In the Qianqing Palace, Lao Zhu went to have breakfast, because Lao Zhu was on fire when he left, so he didn't mention the stubble arranged for these old ministers to eat.

Therefore, these old ministers can only wait for Lao Zhu hungry in the Qianqing Palace.

But fortunately, Lao Zhu is still more sympathetic to these loyal ministers, and every time he summons these ministers, he will give them a seat, which has become a common practice.

Although Lao Zhu didn't arrange it now, Wang Chengen still asked people to arrange seats for them, so that these old ministers would not stand there and wait.

It's just that the atmosphere between these old ministers is not harmonious at this time, or to be precise, Zhou Yanru, who is the first assistant to the cabinet, has caused public anger.

Cabinet ministers are the heads of civil ministers, not the emperor's echo worms.

During this period of time, Zhou Yanru, the head of the cabinet, is simply what the emperor said is nothing, and he has never raised the slightest objection.

Last time, Lao Zhu forcibly implemented a large cement road construction project, if it were not for Zhou Yanru's strong support, Lao Zhu's desire to implement it would not be so simple at all.

Now that the emperor wants to drive the expedition in person, Zhou Yanru is still standing on the emperor's side.

Therefore, in the eyes of the rest of the ministers, Zhou Yanru is a traitorous minister who only knows how to flatter, and a thief who misleads the country.

At this time, they were in the same room, and all the ministers suddenly began to attack him in groups, criticizing Zhou Yanru verbally.

Zhou Yanru, who was sprayed with saliva on his face, was full of grievances, because only he knew that the one above was not Chongzhen, but Zhu Yuanzhang.

Emperor Hongwu fought in the south and north in his life, and fought the entire Ming Dynasty, and people fought a lifetime of battles, what happened to the royal conquest?

For Emperor Hongwu, can this be considered a thing?

What's more, he has already learned enough about Lao Zhu's temper through the history books before, and now he has been working under him for more than half a year, and he knows Lao Zhu's temper clearly, which is famous for saying everything.

Now that this person has made up his mind to drive the expedition in person, you don't know who he is, you can object, but I, who know his identity, dare to stand with you to oppose it, isn't that looking for death?

But without Lao Zhu's permission, he didn't dare to reveal half a word to the outside world, not even a hint.

Therefore, although he was about to be scolded as a national thief by these people, Zhou Yanru didn't dare to say anything, after all, if Lao Zhu was replaced by Chongzhen, it really didn't make sense for him to take charge of the expedition, and on this basis, he couldn't refute anything, so he could only lie down and laugh.

You can say whatever you like, anyway, I will do things honestly, stand firmly on the emperor's side, and I don't care about the rest.

Seeing Zhou Yanru's appearance, the rest of the ministers were even more angry in their hearts, you are the first assistant of the cabinet, and you are so inactive, it is simply harming the country and misleading the country.

Except for a few ministers with a better temper who were still persuading Zhou Yanru to take the responsibility of the first assistant, and persuade His Majesty to dispel the idea of driving the expedition with them, the remaining ministers directly began to scold, and did not leave a trace of affection for Zhou Yanru in their words.

And when there was a lot of noise in the entire Qianqing Palace, after breakfast, Lao Zhu, who was almost gone, came back.

Listening to the hot scolding inside, Lao Zhu showed a funny look on his face, and then he stopped Wang Chengen and their communication, and walked in quietly.

The minister inside was scolding, and no one noticed Lao Zhu coming in, and Lao Zhu didn't say anything, just stood by and watched.

Li Banghua looked at the few people who scolded Zhou Yanru angrily, and felt a little helpless in his heart, anger and criticism could not solve any problems, even if they scolded Zhou Yanru to death here, what could they do?

He felt that the top priority now was how to find a way to make His Majesty give up the idea of driving the expedition in person.

After all, this matter is too dangerous, and the Ming Dynasty can't afford the consequences of the emperor's accident.

Just when Li Banghua was in a dilemma, he suddenly saw Lao Zhu behind them, holding his shoulders and watching them old guys quarrel without saying a word.

Li Banghua was shocked in his heart, and then quickly stood up and shouted: "Minister Li Banghua, I have seen Your Majesty." ”

Hearing Li Banghua's words, the remaining ministers reacted instantly, and hurriedly turned their heads to look, and when they saw Lao Zhu, they saluted Lao Zhu and said, "Ministers, I've seen Your Majesty." ”

"The ministers and other kings lost their manners, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive your sins."

"Alright, excuse me."

Lao Zhu didn't mean to use the topic to play, he took the performance of these ministers to heart, and went back to his dragon eucalyptus and sat down, and then said: "You are all the pillars of my Ming Dynasty, you have different opinions, there is no problem in arguing a few words." ”

"As long as you don't take it to heart and go back and drag your feet when your colleagues are doing things, there will be no problem."

After Lao Zhu sat down, he said directly: "But the matter of the royal driver's personal expedition is decided by us, you blame Zhou Ge Lao, but there are some wrong weirdos." ”

Seeing what those ministers were about to say, Lao Zhu raised his hand to stop them from speaking, and then said: "Listen to us first, and when we finish speaking, it's not too late for you to express your opinions." ”

"We know that there are some risks in this matter, and if you oppose it, we can understand it."

"But now the Ming generals are not convinced by anyone, and the Ming Dynasty has no generals who can control the overall situation, if the general troops from all over the country are transferred to resist Jiannu, not to mention that they are inferior to Jiannu in terms of troops, even if the troops are stronger than Jiannu, they fight separately, and even hinder each other."

"At that time, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be defeated, and it will be nothing more than repeating the mistakes of the Battle of Songjin."

"Now, we Daming can't afford to lose, we have a lot to do, and we don't have time to entangle with them."

"Therefore, it is imperative to drive the expedition."

Lao Zhu didn't give the minister a chance to interject at all, and after saying this, he continued to speak: "As for saying that we have no experience in commanding troops, and we are worried that we will not lead troops, you don't have to worry about this. ”

Speaking of this, Lao Zhu took a deep breath and decided to have a showdown with them and directly identify himself.

After all, he is the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and he is not an unsightly identity, so there is nothing to say.

"Zhou Yanru, I've been scolded for so long, and I'm quite aggrieved, right?"

"Then don't hide it, tell them who we are."

Hearing Lao Zhu's words, everyone present was instantly stunned.

Who are you, aren't you Chongzhen? Who else can you be, and can there be any hidden identity?

The eyes of these ministers were full of confusion, and they even wondered if His Majesty had begun to talk nonsense because of too much pressure.

But there are those who react quickly, such as Li Banghua, who thinks about Lao Zhu's performance during this time, and then thinks about Lao Zhu's self-proclaim, but an incredible guess faintly emerges in his heart.

After Zhou Yanru heard Lao Zhu's words, he glanced around at his colleagues, and then knelt down directly in front of Lao Zhu.

"Minister Zhou Yanru, meet Emperor Taizu Gao!"

"Emperor Taizu Gao???"

Hearing the title of Zhou Yanru, Ni Yuanlu felt as if he had been beaten on the head, looked at Lao Zhu in disbelief, and then turned his head to look at Zhou Yanru, and even felt as if he was living in a dream for a while.

What is the situation, why did Zhou Yanru call Chongzhen Emperor Taizu Gao, was Zhou Yanru dizzy? Or is it the double yellow that the two of them are trying to play in order to be able to drive their own hands?

To be honest, even if Zhou Yanru shouted out Lao Zhu's identity, these people still didn't have the slightest belief in their hearts.

As great Confucians who read poetry and books, their lifelong learning told them that there are no ghosts and gods in the world at all.

And a person who has been dead for more than 200 years, even Emperor Taizu Gao, Zhu Yuanzhang, cannot be resurrected.

"Hahaha~"

Lao Zhu looked at the incredulous expressions of these ministers, and didn't care, but after laughing, he said coldly: "If you don't make it, get out and prove it to them." ”

After Lao Zhu finished speaking, Chongzhen's figure silently appeared in the hall.

Looking at the frightened eyes of these ministers, Chongzhen smiled bitterly, and then also knelt down honestly.

"Zhu Youzhen, a descendant of Xiao, has seen Emperor Taizu Gao."

The cognitive impairment that the simulator blessed on Lao Zhu would only take effect when Chongzhen did not appear.

In other words, when Chongzhen did not appear, Lao Zhu was Chongzhen in the eyes of others.

And when Chongzhen and Lao Zhu appear in front of others at the same time, that Lao Zhu is Lao Zhu, Chongzhen is Chongzhen, and there will be no situation where two Chongzhen appear at the same time.

To be honest, the original setting of the simulator was to let the host model imitate the identity of the simulated person, so as to use the identity of the simulated person to complete the final task.

In fact, the most difficult part of the first step of this task is how to perfectly simulate the identity of the simulated person and not let others notice the abnormality.

But I don't know what's going on, this simulator selected Zhu Yuanzhang, as the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, why did he imitate Chongzhen?

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He is not as good as Chongzhen, the last emperor of the waste.

I can't see that your identity is stupid, and if you see it, you have to be obedient to us, and you still look like Chongzhen, is he worthy?

"Too ...... Emperor Taizu? ”

All the ministers present, including Zhou Yanru, who had already guessed Lao Zhu's identity, looked at Chongzhen who came out as if he had changed into a living person, and their hearts were full of horror.

After being stunned for a while, they looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's exact appearance as on the portrait, and then looked at Chongzhen, who was already kneeling, even if it was difficult to accept it in their hearts, they also knew that the good man sitting behind the dragon eucalyptus in front of them was Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Taizu Gao.

Thinking about the decree issued by Lao Zhu during this time, as well as the thunderous cold-blooded and ruthless methods, I am afraid that apart from this one, there are few people who have such courage.

Thinking of this, the ministers looked at each other for a moment, and then Li Banghua took the lead in kneeling down,

"Minister Li Banghua, I have seen Emperor Taizu Gao."

Seeing that Li Banghua had already recognized it, the rest of the people no longer hesitated, and knelt on the ground directly with Li Banghua.

"Ministers, I've seen Emperor Taizu Gao."