Li Guopu's face turned blue and white for a while, the conscience of heaven and earth, the reason why he opposed the peace negotiation with Houjin was completely out of public intentions. Chongzhen did not take the throne for a long time, and his prestige among the subjects of the Ming Dynasty was still shallow, and at this time he proposed to negotiate peace with a savage tribal alliance that was once a member of the Ming Dynasty's border generals, which was too damaging to the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

And Li Guopu is also faintly worried that the Ming Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles at this time, and it is completely relying on the tough image of the Ming Dynasty in foreign wars in the past to barely maintain the current stable situation in the nine sides.

If the Ming Dynasty bows to the Liaodong savages today, will the iron-blooded image left by the Ming Dynasty in the hearts of those grassland peoples for more than 200 years be shattered?

Will those Mongols who once wreak havoc on the land of the Central Plains turn into a pack of hyenas that smell blood, and pounce on them when the Ming Dynasty shows its weakness.

With the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty and the prosperity of the personnel, as long as it is about the same as this year for 5 consecutive years, even if it is consumed in Liaodong and Houjin, it can also consume this savage tribe that does not even have a national code system.

Li Guopu didn't understand why Chongzhen didn't care about his face or the supreme throne, and would rather go on a hunger strike in the Taimiao than reach a compromise with the courtiers.

Because Wang Chengen was reluctant to let the cabinet scholars in, and the guards of the Taimiao Temple were also guarding the gate of the nave, the four scholars could not get close to the gate of the nave, so they naturally couldn't meet with Chongzhen and tried to persuade him.

Huang Liji, who had an anxious look on his face, was the most unwilling of the several people to continue this stalemate.

The reform of the official system has just begun, and in order to promote the reform, Huang Liji did not hesitate to unite with Chongzhen and pit the Donglin party.

But now Chongzhen is on a hunger strike in Taimiao because of a Liaodong peace negotiation, which obviously puts Huang Liji in a predicament.

Compared with such a major event as the reform of the bureaucratic system, the issue of peace in Liaodong is just a trivial matter.

The reason why he didn't support Chongzhen in the court just now was purely because he didn't want to be angry and boycotted by these officials when he launched the official reform plan in the future.

But if he had known that Chongzhen would be so strong, then he would not have stood against peace.

Because compared with the attitude of these officials who resisted reform, Chongzhen's attitude of support for him was more important.

What's even more troublesome is that the encirclement and suppression of the remnants of the eunuch party by the East Lin Party in the DPRK was forcefully suppressed by Chongzhen, and now these officials, who are regarded by the Donglin Party as the remnants of the eunuch party, will they become the targets of smear in this incident?

Although Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu were not as excited as Huang Liji and Li Guopu, their worries in their hearts were not much less than these two.

Apocalypse passed away, Chongzhen ascended the throne, and finally there were no major problems in the process of the transfer of the throne, and the Apocalypse era was also a smooth transition to the Chongzhen era.

According to the ideas of these two, the court of the Ming Dynasty may be able to settle down for a period of time, and some political affairs that have been delayed due to the death of the Apocalypse and the accession of the new emperor to the throne may be able to be discussed again.

However, if the current situation continues to stalemate, I am afraid that soon the court will fall into a state of idling, and the political affairs of various places will have to be postponed indefinitely.

Although Huang Liji is the first assistant of the cabinet, he mainly pays attention to important and urgent affairs, such as the tax situation in various places, local disaster relief and other trivial affairs, which are mainly handled by Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu.

Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu, as bureaucrats who have been up and down in the sea for decades, naturally know that although they are currently in their hands on trivial local affairs. However, these trivial affairs continue to accumulate and these local affairs will develop into major problems that affect the whole country.

For example, if the maintenance of the Shandong Canal waterway is delayed and eventually leads to the interruption of the canal route, it will become a major event that interrupts the transportation of water.

When several scholars were at a loss, Huang Liji suddenly stepped forward and said to Wang Chengen: "Princess, why don't you go first to comfort Your Majesty, let's go back and discuss with the hundred officials, please come out of the middle hall first." This matter of peace may not be negotiable, but if something happens to His Royal Highness on a hunger strike in the palace, wouldn't our courtiers be guilty of a great crime, and wouldn't this Daming Society be in danger. ”

Wang Chengen hesitated, and soon several other scholars also expressed their attitude, as long as Chongzhen came out of the Taimiao, everything could be discussed.

Wang Chengen looked at a few scholars and said cautiously: "Otherwise, I will go in again to persuade Your Majesty and see what Your Majesty has to say." ”

Seeing Wang Chengen enter the middle hall again, Shi Fenglai asked in a hesitant whisper: "How is my brother Fan going to persuade the hundred officials to back down?" I think those Donglin officials may not give in easily. ”

Huang Liji frowned and said, "I don't know yet, but after all, I have to coax His Majesty out of the Taimiao first." Otherwise, let this matter cause a big storm, I'm afraid it will not be my blessing. ”

But the four of them just waited for a while, and then they saw Wang Chengen walking out with a sad face, and he said to Huang Liji in a choked voice: "Your Majesty said that if anything happens to him, he should return the throne to Uncle Fu Wang..."

Huang Liji suddenly shouted at Wang Chengen: "Be cautious, this matter must not be allowed. After he interrupted Wang Chengen's words, he shouted loudly into the middle hall: "Please think twice, Your Majesty, I am in the Ming Dynasty at this time of internal and external difficulties, the people of the world are looking forward to the Holy Lord, how can Your Majesty bear to abandon these hundreds of millions of people..."

Huang Liji and the others shouted at the top of their voices for a long time, but there was always silence in the middle hall, and it was obvious that Chongzhen had made up his mind.

This made several cabinet scholars suddenly feel their scalps tingle, and even Li Guopu turned his mind from discussing peace to other places.

Zhang Ruitu walked back and forth at the door of the main hall for a long time before he said cautiously to the three colleagues: "It seems that Your Majesty's mind is determined, and we can only try to persuade the hundred officials to accept this peace matter, otherwise I am afraid that the 'Guoben' case will be turned over." At that time, not only will the court be shaken, but I am afraid that the world will also be chaotic. ”

This blessed king Zhu Changxun is the third son of Emperor Wanli, and he is the favorite concubine of Emperor Wanli, Zheng Guifei. Compared with his imperial brother Guangzong Zhu Changluo, he is the heir to the throne in Wanli's mind.

From the 14th year of Wanli to the 29th year of Wanli, around the dispute over whether Zhu Changxun or Zhu Changluo was the crown prince, a total of four cabinet chiefs and assistants (Shen Shixing, Wang Jiaping, Zhao Zhigao, Wang Xijue) were forced to retire, and there were more than 10 ministerial-level officials, involving more than 300 central and local officials, of which more than 100 were dismissed, dismissed, and assigned to the army.

Although in the end, the Donglin Party won the final victory in the battle for the national capital, but the politics of the Ming Dynasty also paid a heavy price for it, and more than ten years of confrontation between monarchs and ministers led to Wanli, who was most likely to redeem the last days of the Ming Dynasty, and no longer trusted his subordinates. Nor can it be launched, any reform policies that are beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

Fuwang Zhu Changxun was born in the fourteenth year of Wanli, and now he is in his early 40s and is full of energy.

If he really wants to ascend the throne and become the Ming Emperor, I am afraid that the DPRK and China will fall into a bloody political purge again.

I am afraid that the Donglin Party would rather choose any of the same Wanli Emperor, Zhu Changhao, the fifth son Rui Wang, Zhu Changrun, the sixth Hui Wang, and Zhu Changying, the seventh Gui Wang, would not agree to Lifu Wang Zhu Changxun as the Ming Emperor.

However, the Donglin Party can compete with the Wanli Emperor for the country, because there are still the rules set by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, "there is a grandson, there is no grandson" and "the East Palace does not treat the heir, and the Yuanzi does not be sealed".

But now that the hundred officials of the imperial court have forced Chongzhen into the Taimiao, if something happens to this, what qualifications do they have to talk about the inheritance of the next emperor?

I'm afraid that the local princes and officials will first use this crime to purge the officials of the central government.

Huang Liji thought of this, and suddenly became a little suspicious, he looked up at the closed door of the nave, and couldn't help but say to himself in his heart: "Could this be Your Majesty's plan?" Forcing the Donglin Party and the officials of the DPRK and China to choose the lesser of the two powers. Compared with the Fuwang who is still located, the peace negotiation in Liaodong is simply not a problem. ”

But then he shook his head again, "No, no. His Majesty has grown up in the palace since he was a child, and he has never even been out of the capital, so how can he come up with such a plan. What's more, this ploy is not beneficial to His Majesty himself at all, His Majesty is gambling on the throne and his own life, and in the end let King Fu benefit? That's impossible. ”

"My brother Fan, don't always nod and shake your head here. Hurry up and come up with an idea, this is going to be a big deal. Shi Fenglai said anxiously.

Huang Liji glanced at a few colleagues and said calmly: "The matter has come to this, my heart is in turmoil, and this matter cannot be solved by a few of us alone." I think we should go back and convene the six ministries and nine secretaries to discuss a countermeasure, and we can't really let Your Majesty say a word. ”

Li Guopu looked at the closed door of the hall and the hall where there was no movement. Finally stomped his feet and said: "Just according to what my Brother Fan said, go back to the six departments and nine secretaries to discuss together, can Your Majesty really ignore the public opinion of hundreds of officials?" ”

Zhang Ruitu glanced at Li Guopu with some disdain, and he thought, "If Your Majesty is afraid of the public opinion of the ministers, will you still enter the Taimiao?" It's really pedantic. ”

The four Cabinet Scholars had just arrived in a hurry, and now they had returned in a hurry. The emperor and the cabinet scholars left one after another, and the officials who were closer to the imperial gate knew why the emperor left in a bad mood, but the officials who were far away from the imperial gate did not hear what His Majesty said before leaving.

Therefore, the officials in front of them just waited quietly and anxiously, and several cabinet scholars persuaded the emperor to come back. But the officials behind began to inquire about what was going on, and why the emperor and several scholars in the cabinet walked out of the noon gate like this.

For a while, the court meeting was as lively as a mule and horse market in the outer city. The two Fengji Yushi, who maintained the discipline of the court, were also busy inquiring about Chongzhen's whereabouts at this time, and they didn't care about their work at all.