Chapter 50: Minister Tuogu has a disagreement (please read more)
Liu Yijing jumped up from her seat and spoke very quickly to the secretary's office: "Quick! Go and find all the Tuogu ministers to prepare a testament."
"But, Huang..." The Cabinet Clerk wanted to say that Huang Jiashan could not be found, but Liu Yijing said in a rapid fire: "Look for as many as you can find.
Now is His Majesty's time of crisis, and Minister Tuogu should be in place immediately.
If you can't be there, then you can't wait. Let's discuss it immediately and go to the palace to prepare the edict.
When you go to inform, tell them that His Majesty is critically ill and ask them to come quickly!"
The clerk didn't dare not listen, so he immediately went to find someone.
Wang An chuckled inwardly. Just now in the palace, he ordered people who were not his to be controlled on the grounds that no information should be leaked. Now Liu Yijing asked the clerk to directly tell the secretary that His Majesty was critically ill, and he was very supportive.
This is their plan.
To control the palace outside the Qianqing Palace, the East Palace and the Harem, it is in the name of controlling rumors.
If you want to quickly prepare to enter the palace and control the overall situation, and if you want to accuse Concubine Zheng and even the crown prince, then of course you must quickly tell her that His Majesty is critically ill and take action immediately.
Soon, the ministers Zhou Jiamo, Li Ruhua, Huang Kezuan, Sun Ruyou, and Wang Zuo rushed to the cabinet.
After Zhang Wenda and Yang Lian got the news, they immediately told the censor and fellow officials about the matter. Some of the censors and officials began to take the lead and lamented the situation:
"That's not right! Didn't you say that His Majesty's health has improved?"
"Your Majesty must have been murdered by someone in the palace!"
"Concubine Zheng! We must let her and Cui Wensheng beside her!"
"We must get rid of these evil thieves, otherwise your Majesty will support us as censors, and what's the use of being an official?"
Zuo Guangdou and others even told each other among other yamen, fellow townsmen, and the same batch of Jinshi.
Emperor Taichang's critical illness is not a big secret, and these people are not afraid to spread it. As for the rumor that someone is plotting to kill His Majesty, it highlights their own justice, so it creates an atmosphere of great concern among civil servants.
Three people become tigers. This time, more than 300 people are saying that Concubine Zheng has plotted to murder His Majesty. Even if she jumps into the Yellow River, it will be difficult to clear her head.
In the past, when facing officials, the Donglin Party always said that His Majesty's health would get better. Now, when everyone hears that he is critically ill, they will be particularly surprised and wonder how he got sick so quickly.
So conspiracy theories have completely taken over the mainstream.
Fang Congzhe and Zhang Weixian, who are most capable of stopping rumors and chaos, are both busy now.
The British Duke Zhang Weixian was not at home. Like Han Xu, he was in front of Huang Jiashan's mansion, persuading Duke Cheng to calm down.
It is not appropriate to directly interfere with the Beijing camp regarding Huang Jiashan. The Beijing camp should probably stop intervening now.
After they got the news that Emperor Taichang was seriously ill, of course they knew which one was more serious.
The British Duke Zhang Weixian had a very high status. He concluded: "Gong Cheng, you and I cannot mobilize the capital camp without His Majesty's edict. This time you led troops to surround Huang Shangshu's residence. Even if the result is correct, you cannot do this.
.Those who should withdraw to the main camp should withdraw."
Zhu Chunchen was a generation younger than Zhang Weixian, and even though the status of the two families was about the same, he still had to listen to Zhang Weixian's words.
He rolled his eyes and thought that it was already the evening of August 30th, so he just had to endure it for a few more hours.
"Listen to Uncle Zhang."
Zhu Chunchen waved his hand, leaving a hundred people to guard this small house, while the rest of the troops returned to camp.
He added: "I was a little abrupt. But Huang Jiashan did hide armor and firearms secretly. We have to arrest him at this time. I listened to my uncle and stopped moving the soldiers and horses, but first controlled the evidence of the crime, especially the armor.
Firearms and other dangerous items."
Seeing that the situation had not worsened, Grand Scholar Han Xu breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay, let's stabilize it now."
Of course Zhang Weixian knows that the safest way is not to let the Beijing camp intervene, but to send Dongchang, Jinyiwei to investigate, the Ministry of Punishment, and Dali Temple to handle it together.
But the current situation is completely troubled.
He took the lead and said: "We will immediately join the chief ministers and enter the palace. We will first wake up your majesty and stabilize the overall situation, and then assist the prince to supervise the country on September 1st.
If someone dares to cause trouble, hum~
My British father, Zhang Weixian, will not spare him~"
There were no other Donglin Party members around, so of course Han Xu nodded in approval.
Although Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, was young and vigorous, he thought that he would no longer have to look at the British Duke's face in a few hours, so he agreed very obediently.
After a while, with the arrival of three British ministers, 12 of Tuogu's 13 ministers arrived.
As for Huang Jiashan, Minister of War, no one knows where he is.
Wang An, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, looked at these 12 people. There was one less person on the prince's side, Dong Lin, and there were obviously more people supporting Dong Lin.
The advantage is mine~
"Everyone, His Majesty is critically ill and unconscious. Regardless of the rumors outside, the real situation is that His Majesty is indeed in critical condition. The imperial doctor believes that the time will be tonight."
Wang An formally introduced the situation to them. He told the truth at the beginning, but started to add rumors later.
"There is a definite reason for the rapid deterioration of His Majesty's condition. That is that the Qianqing Palace was struck by lightning a few hours ago, causing His Majesty to fall into a coma."
"Strike by lightning? How could you be struck by lightning for no reason?" Yang Lian was the first to fire.
Wang An cooperated with the acting, sighed and shook his head and said: "In the Qianqing Palace, iron chains were installed for some reason. It should be that the iron chains attracted thunder and lightning, causing His Majesty to be frightened and finally fell into a coma."
"...Huh?" Zhang Wenda, the censor of Zuodu, deliberately shouted loudly and was surprised.
Zhou Jiamo was very angry and said: "Wear chains during a thunderstorm?! Who could do that?"
Seeing that Zhou Jiamo was anxious, Wang An was secretly happy. He was hoping that he, who had an impatient personality, would take the lead in the attack: "God, don't be anxious. Many people in the palace have seen this. The investigation will have results afterward."
"After the incident? Is the investigation worthy of His Majesty?" Zhou Jiamo was so angry that everyone could quarrel with him. He asked Wang Zuo, Minister of the Ministry of Works: "The palace has lightning protection measures, right? Remember, even if it is struck by lightning, it will most likely start a fire, and it will not cause any damage." Were the people inside struck by lightning?"
Wang Zuo, who always seemed to be very low-key, replied: "Old Heavenly Official is right. There are owl kisses in the palace, that is, there are owl kisses installed under the animal heads on the eaves corners of the palace. There will be a metal coating on the surface of the owl kisses, and there is a layer of metal coating buried inside. Connect the iron wire or copper products to the ground. In this way, when lightning falls on the house or palace, it will be guided underground and dissipated by the owl kiss. Although the wood may catch fire, the people in the palace will not be directly harmed by lightning."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Lian said: "So, if there were no iron chains, thunder and lightning would not be able to hurt your majesty. Is it because of this that your majesty is critically ill and unconscious?"
"Don't jump to conclusions too hastily." First assistant Fang Congzhe felt that the topic was getting carried away and immediately stopped him.
Several civil servants rolled their eyes at him.
As a scholar, don't you want to quickly cheer up the court and start a prosperous court? How about protecting the evil in the palace?
But Liu Yijing quickly grabbed the conversation: "Chief Assistant, the most important thing now is to prepare the will."
As soon as he said this, everyone fell silent.
"This edict is a serious matter and should not be written lightly, especially since His Majesty is still here."
British Duke Zhang Weixian hit the key points as soon as he opened his mouth.