"Buzz. Buzz."

The Jingyang bell, which represented the urgent discussion, rang nine times, and several bigwigs from the six cabinets immediately put down all the affairs in their hands and hurried to the palace.

And one of their hearts sank, they could think that this bell was likely to come from the recent invitation to His Majesty, but they didn't expect that this matter would rise to the level of ringing the Jingyang bell, right?

Someone behind it?

Everyone flashed this thought, and then everyone was startled by this thought, who would dare to instigate such a thing? Who dares to go so far?

The door of the Qianqing Palace was wide open, and before he could enter, a roar of anger came in from inside.

"It's the other way around!"

As soon as the Sixth Department of the Cabinet and the Nine Secretaries stepped into the hall, a loud roar came out, coming from the direction of the Warm Pavilion.

Everyone's hearts trembled, and they knelt down in this hall in a hurry, and then looked in the direction of the warm pavilion, everyone's face was cloudy.

Your Majesty's reaction is so big, it is clear that someone must be instructed.

But who will be the one who instructs it?

"Your Majesty is angry, it has not been investigated yet, it may not be really premeditated, someone really instructed it, and this matter has not been clarified."

"Still haven't found out?" Emperor Hongzhi's cold voice rang out, "Now those hundreds of scholars and scholars dare to run to my imperial city to shout, how can there ever be such a thing in the hundred and forty years of the dynasty?" How could there ever be such a thing as a scholar who made trouble and dared to deceive the sky, you tell me, does this matter still need to be investigated! ”

As he spoke, his gaze suddenly turned to the side again, "Xiao Jing, come on, is there anyone behind this?" ”

"Emperor, the slave doesn't dare to say it."

"I'll tell you what you say!" Emperor Hongji roared again.

"Slave maid, slave maid thinks that there should be something behind this, otherwise how could those hundreds of scholars be so bold, slave maid, slave maid and maid will die!"

"Who's behind it?"

Xiao Jing had a bitter face, is there a lot of our role, but he didn't dare not answer, so he had to say: "This, the slave maid is not clear, and it needs to be thoroughly investigated."

"Xia Yuan."

"The minister is here."

Zhu Youzhu looked at him with suppressed anger on his face, "They are coming for you, you have just had contact with those scholars, you tell me, who is the mastermind behind this?" ”

Xia Yuan knocked his head on the ground, "The minister doesn't know, but the minister only hopes that His Majesty will temporarily accept the wrath of the thunder and find out this matter first. ”

His words came out of the warm pavilion word by word, and the officials kneeling in the hall showed a little emotion from their panic one by one, and their eyes seemed to hope that the emperor would retract this thunderous anger because of this.

But Emperor Hongzhi was even more angry, "Not necessarily, can't you see it yet!" These people are obviously aimed at you, but in fact they are aimed at me, and the two new policies have touched the interests of some people in the DPRK, and they can't wait to jump out

No, the courtiers in this court are all waiting, looking forward to such an opportunity, so that they will unite and take the opportunity to make trouble, force me to withdraw the new policy, and even force me to abdicate! ”

Zhu Youzhu was just pretending to be angry at first, but he was really angry when he said it, and the worry about this matter in his heart exploded all the backlog of forbearance and dissatisfaction over the years, and he sneered on his face.

"Okay, yes, very good, I have been doing it for more than ten years, but I don't know that the princes of the court are so dissatisfied with me, well, very good, I don't even know about it!"

Xia Yuan put his head on the ground, and praised Emperor Hongzhi's acting skills in his heart, which is the emperor, he is clearly an actor.

When the princes outside the warm pavilion heard this, they were all stunned, and then they all bowed to the ground in unison, and their hearts were all frightened and panicked, and even despair, and they all had a premonition that the sky and the earth would collapse in an instant.

Everyone's face was full of bitterness and trepidation, they really didn't expect that a scholar's invitation to His Majesty would fall into the eyes of His Majesty, and it would reach such a point.

forced the emperor to abdicate.

This is a rebellion.

After a while, Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, took the lead in straightening up, he was about to enter the warm pavilion to face the monarch's father, he knew that if he entered at this time, he would probably be labeled as the mastermind behind the back by the angry emperor.

But as the head of the cabinet, he must stand up, and an earthquake that has affected the entire officialdom and even the entire Ming Dynasty has been elbows and arms.

If the situation is allowed to deteriorate further, I am afraid that this storm will be out of control.

The rest of the officials seemed to know what the Shousuke-sama was going to do, some moved their lips, some straightened up, but they were all silent.

At this time, no one is more suitable to enter than Liu Gong, the first assistant of the cabinet.

Liu Jian stood up, looked back at these colleagues, these colleagues were also looking at him, with pleading and expectation, Liu Jian bowed slightly, and then without hesitation, he lifted the hem of his robe and walked to the door of the warm pavilion, and then knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, Liu Jian, the first assistant of the minister's cabinet, has this Chen Song!"

The old and neutral voice reached the warm pavilion, and Emperor Hongzhi said a few good words in a row, pointed to the door of the warm pavilion and said to Xia Yuan and Xiao Jing: "See, the mastermind behind the scenes is here!" Xiao respect! ”

"The slave is here."

"Announce him in."

Xiao Jing knelt and didn't move, turned his head and shouted, "Please come in Liu Gelao!" ”

In just a few words, Liu Jian's heart sank rapidly, not to mention the four words of the mastermind behind the scenes, it was this kind of person who was obviously separated by more than ten meters, and the emperor did not speak in person, but let the personal eunuch spread the word to announce him in, which seemed to represent a great meaning.

This probably means that he has lost the trust of the emperor and has been labeled as the mastermind behind the scenes in the emperor's heart.

Liu Jian didn't know if he was worried because of his worries, or if it was, he didn't have time to think about it, just closed his eyes, sighed in his heart, and then got up from the ground, and then walked to the warm pavilion, and immediately knelt down again more than three feet away from Emperor Hongzhi.

Leaned over and kowtowed: "Minister Liu Jian sees Your Majesty, Holy Bow." ”

Emperor Hongzhi's face was tense, but there was a sneer in his eyes, "At this time, the first and auxiliary ministers of my cabinet still greeted me, and I told you that my heart is really uneasy!" ”

"Death to the minister!"

"Ten thousand deaths? Elder Liu Ge, I asked myself if I have treated you well all these years, right? ”

"Echo Your Majesty, Your Majesty has treated his ministers very well over the years, and at the beginning of His Majesty's accession to the throne, he promoted his ministers to the Ministry of Rites and entered the cabinet. In the fourth year of Hongzhi, he was added to the scholar of Wuyingdian University, and the title of prince and Taibao, and in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, he was promoted to the first assistant minister of the cabinet, and the minister is now in this position, all thanks to the grace of His Majesty. ”

"Then Liu Ge Lao has felt that I have treated you badly, and I will say it together so that I can hear it."

"Back to Your Majesty, no."

"No?"

Liu Jian took a deep breath and repeated loudly: "Echoing Your Majesty's words, Your Majesty has not treated the ministers any way over the years, and the ministers have never felt that Your Majesty has treated the ministers badly, as the saying goes, thunder and rain and dew are all gentlemen, but Your Majesty is full of rain and dew to the ministers, and there is never any thunder!" ”

"Good!"

Emperor Hongzhi clapped his hands and applauded, leaning over and staring at him: "Since there is none, then you tell me why you are dissatisfied with me, and why you instructed those hundreds of scholars to come to ask Your Majesty to see you and do this thing of forcing the palace!" ”

(End of chapter)