When the cabinet ministers arrived at the Wenhua Hall, the gold-rimmed cashmere cloaks were already covered with snow as heavy as goose feathers.

The decoration in the Wenhua Hall is simple and simple, with neither glazed tiles nor swimming dragons and golden phoenixes. Six copper pillars are erected in the entire hall. Red cotton velvet and satin extend from the door to the upper seat in the hall. Three gilded hollow tables are placed on each side.

There is an odorless charcoal fire. Even though the weather is bitterly cold outside, the inside of the palace is still as warm as spring.

Zhu Youxiao did not sit on the yellow pear carved dragon throne, but paced back and forth on the jade steps. The young emperor looked extremely excited, and his large embroidered robe could not stop swinging.

Not far from Zhu Youxiao, a slightly fat middle-aged man wearing gilded python pattern casual clothes stood aside, looking at the young emperor for a moment, lowering his eyebrows, as if he was also happy with the emperor.

"Call the cabinet scholars to enter the palace." The roll call was called at the yellow gate, and the cabinet ministers slowly walked in.

Hearing that the elders had arrived, Zhu Youxiao looked at the door with a happy face. It seemed that the great victory in Liaodong had put an end to his worries for the past few days.

"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty!" Headed by Ye Xianggao, the four members of the cabinet bowed before Zhu Youxiao.

In the second year of Tianqi, there were six cabinet ministers. However, Liu Yijing, the second assistant, has been impeaching each other with the Minister of Rites, Shen?, and they all said that they were ill at home.

Shen Hui, the real Zhejiang Party, was a cabinet minister who colluded with Wei Zhongxian earlier. Liu Yijing couldn't help but directly impeached him for intervening in Liao affairs... The two were at loggerheads, criticizing each other.

Memorials were flying all over the sky, and the imperial censors and ministries were all in trouble. Emperor Tianqi was so annoyed that he simply asked the two of them to shut up and think about their mistakes.

Therefore, only four cabinet ministers are present today.

"My dear friends, you don't have to be polite. Come and give me a seat!" Zhu Youxiao didn't wait for Ye Xianggao and others to sit down, then took out a bright yellow memorial from his sleeves, clasped the memorial with his thumb, and shook it.

He smiled and said, "Do you know where this memorial came from?"

"I don't know," Ye Xianggao answered questions and answers in a mature and prudent manner.

But Han Xu is not the "harmony" Ye Xianggao. This grand scholar did not give Zhu Youxiao any face. He just said in a choked voice: "Your Majesty, I don't know how to make clever calculations. Naturally, I don't know. If it is related to national affairs,

, please also make it clear that the responsibilities of the ministers should be shared by your majesty! Secondly, I would like to advise your majesty that no matter what happens at any time, the emperor is the king of all people and controls the mountains and rivers. He should behave like a king and never lose it at any time.

The emperor is majestic."

Cabinet ministers originally had the duty to assist and teach the emperor, not to mention Han Xu who also held the position of Taifu.

The emperor is still young and needs his ministers to correct him and give advice at any time.

Zhu Youxiao himself also knows this.

Looking at Han Xu who had lost his temper, Zhu Youxiao pursed his lips, but could not get angry, so he had to glance at the teacher Sun Chengzong who was standing aside, and cursed: "Mr. Sun speaks so that people can listen..."

..Although what Han Xu said is right, it still makes people uncomfortable if it gets into the ears!"

Helplessly adjusting his robe, Zhu Youxiao sat back on the throne, and then handed the memorial in his hand to the middle-aged man beside him: "Wei Daban, show it to the elders."

This slightly fat middle-aged man is the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the ceremonial department, and Wei Zhongxian, the owner of the Dongchang factory.

"I accept the order!" Wei Zhongxian bowed his head and wrote the report respectfully, then slowly stepped back, away from Zhu Youxiao, then straightened up, turned around and walked towards several cabinet ministers.

Originally, with Wei Zhongxian's identity and status, he no longer had to serve the emperor at all times, but today's news of the great victory in Liaodong, no matter what, Wei Zhongxian had to come in person to report the good news to the emperor... Even Wang Tiqian couldn't do it. Stand aside.

Ye Xianggao, Han Xu and the others looked at this eunuch leader coldly, wanting to eat him alive!

In the eyes of the courtiers, as an eunuch, Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family colluded to cause trouble in the harem, and tried their best to control all the lives of the young emperor, making the gap between the courtiers and the emperor as deep as a natural chasm!

Of course, Han Xu and others also know that now is not the time to fight with Wei Zhongxian, Liaodong is the big deal.

As for the eunuch, he relied on the favor of the Hakka family and the emperor to escape his life a few times, but now Donglin is powerful, and when the situation in the court is stabilized, it will be slowly liquidated in the future!

Taking the memorial from Wei Zhongxian, Ye Xianggao, the chief minister of the cabinet, read it first: "Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, enters to present this memorial to His Majesty..."

After a few breaths, there was a snap, and Ye Xianggao closed the memorial in his hand, almost screaming: "Hiss... behead nearly a thousand people?"

Looking at the horrified eyes of the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhu Youxiao smiled as if he had succeeded.

Seeing this, Han Xu took the memorial and opened it and took a closer look: "Outside Zhenwu Fort, hundreds of households in Guangning City beheaded the rebel general Sun Degong. He led an army to defeat Huang Taiji's troops in Zhengbai Banner, beheading more than a thousand people, and Huang Taiji. Cover the flag and run away, defeated for more than a hundred miles!"

After reading this, even Han Xu was a little unbelievable and said in surprise: "How can we win such a big victory?"

On the throne, Zhu Youxiao's smile grew even brighter.

Sun Chengzong took the memorial sent back from Liaodong by Wang Huazhen from Han Xu and looked down: "...Outside the Siping Fort, the Ming army defeated Jiannu and attacked from the north and the south together, causing the old slave to retreat in a hurry and not dare to go west. Take care!"

At this point, Sun Chengzong, who had always looked like a flat lake, could not restrain his excitement: "The old slave came in person, but he was defeated thousands of miles away? This is a rare victory for our Ming Dynasty after Saarhu!"

Facing his teacher, Zhu Youxiao did not dare to see the joke, so he could only suppress his smile and replied: "What the teacher said is that this is God's blessing for the Ming Dynasty!"

After Sun Chengzong finished reading, it was finally the turn of Zhu Guozuo, who had been eagerly watching the memorial being passed around.

The Dongge scholar took the memorial and hurriedly lowered his head to look at it. While reading, he said: "The person who made the first contribution in this battle - Liaodong Baihu, Wang Qi..."

Wang Qi?

Who is this?

Zhu Guozuo narrowed his eyes: Just a hundred households, the first achievement in Liaodong?

When Zhu Youxiao saw that several cabinet members on duty had read the memorial, he immediately rushed out and said: "I want to pass on the edict and tell the world that Liaodong will be a great victory, so as to cheer up the people of the world! What do you think, ministers and ministers?"

"This is the right thing to do," Ye Xianggao, the chief minister of the cabinet, nodded. He has always been a peacemaker and a poster artist. He will only give advice unless the emperor goes too far.

However, Han Xu, the great scholar in the palace, was not of a humble nature. Hearing the emperor's words, he said: "I have something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Bachelor Han, it's okay to say so," Zhu Youxiao had always respected Liu Yijing and Han Xu. Although they were members of the Donglin Party, they were quite attentive to state affairs.

"According to the memorial, Sun Degong rebelled, and Wang Huazhen returned to Beijing to redeem himself... Then who is this Wang Qi? Only a hundred households in the area have achieved this feat for the first time? Do the officials in Liaodong have no objections?" Han Xu said to himself

The doubts in my heart were expressed.

If a mere hundred households have no background, it is absolutely impossible for them to be promoted to the top position!

Han Xu keenly captured this - there is something fishy!
Chapter completed!