prosperous age

Chapter 453 Chapter 452
"Yuxi Palace is narrow and narrow, the land is vast and close to the water, so it must be kept for a long time."

Emperor Jiajing frowned, and muttered what Yan Song said just now, hesitating a little.

At this time, both Yan Song and Xu Jie stood below and did not dare to gnaw. Everything was still up to the emperor to decide, so they naturally couldn't point fingers and arrange the emperor to live in the palace directly.

They also knew why Emperor Jiajing moved out of the Forbidden City.

After thinking about it, but he couldn't think of a suitable place, Emperor Jiajing immediately asked the two: "Then where do you think is suitable for me to live temporarily?"

Hearing what the emperor said, both Yan Song and Xu Jie were shrewd people, so they naturally knew that the emperor had no intention of returning to live in the Forbidden City, otherwise the first choice would definitely be returning to the palace.

In this regard, the two of them naturally gave up the idea of ​​persuading Emperor Jiajing to return to the palace, and began to think about it.

The place where the emperor lives must naturally be large in order to show the royal style.

Although there are many palaces in Xiyuan, except for the Yongshou Palace, which has been burned down, which means it is big enough, the other palaces and pavilions are small and inappropriate.

And Yuxi Palace has already been said by Lei Li that it is not suitable for the emperor to live in, that is to think about other places.

Perhaps it had been a long time since the two of them spoke to each other, Emperor Jiajing gradually felt impatient, and asked aloud, "Weizhong, have you thought about it?"

"Your Majesty. The Imperial Driving Residence"

Yan Song didn't think well, so he stuttered in his answer.

"Didn't you think about it?"

Emperor Jiajing frowned and asked.

At this time, Yan Song suddenly remembered that there was a group of palaces in the south of the Forbidden City, called Chongzhi Palace and Chonghua Palace, and a "Golden Chamber Stone Room" was built to store royal books. Thinking of this, Yan Song didn't have time to recall it carefully. He blurted out: "Song thinks that it is a place that meets His Majesty's living conditions and has a quiet environment for His Majesty's cultivation." Song thought he could go to Nangong."

"Nangong?"

When Emperor Jiajing was reminded by Yan Song, he also remembered that there were indeed quite a lot of palaces in Nangong, which was right next to the Forbidden City, and it was indeed a good place.

But it was limited to this, because he immediately remembered what it was.

Nangong ah.

The place where Emperor Jiajing's great-grandfather was imprisoned.

When Yingzong Zhu Qizhen came back from Tumubao, he was imprisoned in the Nangong by Emperor Jingtai.

Not only that, but Zhu Qizhen was placed under house arrest by Jin Yiwei, under strict control. The gate of the palace was not only locked, but also filled with lead, and food could only be passed in through a small hole.

If it weren't for the change of seizing the door, Xianzong Zhu Jianshen would never have been able to become emperor, and naturally he would not be able to sit here.

You know, Emperor Xianzong was abolished as prince by Emperor Jingtai.

Thinking of this, Emperor Jiajing looked at Yan Song with a stern look, but Yan Song didn't know it at this time, and didn't realize that there was a serious mistake in his proposal.

At this time, when Xu Jie saw Emperor Jiajing's eyes, he realized the mistake in Yan Song's words, and he knew that Nangong must not let Emperor Jiajing live, so don't even think about it.

Although there is no explicit regulation, Nangong has in fact become a cold palace, and it should be said that it is more appropriate to call it a palace prison.

After thinking about this verse, Xu Jie was very happy. This was to provoke Emperor Jiajing's dislike for him. Thinking about the recent series of personnel changes, Xu Jie suddenly thought that after today's incident, Yan Song was in Jiajing Emperor's house. How much affection is there in my heart.

Thinking about it, Xu Jie didn't speak, at least Emperor Jiajing didn't ask him by name, let Yan Song come alone.

"Xu Jie, what do you think?"

Sure enough, Emperor Jiajing asked him about it.

"The veteran is dull, and has not yet thought of a suitable place. He can only urge the Ministry of Industry to start rebuilding the Yongshou Palace as soon as possible, so that His Majesty can move back to the place where the king is proud."

Xu Jie couldn't think of a suitable place for Emperor Jiajing to live, so he simply didn't want to. He just said that he was willing to urge the Ministry of Industry to start rebuilding Yongshou Palace as soon as possible.

Sure enough, upon hearing what Xu Jie said, a smile appeared on the corner of Emperor Jiajing's mouth, but the smile was not very harmonious on that slightly pale face.

"Okay, I'm tired, you guys go down, I have to think about moving the palace."

After speaking, Emperor Jiajing waved his hand to signal the two to back down.

After saluting and leaving, Yan Song and Xu Jie left Xiyuan one after the other to go back to the cabinet to deal with official duties. They have been out in Xiyuan for a long time today. What they didn't know was that after they left Yuxi Palace, suddenly It got messy.

Perhaps it was because he ran from Yongshou Palace to Yuxi Palace that night in a hurry. Now that the winter solstice has passed, the temperature is also low, and the cold air enters the body.

After staying in Yuxi Palace for three days and still not recovering, Emperor Jiajing still felt a little dizzy, and now he finally felt bad.

Not long after Yan Song and Xu Jie left, Emperor Jiajing felt weak all over, ached all over, dizzy, and couldn't even sit still, so he just slumped on the throne.

The sudden change of Emperor Jiajing frightened Huang Jin, who had been serving him, to death. He hurried over to support Emperor Jiajing, and whispered in his ear: "My lord, my lord, wake up, my lord."

Calling several times in succession didn't work, Huang Jin hastily called the helpless little waiter next to him, "Go to Tai Hospital quickly"

But he didn't speak, and Emperor Jiajing managed to recover a little bit of consciousness.

In fact, he heard Huang Jin's call in his ear, but he just wanted to answer but couldn't. When Huang Jin was about to hand over to the imperial doctor, Emperor Jiajing finally opened his eyes and held Huang Jin's arm.

For so many years, Emperor Jiajing has been practicing diligently and taking a lot of pills. He doesn't know what his physical condition is, but he has been free from illness and pain all these years, but this time
Emperor Jiajing felt very bad at this time, his head was still groggy, and he didn't know what was wrong with him, but he was the emperor, some things had to be prepared in advance, and he couldn't just let go.

"During the lockdown, Zhu Xixiao was ordered to enter Zhixiyuan. He still personally led the official school to guard the four sides of Daxuandu and the Xi'an Gate. Zhu Xizhong and Ge Jin also ordered the battalion to enter the Weijing Division. Go quickly and take my golden sword. .”

Emperor Jiajing seemed to have exhausted all his strength in just a few words, and passed out after speaking.

"My lord, my lord."

Huang Jin called twice in a low voice, seeing that Emperor Jiajing didn't respond, he hurriedly summoned the servants next to him, and helped Emperor Jiajing into a side hall to rest.

"You are guarding the emperor here, be careful."

Huang Jin gave an order, and then found a box from the nearby cabinet, flipped the mechanism lightly, and the box lid popped open instantly.

Huang Jin took out the three-sided golden sword from the box, then closed the box again, put it back in place, turned to look at Emperor Jiajing who was sleeping on the bed, and then left the palace gate.

Naturally, the eunuchs outside did not know what was going on in Shicai's palace, but they also heard some movements, but they did not dare to come in to check without calling them.

At this time, seeing Huang Jin coming out of the palace gate, Chen Ju and several other eunuchs outside the gate hurried over to obey orders.

Huang Jin ordered Chen Ju and the other three people directly, pulled them aside, and ordered his godson to seal the entire Yuxi Palace, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

After giving the order, he gave the three of them an order.

"Go to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion to find Zuo Commander Zhu Xixiao, and order him to enter Zhixiyuan immediately, and still order the official school to sanitize the four sides of Daxuandu and the Xi'an Gate."

After finishing speaking, he took out a golden sword from his sleeve and handed it to him.

It is absolutely forbidden to lead an army into Xiyuan, where the imperial driver is stationed, without the emperor's golden sword. Only with this can he act with confidence, at least any obstacles will disappear without a trace after seeing this golden sword.

"Go to the capital camp and find Ge Jin, the servant of the officers and soldiers in charge of the camp, and order the battalion soldiers to enter the capital."

"Go to Beizhen Fusi to find Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong, and give him this golden sword to protect the imperial city."

Quickly handed the three golden swords to the three of them, "Go, ride directly from the stables, and don't talk to others on the road."

After giving the order, Chen Ju's three eunuchs hurriedly cupped their hands, put the golden sword in their arms, and rushed out of Yuxi Palace.

They knew that something must have happened in the hall earlier, otherwise it wouldn't have happened, but they didn't know what happened, and they didn't dare to ask unless Huang Jin told them, so they could only follow orders.

Soon, three horses rushed out of the gate of Xiyuan, two horses went out of the gate and headed north, beating horses and galloping all the way, while the other horse went south, heading directly to the headquarters of the five armies.

The Jingying camp is stationed in the north of Beijing city, and it is the farthest place. The closest ones are the Five Armies Governor's Mansion and Beizhen Fusi.

Not long after, an eunuch had already rushed to the gate of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion. The captain in front of the gate saw someone rushing towards him on horseback, and he was still yelling in his heart at who was short-sighted and dared to gallop here.

You know, this is the area of ​​the yamen, and the left and right are all the major government offices in the court. It is a serious crime to ride a horse like this no matter which adult is bumped into.

But when the people and horses approached, seeing the service of the man on the horse clearly, he consciously shut up, and watched him get off the horse in front of the gate, and ran straight in without tying the horse.

That was the person in the blue eunuch uniform, a high-grade eunuch, not those servants who were dressed in gray.

Like official uniforms, the clothing colors of Ming Dynasty eunuchs are the same as those of officials, and the grades are also distinguished by colors and supplements.

When someone came from the palace, the captain did not dare to stop him, but had to help hold the horse he left behind.

The eunuch entered the Dudu's mansion and rushed directly to the lobby, while Zhu Xixiao was reading a book.

Most of the work in the Governor's Mansion was taken away by the Ministry of War, and the rest was assigned to the people below. In fact, he didn't have much to do.

Today's nobles are different from before. They all practiced literature and martial arts since childhood, but there are good and bad ones, but they all have to be airy.

Suddenly hearing the sound of hurried footsteps outside, Zhu Xixiao looked up, and saw a eunuch in blue had rushed into the lobby, frowning slightly, the eunuch had already pulled out a golden sword from his arms and pointed it at him.

"The above decree ordered Zhu Xixiao, the governor of the left, to enter Zhixiyuan, and still ordered the official school to lead the sanitation of the four sides of Daxuandu and the Xi'an Gate."

Zhu Xixiao got up abruptly, stepped forward to take the golden sword and checked it, and after confirming that it was correct, he bowed in the direction of Xiyuan, "I obey the order."

Outside Bei'an Gate of the Imperial City, Mao'er Hutong, Beizhen Fusi Gate, a war horse was abandoned here, and only a school lieutenant stepped forward to pull the reins, his face full of embarrassment.

At this time, in the hall of Zhenfusi, Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong had already seen the golden sword, and he didn't dare to ask more about the reason, so he directly ordered thousands of Jinyiwei households to assemble their hands and prepare to set off.

At this time, the entire capital city was still unaware of all this, and the officials were still handling official duties in the yamen.

In King Yu's mansion, King Yu finally got up, and was studying with Zhang Juzheng at the moment, while Yin Shizhen, Wei Guangde and Tang Ruji were chatting by the fire in the next room.

No matter whether you wait to see or not, you must at least save face, just pay attention to avoiding someone when talking about things.

A fast horse had already left Desheng Gate and headed straight for the gate of the Beijing Camp not far away.

Far away from the gate of the camp, the man on horseback shouted in the eunuch's sharp voice: "Open the door quickly, there is an imperial decree, open the door quickly."

The soldiers guarding the gate of the camp saw someone coming from a distance, and cursed, "I don't know what this place is, and dare to rush into the camp."

When he got closer, he heard the shout of the man on horseback, and saw the clothes on the other side clearly, then hurriedly opened the gate and carried away the horse in front of the gate.

In the old Beijing camp, no one would care about these things. Sometimes the gates of the camp were not closed, and soldiers came in and out at will.

However, all the adults who have been stationed in the camp these years have come from the Ministry of War. The management of the Beijing camp has only improved a few levels, and it looks a little like a military camp.

The door opened, but the rider did not get off his horse in front of the camp gate, but rode directly into the camp, causing the gatekeeper's face to turn blue and red, and he didn't know whether it was because of anger or the cold weather.

"Beat the drums and notify the inside."

He didn't contact the person on the horse, and he didn't know the situation, so he didn't dare to stop him. No one could tell that the person on the horse was a eunuch, someone from the palace.

It was too late to report, so we could only beat the drums to send a signal to the inside.

At this time, Chen Ju was riding a horse in the camp, feeling that he was still very good.

Yes, Chen Ju was the one sent by Huang Jin to go the farthest way, perhaps because he was afraid that he would go out to report the letter, so he entrusted him with the farthest errand, so that he would have no time to deliver the letter to the people in Prince Yu's Mansion.

He didn't know that if it was in the past, his life would have been gone.

Looking at the large flag in the middle of the barracks in the distance, Chen Ju knew that it was the location of the Chinese army's tent, and the Ge Jin he was looking for was inside.

Although he was riding on a horse, with the cold wind blowing in his ears, he also heard the rumbling drums behind him, and soldiers with guns and bows appearing on both sides.

Ge Jin was drinking hot tea in the camp right now, and he had already stepped out of the big tent when he heard the sound of drums outside. From a distance, he saw a horse rushing towards him. Guard in the middle.

Ge Jin didn't start scolding, after all, he hadn't seen the person clearly yet, but he also wanted to see those who dared to gallop in the Beijing camp.

As the person approached, Ge Jin finally frowned.

Contrary to what he thought, it wasn't that the young master of the Xungui family had nothing to do, but he was actually a eunuch, a eunuch of high rank.

Chen Ju had already seen Ge Jin, who was guarded by his own soldiers, in a red official robe, and he was the only one in this big camp.

When he got close, Chen Ju jumped off his horse, took out the golden sword given by Huang Jin from his bosom, pointed it at Ge Jin, and said loudly: "Order, order the servant Ge Jin to lead the battalion into the Wei capital."

Ge Jin pushed aside the soldiers in front of him, walked quickly to Chen Ju, took the golden sword from his hand and checked it, and confirmed that it was the golden sword of the emperor.

Although he didn't know what was going on in the capital, and he didn't teach Chen Ju, an ignorant bastard, at this moment, he just clasped his fists in the direction of the imperial city, then turned around and walked towards the big tent.

"Beat the drums, gather troops."

(End of this chapter)