prosperous age

Wei Guangde cared about Huang Jin's matter because he was actually thinking about Huang Jin's care for them at the beginning, and Chen Ju came to talk about it that night and was a little sad.

After all, when Gao Zhong died, it was arranged by Huang Jin, and it was Huang Jin who told him that his job could be kept afterwards.

People are grateful.

When others treat him well, even if Chen Ju doesn't say it, he remembers it in his heart.

Wei Guangde is also a similar person, and he doesn't think that Emperor Longqing should treat Lao Huang's family like this.

It's just that they don't know what Huang Jin did to offend Emperor Longqing and make him unhappy to make such a decree.

The three of them finally left the palace gate and looked up at the gray sky. Although it wasn't snowing anymore, the temperature was very low. Even though he was wrapped in furs, Wei Guangde still felt bitingly cold.

"Let's find a shop to drink hot wine."

Wei Guangde spoke.

"Alright, it's so cold."

"Well, it feels like this year is colder than last year."

"In previous years, the canal was frozen at the end of October, but this year it was postponed to November, and it looks like it will be cold until the end of February."

A few people walked and talked, and soon found a restaurant, entered a private room, ordered food, and warmed up by the stove.

"I remember Shandai said before that whenever a disaster occurs, the Tartars will choose to go south, break through the wall and enter to loot supplies. I don't know what the situation will be this year."

Chen Yiqin said with some concern at this time.

Reminded by his words, Wei Guangde also immediately reacted, "This year the temperature dropped late, but the duration seems to be longer. In previous years, it has begun to pick up at this time."

"Yeah, if it's still this cold, the gang from the north won't go south to loot again."

Yin Shizheng answered.

"The Ministry of War does not know whether it has sent a message to Bianzhen to remind them to take precautions."

Wei Guangde asked.

"did not see."

Chen Yiqin frowned and said.

"So, Bian Town may not be prepared."

Yin Shizhen said slightly anxiously.

"It's not urgent. Since they are guards, if they don't have this vigilance, it can only show that they are incompetent. The court just took this opportunity to clean up and replace competent people."

Wei Guangde didn't take it seriously, the Ministry of War had the obligation to remind such things, but if something happened, the board would still be hit on the commanders-in-chief and guards of the border towns.

"By the way, Shandai, the cabinet received a memorial from Zhang Chong, governor of Southern Jiangxi the day before yesterday."

Chen Yiqin spoke again as if suddenly remembering.

But at this time, the store brought food and drinks, and the three of them stopped talking, and they continued talking after they were ready to leave.

"What did Zhang Chong say?"

The governor of Nangan is actually in charge of the southern part of Jiangxi and the border area between Guangdong and Fujian, so Jiangxi also has the responsibility of concurrently managing it.

But since I mentioned it, it must have something to do with Jiangxi.

Now that Wei Guangde is an official of Jiangxi in the capital, he is naturally very concerned about the situation in his hometown, and he should always help and talk.

"Longhushan Zhengyi real person, do you know? Jiangxi shouchen said that Zhang's job title was given a seal without a system, and that he hid taxes and evaded public service. Devouring is useless for the world and harmful to the people. It is advisable to punish him forever." .”

Chen Yiqin said.

"Ok?"

Wei Guangde became suspicious, Longhushan Zhengyi real person is actually the mansion of the later Longhushan Celestial Master, of course he knows this.

After failing the provincial examination, Wei Guangde also traveled around Jiangxi, including Longhu Mountain.

But at that time, he was just a young scholar, so naturally he couldn't be received by Zhang Tianshi, but he made friends with two Taoist priests on Longhu Mountain.

However, Wei Guangde is not interested in the title of Zhengyi Daoist, but it is a little strange that he doesn't know about it.

It seems that it should be an errand for the Ministry of Rites to ask the court to abolish the title of "real person". Why was this memorial not sent to the Ministry of Rites but directly to the cabinet?

Looking at Wei Guangde's suspicious eyes, Chen Yiqin explained: "Zhang Chong reported that the Lanhu in Wanyang Mountain seemed to be unstable, so he made the report in advance and asked the imperial court to give him the right to act arbitrarily. "

The so-called blue households are actually households that grow a plant that can extract indigo dye. Because these blue households often live together, they are called blue households locally.

"As for the fact that Longhushan is a real person, although I mentioned it in passing, I feel that this should be a probing move by Governor Zhang."

Chen Yiqin looked at Wei Guangde and said in a low voice.

It is true that Emperor Longqing has changed a lot since he took the throne, especially Taoism.

I am afraid that Zhang Chong is not sure about the emperor's attitude, so now he mentions this matter in his memorials about other things, and we will see the emperor's reaction.

If the memorial is successfully approved, it is estimated that the Ministry of Rites will soon receive a memorial requesting the removal of "Zhengyi Zhenren".

"Longhushan Zhengyi's real title does not seem to exist in the canonical system."

Wei Guangde bowed his head and thought about it before he said: "However, this title was granted by the Taizu, and since there is no record in the canon system, it will be abolished, I'm afraid it will be unreasonable.

As for the others, they are all excuses. If there are any, Governor Zhang should send all the witnesses and material evidence to Beijing, and his own department will make a decision. "

Just the title of a real person, Wei Guangde doesn't think it will have any impact on Jiangxi.

Later generations talked about Longhushan as a "celestial master", and few people said "a real person", so Wei Guangde didn't plan to help say anything about this matter, just let it be.

The Aoshan Lantern Festival in the second year of Longqing was very grand.

In the first year, because of the emperor's great travel, no matter the scale or style, it was basically copied from the previous year, and there was nothing new.

But this year, the inner court seems to want to make a big deal of it. After all, Emperor Longqing liked this event very much before he ascended the throne.

On the fifteenth day, Emperor Longqing went to Chengtian Gate early to have fun with the people.

In the first month, nothing major happened in the court, and it passed smoothly.

Entering February, Wei Guangde saw in the official document sent by Jiangxi that Jiangxi Shouchen proposed to abolish the title of real person Zhengyi of Longhushan.

Counting the time, Zhang Chong's memorial to the Ministry of War should have been issued, and it was indeed prepared.

But he had already made up his mind to ignore this matter, not to mention that no one came to talk to him during this time.

In February, the Ministry of Rites had many things to do, and the examination was about to begin, but the palace had not revealed the candidate for the examiner for a long time.

However, when Gao Yi called Shangshu to discuss the matter, Wei Guangde only expressed his own opinion, nothing more than that there was no canonical system, and it is reasonable to cut leather, even though he is a real person named by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The change in Wei Guangde's attitude was mainly due to the fact that he saw a scandal involving the contemporary Zhengyi real person in his official documents. If there was no such thing, the officials in Jiangxi would not have to mention it.

After hearing Wei Guangde's words, Gao Yi didn't say much, just nodded slightly, and then took out a memorial and handed it to Wei Guangde, "Let's take a look at this memorial first, I intend to play it from Chen Wen of the Ministry of Rites."

Wei Guangde was a little curious, and reached out to take it, not knowing what Gao Yi planned to report.

It's just that he got the memorial, he opened it and glanced at it casually, and he was shocked.

They are all human beings.

It turned out that this memorandum was about Gaoyi, the Minister of Rites, who planned to revive the appointment of the crown prince.

Gao Yi actually mentioned this matter when the prince bestowed the golden book last year, but it was rejected by Emperor Longqing at that time, thinking that it was not good to register the prince during the national funeral. Unexpectedly, Gao Yi mentioned this matter again now.

But right now, Emperor Longqing has only one son, Zhu Yijun. I heard that Concubine Li Gui is pregnant again, but I don't know if the baby is a boy or a girl.

At this time, Gao Yi's memoir for the establishment of the crown prince should also be aware of some situations in the palace. The empress Chen is not favored, and it is difficult to give birth to the emperor's son, so Li Guifei's name is basically stable.

Thinking of that child back then, Wei Guangde couldn't help but smile knowingly.

After a quick scan of the full text of the memorandum, there was no problem. Gao Yi had already signed the memorandum, and Wei Guangde naturally took up his pen and signed his own name.

Next, Gao Yi should also communicate with other officials in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites and ask them to join the performance, but I don't know if Emperor Longqing will agree to the crown prince this time.

But no matter what, Wei Guangde has nothing to lose if he succeeds or fails.

If Zhu Yijun was appointed as the crown prince at this time, he would be regarded as an emperor's teacher after a few years out of the court to study.

Wei Guangde was still a little complacent at this time, but Emperor Longqing made such an arrangement verbally before, after all, there was no will to appoint a crown prince.

But thinking about it, based on his relationship with the emperor, he probably wouldn't change his mind.

But, after all, I came from a later generation, and there was no such person as him in the court. If there were no accidents, little Zhu Yijun's teacher was Zhang Juzheng.

Thinking of Zhang Juzheng, Wei Guangde sometimes really thinks this is a trouble.

But if we want to find a way to bring him down, Wei Guangde thinks he doesn't have the strength, Xu Jie is still in court, and Emperor Longqing seems to know how to divide the court, so he won't bring down the Xu party with one blow.

Anyway, Wei Guangde has this feeling, the emperor trusts them old people, but it seems that he also intends to protect other powers in the court.

In the evening, the originally happy mood suddenly disappeared because of Chen Ju's sudden visit.

Originally happy today, Wei Guangde was still holding his youngest son and playing with Wei Dacheng, but when Chen Ju brought the news, the emperor ordered Li Fang to go home and stay idle in the afternoon.

"How could this be?"

This change is really a bit big, and there was no wind before.

"Isn't it? I was there at the time, and I was shocked when I heard the emperor say this."

Chen Ju sat there with his head drooped, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Eunuch Li is just a word of advice. It used to be like this often, but why did you cause such a big disaster this time? What happened in the palace these two days?"

Wei Guangde asked strangely.

"It's nothing serious, but yesterday, Eunuch Li asked to stop collecting [-] shi of white cooked rice and [-] jin of white green salt. At that time, the emperor also nodded and agreed, and nothing else seemed to happen."

Chen Ju looked up at Wei Guangde and said.

"Who will take over Eunuch Li's errand?"

Wei Guangde asked again.

"The emperor didn't say to suspend Eunuch Li's duties, but just let him go home to rest, and naturally he didn't say that the errands should be re-divided."

The eunuchs in the palace are actually similar to the officials in the yamen. The ministers take care of the overall situation, and the official affairs below are assigned to the left and right servants respectively.

It seems that there are high and low servants on the left and right, but it is actually a saying. The rights are actually the same, but the order of ranking matters.

Those big eunuchs have also divided their respective affairs long ago, and generally they will not easily interfere in other people's errands, unless they are punished by the emperor and lose their posts.

Wei Guangde didn't expect Li Fang to fall so soon, but he still asked, "Is Eunuch Li living in the palace or outside?"

"Still in the palace."

Chen Ju replied.

The homes of eunuchs are all in the palace, and the houses outside the palace can only be regarded as outhouses. After all, they are servants of the royal family, and the emperor should give them a nest no matter what.

Emperor Longqing asked Li Fang to go home, so he naturally did not dare to leave the palace, but could only stay in the palace.

"Then you can help me take care of me more, and go and see if I have nothing to do."

Wei Guangde said in a low voice, "I'll talk to Yifu tomorrow about this matter, and see if he can talk about it."

The next day, Wei Guangde went to the Ministry of Rites to deal with the official documents first, and then contacted Chen Yiqin to come out for a sit-down at noon, when he received the memorial that had been approved by the cabinet.

"The imperial edict reforms the name of a real person, seizes his seal, and uses his descendant Zhang Guoxiang as a point of view of the Qing Dynasty, and casts a point seal for him."

From the Jianwu Middle School of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling began to practice Fushui. It is said that there was Zhang Lu in several generations, that is, the five-dou rice thief in history. , The alchemy place set up an altar to teach the law.

In the Huichang period of the Tang Dynasty, the name of Zhenxian was first given, and the view of Wang Qinruo in Dazhong Xiangfujian in Song Dynasty was changed to Shangqingguan. From Yuan to Zhengzhong, the leader of Zhengyi was named, and the real person was in charge of the talisman. The imperial order was inherited, and it was passed down to his grandson Zhang Yongxu. Zongwen Shuxu died without heirs.

Some things are not written in the imperial decree, so the official documents use the names of "non-contained codes" and "hidden tax evasion".

The name is not right, the words are not right, and there are mistakes, so naturally it should be punished.

Quickly sign and arrange for people to send it out. Naturally, there will be people and pedestrians, and people from Rike will go to Jiangxi to proclaim the decree and take back the seal of the real person.

This is actually considered the grace of Emperor Longqing. Although the title of Daoist was revoked and changed to a point, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang’s decree to let Zheng Tianshi take charge of Taoism in the whole country has not been taken back. Zhang Tianshi is still the leader of Taoism in the country, but changed Individuals can no longer be called "real people" in the future.

At noon, Wei Guangde waited for Chen Yiqin at a nearby restaurant, seeing him smiling, it was obviously a good thing.

"Brother Yifu, are you taking a concubine?"

Wei Guangde said nonsense casually.

"I wanted to announce the good news to you, but I waited for your words. Forget it, let's not talk about it."

Chen Yiqin said with a straight face.

"Just talking nonsense, don't mind, Mr. Chen, please take a seat."

Wei Guangde said with a laugh, and waited for Chen Yiqin to sit down before he said: "Look at Brother Yifu's face, does this mean something good happened?"

"Good job everyone."

Chen Yiqin laughed again.

"Then let's hear it?"

Wei Guangde said suspiciously.

"I'm afraid you have forgotten what day it will be soon, haha"

Chen Yiqin stroked his beard and smiled.

"What day? Will you try?"

Wei Guangde asked tentatively.

These days, the main focus is on the exam. There are a lot of applicants for this subject, and the Gong Yuan also arranged for people to clean it out in a hurry, so Wei Guangde took it for granted that it was a matter of the exam.

"meeting"

Chen Yiqin shook his head, "February is His Majesty's birthday, you can forget such a big event, return it to the Minister of Rites."

"Yeah, it seems so, but I'm too busy to try it now, so that's out of my control."

Only then did Wei Guangde want to go, there really was such a thing, he just didn't care about the preparations.

"Your Majesty's birthday is celebrated with grace, assistant ministers and former lecturers, hehe, you know."

Chen Yiqin started selling off at this time.