Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 196
The reason why Yan Song has stood in the court for decades is because he is proficient in three things: punishing people, killing people, and employing people.

His methods of manipulating people are very clever.

Emperor Jiajing ordered Jin Yiwei to imprison King Yu, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng.The Yuwang party's mind has been controlled by the strict party.

Yan Song knew that when he caught the snake's head, it was time to clean up the snake's tail.He asked officials of the strict party to write letters one after another to impeach those officials below the third rank of the Yuwang party.

Yan Song is a skilled old bureaucrat.He knew that although these Yuwang Party officials below the third rank had small positions, they were the cornerstone of the Yuwang Party.

The way to rectify people, if you don't rectify, you will.If you want to fix it, you can kill it!Xu, Gao, and Zhang are going to die, and so are all the petty officials related to the Yuwang Party!
For half a month, the Yuwang Party officials in the court were dismissed and sent to prison.Those who replaced them, of course, were strict party officials.

What is intriguing is that Emperor Jiajing approved all the instructions for replacing Yuwang party officials.But Emperor Jiajing just didn't say how to deal with King Yu himself and Xu, Gao, and Zhang.

Yan Song panicked.To punish a person is to punish him to death, this is the principle.Otherwise, when the snake wakes up, it will inevitably turn around and bite people.

In a panic, Yan Song did something stupid.

He instigated hundreds of officials under his command to petition Emperor Jiajing to abolish Prince Yu's throne, remove Xu, Gao, and Zhang from all official positions, and beheaded them for public display.

Who would have thought that Emperor Jiajing accepted the joint offer, not only did not express his opinion, but also moved directly from Yongshou Palace, lived in Chaotian Temple, and went to seek immortality and Taoism with Lan Daoxing.

Jin Yi Wei Zhao prison.

He Liu and Lao Hu have been imprisoned for half a month.The Imperial Prison is Jin Yiwei's own territory, and the two Taibao Lords did not suffer any crimes.He Er, the governor of Nanzhen, ordered the general and small banners in the prison to take good care of the third master and the sixth son.

The general banner and the small banner in the Imperial Prison were originally Lao Hu's subordinates.Even if He Er didn't give such instructions, three meat and three vegetarian meals, and a pot of Xinghuacun would still be indispensable.

Liu Da was busy arresting officials of the Yuwang Party in the court, and had no time to deal with He Liu and Lao Hu.

With a piece of dead grass in his mouth, Lao Hu said to He Liu, "We've been imprisoned for half a month. They didn't say we were innocent, and they didn't cut off our heads. I'm almost getting lice."

He Liudao: "Oh, the people of the strict party are clever. Prince Yu is the only son of the emperor, and he will not be investigated for any ordinary crimes. Only this crime of treason is something that no emperor in the past dynasties can tolerate. "

Old Hu said: "Don't worry, the emperor is not the most wise monarch from ancient times to the present, but the wisest monarch from ancient times to the present. King Yu is his only son, and he will succeed to the throne sooner or later. There is no need to rush for a while. It is such a simple truth A three-year-old child can figure it out, so how can the emperor not understand it? Even though the emperor was furious on the day of the incident, it has been half a month, and the emperor's anger has subsided, so he can naturally figure out what is going on. Strange."

Chaotian Temple.

Lan Daoxing was sitting on the ground with Emperor Jiajing, discussing immortality.

A little white and fat Taoist suddenly walked into the hall, holding two bowls of tea in his hand.

Serving tea to Lan Daoxing and Emperor Jiajing, the fat little Taoist took advantage of Emperor Jiajing's surprise and gave Lan Dao a wink.

Lan Daoxing understands.He said to Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, the time has come, and it's time to offer incense to Sanqing Shangxian."

Emperor Jiajing nodded: "Well, let's offer incense."

Lan Daoxing lit three sticks of incense and handed them to Emperor Jiajing.

Holding three sticks of incense in his hand, Emperor Jiajing bowed his head reverently in front of the golden body of Sanqing Shangxian.

Then, he inserted three sticks of incense into the incense burner.

A strange scene happened: the three sticks of incense were originally exuding green smoke, but suddenly, the green smoke turned into blue flames.In an instant, the blue flame burned the three sticks of incense to ashes!
Emperor Jiajing turned pale with shock: "Lan Shenxian, what's going on?"

Lan Daoxing said: "There is a vision when burning incense, this should be Sanqing Shangxian warning the emperor about something."

Emperor Jiajing said: "Hurry up and ask the hexagrams, and ask the Sanqing Shangxian what it means!"

After Lan Daoxing heard the words, he started to play the trick of the god's upper body again.

He convulsed for a while, foamed at the mouth, and then got up and said: "I am the Grand Master of the Three Religions in the Taiqing Realm, Hunyuan Emperor, Taishang Laojun Daode Tianzun!"

Outside the Chaotianguan hall.

Yan Song held a joint memorial and said to the fat little Taoist priest, "Prince Daoist, I have an important document to present to the emperor."

The little Taoist cupped his hands and said: "My lord, the emperor is asking for divination with the blue god Fuji, and no one should disturb you. Fortunately, it doesn't take half a stick of incense, and the Fushi's questioning will be over. No matter how anxious you are, don't be in a hurry .”

Yan Song said: "Okay, I'll wait here for a while."

Inside the hall.Emperor Jiajing wrote down his own question on the yellow paper: "Why did the heavens send down abnormal phenomena?"

Lan Daoxing, who was on the upper body of the Taishang Laojun, brushed the branches with both palms, and wrote a few words scrawled on the sand: "The state-owned traitor framed the filial son."

Emperor Jiajing hurriedly wrote down another question on the yellow paper: "Who is the traitor?"

Lan Daoxing continued to push the branches, and wrote four words: "It's just outside the hall."

Emperor Jiajing was a little surprised: "The traitor is outside the palace?"

Lan Daoxing twitched again, foaming at the mouth.Then he got up and knelt down and said: "The Supreme Lord has returned to the immortal throne."

The fat little Taoist priest outside the hall heard this sentence.He said to Yan Song: "Old Strict, the Fushi's questioning of hexagrams is over. You can go in now!"

Holding the memorial in his hands, Yan Song walked into the hall tremblingly with his body bent.

When Emperor Jiajing saw Yan Song's figure, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Just as Hu expected. On the day of the "mutiny", Emperor Jiajing was furious.He believed [-]% of King Yu's conspiracy.But as the days went by, his anger dissipated, and he regained his senses: sooner or later King Yu will ascend to the throne.He hasn't made any serious mistakes these years, and I have no reason to deprive him of his position as prince.Unless this son of mine got shit out of his head, he would launch some kind of mutiny in a daze.

The vision descended by the Sanqing Shangxian and the phrase "the state-owned traitor framed the filial son" made him even more suspicious that the so-called "mutiny" was actually a play played by Yan Song and his son.

As soon as "Taishang Laojun" finished saying "the traitor is outside the hall", Yan Song entered the hall briskly.If he is not a traitor, who is a traitor?

A sneer appeared on the corner of Emperor Jiajing's mouth, and he asked, "Is there anything important?"

Yan Song said: "Hundreds of officials in the court jointly signed the second paper. They asked the emperor to abolish Prince Yu's throne, and Xu, Gao, and Zhang were dismissed and beheaded."

Emperor Jiajing smiled: "Oh? Another joint name of hundreds of people? Unite as one! Leave the zhezi here, I will look at it carefully. You go back to the Xiyuan cabinet to be on duty. The court is in troubled times, and the cabinet leaves I won’t leave you, Yan Aiqing!”

Yan Song heard the words, put down the notebook, turned around and walked away tremblingly.

Emperor Jiajing shouted loudly to the fat little eunuch standing at the door: "No winks! Why don't you help Mr. Yan Ge?"

After Yan Song left, Emperor Jiajing called Lu Fang, "Where are He Liu and Hu San now?"

Lu Fang replied: "My maidservant heard that Liu Da obeyed the emperor's order to 'weed' the Jinyiwei and put the two of them in imperial prison."

Emperor Jiajing said angrily: "I asked him to weed, but didn't let him arrest loyal ministers who are loyal to me! What a nonsense! You go to the prison to spread my will, and let He Liu and Hu San come to Chaotian to see you."

Two hours later, He Liu and Lao Hu came to Chaotian Temple.

The two of them entered the Chaotianguan hall and kowtowed together: "I see the emperor."

Emperor Jiajing said: "Excuse me. You two were imprisoned by Liu Da for half a month? You have been wronged!"

He Liu said something that didn't seem right for him to say: "No matter how wronged I am, I will not be wronged by Prince Yu. Your Majesty, I risked my life to Chen Zou. I think that Prince Yu was framed."

Emperor Jiajing nodded: "Yes. If someone dares to frame my only son, then I will definitely tear them to pieces!"

After speaking, Emperor Jiajing took out a piece of paper from his sleeve.That piece of paper was the military order jointly signed by King Yu and Zhang Juzheng.

Emperor Jiajing walked up to He Liu and handed the warrant for dispatching troops to him: "Investigate! We must investigate thoroughly! Just start with this warrant for dispatching troops! I will give you another special decree. From now on, you will not be subject to Jin Yiwei commanded Zuo Tong to know Liu Da's restraint, and he directly obeyed my orders!"

He Liu and Lao Hu kowtowed: "I obey the order!"

Emperor Jiajing smiled and said, "He Liu, I heard that your wife is pregnant and is raising a baby in Prince Yu's mansion?"

He Liudao: "Yes."

Emperor Jiajing waved his sleeves: "You have been imprisoned for half a month, and your wife doesn't know what to worry about! Before investigating this matter, you should go to Prince Yu's Mansion to visit your wife!"

Emperor Jiajing had already decreed to confine King Yu.No one is allowed to enter the palace.Now he asked He Liu to "visit his wife" at Prince Yu's mansion, just to send a signal to King Yu.This signal is: I know you have grievances, don't worry, I have sent He Liu and Hu San to help you clean up your grievances!

(End of this chapter)