Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 136

It was a good day when the Eight Nine Geese came, the night sky outside the cabinet office was filled with stars again, the lights in the office room were brightly lit, all the cabinet members and the officials from the six departments and nine ministers gathered again.

The right side of Xu Jie's case is full of Qing Ci, and the left side is piled up with hundreds of congratulatory forms written by those officials after returning from errands in Beijing.

Xu Jie glanced at all the ministers: "The time for the emperor's relocation, Qin Tian Jian chose Zi Shizheng. Now it is Xu time. All ministries will check again to see if all officials' congratulatory forms have been collected."

Almost all the officials: "Mr Huige, I have collected everything."

Xu Jie still found that one person didn't answer, so he looked at him: "Meng Jing, you didn't answer."

Zhao Zhenji stood up: "Old Huige, the household department is still short of a congratulatory form, and the disciple has already sent someone to urge it."

"What's going on?" Xu Jie was upset, "After such a long time, only your household department is short of a congratulatory form. Whose congratulatory form?"

Zhao Zhenji: "Master Huige is the one in charge, Hai Rui. I don't know how many times I have been urged by my disciples, but he always replied that I will hand it in when the time comes. But I haven't handed it in yet."

Xu Jie stood up: "You go in person, go now. This time, all the officials in Beijing must have a congratulatory form. Let alone this Hai Rui."

Zhao Zhenji: "I'll go right away, disciple." After answering, he hurriedly walked out of the cabinet.

Xu Jie stood up: "It's only half an hour, everyone should wait outside Yuxi Palace."

The cabinet members and the officials of the six ministries and nine ministers all stood up.

The time when Yujia moved to the new palace for the second time was on February 45, 23th year of Jiajing.The auspicious time chosen by Qin Tianjian finally coincided with the celestial phenomenon this time: this night the dome was brightly lit by stars, and the 1000 lanterns in the palace were bright and brilliant, reflecting each other, presenting an auspicious image.What's more gratifying is that the personnel affairs have also been adjusted by the cabinet - the banknotes brought in advance by the cotton merchants brought by Gao Hanwen reissued the owed salaries of all officials, and more than [-] officials in Beijing sent congratulatory forms to the emperor.Just waiting for Zhao Zhenji to send Hai Rui's congratulatory form, this time Long Jia's ascension will be completed and the world will celebrate together!
The ceremony was the same as last time: under the light of 32 lanterns, the emperor's 32 eunuchs carrying dragons stood on the sidewalk in the middle of the stone steps of the main hall, and [-] eunuchs carrying eunuchs knelt and waited on their respective sedan chair poles. Down.

On the left side of Longyu, there are the temple masters and Taoists holding law enforcement weapons.

On the right side of Longyu, there are Xuandu temple masters and Taoists holding law enforcement weapons.

Among the cabinet members led by Xu Jie, except for Zhao Zhenji, they all knelt and waited in the first row of the stone steps of the main hall, and the officials of the six divisions of Jiuqing knelt and waited in the second row of the stone steps of the main hall. Yuxi palace gate.

The main hall of Yuxi Palace is still brightly lit, and there is still that big copper pot dripping glass in the middle of the main hall.

The dripping sound of the big copper pot is still clearly audible.

The 49 doses of medicine Li Shizhen prescribed for Jiajing have all been taken, the spring is blooming, and the sky is getting warmer. The loyalty of the ministers has calmed Jiajing's anger. The five-thousand-word "Tao Te Ching" Taoist robes also wore incense crowns on their heads early on, and put the new chime and pestle on their cross-legged knees.But when the auspicious time came, he would ring the bronze chime and live in the Longevity Palace and Yongshou Palace that he had been thinking about for several years.

Huang Jin was also beaming today, wearing a brand-new scarlet dress and a vanilla crown awarded to him by Jiajing on his head. He was intently looking at the woodcut of the copper pot dripping glass in the Jingshe, and reported: "Master is still three quarters away. Well. We are not in a hurry."

"Who's in a hurry? Long-winded." Jiajing always had this kind of teasing tone when he scolded him.

Chen Hong was also wearing a brand-new red dress and the vanilla crown that Jiajing rewarded him, and walked in with a smile on his face holding the congratulatory form and Qingci just presented by the cabinet in both hands: "Master Qizuo, Qingci and congratulatory The tables are up."

Jiajing looked at him: "Have you presented it all?" The word "all" was very emphatic.

Chen Hong was stunned for a moment, and had no choice but to reply: "Nothing can be hidden from the master's eyes. It is true that there is still a congratulatory form missing. I heard that the official returned to Beijing today on errand. Now he is rushing to write. Zhao Zhenji went to pick it up in person. , will be delivered immediately."

There was no displeasure on Jiajing's face when he heard this: "Zhao Zhenji is still competent as an errand."

Chen Hong: "Back to the master, Long live Lord, this time starting from Lord Yu, the cabinet and the six ministries and nine ministers are all competent." "It's good that they are all competent." Jiajing said in a manly voice.At this time, Jiajing became more careful, looking at the names on the congratulatory forms one by one, and after reading the last one, he looked at Chen Hong: "You just told me that there is only one person who returned to Beijing today on errand. The officials are rushing to write the congratulatory form, where does Hai Rui go to work?"

Chen Hong was stunned: "Master, master, I also listened to the people in the cabinet. I don't know why Hai Rui didn't present the congratulatory form."

Jiajing's eyes pierced him: "Isn't the errand of the inscription on Liubiju sent someone to watch? Don't you know who Hai Rui is?"

Chen Hong knelt down, and slapped himself on the face: "The servant is negligent! The servant will investigate immediately, and rush immediately." He hurriedly got up and retreated.

The dripping sound of the copper pot in the temple seems to be louder!
Xu Jie, who was kneeling on the stone steps, had already shown his scorched face, and Li Chunfang beside him also showed a anxious look, only Gao Gong still had that stone-like face, expressionless.

Chen Hong walked towards the palace gate from the jingshe, stepped out of the palace gate again, and looked straight at Xu Jie: "Master Ge, what's the matter? How could it be that Hai Rui didn't show up for the congratulatory form? What is Zhao Zhenji's errand?" When? His congratulatory form did not come before the auspicious time, so you and I will just wait for the reward!"

Xu Jie knew that he was in a hurry, and he was also in a hurry, so he didn't say anything.

Gao Gong raised his head, "Eunuch Chen, Hai Rui's congratulatory cousin, Zhao Zhenji, has already gone to urge you. It seems that you shouldn't talk to Mr. Ge like this!"

Chen Hong stomped his feet: "I won't argue with you at this time! If you really can't get up today, it's not how I talk."

"Here we come!" A eunuch's voice of surprise and joy came from the other side of Dianping!

Chen Hong looked over quickly.

Xu Jie and the others also looked back.

Zhao Zhenji came panting, holding Hai Rui's "congratulatory form"!
Everyone let out a sigh of relief.

"It's all here!" Chen Hong ran into the Abode with a smile, knelt in front of Jiajing's futon and held up the congratulatory form with both hands, "Master, the whole world celebrates, Hai Rui's congratulatory form is also presented!"

"Buddha of Infinite Life!" Huang Jin, who had been looking at the wooden carvings on the copper pot, recited loudly, "It's still half a quarter of an hour away from the auspicious time."

Jiajing took the congratulatory form and held it in his hand to watch it steadily. Chen Hong stood up and prepared to take the congratulatory form back and put it on the pile of congratulatory forms in the imperial case.

Jiajing didn't give it to him, and tore open the seal quickly, took out the thick stack of paper and looked over it.

The three titles of "Public Security" stuck into his eyes in large characters-"Hai Rui, the head of the Yunnan Qingli Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, would like to play: In order to be the first thing in the world, to upright the way of the king and clarify the position of officials, to seek peace forever thing!"

No one saw it, and no one would have thought that what Hai Rui posted was not a congratulatory form, but an unprecedented remonstrance against Jun Fei, which was called "the best book in the world" by later generations!

After reading each word, Jiajing's face suddenly changed! Those official regular scripts in "Zhi An Shu" are no longer words, but like awls piercing his internal organs from his eyes: "...Since the early years of your majesty's ascension to the throne, there have been some of them, but not much. Also. Now that taxes and servitudes are increasing, all parties will follow suit...The cause of the world is Your Majesty...He said: Jiajing, it is said that all the families are clean and have no money..."

Jiajing's face was already ashen, his eyes were bloodshot, but he gritted his teeth and continued to look down.Finally, the sentence that has been buried deep in his heart for fear that future history will write him appeared before his death: "——The people of the world have not been straight to His Majesty for a long time!"

——Hai Rui pulled Jiajing, who thought that the emperor body and the Tao body had been cultivated into one, off the altar, and wrote it into history in advance!
There was a bang in his head, and the buzzing voice filled the hall: "It has been a long time since the people of the world have not met His Majesty..."

"Inverted!" Jiajing finally let out a scream!His face turned from blue to white, his eyes showed a fierce look of despair, and the hand holding the melody was shaking violently!
Chen Hong jumped up in fright!

Huang Jin also turned her head around in fright and froze there.

Xu Jie and the others who were kneeling on the stone steps had already heard Jiajing's scream, and there was no sound after that, and Chen Hong did not come out. They were all there in astonishment, looking at the deep hall, they all had a premonition that the sky would collapse and the earth would collapse. In an instant!

Both Chen Hong and Huang Jin knelt in front of Jiajing, looking at his trembling body tremblingly.

"Master! What's wrong with you? Master..." Huang Jin called out with tears.

Jiajing seemed to have woken up, but he threw Hai Rui's memorial to the ground as if he was about to smash a mountain: "Chen Hong!"

"Slave, the slave is here!" Chen Hong replied tremblingly.

Jiajing roared like crazy: "Catch, catch this man, don't let him get away!"

Xu Jie and Li Chunfang are both elders of the Jiajing Dynasty. The dispute over the "Great Rites" in the first ten years, the "Renyin Palace Change" in the 21st year, and the killing of the "Four Remonstrances of Yuezhong" and "Seven Sons of Shaoxing" 31 years later, The downfall of the Yan Party from 40 to 44 and the execution of Yan Shifan and others were thrilling, and I have never heard the emperor roaring like a lion and furious like a madman like today!What's more, Gao Gong and those ministers who are younger and less experienced than Gao Gong feel that Yuxi Palace is about to collapse!
"Eunuch Chen!" Another sharp cry came from the abode of the main hall, it was Huang Jin's voice.

Chen Hong's legs that had already reached the door of the jingshe stopped suddenly when Huang Jin yelled, and turned his head to look at Huang Jin angrily.

Jiajing, who was still trembling with anger, was also froze by Huang Jin's scream, and slowly pierced him with straight eyes shining brightly.

Huang Jin fell to his knees in front of Jiajing with a plop, his voice trembling with excitement: "Master! The big thing is nothing compared to the master's housewarming today! If the master doesn't move to the new palace today, the whole world will be shaken. A small master , he can't run, and he won't run. The slave begs the master, please relocate!"

Jiajing was speechless and just stared at Huang Jin.

Chen Hong immediately asked, "How do you know that Hai Rui can't run away, he can't run away!"

"I know!" Huang Jin replied, and looked up at Jiajing again, "Master, that Hai Rui from the household department sent his family away a few days ago and even bought a coffin. He is a deadly remonstrance! "

"How do you know!" Jiajing roared out in surprise and murderous intent.

"Master!" Chen Hong didn't allow Huang Jin to reply, he immediately turned around and knelt down, and said loudly, "There is a premeditated plan! Someone ordered!" He stared at Huang Jin at this point, "If you go back to the Long Live Lord, how do you know about the household affairs? Yes! Now that I know why not Chen Zou!"

Headed by Xu Jie, the fear of the ministers kneeling on the stone steps has turned into panic at this time, especially Zhao Zhenji, who is the Minister of the Household Department, and Hai Rui is his subordinate. When he knelt there with his hands on the ground, his face was blue!
Jiajing was reminded by Chen Hong, but he was not as furious as before. He took a deep breath and told himself: "There was a premeditated plan, someone ordered it, we have to find out, find out..." Soon he turned into a smiling face, With such a sinister smile, he asked Huang Jin softly, "Tell me, who instigated Hai Rui, it's not too late to tell me now..."

Huang Jin stiffened his neck and raised his head high: "Master, no one ordered Hai Rui, and this slave doesn't know anyone ordered Hai Rui."

Jiajing's voice became softer and more menacing: "I won't pursue you, you don't have to stand in the way for others, tell me."

Huang Jin: "Who is this slave standing in the way of? Why should this slave be afraid of being held accountable by the master? The slave only knows that Hai Rui dismissed his family and bought a coffin. Only now did he realize that he was admonishing him to death."

"How do you know that he dismissed his family and that he bought a coffin? You don't know that he died today? Answer!" Chen Hong roared.

Huang Jin didn't look at him, but still stiffened his neck and looked up at Jiajing: "The rules of the master, the rules of the ancestors and the ancestors, the punishment department and the township department are under the supervision of the chief ceremonial supervisor of the department, and the slave is now in front of it." There is a daily report every day, and a monthly report every month, and the slaves have reports on the affairs of the officials in the capital. The report on that day included the situation of dozens of officials in the capital, including the fact that Hai Rui sent his family away to buy a coffin The slave is stupid. He only thought that Hai Rui was worried that he would get seriously ill, so he prepared the coffin. He never thought that he would be preparing for such a stupid thing. This is the slave's dereliction of duty, the slave's sin, the master cut the slave , the slaves have no complaints. I just hope that the master will not let a stupid person like Hai Rui hurt the fairy body and miss the housewarming. All the subjects in the world are waiting for this moment..." After finishing speaking, he kept knocking his head on the brick floor Gotta bang bang.

The door of the hall was open, and the lattice windows facing Yuxi Palace were also open. Huang Jin's words were clearly conveyed word by word, and all the officials kneeling on the steps of the hall showed their faces in fear and panic. Touched from the bottom of my heart, there seemed to be a glimmer of hope that could be redeemed in my eyes.

At this time, Jiajing's eyes had turned up, the black pupils disappeared, and only the white eyeballs were exposed: "I know, the subjects of the world have been waiting for many years, just waiting for such a person to come out and scold me, and then force them to come out." I abdicated... I was united as one, colluding internally and externally, and I was kept in the dark by you. Huang Jin!"

Huang Jinben was kowtowing non-stop, but now he also froze, raised his red and swollen head, and looked at Jiajing in a daze.

Chen Hong even stared at Huang Jin fiercely with his eyes shining brightly.

Jiajing: "What did Lu Fang tell you when he left? Who did you ask you to discuss with outsiders? Who is the mastermind behind it? Tell me, I forgive you for your innocence."

Huang Jin was completely stunned and didn't know how to reply.

"Respond! Respond!" Chen Hong roared sharply.

Jiajing's sharp arrow in the hall of the main hall kept shooting out, all of which hit the hearts of the ministers who had been kneeling on the stone steps in fear!All the people were desperate at this moment, there was a bottomless abyss behind them, there was no retreat but no fear, Gao Gong took the lead in straightening up and stood up, and then the other ministers straightened up after him, Standing up, Xu Jie stood up slowly last.Many eyes are looking at him.Xu Jie also looked at them one by one, and in the exchange of eyes one by one, he was planning how to go through the disaster together!

Jiajing, who is suspicious by nature, actually had a premonition in his heart that this Hai Rui, who he regarded as "the next", would intersect with his "upper" sooner or later.But he never expected that at this moment, when all the ministers were presenting their congratulatory forms, he would use such a melody to criticize his decades of achievements!Shocked, furious, unbelievable!It soon occurred to him that this was a collective premeditated coercion, and it was asserted that someone behind the scenes "colludes with one mind and the other" to force him to abdicate!The spearhead was pointed at Lu Fang and the cabinet who had already left Beijing, and even at King Yu!A political tide that jeopardizes the foundation of Ming Dynasty is about to change between the elbows and armpits!
After a round of eye contact, Xu Jie saw that everyone was ready to remonstrate with death.As the chief assistant, he couldn't let the situation deteriorate to the point where it was out of control, and all the worries and worries poured out from his pleading eyes.He couldn't hesitate any longer, put his hands on his chest, circled half a circle towards those colleagues, tried his best to suppress everyone's agitation, then turned around quickly, raised his robe and walked towards the gate of the hall.

"Qi Zou the Emperor!" Zhao Zhenji suddenly shouted from behind Xu Jie, then strode over to block Xu Jie, and then shouted inside, "Zhao Zhenji, Minister of the Minister's Department, has a copy of Chen Zou!"

This was beyond everyone's expectations, all eyes were on Zhao Zhenji.

Xu Jie was also shocked by his unexpected behavior, and looked at him deeply.

Zhao Zhenji turned her head and looked deeply at her benefactor, gave him a deep bow, then turned around and walked into the hall.

"Good! Good!" Jiajing stopped looking at Huang Jin, and looked outside the door of the Jingshe, "Finally someone is willing to admit it. Chen Hong."

"The servant is here." Chen Hong replied loudly.

Jiajing: "Tell him to come in."

"Yes." Chen Hong turned around and shouted to the door, "Come in Zhao Zhenji!"

Zhao Zhenji's figure quickly appeared outside the door of the Jingshe and knelt down.

(End of this chapter)