This year's capital is particularly lively, and the intricate problems are intertwined, which makes the Beijing Division, which has been boiling and unrestful, even more turbulent and treacherous.

It is destined to be a period of great change, some people are impatient, some people sit firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, some people hide their heads and tails, and some people are like ants on a hot pot.

Zhu Xu sat in the palace, overlooking the world, moving left and right in the torrent, completing his plan step by step.

The matter of 'demotion to the lord', the harem where the clan is not calm and troublesome is not peaceful, and the government and the opposition are finally boiling.

Some people walked around privately, connecting in series, connecting some clans and noble people together, quietly forming a huge net, intertwined in the sky above the capital, dense, difficult to distinguish, and see clearly.

Zhu Xu blocked almost everyone today, and quietly handled government affairs in the imperial study.

In recent years, the situation has expanded dramatically, and one by one yamen have sprung up, and Zhu Xu has been tried one by one.

Jinyiwei's network is now getting bigger and bigger, and its tentacles are rapidly extending to Asia and beyond Asia, in view of the current traffic environment, although the information is still very lagging behind, it has allowed Zhu Xu and the Ming court to have a channel to understand the outside world.

The Evil Division is a tool exclusive to Zhu Xu, the capital, the south. There is one place in Beijing, and it is relatively calm at the moment, and it has not been used.

The fourth and fifth museums have been established for more than a year, and there are dozens of people who are repairing books in the great Confucian scholars, including Liu Zongzhou, Er Tao and other famous scholars, but they are still making preliminary preparations, and there is still a period of time before they really start writing.

These are all important to him, reorganize them one by one, make various arrangements, and he will personally come forward to appease them, so as to wait for next year's court meeting.

Zhu Xu is busy in the palace, and Bi Ziyan of the cabinet is not idle, although Fu Changzong is leaving with anger, but Bi Ziyan can't control these, and he can't wait to meddle in the household department, as long as he takes the household and the second department, he is the real cabinet 'first assistant', and will have enough power to promote the 'new deal', lead the six ministries, and sort out the world!

Fu Changzong's leave did not cause a shock in the government and the opposition at the first time, only some sensitive people around Fu Changzong would find out that those familiar faces no longer knew when they were transferred, even the transfer order of the waiter Zhang Bingwen had been spreading for a long time, but it had not come down for a long time.

Fu Changzong's arrangement of his old subordinates for many years was earlier than Zhou Yingqiu, so he was relatively calm, and he was not worried, after all, he was the emperor's uncle, Bi Ziyan would not go too far, not to mention that he had not fallen yet, and his capital was much more than Bi Ziyan!

Although the capital is boiling and it is difficult to have calm, many people still vaguely feel that a hidden bigger storm is gathering, and they don't know when it will suddenly explode!

The sun sinks on the moon, and the moon disappears.

The next day, Zhu Xu woke up very early, but he didn't want to get up while lying in bed.

- It's too cold! It's colder than ever, a few points colder than the previous two days!

Li Xie Yu also woke up, looked at the sky outside, snuggled up to him, and said softly: "Your Majesty, you can sleep for a while." ”

Zhu Xu hugged her, looked at the ridge with wide eyes, the quilt blocked half of his face, and said in an urn voice: "You sleep, I will go to the palace later." ”

Li Xie Yu raised his head, looked at Zhu Xu's side face, blinked and said, "Is the emperor going to see Miss Zhang?" ”

Zhu Xu was stunned, he always habitually forgot about this stubble, shook his head, exposed his mouth, and said, "You don't say that I forgot, let's go and see it today." ”

Li Jieyu hugged Zhu Xu tightly and did not speak again.

Zhu Xu held her with one hand, but his heart turned to Bi Ziyan.

He has a lot of things to talk about with Bi Ziyan and talk about them in depth, and some things will inevitably 'hurt' him, especially today's events. He was wondering how he could be as tactful as possible.

After a while, Zhu Xu still got up against the cold, ate a little and went straight to Cining Palace.

Empress Dowager Zhang had just had breakfast, and when she heard Zhu Xu's intention, she was stunned for a moment, and said, "You mean, you want to take Yongning out of the palace?" ”

Zhu Xu nodded and said, "Well, I plan to meet Miss Zhang, but I have a lot on my mind." ”

Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Zhang remembered Zhu Xu's plan to 'demote the lord', this matter is said to be the emperor's cold-bloodedness, no idea of benevolence, regardless of the feelings of the clan compatriots, and the big one is violating the 'ancestral system' and destroying the foundation of the Ming Dynasty!

As the widow of the former emperor, the current queen mother, the empress dowager Zhang must not allow it, and said with a slightly cold face: "Yongning has a cold yet, and it is too cold today to go out with the emperor." ”

Zhu Xu pinched his nose, usually if Zhu Xu went out on a 'blind date', Empress Dowager Zhang didn't know what to be happy about...... His expression moved, showing a flattering smile, and said: "Imperial sister-in-law, it's really embarrassing for me to go to see alone, and it's not suitable, someone has to ease up, except for Yongning, I really can't find a suitable candidate, and this matter can't be delayed, the old lady has urged it many times......"

Empress Dowager Zhang frowned, very unhappy in her heart, but Zhu Xu was also right, this matter could not be delayed, she glanced at Zhu Xu a few times with a cold face, and said, "About the 'demote'...... Okay, I don't care about other palaces, I won't agree to you about this matter, and the adults in the court won't agree to it...... Yongning is in the dormitory, you can go find her yourself. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang stopped talking again, which made Zhu Xu feel great pressure, rubbed her face, and said, "Well, I know." ”

Out of the main palace, Zhu Xu sent someone to call Xiao Yongning, standing outside the Cining Palace, feeling a headache.

The matter of 'demotion to the knight' seemed to him to be a matter of necessity, but it seemed that he was isolated from him as never before, and he could not find a supporter.

Zhu Xu secretly exhaled, looked at the red sun rising in the south, squinted his eyes, and whispered to himself, "I don't need the support of others now......

He is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the cadres are arbitrary, who can oppose it, who can oppose it!

Cao Huachun was not far from his side, listening to his words, bowing slightly, when he didn't hear anything.

After a long time, Xiao Yongning was late, and the wrapping was tighter, revealing only two eyes, and Li Xiangjun was far and near.

The little guy walked up to Zhu Xu, raised his head and said, "Uncle Huang, people don't want to leave the palace today......

Zhu Xu snorted lightly, reached out and took off the scarf on her face, and said, "Then you can think about it, if you don't go out with me today, I won't take you to play in the future." ”

The little guy yelled, and covered his face indiscriminately, it was too cold today, she didn't want to go out at all, but before the 'temptation to leave the palace in the future', she quickly retreated, pursed her mouth, and said: "Okay then, people will sacrifice their lives to accompany the gentleman......"

Zhu Xu laughed, and said as he walked: "Okay, let's go, if you perform well today, you will have benefits." ”

The little girl hurriedly followed, her eyes wide open, and said, "What, what benefits?" ”

"Let's go." Zhu Xu ignored her and kept walking south. He is going to the royal government today, and the government is in the south of the city.

The little guy didn't give up, and shouted beside Zhu Xu, and he didn't seem to be afraid of the cold.

However, Li Xiangjun was busy following behind, for fear that she would freeze again.

Zhu Xu just ignored her and walked out of the palace quickly.

"See the emperor."

Outside the Daming Gate, Bi Ziyan had been waiting for a long time, and as soon as he saw Zhu Xu, he stepped forward and raised his hand to salute.

Zhu Xu looked at him, also in thick clothes, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Master Bi has been waiting for a long time." ”

Bi Ziyan looked at Zhu Xu and Xiao Yongning, and his heart moved, but he still said: "This is the duty of a minister." ”

Zhu Xu looked up at the front of him and said, "Anyway, it's not far, Master Bi, let's go." ”

Bi Ziyan knew that today was not a simple casual walk, and responded: "Yes." ”

Zhu Xu smiled and walked in the front, still thinking about the wording in his heart.

It was too cold, and the crowd was dressed in thick casual clothes, which was not very noticeable.

"What does Master Bi think of my pardon of Master Yang and the Donglin party?" After a long while, Zhu Xu spoke.

The will of pardon has not yet been issued, and the edict drafted by Wu Youwei was only sent to the cabinet yesterday.

Bi Ziyan listened to Zhu Xu's words, and said with a normal face: "The Donglin Party no longer exists, if it can be beneficial to the 'New Deal', the minister thinks that pardon is also acceptable." ”

In the end, the government and the opposition are very sympathetic to Donglin, and there have always been many people who speak for Donglin.

Zhu Xu said 'um' and said: "I also have some different opinions, thinking that I should not be pardoned, otherwise it will be 'conniving' with the party dispute, and it will not play the role and purpose of punishing the former and the latter, right?" ”

In order to curry favor with the emperor and the authorities, naturally there were few people who patted their sycophants and wrote to the court against the pardon with a very resolute look.

Bi Ziyan knew this, slowly followed behind Zhu Xu, and said: "As soon as the will is made, the cabinet will make some arrangements, and these criticisms should be easily quelled." ”

Zhu Xu nodded slightly, even if this matter is so decided, it is still in the stage of letting go of the wind, and once the will is issued for a while, it will be able to remove a big stone between the court and Shilin, and remove a big obstacle to the 'New Deal'.

After walking for a while, Zhu Xu changed his words and said, "Have you also heard about the 'demotion of the knight'?" ”

Yesterday, it was rumored in half a day, covering the sky and the moon, Bi Ziyan naturally couldn't have known, looked around, and said: "The minister heard about it, but he didn't know the inside story. ”

Zhu Xu put his hands behind his back, slowed down a little, and said: "Clan, the honorable minister's Sui Lu occupies more than one-third of the tax burden of the imperial court, and there will be more in the future, I plan to curb it, and someone gave me this idea." ”

Bi Ziyan looked up at Zhu Xu's back and was silent.

'Demotion to the Lord' is not trivial, involving all aspects, and one carelessness will really shake the 'national capital' and delay future generations.

But if you don't take a way, the clan and the honorable ministers will drag down the taxes of the imperial court, so that they will drag down the Ming Dynasty.

Bi Ziyan also thought about it all night yesterday, I don't know if it was a preconceived idea or why, he couldn't think of other suitable means.

After a while, Bi Ziyan said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the clan is a clan after all, and if it is demoted to a concubine, it is not in line with 'benevolence'. ”