Chapter nine hundred and sixty-three: the emperor's supreme virtue
For several days, the factory guards were in a state of panic. The newly appointed internal factory manager Zhang Yong was eager to show off and even released nearly half of the factory guards and captains in the capital, but there was still no news.
Things started to get weird. Logically speaking, the only ones who escaped were the emperor and a eunuch. Where could they run to? Besides, there were many checkpoints along the way. Could they still fly?
However, so many people were sent out, but there was not even a trace. Instead, many people were arrested, all of whom met the characteristics. As a result, many thieves were found, but the traces of the emperor were still missing.
As a result, Zhang Yong became a little anxious and angry. Every morning, the Queen Mother would ask him for questions. Every time he saw the gloomy look on the Queen Mother Zhang's face, Zhang Yong was frightened.
There are three fires for a new official when he takes office. He may get in before the first fire is burned. Besides, these people in Gu Dayong are all eagerly waiting to see his joke. However, he has no choice but to keep urging him downwards.
The East-West Factory and Jinyiwei had no choice. What could they do? What was the use of urging? So their approach was to urge them downwards, and besides sending more people, they continued to do this futile thing.
A few days later, everyone has confirmed that the emperor is not near Gyeonggi Province. He may have left the customs and gone to the desert, or he may have gone to the south of the Yangtze River along the Chi Road or the canal. He may have even sailed out to sea. The scale of the search must be expanded.
Just done.
However, the Ming Dynasty was so big that manpower was also a problem. Letting others conduct secret visits would obviously expose the emperor's whereabouts, so Zhang Yong had to ask the Empress Dowager Zhang for instructions.
Empress Dowager Zhang was already many years older. She sighed and missed her son. Of course, she might be more angry. After a long time, she nodded: "Sooner or later, the matter will not be covered up. In this case, then simply tell the world
let it go
All prefectures and counties across the country are searching for strangers. If there are any strangers, they must be checked. You go and inform the cabinet and let the cabinet draw up an order. The Ai family is no longer willing to come forward. I am an old woman..." At this point,
She choked up and couldn't speak.
The only thing that gave Empress Dowager Zhang some comfort was that the princess was left. One of her sons was missing, but at least her daughter was still with her. Originally, Princess Taikang entered the palace and was supposed to be taken care of by Empress Dowager Zhang, but this time it was Princess Taikang instead.
She had to take care of Empress Dowager Zhang, but the princess's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and she would give birth in three to two months. Empress Dowager Zhang had to endure her grief and try her best to look as out of the way as possible in front of the princess.
Liu Chengfeng went in and out of the palace several times. He knew that the Queen Mother was in a bad mood, so he did not dare to say a few more words. At most, he could only comfort her with a few words of comfort. However, Liu Chengfeng knew that instead of comforting her, it would be better to try his best to comfort her.
Find the emperor, otherwise no matter how much you say to comfort him, it will be in vain.
So he often stopped at the last minute and told the princess to take good care of her.
It was inevitable that the news would finally be made known to everyone in the capital. Such big news was really shocking.
In fact, the last time the emperor went to Jixian and became a prisoner of the Mongols, everyone was stunned. No one could have imagined that the mysterious emperor would do such a thing, especially when Shilin was so disappointed.
There are so many people here that they feel like they are mourning their heirs, and they are constantly criticizing.
Scholars are the most concerned about this kind of thing. They are different from other people who make a living. Everyone else has to support their families, so most of their thoughts are on their career. However, scholars are noble and naturally do not bother to make money. Therefore,
Many people spend most of their time drinking tea or chatting, and naturally they inevitably discuss national affairs.
In fact, for scholars, most of their role models are the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Although only geniuses know what the Three Emperors and Five Emperors are like. Anyway, everyone firmly believes that ancient times were the paradise of emperors, and almost all the visions of beautiful monarchs were added to them.
on them.
Scholars are very smart at this point. The more hazy it is, the more beautiful it can be. However, there is no way to verify the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, so they can make up whatever they want. But for them, the emperor who is right in front of them is different.
Just like when the late emperor was here, he was actually considered a holy king, but even so, the scholars were not satisfied. Now that the late emperor is the current holy king, the two people are completely different, and the disappointment is naturally even greater.
Think about it, in their hearts, even the late emperor was far from their role model. Would they like someone like Zhu Houzhao?
Furthermore, now that the emperor was humiliated first and was already suspected of insulting the national system, and now he is nowhere to be seen, it is even more disappointing. Many people even openly and boldly criticized him. Such remarks actually aroused the applause of many scholars.
Of course, not everyone can criticize the emperor. There is also a mystery here. If you are a person with a good reputation, it is okay to criticize a few words. After all, this is not the period of Taizu. The status of scholar-bureaucrats has risen with the tide. If you
Go ahead and ignore him, he still has a good reputation, and no one of the big shots in the temple dares to bear the reputation of blocking his speech, so he often hopes that big things will be reduced to trivial matters. In short, you can scold you as much as you want.
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But if you have no fame, let alone slandering the palace, or just scolding the government a little, you are also a troublemaker and a rebel. If you are caught, you will inevitably be beaten with dozens of blows, and then assassinated and exiled.
Scholars have the privilege of scolding, and speaking of the Emperor, this was really unreasonable. Everyone thought it was too ridiculous, so they scolded him very fiercely, and it can be said that the discussion was like a fire.
At the beginning, everyone just vented some dissatisfaction and expressed their disappointment, but later on, it became a bit out of control. In fact, some shocking remarks were circulated among the scholars.
These remarks are very scary. One of them is that the current emperor wants to imitate Uncle Qin and is disobedient, so he suddenly ran away.
On the surface, there seems to be no problem with this sentence. Both Qin Bo and Mu Yi were sages in ancient times and were highly regarded by scholars. Now there seems to be nothing wrong with comparing the emperor to these two people. Maybe if that boy Zhengde
When you hear that you have become an ancient sage, you may still be happy for a few days. But only those who really figure out the meaning of this sentence will break out in cold sweat, and the whole person will inevitably feel nervous.
First of all, we must understand who Uncle Qin is. Uncle Qin is the son of the father of Zhou Taiwang. Originally, the Taibo brothers should inherit the throne in turn after the death of the ancient father. But they saw that their father particularly liked the third son Ji Li.
His son Ji Chang, and Ji Chang did have superhuman talents, so he decided to take the initiative to give up the inheritance rights to Ji Li. Then Ji Li passed it on to
Ji Chang. Later, their father and others asked them to inherit the throne one after another, but they refused. In order to cut off the idea of others supporting them, Taibo and Zhongyong fled to the southeastern Jingman area of the distant wilderness.
They cut off their hair and got tattoos, following the custom of the local backward ethnic groups. Seeing that they were determined, the people of the Zhou tribe had no choice but to support Ji Li and Ji Chang.
This is the allusion of Qin Bo's appointment to the king. Not to mention whether there is any inside story in this allusion, but after Confucius preached that only Qin Bo was the most virtuous person, Qin Bo's status in the world began to rise. Such a person has virtue.
Ah, even the king is not willing to do it. He would rather hide in the mountains and never come out.
And what if the current emperor is Uncle Qin? The matter seems to have come to light. Originally, the emperor just ran away. As for the reason for running away, no one knows. It may be because of naughty, or because he wants to go out to relax. In short, there are reasons.
There are many kinds, but the person who used Uncle Qin to compare the emperor gave the emperor a reason, that is, let the king...
This is the heart-breaking point. This means that the emperor left because he was a noble person and had the highest virtues, so he wanted to imitate Uncle Qin and give up his throne to a capable person. The emperor no longer wants to be the emperor. Baiguan
We should choose Gaoming.
It would be strange if the person who said this didn't have ulterior motives.
But there is nothing you can do against him. In fact, this is where scholars are tricky. If he wants to trick you or scold you, he won’t utter a single curse word, and with a smile on his face, you may mistakenly think that he has praised you, and waits for you.
Before he could recover, he had already dug a hole and buried him.
Even if someone says something like this, you can't do anything to him. He will confidently say that the emperor ran away because he was playful. Did you slander the emperor that he did not have the majesty of the emperor? The emperor ran away because he wanted to patrol privately and ignored the common people and the country.
, imitate that Sui Yang?
At this time, I guarantee that your face will twitch and you will be speechless.
Furthermore, after all, Uncle Qin is a most virtuous person. This is recognized by the sage Kong. To say that the emperor is a most virtuous person is obviously to praise the emperor. What is your intention? What can you do to me?
In fact, no one can do anything about this kind of person, and even if they can, factory guards really don't have the skills to do so now.
As a result, whether intentionally or unintentionally, this kind of argument actually became the mainstream and became so popular that some people with ulterior motives actually dared to openly discuss it in the yamen.
Naturally, this matter could not escape the eyes and ears of the Prince of Chu. When the news reached Liu Chengfeng, Liu Chengfeng had to be vigilant. He vaguely felt that there was a dark shadow behind these remarks, and something seemed to be brewing.
But at this time, Liu Chengfeng was helpless for a moment. Should he arrest people now? The more he arrests people for this kind of thing, the more heated the comments will be. The final result may be a confused account. What he is most worried about is that this matter is brewing behind the scenes.
The main conspirator is someone who lives in the temple. If so, then the matter will be even more complicated.
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