Outside the city, the heavy snow has gradually stopped, and in the gloomy sky, tens of thousands of people are still standing quietly outside the city.

Zhu Houzhao sat motionless in the chariot, and the cold reception of this return to Beijing inspired the arrogance of the young son of heaven, and he had to meet the ministers today. Whether to welcome or not is actually a trivial matter, Zhu Houzhao has never been an emperor who likes to put on a show, but today's actions of these ministers really make him angry, he has been the emperor for three years, no matter how mediocre he is, he also realizes that if he quietly admits this grievance today, those ministers at tomorrow's court meeting may have many ugly words waiting for him.

The silent contest between the monarchs and ministers, the stalemate outside the Jingshi Stability Gate, politics has always been seen from the small, this is not only a matter of welcoming the driver, it has escalated to the height of the game between the monarch and the ministers, it is related to their respective interests, and no one is willing to give in.

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Qin Kan rode on a horse, standing in the wind and snow, a thick layer of snow accumulated on the shoulders of the python robe, on the top of the black sarong hat, the snow fluttered down from time to time, and the cold snowflakes floating on his face suddenly melted into water, and slowly slipped down his hard cheeks.

Unable to seem to feel the cold, Qin Kan's eyes stared at the city gate, as if waiting for something.

It wasn't until a sturdy and flexible body came quietly at the gate of the city that a smile appeared in Qin Kan's eyes.

Ding Shun's nose was red from the cold, and he walked quickly while snorting hot air on his hands, and walked in front of Qin Kanma, Ding Shun smiled and rubbed his hands, his eyebrows were full of color, and his smile was extremely eye-catching.

"From your expression, you can see that the city should be made by you, right?" Qin Kan glanced at him and said lightly.

Ding Shunleng paused: "How does Grandpa know Lu Dao?" ”

"It's simple. If you didn't do your errand, you wouldn't laugh so cheaply...... Say, have the ministers softened? When do they go out of town to meet them? ”

Ding Shun couldn't help but give Qin Kan a thumbs up, and said with a smile: "My subordinates have to praise my grandfather from the bottom of my heart, my grandfather's clever plan is ...... the world."

Qin Kan glared at him and said coldly: "Praise people also have to praise the right place, this kind of indiscriminate idea can't be called a 'clever plan to calm the world', let's talk about the result directly." ”

"Yes, yes, Grandpa, you also know that your subordinates have always been stupid. Not good at words...... In a word. Grandpa's idea made those ministers angry, especially the fifty old shrews hired, who scolded the three old guys alive, and at this time the Liang Prince's mansion was already in chaos. It won't be long. Those guys should be in the nest. ”

Qin Kan smiled: "Say so." They're out of town? ”

"Grandpa's clever plan is equivalent to choking their necks, and his subordinates dare to guarantee that they will obediently go out of the city to welcome the holy driver within half an hour."

Qin Kan's eyes narrowed slightly. sighed: "The holy car returns to Beijing, everyone comes out to greet them according to the ancestral system, they can't hurt their muscles and bones, they have to tear their faces and force them to the edge of the cliff before they are willing to pull down their faces, it's really a toast and don't eat and drink......"

Ding Shun said viciously on the side: "They are cheap!" ”

Qin Kan glanced at him and didn't say anything.

Ding Shun knew his elegance, and immediately smiled: "The subordinates are different from them, in essence, the subordinates are loyal and courageous......"

Qin Kan sighed: "If you can show the temperament of loyalty and courage, you can be regarded as having a stunt......

"Grandpa, I'm afraid it's not so easy to reveal this matter today, are we ready to take people? More than a dozen people who took the lead in bewitching civil officials not to leave the city have already obtained their names, and they are just waiting to be sent to prison according to the map. ”

Qin Kan couldn't help but have an urge to twitch, leaned down and patted him on the shoulder, pointed to the chariot and said, "Do you think the emperor is in a hurry about taking people?" ”

"It seems...... Not in a hurry? ”

He pointed to Zhang Yong, Dai Yi and others who were respectful outside the chariot, and Qin Kan said: "Is the eunuch in a hurry?" ”

"It seems...... There is no hurry. ”

"The emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuchs are not in a hurry, what are you anxious about? Otherwise, I will send you to the master of ceremonies and Zhang Gonggong to learn how to cultivate your self-cultivation and not be shocked? ”

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Ding Shun was really right, half an hour later, a few hesitant and cowering figures vaguely appeared in the Anding Gate, and then a few figures gradually became more than a dozen, dozens, and the most reluctantly gathered into more than 100 people, they lined up shifts in the city gate corridor, carefully sorted out their clothes, and under the leadership of Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, and Liang Chu, three cabinet scholars, more than 100 people dragged heavy steps out of the city gate Yongdao, facing the cold wind of the call sign, under the attention of tens of thousands of people, everyone walked to Zhu Houzhao's chariot.

Qin Kan rode on a horse, standing in front of the chariot and quietly looking at these civil officials, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe passed by Qin Kan's horse, the two of them glanced at Qin Kan together, Qin Kan smiled silently back, their eyes met, everything was silent.

Li Dongyang's eyes were smiling, although Yang Tinghe's eyes were not smiling, they were also quite friendly, since Qin Kan rotted the unclear things between Zhu Chenhao and Yang Tinghe in his stomach, Yang Tinghe's attitude towards Qin Kan was obviously much better.

The friendliness of the two to Qin Kan is just an exception, and the rest of the ministers are not so polite to Qin Kanke, especially everyone knows that he is the initiator of today's trouble in the Liang Mansion, and he is becoming more and more unkind to him.

More than a hundred ministers passed in front of Qin Kan's horse, and Qin Kan unexpectedly received more than a hundred angry snorts.

Qin Kan sneered on the horse, and pointed coldly at Qianfu with his eyebrows.

The longer he stepped into the court, the more he felt how selfish and hypocritical these people were, and Qin Kan became more and more disgusted with them, this empire was gradually rotting, and the root of the decay was these civil officials, if it weren't for them, why would Qin Kan's ambition to change the way of the world be so difficult?

Judge others by the standards of saints, and demand oneself by the standards of sluts, how can the relationship between monarchs and ministers not be tense? How good it is to be like Qin Kan, demand yourself by the standards of a saint, and then look at everyone like a slut......

The last one to pass by Qin Kanma was his father-in-law, Du Hong, the old guy, like other civil officials, still didn't give him a good face. As she passed by his horse, she glared at him fiercely, then snorted heavily and brushed away.

The corners of Qin Kan's mouth twitched, and he muttered: "The old guy's evening scene must be very bleak, especially the kind of old guy who can't give birth to a son and has a powerful wife......"

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"The ministers welcome His Majesty's triumphant return to Beijing, my emperor is mighty, and the king is victorious!"

In front of the emperor's palace, Li Dongyang took the lead in kneeling, and more than 100 civil officials behind him also knelt down and congratulated in unison.

There was no movement in the chariot for a long time. Zhu Houzhao seemed to be asleep inside.

Li Dongyang smiled bitterly. I have to repeat it again.

After another half an hour of incense, a lazy voice finally came from the chariot.

"Mr. Li is too polite, how can I make the Manchu Dynasty civil and military welcome me? I waited two hours outside the city. Anyway, I'm greeting you. ”

This is a serious remark. The faces of the civil servants present changed in unison.

Li Dongyang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is serious. The ministers are late, and the ministers are guilty. ”

It was quiet again in the chariot, after a long time. Zhu Houzhao said slowly through the jade curtain: "Zhu Chenhao conspired against him, I drove the rebellion in person, finally put down the rebellion, and returned to Beijing in victory. ”

Li Dongyang sighed and said, "Naturally, it is a truthful comment." ”

Zhu Houzhao said coldly: "Since I have returned to Beijing after victory, why are the ministers so slow to treat me when I am stable today?" How will the history books comment on today's incident? ”

This question made even Li Dongyang's forehead break out in a cold sweat.

The corners of Qin Kan's mouth were hooked, and he was full of smiles. Although Xiao Duanjun's temperament is still nonsense and absurd, it is obvious that his eloquence is getting sharper and sharper, put himself in his shoes, if Qin Kan is one of the many civil officials, this question is really difficult to answer.

The beads of sweat on Li Dongyang's forehead rolled down, and his old face was twisted into a ball.

As Qin Kan expected, this question is difficult for Li Dongyang, who is resourceful, to answer, no matter which side the answer is on, it is not pleasing to anyone.

Li Dongyang was silent, his treacherous eyes quietly looked around, seeing that Liang Chu and Yang Tinghe were silent, and the civil officials behind him were even more speechless, and no one stepped forward to help him break the siege, Li Dongyang couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart.

Just now in the Liang Mansion impassionedly scolded Fang Xuan, but at this moment, the emperor was completely wilted like a frosted eggplant in front of the emperor, leaving him, a retired old cadre, to bear the wrath of His Majesty alone, why?

Li Dongyang raised his eyebrows, simply picked his son, and hung his head and was silent like all civil officials.

Li Dongyang, who was the leader, did not speak, and there was an awkward silence in the civil official ranks, and in the crowd, more than a dozen officials who took the lead in calling for the cold reception of the emperor became shorter and shorter, and quietly raised their heads and looked around weakly.

Zhu Houzhao didn't seem to expect to really get an answer, Che Yuan sneered twice, and said: "I don't care about the comments of future generations, you can write how you like in the history books, it's nothing more than saying that I am arrogant and extravagant, mediocre and absurd, I live in the song, live in the safety of the society, live in the mouth of the world, but I have never lived for myself, the history books are for the future generations of the world, but not for me......"

After a pause in a faint and angry tone, Zhu Houzhao was quiet in the chariot for a while, and sighed long: "Send the message to the city." ”

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From the beginning to the end, Zhu Houzhao didn't even come out of the chariot, and the ministers knelt in the snow and watched the imperial chariot guard of honor enter the city, and everyone felt a chill in their bones for no reason.

Qin Kan rode a horse and followed the rear team, deliberately stopping beside Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang smiled bitterly, Qin Kan smiled and arched his hand at him: "I'm afraid Mr. Xiya won't have many days to stay in the stack, right?" ”

Li Dongyang sighed: "Tomorrow, the old man plans to hand in his resignation." ”

Qin Kan shook his head gloomily, another famous minister who was also a teacher and friend was about to leave, and there were fewer and fewer people in the court who could help him, and his situation would probably become more and more difficult in the future.

Li Dongyang glanced at Qin Kan and said hesitantly: "Today, Your Majesty is furious, I don't know ......."

Qin Kan shook his head: "Mr. Xiya should know that this matter is not up to me, and it will still be investigated after all, some people under the guise of morality and righteousness, what they say and do is becoming more and more excessive, if they are not punished, the law of the country will be used, and the prestige of the monarch will exist?" ”

Li Dongyang's lips twitched a few times, and he sighed gloomily.

There will never be a gentle drizzle in the court, and I don't know how many heads will fall to the ground tomorrow. (To be continued......)