Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 4 The ministers speak bluntly
In order to take over power, Emperor Chongzhen carefully planned and did not go to the Wenhua Palace to govern for several days. This has never happened since Yuji.

For this reason, there was a lot of discussion in the court.

However, on the side of the cabinet, the cabinet ministers headed by Han Yu can be said to be under tremendous pressure. After all, the current situation cannot afford to delay.

"Han Yuanfu, right now Jianlu has breached Longjing Pass, Da'ankou, Ji Town, and even sent several memorials to the imperial court in just a few days."

Li Biao looked solemnly, looked at the silent Han Yu and said: "But the imperial court has not come up with a charter, and His Majesty has closed the Qing Palace again.

Now that the country is in turmoil, you want to preside over the overall situation!
Let's not mention anything else, let's just talk about the area around Gyeonggi, which has suffered from the border wars of the Jiankui invaders, and people's hearts are already floating. If we don't take measures to stabilize the people's hearts, there will be great chaos! "

"How could Bensuke not know this?"

Han Yu frowned and said: "However, His Majesty has not yet decided the root of the current situation, so no matter how urgent I am, can it be resolved?
The most urgent task right now is to persuade His Majesty to return to Wenhua Palace to govern!

Li Xueshi, you have won His Majesty's trust, can you submit a memorial to the emperor to advise, your Majesty has not paid attention to the memorial that I have delivered earlier! "

At this time, the Wenhua Palace fell into silence.

Li Biao didn't take what Han Yu said, and sat silently on his official hat chair.

In the hall, Zhou Daodeng, He Ruchong, Qian Xiangkun and other cabinet ministers sat, stood, or thought deeply, but none of them heard what Han Yu said.

The situation in Northern Zhili is currently in turmoil. Jianlu's invasion of the frontier and bypassing Guan Jinning's defense line supervised by Yuan Chonghuan is undoubtedly a major earthquake for Ming Dynasty.

The special relationship between Han Yu and Yuan Chonghuan, coupled with the fact that Han Yu was from the Donglin Party, made other cabinet ministers reluctant to interfere too much in this matter.

How could they do such a fire-inducing thing?
"..."

Sitting on the official hat chair, Han Yu frowned when he saw Li Biao and the others like this, and couldn't help feeling angry in his heart, how could he not know the thoughts of everyone in the hall in front of him.

But it's not a problem to just sit and wait now. Once Jianlu enters an important town in Gyeonggi, it will undoubtedly be a catastrophe for Daming.

At this moment, Wang Chengen walked into the Wenhua Palace slowly with a whisk in his hand, with no expression of joy or sorrow, followed by a group of eunuchs.

After seeing Han Yu and other cabinet ministers, he said loudly: "The emperor speaks."

Han Yu and other cabinet ministers who had seen Wang Chengen come in had already stood up, but they couldn't help feeling suspicious.

Wang Cheng'en, who was always with the emperor, came to the Wenhua Palace at this time. Why?
But when they heard what Wang Chengen said, everyone was startled, hurried to Wang Chengen, saluted, and said: "I will wait for the order!"

"That is to say, the officials of the Six Ministries, Ke, Dao, etc. are ordered to gather in the Wenhua Hall to receive the order!"

Wang Chengen said calmly with a whisk in his hand.

"The minister waits for the order!"

Han Yu, Li Biao and the others responded immediately, but they were all suspicious in their hearts, why their cabinet didn't know about the emperor's oral order.

Wang Chengen stepped forward, looked at Han Yu and said, "Han Yuanfu, hurry up and send someone to summon the officials to come to the Wenhua Palace to receive the Zhongzhi."

Zhongzhi! ?
Han Yu suppressed the horror in his heart, and hurriedly bowed his hands and said: "Okay, Wang Gonggong, wait a moment, I will immediately send Zhongshu Sheren to call people."

"Yes." Wang Chengen nodded in response.

Seeing that Han Yu ordered Zhongshu Sheren, who was on duty, to call people over, Li Biao stepped forward with a smile on his face, and said to Wang Chengen: "My lord, Your Majesty summoned all the ministers this time to announce Zhongshu's decree in the Wenhua Palace. , but what's the big deal?"

"Old Li Ge, you will know about this later."

Wang Chengen responded with a smile, and said with a very strict mouth.

"This……"

Li Biao was stunned.

Wang Chengen, who has always been easy-going, is unwilling to reveal even a little word now.

At this time, the emperor bypassed the cabinet and wanted to issue the central decree. What is the meaning of this? !
In front of this Wenhua Hall, Zhou Daodeng, He Ruchong and other cabinet ministers couldn't help thinking about it.

Is it about returning aid to Gyeonggi?
Or should Han Yu be dismissed?

Or is it about recovering Sun Chengzong?

At present, the country and the dynasty are undergoing changes, and Jianlu will rush into the pass at any time, threatening Zunhua, Santunying and other places. As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Han Yu must be responsible.

Looking at Zhou Daodeng and others who looked at him from time to time, Han Yu frowned, his mood was extremely bad.

Ever since the Tianqi Dynasty was liquidated by the eunuch party, there was no way to show his passion. How long has it been since he recovered, and finally won the position of chief assistant.

Now that something like this has happened, if it is true that he was dismissed from the position of chief assistant because of the incident of Jianlu Koubian, Han Yu would really be unwilling to do so!

"Yuanfu, all the officials from the six ministries, divisions, and Taoism have arrived. Right now, they are waiting outside the Wenhua Hall."

The Zhongshu Sheren on duty hurried into the Wenhua Hall and bowed to Han Yu.

"Ah."

Han Yu calmed down, nodded slightly, then smiled, looked at Wang Chengen and said, "My lord, shall I leave the palace now?"

Wang Chengen nodded, and then walked out of the hall. The situation in Beizhili is critical now. Affected by this, there are not so many requirements for some etiquette rules.

Han Yu, Li Biao and other cabinet ministers lifted their robe sleeves, followed Wang Chengen out of the Wenhua Palace, and then quickly walked towards the head of the queue.

"Your Majesty has a purpose!"

Seeing that he was standing in front of the class, Wang Chengen took the decree presented, unfolded it, and said loudly.

"The minister waits for the order!"

When the officials heard the words, they saluted and sang in response.

"Fengtian Chengyun, the emperor, said: Since I Yuji, I am afraid that the second deputy of the Ming Dynasty will make a mistake, and I will lose the emperor and the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty..."

In front of the summoned officials, Wang Chengen read eloquently, the edict written by Emperor Chongzhen to fight chaos and save the country.

When the officials outside the Wenhua Palace heard this edict, they were all horrified, showing disbelief, and couldn't believe what they heard.

As Sun Chengzong said, when the ministers of the court, headed by Han Yu, heard this edict, their first reaction was to resist and to persuade.

Even if the frontiers of captives and bandits are built now, it is not possible to promulgate the so-called edict to fight chaos and save the country when people's hearts are fluctuating! !

"Han Yuanfu, according to the decree, after the cabinet receives the decree, it can send it to Tianjin, Denglai, Dongjiang and other places." Wang Chengen held the decree in his hand, walked up to Han Yu whose expression had changed, and said calmly.

"This……"

Han Yu was stunned for a moment, he didn't know how to reply.

"This edict cannot be issued! The current situation is inherently unstable, and Jianlu is currently in full swing. However, my Ming Dynasty will not be able to deal with even a mere Jianlu. How can Your Majesty act like this!"

"That's right! Even if this imperial edict is issued, ordering Tianjin, Denglai, Dongjiang and other places to be under the command of the army, and carry out actions to suppress chaos and save the country, it will not be able to quench the near thirst! In the current situation, we should immediately order Yuan Chonghuan to lead his troops back to aid , Coordinating the overall situation of fighting Jianlu!"

Many ministers standing behind Han Yu spoke with righteous indignation at the moment.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen frowned slightly, remembering what his emperor had said, he didn't pay attention to so much, but directly handed over the imperial decree to Han Yu, then turned and walked towards the Qianqing Gate.

The excited group of ministers were stunned when they saw this scene. What they said was originally intended to be called Wang Cheng'en and passed on to the emperor.

But now that Wang Chengen is gone, what's the use of them talking about it.

"Yuanfu, His Majesty is worried about the current war, so he made such a wrong decision. As ministers of the Ming Dynasty, we must not ask His Majesty to do such a wrong thing."

"Yes! We should immediately gather at the Qianqing Gate and ask for an edict to face the Holy Spirit. Your Majesty, please take back this edict. The only solution is to summon the Guan Jinning frontier army to guard the border right now!"

Faced with the group of officials summoned to bluntly speak, Han Yu, Li Biao and other cabinet ministers only felt that the situation was overwhelming, and they did not expect such a situation to appear in front of them.

But the so-called edict to suppress chaos and save the country, they absolutely dare not declare it lightly, otherwise it will cause a big commotion in the court, and it will definitely implicate themselves at that time.

(End of this chapter)