In the early morning of the second day, he heard the morning bell from the Bell and Drum Tower from afar, Lu Qi had finished freshening up, and was ready to go downstairs to ask for some food to fill his stomach.

As soon as I walked to the staircase, I was stunned to see a small yellow door slowly coming up from below, with a whisk in his arms, and two Han generals with helmets and armor behind him, blocking a small staircase.

"This?"

Before Lu Qi could ask, Xiao Huangmen raised his hands and made a false gesture towards the sky: "The emperor will give an order, and Lu Yun will take the order!" ”

The head poking out of the next room retracted as if it had been burned by fire, and no one dared to look at it again.

Lu Qi hurriedly gave a big gift: "Weichen takes the order." ”

"Going, Lu Yun, the master of Yu County, immediately enter the palace to face the saint, admire this!"

"Wechen obeys!"

The etiquette is complete, and Lu Yun said to Xiao Huangmen: "Wait for the father-in-law, and allow the officials to change their clothes." ”

"Hold on." After reciting the oracle, Xiao Huangmen resumed his posture of bowing his waist slightly.

Lu Qi turned around and ran back to the room, took out the official uniform from the baggage and put it on his body, Chen Yin'er, who was combing his hair in front of the window, saw it and hurriedly stood up: "If you don't go to the yamen, why are you still wearing official clothes?" ”

"Although I don't have to go to the yamen, I still have to enter the palace to face the saint, I have already followed the holy edict, the palace people are waiting outside, the lady will help me put on my clothes!"

"Enter the palace?!" Chen Yin'er was taken aback, and quickly stepped up to help: "But why?" ”

Lu Qi was also thinking about this question: "I entered Beijing to be a witness, I just met Jinyiwei yesterday, and it was announced today, which shows that it is probably because of the Japanese case." ”

Chen Yin'er helped Lu Qi pack up her official uniform and patted her on the shoulder: "Don't be afraid, go ahead." ”

……

Nine-fold city, the imperial pavilion is towering.

Lu Qi followed the carriage to the imperial city gate, passed through the vermilion lacquer gates, walked past waves of Praetorian Guards carrying swords and halberds, and finally stopped in front of a building that didn't look too big.

"Master Lu waited outside the imperial study for a while, His Majesty just went to the court, I'm afraid that I will come back sometime." The little yellow door bowed slightly.

Lu Qi hurriedly replied: "Yes." ”

When he was far away, Lu Qi dared to look up.

This is the Emperor's Imperial Study? It looks different from what I saw on TV in my previous life, under a row of buildings with golden tile and zhu walls, from time to time there are three or two eunuchs walking around holding vases, brocade boxes, etc., all of them hunched over and not squinting.

Under the window there was an altar of fresh flowers, and a female official stood in the shade in front of the porch.

Now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is named Hongzhi, and the history books say that he is generous and benevolent, thrifty and diligent, and is a personal practitioner of monogamy, and he reversed the corrupt political situation during his reign, and is known as "Hongzhi Zhongxing" in history.

Lu Qi glanced at it twice, then withdrew his gaze, and stood outside the door with his eyes and nose and nose attentively.

Who knew that this stop would be half a day.

The sun rose higher and higher, Lu Qi didn't dare to hide under the porch, so he had to sweat in the sun, he hadn't eaten since morning, and his stomach was so hungry that he began to protest.

When it was about noon, I heard the eunuch shouting, "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Seeing that in the corner of the wall over there, a group of people hugged a golden canopy and came over, and the eunuchs around him all saluted, and Lu Qi hurriedly followed.

There is a female official holding an incense burner in front, and there is a palace maid holding a palm fan in the back, and under the canopy is a sixteen-lift chariot, with a curtain hanging on the chariot and a bell, and the action is steady, and there is a desk on it so that the emperor can deal with government affairs at any time.

Emperor Hongzhi fell, and a large group of people rushed into the imperial study, followed by several civil officials, some of whom had white hair.

After entering, there was no sound, and it was not until the sun reached noon that a small yellow door came out: "Xuan Luyun will see you!" ”

Lu Qi was excited, and after waiting for half a day hungry, he finally called her!

Lu Qi took three steps and two steps up the stairs, waved his hands in front of the door and shouted: "Wechen Lu Yun is here!" ”

After getting permission, Lu Qi lowered his head and walked into the door with the little yellow door, walked straight to the front of the hall, and saluted the person on the right seat: "Weichen Lu Yun see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live!" ”

"Okay."

The person on the right seat raised his hand from afar, and his voice sounded a little familiar: "Excuse yourself and flatten, you are the Yu County Master Lu Yun who has made a contribution in this Japanese case?" ”

"It's Wechen!"

At this time, there was a sudden silence above, and Lu Qi didn't know why, so he heard the voice say softly: "You are not ......"

Lu Qi was full of question marks, but she raised her head without the emperor's permission, but looking up at the king, she was suspected of assassinating the king, so she had to continue to keep her head down and not move.

The civil official on the left took a step forward: "Your Majesty, the traitors of the Fu Kingdom colluded with pirates and pirates, and the crime is extremely evil!" Although the thief is dead, it is difficult to guarantee that there are still people in his clan who secretly communicate with the thief, and they should be punished by the clan! ”

Clan punishment, that is, raiding the family and destroying the door, Lu Qi was not surprised by Fu Guo's fate.

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

The courtiers in the entire room spoke one after another, as if they couldn't wait to kill the Fu family.

"You Aiqing is right." Emperor Hongzhi knocked lightly on the imperial case, and his words were not finished: "It's just ......"

There was another civil official in the back row: "Your Majesty must be troubled by Zheng Duzhi, Gu Dayong and others, right?" The minister thought that these two people did not know people well, and the emperor was not strict, and they were deceived by the thieves of Fu Guo and put our army in danger.

Fortunately, thanks to His Majesty's holy virtue, Bailing help, and the cooperation of Yongchuan Mansion, Yuxian County Governor and other bureaucrats, the momentum of the Japanese Invaders, why should the thieves disturb my territory of the Ming Dynasty?

In this way, although the two of them have their faults, they also have their merits, so why not offset each other with merits and demerits. In this way, Fang did not lose the heart of the soldiers who fought bravely to kill the enemy. ”

This was approved by many ministers: "Your Majesty, it is very good to deal with this! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a while: "The merits and demerits cannot be exempted from responsibility, come and pass on the decree!" Zheng Duzhi and Gu Dayong, who did not know people and were not strict, caused the Japanese to be murderous, and punished the two of them for half a year, and thought about it behind closed doors for three months! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Immediately, the whole house shouted in unison.

But the more Lu Qi listened, the more wrong it became.

Punished and thought about it behind closed doors? This is not painful or itchy, what kind of punishment is it called?

These officials avoided the point and said only inconsequential mistakes. The most important thing is that the coastal guard station is so laxly armed, is Fu Guo the only one who eats empty salaries?

There are also aggressive, bribery, and smugglers, if this matter continues to be investigated, it will definitely be able to bring out a string of dirty officials similar to Fu Guo, and the officialdom on the southeast coast will be cleared.

Lu Qi was gritting his teeth when he heard another minister come out: "Your Majesty, this time the trouble has become bigger, in addition to its fierce situation, it can also be seen that the coastal counties and towns are not well armed. ”

"Many of the guards have fled, and the firearms and ordnance are dilapidated, so I implore Your Majesty to transfer a batch of food and ordnance to the south, recover the deserters from the guard, and repair and replenish the firearms in the county and town to prepare for the trouble." Someone next to him made a suggestion.

Emperor Hongzhi muttered: "Well, this matter will be discussed later." ”

The slack of armament is just a symptom, and the deep-seated problem lies in the collusion between officials and businessmen, the collusion between officials and bandits, and the deeper reason lies in the sea ban!

It's annoying, it's annoying that Lu Qi is just a small witness, and he doesn't even have the qualifications to raise his head in this room, let alone have the right to speak!

She reluctantly buried her head lower, waiting for the day when she was in a high position and power, and if necessary......