The Most Powerful Man in the World

The first servant looked at Zhang Mao with a solemn look and said, "The Empress Dowager ordered the British to enter the palace at high speed!"

Zhang Mao raised his brows. Since he had already received the news of the disappearance of the emperor, he naturally knew that the affairs in the palace were taken over by the queen mother, so it was not surprising that the queen mother summoned him.

Nodding slightly, Zhang Mao said, "Since the Queen Mother has summoned her, this gentleman should enter the palace to meet the Queen Mother!"

The palaces of Duke Cheng and Duke Ding were also normal, but the servants who conveyed the Queen Mother's decree waited for a while at the two palaces, and did not pass the decree until Duke Cheng and Duke Ding returned to the palace.

With time, Duke Ying, Duke Cheng, and Duke Ding arrived in front of the palace gate at almost the same time.

Now that Hu Yi has strengthened the guards in the palace, there are usually only two groups of troops stationed at the gate of the palace, but now it has doubled directly, and even the inspection is much stricter than usual.

However, Duke Yingying and Duke Chengguo easily entered the palace and ran to the side hall near the Qianqing Palace under the guidance of the inner servant.

Naturally, the three princes saw the Qianqing Palace, which was burnt to ruins. Although they learned that the Qianqing Palace was burned down through the eyeliner in the palace, they were still extremely surprised when they saw the ruins.

It is said that even if there is a fire, it should not be burned like this, but the huge palace has become a ruin.

There were thousands of thoughts in my heart, and when I entered the palace, I saw the Empress Dowager Zhang sitting there.

The three princes were no strangers to the only woman of Emperor Xiaozong. They stepped forward and bowed respectfully to the Empress Dowager Zhang and said, "I will meet the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Jin An!"

Seeing the British princes, Empress Dowager Zhang nodded slightly and said: "The three princes don't need to be too polite, come here, give them a seat!"

When the three princes sat down, the Empress Dowager Zhang sighed: "Today, Aijia called a few princes into the palace, but they asked for something."

British father Zhang Mao hurriedly said: "If the Queen Mother has anything to do, just ask, why ask! It really makes me wait!"

The Empress Dowager Zhang looked at the three and said: "The fire in the Qianqing Palace, your Majesty is missing, and Ai's family is a woman. Now you can only help His Majesty to stabilize the situation in the capital as much as possible, and hope to find His Majesty as soon as possible."

The British public said in horror: "The palace is heavily guarded, how could His Majesty disappear?"

The Empress Dowager Zhang faintly said: "The fact is that His Majesty is missing, and the Aijia implores the three princes to stabilize the capital. Before finding His Majesty, the capital must not be in chaos!"

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Mao respectfully said: "I will obey the Queen Mother's order, with the three of us here, the Beijing camp will not be disrupted!"

Jiao Fang and several absent-minded cabinet elders finally dealt with the affairs of the DPRK and China, and returned to the mansion with a bit of fatigue. Just as he was about to take a rest, he saw the housekeeper holding a post and said: "Master, outside Someone is asking to see you!"

Jiao Fang was feeling annoyed, and subconsciously said, "No, sir, I won't see you today!"

The housekeeper smiled bitterly and said, "Master, that person said that if the master saw the post, he would definitely meet him."

Raising his brows, Jiao Fang raised his head and glanced at the post in the housekeeper's hand, frowning and said, "Bring the post, the old man wants to see, who is he, who is so confident!"

The butler quickly presented the post in his hand.

Jiao Fang took the post, opened it, and saw that Jiao Fang's expression couldn't help but change, with a look of astonishment on his face.

Standing on the side, the housekeeper noticed the change in Jiao Fang's expression. Seeing Jiao Fang staring at the post in a daze, he couldn't help but reminded in a low voice: "Master, that person is still outside the mansion. If the master is not there, I will go here..."

Jiao Fang came back to his senses, took a deep breath, and said to the housekeeper, "Please go to the living room, and see the old man after he has changed his clothes!"

When Jiao Fang changed his court clothes and walked into the living room, he saw a white-haired old man standing there with extraordinary bearing, as if he was admiring the calligraphy and painting hanging on the wall of the living room.

Although he said his back was to Jiao Fang, the other party obviously heard Jiao Fang's footsteps and did not look back. Looking at the calligraphy and painting, he said, "Meng Yang's pen is powerful, this word is better than it used to be!"

With Jiao Fang's qualifications, there are really not many people in the world who can call him directly like this, but the old man in front of him has such qualifications.

Jiao Fang stepped forward and said with a smile: "Muzhaigong is not in the south of the Yangtze River to receive blessings, so why did he come to the capital in such a hurry and come to Jiao's mansion? It's really unexpected."

At this moment, Duke Muzhai slowly turned around, stroked his beard, his eyes were shining brightly, looking at Jiao Fang with a solemn look on his face: "I don't hide from Meng Yang, old man, before this time. When I came to see Meng Yang, there was a great fortune sent to me!"

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Hearing this, Jiao Fang smiled slightly, sitting on the main seat, stroking his beard and looking at Duke Muzhai with a big laugh: "Oh, Duke Muzhai is going to send Jiao a certain good fortune, but Jiao is curious, this is What a creation!"

Duke Mu Zhai's eyes flickered, looking at Jiao Fang's unconcerned appearance, but he was not angry, but said with a straight face: "The emperor has collapsed, and there is no master in the world..."

When Jiao Fang heard the words, she stood up and stared at Muzhai justice: "Muzhaigong, the emperor is safe, do you know how disrespectful your words are, if someone hears it, it can cure you of a crime of treason. !"

However, Duke Mu Zhai looked calm. He glanced at Jiao Fang lightly, stroked his beard and said, "Last night, there was a fire in the Qing Palace, and the emperor was not in the fire. This kind of news can be hidden from others, but how can it be hidden from the old man?"

Squinting his eyes, Jiao Fang just looked at Duke Muzhai. With the identity of Duke Muzhai and his connections in the court, there are even his disciples in the cabinet. It is not uncommon to say that Duke Muzhai knows the news in the palace.

Seeing Jiao Fang pondering, Duke Mu Zhai stepped forward and stared at Jiao Fang and said, "Meng Yang, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, when the world has no masters, if you can support a new king and protect the inheritance of the society, just this It can be famous in history, passed on to future generations, and famous for hundreds of generations!"

Jiao Fang heard the truth and stared at Mu Zhai Gong, then laughed and pointed at Mu Zhai fair: "What a good Mu Zhai Gong, it turns out that you have such an idea, the old man still knows the matter of Lu Zhongjun of Shijun. , it's a pity that we are different from each other, please forgive the old man's difficulty in obeying!"

I thought that this time I could successfully persuade Jiao Fang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, to take the lead in admonishing the new emperor, but I never thought that Jiao Fang would react like this.

If it was not certain that Zhu Houzhao had died in the fire, Duke Muzhai would have doubted whether Zhu Houzhao was still alive.

Taking a deep breath, Duke Mu Zhai looked at Jiao Fang, his expression turned cold, and said, "The one who needs to know the current affairs is Junjie, Meng Yang, why are you so stubborn!"

Jiao Fang sat there, raised his teacup, and sipped his head down.

Seeing Jiao Fang's offering of tea to the guest, Duke Muzhai knew that Jiao Fang was afraid that he had made up his mind, and no matter how hard it was to persuade him, he could not help but snorted coldly, and said with a flick of his sleeve: "I say goodbye, Meng Yang, I just hope you don't want it in the future. I regret today's decision!"

Looking at the figure of Duke Mu Zhai leaving, Jiao Fang put down the teacup in his hand, and his face showed a somewhat complicated look, but soon a touch of determination flashed in his eyes.

In an inconspicuous carriage, after leaving Jiao Fang's mansion, Duke Mu Zhai entered the carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, the prime minister was Wu Ding's marquis Guo Xun, but Wu Ding's marquis Guo Xun bowed to Duke Muzhai who entered the carriage and said, "President Muzhai, what did Jiao Fang say? Are you willing to lead a hundred officials to give advice? Empress dowager, support a new king?"

Hearing this, Duke Muzhai couldn't help but snorted coldly: "Jiao Fang, this old man, doesn't know how to praise him. The old man is good at persuading him, but he actually reprimands the old man. He is really stubborn!"

Guo Xun couldn't help narrowing his eyes when he heard the words, and a cold light flashed through: "Jiao Fang followed the eunuch Liu Jin at first, and then was valued by Chu Yi. Today, when the child favors the eunuch, Jiao Fang is naturally valued by the emperor, and it can be said that among the cabinet , Jiao Fang is definitely a supporter of the emperor and the robber, it is not unusual for him to refuse this time."

Duke Mu Zhai nodded slightly and said, "It's just that his status as the first assistant in the cabinet is very important. If there is a minister in the cabinet who leads the civil and military officials to support the new monarch, everything is in line with the rules, and then there will be nothing in the world. words!"

Guo Xun narrowed his eyes and said, "Since this old man is so ignorant of praise, why don't he..."

Saying that, Guo Xun wiped his neck, indicating whether to get rid of Jiao Fang.

Duke Mu Zhai stroked his beard and slowly shook his head and said, "No, the emperor has collapsed. At this moment, the capital must be full of turmoil. If such a cabinet chief dies suddenly at this moment, I am afraid that the government and the public will be turbulent."

Guo Xun frowned, "But this old thing..."

Duke Mu Zhai smiled slightly and said, "A mere Jiao Fang can't make a big deal out of it. Even if he doesn't want to, he will be obediently used by us."

While speaking, Duke Mu Zhai glanced at Guo Xun and said, "Marquis Wu Ding, let's go to see Duke Yingying!"

Guo Xun was stunned for a moment, and he looked at Mu Zhai justice with a look of hesitation on his face: "Muzhai lord, British lord, this man is very calculating, he has seen all kinds of storms and waves in his life, with his temperament, such a big event, only I'm afraid it will be difficult to show up to support me and wait."

There was a smile on the corner of Mu Zhai's mouth and said: "Isn't this old man still not clear who Zhang Mao is, this old guy is an old fox, but this old man has never thought about Zhang Mao's unequivocal support for us!"

Guo Xun couldn't help his expression change when he heard the words, a light flashed in his eyes, he seemed to understand something, looked at Mu Zhai Gong and couldn't help but praise: "Mu Zhai Gong really has foresight, Guo admires it!"

Duke Mu Zhai chuckled lightly, "This old man is just more knowledgeable than Marquis Wu Ding."

The carriage squeaked towards the British government.

After returning from the palace, the British prince immediately sent his grandson Zhang Lun to the Beijing camp as soon as he returned to the mansion.

The family of British princes has been the first prince of the Ming Dynasty since Zhang Fu, especially in charge of the Beijing camp. It can be said that it is deeply rooted in Beijing. As long as the Ming Dynasty is there, the British government is there. As for who the emperor is, it really has little to do with them.

With Zhang Mao's experience of seeing all kinds of conspiracies in his life, how could he not see the meaning behind the fire in the palace.

This shows that there is a force targeting the present day, and it can even be said that where this force comes from, Zhang Mao knows it in his heart, but he can't determine who is behind the scenes.

Of course, from Zhang Mao's standpoint, he hoped that Zhu Houzhao would be in charge of Daming, because it would be beneficial to their martial arts, but in this matter, if he really had to choose, Zhang Mao would choose to stay out of it. remain neutral.

Anyway, no matter what the outcome is, the British government is still the British government.

"Master, Wu Ding is waiting to see you!"

Zhang Mao looked at the housekeeper with a look of doubt on his face. He glanced at the housekeeper in surprise and said, "Please wait for Wu Ding!"

Zhang Mao was very curious as to why Wu Ding came to see him at this time.

You must know that Marquis Wu Ding is not very close to their several state officials. He has always been close to Wenchen. Among the five military governors' mansion, Wudinghou Guo Xun can be said to be Wenchen's tentacle in the five army governors' mansion.

It is precisely because of this that the former Beijing camp was reorganized. Most of the nobles in Beijing had their children who entered the Beijing camp as generals, while some nobles such as Wu Dinghou Guo Xun were excluded.

Now that Wu Ding has come to ask for a meeting, the British public is naturally very curious.

Soon he saw Wu Dinghou and an old man walking slowly.

When he saw the old man, Zhang Mao squinted his eyes and showed a bit of surprise on his face.

Zhang Mao has served several generations of emperors, and he is very familiar with the old officials in several dynasties. When he saw the old man who came with Wuding Hou Guo Xun, Zhang Mao recognized him almost instantly. identity of.

While Zhang Mao was looking at the old man, the old man was also looking at Zhang Mao.

Zhang Mao and the old man looked at each other, laughed loudly and said, "This gentleman should be a distinguished guest. I never thought that it would be Duke Muzhai. After years of separation, Duke Muzhai is old and strong, and his demeanor is the same as before!"

Mr. Mu Zhai smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "The old man has cancelled Xie, but he is far worse than the old man!"

Wu Dinghou took a step forward, clasped his fists at Zhang Mao and said, "I have seen the Duke."

Zhang Mao waved his hand for the two of them to take their seats, his eyes swept over the two of them, and there was a bit of a strange look in his eyes.

Duke Mu Zhai seemed to have noticed Zhang Mao's gaze, and smiled slightly at Zhang Mao: "I think back then when the late emperor was in power, the country was prosperous and the world was at peace, and the late emperor entrusted the old man with important matters, now thinking about it, the old man is really ashamed King!"

Zhang Mao sighed softly: "Why do you need to do this, Duke Muzhai, your majesty is also a promising ruler. Although there are some things you don't have, you have your own court to advise and help in Chinese martial arts. Duke Muzhai, you are so old. , Wouldn't it be good to be blessed in the land of the south of the Yangtze River, to live long in the years, and to take care of the grandson?"

Hearing this, Duke Muzhai sighed, and said with a look of worrying about the country and the people: "I never want to ignore the world and enjoy my life in peace, but every time I think about the entrustment of the late emperor, I feel ashamed of the late emperor. ."

Speaking of which, Duke Muzhai looked at Zhang Mao and said, "This old man is returning to Beijing because he wants to do his last for Daming. In the future, he will be able to see the late emperor under Jiuquan!"

Zhang Mao fixedly looked at Duke Mu Zhai, a complex color flashed in his eyes, and after a long time he lowered his head slightly and raised the teacup on the side.

Seeing this, Eunuch Muzhai's eyes showed a bit of joy, and he slowly got up and bowed to Zhang Mao: "On behalf of all the people in the world, I thank the old master!"

While speaking, Duke Mu Zhai turned and left.

The Marquis of Wu Ding, who had come to his senses, then reacted, and quickly got up and bowed to Zhang Mao, chasing Duke Muzhai away.

Seeing Duke Mu Zhai and Hou Wu Ding leave, Zhang Mao sighed softly, "Your Majesty, are you alive or dead..."

The Tengxiang Siwei Camp is separate from the Jingying Campus, and the Tengxiang Siwei Camp is a separate campus.

When Han Kun returned to Tengxiang Siwei Camp from the palace, he immediately ordered the four guards, and all the soldiers were on standby at all times.

When the tent was opened, a captain said to Han Kun, "Sir, outside the barracks, Bo An Bian asks to see you!"

Han Kun couldn't help raising his brows, and said in surprise, "An Bian Bo Xu Shang?"

Taking a deep breath, just when Han Kun was about to refuse, his expression changed slightly, and he changed his mind and said, "Please An Bianbo come to meet me at the handsome account!"

Soon he saw a middle-aged man with a red face and chubby striding into the handsome tent. With a glance, he saw Han Kun sitting in front of a huge screen. He immediately stepped forward and faced Han Kun with a familiar look. : "General Han, Xu is taking the liberty to come here, but it is very disturbing. Be careful, please don't refuse Mr. Han!"

As he spoke, he saw a gift slip slipped into Xu Shang's cuff, with the names of various gifts written on it densely.

Where did Han Kun think of Xu Shang's meeting? Without a word, it was a gift. When he came back to his senses, Han Kun subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when the words came to his mouth, his expression changed and he laughed and took the gift list. Said: "Uncle Xu is too polite!"

Seeing that Han Kun accepted the gift list he prepared, Xu Shang's eyes lit up, his face showed joy, and he said with a smile: "General Han is in charge of the Four Guards Army, and he has great power. In this capital, who does not know the name of General Han? !"