After listening to the report of the guide eunuch, Jiajing frowned slightly, and immediately spoke.

"This Li Chunfang, why are you looking for me so late?"

"That's it, let him in!"

Jiajing's words fell, and the leading eunuch immediately looked dignified and responded respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Soon after guiding the eunuch to leave, Li Chunfang stepped into the Heart Nourishing Hall with a feeling of anxiety.

"Weichen knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

As soon as Li Chunfang stepped into the Heart Nourishing Palace, he knelt on the ground and said respectfully.

"Well, get up!"

After looking Li Chunfang up and down, Jiajing bowed slightly, and then commanded.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Li Chunfang received Jiajing's consent, he slowly got up from the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Jiajing's voice, which couldn't hear half a minute, sounded in Li Chunfang's ears.

"It's so late, you still come to see me, is there something you want to report to me?"

When Li Chunfang heard this, he carefully responded after organizing the language in his mind.

"Your Majesty, Weichen came late at night this time, and he really has something important to report!"

Li Chunfang paused for a moment when she said this, and only then did she speak after suppressing the panic in her heart.

"Your Majesty, before this, Li Ding, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, personally visited Wechen, and wanted Wechen to sign his name on the petition to Your Majesty!"

"Weichen felt that this Li Ding's heart must contain trouble, and after he left, Weichen tossed and turned, and it was difficult to settle down, so he ignored the curfew and came to see His Majesty, and hoped that His Majesty would forgive his sins!"

After Li Chunfang finished speaking, he bowed his head and bowed again.

After listening to Li Chunfang's words, Jiajing nodded imperceptibly, and immediately commented.

"Well, Li Aiqing was able to take the risk and come to inform me of the news, and I am very pleased."

When Jiajing said this, he suddenly changed his words, and then spoke.

"Since you're here, let's watch a play with me later!"

When Li Chunfang heard this, a hint of ominous premonition suddenly flashed in her heart, but she still replied stubbornly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

……

As a guard of the forbidden army, Wang Lin has nothing else to do on weekdays except for daily patrols and training, so he is quite idle.

But not long ago, his chief suddenly gathered everyone and announced in public that soon there would be a group of officials with ulterior motives who opposed the imperial court's policies, wanted to storm the Forbidden City, take the opportunity to force the emperor to the palace, and let them prepare accordingly, at that time, life or death!

When Wang Lin learned the news from the mouth of the chief, he was also quite shocked, on the one hand, he was shocked that the imperial court was able to learn the relevant information before the enemy made a move.

On the other hand, they were shocked that there were still officials who dared to openly oppose the policies of the imperial court and force the emperor to the palace!

In Wang Lin's view, the emperor is supreme, and his words are absolutely unquestionable!

And the integrated payment of grain by the officials and gentry is a clear policy for the sake of the people, and these officials and masters can't even stand this little grievance.

It is precisely because of this that, in Wang Lin's view, these officials who dare to oppose His Majesty's wise decision-making are all chaotic ministers and thieves, and they must not be soft.

And among the forbidden army, there are not a few people who have such thoughts as Wang Lin.

After receiving the order from their superiors, these forbidden troops were already gearing up, waiting for the arrival of this group of "chaotic ministers and thieves".

……

At this moment, on the tower of the east gate of the Forbidden City, there are three figures, one sitting and two standing.

Naturally, it was Jiajing who was sitting, and the other two figures were Lu Fang and Li Chunfang.

Although Li Chunfang had already done a good job of psychological construction in advance before this, when he really followed Jiajing and came to the tower of the Forbidden City, he realized what was about to happen.

I don't know if it's because I'm too nervous, or if it's something else, Li Chunfang has been shaking since he stepped on the Forbidden City Tower.

And this, naturally, could not escape Jiajing's eyes, only to see Jiajing turn his gaze to Li Chunfang on the side, and said unhappily.

"Li Chunfang, what are you shaking there?"

"I let you see it, you just give me a good look!"

When Li Chunfang heard this, a look of sincere fear appeared on his face in an instant, and he knelt on the ground with a 'plop', and asked Jiajing for guilt in a trembling voice.

"Micro ...... It's the first time that Wechen is so close to Your Majesty, don't you ...... I can't help but be nervous, and I ...... I hope Your Majesty will forgive you! ”

Seeing this, Jiajing withdrew his gaze from Li Chunfang's body and commanded.

"Alright, get up, I don't mean to blame you!"

When Li Chunfang heard this, the whole person was like being amnestied, and immediately got up from the ground and looked at the scenery in the distance.

After a short time, I saw a crowd of people holding torches marching to the noon gate of the Forbidden City.

Seeing this, Jiajing immediately stretched out his index finger and pointed at the official who took the lead, smiling rather than laughing.

"This is Li Ding, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, right?"

Li Chunfang looked in the direction Jiajing was pointing and quickly gave an answer.

"Your Majesty, that is Li Ding, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, His Majesty is not strict, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins!"

After listening to Li Chunfang's explanation, Jiajing frowned slightly, and then spoke.

"I don't mean to blame you, but I'm curious, why did he dare to stand up against me publicly, and who gave him the courage?"

Jiajing's question was destined to be answered by no one, and immediately after, the tower at the east gate of the Forbidden City fell into silence.

Li Ding looked at the east gate of the Forbidden City, which was close at hand, and secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, forcibly holding back the excitement in his heart.

Before, he never imagined that things would go so smoothly!

Along the way, the crowd was not hindered in any way, and not only that, but on the way, many indignant students also joined the team.

"This is providence!"

After saying this, Li Ding turned his gaze to his colleagues on the side, and then spoke.

"Everyone, it's a matter of success or failure!"

"If this thing is done, we will be an example for the world's scholars, and it will be recorded in history and passed on for generations!"

Li Ding's words, there is no doubt, gave everyone present a shot in the arm, giving them the courage to face everything that may happen next!

Soon, the crowd marched to the east gate of the Forbidden City, and then knelt on the ground in unison.

Seeing this situation, Lu Fang couldn't help but come forward to ask Jiajing's opinion.

"Your Majesty, do you want to ......?"

I saw Jiajing shaking his head imperceptibly and commanding softly.

"Don't worry, listen to what he has to say."

Li Ding and several other high-ranking officials knelt at the front of the line, and then, after exchanging glances with other officials, Li Ding took out the letter with the signatures of many officials from his bosom and sobbed.

"Weichen is Li Ding, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and this time I came here to implore Your Majesty to retract your order and stop implementing the policy of integrating the official gentry with food!"

"The ancients said, in order to rule the world with scholars, not with the people!"

"Now, Your Majesty, you are deceived by traitorous ministers, and the integrated payment of grain by the officials and gentry proposed is really putting the cart before the horse, and if it continues like this, I will not be a country, and the people will not be able to get their due rights and interests from it!"

"The ancestral legal system is there, and there is no need to change it to lose people's hearts!"

"Your Majesty, you insist on going your own way, at that time, I am afraid that the hearts of the world's scholars will be chilled!"

"Weichen's loyalty to Your Majesty, the sun and the moon can be seen, if there is a lie, may the sky hit five thunders!"

At this moment, Li Ding has already entered the role.

He has already substituted himself into the role of a virtuous minister who is willing to die for the king's worries, and he can't extricate himself, and even after that, he stretches out his index finger and points at the heavens with extra force.

At this moment, after listening to Li Ding's heartfelt words, Jiajing immediately gave an evaluation.

"What nonsense, bullshit!"

"A person like this has only his own interests in his eyes, and the people are like pigs and dogs in his heart, how can he have the face to mention the word "people" to me, it's really damned!"

Jiajing's words fell, and the originally clear night sky suddenly accumulated a large area of dark clouds, and if you look closely, you can still see looming thunder spreading in it.

Gradually, the dark clouds accumulated more and more, and a sense of coercion that seemed to be absent enveloped everyone present.

Seeing this, Li Ding suddenly panicked, he didn't expect that he just said casually that there would really be thunder in the sky.

At the same time, those officials on the side also seemed to think of something, their faces were full of horror, and they hurriedly hid far away, for fear of being affected.

Li Ding looked at the more and more dark clouds accumulating in mid-air, and suddenly panicked in his heart, just as he wanted to stand up and escape, he saw a thunderbolt with the thickness of his arm falling in mid-air, blocking his way.

"Heaven has appeared, Heaven has appeared!"

In the crowd that came to petition, I don't know who shouted such a sentence.

All of them were so impressed by the miracle in front of them that they kept kowtowing to the ground to ask for forgiveness from the heavens.

Seeing this, Li Ding immediately gritted his teeth, and wanted to leave this place from the side.

'Boom boom! ’

As soon as the blow fell, the thunder in mid-air began to brew again, and this time, everyone present felt a strong sense of crisis, and Li Ding, as a party concerned, smelled the breath of death from it.

After a while, I saw five thigh-thick thunderbolts, straight from the air, scorching Li Ding, who had not had time to escape, and Li Ding only had time to scream, and then he was completely silent.

After Li Ding's death, the dark clouds that had originally accumulated in the air also dissipated, leaving no trace.

This situation made everyone at the scene fall into a stupor, what they didn't expect was that Li Ding, who was the party concerned, would really be hit by five thunders and die!

And this also means that none of the words he said before are true, otherwise, the heavens would not have sent down thunder and chopped him to death.

Soon, these people who came to petition reacted that they had been deceived, and after thinking about this, they kept kowtowing on the ground to beg for the emperor's forgiveness!

On the tower of the Forbidden City, Jiajing had already taken a full view of the situation at the scene.

Immediately, I saw Jiajing turn his gaze to the side, and Lu Fang and Li Chunfang, who had already fallen into a stupor, commanded.

"Lu Fang, what are you still doing in a daze, let the forbidden army dispatch and arrest all these people!"

Jiajing's words pulled Lu Fang, who was still stunned, back to reality, only to see Lu Fang suddenly come back to his senses and say respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Lu Fang responded, he turned around and whispered a few words to the officer behind him.

Soon, the forbidden army was dispatched to control everyone who participated in this petition!

During the whole process, the forbidden army did not encounter the slightest resistance, and those people's hearts were like ashes, as if they had accepted their fate, but despite this, many people were still killed and injured by the forbidden army who were holding back the fire in their bellies.

Immediately, I saw Jiajing turn his gaze to Li Chunfang, who was still stunned, and said unhurriedly.

"There are gods in the head, and there are some things that you can't talk nonsense!"

When Li Chunfang heard this, his face was full of reverence that could not be concealed, and he responded.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your teachings!"

At this moment, Jiajing's position in Li Chunfang's heart is like a god.

"These rebellious ministers and thieves really don't know whether they live or die, and they actually tried in vain to oppose the policy proposed by His Majesty, and they were really punished by God."

"It's really innocent!"

Li Chunfang looked at the corpse downstairs in the Forbidden City, which had become charred, and gritted her teeth.

……

The night passed in the blink of an eye, and the next day, with the spread of people with hearts, everything that happened in the Forbidden City last night was also intuitively presented in front of everyone.

"Did you hear, Li Ding, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites who went to the Forbidden City to petition last night, was punished by God!"

"Ah, what's the matter?"

"It is said that Li Chunfang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was also at the scene at that time, and he saw with his own eyes that after Li Ding made an oath to the sky, five thunderbolts fell from the sky and killed him on the spot!"

"Hey~ Is it possible, the integration of officials and gentry proposed by His Majesty really has God's help?"

"Shhhh

Next, the rumors in the capital became more and more outrageous, and there was even gossip that the emperor personally sent down thunder and killed Li Ding at the east gate of the Forbidden City.

But no matter how the rumors spread, the only thing that can be confirmed is that the emperor has now occupied the absolute initiative, and those voices who previously opposed the integration of the official gentry and the grain payment have all died down and dare not take any more action.

What, you want to continue against?

You are clearly working against God, and Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven! Do you want to anger the heavens and suffer five thunderbolts?

In this way, before Jiajing could give any guidance to public opinion in the capital, the attitude of those officials towards this took a 180-degree turn, and they even began to vigorously advocate the benefits of the integration of officials and gentry.

Even, even Yan Song and Xu Jie's comments that have fallen to the bottom have also rebounded.

"Elder Yan Ge and Elder Xu Ge are really far-sighted, and they have long expected this situation!"

"Nonsense, otherwise how can people become the first assistant of the cabinet and the second assistant of the cabinet?"

(End of chapter)