Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 815 Obey Immediately
Zhang Jing believes that if you don't do something, you can do it, and if you want to do it, you need to make it bigger.

Ever since, in the early winter of the 24th year of Wanli, a complete farce was staged in the capital.

On the first day of November, more than [-] officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division Lang made a joint name and recommended Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor, as the crown prince.

On the second day of November, more than 130 civil servants from the six ministries joined forces to recommend Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor, as the crown prince.

On the third day of November, the Supervisor of Rituals and the 24 supervisors of the Inner Palace signed a joint name and recommended Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor, as the crown prince.

On the fourth day of November, the governors of the five armies joined forces to recommend Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor, as the crown prince.

Five days later, a total of 200 local officials and border town generals went up and recommended the third son of the emperor as the prince.

The papers of the officials are finished.The people began to move.

The hooligans in the capital, the tortoises in the brothel, the gamblers, the farmers, the excrement pickers, the opera singers, and the sellers of candied haws and roasted sweet potatoes. . .All the ghosts and monsters jumped out.They performed a "People's Heart Zhe" with [-] handprints, and all the people unanimously recommended the third son of the emperor as the crown prince.

Whether official or private.It seems that whoever does not support the third son of the emperor has ulterior motives and is disloyal and filial.For a moment, it seemed that everyone in the world supported the third son of the emperor to be the prince.If Emperor Wanli did not appoint the third son of the emperor as the crown prince, he would be an enemy of the people of the world.

The main hall of Yongshou Palace.

The booklet recommending the emperor's third son covered every piece of bluestone floor in the main hall.

The thing that Emperor Wanli most wanted to accomplish in the past ten years was to make the third son of the emperor the crown prince.Logically speaking, he should be happy now.But at this moment, he was frowning tightly, not at all happy.

Wei Zhongxian pointed to a huge white silk cloth folded to a height of more than ten feet, and said, "Your Majesty, it is said that there are [-] common people's fingerprints on this white silk cloth. Your Highness, the third son of the emperor, really wins the hearts of the people!"

Emperor Wanli didn't answer when he heard the words, but just sat on the dragon chair and fell silent.

Emperor Wanli knew that whether the officials' memorials or the people's hearts were broken, they were all ordered by Zhang Jing.Because in the booklet jointly signed by the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there is such a sentence: "Please listen to the words of the virtuous minister, such as the supervisor of ceremonies, and the eunuch Zhang Jing, and immediately appoint Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor, as the crown prince."

obey?And so immediately?

Zhang Jing, who do you think you are?Taishanghuang?Regent?Do I, the majestic king of a country, need to listen to you, a stinky slave who doesn't even have a root?
He Fu.

Zhu Xiang and He Zezhen walked into the hall.

He Liu is wearing a pair of presbyopic glasses, carefully studying the "Picture of the Nine Gates of the Capital".He Liu firmly believes that if he is in his position, he must seek his own government.No matter what the emperor's purpose is to let him be Minister of Rongzheng, he must do his job well.

Zhu Xiang panicked and said: "Father, you can still sit still! All the people in the world are united in recommending the third son of the emperor. The emperor originally wanted to establish the third son of the emperor. Now he can go along with the flow and follow the public opinion, and canonize the third son of the emperor. Save!"

He Zezhen chimed in: "Auntie is right. Grandpa, I went to buy a donkey two days ago, and the donkey seller had a piece of white cloth next to him. He said, just put a fingerprint on it and support the third son of the emperor to be the crown prince. You can roll around with two donkeys for nothing."

He Liu said with a smile: "Sometimes, what everyone wants to achieve is often not achieved. Xiang'er, you just said the opposite. If Zhang Jing makes such a fuss, the third son of the emperor will lose the chance to become the prince forever!"

Zhu Xiang said: "Father, you are so confused. Your Majesty has always fallen in love with the third son of the emperor. Everyone in the world supports the third son of the emperor. But you said that he has lost the chance to be the prince forever?"

He Liu took a sip of tea and talked eloquently, "Xiang'er. Do you know which former emperor is most like our Daming?"

After thinking for a while, Zhu Xiang replied: "It is said that the emperor's temperament is very similar to that of Lord Jiajing."

He Liu smiled and said: "That's right! What kind of temperament is Lord Jiajing? To put it bluntly, he is a donkey. He can't be led away, and he can't go backwards. He opposes whatever the courtiers agree with. All courtiers If he disagrees, he agrees."

Zhu Xiangdao: "The third son of the emperor can be registered as the reserve, and Zhu Yijun himself agrees."

Looking at the world, Zhu Xiang is probably the only one who dares to call Emperor Wanli by his name directly.

He Liu explained: "That's right. The emperor is devoted to the third son of the emperor. However, only the emperor can make decisions on major matters of the country. How can the world be allowed to be talkative? If the emperor first proposes to make the third son the emperor, The people in the world unanimously agree, calling my emperor holy, then this matter may be possible. The current situation is that before the emperor speaks, Zhang Jing has coerced the people in the world, admonishing the emperor to set up a heir!"

Zhu Xiang slapped his head: "That's right. To put it another way, remonstrance is intimidation! No matter how powerful Zhang Jing is, he is only the emperor's servant. How can a stinky servant threaten the king of a country to set up a heir?"

He Liu smiled and said, "Do you know why I asked Zhao Min to add that sentence to the memorial? Let me tell you, the two words in that sentence are enough to kill Zhang Jing. One word is' Obey', one word is 'immediately'. The emperor belongs to the stubborn donkey. These two words are like a whip, hitting the emperor on the ass. The stubborn donkey will not obey the whip, but will kick it. Kick people!"

Zhu Xiang stretched out her thumb: "He Laohu is really unpredictable. My daughter admires it."

He Liu smiled and said: "Look at it. The emperor will burn the pile of booklets covering the main hall of Yongshou Palace! Zhang Jing, a eunuch, originally wanted to help the third son of the emperor, but ended up killing the third son of the emperor. This is called cleverness being misunderstood by cleverness.”

He Liu's guess was very correct.

At night, the cold wind of early winter blows over the towering buildings of Yongshou Palace.

Emperor Wanli ordered Wei Zhongxian: "Pile all these papers outside the hall."

Wei Zhongxian looked embarrassed: "Your Majesty, it's windy outside. What if the wind blows away these memorials?"

Emperor Wanli didn't speak, but just gave Wei Zhongxian a look.

Wei Zhongxian said: "This servant is too talkative, this servant deserves to die. This servant will go now."

Not long after, a small Zhezi mountain was piled up outside the hall.

Emperor Wanli walked out of the hall and said to Wei Zhongxian, "I will burn all these troubles."

Wei Zhongxian had an idea and used aggressive tactics against Emperor Wanli.He knelt down on the ground with a "plop": "Your Majesty, you can't do it. In our Ming Dynasty, there is no precedent for a king to burn his servants' papers. What's more, these papers were submitted by hundreds of officials and [-] people? The emperor did this." How should it be recorded in the annals of Qianqiu? Besides, Eunuch Zhang may not be able to explain it..."

When Emperor Wanli heard the words, he kicked Wei Zhongxian to the ground directly: "I am the king of a country, do you have to explain to a slave for what you do?"

After finishing speaking, Emperor Wanli ordered a forbidden soldier to bring a torch.He threw the torch on the pile of folds himself.

In an instant, a raging fire ignited outside the main hall of Yongshou Palace.When the bitter wind blows, the fire intensifies.

Concubine Zheng's dream, Zhang Jing's dream, and even Emperor Wanli's own dream were burned to ashes by the fire and drifted away with the wind.

(End of this chapter)