Under the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, people's emotions were quickly stirred up, and they marched towards the Forbidden City, and then more and more people joined along the way, and there was no shortage of high-ranking officials of the second and third grades, and these people were arranged in advance by Yan Shifan, the old man of the small pavilion.

There are more and more people, like an endless torrent, surging in the direction of the Forbidden City.

And walking at the forefront of the crowd was the person Yan Shifan had ordered earlier, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, Luo Longwen.

At this moment, Luo Longwen turned around and glanced at the crowd behind him, and couldn't help but feel a little stunned, and asked his colleagues on the side: "Lord Zhang, is it really okay to do this?" Will it be ......"

And the one who was called Lord Zhang by Luo Longwen was the waiter of the Criminal Department, Zhang Runde.

I saw Zhang Runde look around, and said in a low voice without care: "What are you afraid of, if the veteran of the small pavilion entrusts us with such an important task, we will definitely not be able to do it!" ”

"If this matter is messed up, will there be a foothold for us in the future in the government?" Zhang Runde sighed and asked rhetorically.

"yes, this must not be messed up." Someone next to him responded to the road.

"I have always been taken care of by the elder of the small pavilion! Otherwise, we would have been brought down by those Qingliu people a long time ago. After Luo Longwen finished speaking, he was no longer confused, but concentrated on looking at the road under his feet.

……

It was late at night, and when Yin Ding Shichang of Shuntian Mansion was about to go to bed, there was a sharp knock on the door from outside the house.

"Your Excellency, something is wrong!"

"What's the matter, it's so late, I'll talk about it tomorrow."

Ding Shichang frowned, he didn't mean to open the door, and after saying a few words casually, he wanted to send the future away.

"My lord, my subordinates really have something important, there is a large group of people outside with lanterns and shouting slogans in the direction of the Forbidden City! The leader seems to be still wearing an official uniform, and I dare not stop him. ”

"What? You didn't say it earlier! After hearing this, Ding Shichang suddenly fell asleep and opened the door at a very fast speed.

"Hurry up, call me all the people you can! Go quickly, if this group of people is allowed to go to the Forbidden City, I, the Shuntianfu Yin, will not have to be the Yin. Ding Shichang instructed his subordinates while hurriedly putting his official uniform on his body.

After a while, Ding Shichang put on his official uniform, looked at the assembled people, and asked, "Have all the people arrived?" ”

"Your Excellency, you're all here."

"Let's go!" Ding Shichang said goodbye and turned over on the horse.

Soon, the people of Shuntianfu set off urgently, intending to intercept the crowd outside the Forbidden City.

……

In a hurry, Yin Ding Shichang of Shuntian Mansion led his subordinates to finally catch up with the crowd, only to see him holding the reins and saying loudly to the crowd: "Stop, stop!" This is the direction to the Forbidden City, what are you doing here? Want to rebel? ”

Immediately, the officers and soldiers of Shuntianfu also took action, blocking the road that must be passed, preventing the crowd from advancing half a step.

"What are you doing here? Why don't we go to the Forbidden City? ”

"They are the people of Shuntianfu!" In the crowd, someone recognized Yin Ding Shichang of Shuntian Mansion.

"No matter what you're doing in the Forbidden City? Now, go back to me the way I came! If you disturb Your Majesty, you will not have enough to cut off ten heads. Looking at the crowd in front of him, Ding Shichang forced his composure and threatened.

"Hmph, this official is very curious about the crime that Lord Yin said!" Zhang Runde, the squire of the Criminal Department, came out of the line and looked at Ding Shichang who was riding on a horse.

"Why is Lord Zhang here?" After seeing the person clearly, Ding Shichang's whole person instantly froze, and his tone eased a lot.

"Isn't it self-explanatory? We will comply with the will of the people and go to the Forbidden City to petition His Majesty, do you still want to stop me from waiting? After Zhang Runde finished speaking, several figures came out beside him.

"The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Crime, the Ministry of Rites, four of the officials of the six ministries have come! Only the military department and the household department did not come. After seeing the remaining figures clearly, Ding Shichang was shocked into a cold sweat, as the Shuntian Mansion Yin, there is no doubt that he must have a high degree of political sensitivity, and the current lineup, as well as the game behind it, is no longer something that he can participate in as a Shuntian Mansion Yin.

"Your Excellency pleads for the people's lives, and I admire you very much! Everything that happened just now was a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, get out of the way, get out of the way. Ding Shichang wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and then ordered his subordinates.

"Then it's going to be troublesome for Lord Yin." Luo Longwen, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, bowed to Ding Shichang, and then led the team and continued to advance in the direction of the Forbidden City.

"Lord Fu Yin, what should we do? Do you want to go back? ”

"Do you still want to ask me? Go back, all go back! And he commanded that no one should speak of tonight's affairs. ”

"Yes, Lord Fu Yin!"

……

The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Jiajing still hadn't slept at this time, and was playing Go with Lu Fang.

"I can't stop it, it's boring."

Jiajing dropped the chess pieces at random, and then moved his gaze into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Your Majesty's chess skills are so superb, the slave is willing to bow down!" Lu Fang said that the last move was lost, and the game was already final, and according to the remaining number of eyes, Jiajing won.

"Don't think I don't know, you've been letting me."

Lu Fang just smiled and didn't say anything, then picked up a chess piece and played with it, and asked softly, "Is Your Majesty waiting for something?" ”

"I'm waiting for them to come, it's really strange, I've already ordered them to go down, let the forbidden army let them come, why haven't they moved?" Jiajing withdrew his gaze, looked at the endgame on Go, and said lightly.

At this moment, a guard outside broke in, looking panicked: "Your Majesty, there is a ...... outside the east gate of the Forbidden City."

Before the guard finished speaking, he was interrupted by Jiajing: "You don't need to say it, go down." ”

"Let's go, go with me." Jiajing stood up from his seat and said to Lu Fang, who was still stunned.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Fang responded, and then followed behind Jiajing.

……

Outside the east gate of the Forbidden City, Jiajing and Lu Fang appeared here under the escort of the guards, looking at the crowd not far away, Jiajing asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

After Jiajing finished asking, Luo Longwen, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, took the lead in standing up and responded: "Your Majesty, what Yan Ge Lao said in today's court meeting has caused an uproar in the capital!" The people all cheered and ran to tell each other, glad that I have such a good old man who dares to speak up! ”

"Before this, how arrogant were those vassal kings and clans? Relying on their royal and aristocratic status, they wantonly bullied and killed the common people, and forcibly occupied the people's fields. How can such a clan allow the people of my Ming Dynasty to provide willingly? Every penny they spent was paid for by the blood and sweat of my Ming people. ”

"The suffering of the people is already unspeakable! Therefore, the minister begged His Majesty to reduce the expenses of the clan and implement the decree of grace! ”

After Luo Longwen finished speaking, he took the lead and knelt down, slamming his head on the ground, and after Luo Longwen knelt, the crowd behind him also knelt down, crying: "I beg Your Majesty to reduce the expenses of the clan and implement the Tui En Order!" ”

Time seemed to stand still, on one side was the emperor, on the other hand were many subjects who were willing to the emperor, for a long time, I saw Jiajing's throat move, his eyes swept from the people present one by one, his eyes were slightly red, and he said in a deep voice: "Get up, I agree to what you want!" ”

"I will issue an edict in the near future, reduce the expenses of the clan, and implement the edict of grace!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"