In the autumn of the forty-fifth year of Jiajing (1566 AD), in the West Garden of the Forbidden City, the emperor lay on the dragon bed in the side hall and summoned Zhu Xizhong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the prince of Chengguo.

Accompanied by a burst of coughing, Emperor Jiajing gasped and asked: "Since Lan Zhenren ascended to heaven, I have never been able to get out of bed, when I open my eyes, I will see the evil demons dancing in front of my eyes, and when I close my eyes, I can hear the sound of evil spirits, I ask you, where are the few national treasures that Lan Zhenren gave to me?" ”

"Long live my lord, the minister has ascertained that the two national treasures were sent to Japan by Yan Shifan, but Luo Wenlong did not transfer them to Ishiyama Honganji, but fell into the hands of pirates in Satsuma Prefecture, and the few brocade guards sent by the minister have destroyed the pirates' strongholds, but the national treasure has been snatched away by other daimyo lords, and now, the Buddhist shrine has been found, and Lu Yunlong, the town of Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu Division, died for this, but the bronze mirror is said to be, it is said to be ......" Cheng Guogong said this, but he seemed very hesitant.

Emperor Jiajing half-sat up and said rather angrily: "These brocade guards are really waste! Since Lu Yunlong's death, there have been a lot of excerpts from you, all of which have been left by me, don't say it, how can you hide anything from me? ”

"The minister sent ten people to Japan to, now there are only four people left, now there are wars in Japan, when looking for the bronze mirror, they fought to the death with the Japanese samurai, just when the great work was about to be completed, I heard, I heard that the bronze mirror fell into the river, I am afraid that it will never be recovered."

Cheng Guogong had just finished speaking, only to see Emperor Jiajing straighten up violently and fall heavily on the dragon bed.

The trembling Chengguo Gong hurriedly bowed to the ground, and continued to speak in fear: "The ministers deserve death, please live my lord to take care of the dragon body, no matter what, they must be salvaged to salvage the bronze mirror, so as to atone for their sins." ”

After a moment of silence, the great eunuch Huang Jin asked softly, "Long live, how is this good?" ”

Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes slightly, and replied weakly: "Lan Zhenren told me before ascending to heaven that the Buddha shrine has not shown spirituality, but the bronze mirror is an extraordinary thing, wait for them to salvage it, and then let them come back to see me, I am tired." ”

So, Cheng Guogong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and wanted to get up and leave, at this time, he suddenly heard Huang Jin ask: "Long live my lord, since the treasure of the town palace has not been found, do you hurry up and set up the altar of Zhaijiao?" ”

"In that case, why don't you go and let the Taoist priests Wang Jin and Shen Shien choose a location, pick a good day and an auspicious day, and build a seven-star altar for me in the capital." Emperor Jiajing coughed a few more times as he spoke, and said viciously: "In the future, if anyone dares to write a book to impeach this matter, I will be killed!" ”

"Minion Command." After saying that, Huang Jin hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.

Sending people to summon Taoist priests Wang Jin and Shen Shien into the palace, Huang Jin laughed sharply: "Haha, your good days have arrived." The Holy One has given permission, just wait for you to choose a good location, pick an auspicious day, build a Jiao altar, and invite the fairy aunt to take the Lingzhi fairy grass of the Queen Mother, and dedicate it to my lord Long live, I wish Your Majesty a speedy recovery of the dragon body. When the two Taoist priests heard this, they were immediately overjoyed.

Wang Jin said: "Huang Gonggong, build the altar of Zhaijiao, the base site should take the right place, sit in the north and face the south, when the direction of the altar is determined in the east, west, north and south, under the three lights, in order to achieve sincerity, the platform of Tianbao, take the upper realm of the law, build the road of Zhai, the image of the three statues of the Taishang, the gate of heaven, the household, and the flying bridge must be fine. ”

"Two real people, you can choose the direction?" Huang Jin asked.

Shen Shien replied: "Whoever is in the city, chooses a wide and quiet street, and is close to the downtown area, and needs to choose a clean place to build an altar. We have already selected the site of the altar in the fairy lane, built a spiritual altar, offered the 'Ganoderma lucidum fairy grass' descended by the queen mother, and then chose the auspicious day of the zodiac, and asked the fairy girl to pick it and dedicate it to the palace, which can ensure the recovery of the dragon body. ”

Huang Jin hurriedly urged: "Since you have chosen the address and are optimistic about the auspicious day of the zodiac, if you don't do it quickly, what are you waiting for?" ”

"Tell my father-in-law, it's just that Xu Jie, the first auxiliary scholar, secretly instructed Liang Cai, the director of the Ministry of Industry, Hai Rui, the head of the Ministry of Households, and others to obstruct the demolition of Xianren Lane and instigate the residents of Xianren Lane to make trouble, and ......"

Before Shen Shien finished speaking, Huang Jin couldn't help laughing, shrugged his nose and said: "You just have to do it, Long Live Lord has already strictly ordered Jinyi Wei to kill those who dare to obstruct the construction of the altar!" ”

As a result, the immortal alley in the capital was circled by officers and soldiers, and the Jinyi guard forcibly drove away the residents here; Xuande Zhenren, who has a childish face, is leading a group of people to start demolishing the house.

The residents who dragged their families and mouths slept on the streets, and the crying and shouting outside the fairy alley shook the sky, and the officials of the six ministries heard the news and came to intervene one after another, but they were all intercepted outside the alley by officers and soldiers.

Liang Cai, the director of the Ministry of Works, knelt at the entrance of the alley and cried bitterly, and Hai Rui, the director of the Ministry of Households, persuaded: "Lord Liang, since we can't get in, let's go." ”

Liang Cai looked up to the sky and shouted: "Where is the reason of heaven......"

Hai Rui pulled him up and asked, "Lord Liang, what's the use of you doing this?" ”

"Lord Hai, these people forcibly seized in broad daylight, the heavens are clear, where is the king's law!"

"Let's go, Lord Liang, I have my own plan." With that, Hai Rui pulled him around the crowd, turned into an alley, and came to the door of a coffin shop.

Hai Rui entered the coffin shop, and Liang Cai, who was unconscious, was waiting for him outside the door, and after a while, he found that someone had brought out a thin coffin from inside.

"Lord Hai, what are you doing here?" Liang Cai asked in surprise.

Hai Rui, who was full of tears, replied seriously: "Lord Liang, please." So saying, he knelt down for him.

Liang Cai hurriedly helped him up and continued to ask, "Lord Hai, what do you want to do?" ”

"I'm going to impeach today! Lord Liang, Hai has no relatives or friends in the capital, and when I die, please help take care of my family, thank you! ”

Liang Cai said with emotion: "Lord Hai, Liang is not talented, and he sighs to himself! ”

So, Hai Rui sent the coffin home, and he buried himself in writing a letter and personally sent it to Wenyuan Pavilion in the Forbidden City.

That night, this piece was placed on the dragon bed of Emperor Jiajing, and after seeing Hai Rui's slack, he was immediately furious, and immediately sent someone to summon Xu Jie, a scholar of the first auxiliary university, and Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, into the palace.

"I announced that you entered the palace today, and I wanted to ask you about the crown prince Yuwang......" Emperor Jiajing said, accompanied by a rapid cough, unable to continue.

Xu Jie hurriedly bowed to the ground and preached, "Holy take care of the dragon body!" ”

Huang Jin, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly patted Emperor Jiajing's chest and back, and helped him sit up.

After a while, Emperor Jiajing smiled bitterly, and then said: "I know that sooner or later there will be a day of funeral, so you don't have to be nervous. ”

Xu and Zhu shouted "Long live" in unison.

Suddenly, Emperor Jiajing took out a fold from the bed, threw it in front of the two, and said angrily: "This is Hai Rui's fold, take a look." ”

Xu Jie hurriedly opened the fold, and Cheng Guogong also leaned over, and the two frowned as they looked at it......

After another quarter of an hour, Emperor Jiajing straightened up, coughed dryly, and asked, "After a thousand autumns, I believe that there is justice!" I wonder what you think? ”

Xu and Zhu only read half of it, and they were all shocked, only to see Hai Rui write in the recital:

Hai Rui, director of the Yunnan Department of the Ministry of Households; In order to speak bluntly about the first thing in the world, with the right way and the minister's position, seek peace and security for all generations.

The monarch is also the lord of all things among the subjects of the world. However, he is the lord of all things among the subjects of the world, and his responsibility is extremely heavy. Where the people's livelihood is good for the disease, if there is something inappropriate, there will be something that is not worthy of it. It is the way of the story king, and it should be prepared, and it is the duty of the ministers to make it all the words. The ministers did their best, and Jundaus said. In the past, the business was to be pleasant, and sycophants obeyed, so that those who were isolated from disasters and did not hear from the Lord were speechless.

Those who are too scheming will say: "The gentleman is in danger of the master, and he is worried about governing the world." "The husband and the world will be cured, and the worries will not be cured; The Lord is clear, and he does not know the danger: there is nothing to make him dizzy, and he does not know how to give up! Non-general theory also.

Ministers are favored by the country, please adhere to the righteousness of committing no hidden meaning, beauty is beautiful, not a little false beauty; It's been over, and it's not a shame. Not for pleasure, not for over-planning, I would like to put my heart and gall for Your Majesty's words.

Han Jiayi Chen Zhengshi Yu Wen said: 'Those who speak are all saying: The world has been peaceful and has been governed, and the ministers think that it is not enough. Those who are said to be safe and governed are not foolish. 'Emperor Fuwen, Han Xianjun, Jia Yifei is also harsh. Emperor Wen is quite benevolent and gentle, benevolent and frugal, although he has the beauty of loving the people, he is good at retreating, and there are still many lazy politics. If you don't investigate the drawbacks, you will be safe and deserved, and you will be foolish. Regardless of what they can't do, they will be governed by the peace of the government, and they will be praised.

Your Majesty thinks of himself, what is Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty? His Majesty is gifted and decisive, wise and insightful, can be Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu, such as the Han Xuan's strong essence, Guangwu's generosity, Tang Taizong's heroic and invincible, Xianzong's Zhiping and chaos, Song Renzong's benevolence and forgiveness, to name a section of desirable, Your Majesty is preferred.

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Seeing this, Xu Jie couldn't read anymore, and said: "Your Majesty, although Hai Rui deserves to be punished, it's just ......."

Before he could finish speaking, the great eunuch Huang Jin said: "Why don't you hurry up and send someone to arrest Hai Rui, if he runs away, what should I do?" ”

Cheng Guogong replied: "Hai Rui has always had a stupid reputation, I heard that before he went to the sparse, he knew that he should be offended, he had already bought a coffin, and said goodbye to his family, but his family's servants were scared away, and the minister knew that he would not run away." ”

Suddenly, Emperor Jiajing laughed loudly and gasped and said, "You don't have to say it, what Hai Rui said is right. I've been sick for a long time, so why don't I want to listen to the government? I was indeed not self-conscious, which led to a lot of sickness. If I can discuss politics in this side hall, how can I suffer the reproach and insult of this man? Scholar Xu and Cheng Guogong, you all know about me, how can I ever miss any state affairs? ”

Xu Jie replied: "The whole world is in the hands of His Majesty. Judging from Hai Rui's twists and turns, Weichen thinks that he wants to compare himself with himself......"

Emperor Jiajing immediately took over the conversation and said with emotion: "I also think that this person can be compared to Bigan, but I am not the king of Yin!" ”

At this time, both of them understood and knew that the emperor would not execute Hai Rui, so they hurriedly bowed to the ground and replied in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Emperor Jiajing ordered: "Xu Jie, you go down first." ”

After Xu Jie's retirement, Emperor Jiajing asked, "Chengguo Gong, are there still pirates who colluded with the Japanese Kou?" ”

"In addition to the pirates on Iki Island, the pirates in Satsuma, Tsushima, Hirado and other places have been eradicated, and there are only twenty or thirty people who have escaped the net, and they are all petty people, so there is no need to worry. It's hard to worry about those brocade guards, and now they are trying to find a way to salvage the bronze mirror. ”

"You don't have to defend them, I also know that it is not easy for them, now there is a new task for them to do, take a look, this is a secret letter from the Ryukyu Kingdom transferred by Dongchang."

Cheng Guogong took the secret letter from Huang Jin's hand, and after reading it, he broke out in a cold sweat, and the letter mentioned the Sakai businessman Lin Daoxun, after he joined the Jinyi Guard, he also secretly communicated with the East Factory, and what was even more shocking was that Lin Wenjun, the head of the Satsuma Kou, was actually his own nephew, at that time, he did not expose Lin Wenjun for the benefit of the family, and the relevant news was just passed on to him by Wang Chong through Chen Shen, and before that, he didn't know anything.

It seems that Dongchang's eyeliner is too powerful, and Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, couldn't help but gasp, and kowtowed: "Your Majesty Shengming, it was the ministers who neglected to supervise, and the ministers confessed." ”

"Humph! There are only twenty or thirty people who have slipped through the net, and they are all small people! Now, the head of the Satsuma Kou, Hayashi Fumitoshi, has fled to the Ryukyus, gathering in the mountains and forests, trafficking in Western muskets, and the Ryukyu officials have been bribed by him, and he will be a big trouble in the future. I have reigned for forty-five years, and I have been deeply affected by the Japanese for more than 20 years, and I hope that after a hundred years, I will leave a peaceful and stable country to future generations. ”