The sound of cannons is non-stop day and night, Xiyuan can hear it, and Qingning Palace can naturally hear it clearly.

"Grandpa Gao, what happened outside the palace?!"

Hearing Zhu Zaili's question, Gao Zhong, who was straddling the sword, also simply knelt on the ground.

"Your Highness, there is nothing to do outside the palace."

This was ordered by Jiajing, and Gao Zhong was also ordered to do things.

It's just that Zhu Zaili couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this.

"Father-in-law Gao, there is nothing to do outside the palace, are the more than 100 guards in Qingning Palace who are full of armor?"

Gao Zhong knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and then said: "Your Highness, if you ask ten more times, the minister can only say that there is nothing outside the palace." ”

At this time, Zhang Juzheng's figure appeared outside Qingning Palace.

Seeing Zhang Juzheng, Gao Zhong seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.

"Mr. Zhang has finally entered the palace, and our royal horse supervisor still has an errand, Your Highness, the minister will not stay."

After that, Gao Zhong fled and left Qingning Palace.

"Mr. Zhang, why are you taking a few days off?"

Zhang Juzheng glanced at Zhu Zaili, but his face was speechless and stopped.

When he entered the palace, someone had already read out Jiajing's will to Zhang Juzheng, and he was not allowed to reveal the battle situation outside the palace to the prince.

If it was before, Zhang Juzheng would not hesitate to carry out Jiajing's orders.

But today, Zhang Juzheng hesitated, and after muttering for a long time, Zhang Juzheng got up and bowed down in front of Zhu Zaili.

"The minister Zhang Juzheng is guilty of unforgiving."

"The monarch's father has an order, and the ministers of the Eastern Palace are not allowed to disclose the situation of the war outside the palace to His Highness, but the ministers think that His Highness should know!"

Zhu Zaili's face changed suddenly when he heard this.

"The battle outside the palace? Did I knock on the door? ”

"Yes, a few days ago, I had broken through the Great Wall and entered, and today I have entered Kifu, and the people have already flocked into the city."

Zhu Zaili gasped when he heard this.

"...... I have gone to the city? As the foundation of the country, it is the right time for me to protect my family and the country. ”

Zhang Juzheng was silent.

"What's going on in the city?"

Zhang Juzheng hesitated for a long time before he spoke.

"The fish and dragons are mixed, half of the people go to the city to help the war, the soldiers and horses of the six mansions are galloping to the king, and the Beijing division should be safe."

Zhu Zaili seemed to remember something.

"Where is Master Ning now?"

Zhang Juzheng hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Brother Ning was one of the first to go to the city to help in the battle."

Zhang Juzheng knew that as long as Zhu Zaili knew that Ning Jue had already landed in the city, he would not be able to stop him.

But Zhang Juzheng believes that Zhu Zaili is the prince, the country, and the prince.

At this time, it is time to go to the city wall, even if it is just to take a look, what you can learn is far more than a thousand words.

He, a scholar, is to be a teacher.

As early as in "Xunzi", it has been "born in the deep palace and grown up in the hands of women." The disadvantages are clear.

Zhang Juzheng knew that this was what Zhu Zaili needed to learn and see.

Zhu Zaili glanced at the guards who were holding armor outside, but his brain was running rapidly.

"Mr. Zhang, would you like to leave the palace with me?"

Zhang Juzheng shook his head.

"If the minister leaves the palace with His Royal Highness, I am afraid that it will not take an hour of effort, and the monarch's father will summon His Royal Highness back to the palace."

"But Mr. doesn't go out of the palace, if the father is guilty......"

There was no fear on Zhang Juzheng's face.

"The criminal minister was ordered to enter the East Palace, and he should teach His Highness to solve his doubts, but the minister is only shallow in learning, and this is the only thing he can teach His Highness."

"It's a big lesson prepared by the criminal ministers for His Highness, and now it's time for His Highness to take a class."

"When you leave the palace this time, Your Highness should not bring anyone, once you bring someone, what you see and hear is not what Your Highness needs to see."

"Your Highness should listen more, watch more, ask more, and the guilty minister will die carefully."

Zhu Zaili hesitated for a moment, and then bowed to Zhang Juzheng again.

"The student has tired Mr., and the orphan will keep Mr. safe!"

After that, Zhu Zaili changed into a common man's clothes, and then with the help of several palace people in the East Palace, he turned out of the Forbidden City.

It's just that after those palace people helped Zhu Zaili out of the palace, they were controlled by Zhang Juzheng.

In the face of national crisis, everyone has their own choice.

And this is Zhang Juzheng's choice.

After Zhu Zaili left, Zhang Juzheng rearranged his thoughts, and after sorting out the crown belt, he reappeared outside Qingning Palace.

looked at the more than 100 guards outside the palace who were in armor.

Zhang Juzheng instructed as before: "Your Highness asks me about the allusions to the scriptures and history, and I also ask you not to enter and disturb me." ”

When Zhang Juzheng first entered the palace a year ago, he often asked Zhang Juzheng like this, and these guards didn't think too much about it.

"There's Mr. Lao Zhang."

Zhang Juzheng didn't know how long he could hide it.

But being able to hide it from day by day is a day.

It is true that Zhu Zaili is risky to leave the palace by himself, but there are some risks that Zhu Zaili will never learn those things if he doesn't experience them.

What's more, there is Ning Jue outside the palace.

…………………………

After leaving the palace, Zhu Zaili saw a scene that greatly exceeded his imagination.

Although Zhu Zaili had been out of the palace before, he still saw the people living in the city after all.

Jingshi is either rich or expensive, even if he is worse, he is also a servant of the prince's family, or a shopkeeper and a man who does a small business in the city.

Although there is a gap between rich and poor among these people, most of them are well fed.

Once upon a time, Zhu Zaili once thought that the people of the world should be like this.

When Zhu Zaili really saw these homeless people stuck in the streets and alleys, Zhu Zaili knew what it meant to be ragged and skinny.

And Zhu Zaili also understood why Zhang Juzheng would let himself out of the palace alone.

Because the streets of Jingshi at this time were full of officials and sergeants of the imperial court, it made Jingshi much safer than in the past.

"Fellow, are you all people on the outskirts of the city?"

Zhu Zaili stood in front of a homeless person and asked.

The homeless man only nodded slightly, and did not even say a word, just to save some energy.

But everyone who has the strength to do it will go to the city to help in the battle.

At present, the streets of the city are full of the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled.

What is a disaster year?

In a year of calamity, even food must be hidden from others.

Look at the old, weak, sick and disabled in this place.

Zhu Zaili did not hesitate, and ran directly towards the city wall.

It wasn't until he saw the young men on the city wall that Zhu Zaili's mood calmed down a little.

"How old is this year?"

Zhu Zaili hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "Sixteen." ”

Zhu Zaili, who has been clothed and fed since he was a child, naturally looks much better than the children of ordinary people.

The sergeant didn't think much of it either.

Zhu Zaili originally thought that these sergeants would give him a weapon, but he didn't expect the sergeant to point to a stone in the distance.

"Little doll, don't go to the city, go and help transport things."

"Huh?"

Zhu Zaili was obviously stunned.

The sergeant interrupted impatiently: "Either go and move the military supplies, or go home, don't come to make trouble, it's not easy for your father and mother to raise you so much, and when the tartar comes, you won't be able to leave." ”

And he saw that the sergeant was going to drive himself away.

Zhu Zaili hurriedly said: "Move!" I'm going to move. ”

The sergeant couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Cheng, let's move."

There are only rough people on this city wall, and as soon as Zhu Zaili opened his mouth, he was regarded by the sergeant as a rich kid who was stunned by listening to the play.

It didn't take more than a day to run back home.

(End of chapter)