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Of course, the Son of Heaven was worried about a repeat of the situation.

The Emperor's concern was justified, because what had happened at the beginning was far less serious than this one.

At that time, Hai Rui also admonished Emperor Jiajing, which was the same as Lin Yanchao.

At that time, Hai Rui was just the head of the household department, and after the death of the Son of Heaven, the cabinet scholar Xu Jie, the secretary of the criminal department, Huang Guangsheng, and the ministers rushed to the rescue, which can be described as a full shock.

But in terms of reputation, Hai Rui was far inferior to Lin Yanchao now.

Lin Yanchao is the second champion of the Ming Dynasty, and his articles are regarded as authentic for the world's scholars, Shen Shixing, Wang Shizhen, etc. are his teachers.

I don't know how many people who read his forestry all day long annotating and reading, and pondering and studying every day.

And his 'the world is for the public' rhetoric is even sharper, straight to the point of disadvantages, and there is not a single word of falsehood.

Therefore, the Son of Heaven was worried that Lin Yanchao's letter this time would also cause opposition from officials and the people to the imperial court.

Zhang Whale saw the doubts of the Son of Heaven and asked, "Do you want to let the servants lead the factory guards, and the ministers and scholars who are running for this matter will be secretly arrested?" ”

The Son of Heaven tilted his head slightly when he heard this, and stopped when the words came to his mouth. This was supposed to be agreed without hesitation, but the Son of Heaven did not say it at the moment, but paced in the warm pavilion with his hands in his hands.

Zhang Whale didn't dare to disturb the Son of Heaven's thoughts, and stood quietly aside.

After half a ring, Tianzi raised his eyes and said to Zhang Whale: "Zhang Whale, why haven't you left yet?" ”

Zhang Whale couldn't help but be stunned, and immediately kowtowed: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Zhang Jing walked here, and Zhang Cheng entered again.

The Son of Heaven asked again: "Did Zhang Cheng persuade Lin Yanchao's wife outside the palace to leave?" ”

Zhang Cheng kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty's servants are incompetent and do their best, but Mrs. Lin still refuses to leave." ”

The Son of Heaven couldn't help but be moved, and sighed: "Lin Yanchao really has such a good wife. Zhang Cheng, what do you think? ”

Zhang Cheng observed the words and then said: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that Lin Zhongyun's reprimand is indeed a great rebellion, but it is also a heart of loyalty to the monarch and serving the country, and his feelings are pitiful. ”

The Son of Heaven waved his hand and said, "I'm asking you what you think of Lin Yanchao and his wife?" ”

Zhang Cheng said: "The couple is deeply affectionate, the ministers heard before that after Lin Zhongyun released the Yuan, the former champion Gong Yongqing had intended to marry the female Xu to Lin Zhongyun. But Lin Zhongyun refused politely, married the current wife who had been with the chaff, and never took a concubine since. ”

"Seeing the subtle knowledge, you can know that Lin Zhongyun is a person, but the minister also heard that the traitor Yan Song also treated his wife very well, and never abandoned his wife, which made the minister understand."

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he smiled and said: "Yan Song is the prime minister, in fact, there is nothing wrong with it, it is just a matter of flattering and stealing power for profit." If Lin Yanchao can learn from Yan Song and other things, do you think I want to reuse him? ”

Zhang Cheng hurriedly said: "This is Your Majesty's opportunity to employ people, and the ministers dare not speculate." ”

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he laughed and said: "You are still willing to tell the truth with me and be fair, it's not like Zhang Whale doesn't know what benefits Lin Yanchao has received." ”

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, can you ask the ministers to find out what Zhang Whale and Lin Yanchao have to do with it?" ”

The Son of Heaven waved his hand and said: "Zhang Whale has his no, but he also has his usefulness, such as although you are loyal to me, but you are not as active as Zhang Whale." This matter is not on my mind. ”

Zhang Cheng replied: "But Your Majesty, the ministers have found out that the ministers of the DPRK and China have been colluding recently. Do you want a minister to oversee this? ”

The Son of Heaven said silently: "This matter has already been given to me, and I have handed it over to him to handle, you don't have to take this to heart, how is Marquis Wu Qing recently?" ”

Zhang Cheng said: "Marquis Wuqing has been very close to the people of the Liao Wangfu recently, and it is said that he has received his money and wants to handle the case of the Liao King into an iron case. ”

"And before that, I instructed Yushi to impeach Lin Yanchao."

It was because of the case of King Liao that Zhang Juzheng ordered the Son of Heaven to 'build his family'.

However, as a result of the family, it was found that Zhang Juzheng was not corrupt, nor did he encroach on the mansion of the King of Liao, and the acres of land. But the clan still wants to detain this hat to Zhang Juzheng.

The Son of Heaven closed his eyes and waved his hand and said: "I know, you will secretly stare at Wu Qinghou for me, as for Zhang Juzheng's case to continue to be tried, I don't believe anyone's words now." In addition, I will give you a holy decree, and Mrs. Yunlin will go to visit Lin Yanchao in the edict prison. ”

Zhang Cheng lowered his head and said, "But Your Majesty, there is no precedent for relatives to visit the Imperial Prison!" ”

The Son of Heaven said: "That's why you have to secretly complete this matter for me, otherwise Mrs. Lin will never leave." ”

After Zhang Cheng left, the Son of Heaven shook his head and said, "Lin Yanchao, you said that the shameful monarch is not as good as Yao Shun, but how can I be this Yao Shun?" ”

Cining Palace.

Empress Dowager Li woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, and the old lady who had served for many years immediately went to the Queen Mother's side and said, "Queen Mother, what do you command?" ”

Empress Dowager Li shook her head and said: "This tranquilizing incense is getting worse and worse, last time I was able to sleep until the fourth watch, but this time I woke up before midnight." ”

The old lady said: "Queen Mother, the slave maid will order you another one?" ”

Empress Dowager Li shook her head and said, "No need, the mourning family has something in their hearts, so they are restless and serve the mourning family to get up." ”

After putting on her clothes, Empress Dowager Li sat down in the hall and asked, "What about the emperor?" Slept? ”

"The Qianqing Palace is back there, Your Majesty just fell asleep, but tomorrow morning there is still a day to talk, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep for three hours."

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Li said distressedly: "It's not easy for the emperor, he sleeps less every day, he has to deal with the government affairs, and Lin Yanchao's restless and kind ministers annoy him all day long, and divide the relationship between our mother and son." ”

The old lady lowered her head and said: "What the Queen Mother said is that Lin Yanchao and other ministers really deserve to die, and it is not an exaggeration to cut them with a thousand knives." But His Majesty and the Queen Mother are flesh and blood, and this cannot be changed in any way. ”

Empress Dowager Li said: "That's not necessarily, the Son of Heaven is getting bigger and bigger, and he also has his own ideas." As for King Lu's wedding, he has an opinion. Although King Lu is his younger brother, he doesn't want the court to pay this money, but he doesn't want to think about the meaning behind those ministers. ”

"Today is King Lu, tomorrow it is his sons, and tomorrow it is his sons, and the grandsons of the mourning family. He also didn't want to think that in the future, except for the crown prince, his son would always have to be crowned vassal king. Today's King Lu's wedding is less. Tomorrow, his son will be a vassal domain, how can the ministers be willing, and immediately a group of officials who sell their fame and reputation and pretend to ask for the people's life will jump out to oppose it. He didn't understand this truth. ”

"He became the emperor and was the supreme of the Ninety-Five, why didn't he know how to leave some belongings for his younger brother and the grandchildren of the mourning family. It's all in the palm of your hand, so why don't you know how to pity it. ”

When Empress Dowager Li said this, she couldn't help but shed tears.

The old lady said: "The Queen Mother is angry, Your Majesty still has filial piety, and it is all those ministers who bewitch the saint." In fact, where is the lack of money that the ministers are greedy for, and the emperor turns a blind eye to them on weekdays, and it doesn't matter if they are not held accountable, do they really think that they are really honest? Those who are clean officials will be greedy for tens of thousands of taels. If you are a real corrupt official, you must not be greedy for a dozen or hundreds of thousands of taels. ”

"The Queen Mother is the biological mother of the Son of Heaven, and King Lu is the younger brother of the Son of Heaven. These ministers guarded and ignored themselves, but instead blamed the royal family, and claimed to be asking for the people's lives, which is really shameless. If you change Hong Wuye, you should peel the skin and stuff the grass one by one. ”

The Queen Mother said with a calm look: "Yes, it's time to do it well, the mourning family doesn't believe Zhang Juzheng, Lin Yanchao hasn't taken a penny, let Wu Qinghou check it out for the mourning family." It has been verified, the peeling of the skin, the plugging of the grass. ”

Winter November.

Several major events took place in the capital.

One thing is that Zhang Xueyan, the head of the household department, wrote that the Zhaoling Tomb is still completed, and the Son of Heaven has to repair the palace and build the longevity palace, which is a huge cost.

In the case of the salary of the Jiubian army being delayed, and the Yellow River flood court could not take out a tael of silver for disaster relief, he implored the palace to reduce the construction cost.

After Zhang Xueyan wrote the book, the Son of Heaven was furious and wanted to dismiss Zhang Xueyan, and then the cabinet tried to protect it. The Son of Heaven changed Zhang Xueyan to the secretary of the military department.

Then he was renamed Yang Wei, the head of the household department in Nanjing, and became the head of the household department.

After Yang Wei was appointed as the head of the household department, it was also difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and he said that he would first take the Beijing officials, and the officials of Henan Province would receive two months' salaries for the relief of the Yellow River.

The Son of Heaven agreed to Yang Wei's invitation.

However, the household department's seizure of officials for disaster relief caused the officials to scold.

Another incident is that after Zhang Juzheng raided his house, Yang Sizhi, who originally said that Zhang Juzheng was corrupt and said that he 'dug a well in five steps and built a house in ten steps', said in a conclusive letter that with Zhang Juzheng's reward, even if he had been an official for a hundred years, he could not save the 200,000 yuan, which proved that he was undoubtedly corrupt.

In addition, they also said vividly that the three sons of the Zhang family had hidden two million taels in advance, and had secretly transported the silver back to their hometown in Huguang, and that they had hired more than 100 ships to carry gold and silver, and the boats on the water stretched for ten miles, which was simply ostentatious through the market.

As a result, when the boat crossed Hongze Lake, it encountered a strong wind and the boat sank a lot, as if Yang Sizhi had seen it with his own eyes.

They asked the Criminal Department to torture to extract a confession to ask for the money, but Zhang Jingxiu was tortured, and the confession was hidden in the house of Zeng Xingwu and Wang Zhang, who had been raided. Zhang Jingxiu could not bear the torture, and after writing a desperate letter, he committed suicide in prison.

Qiu Hu, the servant of the Criminal Department, and Zhang Cheng, the eunuch of Bingbi, continued to torture Zhang Sixiu, and Zhang Maoxiu and the two vowed to ask for the two million taels of silver from nowhere.

On this day, in the Fuyang teahouse of Jingshi.

Soon after the trial release of Shuntian Township, it will be the triennial spring festival. The inns in the capital are full of scholars, and even the teahouses are full of scholars dressed in green clothes.

Sun Chengzong walked up to the teahouse to find a place to sit down, and this time Shuntianxiang tried to get him the thirty-second place, a Chinese-style lifter.

After the list was released, he learned that Lin Yanchao was imprisoned after the book, and the Lin Mansion changed dramatically. He went to the Lin Mansion to inquire, but the Lin family had already moved away from their original residence.

The Yanjing Times was seized, and Lin Yanchao's protégé in the past made a big fuss about the Shuntian Mansion Yamen because of Guo Zhengyu's grievances, and as a result, Lin Yanchao's disciples were either taken to prison or removed from their reputations.

For example, Lin Yanchao's disciples Tao Wangling, Xu Huobo and others have no news and do not know where to go.

In the past, when Lin Yanchao was there, as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, how prosperous the Lin Mansion was, and today he has come to this field.

Sun Chengzong was secretly sad for Lin Yanchao, he was now in the teahouse, and wanted to find out the news of Lin Yanchao from everyone's mouth.

Scholars are the most concerned about current affairs, and many people in the teahouse are scolding when they talk about the current situation.

"Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother's desire is difficult to fill, and the king of the world is private, and the Yellow River flood is ignored, and the arrears of wages on the nine sides are not visible."

"The officials don't dare to say a word, Lin Sanyuan is admonished but sent to prison, is this fair?"

"Not only Lin Zhongyun, but even the protégé disciples who ran for him were arrested, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty dared to come forward to speak?"

"The court officials are all corpse vegetarian people, when Jiajing Ye was there, Yang Jue was the most guilty and Yang Jue spoke up, Hai Rui wrote a book, Xu Ge Lao Ken came forward to protect it, and today's cabinet only knows how to meet the wishes, and dare not have two words, how different from paper paste, as for the hundred officials, they are also submissive."

"The Son of Heaven is like this, the courtiers are like this, even if we are lucky enough to be Chinese-style officials, we will either go along with them, or we will be in prison as bluntly as Lin Zhongyun. In this way, what is the use of waiting for more than ten years to seek fame? ”

"Eh, the water of the waves is muddy and clear, depending on whether you wash your feet or wash your tassels, you don't study and seek advancement, there are still many people who want to be officials. One less for you, no less. ”

"Studying is to be an official, what good is it for me to worship the saint Confucius? Where is my scholar who has read the Spring and Autumn Righteousness all his life? ”

"What is righteousness? The righteousness is that Zhang Jiangling has worked hard for the country all his life, but because he copied out 200,000 taels of silver, he asked the whole family, and he couldn't even keep his death. And the Queen Mother, King Lu sits and enjoys it, but she can justifiably take six million taels of silver from the common people! ”

Several scholars slapped the table indignantly: "The court is rotten to the bones, and sooner or later it will die." ”

Everyone in the teahouse made a generous statement, and Sun Chengzong was tears dripping into the teacup: "Dong Weng, Dong Weng, is this what you want to do to save the Ming Dynasty?" The state affairs have reached this point and there is no way to recover, why do you want to be an official, and why do I have to take the exam? ”

It's the day, the morning ceremony.

Baiguan learned the news early in the morning that there was a fire in the palace last night, and as a result, more than 30 rooms were burned, but fortunately, the front and rear halls were unharmed.

The three major halls of the Forbidden City have suffered many fires, although this time it did not burn the emperor, the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace where the queen is located, so it is not an uncommon thing. What's more, the Son of Heaven, when the queen caught fire, she was immediately transferred.

But this is the place where the dragon is located.

When the ministers heard about this, they wanted to greet the Son of Heaven.

Hundreds of ministers knelt in front of the Imperial Gate to confirm that the Holy Driver was safe.

Soon the emperor appeared at the Huangji Gate, and after ascending to the throne, the three auxiliary ministers led the ministers to greet the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven said that he had nothing to do, saying that in order to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Queen Mother, several eunuchs in the palace set off fireworks, and the fire broke out.

At present, several internal officials who are responsible for the responsibility have been heavily responsible, and then the Ministry of Industry and Camp Department will be ordered to rebuild the palace.

But at this moment, a minister under His Majesty came out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this time the fire in the Forbidden City is not for no reason, but a warning from heaven to Your Majesty. Warn Your Majesty that if you don't think about repairing virtue and politics in the future, you will definitely be angry and resentful, and I implore Your Majesty to learn clearly! ”

After the minister finished speaking, the officials were in an uproar.

PS: The Yellow River flood is fictional in this book, but the fire in the palace is not fiction, in the Forbidden City in Wanli years there is an average of one fire every two years, of which the fire in Wanli 24 years is the largest, as for the small fire is countless.