On the seventh day of October, in the morning, the city of Beijing.

Soon after dawn, Deng Mao of the Ministry of Rites dressed up early and prepared to go to the Yamen.

As a young man who had become a priest before the age of forty, he had big goals for his future. Even if the Ministry of Rites has always been very idle, he doesn't dare to show any slackness, he just wants to perform well and strive to go further within ten years.

The only thing that made Deng Langzhong feel a little dissatisfied was that there were really fewer early dynasties now, and they could only be opened once every three days, which made him feel that he was even more idle every day. But fortunately, recently, because of the matter of establishing the prince, their Ministry of Rites has once again been valued by the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and he has already made no less than seven or eight mistakes because of this, and has added a lot of fame among the officials.

Thinking of this, Deng Mao, who walked to the door of the house, unconsciously showed a smug smile, as if even the squire's gaze had softened recently.

Just when he pushed open the courtyard door and wanted to go out, he only heard a snap, but there was an extra booklet under his feet, which made Deng Mao unconsciously a little curious: "This is ......" This era is not like later generations, there are always all kinds of advertisements in various forms in front of people, for such a booklet that suddenly appeared at the door of his house, Deng Langzhong was still quite interested, and couldn't help but bend down and pick it up.

This is a thin small book, with four italicized characters printed on the cover - "Discussion of Anxiety", which made Deng Mao, who read the title of the book, stunned: "What a big breath!" I couldn't help but open it and look at it.

And under this look, Deng Langzhong was even more short of breath, and his face was flushed with a hint of redness: "This ...... Who would dare to spread such rumors? Aren't you afraid that the court will punish him? But deep down, he was a burst of joy again, and he was worried that he wouldn't be able to come up with any decent words in the future.

The book is very small, only a few hundred words, and it has no beginning or end, just a conversation, and one party hides it as me, and the other party does not even mention the name.

But the content of the book is really shocking, it is actually the talk of these two people who don't know the origin of their identities about the current crown prince. That Zheng only said that the position of the crown prince should be inhabited by a capable person, and the eldest son of the emperor is cowardly and unwise, and he is really not the choice of the master, but the other prince is young, but he is intelligent and agile, and he can become a generation of masters.

It is convenient to ask, now that the officials of the Manchu Dynasty have persuaded the eldest son of the emperor, how can they go against the will of everyone.

Then Zheng replied, this is a family matter of the Son of Heaven, how can he follow the wishes of the courtiers?

Subsequently, the two had a conversation for a while, but in the end, it was the person who was persuaded by Zheng, and he also felt that abolishing the elder was the best choice for Daming. And Zheng's disdain for the eldest son of the emperor and praise for another prince in his words are undisguised.

"If this matter has nothing to do with Concubine Zheng, I'm afraid that ghosts won't believe it." Thinking of this, Deng Mao immediately hid this book in his sleeve, and then strode towards the yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

And when he came to the yamen, he found that there were many differences in the expressions of those colleagues today, so he called the two people who were usually good friends together to inquire about it. Under this question, he realized that it was not only his own door that was stuffed with such a book, but also the other two families had such a worry.

"Who do you think will spread this book? What is their purpose? "After all, he is a person in the officialdom, so he is naturally wary of those conspiracies.

"Looking at the words of Zheng in this book, I'm afraid it's the one in the West Palace who is unwilling to be restrained and ordered someone to make it." Qiao Zhiyuan, a member of the Ministry of Rites, said thoughtfully.

The other person also nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, now that all the ministers in my court are advocating the establishment of the emperor's eldest son as the crown prince, that woman will definitely not sit idly by......"

"But can she have such insight with a woman in the deep palace?" Deng Mao said with some hesitation.

"Naturally, someone is behind the scenes, and they are trying to create public opinion on the topic, so as to influence the determination of the hundred officials and the Son of Heaven, which is really whimsical. This behavior coincides with the views of such women. Qiao Zhiyuan continued to explain.

This was reasonable, so that Deng Mao and the others couldn't help nodding yes, and then as soon as the three of them made eye contact, they all showed a trace of excited smiles. This is a great opportunity to be in the limelight, as long as you seize this point to attack Zheng Guifei, you can also attack her two or three-year-old prince, so as to increase the momentum of everyone to protect the prince.

"This matter must be done as soon as possible, judging from the current situation, there should be many people in the capital who have been sent to the meeting, and others are afraid that they will have similar ideas."

"Yes, as officials of the Ministry of Rites, we must not allow such fallacies to confuse the public, and we should immediately advise the Son of Heaven to set the record straight. Lord Deng, you have always been quick to think, and this matter will be entrusted to you. Qiao Zhiyuan said and threw his hand at Deng Mao.

Deng Mao naturally did not refuse, just touched his beard, and said happily: "I already have the manuscript in my heart, so I will write a note, and when you and I jointly play it, we must let this Manchurian official know our determination!" ”

"Good! Just do what you want, Lord Deng. The other two nodded quickly, but their faces were full of excited smiles.

The reaction of these people was not unpleasant, but there were many people in the DPRK and China who had similar reactions, and everyone also reacted similarly after the initial surprise. How can these guys, who have been in the officialdom for many years, not know how influential the revelation of such a vain discussion of the imperial affairs of the dynasty is, and naturally they will not let go of this opportunity to make a big fuss.

As a result, within these two days, a large number of articles on the article on the sorrow and danger were written by the officials in Beijing and sent to the palace as soon as possible......

Because he can't follow his own wishes, Wanli has been in a very irritable mood recently, and now as long as it is related to Lichu, he will throw it aside, and he doesn't even bother to open it. The current emperor can only express his dissatisfaction through such a somewhat angry means, which is really sad to think about.

But what made Wanli even more angry was that even if he was treated coldly by staying in the middle of these songs, those courtiers were still tireless, constantly sending similar notes to themselves, and I was afraid that there would be hundreds of copies in a few days, which made his heart more and more uneasy.

"It's really a mistake, and it's passive step by step. I regret that I shouldn't have listened to what Yang Qing said in the first place, so that I fell into such an unfavorable situation. When he watched a large number of concerts being carefully carried in by several eunuchs, Wanli reflected with some bitterness and regret.

But today's recital still made Wanli slightly stunned, because the title on the previous one was not the words "Playing the Prince", but refuting the discussion of worry.

Seeing that there was a new content in this ......, Wanli was happy in his heart, could it be that his attitude finally changed the attachment of the ministers, and everyone began to care about other things? It's just that what is this worrying discussion, why has it never been mentioned before?

Thinking of this, Wanli casually took the piece of music and looked at it. But after only looking at it for a while, his brows quickly wrinkled: "How can this be reasonable, such a bold person dares to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of my two princes at will!" As he spoke, he threw the piece to the ground.

Immediately, I picked up another copy, and the content in it was almost the same as the previous one, and also insinuated that Concubine Zheng Guifei's harem tried to interfere in politics, which was really against the court system!

Then the third, and then the fourth...... Wanli, who was already completely angry, actually changed the style of getting by and delaying cold treatment in the past, and actually opened and swept all the notes that were sent. And this result naturally made him even more angry, and finally pushed the rest of the music to the ground: "What a big boldness, they actually joined forces to persecute Yu Zhen, are they trying to force the palace to rebel?" As he spoke, he slammed his fist into the case, and his whole face looked a little distorted.

The eunuchs who served in front of them had never seen the Son of Heaven so angry, and they were suddenly silent one by one, kneeling on the ground, not even daring to raise their heads, but they didn't know what these officials had written, which made the Son of Heaven so angry.

After a long time, Wanli said with a little snort: "Sun Hai! ”

"The slave is here."

"You go to the cabinet quickly and help me understand one thing, what is the worry and discussion mentioned in these notes!" It was as if the words were bursting out between his teeth.

Sun Hai's body trembled, but he still quickly agreed, and after retreating cautiously, he went straight to the cabinet.

At this time, Shen Shixing and others in the cabinet were also troubled, and this time the ministers were making a big fuss about the book of worrying about the crisis, and they already felt that the situation was very bad.

And when Sun Hai came to explain his intentions, several people looked at each other. But in the end, they still handed over the worry they had just gotten their hands on. Looking at the back of Sun Hai leaving, several pavilion elders sighed: "I'm afraid it's going to be self-defeating this time!" ”

Half an hour later, there was another angry rebuke in the side hall where the emperor was, and then there was the sound of the jade being smashed to the ground: "How can this be reasonable, who is so bold as to dare to arrange my affairs like this, is it true that I dare not kill anyone?" ”

This time, Wanli is completely on fire! The grievances of the past few days are like firewood piled up in my heart, and now that I am poured oil like this, the raging anger suddenly rushes to the sky: "Go, Xuanjin Yiwei Yang Zhen enters the palace to see me!" ”