Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 360 Urgent Report

   "Praise be to..."

  The envoy suddenly understood.

   That's right, even Liaodong didn't see through Li Long's wolf ambition.

  If at that time, the imperial decree he brought was really sent to North Korea, and the deposed concubine Yi was canonized, the consequences would be unimaginable.

  Fortunately, His Majesty's clear defense of loyalty and treachery made Li Long invisible. Otherwise, wouldn't he become an accomplice supporting Li Long in slaughtering clans, ministers, scholars, and even humiliating the saint?

  Such things will inevitably cause an uproar and hurt the dignity of the court.

  The imperial envoy said: "What Peng Gong said is that you should repay your merits. Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty, your majesty's insight is like a torch, and he detected Li Long's wolfish ambitions. As a courtier, we are really too late to flatter you."

   "But... how should North Korea deal with it?"

   "Yeah..." Peng Yi also had a headache about this. He is the governor of Liaodong, and he has something to do with the North Korean affairs.

   After thinking for a while, he said: "Now that such a tragic event has happened in North Korea, the nobles who fled to Liaodong all hope that the Ming Dynasty can crusade against Li Long, but after all, North Korea still has 100,000 troops. Crusade, how can it be so easy."

"Whether the imperial court chooses to keep silent or choose to crusade against non-officials is not up to you or me. As the governor of Liaodong, what I can do is to make some preparations in advance, mobilize some troops and horses at the border, and hoard some food and grass. in case for need."

  The imperial envoy nodded approvingly.

   Now the imperial court is really in trouble.

   It’s okay if you don’t know about this matter. Once you know, how to deal with it will become a headache.

The crusade means going to war, hundreds of thousands of troops gather, and countless grain and grass have to be transported from the pass. At that time, once the war breaks out, there will be countless casualties. North Korea is a small country, but the mountain roads in the north are rugged and there are many mountains. , In fact, it is not easy to conquer.

   Can you just sit back and watch the domestic turmoil in North Korea instead of crusade? Then, those North Korean scholars who were killed will definitely be chilled by Daming!

   And then Li Long was confident, and he was afraid that he would become even more rampant. With this man's madness, it might not be possible to say that he might not be able to leave Daming's vassal directly.

  But... this matter seems to have nothing to do with me, right now, it's more important to report a happy event.

  ...

   Yousi began to thoroughly investigate the fake edict of the Eastern Palace.

   Ke Shilin has exploded.

  Although Liu Jian temporarily suppressed the matter in the court, and the imperial historians of Qingliu did not dare to make mistakes, but this does not mean that the scholars are willing to let it go.

   This matter is actually related to Liu Jie? Since it has something to do with Liu Gong's son, how could Liu Gong not know about it?

  The chief assistant of the court actually joined hands with the East Palace to forge the imperial decree. What is the crime?

   On the other hand, Fang Jifan, his mind is on his pig! He went to Xishan for a trip. It was almost Chinese New Year, and several students were about to take a bath. Fang Jifan was too lazy to move. Most importantly, it was difficult to go out now. Every time he went out, scholars were in an uproar!

  Look, this Fang Jifan committed such a serious crime, and the third division is investigating him thoroughly. At this time, he even dared to show his face in a big way, which shows how crazy this person is.

   But not going out is also a huge trouble, because people said, look at this guy, he must be the mastermind of this matter, otherwise how can he be panic like a bereaved dog, and dare not show his face! It can be seen that he is like a snake with a bow and a snake, and the wind is jittery, and he dare not go out because he is afraid of crime.

  But at this moment, a report from Liaodong was sent to the Ministry of Rites.

  Minister of Rites Zhang Sheng has a bad temper recently.

  He is an upright person. At the beginning of the Chenghua Dynasty, he was hit by the impeachment of Liu Ji, a cabinet scholar, and others. It was not until Emperor Hongzhi came to the throne that he made his rise to the top.

   He was particularly concerned about Liu Gong's son being involved in a false imperial edict. If it was true, wouldn't this majestic chief minister of the cabinet be in collusion with the Eastern Palace?

   To be a minister, you should have a strong character.

  Although he didn't join in the fun with the censors, and he didn't bother to rely on impeachment to gain fame, but he hid his unhappiness in his heart.

  Furthermore, the canonization is a matter of the Ministry of Rites. His Majesty decreed to canonize Yi Shi as Queen Mother, and this edict was also issued by the Ministry of Rites.

   Now God knows what was written in that false edict, and it was obviously also for Yishi.

   This worried him.

   "Mr. Zhang, Liaodong, sent an urgent report." A scribe came in panting.

  Zhang Sheng was taken aback, Liaodong... urgent report...

   Could there be news?

  If it’s from Liaodong, perhaps... the right and wrong of this can be clarified, whether the East Palace forged the imperial decree, what was the content of the forgery, and whether Liu Jie, the son of Liu Jian, really participated in it!

  If you want to come...you can get to the bottom of it!

  Zhang Sheng cheered up and was about to read the report.

   There was a commotion outside, and it was Zuodu Yushi who came with several Yushi in person.

Ma Xun, the censor of the Zuo capital, came to the middle hall. Zhang Sheng and Ma Xun looked at each other. Come here, would like to ask if there is any news from Liaodong?"

  As soon as the urgent report arrived, the Zuodu Yushi came behind.

  Zhang Sheng also knew that Ma Xun, as the censor of Zuodu, was under great pressure to thoroughly investigate this matter. On the one hand, the scholar community yelled at him, saying that Yousi was afraid of Liu Jian, so he would definitely not dare to investigate thoroughly, and he might eventually die without a problem.

  On the other hand, Ma Xun went deeper into the investigation, and felt that the people involved were really important, and the matter was serious. Now it is a dilemma, and neither side is pleasing.

  He came to the Ministry of Rites just to wait for news from Liaodong. Anyway, if there is a false edict, there will definitely be news from Liaodong.

  Zhang Sheng said: "It was just delivered."

  Actually, the relationship between Zhang Sheng and Ma Xun is not bad, but today is an official business.

   Ma Xun was shocked immediately, and said, "Since that's the case, it's better to send him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

  Zhang Sheng said: "Let's read what is written in this urgent report first, and then make a decision."

   Ma Xun thought it was reasonable, so the two opened the report.

  The person who gave the performance was the governor of Liaodong.

   This is strange, the governor of Liaodong actually sent the report to the Ministry of Rites.

   Thinking about it, this must have something to do with the Ministry of Rites.

  The thing that can be connected with the Ministry of Rites must be the canonization.

   Ma Xun continued to watch, but the more he watched... the more frightened he became, his face turned green.

   Zhang Sheng was not much better, he held his breath, his eyeballs were straight.

   Something happened to North Korea, something big happened!

  Especially seeing that Li Long actually changed the Sungkyunkwan where the saint was worshiped into a brothel, Zhang Sheng felt that his eyes were dark and he wanted to die.

  He is the Minister of Rites!

  Where did this ritual come from? Looking back, isn’t the so-called ritual advocated by the sage?

  The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites, might as well be called the Ministry of Saints, it promotes enlightenment, is responsible for sacrifices, all of these, don’t they all revolve around the teachings of saints?

  Now...that Li Long actually did such a shameless thing.

   Killed innocent people indiscriminately, killed his own brothers and nephews, killed countless academic officials and scholars, killed ministers, and even monks, and even let the medical women in the palace become prostitutes for his entertainment.

  All these incidents, one after another, made Zhang Sheng's heart flustered.

  He touched his forehead, suddenly, he remembered a terrible thing: "The edict, that edict..."

  The edict sent from the Ministry of Rites...

  The edict was read by him personally, and it praised the merits of the abandoned concubine Yishi, and at the same time praised Li Long, thinking that his filial piety moved the world, so he canonized his mother as the Queen Mother.

This is actually the practice of canonization, the Ministry of Rites doesn't care what your family is, but since you are going to be canonized, of course you have to say something nice, say that you are noble, that you are out of vulgar tastes, and that you conform to the norms of etiquette That's right.

   But the problem is that the present report is simply a slap in the face of the imperial edict.

   It is almost conceivable that if the imperial edict was promulgated, and Li Long ended up so frenzied, the whole world would be shaken.

   When the time comes, he, the Minister of Rites, is afraid that he will be ridiculed for a lifetime.

   Ma Xun was also terrified. He is also a disciple of the saint. When he saw Sungkyunkwan turned into a brothel, he shuddered subconsciously. After finally suppressing his anger, he put his mind away and continued to watch.

   "..."

  Hoo...

   On the other side, Zhang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, the imperial decree was not sent out...

   This is good, this is good...

  If the canonized imperial decree is sent out, there is really no way to be a human being.

  Pseudo-edict...

   There is actually a false edict message?

   Ma Xun and Zhang Sheng didn't dare to show their anger, and then they went completely crazy.

Sure enough, there was a false edict, and this false edict was indeed sent by Liu Jian's son, and this false edict severely accused Li Long, saying that Li Long was greedy, and that since the Yi family was a deposed concubine, you, Li Long, were the deposed concubine. The son of a concubine, being able to inherit the throne is already a virtue from heaven, but he still wants to have delusions, and he deserves death.

   Have fun!

   Scolding happily!

   Ma Xun and Zhang Sheng were gnashing their teeth at Li Long just now. This kind of evil behavior is really unheard of, but now, this false edict scolded what they wanted to say.

   Such beasts are also worthy of canonization. It is considered a grace if the Ming court did not scold your ancestors for eighteen generations.

  At the end of the report, Ma Xun and Zhang Sheng looked strange.

  This is the melody of the good news, which praises the emperor's sageness in a big book, and sees through Li Long's wolfish ambitions at a glance.

   Ma Xun was stunned, and then looked at Zhang Sheng, Zhang Sheng also looked at Ma Xun, and the two looked at each other.

   The problem seems to be coming.

  Is this considered forgery?

  If it is admitted that this is a forgery, wouldn't it be a waste of scolding?

   And the real imperial edict, how to explain it? The entire Ministry of Rites is a fool, and they happily went to canonize a scum like Li Long.

  Your Majesty is also in a daze, actually canonizing Li Long's mother?

   But this is indeed a false edict.

   "Mr. Zhang, what do you think of this...?" Ma Xun was very confused!

  He wanted to reveal the truth, but the truth was too terrible. Once it was revealed, the dignity of the royal family would be gone.

  (end of this chapter)