Brocade legend

Chapter 32 Linjiang Immortal

Lu Bing handed the tea bowl to Huang Jin, took the battle report and spread it out to read, only then did he know the reason why Emperor Jiajing got angry this time.

The little prince begged for tribute to open the horse market, but the court refused to allow it. The little prince was furious, so he led [-] horses into the disturbance.The native barbarians in the northwest also took the lead in disturbing the frontier.

After reading it, Lu Bing rolled up the battle report.Emperor Jiajing said: "Compared with this, a few pirates and Japanese pirates who can't get ashore are nothing to worry about. Those carpenters, potters, and pearl divers are nothing more than small ringworms. Those civil servants don't mention it, and I don't bother to mention it. , so as not to provoke them to croak in my ears."

Lu Bing was silent, and Emperor Jiajing frowned and continued: "But this Mongolia is different. This is a serious problem! I don't want them to come to Beijing again."

After the Yuan destroyed the Song Dynasty and occupied the Central Plains, and the Ming Dynasty seized the country from the prairie people, Daming learned a good lesson, that is, he regarded the prairie people as the enemy of life and death, and did not dare to relax for a moment.In the beginning, Beijing was established as the capital, so that the emperor could guard the gate of the country.

Putting the capital only a few hundred kilometers away from Mongolia, the emperors of Ming Dynasty must be vigilant, no matter how muddy they are, they must resist the prairie wolf for their own lives!
But it is really effective. Since the Ming Dynasty, Mongolia has almost no chance to enter the customs. The furthest attack was the civil engineering change, which hit the city of Beijing.Although it is embarrassing to be beaten to the capital and take an emperor abducted, it is still far from destroying the country.

Lu Bing comforted: "Today's Daming is not the Daming of civil engineering changes. Since the Holy Majesty ascended the throne, there have been many reforms, the effect is obvious, and the national power is booming. Since they dare to commit crimes, then we will send them away again. But . " Lu Bing turned a corner here and asked tentatively, "It's not a bad thing to have a common stock in this horse market."

Emperor Jiajing shook his head and said, "You, you have stayed in Jinyiwei for a long time. You only know about Jinyiwei, but you don't understand war. I don't allow the horse market. It's a slow fire method. The grassland is poor in resources and lacks iron. Salt. I want them to have no iron to make weapons, and no salt to weaken their bodies. Besides, people in the grasslands are used to eating meat. I cut off their tea leaves and made them feel sick! Haha!"

After listening to these words, Lu Bing already understood Emperor Jiajing's attitude in his heart. For the emperor, no matter how much a horse market earns, it is a mere profit compared to his country. .

Lu Bing bowed his hands and complimented: "Your Majesty is so wise, it is really beneficial and harmless to weaken the national power without using a sword or gun! Since your Majesty has already made up his mind, why bother."

Emperor Jiajing sighed: "Of course I didn't get angry just because of the little prince and mere barbarians. The little prince didn't come to visit that year. What I hate is that the foreign enemies are still alive and the internal strife is endless. Officials can't stop."

Emperor Jiajing was a little annoyed, and continued: "Actually, this matter has already been discussed. Wang Xian, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and others gathered to discuss, and ordered Tang Long, the commander-in-chief, to vigorously pursue the bandits. But today Tang Long actually went to the memorial to ask for military pay. This military family builds a country Since then, they have been self-sufficient and self-sufficient, and the imperial court allocated land and exempted them from taxes. Now that they have been beaten to the door, they still come to ask for salary. If this is the case, what is the use of them? The soldiers and civilians of Ming Dynasty are so useless?"

Emperor Jiajing took a deep breath, his physique was too weak, he motioned Huang Jin to take out his elixir, took a pill, his face flushed after a while, and he really became energetic.

Emperor Jiajing regained his energy and continued: "That Tang Long is obviously Wang Xian's man. I gave him face and promised Tang Long to take command of military affairs in this battle. Now I have nothing to do, so I come to see you with a shy face. Asking for money! Wang Xian has no shame in supporting Tang Long in asking for salary today, I really wish I could beat him with a hundred court rods!"

This court stick has a long history. "Hou Han Ji" said: "When Emperor Ming was in power, the political affairs were severe, so all ministers whipped the stick."

By the Ming Dynasty, it had officially become a system.The court stick is generally made of chestnut wood. The end that hits the person is cut into a mallet shape, and it is covered with an iron sheet. There are barbs on the iron sheet. A large piece of flesh was torn off from the person's body.

If the executioner is not merciful, let alone sixty, thirty, the victim's flesh and blood will be torn to pieces.Many tortured officials died under the court rod.Even if they don't die, nine out of ten people will be permanently disabled.The highest number of court rods is one hundred, but this has no practical significance. If you hit seventy or eighty times, the person is dead.There are very few records of survival of people with a hundred royal rods.The eighty imperial staff means that both feet have stepped into the threshold of Lord Hades.

However, the court stick is divided into "strike with heart" and "strike hard". As for the method of fighting, the prison officer decides according to the emperor's secret order. , but can save a life.And if the prison officer's toes are closed, then it is "beating with heart", and the minister who is being punished will undoubtedly die.The treacherous eunuch Liu Jin once killed 23 ministers at the Wumen stick.

When Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, because of matters of great etiquette, he often used the imperial staff.At the time of the peak, there were 130 people in the court at the same time, and 16 of them died on the spot.Hundreds of people were stripped of their clothes and lined up under His Highness Taihe. Hundreds of sticks were raised and lowered at the same time. The sound was loud and blood flew everywhere.

Hearing that Emperor Jiajing raised the court staff, Lu Bingsu Rong cupped his hands and said, "It's better not to move the court staff rashly than during the "Great Ceremony", otherwise it will block the speech and deceive the Holy Majesty. Those acid scholars have to arrange Your majesty's right and wrong have tarnished your majesty's wisdom. It is detrimental to the emperor's prestige!"

Hearing Lu Bing's "Great Ceremony Discussion" in advance, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but look stunned, and when he heard Lu Bing talking about those Confucian scholars, he couldn't help gnashing his teeth and said: "Hmph, it's still less fighting back then!"

When Emperor Jiajing came to Beijing as a vassal king, Jiajing's biological father Xing Xian Wang Yifu, but Jiajing Emperor insisted on adding the title of emperor to his biological father, which caused a lot of trouble. "At the beginning, there is a struggle for examinations, for emperors, for emperors, then for temples and roads, and finally for temples and music and dance." The debate.This debate lasted for three years, and after many soul-stirring political struggles, Emperor Jiajing finally won. Grand Ceremony".

This three-year political struggle finally ended with the high pressure of the monarchy. Emperor Jiajing was full of wings, and experienced the supreme majesty of how to exercise imperial power through the process of discussing ceremonies.

During this period, countless officials were imprisoned by the imperial staff, and the imperial staff became the great weapon of Emperor Jiajing's victory, and the more he used it, the easier it was, and finally there was the "Zuoshunmen Incident".

On July [-]th of the third year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing issued an edict to the Ministry of Rites, and on the [-]th, he wrote a letter for his parents, offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, the ancestral temple, and the community, and the officials were in an uproar.

At that time, the morning court had just ended, and more than 200 people, including Yang Shen and Wang Yuanzheng, fell on the Zuoshun gate, shook the gate and cried loudly, saying to themselves, "The country has been supporting scholars for 50 and [-] years, and it is today!"

Later, Wang Yuanzheng, Zhang Chong and others stopped and retained the officials at the south of Jinshui Bridge in the compilation, and He Mengchun, Jin Xianmin, Xu Wenhua and others called on the officials.Then more than two hundred court ministers knelt at Zuoshunmen to ask Sejong to change his will.

However, Emperor Jiajing ordered that all the people be imprisoned and sceptered, and 16 people died on the spot.

Ten days later, Yang Shen, Liu Ji, An Pan and other seven people gathered in the court to cry bitterly, and were once again subjected to the court rod.Yang Shen, Wang Yuanzheng and Liu Ji were all banished.

Lu Bing admired Yang Tinghe and his father and son very much, and especially liked the song "Linjiang Immortal" composed by Yang Shen during his demolition.

the river is long and tempestuous, it was like a hero.Success or failure turned around, the green hills were still there, and the sunset was red for several times.

White-haired fisherman Qiao Jiangzhu, used to watch the autumn moon and spring breeze.A pot of turbid wine was happy to meet each other, and many things in ancient and modern times were in the middle of a joke.

(End of this chapter)