The doctors of the Imperial Hospital were finally able to sleep well, and could only watch silently for Hu Cheng.

Of course, Hu Cheng also slept peacefully.

He followed Zhu Yiliu's words, went home to take a shower and had a full meal, then walked around his garden, sorted out his thoughts, and finally fell into bed and slept until dawn.

The next morning, he went to the Imperial Hospital to work as usual.

Because of Zhu Yili's special reminder, he was extra careful when going out.

I'm really worried about being slapped behind my back. I can't just get into an accident before I even started, right? I have to die and understand.

Besides, after he sorted out his ideas, he found that the problem might not be as difficult as he imagined.

"My magistrate is early!"

"My magistrate is early!"

When the doctors of the Imperial Hospital saw Hu Cheng, they greeted him warmly.

Only when Hu Cheng falls into it can they sleep well. It is equivalent to Hu Cheng carrying a lot of pressure for them, so they are of course enthusiastic.

"It's early!"

"morning!"

Hu Cheng replied one by one. His condition is completely different from yesterday.

Not only is it not decadent, it gives people a feeling of being so energetic in spring breeze.

After saying hello to his colleagues, Hu Cheng went to his own room, and he wanted to study and experiment.

Regarding Hu Cheng's condition and performance, the doctors of the Imperial Hospital looked at each other, and seemed to be able to read the same sentence from their eyes: Is this true?

A whisper is naturally inevitable.

"The magistrate of the court is very calm!"

"It should be pretending, right? He was targeted by Prince Lu and forced him to be there. If he could still calm down, he would see a ghost."

"Shh, don't lift the knife, there are ears in the partition. No matter what, we actually want to thank the magistrate of the court."

"Yes, yes, but if we say that, do we still have to thank Prince Lu?"

"Anyway, we will meet all the needs of the magistrate of the Academy without reservation."

"That's a must!"

“…”

...

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is a regular day.

In the previous years of the Wanli Dynasty, the rule of dynasty was decided after Zhang Juzheng became the chief minister.

In fact, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor had to attend court every day, but the more he went, the more lazy the emperor became, and unwilling to do his job.

Especially when Emperor Wanli's grandfather, Emperor Jiajing and his father, Emperor Longqing, basically no longer attend court.

When Emperor Wanli ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Li was very afraid that his son would follow his grandfather and father's old path and required that he had to go to court every day.

But Emperor Wanli was less than ten years old when he ascended the throne. Going to court was a complicated and painful thing. He was young and could not make a decision, so he had little significance to Emperor Wanli.

In view of this, Zhang Juzheng proposed that every three or nine court cases be held, and Empress Dowager Li agreed.

Because Emperor Wanli did not take charge of the rule, this rule has remained unchanged.

On regular court days, the emperor promoted his seat in the imperial tent of the Jintai of Huangjimen. After the whip sounded, all officials above the fourth rank in the capital were to be heard, and they were divided into literary, military and western fish to bow their heads, and then climbed up the steps and stood in the corridor and reported according to the department.

As for those officials of lower rank, they could only wait outside the Meridian Gate, and under the guidance of the officials of the Honglu Temple, perform five bows and three bows, and then stand up to the north and wait for the decree.

The Imperial Gate Prison was originally a common old system, but the atmosphere of the two recent dynasties was a bit different.

Because Zhang Juzheng, the prime minister of civil and military officials, was not present.

In addition, the Zhang Grand Secretary’s Mansion and the Imperial Hospital are under high alert, so neither place is allowed to enter and exit casually. Not only are there open whistles, but also secret whistles, which makes people panic and speculate.

Zhang Juzheng was seriously ill and bedridden, which really made officials from all walks of life in the capital uneasy.

There are at least 20,000 officials and clerks in the capital and yamen.

As soon as the hour of Yin arrived, the three drums were heard, and the Meridian Gate immediately opened.

The Imperial Guard Flag School has already held a spear in her hand and arranged the way first, and the armor and weapons are radiant and cannot be looked at.

As soon as the drum sounded, two red and green horses, like the bride and groom, were led out of the Meridian Gate by the eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor, stood on both sides of the door opening, and built an arch bridge with the elephant trunk.

The imperial bell rang, and officials of sufficient level lined up to enter the meridian gate from under the elephant trunk bridge, while officials of insufficient level stayed in place to look at it.

When entering the door, officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple held yellow books and counted the number of people.

Not long after, the eunuch who passed the order came to the steps outside the Huangji Gate and shouted in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty has an order: summon the cabinet, the five governments, and the six ministries to come--"

Upon hearing this order, all the officials present knew that the emperor would not leave all the officials in Beijing.

Any such situation will only happen when the emperor announces a major event.

The officials looked at each other first, and then they couldn't help but whisper and chatter, and began to talk.

As the head of all officials, Zhang Juzheng's early court was next to the Jintai Imperial Statue, only a short distance from Emperor Wanli.

But at this moment, he did not attend, the Jintai imperial tent was empty, and Emperor Wanli did not come either.

This has further intensified the speculation of Gyeonggi officials. What major events should the emperor announce in this individual court?

As for the regular court, the chief minister Zhang Juzheng was unable to attend because he was seriously ill, but why didn’t the emperor come?

Just as the officials were suspicious, they suddenly heard three crisp whip sounds in front of the Huangji Hall gate, followed by a loud shout:

"The imperial edict arrived-"

The eunuch's voice was already high, and the eunuch's voice was trained to be sent to the court.

Those three words seem to be roaring but not roaring, but they are melodiously and melodiously outside the Meridian Gate.

In an instant, from the square outside the Meridian Gate to the sides of the imperial road in front of Huangji Gate, and between the eaves and pillars of the Jintai Imperial Tactic, all civil and military officials knelt down together.

It was a scene of chattering and whispering just now, and it instantly became silent.

Twist twist.

A sound of footsteps rang out.

The kneeling official did not dare to look up, but only heard the footsteps walking up to the Danmu in front of the Golden Platform, and then heard someone shouting:

"Your Majesty will not be in court early today, so I will order my servants to come and pass the imperial edict."

The person who spoke was not someone else, but Feng Bao, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor.

If the chief assistant is not here, the second assistant should be the main one.

Zhang Siwei looked up and asked suspiciously: "Eunuch Feng, why doesn't Your Majesty control the court?"

Feng Bao glanced at Zhang Siwei and said lukewarmly: "Old Zhang, please follow the order."

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the person who received the order must be the chief minister of the cabinet. If the chief minister is not there, then he will naturally be the second assistant of the cabinet.

So, Zhang Siwei carefully took a step forward, almost reaching the position where Zhang Juzheng was usually standing, and said:

"My minister Zhang Siwei led all civil and military officials to receive the order."

As soon as these words were said, people couldn't help but feel that this was the rhythm of replacing Zhang Juzheng?

Because Zhang Juzheng fell ill and did not attend court several times, the outside world wondered if the prime minister was going to be replaced?

The news of the temporary acting chief minister has not spread, and no one dares to make random guesses.

Therefore, Zhu Yiliu's suggestion to cross Zhang Siwei and use Shen Shixing is limited to a few people.

Feng Bao looked left and right, as if he was deliberately keeping him in hiding, and suddenly shouted: "Please ask Mr. Shen Shixing to accept the order!"

Now, Zhang Siwei was stunned and embarrassed. The chief minister did not go over to the second assistant but asked the cabinet minister to accept the order. What is the rhythm?

It reminded him of the scene when Gao Gong was expelled from the capital nine and a half years ago, in the summer of the sixth year of Longqing.

At that time, the eunuch who was sent the imperial eunuch was Wang Zhen, who also bypassed the chief minister Gao Gong and asked the cabinet minister Zhang Juzheng to receive the imperial edict.

After nearly ten years, the scene seems to be about to reappear...

Feng Bao's words will definitely not be wrong, and the officials also listened to them sincerely. Can Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing still make mistakes?

But why should we bypass the second support? Everyone was suspicious, but no one dared to speak out, so they could only ask each other with their eyes.
Chapter completed!