In a blink of an eye, November is almost over.

Usually, although the frost is getting heavier and the people's mouths are full of white breath sooner or later, they are not as cold as they dare not stretch out their hands.

This year seems very different, and it feels more than several times colder than this time last year.

Especially two days ago, a sudden violent north wind blew from Shanhaiguan, howling wildly in the fields, like a group of hungry wolves, pounced on Beijing very fiercely.

The thick lead clouds piled up by them seemed to suck all the temperature of the sun away in an instant, and the temperature suddenly dropped, and the soft ground became harder than steel. The scenery of the entire Beijing city also became dim and lifeless.

Before the north wind rose, the alert dogs seemed to know that the cold wave was coming. They ran irritably on the streets, making terrified barking.

Even more agile than the dog, it seemed that only the eunuchs of Xixinsi of Oui were warmed up before the north wind that destroyed the walls and unraveled the tiles, and the warmth of the earth dragons in the palace courtyards of Oui made no sense of the climate change in the two palaces, Emperor Wanli, and all the beautiful relatives of the harem in the heavy curtains.

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On this day, as soon as the sky was bright, the north wind was gradually weakening like thousands of troops whistling by, but the sky was still gray and covered with haze.

Emperor Wanli, who had not opened up any concubines in the Qianqing Palace, woke up and put on his clothes and washed up under the servitude of the eunuch.

Then, Emperor Wanli used a few snacks and sipped a pot of fresh milk sent from the mansion of Naizi, and asked Zhou Zuo beside him:

"Did the tribute ship in Nanjing arrive on time yesterday?"

"Long live back, we're here." Zhou Zuo quickly bowed and replied, "It was early this morning that the custody sign of the custody warehouse came to report that the tribute boat had already reached the dock of Zhangjiawan at the hour of the afternoon yesterday."

Emperor Wanli looked out the window and saw that there was already rustling snow falling down in the sky. He couldn't help but ask again: "The sky outside must be very cold, right?"

Zhou Zuo nodded and said, "Yes, Master Long Live, I don't dare to reach out easily outside."

Emperor Wanli asked curiously: "It's such a cold sky, has the canal been frozen yet?"

Zhou Zuo replied like this: "Long live the king, the canal will definitely be frozen for two more days."

"Where are the items on the tribute boat?"

"According to the will of the Lord, the items on the tribute boat have been moved into the Da Nei overnight and are now stored in the warehouse of the supply warehouse."

"Have you checked unboxing? Is there any damage?"

"I checked it, perfect."

"Okay!" Emperor Wanli's face was filled with a bright smile, and then ordered, "You ordered someone to deliver the box to Cining Palace immediately, and I will go there immediately."

Zhou Zuo did not take the order immediately and left, but stood motionless and said carefully:

"Longsui, I shouldn't have talked too much, but for you, I still want to ask a question.Longsui, really intends to obey the request of the censor Sun Jiguang and re-appoint the five people who were sceptered by Mr. Zhang for robbing love?"

Emperor Wanli was slightly stunned and asked, "Why do you think it's inappropriate now?"

"Long live, I think I should think twice!"

"I have already thought it through very clearly. The edict has been drafted, so why are you thinking about it?"

"But Long live, if you do this, not to mention the court officials, you may anger the Empress Dowager."

"Of course I know, so I decided to give my mother a precious gift according to your wishes."

Although this proposal was made by Zhou Zuo, the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was undesirable. However, he knew his identity, and after all, he was just a master of the Ganqing Palace, which was about the same as Emperor Wanli's close servant, so he naturally could not control Emperor Wanli's words and deeds. After his persuasion just now, he just bit the bullet and plucked his courage.

Seeing that Emperor Wanli was determined, Zhou Zuo had no choice but to sigh slightly, and turned around and left.

The corner of Emperor Wanli's face added a two-satisfactory smile...

The five people Zhou Zuo mentioned just now were the five people who were beaten to court for opposing Zhang Juzheng's love at the end of the fifth year of Wanli.

One is Wu Zhongxing, an editor of the Hanlin Academy, one is Zhao Yongxian, the other is Ai Mu, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Justice, the other is Chen Sixiao and filial piety, and the other is a young Jinshi Zou Yuanbiao.

At the beginning, Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian, Ai Mu, Chen Sixiao was punished by the court for writing memorials for most of his love-taking actions.

On the second day after the four men were stabbed, Jinshi Zou Yuanbiao also submitted a memorial to fight for Wu Zhongxing and other four people.

Unexpectedly, Zou Yuanbiao was also punished by the court.

After the court scepter incident, Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian, Ai Mu, Chen Sixiao and Zou Yuanbiao's reputation shocked the world, so he was called the "Five Gentlemen of Love" (of course, this is a reputation against Zhang Juzheng's love faction. Those who support Zhang Juzheng's love faction regard the five people as the Qingliu faction who only wants to gain a reputation).

At that time, Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Wanli resolutely seized the love and refused to let Zhang Juzheng go, so he expelled all five people who opposed the love and were beaten to court and expelled them from the capital.

Five years later, Zhang Juzheng had passed away for nearly half a year. In the words of Emperor Wanli, the censor Sun Jiguang suggested re-appointing the five people, and also listed a lot of reasons. Emperor Wanli was right to bypass the cabinet.

But after being a "little wife" for ten years, Emperor Wanli was afraid that Empress Dowager Li would know the news, so he came to question him like Wang Guoguang and Pan Sheng the previous two times.

For this reason, Emperor Wanli specifically instructed Zhang Hong and Chen Ju to inform them of all the eunuchs and not go to Cining Palace to report to Empress Dowager Li that those who disobey the order would be severely punished and refused to lend money. As for Feng Bao, he did not let him know without hiding it.

But Emperor Wanli was not stupid at all. He knew that paper could not contain the fire after all. Like the previous two times, Empress Dowager Li would know sooner or later.

Therefore, Emperor Wanli has been thinking about how to report this matter to Empress Dowager Li for the past two days.

Later, when he was playing mahjong with Zhou Zuo, he accidentally mentioned this matter, followed Zhou Zuo's advice and quickly transported a statue of Jiulian Guanyin Master made of pure gold in the Forbidden City in Nanjing to Beijing by tribute to Queen Mother Li as a gift.

Thinking that when Empress Dowager Li is happy, she will say this matter lightly. Anyway, the edict has been drafted, and at worst it will be scolded.

Moreover, regarding the appointment of Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian, Emperor Wanli felt that the reasons were very sufficient and he had to be 80% sure to convince Empress Dowager Li.

So, this time he dared to take the initiative to find Empress Dowager Li.

After sorting out his clothes and his chaotic thoughts, he headed towards the Cining Palace.

Empress Dowager Li was reciting Buddhist scriptures in the study. When she saw Emperor Wanli coming, she stopped quickly and asked:

"Jun'er, so early?"

"The child wants to tell her mother good news in person."

"What? Did the Liaodong Army win all the way?"

"..." Emperor Wanli was stunned by the question, and then replied, "Mom, I don't mean this."

"What's good news?"

"Wait, mom." Emperor Wanli said, and slapped outside twice.

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Chapter completed!