Idle courtiers

Chapter 15
What Zhou Nan said just now was about the emperor's lineage, the emperor's heir, and the ceremony. Except for Shi Jieren, Shi Zhixian, everyone present could not understand at all.

It turns out that this incident has been going on for 30 years, and it was a political event that shook the world in the early Jiajing Dynasty.At that time, Emperor Wuzong Zhengde died suddenly in Yangzhou. Because he had no heirs and no crown prince, the queen mother and the ministers had no choice but to choose a prince from the clan to inherit the throne.After selection, Xing Wang Zhu Houcong of Anlu, Hubei entered the Forbidden City, ascended the throne as emperor, and changed his Yuan to Jiajing the following year.This Emperor Jiajing was the emperor of that year.

According to the imperial succession system of the Ming Dynasty and successive dynasties, father and son inherit.But at this time, the problem came. Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Zhengde were cousins, so the question of whether to inherit the emperor's heir or inherit the emperor's lineage was placed in front of everyone.

Shortly after Jinshang ascended the throne, disputes and struggles arose between Yang Tinghe and Mao Cheng, the old ministers of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, about who should be the emperor of Sejong, and the title of Sejong's biological father. parents.To be honest, this request is ridiculous in the eyes of modern people. Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Wuzong are cousins, but now they want to change their name to father, and no one can accept it.

After Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, he wanted to make his deceased father the emperor, and moved his spirit into the Taimiao to enjoy him as his son's incense heir.In this way, a group of ministers headed by Chief Assistant Yang Tinghe was angered, and a huge political turmoil finally broke out.

Finally, under the strong suppression of this political incident by Emperor Jiajing, a group of ministers including Yang Tinghe resigned, and Yang Tinghe's son, the famous scholar Yang Shen, was exiled to Yunnan.

On the surface, this incident seems to be nothing more than an insignificant etiquette about the relationship between today's emperor and the late emperor Zhengde. Whether the emperor Jiajing inherits the imperial lineage or the emperor's heir is actually related to the struggle between monarchy and ministerial power.In the end, the power of the prime minister was defeated by the power of the monarch, and the Ming Dynasty finally completed a high degree of centralization and entered a long period of political stability.

From the 17th year of Zhengde to the third year of Jiajing, four years later, countless courtiers and grandmas were sacked one after another, and even many civil servants and officials were beaten to death by the court staff, and the whole court underwent a big change.The aftermath has not subsided to this day, and has had a huge impact on the political ecology of the Jiajing Dynasty. It is called "Da Li Yi" or "Discussion of Da Li" in history.

This political incident is a pain in Jinshang's heart, and it is also the political red line of the Jiajing court. Anyone who dares to touch it will die without knowing how he died.

It has been more than 30 years since the Dali Conference, which can be described as a long-standing event, and many people do not know such a thing.Shizhi County is also in the officialdom at any rate, and has heard about it.He is a muddleheaded official, but it doesn't mean he doesn't like being an official.Even if he doesn't like being an official and can't bear the fatigue, it doesn't mean he doesn't cherish his wealth and life.

Hearing Zhou Nan's old story again now, he was suddenly startled into a cold sweat. In a trance, he seemed to see Jinyi Tiqi from the capital roaring towards him, stripped off his official robe and tied it with a rope, and sent him to Fusi, Beizhen, Beijing.Such a scene made him completely terrified, and he even had a feeling of paranoia: someone must have wanted to harm this official, and that's why this situation was played... Diao, Diao!
This troublemaker is naturally Zhou Yang. Yesterday Zhou Nan said that the conflict between the two brothers probably came from the ancestral property of ten acres of paddy fields.For a mere ten mu of land, this fellow actually uncovered the case ten years ago, and even involved a dispute over rituals, which is really abominable.

That's right, that's right, Zhou Nan said a lot, the file of his murder case back then was indeed fake, and it was also a fake file deliberately made by the magistrate who tried the case back then, in order not to avoid the minefield of the emperor's heir and emperor's order .Otherwise, once this cannonball is detonated, it is unknown how many people in the officialdom will be unlucky.

The officer adjudicating the case back then knew what to do, how could the officer draw the fire of the prairie fire on himself? Isn't that stupid?

Thinking of the seriousness of this matter, Shi Zhixian waved his hand: "Zhou Jiazhuang Zhou Nan, you don't need to say anything, I already know the whole story, and I will definitely give you justice." Only scholars care about this matter.At this time, he had already believed that Zhou Nan was the original Zhou Xiucai.

"Yes, Xian Zun. Zhou Nan shut his mouth at the right time. He knew that he had won. It seems that Shi Zhixian is not an idiot, and he will definitely not be involved in this kind of political incident, and accidentally accompany Qian Qian into it. Politics Things, once you care about you, it's yellow mud falling into your crotch, it's either shit or shit. So, there is a saying that says that you should keep a low profile when you are an official. Once you become a political star, you can basically talk about your politics. Qian Future has already been sentenced to death. If I were Shizhi County, I would definitely not get entangled in this case any longer. I must cut through the mess quickly and resolve it as soon as possible.

Hearing the conversation between Zhou Nan and Shi Zhixian, although Zhou Yang couldn't understand a word, he still felt something was wrong, and kept shouting: "My lord, Miss Mei is here. Back then, my brother and the eldest son of the Mei family They are classmates and close friends, but they grew up watching Miss Mei Er grow up. Miss Mei Er also knows her brother well, so let them continue to confront each other. Miss Mei Er, Miss Mei Er, didn’t you say that there is a way to verify the identity of this person, now It's your turn to speak."

"Master County, can you ask the girl to ask the suspect a word." Miss Mei Er, who had been standing behind Zhou Nan, said slowly.

The Mei family is a big family in Andong County, and there was a scholar in the family who was well-known.He is also from a family in Shuishang. On weekdays, he investigates smuggling in Shuishang and maintains law and order. The county government usually borrows from his family, so the county magistrate still wants to give him some face: "Miss Mei, you have something to say, but it's okay to ask."

"Thank you, sir." Miss Mei Er walked up to Zhou Nan, looked at him who lowered her head, her pretty face suddenly blushed slightly: "You said you were Zhou Nan and Zhou Xiucai, I have a birthmark on me. The scholar also knows. Let me ask you, where is this birthmark... ah... it's you, and you were the one who painted "Linjiang Fairy" at my house last night?"

While speaking, she suddenly lifted her veil and looked at Zhou Nan vigorously.

At this time, she finally understood that the suspect in front of her suddenly chanted "The most troublesome silk shakes behind, and turned to Yichunshan. The dream of wearing a skirt is intermittently responding to difficulties. No matter how much hate the West Wind blows, the eyebrows will not scatter." .” A great talent for such poignant lines.

He turned out to be Zhou Xiucai, his brother-killing enemy... No, no, no, it's impossible, no, it's not like!

Seeing Miss Mei Er's beautiful face suddenly, Zhou Nan's eyes were dazzled, she was so beautiful, not inferior to Yun Niang.However, the beauty of her and Yunniang belong to two different types.Yunniang belongs to the kind that doesn't make much sense at first glance, but the more you look at it, the more attractive she becomes. Her temperament is gentle and docile, and getting along with her gives people a relaxed and happy feeling.As for the beauty of the woman in front of her, she was so intrusive that it instantly blinded people, she was simply radiant.

It turned out that she was the host of the banquet and poetry meeting yesterday.And she has the younger sister of the person Zhou Xiucai killed, what a coincidence!

The worst part is that Zhou Xiucai grew up watching Miss Mei Er wear crotch pants.Thinking about it, Ms. Mei was an ugly child when she was a child, and she lived in the water, and she was fishing and catching shrimps in the water when she was three or four years old. Zhou Xiucai must have seen her heroic figure in a swimsuit, so she is naturally familiar with her physical characteristics.

The hidden parts of Miss Mei Er's body must be different from ordinary people, and the former Zhou Xiu just happened to know.

When this question is asked, how should I answer it, isn't this fatal?

(End of this chapter)