Chapter 169: Zhichen

Wu Gang straightened his waist, completely ignored Zhao Xi's ugly face, straightened his shirt slightly, and began to use the winding Dafa again, pulling Zhao Xi and shouting: "His Royal Highness the Prince, such a major festival, continuing the court etiquette through the ages, the Ministry of Rites actually refuted the official document two back and forth, how can this be explained to the emperor and ancestors!"

"His Royal Highness the Prince, while Lord Niu and Lord Shoufu are here, you can comment on the reasoning, the time is urgent, and the people are looking forward to it, so you can't delay it any longer. ”

"Worship the heavens?...... , Now how can this king have the heart to care, where is this king who has done the master, Lord Niu is in the Ministry of Rites, and he is the most clear about the ritual and ceremony, and he is also clear about the situation of today's family, you still have to discuss this matter with Lord Niu and Lord Shoufu. Zhao Xi hurriedly excused himself, his face becoming even more ugly.

Regarding the matter of sacrificing the sky, now several departments are playing Tai Chi with each other to prevaricate, and it is already a matter that several adults know that this festival will not be done this year.

Zhao Xi thought that the various departments had already communicated about this matter, and the rest was nothing more than a few adults looking for some excuse to promulgate it to the outside world, but he didn't expect that Wu Gang would be entangled in his face early this morning, and he didn't know who he was instructed by.

Is it Guan Ping's intention? Zhao Xi squinted his eyes at Guan Ping, Guan Ping's old god was looking at his feet on the ground, his pupils were dilated and he was blank, looking at this state, he seemed to be thinking about a new dish for dinner tonight.

Niu Hong? It shouldn't be, Zhao Xi once revealed that this year is not suitable for such a ceremony as a sacrifice to the sky, which means to Niu Hong, Niu Hong is the best person to be an official, and he dare not disobey his will if he wants to.

Could it be a small national teacher? Zhao Xi squinted at the small national teacher again, the small national teacher has privileges, and he has never cared about the government and politics, so there is no reason why he would intervene in this matter of sacrificing to the sky.

Could it be Takeoka's own assertions?

Zhao Xi thought about it, and couldn't find a reason for Wu Gang to do this, Taichang Temple is an idle department, although his job is to rely on these major ceremonies to eat, but if today's family fights, in such a tense situation, Wu Gang has no reason to patronize and eat without caring about the black yarn hat.

There must be a reason for Takeoka to do this.

To use his brain to find out this reason, Zhao Xi retracted his eyes and turned to look at Niu Hong.

Niu Hong saw that the prince was looking at himself, and knew that the prince had lifted himself out again, so he could only helplessly tear Wu Gang away from the prince, and complained: "Lord Wu, look at you, didn't you discuss the postponement of this year?

Niu Hong's words were said to the prince, indicating that he had figured out the intentions of the gods, and instructed the Ministry of Rites to resolutely reject Taichang Temple's application to worship the heavens.

"Master Wu, at this extraordinary time, you can't be rash, this official has already checked the ancestral canon, this year's situation, the temporary postponement of the sacrifice to the sky is a precedent in the previous dynasty, and it is not considered a violation of the ancestral system, you agreed with it yesterday, why did you get upset when you saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today?" Niu Hong's ability to observe words and expressions is first-class, and he helped the prince ask what he wanted to ask in advance.

"Lord Niu, the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens is not for the old man personally, the sacrifice to the heavens is for the common people, and it is for worshipping God and Anbang......" Wugang stiffened his neck, and began to make a big set of rhetoric again.

"Lao Wu, don't fool everyone, there are no outsiders here, you just tell the truth, what's going on. Guan Ping lost his mind for a long time, and finally didn't want to waste any more time, raised his head, and looked at Wugang with blazing eyes.

Lord Shousuke's eyes are powerful, Wu Gang only glanced at it, his waist bones softened, and he pondered the words for a long time before he spoke: "Presumably all the adults have read the copy of the newspaper in the inner court this morning." ”

Looking around and seeing that everyone had no objections, Wu Gang continued: "The floods in the south of the Yangtze River this summer are extremely serious, and the flooding has affected more than the people of several continents, and the casualties are not counted. ”

"I won't talk much about the fish disaster in Tokaido this autumn, and I won't mention the different natural disasters in various places, just last night, last night's Golden Lion Lane fire, many folk sects actually did not know the prophet, and gathered in advance to make trouble in the fire. ”

"And this morning, tens of thousands of monks gathered in the western suburbs, it is said that the temples of the entire Qingguo have sent senior monks to come, approaching the gate of Xijing City to rebel, fortunately suppressed by the feather cavalry of the imperial guards, but the monks showed no signs of retreating. ”

Wu Gang was a little excited as he spoke, and the goatee shook more and more happily: "Those cults, without exception, are shouting that the demon star is in the world, and those monks in the suburbs are shouting that they want to enter the capital to kill the demon and punish the evil, this ......." ”

"This is a bad omen, His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"In order to comfort the people of the world, to ensure the safety of the Daqing Society, and to appease the gods of the heavens, the old man showed his old face today to ask His Royal Highness the Prince for mercy, abandon his selfish desires, and hold this ceremony on time without delay. ”

"What a bold man, Lao Wu!" Niu Hong couldn't stand it anymore, his eyes widened, and he scolded: "You actually dare to ask the crown prince to abandon his selfish desires? Could it be that His Royal Highness the crown prince abandons the world with his own selfishness?"

"No, no, no, Lord Niu, you misunderstood. ”

Wu Gang hurriedly explained: "The old minister knows that now that the six princes are missing, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is sad about the safety of his brothers, so he has no intention of taking care of the ceremony, so the old man begged His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to suppress the worries in his heart and hold a sacrifice to the heavens to petition for all the people in the world. ”

Wu Gang said sincerely, but he didn't dare to mention the second prince who also didn't know life and death.

Niu Hong glanced at the prince and saw that the prince had no reaction, so he could only continue to help the prince ask Wugang: "Old Wu, the newspaper has made it very clear that those cults have gathered in Kyoto for more than a month, and they have been walking the streets and alleys of Kyoto day and night to specifically search for 'visions'. ”

"What kind of prediction are they, this is clearly just to confuse the people's hearts and disrupt the rule of officials for personal gain. The Imperial City Division has already arrested a large number of such sect members, and they will soon be able to judge their liar prototypes, so why bother?"

"And those monks in the suburbs of Beijing, the official heard that there is a great ceremony of Buddhism will be held in Tianmen Mountain, and the elders of various temples in China were invited by the Buddhist Elders to come to participate in this celebration, this is a grand event of Buddhism, where did you come from the gossip that the monks came to punish evil spirits?"

"You changed your mind this morning based on these two inaccurate rumors? Lao Wu, didn't I say you, the official of the third grade is not like this. Niu Hong sneered with a gun and a stick, in order to squeeze out the true thoughts in Wugang's heart.