Prince of Chaos

Chapter 494
Dawn is approaching, the vast world is white, and the winter wind and snow are everywhere.This snow is extremely stubborn, even if they fell into the mortal world, they are still using their whiteness to dispel the blackness of the night.

Zhu Changluo's convoy galloped towards the Forbidden City in the dawn light reflected by the white snow.

Zhu Changluo, who was sitting in the carriage, was wrapped in a thick sable fur brocade robe. He was lying on his side on the soft bed in the carriage, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

Getting up so early in winter is still a bit of a torment for Zhu Changluo, who has always been self-disciplined.

However, now he is no longer qualified to sleep late, he can only force himself to be punctual, and to move around the Forbidden City rain or shine.

Only in this way can Zhu Changluo control the news inside and outside the capital at all times, and understand all aspects of this huge empire.

"Master, we are here."

The carriage stopped steadily in front of the gate of Ciqing Palace, and Wei Zhongxian called inside in a low voice.

After Zhu Changluo heard Wei Zhongxian's voice, he hummed and said, "Got it."

Then Zhu Changluo stood up and got out of the car.

The moment he got out of the car, the eunuchs who were waiting by his side immediately put a fluffy cape on Zhu Changluo's back.

Zhu Changluo tightened the neckline of his cloak, and then walked towards the Ciqing Palace with big strides.

Along the way, the guards and eunuchs in the Ciqing Palace walked and knelt on both sides, respectfully welcoming Zhu Changluo back to the Ciqing Palace.

Almost before the main hall of Ciqing Palace, the eunuch in front of the hall immediately shouted: "His Royal Highness is here."

At this time, the cabinet and six ministers who had been waiting in the ear hall of Ciqing Palace came out one after another, and then said: "I will see Your Highness."

Zhu Changluo hurried forward and helped up the cabinet officials headed by Shen Shixing, "Please get up, you gentlemen. It's cold outside, come to the hall quickly."

Zhu Changluo dragged Shen Shixing into the main hall of Ciqing Palace.

The temperature in the main hall was warm. After Zhu Changluo came in, he took off the cloak and put out his hand. A serving eunuch immediately caught the cloak and retreated to a plate in small steps.

After Zhu Changluo walked to the main seat, Shen Shixing and others bowed to Zhu Changluo again, "See Your Highness."

Zhu Changluo hummed, and then asked, "Is Zhang Yanghao here?"

When Zhang Yanghao heard that Zhu Changluo was the first to call his name, he immediately came out from the last position and said: "My minister is here."

Zhu Changluo said, "Just wait."

Then Zhu Changluo looked around at everyone in the hall.

Zhu Changluo said: "Move chairs for all the old ministers in the pavilion. I was called early today, and I feel a little bit sorry. However, the matter of celestial phenomena is of great importance, and I dare not take it lightly."

After the officials heard Zhu Changluo's words, they replied: "Your Highness is worried about the country, and it is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty. I will congratulate the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Changluo had long been accustomed to the uniform singing of these ministers.

Sometimes, Zhu Changluo couldn't help wondering whether they had discussed these praises in advance, and they were so uniform every time, which was really amazing.

Zhu Changluo said: "It has been snowing in the capital for days, I think everyone is deeply touched. Let's talk about what happened."

Zhu Changluo kicked the ball directly to the courtiers in the hall. He wanted to listen and see which faction the nine people were divided into.

As soon as Zhu Changluo finished speaking, Wang Jiaping and Minister of Rites Fan Qian glanced at each other quietly, and then Fan Qian stood out of the train and said, "Your Highness, the capital has been snowing for days, worse than before. I think this is a warning from heaven."

Zhu Changluo watched Fan Qian's performance quietly without speaking.

Fan Qian continued: "It has been snowing in the capital for a long time, and the sky and the earth are dense. This is God's warning that there are no upright people in the court. I suggest that a court meeting be held to select upright people to join the cabinet, so as to correct the style of the court."

Fan Qian's meaning was obvious. Although he didn't mention his name, these two sentences are no different from pointing at a monk and scolding a bald man.

After all, Shen Shixing has been the chief assistant for more than ten years, so naturally he cannot tolerate such slander.

If he admits to being cowardly in this matter today, then his career as chief assistant will be over from today.

However, now it is just the beginning, and it is not yet the time for Shen Shihang to end.

Shen Sixiao, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, immediately stood up, and he directly refuted Fan Qian's words.

"Uncle Da Zong's words are wrong!"

Shen Sixiao is not young anymore, but his voice is as loud as ever, and his appearance like a thunderclap directly attracts all the attention in Ciqing Palace to Shen Sixiao.

Shen Si filial piety: "It is true that the capital has been snowed for a long time, but it is biased to judge the wind from this. The Ming Dynasty has a vast territory. As far as our Ministry of Industry is concerned, we receive daily floods in rivers all over the country. There are too many to enumerate. Could it be that all these are counted on the court?"

With Shen Sixiao's one sentence thrown out, this court discussion reached another peak.

Fan Qian seized the loophole in Shen Sixiao's words and said: "It is precisely because of the sluggishness in the court that the world has such a disaster. As the saying goes, when a country is about to perish, there must be evildoers. It is because of the prevalence of evil spirits in the court. , Heaven would warn the world like this. Otherwise, why would Heaven have snowed in the capital for so long to warn the world?"

Shen Sixiao knew that Fan Qian would catch this shortcoming.

In this regard, Shen Sixiao has already taken countermeasures.

He said this on purpose.

Contemplating filial piety: "Is Uncle Da Zong studying these prophecies all day long? Has his knowledge of the world's affairs stopped at this point?"

It's not a joke that a minister of the Ministry of Rites is labeled as a researcher of prophecies and demons.

Although the ancients held a mysterious and awe-inspiring attitude towards many things, the most taboo thing for those in power is that the ministers use these things to restrict the emperor.

Especially in history, such courtiers who practiced prophecy and taboo were almost always represented by treacherous courtiers and jesters.

Normal ministers, which one is not righteous?
Which one is not a righteous person who "does not talk about strange powers and messes with gods"?

How can he be labeled as a prophecy or a demon?
If this is confirmed, it will be a trivial matter to lose the official, but if it is serious, the family will be ransacked and exterminated.

Fan Qian was furious immediately, "Shen Jiaxing, what do you mean? You dare to slander the headquarters in front of His Highness!"

"It's a fact that the capital has been snowing for a long time! In which year have you encountered such a severe cold and long-term snowstorm? Isn't this a warning from the heavens?"

Fan Qian tried his best to deny the hat of denying the prophecy and evil words, and he insisted on the fact that the long snow in the capital is not sunny, which is the warning from heaven.

It sounds like these two things are contradictory.

However, they are not contradictory.

Although things like prophecy and demonic words are also mysterious, they usually appear in the form of Tibetan poems and short sentences.

It is like "the stone man has one eye, stir the Yellow River to rebel", "Don't chase the swallows, chase the swallows and fly high, fly high to the gods", etc., this is a prophecy, a prophecy with serious political prophecy.

Anyone who dares to spread such a prophecy will definitely die!

However, it is okay to use natural phenomena such as earthquakes, blizzards, floods, and solar eclipses to discuss political issues.

Because this kind of thing is "evidence to rely on", based on this natural phenomenon, to comment on the gains and losses of the government and the behavior of the emperor, these are political weapons that have been tried and tested by civil servants in the past dynasties.

Moreover, such political attacks that use natural phenomena as associations are very marketable even in a modern society with a highly advanced civilization.

Because people like to use this kind of illusory rhetoric to explain problems, and when they feel that some political problems have a certain mysterious color, people will think that this kind of explanation is in line with the "rules".

(End of this chapter)