Wei and Jin cooks

On June 21st, the officials retired and returned to the court.

Today's officials are particularly diligent and arrive at the main hall a quarter of an hour or even two quarters of an hour earlier than before.

When they arrived, they didn't go in. They just stood in a group of three or two at the door of the temple, whispering to each other.

They eagerly want to know whether the rumors that have been rampant these days are true.

If not, did the general lose his patience and wanted to force the emperor to abdicate, so he came up with this trick to use public opinion to force him?

Most of the people who speculated on this were the Zhao family and neutral officials. The latter were worried, while the former were excited.

When Xia Houren, Wei An and others arrived one after another, they were targeted.

Everyone had agreed to come out, and these people were present that day. So in front of everyone, Xia Houren, Tao Wu and Wei An were caught by three groups of court officials, and they were pushed aside and asked: "Is your Majesty really going to do it that day?" Are you saying that you want to meditate on being a great general?"

The court officials moved lightly and listened with their ears pricked up.

Xia Houren didn't show much expression and wanted to push them away, "You will know when the time comes..."

"Brother, I'm not being kind. Yes or no, you don't say anything, even if you just nod and shake your head, that's fine."

Xia Houren didn't even dare to move his neck now, for fear that they would misunderstand.

Although "yes", who knows if the Xunfan brothers have changed their minds?

He didn't dare to reveal the news to the outside world, and he didn't know who it was. He always talked loudly when he went out. Didn't he know that if this kind of thing was not handled well, someone would die?

The officials with big mouths bowed their heads silently and entered the palace. They revealed to their brothers, close friends, and brothers-in-law that they were a family after all, so they had to inform them in advance, otherwise they would suffer a loss when going to court.

Who knew they would leak?

When Xia Houren was afraid to move, someone shouted, "The general is here——"

The court officials immediately let go of the held hostages and stood bowed.

Zhao Hanzhang walked up the steps, glanced at them, and frowned: "Your Majesty is coming soon, why are you still outside the palace?"

The officials avoided Zhao Hanzhang and crowded into the inner hall, quickly finding their place.

Fu Tinghan stood beside Zhao Hanzhang and stared at all this with his mouth open. He came back late the day before yesterday, and Zhao Hanzhang only said to him, "The little emperor will give up his throne to me."

Fu Tinghan was prepared for this and was not surprised. He just nodded to show that he understood and asked her, "Then are we going to live in the palace in the future?"

Zhao Hanzhang nodded: "Yes."

Fu Tinghan: "Living in the palace is convenient for going to the Star Observatory and the Ministry of Industry, but it's more troublesome to get out of the city. It requires more than two city gates."

He thought that the abdication was already close, everyone knew it, and it was a smooth transition. However, he did not expect that most of the courtiers had not received the exact information and were still in the speculation stage.

Fu Tinghan turned to look at Zhao Hanzhang: "My parents..."

Zhao Hanzhang: "I asked Ji Yuan to go there. They didn't come to see you yesterday. That means I accepted it."

Fu Tinghan nodded and then entered the palace with Zhao Hanzhang.

In the hall, all the officials were standing in rows. Fu Tinghan walked to his seat, while Zhao Hanzhang walked up the steps to the platform.

On the left side of the platform, there is a set of banquet tables on the lower left side of the dragon chair, where Zhao Hanzhang has been sitting.

At this time, she had reached this point, and all the officials of His Highness raised their heads and looked at her with bright eyes. Seeing that she did not take one more step to the dragon throne, or even glanced at her, they couldn't tell whether they were excited or disappointed, and everyone silently looked away.

Before he could bow down and salute, he heard the chamberlain loudly announcing that the emperor had arrived.

The ministers quickly gathered their hands and waited, and saw Xunfan supporting the emperor step by step out of the back hall, walked to the side and sat down on the dragon chair.

Why is Xunfan here? Isn't he injured and recovering at home?

Seeing that he is walking fairly steadily, is that good?

The thought flashed through his mind, and he saw Zhao Hanzhang turning sideways to face the emperor and saluting with his hands raised as usual. All the officials also quickly gathered their heads and knelt down to salute.

When the chamberlain called, they stood up and looked at the steps with bright eyes. Some of them were bold, and glanced directly at the emperor, and occasionally took Zhao Hanzhang.

I always feel like something big is happening.

Xunfan did not go down the steps and stand at his seat, but stood beside the dragon chair. He nodded encouragingly towards the little emperor.

The little emperor cleared his throat, his voice trembling a little. Although he was the emperor, this was the first time he took the initiative to make an opening speech in a court meeting, "I...I..."

The words he had thought before going on stage disappeared in an instant, and his mind went blank. The little emperor panicked and looked at Xunfan helplessly.

Xun Fan frowned, hating that iron could not become steel. He was the emperor and was often asked questions by Zhao Hanzhang in the palace. Although he was nervous, he would not be unable to say a word. This time he was just asked to start a conversation, so why did he stutter? ?

When this scene fell into the eyes of all the officials, wouldn't they think that Zhao Hanzhang forced them to do this?

If Zhao Hanzhang also suspected that they were deliberately putting on a show...

As soon as the thought passed through his mind, he heard Zhao Hanzhang calmly take over the words, "Do you have anything to report to me, officials? If you have something to report, please leave if nothing else."

Someone spoke, and the little emperor instantly knew how to answer, and immediately said: "I have something to do!"

Under the watchful eyes of all the officials, he took a deep breath and said: "Since I came to the throne, war has been raging and the country has almost been destroyed. It was the general who saved me and the people of the world. Last year, the world was at peace, and the north and the south were unified. I thought the world was safe. , although the territory is still lost, given time, the Jin Dynasty will definitely be able to recover the lost territory. However, the solar eclipse occurred just after the Spring Festival this year, and then it rained continuously for three months. Not only Luoyang, but also Yuzhou, Jizhou and Qingzhou were affected by the disaster. Jiangnan is also trapped by floods..."

The little emperor said in a low voice: "Although the general said that this is a natural disaster and has nothing to do with me, I think that God has such a warning. It is obviously because I did not do a good job. I have sinned against myself today and everything in the world is my fault. , if there is any punishment, please ask God to give it to me, so as not to hurt the people."

Zhao Hanzhang looked at the young emperor with a childish face, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is a natural disaster, and the fault is indeed not yours."

All the officials knelt down and said in unison: "I am terrified!"

The little emperor shook his head slightly, "I know that the stability of this world depends entirely on the general. I am not a good emperor. Moreover, because of the mistakes of our ancestors, the world is in chaos. We and other future generations have inherited the shadow of our ancestors and the sins of our ancestors." It should be borne by future generations."

"Since all the officials are here today, I will give up this position to the general. I hope that the general will bear the weight of the country for me."

Zhao Hanzhang knelt down and kowtowed, "I am terrified."

Xunfan stepped forward with the written imperial edict and read it out. The meaning was probably the same, but what he wrote was much sharper. He did not say that it was the young emperor's fault, but basically covered the heads of the eight rebellious kings, thinking that they were responsible. It caused great chaos in the world, the resentment of the people was difficult to quell, the heaven and earth were angry, and the destiny was no longer in the Sima family, so the throne was given to Zhao Hanzhang.

After hearing the imperial edict, Zhao Hanzhang refused to accept it, saying that he would wholeheartedly assist the emperor and rule the world together. (End of chapter)