A will was soon sent out of the Qianqing Palace. The emperor had to pay homage to the heavens at the beginning of February, and ordered the cabinet to choose an auspicious day. Originally, the matter of sacrificing to the heavens should have been done at the winter solstice last year. But Fang Hong didn't want Zhu Houzhao to lose his life in vain, so he forcibly suppressed the matter.

The emperor was suddenly going to sacrifice to the heavens, and although the cabinet was surprised, it didn't make any sense. Because there are now eight cabinet elders, five of whom are from Zhu Houzhao's line, any orders of the emperor are unimpeded, and no one dares to disobey them.

The date was soon set for the eighth day of the second month, and the whole department began to get busy. Worshipping the heavens is a very tedious matter, and it must be prepared for a long time in advance.

And after the news of this preparation for the sacrifice to the heavens came out, in the dark places of the capital, there was a surge of water, and it seemed that there were endless killing opportunities brewing.

To the west of the capital, the British Mansion.

Zhang Fu, the first British duke, once participated in the battle of Jingyan with his father, and later pacified Annan and made immortal contributions, so he was named the British duke. Up to now, the British public line has been passed down for four generations, but because the second generation of British Gong Zhang Mao lived too long, his son failed to take the title, and the position was directly passed to his grandson Zhang Lun.

Therefore, today's British duke should be the third generation of national dukes.

As a prince of the country, Zhang Lun has guarded the capital for generations, and has an army of tens of thousands under his command. Of course, without the Emperor's Tiger Talisman, he would not have been able to mobilize his army.

Zhang Lun is about forty years old, with a black face and a white face, and he looks like a literati, not a martial nobleman. On the opposite side, there were several people standing, among these people, the older ones looked like they were in their fifties, and the younger ones seemed to have just passed the age of standing, full of the spirit of hiatism.

"Brother Guangzuo, how are you preparing there?" Zhang Lun said to the oldest man, who was quite tall, had dark skin, and was wearing a military attaché's robe.

This is called Brother Guangzuo by Zhang Lun, is the current Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo, speaking of which, he is also a descendant of Xu Da, but it is not a long house, the long house is a family of Wei Guogong, and now he is guarding Nanjing. The first Dingguo Gong was Xu Zengshou, who was Xu Da's eldest son.

Although the Dingguo Gong lineage is not Xu Da's descendant, in terms of prominence, it is above the Wei Guogong lineage. In the past few years, Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, was in charge of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and controlled more than half of the military power of the Ming Dynasty.

"Everything is ready, ready to do at any time. When Xu Guangzuo spoke, he couldn't see the slightest fluctuation on his face, like a stone sculpture.

"The one in the palace is preparing to sacrifice to heaven on the eighth day of the second month, and at that time, it is the best time for us to do it. Among these people, a young man spoke, if Fang Hong was here, he would recognize that this person was clearly the Yang Shen he met in Jinling.

Yang Shen is the son of Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the current cabinet, although his family background is excellent, but he has not been contaminated with any habits, on the contrary, he has a very high level of learning, and he is a great talent who is famous all over the world.

"Now the saint favors the traitor, recklessly, not the appearance of the Ming monarch, when Zen is in the sage, in order to make the world return to clarity. A glimmer of light appeared on Yang Shen's face, and his voice couldn't help but increase a little.

In fact, he has never looked down on Zhu Houzhao, because since the emperor came to the throne, he has neglected the government and politics, is absurd, favors the eunuchs and despises the scholars. Scholars are the foundation of the world, and an emperor alienates scholars, which is clearly to cut off the foundation.

In the past, although he complained in his heart, his patience was over. But now, the emperor is doing more and more excessively, meddling in the cabinet without authorization, and arranging a large number of his own people in the cabinet. also plans to clear the acres of land and offend all the gentry, if it continues like this, it will inevitably make the entire Ming Dynasty turbulent.

The cabinet has developed to the present day, and can be used to check and balance the imperial power. But now, the constraints of imperial power have disappeared, which is quite a tiger that has been unchained, and if you are not careful, you will hurt others and yourself.

So, in order to put the tiger back up, he thought of a crazy decision, which was to contact King Xing and Xungui...... Qingjun side!

At first, these nobles refused to agree. Because whenever the emperor wants to control the army, he must do so through them. They don't need to take sides, as long as they don't commit treason, their glory and wealth will always be theirs. To be honest, Zhang Lun and the others don't want this Qingjun's skill from the dragon at all, and they don't want to play this set with King Xing. They are already extremely popular ministers and have stepped into the ranks of the national princes, and there is no room for upward movement at all. Further up is the king, but the Ming Dynasty with a different surname is not allowed to be crowned the king. Once you have really been crowned king, then congratulations, you are not far from death.

However, King Xing doesn't know when he has quietly controlled many middle-level and high-level officers of the army, even if they refuse to follow the dragon, they can't change the ending. And once the Xingwang Qingjun succeeds, these nobles will inevitably be suppressed and purged, just like the Jingjing Battle of the year.

Therefore, in order to save their lives, Zhang Lun and Xu Guangzuo stood with King Xing. And Yang Shen didn't know about all this, he also thought that he had used the vertical and horizontal technique to move the two princes to clear the monarch's side together.

"Yang Hanlin, please be cautious about this matter. Xu Guangzuo glanced at Yang Shen and said lightly. This world-famous talent, it's no problem for you to let him write poems and write eight shares, but in the face of national events, it is inevitable that he is still too naïve, and he doesn't have much affection for this madman-like scholar in his heart.

"Yes, yes, I lost my words. Yang Shen was reminded by Xu Guangzuo like this, and he also felt that he had said a little too much today. Things haven't worked out yet, and there may be variables.

"Okay, Yang Hanlin, it's best for you to discuss this matter with Yang Ge Lao when you go back. If you don't know, I'm afraid that there will be a rift between your father and son. Zhang Lun saw that Xu Guangzuo's face was a little dark, so he stepped forward and quietly changed the topic.

"Don't let my father know about this, my father is the most important thing, and he will never agree to such a thing. Tell him, and he will inevitably tell Miyauchi. Yang Shen shook his head, he knew Yang Tinghe's character, this kind of Qingjun side of the matter is good, but in fact, it is equivalent to rebellion, in case there are a few more black spots left in the history books, his father will definitely not be able to stand it.

You don't see, the original Yongle Emperor, the cultural and martial arts are all first-class, but this snatching of his nephew's throne is still a stain that he can't wash away.

Zhang Lun smiled and did not speak. He just wanted to ease the atmosphere, and he didn't really want to inform Yang Tinghe. What they're doing is too big, and the more people who know, the easier it is to slip the page.