"Today, I invite you all to come to the cabinet to discuss one matter. This matter is of great importance and must be considered carefully and not carelessly!"
In the duty room of the cabinet, Fang Congzhe specially invited the six ministers, the imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and other nine ministers to the cabinet, saying that he wanted to discuss a matter.
After listening to Fang Congzhe's serious words, these nine ministers sat upright and said in unison: "Please make it clear to Yuan Fu."
"Recently, due to the implementation of the New Deal, there have been many rebellions and troublemakers. There are countless people who massacre people and officials. Even the holy driver had an accident on the canal, so that Hange Lao fell into the water. This reminds me of the old incident of the Wumiao Temple falling into the water. , I even thought of the palace upheaval that the World Temple encountered back then, so I believe that we must be careful now to prevent the murder of His Majesty due to dissatisfaction with the new deal!"
Fang Congzhe nodded and continued, glancing at these people.
"Who dares to plot to murder His Majesty?! Not to mention that Your Majesty is the Nine-Fifth Lord, surrounded by a cloud of guards. Even when he is out on patrol, he clears the way first and then sets up barriers. The key point is that after murdering His Majesty, he will be punished by the Nine Clan!"
Sun Ruyou said in shock.
"It's not impossible. Traitors like Zhou Yanru and Miao Changqi had the disobedience of wanting to change the emperor before. Now that His Majesty is implementing the New Deal and cracking down on the powerful, there are many people who are dissatisfied. It is hard to guarantee that some individuals will not go to extremes. As the saying goes, : Stealing people’s money is like killing their parents. We ministers must be on guard against this, in order to avoid such treacherous things and ruin all the achievements of the New Deal!”
Wang Yingjiao, the governor of Xichang and censor of Youdu, refuted Sun Ruyou's view at this time.
Zhao Nanxing, who succeeded Li Ruhua as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said: "Speaking of it, this is also our dereliction of duty as ministers, which has put the emperor and father in such a dangerous situation. Although the implementation of the New Deal is to eliminate the disadvantages of innovation, it will also cause great dissatisfaction among the profiteers in the world. , so much so that since the first year of Tianqi, there have been several rebellions, first the Southwest She'an Rebellion, then the Jiangnan Rebellion, and then the Fuwang Rebellion. Now if His Majesty is really murdered, wouldn't it be the sin of us ministers? ?”
"Otsuka Zai, you can't say that. The world is now in a state of trouble, and it's time to rectify it! You can't do it, because it will put your father in danger and not innovate to eliminate the shortcomings, right?"
Bi Ziyan retorted.
"Da Si Nong, may I ask, which one is more important, Your Majesty or Sheji?"
Zhao Nanxing asked directly.
Bi Ziyan was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to answer.
Zhao Nanxing raised the corner of his mouth slightly, glanced at Bi Ziyan, and then looked at Wang Yingjiao, Fang Congzhe and others: "It was the great Sinong's suggestion to organize the refugees in the capital into a household system, and it was Wang Gong who advocated clearing the land. It was Yuan Fu who proposed the idea of sharing the land with the peasants and returning the fire to the Duke. Did the princes really not consider the safety of Your Majesty when they proposed these new policies to His Majesty?!"
"What do you mean you haven't considered it? Isn't Yuan Fu asking us to discuss it now?"
Gu Bingqian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, replied hurriedly.
"Is it too late now? Unless the New Deal is abolished, it will be difficult for His Majesty to escape from this dangerous situation!"
Zhao Nanxing replied.
"You can't say that. If the New Deal is abolished, we will lose not only Your Majesty, but the entire country! Da Sinong was right just now. There are many ills in the world, and it is time to reform. Otherwise, Judging from the situation before His Majesty came to the throne, the world still doesn’t know how bad it is now. Maybe within twenty or thirty years, the Ming Dynasty will really fall!"
Fang Congzhe replied with a smile.
"I disagree with what Yuan Fu said. Managing a big country is like cooking a small dish. It needs to be simmered slowly. If the Ming Dynasty is really over and it doesn't change, it will only have 20 or 30 years of national destiny. Now there won't be so many gentry and powerful people in the world because of the New Deal. If you are dissatisfied, you will only respond positively. After all, everyone who reads the books of sages knows the meaning of family and country!"
Zhao Nanxing replied.
"This is just your personal opinion, Otsuka Zai. If you feel that the new policy is dragging down His Majesty, you can go ahead and speak to the emperor. I believe that the current policy must be implemented in the world, and the facts have proved that this is indeed the right thing to do. Yes! Otherwise, the treasury would never have been so full, the number of refugees would have been so few, and the government would have been so clean and effective!"
As he spoke, Fang Congzhe slapped the table and glared at Zhao Nanxing: "Let's talk about what we want to discuss today, that is, how to prevent His Majesty from being murdered. Please think about it carefully."
"I still say the same thing, if the New Deal can be completely abolished, then your Majesty can be protected for a long time!"
Zhao Nanxing replied.
Fang Congzhe said with a smile: "That's not enough. We have to add the heads and family fortunes of Fang Mou and many ministers in the court! Right, Otsuka Zai?"
Zhao Nanxing hurriedly stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Yuan Fu misunderstood, Zhao didn't mean this, Zhao was just worried about your father!"
"From what I see, if we want to murder His Majesty, there are no more than four methods: poisoning, assassination, burning, and flooding. To kill with poison, we should try to reduce the chance of poisoning by traitors as much as possible. It is said that His Majesty himself is taking precautions now. Your Majesty never tasted the food from the Food Supervisor after it was brought into the palace. Because the Food Supervisor was outside the palace, he could not prevent someone from poisoning him on the way. Therefore, Your Majesty set up a private kitchen in Qianqing Palace, and also let the Hakka family open a vegetable garden and raise chickens and ducks privately. Wait, based on Sun's opinion, you might as well suggest setting up an imperial dining room in the palace, so that anyone who enters the palace to cook needs to be more strictly controlled. During the cooking period, his whole family should be watched first, and he should be given gold and silver. , if something happens, his whole family will be killed. In addition, one hundred and eight more dishes will be used by your majesty, all made by different cooks. In this way, the possibility of your majesty encountering poisonous dishes will be even smaller. Now the imperial treasury is full. One hundred and eight more dishes for His Majesty are nothing."
Sun Ruyou said.
Fang Congzhe nodded: "This is a good idea. When His Majesty returns to Beijing, he will set up an imperial dining room in the palace. The cooks and purchasers must all be people from the capital with clean backgrounds. The Dongchang side will keep an eye on it, and we will also keep an eye on it. , In addition, when the time comes, it is recommended to add a palace concubine who specializes in tasting food. Some medicines are not poisons, but spring medicines that allow the emperor to indulge. The eunuchs alone cannot taste them. In history, there are emperors who indulge in beauty and do not rule out having sex with them. It has something to do with others drugging him. After all, there are people with ulterior motives who want the emperor to be a lecherous and cowardly king."
"Assassination is the most difficult. Your Majesty is surrounded by the most reliable Yulin Guards and Jinyi Guards, but you need to prevent the palace ladies around your majesty from assassinating. It is said that the palace ladies around your majesty are all people with reliable family backgrounds in the capital area. From Dongchang After careful investigation, it is impossible to guarantee that there is a spy in Dongchang, or that Dongchang is negligent. Therefore, the birthplace and birthplace of the Dongchang flag school personnel listed by the Ministry of Personnel and the birthplace and birthplace of the palace concubine selected by the Ministry of Revenue and other palaces must be secretly investigated. It is better not to be negligent.”
Wang Yingjiao said at this time.
Fang Congzhe nodded: "What about fire and flooding?"
"It is better to ensure that the concubines and eunuchs around His Majesty are of pure origin. Otherwise, no one can burn or drown Your Majesty!"
Bi Ziyan replied.
Fang Congzhe nodded again and asked: "Is there another way? If there is really a traitor who wants to kill the king?"
Cui Jingrong, the censor of Zuodu, stood up at this time: "Cui has served in the border town, so he knows that there is another possibility, which is to enter the pass as a prisoner!"
"Bringing prisoners into the pass?"
Fang Congzhe pondered and said, "Fortunately, His Majesty has already planned in advance and asked Qin Liangyu to lead a heavy army to guard Jiliao, otherwise this would really be possible!"
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"The Holy Emperor has passed through Tongzhou! His Majesty has decreed that all officials should go to Huangcun to greet him immediately!"
At this time, the imperial guards were ordered to gallop into the Forbidden City, and after arriving at the cabinet, they hurriedly dismounted, holding the oracle, and ran into the cabinet.
After hearing this, Fang Congzhe stood up excitedly and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is finally going back to Beijing! There are finally no dangers along the way!"
Wang Yingjiao, Bi Ziyan and others also laughed.
Fang Congzhe continued: "The next step is to let Shuntian Prefecture and the imperial censors clear the road ahead of time. No one is allowed within two hundred steps of the royal road from inside the city to Huangcun! All places along the road that can hide people must be cleared!" Strictly check each household to see who has not returned home! All outsiders without household tickets will be detained first!"
"Very true!"
The nine ministers immediately agreed.
When Zhu Youxiao's sage arrived at Huangcun, the entire royal road to Beijing was indeed surrounded by soldiers. There was not a tree trunk or stone to hide, and there were no common people. The common people were ordered to stay at home and not move out. , Fang Congzhe directly put the entire capital under martial law.
Therefore, in Huangcun at this time, only Fang Congzhe and other ministers were here to welcome him.
"I respectfully welcome the Holy Master from Congzhe!"
But when Fang Congzhe saw the holy driver getting closer and closer, and hurriedly brought all the officials to come forward to pay tribute, suddenly several cannon shots were heard.
The emperor's dragon chariot was thrown away by several cannonballs that suddenly flew in, and then fell into a pile of broken wood.
"His Majesty!"
Fang Congzhe shouted immediately when he saw this.
Zhao Nanxing was stunned for a moment, but then a smile appeared on his lips.
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