Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was white, civil and military officials from all walks of life in Beijing came to Chengtianmen and waited for the court.

There are three gates outside the Chengtian Gate, the middle is in principle exclusively for the emperor to enter and exit, the left side is dedicated to the ministers of civil and military affairs, and the right side is the passage of the royal family.

At this time, the ministers were all standing on the left, discussing things in groups.

The news of the defeat of the imperial court in Guangxi has spread all over the city yesterday, but the ministers have not yet counted what the specific defeat will be and how much it will be lost.

What the General Administration Department got was an urgent letter with a wax seal, which only the emperor could read, and then there was a simple Tang report, which only said that the army was defeated.

So the officials didn't know what Guangxi had become.

Everyone is talking about this, and Yao Guangxiao and Yuan Heng in the crowd are out of place.

Yao Guangxiao rarely goes to court in normal times, and the emperor doesn't care about him, but yesterday he learned the news of the defeat in Guangxi, and it is estimated that the emperor will summon him today, so he also came.

Yuan Heng rarely goes to court in normal times, but he also came today.

These two seem to be a bit estranged from the other ministers, and usually they spend most of their time together.

When Tan Yuan, Zhang Wu, Liu Rong and the others were there, they would be with them, but now these people are not there.

Yao Guangxiao closed his eyes slightly, as if he was closing his eyes to recuperate, but in fact, he was listening to the words of the hundred officials around him with his ears pricked up.

Civil and military officials were all talking about the defeat in Guangxi, and there were still different opinions in the crowd, some people said that it seemed to be a small defeat, and some people said that it seemed to be a fiasco, and the army of more than 300,000 people did not fight in a single battle.

There are all kinds of statements on the scene, and the most talked about are civilian officials, and the generals talk about it less, and many generals dare not speak out.

For example, the son of Tang Yun, the son of Xinchangbo, Tang Rong.

Tang Yun died in the second year of Yongle, and Tang Rong inherited his father's title, was the emperor's pro-army, and commanded the right guard of Yulin.

He had just read King Wu's book, and he was really scolding his mother in his heart, of course, scolding Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu clearly sowed discord, but no matter what the emperor thought, Tang Rong was very scared now.

Therefore, he did not dare to speak out about the war in Guangxi.

He stood motionless in the crowd, and he looked strange.

Suddenly, someone hit him from behind.

Tang Rong looked back and saw that it was Qiu Fu's son Qiu Song.

Qiu Song's father, Qiu Fu, recruited and trained troops in Huai'an, and his son Qiu Song was the commander of the Yulin Left Guard, and had a good relationship with Tang Rong.

This guy is a bit like his father, he has a big mouth and an outgoing personality.

This would bump Tang Rong with his shoulder, and whispered, "Is that true?" ”

Hmph, Tang Rong's face suddenly turned red, and he closed his mouth tightly and didn't speak.

Qiu Song bumped him on the shoulder again: "I said brother, is it true?" ”

"How do I know?" Tang Rong said angrily and glared at him fiercely: "Don't talk nonsense, it's all fake." ”

Tang Rong knew what Qiu Song was asking.

Recently, the most popular thing in Beijing is the Book of Martial Arts, and Qiu Song must be very curious to know if Zhu Gaoxu mentioned in front of Zhu Di that he wanted to make Tang Yun a marquis.

It's a pity that only the Han King Zhu Gaoxu and the Emperor Zhu Di know about this.

But in terms of word of mouth, it seems that the reputation of Hanwang is obviously better.

Because most of the generals on the scene knew that Zhu Di did say to King Ning that he would divide the world equally, and then turned his face and didn't admit it.

Qiu Song was about to say something, but Tang Rong hurriedly said: "Let's do our part as courtiers, don't use false rumors." With that, he glanced at him and signaled to the crowd around him.

Qiu Song didn't think so, he was just a little gossipy, and his father was not at home, so he didn't think much about it.

Yao Guangxiao was not far away, he pricked up his ears and listened for a long time, but he didn't hear the details.

Because Tang Rong spoke in a very small voice.

Qiu Song is a bit like Qiu Fu, his voice is relatively loud, but he also suppresses his words.

He probably heard a few words and guessed that Qiu Song was asking about the book.

Yao Guangxiao looked at Yuan Hui at this time and found that Yuan Hui was also looking at him.

"King Han is really treacherous." Yao Guangxiao whispered: "Among the people the poor monk has ever seen, the King of Han is the most shameless and treacherous. ”

Yao Guangxiao knew that the King of Han was talking nonsense, and when Zhu Di was knighted, he only discussed with Yao Guangxiao, Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng, Yuan Hui and a few other henchmen, and even Zhang Wu and others did not participate.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't show up at all, it was all nonsense.

But so what, when the people and officials see that what they say is serious, it doesn't matter if it's true or not, the key is who will believe it and who won't believe it.

"He shouldn't have been let out of Beijing in the first place, and he should have been kept in captivity in Beijing." Yuan Hui said angrily.

Yao Guangxiao thought for a while: "This thing is quite bold, if you are in Beijing, you may not come to Xuanwumen again." ”

Yuan Hui was speechless.

At this moment, squeak, the door to the left of the Chengtian Gate suddenly opened.

Some officials looked at the sky strangely, as if the hour had not yet come.

There are also officials who think that when the hour comes, they will move forward.

A figure quickly came out of it, it was the eunuch Hou Xian.

"Your Majesty canceled the morning dynasty today."

"Ahh

"Your Majesty has invited several ministers into the palace to discuss matters." Hou Xian reported a few names.

Yang Shiqi of the cabinet was the first to be called, and everyone was amazing.

The cabinet of this meeting is soy sauce, that is, it has no real power, and it is not a scholar.

Then there is Du Zhigang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Then he called to the head of the household, Shangshu Xia Yuanji.

Liu Jun, the secretary of the military department.

Liu Jun was the secretary of the military department at the beginning of Yongle, and later Zhu Di asked Jin Zhong to do it.

After Zhu Gaoxu raised troops, the imperial court set up the Ping Han Cheng Announcement Political Envoy Department in Changsha, and Jin Zhong went to Ganbu as a political envoy, so he let Liu Jun do it.

Then I called Yao Guangxiao and Yuan Hui.

One by one, the names were called.

They lined up in a line, first came to the noon gate, and then entered the imperial city, Hou Xian took them to the Liuke Corridor, everyone was waiting here, Yang Shiqi and Du Zhigang went to the Wuying Hall first.

Yuan Hui and Yao Guangxiao are a little strange, such an important matter in the past should be called first.

The two of them subconsciously walked to the side, away from the others.

"What are you trying to do, Your Majesty?" Yuan Jue asked Yao Guangxiao.

Yao Guangxiao looked at Yang Shiqi, and then looked at Du Zhigang, these two people couldn't fight together, but His Majesty the Emperor summoned them together.

Is there anything the two of them have done together?

Two things slowly crossed his mind.

In the first year of Yongle (1403), Li Zhigang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said that Yanjing Beiping was the emperor's "land of dragon rejuvenation", and he should follow the practice of Ming Taizu to Fengyang, Anhui Province, and set up it as the accompanying capital.

In the third year of Yongle, Yang Shiqi privately reconciled and said that the emperor might move the capital? At that time, he was angrily scolded by Xie Jin, saying that he had nothing to do.

Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but move in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty may want to move the capital?" ”

"What?" Yuan Hui looked incredulous.

The imperial court had only been defeated twice, and there were still more than a million troops.

During the Jingjing, the Northern Army suffered more defeats than now.

This is not like the emperor's style, it is impossible to move the capital after only two defeats.

It would be a shame to move the capital to be beaten.

Yuan Heng looked up at the sky, but it was daytime at this time, and he couldn't see the stars, he stared at the sky blankly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Yao Guangxiao said: "What can you see? ”

"No, I'm thinking about it." Yuan Jue said.

“。。” Yao Guangxiao.

What the emperor said to Yang Shiqi and Li Zhigang, of course the others don't know.

Anyway, it was Xia Yuanji, the head of the household, and Liu Jun, the secretary of the military department, who went in, and the two came out after a while.

Xia Yuanji looked unhappy, and Liu Jun kept persuading him.

The corners of Yao Guangxiao's mouth twitched slightly, and it was estimated that Zhu Di asked them to recruit troops to make money, preparing to gather more soldiers and horses.

Sure enough, when Zhu Di saw them, Zhu Di said directly: "I am going to gather soldiers and horses from all over the country in Huguang and fight to the death with the rebels." ”

Zhu Di's goal this time was to gather an army of more than 800,000 to defeat Zhu Gaoxu in one fell swoop and drive the expedition in person.

Yao Guangxiao persuaded His Majesty, don't worry, Sichuan has not yet decided the winner, if Sichuan can win a big victory, the official army can immediately turn the tables.

At this time, they had already determined that Zhu Gaoxu was in Huguang, and as long as the Sichuan rebels were defeated, the official army could enter Yunnan from Sichuan.

"I know, so I must first recruit enough soldiers and horses, and prepare enough grain and grass."

Yuan Heng immediately said: "The collection of summer grain in Jiangnan is not effective, and the minister suspects that someone is secretly conspiring with the rebels to sell grain from the sea to seek a high price. ”

"Kill, kill, kill." Zhu Di was furious, and called Ji Gang on the same day, asking him to send Jinyiwei to Jiangnan to spy on those who dared to transport grain to Fujian by sea, all of them were punished by the nine clans, and asked Ji Gang to catch a chicken, kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, and deter businessmen in the Jiangnan area.

Ji Gang's brows furrowed sharply when he heard this, arresting people from the sea is not Jinyiwei's strength.

Ji Gang finally solved the case of Zhu Di who asked him to catch the book thrower in three days last time, and now it is even more difficult, Zhu Di has given him problems again and again, before Zhu Di's prestige was unparalleled, of course Ji Gang didn't dare to let go of the fart.

Now that the situation is getting worse and worse, Ji Gang's mind is also active.

Lao Tzu worked hard, I was afraid that when the bamboo basket was empty, I would have to help myself leave a way back?

Ji Gang's brain turned wildly, in Jingshi, who has a better relationship with King Han?

Before the king of Han left Beijing, Qiu Fu, Xu Zhong, Li Bin and other generals jointly asked the king of Han to be crowned the crown prince, but the emperor did not move, and Qiu Fu was also interested and decisively shut up.

Xu Zhong is now said to have surrendered with his troops, but the emperor has not yet punished his family, because only the emperor and a few people may know what happened now, or, only the emperor knows.

Li Bin disappeared after going to Jiaozhi, and the imperial court could not get the news of Jiaozhi, in the past year, whether it was the imperial court's brocade guards or the ships at sea, they sent a lot of them to Jiaozhi, but they were all in vain, and the sea ships were sunk twice.

King Han is very powerful, he spent half a year to make identity cards for all the people and officials in Jiaozhi, Jinyiwei failed to enter Jiaozhi, and killed a local and grabbed it back.

The identity tag is made of ironwood, which is unique to Jiaozhi and Guangdong, and is engraved with the height, face shape, and even characteristics of the people.

If there is a mole somewhere on the face, it will also be written.

Now Jinyiwei doesn't dare to go to Jiaozhi, and they are checking their identity cards everywhere, sometimes several times a day.

Because he couldn't get the news of Jiaozhi, Li Bin's family has been fine.

But the emperor sent brocade guards to guard closely and monitor from afar.

Ji Gang thought about it and decided to go to Li Bin's house to have a look.

(End of chapter)