Lu Ming

Chapter 469 Morning Light
Luo Yangxing is the current commander of Jinyiwei, Zhou Yanru is the current chief assistant of the cabinet, and Wang Zhixin is the current admiral of the East Factory.These three people represent the three major systems, and Chongzhen must first use them to investigate and verify the authenticity of the incident.

After giving the order, Chongzhen stood there stupidly and read the letter again, then his face was flushed, blue veins burst out on his forehead, he raised his head and closed his eyes, and began to say something about "ancestors' blessings" in his mouth. class of words.

A series of incomprehensible words, such as "I am so diligent" and "Yao, Shun and Yu Soup", the people around did not dare to laugh at this time. But the platform was full of joyful atmosphere.

Usually this kind of person will be detained by the police once he enters a place such as a high-speed rail station in later generations.

Fortunately, it is the seventeenth century, and no one in the imperial city dared to rebel and detain the boss, so Chongzhen started hysteria in such broad daylight.

In the end, it was Empress Zhang who saw that the situation was not good, and stepped forward to interrupt the emperor's illness: "There is such a big victory at the border, my palace congratulates the emperor! Congratulates Daming!"

Accompanied by Empress Zhang Wanfu's salute, all the eunuchs, maids, guards and ministers on the platform knelt down and shouted in unison: "Slaves/servants congratulate the emperor!"

The emperor woke up with a start.

After looking around in surprise, Chongzhen, who returned to the normal channel, hastily bowed and stretched out his arms to help: "Sister-in-law, please get up!"

When the emperor's sister-in-law got up, the emperor smiled and raised his hands: "Get up, everyone, I am very happy today, and I congratulate you all!"

The courtiers, who had never heard the emperor speak so kindly, couldn't believe it for a moment, so everyone kowtowed again, and then they got up one after another.

Next, the emperor said to someone with a smile on his face: "Since there is a big victory, there must be many links in it. Wen Aiqing, please tell me the details."

The old actor Wen Tiren didn't follow the emperor's wishes at this time, but clearly pointed out the most important thing to do at the moment: "Your Majesty, the palace gate is about to be locked, and I think you should move it first."

"Ah, by the way, move the car!" The emperor looked at the sky after hearing the words, and found that it was already evening, and the palace gate would be closed soon: "I am so happy, come here, move the car to clean up!" Emperor Palace."

Qianqing Palace is the main hall of the inner court, the first palace in the so-called "Hou San Palace (Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace)".

Due to the convenient location of the Qianqing Palace, the three main halls of the Outer Dynasty are located outside the Qianqing Gate, so many emperors of the Ming Dynasty used the Qianqing Palace as their sleeping palace.Activities including handling political affairs, receiving ministers and foreign envoys, holding family banquets and other activities are also held in Qianqing Palace.

Just now Chongzhen was habitually going back to Qianqing Palace.

However, he suddenly realized that since such a big incident happened, he and his courtiers would probably have to work overnight tonight, so he could not return to the inner court.Otherwise, the palace gate will be locked immediately, and it will be inconvenient for the courtiers to come and go.

So I can only go to Huangji Hall.

Huangji Hall is the name of the Ming Dynasty. It is the Hall of Supreme Harmony in later generations. It is the first hall after the Meridian Gate, and it is also the largest. It is usually used as a royal symbol for grand court meetings.If you go there, after the palace gate is locked, the emperor can order to reserve a small door in the outer court for entry and exit, without disturbing the inner court.

So the emperor hurriedly drove to the Huangji Hall amidst the congratulations from the empress dowager's palace people again.

The current location of Chongzhen is under the right side wall of the Forbidden City.Go straight west from here, pass the Yumajian, and then pass through the left-wing gate, which happens to be the Huangji Hall.So the emperor came faster than the courtiers this time.After a group of people ascended their seats in the palace, they found that only Zhou Yanru, who worked in Wenyuan Pavilion not far away, had arrived first, and the rest had not yet arrived.

The bewildered Chief Assistant Zhou Yanru read the letter first.

After reading the letter, Zhou Shoufu instinctively told himself: This is not true.

In his opinion, not to mention the decline of Ming and Hou Jin, the number of 4000 is purely deceitful and lied about the military situation. He has seen too many such battle reports.

In addition, considering that Wen Tiren is currently in a critical period of joining the cabinet, Zhou Shoufu has reason to believe: Wen Tiren must have made a moth in today's show, and the method is the same as the previous verbal battle against Confucianism. In short, it is still eye-catching The number of ways to draw the emperor's attention.

After the appraisal was completed, Zhou Shoufu glanced at the extremely excited emperor on the throne, and he said a few words in a mild manner, and then the old god was there, with his hands on his stomach, ready to go along with the flow and watch the show.

Yes, Mr. Shoufu didn't intend to disturb Wen Tiren's good business.The answer can be revealed in about half a day, so why should he jump out and make trouble?
On the contrary, he intends to learn the tricks of the old drama to deceive the public.You know, Zhou Yanru was the youngest chief minister of the cabinet in the Ming dynasty, only 37 years old this year!There are still many places to learn from the old predecessors.

Zhou Yanru, to put it bluntly, is a fencer, a person who puts interests first.

First of all, the relationship between Zhou Yanru and the Donglin Party is actually very close—he is a disciple of Ye Xianggao, the first leader of the Donglin Party.

However, in this Jisi change, when Zhou Yanru realized that Chongzhen was disappointed with Yuan Chonghuan and the Donglin Party, he immediately turned his face and impeached Yuan Chonghuan.

What happened later became a matter of course: the Donglin Party must retaliate against Er Wuzi.

Therefore, when the party leader Qian Qianyi used the lottery method to select the cabinet ministers, he secretly manipulated and removed the names of Wen Tiren, who was then Minister of Rites, and Zhou Yanru, the minister.

Then it triggered a counterattack from Wen Tiren and the emperor, and turned Qian Qianyi into a retired veteran cadre in one fell swoop.

Afterwards, Zhou Yanru became the chief assistant as he wished.

In real history, after Wen Tiren entered the cabinet this year, the two sides immediately turned their faces and began to fight each other. Then it took Lao Wen three years to label Zhou Yanru as a retired cadre.

However, Zhou Yanru, who returned to his hometown, had a fierce fight with the Donglin Party.In the 14th year of Chongzhen, Zhou Yanru, with the strong support of the Donglin Party, finally returned to Beijing again, and went to shine for the court.

In short, the reaction of pushing the boat along the water to see a good show is in line with Zhou Shoufu's position and the design of a fool at this point in time.Because so far, there is no major conflict between him and Wen Tiren, and the two sides seem to be sharing the pressure in dealing with the Donglin Party.

As for the Jinyiwei Commander Luo Yang and the Dongchang Admiral Wang Zhixin who rushed over in a hurry, that's not to mention.These two actually don't have any right to speak politically, they just listen to the emperor's yelling.

So when everyone in the Huangji Hall gathered together for a little discussion, it didn't take long for the three major systems to send a large number of people out of the east gate of the capital, heading straight to Santunying to check the authenticity.

Immediately afterwards, all officials above the third rank, including ministers of various ministries, were sent by the emperor to send a message: open the late dynasty.

Generally speaking, emperors rarely open late courts.But since the change of Jisi, Chongzhen has opened two late dynasties, so the ministers who got the news rushed to the palace one after another, fearing that there would be some bad news again.

During this process, 4000 Tartars were killed, and the news of Amin's leadership naturally spread like wildfire.As a result, the whole capital felt like an electric shock, and Ming people who had been suppressed for a long time rushed to tell the news. It didn't take long for the news to become rumors, which became more and more mysterious, and the death toll of the Tartars was quickly turned up to 40000.

And at the moment, the Huangji Hall was naturally extremely lively.

A group of Donglin party members were foaming at the mouth, glaring with their halberds, besieging/spraying Wen Tiren wantonly, and they were about to spray this beast to death on the spot to thank the emperor for his kindness.

The members of the Donglin Party, who know everything about astronomy and geography, and who are all-knowing in military formations, have completely refuted the contents of that letter.Not only did they point out the N mistakes and omissions, but everyone also accurately judged Wen Tiren's ulterior and dark purpose: this guy is a traffic internet celebrity, and he wrote this letter all over to win the emperor's attention.

Under the intrusion of suspicious eyes and saliva splashed on the skin, Comrade Wen Tiren, the old Xi Gu, closed his eyes slightly, folded his sleeves with his hands, turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window, and actually stood there and fell asleep—he had placed his bet and done everything he could Just wait for the cup to be opened.

As for the clowns like Dong Lin, let them go, the harder they scold, the more the emperor will dislike them.

Time passed by like that.

When Chongzhen found that the ministers in front of him could no longer argue with any new tricks, he ordered to drive away a group of people who ate melons, leaving only a small number of important ministers on duty all night.

As for the emperor himself, because he was too excited, he stayed up until late at night before going to the side hall to rest, and left a message: You can wake him up at any time if there is a military situation.

However, the night passed quickly and nothing happened.

At three o'clock in the morning the next day, thousands of officials had already gathered outside the Meridian Gate, waiting for the sound of the morning drum.

Today is different from the past. All the officials in Beijing who are qualified to participate in the early court have come to work, and all of them are in high spirits. There is a buzz in the crowd, and they are all exchanging the news that everyone is surprised.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the bell rang and the gates of the palace opened.

Hundreds of officials enter one by one, cross the Jinshui Bridge and stand in the square
Afterwards, the young emperor, who had only rested for a few hours, came outside the Huangji Hall, and all the officials knelt down and kowtowed three times. The morning court officially began on April 1630, 4.

Here is a special mention: Chongzhen is undoubtedly the most diligent emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

It is very common for this gentleman to revise memorials until one or two in the morning, and he must come to court every morning, and he is more diligent than the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.However, this is useless, the building will collapse, the harder you work, the faster the country will perish.

Today's morning, the main theme is still the fraudster Wen Tiren's denunciation meeting.

The generals of Donglin took turns to play, and while criticizing Wen Tiren, they also called on their colleagues not to spread rumors or believe in rumors. By the way, some people also asked the emperor to send Wen Tiren to the border, "to thank the world."

So under the helpless eyes of the emperor, old Wen Tou endured silently, and was beaten severely in the first round.

Just when the generals took a breath and prepared to make persistent efforts, the east was red, the sun was rising, and a piece of morning light shone down.

At the same time, a fast horse passed through the Meridian Gate and the Jinshui Bridge, waving its badge, and dismounted directly outside the Huangji Gate.

Then, under the watchful eyes of the densely packed Beijing officials, the messenger dressed in brocade clothes rushed all the way to His Majesty Dan, knelt down and shouted: "Report to the emperor, it has been found out that the deputy general of Zhangchao defeated the Tartar soldiers and beheaded them." More than 4000 levels!"

At this moment, all the members of the Donglin Party turned into toads, their eyes popping out.

At this moment, Old Wen covered his forehead with his head, shaking.

At this moment, the young Emperor Chongzhen stood up from behind the case, spread his arms, posed the classic Titanic posture, and laughed heartily.

(End of this chapter)