I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

In the evening, in the Forbidden City, the afterglow of the setting sun fell down, covering Lu Fang's entire body.

At this moment, Lu Fang was walking quickly in the Forbidden City on the road paved with neat stone slabs.

His face was full of eagerness that could not be concealed.

Not long ago, Lu Fang received news that someone in the court had asked the emperor to let King Jing leave the capital as soon as possible.

Moreover, there were more than one such memorial, but he stopped them all.

In addition, the public officials were not at peace either. Hu Yingjia, Ouyang Yijing and other public officials clamored to meet the emperor and state their interests.

"These damn insects are always causing trouble for our family!"

After Lu Fang complained in a low voice, she couldn't help but quicken her pace and walked quickly towards the direction of Qianqing Palace.

……

On the other side, the cabinet.

Since it was almost time for the next shift, everyone did not review the memorial, but chatted.

I saw Xu Jie put down the teacup in his hand, coughed twice, and took the lead in provoking the topic: "Recently, the Qintian Prison has often complained to the court about the lack of regular funds and lack of manpower to handle official affairs. What do you think? ?”

As soon as Xu Jie finished his words, Gao Gong stood up and responded without hesitation: "Humph, those worms in Qintian Prison can't even predict the weather. It's in vain that the imperial court spends so much money every year." Money supports them!”

"It's fine if the imperial court doesn't reduce their regular money. Now they actually have the nerve to ask for people and money from the imperial court. It's really unreasonable!"

When Gao Gong's words fell, everyone unconsciously fell into silence.

After all, a lot of big things happened in Qintian Prison this year.

First, there was an imperial eunuch named Zhengzhou Yunyi, which made His Majesty angry. Then, he failed to accurately predict the coming of the solar eclipse, which made everyone in the government and the public panic. This gave the officials a chance to use the topic to their advantage.

These two things alone are enough to determine that the work at the Qintian Prison this year is unqualified.

When Gao Gong finished speaking, Zhang Juzheng stood up and added: "In my opinion, it would be better to take some of the money allocated to Qin Tian Jian and allocate it to the Imperial Academy!"

"In this way, we can also cultivate more talents for our Ming Dynasty. What do you think?"

At this moment, Yan Song stood up and tried to smooth things over: "Actually, this can't be entirely blamed on Qin Tianjian. Everyone here must have noticed that the weather this year is weird, right?"

"In my opinion, it's better to give the Qin Tian Jian another chance. After all, the Qin Tian Jian has just selected an auspicious day for His Majesty's side. It's not good for our cabinet to reject the Qin Tian Jian's request at this time!"

Everyone saw Yan Song, the chief minister of the cabinet, speak, and after weighing the pros and cons, they agreed to Yan Song's proposal.

Although Yan Song's proposal was based on the overall situation, Gao Gong still felt a little aggrieved.

In his opinion, Qin Tianjian couldn't even do such a small thing as accurately predicting the weather, and he had no right to ask for more money from the court.

"Hmph, these worms from Qin Tian Jian!"

After complaining in a low voice, Gao Gong picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip.

Seeing that the time for the next duty was getting closer and closer, just when everyone was about to leave the cabinet, they heard a rush of footsteps outside the cabinet.

Not long after, a subordinate official ran into the cabinet and reported to everyone out of breath: "Pavilion... Mr. Pavilion, sir... something serious has gone wrong. The criminal department has sent Ouyang Yijing to the matter." , led Hu Yingjia and a group of officials, clamoring to meet His Majesty!"

"what!"

When the subordinate official finished speaking, everyone's faces were filled with unconcealable shock, and Yan Song's expression suddenly changed.

He had not forgotten that he and Yan Shifan had racked their brains and searched for a long time, but they could not find anything about Ouyang Yijing that could be used to make an issue.

Ouyang Yijing is outspoken and bold in admonition, sharp in words, extremely good at scolding, and has an honest and diligent style that leaves no one with any clues.

Not to mention the age of the cabinet, Ouyang Yijing is someone who even the British Duke Zhang Rong dares to impeach. Anyone who faces such an official who is not afraid of heaven and earth will be afraid unconsciously.

Later, Xu Jie was the first to react, looked in the direction of the subordinate official, and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, what happened?"

When Xu Jie finished speaking, everyone looked at the subordinate, waiting for his answer.

The subordinate official had never seen such a scene before, and he couldn't help but feel panicked. Immediately, he suppressed the panic in his heart, faced everyone, and reported respectfully: "I... I'm reporting to Mr. Ge. It's said that it's about King Jing's case." Matter, they feel that King Jing has stayed in the capital for too long, which is not in line with the ancestral system!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood the whole story.

Since Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was in trouble, in order to prevent similar things from happening again, many strict regulations were formulated to restrain the vassal kings who had already surrendered.

The vassal king was not allowed to leave the fiefdom privately on weekdays. Even if he went out of the city to visit the tombs of his ancestors, he needed to ask the court for instructions in advance.

If there is no edict, those vassal kings who have already surrendered will not be allowed to return to the capital for life and can only stay in the fiefdom for the rest of their lives. Even if the vassal king receives the edict and returns to the capital, the time he can stay in the capital is quite limited. .

Then I thought about it, it has been almost a month since His Majesty Prince Jing received the order from His Majesty to return to the capital.

During this period, the cabinet chose to turn a blind eye to the matter. After all, the current emperor has great power, and no one dares to take the risk of easily angering the emperor!

From this point of view, the demands of those officials are understandable and even extremely reasonable!

Then, Xu Jie waved his hand, looked at the subordinate official, and said: "Okay, we understand, you go down first!"

"Yes, Mr. Xu Ge!"

When the subordinate official heard Xu Jie's words, he felt as if he had been granted amnesty. He quickly left the cabinet without any hesitation.

After that, Xu Jie looked in the direction of Yan Song and asked, "Mr. Yan Ge, you are the chief minister of the cabinet. What should we do next?"

When Xu Jie finished speaking, everyone's eyes fell on Yan Song, waiting for his response.

After noticing everyone's eyes on him, Yan Song couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth a few times, and said to himself: "Damn Xu Jie, now I remember that I am the chief minister of the cabinet!"

Yan Song knew very well that now was the time when he, the chief minister of the cabinet, was needed to step forward. He, Yan Song, had to bear this responsibility even if he didn't.

Afterwards, Yan Song suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his heart. After looking around, he said in a deep voice: "No matter what, we have to find a way to stop them. In short, we cannot let the situation escalate further, so as not to anger the Holy Emperor!"

As soon as Yan Song finished speaking, Xu Jie on the side responded: "Well, what Mr. Yan Ge said makes sense. Without further ado, let's set off now!"

Xu Jie knew very well that no matter whether he could successfully stop those officials or not, he did not need to bear too much responsibility.

After all, Yan Song is the chief minister of the cabinet, and he also made this proposal, and he just followed it.

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, Jiajing was sitting cross-legged on the futon, his eyes seemed to be closed.

At this time, Jiajing had already fallen into a state of meditation. Perhaps he noticed the movement coming from outside. Jiajing frowned slightly and said silently to himself: "Lu Fang, what is he doing here at this time?"

Then, Jiajing exited his meditative state and slowly stood up from the futon. Not long after, Lu Fang entered the Qianqing Palace with extremely eager steps.

"This slave has met Your Majesty!"

"Ah."

After Jiajing responded, he turned around to look at Lu Fang and asked, "Lu Fang, why are you so anxious? What happened?"

When Lu Fang heard what Jiajing said, she immediately stepped forward, took out a memorial from her sleeve, raised it high above her head, and said bravely.

"...Your Majesty, suddenly many officials came to the court, saying that His Royal Highness King Jing stayed in the capital for too long, which was not in line with the ancestral system. Therefore, they wanted to..."

"Do they want King Jing to leave the capital immediately?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he took the memorial from Lu Fang and began to browse the contents.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty!"

After Lu Fang finished speaking, she couldn't help but panic. She knelt on the ground respectfully, waiting for Jiajing's decision.

After Jiajing finished browsing the contents of the memorial letter in his hand, he put it aside, raised his eyebrows, looked in the direction of Lu Fang, and asked: "Lv Fang, didn't I say before that I will wait for King Jing?" After participating in the ceremony of canonizing the imperial concubine, will he be allowed to return to his fiefdom?"

After noticing Jiajing's eyes on her, Lu Fang forced herself to calm down and responded: "Your Majesty, before this, I had already sent people to spread the news. Who knew..."

When Lu Fang said this, she quickly reacted and immediately apologized to Jiajing and said, "Your Majesty, this servant didn't think carefully. I hope your Majesty will punish you!"

When Jiajing heard this, he just glanced at Lu Fang indifferently and said: "Okay, I can't blame you entirely for this matter. Get up!"

When Lu Fang heard what Jiajing said, her face was full of gratitude. She immediately stood up from the ground and said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After that, Lu Fang organized the words in his mind, looked in the direction of Jiajing, and continued: "Your Majesty, to be honest, according to the news that I have received before, the Ministry of Punishment sent Ouyang Yijing and Hu Zhili to the incident. Waiting for a group of officials to arrive at Zhengyang Gate!" "They said they wanted to meet the Holy One and explain the pros and cons!"

When Jiajing heard Lu Fang's words, he nodded, and then said: "Well, I understand!"

As for how to deal with the menacing Yan Guan next, Jiajing currently doesn't have any good ideas.

This time is no different than before. The requests of the officials are very reasonable and legitimate. After all, the time that the vassal king can stay in the capital is very limited.

It is already a miracle that King Jing can stay in the capital for a month!

Since ancient times, emperors have had little to do with Yanguan. Yanguan has a light but powerful position. They can impeach officials at will and accuse the king without fear of any punishment.

They could even point at the emperor's nose and curse, but the emperor could not have an attack on the spot.

After all, except for a few emperors who were extremely stupid and didn't care about anything, no one dared to be rated as good at killing officials in the history books.

At most, they will be given small shoes to wear afterward, allowing them to abandon their official positions. This is a great honor for the officials, and they are all proud of it.

"It seems that there is someone behind this who is adding fuel to the flames. This traitor is actually doing this in front of me!"

Lu Fang, who was on the side, naturally heard Jiajing's words, but he pretended not to hear them, watching his nose and heart, trying to reduce his sense of presence as much as possible.

After all, with just a little thought, you can figure out that after driving King Jing back to his fiefdom from the capital, King Yu was the one who benefited the most, and only King Yu had this motive and ability in both the government and the public.

"Prince Yu, Prince Yu, you really made a mistake!"

Lu Fang thought of this and shook his head in a subtle way.

After that, Jiajing turned around to look at Lu Fang and said: "Forget it, Lu Fang, come with me later!"

When Jiajing's words fell, Lu Fang's face was full of shock that could not be concealed. After hesitating for a moment, he comforted him: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, you really decided to go see those officials. You know, that Ouyang Yijing is..."

Jiajing saw the fear on Lu Fang's face, waved his hand, and then said: "What are you afraid of? Just come with me!"

Seeing Jiajing's resolute attitude, Lu Fang did not dare to say any more words of comfort, so she could only nod her head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

……

At this moment, outside the Zhengyang Gate, a group of officials led by Ouyang Yijing were in a confrontation with the cabinet who had rushed over.

Gao Gong glanced at Ouyang Yijing and Hu Yingjia respectively, and scolded: "Ouyang Yijing, what do you want to do with such a big fanfare and gathering people outside Zhengyang Gate!"

"Rebellious and disrespectful. Your Majesty is busy with state affairs on weekdays. How can you interfere without permission? Do you still have His Majesty and the Ming Dynasty in your hearts?"

Hu Yingjia, who was next to Ouyang Yijing, saw that Gao Gong came up and labeled everyone as disrespectful and rebellious without saying a word. He couldn't help but feel quite angry, and he immediately stood up and argued.

"What Mr. Gaoge said is wrong. I am waiting for this just for my sake, Da Ming. I have absolutely no selfish motives!"

"Hmph, that's high-sounding nonsense. In my opinion, you people who keep saying it's for our Ming Dynasty, you talk nice, but you have selfish motives in your heart. The Ming Dynasty's two capitals and thirteen provinces are shouldered by the cabinet. Not you!"

When Gao Gong heard what Hu Yingjia said, the expression on his face suddenly became extremely gloomy, he raised his eyebrows and said sarcastically.

When Hu Yingjia heard Gao Gong's words, he suddenly became furious and pointed his finger in the direction of Gao Gong: "You...you..."

Ouyang Yijing on the side saw this situation and signaled Hu Yingjia to retreat.

Then, Ouyang Yijing stepped forward, glanced at everyone in the cabinet, and said slowly.

"The imperial court has always had relevant regulations to restrain the vassal king. One of them is that the vassal king is not allowed to return to the capital without receiving the edict. Even if the vassal king receives the edict, he must return to the capital after the incident. , Return to the fiefdom immediately without any delay!"

"Right now, it has been almost a month since King Jing received His Majesty's order to return to the capital."

"And in the middle, not only the cabinet, but also the government and the public have completely turned a blind eye to this. Where do you think the rules of the Ming Dynasty are and where are the ancestral systems?"

"Previously, Mr. Gao Ge said that the Ming Dynasty rested on the shoulders of the cabinet. I want to ask, can such a cabinet be able to bear the responsibility of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty?"

After Ouyang Yijing finished speaking, he glanced at Yan Song and Xu Jie respectively, and the meaning was self-evident.

Seeing this situation, Xu Jie on the side couldn't help but became furious. He looked at Hu Yingjia and a group of officials behind Ouyang Yijing, and said coldly: "Humph, the cabinet cannot afford the Ming Dynasty's two capitals and thirteen provinces. Can you, those of you who only talk empty talk, be able to take on this responsibility?"

"You bunch of public officials only know how to talk loudly, criticize the powerful, and pretend to be noble!"

"When it comes time to do practical things, you are useless. If you are put in our position, within a month, the court will be filled with chaos!"

When Xu Jie said this, he even pretended to sigh: "It seems that rotten scholars refer to people like you!"

Yan Song on the side also narrowed his eyes when he heard Xu Jie's words, and added unhurriedly: "Well, what Mr. Xu Ge said makes sense!"

After that, Yan Song glanced at those officials and said slowly: "The imperial court gives you a salary so that you can speak out for justice, impeach corrupt officials, and clean up the atmosphere in the court!"

"In the final analysis, this is His Majesty's family matter. We ministers should not get involved too much. It is better for you all to perform your duties!"

Before Yan Song finished speaking, he was interrupted by an official with a cold voice: "I'm sorry, I'm arrogant. This is the ancestral system of my Ming Dynasty. How can I say that I won't abide by it? I won't abide by it. Don't you have a little bit in your heart?" Awe?"

"Also, isn't the biggest corrupt official in the DPRK in your cabinet?"

When Yan Song heard this, his expression suddenly turned cold.

When Yan Shifan behind him heard this, his expression on his face was also extremely ferocious. He immediately stood up, looked at the famous official with a selective and devouring gaze, and said word by word: "What did you say?"

Yan Shifan's behavior successfully ignited the anger of the other commentators at the scene, and everyone began to criticize him verbally.

"Why, do you dare to do it but don't admit it? Do you think there are too many things that your Yan family has done that are harmful to nature?"

"Yes, that's right, he is truly an insect!"

Just as the two sides were going back and forth and noisy, a high-pitched voice was heard: "Your Majesty is here!"

……

Everyone followed the sound and saw Jiajing riding a dragon boat and coming out of Zhengyang Gate, while Lu Fang followed Jiajing step by step as usual. At this time, Jiajing was wearing a blue-gray Taoist robe with complicated embroidery on it. water moiré pattern.

Seeing this situation, everyone could not care about anything else and hurriedly knelt down on the ground and said in unison: "I bow to your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Then, Jiajing was seen getting off the dragon with Lu Fang's support. He glanced at everyone present, nodded, and said: "Well, everyone, get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After receiving Jiajing's permission, everyone stood up from the ground one after another as if they had been granted amnesty.

After that, Jiajing glanced at Ouyang Yijing and Yan Song respectively, and asked: "I just heard you guys arguing from a distance, what happened?"

After noticing the emperor's scrutinizing gaze, a trace of panic flashed across Yan Song's face, and he quickly leaned down and said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, this is what happened. Previously, the minister received news that Mr. Ouyang from the Criminal Division brought many officials to the Zhengyang Gate and asked His Highness King Jing to return to the fiefdom immediately!"

When Yan Song said this, he paused for a moment and continued: "In order not to disturb your majesty's Qing Dynasty, I had no choice but to make this move. I hope your majesty will punish you!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, his face was full of shame, and he lowered his head deeply, waiting for Jiajing's treatment.

After Jiajing heard Yan Song's words, he nodded slightly, turned to look in the direction of Ouyang Yijing, and asked: "Is what Mr. Yan Ge said just now true?"

When Ouyang Yijing heard Jiajing's words, he immediately lowered his head, cupped his hands, and said neither humble nor arrogantly: "Your Majesty, what Mr. Yan Ge said is indeed true!"

"The imperial court has always had relevant regulations. The vassal king is not allowed to return to the capital without receiving the edict. Even if the vassal king receives the edict, he must return to the fiefdom immediately after the matter is completed without any delay!"

"It has been almost a month since His Highness King Jing received the edict and returned to the capital. This is obviously not in line with the ancestral system, but the entire government and the cabinet have turned a blind eye to this!"

"Therefore, I dare to ask Your Majesty, when will King Jing return to his fief?"

After Jiajing heard Ouyang Yijing's words, after pondering for a moment, he turned around and said, "I have been busy with state affairs these days and have neglected this matter!"

"Let's see. Soon, there will be a ceremony for the canonization of the queen. Once King Jing finishes attending the ceremony, I will let him return to the fiefdom!"

When Ouyang Yijing heard Jiajing's words, he was about to say something else.

Jiajing looked in the direction of Yan Song and Xu Jie, with a stern look on his face, and scolded: "Yan Song, Xu Jie, one of you is the chief minister of the cabinet, and the other is the second minister of the cabinet, why didn't you remind me?"

After Yan Song and Xu Jie heard this, they looked at each other and immediately knelt down on the ground with a thump. They begged Jiajing and said, "Your Majesty, I am guilty!"

"Not only did you two not remind me, but you also tried to block the officials who came to give me advice. How did you become the first minister of the cabinet and the second minister of the cabinet?"

"You two should go back and reflect on me. If there is a next time, I will never forgive you lightly!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand!" (End of this chapter)