The atmosphere in the capital city in these days is very strange. This weirdness is not only reflected in the court, but also in the people.

The reason why the atmosphere in the court is strange is that the officials are sensitively aware that the Ming Dynasty is about to change. These days, the originally deserted Xinwang Mansion suddenly becomes crowded. The officials who lined up to see that Xinwang could be sent from the door of the royal palace to outside the alley. The royal palace's door was ruthless to receive red envelopes, which also surprised and happy the people in Xinwang Mansion.

The people in the Xinwang Mansion were not fools. They naturally knew why these officials, big and small, suddenly came over to burn the cold stove of Xinwang. It was just that the surprise came too suddenly that they were not prepared. What made them most aggrieved was that they could not show any happiness, otherwise they would be unable to sleep and settle old accounts in the future. Even Xinwang Zhu Youjian would not spare them for their reputation.

And among the people, it was another scene, and the people were extremely worried and worried about the emperor's sudden critical illness.

The people are simple and the lowest-demand group.

The changes in the capital in the past two years make the people feel the most direct. First of all, what the people feel most is the price of food. As potatoes began to be grown in large quantities in the Ming Dynasty, the price of food also began to fall rapidly.

In the past, March and April were the time when people commonly called the green and yellow. The price of grain in the capital had at least one tael of five or even two taels of silver per stone. Since the appearance of potatoes, the price of grain has dropped rapidly. This year, the price of rice has dropped to eight cents of silver per stone, and the price of potatoes has even dropped to five cents of silver per stone, which has reached the price of grain during the Hongzhi period.

What does this mean?

Since ancient times, there has been a saying in China that people regard food as the most important thing. As the saying goes, you don’t panic when you have food in your hands. For ordinary people, as long as there is enough food at home, other things are not a big deal. In the past two years, due to the continuous decline in grain prices, the living costs of the people in the capital have become lower and lower, and the satisfaction of the people has also become higher and higher. As the master of the Ming Empire, Zhu Youxiao has also become higher and higher in the hearts of the people. Now I heard that this emperor is actually critically ill, and many people have begun to spontaneously pray for the emperor, which is very rare.

Just when the people in the capital were panic, the Confucian newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Donglin Party, suddenly published an article titled "The Snake Can't Do Without a Head". This article explains that Your Majesty is now critically ill and cannot handle the government. The court should choose a wise man to replace Your Majesty's ruler. Originally, the best candidate for the country's ruler should be the crown prince, but now Your Majesty has no children, what should I do?

Having written this, the article mentioned King Xin as soon as it was about the topic of the article. The article said that King Xin, as the younger brother of His Majesty the current emperor, naturally became the best candidate for the country under his coma. Finally, the article also called on the current queen to issue an imperial decree as soon as possible to appoint King Xin as the country.

As soon as the article came out, it was like a big stone thrown into a oil pan, and public opinion suddenly began to boil.

"How dare these people...how dare they...how dare they do this?"

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhang Yan, who had been taking care of Zhu Youxiao for many days, looked at the newspaper in her hand and her eyes were red with anger. Under Yang Feng's promotion, newspapers, as a new thing, quickly became popular in the entire capital and even the Ming Dynasty. Especially after the success of "Putra of Truth", the first newspaper, was the first newspaper, the Donglin Party members followed the trend and published "Putra of Confucianism". Although due to technical reasons, "Putra of Confucianism" was far inferior to "Putra of Truth", as the mouthpiece of Confucianism, "Putra of Confucianism" was still very popular in the Shilin. Zhu Youxiao subscribed to these two newspapers for an issue. Under his influence, Zhang Yan and some concubines in the harem also had the habit of reading newspapers. After all, this was one of the few ways for them to get out of the outside world in the deep palace.

Zhang Yan, who had almost exhausted her energy for her husband's illness, almost burst into anger after seeing this article. This article actually proposed to ask her to issue an imperial decree to appoint the king as the governor. She could naturally see the sinister intentions in it at a glance, but she could not refute it, because the whole article stood on the commanding heights of morality and shouted at her from a distance, making her unable to say even if she had any pain, and she felt so uncomfortable.

"Empress... Your Majesty is not feeling well now, so you have to take care of the phoenix body at this time." Chu Rui, the close-fitting palace maid, looked at Zhang Yan, whose eyes were red with anger, and persuaded him carefully.

"Are they so impatient?" Zhang Yan's tears finally flowed down, and crystal tears fell to the ground, and they instantly shattered into countless pieces like pearls. She turned her head and looked at Zhu Youxiao who was still unconscious on the hospital bed and shouted sadly: "Your Majesty, did you see it? You have been in a coma for just a few days, and those people couldn't wait to arrange your funeral after you. Tell me, what should I do?"

Looking at Zhang Yan who was deeply sad, the eunuchs and palace maids beside him knelt down and said in unison, "Empress, please take care of the phoenix body."

Looking at the palace maid and eunuch kneeling all over the ground, Zhang Yan felt sad and cried even more...

Some people cried and some people laughed. In a quiet backyard, several men in casual clothes sat around the stone table, tasting fresh fruits while chatting and laughing.

A middle-aged man stroked his beard and smiled: "Mr. Jing Yi's plan is indeed amazing. Now the call for King Xin to supervise the country in the capital is getting higher and higher. I believe that it will not take long to resist the pressure and be forced to give in. As long as King Xin can supervise the country, he can successfully succeed to the throne after that person goes."

The man who spoke was Li Qiyuan, the former Minister of Revenue. Since he was dismissed from Zhu Youxiao, he should have returned to his hometown to eat his own, but this person was an official fan and always thought about when he could be restored to his post. Therefore, he has been staying in the capital for more than half a year and Gao Panlong's mansion has become the place he comes to most often.

"Shh... Lord Li is careful." Qian Qianyi, who was standing beside him, raised his index finger and put it on his lips and whispered: "Although I am already critically ill today, I am still here after all. How can we, as ministers, criticize the monarch behind our backs? This is not done by a gentleman."

"That's right!" Gao Panlong, who was sitting in the head, stroked his beard and said with satisfaction: "Muzhai said it makes sense. How can we, as ministers, criticize the monarch behind our backs? Let's stop here."

"Yes..." Everyone responded, but after saying this, Li Qiyuan sneered in his heart. He really thought that after saying a few good words, he would become a gentleman. Don't think that others don't know the dirty things you did. It's just that everyone just saw through them and didn't say them. Don't talk about the second one.

Seeing that the atmosphere became a little dull after he finished speaking, Gao Panlong smiled again: "Of course, everyone here is a gentleman. I believe this, but I still have to make some advice in the future, otherwise it will be bad for everyone to spread it. Do you agree?"

"Thank you Mr. Jingyi for your teachings!" Everyone had to respond again, but this time everyone's faces showed a clear smile.

Seeing that everyone's emotions were mobilized again, Gao Panlong said again: "It's just that it's not too late for this matter. Tomorrow we will jointly ask the Empress to send an imperial edict and then use a seal in the cabinet. This will make this matter legitimate and not let people gossip. It's best to do this matter well tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?"

"This is too urgent, I'm afraid it's too late."

Everyone was slightly shocked and looked at Gao Panlong. They thought to themselves, this is not like Gao Da’s style of doing things. This person has always been calm in encountering things. Why is he so anxious today? Could it be that something happened again?

Gao Panlong took the expressions of everyone in his eyes, pondered for a while before sighing: "Although it can be said that most of the matter has been done now, I always feel a little uneasy. You must know that the people from the East Factory have been out for eleven days, and Yang Feng must have received the news. With this person's means, I don't know what will happen, so I want to fight and decide quickly to avoid long nights and dreams."

Qian Qianyi said in surprise: "Fujian is thousands of miles away from the capital. Even if Yang Feng comes alone, it will take five or six days. If he leads the army, it will be impossible to arrive in no time. When he arrives at the capital, our major event will be completed long ago. If he really comes to the capital, he will fall into the trap. We just capture him in one fell swoop and hand him over to the Three Departments to review it to correct the national law!"

At the end, Qian Qianyi's face was full of excitement, as if he really saw Yang Feng being caught in front of them.

Li Qiyuan, who was standing beside him, also gritted his teeth and said, "Yang Feng bewitched the emperor, tea poisons the world, we should bring him to justice. After the three departments are tried, they will be taken to Caishikou for surgery and beheading them, and their families will be sent to the Jiaofang Department. Only in this way can we relieve the hatred in our hearts."

Speaking of which, Li Qiyuan's Minister of Revenue was beaten to the end because of Yang Feng, and his hatred for Yang Feng was also the strongest.

Qian Qianyi, who was beside him, couldn't help but quip when he saw Li Qiyuan gritting his teeth, "Mr. Li, I heard that the righteous wife of Yang Feng's family, Hai Lanzhu, is the most famous beauty in the Korqin grassland in Mongolia, and two concubines are Hai Lanzhu's sister and aunt. These two were the concubines of the Jiannu thief Huang Taiji. Could it be that Lord Li also wants to taste the taste of exotic beauties?"

"hehe……"

When men talk about women, they always speak together again. When everyone present heard this, they would laugh with mercy, with a look that men knew in their eyes. Someone even said, "I heard that Yang Feng has two other concubines, who were originally famous top cards on the Qinhuai River. These two people cannot let go after this beast."

"Hahaha..." Everyone finally couldn't help laughing.

"Ahem cough cough..."

Gao Panlong on the side couldn't bear to listen, so he could only cough twice.

Everyone then woke up. As officials of the court, they openly discussed how to insult the families of both officials. This was unreasonable. After all, some things were unreasonable. If they were spread, where would they put their face?

May 26, the seventh year of the Apocalypse

The sun slowly climbed up the horizon. With a creaking sound, the two doors outside the afternoon door were slowly pushed open with the push of the four palace guards. However, when the guards pushed the door open, they saw a large group of officials standing outside the door, and these people were standing densely outside the Meridian Gate.

When he saw so many people looking at him, several guards in the palace were also startled. His right hand couldn't help but hold the knife hilt on his waist. While slowly retreating, he said nervously: "Everyone stops, the forbidden area of ​​the palace, those who have not been summoned are not allowed to enter!"

"Rareless!" A young official in the head shouted loudly: "You are not waiting for a small guard. How dare you stop us? You didn't go to the report quickly, and said that we asked to see the Queen and asked the Queen to issue an imperial edict to let His Highness Xin reign!"

The guard shouted: "It is OK to inform me, but you must also abide by the rules and do not trespass into the palace, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"

The young censor in the seventh-grade official uniform and the officials behind him shouted excitedly when they saw the palace guards agreeing to the notice. For a moment, cheers sounded in front of the palace gate...

"What do they want to do? Your Majesty is still in a coma. Do they want to force the palace?"

In the Ganqing Palace, Zhang Yan was anxious and angry when she heard the news. She really didn't expect that her husband had been in a coma for only ten days, and those people couldn't help but want to force the palace.

Zhang Yan said in a deep voice: "Who is the leader?"

The eunuch who came to report the report whispered: "The leader is Gao Panlong, the left censor of the Censorate, Li Qiyuan, the former Minister of Revenue, Qian Qianyi, the former Minister of Rites, and more than 200 censors. The news is extremely powerful. If it is not handled in time, I may cause chaos."

Zhang Yan took a deep breath: "Where is Wei Zhongxian... Where is he now? Tell him about this matter immediately and let him deal with it!"

The eunuch said in embarrassment: "Empress, Eunuch Wei has rushed over, but it still can't stop it. Moreover, there are more and more officials gathering outside the Meridian Gate. Eunuch Wei may... I'm afraid he can't resist..."

"What?" Zhang Yan's pretty face became paler.

"Grandma, what should we do?"

Zhang Yan looked at her husband who was still unconscious on the bed, and a sadness surged in her heart. Look, this is the minister who is respectful to you on weekdays. Now that you are not dead, they are thinking about pushing your brother onto the dragon throne.

After a long time, Zhang Yan slowly sat down again and asked in a low voice: "Has no news from Jiang Ningbo yet?"

"No!" The eunuch shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Empress, Fujian is too far away from us. When Jiang Ning Bo leads his troops, he feels... I'm afraid..."
Chapter completed!