high official

Chapter 1115
On the way back to Beijing, Zhu Gaochi called Yang Pu to Luanyu, and gave him some tips.Then Yang Pu left the team under the escort of a team of Jinyiwei, and went south in the starry night.

Yang Pu's whereabouts did not escape the eyes of Zhu Zhanji and Zhang Fu, and they immediately judged that he was sent by the emperor to invite Wang Xian out of the mountain.

"Your Highness, do you think that Yang Xueshi's trip will be successful?" Zhang Fu and Zhu Zhanji rode forward together, which was not eye-catching on this section of the march.

"Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times before inviting Zhuge Liang." Zhu Zhanji sneered and said, "This is the second time, right? I'm afraid I have to return without success."

"Oh, Your Highness's opinion is a different approach, which makes sense." Zhang Fu seemed in a good mood, hehe laughed.

"I'm talking nonsense..." Zhu Zhanji also laughed.

What they said and what they did, they quickly left the team and followed Yang Pu... The task Zhu Zhanji and Zhang Fu gave them was to pay close attention to Wang Xian's movements and use all their strength when necessary , to prevent Wang Xian from returning to Beijing.

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The next day, the funeral procession returned to Beijing, and a bigger funeral began...

As soon as they returned to the capital, the civil servants began to toss and hold a grand funeral ceremony for more than a dozen officials, including Jin Youzi, who had been beaten to death by Xungui.Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong and others tried their best to convince Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji and other veteran officials to organize the funeral in the name of the cabinet, six ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Generally speaking, when an official of any yamen dies in office, a public sacrifice ceremony is usually held for the dead official in the name of the yamen.However, there has never been a precedent for the main yamen of the imperial court to hold public sacrifices together!

But the civil servants have never been more united with the enemy, insisting that all civil servants are victims, and all civil servants must hold public sacrifices.And not only the capital city, but local yamen also have to join in. Only when the whole country mourns can they comfort the officials who died and deter the criminals who committed crimes!

The second day of February, the day when the dragon raises its head, is also a national memorial day formulated by civil officials.All the civil servants who were in the capital on this day, no matter how big or small they were, whether they were working or idle, all came to the public sacrifice site located on Qipantian Street.This most prosperous market in the Ming Dynasty has been filled with elegiac scrolls, couplets, paper figures and horses, and the plain paper and plain flowers have piled up the entire Qipan Tianjie in white.Officials who participated in the public sacrifice came from all directions and crowded shoulder to shoulder in front of the meeting platform, crowding the Qipan Tianjie to the brim.The common people who watched the excitement had no place to get involved, so they could only climb up to the roofs on both sides of Tianjie Street. They lined up like house sparrows, watching with great interest the majestic and majestic officials on weekdays, who suddenly turned into tragic victims. ...

"This is a rare scene once in a hundred years." The common people were elated and chattering.

"No, a few years ago, the princes and lords just held a sacrifice for the Duke of Yangwuhou. This year, the lords of civil servants returned with a ceremony that was ten times larger! It's courageous! It's interesting!"

"No one took a look at the scene at Marquis Yang Wu, it was just hearsay, and the civil servants were more open-minded, and put it on Qipan Street, let us enjoy it!"

"You just know how to watch the excitement. The civil and military disputes in the Ming Dynasty have reached the point of life and death. This is the civil servants building momentum! Do you understand the momentum?" In the capital, there is never a shortage of sensible people who are in the market and have the world at heart.

"I know how to create shit, but I can't create momentum." The man he accused was rubbing his head and said in a low voice.

It caused a crowd of people to burst into laughter, and many people almost fell off the roof laughing...

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The common people were completely assuming that watching the excitement is not a big deal, which made the high-ranking officials on the altar quite unhappy.If he didn't want to expand the influence of the public sacrifice, the officials of Shuntian Mansion would have driven those **** away long ago.

Yang Shiqi, the initiator of this public sacrifice, didn't take it seriously. He was already very satisfied that this public sacrifice could create such a great momentum.This time, by paying homage to Jin Youzi and other dead officials, the scattered civil servants finally united to crusade against the atrocities committed by honorable generals with one word.And more importantly, the civil servants are united under the banner of the cabinet, not the six ministries... Yang Shiqi wants to turn this public sacrifice meeting into a crusade meeting, a swearing-in meeting, and an alliance meeting.As for the leader of the alliance, it is naturally the cabinet, and it is him, Grand Master Yang Shiqi.

In addition, Yang Shiqi still had a little selfishness. He glanced at Jin Youzi's memorial tablet located in the center of the altar, and said in his heart: "Brother Youzi, I am sorry for you, but let you enjoy this honor for the first time in history. It's evened out, so don't hold any grudges anymore, go to reincarnation soon...'

These days, Yang Shiqi has been haunted by nightmares. Whenever he closes his eyes, Jin Youzi, covered in blood, will appear, howling and demanding his life...

While thinking wildly, Yang Shiqi heard a crisp sound of the cloud board, knowing that the public sacrifice had officially begun, so he quickly gathered his mind and focused all his attention on the public sacrifice.

On the Qipantian Street, two to three thousand civil servants, big and small, were packed to the brim, and tens of thousands of ordinary people came to see the excitement. After the sound of the cloud board, the noisy voices suddenly quieted down, and everyone's eyes were on the same page. Swipe to the dozen or so black wooden coffins on the high platform.

The mourning and music sounded, and thousands of officials mourned in silence. The scene was very shocking.After the officials got up, the master of ceremonies announced that Yang Shiqi, a scholar of the Martial Arts Hall and Minister of the Ministry of War, would deliver a eulogy on behalf of all the officials.

Yang Shiqi took a step forward and looked at the crowd of civil servants under the stage. All the civil servants, regardless of their rank, looked up at him in unison.Yang Shiqi's heart was full of pride, this is the life he wanted!
Putting away the untimely pride and regaining his mournful expression, Yang Shiqi cleared his throat and began to chant his elaborate sacrificial oration aloud.

"On the second day of February in the first year of Hongxi, Jin Gong, the former scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and Minister of Rituals, Zhai Gong, the former right servant of the Ministry of War, Chen Gong, the former member of the Ministry of Rites, etc. Twelve colleagues and friends including Xie Gong, the supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate At the funeral, Yang Shiqi, a scholar of the Wuyingdian University and Minister of the Ministry of War, wrote a sacrifice saying: Jin Gongyouzi, named Shan, with characters, and the name Tui'an. He was born in Xiajiang, Jiangxi. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Jianwen, and he was awarded the household division to Shizhong... ..."

After introducing the lives of the twelve officials, Yang Shiqi changed the subject and said impassionedly:

"These twelve princes died on the same day. When they were built in the Changling Tomb, Xungui committed murder and killed all the princes before the spirit of the first emperor! Woohoo, Jingong, you are the ministers of the country. When you encounter the Ming Lord, you want to serve. Don't spare yourself, just want to contribute to the community and benefit the people! Unexpectedly, you offend the powerful, and you are murdered, and you will die in vain! Woohoo, all your talents go to waste, and the blood of loyal officials soaks the imperial mausoleum! The tragedy, three generations down, is unheard of!"

"I still remember that when the princes were murdered, the noble men with hairpin tassels turned into beasts, besieged and killed us civil servants without humanity, the majestic mausoleum turned into a field of Shura, and the eyes of the emperor turned into a hell on earth..."

Then Yang Shiqi described the situation that day, and the officials who were not there that day were very sad.Those officials who were there that day and were brutally beaten were weeping bitterly and crying bitterly, causing the audience to cry together.

Outside the arena, the people were also shocked. It was hard to imagine how those pampered princes and uncles would turn into man-eating beasts?But the fact is before our eyes, the 12 people like Jin Youzi were beaten to death by them!
"Wow! Xungui is brutal, savage, and lawless. He oppressed the emperor and slaughtered the ministers. It has never been seen before in the history books!" Yang Shiqi has become a hoarse cry after reading this, and he has a hideous expression. Twisted, blood-red eyes, almost insane!
"Severely punish the murderer! Take revenge for your colleagues!" Yang Shiqi's performance completely mobilized the emotions of the audience. Some officials shouted hoarsely, and immediately attracted thousands of people to shout together: "Severely punish the murderer! Revenge, revenge!"

"That's right! I'm an official of the imperial court, and shepherd the world on behalf of the emperor. How can I be reduced to meat on an anvil and be slaughtered by others?!" Yang Shiqi threw away the sacrificial text in his hand excitedly, and raised his arms and shouted.

"No! No!" The emotions of the officials have been completely controlled by Yang Shiqi, like a ignited gunpowder cartridge, they are no longer as gentle and elegant as they used to be, their eyes are bloodshot, their chests are beating their feet, and their anger can set the sky on fire! ,

"This time we can't back down anymore, because we have no way to back down! Take another step back, the world is so big, there is no place for us to stand up!" Yang Shiqi roared: "We will start to stop the dynasty from today! When will the murderer subdue the law? , when will you go back to the Yamen!"

"Stop the court! Stop the court! The murderer will not die, and the court will never be returned!" The officials shouted in unison, and no one expressed any objection.

It is not correct to say that, at least Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji and other senior officials were shocked, because Yang Shiqi had never heard of the dismissal of the court before.They actually didn't approve of this kind of Grand Duke's sacrifice, but Yang Shiqi said that otherwise, the civil servants would be trampled under their feet forever, so several veteran officials reluctantly agreed to stand for Yang Shiqi.

But they were afraid of Yang Shiqi's rebellion, so they had read his sacrificial oration in advance, and after revising it according to their opinions, they allowed Yang Shiqi to read it out.Who would have thought that Yang Shiqi would not play cards according to the rules, throw away the manuscript, and start talking nonsense!
The veteran officials were cautious all their lives, but they never thought that Yang Shiqi would not be safe at night. Hearing Yang Shiqi yelling to stop the court, the veteran officials almost fainted.They were standing behind Yang Shiqi, anyone would think that this was their consensus!

However, at this time, the crowd was raging, and anyone who dared to sing out the opposite tune would be eaten alive by the civil servants in the audience!
So Jian Yi and the others had no choice but to hold back their silence. When the public sacrifice was over and everyone turned to the stage, they burst out angrily and surrounded Yang Shiqi, asking, "Why didn't you discuss it with us in advance?" ?!"

"Is that necessary?" Yang Shiqi looked at these gray-haired old guys coldly, and said contemptuously: "Over the past 30 years, you have proved that you cannot lead civil servants against honorable generals, so please step aside wisely. Don't get in the way of the juniors."

(End of this chapter)