Chapter 280: The crisis reappears

Lu Siyuan hurriedly walked through the corridor with a guard and came to the study of King Yan Zhu Di. After waiting for a while, a guard came out and said, "Mr. Lu, your highness invites you in."

Lu Siyuan entered the study and saw that King Yan was looking for a book in front of the bookshelf. He stepped forward and knelt down and said, "My minister Lu Siyuan, please see His Highness, King Yan."

"Sir, please get up!" Zhu Di quickly helped him up, "In the future, the gentleman will not have to kneel down when he sees me, just like a friend's greeting."

He pointed to the chair and smiled, "Sir, please sit down!"

"Thank you for your kindness."

Lu Siyuan sat down and waited for the command of King Yan, with a confused look on his face. In fact, he knew what King Yan was asking him for. He rushed back from Taiyuan for this matter, but in front of King Yan, he should have just learned about this matter.

"Mr. Lu, did you hear that there have been major changes in the Southern Dynasty?" Zhu Di asked with a glance at him.

"I just heard a little bit. Please tell me what happened in detail."

"My Ming Dynasty is about to change." Zhu Di sighed, and told him in detail what happened in the capital. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "This incident is based on my nature to launch an army to attack the south, and teach these treacherous ministers who have no monarch and father, but the military advisor stopped me and kept me silent. This made me feel so stuffy. I want to hear your thoughts."

Lu Siyuan lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and asked, "I wonder what is the reason why Master Daoyan kept His Highness silent?"

"He said that the Southern Dynasties scribes regard me as their mortal enemy. They will support what I oppose. If the covenant is strong, the more they support it, so keeping silent is the best choice."

Lu Siyuan sighed and stood up and said, "If your highness has nothing else, my subordinate will say goodbye."

Zhu Di was stunned, "Sir, what are you doing?"

"I really don't dare to agree with the military advisors, I'm afraid I'll mislead Your Highness."

"Sir, please sit down!" Zhu Di quickly stopped him and said with a smile: "I know your thoughts must be different from those of the military advisor. If the same is true, Xier would not be like that. She is known as the Jinyiwei Du Xiushi. How could I not listen to the gentleman's opinions carefully?"

"Thank you for your trust, so I will just say it."

Lu Siyuan sat down again, this time he said bluntly: "Your Highness, my subordinates think that the military advisor's words are reasonable, but in fact he misled His Highness."

Zhu Di was excited and straightened his waist and said, "Sir, please tell me in detail."

"Have you thought about it? Even if your highness remains silent, will this matter not be successful? Li Weizheng's strong strength is there. To put it disrespectfully, he may even replace it with the Ming Dynasty, let alone a small prime minister. As long as he proposes it, the little emperor has to do it. The reason why he created public opinion was simply to get the support of the Ming Dynasty's literati, which is a foregone conclusion. Your Highness remained silent, which only makes people understand that Your Highness also supports the Ming Dynasty's resumption of the prime minister's system. So, where will those right-class generals who oppose the prime minister go to find sustenance?"

"It's right!" Zhu Di slapped the table heavily and said angrily: "The military advisor really misled me. I had already clearly proposed last year to 'restore the ancestral system and kill all the literati of the left ban'. Then I should have clearly opposed this incident. Now I am like a turtle with a head-shrinking force, stronger than the front and softer than the back. Isn't this ridiculous for the people of the world?"

Lu Siyuan stood up and bowed and said, "This is just the humble opinion of his subordinates. Please discuss with the military advisor more."

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "The military advisor's words are just auxiliary. I am the one who really makes the decision. Sir, don't worry about the military advisor."

"Then I will say goodbye."

Lu Siyuan was leaving again, and Zhu Di stopped him again, "What are you doing when you are so anxious? I have something to discuss with you."

Zhu Di pondered for a moment and said, "I have never liked the weakness of the prince. Gao Xi is very similar to when I was young. If I change Gao Xi as the prince, what do you think?"

Lu Siyuan shook his head and said, "Your Highness, although his subordinate is Gao Xi's master, his subordinates' ideas are still relatively conservative when it comes to changing the crown prince. He believes that changing the crown prince is of great importance and involves all aspects of interests. The situation in the south is not stable, and it is even more suitable to changing the crown prince. His subordinates' opinion is to observe more, and your superiors might as well give Gao Xi a little more chance and observe him for a few years. If it is really good, it is not too late to change the crown prince."

Zhu Di nodded repeatedly after Lu Siyuan's words. He sighed with emotion: "Mr.'s mind is much broader than that of the military advisor. I remember what Mr. said today, including the suggestions of the Southern Dynasties, and I will definitely consider it carefully."

Three days later, King of Yan Zhu Di made a public statement, pointing out that the recent major events in the court were seriously deviating from the Ming system set by Emperor Taizu. This was Li Wei's provocation to the Ming Dynasty and a harbinger of his desire to replace the Ming Dynasty. As the legitimate son of the late emperor, he would never tolerate such a serious rebellious way of deviating from the ancestral system. He issued a call to the world to "clean the monarch and restore the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty". He hoped that those who had ambition would raise the banner of righteousness with him. Zhu Di personally led a 200,000 elite army, and his second son Zhu Gaoxi was the vanguard and launched a fierce attack on Shandong. A war aimed at killing the Ming Dynasty's innovation began again.

In the capital, the news that the King of Yan raised his troops again flew all over the court and the country as if he had wings. Li Weizheng did not ask Zhu Yunwen for instructions, and directly convened the Military Affairs Council on the grounds of the urgent situation. This was the third Military Affairs Council he personally presided over. The previous time, he did not obtain Zhu Yunwen's consent in advance, and a meeting was held to mobilize money and grain from all over the country to Beijing. Although not all the heads of the temple department came, at least 80% of the senior officials arrived. This time, the King of Yan's army was coming in full force, and everyone felt a heavy pressure in their hearts. Without urging, almost all the heads of departments came to participate in the emergency Military Affairs Council. All officials placed their hopes and even their lives on Li Weizheng's army.

This time, the Senate reversed the situation of previous discussions but not decisiveness. The meeting was extremely efficient. Food, grass, military pay, civil servants, army, and generals were all implemented one by one. In this battle, Li Weizheng was the commander of the Five Armies, and Shandong Governor Sheng Yong was the deputy general. This time, Li Weizheng no longer hid his private affairs and handed over all his 150,000 troops in Shandong to Sheng Yong's command. In addition, Sheng Yong's original 50,000 troops, so that Shandong would have 200,000 troops to compete with the Yan army. At the same time, Li Weizheng transferred thousands of warships to block the Yangtze River to stabilize the people's hearts in the capital.

Finally, he led another 100,000 troops to Fengyang and went to Henan to join the 200,000 troops of General Ping'an. In this way, the court mobilized a total of 600,000 troops to compete with the Yan army.

After the meeting, Li Wei was taking the formal meeting resolution and entering the palace to ask Emperor Zhu Yunwen for advice.

In the Tang system, all military and national affairs were reported in the order of the Shangshu, the disciples, the Zhongshu, and the inner palace, and finally came to the emperor. Even if the emperor agreed, he had no right to issue an imperial edict directly. All imperial edicts were drafted by the Zhongshu Sheren based on the intentions of the Prime Minister and the emperor. It was not the emperor who made arbitrary decision. It was necessary to stamp the Zhongshu seal before it was valid. Without the Zhongshu seal, no one could not execute it.

Today, Li Wei was taking this planned meeting resolution to the palace and asked Zhu Yunwen to approve it. In fact, this is the restoration of the Tang system. Once Zhu Yunwen approved it, the Military Council will become a de facto political affairs hall.

"Your Majesty, I presided over the Military Council today. In just three hours, the ministers reached a consensus on the Yan army. I have drawn up a formal meeting record, with the signatures of the six ministers on it. I hope your majesty will approve it as soon as possible."

Zhu Yunwen's illness has actually been cured, but he dared not face the strong Li Weizheng, and he has been saying that he can't afford to be ill for almost two months. He has been watching the development of the situation. He has actually understood everything and understood the goal of Li Weizheng's pursuit, and he wants to restore control.

Unlike the furious furious King Yan, Zhu Yunwen was more confused. Deep in his heart, he actually hoped to restore the general control, but the premise of this hope should be a normal ruler and minister, and the general can be appointed and removed by him, rather than being dominated by powerful warlords like Li Weizheng. In this way, what is the difference between Zhu Yunwen and Emperor Xian of Han?

However, the development of the situation was very unfavorable to him. More and more officials supported the restoration of the three provinces and six ministries and the restoration of the Tang system. Huang Zicheng's article was refuted by countless people. It was because the Emperors destroyed the three provinces and six ministries and led to the eunuch's disaster. Zhu Yunwen himself even posted a pseudonym "A Grass Under Taizu's Sector" to refute the restoration of the Tang system, but his voice was too small and he was soon drowned in a massive movement to restore the prime minister and the three provinces and six ministries.

Zhu Yunwen looked at the meeting minutes in front of him silently, and he couldn't help but feel sad. The six ministers of the ministers signed the signatures. Do they know what this means? They knew, but no one opposed it. Zhu Yunwen felt that he was abandoned by everyone.

Zhu Yunwen did not jump up and tore the meeting record to pieces, and then threw it on Li Weizheng's face. No, he did not do this, nor did he have such courage. He was cowardly by nature and picked up a red pen and approved the word "correct" on the meeting record, handing it to Li Weizheng, and said very tiredly: "I don't need to approve it to me in the future. It is related to the combat matters against the Yan army. The Military Council's resolution can be directly implemented."

Li Wei was just taking the reply, but bowed and said, "I know that Your Majesty is in poor health, but the system is like this. Without Your Majesty's approval, how dare I issue the minutes of the meeting without authorization."

Zhu Yunwen smiled bitterly. Without the Secretariat, the minutes of the meeting would become a temporary substitute for the imperial edict. Although he knew that restoring the Secretariat was already the general trend, it was difficult to make this decision for him to make. How could he explain to his grandfather?

"Li Wei is going! I'm a little tired, do everything as you want." Zhu Yunwen waved his hand, he didn't want to face this reality anymore.

"Please rest your Majesty, I will leave!"
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