.Ganqing Palace, West Warm Pavilion.

"My lady, don't worry." Feng Bao said to the two empresses: "When Mr. Zhang gave the opportunity in person that day, he said that we are invincible, because the emperor is the heaven of the Ming Dynasty. No matter how hard a minister can make trouble, can he still turn against the heavens?"

"Your words are unreasonable. If this is true, then will we make trouble today and make things look ugly?" Queen Chen couldn't help but complain: "It's you who said that the King of Zhou was going to Beijing, and it's you who said that it would not be against the will. What's the truth?!"

"" Feng Bao secretly cried, and in a hurry, he actually told the truth.

Then he quickly remedyed, "The Empress doesn't know anything. The premise of Mr. Zhang's words is that we have to be willing to do it: because using this method will be very troublesome to clean up the mess in the future, and it will also damage the majesty of the royal family and cause cracks to occur in the palace. Therefore, it cannot be used unless it is absolutely necessary."

"What consequences are not the consequences, it's enough to use them now." Concubine Li half leaned on the small machine, and her fingertips like spring onion wiped the sun, "Sustaining this day, let your Zhang Ge Lao, who is completely determined, find a way to go, and don't think about getting involved in the Ai family!" The matter became like this, Concubine Li was seriously dissatisfied.

"Oh" Feng Bao was also worried and could only take care of his eyes: "We have to prepare for both hands, one is to persevere to the end, and the other is to use force when walking around. First, although the civil servant has the right to refute, it doesn't matter. We can issue another order. We will give the order as many times as he seals it, and we will compare the endurance.

We don’t care, but for those civil officials, returning the edict is an act of resisting the superiors! If you do too much such a thing, you will bully the emperor, be lawless, and reason will become unreasonable. Their situation will become extremely passive, and there will be internal divisions. Those who are stubborn will be despised by the people of the world! So persisting to the end is victory, Empress!"

"Are you just going back and forth? Is this a child playing house?" Li Guifei said angrily: "If they spend all their worries, where will the royal face be put?"

"What the Empress said is so true, so we must also have the determination to use force." Feng Bao said fiercely: "We have issued a serious warning from the next edict. If they are unwilling to do anything, they will serve the court. This is also considered a courtesy first and then the army. After the warning is invalid, it will be reasonable. At that time, we should catch it, and if we should fight, we will not believe in the treatment of this unhealthy trend!"

"Ah" I heard that things would get worse and worse. Both empresses changed their faces and looked at each other. They both saw the four words "fearing and hesitation" in each other's eyes. Concubine Li frowned and said, "Will this offend all officials completely?" Empress Chen said, "How do you let the world see us?"

"In that time, Emperor Jiajing used a court stick at Zuoshunmen and beat a 40-year-old peaceful life."

Feng Bao gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Forty years have passed. I saw that those civil servants have healed their scars and forgot to hurt them! The old slave has made every effort to be the masters of the emperor and the two empresses, and give them a few more years of peace!"

His murderous words scared the two empresses. Queen Chen said in a little bit: "It's not like this..."

"Of course no one wants to see that scene." Feng Bao sighed and said, "But if they stand to the end, will the two empresses bow their heads to the minister?"

"This matter is a bit lacking in consideration," said Queen Chen, who was so scared that she retreated.

"With the first time, there will be the second time, there will be many times." Feng Bao said bitterly: "Empress, you can't make any concessions at this time. Why is silent dead? He just wants to see Gao Gong's stinky face? No, he is sad because he knows that we can dismiss Gao Gong today and we can dismiss him tomorrow. He doesn't want to be such a prime minister. He wants to take advantage of the emperor's young regent, instead of obeying the two empresses in everything." He said as he swallowed and spitted: "So, this time the fight is not just about Gao Gong's stay or leave, but about who has the final say in the Ming Dynasty. If we surrender, they will have the final say in the future. This is called Tai Ah! The two empresses like to watch "The Three Kingdoms Play", and they should know the story of Cao Cao, Emperor Xian and Empress Fu!"

The empress immediately changed and spoke in unison. Concubine Li waved her hand and said, "You go down first, the queen and I will give up."

Feng Bao's face changed and he had to retreat reluctantly.

"After Feng Bao withdrew from the mouth, the two empresses looked at each other and said with grief. Queen Chen sighed and said, "If I had known that this would be the case, I shouldn't have been so reckless. Is it true that the chief assistant and the chief were attentive, how could he say he would be dismissed?"

"Sister said what's the use of this!" Concubine Li was irritated and her tone couldn't help but feel a little heavier: "There is no one selling regret medicine in the world. We are already in a difficult situation!"

"Sister, don't get me wrong." Empress Chen naturally would not have the same knowledge as her. She lowered her voice and said, "I just said that from beginning to end, we listened to Feng Bao, a slave. My sister reads few books and knows the truth that "if you listen to both sides, you will be clear, and if you believe in both sides, you will be dark."

"Yes," Concubine Li couldn't help but nodded and said, "We are confined to the deep palace, and there is no source of information. We have to listen to everything, and we must say whatever we want to do in his favor." As he said this, he complained, "Why didn't my sister remind me earlier?"

"I just realized it," Queen Chen whispered: "Feng Bao's murderous look just now made me suddenly realize that it seemed to be back before the death of the late emperor. I suddenly thought that it was him who encouraged us to close the door and search the palace, but the emperor was angry." After a moment, her voice said more subtle: "We were all scared at that time, but he was like nothing happened, and he immediately controlled the whole situation. Then he also drafted the will for the late emperor. At that time, we all thought that the will was written by him temporarily, but the censors said that he had prepared it long ago. Well, he wanted to have a close connection with Zhang Juzheng and then string those things together. It seemed that he had planned it for a long time and wanted to use us to achieve some goal..."

Concubine Li's face turned pale when she heard it. In fact, she had already felt like she was being used by Feng Bao as a gun. Otherwise, she would not have taken the opportunity to punish Feng Bao yesterday. She only walked out of pride and refused to admit it. But now Queen Chen also said that she finally had to look at it. She gritted and thought for a moment, and sighed: "Although Feng Bao had little thoughts, he was Jun'er's big companion and a slave of the royal family, and shared honor and disgrace with us. So at most, it was just to use us to achieve his own goals, but it was impossible to push us into the fire pit."

"That's right." Empress Chen nodded and said, "But we, the Taoist, cannot control the country left by the late emperor. Jun'er is still young, and now she can only rely on their civil servants to take charge. It is not appropriate to have a complete fall. I think, please ask Master Chen to come in and discuss..."

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly heard a muffled drum sound like thunder. The sound of the drum sound became more and more rapid, and it immediately broke the solemn and quietness of the Forbidden City, and scared the two empresses who were whispering... Concubine Li bit her mouth and Queen Chen flashed to her tongue, "Is it swollen?" Concubine Li stood up suddenly, her mouth hurt so hard that her words were not smooth.

Feng Bao and others who were guarding outside rushed in quickly. Seeing the concubine's mouth full of blood, they were so scared that they shouted: "Imperial Doctor! Hurry up and pass on the imperial physician!" At this time, the little emperor who had already arrived in the study to copy the calligraphy also came over and heard the sound. Seeing her like this, they were so scared that they hugged their mother and said in a crying voice: "Mom, I have no father anymore, don't die..."

Why are you panic?" Concubine Li raised her eyebrows, took out her handkerchief and pressed the wound on her mouth, and said, "I can't die! What's going on outside!"

"It seems that the Dengwen drum sounded." Feng Bao said uncertainly: "I have sent someone to check it out, and there will be rewards in a moment." As he spoke, the heart-shaking drum sound was still coming at a constant rhythm. Zhu Yijun covered his ears with his hands and asked, "What is Dengwen drum?"

"Dengwen drum is a skin drum with a larger face than a millstone. It was originally intended to avenge the people."

Feng Bao explained to the young emperor: "But after moving the capital to Beijing, Emperor Hongwu set it up on Chang'an Street outside the Meridian Gate. Because ordinary people could not enter, only officials could knock.

"Why did the official knock?" Emperor Bu said in confusion: "It sounds so uncomfortable."

"Emperor Chengzu was worried that a villain would block the way of speech and block the holy hearing, so he created this drum for all officials. As long as he beat the drum, not to mention the Forbidden City, even the Chess Street outside the imperial city could be heard.

When the emperor heard the drum sound, he had to meet the drum beater and ask about the situation."

"Why haven't you heard of it before?" Zhu Yijun said strangely.

"The Emperor said it was right." Feng Bao said angrily: "The late emperor was in power for six years, and the drum was never beaten once. Now, you have only been ascended to the throne for six days, and the drum was beaten so loudly. Do you think this is not bullying?"

Feng Bao knew that the most taboo thing about Concubine Li was that others treated her mother and son as widows. Sure enough, she saw a layer of frost on her face and said coldly: "I have also heard of Dengwen Gu Ai's family. When Hai Rui wrote a memorial to scold Master Jiajing, he beat the drum and the sound was exactly the same!"

"Empress is so remembered" Feng Bao added fuel to the fire: "You must still remember how angry Mr. Jiajing was at that time!"

"How could the Ai family forget!" Concubine Li bit her teeth and said, "Since she is shameless, the Ai family has to accompany her!" As she said, the aura of a hero in the female group burst out. She slapped the table and said, "I will ascend to the Emperor's Palace! The Ai family will ask them in person whether they have to force the emperor to abdicate to the end!" As she said, rubbing the painful jade hands, she said fiercely: "I have withdrawn this Gao Gong today. If they don't agree, no one of them will go out of the Emperor's Gate in a hurry!"

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The situation before was a bit out of control. As Feng Bao said, in this society where imperial power is supreme, not everyone has the courage to openly fight against the imperial edict. Even if the imperial power is in an extremely dark and weak period, even if everyone is full of righteous indignation. However, the Great Wall forged by blood cannot last long. When everyone calmed down, their worries and fears came quietly, and they retreated.

In the field, the wind direction changed subtly again, especially those sesame and mung bean officials who account for the majority. They were too far away from the top leaders. For them, the palace struggle was like a fight between gods and immortals. It should happen after dinner, when there was nothing to chat, where they could plan and yin. But once it really happened in front of them, they didn’t even have the courage to make a comeback. They just thought about safety first, how far they could hide, and even began to secretly complain that Mr. Chen and others were not responsible for their lack of composure, which made everyone frightened.

However, this is also a common human sentiment, because people are afraid of change. For ordinary people, the farther they are from the imperial power, the easier it is to deify it and fear it. For two hundred years, generations of people from the Ming Dynasty have become accustomed to obedience to imperial power and regard this obedience as natural, and will not betray it unless they cannot survive completely.

This is what Guan Jing is most worried about. He has always been very clear that his opponent is not the mother and son in the palace, but the supreme imperial power that has been entrenched in the sky of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years. Even in its weakest period, it will naturally be above life... Perhaps all officials will show unfairness because of their anger, but when they calm down, they will be shocked by the ubiquitous pressure.

The longer the delay, the more dangerous the situation is. This is walking a tightrope on the sea of ​​swords and fires, this is betting on everything, this is a road of no return!

If you don’t want to become a laughing stock, if you don’t want to make the opportunity to wait for ten years a joke, there is only one way, which is to continue to scatter the emotions of all officials, make them excited, make them feel hot, and before they have time to be afraid, they can achieve a complete victory. Facts are better than words, and only living examples can achieve the effect they want!

What else is there a better way than ringing the drum?

So after the censors couldn't wait for the reply from the palace, they finally decided to leave the eunuch aside and talk directly with the two palaces, so they knocked on the Dengwen drum outside the Meridian Gate!!

Not to mention, it was really an immediate effect. The drums kept coming, and the decree came from the palace. Why don’t you accept the court? You can just report it directly in front of the palace!
Chapter completed!