Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 21 Detailed Military Report

When Zhu Qiyu went out, it was already three quarters of the hour.

Now it's late autumn, and it's getting dark early. Although it's not hard to see people clearly, it's still necessary to hold the lantern.

When they arrived at Donghuamen, Jin Ying waited at the door with Jianyu.

The lights were dim, and Zhu Qiyu couldn't see the other party's expression clearly.

Putting on his shoulders, he walked towards Jiyi Hall.

On the way, Zhu Qiyu suddenly remembered something and asked.

"If this king remembers correctly, the rule in the palace is to release the key at the moment and lock the gate of the palace, right?"

When he came, it was three quarters of Youshi, and it was already less than a quarter of an hour away from Xushi.

According to the rules, after the gate of the palace is locked, one cannot enter the palace without a call.

Even if there are urgent government affairs, you must go through first, and you can only enter if you are called.

That's how Yu Qian sent the army report to the palace last night.

Jin Ying was on the side and replied: "Yes, but now the government is urgent. When our family came out, the Virgin gave the token to open the palace door, the lord does not need to worry."

Zhu Qiyu stopped talking.

After a few meetings, Jiyi Hall arrived.

Entering the hall, a group of ministers have already arrived.

Jiyi Hall is the side hall of Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Qiyu glanced at it, Empress Dowager Sun did not come, but many people came.

There were about [-] or [-] ministers in various official robes, all of whom were important ministers in the court, as well as a few honorable and military ministers.

Perhaps because of several days of preparation.

In the Jiyi Hall at the moment, except for the few I saw in the early morning.

The six ministries, the Metropolitan Court, the Imperial Academy, the Cabinet, the Sixth Division, the Shuntian House, and the Fifth Military Governor's House all had officers in charge present as nonvoting delegates.

Seeing Zhu Qiyu come in, all the ministers got up and saluted.

"See Prince Yun."

Zhu Qiyu took a seat and said.

"You don't need to be too polite, please get up."

Wait for the servants below to get up and take their seats.

Jin Ying took two steps forward and said.

"The Empress Dowager said, recently the Son of Heaven personally went on an expedition, and he will not be in Beijing for a long time. As the affairs of the state cannot be neglected for a long time, from now on, Wang Qiyu will be informed of all matters in and out of Beijing. You should obey the order and do not violate it."

Because it was an oral edict, the ministers did not have to kneel to receive the edict.

But as soon as Jin Ying said these words, there was a burst of discussion in the hall.

You must know that although rumors have been circulating in the capital these few days, no one knows what happened except for a few ministers who participated in the discussion early that morning.

At this moment, when they received this decree, everyone felt a burst of surprise in their hearts.

If it wasn't for Jin Ying's personal edict, they would even doubt the authenticity of this oral oracle.

Oral oracles are of course not false.

After Jin Ying finished speaking, the four big men, headed by Wang Zhi, Minister of Personnel, Hu Xi, Minister of Rites, Chen Yi, Censor of the Left Capital, and Yu Qian, Minister of War, got up and bowed.

"Chen and others will obey the Queen Mother's decree."

With a group of bigwigs taking the lead, the others are naturally Xiao Gui and Cao Sui.

I just had a bad feeling in my heart.

Next, everyone sat down again.

Zhu Qiyu said: "Today, the ministers are summoned, and there is an emergency army report to the capital, which needs to be discussed by the ministers."

"Jin Ying, if you want to come to the next period of time, you have to discuss matters late at night. After today is over, you will report to the Empress Dowager Ming. After today, the Donghua Gate will remain open all night, and you will also give the heads of various ministries and institutes to enter the Jiyi Hall at any time. rights."

Jin Ying did not expect that the first thing Zhu Qiyu mentioned was this.

This matter is not big or small.

Speaking of which, the guarding of the imperial palace gate is a very important matter.

But at a young age, it's just a word from the empress dowager.

After all, in the current imperial city, the empress dowager is still in the hands of her old man.

Now is a special moment, and Jin Ying is not surprised that Zhu Qiyu mentioned this.

There are good reasons for this request. At this time, the Queen Mother will not be embarrassed by such small details.

But he was surprised that such a trivial matter, he sent someone to the Cining Palace to talk about it.

However, why did Zhu Qiyu bring it up on this occasion?

On such occasions where ministers are discussing matters, they don't talk about major affairs of the government, and opening their mouths is such trivial matters...

What the hell is this prince thinking?
Jin Ying was a little surprised, but didn't think much about it and said.

"Follow the orders of the lord."

When the voice fell, Jin Ying caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eyes, and the eyes of all the ministers looking at Zhu Qiyu changed.

At the beginning, there was still some contempt.

As he spoke out, the minister's expression became a little more solemn, and even his waist was straighter than before.

I see……

Jin Ying smiled bitterly in his heart.

This Prince Yun really knows how to take advantage of this situation.

As he just thought, this matter is not a big deal.

But because it involves the defense of the palace gate, it is very sensitive.

More importantly, this is something that is under the sole control of the Empress Dowager.

In this hall, Jin Ying undoubtedly represents Empress Dowager Sun.

The empress dowager can agree to such sensitive matters.

It can only be said that the Queen Mother really handed over the power of governance to King Yu!
Not the same as the days before, just a marionette.

Jin Ying stepped back and looked at the expressions of the people below, and could not help but feel a bit of admiration in his heart.

Two short sentences back and forth, seemingly calm.

However, with the power of Empress Dowager Sun, the image of King Yu in the hearts of the ministers has changed.

At least for now.

The courtiers should all know that.

His lord Yu, now he can call the shots!

Regarding the change in the expressions of the officials below, Zhu Qiyu's expression remained the same.

In the previous life, he had been the emperor for seven or eight years, and he didn't even have this means, but it was really a waste.

Anyway, Empress Dowager Sun sent Jin Ying over, and the obvious reason was to support him.

That being the case, no need to be in vain!

Concentrating his mind, Zhu Qiyu continued to speak.

"The military report is in charge of the Ministry of War, Yu Shilang, today's discussion, you will preside over it!"

"The minister takes orders."

Yu Qian got up, took out two military newspapers from his wide sleeve robe, and said.

"At three o'clock last night, our military department received Huai's report from the Weijun, saying that our army was surrounded by the enemy at Tumu Fort and suffered heavy losses."

The ministers below heard Yu Qian's words.

There was nothing too surprising.

Just lost!

In the court and the opposition, in addition to the emperor himself, other ministers, especially civil ministers, were generally not optimistic about this war.

You must know that although the number of troops mobilized by Daming this time is quite large, but Wang Zhen is doing something wrong there, a battle that is won can be won or lost.

What's more, when the previous military newspapers were sent back.

The army has had several encounters with Ye Xian, but the Ming army did not get any benefit, but several generals died in battle.

Therefore, the ministers were basically prepared for this defeat.

Just looking at this posture, this time I am afraid that the loss will not be light.

This is the thought of most of the ministers in the hall.

However, there are also very few clever people, who have an ominous premonition when they think of the word of the Queen Mother just now.

Yu Qian didn't care about the people's thoughts and continued.

"After receiving the report, the Ministry of War quickly ordered the guards near the pass to gather the remaining troops on the spot. To this day, Yang Hong, the chief guard of Xuanfu, submitted a detailed military report."

Hear this.

Some people who have already guessed in their hearts have gradually become unable to sit still.

Gather the remnants on the spot?

This is no ordinary defeat.

When the army is outside, as long as the central army is still there, the army should obey the orders of the central army.

Yu Qian called the remnants of the army, so he meant...

"Could it be that the thieves have actually broken through the large tent of the Chinese army?"

The speaker was Miao Zhong, a cabinet scholar.

He was an old minister of Xuanzong, and he was also a minister of the Ministry of War, and he was also in charge of the Hanlin Academy, and he was familiar with military affairs.

Hearing this, he couldn't help but speak in surprise.

As soon as these words came out, the ministers below couldn't help but riot, and a burst of noisy discussions quickly sounded.

You must know that this expedition was made by the emperor himself.

If the big tent of the Chinese army is breached, doesn't that mean...

Is the emperor also in danger?

Seeing that the scene became noisy, Jin Ying stepped forward and shouted.

"quiet!"

When the ministers gradually quieted down, Zhu Qiyu also spoke.

"Don't worry, everyone, since the detailed military report has been sent, Yu Shilang will inform you all the details..."

Now what Yu Qian is holding in his hand is actually a copy of the military newspaper.

The original was lying quietly in Zhu Qiyu's sleeve robe!
So, he knew better than everyone what they would hear next.

Looking at the burning palace lantern, Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed a bit of complexity.

Tonight...

still growing...

(End of this chapter)