"Good! In order to avoid the thieves' misunderstanding and suspicion, I only allow you and Ye Wuwu to go to the meeting, and Marshal Zhu will not move for the time being! However, you and Ye Zhuangyuan must also act at the opportunity to go to Anling, and if anything happens, you will return immediately! Cheng Fugui, the Son of Heaven, had just finished speaking to Situ Yimin, the second Taibao, when he saw an old eunuch come in and salute and say, "Your Majesty! Prime Minister Chen Cheng has something important to see! ”

"Oh? …… He came to see me so late, there must be something urgent! Cheng Fugui thought about it, and motioned to Situ Yimin to avoid it, and then said to the old eunuch who came to pay respects: "Please see Prime Minister Chen!" ”

"Yes!" The old eunuch answered.

In an instant, I saw Chen Tianzhong, the prime minister of Zuo, hurriedly walking in with an official letter in his hand.

"Prime Minister Chen is in such a hurry to see me, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty! The minister has a book! Chen Tianzhong held the official document in his hand and bowed his head to ask for instructions.

"Oh?! …… Present! ”

"Yes!" Chen Tianzhong slowly stepped forward and respectfully handed over the official document.

So, the Son of Heaven took the submission. However, before he could open it and look at it, he saw Chen Tianzhong say a little nervously: "Your Majesty! This is a joint letter signed by the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and the six ministries of the three provinces, imploring the emperor to withdraw the order of Zhao'an! ”

"Oh?" Cheng Fugui couldn't help but smile slightly, and said, "I want to see if there are any officials in the three provinces and six ministries who have signed their names." ”

So, Cheng Fugui slowly lifted the fold, only to see that it was written in a righteous and solemn manner-

When His Majesty heard that he wanted to recruit thieves in the world, he thought that stealing was absolutely impossible!

From ancient times to the present, recruiting thieves into the court has never been heard of. Recruit thieves into the court, and lure wolves into the room! In the midst of it there will be a mixture of good and evil, black and white, and this will be a calamity. If you are a thief and do evil, not only will you not be guilty and will not die, but you can enter the court and become an official, won't you laugh at the world, and won't it make the thief's heart rise and rush to it? This is the second woe; If the thief who recruits security is the official and the secret thief, it is the so-called "family thief is difficult to prevent, and there is no daylight". This is the third curse! These three disasters alone are enough to make the people uneasy and the country uneasy, and the country and the people cannot be cured.

The minister heard that Lao Tzu once said: "Govern the country with righteousness, use troops with oddity, and take the world with nothing." How do I know that? In this way: there are many taboos in the world, and the people are poor; The people have many sharp weapons, and the country is faint; There are many people and tricks, and strange things arise; There are many thieves and thieves. From this point of view, governing the country is not to use soldiers, and it is impossible to govern the country with righteousness and not to rule it against the odds; Once the order of Zhao'an spreads all over the world, not only can the thieves not be reined in, but the thieves will take advantage of the gap, which is the so-called self-defeating and attracting bees and butterflies! This so-called "Zhao'an" is indispensable; The government of the country is like governing the family. Those who govern the family must establish their foundation, and the principle is the end. Today, it is not stable, but the first is the end, and this so-called "Zhao'an" is indispensable; The policy of measures is said to be straightforward. The husband's governance of the country is still in the governance of the body, and the way of governing the body is to nourish the gods; The way to govern the country is to promote the virtuous. Today, the virtuous and upright did not raise the case, and they did the opposite, recruiting evil thieves to govern the country, and the so-called "Zhao'an" three must not! It is the way to govern the country, and the country is safe. How can it confuse the right and wrong, black and white and mess up the world?

Therefore, I would like to ask Your Majesty to take back the holy order, think twice, wait for the ministers, and serve the king with loyalty!

Zhongshu Province (decision-making) Zuo Prime Minister Chen Tianzhong

Menxia Province (review) Right Prime Minister Wang Wenyuan

Shangshu Province (Executive) Wang Qingchun, the imperial historian

Fan Deyin, the secretary of the ministry

Jin Zhenzhong, the squire of the ministry

Tobe Shangshu Fu Tianliang

Tobe Shilang Chen Yanshou

Ministry of Rites Shangshu Zhang Ziqiang

Waiter of the Ministry of Rites Chen Shizhong

Zhu Weideng, the secretary of the military department

Yang Yiju, the squire of the military department

Gao Yaping, the secretary of the Criminal Department

Cui Tianlei, the waiter of the Criminal Department

Criminal Department Langzhong Situ Jun

Wailang Kong Lingjun, a member of the Criminal Department

Ministry of Industry Shangshu Li Deren

He Fangliang, the waiter of the Ministry of Works

"Huh! ......" The Son of Heaven finally stopped this sharply worded twist and turn in one go, he couldn't help but gasp, and said, "I didn't expect that all the officials of the three provinces and six departments are here!" Don't any of you understand and support this initiative? ”

"Your Majesty!" At this time, Chen Tianzhong, the prime minister of Zuo, replied solemnly, "The ministers are loyal and courageous, and there is no second heart. In order to govern the country and secure the people, the ministers and others did not hesitate to play a joint concert in the dark and night, hoping that the emperor would know the importance of black and white and govern the country with integrity. The minister hereby risked his life to ask the Holy Lord to take back his order, and don't carry out the act of recruiting peace! ”

Between the words, I saw that Chen Tianzhong, the prime minister of the left, had knelt on his knees in front of the Son of Heaven.

In the face of this situation, for this loyal minister who dared to face the monarch directly, although his words angered Long Yan, how could Cheng Fugui, the son of heaven, bear to reprimand him? There is no need to talk about "give it to death!" ”

So, Cheng Fugui hurriedly helped Chen Tianzhong up and said, "Why is Chen Aiqing like this? I know that you are thinking for the country, and you are all brave and loyal, so I jointly signed this book! In fact, what the prime minister said is not unreasonable, but very reasonable, and it is a feasible way to govern the country and secure the country. However, the reason why I want to recruit the world's thieves this time is to break the conventional way, hoping for an exciting miracle! Because I believe so much that the reason why the world is so strange is because there are countless miracles flickering and flickering! It's like saying, 'The most dangerous place is the safest place.'" ''The beauty of the world is all in the dangerous peaks and majestic shores. This can be said to be a miracle in the world, and it cannot but be said that it is a miracle that reproduces the truth, goodness, and beauty. "There is a way to exchange evil for blessing between anti-thoughts," "to fight poison against poison," and to recruit thieves to serve the country, which is indeed a measure that is difficult for ordinary people to accept and believe; But miracles often happen in between! If we don't make bold innovations, how can we know where the miracle is? And how did you know that this was not possible? ”

Hearing the passionate and generous and well-founded rhetoric of the Son of Heaven, even if Chen Tianzhong, the prime minister of Zuo, has all kinds of "justifiable" words, how can he dare to refute the reason of the Son of Heaven here? What's more, what the Son of Heaven said is not unfounded, and such a "recruiting thieves" can indeed receive an unpredictable effect. I can't say, but the "Ampere's Law" mentioned in the "Zhao'an Order" can indeed create a miracle situation of "long-term peace and stability, and peace in the world"!

"Let's go! Cease! Cease! Good advice can be hard to swallow! It's up to the Son of Heaven to decide! Based on this situation, Chen Tianzhong had no choice but to mutter: "The emperor's move is indeed extraordinary. But in any case, the ministers still ask the emperor to think twice! The old minister retires! The old minister retires! ”

So, Chen Tianzhong slowly retreated from the study of the Son of Heaven.

Speaking of the "Emperor's Secret Envoy", although he was in the farewell room, he had already heard the words and deeds of the Son of Heaven and Prime Minister Zuo clearly. At this time, he saw that Prime Minister Chen Cheng had taken the initiative to retreat, so he hurriedly walked to the side of the Son of Heaven and said, "Your Majesty! It seems that there is a lot of resistance to recruiting an this time, I don't know how the emperor decides? ”

"Ahem! ......" The Son of Heaven sighed and handed the fold to the "Emperor's Secret Envoy", and said with a wry smile: "I really didn't expect that the major governors of the three provinces and six ministries did not approve of this move. Even Marshal Zhu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was also among the opponents of this joint letter! ”

"Didn't the emperor want to send Marshal Zhu to Anling with me and Ye Wuwu to recruit peace? How could he be the first to stand up against this initiative. However, this is also exactly what you and I want. Situ Yimin turned his worries into joy.

The Son of Heaven seemed to hear Situ Yimin's voice, and then asked, "What ......does the second Taibao mean?"

Situ Taibao smiled and explained: "Emperor Shicai's Grace and Quasi-ministers and Ye Wuwu went to Anling to attend the meeting, and did not send Marshal Zhu to lead the army to supervise it, so as not to startle the snake and make the thieves hide when they hear about it!" Now, since Marshal Zhu did not approve of this action either, he just went along with his wishes and ordered him to hold his troops still. If the emperor allows us to go secretly, this is the so-called 'less worry, do more things'. ”

"Hahaha......" When the Son of Heaven heard this, he laughed and said: "It seems that the meaning of the Second Taibao is to resolutely support this move of mine!" ”

"Exactly! Emperor! Situ Yimin continued to explain, "Now that the Zhao'an notice has been issued, and the joint letter is written later, it is the so-called 'wood has been completed, and it is difficult to return to the original.'" If we fail to attend the recruitment conference within the time limit and lose faith with the people, it will arouse the thief's suspicion that we are engaged in a conspiracy; In contrast, it is even more difficult for my Celestial Empire to win the trust of the world! ”

"Hmmm! ......" The Son of Heaven slowly nodded in approval, "The second Taibao is reasonable!" Your words made me break away! If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten about this important part! Not bad! Under the Zhao'an order, it is as difficult to recycle as 'the girl who marries and the water that is spilled', and I am afraid that a stupid person will not 'go back on his word' like this. Because of this, the 'recruitment order cannot be collected', I have made up my mind and acted according to the original plan! ”