Outside the Tongzhi Hall, there were already many sedan chairs parked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

And Yang Tongzhi touched the moldy head last time, this old fox, and suddenly noticed that something was wrong, the contradiction between him and Zhu Xianling has been made public, and it is said that in the court, some people have even begun to impeach him.

At this time, he was in turmoil, and now he simply called himself sick and waited for the punishment of the imperial court.

But who would have thought that a major epidemic would show signs at this time.

Yang Tongzhi clearly remembers that fifteen years ago, the plague was raging, 100,000 dead, swept through Jiangnan, and afterwards, the imperial court settled accounts after the autumn, and the officials of Jiangnan Prefecture and County had dozens of people who raided their homes and exterminated their families, and there were countless officials who asked for beheading and deposing after the autumn.

To put it bluntly, so many people have died, the court must give an explanation to the people, since this is the case, someone must carry this black cauldron, and such a severe punishment is just to calm the people's anger, and there is no reason to talk about it.

The officials of the Jinling Mansion became nervous, and the county orders of each county rushed to the Tongzhi Hall overnight and gathered together in the hall.

Yang Tongzhi was about to go to the front hall to ascend to his seat, but a scribe came to report: "My lord, someone from Beijing has come." ”

"Kyozato?" Yang Tongzhi was stunned for a moment, there was a disaster here on the front foot, and someone came to the capital in a blink of an eye?

Which way is this immortal?

But whenever it was involved in Beijing, Yang Tongzhi naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "What person? ”

"It's the Beihai County Palace."

Yang Tongzhi frowned, his expression slightly nervous.

The King of Beihai County, this is a relative of the emperor, and it is said that he has a great relationship with His Royal Highness King Zhao, he suddenly cheered up and said, "Please come in quickly." ”

After a while, I saw a person who looked like a scholar come in, it seemed that this person was not an official, but he gestured, in front of Yang Tongzhi, his eyes were above the top, and he only bowed slightly, which was regarded as a salute to Yang Tongzhi.

Yang Tongzhi didn't dare to snub him, and said deeply at him: "Dare to ask who is here?" ”

"Don't ask." This person's attitude was very polite: "I was ordered by the king of Beihai County, I originally came to Jinling for an official business, but I only learned this morning that there was a plague in Jinling, I heard that ...... In addition to Jiangning County, Xuanwu, Qixia, and Pukou counties, there are also people who are sick, and now people are panicking, right? ”

Yang Tongzhi County said anxiously: "Yes, yes, yes, the lower officials are preparing to convene the officials of the counties to prepare for the prevention of the plague." ”

This person had no expression on his face, and only looked at Yang Tongzhi indifferently: "Can the heavenly plague be stopped by manpower?" ”

Yang Tongzhi was silent.

More than ten years ago, the plague was rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, and all states and governments did do countless work, but what was the use? The plague was accompanied by the doctors, and the doctors could not come up with any effective methods. What the government can do is to block a village if there is a plague, and if a county has a plague, it will block a county, but even so, it is still impossible to prevent it.

The man sneered: "You are now the head of a house, and now there is a natural plague, is this natural plague a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?" ”

Yang Tongzhi hurriedly said: "It's a natural disaster, it's a natural disaster." ”

Of course, it has to be a natural disaster, if it is a man-made disaster, then who caused this man-made disaster?

This man's eyes were as piercing as candles, and he only smiled faintly and said, "Since it is a natural disaster, then why would the heavens be angry and rain down this monstrous disaster?" ”

Yang Tongzhi was stunned.

This is a question he could not answer.

The man then said, "You are dying, do you still want to pretend to be deaf and dumb?" The disasters in the world are all warnings from heaven, throughout the ages, how many sons of heaven have issued edicts to sin themselves because of disasters, and now there is a sudden plague, which is the negligence of the politicians! ”

"What does Mr. mean......" Yang Tongzhi stretched out his finger and poked the beam of the house in fear: "It's Your Majesty......"

"Shut up!" This person was furious and said with a cruel smile: "Your Majesty is young, what does it have to do with him? Let me ask you, who is in charge today? ”

Yang Tongzhi's face was miserable: "It's the Queen Mother'......"

This person smiled and said, "What did the Queen Mother do to trigger a warning from heaven?" ”

"This ......" Yang Tongzhi became more and more frightened, he suddenly realized that he had fallen into an extremely complicated situation, and he shuddered: "But ......"

"No, but, let me tell you, just a few months ago, there was a lifetime member of Jinling Mansion who wrote a "Luo Shen Fu", falsely claiming that the Queen Mother was Luo Shen, although the Queen Mother was precious, but after all, she was just a woman, a woman, but she was pretending to be a god. Could it be that Lord Tongzhi has never read Dong Gong's "Three Strategies for Heaven and Man"? ”

Yang Tongzhi was about to lose his legs, his knees were a little weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

Dong Gong is Dong Zhongshu during the period of Emperor Wu, his three strategies of heaven and man, the most central idea is 'heaven and man induction, monarchical power divine grant', in affirming the divine right of the monarch, the emperor is the son of heaven at the same time, put forward the "disaster of heavenly damnation theory", so it is proposed that if the politician is unreasonable, the country will have a huge disaster, and the heavens will use celestial phenomena and disasters to warn.

This person glanced at Yang Tongzhi, who was so shocked that he almost lost his soul, and said: "Now Yang Tongzhi is certain to die, this plague cannot be controlled at all, and if it can't be controlled, what does it mean?" Yang Tongzhi, don't say that your official position is not guaranteed, and the court will be angry with the common people when the time comes, and it is bound to teach you to break your bones. Now, although His Royal Highness the King of the County is in Beijing, I ...... But on behalf of the king of Beihai County, he can find a way out for you. planted this calamity on Chen Kaizhi. Only in this way, the King of Beihai County, and even His Royal Highness King Zhao, can keep you safe. ”

Yang Tongzhi didn't have the slightest intention of being amnesty, but was like a sifting chaff, he knew very well that these people wanted to shake the status of the queen mother by attacking Chen Kaizhi.

"Where to go, you choose, the student takes his leave." The man didn't say anything more, just saluted him indifferently and walked away.

Yang Tongzhi was blind, and the whole person couldn't hold on to the ground anymore, so he sat directly on the ground, until a scribe came to urge, and when he saw the adult like this, he hurriedly said cautiously: "Your Excellency...... This...... The county magistrates outside have been waiting for a long time. ”

Yang Tongzhi reacted, got up in a hurry, and walked to the front hall uneasily, looking at the county orders of the counties, his heart was like a mess, but he suddenly slapped the case: "The plague harms the people, this is the curse of heaven, it is a warning from heaven, the official heard that there is a member of the life, named Chen Kaizhi, actually has ghosts and gods, and the devil confuses the public, this natural plague must be caused by this person, therefore, in addition to the strict defense of the counties, the official immediately issued a detention card to arrest Chen Kaizhi, in order to obey the destiny of heaven!" ”

The chief officials of the counties in the hall were suddenly dumbfounded.

They are different from ordinary people, after all, they are all members of the ruling party, and they only listen to Yang Tongzhi's tone, and they know that things are not simple. The Queen Mother calls herself Luoshen, which is a well-known thing, and even some magistrates, in order to curry favor, even want to build the Luo Temple; But Yang Tongzhi said that Chen Kai's demonic words confuse the public, didn't he directly deny the Queen Mother?

At the moment of the catastrophe, such a sensitive issue is suddenly raised, which ......

"Lord Yang." Zhu County's order suddenly rose up, and he said sharply: "Can a fellow acquaintance decide the destiny of heaven?"

Yang Tongzhi had expected that Zhu County's order would be like this, and he said with a straight face: "This Chen Kaizhi is the people under your rule, and this official ordered you to take people quickly, otherwise, you will not blame this official for not being merciful." ”

Zhu Xianling naturally knew that Yang Tongzhi actually wanted to take advantage of this disaster to make a fuss, and couldn't help laughing: "For such a big matter, please ask the prefect to come out, or ask the prefect to make the decision." ”

Listening to the irony in Zhu County's words, Yang Tongzhi said angrily: "You really colluded with that Chen Kaizhi, Zheng County, you can do it!" ”