Chapter 876: The Prologue to the Great Coup (Part II)

"Well, what about you?" Gao Gong looked at Han Jidao

"It is naturally important to express kindness to Li Niangniang, but if you can't count on her, you won't protect Feng Bao" Han Ji said calmly: "In the end, Feng Bao will have an irreplaceable role in controlling the inner palace and contacting the outer court. We can only hope that when she gets rid of Feng Bao, her reaction will be less fierce; It is not so difficult to accept the fait accompli. This will not only make our actions smooth and easy, but also related to the future relationship between the palace and the government. He changed his words and said: "But there is a way to ask for others is better than to seek yourself, and when we occupy an overwhelming advantage, we still have to expound our own interests and hit the other party's seven inches." "Hmm......" Gao Gong twisted his head approvingly, and asked, "Then where are our interests?"

Where is Feng Bao's seven inches? "Our interests naturally belong to the hearts of the people." Han Ji's tone was full of confidence: "The character of the teacher is comparable to that of Zhou Gong Yiyin, and he is highly regarded in the court" All officials are looking forward to your horse. What's more, you are still the first emperor's minister, the chief care, as long as we do the right thing, do it properly, and be fair in the hearts of the people, the hundred officials will definitely stand firmly behind you, and we are even more willing to be the pawn of the horse, sweeping away the demonic atmosphere for you, and there is no retreat! His generous speech "made everyone a little enthusiastic, as if a soldier heard the drums of war and was ready to charge at any time."

"As for Feng Bao, a poisonous snake, he has always been good at hiding himself, but if he wants people not to know unless he does nothing, even if most of the things are within the palace walls, it is not impossible to impeach him." Han Ji still said calmly: "However, impeachment alone cannot be fatal with one blow, because he has a talisman." ”

"You mean Li Niangniang?" Yazun interjected.

Ji shook his head and said: "It has always been taboo to interfere in politics in the harem, and Li Niangniang has to make a big determination if she wants to protect him."

As long as we take appropriate measures, for the sake of the country and our own reputation, "it is more likely that she will not interfere." After a pause, he said, "Feng Bao's baby is the celebrant eunuch" "Saying and looking at the high arch,

Only then did he say in a low voice: "The emperor is too young to manage the government, and the approval of the red power naturally falls into the hands of the celebrant supervisor, that is, Feng Bao." ”

Gao Gong's face really became extremely ugly, and Han Ji's words hit his pain point. Isn't it? The politics of the dynasty was ruled by people who did not abide by the law, and it was originally full of flexibility, "so the functions and powers of the celebrant did not have a definite scale." The nominal boss of the palm seal eunuch is "in charge of the internal and external chapters and the imperial front survey" Bingbi eunuch 1 palm seal performance document "according to the cabinet ticket approval Zhu,. In fact, their powers "can be expanded indefinitely." Taking charge of the movement is an opportunity to get up and down; According to the cabinet vote, the approval of the plant is the decree of the cabinet vote, and the final judgment is made with a red pen. This was originally the emperor's own business, but when the emperor was irresponsible to "criticize Zhu", that is, to criticize Hongquan, it fell into the hands of the eunuch Si Li Bingbi. In this case, the cabinet's proposed vote is not as good as the approval of the internal eunuch, and when the power is transferred to the inner eunuch Wuzong, the eunuch Liu Jin even took Zhang Yue back to the Si house, and replied with his sister-in-law and diners, "This is something that the prime ministers from the Northern Song Dynasty to the lower part of the country dare not do, but these bold eunuchs can take advantage of the emperor's irresponsibility and the power of the red in their hands" to achieve the goal of monopolizing power and doing what they want.

Now the little emperor is only ten years old, and he can't even wear clothes, and for Feng Bao, who has already de facto mastered the celebrant supervisor, the conditions for wanton behavior are "even better than his predecessors Liu." But Gao Gong is not Li Dongyang, how can he stand the humiliation of being ridden on the head by a eunuch?

"At the beginning of the founding of this dynasty, Emperor Taizu saw the maladministration of the previous dynasty, so he formulated the law of the Ming Dynasty, eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, and cast iron plates to hang outside the palace gate! Emperor Taizu's law was strict, and he picked up the skins of several bold eunuchs, "Thinking of this, he arched his body and sat upright on the Taishi chair" His eyes swept over like lightning, and he asked in a loud voice: "The Da Ming law is still there" Why has it become an empty text? ”

"It is because of the erosion of political affairs, and the famous instrument of the outline law does not have ......" Several people shook their heads and said: "The failure of the courtiers to fulfill their responsibilities made the temple people take advantage of the loopholes." ”

Gao Gong was very dissatisfied with this kind of routine "answer", shook his head and said: "Today's court can be regarded as a sage in power", why is there still a danger of being emasculated and usurped? ”

"It's hard to return." Song Jian muttered in a low voice, "This is one of the reasons", Gao Gong restored his determination to kill, stroked his beard and said: "But the most important one is that the monarch is unclear." In the past, Hai Rui was on the law and order, and at the beginning of the name, he said that it was for "the right monarch and the right minister,." This sentence makes people suddenly, if a country wants to be politically clear, it must not only follow the path of the ministers for the ministers, but also follow the path of the monarch for the monarch. Even the old man secretly thought that the state-owned demons were "stolen by the eunuch temple, and most of them were wrong with the monarchy!" This kind of remark can be described as sensational in today's era of the earth's monarch and teacher. If it weren't for the spread of Yangming Xinxue for many years, whether it was Wang Xuemen or not, most of them would have been contaminated, and my heart would be dominated by the habit of "not being formal", I am afraid that the three students would be restless. But now they can only listen silently, and no one dares to answer.

Gao Gong didn't realize that the three protégés had already had palpitations, and Wu Zi sighed with emotion there: "1 Although the new monarch is talented and intelligent, he is only a young man, and he is deep in the ninth level, and his knowledge is still shallow, and he can't distinguish right from wrong for a while. This is when the monarch's way is unclear, which is not only a misfortune in the world, but also a great fortune in the world. As long as we, the ministers who take care of their lives, "on the one hand, fulfill our duties, teach carefully, and give direct advice to those who have unclear matters in the holy world, and who are obedient to the law, so as to benefit politics and religion." On the other hand, if the power is withdrawn from the hands of the eunuch temple until the emperor is in power, there will naturally be no room for eunuchs to mess with the government. Saying that, he glanced at Han Ji and said: "You just got to the point, the celebrant is just passing the documents for the emperor" according to the holy will to approve Zhu's book, now the emperor is still not in charge of the government, how can they do anything wrong?" Therefore, the first thing we have to do is to take back the power of approving red from the celebrant supervisor! Feng Bao lost the power to criticize Zhu, isn't it just meat on the chopping board? ”

"But all the performances have to go through the celebrant supervisor, and now the emperor is still young, and it is all Feng Bao's approval!" Sui Zun couldn't turn this corner, and said: "The old man has his own ideas. "Gao Gong has already become a bamboo in xing" smiled coldly: , "I want to fight with me" He is still a little more nèn! An earth-shattering coup d'état is brewing sharply, but silence is temporarily away from the center of the whirlpool. On the second day of Xinjun's accession to the throne, he was ordered to go to Changping to inspect the mausoleum project of Emperor Daxing. Since ancient times, there has been a "practice of the prime minister repairing the tomb" This is an honor and responsibility, which should be borne by Gao Gong, but how dare Lord Shoufu leave the capital now" Shen Mo took the initiative to take this errand for him.

In the eyes of many people, this is the right and wrong nest of right and wrong for Jifu Daiyu to leave the capital. Not to mention, he really has such thoughts, since returning to Beijing, "he has been depressed for several months" and has a lot of worries. Seeing that the fertile field was "green", it was really a little bit of escape from the cage, and it was relaxing and happy.

At noon, in Changping County, take a little rest, step out of the city from the north gate, you can see the continuous Tianshou Mountain from afar, the imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty are located there. As a bachelor in charge of military defense, Shen Mo naturally looked at the mountain with a different eye...... It belongs to the remaining veins of Taihang, "Taihang Mountain rises from Zezhou", winds and stretches north, walks thousands of miles, the mountains are inexhaustible, to Juyongguan, "ten thousand peaks stand back, coil and wind, and the east, rise from the ground to Tianshou Mountain. Here the west leads to Juyong, the north leads to Huanghu Town, and the south to Changping Prefecture, which can not be the barrier of the mausoleum.

Shen Mo couldn't help but wonder a little, how could these words welling up in his heart? Only then did he realize that in the "second year of Longqing", he accompanied Emperor Longqing to worship his ancestors. At that time, he took the opportunity to enlighten the emperor with these words."

Let Longqing realize that "the capital of the Ming Dynasty is the border pass, and the sentence that the Son of Heaven guards the country is definitely not a lie." It is better to see than to see "Emperor Longqing from then on, he attaches great importance to the military, and he heard that the restoration of the Hetao can make the frontier of the Ming Dynasty far away from the capital" He fully supported the re-set, four years have passed, the Hetao has been restored, and the capital is no longer under martial law every year, but the emperor who presided over the spring mountain tomb festival in the past, "Zhu Zaili, who is as good as a stream and cares about national defense, is about to live in the mausoleum personally selected in the past......

The mountains and rivers are still the same, and the personnel are all different. The carriage drove on the sacred road that Emperor Longqing had walked, and he couldn't help but sigh silently, feeling desolate...... "......

The foot team passed under the stone archway carved with white marble and towering on the majestic shore, that is, it officially entered the royal mausoleum. If you look up here, you will find that this is indeed a piece of excellent auspicious soil that is unique in ten thousand, only to see that it is surrounded by mountains on the east, north and west, but it is open and unobstructed in the south, like a large courtyard. 1. In the courtyard, at the end, there are two hills on the left and right sides of the Shinto, "the east side is shaped like a dragon running and moving", called Dragon Mountain; The west side looks like a vigilant tiger on the ground, called Tiger Mountain, and the dragon and tiger line up on the left and right, "majestically guarding the gate of the courtyard, the big red gate."

This is Emperor Chengzu's move to Beijing, "ordered the world's feng shui masters to search for months, and finally saw the auspicious soil of ten thousand years." Since the Changling of Chengzu, the Xianling Tomb of Renzong, the Jingling Tomb of Seonjong, the Yuling Tomb of Yingzong, the Tailing Tomb of Xiaozong, the Kangling Tomb of Wuzong, and the Yongling of Sejong, the mausoleum of the seven emperors of the future, are arranged around the Changling, and they are eternally resting beside the ancestors. The unfinished Zhaoling Tomb is the ninth imperial tomb in this mountain.

Soon after the stone archway, you can see the main entrance of the cemetery 1 big red gate "on both sides of the gate erect a stone tablet, engraved, officials and so on so far dismounted, the word. All those who come to pay homage to the mausoleum, including the emperor and queen, "must enter the mausoleum from now on" to show the supreme dignity of the imperial mausoleum.

In the Zhaoling Foreman's Ministry of Rites, Zuo Shilang, Wang Xilie, and Qintianjian Xia Guan Kong Li and others had already led the crowd to greet Shen Mo like the moon and welcomed Shen Mo into the heavily guarded mausoleum area, and went to the Thanksgiving Hall along the Shinto. After a little renovation in the Thanksgiving Hall, Shen Mo asked Wang Xilie and others to take him to the Zhaoling construction site to inspect. The construction of the emperor's mausoleum is a more laborious project than the construction of the imperial palace, in the past, Emperor Yingzong's Yuling was repaired intermittently for 28 years, and the Yongling Tomb of Emperor Sejong Jiajing was also repaired for 11 years. It can be said that the speed of the construction of the mausoleum depends on the financial resources of the national treasury...... Emperor Longqing's Zhaoling Mausoleum, it only took more than four years, and the project was nearing completion, "I don't know if this can be too late for the first emperor to praise the ancestors and ancestors under the nine springs......

With all kinds of emotions that are not humane to outsiders, Shen Mo patrolled around the Zhaoling, and when he came out, it was already the time to apply for a card, and returned to the duty room located in the south of Changling, where Wang Xilie and others prepared a banquet for him. was silent but didn't eat, so he deduced that during the national funeral, it was not suitable to feast and drink, so he only drank two bowls of mung bean soup, "Eat a few lotus leaf cakes, even if you send the five internal organs temple."

After dinner, he told the officials who accompanied him that if he wanted to go for a walk on his own, he would take a few guards with him."

Walk slowly up the stone path through the forest. At this time, the sun sets, the pine and cypress send the breeze to relieve the heat, and the road side is the spring water that comes down from the mountain, gurgling and murmuring, which makes people feel cool. He walked silently, and in a moment he came out of the woods and climbed a rocky abrupt rock. Silently raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and found that the opposite side was the Dayu Mountain where the Zhaoling Tomb was located, standing here, he could have a panoramic view of the terrain and topography of the entire mausoleum.

Looking at the mausoleum carefully, Shen Mo felt a little unpleasant, so he finally opened his mouth and asked the Shi Wei who was standing on the boulder with him: "Junfang, you are proficient in this way, how about looking at the feng shui of Zhaoling?" ”

Nashi Wei took off his helmet and showed a mediocre face, with only a pair of eyes, jet black...... It turned out to be Yu Yin.

Yu Yin had also been looking at Zhaoling, and said softly at this time: "It's not good." If the doctor and courtiers are buried here, it can be regarded as auspicious soil" but as a mausoleum for the Son of Heaven, it is lacking. ”

"Why?" Silence actually feels the same way.

"Feng Shui says that the mausoleum of the Son of Heaven must be arched, court, shi, and guarded. Just like the emperor sitting on the Jinjian Palace, there are shifu on both sides, and there are tall and majestic screens in the back, "In front is a delicate table, and in the distance there are courtiers in the distance." Looking at Zhaoling with these four laws, the courtiers and shiwei are a little scattered, and their momentum is no longer prosperous. "In the first forty years of Yu Yin's life, he spent all his time reading books, and it can be said that he was erudite and proficient in everything. He pointed out the situation of the mountains and rivers around Zhaoling one by one, and finally sighed and said: "I don't know how the feng shui masters who selected Zhaoling in the past looked away."

"The auspicious land of Zhaoling was appointed by the first emperor in the second year ......of Longqing," Shen Mo sighed lightly.

"In that case, this is providence!" Yu Yin was still depressed, but when he heard Shen Mo say this, his eyes lit up.

…“……… a..."..."Distribution..."......... a..."...... Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors on the day 1 of Wang Mang Lixian. If he dies at that time, who knows?