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Volume One: The Past and the Present Chapter 725: Drinking to Reward an Old Friend

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    The process of the court discussion was calm and peaceful. It had not been seen in the Ming Dynasty for many years that there was such a unified view. It was a harmonious group of brothers and sisters, like-minded and like-minded. It was like a mountain and a river. It was a long time ago in this life to meet each other.

    Those who can attend the court meeting are all old foxes who have been in the court for many years. From the cabinet bachelor to the six ministers, they are all the best among the best. Now the emperor's life is in danger, and the vassal king is ready to take action. It is a time of internal and external difficulties. If he still  Insisting on not allowing the frontier troops to increase their defense of the capital, if any changes occur in the future and the frontier troops are unable to come for reinforcements, who has the courage to bear this eternal infamy?

    At the court meeting, Yang Tinghe gloomily told the news about the vassal king that the factory guards had received. After a while of silence in the Wenhua Hall, Yan Song, the Minister of the Ministry of War, first expressed his position that it was imperative to mobilize four foreign armies to Beijing to increase defense. Yan Song was the Minister of the Ministry of War.  , the defense of Gyeonggi Province is within his authority, and it is understandable that he was the first to express his position.

    After Yan Song expressed his stance, the ministers in the palace looked at each other and were speechless for a long time. Then Yang Tinghe suddenly nodded slowly in the silence. With the attitude of Yan Song and Yang Tinghe, everyone agreed in succession. The matter of mobilizing the four armies outside the palace was finally settled.  Even though Liang Chu, Mao Cheng and others intended to object, they thought that if the four foreign armies did not enter the capital, and if something happened to the defense of the capital, none of them could bear the responsibility for the rise and fall of the country, so they had to reluctantly agree.

    After noon, several fast horses rushed out of the city with military orders from the General Administration Department, and rushed to Xuanfu, Datong, Liaodong and other border towns. The cabinet of the capital, the Secretary of Rites and Supervisor jointly drafted an edict from the acting emperor, ordering the deployment of general military officers from the four major border towns.  The troops of the main army entered the pass to guard the capital, while the remaining troops closely monitored the Tatar tribes in Mobei.

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    After half a month of continuous scorching sunshine, it finally began to rain heavily in the capital today. The raindrops were mixed with the roar of huge thunder, pouring unreservedly on this hot land.

    The heavy rain stopped in the afternoon, and the gray sky was still covered with scattered raindrops. Outside the gate of Baofang Palace, a carriage drove from the west end of Jinshui Street and stopped twenty feet away in front of the gate of Baofang Palace.  Before the Forbidden Palace warriors guarding the Leopard Room could come forward to ask, the curtain of the carriage opened, and Qin Kan, dressed in a dark yellow python robe, stepped out of the carriage and stood quietly in the empty square in front of the palace gate, looking up at the gloomy sky.  , the eyes exude a loneliness more bleak than autumn.

    When the warriors in front of the palace gate saw the powerful Ning Guo Gong, they were so frightened that they stood still.  With one movement, he presses the knife and salutes.

    Qin Kan stood in front of the palace gate like this for an unknown length of time before he slowly spoke.

    "Please, Eunuch Zhang, come out of the palace to see me."

    After a hundred households bowed and saluted, they hurriedly ran into the Leopard Room.

    Not long after, Zhang Yongxing, the chief seal officer of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, ran out in a hurry. The once high-spirited internal minister of the Ming Dynasty.  At this moment, his face was filled with despair. It was obvious that the ten-day period was getting closer and closer, and Zhu Houzhao still hadn't woken up, so he was becoming more and more desperate.

    He ran up to Qin Kan in three steps and two steps at a time. Zhang Yong tried his best to smile and said with a hint of tears: "Master"

    Qin Kan smiled at him, and his smile was not fake at all.  It's strange that in this critical moment, he can still laugh, and his smile is so sweet.

    "Eunuch Zhang, I want to enter the Leopard Room to visit an old friend who is sick."

    Zhang Yong looked at Qin Kan deeply for a moment and sighed: "Nowadays, everyone in the capital is in danger, and they are planning their own future. Only the father-in-law still cares about your majesty. Being able to know the father-in-law is the greatest blessing for the Za family in this life. It's such a shame."  A man who values ??love and justice has been scolded by the world for more than ten years. Is God blind, or is the world blind?"

    Qin Kan smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe everyone lives too clearly."

    The view from the Leopard Room remains the same.  Walking in from the palace gate, whether it is the towers, pavilions or waterside pavilions and corridors, they are all pictures that Zhu Houzhao personally sketched for more than ten years.  It's as if nothing has changed.

    Qin Kan walked very slowly, like an old man in his twilight years calmly spending the rest of his life under the sunset. Zhang Yong was beside him, looking anxious and hesitant to speak. Knowing that this was not the time to discuss matters, Zhang Yong had to sigh.  Cheer up and chat with Qin Kan.

    The two of them walked outside the gate of the Leopard Chamber. The security here was very tight. The corridors and squares outside the palace were filled with forbidden palace warriors with bows and swords unsheathed. A group of eunuchs and maids stood at the door in two rows like wild geese.

    The closer he got to the main hall, the more solemn Qin Kan's face became. Until he stood outside the main hall door, Qin Kan's expression showed a touch of sadness. He was so determined to kill, but at this moment he seemed to have lost the courage to even raise his feet to enter the hall.

    Zhang Yong had already burst into tears and sobbed: "Master, please go in and see your Majesty. He must be very lonely lying there these days. He just wants to talk to you"

    Qin Kan's eyes were red, he pursed his lips, and immediately walked into the hall.

    Inside the palaceIn the middle of the night, Zhu Houzhao was lying on the bed with a pale face, wearing only a bright yellow satin lining. Only his slightly heaving chest could tell that he was still alive.

    Qin Kan saw this scene at the first sight when he entered the palace. He couldn't help but feel extremely sad and tears welled up in his eyes.

    "His Majesty has been like this since he was rescued. Zajia and Gu Dayong knelt in front of the bed every day to talk to His Majesty. They would not wake up no matter how much they begged him. In the fourteenth year after he ascended the throne, they fought with the courtiers, the rebels, and the rebels.  The Tatars have been fighting for so many years, and they have been scolded both inside and outside. The Zajia family knows that His Majesty is tired and does not want to wake up" Zhang Yong wiped his tears. The more he talked, the more tears fell, and finally he simply covered his mouth.  Whimpering softly.

    Qin Kan looked at the unconscious Zhu Houzhao for a long time, and his voice was unusually hoarse when he spoke.

    "Eunuch Zhang, please order the palace servants to bring some wine. I will have a few drinks with your majesty."

    Zhang Yong nodded while wiping his tears, turned around and ordered the food and drinks to go.

    Not long after, several palace maids entered the palace carrying a short wooden table and placed it beside Zhu Houzhao's bed. They placed the food and wine on the table one by one, bowed silently and left. Zhang Yongyi followed suit and exited the palace.  outside.

    There were still a group of old doctors in official clothes standing in the hall. Zhang Yonglin glared at him before he left, and the doctors also hurriedly exited the hall.

    Qin Kan and Zhu Houzhao were the only two people left in the huge hall. Qin Kan sighed sadly, exhaled the turbid air in his chest, gently lifted the hem of his robe, sat cross-legged on the smooth mirror-like floor of the hall, and reached out to hold the pot on the table.  The two delicate little cups were filled with wine.

    Raising a glass and looking at Zhu Houzhao's pale and silent face, Qin Kan shed tears before he said a word.

    "Don't lean on the fence when you are alone. There is no limit to the country. It is easy to say goodbye but difficult to see at other times. Your Majesty, the monarch and his ministers have been together for more than ten years. How can you bear to abandon your country and your old friend?"
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