At the end of May, it was the height of summer. In the West Garden, trees are flourishing and dotted in the royal palace. In the long winding corridor, it is slightly hot.

The chief eunuch Xu Yan had gray hair, he had followed the Son of Heaven for many years, at this time, this order of the Son of Heaven made him extremely hesitant, and he hesitated to say: "Your Majesty..."

I was seriously ill at the beginning of March, and I summoned the green beauty again, which would have happened. And he, all his net worth and life are on the Son of Heaven. Woe.

Yongzhi Tianzi was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, and walked in front with his hands in his hands, when he turned his head and his eyes were sharp, "Huh? "He's in a bit irritable right now. I don't want anyone to disobey him.

Xu Yan knelt down in fright, "The old slave obeys the order!" ”

The Son of Yongzhi glanced at Xu Yan and continued to move forward. Several eunuchs hurriedly followed.

The Caogong along the Shandong Canal rebelled again, sweeping through the two provinces and three counties at the junction of Shandong and Hebei. Hundreds of thousands of rebels. It seems, the momentum is huge. However, as long as a battalion of Beijing (8,000 people) is transferred to quell the rebellion, it can be pacified.

In the imperial study just now, the tone set was: mainly to suppress, supplemented by appeasement. However, as the Son of Heaven, he is not concerned about the counterinsurgency process, but about the deeper problems behind it! What causes civil unrest?

Think further: How many people in the capital are thinking about him dying? For example, people like Jia Huan and Han Jin.

He knew what Xu Yan was thinking! However, the Son of Heaven did not have to explain to anyone.

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On the afternoon of May 25 of the seventeenth year of Yongzhi, the court hall of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty was in a boil.

This is not just last night, the Son of Heaven ordered Jinyiwei to arrest Zhu Hongfei, the head of Jiangxi Dao; is also because of the civil unrest along the Liaocheng Canal in Shandong. The arrest of Yan Guan with Jinyi Wei is unheard of in the past ten years; And the rebellion, involving hundreds of thousands of people, is a major event that has not been seen in nearly twenty years!

The ministers who were a little more perceptive had a sense that society was in turmoil. Combined with the lack of money in the treasury and the weakness of finances since the fifteenth year of Yongzhi, this has made people of insight worried!

It has been one hundred and fifty years since the dynasty was established, and the lifespan of successive dynasties is two or three hundred years is very common. The Great Zhou Dynasty was already in the middle and late stages of the dynasty. A more pessimistic point of view: Could it be that it was already in the last years of the Ming Dynasty?

Since the 25th was very sunny, the ministers sat in their yamen and handled affairs. After a morning and noon gestation, the officials' emotions exploded. Officials, new scholars have written one after another.

Today, Jin Yiwei can arrest Zhu Hongfei for no reason, so he can arrest them tomorrow. The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and the officials have to fight! No one wants to go to Jinyiwei's prison in the future.

The reason given by Jin Yiwei is: Zhu Hongfei is corrupt and perverts the law. But is that the reason? Moreover, even if Zhu Yushi is guilty, the imperial court has a secretary to ask, why did he order Jinyiwei to interrogate?

Moreover, at the end of the fifteenth year of Yongzhi, due to the intention of He Shuo, a scholar at that time, to reform, he changed the transportation to shipping, which harmed the interests of a large number of people and provoked the revolt of the Cao workers and the people. And Hua Mo was ordered to deal with this matter, but it was mainly to appease. And stopped the reforms.

Then, someone must be responsible for this civil unrest! There is a principal, and officials at the middle level of Lang are impeaching Hua Mo.

Whether there is a figure of Ji Shilang behind it, there is no way to know!

If Zhu Hongfei was arrested by Jinyiwei last night, the situation in Beijing is that the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings! Some analysts believe that the Son of Heaven is pointing at Jia Huan, intending to kill the first prodigy in the past hundred years of the dynasty, and the world's famous poet.

Then, this morning, the news of the civil unrest spread, and the situation in Beijing is like a surging tide of the Qiantang River! The waves are rising!

Civil unrest is not an isolated incident. Rather, it means that the foundation of the dynasty is likely to be shaken. Great Zhou, it is possible to perish in a few decades! For example, the Eastern Han Dynasty was destroyed by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty was hit hard by the Yellow Nest Uprising, and the Ming Dynasty died to the thief Li Zicheng!

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At night, frog cries come from the grass by the pond in the courtyard. "Quack, quack, quack..."

In the east of the city, in a compound not far from the Teaching Workshop Division, the former guard of the palace, Marquis Weijing, reluctantly accompanied the former emperor's grandson Ning Rong for a walk. There was silence all around, only frogs and insects.

Ning Rong tied his hair, dressed in white, a very handsome young man, and said with a smile: "Wei Jing, how is my courtyard?" ”

Wei Jing sighed and persuaded, "Your Highness, you really shouldn't come to the capital at this time. "The situation in Beijing is extremely tense! It's already saber rattling by now. The Son of Heaven seems to have the intention of killing Jia Huan!

At this time, the people in Shandong were in turmoil. This is simply adding fuel to the fire! The situation in Beijing is very chaotic. At this time, Ning Rong came to the capital, which was very dangerous.

Ning Rong smiled and said, "What's going on in the palace today?" "Wei Jing was in his 40s at the time, and he was the official guard of the palace. The Imperial Dynasty is responsible for the defense of the palace and the West Garden. Marquis Yu, in the system of the palace guards, has a high status, and can access some secrets.

Wei Jing sighed again in his heart, and said softly: "The Son of Heaven was fortunate to be a young beauty yesterday afternoon. ”

Wei Jing is Wei Ruolan's uncle. The parents of the Wei family. He is well aware of the situation in Shandong. It is estimated that the civil unrest in Shandong was done by Ning Rong and the people around him. The former prince has been the prince for many years, and he is kind and very popular. Although the matter failed, a group of people followed Ning Rong and Ning Ying to Jiaodong.

The Wei family was a sympathizer of the former prince. Not supporters. However, when King Rongjun came to the door, what could he do? He didn't expect that four years later, the descendants of the former prince would have to go back to the capital to make trouble, is it safe in Jiaodong? This is what the crown princess Zhen Jing'er bought with her life!

The corners of Ning Rong's mouth curled, and he smiled sarcastically: "He really doesn't know whether he lives or dies!" "It's only been two months.

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With the outbreak of civil unrest in Shandong, the situation in the capital seems to be full of turbulent feelings. And on May 27, the rapid transfer of the Beijing camp was even more eye-catching! That's all about the topic. Hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China have written one after another.

And the case of Zhu Hongfei being arrested by Jinyiwei is also mixed in. Of course, the heat has dropped a little bit. To hold the Cao Gong responsible for the rebellion again, the debate over whether to change the water transport to sea transportation has become louder.

However, for Jia Huan, the danger has not been lifted..., it has only delayed some of the time of the outbreak!

On the evening of the 27th, in the elegant Chinese-style Jiangnan-style courtyard in the Yunxuan Palace, Zhang Lu and Jia Huan of Jinyi Wei Qianhu were in the small hall, drinking rice wine and peanuts, chatting. Outside the window, the night is like ink!

Jia Huan took a sip of wine and said in a casual tone: "Zhang Qianhu shouldn't have come to me at this time." ”

Zhang Lu is in his thirties, with a good body and a straight sitting posture, giving people a feeling of shrewdness and ability. He placed a wine glass on the table of the Eight Immortals Table, poured his own wine, and said with a smile: "Lord Jia, if others hear that the Son of Heaven is going to kill him, they will probably be scared to pee their pants." I can't wait to hold the thigh of the Son of Heaven to repent and beg for mercy! I don't think Master Jia is calm, at least he is not panicked. ”

Jia Huan smiled and didn't speak.

Zhang Yan looked at Jia Huan's smile. Xin said: "Sure enough, it's very human, and I even laughed." I had a little more hope for the purpose of this trip, and said: "Lord Jia, Zhu Yushi was beaten very badly in prison, but he did not confess. ”

Jia Huan nodded. The morning before yesterday, Jin Yiwei gave a reason, and after he saw it, he knew that Zhu Hongfei did not confess. These days, Jiafu has been very calm.

Zhang Lu explained his intention and said sincerely: "Lord Jia, I met with you today to say to Lord Jia, Commander Xing is acting on orders, and he has no opinion on you!" After Han Jin was arrested by Jinyiwei, Bai Shangshu once sent a secret letter to the Son of Heaven. ”

He had a good personal relationship with Jia Huan, but Commander Xing treated him like a confidant, and he didn't want Jia Huan to have an opinion of Commander Xing in the future. He felt that Jia Huan could still get out of the dangerous situation this time!

For example, the "method" he thought of, what if Jia Huan said that Empress Yang and Concubine Jia Guifei interceded? There is a high probability that you will not die. Being relegated to a remote area is not the end of the matter. In the final analysis, Jia Huan just committed the taboo in the heart of the Son of Heaven, not a capital crime with conclusive evidence! Life and death are only in the thought of the Son of Heaven.

But in a few years, the son of Yongzhi will die. At that time, Jia Huan will definitely be able to come back.

Jia Huan's expression moved slightly, and he finally understood the reason why Yongzhi Tianzi was abnormal!

Zhang Lu said softly: "In addition, on the afternoon of the 25th, the Son of Heaven came again, fortunately the young beauty!" In recent days, the green beauties have been in the West Garden. ”

Jia Huan had no surprise: he dug a pit that day and let Queen Yang leave the young beauty alive. After thinking about it, he said softly: "Brother Zhang has been staring at King Chu a little recently. "Politics is full of exchanges and compromises all the time. He has a good personal relationship with Zhang Lu, but this is not the reason and motive for Zhang Lu to take the risk to meet him at this time! Rather, there is no other reason.

He instructed Zhang Lu to command Mao Kun to fall from the original Jinyi Guard, and promoted Zhang Lu from an unwilling Jinyi Guard captain to a thousand households. Today, Zhang Lu ventured to reveal the inside story, obviously asking for something.

Zhang Lu was happy in his heart, although he didn't understand why, but nodded.

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At about nine o'clock in the evening of the 27th, Jia Huan and Zhang Lu left from the club owned by Jiafu, Yuyunxuan.

Half an hour later, Jia Huan had just returned to Jiafu. There was an extremely shocking news in the West Garden: the Son of Heaven was fortunate to be a young beauty and fell into a coma again.

Immediately, the news spread quickly throughout the capital in the night. And this made the already tense and turbulent situation in the capital erupt like a volcano!