In the first year of Jingtai, it was an era when all kinds of 'Zhuge Kongming' were popular, and the forces of each side liked to play with fire.

As for why Zhu Qiyu was sure that the Gongyuan would catch fire?

That's because it will really catch fire, and it will really burn people.

The imperial doctor's 'wrong prescription' to kill the emperor, and the Gongyuan's 'accidental fire' to burn the examinees to death are all things that are contrary to common sense, and many people think that these things cannot happen.

And people of later generations always like to use the experience of the Qing Dynasty to deduce the historical facts of the Ming Dynasty, thinking that what could not happen in the Qing Dynasty would inevitably not happen to the Ming Dynasty.

However, I have my own national conditions.

The Ming Dynasty's tribute courtyard will catch fire if it is fake, and it will really burn people to death, which has to mention our great Tianshun Emperor Zhu Qizhen.

'In the second month of the seventh year of Tianshun.

On that day, the wind was strong, and the fire in the hospital was tried in the evening, and many people died, and the next day the Ministry of Rites heard about it, and ordered it to be changed to August. ’

This is not a wild history, this is the "Records of Ming Yingzong".

'February Wuchen, will try the world to lift people, fire in the tribute courtyard, the imperial history Jiao Xian opened its door, burned and killed more than 90 people. -—— "History of the Ming Dynasty".

Lift people, that's a high-level scholar who already has the qualifications to be an official.

The number of people who participated in the examination in the seventh year of Tianshun should be about 1,500, and more than 90 people were burned to death in one fire.

Well, yes, the ministers definitely didn't mean it.

Zhu Qizhen sent Zhigongju and prison officials to prison.

And then the operation of this great genius is really amazing:

For these officials who supervised the examination, there was no trial, and there was no punishment, and they were 'reinstated from the work'.

This is the unique national condition of my Ming Dynasty, burning more than 90 people, and no one is responsible for this.

Not to mention the killing of heads and demotion of officials, there is not even an official who has been fined.

If this had been left in the Qing Dynasty, the officials involved would have been beheaded more than 90 times.

But in Daming, magical realism is so vividly interpreted.

However, this is not the end, and there is more magic to come:

The Ministry of Rites thought that the test house was narrow, so it suffered from the fire, and asked to choose another place in the city and set up a test center.

Zhu Qizhen ordered the Ministry of Industry to discuss it.

Huo Xuan, the left waiter of the Ministry of Industry, Xue Yuan, the right waiter, and others gave suggestions and wrote to request that the Anrenfang grassland be changed to a trial hospital.

Zhu Qizhen's reply was: The trial court is still acceptable, and the household grassland should not be easy.

So he ordered Huo Xuan and others to confess their crimes.

At the same time, the six branches impeached Huo Xuan and Xue Yuan.

In the end, Huo Xuan, Xue Yuan and their subordinate Lang Zhongguan were all imprisoned.

The reality is so magical, those invigilators involved are out of prison and reinstated; The officials who proposed to rebuild the tribute courtyard in order to eliminate potential safety hazards were instead imprisoned.

Regarding Zhu Qizhen's confusing operation, Zhu Qiyu was puzzled: Could it be that this involves some wonderful imperial mental techniques? Could it be that Zhu Qizhen is on the fifth layer of the way of power and scheming, and I am only on the first layer?

That's more than 90 dead, if you don't kill anyone, will others still fear you as an emperor in the future?

The fact is that less than a year after this fire, Zhu Qizhen received a four-piece set of the Great Tomorrow: not hesitating, not looking at the court, going up gradually, and collapsing.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, it was too difficult to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Hey, let's have fun in time.

Zhu Qiyu ordered the three favorite concubines to lie side by side on the jade bed, and then did indescribable things.

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The emperor was chic in the room, but Wang Tong, Wang Cong, Zhao Xuan, Shu Liang, Lu Gao, Lu Zhong, Wang Chun, Zhao Jing and others stayed in the armor factory on the south side of the Gongyuan to drink the northwest wind.

Everyone stared at each other, confused and helpless.

Liu Jing and Menda, who are still Jinyiwei, are more Buddhist, and directly gave up this so-called meritorious opportunity and went home to sleep with their concubines in their arms.

Lu Gao, Lu Zhong, Wang Chun, and Zhao Jing are the more motivated people in Jinyiwei, and they all came over early, waiting to catch the thief and make meritorious contributions.

Zhu Qiyu had issued an edict before, and the three eunuchs of the ceremonial supervisor and the three eunuchs of the imperial horse eunuch could grace two family members to be a hundred households in Jinyi.

Now the oldest celebrant Wang Jin chose his adopted son Wang Chun, and his family Zhao Jing served as one hundred households.

Chengshan Marquis Wang Tong, with his son Wang Cong, and the 2,000 disaster preparedness soldiers of Tiance Guard, are the main force in fighting fires today.

The four leaders of the Jinyi Guard are the main force in catching the arsonists.

Zhao Xuan, as the commander of the Yingzhou Zhongwei, supervised here on behalf of the emperor.

Shu Liang, as the master of ceremonies, is also the commander of the East Factory, responsible for the coordination in the center.

Anyway, everyone is doing their own duties, just waiting for the Gongyuan to catch fire.

However, among the people present, only Wang Chun and Lu Gao firmly believed that Zhu Qiyu had said that since the emperor said that the Gongyuan would catch fire tonight, it would definitely catch fire.

The rest of the people are either half-believing like Wang Tong, Zhao Xuan, Shu Liang, and Lu Zhong, or like Wang Cong and Zhao Jing, they purely feel that the emperor is dancing the gods.

The less people have contact with Zhu Qiyu, the more they feel that Zhu Qiyu is dancing gods.

Everyone drank strong tea to refresh themselves, while looking at each other in a daze.

Among these people, Shu Liang has the best popularity and the most extensive communication. So Zhao Jing didn't have anything to say and took the lead: "Dugong, do you think the Gongyuan can really catch fire tonight?" ”

Although Shu Liang himself was also suspicious of the fire in the Gongyuan, he definitely wanted to maintain the emperor's authority, so he replied with a smile:

"Your Majesty is a natural saint, with a heavenly constitution in his mouth, since he said that the Gongyuan will be on fire tonight, then he will definitely be able to catch it.

The brothers are working hard tonight, and His Majesty has an order that no half of the candidates will be injured, let alone let go of any arsonist.

Once the Gongyuan is on fire, immediately arrest all those who are suspicious, and put all of them into the Jinyi Guard Prison first. ”

Lu Gao replied: "Don't worry, the entire Ming Shi Fang, all the street corners are guarded by our secret agents. Once the fire starts, the entire Ming Shi Fang will be completely blocked, and not a single fly will be able to fly out. ”

Lu Zhong also asked, "Duke, what should we do if the arsonist resists?" ”

Shu Liang emphasized: "If you live, you must live." We have mobilized thousands of people, and we can't even keep a single one alive, and the Holy One will inevitably question our ability.

I'll tell you the truth, brothers, don't blame me for being ugly. Shengshang had some doubts about Jinyiwei's ability, otherwise he would not have transferred a large number of Jinyiwei out of Beijing.

If this errand is not done well, and the patience of the saint is completely worn out, the remaining brothers of our Jinyiwei may inevitably be transferred.

The Holy Lord doesn't mind completely tearing down and rebuilding the Jinyi Guard. ”

When Lu Gao and Lu Zhong heard this, their faces were pale. Both of them understood that the emperor was really moving, and now there are less than 30,000 Jinyi guards left in Beijing, including six military craftsmen and thousands of households.

In fact, the regular brocade guards are only in their early twenties.

Wang Chun and Zhao Jing, the two hundred households, don't care at all, even if the emperor completely knocks down Jinyiwei and rebuilds, it won't affect the position of the two.

A few people chatted again until late at night.

Just when everyone began to be confused, Wang Tong's personal soldiers hurriedly came in to report: "Master Hou, the Gongyuan is on fire." ”

(End of chapter)