Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 314

Spring goes to summer, autumn goes to winter.The leaves of the birch tree that He Liu planted in the yard changed from green to yellow, and the dead leaves drifted away with the winter wind.

The winter of the 45th year of Jiajing came.

On this day, He Liu's family was having dinner around the table when suddenly they heard a "boom".

He Liu was a little strange: "What's that sound? Could it be that the Gunpowder Bureau of the Ministry of War's Manufacturing Office exploded?"

Old Hu said: "It doesn't sound like the explosion of gunpowder to me. It sounds like thunder."

Eleven-year-old Xiangxiang nodded: "That's right! Grandpa Hu, I really heard the sound of thunder."

Xiao Zhong'er hastily patted his sister's ass: "My sister is so hot and good-looking, she is right."

He Liu wondered: "Thunder in winter? This is really a strange thing."

Lao Hu took a sip of his wine: "It doesn't look like a good omen."

Inside Yongshou Palace.

Emperor Jiajing also heard the thunder.He suddenly sat up from the dragon couch.Countless people appeared before his eyes: Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian, Mao Ji, Yang Yiqing, Zhang Cong, Zhai Luan, Fang Xianfu, Zhang Fujing, Li Shi, Xia Yan, Yan Song, Yan Shifan, Hu Zongxian. . .Without exception, these are the dead.

Emperor Jiajing waved his hands: "What are you doing here at Yongshou Palace? Get the hell out of here!"

Everyone smiled and waved to Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, come here."

After speaking, everyone walked towards Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing was angry and frightened, pointing his arms straight at the dead, then he tilted his body and fell on the dragon couch.

Huang Jin, who was on duty, heard the noise and came to the side of the dragon couch: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Your Majesty, you are talking! Imperial physician, please send the imperial physician!"

The Yongshou Palace suddenly became chaotic.Huang Jin took the courage to probe Emperor Jiajing's breath, and then he uttered a heart-piercing scream: "Ah! Woo! Your Majesty, Long Yu, has returned to heaven!"

Emperor Jiajing died.Emperor Jiajing, who proclaimed himself the "Taishang Daluo Tianxian Ziji Longevity Shengzhi Tong Sanyuan Certificate Ying Yuxu, the head of Wulei Dazhen Xuandujing Zhongxiao Emperor Wanshou Emperor", died!

Human beings are inherently mortal, either lighter than a feather, or heavier than Mount Tai.He died after all.It is said that he is lighter than a feather, but he is a little heavier than a feather.It is said that he is more important than Mount Tai, but he has no qualifications at all.

Emperor Jiajing was not holy, but smart. At the age of 16, he was able to control the court, and turned the officials around during the "big ceremony"; he hadn't been in court for decades, but he could control the officials like the palm of his hand.

Sometimes he is good at employing people, making good use of loyal officials like Xia Yan, Xu Jie, Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang, and Yu Dayou; sometimes he favors treacherous officials, such as Yan Song and his son.

Sometimes he would make a wise decision, making his courtiers have the illusion that he is a wise king; sometimes knowing that he was wrong, but insisting on going his own way, making his mistakes to the end, making his courtiers feel that he is a foolish king.

He is a monarch full of contradictions.

However, when he was in power, as Hai Rui said in "The First Book of the World": the people's homes were clean, the officials were corrupt, and the treasury was unable to make ends meet. The Ming Dynasty was already on the verge of collapse. . .All of this, in the final analysis, is because of four words-the emperor is selfish.

Emperor Jiajing was very selfish.He thinks he is the emperor.The emperor should be supported by the world.In order to maintain his imperial power forever, he must divide the ministers and let them fight back and forth.If you want to enjoy your wealth forever, you must seek immortality, so that you can live longer.As for the common people in the world?In the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, it was just a number that could be more or less!

For the common people in the world, it is better for such an emperor to die early.

The historians of the Ming Dynasty, when the emperor passed away, would write good words in the history books.However, after the death of Emperor Jiajing, the historians seemed to feel that it was against their conscience to praise Emperor Jiajing to heaven, so they gave him the evaluation of "sudden wisdom and stupidity".

The heart-piercing cries of the eunuchs sounded from Yongshou Palace: "The emperor's funeral!"

In the Xiyuan cabinet, Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng reviewed the documents overnight.They heard the shouts of the eunuchs and hurried to the main hall of Yongshou Palace.

Huang Jin broke down in tears: "Second, two adults. Wuwuwu, the old man, the emperor, is dying!"

Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng first bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to Emperor Jiajing's body.

Then Xu Jie said to Zhang Juzheng: "If you want to write a will, I will draw it up and you will write it!"

On this winter night, Xu Jie finally vented all his anger towards Emperor Jiajing for decades on this imaginary "legacy".The posthumous edict was written by him and Zhang Juzheng as a sinful edict.

In the imperial edict, "Emperor Jiajing" yelled at himself for favoring treacherous ministers, being obsessed with seeking immortals, wasting state funds, and slacking off in government affairs.People at that time compared the last edict of Emperor Jiajing with Hai Rui's "No. [-] Book in the World", and found that they were exactly the same.

He Fu.

Fatty Xu, who was supposed to be on duty at Beizhen Fusi tonight, broke into He's courtyard in a panic.He shouted: "Sixth brother, get up quickly! The sky is falling apart!"

He Liuyi Gulu got up from the bed.He shouted to Bai Xiaoyan: "Quick, get me the official uniform!"

He Liu put on his clothes and came to the yard: "What did you just say?"

Fatty Xu said expressionlessly, "The emperor's funeral is over."

In Fatty Xu's voice, there was actually a trace of excitement.Ever since he saw "Yi Zi Er Shi" with his own eyes in Beizhili, and saw a five-year-old girl turned into a pile of meat in a pot, he felt a three-point hatred for his master Jiajing Emperor in his heart.

He Liudao: "Where did you get the news?"

Fatty Xu said: "Xu Shoufu sent someone to Beizhen Fusi to pass on the words. Xu Shoufu said that when the sky falls and the earth falls, there must be no mistakes. He asked Sixth Brother to gather all the brothers in the Southern and Northern Divisions immediately. The soldiers are divided into two groups, one way Protect Prince Yu's mansion, enter Yongshou Palace all the way, and protect Prince Yu."

He Liudao: "Let's go, go to Beizhen Fusi immediately!"

Two hours later, all the brothers in Weiji gathered in the school grounds.

He Liu said to He Er: "I'll take half of my brothers to Yongshou Palace. You take half of my brothers to Prince Yu's Mansion, no, Qiandi! Be sure to guard the safety of Qiandi."

He Er nodded: "Don't worry, my sixth master! If something goes wrong, I'll come and see you!"

He Liu brought two thousand guards in brocade clothes and entered the gate of Yongshou Palace.He found that the Yongshou Palace was already full of soldiers.Looking at the clothes, there are soldiers from the Shenji Battalion, soldiers from the Three Thousand Battalion, soldiers from the Five Army Battalion, and even the soldiers of the headquarters of the Ministry of War and the soldiers of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division.

He Liu went to Xiyuan to check the house first.Xu Jie said: "Lao Liu, you came just in time! The sky is falling and the earth is cracking, there must be no mistakes! King Yu, no, the emperor has just arrived at the Yongshou Palace to guard the spirit of the late emperor. The safety of the Yongshou Palace is entrusted to you! I transferred The Shenji Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalion, the Fifth Army Battalion, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Wucheng Bingma Division, and the Jinyiwei Sixth Route Army come to Yongshou Palace. The six groups of people usually do not belong to each other, check and balance each other, and there will be no mutiny to seize the palace. It is the safest .Your sixth child will be the center dispatcher!"

(End of this chapter)