In order to regain power, Emperor Chongzhen made careful plans and did not go to the Wenhua Palace to manage politics for several days. This was something that had never happened since Yuji.

There was a lot of discussion in the court about this.

However, in the cabinet, the cabinet ministers headed by Han Xu are under tremendous pressure. After all, the current situation cannot afford to delay.

"Han Yuanfu, now Jianlu has conquered Longjing Pass, Da'ankou, and Jizhen. In just a few days, he has sent several memorials to the imperial court."

Li Biao looked solemnly, looked at the silent Han Xu and said: "But the imperial court has not come up with a charter, and His Majesty has closed the Qing Palace.

Now that the country is in turmoil, you have to take charge of the overall situation!

Let’s not mention anything else. Let’s just talk about the area around the capital, which has suffered from the troubles of the rebels and invaders, and the people’s hearts have been unstable. If no measures are taken to stabilize the people’s hearts, great chaos will definitely occur!”

"How could I not know this?"

Han Xu frowned and said: "However, Your Majesty has not determined the fundamentals of the current situation. No matter how urgent we are, can we still solve it?

The most urgent task at the moment is to persuade His Majesty to return to the Wenhua Palace to manage politics!

Li Xueshi, you have won His Majesty's trust, can you submit a memorial to the Emperor to advise me? His Majesty ignored the memorial I submitted earlier!"

At this time, the Wenhua Hall fell into silence.

Li Biao did not accept what Han Xu said and sat silently on his official hat chair.

In the palace, Zhou Daodeng, He Ruchong, Qian Xiangkun and other cabinet ministers were either sitting, standing, or deep in thought, but none of them listened to what Han Xu said.

At present, the situation in Northern Zhili is turbulent. The Jianlu invaders invaded the border and bypassed the Guan Jinning defense line supervised by Yuan Chonghuan. This was undoubtedly a major earthquake for the Ming Dynasty.

The special relationship between Han Xu and Yuan Chonghuan, coupled with the fact that Han Xu was from the Donglin Party, made other cabinet ministers reluctant to interfere too much in this matter.

How could they do such a dangerous thing?

"..."

Han Xu was sitting on the official hat chair. Seeing Li Biao and the others like this, he frowned and couldn't help but feel angry in his heart. How could he not know what everyone in the hall was thinking.

But just sitting and waiting like this is not a problem. Once the Jianlu invaders enter the important town of Gyeonggi, it will undoubtedly be a catastrophe for the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, Wang Cheng'en held a whisk in his hand, and his expression showed no joy or sorrow, and walked slowly into the Wenhua Palace, followed by a group of eunuchs.

After seeing Han Xu and other cabinet ministers, he said loudly: "The emperor has spoken."

Han Xu and other cabinet ministers, who had already seen Wang Chengen coming in, had already stood up, but they couldn't help but feel suspicious in their hearts.

Why did Wang Chengen, who always accompanied the emperor, come to Wenhua Hall now?

But when they heard what Wang Chengen said, everyone was shocked. They hurriedly walked to Wang Chengen, bowed and said, "I will listen to you!"

"I will order the officials from the six departments, including Ke, Dao, etc., to gather in the Wenhua Hall to receive the order!"

Wang Chengen held a whisk in his hand and said calmly.

"I am waiting for your order!"

Han Xu, Li Biao and others responded immediately, but they all had doubts in their hearts as to why their cabinet was not aware of the emperor's oral instructions.

Wang Chengen stepped forward, looked at Han Xu and said: "Han Yuanfu, it's better to send someone quickly to summon the class officials to come to Wenhua Hall to receive the order."

Purpose!?

Han Xu suppressed the fear in his heart and hurriedly bowed his hands and said: "Okay, my lord, please wait a moment. I will immediately send people from Zhongshushe to summon people."

"Yeah." Wang Chengen nodded and responded.

Seeing Han Xu ordered the people from Zhongshushe who were on duty to call people over, Li Biao stepped forward with a smile on his face and said to Wang Cheng'en: "My lord, Your Majesty summoned all ministers to announce the decree in Wenhua Hall this time. , but what’s the big deal?”

"Mr. Li Ge, you will know about this later."

Wang Chengen smiled back and said with a very strict mouth.

"this……"

Li Biao was stunned.

Why is Wang Chengen, who has always been easy-going, unwilling to reveal even a few words?

At this time, the emperor bypassed the cabinet and issued an edict. What is the meaning of this?!

Seeing Zhou Daodeng standing in front of him in the Wenhua Hall, he couldn't help but wonder how favored he was and the other cabinet ministers.

Is it about returning aid to Gyeonggi?

Or should we remove Han Xu?

Or is it about resurrecting Sun Chengzong?

At present, the country is experiencing changes. Jianlu will rush into the pass at any time and threaten Zunhua, Santunying and other places. As the chief minister of the cabinet, Han Xu must be responsible.

Looking at Zhou Daodeng and others who looked at him from time to time, Han Xu frowned and his mood was extremely bad.

Since the Tianqi Dynasty was liquidated by the eunuchs, I have been unable to show my enthusiasm. How long did it take for me to recover and finally get the position of chief assistant.

Now that something like this is happening, if he is really dismissed from his position as chief minister because of the incident of building a captive army, Han Xu will really be unwilling to do so!

"Yuanfu, the six bu, Ke, Dao and other officials who are sitting in the class hall have all arrived and are waiting quietly outside the Wenhua Hall."

The person on duty at Zhongshushe hurriedly walked into the Wenhua Hall and bowed to Han Xu.

"Um."

Han Xu calmed down, nodded slightly, then smiled, looked at Wang Chengen and said, "Eunuch Wang, shall I leave the palace now?"

Wang Chengen nodded and walked out of the palace. The current situation in Beizhili was critical. Affected by this, he did not have so many requirements for some etiquette and rules.

Han Xu, Li Biao and other cabinet ministers rolled up their robe sleeves and followed Wang Chengen out of the Wenhua Hall, and then walked quickly towards the head of the queue.

"Your Majesty has a decree!"

Seeing the court standing in front of him, Wang Chengen took the imperial edict, unfolded it, and spoke loudly.

"I am waiting for your order!"

When the officials heard the words, they bowed and sang in response.

"The Emperor, who is destined to be carried by heaven, said: Since I have been in charge of the emperor, I am afraid that something might go wrong in my hands..."

In front of the summoned ministers, Wang Chengen read eloquently the edict written by Emperor Chongzhen to put an end to the rebellion and save the country.

When the ministers outside the Wenhua Palace heard this edict, they were all horrified, showing expressions of disbelief. They simply could not believe what they heard.

Just as Sun Chengzong said, when the ministers of the DPRK and China headed by Han Xu heard this edict, their first reaction was to resist and to persuade.

Even if we build a border with the invaders now, we won’t issue the so-called edict to quell the rebellion and save the country at this time when people’s hearts are wandering!!

"Han Yuanfu, according to the decree, after the cabinet receives the edict, it can issue an edict and send it to Tianjin, Denglai, Dongjiang and other places." Wang Chengen held the edict in his hand, walked to Han Xu, whose expression changed drastically, and said calmly.

"this……"

Han Xu was stunned for a moment, he didn't know how to reply.

"This edict cannot be issued! The current situation is inherently unstable, and Jianlu is currently in full swing. However, our Ming Dynasty will not be able to deal with even Jianlu, right? How can your Majesty act like this!"

"That's right! Even if this edict was issued and ordered Tianjin, Denglai, Dongjiang and other places to be under the command of a large army to fight the rebellion and save the country, it would not be able to quench the thirst for immediate relief! In the current situation, Yuan Chonghuan should be ordered to lead his troops to return reinforcements immediately.

, Coordinate the overall situation of fighting against the Jianlu!"

Many ministers standing behind Han Xu were speaking indignantly.

Wang Cheng'en frowned slightly when he saw this. He remembered his prince's explanation and didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, he directly handed over the imperial edict to Han Xu and turned around and walked towards the Qianqing Gate.

The officials who were originally excited were stunned when they saw this scene. What they said was originally intended to be relayed to the emperor by Wang Chengen.

But now that Wang Chengen is gone, what's the use of them talking about it.

"Yuan Fu, your Majesty is worried about the current war, so he made such a wrong decision. As ministers of the Ming Dynasty, we must not let your Majesty do such wrong things."

"Yes! We should gather together at the Qianqing Gate immediately to ask for the edict and ask His Majesty to withdraw this edict. The only solution is to call in the garrison of Guan Jinning at the moment!"

Faced with the outspoken speech of the officials in the hall, Han Xu, Li Biao and other cabinet ministers felt overwhelmed, and they did not expect that such a situation would arise before them.
Chapter completed!