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Zhu Si and the minister were angry.
Zhang Cong did not expect this. When he heard in the Hanlin Academy that the emperor had issued an edict saying that he had gone to Xishan, he was as horrified as those other civil servants who heard the news, who felt that the emperor was making nonsense.
Of course, what the civil servants thought was a nonsense was that the emperor left the palace privately and was as irresponsible as his predecessor Zhu Houzhao.
What Zhang Cong believed was that the emperor was so willful that after the news leaked, he would directly issue an edict and make it public.
After hearing about this matter, Huo Tao hurriedly went to Zhang Cong's official room to find him and expressed his concern: "It is said that His Majesty was very angry and furious with Eunuch Zhang and others. If His Majesty sends someone to investigate the matter thoroughly, I'm afraid..."
"Besides you and me, who else knows?" Zhang Cong asked.
Originally, Zhang Cong's purpose was to pit the emperor and his ministers against each other. He took the opportunity to serve as a military advisor and make suggestions for the emperor. Now there was indeed a rift between the emperor and his ministers, but the emperor stayed in Xishan and never returned. The nature suddenly changed.
As the conflicts between the monarch and his ministers expand, once there is another incident of deadly remonstrance, the situation will definitely not be dealt with by Zhang Cong.
So Zhang Cong's current strategy is to keep the matter secret. No matter what, no one can find out that he leaked the secret.
Huo Tao said: "This matter is just a rumor that someone spread out. No one knows that you and I are involved."
"Who spread the news?"
Zhang Cong is very strange.
The things I planned together with you were handed over to you, but why did you say that we were not involved? Whose hand did it spread, and whose prestige did it rely on to convince the ministers? Is it just to tell the ministers,
The emperor will not show up at the court next day, and has gone to Xishan. As a result, the court was canceled earlier, and those ministers believed the rumors?
There must be enough persuasiveness to convince the minister.
Huo Tao shook his head: "Actually, this matter... In my estimation, it is probably related to Huang Butang..."
"It's him?"
Zhang Cong frowned.
From the beginning, he ignored the issue of the wider implications of this matter. He only wanted to have problems with the court when Zhu Hao was not in the capital. He stood up to turn the tide, but he never thought about whether someone would plot against him, because it was him who made the decision.
After all, no one can predict his thoughts and understand his plan in advance, right?
But now he feels that he is probably the one being used, rather than making a fuss about the conflict between the emperor and his ministers.
He thought he was a chess player, but suddenly he became a chess piece on the chess board.
Zhang Cong was still aware of this, and said quickly: "Then find someone to spread the word to the outside world, saying that this matter may be related to Huang Butang's leak."
"Are we really going to make a big fuss?"
What Huo Tao means is that now that things have become difficult to end, if you want to continue to make trouble and expose Huang Zan, let's not say whether the emperor believes it or not, but what good will this matter do to you?
Do you really think that as long as Zhu Hao is away, the emperor will definitely ask for your opinion when something happens?
Zhang Cong was already very nervous, but he wanted to show confidence in front of Huo Tao: "Don't you understand yet? In fact, the current results are good, and your Majesty may summon me to Xishan soon.
Discussing countermeasures, isn’t this exactly the situation we need?”
Huo Tao originally wanted to ask, is it possible to trap himself in a cocoon?
But he still held back.
No matter what Zhang Cong thinks now, he has no room to retreat, because he has already boarded Zhang Cong's pirate ship. If he jumps off the ship now, Zhang Cong will throw stones into the water and kill him, because no one can tolerate it.
betray.
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Xishan Villa, where the emperor is temporarily staying.
After Zhu Si sent people back to the capital to announce the news that he was in Xishan, he was angry for less than an hour, and then settled down to play the role of his idle emperor and wandered around the gardens near the villa.
He didn't dare to go far this time because he was afraid that his coming to Xishan would be used by someone with ulterior motives. A few assassins might not be harmful, but if the Tatars were provoked or rebels appeared... that would be a big deal.
Wonderful.
Zhang Zuo came over in a hurry and saw Empress Zhu Si, but he didn't start anything immediately.
Zhu Si asked: "How did the ministers in the capital react when they heard that I was not in the palace?"
Zhang Zuo is in a dilemma because some things are not easy to investigate. If it is in the court, the ministers will speak out their thoughts directly. Those who are brave will offend Yan Zhijian, while those who are timid will choose to remain silent. Even the ministers will argue with each other.
Distinguish between right and wrong.
But now the ministers had just learned the news, and the emperor had not met with them. It is not easy for outsiders to know the ministers' private deliberations. To know their thoughts, one can only know after reading the memorials they wrote on this matter.
"Your Majesty, so far, no one has made a public statement on this matter, and no one has reported it." Zhang Zuo said cautiously.
Zhu Si was a little strange. He tilted his head and thought for a while, frowned and asked: "They are smarter now and don't confront me? No one will discuss it secretly and go to Zuoshunmen to kneel down and remonstrate, right?"
Zhang Zuodao: "I have never seen such a tendency."
"No! No!"
Zhu Si himself denied the previous idea, "They know that this is useless. If they want to be direct, they may go to the palace to ask the aunt of the emperor for instructions, and ask the aunt of the emperor to issue an edict to depose me! Only in this way can they get rid of me once and for all.
Solve the problem!"
Zhang Zuo was shocked.
How unconfident is the emperor?
You actually think that Queen Mother Zhang will destroy him at any time?
Putting aside whether the Queen Mother Zhang really wanted to do this, even if the Queen Mother Zhang had this idea, would those ministers dare? Even if the civil servants and the Queen Mother really joined hands, would those military officers dare?
Zhu Sidao: "Didn't Jingdao tell me before? When we first seized the door, some ministers went to ask the Queen Mother for instructions and got the Queen Mother's decree..."
Zhang Zuoxin said, “So I’m waiting here!”
Since Your Majesty knows the risks of leaving the palace rashly, why do you come to Xishan?
Zhang Zuo said quickly: "The old slave immediately sent people back to keep an eye on the palace and did not allow anyone to send even a single word into the palace!"
"Can you guard against it?"
Zhu Si asked in rapid succession, "What if someone falsely conveys Yi's decree?"
Zhang Zuo was a little broken.
You are the one who caused trouble, you are the one who raised the issue, and now you are the one who denies the response plan... What exactly do you want from us? You should make it clear.
We don’t even know where the root of the problem is, how to solve it?
Your Majesty’s heart is unpredictable. If that’s the case, if Mr. Zhu were here and asked a little bit, we would know what His Majesty is thinking. He does everything in a relaxed and orderly manner. Why are we here playing charades with His Majesty at this time?
?
"In this case, go and call Zhang Bingyong for me. Oh, by the way, there is also Minister Xi from the Ministry of Rites. Let them come together!"
Zhu Si probably didn't know what he was doing, so he decided to call in two imperial party generals at the same time.
Zhang Zuo asked: "Your Majesty, will you invite Huang Shangshu here as well?"
Zhu Sidao said: "We can't transfer them all at once. There is always someone who needs to stay in the court to listen to the wind. If I transfer all my close associates, wouldn't that give an opportunity to the rebellious ministers and traitors?"
Zhang Zuo suddenly felt that the emperor had prepared the worst.
It just happened because of a patrol trip...
How great would it be if the emperor didn't suddenly want to come to Xishan yesterday?
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After Xi Shu and Zhang Cong received the emperor's oral order, they immediately went to Xishan. They also chose to travel by train.
For them, this is the most convenient and fastest way from the capital to Xishan. Even riding a horse is not as fast.
"Xi Butang, what do you think His Majesty is going to do?"
Zhang Cong seemed completely unaware. There were only two of them in the train carriage at this time. Zhang Cong looked like he was being taught with an open mind and asked Xi Shu for instructions.
Xi Shu said: "Why does Your Majesty want to inspect Xishan? Why is there no news in advance?"
Compared to Zhang Cong's restraint, Xi Shu was very open-minded about this.
When Zhu Houzhao traveled, he went directly to the northwest to become a general military officer, and he also moved the court to the Xuan Mansion, which caused a big headache for the civil servants.
And now the emperor has found a reasonable excuse, saying that he was on an inspection tour of Xishan. Even if he said it after the fact... But with the emperor's current control over the court, it would not be easy for others to cause chaos, right?
Besides, even the cabinet members didn’t show any intention of remonstrating.
Zhang Cong said: "I have no idea at all. Could someone deliberately send His Majesty on a patrol to test the reaction of the people in the court?"
Xi Shu smiled and said nothing.
The conflict between Zhang Cong and Zhu Hao is no secret now. Xi Shu still has expectations for Zhang Cong, so he said this to Zhang Cong.
Now that Zhang Cong was deliberately pretending to be stupid in front of him, Xi Shu had nothing to say.
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Xishan North Campus, the main tent of the Chinese Army.
Huang Jin was standing next to the handsome man, and the security forces inside the city were being mobilized by Lu Song to strengthen the security inside and outside the city.
The arrival of the emperor, and the fact that it was made public, had a great impact on ordinary people in the city. Some places had to be temporarily closed, and even the two coal mines near the foot of the mountain had to stop operations.
Ordinary people in Xishan felt honored by the emperor's visit.
Especially those who have taken root in Xishan, they have begun to gradually buy properties and live in Xishan. If Xishan is affirmed by the emperor, it means that their previous choice was right, which is a great encouragement to them.
"Lu Qianhu, if Tatar soldiers and horses come to attack now, will you be able to resist?" Huang Jin asked nervously.
Lu Song replied: "There are currently no signs of Tatar riding activities."
Huang Jin asked again: "Is it reliable?"
Lu Song said with certainty: "There are a large number of sentry posts west of Zijingguan and north of Juyongguan. It is very convenient to send messages to each other. Moreover, we are currently traveling close to the station. If there is really an attack by Tatars, your majesty only needs to get on the train.
, you can quickly return to the capital, and the Tatars have nothing to do!”
"Yep!"
Huang Jin suddenly relaxed.
The emperor got on the train. With the speed of the train, it was almost impossible for the Tatars to catch up.
"Is it possible that the Tatars will take a detour and destroy the tracks?"
Huang Jin suddenly thought of something again and became nervous.
Lu Song said with a smile: "The factory owner is overthinking. These are all what Mr. Zhu expected. It would be very difficult for the Tatars to interfere with the operation of our Ming Dynasty trains. And even if your majesty doesn't leave, our troops and horses in the city have a large number of advanced firearms. As long as the Tatars
If a man underestimates the enemy and advances rashly, if an army goes deep alone, there will be no return!"
Huang Jin shook his head and said: "It's better to be cautious. There can be no hidden dangers. No one can afford it if something happens!"