General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 39 The Old Thief Yan Song
Zhu Zaiyu looked excited, but Jiajing's brows gradually frowned.

"Father, please interrogate Fang Chengyu, Marquis of Anping!"

Seeing Zhu Zaiyong kneeling down, Huang Jin also knelt down on the ground with Zhu Zaiyong.

Jiajing stared at Huang Jin and said sharply, "Why are you kneeling?"

Realizing Jiajing's displeasure, Huang Jin panicked, and hurriedly smiled wryly: "The prince kneels, but the minister dare not stand."

Jiajing snorted coldly, ignored Huang Jin, and led Gao Zhong towards the Meridian Gate.

Although Huang Jin didn't say anything directly, this group of people had already stood by Zhu Zaiyu's side.

Ning Jue's outlandish attire had already attracted the attention of many people when he came to Chengtianmen.

Chengtianmen is the south gate of the Forbidden City, and it is also the closest place for the common people to the Forbidden City. In the early Ming Dynasty, the furthest the common people could go deep into the Forbidden City was the Meridian Gate.

Until the Zhengyuan Festival in the 13th year of Yongle, Zhu Di held the Aoshan Conference at the Meridian Gate as usual, that is, tied the lanterns into a hill, and set off fireworks and firecrackers at the same time. The fireworks and firecrackers prepared by the inner court and the people were ignited, causing a stampede accident. The commander of Jin Yiwei, Ma Wang, and hundreds of people were burned to death and trampled to death.

At this time, behind the Waijinshui Bridge, many people had already gathered.

"Look at this robe is a seventh-rank official, why are you still carrying the cage?"

"This is Ning Bingxian from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He would rather move back the mansion that Xu Butang gave him and live on the street. He would go to court for impeachment. An upright official!"

"Who did you hear this from? Xu Butang is Qingliu. Can Qingliu offer bribes? My relatives are helping workers in Xu's house. It's okay. The house was given by Mr. Xiaoge. I heard that Ning Bingxian scolded him face to face." Old Xiaoge."

"Besides, Xu Butang is Ning Bingxian's teacher! It's really a famous teacher who produces a great student!"

"Hey, it's Yan's father and son again, old thief! Hearing this name is annoying! God has no eyes, and the disaster will last for thousands of years!"

"..."

On the Chengtian gate, Jiajing looked at the people gathering more and more in the distance, but his expression was uncertain.

"What are the people talking about?"

Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon chair, asked leisurely.

Gao Zhong bowed his head and said, "My lord, the people are scolding Yan Shifan..."

Jiajing was obviously taken aback.

"Why scold Yan Shifan?"

"I don't know where the rumors came from in the city. The people all said that the mansion was sent by Yan Shifan, just to silence Ning Bingxian."

The master and servant looked at each other with smiles on their faces.

Jiajing laughed dumbfoundingly and said, "Songjiang Xu Zisheng really deserves his reputation."

After saying this, his eyes finally returned to the cage next to Ning Jue.

"If you don't make a profit, that's the name of the picture?"

Since succeeding to the throne, one of the most impressive things about Jiajing is that the general trend of the world has changed, and there are no more officials in the world who really only want their names and not profit.

More are scholar-bureaucrats like Xu Jie who want both fame and fortune.

Even Ning Jue came here only for the name.

It was enough to make Jiajing treat him differently.

He just looked at Gao Zhongchang, who was standing silently, and sighed.

"Gao Zhong, do you know the difference between you and Zhang Zuo?"

Gao Zhong was taken aback when he heard this.

"I don't know."

"If Zhang Zuo were you, you would definitely not let Ning Jue come to this Chengtian gate with a cage on his back."

Gao Zhong was terrified and quickly fell to his knees.

"The minister deserves to die, so go and kill Ning Jue."

Before Gao Zhong stood up, Jiajing got up abruptly and walked towards Xiyuan.

"No need, its momentum has already been achieved. If you kill him now, won't you be confirming my reputation as a faint king?"

Gao Zhong hurriedly kowtowed on the ground, and said repeatedly: "The minister's ignorance caused the father to be slandered, and I ask the emperor to come down."

"I don't blame you, it's your nature."

"Thank you, the emperor, for your kindness."

Hearing the sound of Gao Zhong kowtowing, Jiajing couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Supreme goodness is like water, which benefits all things without competing for its power, and does not compete for the only thing, so there is no preference."

It's just that Jiajing knew that Gao Zhong might not be able to understand the deep meaning of his words for the rest of his life.

Eunuchs are eunuchs after all.

No matter how good they are in the inner school, their talents are not an order of magnitude compared to those old foxes in the court. What they have is the survival instinct honed in this deep palace. , I don't know why.

The seemingly arbitrary emperor is actually a real loner.

When Gao Zhong raised his head, Jiajing had already disappeared at the Chengtian Gate, and Gao Zhong's robe was already wet with cold sweat.

Regarding Ning Jue, Jiajing neither said to punish him nor accepted his advice, so he just stood deadlocked outside the Chengtian Gate.

Even the common people who came to watch the excitement outside Chengtian Gate were not obstructed.

It was as if they were deliberately making the momentum louder.

Chengtianmen was originally located between the Forbidden City and the major government offices, and when the shifts were dismissed, all the officials could only leave in the crowd.

In particular, Yan Song and his son had to squeeze out of the crowd to get into their own carriage as soon as they came out of the cabinet.

Just when Yan Shifan was protecting his father and walking towards the carriage, he heard someone in the crowd curse clearly.

"One-eyed thief!"

Yan Shifan's remaining eye was wide open, and he yelled at the crowd.

"Who scolded?! It's against you!"

Yan Shifan went head-on, and the crowd fell silent again.

There are hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Jinshuihe outside, all of them are eating melons, and they can't find out who is scolding for a while.

Only Yan Song, who was behind him with gray hair, did not lift his eyelids and let out a low voice.

"Qing'er! Don't be so noisy, go home."

Yan Shifan didn't bother to argue with these people, so he immediately followed behind Yan Song.

Unexpectedly, there was another sound.

"A one-eyed thief, an old thief, was the ancestral grave of Yiyan's family dug up or split by lightning?"

Yan Shifan heard it clearly, this time definitely more than one person cursed.

"Father, it's all like this, do you still have to bear it? If you bear it any longer, our Yan family's ancestral grave will almost be scolded."

"Let's be a job well, it's none of our business!"

Just when Yan Shifan was about to run out of patience.

Yan Song gritted his teeth and said: "Shut your mouth, don't worry, don't ask, go home!"

Hearing his father's reprimand, Yan Shifan gave up angrily.

And among the officials of the Hanlin Academy who were absent, there was also a young man in a Jinshi scarf after he saw the back of Ning Jue under the Chengtian sect, he was silent for a moment, and then hurriedly left in the direction of Shide Hall.

The people behind him gathered more and more, and Ning Jue could even faintly hear the discussions of the people behind him.

Looking at the closed palace door in front of him.

It was as if ten thousand horses galloped past Ning Jue's heart.

Why are you an old Taoist just like an old loach!
Dare to slip any more?

It's all like this, why don't you just kill me? !

(End of this chapter)