prosperous age

Chapter 418
Chen Ju got off the station in the middle of the road, and slowly walked a few steps in the direction of the carriage.

At this time, the carriage was already approaching, the driver pulled the reins, the speed of the carriage slowed down, and finally stopped at a position a few steps away from Chen Ju.

Being stopped by someone, if it was normal, the servants in the carriage would have started scolding, but seeing who the person in front of them was, the three people in the carriage lost their temper.

Immediately, the servants on both sides jumped out of the car and came to Chen Ju and greeted them warmly.

"Eunuch Chen, why are you here? Do you want to go back together by car?"

They thought that Chen Ju had already gone to invite the man back, and that he had come out on another errand.

Although it was not far from the gate of Xiyuan, since Chen Ju was standing on the main road, maybe he just wanted to take a ride and rest his feet.

"Hehe, I'll wait here for you if you have something to do."

Chen Ju said with a smile, stretched out his hand to show a sign, and then called the coachman who was still sitting in the carriage to come over, and called the three people to the side of the road. At this time, Wei Guangde had already got off the car, and after Chen Ju called the three of them away, He walked directly to the carriage.

The movement outside had already alarmed the people in the car, and when Wei Guangde approached the carriage, the curtain of the carriage was also lifted by the people inside, and their eyes met.

Wei Guangde was in front of the car, and he recognized at a glance that the Taoist priest he met in Lingji Palace was sitting in the car. He hadn't seen him for a few years, and Lan Daoxing had hardly changed. maintainance.

"Lan Shenxian, Guangde is polite."

Immediately, Wei Guangde cupped his hands towards Lan Dao in the car and said.

"Guangde, you are Wei Guangde and Wei Chuanlu, hehe. Long time no see."

Wei Guangde reported his family name in order to make Lan Daoxing think of him, so far it seems that the effect is good, at least Lan Daoxing still remembers himself.

At this time, Lan Daoxing glanced around and saw several people dressed as servants by the roadside, two of them were servants who had come to invite him under the order of the emperor. The coachman was not familiar with him, but the other man Lan Daoxing has the impression that he is the eunuch next to His Majesty.

Lan Daoxing was suspicious. Although he hadn't dealt with Wei Guangde in the past few years, he had heard that this person had a good official career in the past few years, and now he worked in Prince Yu's Mansion.

King Yu has almost been designated as the crown prince by Emperor Jiajing. Although he does not have the name of a prince, he already has the status of a prince.

Today, I was ordered to enter the palace, and I don't know why the people from Prince Yu's mansion are here and stop me.

The spectacle of today's solar eclipse can be clearly seen from inside and outside the capital. Afterwards, Emperor Jiajing sent someone to summon him. When he got into the car, he had already inquired about it. Although he didn't know the details, he also guessed that it might be related to the solar eclipse.

People from Prince Yu's Mansion are here, and Lan Daoxing intends to remain unchanged to meet all changes, and see what Wei Guangde says to him.

Lan Daoxing sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, Wei Guangde couldn't wait under the car, he stepped forward and leaned in front of the car and cupped his hands at Lan Daoxing: "Immortal Lan, Guangde has something to say to you, I don't know."

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde looked around, although there was no one around.

Of course, Lan Daoxing understood the meaning of Wei Guangde's actions, and after a little thought, he said, "Then you go up and talk about it, it's not convenient to stand outside."

"Thank you, Blue Immortal."

Wei Guangde hastily cupped his hands again, then climbed into the carriage and got into the carriage.

Lan Daoxing moved aside to give Wei Guangde a little space, and waited for Wei Guangde to say the purpose of this trip.

"The purpose of His Majesty's recruitment, the Blue Immortal should know."

Hurry up, Wei Guangde didn't intend to ink, and said straight to the point.

"I don't know exactly what happened, Pindao is just guessing."

Lan Daoxing replied without showing any trace.

"Lan Shenxian, today's solar eclipse, Qin Tianjian has not calculated it before, so His Majesty is furious."

Wei Guangde replied.

"oh, I see."

Lan Daoxing nodded knowingly, but didn't continue to say anything, but he was also thinking in his heart, does this matter have something to do with Prince Yu's Mansion?

Indeed, King Yu didn't care about Qin Tianjian, and the emperor was furious, and his attack was also aimed at Qin Tianjian, which seemed to have nothing to do with Yu Wang's mansion.

"After His Highness found out, he was worried that offending Long Yan would affect His Majesty's body, so he had sent someone to the Qin Tianjian to find out. According to Qin Tianjian, the solar eclipse is slightly cloudy, and the Qintian Supervisor What you see on the observatory is that the solar eclipse is missing, that is, the same does not eclipse.

These are all seen by Wuguan Lingtailang on duty, and are being recorded by Wuguan Baozhang.

His Highness was delighted when he found out, and felt that the heavens favored the Holy Emperor, so he sent me here to inform. "

Wei Guangde said with a smile, while speaking, he swiped his right hand from the left cuff, and then walked towards Lan Dao and bowed his hands to salute.

Although Lan Daoxing knew that the matter must be more than that simple, but seeing Wei Guangde being so polite, the two of them got close now, and hurriedly stretched out his hands to help, but he was surprised immediately.

Wei Guangde's hand moved forward slightly, and something was handed to his empty hand.

Light and fluffy, like a piece of paper.

This was Lan Daoxing's feeling at this moment. Curiously, he lowered his head and saw that it was indeed a yellowed bill with clearly visible patterns on it.

Such a thing, Lan Daoxing naturally recognized what it was at a glance.

Meeting ticket, a meeting ticket issued by a store in the capital.

Although I don't know which shop issued it, but Lan Daoxing knew that it was given to him by Wei Guangde from King Yu, so naturally he wouldn't fake it, and it must be exchanged for silver according to the company name on the meeting ticket.

Lan Daoxing looked at it without taking it, but withdrew his hand and put it directly into his sleeve.

King Yu gave it, and if he refused, he would become an enemy of King Yu. From the current point of view, it seemed that King Yu's mansion was only telling him to stay in front of the emperor for a while, and how to deal with it if he asked about the solar eclipse.

Lan Daoxing had already made up his mind at this time, if this was the case, he could sell Prince Yu's mansion to save face.

These alchemists, to put it bluntly, are a group of magic sticks. They pack themselves up and talk about their gods, not just for making money.

Many people thought at first that they were just cheating ordinary people, but as their fame grew, they began to make friends with officials, and finally they were introduced to the emperor.

At first they were still worried, but after a few visits, they found that the emperor was actually just an ordinary person, not more difficult to fool than ordinary people in the lower class.

Moreover, perhaps because Emperor Jiajing worshiped Taoism, it was more convenient for them to fool Emperor Jiajing than to fool other people.

Helping the emperor to do things, the money is really fast.

With the favor of the emperor, many people asked for help, and the money came pouring in.

Well, at first I just wanted to cheat some money and ran away, but now my appetite has grown, and my desire for money has become infinitely magnified, and it has become unsatisfactory.

However, this Lan Daoxing is a different kind of scammer. He is a Taoist priest himself, and he is very famous in Shandong, so he came to the capital to make a living. At the same time, he is also a person deeply influenced by Wang Yangming's philosophy.

It's just that behind these appearances, very few people know the real reason why Lan Daoxing came to Beijing.

"I see."

At this moment, Lan Daoxing nodded to Wei Guangde and said with a smile: "Pin Dao is still wondering why there is only one solar eclipse?"

Speaking of this, Lan Daoxing got stuck and didn't know how to continue.

Seeing the opportunity, Wei Guangde immediately added: "The solar eclipse is less than three points."

Of course, this number was not fabricated by Wei Guangde, but was set by Qin Tianjian, and it was also stipulated by the court.

The Ming Dynasty had different responses to the eclipse of the sun and the moon, and it was also endowed with a deep sense of order and hierarchy, and the etiquette system of distinction.

"That's right, if the solar eclipse is less than three points, the first aid can be exempted."

Lan Daoxing answered immediately, but then asked again: "Since the solar eclipse is not seen, it is the same as not eclipsing, but why is there a solar eclipse?"

At this time, Lan Daoxing has changed back to the past, and analyzed from the perspective of a magic stick, how to make up this rhetoric.

"Warning."

Wei Guangde replied immediately.

If Wei Guangde didn't think about it at the beginning, when Yin Shizhen sent someone to send the news, Wei Guangde had already thought about it.

Since it was not a warning from heaven, why did it happen again?
For this, Wei Guangde came up with an explanation almost without thinking.

What are the special things happening inside and outside the court now?
Naturally, it was the riots in Fujian.

Wei Guangde connected the solar eclipse incident with the bullying of the rioters in Fujian and the fact that the bandit leader dared to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

The unlucky one is the officialdom in Fujian, it's fine if it has nothing to do with their Prince Yu's Mansion.

"Warning?"

But when Lan Daoxing heard the words, he couldn't figure out what was going on, so he couldn't help but repeat it.

"This warning from the heavens is actually a reminder to His Majesty that the riots in Fujian should not be taken lightly. The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the sky cannot last for two days."

Wei Guangde replied lightly.

"Oh, Guangde."

Lan Daoxing looked at Wei Guangde and couldn't help but stick out his thumb.

He understood Wei Guangde's meaning, the heavens couldn't see it, two emperors appeared at the same time under the Great Tomorrow, how could this work, so the vision was sent down as a warning.

As for why it is now and not when Fujian started the incident, well, the secret must not be revealed.

As long as there is a good reason, in fact, the rest of the things are made up by these magicians themselves.

Those who can make up a reason, of course they will talk about it, not simply, but in a big way, but for those who can't give a reason, they will use "the secret must not be revealed" to perfunctory the past.

Wei Guangde felt that persuading Lan Daoxing seemed to be easier than the previous two Taoist priests, he had almost no other reaction, and quickly followed his train of thought.

Of course, Wei Guangde didn't think that Lan Daoxing was a fool, although he felt a little strange in his heart, he didn't say it out, but secretly made a note in his heart, he should pay more attention to the actions of this Taoist priest.

Anything abnormal is a demon.

According to the two alchemists he persuaded before, after hearing what Wei Guangde said, they kept asking questions, and even one of them still disliked the fact that the thousand taels of silver given by Prince Yu's mansion was missing.

Fortunately, these people finally acquiesced to the reasons given by Wei Guangde.

Really, what else could they say?
If they can really explain solar eclipses and lunar eclipses, then they are not magic sticks but demons.

What Wei Guangde brought them was actually helping them and giving them a reasonable reason.

What's more, everyone says that, if you don't say that, you can indeed be distinguished from others because of your uniqueness, but the risk is too great.

How to distinguish the truth from the nonsense, they don't really know any spells.

It might not be worth the candle to be considered an ignorant liar by Emperor Jiajing at that time.

Regarding this point, Wei Guangde naturally pointed it out cryptically at the time. In fact, these were also thought up before, otherwise Wei Guangde would not be sure to convince everyone.

However, as long as you make an agreement with these alchemists before they enter the palace, and get everything done before King Jing's mansion reacts, it will be considered a success.

Therefore, what Wei Guangde and the others hope now is not that these alchemists come as late as possible, but as soon as possible.

Get in touch with them early to avoid Prince Jing's Mansion intervening.

If you want to compare who has more money, of course King Yu's Mansion dare not compare with King Jing's Mansion. It's not that King Jing's Mansion has more income, but that there is Yan Shifan behind King Jing's Mansion. The meeting ticket issued by the pawnshop opened by my family is the first-class bill in the capital, supported by credit.

It has to be said that although Yan Shifan is greedy for money, he is really particular about it, and he didn't randomly issue conference tickets to cheat money just because he likes money.

With his family's power, even if such a thing happened, the government and businessmen would probably have to hold their noses and admit it, but Yan Shifan had never done this before.

Pawnshops and commercial banks are right at the sight of the bill, and they do not recognize the person who recognizes the bill. As long as it is a meeting bill issued by them, they are guaranteed to pay money regardless of the amount.

However, this also shows that if King Jing's Mansion intervenes, in terms of the output of silver, King Yu's Mansion will not be able to catch up with flattery.

When the members of Prince Yu's Mansion stopped the alchemist entering the palace outside the Xiyuan Gate and tried to persuade him, an accident still happened.

The Ministry of Rites, in the Shang's study.

"Su Qing, what do you mean by that?"

At this time, Wu Shan looked at Gao Gong with a serious expression. He was writing a memorial in the Ministry of Rites and was going to send it to the cabinet later. Unexpectedly, Gao Gong came to him at this time and persuaded him not to talk about the solar eclipse for the time being.

After being reprimanded by Wu Shanyitong at that time, I didn't expect to come back after a while, and said nonsense that "if you don't see a solar eclipse, you won't eat it".

"Uncle Da Zong, I asked Qin Tianjian about this solar eclipse, and what they observed was that the solar eclipse was less than three points, so they can be exempted from rescue."

Gao Gong immediately answered: "What's more, the accident happened suddenly, the Ministry of Rites couldn't provide rescue, even if we held the rescue ceremony in the simplest way, if we follow Uncle Da Zong's words, our Ministry of Rites still has a heavy responsibility.

In my humble opinion, celestial phenomena are naturally what Qin Tianjian is best at. Since they reported that "a solar eclipse is the same as not eclipsing", why should we take responsibility for it. "

Wu Shan stared at Gao Gong for a long while, then suddenly raised his head to look at the roof and said, "The Japanese are at a loss, who will be deceived?"

"Here, Uncle Da Zong, the day is not bad."

Gao Gong said anxiously, and then looked at Wu Shan again, "Uncle Da Zong, this matter is related to the foundation of the country, please don't use the day's loss as a gift of rescue, and accuse your majesty of being immoral."

"Hmph. Don't talk nonsense. Your Highness' succession is an ancestral system. Why should such a villain behave like this? The solar eclipse that happened today is a warning from the heavens to His Majesty."

(End of this chapter)