Brocade legend

Chapter 314
"With you by my side, what should I be wary of?" Lu Bing laughed, "Want to be wary of you?"

"Beware of the one at the top." Zhu Liu frowned, and said, "I heard that there was a shadow of the emperor behind the matter of the Supervisor of Rituals last time. It is said that he is a little dissatisfied."

"It's okay for him to be dissatisfied with his loyal minister." Lu Bing said with a smile: "I understand his temperament, he is nostalgic."

"But..." Zhu Liu thought for a while, and still said something rebellious: "There is no second day... I look at Daming, and there is no such powerful person as the elder brother... The matter of Wang Zhi, only our brothers And...he knows. Now that he has given the military a chance to deploy the strict party in the south, I am worried..."

"It's okay." Lu Bing restrained his laughter, leaving only a trace of a smile and said: "I know these things in my heart, and I must give him some sense of security...We are brothers."

Lu Bing looked at the blackened leather rope protruding from Zhu Liu's neck, and what was hanging on the leather rope was half a piece of jade.

He also knew that there was a string of jade beads on Zhu Liu's wrist.

"As long as we brothers are together, even the emperor... I am not afraid." Lu Bing said softly.

Zhu Liu was silent, but sighed in his heart.

In this world, people's hearts are the most unpredictable.Share adversity, share wealth...

Zhu Liu didn't believe anyone in his life, he only believed in himself and Lu Bing.

He will not leave a single gap, giving people an opportunity to take advantage of.

Even if it is death, let Lu Bing be safe.

At this moment, suddenly a horse riding Juechen came, Lu Bing frowned, Sun Quan had already gone up to meet him, said a few words to the knight, hurried over, and said: "My lord, something happened in the palace... …”

Lu Bing frowned when he heard Sun Quan's words, and said angrily, "These bastards! They've gone too far! This time they must be severely punished!"

……

In April of the 36th year of Jiajing, a fire broke out in the three halls of Fengtian, Jinshen, and Huagai.

When Lu Bing rushed to the palace, the fire had been brought under control, and a large number of troops, eunuchs, and court ladies were busy putting out the fire.Lu Bing learned that Emperor Jiajing had moved to Wenhua Palace, so he went to greet him.

When Emperor Jiajing saw Lu Bing arrived, he forced a smile and said, "Wen Fu is here?"

"Is the emperor all right?" Lu Bing asked, cupping his hands.

"It's nothing." Emperor Jiajing rubbed his eyebrows and said, "It's a disaster!"

"Natural disaster?" Lu Bing frowned: "How could it be a natural disaster?"

"The report said it was caused by thunder." Emperor Jiajing said a little worried.

"Shocking thunder!" Lu Bing became angry, and said, "Your Majesty, it's sunny and broad daylight, where did the thunder come from?"

"I did hear the sound of thunder while I was meditating." Emperor Jiajing actually showed a little joy and said, "I also asked Tao Zhenren, and he said that maybe my communication with heaven and earth became more psychic, which aroused a response. .”

"It's just..." After Emperor Jiajing was slightly happy, he worried again: "This caused a fire, what about the money for the construction?"

"Your Majesty!" He really went mad!Lu Bing couldn't bear it anymore, and said in a buzzing voice: "The news I received was not that the fire was caused by the thunder, but because the Taoist priests made alchemy in the inner court and lost fire! That's why the fire was caused!"

"..." Emperor Jiajing didn't get angry when he heard this, but frowned, looked at Lu Bing with some doubts and said, "Why do you know more about the things in my palace than I do?"

When Lu Bing heard this, his heart was shocked. This is a heartbreaking statement!
A thought-provoking look flashed in Emperor Jiajing's eyes. Seeing that Lu Bing was speechless, he continued: "The matter has come to this, and it is a matter of time to try to fix it first."

"Your Majesty!" Lu Bing clasped his fists and said, "This matter is no small matter! Now these Taoist priests are becoming more and more unscrupulous. If this continues, I'm afraid it will cause chaos in the palace!"

"You, Mr. Lu, are in control of this big thing, so what are a few Taoist priests?" Emperor Jiajing was impatient, and flung his sleeves away, leaving Lu Bing alone on the spot.

Lu Bing looked at the direction in which Emperor Jiajing left, and thought for a long time...

The emperor has become wary of him, and Lu Bing has already noticed it. If it was before, Lu Bing would have hidden in the abyss to avoid suspicion... However, the current Emperor Jiajing is no longer the Emperor Jiajing ten years ago. Daming's control is getting weaker and weaker, if he doesn't care about it, I'm afraid...

Lu Bing gritted his teeth, no matter what, what should be done must be done.As long as it's for the emperor, for the sake of the country, what's the point of being misunderstood?At worst, after sweeping away these ghosts and demons, I will ask myself to be an official!
Thinking of this, Lu Bing decided to do what he wanted to do as soon as possible, within three years!Clean up the filth in Daming, and when the time comes, I will retire. I believe that at that time, the emperor will definitely see my pure and loyal heart!
Now that he has made up his mind, Lu Bing will no longer be soft-hearted, and cutting the mess quickly is precisely the way Lu Bing was best at doing things in his early years!
Jiajing was known as the "Prosperous Ming" dynasty and had the most construction, but the fire in the palace this time can be said to be the most severe in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Jiajing believed in Taoism, and built Taoist temples such as Dagaoxuan Hall and Leitan in the palace, but the Xuantian Emperor and Thunder God he enshrined did not help him. The fire burned down the main part of the outer court. Finished. ?
The loss of this fire is also unprecedented. Just to clean the scorched earth, 3 military workers were mobilized to go in and out every day, and [-] private vehicles were requisitioned as vehicles.

In the year when the fire broke out, Emperor Jiajing decided to rebuild the Meridian Gate first. The first thing was to raise funds.

The final decree: "It is agreed that the three ministries of households, military affairs, and industry will each be given 30 taels of silver in preparation for the start of work. Four members of the censor will be sent to investigate and solve the arrears of material silver owed to the Ministry of Industry during the festival year; ,? According to the fines for taking stolen goods and firewood for lack of officials; it is decided to order the officials of the two capitals to check all supervisors, bureaus, warehouses, and factories, and to collect and store the annual materials of each province for use.”

It seems that in addition to asking for money from the various ministries, they also asked the governors and inspectors of the provinces for the arrears of materials, and even the salaries of the vacant officials were used.

In addition, the imperial court also recruited a large number of military workers and migrant workers, and stopped working everywhere. Their labor service was built according to the official regulations such as the Qianqing Palace in the previous years, and idle sergeants such as battalions, squadrons, and Jinyiwei were used to work in shifts. If it is not enough, we will measure the size of the counties in Northern Zhili and the surrounding counties in Henan Province, and dispatch large-scale military personnel, and send government assistants to escort the in-service...

This led to turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, and the originally chaotic world became even more precarious. The ZTE momentum created by Emperor Jiajing in the early years plummeted.

The frequent construction during the Jiajing Dynasty was one of the cruelest projects to disturb the people.Due to repeated raids on people's wealth, increased taxes, and recruitment of migrant workers and craftsmen, "house escapes" have occurred in various places.

The looting after the fire in the Three Palaces became even more severe.An official said: "...Today, the next year's offering is not given to the first year old. In addition to frequent floods and droughts, material resources are exhausted..."

(End of this chapter)