"Zhong Kang, you said that I am in the Ming Dynasty, why do natural disasters continue? Could it be that Heaven is punishing me? But I clearly have no fault! ”

Emperor Jiajing rubbed his brows and said to the middle-aged man in a Taoist uniform beside him.

In recent years, he has made great efforts to make the overall national strength of the Ming Dynasty rebound again.

Whether it is Dongchang or Jinyiwei, the news brought is that the officials are generally much more honest, and there are many voices of praise for the emperor.

"Zhongyi Water Margin" is also as Emperor Jiajing expected, set off a great wave among the people, although it is not that those bandits and bandits, listening to the commentary, directly became a great loyal minister, but in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the government, their will to resist is also much weaker, and they are more easily pacified by the imperial court.

Everything in the Ming Dynasty seems to be thriving.

However, he was distressed by the fact that natural disasters continued among the people.

Although it is said that the relief of the imperial court can always arrive in time, and the affected places will be exempted from taxes by the imperial court, and the people can barely survive, this is a large expense, and every time it causes displaced people and death and injury, it is inevitable.

At this time, he was holding a piece of music in his hand, which was to report to the emperor, Huguang was affected again, and asked the imperial court to send food support, and at the same time exempt the autumn grain.

With a sigh, he granted the request, and at the same time transferred a sum of money from the household.

But this is not the way to go.

Zhong Kang in the emperor's mouth, that is, to a real person, Shao Yuanjie, immediately said when he heard this:

"Your Majesty, the minister is about to play."

"Last night, I watched the heavens and found that the heavens and stars had changed, but it was not a good omen, but I didn't know where to be. Now when His Majesty says this, I think that this frequent natural disaster is in response to this star change, which is a warning from heaven. ”

"Oh? So how can that change? Master casts spells for me! Emperor Jiajing's eyes lit up, and he said immediately.

Shao Yuanjie shook his head:

"Your Majesty, this is the number of qi in the world corresponding to the celestial phenomena, and it is not something that can be changed by a minister or a Taoist."

"According to the ministers, this is caused by the immorality of the ministers, and there must be courtiers who do misdeeds, so that the heavens are angry and give punishment!"

Zhu Houxi immediately believed his words, after all, according to the situation of the previous cleaning, there are many scum among these sanctimonious courtiers, and it has been a few years since the original cleaning at this time, and it is not surprising that some moths have been bred again.

It's no wonder that my Ming Dynasty is now in frequent troubles, it turns out that you guys are corrupting the dynasty, and even God can't stand it!

He immediately ordered the ministers to introspect themselves, but what he didn't expect was that this time his behavior caused a strong backlash from the courtiers.

They were already very tired of the emperor always fiddling with some gods and ghosts there, and now they are still jumping faces, how can they bear this?

"It's too much!"

"Your Majesty really believes the words of that Shao Daoren! This lake has been widely affected, and the character of our ministers can be related? There are so many natural disasters in the Ming Dynasty, do they all have to rely on our heads! ”

"Pity the front seat in the middle of the night, don't ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods! Listening to the words of the Taoist priest made the ministers introspect, which is simply ridiculous. ”

"Your Majesty has been quite holy all these years, why is he so confused in this matter."

"I'll wait for the emperor to expel that Shao Yuanjie, and return the government to a clear day!"

The ministers were excited, and they planned to rely on their collective strength to persecute him, and the emperor must drive this Shao Yuanjie away and "put him back on track"!

……

Yan Yuan half-lay on the chair and squinted his eyes to listen to Yan Yuanmo tell the news in the court, at this time he was already obviously old, since the long years since Chenghua, this former young boy has turned into a gray-haired old man, but what is revealed in his eyes is wisdom.

He was used to seeing strong winds and waves, and he didn't have much reaction to this matter, but said lightly:

"Shang Shu opposed? Heh......"

"Your Majesty is a selfish person, and he asks the immortals, in essence, it is his selfishness that wants to live forever, and wants to hold this supreme power forever. It's just that his hard work over the years has covered up his selfishness, and it is not easy for people to discover. ”

He hit the nail on the head.

"Those who stop him from going down this path will be his enemies."

"Look, those who are ready to oppose the emperor's cultivation will not end well......"

"Whoever told us, no one should get involved in this."

……

As Yan Yuan expected, the surging attacks of the ministers not only did not work, but instead stimulated Zhu Houxi's rebellious mentality.

In the original time and space, in the face of the pressure of the courtiers during the Great Rites Discussion, Emperor Jiajing never compromised, and was tough to the end, which shows his stubborn attitude, and this time is the same.

What's more, cultivation is his rebellion, even if it is an important minister of the cabinet, he does not dare to persuade easily, and the courtiers directly write to him, how can he approve of it!

Among them, Yang Ming, the editor of Hanlin with the most fierce words, directly said that Emperor Jiajing was moody and improper, and trusted Shao Yuanjie's spells and wrote them in the history books, I don't know what future generations will think!

This is equivalent to pointing at Zhu Houxi's nose and scolding, leaving a name in history books, cultivating the Tao and leaving a name in history books, what kind of good reputation can this be? It's equivalent to saying that he is a faint king!

No one can save them now.

Yang Ming was directly arrested by the angry emperor and put in prison, and he suffered a lot, and the courtiers who interceded for him were all imprisoned one after another, just like the gourd baby saving his grandfather, and the other courtiers were also fined for one year as punishment.

This also reveals the emperor's determination - whoever dares to say that it is wrong for me to ask for immortals will not have good fruit to eat!

And natural disasters, naturally, have not stopped, and this may also lead to Shao Yuanjie's exposure, but he directly said that natural disasters do not stop, and the immoral behaviors of the courtiers still exist.

In this way, Zhu Houxi actually believed it, and at this moment, all the courtiers in the court realized how obsessed Emperor Jiajing was.

No one dared to say anything about monasticism anymore.

The imperial court continued to operate under such circumstances until the twenty-first year of Jiajing.

In the past ten years, the world has changed a lot.

Yang Tinghe died, and Xie Qian and Yang Yiqing also fell in the torrent of time.

Yan Shizhong also died, and the Yan clan in the court changed their stubble.

The current cabinet is composed of Yan Song, Xu Zan, and a newly promoted person named Xia Yan.

Yan Yuanxu was in Jiajing's nineteenth year, at the age of seventy-six, and Yan Yuanmo inherited his title.

Even that person, Shao Yuanjie, has died in the years.

Emperor Jiajing also gradually entered middle age from a young man.

(End of chapter)