Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 149

A group of Jinyi guards following them walked out of the cell door. He had already held the key in his hand, quickly unlocked it, and pushed the cell door open.

Huang Jin was still holding the roll of Gouzhu in his hand, and walked into the cell alone with a limp: "There is a decree."

Both Hai Rui and Wang Yongji knelt down.

Huang Jin: "Hai Rui is one of the convicted criminals. According to Huang Jin's decree, he is not allowed to ride a horse or take a sedan chair, and walk to the imperial prison at noon. If the decree fails to be delivered at [-]:[-] noon, it is the destiny to pardon Hai Rui."

Hai Rui knelt on the ground, "The culprit is here."

Huang Jin: "Thank God."

Hai Rui didn't want to raise his head: "According to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", cursing the emperor is disrespectful, and the crime is unforgivable. Hai Rui only wants to die to rectify the law."

Huang Jin looked at him: "If you want your ministers to die, you have to die, if you want your ministers to live, you have to live. Thank you."

Still unwilling to thank Hai Rui, he just kowtowed to Huang Jin and knelt there.

Huang Jin also stopped forcing him: "Qi Dazhu."

"The subordinate is here." Qi Dazhu responded excitedly, and walked in.

Huang Jin: "Burn Zhu Bian. If there is a will, take care of Hai Rui."

"Yes." Qi Dazhu replied loudly, his hands were shaking when he took the outdated Zhu Zhu and walked to the lantern to light it.

Huang Jin took out another order from his skirt and turned to look at Wang Yongji: "Wang Yongji listens to the order."

"The culprit is here." Wang responded in a calm voice.

At this moment, Hai Rui raised his head instead, and looked at Huang Jin with concern.

Huang Jin unfolded the decree: "Wang Yongji, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, presented the Jiangnan Mining Department and the case of corruption in Dexing and Kaihua ink. Tan Lun, the governor of the sky, conducted a thorough investigation, and all the stolen money was confiscated into the treasury. All the stolen money was confiscated. According to the official regulations, all the miners were compensated. I respect this.”

"Your Majesty is holy!" It was Hai Rui who said it.

Before Huang Jin came back, Chen Hong was paid by Jiajing again, and Xu Jie was left in the jingshe to accompany Jiajing.

"Old Xu Ge." Jiajing leaned against the head of the bed, calling out very sadly.

"The minister is here." Xu Jie quickly replied affectionately, and stood up.

Jiajing looked at him, his eyes were completely devoid of the usual coldness, instead he was looking for the loneliness of understanding: "I have made so many mistakes in Yuji for so many years, why doesn't one of you usually dare to complain?"

Xu Jie: "Your Majesty has his own problems. There is no such thing as a father in the world. All ministers should do their duty. How can you blame your Majesty?"

Jiajing: "So many grievances, so many difficulties, how did you get over it?"

Xu Jie's eyes were wet again: "There is a word 'respect' and a word 'sincere', but we can do it with these two words."

Jiajing: "This is the truth, sometimes the truth doesn't work. Just like that Hai Rui, speak the truth."

Xu Jie already felt that Jiajing was strongly remonstrated by Hai Rui this time, coupled with his illness, he began to reveal his inner self-examination before the next life, and felt sad, so he stopped saying "great truth", and replied earnestly: "Your Majesty If you ask me this way, I will have no choice but to say something inappropriate."

Jiajing: "Tell me."

Xu Jie: "The country ruled the world with filial piety, and the world is one family. In the Ming Dynasty, there were two capitals and thirteen provinces, and hundreds of millions of people lived in it. They were like the children of this family. The emperor is the father and grandfather of this family. The ministers are the daughters-in-law in the middle." , but do everything according to the duties of a daughter-in-law, bear it if you can bear it, hide it if you have to, try your best to take care of both ends. If you really can't take care of it, you have to bend your children and grandchildren and not your parents-in-law. There is no other way .”

Jiajing was silent for a long time: "That Hai Rui also said in Shuli, 'He who is in the world is the home of His Majesty, and no one disregards his family. Father Jun. But now I understand that I am old and seriously ill, and I can’t manage this family anymore if I try to pull myself together. Xu Jie, these days I have been thinking about stepping down and letting King Yu succeed.”

"Absolutely not!" Xu Jie plopped down on his knees, "As Hai Rui said in the book, 'Your Majesty is a man of great talent and wisdom, and can be regarded as Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, and Wu'." All waste is done, this is just for your majesty to cheer up.' The emperor's majesty and grandeur all the ministers and workers in the world are in awe of him. Now that he hastily abdicated the throne, the world is shocked. King Yu must be at a loss, and it is difficult to advance or retreat. I hope my emperor is good. Raise the body of the dragon, and then return to the palace to watch the dynasty, and if we can eliminate all evils, then our Ming Dynasty will be bright and prosperous. If it is handed down to the descendants for thousands of years, the clan society will be very fortunate, and the world will be very fortunate."

Jiajing was moved, and sat up straight up: "Xu Jie."

Xu Jie: "The minister is here."

Jiajing: "The medicine Li Shizhen prescribed for me is in the cabinet over there. Huang Jin is not here, so you have to suffer for me."

"Yes."

Xu Jie was secretly surprised that he answered so refreshedly.

After the Double Ninth Festival, the leaves in the north will all turn yellow.

Many big trees were planted inside the courtyard wall of Prince Yu’s Mansion. The westerly wind blew, and many leaves were blown to the outside of the courtyard wall and in front of the gate of the Prince’s Mansion. After a layer of falling and sweeping, the ground was full of fallen leaves after a while, honored guests It was about to arrive, and the dust could no longer be swept up, so the eunuchs on duty had to gather their hands to pick it up.People gather like ants, some are picking up the fallen leaves on the ground, and some are picking up the fallen leaves in the air. Just this ostentation shows the wealth of the heavenly family.

"Uncle Guo and the others are here! Line up, line up!" the head eunuch on duty shouted loudly.

The eunuchs picking up fallen leaves immediately lined up in two rows on both sides of the avenue in front of the palace gate.

The guards of the palace to pick up the guests rode horses to clear the way in front, followed by two carriages with people and a carriage with goods, followed by the cavalry of the guards and rolled towards the gate of the palace.

In order to send [-] bolts of cotton cloth to Liaodong and Mongolia to sign a peace agreement before winter, Gao Hanwen and Li Qi escorted the tank boat and finally arrived at the capital after the cold dew and before the frost.On the wharf, the cotton cloth was delivered to the household department, and then went straight to Yu Wang's mansion.State affairs and family affairs must be reported here to King Yu and Princess Wang.

The two side doors of the palace were opened. Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao led a group of servants and waited in the front yard. The prince loves to be lively. Hearing that his uncle came from Jiangnan, he also stuck to Feng Bao and waited here. Standing next to him, he was excited but didn't dare to make a fuss. He was held by Feng Bao with his eyes wide open and only looked at the open side door. His whole body was moving sporadically. He couldn't help but pinch Feng Bao and asked softly, "Everyone?" I heard the sound of horseshoes, why haven't Uncle and the others come in yet?"

Feng Bao picked him up and said softly, "Master, let's close our eyes a few dozen times, and they will come in."

"If you don't come in under ten times, you will bark like a dog." Shi Zi Wangqing said loudly.

Zhang Juzheng looked over: "Your Majesty, keep the etiquette."

The prince was afraid of him, so he shut his mouth immediately, his face turned ugly, and secretly pinched Feng Bao severely.

Feng Bao pretended to be in great pain with three points of pain, and grinned as if he wanted to show Zhang Juzheng that face, Shi Zi immediately let go.

"It's here! Uncle Guo and the others are here!" A pleasantly surprised voice came from outside the palace.

Zhang Juzheng greeted him first, and Feng Bao followed with his son in his arms.

Li Qi walked in the front, followed by Gao Hanwen, with a dusty body and a smile on his face, the two first saluted Zhang Juzheng: "I have met Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Juzheng also smiled: "It's been a hard journey."

Feng Bao came over with his son in his arms, and the three of them bowed to him again: "See you, my son."

Seeing Li Qi, the prince couldn't care less, and shouted: "Put me down!"

Feng Bao put down his son, who ran to Li Qi: "Uncle, have you forgotten what you promised me?"

Li Qi smiled so much that his face blossomed, he knelt down and hugged Shizi: "How dare you forget the things you promised Shizi, I packed more than a dozen boxes. But there is one best thing that Shizi can't keep, you have to go to the palace Go here and present it to Grandpa Huang."

The prince: "Is there any best thing in Grandpa's palace? Don't just ask me to send something in. Grandpa doesn't like it."

Li Qi stuck in his ear: "Uncle gave you such a thing, there is no such thing in the Grandpa's palace, if you offer it, the Grandpa will be overjoyed."

Shizi: "What the hell is it?"

Li Qi said loudly: "Bring that vat of auspicious luck in first!"

Immediately, four people at the door on the left came in carefully carrying a large gilt copper vat, and when they stepped over the threshold carefully, some of the clear water in the copper vat still came out.

"Slow down! Slow down!" Li Qixian shouted nervously, "Play it lightly."

The copper vat was carried into the compound and put down, and the laborer who carried the vat immediately retreated.

Shizi was already curious and excited, Li Qi carried him and approached the water tank, Shizi looked into the water tank, he was really surprised.

——In the water tank lay a big turtle that was only two feet long and one foot wide!
Looking carefully, the tortoise shell has obviously been wiped, and it is golden and shiny. There are a few large official script characters on it, which are vaguely recognizable. Some princes recognize it, while others do not.

"It's so big! There are words on the back!" Shizi exclaimed in surprise.

Gao Hanwen also smiled at the side, and told Shizi: "The words on this are really learned, Shizi please ask Master Zhang to explain it to you."

The prince looked at Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng seemed to know that there was this thing in advance, he first exchanged a knowing look with Gao Hanwen, and then walked slowly to the copper vat.

Feng Bao was the one who had the right to look at it, and he also approached the copper vat.

Feng Bao was also surprised when he saw the turtle, but Zhang Juzheng's expression immediately became excited and solemn.

The characters on the back of the golden-armored tortoise were obviously engraved by someone many years ago. The characters grow with the size of the turtle and are about the size of a square inch. After careful identification, they are the seven official script characters of "Wuyin in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty after the Han Dynasty"!
Zhang Juzheng stared at the tortoise in the copper vat, lost in thought.

He didn't speak, so Shizi had to wait.This made the eunuchs, maids and servants standing in the courtyard a little greedy, not knowing what was inside.They all looked at Zhang Juzheng, waiting for him to say the "university question" in it.

Tan Lun and Gao Hanwen sent an emergency courier to Zhang Juzheng a few days ago.Zhang Juzheng was immediately keenly aware that a plan that had been buried in his heart for a long time had the best opportunity. Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty ruled by doing nothing. He was known as a virtuous emperor in history.At this time, let King Yu present this auspicious tribute, which will play a magical role in preparing for the rainy day after King Yu succeeds to the throne to carry out great policies.

"It's rare! It's really auspicious." Zhang Juzheng finally spoke, but he couldn't tell the deep meaning right now, so he turned to the prince and said simply, "This tortoise was released during the reign of Emperor Hanwen. Emperor Wenwen of Han is a virtuous emperor. Grandpa is also a virtuous emperor, the prince will be delighted to present this auspiciousness to him."

Prince: "Master, how old is this turtle?"

Zhang Juzheng: "Just look at the words on the tortoise shell. Houyuan is the reign title established by Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty in the seventh year, and Wuyin is the first year of Houyuan. This tortoise is from now..." Zhang Juzheng thought for a while, and then said, "It's already One thousand and seven hundred and thirty years!"

"Live so long!" Shizi exclaimed.

"Thanks to Uncle Guo and Master Gao." Feng Bao sighed, "Where did you get it?"

(End of this chapter)