Chapter 757: Chinese New Year's Eve—The Day of the End of the Month (Part II)
"Zhun Nanzi" said: Yaozhi dares to admonish the drum, Shun Li slanders the wood, "Admonishing the drum, that is, later, Dengwen drum, the indiscriminate tendons."
The founders of the dynasties of the past dynasties, most of them have witnessed the defeat of the previous dynasty, and understand that blindly blocking the way of speech, so that the small people have nowhere to redress their grievances, and in the end can only make thousands of miles of national embankment, and the decision is made in one fell swoop, so they pay great attention to the smooth passage of words, so since the Han Dynasty, they have set up Dengwen drums outside the yamen of the government offices at all levels in the country, leaving a way for the grass people to pass on and redress grievances.
After all dynasties have set up the custom of Dengwen drum, to the establishment of Guolu, Lao Zhu as the first emperor who is really close to the people, naturally will not abandon this fine tradition, and carry it forward, once there is a grievance against the people, this energetic emperor, will personally accept it, if the officials block it, they will be sentenced heavily! Not only did he practice it, but he also set the ancestral system for his children and grandchildren, no matter who he was, as long as he beat the drum, he could directly hand over the book to the emperor, and the emperor must take the book!
Needless to say, this thing is destined to be on the backs of officials, and even since Yongle, as the descendants of the Zhu family have neglected to govern from generation to generation, even the emperor doesn't like this drum.
Later, during the Xuande period, some officials had played to cancel the Dengwen drum, and the Xuande Emperor did not accept it as his ancestor, but this thing was not invited to the emperor and ministers to see, which was already an open secret.
Although the ancestral system is difficult to change, the rules are dead, people are alive, as long as there are ideas, there is no way to worry. Later, I don't know which thing lacks morality, I came up with a bad idea, fenced the Dengwen Drum Tower, and sent brocade guards to take strict precautions, just like the monument to the people's heroes in later generations, so that idle people can only watch from a distance and cannot play profane. As for those who want to avenge their grievances and go to the capital, I'm sorry, please turn left to Guangjimen and go to the General Political Envoy Department according to the process.
The throne passed to Emperor Jiajing, although in order to show the orthodox status, he wantonly honored Emperor Taizu, but he still did not do anything for this drum...... If it weren't for the fact that the Dengwen drum couldn't be touched, Yang Sheng'an and those people would not be so desperate that they would go to Zuo Shunmen to kneel and cry, and they would have already sounded the drum and summoned the emperor out.
Emperor Jiajing, who tasted the sweetness, naturally guarded the drum strictly, so that he did not hear the drum for decades, and it was really a great Meizhi world with a clear Haiyan River!
But now, this sound of drums, which is like a loud sound, clearly echoes in the sky above the capital, waking up many birds and birds, and shaking the people of the whole city...... This is also the power of this drum, located in the middle of the capital, as soon as it sounds, the whole city is moved, and you can't hide it.
As soon as they heard the bell, the Jinyi guards, who had somehow left their posts, all woke up like a dream, and ran back to Dengwengu like crazy, and saw a thin but straight figure standing in the darkness, and the captain on duty roared angrily: "What person! Why beat the drums! “
"Hai Rui Zhonghairui, the Yunnan Qing official of the Ministry of Household Affairs", the thin body, burst out with a sonorous and powerful voice: "Hitting the drums and drums is playing today, Emperor Taizu is on top, and you don't want to lead the way quickly!" ”
Hua some brocade guards saw that he was holding an object high in his hand, and hurriedly took a lantern to take a photo, which turned out to be a portrait of Emperor Taizu on a wooden board. Everyone has this thing, and no one takes it too seriously, but at this moment, after Na Deng heard the drums, it has a sacred meaning, and no one dares to violate it, so he can only surround Hai Rui from a distance and go to the direction of Xiyuan with him, as if he is escorting him.
In the Shengshou Palace, hearing the sound of the drum, Huang Jin hurriedly sent the little eunuch out to see, what was going on, before he went out, someone rushed in, and said with a panicked face: "Your Majesty, it's the Dengwen drum, someone beat the Dengwen drum outside the Chengtian Gate!" “
Emperor Jiajing, who had just calmed down, was angry, his whole body trembled like a wounded beast, his eyes were blood-red, and a few muffled syllables repeatedly came out of his throat: "Knock well, knock ...... well",
"Your Majesty ......" Huang Jin hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to appease Jiajing, but he didn't know where the emperor got the strength, so he kicked him to the ground, and Long Yan twisted and said: "Okay, okay, it's really don't, the monkey jumped out of the water curtain hole, and the show is behind!" It seems that I will not give up if I don't swear to ...... soldiers", Hugh, before he could say the words, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he lay down upright.
"Your Majesty ......" Huang Jin climbed forward with a rolling belt, hurriedly supported the emperor, and shouted in a heart-splitting voice: "Imperial Doctor, quickly pass on the Imperial Doctor......
In the chessboard alley, the lights were still on in the study of the Shen Mansion, and Shen Mo and his advisers did not ...... all night Certainly not for the vigil.
Hearing the sound of the drum, Shen Mingchen jumped up, and even Yu Yin, who had been calm, couldn't help but stand up, although Wang Yin was still sitting, it was difficult to hide the stunned on his face, only Shen Ming's face sank like water, as if he had known that the drum would sound.
"This is a Jedi counterattack!" Shen Mingchen applauded: "A good move, a good move, a good trick to darken Chen Cang!" ”
Yu Yin also nodded and said: "In this way, there are variables again...... said with a sad face: "But in any case, the relationship between the monarch and the minister is completely broken......"
"The latter sentence is right", Wang Yin nodded, shook his head again, and said: "But I still don't think well of them, doing so can only completely annoy the emperor and attract heavier punishment." At this time, he saw that Shen Mo stood up without saying a word, so he stopped talking, and together with the other two, he watched the adults go out of the door and go to the west side of the Buddhist hall. "The old is out of the stretch
"How did you get there?" A few people felt strange in their hearts, but it was difficult to follow, so they could only look at each other there.
The Buddhist hall was left by the owner of this house, who did not believe in Buddha but respected Buddha, and there were many rooms in the horizontal and vertical directions, so he kept it. Perhaps because of this, Ruohan and Rou Niang both believed in the Buddha and often came here to worship the Buddha, and this small Buddhist hall was also able to keep the incense burning. Today is New Year's Day again, and eighteen ever-bright lanterns have been lit to illuminate this place as bright as day.
Shen Mo stood at the door of a well, looking at the smiling Bodhisattva in the middle of the gods, at any time before, he would never have expected that when he was helpless, he thought of coming to ask the Bodhisattva for protection, I don't know if this is considered a rush to the doctor?
Ten years ago, or even five years ago, he would have been in the form of the book, and he would have even become one of the people who beat the drum of Nadengwen...... Back then, for the sake of Hu Zongxian, he could risk killing his head, so there was no need to doubt his courage.
But now, he no longer has the freedom to put life and death out of the way, not because he is sophisticated and timid, but because the responsibility on his shoulders is too heavy, and his position is needed to maintain the huge layout in the southeast and even overseas.
No one can understand his ideas, not even anyone who understands all his ideas, if he has three long and two short, ten years of hard work, it will become a flash in the pan, and then the clouds will return to the clouds, the earth will return to the earth, history is still that history, and I can't even see that there has been a small deviation......
But there was his friend of the same year outside the gate of the West Garden; The one who beat the drum of Dengwen was his most respected brother, how could he easily give it up? The struggle between emotion and reason made his heart seem to be torn apart, and he was about to suffocate.
Now only the gods and Buddhas can alleviate the pain in his heart at the moment, but Shen Mo still walked in, twisted a stick of incense, lit it on the candlestick, held his hands in front of his forehead, bowed deeply, and then slowly inserted it into the incense burner.
In the end, he knelt on the futon, folded his hands and prayed silently, great mercy and compassion to save the suffering Guanyin Bodhisattva, although he is not a believer, but he has always respected the Buddha and respected the Buddha, never the slightest ridicule, your boss is merciful, bless Brother Gangfeng can not die, get through this pass, if you show your magical powers, live his life, in the next wish for the Bodhisattva to build 99 bridges, copy millions of words of scriptures. ,
In fact, in addition to cramming temporarily, he also did a lot of private work, but whether it has any effect can only be tested by time.
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Under the escort of a group of brocade guards, Hai Rui, who was holding high the portrait of Taizu, came to the forbidden gate of Xiyuan, and became the focus of attention in a blink of an eye.
Because he didn't come to Beijing for a long time, few officials present knew him, even if he couldn't protect himself, he couldn't help but turn his head and ears, wanting to ask where this was sacred, and finally Hu Yingjia recognized Hu Yingjia in the matter: "Isn't this the sea pen holder?" ”
Everyone now has the impression that it is said that this person is from a humble background, a rigid person, an honest official, and when he was a teacher in a certain county in Fujian, he was able to strictly abide by the ancestral system and insist on not kneeling to the inspectors who came to inspect, and as a result, he got such a nickname. There are many legends of the sea pen frame, but a small Langzhong, in the crown of Beijing City, is too small. Besides, no one is optimistic about an official who is well-born and does not enter the oil and salt, so almost no one befriends him, and only then can he match the legend with the deity.
But in such a five-pin lang, who is not amazing in appearance and does not overwhelm the public, he has done something that many people dare not think of, and sounded the drums that have been dusty for decades.
With admiration, everyone watched Hai Rui walk to the gate of the forbidden palace, hold high the portrait of Taizu that was enough to ward off evil spirits, and said in a voice like a Hong Zhong: "When you hear the drums, you won't open the door yet!" "That voice is extremely penetrating, and it echoes in the palace courtyard, open the door! Open the door! Open the door".
In any case, this person will be famous all over the world with this amazing act. This is what everyone thinks, but they never imagined that this Hai Rui's amazing move has just begun......
In the Shengshou Palace, under the full rescue of the imperial doctors, Jiajing relieved his breath and ...... This emperor has been not picky or anorexic for decades, taking all kinds of heavy metals, and the composition of his body has long been different from ordinary people, and even the well-informed imperial doctors can't explain it clearly, how can he wake up so quickly?
As soon as he opened his eyes, Jiajing said in a weak voice: "Spider...... Spider ......", although it sounds like it, aunt" But Huang Jin knew that the emperor couldn't let go of the Dengwen drum, so he hurriedly whispered: "It has been ascertained, it is a Hubu Langzhong named Hai Rui, taking advantage of the fact that all the Jinyi guards support the forbidden door, sneaked into the Dengwen Drum Tower, and beat the drum." ”
"Listen, tell ......", a mocking expression appeared on Jiajing's face, and he didn't know who he was laughing at. The voice said weakly: "Since the drum has been beaten, I will present his recital to the ......", and suddenly said in a sharp voice: "But he is not allowed to set foot in the West Garden, my forbidden palace does not allow such rebellious fanatics to set foot!" It can be seen that he really hates the people who beat the drums.
After a pause, the emperor said slowly: "There are also Xu Jie, people are not as good as heaven, this time I can't help them, see how they defend themselves and see ......", Jiajing's heart rose a heavy sense of shame, because while the drum resounded throughout the city, it also ruthlessly tore apart his lies, pure and inactive, peaceful rule of the world, now the cover can't be covered, and the pressure can't be suppressed, only take one step at a time.
However, after calming down, the long-tested Emperor Jiajing did not panic, he knew very well that his identity was "Old Yapa", the old M Sia, and he was shy and had an advantage in the struggle with Chen Xun, because no matter how bold this official was, Sichi did not dare to point the finger at their monarch. No one dares to accuse the supreme emperor, so he can always stand in a transcendent position, and he will never fail if he treats his ministers as dogs.
However, the most important thing now is not to reckoning with the reckoning, but to calm the situation, for which it is necessary to sacrifice a few scapegoats. In the spirit of the dead Taoist friends and the immortal poor Dao, the crowd is so turbulent that it is impossible for Jiajing to protect Xu Jie and those Shangshu anymore, he decided to give up one or two people, or even more, to calm down the situation for the time being, and wait for the autumn to be counted with those people...... This time, let the emperor be embarrassed and thrown to his grandmother's house, and everyone must pay an unbearable price!
"Master, your dragon body is not in harmony, let's rest for a few days before seeing them." Huang Jin said with tears in his eyes.
"Don't worry, I can't die ......", Jiajing lay on the dragon bed, his face was like gold paper, and said: "I want to kill me, I want to live well, and I will be angry with them." "My emperor, you can be described as a fighting god!
The dawn of the east is dawning, and the palace gate is open.
But without the emperor's summons, no one dared to cross the thunder pool half a step.
Hai Rui and the ministers didn't wait long, and then saw that the grandfather of Nama appeared in front of the forbidden door again, and said briefly: "There is an edict." Everyone hurriedly knelt down, he announced Jiajing's meaning, and then walked up to Hai Rui, bowed his head and said coldly: "Do you understand?" Your recital can go straight to the Holy Hearing, but your people can't set foot in the Forbidden Palace, isn't this against the ancestral system? ”
Hai Rui knelt there, nodded painfully and said, "Don't disobey." ”
"Then kneel here and wait!" Masson threw down a cold sentence, so that people took the song and stopped looking at him.
Turning to Xu Jie's eyes, Ma Sen squeezed out a smile and said, "Xu Xiang, all the ministers, the emperor is invited." ”
Hearing that the emperor was finally willing to see them, Xu Jie breathed a sigh of relief, although the situation was corrupt, but only when he could see the emperor could he hope to ease up......
Seeing Xu Jie, they began to walk towards the Forbidden Palace, Ma Quan gave Lu Gang a gloomy look and said, "Why don't you still carry out the holy decree and leave these people here to be an eyesore?" "It turned out that Lu Gang was counting on Nengfeng to turn around, so he just controlled Lin Run and the others, and he didn't leave the front of Xiyuan yet.
Lu Gang couldn't help this time, he nodded helplessly, and motioned to his subordinates to take those officials away.
Gao Gong looked back and saw this scene, and wanted to stop it, but he heard Xu Jie: "Let's think about it more, how to make the emperor angry, this is the right way to save people." Gao Gong nodded dejectedly, unable to bear to see those young officials arrested and imprisoned, so he had to turn his head and take two steps, hoping to save them from fire and water as soon as possible.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the Xiyuan Gate, which was still bustling with activity, quieted down, except for those gold-armored guards who were standing guard, only Hai Rui was left, kneeling alone in front of the huge city gate hole. His upper body was straight, and his eyes were looking straight at the deep palace compound in the doorway, waiting for his doomed fate.
In the Shengshou Palace, a beaded curtain separated the emperor from his ministers, Jiajing lay on the dragon bed in the inner room, and Xu Jie and the others knelt under the steps in the outer room.
At this time, the only people who could approach the emperor were eunuchs. Masson knelt in front of the dragon bed, holding a tray in his hands, on which lay a tightly sealed brown paper bag, which was Hai Rui's letter. If you don't twist it with scissors, no one wants to know what's inside.
How can Jiajing have the strength to receive that congratulatory form? He leaned back on the pillow and looked at the three words on the cover with fixed eyes,...... In the eyes of the emperor, who was accustomed to seeing famous calligraphy, the writing was not too good, but the muscles were strong and strong, and it was difficult to imagine that he came out of the hands of a civil official.
After a long time of being in a trance, Jiajing spit out a word and said: "Read ......", and closed his eyes.
Ma Sen hurriedly picked up the paper scissors, neatly twisted the seal, pulled out the thick stack of paper inside, unfolded it, and looked at it, his face was colorless, and when he looked again, his teeth chattered, he was covered in cold sweat, and he almost collapsed to the ground.
"Nian ............ Jiajing and the others were impatient, and repeated the word again.
In response to him, there was a smell of urine, and when Jiajing opened his eyes, he saw a wet puddle between Ma Sen's legs, and he actually urinated.
"Waste the flail ......", frowning in disgust, Jiajing couldn't imagine what kind of article actually scared the chief eunuch of the celebrant into urinating incontinence?
Thinking of this, he said, "Take it." ”
Huang Jin took the song from Masson's hand, and asked people to drag him down, and then remove the carpet that had been stained by him. At the same time, he carefully inspected the inside and outside of the song to confirm that it was not defaced, and then presented it to Jiajing.
Jiajing couldn't raise his hand, so he could only order again: "Unfold............
So a little eunuch came up, and together with Huang Jin, stretched the thick music and adjusted it to a suitable distance, and the content on it was unobstructed and displayed in front of Jiajing:
'Hubu Yunnan Qing official Shi Langzhong, Chen Hairui played; In order to speak bluntly about the first thing in the world, with the right way and the position of ministers, seek the ...... of peace and security for all generations'——
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I've been waiting for a long time, but I'm so entangled in mundane affairs that I really can't finish it sooner...... In addition, rest assured, in each part of the plot, the protagonist's role is very heavy, and it will not make everyone wait for a long time.