On the morning of the first day of the fifth month of the new year, the ministers took advantage of the unfinished night to sit in a soft sedan chair and gathered at the palace gate

Yang Side by Side, Mu Tianbo and Zhou Mubai walked side by side with a gloomy face, with a hint of anxiety in his expression.

"Grandpa Mu, will the emperor make concessions this time?" Yang Side asked worriedly.

The guards at the palace gate began to check the waist cards of the ministers entering and leaving the palace one by one, only three scholars did not have to check, and the three of them entered the palace wall side by side, Mu Tianbo said angrily: "In any case, the country is to fight, you and I eat the king's luck, naturally we must focus on the foundation of the country." ”

Zhou Mubai crossed a trace of cunning on his face, and interjected: "Grandpa Mu, the country is important, but the loss of abandoning state affairs because of the national system outweighs the losses, and now the ministers are agitated, and the cabinet should also be guided and guided. ”

This time, Mu Bai's contribution to the fight for the country this week is also not small, not only vigorously supporting the courtiers to play impeachment, but also participating in the cabinet seal and belittled the thirteen imperial history officials of the imperial pen criticism, the usual intrigue of the cabinet at this time eased a lot of contradictions, Mu Tianbo rarely said to Zhou Mubai in an intimate tone: "What Lord Zhou said is very true, in fact, Mu is not worried, the thirteen officials of the imperial history are also to be protected, hey......" Mu Tianbo sighed: "Now you and I are involuntarily, don't say it, enter the palace." At this time, the ministers had already entered the palace gate, and they all sorted out their clothes and combed and then entered the palace.

Zhu Junzheng was sitting on top of the Golden Palace with a slight smile, wearing a crown of beads, looking down at the ministers of His Royal Highness.

"Long live my emperor, long live!" His Royal Highness's ministers found that the emperor had already sat on top of the golden palace, if it was according to the original rules, it should be that after the hundred officials entered the palace and stood in the shift, there would be eunuchs entering the inner palace to report, and then the emperor came again, but today is different from the past. Reading at zero o'clock

Zhu Jun smiled calmly and said loudly: "Everyone, Aiqing, let's be flat." ”

The officials found out. The emperor's mood today is not as gloomy as in the past, so they stood up in an uproar.

The eunuch standing on the side of the golden code held out the holy decree and said in a loud voice: "Fengzhi, Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: "I will inherit the unification with Liangde." Intention and the world are renewed...

The officials knelt down again. I couldn't help but look at each other at this time. This decree is clearly the form of the edict of sin. Which one is the emperor singing today?

“……… I bow down in defiance. Inherit the inheritance of the ancestors. Hundreds of millions of trillions in all directions. Five out of ten are contained here. The government is not repaired. caused the foreign thieves to enter the prison. The world is missing**. Scourge of the nation. Nothing greater than this catastrophe. I tell my subjects......"

I recited half a cup of tea. The eunuch closed the decree. Dragged the long voice and said: "Qin this! This edict was immediately sent to all the government departments to read! ”

"Long live my emperor!" His Highness knelt on the ground in black pressure. Some ministers have quietly tucked the impeachment note back into their sleeve pockets. Crying bitterly: "The emperor was originally not wrong. The fault is that we can't do our best. Work for the country. Please also ask Your Majesty to punish you. ”

Zhu Jun said: "You have already watched the impeachment of Aiqing. You're right. There is no prince in the country. The world is restless. I was confused for a moment. Instead, he rebuked and belittled the virtuous and virtuous of his loyal ministers. I immediately issued a decree. Reinstate them from office. ”

Zhu Jun's eyes swept away. Then he said: "It's just that the queen is the mother of the country." If you are not careful, you will choose carefully. In a hurry, there is no choice of people with outstanding moral ability. Why don't you set up a side concubine first. What if the side concubine can give birth to a prince and have both virtue and grace, and then be promoted to the queen? ”

Your Highness, all the officials, look at me. I look at you, I really can't imagine that the emperor has compromised like this, and all the tricks that have been prepared for a long time are useless, just like a samurai who has made sufficient preparations for the competition, and when he enters the arena, he is told that the other party will not play with you. This feeling is both a bit of luck and a little lost, only a hard-won victory can make people feel satisfied, and the officials only feel that this victory came too easily, to the point of disbelief.

"My emperor can be as good as a stream. The minister was full of admiration. We are courtiers just to let the emperor give birth to a prince early, and the names of the queen and side concubines can be decided by the emperor himself. "I have long planned to stand out of the class with a clear understanding.

caused the fait accompli of the side concubine. Zhu Jun stretched his eyebrows and said, "The candidate for this concubine will be handed over to you Aiqing, if there is a dignified woman, you can submit it." ”

On the surface, there is no difference between the main palace and the side concubine, but due to the strict rules of the Ming Dynasty, the conditions for being selected for the main palace are very harsh, and the side concubine is different, and there are many more options for the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has a good candidate." Like playing a double reed, Zhou Mubai played confidently: "Wechen heard that the king of Siam has a daughter, smart and beautiful, it is at the age of marriage, Myanmar borders Siam, if the emperor can set up Princess Siam as a concubine, it can not only provide the emperor with a sufficient harem, but also get a strong boost for His Majesty's ambitions." ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Jun made a hesitant look, nodded and said: "My family affairs are state affairs, if I can benefit the country, how can I not allow it?" The cabinet quickly prepared a credential to send to Siam, so that the king of Siam could dedicate the princess to Burma. ”

"Long live my emperor!" Zhou Mubai sang loudly, followed by a few sparse echoes.

The officials in the rest of the country hesitated, always feeling that something was not right, but the emperor had just issued an edict against himself, and he couldn't find any traces of something wrong, so he could only bow down and echo it together.

The edict was immediately distributed to the yamen to read, and the various editions of the newspaper were also published, and for a time the prestige of the new first emperor climbed to a height, and there were countless emperors in the world who shamelessly claimed to have created a prosperous era with ten martial arts, but the emperor who had the courage to admit his mistakes was always able to win the favor of the people, and the devalued officials also received the holy decree, and the officials were immediately reinstated. Justice is at ease in the hearts of the people, although the original Yongli was confused and afraid of death, but since the beginning of the new reform, he has not only trained a strong army, but also made the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the days are thriving, and now the emperor dares to admit his mistakes, such a good emperor, who else can be dissatisfied?

Soon, the Ministry of Rites was appointed as an envoy to Siam, his task was to welcome the Siamese princess into Burma, when the officials sent this colleague away, suddenly woke up, where is this to set up a side concubine, in fact, it is simply the emperor's plan to delay the army.

Clear-eyed people know that the Ming Dynasty is not as powerful as before, and Siam is nominally a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, but it has been secretly communicating with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, how can he be willing to send the princess to Myanmar? At that time, it will definitely be a nose of ashes, and finally the two countries will fall out.

"It's not good, it's a trick, we're all in Zhou Mubai's house." Yang Sidee and Mu Tianbo's eyes intertwined, and they woke up together.

"The emperor and Zhou Mubai's move is clearly to delay time, but also to want to make enemies with Siam, if the old man is not bad, I am afraid that it will be half a month sooner, and there will be a war within a month at the latest." Mu Tianbo Road.

Yang Side said hatefully: "Grandpa Mu's expectations are good, now that the war is imminent, let's settle accounts with Zhou Mubai later." ”

"Lord Yang, you are acting in charge of the Ministry of War, everything must be prepared properly, the old man will try to let the household department reserve more grain and grass, and the Ministry of Industry cannot rest, be sure to rush to work day and night, prepare all the materials, and put the country's affairs aside for the time being, and talk about it after the war." Mu Tianbo sighed and said.