General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 22
Glancing at the people in the hall, Jiajing turned around and walked towards the dragon chair in the middle of the hall.

"It's all gone, Ning Jue stays."

After Jiajing spoke, seeing Jiajing's attitude, those passionate speakers stopped talking, but gradually withdrew from the hall.

In the huge palace, only Ning Jue, Jia Jing, and Huang Jin were left.

Holding Ning Jue's memorabilia in Jiajing's hand, he said with a low laugh, "Ning Jue, I guess you are secretly calling me a fool in your heart right now."

Ning Jue stood where he was, without making a sound.

Seeing Ning Jue's reaction, Huang Jin became anxious before Jiajing could speak.

"Ning Jue, you are bold!"

Huang Jin said so, but winked at Ning Jue desperately.

Ning Jue naturally turned a blind eye to all this.

"I also ask Your Majesty to expressly ask me to be a sensible ghost."

Jiajing casually threw Ning Jue's memorabilia onto the desk beside him.

"You just think that Daming has a huge crony without me noticing."

"This crony secretly controlled my Ming Dynasty Hall."

"It seems that all orders are issued by me, but in fact, I am being led by the nose, so that my side is full of their people."

"So, they concocted this so-called two dragons not meeting each other, right?"

There is a mysterious self-confidence in Jiajing.

It is a kind of self-confidence that belongs only to smart people and has been bluntly smashed by the throne and resurrected several times.

"Yes!"

Ning Jue's reply did not evade in the slightest.

The smile on Jiajing's face became brighter and brighter. In Jiajing's eyes, Ning Jue was just a fledgling young stunned young man. He had seen many such officials.

"So you said that they wanted to separate my father and son, so that the prince would not learn the art of being an emperor..." At this point, Jiajing didn't bother to hide, and said bluntly: "They want to teach an emperor Xiaozong, and then he will be like Emperor Xiaozong. Is it as usual?"

"Yes!"

Ning Jue still didn't hesitate.

Jiajing smiled and shook his head. If people of later generations saw him, they would definitely not associate this person with Jiajing who "turned rice into mulberry", but would only regard him as a minister who was being taught by a generation of Mingjun.

"It can be self-consistent, but have you thought about it?"

"That is, what if this crony doesn't exist at all?"

Ning Jue froze in place.

"does not exist?!"

Jiajing seems to enjoy this feeling of suppressing others in terms of IQ.

"Yeah, how did you make sure that such a crony existed?"

"In ancient times, crony parties, or the eunuch party, were led by the eunuchs in the palace, or the township party, where fellow villagers gathered in a province. Among the civil servants, there might be academic factions who attacked each other. What's more, when the dynasty was founded, there was Mr. Qingtian There is also the literary party, and there is also the military party of Huaixi honored relatives."

"Why did the cronies you mentioned get together?"

"It's nothing more than the ministers of the Jiuqing Pavilion, down to the small officials of the prefectures and counties. Even people like Tao Zhenren who are not familiar with the Confucian classics are among them. Do you believe it?"

Obviously, as early as Tao Zhongwen had just concocted the prophecy "the two dragons will not meet", someone had already vaccinated Jiajing in advance.

These so-called cronies have nothing in common at all. The only thing they have in common is that they are working together to persecute the emperor, and they are persecuting the emperor without seeking fame or fortune.

So in Ning Jue's memoir, Jiajing obviously regarded Ning Jue as a "delusional" patient.

But precisely because of this memorial.

It made Jiajing believe that Ning Jue was not instigated by others, but instead had a good impression of Ning Jue all his life.

After all, Ning Jue's daring to appear in this memorial shows that he has reached the point where he is suspicious of all officials in the court.

This is also the reason why Jiajing patiently talked to Ning Jue so much.

Ning Jue raised her head firmly and said without hesitation
"I believe!"

Seeing Ning Jue's appearance, Huang Jin just wanted to dissuade him, but Jiajing raised his hand again to signal Huang Jin to shut up.

"Okay! Let's move on."

"The world is bustling, and people come and go for profit. Whether it's the so-called eunuch party or the township party, it's essentially a group of people joining together for similar purposes."

"Since you said that there is such a crony in the world, then tell me about this crony... Where does the profit come from?"

Ning Jue looked at Jiajing helplessly.

"Could it be that in the eyes of His Majesty, the artifacts of the country are not considered beneficial?"

Hearing this, the smile on Jiajing's face grew stronger.

"The magic weapon counts profit, but I am not Emperor Xianzong after all, and the prince's intelligence is not comparable to that of Xiaozong. Even if there are really treacherous people like this, their calculations will be empty."

Ning Jue gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Then what if the crown prince died young?!"

"Bang!" Jiajing slapped the armrest of the dragon chair with a slap.

"Bold Ning Jue! Do you know what you are talking about?!"

Zhu Zaixun is the most favored son of the old Taoist priest, and Ning Jue's words completely angered Jiajing.

Huang Jin glanced at the screen behind him and fell to his knees with a "plop".

"My lord, Ning Jue is no more than a minor official in the court, the emperor's father's immortal body is the most important thing!"

Jiajing ignored Huang Jin's criticism, but pointed at Ning Jue and said angrily
"So they do so much, is it just to bet on my prince's death?! If the prince is safe, wouldn't they have wasted all their efforts!"

"What if someone assassinates him?!"

Jiajing couldn't bear it anymore.

"Someone is assassinated, why wait until today! The Crown Prince will perform the coronation ceremony next year, you treat them as crazy as you and wait until today?!"

Jiajing knew to follow Ning Jue's logic.

Seeing that the prince is close to him, these scholar-bureaucrats will definitely kill him.

But Jiajing's logic is that he has never covered up his love for the prince.

From the 18th year of Jiajing to today.

If you really want to do it, wouldn't it be safer and less suspicious to do it as soon as possible?
"Because Xia Yan is the crown prince and tutor, and His Majesty beheaded Xia Yan this year!"

As soon as he heard Xia Yan's name, Jiajing's chest heaved violently.

"Are you trying to say that the crown prince won't survive next year?!"

"The emperor calms down, Ning Bingxian definitely has no such intention."

Huang Jin knew that Jiajing was really angry this time, but the remaining rationality made Jiajing restrain himself.

Under Huang Jin's comfort, Jiajing regained a little composure.

Huang Jin has been with Jiajing since he was a child, so he can naturally see that Jiajing really loves talents and wants to keep Ning Jue.

Jiajing also followed Huang Jin's steps downhill, gradually calmed down, and re-maintained his "Ming Jun" personality.

"Don't talk about the other things, Ning Jue, you just need to remember, don't bring up this matter again in the future, get out!"

After Jiajing spoke, Ning Jue still stood in place.

"I told you to step down! Are you going to resist the order?!"

Looking at the slightly astonished Jiajing, two words quietly floated out of Ning Jue's mouth.

"Foolish gentleman."

(End of this chapter)