Although several prime ministers were locked up, they were not added by swords and axes, and after this incident, the people in the capital have more or less seen the direction of the wind and sensed the cowardice of the Son of Heaven, so more people began to move.

The case of Chu Guiren's family gradually fermented, this kind of matter related to the heavenly family has always been the most popular thing for the people in the capital, and it soon spread throughout the capital, and almost every household knew that Chu Guiren had an affair with the new emperor, and the family died unexpectedly.

At this time, the people of the Imperial History Observatory also began to make some moves, and some young Imperial Historians had begun to write direct advice, clearly talking about this matter in the book, and vaguely pointed the finger at the Son of Heaven.

If it weren't for Hou Jingde taking over the defense of the capital with the forbidden army and letting some people throw into the trap, the situation of the little emperor would be even worse at this time.

But even so, the reputation of this newly enthroned emperor for only a year is getting worse day by day.

Even if Jingzhao Mansion has found out that Chu Guiren's family was killed by thieves and captured some of the thieves, and these thieves have truthfully confessed to the matter, public opinion has still not diminished at all.

Ten days after the incident of Chu Guiren, many people in the court have jointly written to the Son of Heaven, asking the Son of Heaven to release several Zaifu who are locked in prison.

At the same time, Chong Wu, the eldest son of the head of the family Chong Xuantong, also returned to Beijing from Yunzhou City, but after returning to Beijing, he only entered the palace to meet the Son of Heaven once, so he hid in the seed mansion and refused to come out.

As a result, some people became more and more emboldened.

At least ten imperial histories from the Imperial Historical Observatory wrote to Shangshutai, asking Shangshutai to release Shen Kuan, Yan Shouzhuo and others who were locked up, and the Tai students of Guozijian were provoked by others, and even asked Jingzhao Mansion to release people for the sake of the gate of Jingzhao Mansion.

These students are the most headache for officials, ordinary civilians, directly let the people who arrest the house arrest, or scare them to break up, but these students have merit and fame, and they can't easily handle them, many of them are also the apprentices and grandchildren of Shen Kuan or Yan Shouzhuo and others, and there is no way, as Jing Zhaoyin, he can only go to meet the Son of Heaven and report the situation of Jing Zhao Mansion.

This lord knelt in the main hall of Weiyang Palace, touched the ground with his head, and after telling the matter again, he spoke: "Your Majesty, at this time, there are at least more than 100 Tai students outside the gate of Jingzhao Mansion making a commotion, please ask Your Majesty to ...... holy will."

At this time, Yuan Zhao Tianzi was already a lot haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot, but he didn't have the anger he had more than ten days ago, and he just glanced at Zhou Shunde lightly when he heard this, and said: "Since Jingzhao Mansion can't solve it, then let Shen Kuan and Yan Shouclumsy go." ”

Zhou Fujun was frightened by this sentence, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are incompetent, and the ministers will go back and block them again......"

"I told you to let them go."

Yuan Zhao Tianzi's face was surprisingly calm, and his voice was also very flat.

"Things have come to this point, I don't blame you, Jingzhao Mansion has no choice, go back and let them go, and ask them to go home separately, if there are any more students who make noise, they will be directly arrested and sent to the Ministry of Rites to remove their fame and send them back to their hometowns."

Zhou Shunde wiped the sweat from his forehead, and his voice was a little hoarse.

"Your Majesty, as long as the minister is still Jing Zhaoyin, Jing Zhao Mansion will always be on His Majesty's side."

"Really?"

Yuan Zhao Tianzi put his hands in his sleeves and said with a smile: "The purpose of those people is very simple, and it is being carried out step by step, when I put Shen Kuan and the others home, it won't be long before these big-headed scholars can coordinate the inside and outside of the capital, and then contact the seed family or the Ye family, and then they can write to force me to abdicate." ”

He looked at Zhou Shunde and said with a smile: "When the time comes, which side are you Zhou Fujun going to stand on?" ”

Zhou Shunde gritted his teeth, knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "The minister is loyal to the king, if someone in the court wants to usurp, the minister will naturally stand on His Majesty's side, and at most he will die!" ”

The Son of Heaven was noncommittal, his face expressionless.

"Okay, you go back, according to what I said, let those people go."

Zhou Shunde bowed his head to the Son of Heaven and kowtowed, and then withdrew from Weiyang Palace.

Soon after he left, a tall black-faced general came to the Weiyang Palace, he knelt in front of the Son of Heaven and saluted respectfully: "Ministers and gentlemen, knock to see Your Majesty." ”

Tianzi's face was calm and he looked at the black-faced man.

"During this time, the left battalion of the forbidden army took over the capital, and General Hou also suffered a lot of pressure?"

Hou Jingde was tall, he bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it's just a matter of loyalty to the forbidden army, and there is no pressure." ”

Yuan Zhao Tianzi narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I heard from the people of Tianmu Prison that said that your General Hou's loyal and brave Marquis Mansion was poured with dung in the middle of the night, and many people said that you, the general of the forbidden army, aided and abused. ”

Hou Jingde knelt on the ground and shook his head again and again: "Your Majesty, it's just the actions of some villains, the minister has never taken it to heart, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, the minister is loyal to the king, and it is justified." ”

The Son of Heaven laughed at himself.

"But I don't have a pro-government, and I don't have the right to mobilize the army, these days, General Hou should have received a lot of documents from the Metropolitan Governor's Office, asking General Hou to withdraw from the capital?"

Whether the emperor is in power or not, there is no way to directly mobilize military forces other than the three guards, but must go through the procedures of the imperial court such as the Metropolitan Governor's Office and the Ministry of War before military power can be exercised.

After all, theoretically speaking, the army of the Great Jin Dynasty was the imperial court of the Great Jin Dynasty, not the emperor's private property.

For example, the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, if you want to mobilize the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, you not only need documents from the imperial court, but also documents from the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and documents from the Ministry of War.

Hou Jingde was silent for a while, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, as long as the imperial court does not remove the minister as the general of the forbidden army for a day, the forbidden army will always obey His Majesty's dispatch, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion should also be His Majesty's Metropolitan Governor's Mansion." ”

"That's it."

Yuan Zhao Tianzi slowly exhaled a breath and said, "I ...... Now you can't control the imperial court, if you continue like this, your position as the general of the forbidden army may really be gone, and when you go down, you will take the left battalion of the forbidden army, withdraw from the capital, and still go back to the left battalion. ”

Hou Jingde's face was stunned.

He knelt on the ground, gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, there is an undercurrent in the capital now, and the minister still thinks that it is good for the forbidden army to take over the capital, so that if there is any change in the capital, the forbidden army can respond at any time." ”

"There won't be any changes."

The Son of Heaven said indifferently: "I still have three guards in my hands, even if someone wants to do it, I can support the forbidden army to enter the city." ”

"If I tell you to withdraw, you withdraw."

Hou Jingde, although he can't be said to be a straight intestine, but he is really not good at words, he hesitated a few times, and he couldn't say anything, so he could only sigh and bow his head and say, "Minister...... Yes, sir. ”

With that, he slowly withdrew.

After he left, the Weiyang Palace was a lot quieter.

After a while, the great eunuch Xiao Zheng appeared behind the Son of Heaven and bowed respectfully to the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty, Lord Hou is already not far from the capital."

Yuan Zhao Tianzi closed his eyes a little tiredly, sat back on his dragon couch, and asked slowly, "How many more days?" ”

Xiao Zheng lowered his hand and said, "At most, in three days, Hou Ye will be able to enter Beijing." ”

"Okay."

The Son of Heaven nodded, half-lying on the bed, and closed his eyes.

"Then let them make as much trouble as possible."