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Because she fell under Concubine Ning's enchantment, she didn't know what she wrote.

After writing the confession, he hanged himself

"Bold and monstrous, you actually killed my beloved concubine and my imperial physician!"

After hearing the reason, Emperor Yongping was so angry that his veins twitched, and he wanted to strangle the goblin to death with his own hands.

"Your Majesty, the dragon body is important."

Gu Ming persuaded, and then said: "This goblin has done a lot of evil, so I can't stay any longer."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Ning hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I beg you to spare the life of this servant."

"Spare your life? I wish I could execute you Ling Chi! Gu Aiqing, kill this goblin, and I will never see her again!"

Shortly after.

Gu Ming came to the imperial study.

At this time, Emperor Yongping's expression looked strangely tired, and he completely lost the attitude of the emperor in the past.

"Gu Aiqing, I really want to thank you this time, otherwise the development of the situation is really unimaginable."

"Your Majesty, this is what I should do."

"I really don't dare to imagine it, let alone the past, Aiqing, how should I deal with this matter? How should I explain it to the officials and the people of the world?

The guardian of the country was appointed by me personally, but it turned out to be a thousand-year-old demon. My reputation may be ruined, and I may even be ridiculed by the people of the world. "

"Your Majesty, people are not sages, who can do nothing wrong? But it's really not appropriate to publicize this matter."

Emperor Yongping couldn't help asking: "Is there a way for Aiqing to cover up this matter?"

"I'm afraid this won't work, after all, it involves a lot. However, I have an idea."

"Oh?" Emperor Yongping's eyes lit up, and he said anxiously, "What idea?"

"Actually, everything can be divided into two parts. We can try our best to make it develop on the good side and shift people's focus appropriately.

For example, this time, the emperor could claim to the outside world that he had seen through Fa Zhang's true colors long ago, but this old demon secretly kidnapped many ministers' family members in order to threaten these ministers to submit to him.

Therefore, the emperor temporarily stabilized the old demon and secretly sent someone to rescue the hostage."

Hearing these words, Emperor Yongping couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and at the same time he seemed a little embarrassed and said: "But, this is all thanks to Ai Qing, I'm afraid it's a bit unfair to Ai Qing if I do this."

If it were Gu Ming, he wouldn't say such caring words if it was another courtier.

Isn't there a saying that the emperor wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, and even the emperor's life belongs to the emperor, not to mention the credit.

However, Gu Ming is not an ordinary courtier, so Emperor Yongping naturally treats him differently.

Gu Ming couldn't help but smiled: "This is a special situation. At present, the most important thing is to appease people and maintain the stability of the court."

There is another sentence that Gu Ming didn't say, he has to protect the image of the emperor, he believes that the emperor knows it well, there is no need to say it so clearly.

"Hahaha, yes, yes, yes, Aiqing is right. But rest assured, Aiqing, I know your credit well. After the turmoil subsides, I can promise here that I will never treat Aiqing badly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, in addition to diverting the focus of this matter, we need to use other events to divert people's topics and reduce the heat of this matter.

For example, the emperor can choose a time to deal with Ni Chenggui and his party. After all, this is a major event of rebellion, and it will definitely attract the attention of the people all over the world. "

"Well, it makes sense"

"There is one more thing. In this case of rebellion, including the matter of the abbot, a considerable number of officials will inevitably be dealt with.

Although the imperial court has a reserve of officials, the follow-up may be unsustainable, and there will be a gap.

Therefore, I suggest that in the spring of next year, we might as well add an Enke.”

"Add Enke?"

Emperor Yongping was stunned.

Under normal circumstances, the imperial court will only hold a township examination and general examination every three years, which is a formal examination.

However, there are also special circumstances, such as the emperor's wedding, court ceremonies, etc., in order to show the emperor's grace, the court will generally add an imperial examination, which is called Enke.

"Yes, in fact, the addition of Enke this time is also a good example. After all, the imperial court stopped a turmoil that was likely to endanger the foundation of the Great Yan Dynasty in time, and saved the people of the world from a war. It is a matter worthy of universal celebration. .”

"Hahaha, what Aiqing said is too true."

Emperor Yongping's mood finally improved a lot.

He naturally guessed Gu Ming's good intentions. First, the current situation does require an increase in the reserve of officials. Second, the addition of Enke will inevitably attract the attention of countless people, which means shifting the focus of people's attention.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gu Ming brought up another topic: "If the emperor still thinks it's not enough, you might as well take this opportunity to directly announce the cancellation of the military ban, so as to pave the way for future development."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Emperor Yongping raised his brows.

In fact, he has already approved Gu Ming's previous proposal to cancel the military ban.

The abolition of the military ban will actually have little impact on the vast majority of the people, but it will play a crucial role in promoting the delicate relationship between the imperial court and the world.

At that time, the imperial court can also set up martial arts schools in various places to train martial arts talents for the special warfare forces to be created in the future.

"Your Majesty, if you propose to cancel the military ban on weekdays, you will definitely attract opposition from countless ministers.

But now, the court is in turmoil, the wind is raging, and everyone is in danger. At such a time, how many people dare to stand up and raise objections?

And this time, the emperor rescued the family members of many ministers. Don't these ministers appreciate the emperor?At that time, he will definitely support the emperor's decision.

Therefore, now is the best time to save the emperor a lot of talking.

At the same time, once the news of the cancellation of the military ban is announced to the world, it will inevitably be another major event that will cause a sensation in the world."

In this way, Gu Ming persuaded Emperor Yongping step by step, and accepted all his proposals.

In the next few days, the capital city, including the entire Great Yan Dynasty, seemed to have changed, with heavy news one after another, causing an unprecedented sensation.

As expected, the fact that Pudu Cihang is a thousand-year-old centipede spirit has aroused many people's discussions, but soon, the popularity of this news dropped.

For a group of scholars, Enke is undoubtedly a big event, which means that they have added another opportunity.

Moreover, the number of places that Enke will admit this time is also exciting, it is even more than that of Zhengke

Regarding the rebellion of Ni Chenggui and others, countless people also paid attention to it.

For the first criminals headed by Ni Chenggui, Zhu Jiu Clan couldn't escape.

The rest of the followers were also punished to different degrees according to their participation, such as killing, passing, and assigning.

As for Lord Qing, because of his special status, Emperor Yongping spared his life.

However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. He was sentenced to gouging out his eyes, and he was sent to the prison to never see the light of day.

This, in fact, is almost the same as death.

Naturally, one of his confidantes cannot escape death.

But the most sensational thing is the abolition of the ban on arms.

This order has existed for more than a thousand years, and people have long been accustomed to its existence.

This sudden cancellation will naturally arouse great concern, discussion and suspicion from the people all over the world, including people from all over the world.

Chapter 268 Promoted Again: Dali Temple Minister

Of course, the biggest movement this time was in the capital.

After all, there are too many officials involved in this series of incidents.

It is not an exaggeration to say that more than half of the officials in Beijing and Central China were involved in factors such as the seat, faction, disciples and so on.

In this regard, Emperor Yongping was quite a headache.

I want to investigate thoroughly, but it involves so many important officials of the imperial court. This investigation is undoubtedly a self-possession, and even falls into an embarrassing situation where no one can use it.

It is impossible not to investigate, just as a person has rotten sores, which may kill people if they are not cleaned up in time.

Seeing that the emperor was getting more and more haggard day by day, the queen went to discuss with the queen mother, trying to find a way to relieve the emperor's worries.

Hearing what the queen said, the queen mother couldn't help but sighed: "So many things have happened suddenly recently, the emperor will inevitably be physically and mentally exhausted.

It's just that the harem has always been tabooed from being involved in politics in all dynasties, so it's best for you and me not to intervene in such important court affairs

By the way, where is Master Gu?Huang'er didn't go to him for advice?Hasn't he always had a lot of ideas?

The Ai family heard that the emperor's decree to add Enke and abolish the military ban was the idea of ​​Gu Qing's family.

Now that the emperor is in a dilemma, it is the time when he is needed."

"This"

"What's the matter, Qi'er? What's wrong with you in front of Ai's family?"

"It's not hard to say, it's just that the concubine guessed that the emperor might be out of face."

"face?"

"Yes, the emperor said it in front of his concubines before, saying that Xueshi Gu reminded him that Zhang is a demon a few days ago.

At that time, the emperor didn't believe it at all.

Because of this, the emperor always has a knot in his heart."

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager nodded thoughtfully: "Otherwise, the Ai family will send someone to call Gu Qing's family into the palace. If there are some things that are difficult for the emperor to say, then the Ai family will speak."

"Great, thank you, Queen Mother."

Soon after, the Empress Dowager called someone to summon Gu Ming into the palace.

Speaking of which, Gu Ming is also very busy during this period. Apart from his own personal affairs, the Yongping Canon has officially started to be compiled, and the workload in the early stage is quite huge.

Of course, at the invitation of the Empress Dowager, no matter how busy you are, you have to put down your work first.

Under the leadership of Xiao Dezi, Gu Ming came to the Palace of Compassion.

"My minister sees the Empress Dowager."

"Gu Qing's family doesn't need to be too polite. Come on, sit down and talk."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager."

As soon as Gu Ming sat down, a maid handed him tea.

"Gu Qing's house must be very busy recently, right?"

"Returning to the Queen Mother, not only the minister is busy recently, but the entire Imperial Academy colleagues are busy compiling the Yongping Canon."

"Thanks for your hard work, gentlemen"

After a few words of politeness, the queen mother waved at the eunuchs and maids: "You all step back, the Ai family has something important to tell the Gu Qing family."

"Yes!"

After all the people retreated, the queen mother smiled and said: "Gu Qing's family, in fact, the Ai family is looking for you today, mainly because they want to talk about the emperor's affairs."

"Oh? What happened to the emperor?"

"Hey, the queen came to Ai's family in the morning and said that the emperor has been under a lot of pressure recently. I believe Gu Qing's family should be able to guess the reason, right?"

Gu Ming nodded: "Well, there are too many officials involved in this incident, the emperor must be in a dilemma."

"That's right. One more thing. The queen said that Gu Qing's family had mentioned to the emperor that the father-in-law was a monster, but the emperor didn't believe it at the time."

Gu Ming smiled: "This minister can understand. After all, the emperor was blinded by the old demon at that time, and the father was canonized by the emperor, so it is reasonable to accept it psychologically."

"The reason is here. In front of other courtiers, the Ai family would never say it, but the Gu Qing family is different from other courtiers, so the Ai family will not treat you as an outsider.

As for the emperor, it may be because he cares about his face, and Gu Qing's family is also busy recently, so the emperor may be a little embarrassed to ask you for advice.

However, this matter is not trivial, Aijia still hopes that you can take the initiative to go to the emperor and have a good discussion with him.

You also know that there are too many ministers involved in this matter, and the Ai family is really a little afraid of causing trouble."

"It turns out that's the case. Don't worry, the empress dowager. I'll go talk to the emperor in a while."

In fact, Gu Ming could guess what was going on in his heart.

It is impossible to say that the emperor was too embarrassed to approach him out of concern for face.

After all, the two monarchs and ministers had already discussed this matter. The emperor did care about face, but what he cared about was the opinions of the people in the world.

That's why he readily adopted the opinion, added Enke, and abolished the military ban, so as to divert people's attention and minimize the impact of his canonization of the old demon as the protector of the country.