The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Qin Tianjian.

Among the crowd talking, Jian Zheng muttered: "It's a solar eclipse, it's a slightly cloudy day. It's a slightly cloudy day."

At this time, everyone has noticed that the solar eclipse seems to be coming to an end. They can already confirm that the surroundings are gradually getting brighter, and the stars that were still faintly visible in the sky are now completely invisible.

"If you don't see the solar eclipse, you won't be eating. This is a sign from above, don't you think?"

Jian Zheng's words naturally spread to everyone's ears, and everyone knew that this was Lord Jian Zheng's answer when he was considering questioning the palace.

However, when Master Jianzheng's words reached everyone's ears, they nodded unconsciously. They really couldn't find a more suitable reason, so they all nodded in agreement.

Immediately, Jian Zheng returned the booklet in his hand to Wuguan Baozhangzheng and said: "This is what is written at the back, 'If you don't see the solar eclipse, you will not eat it'."

This is also done to unify the tone of everyone in Qintian Prison.

The Ming Dynasty came from the Yuan Dynasty and inherited the household service system from the Yuan Dynasty. All kinds of services required by the government were borne by the corresponding household accounts. These household accounts have "ancestry and inheritance" and continuously provide the government with servants. , which is the so-called allocation of households as errands.

In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order: "All soldiers, civilians, craftsmen, and households of Yin and Yang are allowed to copy their registrations from their original reports. They are not allowed to engage in chaos. Violators will be punished and will still be in their original place of origin."

In other words, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the various household registration classifications of the Yuan Dynasty were recognized and maintained. Military, civilian, craftsman, and stove were the most common household registrations with the largest number of people. There were many other types of household registrations, which were established according to events.

If the government has any needs, there will be corresponding household registrations specially provided for service. Among them, Yin and Yang households are household registrations related to astronomy, calendar, divination, and fortune telling.

The officials here, except for a few, all come from Yin and Yang families. Their families have made a living from this for generations, naturally forming a relatively fixed small circle.

Naturally, if someone here is unlucky, many Yin and Yang households may actually be involved. There are inextricably linked relationships between the families, so we are not afraid of someone talking nonsense.

Just as Qin Tian Jian finished making these arrangements, he walked down the platform step by step and returned to his official office. He still had to prepare a memorial.

Today's matter cannot be taken lightly. Just two sentences can't finish the matter. I have to polish a memorial and submit it to the palace.

In the final analysis, these Yin and Yang families are similar to the alchemists favored by Emperor Jiajing. It is natural for Emperor Jiajing to know what he likes.

However, these all happened in Qintian Prison, and outsiders naturally had no way of knowing.

But now, when the Qintian Supervisor was racking his brains to think about how to write this memorial, Wei Guangde learned from Chen Ju about the changes that had happened in the palace in this short period of time, and he was a little confused for a while. tongue-tied.

"You follow me into the palace."

As soon as Wei Guangde opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Chen Ju: "I'm right here, but I can't enter the palace. It would be terrible if someone sees me."

It wouldn't matter if a close servant like him entered the palace under orders, but he didn't.

If a close servant has an affair with the vassal king, isn't this a recipe for beheading?

Even if he is the crown prince, not the future emperor.

At this time, Chen Ju suddenly became afraid.

It wasn't that he suspected Huang Jin of being evil, but King Jing.

Now because of the solar eclipse, a serious political incident is likely to occur. If it is discovered that he is connected with Prince Yu's palace at this time, and King Jing reports to Emperor Jiajing, no one will get good results.

Now is a window for sensitive events, and he doesn't want to make a mistake and be involved in the battle for the right to inherit the throne, even if he wants to side with King Yu.

After listening to Chen Ju's words, Wei Guangde didn't insist anymore after thinking about it.

"Then I'll go ahead and report this to King Yu."

With that said, Wei Guangde raised his hand to Chen Jugong, and then got out of the carriage and went to Prince Yu's Mansion.

This matter cannot be delayed. We must inform others as soon as possible and think of a solution. After all, we have reached this point. No one wants to give up. We must handle the matter before King Jing learns about it, without giving him a chance to make a comeback.

However, after Wei Guangde got out of the car, he stood in front of the car, turned around and whispered to Chen Ju in the car: "Brother Chen, I'm afraid I need you to worry more about this matter. I think those Taoist priests can be bribed with money. ?”

The only thing Wei Guangde could think of at this moment was to spend money to buy peace. As long as they didn't talk nonsense in front of Emperor Jiajing, there would be room for change.

"I think this is the only way. Those people love silver very much."

Chen Ju replied.

"I see."

Wei Guangde smiled and nodded, then cupped his hands at him, "Brother Chen, wait a moment, I'll be right back."

After speaking, Wei Guangde ran towards Prince Yu's Mansion without looking back.

Those Taoist priests were invited by the palace. If there were too many people, it would be difficult to send people around to look for people to take care of them. The best way was to just sit back and wait, blocking people outside the palace gate. This would require help from the palace people.

Especially the people who led the way were sent by Xiyuan. Without the backing of a powerful figure in the palace, those eunuchs and servants might not sell the accounts of Prince Yu's palace.

Yes, Wei Guangde thought of Gao Zhong.

Huang Jin was originally the most suitable candidate, but it was a pity that Huang Jin had to serve the emperor in front of the emperor, so he must be very busy. Moreover, he and Huang Jin met only a handful of times, and they couldn't talk at all.

It was because of Chen Ju that he got in touch with Gao Zhong and met several times in private.

Wei Guangde quickly returned to the palace. At this time, no one in the study room had left. King Yu, Yin Shizhen, and Zhang Juzheng no longer continued to talk about the solar eclipse, but started discussing knowledge.

He asked, and Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng answered, while Li Fang stood aside and watched with a smile.

But the relaxed atmosphere ended abruptly when he saw Wei Guangde running into the house out of breath.

At first, some of the servants said that Wei Guangde's family came to deliver the letter and that when something happened at home, no one else paid attention to it. However, since Wei Guangde went out and came back like this, everyone knew that the matter must be serious.

However, everyone including King Yu thought that something had happened to Wei Guangde's family, so they were still very concerned and were about to ask if they needed help. After all, they were all from the palace. If something happened, the palace would also have to help. You have to help, otherwise the palace will lose face if word spreads.

But before King Yu and others could speak, Wei Guangde had already spoken first.

When he entered the house, he stood at the door and ordered to the eunuch standing outside: "Wait at the door of the courtyard. If anything happens, we will call you."

This courtyard is the academy of the palace. The eunuchs and servants in this academy have to listen to Yin, Zhang and Wei. Therefore, although King Yu is here, Wei Guangde's words still apply.

Several servants outside the house left their original positions and walked to the entrance of the courtyard to wait, but Yin Shizhen asked in surprise: "Shan Loi, what happened?"

Wei Guangde glanced at Yin Shizhen, then turned to Prince Yu and said, "Your Highness, something happened in the palace."

Therefore, Wei Guangde told the news he heard from Chen Ju exactly as it was, without adding any exaggeration or jealousy, and the narrative was simplified as much as possible.

"how so?"

Before King Yu, Yin Shizhen and others could speak, Li Fang, who was behind the scenes, was already mumbling in a daze.

Wei Guangde ignored Li Fang and glanced at the helpless King Yu. He knew that King Yu would not have any meaningful solutions here, so he had to look back at Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng, "What should we do now? Do you two gentlemen have any good ideas?"

Wei Guangde's words reminded King Yu, who immediately stood up from his seat, raised his hands to Yin Shizhen, Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde and said: "Three gentlemen, please find a solution quickly."

When I first heard about it, I wondered how Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng could do anything in such a short period of time.

Wei Guangde thought about it as he ran all the way back. It seemed that the only way was to bribe the immortal alchemists to minimize the impact of the solar eclipse. He hoped that it would make Emperor Jiajing feel at ease and eliminate his wavering heart.

However, Wei Guangde also knew very well that the emperor they were serving now was not a soft-hearted person, he was very independent.

In fact, it can be seen from his correction of memorials.

Emperor Jiajing did not blindly trust his ministers. According to Chen Ju, Emperor Jiajing approved all memorials only after he made his attitude clear. He was not someone who was neglectful of government affairs at all.

He has his own persistence, no matter what the officials say, as long as he has his sights set on one direction, he will never compromise easily.

In fact, Emperor Jiajing really didn't compromise much, and this has been the case since the beginning of the Great Ceremony Conference.

If anything, perhaps only during the "Gengxu Revolution", he was forced to make a concession to Ada Khan.

For such an emperor, Wei Guangde was thinking about how to change his mind along the way, and the only way he could think of was to "share the gold with everyone", but the prerequisite was that the people around the emperor and the main ministers of the DPRK should also be involved. Be consistent in your tone.

However, if you think about it, you will know that this is too difficult.

Not to mention others, including Yan Song, Wu Peng and others, these people will definitely not listen to them, and this is King Jing's chance to make a comeback.

Therefore, time is really important now, and sufficient influence must be exerted before Emperor Jiajing has determined his position.

At this time, King Yu also gradually calmed down. Although he was still panicking, he glanced at Yin Shizhen and the other three with expectant eyes.

Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng were both lowering their eyebrows in deep thought at the moment, while Wei Guangde was looking at them with a frown.

Discovering this, King Yu suddenly felt something in his heart.

Over the years, Wei Guangde has solved many problems for Prince Yu's Mansion. When he was too poor to eat, it was Wei Guangde's suggestion to send money to Yan Shifan that allowed him to get through the relationship with the household department and successfully receive the arrears. Salary and annual gifts.

"Mr. Wei."

At this time, King Yu no longer called Wei Guangde by his name, and directly addressed him as Mr.

Upon hearing this, Wei Guangde withdrew his eyes from Yin Shizhen and others, and turned to look at King Yu.

"Mr. Wei, can you do something?"

King Yu asked again.

Of course Wei Guangde didn't want to hide his thoughts, but he had a huge amount of money but only one person was short-sighted, so he wanted to see if Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng had any insights for reference, so he didn't express his thoughts at the first time.

Now that His Royal Highness King Yu asked directly, he naturally could not delay any longer and said immediately: "In such a short time, all I can think of is to prevent those alchemists who are favored by His Majesty from talking nonsense in front of the emperor."

Hearing Wei Guangde speak, Zhang Juzheng blurted out: "Tell me more details."

Wei Guangde turned to look at Zhang Juzheng, then turned back and continued: "I asked Eunuch Chen Ju before I came back. According to his judgment, those Taoist priests should be able to use silver."

When Wei Guangde said this, King Yu nodded immediately.

Things that can be solved with money are naturally not a problem. In fact, this seems to be the case in ancient times.

Now Wei Guangde is also following the ancient habit of speaking in half a sentence, starting from the beginning. This may be called implicit.

"Using money, as long as it can be done, is a good idea."

Yin Shizhen nodded in agreement, and Zhang Juzheng also nodded.

"In addition, as far as I know, whenever there is a solar or lunar eclipse in the sky, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government will write a letter of self-reflection, and so will the Emperor."

At this point, Wei Guangde changed the subject and continued: "When I was in the Hanlin Academy, I read a document that recorded an eclipse in early March of the 19th year of Jiajing. The Qintian Supervisor calculated and reported that the eclipse was less than three points. According to the Exemption from rescue.

Later, the Ministry of Rites reported that no celestial phenomena of the solar eclipse were observed. His Majesty couldn't help being happy and said: "God has shown his favor, and I know that I appreciate it." ’”

But when Wei Guangde said this, he noticed that Zhang Juzheng frowned slightly, obviously scorning what Wei Guangde said.

No one in the world could see the solar eclipse just now. Are we still going to cover our ears and say that no one saw it?

The rumble of drums could be heard in Xiyuan.

However, Wei Guangde didn't care about this, because he said that what happened in the 19th year of Jiajing was just an introduction, and what was really powerful was the record of an incident he saw later.

"There was an eclipse on the first day of the first lunar month in the 32nd year of Jiajing. The imperial censor Zhao Jin took the opportunity to impeach Yan Song for his arrogance of power. Zhao said that the solar eclipse on the first day of the first lunar month was a sign that the power was in the hands of the ministers and that the ministers were turning their backs on the emperor and their father. Please depose Song Zao, In response to changes in nature'.

When Shu entered the palace, Yan Song begged to be dismissed from office. Your Majesty "consecrated Qing Ci Yue" and not only comforted Yan Song, but also approved Zhao Jin's memorial, saying that Zhao Jinming had slandered the emperor and was guilty of deceiving nature. He ordered the Jinyi guards to capture and imprison him with a staff of forty. Cut off one’s status to serve the people. "

After saying the two things, Wei Guangde shut up and just observed their reactions.

"Can these two things be connected?"

King Yu didn't understand and asked.

Wei Guangde looked at Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng. They didn't understand the meaning of Wei Guangde's words for a while, maybe because they were too clever.

Wei Guangde thought of this, and then he opened his mouth to reveal the mystery, saying: "Your Majesty does not like people to use the celestial phenomena of solar and lunar eclipses to criticize him for his mistakes. Think about those memorials, they are all written to express His Majesty's delay in government affairs due to practicing Taoism, or to warn the emperor from heaven. There are traitors among them.

Your Majesty has this habit. I guess the impact of this solar eclipse on King Yu is still in its infancy. It is important that we find a suitable reason and explain that this change is auspicious and can be resolved. "

"A suitable reason?"

After Zhang Juzheng repeated a sentence, he still frowned.

"Go to Qin Tian Jian. After this incident, His Majesty will definitely hold Qin Tian Jian accountable. They may have a reason. By then we can unify our voices and not only resolve our problems, but also solve the crisis in Qin Tian Jian. I don't think they will reject."

At this time, Yin Shizhen, who had always had few opinions, suddenly spoke.

In any case, he has been an official in the court for a long time, so he naturally knows and thinks more, even Zhang Juzheng is not as good as him.