I woke up early the next morning and found a ready-to-wear shop on a nearby main street. I bought a long garment gown and dressed like a scholar. When I passed by the bamboo shop, I saw a box of cages and bought it. I carried it on my back, and it looked more like a scholar, like a traveling scholar like Ning Caichen.

Carrying a box, walking onto Chaoyang Street, and stride towards the center of the city.

After entering the city yesterday, Liu Zhiyi was soon glad that he chose to go to Beijing instead of hiding in the countryside. As soon as he entered the city, he figured out a lot of things. If he hid in the countryside, he might not know anything now and could only worry for nothing.

But the news heard at the tea stalls and inns on the street was too complicated and even contradictory. For example, some people said that the Ministry of War did not agree with the emperor's arrest of all the soldiers in the palace for interrogation, some people believed that this was a dispute between the Emperor and the Emperor. Some people said that the Right Minister of the Ministry of War was not the Taishi of Wei, because the Right Minister of the Ministry of War, Wang Chaodong, was a disciple of Taifu Xu, and was the leader of the Xu party in the court. How could it be the Taishi of Wei?

People in the capital like to talk about current affairs, which made Liu Zhiyi hear many secrets of the court, but he was not sure how many were true, how many were far-fetched, and how many were heard.

He thought about it for a long time at night and found that an ordinary person like him had to get close to the court news, so he could only go to one place - Jidi Building.

Behind each city gate, there is a street, and behind Chaoyang Gate is Chaoyang Street. There are many pedestrians on the street, and shops are everywhere on both sides of the street. Xiajing is still prosperous as ever.

Liu Zhiyi walked westward for ten miles. Xiajing City accommodated five million people, spread out on the plane, and the area was very exaggerated. The city was square, and each street that ran through the city was forty miles. Liu Zhiyi walked ten miles before he found the place. In front of him was a city wall that was taller than the outer city wall. On the city and at the gate stood a group of soldiers from the Beijing camp. This was the imperial city. As expected, some soldiers in the outer city were transferred to the imperial city.

Liu Zhiyi only glanced at the imperial city and the imperial city's door, and hurried south. To the south of the street was a magnificent building like a yamen, which was Liu Zhiyi's goal. The two golden and lacquered characters "Taixue" were written on the yamen. He could not enter the Taixue, but the restaurant next to the Taixue does not reject guests. This restaurant is the Hi-Level Building.

Even though Liu Zhiyi was wearing a cloth dress, carrying a box, and dressed as a scholar from other places to study in Beijing, the guy still greeted him enthusiastically. In addition to the boss's background, the shopkeeper and the guys were all smart, and would never look down on others. Because no one could guarantee that the poor scholars in the Imperial College next to him would not be able to provoke anyone. If they provoke a ruthless man who "30 years of Hedong and 30 years of Hexi, don't bully the young and poor", even the boss with a deep background will be overwhelming.

When I entered the restaurant, I didn’t want a private room, so I ordered a pot of white wine and a plate of peanuts in the lobby. I sat in a remote corner and listened quietly to the diners’ talk. The diners were mainly a group of scholars, and there were also some customers who looked like wealthy businessmen. I don’t know if they were the same as Liu Zhiyi, but they all sat aside and listened quietly to others’ talks.

As expected, he soon heard someone talking about current affairs. He walked ten miles to the restaurant next to the Taixue, with the purpose of this. He could also hear news in ordinary teahouses and restaurants, but it was mostly heard. With his current identity, he could hear reliable official news from these Taixue students, because this group of students is the only group in Xiajing City that is neither officials but can get close to the officialdom. The most important thing is that they are different from officials. Although they are very concerned about current affairs, they can only make speeches, so Taixue students are particularly keen on talking about current affairs.

The hottest current affairs are naturally the case of Xu Qian being robbed. Three of the four or five poor students next to Liu Zhiyi were discussing the case.

"Hey. Have you heard of it? Today, Wang Chaodong, the left minister of the Ministry of War, advised His Majesty to death, and was unwilling to investigate the robbery of Xu Qian."

"Diet advice? How to give advice to death?"

"In the Golden Palace, my head hit the big pillar, and I heard that my blood was flowing. In the end, the imperial physicians were called to the court."

"Hmph, dog official. It must be a party of Wei traitors! He still advised him to death and pretended to be hypocritical."

A scholar was very disdainful when he heard this.

"Brother Wang is wrong. Wang Shilang is definitely not a traitor in Wei. Wang Shilang is a disciple of Xu Taifu. As we all know, Wang Shilang is a backbone of the Xu Party. The Taifu is not in the court, and Xu Party is headed by Wang Shilang."

The refuted scholar seemed to disapprove: "Ha. If he still cared about his teacher's kindness, how could he stop the prison robbery and prison robbery? Who doesn't know that the robbery of Xu must have been done by the Wei Party."

A scholar at the next table heard it and stood up to refute: "Don't slander the Minister of the King. If the Minister of the King is like this, he will have difficulties."

"A traitor. If you protect the traitor and the traitor, is it that you are also the Wei Party? Humph, the Wei Party may not be able to favor you. I think you are trying to possess the traitor and the traitor but cannot be obtained."

First there were two tables, and soon the third and fourth tables joined in. These students, like ministers in the court, became enthusiastic when they started fighting and quickly divided into two factions, singing lotus flowers and attacking each other.

Liu Zhiyi listened quietly for a long time until the two groups of people started fighting and the drinks affected him. He felt that the group of scholars who had lost their minds would probably not calm down and talk about the actual content, so he got up and left.

It’s not that there is no gain. Liu Zhiyi is sure that the Xu Qian case has indeed started to quarrel around the court. No wonder he has not issued a wanted order. He should not be able to make a conclusion in a while. It may take a long time to formally hear the case.

The next day, Liu Zhiyi continued to come to this restaurant and continued to listen to the scholars' talks, and still heard some secrets in the court.

The main reason is that a group of officials led by Wang Shilang, who tried hard to persuade the emperor not to implicate too much. The young emperor's new king succeeded to the throne, had a stubborn personality and gave high hopes for Xu Taifu. As a result, the grand tutor was robbed and Long Yan was furious and insisted on severely punishing the criminals. Wang Shilang refused to compromise. Yesterday, Wang Shilang hit the pillar and went to court to discuss matters today. Finally, his words were too extreme to anger the emperor. The emperor used the excuse of losing etiquette in front of the emperor and asked the eunuch to be the prince. As a result, the king's party still refused to surrender. Instead, more than a dozen officials raised their heads and raised their chests to ask the eunuch to beat the board, which made the little emperor retire in advance.

On the third day, not only did the Wang Shilang party continue to oppose the emperor's strict investigation of the Xu case, but more than a dozen princes and nobles also stood up to oppose it. They believed that the case was too involved and it was inevitable that the innocent would be implicated. They hoped that the emperor would calm down and investigate the three courts secretly without mobilizing the masses. The emperor was very dissatisfied and believed that the hijacking of the main criminals occurred in the suburbs of Beijing, which was a thief who openly provoked the court and must be severely punished. Not only did they not listen to the advice, they asked the three departments to immediately take out documents and issue arrest documents to arrest the person involved as soon as possible.

After three consecutive days, Liu Zhiyi finally confirmed that the reason why the court did not want him and his family was that the emperor and ministers had different opinions and were stalemate and had not yet entered the trial process. The group of ministers, led by the Left Minister of the Ministry of Justice, insisted on refusing to expand the scope and implicated it too much. Therefore, the imperial guards who were able to take charge of the emperor were ordered by the emperor to detain all 10,000 officers and soldiers who were waiting for Xu Qian that day. However, the government soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War only arrested a few pavilion commanders who were close to the capital and were responsible for escorting tasks. No ordinary soldiers arrested.

These news has greatly alleviated Liu Zhiyi's concerns. If it weren't for his bad luck, his father and brother should have hid with his mother. It would be not difficult to hide for a while with the connections run by the three generations of the Liu family in the countryside. Once he hid, the court did not want them, and they should be safe now. Liu Zhiyi was worried that they could not escape that day, and what he was most worried about was that he was sent by Minister Cao to silence him. Although Minister Cao was killed by Minister Liu Zhiyi, it was hard to say that he did not make arrangements in advance.

On the fourth day, news came out of the restaurant that the emperor did not attend court, and even the palace gate was not opened. Most of the court officials dispersed, and the Minister Wang led a small half of the court officials to lie outside the palace gate. When the scholars in the building were in and out, their steps were in a hurry, and the news continued to spread. It turned out to be a group of gossip parties, who were keen to go out to find out the news and then come back to share with their companions.

The weather was hot, and some old ministers had heatstrokes and even fainted, but the emperor still closed the palace gate. The emperor did not go to court, and the royal party did not retreat. One emperor and a group of ministers broke up. Until dusk, Liu Zhiyi, who was worried about the curfew at night, left the building, and the Minister Wang was still leading people to bury the quench.

On the fifth day, as soon as I entered the restaurant, I heard waves of anger, and the scholars were passionate. It turned out that the Minister Wang had been in vain for a night, and the emperor never opened the door, and no order was passed.

On the sixth day, he continued to lie in the palace. Liu Zhiyi knew that there was no news. The court was like this, and there would be no progress in the Xu case in the short term. He only turned around and left. He ran to Zhaozhu and saw a strange scene. Countless carriages and sedan chairs surrounded the gate of Zhaozhu. Many figures in fine clothes and uniforms cursed at the prison guards at the gate of Zhaozhu. Most of them were women. The jailers who were always fierce and weak did not dare to say anything, so they could only close the door and not leave. Liu Zhiyi was not surprised because he knew the news from the restaurant, and a group of nobles surrounded Zhaozhu.

The reason is very simple. Most of the Imperial Guards are rich and noble children, especially officers, who are mostly from powerful families. The world has been well-off for a long time. The Imperial Guards do not need to fight and can station in the imperial city nearby. Over time, they have become the place for some nobles to resettle their children. A large number of rich children fill the Imperial Guards, with excellent military equipment and flashy. Due to the Xu case, tens of thousands of Imperial Guards were implicated and were thrown into the imperial prison by the little emperor indiscriminately. Behind these tens of thousands of Imperial Guards are implicated in countless noble families. They dare not openly oppose the emperor, but they still have the courage to make trouble in Zhaozhu.

Especially some women, who care about their sons, wanted to visit Zhao Prison, but due to the emperor's strict orders, Zhao Prison was not allowed to visit. Most of these women were decreed wives, who were usually dignified and steady, and would curse people if they were anxious. The prisoners usually asked for the family of the prisoners, but they had no choice but to offend these noble ladies and could not afford to offend them, so they could only close the door and become turtles.

Seeing this scene, Liu Zhiyi knew that he could not have a way to go in and check it out, and it was unlikely that news would come out. After all, even these noble ladies could not get in, so who else could get in?

He could only continue to guard the Jidi Building. The relationship between the emperor and the minister continued to deteriorate. The emperor completely lost patience with the Wang Shilang party. Although he did not attend court, it did not mean that the emperor did not want to deal with the Xu Qian case. After three days of court withdrawal, a pair of Jinwu Guards were opened from the palace, and they actually drove out of the imperial city and headed north. The restaurant soon spread, saying that the emperor did not want to conduct court discussions, so he decided to act arbitrarily and sent the Jinwu Guards to investigate the Xu case in person. The Jinwu Guards who went north were going to arrest people.

The emperor's behavior completely angered the Minister of Justice Wang, and immediately wrote a manifesto, publicly denounced the emperor's incompetence in front of the civil and military officials who were lying outside the palace gate and the Jinwu Guards guarding the palace gate. Then he abandoned his crown in public, took off his official uniform, folded his official uniform neatly, placed his official hat on the official uniform, and then walked out of the imperial city barefoot with only his inner clothes.

In the following days, officials continued to follow suit, and the building became lively.

"Thirty-eight people!"

A scholar ran in excitedly and shouted as he entered the door, and the 38th official abandoned his title and resigned.

However, the emperor still did not compromise. He did not open the palace gate or withdraw the Jinwu Guard. Instead, he searched for suspects every day. Every day, prison chariots entered Beijing, from near to far, and arrested people along the official road heading north. All the soldiers in charge of escorting Xu Qian, regardless of the officers and soldiers, were arrested.

This is no longer just fighting with the ministers. Liu Zhiyi seriously doubted the emperor's intelligence level. Although the emperor was not old and only eighteen years old, he was at least an adult. How could he do such a ridiculous thing?

"Fifty people!"

The number of people who resigned was in the fifties, and the restaurant was still lively. Several factions were divided into different groups and quarreled all day long. One faction firmly believed that the abandonment of the official position led by the Minister Wang was the character of the scholar-official officials who did not admire the powerful and could be recorded in history; another faction believed that the Minister Wang was either a former pawn of the Wei Party, who was responsible for the Wei Party and obstructed the emperor to thoroughly investigate the robbery of the robbery of the Taifu Xu; another faction believed that the Minister Wang abandoned the official position entirely in order to gain fame, and could only give up the Wei Party.

The scholars who were in the third floor were always inseparable from the Wei Party, but Liu Zhiyi had never heard of Wei Party leader Wei Wuxia doing anything these days. On the contrary, Wang Shilang, who was usually suppressed by the Wei Party, had no sense of existence, and was in the limelight, as if he was the protagonist of the court.

Until the tenth day, a news broke and the floor:

The Empress Dowager Wei issued an order, and the emperor was young and did not understand the state affairs. From then on, the national affairs would be subject to the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager. From now on, the Empress Dowager will rule the affairs behind the curtain!

Empress Dowager Wei is no other person, but his sister Wei Taishi, who is of noble origin and his father is the son of Wei Wenhou, one of the eight pillars of the founding country. During the late emperor, he was awarded the title of Concubine. Concubine Wei was in the harem, and his younger brother Wei Wuxia was in the court and supported each other. The queen who was suppressed by his sister could not raise her head, and his younger brother drove Xu Qian, a master, out of the court.
Chapter completed!