The four of them entered the palace gate and saw that all the civil and military officials also participated in the court meeting in groups.

Zhu ignored his popularity, and he always met officials to greet him every few steps, and he didn't wait for them, but greeted them with a smile one by one.

As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, he knew that the foundation of the Ming Dynasty was not in the martial arts who commanded the army, not in Cao Zhengchun in Dongchang, or even in the emperor, but in these officials and gentry.

In order to avoid the taxes of the imperial court, some peasants would put all their fields into the name of the lifter, and regarded the lifter or his relatives as the head of the family.

It is difficult for the imperial power to go to the countryside, the officials and gentry are intertwined, and the only choice is to befriend them, and Zhu Wuzhi also did this.

But Cao Zhengchun went the opposite way, opposing the cabinet faction everywhere, and was always worried about being sent by the cabinet, wanting to get rid of it as soon as possible.

This is also no way, the cabinet and eunuchs were destined to be mortal enemies in the Ming Dynasty, but it was not absolute, or Feng Bao was such a eunuch who understood righteousness, of course, it was also inseparable from Zhang Juzheng's strength.

"Haha, Shenhou seems to be in a bad mood today?" An old man greeted Zhu Wuzhi, the old man was in his fifties, he looked energetic, and he showed an elegant temperament in every move.

"Yang Shoufu is in good spirits!" Seeing the visitor, Zhu ignored it and didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly returned the salute.

"Haha, it's not as strong as Shenhou's martial arts, cold and heat are not invaded, although the old man is good, but he can't stand the fatigue and can't do hard work!" The old man said.

Zhu Wuzhi was very modest, he smiled: "Yang Shoufu said that he laughed, the heavy burden of the Ming Dynasty is all on the bodies of you pillars of the country, if it weren't for your support, the Ming Dynasty would not be so peaceful and healthy, and the people would live and work in peace and contentment!" ”

The old man said: "If it weren't for the divine needle of the sea, the Ming Dynasty would not have the current power of the four seas and the eight wildernesses!" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked towards the Taihe Hall together, the three secret agents just listened to them and did not say a word, but their eyes revealed a trace of admiration for the old man.

That old man is Yang Tinghe, the current chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu ignored Yang Tinghe and entered the Taihe Palace, and walked to the position of the first row of civil and military officials, one of them was the head of the clan, and the other was the head of the civil officials, so they should stand in the most advanced position.

Duan Tianya and the other three secret agents fell behind, and their status was not enough to support them to stand in the front row.

After the arrival of all the officials of Wenwei, Liu Jin, Zhu Houzhao's personal eunuch, shouted: "Go to the court!" ”

"Long live!"

As Liu Jin's voice fell, I saw that all the civil and military officials bowed their heads to greet the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao walked out of the backstage like the stars holding the moon, sat on the dragon chair, and then said: "Zhongqing is flat." ”

"Thanks, long live."

The civil and military officials came together, but when they got up, they felt that something was wrong, and the eunuch Liu Jin, who was supposed to be on the stage with the emperor, did not take the stage.

According to the usual rules, Liu Jin should come to the stage and shout: "If there is something to do, there is nothing to do, and there is nothing to retreat." ”

Today's emperor is also more abnormal, he sits on the dragon chair very silently, and no longer speaks except for a sentence that the ministers are flat.

After a while, a rush of footsteps sounded from outside the Taihe Palace, and then Cao Zhengchun, the governor of Dongchang, led hundreds of guards and Dongchang Fanzi to enter, and he did not stop, and walked directly onto the dragon platform, as if taking over Liu Jin's position.

"Cao Zhengchun, are you going to seek a dynasty to usurp the throne?"

Yang Tinghe shouted loudly, there was a rule in the Ming Dynasty, that is, eunuchs were not allowed to participate in the court meeting in principle, even if they were as strong as Cao Zhengchun.

Like the current eunuch Liu Jin, the eunuchs who serve the emperor, shout slogans, and take over the recital are exceptions.

Other civil and military officials, many of whom were afraid of Cao Zhengchun's power, just watched coldly and did not dare to reprimand.

Zhu ignored the fact that Fanzi suddenly broke into the Taihe Palace, his face was a little ugly, but he didn't accuse Cao Zhengchun, but closed his eyes, as if thinking about something.

Cao Zhengchun said: "Don't misunderstand the governor, the governor just wants to tell you one thing this time!" ”

"Hmph, tell everyone about things, you don't need to go to the dragon platform, right? Can't you say it offstage? Yang Tinghe, as the head of the hundred officials, was not afraid in the face of hundreds of fans, and still questioned Cao Zhengchun.

Cao Zhengchun said with a smile: "Lord Yang should be thinking too much, this governor is a eunuch, serving the emperor, it is recognized by everyone, Lord Yang said that this governor is forbidden, then this governor can be very aggrieved!" ”

Zhu Houzhao let the two of them quarrel with each other, you come and go, he looks at him like an outsider, and he thinks he is under house arrest by Cao Zhengchun.

He is acting according to Chen Hao's plan, he has already read the letter handed over to him by Lu Hongying, although he feels that Chen Hao's plan is a little radical, but he still agrees, he can't help it, he has no military power in his hands, so he can only let Cao Zhengchun and Zhu ignore to fight!

After listening to Cao Zhengchun's words, Yang Tinghe sneered: "Dare to ask Lord Cao if there is anything important to tell you?" ”

Cao Zhengchun said: "This matter that the governor wants to tell you is very serious, the queen mother and his old man have been kidnapped!" ”

"What?"

Cao Zhengchun's words were tantamount to a thunderclap on the ground, because of the deliberate concealment, very few court officials knew about the Empress Dowager's abduction, and how could they not be shocked when they first heard about it.

That is the queen mother of the dynasty, the mother of the current saint, unless someone eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, she dares to do this kind of big thing that has been exterminated by the nine clans!

Just as the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty was about to fry the pot, Cao Zhengchun immediately said: "However, a few hours ago, the Queen Mother was rescued by Lu Yan and Lu Yan of our factory guard, and she is now in the palace. ”

"Poof!" The civil and military officials almost didn't vomit blood, and they secretly scolded Cao Zhengchun in their hearts one by one, can't you say it together?

The Queen Mother was rescued? Yang Tinghe's face had a smile on his face, he was a person who knew about this, and he was also worried about the safety of the Queen Mother, and now that the Queen Mother was rescued, he couldn't help but sigh at the high efficiency of the factory guards.

Seeing that the mentality of all the civil and military forces had stabilized, I saw Cao Zhengchun say again: "The matter of the Queen Mother's abduction should not have been widely spread, but when Lu Yanshi was saving the Queen Mother, he discovered a shocking event. ”

"Lord Cao, what did you find?" Yang Tinghe asked, he also felt curious, what was it that could make Cao Zhengchun tell all the ugly things about the palace where the queen mother was taken away, and there was no clear objection to the emperor's appearance.

The civil and military officials in the audience were also curious, what could be more serious than the Queen Mother's abduction.

Cao Zhengchun said: "The place where we rescued the Queen Mother was the State Guesthouse, and the Queen Mother was captured by the special envoy of Izumo Kingdom, Karasuma, and their ultimate goal was to assassinate the emperor......"