At the end of May of the sixth year of Zhengde, the imperial court issued an edict, which was written by Fei Hongrun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, which said: Stealing only the wisdom and wisdom of the sage is solid in the natural tall and bright king such as today's saint, love the people like a son, sympathize with the people, today there is a locust plague raging, the hospital has verified that the locusts are edible, the saint tomorrow is like a good person to lead by example, when the court eats it, I hope that all the people will take the saint as an example, the locust plague can go, and food and clothing can be solved......

I said a lot of things. Don't look at how these civil officials scold Zhu Houzhao on weekdays, but if it really involves matters at the national level, they will still use all the flowery rhetoric, eager to praise the emperor as the reincarnation of a living Buddha.

There is no way, if you want to rule and control the minds of the people, you must push the emperor to the altar, this is an eternal truth, and it is also a balance between democracy and imperial power, even if it is as fierce as Zhu Yuanzhang, you must abide by this rule.

This letter was transmitted from the imperial court to all the state capitals and counties, and the county officials were asked to demonstrate it to the people in public.

This is a bitter thing for those who are officials, but there is no way, everyone has eaten it, even if it is too disgusting, I have to eat it myself!

Some clever ones will think of ways to cook the locusts and eat them, and some of them are old-fashioned and upright, that is, catch the live locusts and do it, the mouth is full of blood, and it looks very terrifying!

In any case, they are for one purpose, locusts are edible!

Whether locusts are edible or not, just like whether crabs are edible or not, is the same, but the first person to eat crabs did not control public opinion, so for a long time, crabs can be eaten before they will be recognized.

But the first person to eat locusts was the emperor, and the influence of this social opinion was huge, and the officials of various state capitals and counties personally went into battle to verify that locusts were edible, and the result orientation was completely different.

At first, some people did not want to eat it, but other peasants who were really hungry did not care so much, caught hundreds of locusts in the fields, sprinkled some oil and salt in the pot, and ate them when they were cooked!

Facts have proved that the most influential is the word of mouth among the people, and he is much more effective than the emperor, county officials, and the like.

So, the problem that has plagued the Ming Dynasty for decades has been solved so simply, and the locust plague is no longer a disaster after six years of Zhengde, but a kind of welfare, and the people have been eager for the arrival of locusts every year since then.

At the same time, another major event happened in the imperial court, the crown prince Shaobao military department Shangshu Wang Changyi was still in charge of the government, and his post was uneasy.

It is a common thing for literati to be scholars, Wang Chang is also idle and painful, it is God's will that locust plagues occur, and the rebellion of displaced people from all over the country is sparse and ordinary in the Zhengde years, you can express your heart, but now is not the time at all!

Zhu Houzhao likes to play, but he is not stupid, thinking carefully about Chen Yu's dismissal, he knows that he was played by Yang Ting and the old horseman, especially this locust plague made Zhu Houzhao angry, Yang Tinghe, as the actual auxiliary minister of the cabinet, did not think about solving the problem, but shirked the blame.

Wang Chang, the old guy, has long been with Yang Tinghe, and it is not a good thing at first glance, Zhu Houzhao said earnestly: "Wang Qing has become a self-made person, has gone through hardships and setbacks, and is sincerely a pillar of the Ming Dynasty, and he is really a pillar of the ......."

Wang Chang smiled, listening to Zhu Houzhao's praise like a spring breeze, in fact, he also thought of this result, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to resign to express his heart.

I only heard Zhu Houzhao continue: "It's not the fault of the Qing family that the government is uneasy. There are four servants who are given to Mi Sanshi in the month of Mi"

Wang Chang was still immersed in fantasy, and when Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he came to a deep song: "Your Majesty Xie......"

Wait, what? His mouth immediately opened to the size of an egg, and his old face wrinkled into a chrysanthemum, which was even uglier than a chrysanthemum, and it took a long time to make sure that he had heard correctly.

He can't wait to smack himself at this moment!

Seeing this, Yang Tinghe hurriedly got out of the train and said: "Holy Lord, the fact of rebellion is not something that can be decided overnight, Han Ying is really humble, please Your Majesty is clear." ”

"Scholar Yang, Lord Wang is full of blood, how can I let him down? This is the voice of the king's heart, and you don't need to say it. He Jian, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, was promoted to the secretary of the military department, and returned to Beijing on the same day. ”

If there are still people in Nanjing who are at odds with Yang Tinghe, it is He Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, He Jian is a typical Qing official, who almost does not accept any private land donation during his official period.

However, he knew the rules of the Ming officialdom, so he turned a blind eye to these things to his colleagues, but Yang Tinghe really went too far, and during his time in Nanjing, he formed a party for personal gain and secretly excluded the non-Yang faction.

For this reason, He Jian also quarreled with him, at that time, Yang Tinghe was the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, where could he look at He Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he was not at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and no one supervised him, so he was almost all opposed to He Jian's suggestions in political affairs. Since then, the bond between the two has been concluded.

Ministerial-level high-ranking officials, ranked in the sixth ministry and nine secretaries, they are all people who hold the power of the court, how can Yang Tinghe let a person who is hostile to him be promoted?

He said to Zhu Houzhao: "He Shiguang has lived in Nanjing for many years, and he is familiar with the military affairs of Nanjing. During the period when Zhang Shu, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, was an official, the political affairs were outstanding, and the government under his rule was harmonious, and the ministers thought that they could be promoted to the duties of the secretary of the Ministry of War. ”

After hearing this, the Chinese side of the military department immediately jumped out, and he said: "Zhang Jingchuan Chenghua has been appointed as the editor of the Hanlin Academy for 14 years, the waiter, the prince of the country, and the left and right attendants of the Ministry of Rites. ”

"To say this is really a strong word! Let's ask Yang Yiqing, does Lord Yang have any positions related to the ministry on his resume? "The new bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Jiang Mian, the young Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion, as the number one horse boy of Yang Tinghe and his subordinates, immediately jumped out.

The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was so unrestrained, no matter if you are an old man, if you are caught, it is sarcasm or contrast is scolding!

Zhu Houzhao saw that things were developing in an uncontrollable direction again, so he waved his hand and said: "In this case, let Zhang Shu have some training in the Nanjing Military Department and retreat from the dynasty." ”

He Jian's appointment is undoubtedly to make Yang Yiqing like a tiger, He Jian is Chenghua five years old, and Yang Yiqing is Chenghua eight years old at this time, the two of them are familiar with Hanlin Academy, but they can't be familiar with it.

This morning, all the dynasties discussed Wang Chang's matter, but there was no mention of Chen Yu's merits.

After retiring from the court, Yang Tinghe came to the cabinet, and Jiang Mian also came with him, looking not very good.

"Teacher, what does the emperor mean by this?" Jiang Mian said dissatisfiedly, "There are so many people who beg for advice that year, and the emperor refuses them all one by one, why just grab Lord Wang?" ”

Yang Tinghe motioned for him to speak quietly, after all, this is the cabinet, and he must have a good eye when he does things and speaks.

Then he said to him: "There are too many uprisings in Beizhili!" This Yang Yiqing! Speaking of this, Yang Tinghe rubbed his head angrily, "The cloth bureau saw that it was about to close the net, but Yang Yiqing picked up a cheap!" ”

Jiang Mian was a little confused by what Yang Tinghe said, so he asked, "What does the teacher mean by this?" ”

"Ma Zhongxi was withdrawn, the old man has already made Sang Yu the commander-in-chief of the counterinsurgency, Lu Wan as the squire, and transferred the Suixuan cavalry Liaodong soldiers to fight the Liu family's rebels, and the rebellion is only a matter of one year." The more he said this, the more angry he became, "Since last year, Ma Zhongxi came to the imperial history of the capital, and the counterinsurgency was quite unfavorable, Wang Chang not only did not shirk the responsibility, but actually took the initiative to betray the responsibility, this crime of counterinsurgency was naturally added to him!" Your Majesty is taking revenge on me for Chen Tingyu's matter! ”

Speaking of this, he leaned weakly on the Taishi chair, closed his eyes, and said after a while: "The matter about Liu Jin's traitor is over, don't investigate it!" ”

"Teacher, why is that? Seeing that the people of the Chen Party are about to be cleaned up, Liu Rui, the commander of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division, Wei Wenli, the commander of the Southeast Governor, and others have all been dismissed. ”

"Let's stop from the southeast. The emperor is afraid that the old man will have too much power to check and balance! Yang Jiefu said, "The southeast has now been controlled by us, and the Lin family of Fujian merchants is now secretly showing favor to the old man, and this area is of great interest, especially the source of the daily income of the city!" Don't miss the southeast! ”

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It is difficult for Qing officials to cut off family affairs, Yang Yiqing is in Linglong Hutong at the fork of Ximigong Lane at the moment, and He Jian is drinking and talking, and when they meet for the first time, they don't talk about any political affairs, but they mostly recall the time when they were both young and youthful.

The eyes of the two half-hundred-hundred-year-old people were full of tears, half-drunk and half-awake, Yang Yiqing sighed heavily and said: "Brother Wushan, the old man has a problem, I don't know how to choose, can you solve one or two for the old man?" "He Jian is called the Five Mountains.

"Brother Ying Ning, it's okay for you to say it." Yang Yiqing's word should be Ning.

"My only daughter, who was bullied by the Xu family of Dingguo Gong in Nanzhili, now I don't want to live it, and the old man sees that his daughter is wronged, and his heart is not good. The old man also checked the Xu family, it was really not a good thing, and most of the fertile land in Nanzhili was under their name! ”

He Jian slapped the table angrily: "The old man lives in Nanzhili, how can he not know what the Xu family has done!" But that's it! It's really unfortunate for us to have a relationship with such a dog thief! ”

"The Xu family came to write and said that they were going to divorce my son, but if this thing is worn out, where will my old face be placed?"

"Oh, but it's this reason, but it's not for my brother to say you, these worldly things, you are still not as open-minded as Chen Tingyu!"

"Oh? How did he get involved? ”

"Think about the wives of Chen Tingyu and Mai Xiu back then, how many imperial historians insulted them, but how? Things will always be indifferent, it just depends on whether you are open-minded or not! ”

He Jian's persuasion is quite similar to what Chen Yu said in his letter, so I Yang Yiqing really suffered from gains and losses after leaving the border pass?

Thinking of the precarious days at the border, his eyes gradually became firm!