Brocade legend

Chapter 254 Wei Hui Fire
There were years of famine and continuous crying, so the ministers tried their best to stop the southern tour.

On the 18th of the first month of the 27th year of Jiajing, Yue Lun, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, went up to dissuade him and was denounced as a citizen.On February [-], Xu Zan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Wang Ting, the capital censor, advised him, but refused to listen.The censor Liu Shixian, and Zeng You and others in the matter were advised to stop and fined the salary for two months.

Until February [-]th, the first night of the southern tour, Sun Tang, a soldier, entered in front of the imperial throne at night, complained about setting up palaces along the way, working hard for officials and people, and was arrested and imprisoned.

In this way, Emperor Jiajing made the trip after dawn.

On February 18th, the [-]th year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing set off from the capital to tour the south, and his concubine followed.Cui Yuan, Marquis of Jingshan, Xia Yan, a scholar, Xu Zan, Minister of Officials, Yan Song, Minister of Rites, Li Tingxiang, Minister of Household, Wang Tingxiang, Minister of Military Affairs, Yang Zhixue, Minister of Punishment, Jiang Yao, Minister of Industry, etc.Hou Qiuluan of Xianning and Bo Jiaodong of Dongning are the left and right deputy generals. Guo Xun, the Duke of Yi, took the seal of the General Protector of the Chinese Army, and Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Cheng, escorted him.Tao Zhongwen, the alchemist, was awarded the "Shenxiao Baoguo Propaganda and Education Master", and he was given the imperial seal. He also accompanied him and ordered the crown prince to supervise the country.

The team of the southern tour was very large. At this time, the commander of Jinyiwei was Chen Yin, the governor and acquaintance. He and Lu Bing led the Jinyiwei to travel together.

During this trip, there were 8000 people from Jinyiwei guarding Jingzhuang Banner School, 6000 people were in charge of guarding the chariot where Emperor Jiajing sat, and 2000 people were in charge of arranging the driving ceremony and undertaking various inspections and orders.There are also 6000 officers and soldiers in charge, 1000 people were used by Chen Jiayi to hold the martial arts, 2000 people were in front of and behind the driver, and 500 people were on the left and right sides of the driver. It is really safe to surround Emperor Jiajing tightly.

Just to supply the team's grain and grass and repair bridges along the way, 30 taels of Taicang silver were spent.Accompanying the southern tour were Guo Xun, Duke of Yi, Zhu Xizhong, Duke of Cheng, Cui Yuan, Marquis of Jingshan, Xia Yan, a scholar of the University, Yan Song, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Ting, the imperial censor of Zuodu; The favored Taoist priest Tao Zhongwen.

During this southern tour, there were a lot of local supplies. Whether it was local officials or accompanying officials, negligence was inevitable, so many people were punished for various reasons.On the second day after the car driver set off, Pan Lu, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, failed to meet him when the car driver passed through Liangxiang, and the censor Hu Shouzhong participated in his slack and disrespectful behavior, and Jin Yiwei arrested him.

Driving through Zhaozhou, someone outside the hall shouted grievances. Emperor Jiajing ordered Jinyiwei to arrest people, but Chen Yin, the governor in charge of Jinyiwei, did not know where he was. Emperor Jiajing was very angry and reprimanded him severely.

In addition, many officials were also arrested and punished by Jin Yiwei because they did not come to court.

On February 26, two palaces in Zhaozhou and Linming Town, where Emperor Jiajing stayed, caught fire after driving.Although it did not cause any major losses, Emperor Jiajing was very annoyed. He ordered "the censor to arrest the criminal officer and seize Fan Xin's salary in Zhizhou for half a year".

On February 28, the car drove into Henan, and the important town of Weihui was in front of it.While walking, there was a whirlwind always blowing back and forth around Shengjia.

Emperor Jiajing was puzzled, so he asked the scholar Tao Zhongwen, "What kind of auspicious is this?"

Tao Zhongwen calculated silently - and replied: "The main fire."

When he heard that there was going to be a fire again, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but panic. He thought of the fire in the palace two or three days ago.

Emperor Jiajing said to Tao Zhongwen: You can cast spells to eliminate the fire. "

Tao Zhongwen told Emperor Jiajing: "The fire is inevitable, but you can protect the saints and bow your ears."

The conversation between Emperor Jiajing and Tao Zhongwen was overheard by Lu Bing, who was at the side of the car, and he began to pay attention secretly, preparing to deal with possible dangers.

Lu Bing carefully urged everyone to be on guard, but after several days of walking, everyone was exhausted, so it was hard for everyone to be scruples.Seeing this, Lu Bing had no choice but to make his own plans.

That afternoon, the car driver stopped at Weihui. Due to the fatigue of the journey, Emperor Jiajing hosted a banquet in honor of King Ru Zhu You who came to see him, and then took a rest early.The attendants who accompanied him on the southbound journey also settled down, and after days of running around, they also quickly fell asleep.

It turned out that Lu Bing had always remembered Tao Zhongwen's words, so he stayed outside the palace of Emperor Jiajing, not daring to rest.

Suddenly, a figure flashed by from a distance, Lu Bing felt something was wrong, and immediately chased after him.

Lu Bing only felt that the figure was familiar, but when he chased after him, he disappeared.

Lu Bing suddenly woke up, the secret path is not good!
There are four drums in the sky, and I don't know where sparks suddenly burst out from the halls. Because these halls are built with wood, reed mats, and felt tents, and it is dry weather in spring, the entire halls can be seen in an instant. Caught in a sea of ​​flames, the ferocious flames are daunting.

The servants who woke up from their sleep were running and shouting, but no one could tell which palace the emperor slept in. All they could see were the struggling and rolling figures of those trapped in the sea of ​​fire.

Emperor Jiajing himself was awakened by the raging fire, and all the eunuchs and maids around him ran away. Surrounded by the raging fire, Emperor Jiajing didn't know what to do.

At this critical juncture, I saw Lu Bing with a wet quilt on his head, pushed down the door screen, and rushed into the palace from the sea of ​​fire. He put the wet quilt on Emperor Jiajing, carried the emperor on his back, turned around and rushed out. The sea of ​​fire rescued Emperor Jiajing.

At this time, the guards rushed forward and put Emperor Jiajing next in Chengyu.

Emperor Jiajing expressed gratitude to Lu Bing: "Wenfu, you still have the heart. Fortunately, I called you back, otherwise we would never see each other again."

Lu Bing smiled and cupped his hands, and Emperor Jiajing immediately announced: "Promote Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyiwei Department, to be the commander and acquaintance of the capital, and he will still be in charge of the Jinyiwei."

Emperor Jiajing was rescued, but many concubines, court ladies, eunuchs, etc. in the harem were buried in the sea of ​​flames, and many ritual relics and precious jades they brought with them when they left Beijing were also burned, causing heavy losses.

After dawn, the accompanying officials in various yamen expressed their condolences to Emperor Jiajing.Faced with the messy scene after the fire, Emperor Jiajing was very annoyed, and he announced two orders: one was to order the royal censor Wang Tingxiang to investigate the scene of the fire; the other was to arrest Wei Hui and local officials in Henan and punish him.

Wang Pin, the prefect of Weihui, and Hou Jun, the magistrate of Yinxian County, were put in shackles and escorted by Jin Yiwei to walk in front of Emperor Jiajing for public display.

When he arrived in Chengtian, he was punished with a stick and dispatched to the frontier to serve the people.

On March 18, 22th year of Jiajing, he drove to Chengtian.The Royal Dragon Flying Palace received the imperial court, paid homage to the Xianling Mausoleum, converted to the Xuan Palace, and expanded the surrounding walls of the Xianling Mausoleum.Enjoy the gods in the Longfei Palace, and serve the emperor in the state society and state.The imperial edict pardons the world, exempts Tiantian Tianfu for three years, exempts two-fifths of Huguang's next year's land tax, and one-third of Jinei and Henan.On the [-]nd of the same month, I returned to Luang.

Lu Bing drove back to Beijing with him, and Chen Yin invited him to become an official. Emperor Jiajing approved, and immediately announced that Lu Bing would be promoted to be the governor, the second rank, and still in charge of Jinyiwei.

Lu Bing always felt that there was something strange about the fire in Wei Hui's palace. Although it was later found out that the cause was "a candle left by the palace people", Lu Bing felt that it would not be that simple, because he had already remembered who the familiar figure was.

Lu Bing kept his composure and launched a secret investigation against the White Lotus Sect, but the result has not yet come out... In the seventh month of the 18th year of Jiajing, the Japanese King Minamoto Yoshiharu sent a tribute envoy to Ningbo but was rejected.

Lu Bing understood that this was because the Japanese Japanese pirates could no longer bear such a blockade by Ming Dynasty, and hoped to open the gap from the government.

(End of this chapter)