Can you live forever

Chapter 112 The Emperor Leads the Horse

It takes about 20 days to reach the capital along the Pihe River, along the line of Kaifeng and Damingfu.

After receiving the rain in Kaifeng, when they saw their young master, Yu Shui cried loudly and fell asleep in his arms after crying. It seems that they have been worried these days and have not slept a day.

Women always cry more.

The Cherokee girls also shed a lot of tears when they saw the tribe. There were 182 people when they set off, and only 84 survived.

Of the 600 guards of the Wang family, only 220 survived.

Of the 300 members of the Xu family, there are 160 left.

There were 2100 rebels, and only 1200 remained in the end.

More than 1500 of them were killed in this battle... a team full of ideals, and every soldier who survived carried forward the life of his comrades.

They are looking forward to the capital, looking forward to the emperor.

Instead of looking forward to rewards, but looking forward to the changes that Dengwen drums will bring to the world...

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Jiajing six years, April 21st.

On the seventh year of Emperor Jiajing's accession to the throne and Zhang Zhixiang's sixth birthday, the team finally arrived in the capital.Thirty miles outside the capital city, the young emperor in uniform went out of the city thirty miles to meet him.

All the officials wore sacrificial attire, and tens of thousands of people went out of the city to watch the ceremony.

The emperor made a prostration to pay homage to the loyal people, and the little heavenly master had to see the emperor, and just remembered that he was still on the horse, and hurriedly wanted to get off the horse, but the emperor stopped him, took the reins himself, and said: "Please let me lead the horse for the little fairy."

Zhang Zhixiang opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Just like this, Jiajing led the horse and walked slowly along the road of courtesy. All the officials thanked him with big gifts, and the people on both sides of the road shouted: "All blessings, Your Majesty!!"

"Little Celestial Master Wanfu!!!"

"Blessed Ming Dynasty!!"

After Jiajing personally supported Zhang Zhixiang to dismount from the horse and greeted God's chariot, the rites and music began to be played, and all the officials held a grand ceremony according to the rituals, and welcomed Deng Wengu to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.

At the end of the ceremony, Jiajing personally recited the sacrificial oration.

"In the past in China, the Tartars raised their whips. Clothes and hats were completely destroyed, and all the people were smelly."

"Fortunately, my great ancestor, the sun and the moon reopened. Zhaozhao Huaxia, Yue'ehehao."

"Even though the Ninth Five-Year Plan is approaching, don't forget to work hard. Huaiyou civilians, how can the world be better?"

"Only sympathize with the people, so that there will be no unjust punishment. Greatly revise the law, and ghosts and gods will subdue the law."

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"Nowadays, the laws and regulations are corrupted, traitors and sycophants are rampant, the Taizu is angry, and the descendants are unworthy. We can only reorganize the discipline, sweep up the mountains and rivers, punish rape and eliminate evil, and return the universe, the sun and the moon to the people, and live up to the name of the Ming Dynasty."

"I, Zhu Houcong, the eighth grandson of Huang Ming, son of the Great Ming Dynasty."

"Adhering to Taizu's behest, grant the divine weapon."

"The imperial edict said: All those who seek grievances in the world, there are officials who ignore them for ten days, do not investigate after a month, and do not break them after years. Sound the drum, and the thunder of heaven upholds the law, to uphold justice in the world!"

"I would like to use the body of the emperor to represent the will of the people, and ask the gods to protect the country."

"Learned by the Empress Dowager!!"

After reading the sacrificial text, the wind and thunder surged between heaven and earth, and the golden dragon on the Dengwen drum soared into the sky, soaring through the clouds and fog, roaring in Kyushu.

All the people in Kyushu have heard this sound.

Seeing the glorious majesty, they all kneel down and salute to respect orthodoxy. So far, the divine weapon has been completed, respecting the imperial edict and supervising the world, and its power is shocking all over the world.

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When Emperor Jiajing offered sacrifices to the imperial edict, Nanjing, Fengtian Temple, and the council meeting were held again.

There are no accusations and attacks like those in the court of the capital, and that kind of meaningless spat does not exist here. Their meeting is only to deal with things efficiently.

If you disagree, just vote.

This was probably the last time that Yang Tinghe sat in the speaker's position. He didn't speak, and no one below criticized him, but someone said: "Huh, the surname Zhu is indeed a virtue."

"There was a rebellion in the law of the Ming Dynasty, and the common people only pursued themselves, but the officials wanted to barbarian tribes."

"Jiajing granted Dengwengu this time, and the people didn't mention a word. On the contrary, if there is a minister who fails to investigate the unjust case, he will be punished by Dengwengu. He beat the drum with people's grievances, and the sky thunder punished the evil. This is clearly coming to us. what."

Yang Tinghe didn't speak.

Is this coming for them?Yes, but Jiajing's methods are extremely ingenious.

Resentment beeps, thunder punishes evil, the focus is on "resentment", how can these people here receive public resentment?This is full of "honest officials who love the people like their own sons".

In their position, where would they go to get their hands dirty?
and.

The right to speak is in their hands, and whoever rapes who is loyal is not their final say?It is very difficult for the fire of Dengwen drum to burn on them. After the Jiajing imperial seal, the main targets of Dengwen drum were only those front-line local officials, and at most it spread to the Ministry of punishment and Dali Temple.

For them, it is nothing more than doing things more "decently" in the future.

They were not directly impacted, so they were not at the point of death, and there was no need for them to plan such big moves as the "Civil Fortress" and "King Ning's Rebellion" for the time being.

Wang Yangming is right, Jiajing... is too smart.

Because Jiajing's decisive imperial seal made Nanjing feel relieved, the atmosphere of this meeting was quite relaxed. It was nothing more than complaining about the need to "follow the rules" in doing things after a few words, and they were very restrained.

After the dust settled, Jiajing got the Dengwen drum, and his strength increased again, but it didn't fully develop. How to deal with it in the future can only be discussed later.

The point is.

Regardless of the responsibility for this defeat or Jiajing's counterattack, Yang Tinghe is no longer suitable to be the speaker, so Wang Zhuo stepped forward and said, "I think the speaker should be responsible for this failure. Yang Tinghe is no longer suitable to be the speaker."

"Now launch a vote, please write down whether you support or oppose it."

"Please."

Some of the 72 congressmen shook their heads regretfully, some laughed, and some were thinking about something, but when they finally voted, all of them wrote "support" and supported Wang Zhuo's proposal.

After Wang Zhuo sang the votes, he said to Yang Tinghe: "Mr. Yang Ge, all the members support your removal from the position of speaker. Please hand over your scepter."

Yang Tinghe got up.

He rubbed the dragon head of the ebony scepter, smiled lightly, straightened his back, held the scepter horizontally, and handed it over. Before letting go, he asked one last question: "So, who is the next Speaker? you?"

Holding the scepter, Wang Zhuo shook his head and said, "It's Fei Gong."

"Fei Hong, but Jiajing probably won't let him continue to be the chief assistant. Anyway, Fei Hong has always opposed me, saying that I am too domineering. Next, let's see how he takes over this situation."

Yang Tinghe let go of his hand and handed over his life's authority.

(PS: The Fei family in Yanshan, Jiangxi, is known as "the first family in Xijiang, a family of imperial examinations". Fei Hong was the number one scholar at the age of 20, and was recommended by Yang Tinghe to join the cabinet in the third year of Zhengde. Fei Hong opposed the rebellion of King Ning and did not accept bribes from King Ning, but he The younger brother married Ning Wang's younger sister. Are you familiar with this strategy? It's just a long bet of the family. In the third year of Jiajing, after Yang Tinghe left office, two consecutive chief assistants resigned in less than three months, until Fei Hong It was only when he became the chief assistant of the cabinet that he stabilized. In the middle, Yang Yiqing was kicked out after being the chief assistant for two months, and Fei Hong continued to serve as the chief assistant.)
(PS: Historically, in the sixth year of Jiajing, when Fei Hong stepped down, and in the seventh year of Jiajing, when Yang Tinghe was demoted to common people, Jiajing could finally decide on the candidate for the cabinet chief.)
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