After discussing the issue of posthumously sealing Xu Jin, Jiajing was a little distracted, and Bi Gonggong immediately shouted very considerately: "There is a book to start playing, but there is no book to retreat." ”

"The minister has his own music." Luo Qinshun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, immediately stood up and said loudly.

Jiajing raised his hand slightly and said lightly: "What is the matter with the Luo Qing family?" ”

"Your Majesty, a strong earthquake occurred in Mount Tai a few days ago, Tai'an County, Xintai County, Feicheng County, and Laiwu County were all affected, especially in Tai'an County, thousands of houses collapsed, the people were seriously affected, and the people's hearts were floating.

As expected by the ministers, Luo Shangshu mentioned the Taishan earthquake as soon as he opened his mouth, which is also the thing that everyone is most concerned about now, and the holy decree of the local government disaster relief has been issued two days ago, but how to appease the people, the emperor has not yet said anything.

Jiajing couldn't help but be secretly angry in his heart, in fact, in the past three days of dropping out of the dynasty, there were many ministers who talked about the Taishan earthquake, and some people even took the opportunity to accuse him of killing two people in the court before the month.

What's even more angry is that some speech officials even vaguely reminded him to issue a "guilty edict" to ask God for his guilt, and rehabilitated the innocent speech officials who were scepter, revoked all punishments, and gave generous bereavement to the two speech officials who died.

In addition, there are also ministers who impeach the corpses of the three elders of the cabinet, which probably means that they are scolded for occupying the pit and not, and failing to fulfill the responsibilities of the cabinet auxiliary ministers, and asking for the removal of the three people and the replacement of other people with real skills to take the position.

Among them, Zhao Wenhua, the director of the Criminal Department, is the most acute, and the spearhead is directly aimed at Fei Hong, the first assistant of the cabinet, and clearly states that he has three crimes, first: using power for personal gain, operating in the dark, and promoting the second son Fei Maozhong; Second: undermining the fairness and fairness of the imperial examination, and his eldest son Fei Maoxian's victory as a Jinshi is actually the result of an exchange of interests (Note: Fei Maoxian finally passed the Jinshi examination this year); Third: Fei Hong has made no achievements since he entered the cabinet (he is busy all day long), he has not fulfilled his responsibility to admonish the Son of Heaven, and his ability and ability are not worthy.

Zhao Wenhua's impeachment letter is not not vicious, if he is hit, Fei Hong will at least lose his official position, and he will even be convicted and imprisoned.

In particular, the second content of the impeachment - undermining the fairness and justice of the imperial examination, this crime is not trivial, you must know that the imperial examination is the only way for scholars in the world to change their fate, it is the belief in their minds, sacred and inviolable, who dares to break the rules of the scientific field, whether you are the first assistant or the king of heaven Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will drown you with saliva.

For example, the "imperial examination fraud case" of the Hongzhi Dynasty caused a lot of uproar, and the talented Tang Yin fell to Sun Shan because of this, and was deprived of his fame and was not allowed to take the test again for life. Since then, Tang Caizi has been in a slump, lingering in Fengyue places, borrowing wine all day long to drown his sorrows, and ending up depressed. Cheng Minzheng, the chief examiner at the time, was also dismissed because of this, if it weren't for Li Dongyang, the first assistant of the cabinet at the time, to protect him, it is estimated that he would have split his head.

In the Ming Dynasty, the high school of the nephews of cabinet ministers was not a good thing for them, and the so-called melon fields and plums were inevitably suspicious. For example, Zhang Juzheng, the head of the cabinet who has the power in the world, because his son was also scolded miserably in high school, and some cabinet ministers couldn't stand the doubts and abuses, so they pressed their son and did not allow him to participate in the examination, until he retired 17 years later, and then allowed his son to enter Beijing to participate in the examination.

Of course, there are also the sons of the cabinet chief assistant who are not scolded in high school, and they are still the champions, this person is the talented Yang Shen, the son of the cabinet chief assistant Yang Tinghe.

Yang Shen won the champion, no one in the Manchu Dynasty dared to boycott him, no way, this benevolent brother is so talented, really talented, so that everyone thinks that he deserves to be the champion, and it is not normal if he does not win the champion.

Fei Hong's eldest son Fei Maoxian is far behind Yang Shen, Fei Maoxian took the Xiucai exam twice, the examiner took the exam twice, and the Jinshi exam three times, how is this level compared with the talented Yang Shen, so it is normal to be questioned.

Zhao Wenhua seized this point to impeach Fei Hong, the entry point can not be described as vicious, plus now at this juncture, it is simply going to die, it is said that Fei Ge Lao has taken the initiative to write a letter to resign to avoid suspicion, but the emperor has boycotted the dynasty in the past few days, and all the twists and turns that have gone up are like a stone sinking into the sea.

In fact, Jiajing still has to read the book in the past three days, and the reason why he left the book is not published, in fact, there is a sense of escape, after all, the earthquake in Mount Tai is unfavorable to him as the emperor in public opinion, and Jiajing does not think that he has done anything angry and resentful, so he is not willing to issue a "guilty edict", and he can't afford to lose this face.

However, Luo Qinshun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, did not understand the sympathy for the holy will, and as soon as he came up, he mentioned the Taishan earthquake, and bluntly asked Jiajing how to calm the people's hearts.

This is Jiajing, if Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Di are replaced, Luo Shangshu will not be enough to cut off even if he has eight heads.

Jiajing's face was cold, and it was so quiet that he could hear a needle dropping, at this moment, Fei Hong, the first assistant of the cabinet, walked out slowly, knelt down on the royal road, and took off his black gauze hat and solemnly put it on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "The minister is old, frail and sickly, begging the emperor to return to his hometown, and beg the emperor for permission." ”

The ministers of civil and military affairs present looked at Fei Hong's stiff back with different expressions, and their moods were complicated and difficult to understand. To be honest, Fei Hong is kind-hearted and broad-minded, although his ability is not as good as Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing, but he was conscientious and conscientious when he served as the first assistant, and he worked hard without credit, but he ended up in a gloomy end, which is embarrassing!

The second assistant Jin Xianmin opened his mouth, but in the end he did not persuade him, in this case, Fei Hong should resign to avoid suspicion, and it is impossible for the emperor to make an edict, and this pot naturally has to be carried by Fei Hong.

A trace of gratitude flashed in Zhu Houxi's eyes, the reason for Fei Hong's resignation was because he was old and frail, but everyone knew that he stood up and took the initiative to blame himself for the Taishan earthquake.

Zhu Houxi coughed lightly and said: "Mr. Fei, please hurry up, I don't allow you to beg for rest, as for Mr. is not in good health, I allow you to recuperate at home, and you don't have to come to the court every day." ”

"Thank you for your grace!" Fei Hong put the black yarn on and returned to the civil service queue.

However, everyone understands that Fei Hong's resignation is a foregone conclusion, although the emperor does not allow Fei Hong to resign, he allows him to recuperate at home and not go to court, which is a signal.

Because an official of Fei Hong's level doesn't say that he can pat his ass and leave with a resignation, he has to resign back and forth at least three or four times, and the emperor retains him three or four times to conform to etiquette.

That's right, the ancients were so "hypocritical", such as Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, who obviously wanted to be the emperor in his heart, but the result was still "three resignations and three lets" to be very "reluctantly" to add a yellow robe, and reluctantly sat on the throne of the emperor.

Sure enough, in the next few days, Fei Hong sent seven more letters of resignation in succession, and Jiajing finally granted his request.