After Zhang Juzheng and the other two left, Azure Dragon walked in.
Zhu Ci was slightly surprised to see the Azure Dragon.
Now, of the four commanders of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Xuanwu was chosen by Yu Qian to lead the death warriors to ambush the raiders.
The Vermilion Bird and a portion of the Brocade Guard formed an action team to monitor the training progress of Qi Jiguang's soldiers.
Nearly two million people were going to implement the Baojia system. They had to determine if there were spies among them.
Therefore, Zhang Juzheng had specially borrowed White Tiger from Zhu Ciao to take charge of this matter.
Currently, only Azure Dragon was in charge of the entire Brocade Guard, and he was so busy that his feet did not even touch the ground.
Something big must have happened for him to enter the palace at this time.
"Azure Dragon, what's the matter?" Zhu Ci asked.
"Your Majesty, this humble servant has discovered traces of the Hu Sect in the capital.”Azure Dragon kneels and reports.
"Hu Sect?"
Zhu Ci's eyes narrowed.
Azure Dragon raised a stack of files above his head and handed them to Zhu Cixi to read.
"I didn't expect the Hu Sect to have infiltrated the capital so deeply that they were dragged into the water as well.”Zhu Ci Xin said softly as he flipped through the dossier.
Although his voice was low, it revealed boundless killing intent, causing the temperature of the entire Palace of Heavenly Purity to drop significantly.
"Men, summon all the meritorious officials in the capital into the palace. Zhen has something to tell them."
"This servant will obey!"
Zhu Ci Xin gave an order, and the eunuch immediately received the order.
It was already past noon, and many of the officials had just finished their lunch and were about to take a nap when they were all woken up by the eunuch in charge of delivering the imperial edict.
After learning that Zhu Ci had ordered them to attack, these meritorious officials did not dare to be negligent and immediately changed into their court clothes to prepare to meet the emperor.
Some of the Gong Gui who were far away from the Palace of Heavenly Purity simply abandoned their sedan chairs and rode on horses, afraid that they would be punished by Zhu Ci if they delayed for a moment.
"Uncle Cheng Yong, you're here too!"
"That's right, Marquis of Xin Xiang. This old master hastened over as soon as I received the imperial edict. Why are you doing the same?"
"That's right. Not only Little Hou, but even a few High Dukes have come.”
"Hey! It really was! It seems that His Majesty has summoned all the meritorious officials of the capital. I don't know what's the matter."
“……”
In front of the Forbidden City, Gong Gui, who was familiar with him, was chatting in low voices.
No one could guess why Zhu Ci Xin had asked them to come over.
At the very front of these people stood three dignified men.
They were the three most powerful figures in the capital-Duke of Cheng Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Ji Zhang Shize, and Duke of Dingguo Xu Yunzhen.
The three of them were the leaders of the Northern Lands.
But apart from that, Xu Yunzhen had a famous ancestor.
That was the first of the six founding kings, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei who was posthumously conferred the title of Prince of Zhongshan after his death!
However, the Duke of Xun lived in Jinling.
The line of Duke Dingguo followed Emperor Yong Le and settled in the capital.
The Wei family had two queens and two dukes, and they were the number one meritorious person in the entire Ming Dynasty!
"Duke of Cheng, you are well-informed. Do you know why His Majesty called us over?”
Zhang Shize, the Duke of Ji, was relatively young and could not hold his temper. He could not help but ask Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Cheng, who was standing at the side.
"Hmm…"
Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Cheng, stroked his white beard and said,""Good news! This old man estimates that it's 80% good news!"
"What is it? Was it a good thing? I'll have to trouble the Duke of Cheng to explain it to everyone.”
"That's right, Duke of Cheng. You're very knowledgeable, so why don't you tell us juniors?”
"That's right! Ever since he was summoned by His Majesty, Little Hou had been feeling uncertain. Please analyze it so that we can be at ease.”
“……”
Upon hearing the Duke of Cheng's words, a large group of meritorious officials immediately surrounded him.
"Hehehe!"
Zhu Chunchen smiled and said,"Everyone, the Great Sun Moon Court has always been a three-legged stand. It was nothing more than the three forces of civil officials, eunuchs, and meritorious officials. Now, the civil officials have been mostly killed by the Emperor, and those eunuchs have also been suppressed.
Doesn't this mean that we're going to be put in an important position! Moreover, the raiders are now at the city gates, and our ancestors were all generals. I reckon that His Majesty is very likely still counting on us to lead the troops into battle!”
"That's right! Ever since the incident at the Earthwood Fortress, we, Gong Gui, have suffered enough! Now is also the time for us to turn the tables!”
"The emperor is wise! We, Gong Gui, have been bullied by eunuchs and civil officials for so many years. We can finally vent our anger!”
"Besides being greedy for money, what else do those civil officials and eunuchs know? Now that the raiders have invaded, it's time for us to use our skills!”
“……”
All the Gong Gui shouted excitedly. They all subconsciously ignored the Embroidered Uniform Guards, the Four Cruel Officials, and Zhang Juzheng.
"Silence! A eunuch has come out."
Duke Dingguo Xu Yunzhen said, and the chaotic Gong Gui immediately quieted down.
Outside the Forbidden City, a young eunuch hurried over…
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