At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 159 Chasing the Emperor Back First

After Cao Nai finished speaking, Gao and Zhang realized that it seemed that they hadn't seen the shadow of the emperor for a while.

Zhang Yi said: "Maybe you went to Xishan Wanggong Factory again?"

The emperor handed over the daily government affairs to King Tan. Except for occasional appearances on weekdays, the rest of the time was either researching new weapons in the Wanggong Factory, or staying in the imperial study to write and draw. Everyone is no stranger to it now.

Cao Nai said again: "Have you noticed that King Tan behaved very strangely today, especially when the emperor was mentioned..."

Gao and Zhang looked at each other, they didn't pay much attention to it just now, after Cao Nai reminded them, it seemed that this was really the case.

"I'm not afraid of the jokes of the two of you. I just have some doubts. Could there be any reason for this?"

Zhang Yi hastily said: "Master Cao, don't be a fool, just speak up if you have any ideas!"

Cao Nai put down the teacup in his hand, and said: "Not long ago, the emperor proposed to go to Mobei for inspection. After we stopped him, there was no movement. I thought the emperor had changed his temper. Could it be that... the emperor is not in the palace at all?"

After finishing speaking, the three of them were silent.

After a long time, Zhang Yi said: "Why don't I ask the face saint now to prove the truth?"

"inappropriate!"

Gao Zhu waved his hand and said, "When I mentioned the emperor today, King Tan has already shown a lot of impatience. If we go to face the saint now and let King Tan know about it, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing?"

Zhang Yi said helplessly: "If the emperor is really not in the palace, but we don't know about it, what will the officials think?"

Gao Hub thought for a while, and said: "Whether it's true or not, it's not too late. I'll go and urge you to say, and I'll have a reason to go to the Holy Spirit when I get the charter tomorrow, and the truth will be revealed by then! "

Zhang Yi said thoughtfully: "But... the regulations that were rushed out overnight, might they be too hasty..."

Gao Zhu sighed, and said: "Now that things are up to now, do you still care about whether it is hasty or not? See the emperor first, and then talk about the regulations!"

After the three of them discussed, Gao Hub found Chen Ruyan again and ordered him to come up with a charter the next morning.

Chen Ruyan was very puzzled, but seeing his teacher's dignified expression, he knew that there must be something wrong with it, so he stayed up all night and wrote a memorial of more than 3000 words.

Early the next morning, when he went to court, he personally delivered it to Gao Zhu.

After the court, the three of Cao Nai went directly to Wenhua Hall.

At this time, several young eunuchs passed by. Zhang Yi seemed to know one of them, so he stopped to say hello. Cao Nai and Gao Zhu were still thinking about the emperor's affairs, so they didn't pay attention, so they entered the hall first and wrote down Chen Ruyan's memorial. present.

Zhu Qiyu was quite surprised, and said, "It's finished so soon?"

Cao Nai looked at Gao Zhu and said, "This is a big matter, and I dare not neglect you!"

Zhu Qiyu looked at it carefully, and the three of them were thinking about something, and waited quietly.

Finally, Zhu Qiyu put down the charter, dissatisfied: "This charter is too rough. If the Japanese country is willing to cooperate, there is no problem with such preparations. But, what if the Japanese country refuses to cooperate? Even, if the Japanese country is already colluding with the pirates, first How about launching a war against me, Ming Dynasty? These may not have been considered, and there is no plan at all. From my king’s point of view, this memorial does not seem to be written by the cabinet.”

Cao Nai coughed in embarrassment, and said, "Your Highness is right, I'll think about it when I get back, but..."

"Just say what you have to say!"

"I wonder what the emperor thinks about this matter?"

Zhu Qiyu's face darkened immediately, and he said: "You guys take out the charter, and I will report it to the emperor!"

Cao Nai wanted to persevere, but he felt someone behind him pull his skirt, peeking at him, it turned out to be Zhang Yi.

"Sir, please retire!"

After leaving the Wenhua Hall, Cao Nai asked dissatisfiedly, "Why are you dragging me?"

Zhang Yi said: "No need to ask, the emperor is not here!"

"what?"

Cao Nai suddenly turned pale with shock, looked around, and whispered: "Go back and tell me!"

Back at Wenyuan Pavilion, Cao Nai closed the door first, and then asked, "What's going on?"

Zhang Yi replied: "Just now at the gate of the Wenhua Palace, I saw an eunuch passing by. I know this person. He is from Shangshan Supervisor, so I chatted with him casually."

"Shangshan Supervisor..." Cao Nai suddenly realized something, and asked nervously, "What did you ask?"

"Ugh!"

Zhang Yi sighed, and said: "The emperor has not been in the palace at all, it has been seven or eight days!"

In fact, the matter is very simple. Shangshan Supervisor is in charge of three meals a day for the emperor, empress dowager, empress and concubines. Zhang Yi pretends to ask the emperor what he ate recently and how his appetite is. The other party has no defense at all and tells the truth directly. .

Since seven or eight days ago, no imperial meal was prepared for the emperor, so the emperor was not in the palace at all.

Cao Nai was taken aback, why didn't he think of such a simple solution?

However, these are not the point, the point is that the emperor ran away secretly!

This... is simply unreasonable!
Back then you said you were going on tour, and we agreed, but you have to follow the rules of the Ministry of Rites, you can't just say you're out of the palace, and you'll go out, if something happens, who will be responsible?

It's good now, I just ran away without saying a word, and together with the king of Tan to hide from everyone, no wonder the king of Tan became weird, it turned out that he was tricked by the emperor...

"No, I have to go back and find His Royal Highness to reason. How could he do this?"

Cao Nai was so angry that he wanted to return to the Wenhua Palace.

Zhang Yi stopped him and said, "The matter has come to this, what's the use of you looking for King Yan?"

"Then what do you say?"

"What else can I do, chase after me!"

Cao Nai thought for a while and said, "Well, I'll go to the Ministry of Rites now, and we'll chase the emperor back together!"

Zhang Yi stopped him and said: "Lord Cao, Lord Gao, the emperor is not here now, you two must not leave Beijing easily, let me go!"

Among the four members of the cabinet, apart from Yu Qian, Zhang Yi had the shortest time in the cabinet, so he volunteered to go to Mobei to find the emperor.

Zhang Yi and Gao Zhu looked at each other, then nodded, and said, "In this case, you must pay attention to safety!"

Now is not the time to be polite, let's chase the emperor back first!
Zhang Yi saluted Cao and Gao, then turned around and went to the Ministry of Rites.

Hu Wei was old, and the former Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Kuang Ye, took over as Minister of Rites. He was already 65 years old. Hearing that the emperor had escaped secretly, he didn't care much, and hurried out of the city with Zhang Yi, heading north.

Since the emperor is patrolling Mobei, he will stop wherever he goes, and he can't go far in seven or eight days, so there is still time to catch up!

In this way, a team composed of civil servants and domestic servants hurried out of Juyongguan and came to the desert.

(End of this chapter)