Prince of Chaos

Chapter 165 Responsibilities That The Emperor Can't Take
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From the Ming Dynasty to the Wanli period, the traces of disasters will never be absent.

In July of the 22nd year of Wanli, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs sent Yang Dongming to the court, and he revealed a shocking and tragic natural disaster!

Yang Dongming said in the memorial that the catastrophe in Henan has reached the point where people cannibalize each other, and the people in Henan have no way out.

The reason why Yang Dongming revealed this matter was because he saw it with his own eyes. He is a native of Malou Village, Yucheng County, Guide Prefecture (now Limin Town, Yucheng County, Shangqiu City). Henan people.When he witnessed this natural disaster, no matter what emotion he felt, he couldn't restrain the sadness and helplessness in his heart.So he used the privilege of giving things to play directly to Emperor Wanli, hoping that Emperor Wanli could lend a helping hand in such a difficult time in Henan and save the people of Henan from the fire and water.

This matter is recorded in "Henan Tongzhi":

After several tens of days of heavy rain, the water depth on the flat ground was three feet deep, the wheat grains had rotted, and the autumn seedlings were also damaged. The river broke its embankment and burst, and the houses drifted away. The fertile fields became rivers and lakes. In this place, the old and the young are supported, running here and there, starving, wandering, husband and wife can't care for each other, love and separation, mother and child can't have both, and they will never be abandoned. The old and weak will die immediately. Those who throw themselves into the river are buried in the belly of the fish, and those who throw themselves away abandon their lives in the garden. All these things are heard and seen by the ministers when they lived in the countryside.

Looking at the description of the disaster in Henan in this text, Emperor Wanli's face turned pale. He really didn't expect Henan to suffer such a huge disaster!
Emperor Wanli's body trembled with anger, and he immediately said to Chen Ju who was beside him, "Go and call all the elders in the cabinet!"

Hearing the voice of Emperor Wanli gnashing his teeth, Chen Ju didn't dare to neglect, and immediately ran all the way to Wenyuan Pavilion to deliver the decree.

When Chen Ju arrived in the cabinet, he didn't even have time to say hello to Shen Shixing and other elders of the four pavilions. Chen Ju immediately said straight to the point: "The emperor has a decree, please come to Qianqing Palace to meet the four elders as soon as possible!"

After hearing Chen Ju's eager voice, all the people in Shen Shixing quickly got up and bowed to Chen Ju and said, "I obey the order."

Then, following Chen Ju, he headed towards Qianqing Palace. On the way, Shen Shixing asked Chen Ju, "Eunuch Chen, why are you in such a hurry?"

Chen Ju glanced back at Shen Shixing, and finally he said: "The Ministry of Punishment gave Yang Dongming a memorial directly to the emperor about the natural disaster in Henan."

After hearing Chen Ju's words, Shen Shixing finally remembered it.

The three elders behind Shen Shixing looked at each other, feeling terrified.

However, he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only follow Chen Ju and Shen Shixing towards Qianqing Palace.

After arriving at Qianqing Palace, Emperor Wanli looked at Shen Shixing and other four elders with a cold face.

The expression of Emperor Wanli made the four cabinet ministers thump in their hearts. It has been a long time since the emperor showed such an expression.The last time the emperor was so serious was when Zhang Juzheng had just died.

Shen Shixing and others were apprehensive, and they knelt down obediently to salute before Emperor Wanli's imperial driver.

"The ministers are waiting to see the emperor."

After they bowed down, Emperor Wanli did not say the word "Pingshen" as usual.

Emperor Wanli directly threw the memorial in his hand in front of Shen Shixing, "Give me a good look, what's going on? Why didn't the cabinet report such a big matter?"

Shen Shixing knelt on the ground, the sweat on his forehead came out all of a sudden, he hurriedly picked up the memorial that Emperor Wanli had thrown beside his face, and glanced at it hastily.

After he saw clearly the contents of the memorial, Shen Shixing's body went limp from fright and almost fell to the ground.

Emperor Wanli said to Chen Ju: "Show this picture of hungry people to the other three pavilion elders. This is the world they help me manage! Let them take a good look, what's going on?"

Chen Ju quickly took out the "Hungry People Picture" painted by Yang Dongming from the side, and then carefully unfolded it in front of the three cabinet ministers.

After Wang Xijue, Xu Guo, and Wang Jiaping saw this painting of "Hungry People" depicting human tragedies, they were also frightened out of their wits.

They slammed their heads heavily on the gold bricks on the ground, "I will wait for death."

At this time, Zhu Changluo who received the news also hurried over from Ciqing Palace.

Zhu Changluo arrived in the hall, looked at the four court elders kneeling on the ground, and the angry Wanli Emperor, Zhu Changluo bowed to Wanli Emperor and said: "I see my father."

When Emperor Wanli saw Zhu Changluo approaching, Emperor Wanli finally looked a little better. Emperor Wanli said, "Come up, Prince, and come to my side."

"Yes."

Zhu Changluo got up carefully and went to the side of Emperor Wanli.

Emperor Wanli said to the four elders of Shen Shixing, "Have you finished reading it?"

Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Xu Guo, and Wang Jiaping replied tremblingly: "I have finished reading."

Emperor Wanli snorted coldly: "No, you haven't finished reading it. Your cabinet has not reported such a big matter. If it weren't for the six divisions who have the right to report directly on the matter, I am still kept in the dark. This is what you helped Do I rule the world?"

Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Xu Guo, and Wang Jiaping said in horror: "I'm going to die."

Then, Shen Shixing began to argue in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the ministers have already received the disaster reports from various prefectures and counties in Henan. Hong is 'knowing', so I didn't play this matter any more."

Emperor Wanli's eyes turned directly to Chen Ju, Chen Ju felt Emperor Wanli's eyes turn, he knelt down on the ground in fright, and said quickly: "My lord, there is a report in the cabinet about this matter, but the cabinet made a report. The content only said that there was a disaster in Henan, and the imperial court needed funds for rescue. At that time, the emperor also approved the matter. Later, because the household department had no money, at the suggestion of His Royal Highness, the emperor also issued a decree to exempt Henan from taxes for one year. for the relief of victims.”

After Emperor Wanli heard Chen Ju say this, he had a little impression that this matter was mentioned once.At that time, he did decree to exempt Henan from taxes for one year.But why is the disaster now like this?In Yang Dongming's memorial, Henan has now become a purgatory on earth. Who will bear the responsibility?

Even Emperor Wanli, who is the emperor of Ming Dynasty, would not be able to bear this responsibility. This is really appalling.In the 200 years since the founding of the country, there has never been a horrible scene of "cutting up dead bodies, killing living people and eating them". Such words were only seen in the royal collection of historical records by Emperor Wanli.But he never expected that such a situation would happen when he was facing Yuji, this is the image of a subjugated country!

Therefore, Emperor Wanli must be held accountable and the problem must be resolved, otherwise this matter will be much more vicious than the Japanese pirates in North Korea.

Emperor Wanli looked at Shen Shixing and other four cabinet elders, and Emperor Wanli said: "I will definitely pursue responsibility for this matter, but the first task now is disaster relief. The cabinet quickly came up with a charter, recommended a candidate, and went to Henan to organize Rescue the disaster and save the people. This matter is urgent, but if there is a slight mistake, don't blame me for not thinking about the friendship between the monarch and the ministers!"

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