The next day, Emperor Zhu Jianshen, who was dragging his exhausted body, met with the ministers in high spirits to attend the morning ceremony.
"The Emperor has a decree. If something happens, he will report it early and withdraw from the court!" Niu Yu, the imperial chamberlain, has been reciting lines with no new meaning for hundreds of years.
Normally nothing would happen in the early morning court. The emperor was lazy, and even his ministers were too lazy. The emperor just nodded in response according to the ancestral tradition, turned around and left the court, then went back to bed and hugged Concubine Wan to sleep.
"Your Majesty! I have my own foundation!" Li Wei stood up energetically as expected: "Shaanxi governor Li Yingchen colluded with the county magistrate Ma Gui to first conceal the locust plague and then embezzle food funds for disaster relief! He also tried to bribe the special envoy of the governor with a large amount of money. Fortunately, The special envoy must be upright and report it in time. Come and bring up the evidence!" Several internal guards huffed and lifted up a heavy box. When they opened it, they saw that it was full of golden ingots!
The originally sleepy emperor was so angry when he saw so much money that he clapped his hands on his throne and said, "That's unreasonable! This guy is so brave! Come here, put him on death row immediately! Let me confiscate their home first! Look at him. How much people's fat and people's ointment have been scraped off!"
Seeing that the emperor was furious, Li Wei looked happy. He continued: "Your Majesty, a small Shaanxi prefect would not have such courage~~~Wei Chen has already testified that the reason for their rampage is Wang Fa, there is someone behind you!
"Oh? The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Ai Qing refers to~~"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are various signs that Yuan Ji is closely related to them! Please take him into custody immediately and investigate the details!" Li Wei wanted to seize the opportunity to pursue the victory and cut off the black hands behind the scenes!
After he finished speaking, he glared at Yuan Ji angrily, but Yuan Ji didn't change his expression and didn't say a word.
Unexpectedly, the emperor made a hahaha: "You cannot slander the officials of the imperial court without real evidence~~~~The Imperial Master is a man from heaven, how can he miss the yellow and white things in the world? Hahaha~~Ai Qing thinks too much~"
Li Wei wanted to say something more, but the emperor waved his hand: "Don't mention this matter again!"
He returned to the ranks of his ministers in annoyance.
But Wynn, who was standing at the back of the queue, was not surprised at all: the emperor regarded Yuan Jixian as his favorite, this was just a prelude, the good show was only about to begin now!
He also stood up and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
The emperor's plan to go back to sleep was completely shattered. He asked impatiently: "I love you, but it doesn't matter."
"I met an alchemist by chance. She was only a teenager and was able to gain supernatural powers, know destiny, and know the age of a person, so I brought her back. I wonder if the Holy One is interested in meeting her?" Wynn lowered his head and looked at Yuan Ji. His reaction was astonishing! He was obviously feeling guilty.
The originally impatient emperor became interested when he heard this: "Oh? Is this the case? Let her come to see me quickly!"
When Pan Ling walked into the palace, the ministers and the emperor all laughed: It turned out that she was just a little girl with yellow hair.
Only Yuan Ji didn't smile. He glanced at Pan Ling with a livid face.
Pan Ling ignored his threatening gaze: "Alchemist Pan Ling, I have received the emperor's holy grace to see you, and I thank you for your kindness." After saying this, he kowtowed to the ground in a standard manner.
The emperor didn't mind at first when he saw that she was a child, but when he saw that this little girl was very polite and reasonable, he couldn't help but feel pity for her: "Then, may I ask this alchemist, what miracle did you bring us?"
"I heard that Your Majesty is about to celebrate his 38th birthday, so I specially ordered the stars in the sky to come down to earth to celebrate His Majesty's birthday! Your Majesty, please look over there!!" Pan Ling pointed towards the outside of the palace after speaking.
I saw a black mist billowing in the distance outside the hall, but I could vaguely see dozens of stars shining in the black mist, and they were arranged to form the character "福".
The emperor and the ministers were shocked! The emperor turned back and looked at Yuan Ji: "Master, this!!!"
At this time, Yuan Ji could only follow the boat: "This person is also a man from heaven who descended to earth, and he is the Fairy Qiong Yao who is beside the Queen Mother!" After saying this, he was sweating profusely and shaking like a chicken waiting to be slaughtered.
The emperor said excitedly: "Okay! It's rare for Fairy Qiong Yao to come down to earth. I want to make you a saint. Together with the national master, you will assist me in governing the country and ensure that we have good weather next year and for generations to come. What do you think, fairy?"
Pan Ling burst into laughter: "Your Majesty, I am not sure whether I am Qiong Yao Fairy or not. I am just a performer~~ But there is one thing I know very well~~~" She pointed at Yuan Ji with her hand:
"This person is definitely not a descendant of heaven!"
Everyone was shocked!
Yuan Ji was furious: "Your Majesty! Don't listen to her! She is a monster! Kill her quickly!"
Pan Ling smiled: "Didn't you just say that I am Fairy Qiong Yao?"
At this moment, a white deer walked into the main hall. The guard next to him tried to stop him, but Wynn secretly hit his acupuncture points with a few soybeans and couldn't move.
I saw Bai Lu walking up and down the court openly, not paying any attention to the large number of court officials and the Nine-Five Lords in front of him.
Under the astonished gazes of everyone, it suddenly spoke: "Shame on the liar Yuan Ji! How dare you pretend to be a heavenly being! You will definitely be struck by five thunders!"
The emperor looked at Pan Ling, then turned to look at Yuan Ji, who was trembling in a ball. He understood everything immediately. His face was uncertain, and he said: "Master, you have been working too hard recently, so you should go home and rest."
Go!" After saying that, he walked away!
Huaien was greatly surprised: Is it over like this? Why didn't you kill him when you knew he was guilty of deceiving the emperor? He wanted to stop the emperor from chasing after him, but he saw the emperor's face was clouded, and the words came to his mouth.
Holding it back, he suddenly remembered Shang Ming's meaningful words, "Don't chase poor criminals."
Yuan Ji collapsed to the ground as if his bones had been ripped out. He knew that his political life was over. He was very lucky to survive.
After leaving the court, Li Wei excitedly held Wynn's hand: "Sir Deputy Governor! (note his title), you did something very satisfying today! We Yanguan tried our best to overthrow him but failed to do so for several years.
The Xuan sect was eradicated by you in one fell swoop! You are really planning thousands of miles away and have a wonderful plan!"
"There, I can't bring him down without your support." Wynn thought for a moment and asked cautiously: "Master Li, is this how the emperor always behaves?"
Li Wei immediately understood what Wynn was referring to. He took Wynn's hand and said, "Let's talk in another place."
In a small hotel, Li Wei told Wynn the true situation of the government and the opposition: "The emperor is a wise king! But~~I don't know if this is appropriate~~Li Wei carefully looked outside and closed the door of the private room tightly.
Close it tightly. Then he continued, "The emperor is a wise king, but sometimes he is really merciful. It is clear that there are some heinous people who deserve death, but he lets them live. You know, sometimes the emperor is too merciful.
It’s not as effective as a tyrant’s rule! Li knows that these words can convict me of beheading nine tribes, but I dare to say it because I know that the emperor will not kill me! Because he is too soft-hearted and cannot bear to kill!”
After hearing this, Wynn was confused: "As an emperor who is the most respected person in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, when he was the prince, he should have known that people's hearts are dangerous and that he should use heavy rules to govern troubled times?"
"You are new here, and you don't know a lot of things." Li Wei sighed and told Wynn a little-known secret history of the royal family~
The father of the current emperor is Zhu Qizhen, the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty who was reviled by everyone. Zhu Jianshen was still a teenager at that time. His father, Zhu Qizhen, the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, favored the eunuch Wang Zhen and listened to Wang Zhen's slander and killed Zhongliang by mistake, which led to
The Chao Gang was in chaos, corrupt officials were rampant, and the people were living in dire straits. (It seems to be the same now.) Later, Washi invaded in large numbers. Wang Zhen, who had no military knowledge, dreamed of commanding thousands of armies. Under his persuasion, the emperor led three battalions with him.
Two hundred thousand elite soldiers marched in person, but due to Wang Zhen's incompetent command, they were defeated by the enemy in Tumubao, causing all three battalions to suffer casualties. The accompanying ministers and Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen were captured together. The only good news is that
~~Wang Zhen died tragically in the rebellion.
The majestic Ming Emperor was captured, which was such a great shame for the Ming Dynasty. The Wasi army immediately went south to attack the capital.
At the critical moment, the ministers put Zhu Qizhen's younger brother Zhu Qiyu on the throne. Under the command of Yu Qian, a loyal minister who was proficient in military use, they used a weak force to repel the violent attack of Wasi's army and tried to protect the Ming Dynasty from destruction.
What happened next was embarrassing.
Seeing that the attack on the capital failed and that a large number of Ming troops had arrived from all over the country to support him, the leader of Wasi retreated in frustration. Later, he felt that keeping Zhu Qizhen was a waste of rice, so he kicked him back.
Their volley here changed a lot of history.
If one of them had killed him unexpectedly, maybe this period of history wouldn't be so ridiculous.
The Ming Dynasty suddenly had two emperors.
Two emperors, you look at me and I look at you, no one is happy with you.
During the days when Zhu Qizhen was captured, the prince Zhu Jianshen had been deposed. He suddenly changed from a prince respected by thousands of people to a superfluous person. In order to clear the line with Zhu Qizhen, people ignored the deposed prince. This
At that time, only Wan, the maid sent by the queen, was left with the former prince. This Wan was also the later concubine Wan. She was still very interesting back then. When everyone ignored the abandoned prince, she took care of Zhu Jianshen's diet alone.
Daily life, so that the troubled prince at least has a companion and is less lonely.
After Zhu Qizhen came back, his younger brother was afraid that he would regain the throne, so he devised every possible means to persecute and monitor Zhu Qizhen. Zhu Qizhen had no intention of regaining the throne at first, but in the end he was forced to do so by Zhu Qiyu's intensified persecution and surveillance.
Urgent. It is said that there was a big tree in the residence where Zhu Qizhen was under house arrest. Zhu Qizhen liked to enjoy the shade under it. When Zhu Qiyu found out, he sent someone to cut down the big tree!
(What a terrible brother) Zhu Qizhen contacted a group of political speculators and took advantage of Zhu Qiyu's serious illness to launch a coup and regain the throne.
At this time, the deposed prince returned, and Zhu Jianshen returned to the wealthy life of a group of attendants. However, several years of wandering and fear had a great impact on Zhu Jianshen's character. He was afraid of the power in his hands, and he was afraid of punishing anyone.
At the same time, he is more dependent on Wan Fei.
A person who is too weak cannot be a good emperor. Therefore, in the years after he ascended the throne, there were many monsters and factions in the court, and the ministers only wanted to shirk their responsibilities all day long.
Li Wei said that his mouth was dry and he drank all the wine in the glass. He patted Wynn on the shoulder and said, "Be careful in everything." After that, he left drunkenly.
Looking at the thin and straight figure of Li Wei who was leaving, Wynn said to one of his men: "Give this note to the Four Saints of Kongtong! Tell them to act according to the order! There must be no mistakes!"