Idle courtiers

Chapter 499
The winter solstice counts to nine.

This year's winter was colder than usual. Early in the morning, when Zhou Nan arrived at Yuxi Palace, he saw that the water in the tank in front of the palace was frozen solid.

Brother Jin was called by the eunuchs to help as usual, and he was carefully smashing the ice in the tank with a pumpkin hammer.

Probably because of too much force, a piece of ice slag flew up and just hit a person in the face.

The eunuch laughed and scolded in a low voice: "Fourth brother, you can't be a little bit harder. It doesn't matter if my face is broken by your ice. If you really smash the tank, it will be troublesome. You are not Sima Guang."

All the little eunuchs covered their mouths and laughed.

Fourth Brother Jin was a little embarrassed, and blushed: "I've been stronger than usual recently, and I can't hold back my energy. Don't blame my father-in-law... Ah, Zhou Shi is here."

All the little eunuchs came to greet him one after another.

Zhou Nan smiled and asked, "What are you doing?"

According to the fourth brother Jin, his martial arts seems to be much stronger recently. Since he became a hundred households in brocade clothes, he has made wine and meat casually.On weekdays, if I have nothing to do, I will work hard in Xiyuan, and some of them will be fed by warriors in brocade clothes.

In just one month, the muscles on Brother Jin's body have become more and more plump, and he can be said to be invincible in all the bans.However, the increase in strength made his flexibility drop a lot, and he couldn't control his strength, so it took a while to get used to it.

The fourth brother Jin replied: "The waiter said that the sky is dry and the things are dry, so we must prevent the water from leaking. The water in this tank is frozen. What should we do if something happens?"

It turns out that ancient Chinese buildings were all made of wood, so they were easily ignited by fire.Therefore, many stone jars filled with water were placed in the palace to prepare for emergencies.But this is not of much use. In the past forty years, the palace has been flooded three times.Up to now, the Renshou Palace has not been completed. If the Yuxi Palace is lit again, the emperor will have to move back to the Forbidden City.

The weather was too cold, and the ground dragon was burning in Yuxi Palace all day long, and the firefighting pressure was extremely high.

Zhou Nan: "This is a troublesome matter, everyone should be careful. In addition, let's take turns guarding the fire in the stove, divided into three shifts, and changing rounds every four hours."

"Yes, waiter." All the eunuchs said in unison.

Since returning to Jiajing, Zhou Nan lived here seven out of ten days.In addition, Huang Jin's health has not improved since the beginning of winter this year, and Zhou Nan, the emperor's personal secretary, is basically in charge of daily affairs.

Fortunately, Zhou Nan has also done this kind of general affairs in modern society, and it is arranged in an orderly manner.

He had an illusion that in a trance, he had become the chief eunuch in the palace, taking over Huang Jin's class.Several times he woke up sweating profusely in his dream, reached out and touched his crotch, and was relieved to find that the job was still there.Lie down, change position and continue to sleep.

Zhou Nan asked again: "Your Majesty is up, has Eunuch Huang come?"

"What the waiter said, the Lord Long Live has already woken up, and the old ancestor is waiting there?"

Zhou Nan: "Eunuch Huang came so early today, isn't he recuperating at home from the cold?"

Huang Jin has been in the hospital for a long time now, and he has to lie in bed two or three times a month. He was not there when King Yu passed away last time, and he was unable to attend the funeral committee.

As soon as he turned around and walked for a short distance, a young eunuch chased after him and reminded Zhou Nan in a low voice: "Men, Long Live Lord is in a bad mood today, so you need to be more careful."

This little eunuch has just graduated from Neishutang and was assigned to be a servant in Yuxi Palace. He is Zhou Nan's student, so I call him a teacher.

Zhou Nan: "What's the matter?"

The little eunuch: "Mr. Hui's words, it seems to be a note for the master of the sea?"

Zhou Nan frowned: "Why did you still send the booklet of the master of the sea? Didn't the cabinet directly reject it?"

The little eunuch: "Master Hai writes one after another, if the cabinet rejects it every time as usual, it will be unreasonable, and it may provoke scientific and moral criticism."

Zhou Nan: "If it's inconvenient for the cabinet to reject it, the supervisor of ceremonies can stay and not issue it. How could it be sent to His Majesty's case? It's ridiculous!"

The master Hai that he and the little eunuch were talking about was none other than the well-known and upright official Hai Rui, who is currently the chief of the Zhejiang Department of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, responsible for the prudent punishment of the criminal prisons in Zhejiang Province.

In real history, Hai Rui at this time should have been a county magistrate in Chun'an, Zhejiang. It took the 45th year of Jiajing to get the recommendation of Lu Guangzu, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials at that time, to go to Beijing to be the head of the Sixth Rank of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Yunnan.

However, history has undergone some changes because of the butterfly Zhou Nan.

When he was the county magistrate in Chun'an, Hai Rui was extremely upright because he was not in harmony with Hu Zongxian, then governor of Zhejiang and Fujian.

After Xu Jie eradicated the Yan Party last year, based on the principle that the enemy of the enemy is his friend, and the prestige of this honest official is too high, he was recommended to be the head of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and he was still in charge of the number one department in Zhejiang.

What he thought was that this guy was a cannon, in charge of the law, and would definitely be a sharp sword in his hands in the future.

Old Xu still had some regrets in his heart: Why is Mr. Hai not a scholar?
Hai Rui was born in Juren, and later he was able to be a Zhengyin official in a county, and finally became the governor Shuntian, he was simply the idol of the miscellaneous officials.Just imagine, if Zhou Nan didn't have a Jinshi degree, he wouldn't be able to get to that point.

But he didn't want to, after entering Beijing, Mr. Hai didn't sell Xu Jie at all, and he didn't have the idea of ​​Afu Xumen at all.There was once a case in Zhejiang that followed Xu Jie's path. Xu Shoufu asked Hai Rui to give him a favor, but he not only refused to sell his face, but even impeached Xu Jie, which made Lao Xu a little bit embarrassed, and said, "Old man misunderstood." People, but they were beaten up."

Just like in the real history, Lord Hai Rui is an upright official with a strong sense of justice. The first thing he did when he came to the capital was to find trouble with the emperor on the book. This is the famous "Shu Shu".In this famous memorial, Hai Rui boldly spoke out about the shortcomings of the officialdom and the guilt of the ruling class at that time, and at the same time advised the rulers to correct their mistakes and implement reforms to achieve the goal of "great rule of the world".

In the memorial, Hai Rui said: "Your Majesty, you are determined to do something, but it didn't take long before you were led to other places by your messy thoughts.

You use your strength and wisdom in the wrong place, thinking that people can really live forever, and blindly cultivate.Your Majesty is rich all over the world, but he doesn't think that it is the fat of the people. He often builds large-scale buildings and repairs palaces and temples.His Majesty did not go to court to handle government affairs for more than [-] years, which led to lax discipline and corruption.

The imperial court sells and buys officials, citing more and more such rules and regulations, euphemistically calling them promotional examples, which leads to the proliferation of tycoons and magnates.

You specialize in alchemy with alchemists, and you don't meet your sons. People think you lack the affection between father and son.You often use suspicion, slander, slaughter and humiliation, and people think that you lack the courtesy of a monarch and minister.

You stay in Xiyuan all day and don't return to the palace, people think that you lack the love of husband and wife.All over the world, officials are corrupt, the army is weak, floods and droughts occur all the time, and the people are in dire straits, leading to riots among the refugees, which are like fire and become more and more intense.

Since His Majesty came to the throne, it has been like this a few years ago, but it is not serious, but now the taxes and corvee are getting heavier, and officials at all levels are following the example of the imperial court, exploiting the people to no end.Your Majesty spends a lot of money to worship Taoism, and has achieved the ultimate in more than ten years.Therefore, when His Majesty changed his name, everyone in the world guessed: This means that Jiajing said that his family is clean and has no money."

This mud horse is already pointing at Jiajing's nose and scolding his mother.

Naturally, Hai Rui's character is nothing to say, and Zhou Nan also admires and admires him very much.

However, as a modern person, he felt that it was unwise for Hai Rui to do so.

Who is Jiajing, what he wants to do is something you can persuade back with the last memorial.If it is useful, I have been persuaded by the officials for more than 40 years, and I am waiting to get you Haigangfeng?

In Zhou Nan's view: the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. What are you doing with this god?Anyway, Jiajing didn't have much time to live well. The emperor's body was in such a condition, even if he wanted to cheer up, he didn't have the energy.Even if you, Mr. Hai, want to persuade you, why don't you wait until the new king ascends the throne?

In fact, it is common for officials to scold the big boss for gaining reputation.Those who scold don't take it seriously, and those who are scolded should ignore it.But Hai Rui's book violated Jiajing's taboo, especially in the matter of persuading Jiajing not to cultivate immortality, which directly touched the emperor's rebellion: I am going to die, and you still don't let me cultivate immortality, what are you trying to do? Want me to die?

In real history, Hai Rui knew he was going to die after he got the scriptures, so he arranged his funeral in advance.Jiajing was furious after reading "Zhi An Shu", and arrested Hai Rui and sent him to prison, where he was sentenced to death.

However, I have to say that history has undergone a small change here.

In this time and space, Jiajing was so ill that he could no longer take care of things, and all daily affairs were handled by Zhou Nan and Huang Jin.

Zhou Nan admired Hai Rui's character. As soon as his papers arrived, Zhou Nan returned them and discussed with Xu Jie. If there were any papers from Mr. Hai in the future, they would all be rejected.

Xu Jie also hates Hai Rui, and thinks that this scolding of the emperor is too harsh. If you really send it up, the master of Hai will be sent to prison. How can this not make Zhu Zi famous? My old Xu will not give you this chance .

In this way, Hai Rui was protected by Zhou Nan in this way.

However, Mr. Hai continued to write papers incessantly, which caused the cabinet a headache.

Today it's strange that Hai Rui's booklet was sent directly to Yuxi Palace. It seems that this matter is not that simple.

Hearing Zhou Nan's question, the little eunuch's voice was even lower: "Hai Rui's case is a serious matter. Not only the cabinet dare not reject it, but even the chief of ceremonies is hard to keep."

Zhou Nan didn't take it seriously: "Isn't it just to persuade the Long Live Lord not to seek immortality, how big a deal can it be?"

The little eunuch's voice was so low that only the two of them could hear it, and there was still fear on his face: "Master, I heard that this note was drafted by Mr. Gao Ge and sent to the Supervisor of Ceremonies without authorization. Hai Rui's note is for your Majesty to send it to the Supervisor of Ceremonies soon." Li Chujun."

"Ah!" Zhou Nan was taken aback, "Who stand?"

At this time, they had already walked to the Jiajing Abode, and Jiajing's voice came from inside: "Zhou Nan, are you here?" This Hai Rui has stabbed a hornet's nest.Li Chu is the political red line of the Jiajing Dynasty, whoever touches it will die.

Zhou Nan didn't want to ask any more questions, so he hurriedly said, "The minister has just arrived."

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