Chapter nine hundred and eighty fifth: Zaozheng monarch
Li Ruofan set up a villa in the capital, not far from the royal palace. Although he often went to and from the Regent's Mansion, Li Ruofan did not live in the royal palace.
After all, there are three wives in the Liu family. She is a very smart person. The three wives were made by accident. If she bent into the Liu Mansion, she would have to be a concubine. It would be better to be unconscious. Besides, the three wives have been together for a long time and have been hugged together, and they are destined to be exclusion, so it is better to be close and separate.
Li Ruofan's villa did not have much Mongolian characteristics. She had lived in the capital for a long time and was deeply influenced by the influence. The decorations in the courtyard were more Han than Han people. After entering the pass, she was the Han ritual of Han. After leaving the pass, she restored the decoration and customs of Mongolian people. She changed her life a few days later and was very comfortable.
Jiao Fang saw that the gate of the villa was wide open, but there were several Mongolian guards at the door. He got out of the sedan chair and asked someone to worship the famous thorn. Not long after, someone invited him in.
After entering the hall, Li Ruofan had been waiting in the small hall for a long time. She was wearing the most recent dress in the Lirenfang. She was beautiful and charming. It was this kind of charm and the kind of closeness with the Regent, so she could tie Liu Chengfeng's heart with the identity of the outside room. However, at this moment, this charming charm was much restrained. After all, she was a Mongolian woman and had no defense between men and women, not to mention that Jiao Fang was a terrible old man in her seventies. She smiled slightly, nodded to Jiao Fang, and said, "Master Jiao, please do it quickly. Lord Jiao, come to visit, and make the little girl's humble house shine brightly. She has not been able to welcome her far away. Please forgive me."
This kind of politeness surprised Jiao Fang. In name, he could accept Li Ruofan's polite words. After all, he was the chief minister of the cabinet. Li Ruofan was at most a mother of a vassal king and the queen mother of a first-class imperial edict. However, Jiao Fang was a very real person. His real thing was that he never cared about false reputations and did not like the so-called status and grades. Whoever held real power and who had the weight of his words was true.
This is his way of dealing with the world, and it is precisely because of this that he can beat Li Dongdong and Yang Yiqing and preside over the overall situation of the cabinet.
"Did Lord Jiao read the newspaper recently?" Li Ruofan asked bluntly.
Jiao Fang knew in her heart that the Queen Mother wanted to go straight to the point, so she did not dare to neglect and said, "I have seen some of them, which are mostly good words for His Highness Regent, and both gentry and merchants also have praises."
Li Ruofan smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Jiao didn't think he could read these newspapers thoroughly."
Jiao Fang couldn't help but say wonderingly: "The official is stupid, please ask your wife to give me some advice."
Li Ruofan said: "In the study, there is an interesting article, saying that the emperor has not yet seen or has unexpected results. Unfortunately, it is still missing. It's a pity that there is nowhere to be seen. It's a pity."
Jiao Fang suddenly became nervous. Before he came, he had thought that Li Ruofan invited him to come, but he must not have invited him to chat. He must have had a major event to discuss. Now that he mentioned the long-lost emperor, he couldn't help but feel nervous, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, it's been more than a year now, but there is no news to investigate. I'm afraid there is so much danger."
Li Ruofan smiled and said, "Actually... I already have news..."
"Oh?" Jiao Fang was shocked and said, "Is that so? I wonder if your Majesty..." When he spoke, his voice trembled. The news was really a **, which made him difficult for a moment. It was too sudden.
Li Ruofan said seriously: "In fact, someone has discovered His Majesty's traces in Nanzhou. However, it is true. There are also rumors that the Nanzhou Governor's Office has planned to escort His Majesty back to Beijing."
Jiao Fang said: "Why did you go to Nanzhou?"
Li Ruofan yawned, showing his tired journey, and said lazily: "This...is unknown. In short, if the news is true, at most, at least half a year, or as little as three months, Your Majesty will enter the capital."
Jiao Fang rolled his Adam's apple, and her whole body was shaking, saying, "Maybe it's not necessarily the rumors."
Li Ruofan smiled and said, "There are so many groundless things in the world? Today I solemnly ask you to inform you of this news. This matter is at least 80% sure. Otherwise, if you think I'm fine, will you come to talk to you about it?"
If it were in the past, Jiao Fang would have said he would not dare, but now his mind was full of messy things, and he was just a little confused. After a long time, he said: "Your Majesty returns to Beijing, it is a great joy, a great joy."
Li Ruofan smiled slightly: "Happy is of course very happy, hey... I'm tired. The news is still missing a word of the horoscope. Don't rush to spread it, just know it."
Jiao Fang nodded, said goodbye in a daze, came out of the other yard, and got into the sedan chair. Jiao Fang was gasping heavily, and his mood could not calm down for a long time.
The news was really shocking. Although Li Ruofan was just ambiguous, Jiao Fang knew that a woman like Li Ruofan would call herself to the mansion personally, so she must have an accurate information channel to say these words. The emperor did find it, and might even have been on the way from Nanzhou to the capital.
Although the itinerary is very long and takes at least three to five months, Jiao Fang could already predict how earth-shaking changes the court would take.
Once the emperor returns to the capital, the regent will definitely return to power. With the relationship between the regent and the emperor, the emperor will probably not be able to treat the regent. At worst, let the regent be a vassal. But what is next? You must know that there are many things that are not done by the regent, and most of them are arranged by him, Jiao Fang. It can be said that Jiao Fang has done many traitors and said a lot of things. Will the emperor not know these things? Even if he doesn't know them now, he will know them sooner or later. According to this reason, once the regent goes to Chu, Jiao Fang will be in trouble.
Especially back then, Jiao Fang couldn't leave any relationship with him when he forced the royal family to death. If the emperor took power, would he be willing to leave such a person behind?
Jiao Fang sat in the sedan chair, and the more she thought about it, the more terrible he felt, his heart suddenly became confused.
No... Jiao Fang suddenly caught something. The news just now was so scary that he was confused for a while. But now, he suddenly thought of something, why did Li Ruofan tell him the news, why didn't he tell the Regent, but to ask him what it means. Perhaps...
Jiao Fang suddenly understood, and he couldn't help but change his face suddenly. Li Ruofan, a woman, wanted to push herself to the edge of the cliff and make a choice.
Jiao Fang's face changed and hesitated. After a long time, he let out a long sigh and then ordered the Suihu: "Come here, please take my husband's greetings and go and invite Mr. Li Dongdong, Chen Hongyu, the commander of the Jinyiwei, Qian Fang, the commander of the new army, and Eunuch Zhang, and Eunuch Gu to discuss matters together and tell them that the matter is urgent. After an hour, I will wait in the mansion."
On the ninth day of the sixth month of the third year of Zhengde.
This is a very ordinary day, and ordinary things cannot be more ordinary. As usual, Liu Chengfeng summoned court officials and held court discussions.
The officials in the court were surprisingly silent today, all looking at Liu Chengfeng with strange eyes. After a year of gradual replacement, most of these ministers became Liu Chengfeng's generals, one emperor and another. Although Liu Chengfeng was not the emperor, he also had his standards for employing people. To do big things, he naturally used his own people to facilitate them.
"Is there anything to do today?" Liu Chengfeng asked as usual.
"Your Highness, I have something to report." Jiao Fang stood up with his head, then knelt down in the hall, and said seriously: "I have often heard military and civilians discussing the market recently. Now the emperor is missing, and the world has no master. The throne is empty for a long time. This is an unprecedented thing. Since the regent, His Highness has worked hard to govern, and his politics has been completely renewed, and all officials have been intimidated. This is a world of great governance. I am not talented. I think that the wise must not be without a king. But Your Highness knows people and is good at judging the rituals of wise and well-behaved. Why not imitate the ancient Yao and Shun and receive the ceremony of abdication..."
Liu Chengfeng frowned and shouted angrily: "Jiao Fang, is this what the minister said? You are too presumptuous!"
Jiao Fang was unmoved and said, "I don't know how to be arrogant, but I only know that Your Highness is deeply loved by the people. It is better to uphold the throne as soon as possible to calm the people's hearts!"
Liu Chengfeng seemed to understand something, squinted his eyes, couldn't help looking at Jiao Fang, then snorted coldly, and said, "Nothing is true!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Dongdong stood up and knelt down on the ground, saying, "What Mr. Jiao said is very good, and I am not sure."
With him taking action, most of the civil and military officials in the court suddenly knelt down. The other ministers standing were shocked, not knowing whether it was better to kneel or not. It was not until the somewhat panicked Yang Yiqing fell to the ground after hesitating for a moment. Then the ministers in the hall bowed down. The crowd of people said together: "Please take the people of the world as their thoughts, and equip the people with the hearts of the people."
Jiao Fang shouted, "Long live my emperor."
Everyone immediately understood and shouted together: "Long live my emperor!"
At this moment, the entire Forbidden City suddenly became nervous. Countless palace guards suddenly left their posts under the leadership of military officers and rushed towards the palace. Countless people drew their swords and surrounded the palace. A group of military officers led by the Minister of the Imperial Guard Gao Qiang yelled outside: "If Your Majesty does not succeed to the throne, how can you be worthy of us brothers? If Your Majesty refuses, we will never agree."
The guards cheered together: "Long live my emperor."
Chapter 1 is here. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Piaotian. Literature registered members recommend this work. Your support is my greatest motivation.)