The weather in Beijing was still cold in February. At the time of Yin, the night ban in Beijing had been lifted, but there were still few pedestrians on the streets.

At this time in previous years, there should have been various people riding horses and sitting in sedan chairs on the streets of the capital to go to court, but the current Emperor Jiajing has not been to court for many years. Therefore, although the officials in the capital have also gotten up early, they do not have to rush to the Forbidden City with the stars.

But today seems to be different. On the streets where people were still missing in the past, several figures suddenly popped up. They were divided into several ways, running around the city gates and street intersections in the capital, constantly posting stickers in their hands on the walls.

In the past, they often posted such things by official yamen runners, but they would post them in broad daylight and would not run out to do such things in the middle of the night.

Seeing them appearing in the middle of the night and acting sneakily, we can naturally know that the posting is definitely not a beautiful article.

An hour later, when the sun shone brightened the entire capital, there were more and more people on the road.

However, at this time, most of them are in a hurry and they have to run around for a day of life, so they naturally don’t have time to discover the difference between the streets and yesterday.

Until the gates of the capital opened, people outside the city flocked into the city and filled the entire street. Beijing City regained its vitality and became bustling like the past.

Soon, passers-by discovered the stickers posted on the city gates and major streets. Although literate people couldn't recognize what was written on it, they could guess and roughly tell what was written on the sticker.

However, all of these people were silent after reading the words on the sticker. They ignored the people around them and asked him to explain what they meant and decisively got into the crowd.

The people around the sticker soon gathered more and more, which attracted many scholars who were shopping to watch.

They were no better than those passers-by who knew a few words before. They shook their heads in front of the onlookers and read the contents on the stickers, but halfway through reading, their voices suddenly became smaller. Only a few scholars who were simple-minded and liked to show off were still reading the contents on the stickers aloud, but the common people who understood the meaning quickly dispersed and left a good position for the people behind them.

In just half a day, the content of the sticker had spread on the streets of Beijing.

Although everyone was very frightened by what was written on the sticker, they still couldn't help showing off the secrets they had just known in front of someone they knew.

"Have you heard it? Someone has made a frustrated for King Yu, saying that the emperor did not grant King Yu the crown prince, but was the traitor Yan Song. He deceived the emperor's trust and planned to make King Jing the crown prince."

"If there is such a thing, where did you get the news?"

"You go out to see it, someone posted stickers on the street to expose the matter."

In fact, this is not a secret. In the past, people had a similar topic when they were fine, but today they saw that the sticker had a nose and eyes. Many people believed the words above. Only a few elderly people looked worried when they heard the news.

For a time, there were many discussions in the capital, and the only public discussions soon spread throughout the villages and towns around Beijing as the mouths of the people entering and leaving the Beijing gate, and gradually spread outward.

Lu Bing issued an emergency order on the way back to the city and immediately confiscated the stickers posted everywhere. He must not let the people in the capital continue to spread rumors like this.

In fact, not only the Jinyiwei discovered the news about the sticker, but also the Bingmasi, Shuntian Prefecture, and even the Daxing and Wanping County Offices have already known about it, let alone the Dongchang.

The other party was able to stick stickers all over the huge Beijing city overnight, obviously because he was prepared, and it was definitely not a temporary intention.

As the order was conveyed, the Jinyiwei, the yamen runners and the military officers were all dispatched to forcefully disperse the onlookers, tear off the stickers, and take them all back to the yamen.

If such a big thing happens, it will naturally not be ruined. You have to investigate it, analyze the clues on the stickers and continue to follow it to see who is doing it behind the scenes.

There were rumors on the streets of the capital that Yan Song wanted to murder King Yu and supported King Jing. As a Beijing official, he naturally learned about this from the people at the first time. Most Beijing officials smelled the different meaning behind this incident, and some people were going to cause trouble.

As a mad dog raised by the imperial court, the Censorate was abnormal and did not act at all after such major market rumors. No one reported impeachment.

However, this is not surprising. Zhou Yan, who is currently the left censor of the Censorate, heard the news and immediately summoned all the censors in Beijing and ordered that they were not allowed to participate in the matter.

In the second year of the Jiajing period, Zhou Yan was a Jinshi. He saw the entire Jiajing Dynasty from the political struggle after the Great Ceremony. Naturally, he knew that this sticker incident might represent the beginning of another fierce political competition in the Jiajing Dynasty. The Censorate under his leadership must not be used as a gun.

So Zhou Yan spoke publicly at the rally, "I really don't care whoever you want to get involved, but you have to be careful of your future."

This is Zhou Yan's naked threat.

As the saying goes, county officials are worse than to be in charge. The censors of the Censorate have freedom of speech and can impeach other officials. If you go to write a letter to impeach, Zhou Yan will send you to inspect Yunnan and Guizhou, and that will be a big fun.

These days, transportation is inconvenient, so naturally no one wants to leave the capital and go to a borderland like Yunnan and Guizhou thousands of miles away.

As for other yamen such as the Ministry of Rites, the officials of the church also gave similar hints to their subordinates. After all, this big-character posters were not created by any company. Now, whether it is the officials who support King Yu or the officials who support King Jing, they are still wondering whether it is the incident caused by the other party.

Such news was naturally reported to Emperor Jiajing by the East Factory as soon as possible, and then the Jinyiwei also reported the matter secretly.

"Are there any memorials about King Yu and King Jing?"

Emperor Jiajing looked at Gao Zhong below and asked indifferently.

"Report to the Emperor, there are no memorials about King Yu and King Jing in the trend sent by the cabinet today."

Gao Zhong replied hurriedly.

"If there is any memorial about them, I will send it to me as soon as possible."

Emperor Jiajing just said in a very plain manner. The court officials have not figured out where the big-character poster was created this time. Emperor Jiajing is also making a whisper at this time.

After Gao Zhong took away today's memorial, Emperor Jiajing asked Huang Jin again: "Who have King Yu and King Jing come into contact with each other these days? What have they said?"

There is no wind and waves, and there will be a reason for things. Emperor Jiajing also suspected his two sons. Who finally couldn't help but think of such a way to test himself?

"The two high men have not gone out in the mansion in recent days, nor have they contacted outsiders."

Huang Jin immediately bowed and replied.

“Check again.”

Emperor Jiajing just gave an order and then began today's practice.

By this time, the news of the Nanjing Zhenwuying mutiny had not reached the capital, and the messenger was still rushing on the road against the wind and snow.

Although the stickers posted were confiscated by the soldiers and yamen runners in the capital in just half a day, rumors in the city were still endless.

Guo Xiyan sat on the chair and was basically satisfied with the news that her confidant servants came back.

Although he failed to cause great turmoil in the officialdom, the public was confused and the harsh external arguments had already formed. Moreover, he wanted to take the lead and he had plotted against the current officials from the beginning that they might not dare to take action without authorization because of doubt.

One day later, Guo Xiyan put on his official uniform and went to the Tongzhengsi Department to submit a memorial that he had only formed after three days of consideration.

The memorials he submitted were naturally mainly based on the theory of "An Chu".

In his memorial, he bluntly stated that the emperor had an imperial edict to "establish an emperor and establish a crown prince", and the road was passed down, and they all congratulated each other by "establishing a crown prince".

The so-called "Crownship" means the enthronement of the crown prince. The crown prince is also called "Crown Prince", "Crown Prince", and "Base of the State".

However, "establishing a crown prince" is difficult to act, so there is no better way to mention "security". The so-called "security" is to ensure the safety of King Yu.

In order to ensure the safety of King Yu, the emperor and the prime minister, the two kings and the prime minister, the prince and the prince, the emperor and the prince must trust each other and remove doubts.

He also made an in-depth discussion on the most core personnel relationships and power distribution in the courts of the Two Kings, the Prime Minister, the Emperor and the Two Kings, and proposed that the emperor should summon the Two Kings and Yan Song respectively and inform him; King Yu stayed in Beijing and King Jing went to his fiefdom as soon as possible, etc.

Guo Xiyan used false attacks on the real world, on the surface, saying that he was afraid that the prime minister and the prince would doubt each other, but in fact, it was equivalent to saying that this was the fact, and it had reached a point that threatened the security of the "national foundation".

He acted on the surface to care about Yan Song, but in fact he added a charge of shaking the "main of the country", which made Yan Song unbearable.

Guo Xiyan's memorial fell into Luo Longwen's hands. Although he felt that the presentation of this book would make it difficult for Yan Song to handle, Guo Xiyan submitted the memorial through formal channels. The Tongzheng Envoy Department had already filed it, so he could not hide it directly, so he had to take the memorial to the cabinet alone.

When he arrived at Yan Song's office, he knew from the clerk that Yan Shifan had not arrived yet, so he had to ask someone to inform him, and then entered the room and handed Guo Xiyan's memorial to Yan Song.

Such things cannot be passed through the hands of others. If they fall to Xu Jie, they may be able to vote.

Of course, Xu Jie may not give a ticket, but will hand it to the next door.

However, although Xu Jie always maintained his respect for the Yan family in front of others, Yan Shifan talked to Luo Longwen many times and was always careful about Xu Jie's children.

Xu Jie was taken to the place by his father Yan Song at the beginning. Unexpectedly, he could return to the court after a walk. Even without a suitable candidate, Yan Song was forced to choose him as the only candidate and successfully enter the cabinet.

Xu Jie is Xia Yan's disciple, and he dare not forget this easily no matter when he is, so he is always on guard. However, Xu Jie is cunning enough to never find a handle to kill him.

"Emma, ​​this is a memorial from the Zuo Zhongyun Guo Xiyan of the former Zhan Shifu Zuochunfang, and he is appointed as the crown prince."

After receiving the notice, Luo Longwen stepped into Yan Song's duty room, handed Guo Xiyan's memorial to Yan Song, and then briefly explained the content of the memorial.

"Guo Xiyan? He hasn't returned to Jiangxi?"

Guo Xiyan is also a fellow villager in Jiangxi after being evaluated by the Ministry of Personnel last year. Guo Xiyan is a bit arrogant and is disliked by many colleagues, so Yan Song did not choose to help him.

I thought this fellow villager should go back to his hometown, but I didn’t expect that he was still in the capital.

"Let's take a look at the stickers from the previous two days, maybe he found someone to post them."

Luo Longwen analyzed in a low voice that he had understood Yan Shifan's relationship, spoke to his father, and obtained the official position of the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat. Later, he was sent by Yan Shifan to the Tongzheng Envoy Office, so now when he saw Yan Song, he was always communicating with kindness.

After hearing Luo Longwen's words, Yan Song frowned and then opened the memorial and read it carefully.

Soon after, he finished reading Guo Xiyan's memorial. Thinking of the reactions of all parties and his memorial, Yan Song didn't believe that this was written by Guo Xiyan after hearing the news.

"I didn't expect Xiyan to have such a strategy, haha."

Although Yan Song was laughing, Luo Longwen still saw the murderous aura in his ruthless eyes. This really made Yan Song angry.

I can't be an official and can't stay in the officialdom, but I actually hate me. It's your business to make suggestions to establish a crown prince, but I just go around and say that I'm suspicious of each other, and I have to ensure the safety of King Yu. What's your concern?

Sima Zhao's heart is well known to everyone.

However, like Luo Longwen, Yan Song could not suppress this memorial. Now the memorial was probably spread in the six ministries and major yamen in the capital.

But at this time, Yan Song thought a little more, and then Yan Song picked up a ticket and planned to: "The Minister of the Li family will discuss in detail."

It is related to the matter of establishing a crown prince, so the Ministry of Rites decided to report it to the cabinet again, so Yan Song's vote could be said to be a fair rule.

He put the memorials into the memorials waiting to be sent to the Sili Supervisor, and then talked to Luo Longwen for a few more words, and Luo Longwen quitted.

The memorial arrived at the Silijian and reached Gao Zhong's hands. After reading the memorial and the ticket, Gao Zhong did not dare to delay it, so he hurriedly sent it to Emperor Jiajing of Yongshou Palace.

After reading Guo Xiyan's memorial and Yan Song's votes, Emperor Jiajing's face suddenly became cold.

Yan Song voted to go to the Ministry of Rites to discuss in detail. What is the discussion? I am the emperor. I have the final say on whom to establish or not.

“Write it.”

Emperor Jiajing glanced at Gao Zhong and said contemptuously: "You are going to see the lower part, what do you want to do? If you only use his words to just follow the suburbs and temples to go on a journey, what will happen?"
To be continued...