The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"The Yuxi Palace is in a narrow place, with a vast land and close to water. It cannot be defended for a long time."

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

At this time, Yan Song and Xu Jie stood below and did not dare to bite. Everything still had to be decided by the emperor. Naturally, they could not point fingers and directly arrange for the emperor to return to the palace to live.

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

After thinking for a while, no suitable place came to mind. Emperor Jiajing immediately asked the two of them: "Then where do you think it is suitable for me to stay temporarily?"

After hearing what the emperor said, Yan Song and Xu Jie were both shrewd people. Naturally, they knew that the emperor had no intention of returning to the Forbidden City to live there. Otherwise, the first choice would definitely be to return to the palace.

In response to this, both 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 lived naturally had to be large in order to show the royal style.

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

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

It had been a long time since the two of them had spoken to each other. Emperor Jiajing became impatient and asked, "Weizhong, have you thought about it?"

"Your Majesty. Your Majesty's Residence"

Yan Song didn't think clearly, so he stuttered a bit when he answered.

"Have you not thought about it?"

Emperor Jiajing asked with a frown.

At this time, Yan Song suddenly remembered that there was a group of palaces in the south of the Forbidden City, called Chongzhi Hall and Chonghua Palace. There was also a "Golden Cabinet and Stone Room" to store royal books. Thinking of this, Yan Song did not have time to recall this place carefully. He blurted out: "A place that meets His Majesty's living conditions and has a quiet environment for His Majesty to practice. Song thought he could go to Nangong."

"Nangong?"

Emperor Jiajing was reminded by Yan Song that there were indeed many palaces in the Nangong area. It was right next to the Forbidden City. It was indeed a good place.

But that was all, because he immediately remembered where that place was.

Nangong.

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

When Yingzong Zhu Qizhen returned from Tumu Fortress, he was imprisoned in Nangong by Emperor Jingtai.

Not only that, Zhu Qizhen was also placed under house arrest and strictly controlled by Jin Yiwei. The palace doors were not only locked but also filled with lead, and food could only be passed in through small holes.

If it hadn't been for the incident of seizing the throne, Xianzong Zhu Jianshen would not have been able to become the emperor, and naturally he would not be sitting here.

You know, Xianzong was deposed as crown prince by Emperor Jingtai.

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

At this time, when Xu Jie saw Emperor Jiajing's eyes, he belatedly discovered the fault in Yan Song's words. He knew that Nangong must not let Emperor Jiajing live there, so he didn't even think about it.

Although there is no explicit regulation, Nangong has actually become a cold palace, and it is more suitable to say that it is a palace prison.

After thinking about this, Xu Jie felt happy. This was an initiative to arouse Emperor Jiajing's dislike of him. Thinking about the recent series of personnel changes, Xu Jie suddenly thought that after today's incident, Yan Song was under the leadership of Emperor Jiajing. There is still some emotion in my heart.

After thinking about it, Xu Jie didn't say anything. At least Emperor Jiajing didn't ask him by name, so it was better to let Yan Song come alone.

"Xu Jie, what do you think?"

Sure enough, Emperor Jiajing asked him about it immediately.

"The old minister is stupid and has not thought of a suitable place yet, so 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 so powerful."

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

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

"Okay, I'm tired. You go down. I still have to think about the matter of moving the palace."

After speaking, Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and signaled the two of them to leave.

After bowing and retiring, Yan Song and Xu Jie left Xiyuan one after another and returned to the cabinet to handle official business. They had stayed in Xiyuan for a long time today. What they didn't know was that after they left Yuxi Palace, there was a sudden noise in the main hall. It became chaos.

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

After staying in Yuxi Palace for three days, Emperor Jiajing still felt a little dizzy, and finally felt that something was wrong.

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

Emperor Jiajing's sudden change frightened Huang Jin, who had been serving him, to death. He hurried over to support Emperor Jiajing and whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, wake up, Your Majesty."

After calling several times in succession to no avail, Huang Jin hurriedly called to the helpless waiter next to him, "Go to the Taiyuan Hospital quickly."

But without saying anything, Emperor Jiajing barely regained a glimmer of consciousness.

In fact, he heard Huang Jin's call in his ear, but he wanted to answer but could not. It was not until Huang Jin was about to hand over to the imperial doctor that Emperor Jiajing finally opened his eyes and took Huang Jin's arm.

Over the years, Emperor Jiajing has been practicing diligently and taking a large amount of elixirs. He doesn't know exactly what his physical condition is, but he has been free from illness and pain for all these years. Only this time

Emperor Jiajing felt very bad at this time, and his head was still dizzy. He didn't know what was wrong with him, but he was the emperor, and some things had to be prepared in advance, so he couldn't let it go casually.

"In the confinement, Zhu Xixiao was ordered to enter Zhixi Garden. He still personally led the official school to guard the surrounding areas of Daxuan City and Xi'an Gate. Zhu Xizhong and Ge Jin also ordered the battalion to enter the guard capital. Go quickly and take my golden sword with you. .”

Emperor Jiajing's few words seemed to exhaust all his strength, and he fainted after speaking.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

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

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

Huang Jin gave an order, then dug out a box from the cabinet next to him, gently turned the switch, and the lid of the box popped open instantly.

Huang Jin took out the three-sided golden sword from the box, then covered the box and put it back in its original position. He turned to look at the sleeping Emperor Jiajing on the bed before leaving the palace door.

The eunuchs outside were naturally unaware of the situation in Shicai Hall, but they also heard some noises, but they did not summon them and did not dare to come in to check without permission.

At this time, when they saw Huang Jin leaving the palace door, Chen Ju and several other eunuchs outside the door hurriedly came over to obey his orders.

Huang Jin directly ordered Chen Ju and three other people, pulled them aside, and ordered his godson to seal the entire Yuxi Palace and not allow anyone to enter or exit.

After the instructions were given, each of the three people was given an instruction.

"Go to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion to find Zhu Xixiao, the Left Governor, and order him to enter Zhixi Garden immediately. You will also order him to personally lead the military school to guard the surrounding areas of Daxuan City and Xi'an Gate."

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

Leading the army to Xiyuan, where the imperial chariot is stationed, is absolutely not allowed without the emperor's golden sword. With this ability, he can act with confidence, at least any obstacles will disappear after seeing this golden sword.

"Go to the capital camp to find Ge Jin, the assistant minister in charge of the camp's officers and soldiers, and order him to lead the troops to defend the capital."

"Go to Beizhen Fusi to find Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo. Give him this golden sword and ask him to protect the imperial city."

He quickly handed the three-sided golden sword to the three of them, "Go quickly and ride directly from the stable. Don't talk to others on the way."

After giving the instructions, Chen Ju and the three eunuchs hurriedly put their golden swords in their arms and ran out of Yuxi Palace.

They knew something must have happened in the main hall, otherwise it wouldn't be like this, but they didn't know what happened. They didn't dare to ask if Huang Jin didn't tell them, so they could only do as ordered.

Soon, three horses rushed out of the gate of Xiyuan, two horses went out of the gate and headed north, beating the horses all the way, while the other horse headed south, directly to the headquarters of the Fifth Army Commander.

The Beijing camp is stationed in the north of Beijing. It is the farthest place. The closest ones are the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and Beizhen Fusi.

Not long after, a eunuch rushed to the gate of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. In front of the gate, the captain saw someone rushing toward him with a horse, and he was still cursing in his heart who was so short-sighted that he dared to gallop here.

You know, this is a government area, and there are all the major government offices in the vicinity. It is a serious crime to hit anyone while riding a horse like this.

But when the man and horse got closer, he saw clearly the person on the horse was serving him, so he consciously shut up, and watched helplessly as he got to the gate, turned over and dismounted, and ran straight in without tying the horse.

That was a person wearing a blue eunuch uniform, a high-class eunuch, not one of those chambermaids dressed in grey.

Like official uniforms, the colors of eunuchs' uniforms in the Ming Dynasty were the same as those of officials, and colors and patches were also used to distinguish grades.

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

The eunuch entered the Governor's Mansion and rushed directly to the lobby. At this time, 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. He actually didn't have much to do.

Today's nobles are different from before. They have been practicing martial arts since they were young. There are good and bad ones, but they all have a certain airs.

Suddenly hearing the sound of rapid footsteps outside, Zhu Xixiao looked up and saw that a eunuch in blue had rushed into the lobby. With a slight frown, the eunuch had already taken out a golden sword from his arms and pointed it at him.

"I am ordering the left governor Zhu Xixiao to enter Zhixi Garden and personally lead the official school to guard the surrounding areas of Daxuan City and Xi'an Gate."

Zhu Xixiao stood up suddenly and quickly stepped forward to take the golden sword and check it to make sure it was correct. Then he knelt down in the direction of Xiyuan and said, "I obey your decree."

Outside Bei'an Gate of the Imperial City, Mao'er Alley, and Fusi Gate of Beizhen, a war horse was abandoned here. Only a school captain stepped forward to pull the reins of the horse, with an embarrassed look on his face.

At this time, in the lobby of the Zhenfu Division, Chengguo Gong Zhu Xizhong had already seen the golden sword and did not dare to ask more about the reason. He directly ordered to notify the thousands of Jinyiwei families to gather their men and prepare to set off.

At this time, the entire capital did not know all this, and officials were still handling official business in the yamen.

In Prince Yu's Mansion, Prince Yu finally got up and was reading with Zhang Juzheng, while Yin Shizhen, Wei Guangde and Tang Ruji were chatting by the fire in the next room.

Regardless of whether you want to meet someone or not, you should at least save enough face, but be careful to avoid someone when talking about things.

A fast horse had already left Desheng Gate and headed straight for the Jingying Gate not far away.

Far away from the camp gate, the man on the horse shouted in the sharp voice of a eunuch: "Open the door quickly, there is an imperial edict, open the door quickly."

When the soldier guarding the camp gate saw someone coming from a distance, he cursed, "You don't know where this place is, and you dare to charge into the camp."

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

In the old Beijing Camp, who would have cared about this before? The gates of the camp were sometimes left open, and the soldiers came in and out at will.

However, in recent years, all the people stationed in the camp were adults from the Ministry of War, and the management of the Beijing Camp has improved a few levels, making it look a little more like a military camp.

The door opened, but the man on horseback did not dismount in front of the camp gate. Instead, he rode directly into the camp. The gatekeeper's face turned green and red, and he didn't know whether it was because of anger or the cold weather.

"Drum roll, notice inside."

He didn't contact the person on the horse and 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.

There was no time to report, so we had to beat the drums to signal inside.

At this time, Chen Ju was riding a horse in the camp and felt that he was still very awesome.

Yes, Chen Ju was sent to run the farthest distance by Huang Jin. Perhaps he was afraid that he would go out to report the message, so he was given the farthest errand to handle, so that he would not have time to deliver the message to the people in Prince Yu's Mansion.

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

Looking at the large flag in the middle of the military camp in the distance, Chen Ju knew that that 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 the soldiers with guns and bows appearing on both sides.

Ge Jin was drinking hot tea in the tent at the moment. When he heard the drums outside, he quickly walked out of the tent. From a distance, he saw a horse rushing towards him. The soldiers of the Chinese army had already come up to kill him. Surround the middle and protect them.

Ge Jin didn't curse, after all, he hadn't seen the person clearly yet, but he also wanted to see people who dared to run horses in the capital camp.

When the person got closer, Ge Jin finally frowned.

Contrary to what he thought, it was not the young master of some noble family who was looking for trouble, but actually a eunuch, a high-ranking eunuch.

Chen Ju had already seen Ge Jin, who was guarded by his own soldiers in the middle. He was wearing a red official robe. He was the only one in the camp.

When he got close, Chen Ju jumped off his horse, took out the golden sword given by Huang Jin from his arms, pointed it at Ge Jin, and said loudly: "I am ordering the minister Ge Jin to lead the battalion to defend the capital."

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

Although he didn't know what was going on in the capital, he didn't bother to teach Chen Ju, an ignorant fool, but he just cupped his fists in the direction of the imperial city, then turned around and walked towards the big tent.

"Beat the drums and gather the troops."