A group of people walked out of Ciqing Palace, Zhang Hong carefully followed behind the emperor.
After what happened, he was already in a very uneasy mood. He quietly raised his head and glanced at the ugly-looking emperor, not even daring to take a deep breath.
I followed step by step, thinking about how to fix it over and over again.
"Zhang Hong, is it a little too smooth for you, the Chief of Ceremonies, to ascend to the position?"
A voice suddenly reached his ears, and its cold tone made Zhang Hong's heart skip a beat.
He quickly knelt down to plead guilty: "I am guilty! Your Majesty, I will definitely investigate this matter!"
Zhu Yijun lowered his head to look at Zhang Hong and sneered: "Check? The fire is already burning, what else to check?"
If it were so easy to investigate, Sejong wouldn't have caught fire so many times.
Zhang Hong kowtowed repeatedly, making loud banging noises.
Zhu Yijun watched coldly and said nothing.
Just as he was about to continue beating Zhang Hong, he suddenly saw Li Jin trotting over from a distance, looking extremely embarrassed.
Zhu Yijun's eyelids twitched, and a bad premonition resurfaced.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Jin arrived, he immediately fell to his knees with a plop and said in panic: "Your Majesty, the late emperor's young daughter Yao Jiang has passed away!"
The late emperor's youngest daughter, Zhu Yaojiang, was the seventh daughter of Qin Guiren.
He was born in July last year and is now only one year and four months old.
He was fine before, but died overnight!?
Zhu Yijun took a deep breath and put away all expressions on his face.
Looking at Li Jin calmly: "How did you die?"
Li Jin took a breath and said very quickly: "What happened this morning!"
"At that time, he couldn't stop crying and his limbs were twitching. Then he called the imperial doctor, but he couldn't save her even after administering acupuncture."
"The court ruled that he died of convulsion."
Zhu Yijun slowly closed his eyes.
The voice was a little deep: "Which imperial doctor? Which court judge?"
Li Jin hurriedly replied: "The court sentenced Wang Wenli and the imperial physician Song Zhaohe!"
Zhu Yijun just nodded quietly and didn't ask any more questions.
Without saying a word, he walked out, leaving the two eunuchs kneeling on the ground.
After walking a long distance, Zhu Yijun seemed to remember that Zhu Yijun turned around and said: "Wait until I come back."
After saying that, he led the royal guards and turned around and left, letting the two eunuchs kneel to see him off.
The two eunuchs knelt on the ground, not daring to get up. They looked at the emperor's leaving figure and kowtowed repeatedly.
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Wenhua Hall.
Today's court discussion is not over yet.
There are palace affairs in the palace, and there are matters in the outer court. It is enough to send people from Zhongshushe to express their condolences and get the news that everything is fine.
The court discussions continued in an orderly manner.
The imperial censor Hu Chuanzheng said impassionedly: "On the third day of the tenth lunar month, on the night of Bingchen, the guest stars appeared in the northeast, like projectiles. Every time they left the pavilion, they stood beside the road, and there was a faint glow on the wall. On the 19th day, we arrived at Renshen.
At night, the star is red and yellow, as big as a lamp, and its light shines out in all directions. Divination says: It is a star."
"Nowadays, there are buildings behind Ciqing Palace that are burned down, where the concubines live. This is a disaster!"
"Star Yin resembles fire, which is born from accumulated Yin. Once the evil star enters the angle, fire will appear in the palace. Isn't this a subtle reason?"
Everyone looked at Hu Wei jumping up and down.
I don’t know who spread the news about the fire in Ciqing Palace. As soon as the court meeting started today, everyone knew about it.
After he expressed his condolences to Empress Dowager Chen and received a positive reply, Hu Wei began to perform vigorously.
Using the evil star on the third day of October as an excuse, they linked it to the fire in Ciqing Palace and made a big fuss.
Qin Tianjian had previously said that it was a good omen, but recently he changed his mind and said that if it persists for many days, it should be a demon star.
Everyone understood what was going on.
It's none of your business, just watch with cold eyes.
If you have any guesses, examine them carefully.
Those who are planning secretly look around.
Just listen to Hu Wei continue to speak impassionedly: "The East China Sea kills filial women, there is no rain for three years, a filial woman still has the heaven and the peace is here, how can the concubines of the two dynasties block the back courtyard?"
"The old people don't know where they will end up, the young people are really resentful, the widows are lonely, and they are so worried!"
"From my perspective, this fire was probably caused by a palace maid with a grudge!"
These words were already blatantly criticizing the Holy Lord.
It's not just blatant, it's even a repeat of the same old tricks.
This view... This was almost the same view when Sejong was almost strangled to death by a palace maid.
The more Hu Zhui said, the more excited he became: "If the emperor in the Tang Dynasty is not a king, then the heaven will be cruel and the country will be endangered. This is not enough for the emperor to say, but the past mistakes have been made, and we should also learn from them!"
Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty was incompetent and Wu Zetian was cruel, almost endangering the country and the country. Although there is no need to explain these to Your Majesty, the emperor should also learn from the lessons of history!
Finally, I finally saw it.
This is clearly saying that the emperor is immoral, which is why he has incurred these retaliations.
Unfortunately, the emperor at this time was not alone.
All the officials were in court and immediately came out to scold him.
Just as he was about to take action, he saw a figure coming out of the side hall above the throne.
Zhu Yijun raised his hand to ask Li Zaiting to return to the queue, and the latter retreated obediently.
When the emperor arrived, all the ministers naturally saluted: "Your Majesty."
Hu Wei's voice also stopped suddenly. He looked up at the emperor with a look of fear and embarrassment: "Your Majesty."
Zhu Yijun nodded, with no expression on his face, and simply said two words: "Continue."
Then he didn't close the screen, and just looked at Hu Chui quietly, waiting for his next words.
Hu Chui stiffened for a moment.
But he gritted his teeth, straightened his body, and continued to speak: "How can you show your integrity when disasters and disasters are coming to you? How can you repel traitors when they are coming? If you suppress abuses, please follow the ancestral system and save money.
It is used to improve people's livelihood, and it is used to promote the rule of law through edicts and readings, all of which are used to bring harmony between heaven and earth and create a rule without borders for hundreds of millions of years!"
If the disaster is to blame on the emperor, should we reflect on it? If the disaster is on the treacherous officials, should we stay away from it?
This is of course a cliche, the point is the solution.
The prescription prescribed by Hu Chui is very simple. Don't compete with the people for profit. Only by following the ancestral system and studying the classics can there be "harmony between heaven and earth."
If you don't listen, don't blame yourself for hurting your "harmony".
This was still too implicit, and Zhu Yijun didn't seem to understand it.
He hummed casually: "What do Yushi Hu's so-called 'enhancement of people's livelihood', 'obeying the ancestral system' and 'forgiveness and reading' mean respectively?"
The emperor did not call him Qing as usual, but called Hu Yushi.
Some courtiers looked at the emperor's expressionless face and began to feel fear.
This scene... is so similar to when Sejong was in power!
When Hu Wei reached this point, he naturally couldn't be more straightforward and could only mutter: "I have limited talent and limited knowledge, so I can only say this."
Zhu Yijun nodded and did not ask any further questions.
Suddenly remembering something, he almost muttered to himself: "Is Hu Yushi from Southern Zhili?"
Hu Zhuo gritted his teeth and said: "I am a native of Wuxi, Nanzhili. I was a Jinshi in the Yichou Department in the 44th year of Jiajing."
Zhu Yijun remained silent.
He looked at Zhang Juzheng again and said, "Zhang Qing, what else was discussed at Chang Chao today?"
Zhang Juzheng was silent for a moment, knowing that the emperor was angry and wanted to comfort him.
Slowly he said: "Your Majesty, Chang Chao discussed several matters today."
"Recording matters concerning the construction of the Mu Temple."
"According to the proposal of Governor Wang Zongmu, the troops stationed in the east and west of Huai'an will be exempted from the army, and they will go to Beijing for military exercises at the end of the year. Maritime patrol posts will be allocated to prevent sea transportation."
"The Ministry of War impeached Gu Huan, the governor of Beijing Camp..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yijun turned his head and looked at Yang Bo.
The meaning in his eyes was unclear. He seemed to be just asking the chief minister, and seemed to be talking to Yang Bo: "Why did Mr. Yang impeach Governor Gu?"
Zhang Juzheng said: "Impeaching Gu Huan, going beyond the Ministry of War and reporting to His Majesty, is against the rules."
Yang Bo's face changed slightly.
Zhu Yijun nodded: "I understand, Zhang Qing continues."
Zhang Juzheng continued according to the script: "We also discussed the matter of announcing the university and the southeastern border defense."
"As well as Hu Ke, they were all asked to be questioned by the officials involved in the matter. Hai Rui, the censor of Qiandu, was impeached. As a censor, he lived in Fusi, Beizhen. He was suspected of collusion with both internal and external parties."
"Also, Hu Yushi just gave this performance."
After saying that, he raised his head and glanced at the emperor.
The emperor's face was expressionless, with no thoughts at all.
He had anticipated this situation since the emperor expressed his intention to initiate the Lianghuai Salt Policy.
His political views differ greatly from those of Hai Rui. It can be said that he completely disapproves of this matter.
But the emperor insisted on this, so he could only acquiesce.
Acquiescence is the limit, and it is naturally impossible to get his full support.
To reach this level of official status, except for a lone minister like Hai Rui, no one else is just yourself, but a large group of people behind you.
In addition to your own ideas, you should also consider the ideas of your colleagues.
For Zhang Juzheng to raise a banner and explicitly say that he wants to change the Lianghuai Salt Policy, it means that he has to give up the support of the Southern Zhili behind him.
This level of difficulty is no different from using a knife on yourself.
The knife edge is facing inward, which is the most difficult.
The only support he could do was to suppress his own dissatisfaction, act impartially on the surface, and handle the case as an ordinary case.
However, he can suppress his own side, but the township party in South Zhili is not only behind him.
Just the household department was left to the interrogators. Bi Qiang, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was surrounded by a large number of people from Southern Zhili.
The middle-level students in the Hanlin Academy and the Six Departments accounted for almost half of the subjects.
The North-South List case has its own reasons, and it is not as simple as a sign at this time.
Not to mention that among them, the Jin Party has been dissatisfied with Gu Huan's affairs for a long time, and may not be able to add fuel to the flames.
Zhang Juzheng had already had a premonition that there would probably be trouble.
As soon as he heard about the fire in Ciqing Palace this morning, he knew he was going to suffer.
At this time, seeing the emperor's expression as calm as the sea, with waves gathering, he did not dare to be distracted, for fear that the emperor would be frustrated in doing something for the first time, and would resort to the trick of the imperial staff.
But after Zhu Yijun heard what Zhang Juzheng said, he was not furious.
Instead, he nodded slightly towards Gaoyi and said: "Sir, my younger sister Yao Jiang has passed away. I want to be named a princess. Can you get a ceremony for me as soon as possible?"
It’s not just Grohe.
Everyone was startled.
Zhang Juzheng’s heart skipped a beat!
No wonder the emperor looked like this! He thought it was just a simple fire, but it turned out that he lost his little sister! The emperor must have been extremely angry at this time!
He suddenly raised his head and looked at some people, with silent questioning in his eyes.
How dare you!
He thought he could just set off a fire to build up his momentum, but who would have thought that he would dare to do this!?
Zhang Siwei and Jia Daiwen's expressions changed dramatically, and they shook their heads violently, signaling with their eyes to clear the relationship with the chief minister.
Gao Yi also lost her voice and said: "Yao Jiang, the seventh daughter of the late emperor, passed away!?"
"When did it happen?"
Zhu Yijun shook his head: "Just now, you will know later."
When the imperial doctor found out, he would naturally report the details to the cabinet, and he didn't want to waste any more words.
Gao Yi quickly asked: "Why?"
Zhu Yijun still had no expression on his face and looked very calm: "The imperial doctor said it was sudden death due to convulsion."
Gaoyi and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other.
Sudden death from convulsions means ending without a cure...
Both of them felt very bad.
Gao Yi wanted to ask more questions, but Zhu Yijun dropped a note of courtesy, sir, and looked at Lu Tiaoyang: "Lu Qing, I specially chose a title, called Princess Qixia, do you think it's okay?"
Lu Tiaoyang was silent for a moment.
Finally, he cupped his hands and replied: "I obey your order."
This is not as simple as asking for a ban.
This matter should have been addressed to the Ministry of Rites, but instead it was asked to him, an assistant minister in the cabinet.
In other words, Zhang Juzheng, Gao Yi and Lu Tiaoyang were forced to express their opinions.
The emperor is extremely angry!
The three of them didn't know what the emperor wanted to do. They looked at each other and saw that each of them looked worried.
Zhu Yijun looked at Yang Bo again at this time: "Mr. Yang Ge, after hearing about your impeachment, Gu Huanyuo, the governor of the capital camp, reported to the Ministry of War?"
Yang Bo was at a loss and nodded bravely.
Zhu Yijun said kindly: "There are some reasons for this. Wang Chonggu, the Minister of War, has not yet taken office, and there is a backlog of official duties. It is really an expedient measure."
"What do you think Mr. Yang Ge?"
Yang Bo is in a dilemma.
He glanced left and right, just in time to see the looks on his colleagues' faces and Zhang Siwei's hint.
He suddenly realized that the emperor was deliberately suppressing him!
At this time, he still had room to change his head, otherwise, I am afraid that the death of Princess Qixia will be remembered on his own head!
He quickly said: "Your Majesty is right, but I am superficial!"
Zhu Yijun nodded.
Only then did he have time to respond to Hu Wei's petition.
He consulted the courtiers: "The star invaded the Lord and lit up the earth, the palace caught fire and spread to the neighboring houses, and the younger sister had a convulsion and died without treatment. Are all these caused by my bad conduct?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zai came out of the court and said: "Your Majesty!"
"The auspicious star is in the sky, which means that your majesty has a capable minister to assist you, and the heaven and earth are in harmony; the fire in the inner court means that the country's virtues are prosperous and prosperous; the incident of Princess Qixia is the fault of the imperial doctor!"
"Hu Zhuo stirs up troubles, barks, and criticizes the Holy Lord. This is a way to kill him. I ask you to kill him with a stick!"
As soon as Li finished speaking in the court, everyone in the household department changed their expressions when asked about the matter.
His face was filled with anger.
Pointing at Li Zaiting's nose, he cursed: "It is customary for officials to speak out, and no one has ever been punished for his words!"
"Li Zaiting, as a public official, you always want to kill your colleagues. What's the difference between you, a traitor, and Yan Song!"
He had long been dissatisfied with Li Zaiting's efforts to help the emperor do evil.
At this time, I have a lot of manuscripts in my mind, and I am about to continue to reprimand this person.
But suddenly I heard a cold voice: "Is Jia Gei criticizing Sang and Huai in this matter?"
He turned around and saw that it was Gao Yi, looking at him with a cold expression.
Jia Daiwen's expression changed.
Bi Qiang, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, quickly came out to support: "Everyone, please discuss this..."
A voice of appreciation suddenly came from the imperial steps: "It's time to have a good discussion."
Zhu Yijun looked at everyone and said, "I asked if it was due to my bad ethics. Why is it that only Li Qing responded to me?"
"Am I so immoral that all the ministers dislike me?"
Lu Tiaoyang was already sweating profusely and immediately wanted to come forward to comfort him.
The emperor ignored him and continued: "Li Qing's words may seem like comforting me."
"Today, the stars in the sky are showing omens, the fires on the earth are warning, and relatives are dying young. How can I remain indifferent?"
"I have listened to Hu Yushi's advice."
At this point, Zhang Juzheng's heart skipped a beat. He had already realized something and was about to interrupt.
The emperor did not give him a chance, and said in a cold voice: "From now on, I will copy Taoist scriptures and burn them to heaven and earth."
"In addition, in three days, I will move into Xiyuan to cultivate my moral character!"
"Your Majesty, please continue your court discussions. I will return to the palace first!"
After saying this, the emperor stood up and left regardless of the reaction of the officials.
Almost at the same time, the court exploded!
Zhang Juzheng, Gao Yi, and Lu Tiaoyang's expressions changed suddenly. The three of them immediately understood what the emperor meant.
Even Shen Shixing, Tao Dalin and others, who had been watching with cold eyes, showed expressions of astonishment.
Only the newly promoted officials who had not experienced the Jiajing Dynasty were still looking around in confusion.
There was exploration in his eyes.
"His Majesty!"
Suddenly a cry came from Lu Tiaoyang, the minister of the dynasty.
Lu Tiaoyang suddenly knelt down and saluted, his voice almost trembling: "Your Majesty, please demote Hu Chui, the censor, to the people!"
Hu Wei stiffened, and Jia Daiwen and Bi Qiang suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Zhu Yijun paused before leaving.
Then he continued to walk down the imperial steps and shook his head: "How can I be a person who can't listen to advice? Hu Yushi is my Wei Zheng. Wen Qing, the official department, will discuss how to increase Hu Yushi's position."
After saying this, Zhu Yijun was about to leave.
Wen Chun was a popular figure in the court, and this was the first time he had received a task, so he had to bow down and receive an order.
Shen Shixing quickly pulled him and signaled him not to act rashly.
Seeing the emperor walking down the imperial steps, his figure was about to disappear.
Gao Yi suddenly disobeyed etiquette and took a few steps forward: "Your Majesty! Please put the censor Hu Wei in jail!"
Zhu Yijun paused and looked at Gao Yi.
He said in a tired voice: "Sir, let's discuss this later. I still need to appease the two palaces and go see my little sister again."
He nodded to Gaoyi with a disappointed look on his face, and surrounded by his ministers and imperial guards, he turned into the side hall.
Gao Yi immediately looked back at Zhang Juzheng and suddenly said: "Yuan Fu! Are you still pretending to be deaf and dumb?"
During the court meeting, the second assistant suddenly roared at the first assistant, and the officials became more and more frightened.
The ceremonial officer said nothing, as if he heard nothing.
Zhang Juzheng's expression was gloomy and uncertain.
He looked back at Gao Yi and said, "This is not a random matter."
At this time, Hu Wei didn't know that he had become a bargaining chip between the cabinet and the emperor.
He looked at Jia Daiwen as if asking for help.
Jia Daiwen knew that he couldn't just sit back and watch, so he had to argue with reason: "Yuan Fu..."
Zhang Juzheng finally had someone to vent his frustration.
He suddenly turned his head to look at Jia Daiwen and shouted: "Shut up!"
"Corrector! Shut this guy up!"
After venting his anger, he met Gaoyi's gaze again.
Gao Yi pinched Zhang Juzheng's arm and said a sentence as if spitting out from between his teeth: "Does Yuan Fu really want to watch another Emperor Sejong appear!?"
Note 1: Guangxi Taoist Censor Hu Chui said: "The emperor sincerely worships the ancestral temple, serves the two palaces with filial piety, and protects the world with benevolence. It is appropriate to be harmonious and auspicious. However, from the angle of the Beidou, a big star suddenly comes in, and the light candles the ground. It is seen before night
, China and foreign countries are shocked and suspicious, and the subjects are shocked. Some people regard the internal invasion of the barbarians and the Di as occupying, some regard the hunger and deprivation as the occupation, and some consider the four directions as the occupation. The troubles of Xiaoqiang must be guarded against, the borders can be dangerous, and the diseases of the heart and heart cannot be left untreated.
.Also, on the night of the 16th of this month, there was a fire burning in the back room of Ciqing Palace, where the concubines lived. The response to the disaster was undoubtedly in the concubines. The star yin is like fire, born of accumulated yin. Once the evil star enters
At an angle, fire was seen in the palace. Is this a minor reason? A filial woman was killed in the East China Sea. There was no rain for three years. A filial woman was still in heaven and the peace was here. What's more, the concubines of the two dynasties blocked the back courtyard. The old man didn't know where he ended up, and the young man really harbored resentment.
, I am a widowed and homeless girl, who is so worried! Therefore, today’s urgent task is not to release the palace people. I will beg to find out those who were favored by the previous court, I will be given a good treatment and considerate, and I hope everyone will be satisfied; those who are not lucky, no matter old or young, take note
Granted release. If Tang Gao was not the emperor, then the sky would be cruel and the country would be endangered. This is not enough for the emperor to say, but the mistakes of the past should also be used as a lesson. He also begged to summon one or two cabinet ministers to ask for disasters and unusual disasters, and to attack the emperor.
How can we demonstrate righteousness? If we march against traitors, why should we criticize the expedition? If we march on Rong and Di, why should we control them? If we march on the common people, why should we appease them? If he suppresses abuses, please abide by the ancestral system, save money and use it to improve people's livelihood, edict
The reason why he talks about governing the Tao with broad scope is to summon the harmony of heaven and earth and create a boundless governance for hundreds of millions of years." Come in, read the anger above.
Chapter completed!