Anyway, I can't be blamed for his death, and I can't become the target of those tens of thousands of Jurchens' venting.
Inside the capital, the Forbidden City.
At this moment, all the ministers in the Forbidden City and the capital had gathered.
At this moment, Zhu Qiyu, who was acting as regent, looked at the ministers in front of him with a worried expression.
Some of the ministers were furious, while others covered their faces and wept.
At this moment, among the people in the cabinet, Yang Shizhong stood at the head with a serious expression.
Yu Gan stood in the center of the main hall, looking at the worried-looking regent Zhu Qiyu.
At this moment, they had just finished listening to Yu Gan's description that their emperor, Zhu Qizhen, was actually coerced by Li Qin.
Upon reaching their city gates, he issued an order to his ministers to open the gates and surrender to the rebels.
The emperor was knocking on the door on behalf of the rebels.
Such a thing is truly unprecedented in history.
At this moment, they were feeling ashamed and angry about the fact that the emperor had been forced by Li Qin to knock on the city gates, and they were also grieving for Emperor Zhu Qizhen.
At this moment, an angry minister stepped forward, bowed to the regent Zhu Qiyu, and said:
"Your Highness, today's events, where His Majesty was coerced and humiliated by traitors, are a great disgrace to our Great Wu and a national shame."
Ancient books say that a subject should die for his ruler when he is humiliated. Now that our ruler has suffered such a great disgrace, we, as his subjects, should be ready to die for him.
Your Majesty, I request that an elite force be dispatched out of the city to rescue Your Majesty.
Right after that minister finished speaking, Yu Gan was the first to stand up and say:
"No."
Upon hearing Yu Gan's objection, the minister immediately said:
"What's wrong? Grand Secretary Yu, you've been a minister since the reign of Emperor Taizong, a veteran of four reigns."
Now that His Majesty is being coerced by the traitor Li Qin and suffering such humiliation beneath the city walls, you actually oppose sending someone to rescue Him. What are your true intentions?
Yu Gan looked at the minister in front of him who was criticizing him and immediately said:
“Vice Minister Zhao Jingxian, you said you would send an elite army to rescue His Majesty. But what army in our capital is considered elite?”
Our elite troops were all wiped out at Tushu Fortress because of that treacherous Wang Zhen.
The rest are in Li Qin's prisoner-of-war camp.
You suggested sending an elite force to rescue His Majesty, but His Majesty is in the hands of the traitor Li and must be under strict protection.
Rushing in would not only fail to rescue His Majesty, but might also harm him.
"But what if we don't rescue His Majesty?"
If that traitor Li continues to have His Majesty issue decrees outside tomorrow ordering us to open the gates, our army's morale will completely collapse in just a few days.
"You must know, that's His Majesty, our sovereign."
The minister named Zhao Jingxian waved his hand and said to Gan.
Right after he finished speaking.
After a period of difficult thought, Yang Shizhong, who was sitting in the first seat, was deeply moved.
As the Grand Secretary, he turned his attention to Zhu Qiyu, the Regent above him.
The strongest card Li Zei currently holds is His Majesty.
But what if they were to push Zhu Qiyu, the regent in front of them, into that position?
This would not only resolve the current predicament but also render Li Qin's most powerful card useless.
He had served four emperors since the time of Emperor Taizong.
Faced with the choice between the emperor and the fate of the Great Wu, he would certainly choose to protect the fate of the Great Wu.
Only in this way could he go to see Emperor Taizong and Emperor Renzong.
As he pondered this, his gaze swept back and forth between the regent Zhu Qiyu and the throne behind him.
Then I made up my mind completely.
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