prosperous age

Chapter 594 Chapter 593

To be honest, after Wei Guangde read "Public Security", he completely overturned the previous inherent impression in his mind. This Hai Rui was not scolding Emperor Jiajing at all, but praising Emperor Jiajing.

Of course, it doesn't mean that all the memorials in the main chapter praise Emperor Jiajing, and also point out his personal mistakes, and they are more comprehensive.

However, I don't know why, in later generations, if it can be heard by the public, it will become Hai Rui's "Zhi An Shu" scolding Emperor Jiajing for being fatuous and immoral.

Of course Wei Guangde believed that Lu Bu would not make a mistake in copying the melodies, and what he had in his hands must be the original text of "The Book of Public Security" written by Hai Rui.

I won’t talk about the main reason at the beginning, but I will directly say that Emperor Jiajing is a very wise monarch, comparable to the ancient sage kings Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wenwu, and can be compared with Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xianzong of Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty. Argument.

At the end, Hai Rui also said, thinking that when you first succeeded to the throne, you changed the messy situation since Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty, promoted the advantages and eliminated the disadvantages, and restricted the power of eunuchs. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty is on a par.

Hai Rui is actually very good at talking, especially when he flattered Emperor Jiajing first, and set a tone that the emperor, you will always be great, bright and correct.

Even if it is said later that Emperor Jiajing's determination to forge ahead did not persist for a long time, some absurd ideas led him to deviate from his original intention, and he devoted himself to Xuanxiu. The large-scale construction and the failure to go to court for more than [-] years led to the abolition of discipline.

There have been many cases of promotion and bestowal, and the number of officials and titles has been too much;

The two princes cannot meet with His Majesty, people think you despise the relationship between father and son;

Because of suspicion and listening to slander, killing and insulting courtiers, people think you despise the relationship between monarch and minister;
Playing in Xiyuan and not returning to the palace, people think you despise the relationship between husband and wife.

The officials in the world are corrupt, the generals are cowardly, the people are in dire straits, floods and droughts occur constantly, and thieves are rampant.

In the early years of His Majesty's ascension to the throne, these things also existed, but they were not as serious.

Now taxes and duties have been increasing year after year, and other places have followed suit. Your majesty has exhausted his money and worshiped Buddhism, and has intensified. The room is like a hanging chime. After more than ten years, it has reached the extreme. Therefore, the people of the world changed the year name of Yuan, and speculated: "Jiajing, which means Every house is clean and there is no money."

Yan Song was dismissed from office and Yan Shifan was sentenced to death, which made people feel a little happy, and it was called the political Qingming period for a while.

But after Yan Song was dismissed as Prime Minister, the situation was just like before Yan Song became Prime Minister. It was not a very peaceful and stable governance in the world, and it was far behind the time of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty.

The people of the world have been dissatisfied with His Majesty for a long time, this is known to all the ministers inside and outside, and it is the duty of the ministers to rely on the ministers to help save and correct His Majesty's mistakes, so that you can return to the right path.

During the ritual ceremony, all the ministers offered incense one after another, offered heavenly peaches and medicines, and offered congratulations one after another.

When building the palace, the Ministry of Industry tried its best to build it; in order to obtain spices and treasures, the Ministry of Households sent people to search everywhere.

When His Majesty behaved absurdly, the officials followed him absurdly, and no one explained right and wrong for His Majesty.

The principles of rewarding the good, punishing the unlawful, promoting the good and suppressing the evil have long been lost, because flattery has become commonplace.

These people have been ashamed and discouraged, and they are used to obeying His Majesty according to the wind, and singing His Majesty's praises against their conscience.

How should the crime of bullying the king be dealt with?
Wei Guangde scratched his head, knowing that this Hai Rui didn't want to spread that pedantry to future generations, but on the contrary, he was a very shrewd speculator.

In the main part of the memorial, at least Hai Rui did not say that it was wrong for Emperor Jiajing to engage in great etiquette, it was wrong not to go to court for more than 20 years, and it was wrong to kill loyal ministers.

It is only said that he was wrong in cultivating immortality and asking, and he spent all the money in the world to come up with the saying "Jiajing Jiajing, every family is clean".

Therefore, it seems that Hai Rui's memorial did not touch Emperor Jiajing's bottom line, nor did it reach Emperor Jiajing's rebellion.

In fact, what is the bottom line of Emperor Jiajing?
One is of course accusing him of being incompetent, and the other is some things that happened in the past. The ceremony has always been a hurdle between him and the civil servants. official.

Emperor Jiajing had avoided the biggest hole in his heart, so Hai Rui's life would definitely not be lost.

Think about what the impression of future generations will be?
Hai Rui reprimanded Emperor Jiajing, who wanted to kill him in anger, and all the officials tried their best to protect him, and finally he became known as "Qingtian".

Wei Guangde didn't realize until now that Hai Rui's immortality is not what it said in the scriptures, there must be someone behind the scenes to promote this matter.

not that simple.

Even if Emperor Jiajing really wanted to kill him, it was because of Hai Ruigu's mentality of fishing for fame. He was betting that Emperor Jiajing would not dare to touch him.

Although there were many upright officials who died tragically in the Jiajing Dynasty, these people were all remembered by Yan Song and others in the end.

Emperor Jiajing is very smart. Although he looks for immortals and asks questions on weekdays, it seems that he has handed over the power to Yan Song, but in fact he still decides the affairs of the court. Many people will kill or not, and whether many people use it depends on Emperor Jiajing. will.

Therefore, even though Emperor Jiajing did not go to court for more than 20 years, the Ming Dynasty did not have any major problems.

Hai Rui is an upright official, a great upright official, and a very famous upright official.

Hai Rui became an official as a juror. He first served as a teacher in Nanping, Fujian, and later was promoted to the county magistrate of Chun'an, Zhejiang and Xingguo, Jiangxi.

Honest officials are Hai Rui's biggest confidence in scolding the emperor, and they are also Hai Rui's talisman.

Because the one who kills a clean official must be a faint king, this is the law since ancient times.

If Emperor Jiajing killed Hai Rui, then in front of the people of the world and future generations, it would be shown that he was a stupid emperor, and an incompetent stupid emperor, and Hai Rui would become a loyal minister, and he will still be a loyal minister through the ages.

Of course, Emperor Jiajing would not be fooled by Hai Rui, let himself be stigmatized as a foolish emperor through the ages, and become Hai Rui.

And at this point in time, Wei Guangde also felt that this memorial was very strange.

When was the most chaotic time in the Jiajing Dynasty?
In fact, it should be from the 29th year of Jiajing to the 41st year of Jiajing, when Yan Song was in power for more than ten years. Although the government affairs were operating normally, it is an indisputable fact that the government has accelerated corruption.

During this period, Hai Rui had already entered an official position, and the magistrates and state judges did not give performances, but stuck at this time to publish the "Public Security Book". Wei Guangde guessed that maybe he knew the judgment that Emperor Jiajing's life would not last long through some channels. So at this time, the emperor is most concerned about his posthumous name.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde suddenly realized what he was doing.

In fact, there have been rumors in the court that the Jiajing copy of the "Yongle Grand Ceremony" transcribed this time was something that Emperor Jiajing wanted to be buried underground as a funeral object.

Emperor Jiajing kept urging the school record office to transcribe the grand ceremony. In fact, as long as a slightly smarter official should be able to guess a general idea through this clue.

In the past, when he only used words to understand this era, he thought that it took a lot of courage for Hai Rui to write this memorial, because he thought that the whole book of "Zhi An Shu" should be about the emperor's mistakes, so going to the memorial is tantamount to his own life. Hand it over.

But after being on the scene, Wei Guangde realized that history cannot follow others' opinions, and those who can leave their names in history are not easy to match, they are all shrewd.

Hai Rui was a person who successfully seized the opportunity, and his letter of "Public Security" made him famous all his life.

But because of this, he can only live a poor life, because apart from the unspoken rules in the officialdom, other money is completely out of his reach, just because he wants to maintain this integrity.

This should be what he had already thought about.

Although the salary in the Ming Dynasty was low, each had a lot of filial piety. As an unspoken rule, his reputation as an "upright official" would not be damaged.

Instead of looking at the memorial, Wei Guangde put him aside, but picked up the unfinished "Yongle Dadian" and started to continue his work.

At this time, in the cabinet, Li Chunfang, the second assistant, had already arrived at Xu Jie's office. Xu Jie gave Li Chunfang the memorial of Hai Rui sent by the Secretary of the General Administration, and wanted to know how he would draft it.

This memorandum was a bit hot, although the whole article praised His Majesty's brilliance and prowess, and kept pointing out the emperor's mistakes, Xu Jie didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

After Li Chunfang finished reading it, he also looked at a loss, so Xu Jie told him the news that the envoy had told him earlier.

"I heard that Hai Rui, the head of the household department, said goodbye to his wife when he wrote this memorial, dismissed the boy servant, bought a coffin at home and waited for the court to punish him."

"What, this Hai Rui is so unbearable. This is to force the king to lose his reputation in the world."

"What's the use of knowing? It's rumored that Hai Rui is a loyal and upright minister who dares to speak out against His Majesty, while we are all flatterers who only know how to please the Emperor and do those despicable things."

Xu Jie was in a very bad mood at this moment.

Although he sits on the throne of chief assistant and does the same things as when Yan Song was there, he still has face after all, not like in the past. He will accept all the money the Emperor Jiajing wants, just like Yan Song, and he will accept it. According to reason, strive to reduce the cost of the inner court as much as possible.

Because after Xu Jie and others came to power, Jiajing has restrained a lot, and his extravagant life has been extremely restrained. After all, Xu Jie is more shameless than Yan Song, so he shouldn't be his lackey.

It's just that Hai Rui said that what he actually did was no different from Yan Song, and he directly denied everything he did.

It is conceivable that if this book is passed on to future generations, how will the world look at him and compare him to Yan Song's second?

In fact, Wei Guangde guessed wrong. Emperor Jiajing might not have the intention to kill Hai Rui at this time, but Xu Jie actually wanted to kill Hai Rui to vent his anger.

Anyway, as long as Hai Rui died, everything would be the fault of Emperor Jiajing, so what did he have to do with Xu Jie?

Just like the deaths of Yang Jisheng, Shen Lian and others will only be remembered by Yan Song, and no one will think about other things.

Whenever Emperor Jiajing expressed the slightest intention of wanting them to live at that time, Yan Shifan did not dare to do evil easily.

"What is the chief minister's plan?"

Li Chunfang asked with cupped hands.

"I don't have any good ideas, so I recruited Zishi to come and discuss."

Xu Jie sighed.

"Although the core of this memorandum is my emperor's wisdom, the words in it will inevitably offend Longyan, but I'm waiting, so don't say anything."

Li Chunfang was also upset.

He didn't dare to advise Emperor Jiajing, because he knew that the advice would not be effective and would affect his official career.

Since Yang Jisheng's tragic death in prison and Shen Lian's assassination in Datong, there are not many officials who dare to speak up.

Xu Jie, who had been suppressed by Yan Song's party for more than 20 years, used both Yang Jisheng and Shen Lian to explore the way and test the bottom line of Emperor Jiajing, but they all failed.

Everyone put their wealth and life on this official career, and with their lessons learned, everyone lost the courage to remonstrate directly with Yan Yan.

It's just that I didn't expect that now, there are still people who dare to play this move.

"This son's plan is amazing and should not be underestimated."

Li Chunfang only uttered this sentence for a long time.

"Zi Shi, how do you write the bill?"

Xu Jie remembered the purpose of inviting him here, so he asked directly.

"Master Shoufu, it's better not to write it, and send it directly to the palace for your majesty to read."

Li Chunfang just shook her head, and pushed the matter out, "Buying a coffin and waiting to die, it's a good idea."

"My lord, Prince Yu's Mansion invites you to come over when you have time, and we can discuss things."

In the school records library, Wei Guangde was reviewing the status of the last transcript of the day. As long as he finished reading this copy, today's work task would be considered complete.

"understood."

Hearing Lu Bu's words, Wei Guangde replied lightly.

The purpose of King Yu's mansion looking for him is known without guessing, King Yu must have seen Hai Rui's memorabilia.

But this matter, let's forget about it, and Prince Yu's Mansion should not interfere, anyway, Hai Rui will not die, and there will be loyal and upright ministers in the court who will protect him, Master Hai Qingtian Hai.

Just as Lu Bu was about to go out, Wei Guangde suddenly called him.

"Do you know the news from the court today, has His Majesty sent someone to arrest Hai Rui?"

Wei Guangde asked directly, remembering what he had read before, it seemed that Hai Rui was arrested after reading this memorial, and was locked up until Emperor Jiajing died before being released by the new emperor.

In the past, he didn't pay attention to this matter, but after reading the full text of "Public Security Book" today, his original consciousness was greatly shaken, and he knew that there might be something strange in it.

"No news."

Lu Bu replied honestly.

Looking at the sky outside the house, Wei Guangde guessed that the memorial hadn't been delivered to Emperor Jiajing yet, so let's wait and see.

After looking at the remaining half of the book, Wei Guangde said: "Okay, go down and tell the outside, I will go to Prince Yu's Mansion in a while, and let them wait for me outside the yamen."

"Yes, sir."

Lu Bu agreed, turned around and went out to deliver the letter.

At this moment, in Xiyuan Yongshou Palace, the atmosphere was suffocatingly cold.

The memorials processed by the cabinet today have been sent to the Supervisor of Rituals, and the Supervisor of Rituals also singled out the memorials that need to be read by the emperor and sent them here.

However, when Chen Hong walked into the Yongshou Palace today, for some reason, his feet were trembling slightly.

He kept cursing Hai Rui in his heart for looking for trouble, but he hurt a slave like him a lot.

As a special memorial, it is natural that Emperor Jiajing should deal with it first.

If memorials like Hai Rui's were kept below, once Emperor Jiajing saw it, Chen Hong would not be willing to accept the emperor's anger.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing was sitting quietly on the throne, looking at the memorial played by Hai Rui, the corners of his mouth twitched from time to time, it seemed that Emperor Jiajing was trying to suppress his anger.

Although the opening chapter sets the tone of his brilliance and martial arts, the second and second chapters are all accusing him of believing in religion and wasting national power, how can he stand it.

Throwing the memorabilia to the ground, he said angrily: "Come here, order Jin Yiwei to arrest him immediately, and don't let him escape."

(End of this chapter)