"This gang of thieves, silverfish, robbers, hooligans, and ...... the next three people"

If you just listen to this series of curses, no one will associate it with the supreme of the Ming Dynasty and the most noble man in the world. In fact, even if you see it with your own eyes, it is difficult to equate this Taoist man wearing a Ge preaching robe, stepping on black cloth shoes, a clear face, and a fluttering beard, with the golden profession of the emperor.

But the absurdity of reality is often beyond people's imagination, this old Taoist is indeed the king of trillions of people in the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty.

I saw Emperor Jiajing put his hands behind his back, circling around the bright yellow futon, while scolding, and the eunuchs were silent and prostrate on the ground, lest they become victims of His Majesty's attack.

It wasn't until the emperor had scolded enough and was tired of scolding that he sat on the futon, closed his eyes and looked up to the sky panting.

Seeing that the emperor was really angry, Shen Mo muttered in his heart: "You won't blame me for handing him the hot potato and giving me small shoes to wear, right?" In fact, he was not so timid, and he was scared by Lu Bing and Tao Zhongwen.

Obviously, the moody Emperor Jiajing, the close ministers have demonized a little, at least the emperor did not blame the silence, he gradually adjusted his breathing, his expression also returned to calm, and said slowly: "The Great Dao is easy and difficult to cultivate, and I know that it is up to me and from the sky." As he spoke, he opened his eyes, stood up, shook his wide sleeved robe, floated up, and came to the front of Shen Mo and said, "If it weren't for the accumulation of Yin Virtue, there would be a group of demons as obstacles...... Do you think Hu Zongxian and Zhao Wenhua are my magic barriers? ”

"The ministers are soft-spoken, young and ignorant, and dare not talk nonsense." Shen Mo said softly.

"Speak!" Jiajing's voice was noticeably higher.

After a moment of silence, he hurriedly said: "Back to the saint, Wei Chen's aunt said in vain, according to Wei Chen's opinion, it is a magic obstacle for the court to intercept the corrupt, but the Japanese in the southeast are also a big demon barrier...... "Peeking a little, seeing that the emperor did not mean to interrupt, he continued: "The problem now is that if the former is eliminated, the latter will be even more out of control; Which is more important, the sacred heart reads talents, and Weichen does not dare to speak falsely. ”

"Is this still called not daring to speak?" Emperor Jiajing teased: "I am not two hundred and five, you have already said it clearly enough. ”

Shen Mo hurriedly said: "Shengming has no past Your Majesty, and Weichen doesn't dare to quibble." "It's extremely smooth, obviously I found the feeling of growing up in my previous life.

"Hehe......" Emperor Jiajing gently patted him on the shoulder...... In the eyes of the eunuchs, this action is like thunder, except for Yan Ge Lao, His Majesty seems to have never made such an intimate action to any minister...... But neither the giver nor the receiver noticed this, and Emperor Jiajing bowed his head and slowly paced in the hall and said, "Isn't it possible that without Zhang Butcher, I still can't eat pigs with hair?" ”

Shen Mo reported softly: "My Ming Dynasty is full of talents, in addition to Hu Zongxian, there must be qualified candidates, but Hu Zongxian is already familiar with the southeast, and has been in business for more than a year...... Once it is overturned and restarted, personnel are replaced, not to mention the great waste of Chengren and material resources, the army will be paralyzed for at least half a year, and the consequences may be unimaginable. ”

"Hmph," Jiajing snorted heavily, but he didn't deny this statement, but asked in a deep voice, "Then what do you think, what should I do with them?" ”

"This Weichen really doesn't know." Shen Mo didn't dare to talk nonsense when he was killed, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Weichen only feels that it is difficult and difficult to ......" He knew that Emperor Jiajing was an extremely smart emperor, so he must hate prevarications such as 'thunder, rain and dew, all are Jun's grace', so he was honest.

Sure enough, Emperor Jiajing's face showed emotion, looked up at the top of the hall, and muttered: "You can't answer, so you push the question up, push it around, and finally fall in front of me, who can I push it to?" ”

"Weichen is useless, he can't relieve his father's worries, and he can't die on the spot!" Shen Mo said with a depressed face.

"Hey, if you die and solve the problem, I'll kill you right away." Emperor Jiajing smiled: "But no...... So, being an emperor is a chore. There is nothing more bitter in the world than my heart, is it lenient and wrong, strict and wrong, is it not just a mystery? I'm also fascinated ......"

As soon as the emperor was silent, the hall immediately fell silent, and after a while, he returned to the couch, and did not sit cross-legged, just stretched out his legs and sat on the edge of the couch, leaning on the futon with his arms, narrowing his narrow eyes and saying: "Lao Tzu has a cloud: 'To govern a big country, if you cook a small fresh. How do you understand that? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this is Lao Tzu's idea of governing the country, and the ministers are shallow in their studies and dare not discuss it. But Weichen's family has been poor since he was a child, and he tried to live by the river, catch some small fish and shrimp from the river, and drink with his father, so that he still has some say in this 'cooking Xiaoxian'. Those small fish are very tender, and after going down to the country, it is most taboo to turn around, if you stir it frequently with a shovel, the meat will be broken, and it will not look like it at all. ”

After a pause, seeing that the emperor was listening, Shen Mo had the courage to say: "Lao Tzu uses cooking fish to govern the country." Does it mean that the monarch should govern the country like a fried fish, and not often flip around...... If the order changes overnight, the people will be at a loss, and the country will be in turmoil. On the contrary, if national policies and laws can be unswervingly implemented, they will have the effect of enriching the country and strengthening the army. In this way, all external calamities will not form long-lasting calamities. ”

After listening to him, the tangled and hesitant look on Jiajing's face disappeared, and for the first time, he really smiled and said, "Huang Jin, what do you think of his answer?" ”

"Slaves and maids are only shallow in learning, and ordinary pavilion elders can't understand what they say." Huang Jin said with a smile: "But Shen Jieyuan's words, the slave can understand them, and they feel very reasonable." ”

"Hahaha......" Emperor Jiajing pointed at Huang Jin and said: "Silence, have you heard, in Huang Jin's opinion, you are more knowledgeable than the elders." ”

"Gonggong Huang praised it falsely," Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "It may be that the scholars are too profound, and we ordinary people can't understand it." ”

"yes, I just don't understand." Emperor Jiajing bowed his head and said: "One by one, Pili Yangqiu, with a honey-bellied sword, one set in the heart, one set in the mouth, the whole price knows that he is acting in front of me, and I don't know if he is playing monkey for me?" Or play me like a monkey. ”

"It's definitely the former." Shen Mo and Huang Jin said in unison.

"The former, of course!" Jiajing flicked his sleeves and got up, sat down on the futon, and said with confidence on his face: "This Ming Dynasty is all pretending to be in my heart, and no one can fool me!" As he spoke, he waved his sleeves and said, "Announce that they come in......" Huang Jin went out to announce the decree.

Jiajing said to Shen Mo again, "Go behind the curtain and hide it, I will let you watch a monkey show to see if it's fun." ”

Silent dared to say more, quickly got up and hid behind the curtain. As soon as he hid it, he saw that Huang Jin went and returned: "Your Majesty, they are here." ”

Emperor Jiajing nodded, and Huang Jin went out and said, "A few adults, please come in." ”

Then I saw three officials wearing red official robes and white jade belts around their waists, coming in in a little order, facing the emperor in a line, kneeling down with brushes and brushes, and shouting long live.

Jiajing had regained his usual composure, nodded and said, "Get up." The three of them got up in thanks, and Huang Jin brought a brocade pier over and said softly, "Elder Yan Ge, please take a seat." The old man, who was the first to come and the oldest, with a white beard and eyebrows, thanked His Majesty tremblingly, and slowly sat down on the left side of the emperor with the support of the eunuch.

"It turns out that this coffin is Yan Ge Lao," Shen Mo, who was hiding behind the scenes, couldn't help frowning secretly: he respected the old man very much, but a dying old man who struggled to stand like this, served as the prime minister of a troubled empire...... Will he be up to the task?

The other two officials could only stand in the hall, because on the side, Shen Mo couldn't see their faces, but he could guess that the short one should be the cabinet deputy Xu Jie, and the tall one was the dog's Li Mo.

At this time, Yan Song spoke: "The old minister remembers, His Majesty said last month that he would go out on February 15, and this time it was ten days ahead of schedule, it seems that His Majesty has made great progress, and it is gratifying to congratulate him......" As soon as the so-called expert opened his mouth, he knew if there was any, and he felt that he had to pay tribute to this old man who had been patting on the back for a longer time than his two lives.

Jiajing gently stroked the sleeves of his robe and said lightly: "I didn't improve, but I was upset and couldn't settle down, so I had to come out early." ”

Yan Song hurriedly helped the pier to get up, and led the two first-class officials to kneel down and plead guilty: "It's all the incompetence of the ministers......

Jiajing waved his sleeves and said impatiently: "Incompetent and incompetent!" Don't say this sentence in the future, if you really think you're incompetent, write your resignation and go home to farm. ”

"The ministers don't dare." A few people were bored with a big one, so they had to stand up, knowing that they couldn't get a good face this time.

"In the past few days of my retreat, what is there to report?" Emperor Jiajing lowered his eyelids and asked flatly.

"There are a few things." Yan Song said slowly: "The most important thing is the aftermath of the earthquake, seeing that spring is coming, but the people are still in panic and can't extricate themselves, I am afraid that they will have no intention of farming, resulting in a shortage of summer food, and the court taxes cannot be guaranteed, I am afraid that many people will starve to death." And seeing that the weather is about to get warmer, if we don't take measures this morning, I'm afraid that there will be a large number of epidemics and many deaths. ”

(To be continued)