Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 5: Lying on the salary and tasting the guts

Chapter 3 Social turmoil and turmoil

Section 6: National Mourning

Jingshi, the Forbidden City Wanli Emperor's dormitory.

Fang Congzhe, Huang Jiashan, Li Ruhua and other civil and military officials gathered in the square outside the hall, all the three grades and above in the capital were all there, everyone's face was unusually solemn, the eyebrows were full of sorrow, the entire dormitory hall was quiet, only the footsteps of the palace maids and eunuchs who ran from time to time echoed in the air.

In the main hall of the dormitory, more than a dozen imperial doctors with the highest Chinese medicine skills in the Tai Hospital were busy, and everyone was doing their best to treat Emperor Wanli, who was already unconscious. Feelings of uneasiness and despair spread in everyone's hearts, and these imperial doctors were so desperate that they almost cried on the spot in the face of Emperor Wanli in front of them.

Since Emperor Wanli suddenly fell into a coma in the early morning of this day, these dozen or so imperial doctors have been busy for more than three hours, and all kinds of elixirs have been used on Emperor Wanli's body, but Emperor Wanli's condition has still not improved. In desperation, after a brief discussion, more than a dozen imperial doctors from the Tai Hospital have been recommending an old imperial doctor in his seventies to come forward and report to the ministers about the situation of Emperor Wanli outside.

At this time, Fang Congzhe and other ministers of civil and military affairs were anxiously waiting for news, and everyone suddenly saw that the door of the dormitory opened a crack, and an old lady doctor with white hair walked out quickly. Seeing this scene, everyone's hearts rose to their throats, and Fang Congzhe and the other six Shangshu ran forward quickly.

"How is Your Majesty?" Fang Congzhe didn't care about any official position at this time, and asked directly.

The old lady doctor looked flustered, and said in a trembling voice: "Elder Ge, forgive the incompetence of the officials and others, we have done our best." ”

As soon as these words came out, Fang Congzhe was so shocked that he almost didn't sit on the ground, and Huang Jiashan next to him hurriedly helped Fang Congzhe, and then asked, "Now Your Majesty has woken up?" ”

"Not yet."

Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan glanced at each other, and then said to the old lady: "Your Majesty must be woken up, you must!" ”

The old lady looked at Fang Congzhe's already extremely distorted face, and stumbled and said, "Okay, okay, I, I'll go right away." ”

After the old lady doctor returned to the dormitory, Fang Congzhe looked at the six scholars beside him and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, you have all heard what the imperial doctor said just now, and now we are going to start preparing for the national funeral." ”

Huang Jiashan, Li Ruhua and other six people were all in a heavy mood, but they still agreed with Fang Congzhe's proposal.

Then, Fang Congzhe said to Huang Jiashan: "Huang Shangshu, immediately give an order to Liu Yunwei, the chief military officer of Tongzhou Town, to immediately lead his troops into Beijing, and camp outside the Xuanwu Gate, waiting for further instructions from the imperial court to prevent accidents in the capital; At the same time, it is also necessary to give an order to Xiong Tingbi, the economic strategy of Liaodong, from today onwards, Liaodong will begin to be fully alerted, and Liaodong must not be in chaos at this time! ”

Huang Jiashan nodded heavily and said, "I'll do it immediately." ”

Fang Congzhe then said to the Ministry of Rites: "Your Majesty's future affairs and the crown prince's enthronement ceremony are ready?" ”

"Everything is ready, I have also sent someone to invite the prince over, and now the prince is resting in the side hall."

Fang Congzhe nodded, instructed everyone about some things, discussed with everyone for a while, and then said, "Okay, let's wait a little longer, if Your Majesty can wake up, we will take the prince to see Your Majesty immediately." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a eunuch suddenly crash out of the main hall of the dormitory, crying and shouting: "Your Majesty is dead!" ”

Fang Congzhe and the others were stunned for a moment, they all stared at the eunuch, and in an instant, they all cried bitterly, and knelt down in the direction of the dormitory together with the civil and military officials. After hearing about it, the prince also hurriedly ran from the side hall to the bedroom of Emperor Wanli with a servant of the Ministry of Rites.

Just when the prince ran past the place where the hundred officials knelt and bowed, Li Linbin raised his head slightly and glanced at the prince who was hurrying by, and found that the prince had just run here from the side hall not far away, a distance of more than 100 steps, and the prince who was in the prime of life was already panting and sweating profusely. Seeing this, Li Linbin couldn't help but think of something, and his face suddenly became very ugly.

After some panic, early the next morning, the cabinet announced the news of the death of Emperor Wanli, and for a time the whole country was in an uproar and the whole world was shaken.

In the following days, the imperial court held a state funeral for Emperor Wanli, and on the day when Emperor Wanli's spirit drove out of the city to Changping, thousands of people in Beijing were empty, and hundreds of people poured into the streets to witness the last journey of Emperor Wanli.

After the death of Emperor Wanli, the Ministry of Rites posthumously presented the temple of Emperor Wanli to Shenzong, nicknamed Fan Tianhe, Daozhe, Sudun, Jianguang, Wu'an, Renzhi, Emperor Xiaoxian, and buried in Dingling in Changping Town.

It can be seen that Emperor Wanli's achievements during his lifetime were still recognized by the world. Emperor Wanli was the thirteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty and reigned for forty-eight years, making him the longest-reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Wanli's life can be said to be a magnificent life, and his martial arts are very proud.

In the first ten years of the reign of Emperor Wanli, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, presided over government affairs and implemented a series of reform measures, which greatly enhanced the national strength of the Ming Dynasty; After Emperor Wanli came into power, he also made great efforts to govern the country and had the demeanor of a diligent and diligent monarch, creating a situation of "Wanli Zhongxing". During the period, Emperor Wanli has experienced the Northwest Rebellion, the Southwest Burma Invasion and the Tusi Rebellion, the Japanese invasion of Korea, the attempt to get involved in the battle of Liaodong to resist Japan and aid Korea, in the face of serious external threats, Emperor Wanli resolutely gave the enemy a resolute counterattack, in the bloody battle of the Ming army, the Ming Dynasty won all three battles! This is the shock at home and abroad of the "Wanli Three Great March", since then for a long time, the Ming Dynasty's national prestige reached its peak, Japan was beaten by the Ming Dynasty almost perished. It can be said that Emperor Wanli's actions have greatly consolidated the territory of the Han family.

However, in the later period of the reign of Emperor Wanli, due to his own physical reasons (Emperor Wanli had a serious leg disease and suffered from illness all the year round), he was desolate in political affairs, and he was tired of government affairs due to problems such as the dispute over the country and the attack case, and he no longer went to the court for 30 years. It is also because of this that Emperor Wanli has been criticized by the world for a long time, but everyone only sees the bad side of Emperor Wanli, but the three major expeditions of Wanli that raise the prestige of the country in the four seas occurred during the 30 years when Emperor Wanli did not go to court, and during these 30 years, the Ming Dynasty was smooth and the government was operating normally, which is enough to prove that although Emperor Wanli was not in the upper dynasty and was in political affairs, the country was still firmly in the hands of Emperor Wanli.

After Emperor Wanli was buried in Dingling, the crown prince Zhu Changluo became the emperor in August of the 48th year of Wanli, with the year name Taichang.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, Liu Yunwei led 5,000 dragon horses back to the Tongzhou camp, for more than a month, Liu Yunwei has been leading troops to be stationed outside the Xuanwu Gate, always holding a string in his heart, for fear that there will be turmoil in Gyeonggi during the national funeral. Fortunately, until Emperor Taichang ascended the throne, nothing happened around Jingshi.

The day after returning to the Tongzhou camp, Liu Yunwei heard that Jiang Zuosi had produced a new batch of flint birds, the number of which reached 500 rods, and he was about to go to Zhangjiawan to have a look, when he suddenly received the news of Li Linbin's visit.

Liu Yunwei had also met Li Linbin in the barracks outside the Xuanwu Gate a few days earlier, when Li Linbin had come to inspect the army with Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the Ministry of War. Why is it that after only a few days, Li Linbin came to Tongzhou again, what happened?

After only a while, Li Linbin came to Liu Yunwei's tent, Liu Yunwei smiled and was about to say some polite words, but when he saw Li Linbin frowning and very haggard, he changed his tone and asked, "Master Li, what's wrong?" Did something happen? ”

Li Linbin sighed and said, "There is something I have been holding in my heart for more than a month, and I have not been able to find anyone to talk about it, so I came to find the little general." ”

Seeing this, Liu Yunwei's heart also sank, and asked, "Master Li, if there is anything to say, just say it." ”

When Li Linbin heard this, he seemed to have found a place to vent, and told in detail about the day Emperor Wanli died, when he saw the then crown prince and the current Emperor Taichang, who was extremely weak. In the end, Li Linbin said: "Little general, you should understand what I mean, right?" ”

After hearing this, Liu Yunwei's face was also grim, and he said, "Lord Li, I think it's best to talk to Huang Shangshu about this matter, and let Huang Shangshu inform Elder Fang Ge." If His Majesty's body is really so unbearable today, then the imperial court had better be mentally prepared. Our Ming Dynasty can no longer withstand the frequent change of imperial power, you know, there is a vicious wolf waiting to eat people in Liaodong now! ”

Li Linbin was immediately enlightened when he heard this, jumped up directly from the chair, and said, "I'll go back immediately!" After speaking, he didn't bother to say goodbye to Liu Yunwei, and ran out directly.

Only Liu Yunwei was left to sit alone in the tent and frown.

In late August of the forty-eighth year of Wanli (that is, the first year of Taichang), Shenyang, Liaodong Jinglufu.

After Xiong Tingbi received the news of the death of Emperor Wanli, he immediately ordered the officers and troops stationed in various parts of Liaodong to start preparing for war, and sent a large number of night guards to go deep into the territory of Jiannu to inquire about the news.

It didn't take long for Xiong Tingbi to receive the news that Jiannu was hoarding grain and grass and mobilizing soldiers and horses, and there should be a big move in the near future.

Xiong Tingbi was very anxious, and immediately sent a letter to the court asking for reinforcements and money and food. However, it takes time for the military department to recruit reinforcements, and it will definitely not be able to send reinforcements to Liao in a short time, but it is only a reply to Xiong Tingbi to strictly guard the city and closely monitor the movements of Jiannu. The cabinet turned a blind eye to Xiong Tingbi's performance, and Fang Congzhe even prevaricated with the words "There is no definite news yet, and the Liaodong army can guard the city".

Xiong Tingbi was furious after receiving the reply, and directly wrote to impeach the first assistant of the cabinet, Congzhe, and Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, for neglecting government; And Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan were already busy with the aftermath of Emperor Wanli and the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Taichang, and they were already busy. All of a sudden, the three of them were impeaching each other and piling up the bookcase of Emperor Taichang.

But soon, Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan didn't care about Xiong Tingbi, because when the three of them impeached each other, Emperor Taichang suddenly fell ill.