Just as Qin Tai and the others entered Beijing in a high-profile manner, preparing to find an opportunity to meet Emperor Longqing, in an inconspicuous corner of the palace, several people were urgently holding a secret meeting.

The men were standing or sitting, in a dimly lit room, discussing some key issues. These men were men and women, old and young, and a child who was only eight or nine years old.

But these people are not simple, if they are seen by others, they will definitely be scared of white hair.

Yes, these people are really not simple, they are all some big people who are very important. A middle-aged man in the center of the small room, wearing a dragon robe and a little sickly, is the current emperor, Emperor Longqing.

Sitting on his left hand side was an eight- or nine-year-old child, who was the son of Emperor Longqing, the current crown prince, and the crown prince who might inherit the throne in the future.

Sitting on the right hand side of Emperor Longqing is a young and middle-aged woman who is not very old, she is Emperor Longqing's concubine and the crown prince's biological mother Li Guifei.

She is a strange woman that even Zhang Juzheng does not dare to underestimate, Zhang Juzheng once said that he has seen two strange women, one is Li Guifei, and the other is Qin Tai's wife Zhan Xiaoxia.

Concubine Li is tenacious, intelligent, decisive, and has a royal style. Show a little bravery, determination, justice, and have a good kung fu.

Standing behind the prince is a middle-aged eunuch, he is Feng Bao, the first eunuch of the celebrant and the first eunuch, and the prince has never left him since he was a child

"Otomo". He is also the future chief of the inner court, and the person who will inherit the position of the eunuch in charge of the seal of the celebrant in the future.

The old eunuch standing behind Emperor Longqing, he is the current eunuch Meng Chong. However, his spirit has become worse and worse these days, and he knows that no matter how things are resolved, he will leave this power core.

It is false to say that he is not nostalgic for this position, the eunuch has no children and no daughters, and can only like money and power. The eunuch is the boss of all eunuchs, and every eunuch wants to occupy this position forever.

Meng Chong has done everything in order to be able to sit in this position. framed his brothers, forced his subordinates to death, bent the law for bribes, used public weapons for private purposes, bought and sold officials, framed the imperial family, and even his godfather Lu Fang was betrayed by him.

In order to curry favor with his new master, Emperor Longqing, he came up with the idea of drafting for Emperor Longqing. I didn't expect the folk reaction to be so big, and I met Qin Tai and Hai Rui, who were not afraid of death, to call the shots for the people, it seems that even if Meng Chong didn't die this time, he would be kicked out of the palace and go to an inconspicuous place to retire and wait for death.

Sitting opposite Emperor Longqing are four people, from left to right, they are Xu Jie, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng, a cabinet member, the commander of Jinyiwei, and the governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion.

Xu Jie is the head of the hundred officials, and Zhang Juzheng is not only the future cabinet chief, but also a high-level official who knows Qin Tai best.

The commander of Jinyiwei is the head of the spies, not only well-informed, but also has all the files of Qin Tai and Hai Rui and others, and even the information of the people who came to help transport them temporarily, he also grasped it for the first time.

The Grand Governor of the Later Military Governor's Mansion was the head of the army in the capital, and at least nominally the security and military management of the capital were controlled by him.

If it is necessary to mobilize troops or horses, or to use advanced weapons, he must obtain his consent. So they, as representatives of the hundred officials, participated in this secret meeting.

Emperor Longqing drove all the irrelevant and useless eunuchs and palace maids out of the room.

The people in it are all big shots, and they are also masters who can say the count. Emperor Longqing was anxious to know the actual situation outside, and asked everyone for a way to deal with it.

These nine people can decide almost all the major events in the capital, and even the future of a country.

If they couldn't even decide, they really had to sit back and wait for Qin Tai and the others to take care of the aftermath for them.

Emperor Longqing glanced at the Governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion, who was not only a meritorious descendant, but also a relative of Emperor Longqing.

The biological mother of the Metropolitan Governor is the aunt of Emperor Qianlong, which means that the Metropolitan Governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion is the aunt and cousin of Emperor Longqing.

It is for this reason that Emperor Longqing will allow the Grand Governor to continue to hold this important position.

But now the cousin told Emperor Longqing that he could barely mobilize the army. The officers and soldiers in the middle and lower ranks were almost out of control, and everyone demanded that the imperial court agree to the petition of Qin Tai and others, abolish the draft and assign palace maids to the palace.

Middle-level officers sit idly by, and even sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. The most worrying thing is a few high-ranking generals who are also meritorious descendants, who behave strangely, as if they have secret contacts with the outside world.

The Metropolitan Governor suspected that they were secretly in contact with the princes of the domain, and if that happened, the matter could turn into a political incident.

What if a certain prince took advantage of this public opinion to incite the common people to make a big fuss in Beijing and force Emperor Longqing to step down?

If the common people were to make trouble and were suppressed by Emperor Longqing, would the soldiers of the army suddenly turn around and target Emperor Longqing, surround the palace and force Emperor Longqing to abdicate?

For this reason, the Metropolitan Governor had no choice but to unilaterally order the closure of all military camps near the capital, and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will, cutting off internal and external contacts.

The Metropolitan Governor secretly told Emperor Longqing the news, and Emperor Longqing fully understood why the generals of the army were so weird.

The commander of the Jinyiwei was also embarrassed, and the Jinyiwei was the last of the emperor's cronies. Usually guarding the security of the capital and the imperial palace, and helping the emperor to watch over the civil and military officials and the movements of the people.

When necessary, it is a sharp sword in the emperor's hand, and wherever the emperor points it, they will wipe it out.

But now, most of the Jinyi Wei grassroots collectively ask for sick leave, and even those who are on the job are not willing to do their best.

As the supreme commander of this army, the commander of the Jinyi Guard is really embarrassed. He also knew that after this incident, even if Emperor Longqing did not directly remove him from his position, hundreds of officials in the court would jointly ask Emperor Longqing to dismiss him, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

Xu Jie was also very depressed, everyone knew that Qin Tai had a very heavy personal grudge with him. Qin Tai's father and son have had enmity with Xu Jie for two generations, and most of the reason why Qin Tai did not go well when he was an official was because Xu Jie was making trouble behind his back.

How many times has Qin Tai repeatedly performed miraculous feats and should be rewarded or even promoted, Xu Jie deliberately found a reason, not only did not give Qin Tai a chance to be promoted, but also targeted Qin Tai.

After the death of Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houxi, Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, and he should have appointed a capable official like Qin Tai, at least let Qin Tai come out to work.

But Xu Jie spoke in private, as long as he was in the imperial court for one day, Qin Tai would not want to come out to be an official. Due to the relationship between Xu Jie, Emperor Longqing did not dare to let Qin Tai hold an official position.

Because of this incident, Zhang Juzheng, a disciple who was originally close to Xu Jie, gradually became estranged from Xu Jie.

Although there were other reasons for Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie's parting ways, Qin Tai's matter was real.

Qin Tai is a good friend of Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Juzheng hoped that his teacher Xu Jie would let Qin Tai go many years ago. Unexpectedly, Xu Jieguan is getting bigger and bigger, and his temper is getting bigger and bigger, and anyone he can't look down on will definitely not forgive.

Several times Xu Jie wanted to target Qin Tai, but Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to confront the teacher when persuasion was ineffective.

For this reason, Qin Tai became a thorn in the gap between Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng, which made their master and apprentice very unhappy.

The reason why Qin Tai left his hometown this time was because Xu Jie sent his cousin Jia Baishun to Qin Tai's hometown, forcing Qin Tai to leave his hometown with his family.

If Jia Baishun hadn't wanted to find an opportunity to target Qin Tai, Qin Tai would not have left her hometown, and if she hadn't left her hometown, she would not have taken the lead in confronting the imperial court and inciting everyone to write a petition to Emperor Longqing.

Therefore, everyone thinks that in Qin Tai's matter, Xu Jie has to bear the unshirkable responsibility. Xu Jie touched the fold in his cuff many times, he had already written a fold, and wanted Emperor Longqing to resign from all his positions and go home to retire.

In fact, at Xu Jie's age, he should go home to retire. It's just that he is greedy for power and unwilling to leave, and second, because his predecessor Yan Song is not in his eighties, so he has an excuse to stay.

After this incident, he really felt a little overwhelmed. He wanted to find an opportunity to quit officialdom and stay away from this non-grudge

"Battlefield".