Can you live forever

Chapter 116 The Imperial Teacher of the Ming Dynasty, the Prime Minister in Black

Jiajing talked with Zhang Zhixiang for ten days, but never went to court.

This has no effect, because the system of the Ming Dynasty is like this, the cabinet will handle government affairs, and then hand it over to the inspector of ceremonies to approve the redemption, and the emperor does not have to go to court for decades.

but.

After Jiajing got rid of the Eight Tigers, the position of the eunuch and eunuch has been vacant. In order to show his trust in the civil servants, Jiajing verbally stated that the cabinet could handle government affairs by itself, and if necessary, he would ask him for instructions.

Now the cabinet is uncomfortable.

If there is no approval, it means that the emperor did not sign. Instead, they dare not act recklessly, because Jiajing can judge and punish them according to their handling of government affairs at any time.

This makes the elders walk on thin ice.

But they can't take everything to ask Jiajing for instructions. Doesn't that mean Jiajing has the final say?If you don't ask Jiajing for instructions, you can't make mistakes.

Civil servants are suffering.

They just beat the eunuch down, so they can't say, Your Majesty, you should use the eunuch, come a eunuch who is in charge of ceremonies, right?Better get on our guys.

Anyway, Jiajing said: "I believe in scholars."

Got it.

It is impossible to criticize red.

On weekdays, the elders of the pavilion deal with ordinary government affairs, and some people who are obviously going to be blamed will ask Jiajing for instructions, but I can’t see anyone in Jiajing for ten days, so why ask for instructions?

When the emperor came to court, he came to see people.

Since he ascended the throne, Jiajing has been relatively diligent in court, once every five days, but since Zhang Zhixiang entered the capital, Jiajing has been absent for two early courts, and even the foreign ministers have not been seen, and the elders of the pavilion are unable to hold a small meeting.

Therefore, there are opinions in the cabinet.

The cabinet assistant Shi Ping slapped the table angrily, and said: "The demons are harming the country, and His Majesty has not courted for ten days. If things go on like this, the country will be destroyed!"

Now there are six people in the cabinet, namely the chief assistant Fei Hong, the second assistant Yang Yiqing, and the group assistants Shi Pang, Jia Yong, Xie Qian, and Zhai Luan.

Among them, Fei Hong, Shi Yan, and Xie Qian belonged to one school, Yang Yiqing was an old minister invited by Jiajing to hold the country, and Jia Yong and Zhai Luan were both from the Imperial Academy and trusted aides promoted by Jiajing.

Shi Pang fired the cannon today, of course, to target Zhang Zhixiang.

But Fei Hong just raised his eyelids and ignored it, while Yang Yiqing chuckled lightly and said, "The cabinet can make decisions on all kinds of maintenance. If there is anything difficult to make in Shige, I can leave it to the old man."

"Humph!"

Shi Juan snorted coldly, and said: "Your Majesty has not observed the state affairs for a long time, and it is all because of the bewitching of demons. This kind of treacherous and sycophant who is lucky enough to be favored, suddenly ascends to a high position and holds power in his hand, will definitely disturb the court and bring disaster to the country and the people!"

"You wait for today to indulge."

"In the future, I will suffer all kinds of crimes, and I will know that I regret it!"

Yang Yiqing said with a smile: "If it's true that the demons will harm the country, the people's grievances in the world will be able to beat the drums, and the thunder will come down and kill the evildoers directly, how good it is?"

"you!!"

Shi Yan was blocked by a sentence, but he was furious but helpless. The appearance of Dengwen drum changed many things, it made the power of words empty.

It was only then that Shi Yan felt that the situation was different. Some of the methods used in the past seemed to be useless now.

His heart was churning, and Shi Jue said stiffly: "If you wait until Dengwen's drum sounds, then the big mistake has already been made, so what if the thunder strikes him? It's too late for regret!"

Yang Yiqing continued to say in a strange way: "Yes, it's too late to regret."

Shi Yan shook his sleeves angrily, but he stopped arguing with Yang Yiqing. At this time, Fei Hong spoke slowly, and said lightly: "My generation was poor for ten years, and we were selected by the imperial examinations before entering the imperial court. It took years of hard work to enter the cabinet and have the power to determine national policy."

"Now the seven-year-old child is above us."

"Aren't the scholars in the world chilling?"

"Who will still read the books of sages and sages after that? I'm afraid it will be like the Wei and Jin Dynasties, who went to seek immortality and asked, and became a hermit in the mountains."

Fei Hong's words made Jia Yong and Zhai Luan awe-inspiring. They are the nobles of the Imperial Academy, the best batch of scholars who follow the principles of Confucius and Mencius, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but also maintain the dignity of scholars.

Zhang Zhixiang made a contribution, but His Majesty's reaction was too much.

It's time to persuade me.

So they proposed to Yang Yiqing to ask His Majesty to discuss government affairs. Although Yang Yiqing didn't want Fei Hong to be happy, he couldn't stop him, so he had to agree.

The cabinet is under the Wenhua Palace, which is also in the imperial city.

The elders of the pavilion can move around at will, as long as there are eunuchs following them, but the inner palace of Qianqing Palace is not a place where foreign ministers can come and go at will, and they can only wait outside the Qianqing Gate.

The six elders waited for less than half an hour before the eunuch responded: "Elders, Lord Long Live has brought the national teacher to Qingshou Temple."

"Today, I'm afraid I'm going to spend the night at Qingshou Temple."

"Your Majesty has a message."

"Say, if there is nothing urgent, the elders can come back tomorrow."

The six people looked at each other, Yang Yiqing hammered his waist, and said: "The old bone can't stand up, let's go back first."

Fei Hong frowned.

Jiajing guessed that they would come, which means that he did not forget the business. Then, Jiajing's counterattack against Nanjing will finally come...

……

Qingshou Temple.

The temple was founded in the 26th year of King Sejong's Dading (1186). There are twin pagodas in the temple, so it is also called Twin Pagoda Temple.Yao Guangxiao, the prime minister in black, lived here for 20 years, and finally passed away here.

Jiajing took Zhang Zhixiang's hand, walked happily in the temple, and said excitedly: "Does the national teacher know who I want to bring you to see?"

"Which eminent monk is it?"

When Zhang Zhixiang saw Qingshou Temple, he felt very familiar, and suddenly remembered that Wang Jiangque had a string of consecrated Buddhist beads, which he begged from the old monk of Qingshou Temple.

That old monk, what kind of eminent monk?

However, during the Jiajing period, there were no eminent monks like the Sixth Patriarch of Zen and Tang Sanzang, right?

"No, it's also a national teacher."

"Aiqing is Daming's second national teacher, and he is Daming's first national teacher!"

What Jiajing said was extremely serious and respectful. They followed behind the abbot of Qingshou Temple, walked towards the back mountain of the temple, bypassed many winding paths, and finally saw a small forest building in the place where the mountain spring was ringing.

An old monk in black was brandishing a hoe.

The abbot brought him here, saluted the old monk, and then quietly retreated, while Jiajing quickly walked over the wooden stack on the creek, waved his hands and shouted: "Old monk, I brought you an apprentice."

The old monk stopped his hoe, turned around to wipe off his sweat, and looked at Zhang Zhixiang.

At that moment, Zhang Zhixiang thought he was being watched by a fierce tiger. After he was in a daze, he looked over and saw an old monk with triangular eyes. Although his face was fierce, he had a gentle temperament.

Zhang Zhixiang was still standing outside the creek.

For a moment, he was a little at a loss, and he clasped his fists and saluted with uncertainty, and said, "Boy Zhang Zhixiang, I have met... Master Daoyan."

Yao Guangxiao, Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty in black, whose dharma name is Daoyan.

(End of this chapter)