Shen Shixing returned to the cabinet.

The cabinet is not only located in the palace, but also very close to the Ganqing Palace, and it only lasts one thousand meters to die.

Therefore, the news that Emperor Wanli was held hostage by Zhu Yili and Zheng Miaojin had spread in the cabinet.

At this time, in addition to the two recommended by the Prime Minister Shen Shixing and Zhang Juzheng before leaving, one was Xu Guo and the other was Yu Youding. Not long ago, another one was added, namely Wang Xijue (his entry into the cabinet was a measure and manifestation of Emperor Wanli's liquidation and denial of Zhang Juzheng).

The three cabinet ministers were waiting for Shen Shi.

Seeing that Shen Shixing finally came back, he couldn't wait to come forward to consult.

"Is that emperor in Ganqing Palace fake?"

"It's really the emperor was held hostage by King Lu in Yikun Palace?"

"Is Prince Lu really going to rebel?"

"Is it true?"

“…”

Shen Shixing sat down slowly and replied slowly, "It's all true, it's all true."

Xu Guo, Yu Youding, Wang Xijue was stunned.

In fact, they knew it without asking. There was a big mess in the palace just now, so how could there be a falsehood? But are they all true? Then what is the situation now?"

"What's the result?"

The three cabinet ministers looked at Shen Shixing.

Shen Shixing shook his head and said, "There is no result yet, the two Empress Dowagers are negotiating and dealing with it."

Then he briefly told the other three cabinet ministers what he saw in Yikun Palace.

But for the time being, I wanted to hide a major information: Zhang Juzheng is still living in the world.

But despite this, the three cabinet ministers were so explosive that they almost made them fall off their chins. They couldn't react for a moment and felt as if they were dreaming.

"It turns out that Zheng Shupin and Prince Lu..."

"Prince Lu wants to rebel and replace it..."

"The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces is obviously inclined to King Lu..."

"Will you deposed Emperor Wanli and established a new lord next?"

All the three cabinet ministers found it incredible.

All this came too suddenly.

However, after thinking about it carefully, it seems that there have been clues... Zhu Yiliu has indeed intervened too much. For more than a year, he seems to be everywhere.

Shen Shixing nodded in all the questions of the three cabinet ministers and expressed his determination. Anyway, it is true that Emperor Wanli was taken hostage and Zhu Yili wanted to replace him...

"What should we do now?"

Although Yu Youding, the question was about the common voice of the three cabinet ministers: As the highest decision-making body of the country, what should we do if such a thing happens?

After all, someone wants to rebel.

Shen Shixing replied slowly: "What else can we do? Although this is a huge thing, Empress Dowager Li did not intend to declare it to the public, but issued an order to block the Forbidden City to prevent the news from leaking, and asked us to wait for her decision. What does this mean?"

Shen Shixing swept over Yu Youding one by one, Xu Guo and Wang Xijue paused for a moment and continued:

"This shows that Empress Li did not regard Zhu Yili's hostage to Your Majesty as a national event, but only treats it as a family matter."

What the implication is that since Empress Li treats her as a family matter, what else can they do?

Just like when Emperor Wanli teased and insulted the palace maids and was arrested by Empress Dowager Li, Empress Dowager Li insisted on pulling Emperor Wanli to Fengxian Hall and kneeling in front of the ancestors and ancestors. He must abolish Emperor Wanli and change to King Lu. How can court officials intervene? What else can they do?

The three cabinet ministers all looked thoughtful and pondered without saying a word. Suddenly, Wang Xijue asked:

"Yuan Fu, having said that, Prince Lu must have a legitimate reason to hold Your Majesty hostage and ask for a plan to replace him, right? Otherwise, this would be a death sentence!"

Among these four people, Wang Xijue is the youngest, he has only entered the cabinet for a short time and is one year older than Shen Shixing. However, since he was with Shen Shixing and Yu Youding was a Jinshi, they talked straightforwardly and usually had no excessive taboos.

It is very magical. In the Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue and Yu Youding happened to be in the same subject, which is the top three in the Jinshi list of the Renxu category in the 41st year of Jiajing, and they were awarded the Jinshi first and were awarded the first place.

Among the four, only Xu Guo was a Jinshi in the late 1st year, namely the 44th year of Jiajing. The other three were not only Jinshi in the same subject, but also just top three. They also joined the cabinet and were promoted to Grand Secretary as prime minister. This was also the first time they saw it in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, although Wang Xijue finally entered the cabinet and had the youngest qualifications, he said whatever he thought of and did not deliberately hide his thoughts in his heart, although he had long heard of the relationship between Shen Shixing and Zhu Yiliu.

Shen Shixing's attitude was clear, meaning that he didn't have to worry about anything at the moment, just wait for Empress Dowager Li's choice.

But in Wang Xijue's view, no matter who Empress Dowager Li supports, this matter requires a prerequisite, that is, Zhu Yili's motive must be justified and he cannot hold Emperor Wanli hostage for no reason and say that he should replace him.

Wang Xijue then said quietly: "If Prince Lu does not have a legitimate reason, even if Empress Dowager Li supports him to the throne, he will be in a bad position in the eyes of the world, and it will easily cause conflicts and even major turmoil in the future. And we don't care, what is this called? Is it called being unfaithful to His Majesty and disloyal to the Ming Dynasty? It will definitely be cursed in the future."

Shen Shixing nodded slightly, feeling that Wang Xijue's suggestion was not wrong, and it was indeed time.

It is very necessary to "a master is famous for his reputation".

Everything you do must be famous. The bandits and bandits with some ideal vision will not rob them without saying a word. They often have to first package themselves as if they are practicing the law for heaven, and then put on a layer of chivalrous cloak. In the eyes of the unscrupulous people who are not aware of the truth, these people may still be righteous knights.

No matter what happens, court officials have the habit of following the old rules. It has happened to the Ming Dynasty like Zhu Yiliu to replace it.

And it is also very representative, that is, the "Jingnan Battle" by Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di clearly stole his nephew's country, so why is it called "Jingnan"?

"Jing" means to pacify, and "Jingnan" means to pacify the chaos. It means that he is not rebelling, but that he has treacherous ministers around his nephew who need to be eradicated. He is following the rules set by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang during the reign of Emperor Taizu, fulfilling the obligations of the vassal kings, and helping his nephew.

In this way, Zhu Di naturally stood at the commanding heights of morality. When the common people heard this, oh, this is the family affairs of the emperor and his uncle. King Zhu Di of Yan did not rebel against the court, so there would be nothing wrong. He didn't have to help the court resist the Yan army.

At that time, many imperial officials were not very repulsive of King Yan Zhu Di, and there were many leaders, such as Li Jinglong, the general of the Southern Army who opened the Nanjing gate for Zhu Di. Although in Li Jinglong's heart, he knew that Zhu Di was selling dog meat with the title of sheep, but with the fig leaf of the "Jingnan" layer, it seemed that he would not be so sad when he betrayed Emperor Jianwen.

This is what is called "a master is famous for his master".

It can be said that in addition to Zhu Di's own ability, the reason why he succeeded so quickly was closely related to his finding the "market positioning" from the beginning.

Suppose he directly said that Zhu Yunwen was not a qualified monarch, and today I would overthrow him and become the emperor myself will be much more obstacles.

It is completely imagined that if there was no "Jingnan" as the legal basis for rebellion, some court officials who wanted to make a fuss and did not offend both sides would definitely bite the bullet and help Zhu Yunwen, otherwise they would be disloyal to the Ming Dynasty.

This is exactly the question that Wang Xijue raised at this moment.

Of course, he did not deliberately help Zhu Yiliu. He had no friendship with Zhu Yiliu, but just stood from the perspective of a minister and an outsider, thinking that this was very important, so he brought it up.

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Chapter completed!