Five hundred and eighty-ninth chapter irritable emperor
But soon Zhang Mao shook his head and said: "No, not to mention the emperor's affection. With the power Chu Yi has, whether in the court or in the army, everyone is his confidant. If he doesn't ignore the emperor, he has already conquered the world."
He is a role model for ministers. As long as he doesn't let go, even if the prince succeeds to the throne in the future, he will never dare to do that thing of killing a cunning rabbit and cooking for a lackey..."
Zhang Lun also had a puzzled look on his face, because some of Chu Yi's actions were very difficult to understand, especially the fact that he was begging the emperor to go to the West, which clearly showed that he didn't even want to stay in the capital.
Not to mention that these two generations of British princes speculated on Chu Yi's intentions here, but what Chu Yi said in the court caused huge waves among the officials.
Within the cabinet.
The cabinet headed by Yang Yiqing can be said to be dominated by the King Wu Party. As one of the representatives of the King Wu Party, Yang Yiqing, as the chief minister of the cabinet, is sitting there with his brows slightly furrowed, obviously
I am worried about what Chu Yi said not long ago.
Yang Yiqing was very clear about Chu Yi's temperament. Since Chu Yi made a plea to the emperor to go to the West in the court, it meant that Chu Yi had already made his own decision in his heart, and it was definitely not something that ordinary people could make him do.
Changed one's mind.
Now Yang Yiqing can only place his hope on the emperor, hoping that the emperor can persuade Chu Yi. Otherwise, Yang Yiqing is really worried that if Chu Yi leaves for a long time, something will happen in the court.
Although Chu Yi has withdrawn from the court, anyone who is not a fool knows that as long as Chu Yi does not die and is still in the capital, he is the core of King Wu's party. Although he is no longer in the court, his influence will not diminish at all.
As one of the core members of the King Wu Party, Yang Yiqing understood that the reason why he was recognized by the King Wu Party was ultimately because of Chu Yi.
If something unexpected happens to Chu Yi one day, the King Wu Party, which is so snobbish and spread all over the government and the public, will probably collapse immediately.
At least Yang Yiqing is not so arrogant as to think that he alone can suppress the huge King Wu Party.
Glancing at Wang Hua, the elder of the pavilion, who was sitting there calmly reviewing the memorial, Yang Yiqing couldn't help but take a tea cup, step forward, sit next to Wang Hua and say, "Master Wang!"
Raising his head, Wang Hua glanced at Yang Yiqing and said, "Mr. Yang, is there something wrong?"
Yang Yiqing glanced at Wang Hua with a wry smile and said, "Don't you, Lord Wang, want to know why King Wu suddenly had the idea of going to the West?"
Wang Hua was stunned for a moment, then chuckled: "I am naturally curious, but so what if I am curious. How can we speculate on the thoughts of the chief executive? What? Does Mr. Yang know what the chief executive is thinking?"
Shaking his head, Yang Yiqing sighed: "If he really knew what the chief manager was thinking, Yang wouldn't be worried here."
As an important minister who has been in high and low officialdom for many years, Wang Hua can naturally understand why Yang Yiqing is like this. He just smiled and said: "Master Yang, why should you be unreasonable? This matter only depends on whether your majesty or the chief manager can convince the other. I will wait.
As a subject, you only need to do your part!"
In the palace, Zhu Houzhao took the opportunity to leave, temporarily avoiding Chu Yi's persecution.
Zhu Houzhao really didn't know how to reply to Chu Yi. Chu Yi's attitude was clear to Zhu Houzhao, but he also didn't want Chu Yi to leave the capital. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to take the opportunity to leave the hall.
In the Queen's residence, Queen Xia had just settled the little prince. She walked into the room surrounded by several palace maids and saw the emperor sitting there with a frown on his face. It was obvious from a glance that the emperor was in a very mood at this moment.
not good.
There was a slight pause in her footsteps, but Queen Xia returned to normal in the next moment. She walked slowly to Zhu Houzhao, took the tea from the palace maid, put it on the table, and said with a slow salute: "I have met your majesty!"
After coming back to his senses, Zhu Houzhao raised his head and glanced at Queen Xia, waved his hands slightly and said: "Queen, there is no need to be formal!"
After thanking the emperor, Queen Xia sat next to Zhu Houzhao and said, "I see that your majesty looks sad. Could it be that there is something difficult going on in the court?"
Queen Xia just mentioned it casually. After all, Queen Xia also knew the taboo of not being involved in politics in the harem, so he just mentioned it with no hope of getting a reply from the emperor.
However, Zhu Houzhao was holding back a lot of grievances in his heart and had no place to talk about it. Although he and Queen Xia did not have that kind of life-and-death relationship, at least Queen Xia was also the queen he was marrying, so there was still some relationship between them.
Affectionate.
Sighing softly, Zhu Houzhao looked at Queen Xia and said: "Queen, what do you think the great companion is thinking? Today in the morning, he suddenly proposed to me that he would personally lead a fleet to the Western Ocean!"
"Ah! Master... Master, he actually wants to go to the West?"
It was obvious that even Queen Xia was shocked when she heard the news. After all, most people simply couldn't believe that Chu Yi would have the idea of going to the West.
Looking at Queen Xia's expression, Zhu Houzhao said: "It seems that Queen, you also think that Daban's behavior is a bit abnormal."
Queen Xia hesitated for a moment and said: "I am not supposed to discuss matters in the court, but since it concerns Taifu Chu, I have gone beyond that."
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said: "This matter is not a political matter of the DPRK. The queen does not need to care about these taboos."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao said to the queen: "Queen, tell me, what does Daban mean?"
Since the young prince has been under Chu Yi's sect and has been taught by Chu Yi, Queen Xia regards Chu Yi as the young prince's biggest supporter in the future.
Therefore, Queen Xia cares about Chu Yi very much. It can be said that as long as Chu Yi is in the capital, Zhu Zaiji, who will become his disciple in the future, will be as safe as Mount Tai.
Among all the concubines in the harem, apart from those members of King Wu's party who were attached to Chu Yi, Queen Xia was definitely the one who paid the most attention to Chu Yi.
"Your Majesty, have you agreed to Taifu Chu's request?"
Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said: "How could I agree? Daban's request is too ridiculous. He is in the world, and going to the Western Ocean is really risky. If you are not careful, the ship may be destroyed and people will die."
Empress Xia breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As the king of a country, if your majesty had spoken in person, I think Chu Taifu would have obeyed your majesty's will."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but shook his head and said: "I know very well the temperament of Daban. If I really decree that he is not allowed to sail to the West, then Daban will never go against my will, but in that case, he will definitely be hurt.
The affection between me and my great companion."
When Empress Xia heard this, she said, "Is there no room for change? Your Majesty, why not send someone to persuade Mr. Chu? Maybe Mr. Chu will change his mind."
Seeing that Queen Xia couldn't give any good advice, Zhu Houzhao was not surprised. After all, no matter how virtuous Queen Xia was, in the final analysis, she was only the master of the harem and could not influence the court at all. His talk with Queen Xia was nothing more than
I just want to find someone to express the words I have been holding in my heart.
However, Queen Xia's last suggestion made Zhu Houzhao's heart move slightly.
As the saying goes, a dead horse is a living horse. Even if you know in your heart that it will be extremely difficult to make Chu Yi change his mind, what if you succeed?
Besides, even if it fails, you can still make some insinuations and figure out why Chu Yi insists on going to the Western Seas.
Soon the emperor's decree was conveyed to the cabinet.
Several ministers in the cabinet looked at the emperor's decree and looked at each other in confusion, until the eunuch who delivered the decree coughed lightly and looked at them.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Yiqing stepped forward, took the imperial edict respectfully, and then said to the eunuch who delivered the edict: "This father-in-law, Your Majesty, this is..."
The eunuch who delivered the order shook his head repeatedly and said: "Sir, I don't know anything. Please don't embarrass me."
With that said, the eunuch who delivered the order turned around and left in a hurry, leaving only Yang Yiqing with a wry smile on his face and several pavilion elders.
Several pavilion elders all looked at Yang Yiqing, especially when their eyes glanced at the imperial edict in Yang Yiqing's hand. One pavilion elder couldn't help but murmured softly: "Your Majesty actually asked us to persuade the chief manager. I don't know what your majesty thinks."
of."
Stroking his beard, Wang Hua glanced at Yang Yiqing and said, "It seems that His Majesty was not able to persuade the chief manager, otherwise, His Majesty's decree would not have been conveyed to the cabinet."
After listening to Wang Hua's words, the cabinet minister who just now couldn't help but said: "Master Wang, even His Majesty can't persuade the chief manager. I'm afraid it won't be of any use if we go."
After looking at the elder, Chen Ding flicked his sleeves and said, "Even if we can't persuade the chief manager, we still have to go. Even if His Majesty doesn't give the order, I still have to go see Chu Yi.
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There really weren't many people in the court who dared to call Chu Yi by his name, and it happened to be Chen Ding.
Chen Ding said with a straight face: "I would like to ask the chief executive if he has ever considered how much gold and silver it would cost to sail to the Western Seas?"
Chu Yi returned to Prince Wu's Mansion directly after leaving the court. Chu Yi knew that the emperor would definitely give him a message within one day at most. This was his understanding of Zhu Houzhao.
As a result, it didn't take long for the emperor's decree to arrive, but Yang Yiqing and several other cabinet ministers did.
In the courtyard, Chu Yi looked at Yang Yiqing, Wang Hua, and Chen Ding, smiled slightly and said: "How come these adults have time to come to this king's residence when they are not handling government affairs in the court?"
Yang Yiqing took out the emperor's decree from his sleeve and handed it to Chu Yi, saying: "Your Majesty has an order, but we, as ministers, have no choice but to come."
With a quick glance, Chu Yi saw the content of the imperial decree. He couldn't help but laugh and shook his head: "Your Majesty, why are you bothering with this?"
Yang Yiqing looked at Chu Yi with a straight face and said, "General manager, have you really made up your mind to go to the Western Sea?"
A bright light flashed in Chu Yi's eyes, he nodded slowly and said: "I have made up my mind. If you really want to persuade me, then there is no need."
