Even though they knew that the fire was beyond human control, Li Dongyang and Xie Shen still commanded the scribes to draw water to fight the fire, and ordered people to report the fire in Wenyuan Pavilion to the Son of Heaven as soon as possible. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As for firefighting, now we have to do our best to obey the fate of heaven.

It took more than an hour for the fire to subside. It's not that the firefighting has been effective, but that everything that can be burned has been almost burned.

Wenyuan Pavilion was originally a wooden building, and this time the fire was burned in pieces.

Seeing the scene of devastation and ashes flying in front of him, Xie Shenzhi gasped.

"Xiya Gong, don't you think this fire is very abnormal?"

After calming down from his shock slightly, Xie Shen said softly.

Li Dongyang's face was solemn, and he sighed for a long time before he said: "The old man hopes that this fire is a natural disaster rather than a man-made disaster. But if it's really a man-made disaster......"

Li Dongyang's voice rose sharply and said: "The old man will not be afraid, and he will definitely find out the person who secretly did it." ”

Xie Shen approvingly: "Xiya Gong can think so, so I can rest assured." There's been so much going on lately, it's all coming together, it's unusual. ”

Li Dongyang smiled bitterly: "Siming, what do you mean, this is someone throwing his face to the cabinet?" ”

Xie Shen said indignantly: "If it's just a face-throwing, I'm afraid that this person is coming for someone." ”

Li Dongyang was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Jiang Bin? ”

Xie Shen nodded: "Except for him, he can't think of anyone else who would do such a thing." But it's not clear if he specifically manipulated so-and-so. ”

It is a felony to set fire to Wenyuan Pavilion.

No one in their right mind would do such a risky thing. However, Jiang Bin's mind is not normal, in other words, he is a crazy gambler.

The gambler's mindset is not to miss any opportunity to make a profit.

For Jiang Bin, the cabinet is the biggest obstacle to his profits. In order for the Son of Heaven to be completely on his side, several nails in the cabinet must be removed.

Jiang Bin is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he has every motive and ability to set fire to the Wenyuan Pavilion in order to suppress the cabinet.

As long as the cabinet itself is not busy, Jiang Bin can achieve better development.

Once he has completely gained the trust of the Son of Heaven, he can let go of his hands and feet, and he no longer has to worry about the noise of civil officials.

What a vicious mind!

Li Dongyang was concerned, and he couldn't imagine that the cabinet ministers were as kind to Jiang Bin, and Jiang Bin in turn bit the cabinet ministers.

I really know people and faces, but I don't know my heart.

"What are Siming going to do?"

Although the arson can basically be concluded to be related to Jiang Bin, after all, there is no evidence in hand, which is equivalent to a dumb loss.

Regardless of whether the cabinet moves or does not move now, it is absolutely passive, and if it moves, it is more likely to be attacked.

Xie Shen smiled slightly and said, "A certain plan has its own." Xiya Gong looked at this Jiang Bin into the urn. ”

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Emperor Zhengde was surprised when he learned of the fire in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Although he moved out of the Forbidden City, it was the forbidden place after all, and how could he, the master, not worry about such a major event as a fire.

In addition to worrying, the Son of Heaven also inquired about the safety of several scholars. After learning that several ministers were safe, I felt a little relieved.

However, under the "reminder" of the yin and yang weirdness of the close minister Jiang Bin, Emperor Zhengde gradually felt that something was wrong.

Why was there only Wenyuan Pavilion and the other temples were not affected by this fire?

When Emperor Zhengde was puzzled, a letter from the Henan Provincial Supervision of the Imperial Court made the emperor suddenly realize.

Du Yan bluntly said in the recital that the fire in Wenyuan Pavilion was because God condemned the cabinet, and it was someone in the cabinet who lost his morality and annoyed God.

Emperor Zhengde was educated by "being ordered by heaven and living forever" since he was a child, and naturally revered God. As the Son of Heaven, making God happy is naturally the most important thing.

If it is a sign from heaven, it means that his old man is not happy.

In this case, everyone from the Son of Heaven to the people of Li have to sincerely repent to God.

God sent down a fire and burned down Wenyuan Pavilion, is it really because of the lack of morality of the cabinet scholars?

This kind of thing is better to believe in it than to believe in it.

Emperor Zhengde immediately ordered the imperial eunuch Zhang Yongzhi to summon the four cabinet ministers, and even Jiao Fang, who was playing soy sauce, also came.

The Son of Heaven took the initiative to summon the ministers, which was the first time since moving to the leopard house.

Xie Qian and Jiao Fang were confused, but Li Dongyang and Xie Shen were prepared.

After the four of them met the Son of Heaven, they were given the seat by Emperor Zhengde.

This is a courtesy to the ministers, and ordinary ministers cannot enjoy it at all.

"I heard that there was a fire in Wenyuan Pavilion, what do you think?"

Emperor Zhengde glanced at the four cabinet assistants, and finally his eyes fell on the first assistant Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang took a step forward and said: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the minister's opinion, this is a sign from heaven, but there are incompetent people in the cabinet, and the heavens send disasters to warn." ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Emperor Zhengde, but also Jiang Bin, who was waiting beside Emperor Zhengde, opened his mouth wide in surprise.

What does Old Man Li mean by this, that he took the initiative to take the blame on himself?

People always instinctively tend to protect themselves when they encounter danger, and Li Dongyang's reaction is so abnormal that Jiang Bin can't believe it.

As for the other two scholars, Xie Qian and Jiao Fang, were also surprised.

What does Shoufu mean by this, if you want to clear yourself and put the responsibility on other ministers, don't you die and don't you die?

Only Xie Shen was calm and confident.

Everyone was waiting for Li Dongyang's next words, but Li Dongyang was silent.

Emperor Zhengde couldn't hold back his temperament, coughed and said: "Li Ge Lao said that there are people in this cabinet who are incompetent, who is he referring to?" ”

Li Dongyang shook his head and said, "This is a heavenly opportunity, and the minister doesn't know it." However, since the heavens have sent down a good omen, it shows that there are indeed traitors who are evil in the court. ”

Zhengde almost turned his back on it. Isn't that the same as saying nothing?

Li Shoufu is too good at vagueness, right?

There are only four Cabinet Scholars, and if there is a corpse in the Cabinet, it can only be one of these four.

Who could it be?

Li Dongyang? If it were him, he wouldn't have said that.

Xie Qian? This iron bone doesn't seem to look like it either.

As for Xie Shenma, who is the teacher of the Son of Heaven, it is even more impossible for the Son of Heaven to trust him the most.

Then only Jiao Fang remained.

As a cabinet minister who has been in the cabinet for the shortest time, Jiao Fang was not even given the title of scholar, but was only allowed to enter the cabinet to participate in government affairs.

This is a bit like a workplace intern, and only the name of a university scholar can be considered a regular.

Seeing the Son of Heaven looking at him, Jiao Fang shuddered.

"Jiao Qing, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, the minister thought that things were not as Li Ge Lao said, and the fire in Wenyuan Pavilion this time was more likely to be a man-made disaster. ”

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