Chapter 136: Sister and Brother Shang, Prison and Student
“…… Long live the lord's side, there was a seizure for a while, and it seemed that even the father-in-law of Xing'an Xing was reprimanded. Later, the cabinet officials also went to ...... "In the Renshou Palace, the Empress Dowager Sun sat on the couch and listened to the eunuch kneeling in front of her tell the news she had inquired about.
"Looks like the emperor is angry, isn't he?" Empress Dowager Sun couldn't help but purse the corners of her lips, with a meaningful smile on her face. "Brother, do you think the emperor will greet the emperor again?"
Empress Dowager Sun turned her head to look at her, Sun Zhong's eldest son, the Empress Dowager's brother Sun Jizong was sitting on the chair next to him, hearing his sister-in-law ask, Sun Jizong shook his head: "The minister doesn't know, but according to the situation, Banzai doesn't want the emperor to enter Beijing, but the ministers have other thoughts." ”
"Yes, the mourning family also knows that many of the ministers of those court are for the sake of the emperor." Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Sun couldn't help but sigh faintly, and her eyes couldn't help but moisten. "Today's emperor regards his own brother as an enemy, and the emperor is really going to enter the capital, who knows what will happen......"
"The Empress Dowager, please be relieved, the Empress Dowager doesn't want the Empress Dowager to be too worried." Seeing that Empress Dowager Sun was frowning, Sun Jizong persuaded in a low voice.
"The mourning family knows that although the emperor was casual in the past, he was a filial person after all, who would have thought that such a change would occur." Empress Dowager Sun took the silk handkerchief handed by the maid and wiped the corners of her eyes, sighed and said: "The Emperor Taishang is really much more sensible now, alas, if he had ...... at the beginning"
"Okay sister, these things have happened, so there's no need to think about it anymore." Seeing Empress Dowager Sun like this, Sun Jizong, who was distressed, couldn't help but use honorific titles anymore. "Besides, the fourth brother also sent a letter from the Xuanfu, if the emperor's arrangement can be successful, then at least the emperor doesn't need to go back to Beijing to be wronged, isn't it also good?"
"That's all there is to it." Empress Dowager Sun took a deep breath, returned to normal, showed a smile to her brother who was full of concern, signaled that she was okay, nodded and said, "The emperor can have such a mind, which shows that he has grown up." Although the mourning family is in the palace ban, they can't help too much, and these things still need a lot of hard work from you uncles. ”
Sun Jizong bowed to the ground and replied in a solemn voice: "The Empress Dowager, please be relieved, the ministers swear to death, and they must also protect the emperor's integrity." ”
"Brother, get up quickly. Relying on Wang Laoshangshu and Yang Hong alone, after all, they are weak, and although Yu Qian is a loyal and good minister, he thinks and does what he thinks, but he is a great Ming, not the Son of Heaven, and he can only respond to it. Empress Dowager Sun thought for a while and said: "According to the opinion of the mourning family, you can contact those nobles more, if you can say how many of them can be moved, it is equivalent to a few more reinforcements, and now, the power of the nobles has decreased sharply in the court, but it is not all weightless." At least now that the country is in crisis, the words of the generals can still have some weight......"
With the analysis of the Empress Dowager Sun, Sun Jizong frequently bowed his head, and secretly wrote down his sister-in-law's words in his heart, so that after he went back, he would discuss with his father and several younger brothers, so as to prepare early.
Gradually, when the news of the killing of eunuchs on the street began to spread, in Yanjing City, up and down, the voices of discussion were endless, some applauded, and some said that the emperor had wronged, but in general, most of them stood on the side of the emperor, and most of them spoke for the emperor.
--------------------“…… With the body of a real dragon, killing people on the street is really appalling, and it has never been heard of since ancient times. If everyone follows the example, how safe will I be, and how can the people of Li be safe? In the Guozi Prison, a prisoner surnamed Zhao looked angry and shouted.
"Hehe, according to Brother Zhao's meaning, the eunuch can't be killed?" Not far away, a prisoner in his early twenties, who looked quite imposing, also stood up, stood with his hands in his hands, looked at the prisoner surnamed Zhao, and said with contempt. This person's surname is Wei Mingzhi, who is the Jingshi who was trapped by the Tile Spur army, and was the first to raise his arms and shout, leading the prisoners to defend the prisoners of the Beijing Division.
"It doesn't matter whether he is a eunuch or not, in short, the emperor kills people in the street, which is really disrespectful to the law of the country." The prisoner surnamed Zhao couldn't help but feel a little timid when he saw Wei Zhi, who had been silent all the time, get up, but he still retorted loudly.
Wei Zhi smiled coldly, glanced at the people in the room and shouted in a deep voice: "If the emperor kills ordinary people on the street, don't say it's you Zhao Pingping, it's Wei, and you should also go to the book Long live today." However, if he killed a eunuch who dared to participate in political affairs, Wei would only high-five and cheer. ”
"My Ming Taizu has ancestral teachings, and the stele is a memory, and eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics. Otherwise, be punished! Wei Zhi's voice was not high, but the kind of heartfelt pleasure and ruthlessness that revealed made Zhao Balance shudder.
"The Emperor Taishang said in the past, he didn't favor the eunuchs, so that the eunuch Wang Zhen abused his power, formed a party for personal gain, and interfered in the government, so that my Ming Dynasty was corrupted, and there was a thorn in the defeat." Another inmate stepped forward and said unconvinced.
"That's right, the Emperor did a lot of wrong things at the beginning, but if a person is not a sage, who can be without fault? Emperor Taishang made a mistake, but he knew that his mistake could be changed, and under the city of Xuanfu, he would rather die with a knife and axe than be driven by the thorn tartar. Under the city of Beijing, it is even more exciting for millions of soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty to fight to the death, and there are 200,000 old and weak people who have won the battle of the strong enemy. ”
Later, he lobbied the leaders of the tile spurs alone, and finally enabled thousands of soldiers and civilians of my Ming Dynasty to get rid of the hands of the tile thorns. and used clever tricks to capture Xining, a scourge of the thieves of my Daming border town...... In this way, even if it is not enough to offset its merits, it also shows that the emperor is ashamed of the past, and thinking about the Ming Dynasty is more important than his own surname. ”
"Such a Emperor Taishang, killing eunuchs on the street, if you say that the Emperor Taishang is venting his anger out of selfishness, Wei, the first one doesn't believe it!" The eyes are like torches, covering Zhao Balance, and the voice of Tao Tao is eloquent, which attracts the sound of applause.
Zhao Balance's face changed back and forth, but in the end, he was speechless, and could only bow his hand towards Na Wei Zhi and sit down.
Seeing Zhao Balance like this, there were originally a few prisoners who had a lot of discussions about the emperor's actions, and they couldn't help but shrink their necks and decided not to lose face. The most important thing is that what Wei Zhi said is reasonable, and they really can't find a reason to refute him.
"Yes, although the old man was not present, he also didn't believe that the emperor was too good to kill." At this time, a slightly hoarse but deep voice came from the door, and the prisoners in the room turned their heads and saw a middle-aged civil official standing at the door who was not tall, but energetic. And one person behind him was Li Ji, who was the saint of Beijing who was in charge of the book.
All the prisoners in the room couldn't help but get up quickly, put on their clothes a little, and bowed respectfully to the ground towards the wine lord. "The students have seen the priest."
That Li Ji is also knowledgeable, stopped outside, and last month, after living in Wangzhi's Mansion for more than half a month, after all, Li Ji, who is a young man's surname, was impatient, resigned from Shangshu Mansion, and came to Guozijian to study.
In the Guozi Prison, I have made a lot of friends, such as Na Wei Zhi, who is quite similar to his surname, although it is not long, but they are irreversible, like-minded, and have the posture of cutting off the head of the chicken and burning the yellow paper.
-------------------- saw that Li Ji, who didn't come to class today, but appeared next to Xiao Di, Wei Zhi couldn't help but be stunned, but now was not the time to inquire, so he could only wink at Li Ji and signal that he would have something to talk about later. Li Ji smiled slightly, and walked straight to his position.
"Alright, sit down." Xiao Di glanced at the prisoners in the room, and a faint smile appeared on his face: "And they are all the pillars of the country, they can specialize in learning, and they can also worry about national politics, which is really the blessing of the court." However, don't forget that your main business is. ”
"The teachings of the adults are true, but if the students have questions, they hope that the adults will solve them." Wei Zhi stood in the classroom and looked at Lord Xiao, who had become the new Guozi Priest on behalf of Li Shimian.
Seeing Xiao Rong nodded, Wei Zhi first saluted, and then said loudly: "The return of the emperor to the south is a blessing for my Ming Dynasty, and the whole world should congratulate him." However, the students heard that long live the envoy sent to welcome the emperor and the holy car, only to give a sedan car and a car, with only seven products as the main envoy, this kind of treatment, the students are really unheard of. Since ancient times, the emperor's travel, ceremonial carriages and horses, its specifications must not be lower than the Son of Heaven, why is it that I am like this today? ”
Xiao Rong's face froze, looked at Wei Zhi, and nodded for him to continue. Li Ji, who was already kneeling behind the desk, couldn't help but have a somewhat gloomy face, thinking of his grandfather's advice in front of the sickbed, and the cold reception received by the Emperor Taishang today, his hands clenched into fists at some point.
Wei Zhi was not polite, cleared his throat and continued: "The Son of Heaven advocates frugality, and the emperor takes his example as a rule, but a few years ago, when the Son of Heaven visited the border town of Jizhou, why did he have more than 10,000 followers, thousands of honor guards, carriages and horses, both advocating thrift, but why be so extravagant?" It's extravagant, but why bother to serve the emperor with simplicity? ”
"In this matter, there is a royal history and a hundred civil and military officials to advise His Majesty, and the old man has also written a notebook, and when the early dynasty is said to be tomorrow, he will give advice to the Son of Heaven." Xiao Rong looked at Wei Zhi with an impassioned face, and sighed in his heart, this son is talented, both civil and military, kind and charitable, and has his own opinions when encountering things, his surname is strong, and he really has the style of a generation of famous ministers, but the surname is just too easy to break. This made Xiao Rong happy, but he couldn't help but be a little worried about this son.
"The actions of the Lord who sacrifice wine are the thoughts of the students." Hearing this, Wei Zhi couldn't help but show joy on his face, and said to Xiao Rongchang. And all the prisoners in the room also stood up one after another to pay tribute to this outspoken sacrificial wine.
Li Ji couldn't help but chuckle when he saw that his deacon's surname was so exposed. But at this time, his mind had already flown to the Xuan Mansion, and he really had an urge to see the legendary Emperor Taishang with his own eyes.
(To be continued)