Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Ceremony of Celebration (2)
"Back to Your Majesty, what is the sign, Weichen doesn't know very well, it's just a warning to Your Majesty......"
"A warning to me?" Zhu Yihua looked at Wei Yunzhen playfully: "What do you mean, I am immoral, the ancestors are dissatisfied, and they burn their own family temple to warn me?" "Isn't that a joke?
Wei Yunzhen didn't know if his intestines were too straight or what, as if he didn't hear the sarcasm in Zhu Yijun's tone at all, and pushed back with his neck: "If it weren't for Your Majesty's fault, then why didn't Fengxian Hall catch fire sooner or later, but it was on fire at the moment?" ”
"Good question?" Zhu Yijun lowered his face: "In Yi'er's opinion, it is really the ancestor who warned me, but I am a little unclear, even if I make the ancestor dissatisfied, there must be a specific reason, right?" Could it be because of the incident in Liaodong? ”
"Weichen shallow, that's exactly for this!" Wei Yunzhen said bluntly: "Since the fourth year of Hongwu, Yuan Liaoyang Xingzhongshu Province Pingzhang Liu Yifeng Liaodong map in Taizu, Liaodong has been included in my Ming territory, has been more than 200 years, Liaodong ethnic groups, under the grace of my Ming Emperor, wholeheartedly return to Mu, the people live and work in peace and contentment. Now that there is a slight friction, His Majesty wants to meet each other in arms, start a war lightly, and trap the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchen people in dire straits, which is not something that the ancestors of all generations were happy to see...... Emperor Qin is violent, the crowd resents Kong Zhang, Yu Shun is gentle, and Xiangxiang, and the ministers are courageous, and I hope that Your Majesty will think twice before acting! ”
"The ministers seconded it!" Wei Yunzhen said that, before Zhu Yijun had time to speak, more than a dozen people knelt out of the civil official team, all wearing hedgehog costumes, all of whom were those Taoist officials who supported Shen Shixing a few days ago.
Feeling Zhu Yijun's knife-like eyes, Shen Shixing was already soaked in cold sweat. When he first talked about Zhu Yijun, it was the situation of the monarch and the minister's edict, and it was a discussion and suggestion like a heart-to-heart, as the dual identity of an auxiliary minister and an emperor, it should be divided.
Later, for some reason, those remarks actually spread to the outer court, attracting many officials from science and technology, and he sensed that something was wrong at that time, but he didn't think much about it. Now seeing that they actually made a public attack on the day of the first day of the new year, the speculation of being used by others is more and more certain.
Who is behind this? Shen Shixing couldn't figure it out for a while, but he knew Wanli too well, and he knew that the top priority was to get rid of himself before he got angry, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable:
"Your Majesty is angry, above the ceremony, there is such a madman, the micro-minister is the auxiliary minister, and he lives in his own body, please punish His Majesty!" As he spoke, he pointed to the officials who knelt on the ground behind him: "Although he is not disobedient, I beg Your Majesty to spare him for the sake of their hearts for the country and the people!" ”
There is a suspicion of both ends of the snake and the rat, but Shen Shixing can't help it. First of all, he has to let Zhu Yijun understand that he is not in the same group as those people, and secondly, as a cabinet assistant minister and a representative of the civilian official group, he can't let the eyes behind him look at him cold-how to minimize the impact of this matter is the thing he is most concerned about, he sees that Zhu Yijun is a small matter, and he really wants to make Zhu Yijun angry and kill a few officials on the spot.
"What Lord Shen said is reasonable, please let Your Majesty calm his anger and spare him!" Zhang Siwei was not stupid, and he didn't believe that those officials were instructed by Shen Shixing, so he quickly understood what he meant, echoed his words, and knelt down in the dust.
"What is the crime of the lower officials and other officials who are committed to the country? There is no need for two adults to intercede! Wei Yunzhen didn't appreciate it, and kicked the kindness of the two auxiliary ministers out of the sky with his neck.
Zhu Yijun was already angry, and couldn't help but think of Chen Mo's evaluation of these officials: "Every official in the science and Taoism is grandiose on the surface, honest and selfless, and most of them are just selfish and selfish. These people treat integrity as a commodity, and even do not hesitate to slander the monarch and sell his reputation for integrity......" I felt more and more that what Chen Mo said made sense.
For example, that Zou Yuanbiao, who was just a mere jinshi back then, didn't even have an official position, and actually dared to write a book accusing Zhang Juzheng of being shameful and hateful, but Zhu Yijun had no way to take him except for a few boards of the court staff and his fame.
The crowd is excited, and the emperor also has to consider everyone's ideas, no, not long ago, someone put forward the hope that Zhu Yijun would resurrect Zou Yuanbiao and others. Why would those people help a man who has no father? It's not because he's famous all over the world. And where does his direct name come from? Never afraid of power.
Fang Jin's civil officials are too shrewd, they are familiar with history books, and they know that the most direct way to be famous for centuries is to criticize the scales and commit crimes, such as Na Bigan Wei Zheng Hai Rui and others, who make up methods to ponder the shortcomings of the people, stand on the commanding heights of morality, and speak out. Whether the people listen or not, they have nothing to lose. It is best to be angry and angry, injured today, and famous tomorrow.
Such an act really regarded the reputation of loyal ministers and martyrs as an expensive commodity, so that some people would rather commit unforgivable sins in front of the emperor than win fame, and even pay the price of their lives.
Zhu Yijun stood on top of His Majesty, looking down at the ministers at his feet, his thoughts were mixed, and he was happy and sad in his heart, and he couldn't tell what it was like. For a long time, when everyone's hearts were in their throats, they suddenly sneered, and raised their hands to help: "Zhongqing, let's be flat...... It is really a blessing for me to be loyal to the monarch for the country, a blessing for the Ming Dynasty, and what is my crime? Zhengdan Chaohe, it is the Taizu Emperor, the great ceremony of the country, should not discuss political affairs. However, since everyone is concerned about the military affairs in Liaodong, and they don't want me to start the war lightly, I will think twice, can I? ”
When he said the last two words, Zhu Yijun moved his eyes to Wei Yunzhen's body, smiling and groaning without any anger, and completely looking like a wise gentleman with humble advice, so that Wei Yunzhen, who was holding back enough to be ready to be beaten by the court staff, was like a punch on the cotton, his heart was agitated, and he almost lost his breath.
"Your Majesty is humble and chases Yao Shun, long live!" Shen Shixing couldn't figure out why Zhu Yijun, who was already angry, suddenly calmed down, but this was not the time to ponder, seeing that Wei Yunzhen was already dumbfounded, he quickly knelt down and gave a sycophant.
"Sir, let's get even!" Zhu Yijun personally stepped down from the Dan Majesty and picked up Shen Shixing, walked to the opposite side of Wei Yunzhen, looked at his still confused eyes with a smile and said: "I Chongling succeeded to the throne, thanks to the help of all the auxiliary ministers and the civil and military forces, I have the peace of the Ming Dynasty for ten years, which is the merit of the secretaries...... I am young and ignorant, my virtue and talent are shallow, and I will never dare to accept Yao Shun's words, if it is really as Mr. Shen said, Fengxian Hall will not be on fire, right, Lord Wei? ”
"This, this ......" Wei Yunzhen was completely confused by Zhu Yijun, his tongue seemed to have been cut off out of thin air, his mind was blank, and he didn't say anything about being ugly for a long time.
In fact, not only Wei Yunzhen, everyone was confused by Zhu Yijun's abnormal performance, and everyone was thinking, why not Tingcane? His Majesty the Emperor can't have eaten the wrong thing, right?