Chapter 573 By the Willow Pond

At the beginning of the first month of the second year of Hongxi (the seventh year of Yongle), many government offices in the capital suspended their operations. There has been no news about the Han Dynasty's rebels for the time being. Some ministers in the court estimated that the rebels would threaten the capital in three months; others estimated that it would take more than two months. Rujun, Minister of the Ministry of War, and others even said in a very exaggerated manner: The rebels will attack Zhili in half a month!