In the front room, three cabinet masters, six ministers and rotating ministers were anxiously waiting for news from the East Nuan Pavilion. The heavy rain whipped the earth like whips, making their hearts twitch constantly.

Most of these old ministers were gray-haired. They only heard the wind and rain outside, lightning and thunder outside, but the few were speechless, just staring at the direction of the Ganqing Palace, with a worried look on their faces.

A thunder that shook the earth suddenly, and several old men who were caught off guard shivered. With another lightning bolt, a figure flashed into the room and whispered loudly: "The Lord has an oral order!"

Several old ministers stood up suddenly when they heard this. Ma Wensheng, the Minister of Personnel, was so excited that his beards were trembling, and he said repeatedly: "Eunuch Zhang, is the emperor awake? How are the emperor?"

Liu Jian and others were also excited. As the head of the cabinet ministers, he forced himself to suppress his emotions and paid homage to the eunuch Zhang, the eunuch of the Sili Dynasty, and said, "I will receive the order."

The great masters then woke up and bowed together. Eunuch Zhang said, "The emperor said, "I am safe, and you are not worried. You are the pillars of the country. You should not be too tired. You will go back to your house to rest. The imperial horse supervisor in the palace sent a chariot to send him to him. The court meeting will be closed tomorrow, and all matters in the court will be decided by the three great scholars."

Eunuch Zhang passed the order and turned around to leave. Liu Daxia was anxious. He jumped up in a panic and stopped Eunuch Zhang and said, "Eunuch Zhang, what is the Holy Dragon Body? Does the Imperial Doctor have any explanation?"

Liu Daxia was the beloved minister of Emperor Hongzhi. Although Eunuch Zhang was one of the four leaders of the ritual supervision department, he did not dare to offend him, but was he just talking about this? Eunuch Zhang had no choice but to say, "Mr. Liu, don't you make things difficult for our family. Don't you understand these rules?"

Liu Daxia was stunned for a moment, and let go of his hand holding his sleeve in despair. Look, the emperor is in such a state of illness. Otherwise, how could he ask them to go back to their house to rest without seeing them? The news was blocked so closely?

Seeing Eunuch Zhang leave the court room, Ma Wensheng paused heavily and said to Jiao Fang, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel who was rotating that day: "Old Jiao, you must always keep the news about the East Nuan Pavilion tonight. If the emperor summons him urgently, you must not delay it."

Emperor Hongzhi liked to use an old minister. Jiao Fang, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was also a 71-year-old white-haired man, but he was energetic and very strong. He understood the meaning of Ma Shangshu's words and knew the importance of this matter. After hearing his order, he bowed and said, "Yes, sir, don't worry, the lord will wait at all times, and you dare not neglect."

Ma Wensheng nodded. At this time, the carriage of the Imperial Horse Supervisor outside the door had already arrived at the door. The emperor sent the carriage to see him off. These old ministers had never received this favor before. At this time, they were not happy in their hearts. When they got on the car in the rain, Li Dongyang stood on the shaft of the car and looked up at the direction of the Ganqing Palace. From a distance, they could only see the lights as bright as day. The palace maids and eunuchs were in and out. The atmosphere was very tense, and they couldn't help but sigh.

Empress Zhang, Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao, Yongfu, and Yongchun were guarding outside the East Warehouse. Although they were separated by one door, the person inside was closest to the most important relative, but they could only find some information through the eunuchs and imperial doctors. They were not allowed to enter without being summoned by Hongzhi.

In the East Nuan Pavilion, Hongzhi leaned on the pillow and was stunned by the heavy rain in his ears. Wang Yue, Miao Kui and Fan Ting knelt in front of him, his forehead was close to the ground, and he didn't dare to come out.

Hongzhi fell seriously ill before the New Year and recovered for more than a month. This time he suddenly fainted in the court and rescued for a whole day before he woke up. He knew that his body had been exhausted and the lamp was dry. This time it was really not far away.

He is a very superstitious person. Now, after the drought in the capital, there is a sudden heavy rain. Not long after he fainted, in his mind, this is the most obvious sign that the heaven has given him: I am the emperor, the heavens shed tears, and the storm is causing great storm. Isn’t it because I am going to have fun in the sky?

He sighed, thinking in his heart that his son, whom he could not rest assured, was not old when he succeeded to the throne, but although his son is now 15, he is still frivolous and not steady enough. That is definitely not the image of a qualified king in the minds of the courtiers.

This son is energetic and very smart, but he is like a wild horse and cannot stand the slightest restraint. He thought that his son would become calmer if he was older, but now it is time to give him the world. Can he do it?

He glanced at the three most beloved officials who were kneeling in front of him. They were all loyal to themselves and had no other intentions. But if they were replaced by the young prince, could they still be so loyal? Or would they gradually rely on power and respect their ministers to suppress their masters? They could hold the three most elite camps of the Ming Dynasty and the largest secret exploration organization.

Hongzhi had to worry that although the vassal kings in various places had long been stripped of the three guards, they might not have no ambitions. The account book of General Bao Shen presented to him by Yang Ling a few days ago made him even more alert. The court was extremely generous to the generals of the Beijing camp in the court. A third-rank official could even violate the military law for some flies. If the vassal kings in various places were awarded a beautiful jewellery, wouldn’t anyone be bribed?

Moreover, the ammunition production of the Beijing Camp fire guns is a huge secret in the army. At this time, not a single craftsman could make the most exquisite firearms and ammunition. Those powerful people who claimed to buy firearms to eliminate stealing and protect themselves were found to be false after the Jinyiwei found that the whereabouts of the ammunition were unknown. The number of firearms was not enough to worry about. Those who were worried were afraid that someone had found a craftsman to imitate them.

The muskets are inferior to cavalry in the north, but they are excellent weapons in the paddy fields, jungles, and mountains in the south. They are even cut off and the three guards cannot be trained. The best choice for the princes who can quickly equip a military force. Who can buy the firearms? Is it King of Chu, King Ning, or King Wu? These are all things that must be guarded against.

Hongzhi thought in a daze, then sighed for a while and said tiredly: "Print the Issue".

The eunuch of the Silijian, who was waiting behind the small long table of the rosewood, responded quickly and caught a wolf's hair. He heard Hongzhixi gasp for a while before saying: "The first order was that Xu Qi, Duke of Wei, had been in charge of Shenji Camp for twenty years, but the military was not strict, and the military discipline was dispersed. The military officials sold military funds privately, corrupting the rules and regulations. Now he was removed from his post as an official of the Shenji Camp to show punishment. The two deputy generals of the Shenji Camp were each appointed, and the British Duke Guo Xun was temporarily in charge of military affairs."

He calmed down and said, "The second order is to control the horses and supervise Wuxiang, Tengxiang, Left Guard, and the 4th Battalion of Right Guard out of the palace, stationed in the nine cities, three thousand battalions patrol the capital, five military camps, and Shenji camps are divided into the left and right capitals, and to adjust the left and right troops of Shenji camps into the palace to garrison."

Miao Kui heard the clever and cold war, and his body lowered. The emperor suddenly adjusted his defense, obviously because the Fourth Battalion of the Imperial Horse Supervision had been stationed in the palace for a long time, so he was prepared for it. However, the emperor issued an order in front of him, and obviously still trusted himself very much. For a moment, Miao Kui's heart was tossed and turned, but he couldn't tell what it felt.

Hongzhi felt dizzy and wanted to vomit. He insisted on saying, "The third order is to inform the garrisons in various places to strictly guard the passes and be on guard. All vassal kings must not leave their fiefdoms without orders or enter the capital without orders, otherwise they will be punished as a rebellious person!"

He said a decree, and the eunuch Bingbi kowtowed, then picked up the pen and did not write it. After listening to the eunuch Bingbi, Hongzhi quickly read it and said, "Just like this, go down and use the seal."

Hongzhi said and waved his hand again, "You all go down first, call the prince in, I want to talk to him."

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Yang Ling walked into the court room. The court was a long room with dim light inside. Because the emperor was critically ill, the court room had stopped. The court room was now deserted, and there was only a listless civil servant who was lying on the table with his back to him.

Yang Ling didn't alarm him either. He walked straight to a chair in the corner of the wall and sat down, leaning on the back of the chair, feeling soreness in his back.

That day, Yang Ling wanted to go home and take a look. When Ma Zhihuguosi Street saw that the lights were turned off in the courtyard, he didn't want to disturb the young lady, so he rushed back to the mountain overnight. Fortunately, he did not delay and the imperial decree of the court was also stormy. He entered the tent of the commander and the imperial decree arrived.

Yang Ling, who had never stopped for a moment, immediately led the army back to Beijing. The speed of the journey was even harder, and it was much slower than he was riding alone. Five thousand officers and soldiers walked for three days and one night, and they returned to the capital until today.

Yang Ling had already replied to the imperial edict outside the court room, but after waiting for a while, the eunuch had not yet summoned him to see him. Yang Ling remembered the emperor's current condition. It seemed that he could not tell when he would see him, so he hid in the court room and wanted to rest for a while. Yang Ling straightened his legs, breathed a long sigh, closed his eyes and rested in a daze.

I don’t know when I heard a sound of footsteps. Yang Ling, who was half asleep and half awake, opened his eyes and saw a few people he didn’t know came in. There were five or six people, all third and fourth rank civil servants. Seeing that it had nothing to do with it, Yang Ling closed his eyes and calmed down.

In the past few days, the three Grand Secretary still have offices in the palace. Whenever there are any decisions in each department, they come to the palace. The civil servants have just submitted official documents to the Grand Secretary. Because some of them are waiting for approval, they come to the court room for a while.

The eyes of these adults were almost there, and no one saw clearly that there was a military officer sitting in the dark corner of the wall, so he sat down on the bench and chatted about official business. Wang Yan, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, said worriedly: "The emperor is in a state of peace, and the government is shocked. It has not been better in the past few days. There are many things that the three great ministers cannot make arbitrary decisions. What should we do?"

Secretary Yang Fang comforted him: "Don't worry, Lord Wang. I heard that the emperor has ordered the Eastern Palace to discuss politics with the three ministers. The prince is the crown prince. At this moment, there are some things that can be decided for Your Majesty."

Wang Yang sighed: "The prince is young and does not know the sufferings of the people. If he only gave an instruction later, he would not know how many victims would suffer."

The lying rotating official woke up when he heard the sound, turned around and saw that it was Wang Jiao and couldn't help but smile: "It turned out to be Jizhi, I said it sounds familiar."

Only then did Wang Yang see clearly that the right assistant minister who was sleepy on the table was Jiao Fang, and hurriedly bowed: "It turned out to be Lord Jiao, how about the emperor's dragon body?"

Jiao Fang shook her head and sighed, and opened her mouth to speak, an old eunuch walked in with a pile of memorials. This eunuch was Liu Jin, the eunuch who served the Eastern Palace. The prince was ordered by the emperor to do his duty to discuss politics with the three ministers, so he brought several capable eunuchs around him. Of course, they were just memorials sent to the detention, and the officials who needed to be questioned were not considered a big deal.

However, Liu Jin was originally only hitting Jingyang Bell and beating Sichen Drums, and was an inconspicuous eunuch. Now he was holding the imperial edicts from the court and summoned the ministers in the court. Although he was doing an errand runner, he was in contact with first-class people. He couldn't help but feel "*" in his heart.

Especially now that the emperor is critically ill, it is already a matter of a blink of an eye. As the prince trusts, his future prospects will be infinitely bright. When he thinks of this, Liu Jin's enthusiasm for work suddenly increased. He ran around the offices and towards the room all day long, and he didn't feel the hard work.

At this time, he brought me a note from two officials of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Justice. They ordered it and thanked him. Liu Jin smiled and accepted it, as if he had approved it, and his expression was quite glorious.

Wang Yang asked, "This father-in-law, Xinyang is flooded, hasn't the memorial to report the famine to seek relief yet?"

Liu Jin said: "What we received is only a memorial from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Justice. I think the three great masters have never read that memorial."

Wang Xing said, "I added the word "urgent" and why didn't I approve it? Xinyang floods are flooded and the people have no food and clothing. The court should promptly exempt taxes and disaster relief food. What should I do if it is too late to stir up civil unrest?"

Liu Jinmeng remembered that he had heard several eunuchs in the palace discussing the incident of lying about the disaster year by hundreds of local officials and citing taxes, and couldn't help but laugh: "Don't be anxious, it's just May, so how could the news period come so early? Maybe it was Fengsui who reported the famine year by the court? Maybe the local officials and the court officials from Xinyang in the court colluded with each other to buy a good place and gain a reputation. You have to check it out."

Coincidentally, the minister Wang Yang happened to be from Xinyang. When he heard Liu Jin's words, he was furious and slapped the table with a bang and said, "Don't squirt with blood. Xinyang flood has long reported this famine. Is this famine still fake? What do you know about major events in the court? Don't talk nonsense!"

Liu Jin was scolded by him and his face turned red, and his face was a little uneasy. He couldn't help but sneer with shame and annoyance: "What we are talking about is the means of the dirty and corrupt officials. Yes, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, why bother to be so annoyed? If others look at it, they will even say you are guilty."

Yang Fang, the secretary next to him, was also a talented man from Xinyang. He immediately sneered: "If you cheat, you should show evidence of cheating. Could it be that you can only rely on your innocent tongue to do the slanderous ability?"

Liu Jin was angry: "Grandma, our family kindly reminds you not to be deceived by the local officials. They are all half-filled, how many years older than me, why are they all like a naughty person? Our family is asking you to provoke you?"

He forgot about the superiority and inferiority of the superiors and lowly for a moment, and said angrily: "If we go to find evidence, what else do you want in the court to do? I just said that it might be a collusion between officials, but I didn't say that it must be. If you are not guilty, why did you step on your tail? What are you?"

The old man Yang Fang was furious and stood up and shouted sternly: "I am a third-rank official of the court. What kind of thing is you, a eunuch who doesn't even know the books of a saint, and you are worthy of speaking in the court room?"

Liu Jin was scolded as an eunuch in person, which was touching the taboo in his heart. His face was red and purple for a moment. He didn't care about his strength. He stepped forward and slapped the old man Yang's face. Yang Fang screamed strangely, stretched out his five fingers and scratched Liu Jin. Liu Jin's face suddenly saw five fingerprints, an old scholar and an old eunuch roared and wrestled together.

When Wang Jia and his friends saw that the eunuch dared to beat the imperial officials in the court room, they immediately rushed over and beat them up. Some of them were not familiar with Yang Fang, but they were both civil officials, and they couldn't help but share the same hatred for the enemy and pretended to persuade each other, but they just grabbed Liu Jin's arms with both hands. Yang Fang had a gap, and Liu Jin was immediately beaten two more old punches.

Yang Ling sat in the dark and was awakened by their quarrels. He also saw each other's disputes. Although Liu Jin in history was a bad guy who was too bad to be worse, he didn't say anything too much about this matter today. Xinyang may have caused a lot of trouble, but it was not without false reports of the famine, buying a good place, and seeking capital for promotion for himself. Just ignore him if you say something wrong. Why do you have to make such an angry thing?

For such a few things, so many combative old men started fighting in groups. It was really boring. Yang Ling rushed over with anger and amused, and pulled Liu Jin out of the crowd.

When several adults saw that the military officer was breaking out to save the person, they couldn't help but say angrily: "Who are you? This eunuch is sinister, slandering the court ministers. How dare you interfere in saving him?"

Yang Ling was a little annoyed when he heard this. He frowned and said, "Sir, there is no need to put a hat like this insignificant matter? Today's matter is just because of his unintentional words. It's all right for everyone to take a step back. Why be aggressive?"

Liu Jin was pulled out of his hair and his hair was disheveled. At this time, he saw that the person who saved him was Yang Ling. He suddenly opened his throat as if he saw his relatives, "Sir Yang, look, look, what do you think? What am I saying? They are too bullying people."

There was arguing here, and a little eunuch stood at the door and called out, "Who is Lord Yang Ling, the emperor summoned me!" After saying that, he saw the posture in the room, the little eunuch was also stunned.

Yang Fang and others heard about Yang Ling's name for a long time, but they did not recognize him. When they heard that this person was Yang Ling, they couldn't help but be stunned. Yang Ling took the opportunity to pull Liu Jin, who had five bloody sons on his face out of the court room. After comforting him, Liu Jin cried and went to Zhu Houzhao to complain.

Yang Ling followed the little eunuch into the Qianqing Gate and went straight to the harem. He had just turned over the moon gate in a curved corridor. A girl holding a palace skirt hurriedly snatched it out from behind the vine rack. She caught off guard and the girl rushed into his arms.

Yang Ling hurriedly supported her. The girl let out a whisper, her pretty face jumped away from Yang Ling's arms with a red look, rubbing her sour nose, her eyes were facing the eyes of the man in front of her. The beautiful girl suddenly was stunned.

She stared at Yang Ling with wide eyes, and suddenly rushed over with surprise, stepped forward with his arm, and shouted excitedly: "It turns out to be General Yang, hurry up, hurry up, follow me to save people. The emperor is chasing his uncle."

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