prosperous age

Qin Tianjian.

Amidst the crowd's chatter, Jianzheng muttered: "A solar eclipse, the day is slightly cloudy, the day is slightly cloudy"

At this time, everyone has noticed that the solar eclipse seems to be coming to an end, and they can already confirm that the surroundings are gradually becoming brighter, and the stars that were faintly visible in the sky before are no longer visible at this time.

"If the solar eclipse does not disappear, it means that it will not eclipse at the same time. This is a sign from above. Do you agree?"

Jianzheng's words naturally spread to everyone's ears, and everyone knew that this was Mr. Jianzheng's answer when he was considering questioning the palace.

However, Master Jianzheng's words reached everyone's ears, but they nodded unconsciously. They couldn't find a more suitable reason, so they all nodded in agreement.

Immediately, Jianzheng returned the booklet in his hand to Wuguan Baozhangzheng, and said: "It will be written in the following, 'If you don't see a solar eclipse, you won't eat the same thing'."

This is also to unify the tone of everyone in Qin Tianjian.

The Ming Dynasty started in the Yuan Dynasty, and inherited the Yuan Dynasty in the household service system. The various official services required by the government were undertaken by the corresponding household accounts. , that is, the so-called allocation of household errands.

In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order: "Every army, civilian, craftsman, and yin and yang households are allowed to copy their original newspapers as their records, and they are not allowed to act rashly and cause chaos. Offenders will be punished and still follow their original places."

That is to say, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the various household registration classifications of the Yuan Dynasty were recognized and maintained. Military, civilian, craftsman, and stove are the most common household registrations with the largest number of people.

If the government needs anything, there will be corresponding household accounts for special service. Among them, Yinyang households are household registrations related to astronomy, calendar calculation, divination, and geomancy.

The officials here, except for a few people, are all from yin and yang households, and the family has made a living on this for generations, naturally forming a relatively fixed small circle.

Naturally, if the people here are unlucky, many yin and yang families may be involved, and there are inextricable connections between the families, so I am not afraid of someone going out to talk nonsense.

Qin Tianjian was finishing these arrangements, and then he walked down the high platform step by step and returned to his official office. He still had to prepare the memorial.

It is absolutely impossible for today's matter to be taken lightly, a few short sentences can't finish the matter, so De Lanse submitted a memorial to the palace.

In the final analysis, these yin and yang families are similar to the alchemists favored by Emperor Jiajing, and it is natural for Emperor Jiajing to know what he likes.

However, these all happened in the Qin Tianjian, so outsiders naturally have no way of knowing.

But now, when the Qintian Supervisor was racking his brains to think about how to write this memorandum, Wei Guangde learned from Chen Ju about the changes that had happened in the palace in such a short period of time. tongue-tied.

"You follow me into the palace."

Just as Wei Guangde opened his mouth, Chen Ju interrupted him: "I'm here, but I can't enter the palace. It would be a disaster if someone sees me."

It doesn't matter if a close servant like him enters the palace by order, but he doesn't.

Isn't it a disaster for beheading that a servant has an adulterous relationship with a vassal?
Even if he is the crown prince, the future emperor will not be able to.

At this time, Chen Ju was suddenly afraid.

It's not that he suspects Huang Jin's tricks, but King Jing.

Now because of the solar eclipse phenomenon, there may be a serious political incident. If he is found to be in contact with Prince Yu's mansion at this time, and King Jing plays to Emperor Jiajing, no one will have good fruit.

Now is a window of sensitive events, he doesn't want to make a mistake and be involved in the battle for succession, even if he wants to side with King Yu.

After hearing Chen Ju's words, Wei Guangde no longer insisted on thinking about it.

"Then I'll go ahead and report this to King Yu."

With that said, Wei Guangde cupped his hands at Chen Jugong, and then he was about to get out of the carriage to go to Prince Yu's Mansion.

This matter cannot be delayed, and other people must be notified as soon as possible. After all, we have come to this point when we think of a solution.

However, just after Wei Guangde got out of the car, he stood still in front of the car, turned his head and whispered to Chen Ju in the car: "Brother Chen, I'm afraid I need to ask you to worry about this matter, I think those Taoist priests can be bought with money?" ?”

The only thing Wei Guangde can think of at this moment is to spend money to buy peace, as long as they don't talk nonsense in front of Emperor Jiajing, there is room for things to change.

"I think this is the only way. Those people love money very much."

Chen Ju replied.

"I understand."

Wei Guangde nodded with a smile, then cupped his hands at him again, "Brother Chen, wait a moment, I'll go back as soon as I go."

After speaking, Wei Guangde ran towards Prince Yu's Mansion without looking back.

Those Taoist priests were all sent by the palace to invite them. It is definitely not easy to send people around to find someone to take care of them if there are too many people.

Especially the ones who lead the way are those sent by Xiyuan, without a single powerful figure in the palace to back them up, those eunuchs and servants may not be able to betray Prince Yu's mansion.

Yes, Wei Guangde thought of Gao Zhong.

Originally, Huang Jin was the most suitable candidate, but unfortunately, Huang Jin must be at his wits end if he wanted to serve the emperor in front of the imperial court. Moreover, he and Huang Jin met only a handful of times, so he couldn't talk at all.

It was because of Chen Ju's relationship that he got in touch with Gao Zhong and met several times in private.

Wei Guangde quickly returned to the palace. At this time, no one in the study had left. Yu Wang, Yin Shizhen, and Zhang Juzheng stopped talking about the solar eclipse, but discussed knowledge.

He asked, Yin Shixuan and Zhang Juzheng answered, and Li Fang stood aside with a smile on his face.

But the relaxed atmosphere came to an abrupt end after seeing Wei Guangde running into the house panting.

At the beginning, a servant said that Wei Guangde's family came to deliver letters. When there was something wrong at home, no one else paid attention to it. However, Wei Guangde went out and came back like this. Everyone knew that this matter must be serious.

However, everyone including King Yu thought that something happened to Wei Guangde's family, so they were still very concerned. They were about to ask if they needed help. After all, they were all from the palace. If something happened, the palace must also You need to help, otherwise it will lose the face of the palace if it spreads out.

But before King Yu and the others could speak, Wei Guangde spoke first.

When he entered the house, he stood at the door and ordered to the eunuch standing outside: "Wait at the gate of the courtyard, we will call you if something happens."

This courtyard is the academy of the palace, and the eunuchs and servants in this academy have to listen to the words of Yin, Zhang, and Wei, so although King Yu is here, Wei Guangde's words are still valid.

Several servants outside the house left their original standing positions and walked to the gate of the courtyard to wait, but Yin Shizhen was surprised and said, "Shan Loan, what happened?"

Wei Guangde glanced at Yin Shizhen, then turned to King Yu and said, "Your Highness, something happened in the palace."

Therefore, Wei Guangde recounted the news he heard from Chen Ju without any embellishments, and tried to simplify the narrative as much as possible.

"How could this be?"

Before King Yu, Yin Shizhen and the others could speak, Li Fang, who was the queen, was already talking in a daze.

Wei Guangde ignored Li Fang, and looked at the bewildered King Yu, knowing that King Yu would not have any meaningful solutions here, so he turned his head to Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng, "What should I do now, do you two have a good idea?"

Wei Guangde's words reminded King Yu, who immediately stood up from his seat, cupped his hands at Yin Shizhen, Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde: "Three gentlemen, please quickly find a solution."

At first hearing, how could Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng do anything in such a short time.

Wei Guangde also thought about it when he ran all the way back. It seems that the only way is to bribe the group of immortal alchemists to make them minimize the impact of the solar eclipse phenomenon, hoping to reassure Emperor Jiajing and dispel his wavering heart.

However, Wei Guangde is also very clear that the emperor they are serving now is not a soft-hearted person, he is very assertive.

In fact, it can be seen from his correction of memorials.

Emperor Jiajing did not blindly trust his courtiers. According to Chen Ju, all memorials were approved only after Emperor Jiajing made his attitude clear, and he was not a person who was negligent in government affairs at all.

He has his own persistence, no matter what the officials say, as long as he looks for a direction, he will never compromise easily.

In fact, Emperor Jiajing really didn't compromise much, it has been like this since the Dali Conference.

If anything, perhaps only during the "Gen-Xu Change", he was forced to make a concession to Altan Khan.

For such an emperor, Wei Guangde has been thinking about how to change his mind along the way, and the only way he can think of is "to make money with one mouth", but the prerequisite is to make the people around the emperor, as well as the main ministers in the court Be consistent.

But, when you think about it, it's too difficult.

Not to mention other people, but Yan Song, Wu Peng and others, these people will definitely not listen to them, and this is the opportunity for King Jing to come back.

Therefore, time is really important now, and sufficient influence must be exerted before Emperor Jiajing has determined his position.

At this time, King Yu also gradually calmed down. Although he was still flustered, he scanned Yin Shizhen and the other three with expectant eyes.

Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng are both lowering their eyebrows in deep thought, while Wei Guangde is frowning at them.

Discovering this, Yu Wang suddenly felt moved.

In these years, Wei Guangde has solved many problems for Prince Yu's Mansion. At the beginning, he was too poor to afford food. It was Wei Guangde who proposed to send money to Yan Shifan to get through the relationship with the household department, and successfully received the owed money. Salary and yearly gifts.

"Mr. Wei."

At this time, King Yu stopped calling Wei Guangde by his name, and called him Mr.

Hearing this, Wei Guangde withdrew his gaze from Yin Shizhen and the others, and turned his head to look at King Yu.

"Mr. Wei, is there a way?"

King Yu asked again.

Of course Wei Guangde would not want to hide his thoughts, but he has a huge amount of money and is short of wit, so he wanted to see if Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng had any insights for reference, so he didn't express his thoughts at the first time.

Now that His Royal Highness Yu Wang asked directly, he naturally couldn't delay any longer, and immediately said: "In such a short time, all I can think of is to let those alchemists trusted by His Majesty not talk nonsense in front of the imperial court."

Hearing Wei Guangde's opening, Zhang Juzheng blurted out: "Tell me in detail."

Wei Guangde turned his head to look at Zhang Juzheng, and then turned back and continued: "I asked Chen Ju and Eunuch Chen before I came back. According to his judgment, those Taoist priests should be able to use money."

When Wei Guangde said this, King Yu immediately nodded.

Things that can be solved with money are naturally not considered a problem. In fact, it seems to be the same in ancient times.

Now Wei Guangde is also imitating the habit of the ancients to speak half a sentence, starting with only one word, which may be called reserved.

"Using money, as long as it can be done, it's a good way."

Yin Shizhen nodded in agreement at this moment, and Zhang Juzheng also nodded.

"In addition, as far as I know, whenever a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse occurs, the ministers of the court and the central government must write a letter to express their self-examination, and His Majesty the Emperor will also do so."

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde changed the subject and continued: "When I was in the Imperial Academy, I read a document that recorded the eclipse of the first March in the 19th year of Jiajing. First aid free.

Then, the Ministry of Rites reported that no solar eclipse was observed. His Majesty couldn't help but said: "God shows his favor, and I know that I will accept it." '"

But when Wei Guangde said this, he noticed that Zhang Juzheng frowned slightly, apparently scoffing at what Wei Guangde said.

How could people in the world not see the solar eclipse just now? Should we lie to ourselves and say that everyone didn't see it?

Rumbling drums sounded from Xiyuan.

However, Wei Guangde didn't care about it, because he said that the Jiajing 19 years incident was just an introduction, and what was really powerful was the record of an incident that he saw later.

"In the 32nd year of Jiajing, there was an eclipse on the first month of the first lunar month. Yushi Zhao Jin took the opportunity to impeach Yan Song for arrogating power. Zhao said that the solar eclipse on the first day of the first month is a sign that the government is under the ministers and the ministers are betraying their father. Please depose Song Zao to respond The sky changes'.

After entering the palace, Yan Song begged to be dismissed from office. His Majesty not only comforted Yan Song, but also criticized Zhao Jinming, saying that Zhao Jinming slandered the emperor and deceived the sky for his crimes of love. Jin Yiwei was arrested and imprisoned. Cut the nationality for the people. "

After finishing the two things, Wei Guangde shut up and just watched their reactions.

"Can these two things be connected?"

King Yu didn't understand, so he asked.

Wei Guangde looked at Yin Shixuan and Zhang Juzheng, they didn't understand the meaning of Wei Guangde's words for a while, maybe it was because of their too deep wit.

Wei Guangde thought of this, and then he opened his mouth to reveal the answer, saying: "Your Majesty doesn't like someone to use the eclipse of the sun and moon to criticize him for his mistakes. Thinking about those memos, it's because His Majesty is delaying government affairs because of cultivating Taoism, or warning the court from heaven. There are traitors.

Your Majesty has this habit. I guess the impact of this solar eclipse on King Yu is still in its infancy. The main thing is that we find a suitable reason to explain that this change is auspicious and it can be resolved. "

"Appropriate reason?"

After Zhang Juzheng repeated a sentence, he still frowned.

"Look for the Heavenly Supervisor Qin. After this incident, His Majesty will definitely hold the Heavenly Supervisor Qin accountable. They may have thought of a reason. At that time, we will have a unified voice, which will not only resolve our problems, but also solve the crisis of the Heavenly Supervisor Qin. I think they will definitely not reject."

At this time, Yin Shizhen, who had always been seldom assertive, suddenly spoke.

In any case, he has been an official in the court for a long time, so he naturally knows and thinks more, even Zhang Juzheng is not as good.