Rise From the Humble

Beijing, Xiyuan.

The blue sky and white clouds are clear, the blue waves are rippling on the Taiye Pond, a line of white cranes are circling and flying in the sky, and the royal palace with red walls and gold tiles is shining in the sun. Such beautiful scenery is like a fairyland on earth.

However, although the sunshine is good, the atmosphere in Xiyuan is as cold and depressing as dark clouds.

Both the eunuchs and the palace maids seemed to have practiced the most exquisite light skills in the world. They walked and did things without making any sound. Each and every one of the servants was so trembling and walking on thin ice that they even wanted to hold their breath.

Without him, Emperor Jiajing was in a very bad mood today.

The "weather" in Xiyuan is not controlled by God, but by Emperor Jiajing. If Emperor Jiajing is in a good mood, the sky will be clear in Xiyuan; if Emperor Jiajing sneezes, the sky in Xiyuan will change; if Emperor Jiajing is in a bad mood, then Xiyuan will be covered with dark clouds and even turn into a violent storm.

Today, Emperor Jiajing is in a very bad mood, so the weather in Xiyuan is covered with dark clouds, and the palace maids and eunuchs are walking on thin ice.

In fact, Emperor Jiajing has been in a bad mood recently.

The day before yesterday, the Beibei bandit chief Anda led his troops to invade Datong again. Why use the word "again"? Because this is the fourth time I have invaded Datong this year. This time I led more than 3,000 cavalry to invade Datong and plundered Dayong, Weilu and other fortresses. The cavalry battalion commanded Qianshi Wang Gong and led his soldiers to resist the Anda tribe at Pingchuan Dun. However, they were unable to catch them. Wang Qianshi and his men were all killed on the spot. General Zhang Teng stationed troops to help the fort, which was very close to Pingchuan Pier on the battlefield. As a result, he was afraid of closing the fort and could not get out. I then led the cavalry southward from Gaoshan City and Brick Kiln, and plundered Shijing Village and other places in Huairen County.

I robbed it whenever I wanted. I robbed it four times in the past six months. I thought this was because he regarded the Ming Dynasty border as his own backyard!

Do you think the master, Emperor Jiajing, is terrible?

Not only that!

In recent days, floods have occurred in Daming, Baoding, Hejian, Shunde, and Guangping prefectures in North Zhili. The fields have been flooded. Local officials in North Zhili submitted a disaster report yesterday. The disaster is quite serious.

When floods hit the north, the south was not idle either. Droughts broke out in Nanchang, Linjiang, Ji'an, Ruizhou, Yuanzhou, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, and Nan'an in Jiangxi. In the past year, there was almost no rain, and the fields The drought is so bad that the trees are almost dying, let alone the crops. Disaster reports from Nanchang, Jiangxi and other places were only one hour later than those from Beizhili.

Floods in the north, drought in the south! Why is it raining so much in Beizhili? It would be great if you go to Jiangxi!

Are you angry or not?

Can Emperor Jiajing be in a good mood? !

However, all the above are just foreshadowing, and not the reason why Emperor Jiajing is in a very bad mood today.

The reason why Emperor Jiajing is in a bad mood today is that he has been refining a furnace of elixir since the beginning of the month. Today is the day to open the furnace to get the elixir. However, in the morning, a strange smell began to come from the elixir furnace.

The elixir is ready, and it should be fragrant! There is a strange smell coming from the elixir furnace, which is not a good sign!

Emperor Jiajing had high hopes for this pot of elixir, because the formula of this pot of elixir was "Eight Gong Danfang".

What is "Eight Gong Dan Prescription"?

Have you ever heard that a person can achieve enlightenment and a chicken or a dog can ascend to heaven? ! Liu An, the king of Huainan in the former Han Dynasty, had two ambitions. One was to practice the magic of Huangbai to become an immortal, and the other was to rebel and become the emperor with his own ambitions. For this reason, he recruited guests widely, and while he was always preparing for rebellion, he was always practicing immortality and elixirs. Among the disciples he recruited, the eight most talented were Su Fei, Li Shang, Zuo Wu, Tian You, Lei Qui, Wu Qui, Mao Zhou, and Jinchang. These eight were famous alchemists at that time, and they were all young-looking and white-haired. , spirited and hale and hearty, the world collectively calls him "Eight Masters". Hachigong gathered together to make elixirs and finally made the elixir. On the day when the elixir was released, Liu An, the king of Huainan, rebelled. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zong Zheng to arrest him. At the critical moment, Liu An swallowed the elixir and ascended to heaven hand in hand with Hachigong. Because things happened in a hurry, Liu An was in a hurry to eat the elixir. Many of the elixirs fell to the ground and were eaten by his chickens and dogs. The chickens and dogs that ate the elixirs also flew up to the sky with Liu An. This is the allusion of "one person attains enlightenment, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

The recipe that Emperor Jiajing used to refine this elixir was the same recipe that Ba Gong used to refine the elixir at that time - also known as "Bagong's recipe".

This is a real fairy recipe! Every alchemy material used in this recipe is a treasure worth tens of thousands of gold.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing had high hopes for this furnace of elixir. However, the peculiar smell coming from the furnace this morning was like a basin of ice water. The Emperor Jiajing's face was filled with excitement and anticipation. Heartbroken.

Therefore, the "weather" in Xiyuan is cloudy this morning.

Therefore, all the palace maids and eunuchs in Xiyuan are walking on thin ice, fearing to get into trouble.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Suddenly, there was a sound of several cases being overturned and tea cups being broken in the Yongshou Palace. The two young eunuchs on duty at the palace gate were so frightened that their hearts almost jumped out of their throats, and they looked at each other with pale faces.

They all knew in their hearts what was happening in the palace. This would be the time for Emperor Jiajing to open the furnace to extract the elixir. The sound of tables being lifted and lamps being smashed came from the palace, which meant that the refining of the elixir had failed!

In fact, when there was a strange smell coming from the elixir furnace in the morning, everyone knew that this furnace of elixir had failed.

However, because it was not the time to open the furnace and get the pills in the morning, everyone still had a little hope in their hearts. This is the Bagong Danfang. How can those previous pills be compared with the Bagong Danfang? Previous experience in alchemy may not be applicable to the Bagong Danfang. Maybe there will be an odor when refining the elixir with the Bagong Danfang. It's out.

Now, the other boot finally landed. As expected, the refining of the elixir failed, and Emperor Jiajing's hopes were completely shattered.

At this moment, a young eunuch walked towards Yongshou Palace from Wuyi Palace outside, holding a memorial.

"What kind of memorial is this?"

The two young eunuchs in front of the Yongshou Palace asked with frightened expressions on their faces.

Don't let it be bad news!

The two little eunuchs prayed silently in their hearts.

However, the more worried he became about something, the little eunuch who was holding the memorial whispered back, "This is the report of the Japanese invasion war in Taizhou. It is an urgent report from 800 miles away. There is no delay. The old man of the pavilion has ordered the little eunuch to submit it to the emperor for reading. Please also ask The two of you are sending a message inward."

Japanese invasion? !

Is there a Japanese invasion in Taizhou? !

Wouldn't this cost us our lives? !

The two little eunuchs guarding the gate looked at each other with pale faces, and at the same time opened their mouths and uttered a silent word.

"you go."

"you go."

The two young eunuchs said in unison.

At this time, none of them wanted to go into the palace to pass the news. They all knew in their hearts that Emperor Jiajing was very angry because of his failure in refining the alchemy. If they went to pass the news at this time, wouldn't it just hit Emperor Jiajing's anger? ! Moreover, not only did Emperor Jiajing get angry, he also reported something as bad as the Japanese invasion!

This is adding fuel to the fire! The risk factor has doubled!

If you go in at this time, the wind will rustle and the water will be cold. Once the warrior is gone, he will never return.