Can you live forever

Chapter 160 The Southern Tour Contest, Swords and Swords

"Change Taizong to Chengzu and move Renzong out of the Nine Temples. Does the Ministry of Rites dare to agree?"

"Of course, now the Minister of Rites is Yan Song."

"The treacherous officials are wronging the country!"

"Your Majesty acted so perversely. In order to respect his father, he abandoned his ancestors outside the Taimiao. What a shame! King Xingxian is just a vassal king. It's just because of His Majesty's promotion and posthumous title. Taimiao!"

"Foolish Lord!!"

That night, at Xia Yan's home, a group of Qingliu were filled with righteous indignation. If they got the news when they were in court, they might point at Jiajing's nose and scold him.

Of course, they probably wouldn't dare.

The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty liked to scold the emperor, whoever scolded harshly would have a good reputation, but Jiajing was different, he really dared to kill people, in the third year of Jiajing, there was a deadly remonstrance in front of Zuo Shun’s gate, as a result, more than 100 people suffered from court battles and became ill Okay, I've been paralyzed since then.

Since then, no one dared to point Jiajing's nose and curse.

Even if the later Hai Rui published "Zhi An Shu", he first compared Jiajing to Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty to express his respect for his father, and then began to talk about things, so that even if Jiajing was a cultivator, he would follow the example of the ancient sage kings, the Fuxi clan, the king of the world, and the dragon and horse. In the picture, Dayu controlled the water, and Xuan Gui carried the book.He coaxed Jiajing to say that when the world is in prosperity, longevity will naturally come.

As for the phrase "Jiajing Jiajing, every family is clean", there is indeed.

However, Hai Rui blamed it on "the way of the monarch is not right, and the official duties are not clear", mainly to persuade Jiajing to be diligent and thrifty, and to tidy up the administration of officials. He never blamed Jiajing for the crime. He just thought that Jiajing could do better. From the bottom of my heart, I regard Jiajing as the emperor's father.

If Jiajing is really stupid, how can Hai Rui, the most upright official in the ages, have this kind of affection for Jiajing?
As for Jiajing keeping Hai Rui in prison?
It was because Jiajing had no other choice, Yan Song fell, Xu Jie came to power, the old Jiajing was no longer able to control the government, he did this to protect Hai Rui, because Hai Rui couldn't see the situation clearly, Hai Rui just had a keen sense, Yan Song After the downfall, the administration of officials was not so clear, but Yan Song was still considered a treacherous minister.

Yan Song is indeed a corrupt official.

But as everyone knows, Yan Song's downfall also means... Jiajing's loss of power.

Of course, these things in the future haven't happened yet, Jiajing just learned about this history from Zhang Zhixiang, and he is about to use the most convenient Yan Ge in his life to get old.

And Yan Song lived up to the high expectations. Knowing how serious the consequences would be, he directly passed Jiajing's imperial decree and began to prepare for the ceremony of worshiping the ancestors in the Taimiao.

The Ministry of Rites is controlled by Yan Song.

Jiajing insisted on going his own way, and Li Shi, the chief minister of the cabinet, was a good man, even if Xia Yan wanted to stand out, he couldn't stop him.

No need to stop.

Changing the temple name to Zhu Di and removing Zhu Gaochi from the Taimiao Temple are all more symbolic than practical, and have no effect on the situation in the court.

The real problem is...

"Whether it is Taizong or Chengzu, and whether the nine emperors enshrined in the Taimiao are Renzong or Xingxian Emperor, after thousands of years, they will have their own merits and demerits, and it will be up to your Majesty to bear the responsibility."

"I'm calling you over tonight, this is not what I want to discuss."

"It's about His Majesty's southern tour."

Xia Yan adjusted the direction of public opinion, so everyone started to shoot southward tours. It was nothing more than a waste of people and money. Xia Yan didn't say anything. He just waited for these people to sort out their logic and understand how to oppose it when they go to court.

When they were excited about the united front, these officials were allowed to leave, leaving only the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Mao Bowen, and Zuodu Yushi Wang Tingxiang.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were six ministers + the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, collectively known as Qiqing.

Since Zhang Cong was poisoned, only Li Shi and Xia Yan remained in the cabinet, and Jiajing lost control of the cabinet. It stands to reason that at this time, someone should be selected into the cabinet to compete with Xia Yan.

But Jiajing was not in a hurry, because most of the Qiqing were still his people.

Among them, Xu Zan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Liang Cai, Minister of the Ministry of Households, belong to the middle school. Like the first assistant Li Shi, they can do things, but they don't stand in line. Yan Song, the Minister of Rites, obviously has already stood in line and has become a die-hard supporter of Jiajing.

Zhang Zan, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Tang Long, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, belonged to the kind of loyal and capable ministers, that is, the kind who served the country and were loyal to the emperor.

Among them, Zhang Zan has a good relationship with Wuding Hou Guoxun, and Tang Long has a good relationship with Wang Yangming.

It can be said that most of the time, Jiajing's words are effective. Xia Yan, as a cabinet minister, although he dominates the cabinet strongly, he is not so powerful.

Therefore, Xia Yan is very wary of Jiajing's actions.

He asked: "Jiajing asked Yan Song to preside over the Taimiao sacrifice, and this time he went south and planned to take Yan Song with him. He was looking for an opportunity to promote Yan Song. When he was the Minister of Rites at the beginning, he also said that we will share weal and woe with our fellow villagers in Jiangxi. Trick me into waiting."

"I didn't expect that in just one year, after gaining a firm foothold, for the sake of power, he completely disregarded the overall situation and turned to the emperor."

"If Jiajing can't be resolved during this southern tour, then Yan Song must be dealt with properly."

Mao Bowen asked suspiciously: "Didn't Gongjin ask them to stop His Majesty's southern tour?"
Xia Yan sneered: "Jiajing's decision, whether we stop it or not, will not affect it."

"It's normal for the courtiers to try their best to stop him. Let him comfort him first. We will naturally find a way to do something on the way. Otherwise, if Jiajing is really allowed to enter the city of Nanjing, what's the deal?"

"What is the biggest support for Nanjing to lead the south of the Yangtze River?"

"It's the emperor who can only live in the north. Since Yongle, who else has crossed the Yangtze River except Zhengde? In a hundred years, I don't know what the emperor looks like."

"If Jiajing is allowed to enter the city of Nanjing, and then stay on for three to five years."

"Everything in Nanjing is about to fall apart."

"Therefore, Jiajing must make a southern tour, and we must not allow him to enter Nanjing alive!"

Wang Tingxiang hesitated and said: "The reason is this. But since Jiajing was six years ago, Jiajing has been strong for many years. He conquered Jianzhou Liting to sweep the caves. Yu Dayou has fully controlled Liaodong, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers."

"The Beijing camp has been rectified since the tenth year of Jiajing."

"Restore the Twelfth Regiment Battalion to the old system in the Yongle period. There are still our people in the Fifth Army Battalion. The senior officers of the Shenshu Battalion (formerly the [-] Battalion, cavalry) and the Shenji Battalion are basically from Jiajing. .”

"If Jiajing is going to tour the south, he will definitely bring troops to guard him."

"Since Yang Tinghe published "Confessions", we don't have the support of Empress Dowager Zhang in the harem, so it is difficult to directly poison Jiajing."

"If you want to kill Jiajing, don't you want to plan a mutiny?"

Wang Tingxiang felt that there was no need to make such a big fuss, and he just tried his best to stop Jiajing's southern tour, and it turned into a rebellion like King Ning's rebellion. If Jiajing caught the opportunity, he might directly lead troops to sweep Jiangnan.

Xia Yan snorted coldly, "Isn't it?"

"It seems that you still don't understand the seriousness of the matter. Changing Yongle from Jiajing to Chengzu is declaring war. Even if there is no fight this year, there will be a fight in two years!"

"Of course, everyone is not ready yet, this time there won't be such a big fuss."

"There is no way to poison Jiajing, we just think of other ways, the emperor, it is normal to catch fire or fall into water."

Xia Yan said, his eyes glowed fiercely.

As everyone knows, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are indeed soluble in water, but they are definitely not soluble in fire. Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Houcong are all from the generation of fire, and water can overcome fire.Moreover, Daming is Huode.

　There are two chapters in the afternoon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)