Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

"Letter from Nanjing?" Xu Guangqi looked at Wang Qi. Xu Guangqi certainly knew about the Nanjing Provisional Cabinet. Nanjing King Qin's army was defeated in the Battle of Huishan. So, what does it mean to write to Wang Qi at this time?

"Go and inform the other senior members to go to Wenyuan Pavilion for a while," Wang Qi first ordered his personal entourage, then turned to look at Xu Guangqi, shaking the letter paper on his finger: "Mr. Xuan Hu, Nanjing City , I guess someone is coming.”

Wang Qi arrived at the parliament hall in a car and sedan with Xu Guangqi.

Because we were returning to the city from Shijingshan, it took us almost an hour and a half to arrive at the Wenyuan Pavilion Parliament Hall.

"chief!"

"Government."

"grown ups!"

"I've met Mr. Xuanhu!"

Because Lu Yu was still in charge in Baodi County so that the land resumption of Huangzhuang could proceed smoothly, when Wang Qi and Xu Guangqi entered the palace, there were only four people in the palace: Ye Xianggao, Sun Chengzong, Wang Huazhen, and Wang Tiqian.

The room of the Seven-person Parliament Hall is not big, with only seven chairs, and the location is not very conspicuous. In fact, it is a side hall of the Parliament Hall with a small door and a small door. However, because it faces south, the room is particularly bright during the day.

Wang Qi naturally sat in the top position.

The remaining people sat in their own seats.

"This is a letter from Nanjing City. Please read it." Wang Qi had already read it on the way. He stretched out his hand and handed the letter to the waiter beside him, passing it on one by one.

Not long after, everyone in the hall had seen it.

"The city of Nanjing wants to send a mission to Beijing." Ye Xianggao spoke first, with a sneer on his face: "The failure of the Huishan Battle made the Nanjing people aware of the reality, and they couldn't wait to send a message to ask for peace. But I really want to see what the expressions of Gao Panlong and Zuo Guangdou looked like when they heard the news that Wu Xiang and Zuo Liangyu were defeated and retreated to Jiangsu and Zhejiang!!"

Lu Xiangsheng was in Huoshaodian. He didn't waste a single soldier and stood still. He frightened Wu Xiang and Zuo Liangyu and retreated thousands of miles. In the end, Lu Xiangsheng, who arrived on horseback, didn't even see a ghost.

This victory completely tipped the balance between Beijing and Nanjing, and the right to speak has been completely in the hands of Beijing City.

And, most importantly, now even the ordinary people in Beijing have begun to realize the importance of the emperor's presence.

As long as the emperor is still in the hands of Wang Qi, everything in Beijing will be done according to his example, while the city of Nanjing will be precarious, and the legitimacy of the temporary cabinet will be questioned at any time.

After all, you, Gao Panlong, can form a temporary cabinet for King Qin, but can I, Zhang San, do the same? Can I, Li Si, do it?

Whoever you say is a cabinet minister is a cabinet minister. Why?

Because of your long beard? Because of your reputation?

There are many qualified and famous people in Nanjing City, and they are not just high achievers!

Sitting in Beijing City, Ye Xianggao could think of the undercurrents surging in Nanjing City!

Gao Panlong is now equivalent to being roasted on a fire.

There is a wolf in front of you and a tiger behind you. It doesn't matter whether you are advancing or retreating!

Therefore, Shi Kefa could only be sent to Beijing to try to welcome the emperor back!

"Want to welcome the emperor back? It's too whimsical," Sun Chengzong stroked his beard. He didn't want to hurt the emperor, but he didn't want the emperor to leave Beijing.

Now, the Parliament and the Scientific Society have slowly got on the right track, and the entire northern provinces have slowly begun to enter the mode of parliamentary rule.

After all, after understanding the parliamentary governance model, Sun Chengzong believed that no scholar-official would reject parliamentary politics!

This is true scholar-bureaucrats co-ruling the world!

Really express your own governance philosophy, instead of being the emperor's dog, or the emperor's pen, or just standing in court with your sleeves rolled up, not knowing why when things happen.

Now, Wang Qi has realized this dream of a scholar-bureaucrat.

Whoever comes to destroy him is the enemy of all members of the Assembly!

"Hey, the emperor's condition is getting worse now. Our family can't worry about His Majesty leaving the Imperial City and trudging thousands of miles to Nanjing City." Wang Tiqian, as a special one among the seven major council members, is responsible for controlling the Imperial City. Naturally, he is not worried. I will agree with this suggestion from Nanjing City.

"In addition, there is one thing that needs attention." Wang Huazhen gently fiddled with the tea lid and looked at everyone: "The emperor is not in a good condition now. Do you allow the delegation to meet the emperor?"

If he is not allowed to see me, then there is some suspicion that there is no 300 taels of silver in this place.

If you were allowed to see such a crazy emperor, you would make the world laugh!

At that time, although the legality of the imperial power is no problem, the rationality of the imperial power will be greatly compromised.

There is no guarantee that everyone in Nanjing City will not have other thoughts!

"Hey, what? Does Shi Kefa dare to establish a new king?" Wang Tigan raised his eyebrows immediately: "Give him eight courages!"

"My lord, don't be angry. I didn't say that, but I just have to be prepared for this possibility." Wang Huazhen's eyes fell on Wang Qi: "Chief, do you see?"

"If you want to see the emperor, you can. If the war between the north and the south can be avoided," Wang Qi glanced at everyone: "I don't want too many people to die. After all, we are all common people. We are fighting against each other. It is not my intention."

"My lord, please arrange a meeting at Qianqing Palace," Wang Qi didn't care. As long as the emperor was still in Beijing, he didn't believe that Nanjing could be transformed!

"." Frowning tightly, Wang Tiqian looked hesitant.

"Huh?" Wang Qi narrowed his eyes and said softly: "Is there any problem?"

"Hehehe, nothing, nothing," Wang Tigan stuttered after shaking his head: "Our family will make arrangements."

This inner palace official seemed to be in a very heavy mood.

Wang Qi lowered his eyes and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

Not long after, the discussion was over, and the clerical staff sorted out the minutes and kept them in files for inspection.

"My lord, please stay," Wang Qi sat on the chair and called to Wang Tiqian who was about to leave.

"My lord," Wang Tiqian still used to call Wang Qi by his lordship name when no one was around.

"Sit down." Wang Qi nodded and motioned Wang Tiqian to sit down and speak: "Do you have any other opinions about the visit of the Nanjing mission? There is no one here, so you can speak freely."

Every time there is a parliament, there will be transcripts of attachés, and there are some things that it is really not convenient for these members to say.

Wang Tiqian's brows furrowed into a frown, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally said: "If the emperor has a heart problem and is allowed to see people outside, I'm worried that it will cause trouble."

"Do you mean?"

"Those eunuchs in the inner palace are not that easy to take advantage of." Wang Tiqian looked at the young man in front of him, whom he respected very much: "Although the Yulin Guards and Jinyi Guards sent by your Majesty are powerful, they are not On the outskirts of the imperial city, the real three palaces and six courtyards, as well as the inner palace, are all controlled by the eunuchs and maids. If they really have any ulterior motives, our family is afraid that they are really powerless."

"When the emperor is not crazy, perhaps out of loyalty to the emperor, perhaps out of the slightest expectation for the future, they serve in the inner palace, carefully, not to cause trouble, and will tolerate even the slightest deviance, but Now that the situation has changed, the Emperor has no hope."

Wang Tiqian didn't say the following words, and Wang Qi didn't ask, but it can already be guessed.

Nothing more than two words: palace change?

"Those eunuchs and palace maids who are powerless to restrain a chicken?" To be honest, Wang Qi really didn't take that group of people seriously.

But Wang Tiqian, who was sitting across from him, was frowning and full of worries.

"Let's do this." Wang Qi was finally willing to follow Wang Tiqian's suggestion and knocked on the table: "After this incident, the Nanjing group went back, and all the maids and eunuchs in the palace were changed. It happened that Cao Wenzhao was here The war in Korea is about to end. Tens of thousands of prisoners and the Korean royal family have to be dealt with. In addition to most of them being taken to the country as laborers for land reclamation and slave workers for newly opened iron ore, cotton and textile factories, you pick a group and add them to the inner palace. , let them serve the emperor."

"Well, it can be considered a solution," Wang Tigan nodded.

To be honest, these days, I have to eat and live in the inner palace every day, and I have to be nervous almost twelve hours a day, lest something goes wrong and I can't help Wang Qi.

Wang Tiqian was also a little overwhelmed.

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Inner Palace, Qianqing Palace.

The emperor was still so crazy. Whether he was eating or taking medicine, seven or eight palace maids and eunuchs had to take over. They pushed the emperor to the ground, opened his mouth with their hands, and forced food and water in. Several times, the emperor almost breathed his last.

After all, if you force-feed liquid food, it will get stuck in the throat if you are not careful.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao was sitting stupidly on a rocking chair outside the Qianqing Palace, looking at the sky in the distance, not knowing what he was thinking, and there were only two palace maids waiting around him.

"Do you think the emperor is really crazy?" Under the stone steps not far away, two eunuchs in blue shirts stood there to avoid the burning sun.

"It's been more than a month. Who can pretend to be crazy for a month?" The black-faced eunuch looked at the emperor sitting on the threshold. His already dark face seemed to be even more gloomy: "If I were the emperor, I would When Wang Qi came here last time, he stamped him with a knife! He would probably die!"

"Only you! Return the emperor? You have no descendants," the white-faced eunuch on the side sneered: "Do you think it is so easy to assassinate Duke Qi? Every time Duke Qi comes to the palace, he notifies me half an hour in advance. , everyone who comes within a hundred steps of Duke Qi will be searched! Only palace maids are allowed to serve him, so we eunuchs should forget about it!"

"Half a year ago, he was still the majestic king of a country. Now he has become like this. It's really embarrassing!" The black-faced eunuch shook his head: "I would rather die."

"Ahem." The white-faced eunuch was about to speak when he suddenly saw Feng Luan's guard of honor in the distance. He coughed subconsciously and pulled the black-faced eunuch away: "The queen is here. Leave quickly. If we are caught slacking off! "

"Let's go!"

After saying that, the two eunuchs who were chatting under the stone steps just now took off in a hurry.

Now, in the palace, the eunuchs Gong'e are not afraid of the emperor.

After all, the emperor was powerless and crazy.

It's not Wang Tiqian. After all, although the prince is in charge of the imperial city, he usually doesn't get to know the young eunuchs. As long as he doesn't make mistakes, there will be no punishment.

In fact, the one I fear the most is Queen Zhang Yan.

The emperor was crazy, and Wang Tiqian couldn't be with the emperor all the time, so he could only rely on the queen.

Therefore, the most powerful person in the inner palace now is Queen Zhang.

A few days ago, a young eunuch was discovered by Empress Zhang because she poured a cup of boiling water for the emperor. She was immediately dragged out and beaten to death.

It made everyone stay silent.

But when Wang Tiqian found out, he only said one thing: The husband is ill and the wives and concubines are a little irritable. It is human nature and it is a trivial matter.

As soon as these words came out, Queen Zhang's power in the entire inner palace was unparalleled, and almost no one dared to disobey her.

At the entrance of Qianqing Palace, the queen's guard of honor slowly stopped.

With the support of the palace maid, Empress Zhang stepped forward, knelt down and gently wiped away the saliva from the emperor's mouth with a brocade handkerchief. The pity and helplessness on her face were clearly evident.

"How long has your Majesty been in the sun?" Queen Zhang stood up and asked the two palace maids.

"It's been half an hour to reply to the queen," Gong E carefully replied.

"Bring the emperor in," Queen Zhang said with a look, and five or six strong eunuchs came forward to lift the emperor and move him into the palace.

And Zhang Yan also slowly entered the Qianqing Palace.

"You all go out," she waved her hand casually, Queen Zhang sat on the stool and dismissed everyone.

Not long after, there were only two people in the entire palace, Queen Zhang and the emperor.

"Your Majesty," Zhang Yan looked at her husband, her beautiful eyes filled with distress.

But after a while, the emperor still had no reaction, his eyes were still blank, staring blankly at the dome.

Stretching out her hand, she wanted to silence the emperor's cheek, but when she reached halfway, she retracted her hands. Zhang Yan smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, if you look like this now, if the people in Nanjing City see you, I'm afraid they will lose their hearts." "

How could an emperor who had no ability to take care of himself make his ministers work for him?

Taking a step back, even if the restoration is successful, can you be the emperor?

Do you know who is the minister of Conglong? Who has the merit of reinvention?

When doing things, we must pay attention to costs and benefits.

Once the people of the world know what the emperor is like, can they still raise the banner of King Qin and Savior?

Thinking of this, the queen sucked her lips lightly and curled up her slender legs, as if she wanted to lean on the emperor, but the emperor could no longer support himself, so how could he support others?

The queen's pink lips were slightly opened, her eyes were filled with mist, and she finally sighed.

"Your Majesty, no matter what, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can only be you." The queen silently stretched out her hand, and her fingers finally touched the emperor's cheek. In a daze, the emperor's eyes seemed to move.

After a while, the queen straightened her robes and stood up: "Here comes someone."

"The slave is here"

"The weather has been hot these days. Let the governor prepare for it. Didn't the inner palace build three treasure ships? Let the emperor sit on the ship so that he can change his position and rely more on water vapor to soothe his spirit!"

"This slave takes the order."

"Also, call the eunuch in charge of the Manufacturing Supervision Department. I have something to ask."

"Accept the decree!"

Not long after, in the main hall of Qianqing Palace, the queen met Yu En, the eunuch who was responsible for the construction supervision.

"Slave to your grace, I wish you a thousand lives, a thousand years, a thousand years!"

"After the three treasure ships are completed, can they be tested in the water?" The queen looked down at the eunuch kneeling on the ground.

"When I say it back to the Queen, I have tested the water and it is foolproof. It was originally the Emperor who was going to give me the punishment." Halfway through his words, the great eunuch suddenly realized something and hurriedly stopped and said, "This slave is guilty! He deserves to be beaten! He deserves to be beaten!!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and slapped himself several times.

Indeed, the three treasure ships were all gifts prepared by the emperor for Duke Qi to marry Princess Ningde.

Now it seems that it is no longer useful.

"It's good that you've tried it. If something happens, do you know the consequences?" The queen's beautiful eyes had an indescribable murderous look for some reason.

"I guarantee with my life and property that everything will be safe!" Yu En kowtowed three times.

"Well, go down," the queen waved her hand and said casually: "Eat something good these two days."

Yu En, who was about to bow and retreat, shook and almost fell to the ground. (End of chapter)