My father is Jiajing

Chapter 527 I don't have time to deal with him

Emperor Jiajing sat cross-legged in the Yuxi Palace. After swallowing a golden elixir, he felt that with the help of the elixir, he entered into a mysterious and wonderful state.

Moreover, the images and spiritual lights that he visualized in his mind and flashed across them all gave him the illusion that he could grasp the true meaning of Tao with just his fingertips, as if becoming an immortal was right before his eyes!
But this feeling soon disappeared with the passage of time and the mentality that Emperor Jiajing tried hard to grasp.

At the same time, Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes, let out a sigh, and then moved his stiff and sore joints.

It can be seen that long-term meditation puts a huge test on people's endurance and physical health.

But as long as the desire to seek the truth is firm enough, then no matter how difficult the practice is, these Taoists and Buddhists will be able to endure the loneliness and maintain their concentration. They will sit upright and maintain their solemn appearance in order to achieve the wonderful state of "harmony between heaven and man".

"Ah, it's still a little off."

Emperor Jiajing was very depressed. Every time he felt that he was about to grasp that spark of inspiration, he always fell just a little short, preventing him from truly grasping it.

It seems like it is right in front of you, but it is like a flower in a mirror, making it difficult to really touch it.

Just when Emperor Jiajing had just finished his meditation and was about to get up to stretch his body, clear his mind, and think carefully about what the difference was, Huang Jin came in quietly from outside.

Huang Jin walked gently into the temple, carrying a cup of dew tea that Emperor Jiajing would use during his retreat.

"Emperor, the tea is ready."

Huang Jin's voice was not loud, and to the ears of Emperor Jiajing, it was just right and not abrupt at all.

Emperor Jiajing extended his arms, turned around and took it.

Upon seeing this, Huang Jin immediately handed the tea in his hand to the position where Emperor Jiajing could touch it.

Emperor Jiajing took a sip and said, "Is this the dew from the peach blossoms?"

When Huang Jin heard Emperor Jiajing say it was dew from peach blossoms, she immediately praised him, "Your Majesty is truly a god. The dew in this cup of tea was just picked from peach blossoms this morning. I didn't expect that Your Majesty could taste the flavor of peach blossoms after just one sip. I really admire you."

Emperor Jiajing chuckled, "If you can practice seriously and have some understanding, you should be able to smell the flavor of peach blossom fairy dew when this tea is served."

Huang Jin continued, "The Emperor's teaching is correct, but I am just a dull-witted servant. If it weren't for the opportunity God gave me, and if I hadn't been able to serve the Emperor and get some spiritual energy, I probably wouldn't have gotten wise until now."

Emperor Jiajing said happily: "Yes, yes, you will take advantage of me. I work hard to cultivate, and you will be blessed with my immortality. If I really become an immortal in the future, you may also ascend to heaven with me and become a little boy beside me."

Huang Jin was delighted when he heard this and said, "That's great. I am willing to be the little boy beside the emperor and serve him forever."

Emperor Jiajing laughed again and drank the rest of the tea made with peach blossom water.

There is actually nothing mysterious about the fact that Emperor Jiajing could tell that this tea tasted like peach blossom dew.

Because at this time of year, peach blossoms are in full bloom, and peach blossoms, peach trees and even peach wood itself are sacred objects in the Taoist mythology system. As long as Huang Jin is not stupid, he will definitely collect peach blossom dew in this season to prepare fairy tea for Emperor Jiajing.

And even if we take a step back, even if this cup of tea was not brewed with peach blossom dew, as long as Emperor Jiajing tasted the fairy-like flavor of peach blossom dew, then this tea was brewed with peach blossom dew.

Therefore, no matter what the actual situation is, as long as it is spoken by Emperor Jiajing, it is Huang Jin’s greatest political correctness now.

I will definitely not be clever and say it was some other dew.

After drinking the tea, Emperor Jiajing felt as if he had regained his spiritual energy. His mood became more relaxed and he was no longer depressed about the little inspiration he had not caught during meditation.

Emperor Jiajing asked: "What's the matter today?"

Huang Jin was waiting for Emperor Jiajing to say this.

He knew that although Emperor Jiajing was in seclusion, he had sent Zhu Zaigui to the Wenhua Palace to supervise the country and act as regent, in charge of all military and national affairs during his seclusion.

However, Huang Jin was very clear about the true character of Emperor Jiajing. His desire to control power would never allow himself to really "turn a deaf ear to what is happening outside the window." As long as he had free time and opportunity, Emperor Jiajing would still ask about the situation and things outside.

Therefore, Huang Jin also prepared the memorial that Meng Chong would send today early.

Huang Jin said: "It's not a big deal. It was the incident two days ago when Shen Lian sued Lord Yan and Yan Shifan and his son in the Jinyiwei lobby. But this time it seems a little different."

"The only person impeached this time is Yan Shifan, and there seems to be a lot of solid evidence. Therefore, Prince Yu couldn't make up his mind, so he asked Meng Chong to send this impeachment memorial to me and asked me to present it to the Emperor during his training."

Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but laugh when he heard what Huang Jin said. "San'er is still too young. It's normal for him to be flustered when encountering such a thing. But this kind of thing is indeed tricky."

"These people really know how to find the time. They took advantage of my seclusion and let San'er act as regent to reveal all this. It's obvious that they want to use San'er to do something. Show it to me, let me see what new tricks they have come up with this time."

Although Emperor Jiajing said this, in the end, he took the initiative to ask for the memorial impeaching Yan Shifan.

Huang Jin immediately handed the memorial that had been prepared long ago to Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing looked at the name on the memorial. "Zou Yinglong, the Censor of Guangxi Province?"

This name made Emperor Jiajing feel a little unfamiliar, because Zou Yinglong was not yet famous, and he was just an ordinary official in the capital, even though he was a censor.

After all, there were more than a hundred censors in the Censorate alone, and Emperor Jiajing was not a person who liked to attend court. Moreover, when he summoned people to handle matters, he only liked to summon those who were directly responsible for the matters.

Therefore, if an insignificant official like Zou Yinglong had nothing special about him, Emperor Jiajing might not know who was who.

However, this problem had already been solved by the rulers as early as the pre-Qin period.

In ancient politics, except for certain powerful officials and special meritorious officials, anyone who was paying homage to the emperor or writing memorials to the emperor had to clearly report or write out his official title and name.

The purpose of doing this is actually to allow these high and mighty emperors to quickly have a simple and direct impression, so that they know what the visitor does and what his name is.

Then, based on what they reported, the emperor could deal with the relevant opinions and problems in a targeted manner. It can be said that this method is also one of the foundations for emperors of all dynasties to manage court ministers and major events in the world.

Otherwise, if these ministers really acted like in TV dramas, directly calling themselves subjects when they met the emperor without mentioning their names or titles, and the emperor was not familiar with them, God knows what they were actually doing.

Isn't this a disguised way of increasing the emperor's management costs and time?
Therefore, when the ancient court summoned or submitted memorials to the emperor, the subjects had to write their official titles and names at the very beginning to tell the emperor what they did and what their name was!
After reading Zou Yinglong's name and official title, Emperor Jiajing didn't care much about it. After all, such official title and name were very common, and there was no need to spend energy to remember them.

But soon, Emperor Jiajing's attention was attracted by the contents of Zou Yinglong's memorial.

Emperor Jiajing knew that Yan Shifan had done some bad things and was somewhat arrogant, but he always believed that those bad things Yan Shifan had done were nothing more than being overbearing, greedy for money and lustful.

After all, there was a period of time when Emperor Jiajing still needed to rely on people like Yan Shifan to help him get money and deal with some people that he was not convenient to deal with personally.

But now Emperor Jiajing saw that Zou Yinglong's memorial actually said that Yan Shifan sold official positions and titles, and even named the positions and names of those who bought the official positions, which made Emperor Jiajing somewhat intolerable.

You have to know that these are all privileges of the emperor. If a minister wants someone to be an official, he or she must use the recommendation method to let the emperor know the person's level and ability before confirming the appointment.

But now Yan Shifan dared to act so recklessly that he treated official positions in the court as commodities that he could sell at a fixed price. Isn't this a challenge to the authority of Emperor Jiajing?

Emperor Jiajing's expression suddenly turned ugly.

Then Emperor Jiajing saw the memorial saying that Yan Shifan condoned his evil servants to enclose land and rob, and oppress the people, which were also serious crimes.

But in the heart of Emperor Jiajing, he still didn't care much.

After all, these ordinary people are nothing more than ants in the eyes of Emperor Jiajing. As long as they don't rebel, everything can be solved.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing did not think there was anything heinous about this crime.

Then Emperor Jiajing continued to read on, and when he saw that Yan Shifan actually had a concubine and prostitutes during his mother's mourning period, this crime seemed ordinary, but in the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, this crime was almost on par with the first crime.

Because Emperor Jiajing lost his parents when he was very young, and was alone as an emperor in Beijing. The feeling of loneliness and solitude is not something that everyone can understand.

So sometimes when Emperor Jiajing was expressing his true feelings, he would talk about how pitiful and unfortunate his father and mother were.

Now, this bastard Yan Shifan could be so unfilial as to have concubines and prostitutes during his mother's mourning period. This is simply challenging the moral bottom line of Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing could be indifferent to the life and death of the common people, and could be indifferent to the suffering and disasters of the common people, but anyone who dared to step into his forbidden area would be seeking death!

So after reading this memorial, Emperor Jiajing became furious.

"Rebellion! Rebellion! Is Yan Shifan going to rebel?"

"Selling official positions and titles? Bullying the people? Keeping concubines and prostitutes during his mother's mourning period? Is this how he behaves as a son? Is this how he helps me do things?"

Emperor Jiajing asked several questions in a row, and the expression on his face began to distort.

At this moment, all the fairy spirit was replaced by anger and disappeared completely!
Huang Jin immediately knelt on the ground upon seeing this, "Emperor, please calm down, Your Majesty, please calm down!"

Emperor Jiajing snorted, "Calm down? Calm down what anger? If you calm down, will I still be able to rule the country? No wonder San'er is so nervous and asked you to deliver this memorial. It turns out that Yan Shifan has reached a point that is hated by both humans and gods! He can no longer be called a human being!"

"The decree was passed, Prince Yu presided over the discussion of the two ministries of civil affairs and rituals, promoted Zou Yinglong to the position of Right Counselor of the Ministry of Public Administration, and sent Yan Shifan and others to the Ministry of Justice to be charged with crimes. Yan Song's poor parenting caused this evil, so he was ordered to stay at home and wait for questioning, and Xu Jie was promoted to take charge of the cabinet. Prince Yu was in charge of the country, and the Imperial Household Department was ordered to carve the 'Seal of Prince Yu, the Regent', and his order was called the Regent Order. When all officials greeted him, he could call him "Gu". "

Huang Jin was also shocked after hearing the edict of Emperor Jiajing.

Huang Jin could think of and understand the first half.

After all, Zou Yinglong could indeed be promoted for impeaching Yan Shifan for such a serious crime, and Yan Shifan could indeed be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for trial.

However, Yan Song was suddenly treated like this by Emperor Jiajing, and his entire family was asked to be questioned. Wasn't this just to remove Yan Song from his position as Prime Minister?
If such an order were to be spread, although it would be what many upright people who were dissatisfied with the arrogance and domineering behavior of the Yan Party in recent years hoped for, if this moment really came, major turmoil in the political situation would be inevitable.

Because according to Huang Jin's original imagination of Yan Song's ending, he should have a decent ending of retiring and returning home. After all, Emperor Jiajing was not really a ruthless person.

But now Yan Song could no longer be decent. He could only passively accept the judgment of fate and the Emperor Jiajing's disgust for him.

Of course, even though these things were beyond expectations, they were still in line with common sense. After all, Yan Song was really old and it was time for him to retire.

So no matter which way he stepped down, Huang Jin, the officials of the capital, and even the scholars of the world, could calmly accept this fact after being surprised and pleasantly surprised.

However, Emperor Jiajing actually asked the Shangbao Bureau to carve a "Seal of Prince Yu, the Regent" in the last sentence of the imperial edict, and asked Zhu Zaigui to issue an order as a "Regent Order", and also allowed Zhu Zaigui to call himself "Gu" when meeting with officials.

This is the amazing part.

You know, when it comes to things like this, there seems to be no comparable examples to refer to, both in ancient and modern times.

But now that this decree was spoken out by Emperor Jiajing, Huang Jin was so shocked that he stood still.

Emperor Jiajing waited for a while, but didn't hear Huang Jin's response. He turned around and glanced at Huang Jin, who was still in shock. "What's wrong? Can't you remember my order?"

Huang Jin was startled and bowed quickly, saying, "I have remembered it all."

"Since you have noted it, go and pass on the order. By the way, if Xu Jie wants to see me to express his gratitude, let him go to Wenhua Palace to thank San'er. I still have to practice in seclusion here and don't have time to deal with him."

After hearing this, Huang Jin also bowed hurriedly, "I obey your order. I will definitely bring the emperor's order to Elder Xu."

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