower official thinks that within three years, something big will happen in Jiaozhi, and then the lower official will definitely meet with the bachelor in Jiaozhi to protect my Ming frontier."

As he spoke, Li Yuntian bowed deeply to the body, "Xuanhua Mansion will be handed over to the bachelor, although the bachelor has made drastic innovations, the lower officials will definitely help in the capital!" ”

"Let's go!" Li Qingzheng sneered when he heard this, and said to the coachman with an expressionless face, he felt that Li Yuntian was not only pretentious, but also alarmist.

Jiaozhi is just a corner of the place, since the British Gong Zhang Fu put down the Jiaozhi rebellion more than ten years ago, he has been under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, has been calm, what will happen?

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has millions of heroes, and the population of Jiaozhi is only a million, once there is a difference in Jiaozhi, the army of the Ming Dynasty can immediately level it, how can the people of the small border field fight against the Ming?

"I wish you a smooth journey!" The carriage drove past Li Yuntian, and Li Yuntian bowed to the carriage and said loudly.

"Humph! Hypocrisy, hiding a knife in a smile! When Li Qingzheng heard this, he couldn't help but snort coldly.

In his opinion, Li Yuntian kicked him to Jiaozhi just to please Emperor Hong Xi, don't look at what Li Yuntian said now, let him make a bold move in Xuanhua Mansion to innovate, if something really happens, I'm afraid Li Yuntian will be the first to jump out and attack him, how can he be kind enough to help him?

As for Li Yuntian's statement that something big would happen in Jiaozhi within three years, Li Qingzheng was disdainful, and he would not believe that Li Yuntian would abandon the prosperous inland and go to the remote frontier.

Li Yu in the car had already understood, and his face showed a look of surprise, it turned out that the young man who stopped the car was Li Yuntian, the famous Imperial History of the Huguang Dao Inspectorate of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, the red man in front of Emperor Hongxi, and it was he who impeached Li Qingzheng in the main hall yesterday, so that Li Qingzheng was sent to a wild place like Xuanhua Mansion.

However, Li Yu did not hate Li Yuntian in his heart, Li Yuntian did impeach Li Qingzheng, but he also said a lot of good things to Li Qingzheng, with a fair attitude and impartiality.

Moreover, if Li Yuntian hadn't come forward, with the situation at that time, Li Qingzheng would definitely have been beaten to death on the spot, and he and his family would have been implicated and confiscated from the army.

Therefore, in a sense, Li Yuntian is the life-saving benefactor of the Li family, although Li Qingzheng wants to die generously as a loyal minister, but Li Yu does not want to go to the frontier to suffer.

"I hope he can govern Xuanhua Mansion well." Looking at the carriage that disappeared at the end of the avenue, Li Yuntian muttered to himself, the expression on his face was quite solemn, and he looked preoccupied, as if he was worried that the current situation in Jiaozhi would change suddenly in the next two or three years.

With the publication of the heated debate between Li Yuntian and Li Qingzheng in front of the palace in "Ming Xin Bao", as well as the confrontation between the two literati around this matter, the attention of everyone in the capital was attracted to the past.

For those articles criticizing Li Yuntian, Qi Fu had some scruples at first, thinking that it would not have a good reputation for Li Yuntian after they were published, but Li Yuntian specially sent someone to tell him that as long as it did not involve big rebellious words, they could be published in "Mingxin Bao".

This virtually established the authoritative position of "Ming Xin Bao" in the hearts of the people in Beijing, and at the same time attracted more literati to publish articles on it, not only talking about the scriptures and history, but also expressing their views and opinions on the current affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

On May 28 of the first year of Hongxi, that is, the day after Li Qingzheng left the capital, Li Yuntian was on duty in the Qin'an Hall of the Imperial Garden and wrote several edicts to Emperor Hongxi.

Originally, the Qianqing Palace was the sleeping palace of the Ming Emperor, but after Emperor Hongxi ascended the throne, he did not live in the Qianqing Palace, but stayed in the Qin'an Palace.

Emperor Hongxi was in good spirits, summoned many civil and military ministers, talked about many current major events in the imperial court, and had dinner with several ministers in the evening.

When Li Yuntian returned home, it was already dark at night, because tomorrow Wenyuan Pavilion's Shu Jishi would be on a "holiday", so he had a good time with Zheng Wanrou at night, and after Wushan Yankuai, he hugged Zheng Wanrou and fell asleep, and he could sleep lazily the next day.

Zheng Wanrou and Chen Ningning have not been idle at home since they came to the capital, but began to arrange the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce to enter the business community of Beizhili, and recently they have been busy taking over Li Yuntian's market share of grain and salt due to the Jingtongcang case, and have achieved very remarkable results.

"Master, master, someone is in the palace!" In the early hours of the morning, just when Li Yuntian was sleepy, a hurried voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Li Yuntian was woken up, and after yawning, he rubbed his eyes and opened the door with a **: It must be urgent for someone from the palace to come so late, and you can't be lazy.

"Li Yushi, please go to the palace with the miscellaneous family, and don't sue anyone." Outside the door, a middle-aged man in civilian clothes who followed the family said in a low voice to Li Yuntian, this person has no white face and beard, and he is the palace attendant.

"Mr. Wu!" Seeing the middle-aged man, Li Yuntian's eyes showed a look of astonishment, and his somewhat confused mind sobered up in an instant, and he recognized the middle-aged man at a glance as the head of the inner chamberlain of Kunning Palace.

Obviously, Manager Wu will definitely not come here to find him for no reason, the reason is very simple, Manager Wu is the queen's person, how could the queen pass him into the palace in the middle of the night?

From this point of view, the person who rumored that Li Yuntian entered the palace would be Emperor Hongxi, but why didn't Emperor Hongxi send his inner servants to let Chief Manager Wu do it for him? Could it be that something is wrong?

Due to the severity of the situation, Li Yuntian didn't have time to think about it, put on civilian clothes and followed Mr. Wu in a hurry, got into a carriage parked in front of the mansion and quickly disappeared into the shadows.

At this time, the gates of the imperial city and the palace city had been closed, and with the queen's token, the chief manager Wu led Li Yuntian into the Forbidden City in an orderly manner, and under the cover of night, he walked quickly to the imperial garden and entered an inconspicuous wing

"Queen Mother!" The light was on in the wing, Empress Zhang sat on the chair with a sad expression, her spirit looked a little trance, and her face seemed to have tear stains, Li Yuntian was taken aback when he saw this, and immediately had an ominous premonition in his heart, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted Empress Zhang.

"The emperor is a guest." Empress Zhang came back to her senses, glanced at Li Yuntian who was kneeling there, and said in a mournful tone, "Li Yushi, the most trusted person in the emperor's life is you, tell me, what should I do next?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Li Yuntian suddenly sighed in his heart when he heard this, he had expected that Emperor Hongxi would die in the first year of Hongxi, but he didn't expect it to be in May, so he immediately fell to the ground with a sad face, touched the ground with his head, and cried bitterly.

To tell the truth, compared with Emperor Yongle, Li Yuntian has a deeper affection for Emperor Hong Xi, after all, he often takes care of Emperor Hong Xi, and witnesses Emperor Hong Xi's diligent government and love for the people, especially rehabilitating Fang Xiaoru and others, and eliminating more than 2,000 redundant officials, which really makes him feel admired.

Thinking that not long ago, Emperor Hong Xi summoned his ministers unharmed, and died in a blink of an eye, his heart was really uncomfortable, people are not grass and trees, how can they be ruthless?

Unconsciously, Li Yuntian's identity also changed, and he became the patriarch of the Three Dynasties of the Ming Dynasty.

"Li Yushi, now is not the time to be sad, the prince is far away in Nanjing, and he has to find a way to let him inherit the unification." Seeing Li Yuntian crying sadly, Queen Zhang couldn't help but shed tears and comforted Li Yuntian.

Emperor Hongxi's death was too sudden, Zhu Zhanji, the crown prince who was far away in Nanjing, did not get the slightest information at all, and now the capital seems to be calm, but in fact the undercurrent is turbulent, once the king of Han learns of the death of Emperor Hongxi, then the consequences can be unimaginable.

You must know that the Le'an Prefecture where the Han King Zhu Gaoxu is located is in Shandong, which is a stone's throw away from the capital, and Nanjing is several times farther away from the capital.

In the past, the court's ministers supported Emperor Hongxi, but since Emperor Hongxi strengthened the authority of the cabinet, there was a gap between the civil officials represented by the six ministers and Emperor Hongxi.

If the civil officials above the court acquiesced to the accession of the Han king, then Empress Zhang and the female stream would have no way at all, although Yang Shiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhou Zheng, the governor of the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Governor's Office, would help her speak, but two fists would be invincible with four hands, and if the vast majority of the courtiers agreed with the Han king's succession, the two would be powerless.

If the King of Han killed Zhu Zhanji on the way to Zhu Zhanji and assassinated Zhu Zhanji on the road, then the throne of the King of Han will be nine out of ten, and Zhu Zhanji's brothers are not princes, they have no name for righteousness, and their qualifications are still shallow, what can they do to compete with the King of Han?

Therefore, Empress Zhang is now anxious, so she urgently recruited Li Yuntian into the palace. One