Chapter 503: Fighting in the Chamber
The news of Xiao Feng's death quickly spread all over the place, and people knew the origin of this rain, and they couldn't help but cry.
Hai Rui originally thought that his idea had taken effect, and the emperor led his ministers to bask in the sun, which moved the heavens and rained down Ganlin, and he had a lot of meals for this.
Upon hearing the news, Hai Jui fell into a double grief.
On the one hand, he was saddened by Xiao Feng's death, although he was hard, he admired Xiao Feng a lot, and it was inevitable that he would cry when he got this bad news.
On the other hand, his own theory is bankrupt, and after a long day, the rain is still begged to come down. The co-author of the emperor and a group of scholars were dizzy, and he went on a hunger strike until he starved to death of Gu worms, and God didn't care at all.
This simply makes no sense! When did we scholars become so disrespectful? Isn't the life of a group of Confucian scholars worth the life of a Taoist priest?
The feeling that this news brought to Xiao Qin was even more complicated.
When it rained heavily, he stood like a fool in the rain for a whole day. With the depth of his internal strength, he has been disease-free for many years, and this time the psychological blow is too great, and he actually caught a cold and had a splitting headache.
Hearing that Xiao Feng was dead, Xiao Qin sat up in shock when she was dying, looked up to the sky and laughed and went out, laughing and laughing, her voice lowered again, and it turned into regret and jealousy.
"Cangjie Heavenly Book" is so wonderful, not only for word measurement, if I had this book, the big thing would have been done a long time ago!
Hate Xiao Feng, this kid, has no ambition! Holding a golden rice bowl and asking for rice, he really failed his ancestors! β
Xiao Qin knew that this heavy rain had already wet the dry firewood he was expecting, and the time was gone. But fortunately, the Great Toast is still under control, and the Gu God is about to come out of the mountain.
The most important thing is that Xiao Feng is dead, and the biggest obstacle on his way to achieving great things is gone! This gave him confidence in the rebellion.
When the news reached the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion, the painting girl cried so much that her voice was hoarse, and Yu Dayou took the soldiers as if she was crazy, wandering around the beach all day long, looking for a small group of widows, not taking prisoners, and killing them when she saw them.
Hu Zongxian was calmer than them, and after crying bitterly, he called Xu Wei to the study, a pot of wine for each person, and after a few sips, he looked at Xu Wei with red eyes.
"Brother Xiao is dead, what should I do?"
Xu Wei looked at Hu Zongxian: "What do you want to do, Lord Governor, why don't you tell me about it?" β
Hu Zongxian gritted his teeth and said: "Now that Xu Jie, the central government is in power, and this person is scheming and scheming, no less than Yan Song." In time, the formation of the Xu Party is inevitable. β
Xu Wei nodded: "However, Xu Jie's personality is better than Yan Songshang, the key is that he does not have a bane like Yan Shifan around him, and it may not be a bad thing for Daming." β
Hu Zongxian nodded: "It's a good thing for Daming, but it's not necessarily a good thing for me." My position, with Brother Xiao here, is stable, but now that he is gone, there are more people staring at him.
Xu Jie, if he wants to take power, he will not let go of such a key territory as Jiangnan, so many soldiers and horses, and he will not let go of the Daming Water Division that is under construction! β
Xu Wei said indifferently: "Is the governor going to join the Xu Party?" Or do you want to stand on your own and fight against Xu Jie? β
Hu Zongxian looked at Xu Wei: "Please ask Mr. to plan for Hu in this matter." β
Xu Wei took a big sip of wine, stood up and walked a few steps, and slowly spoke.
"The adult already had the heart to stand on his own, and it was only after receiving the five taels of silver that he dispelled his thoughts and decided to follow Lord Xiao.
Now that Lord Xiao is dead, it is normal for adults to renew their old thoughts. If you want to do this, you still have to rely on Lord Xiao to do it. β
Hu Zongxian was stunned: "Brother Xiao has passed away, how can I rely on him?" β
Xu Wei sighed and said: "Although Xiao Feng is gone, Yu Wei is still there, and he is blessed with all the people, how many people in the government and the opposition think that they are Xiao Feng's people, although Xiao Feng does not form a party, the party has become its own."
Now that Xiao Feng is gone, the Xiao party has no leader, and it is inevitable that there is tension and emptiness in his heart, and he naturally hopes that someone can become a leader and continue to lead and protect them.
But this position of leader is not for everyone, and several conditions must be met.
First, this person must be a member of the Xiao Party himself, and temporary membership will not be accepted by the Xiao Party.
Second, this person must play a pivotal role in the Xiao Party, and if the little person wants to take the opportunity to take the position, it is something that he doesn't have to think about.
Third, this person must be close enough to Xiao Feng for people to love Xiao Feng.
Everyone in the world knows that adults are Lord Xiao's right-hand man, and they are also the people that Lord Xiao relies on the most. This position is the only one! β
Hu Zongxian's eyes lit up, and he slowly stood up, feeling that he was much taller than usual, and then suddenly there was no bottom again.
"Sir, you said, Brother Xiao came back from the dead last time, will he come back from the dead this time? What should I do if it happens? β
Xu Wei smiled and said: "This plan is called pushing the boat along the river, and the beauty of it is that it follows the trend, no matter what happens, it is beneficial and harmless."
If Xiao Feng can't come back from the dead, you take over his mantle, take advantage of the situation and fight against Xu Jie, and finally dominate the court, which is gratifying.
If Xiao Feng comes back from the dead, you will hold the situation for him in his absence, and when the time comes, the relationship between the two of you will naturally become deeper and deeper! β
Hu Zongxian drank all the wine in the pot: "Mr. Dacai, that's exactly the case." Let's do it now and write letters to Qiu Luan, Yang Jisheng and others! β
The content of the letter is extremely simple, that is, to express that Xiao Feng is dead, and I, Hu Zongxian, am extremely sad in my heart, knowing that you also have a deep relationship with Xiao Feng, and seek mutual comfort.
In addition, although Lord Xiao is gone, we can't disperse in a hurry. Let's inherit the spirit of Lord Xiao and continue the unfinished business of Lord Xiao!
Carry out the great undertakings such as the Daming Water Division, Kanto Agricultural Reclamation, and the Technical Imperial Examination! These trees planted by Lord Xiao must not be cut down by others, let alone let others pick peaches!
But at this time, Xu Shoufu had monopoly power in the imperial court, and he was not too interested in Lord Xiao's career. If we are scattered and fighting on our own, it will be difficult to succeed, and we need to unite for this.
And after those people received the letter, they basically replied. None of these people are not human spirits, and as soon as they saw Hu Zongxian's letter, they understood what he meant.
In the reply letters, they all said that Lord Xiao is jealous of talents, and we are very sad, and only by working hard to complete his career can we be worthy of him. Lord Hu is Lord Xiao's right-hand man, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, we are willing to help!
Only Hai Jui's reply is different: "Lord Xiao's unfinished business, Hai Jui can't know everything right and wrong." Hairui has its own mission, let it be thoughtful. β
What Xiao Feng wants to do, I don't know if it's right or wrong. He also arranged a bunch of things on my side, so let's do it first, and I'll talk about the rest when I figure it out.
Hu Zongxian's side was nervous, and Xu Jie's side was not idle. Because Xiao Feng died, Jiajing was in a bad mood, and he would inevitably be angry with him and Gao Gong, so he didn't dare to provoke Jiajing in the past two days.
However, he knew in his heart that Jiajing's anger would always dissipate slowly, and then he would still have to govern the country, and he would have to rely on himself and the civilian group behind him.
Therefore, he is not in a hurry to curry favor with Jiajing, which is the biggest difference between him and Yan Song. Xu Jie's treatment of Jiajing does not rely on feelings, but on etiquette and rules, which is the highest point of morality.
Because he knows that Jiajing is not a real faint monarch, especially after knowing Xiao Feng, he can almost be called half a Ming monarch.
The faint monarch is difficult to deal with, because the faint monarch does not talk about martial virtues, and he really dares to defy all rules and reckless of the consequences at critical moments. And as long as it's not a faint king, there are many ways to deal with it.
Xu Jie has also been busy writing letters everywhere these days, using his protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials to gather contacts everywhere. His statement is different from Hu Zongxian's.
"The strict party has plagued the country and the people for ten years, and the dynasty has been corrupted and Shengcong has been blinded. Fortunately, Xiao Feng joined forces with his own officials to eradicate the Yan Party in one fell swoop, stirring up turbidity and promoting the Qing Dynasty.
However, the Yan Party was in deep trouble, and reused flattering ministers, such as Zhao Wenhua's generation, despite the ban of the imperial court, befriended the factory guards, and colluded with Zhang Yuan.
I wanted to join hands with Xiao Feng to revive the dynasty, but God was jealous of the talents, and it was difficult to get my wish. My generation of scholars, at this time, should take on the heavy responsibility and serve the imperial court. β
Xu Jie, as the first assistant, naturally weighed much more weight than Hu Zongxian. Officials from all over the country have expressed their willingness to work together with Xu Shoufu.
Only a few days after Xiao Feng's death, the forces of the DPRK and China were like a flood that broke through the embankment, surging and rushing through the old river channel that had collapsed and looking for a new river channel to enter the sea.
Jiajing didn't know if the grief had not passed, or if it was intentional, and he just watched from the sidelines and had no intention of expressing his position.
After the previous experience of Xiao Feng's resurrection, this time Jiajing, Xiao Mansion, Liu Mansion, and Zhang Tianci are still looking forward to it in deep pain.
They took turns to run to the WTO Observatory and went to the fairy stone to look, expecting to see Xiao Feng pushing the coffin up. Lao Dao tried to persuade them not to go down to the catacomb, on the grounds that they wanted to replicate the process of the last time as much as possible.
Although no one knows how Xiao Feng was resurrected last time, Lao Dao stubbornly believes that as long as he strictly abides by the process last time, it must be right!
So he didn't let everyone go down, but just listened in at the entrance above, lying on the ground and looking in through the gap.
Jiajing also has actions here, Tao Zhongwen said that he has a set of distillation and purification equipment given by Xiao Feng, which can refine a large number of Bliss Pills into a Bliss Divine Pill.
Referring to the process of Xiao Feng's resurrection last time, maybe just eat a Divine Pill of Bliss! Jiajing was overjoyed and asked Tao Zhongwen to hurry up and practice.
There is no Bliss Pill on the market, but there are many confiscated at the Jinyi Guard. Tao Zhongwen tried hard in every possible way, exhausted the inventory of Jinyiwei, and finally came up with a decent-looking Divine Pill of Bliss.
But after turning into water and pouring it into Xiao Feng, there was no reaction at all.
I don't know if the elixir practiced by Tao Zhongwen is not authentic, and it can't be compared with Xiao Qin's, or if Xiao Feng's death this time is not because of the tiredness of word measurement, and the medicine is not right.
Six days have passed, there has been no movement, people's hopes are gradually disappearing, and the cries are increasing day by day.
Lao Dao suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something, so he hurriedly asked Zhang Tianci to sit next to the fairy stone and nag all day.
But Zhang Tianci's nagging made the tonsils inflamed, and there was still no movement in the underground tomb. Until the moment of the palm lamp, Lao Dao suddenly slapped his thigh.
"There's a missing link! Last time, you beat Yan Shifan here! β
Zhang Tianci was dumbfounded: "But this link can't be replicated, Yan Shifan is rotten, and we can't dig it out of the soil and beat him again!" β
Everyone looked at each other, and finally gave up helplessly, and the bitter crying gradually dispersed. Only the fairy word stone was left under the illumination of the ever-bright lamp, dragging out a long shadow, swaying gently.
Xiao Feng's resurrection failed, Xiao Qin was the happiest, Xu Jie, and Gao Gong were the third.
It's not that Xu Jie and Gao Gong have any personal grievances against Xiao Feng, on the contrary, in terms of personal feelings, they are both very grateful to Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng turned the tide and defeated the big boSS Yan Dang that they didn't dare to look at directly, leading them to successfully clear the level, and letting them follow behind them to pick up the equipment and experience, and they were very grateful.
But both of them are ambitious people, never abandoning the public for personal reasons, and their sense of responsibility for the world's major events, and their desire for the legitimate rights of scholars, make them full of joy at the end of Xiao Feng's prayer for the rain fairy.
There's no better ending than this! Xiao Feng prayed for rain and successfully alleviated the imminent disaster of the Ming Dynasty, which is definitely a great thing!
The bad thing that came with it is that from Long Live to the common people, their reverence for the Daomen has reached a new height, and their reverence for Xiao Feng has reached its peak!
As long as Xiao Feng survives, he is a living immortal in the hearts of the people and the people, and if the civil official group wants to defeat Xiao Feng, it will be extremely difficult!
But Xiao Feng was so empathetic, he actually died! What does this amount to? It is equivalent to the full-level boss who helps them take the initiative to go offline after playing the ultimate boSS, and all the benefits belong to them!
Although the prestige of the Daomen reached its peak, it was of little use in the ensuing struggle.
Because the only person whose Dao method has been verified is Xiao Feng, and he is dead, the reputation of several other real people can be preserved at most.
Although Hu Zongxian's imminent move is worthy of vigilance, he is far away from the court, and he is still far from fighting with Xu Jie!
Therefore, after Jiajing's state of mind calmed down a little, Xu Jie immediately actively convened the first court meeting in the post-Xiao Feng era to establish his leadership position.
Although he has long been the head of the cabinet, the six ministries are used to looking for Xiao Feng for many things. Some of this can be arranged by him, but after all, it gives people the feeling that Xiao Feng, as a secondary assistant, actually has more real power.
So this impression had to be reversed, and this was an important court meeting, which had two main purposes: one was to establish the leadership of Xu Jie, and the other was to carry out Gao Gong's secondary and auxiliary positions.
In Xu Jie's view, the high arch is second to secondary, which is a natural thing and a thing that must be completed.
Xiao Feng is dead, the position of the second assistant is vacant, no matter in terms of seniority or ability, Gao Gong is definitely qualified to sit in the position of the second assistant!
The most important thing is that during this period of battle, Gao Gong has always cooperated closely with himself, and he is a staunch ally than his own disciple Zhang Juzheng.
What are people doing with you? Isn't it just a picture of meat to eat? If this doesn't give enough benefits, who will follow you next time?
Seeing that Zhang Juzheng's mood was not high, Xu Jie sighed, as a disciple, he still needs to grow, but he is still too immature and angry.
"Taiyue, I miss Xiao Feng as much as you do, but people can't die...... The man is dead, but the things of the court must not be wasted. We are three ministers, and we have a heavy responsibility on our shoulders!
Besides, if the high arch is not promoted to the second second, how can the cabinet be promoted? If you don't enter the cabinet, you have to deal with chores in the cabinet all the time, isn't that your ambition? β
Zhang Juzheng silently pondered the teacher's words, until the hundred officials gathered and Jiajing went to court, his mind was still chaotic, and he simply stopped thinking about it.
Xu Jie took the lead, stepped forward and said: "Long live, Xiao Feng, the second assistant of the cabinet, unfortunately died in the line of duty in the process of praying for rain with hundreds of officials and Daomen, which is lamentable.
The people of Ransi have passed away, but the affairs of the state must not be wasted for a day. Although the heart of long live moved the heavens and rained down, after all, it was too late to farm, and this year's harvest was inevitable.
When the imperial court took advantage of the rain from the sky, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry took the lead to supervise the agriculture, build water conservancy, protect the farmers and help the farmers, and minimize the disaster! β
Jiajing frowned slightly, Xu Jie's words, although he saw the light from all sides, but intentionally or unintentionally attributed the rain from the sky to Jiajing leading hundreds of officials to bask in the sun.
This is Xu Jie's cleverness, he said this, Jiajing will definitely not object. Even if it can't erase the credit of the Daomen, it has invisibly directly divided half of it.
Gao Gong silently praised, the old fox is the old fox, this quiet respect for the Confucianism is simply natural, there is no trace, I still have to learn!
Jiajing really didn't say anything: "Xu Shoufu's words are reasonable, is there any specific statement?" You can put it forward for discussion. β
Xu Jie was proud in his heart, but he was very indifferent on the surface: "Long live, Xiao Cifu is gone, the cabinet is vacant, and there is a shortage of manpower."
The minister suggested that Gao Gong could be appointed as a second assistant, Zhang Juzheng was promoted, and another person was added to the cabinet to listen to it. β
Jiajing frowned again, and before he could speak, suddenly a voice sounded.
"I'm against this suggestion!"
Everyone was taken aback, looked at the bird, and then collectively dropped their jaws. No one expected that it would be Liu Tong, the left waiter of the household department!
This guy who only knows that the people take food as the sky, usually wants to shrink his whole body behind Pan Huang, why did his temperament suddenly harden today?
Jiajing was particularly polite to Liu Tong: "Liu Shilang, why do you oppose Xu Shoufu's proposal?" β
Liu Tong's courage was a little too much when he shouted just now, and he couldn't help but stammer.
"Minister, minister is not for anything, no, no, no, the minister thinks that Xiao Feng's body is not cold, so he will revoke his official position, as if the court has determined that he is dead this time, it will inevitably make people feel cold......"
These words sounded awkward, but they unexpectedly hit Jiajing's heart, his eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again.
"Yes, yes, the bones are not cold, that's true! Last time, Xiao Feng was also dead for more than ten years before he came back to life! What are you anxious about!
Even if it is to pray for Xiao Feng, he should keep his official position first! He knew that everyone was thinking about him and couldn't forget him, so he naturally came back!
If he yells and yells to remove his official position, he still thinks in heaven that we don't need him anymore, and maybe he won't come back!
Liu Aiqing usually doesn't talk much, but she can always say it, and she really deserves to be a talent promoted by me! β