Chapter 164: Not to be implicated

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 164: Not to be implicated

Stay in the palace.

Many copies of the memorial had been copied by Emperor Hongzhi's order, and every minister who entered the palace to discuss matters received one. At this time, everyone was looking down at the memorial in their hands, with expressions on everyone's faces.

Wonderful, shocked, unbelievable, overwhelmed.

Old ministers such as Wang Shu, Liu Jian, and Ma Wensheng were even more unsteady on their feet and felt in darkness. Fortunately, there were many eunuchs guarding the palace, and they would immediately pinch anyone who seemed to faint.

Li Dongyang was woken up by being pinched like this just now. He was also reading the memorial at the moment. Although he had read it once, he still felt a little frightened when he read it again.

Xia Yuan was also lucky enough to receive one. He was standing in the corner of the hall watching silently. His legs hurt, but he didn't say anything.

Zhu Youtang was not sitting on Danbi's dragon chair at this time. Instead, he turned his back to the ministers and looked up at the plaque hanging high in the palace.

On the plaque are four large gilt characters, "cultivate one's moral character and conduct one's conduct."

This statement comes from the theory of Qianfu. The real statement should be to cultivate one's self and practice prudently, which means to work hard to improve one's own moral virtues and deal with problems cautiously.

The plaque hanging in the Jinshen Hall used to read the four words "cultivate one's moral character and practice prudently", but ten years ago, Emperor Hongzhi ordered people to change it to "cultivate one's moral character and practice prudently".

Only one word has been changed, but the meaning has become very different. Zheng means to organize and organize, strive to improve one's own recuperation virtues, and reflect on one's actions at all times.

The plaque was changed from "Cultivate one's moral conduct and be careful" to "Cultivate one's moral conduct and order one's conduct". Many eunuchs and maids in the palace knew the reason, and even some ministers from other dynasties also knew the reason.

On that very cold winter night ten years ago, Princess Taikang passed away.

In fact, Emperor Hongzhi has not always been a diligent and self-denying wise emperor who strives for rejuvenation. He is now, barely so in the first few years after he ascended the throne, but not for a period of time in the middle.

Even at that time, he was completely worthy of becoming a Hunjun, and he was basically the same as many emperors who took the path of a Hunjun. After working hard in the first few years, he felt that the world was peaceful and he had begun to see prosperity, so he began to slack off.

He believed in talismans, set up altars, built large-scale construction projects, was greedy for pleasure, and appointed officials. He had done all these things related to the faint king.

He also favored an eunuch named Li Guang. Later, it was common for this eunuch with the same name as the flying general to rely on the emperor's favor to make money wantonly. It was commonplace to bully the people and rob people of their fields. It was not impossible to correct the imperial edict.

Zhu Youtang may or may not know this, but none of this affected his favor for the eunuch until Li Guang suggested that he build a pavilion on Long Live Mountain.

This pavilion was named Yuxiu Pavilion. On the night when the pavilion was built, Emperor Hongzhi's favorite young daughter, Princess Taikang, passed away.

He was only four years old when he died. His body was not big. He was so small that he could not even feel the weight in his arms. He was obviously still warm, but he no longer had any fresh breath and could no longer speak to himself.

,No longer.

Zhu Youtang still remembers the heart-wrenching feeling. He blamed all this on himself, thinking that it was his two years of banquets and pleasures, and his ignorance that made God punish him and take away the child.

his own daughter.

He held his daughter's still warm little body and silently made a vow in his heart to be a wise king.

He killed Li Guang and acted as a fool for the last time. He ordered the death of those imperial doctors who could not save the princess's life and had no way to save her life. At the same time, he allowed the maids and maids who took care of the princess to be buried together.

From that day on, he became the current Emperor Hongzhi, the Hongzhi Emperor who was recorded in the history books as the founder of the "Hongzhi Zhongxing" and the Hongzhi Emperor who was determined to be a wise emperor.

The way to be a king begins with determination. Without determination, people will not succeed.

The so-called ambition is: reaching up to the sky, down to the earth, with energy and soul all over the world, combining hardness and softness, to help all living beings, and to level the world, this is the ambition.

Make a will first and then make a plan.

The so-called strategist: skills, tolerance, and learning. Skills are the result of Taoism, and tolerance is the state of mind. Only by learning through ancient and modern times and doing things for the world can you be a wise king.

To be a wise king, skill, character, power, and qualifications are all indispensable.

Zhu Youtang knew very well that all he had was just the appearance of a middle-aged man, and at most he could become the leader of a generation.

If you are a wise king, there is no one else but diligence.

Since then, he has exerted ten times and a hundred times more energy than when he took the throne. He dared not slack off and worked diligently every day.

He got up before Mao hour, and had not fallen asleep when it was midnight. He only slept for more than two hours a day at most, and spent almost all his time dealing with government affairs. Even if he was ill, he did not dare to leave the court, let alone take a rest.

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The words "cultivation and prudent conduct" on the plaque in the "Jinsheng Palace" were replaced by "cultivation and prudent conduct".

Reflect on and rectify your actions at all times.

Now Emperor Hongzhi looks at himself and feels that although what he has done in the past ten years is far from excellent, he can barely say a word.

He felt that he had not violated the oath he had made to his daughter. Even though he had not become a wise king, the country and the country had not become much stronger in his hands, but he had been working hard in this direction.

Floods, earthquakes, and extreme cold in winter are natural disasters;

The Tatars who are troubled by the border are because their race is barbaric and dishonest. Even if they carry out mutual trade and sign treaties, it is of no avail. The Tatars still betray their trust and repeatedly invade the border;

The Tusi Rebellion in the southwest is a shortcoming of the system that has been in place for many years. The barbarians only know the Tusi but not the court. They are alienated from their morals and are bewitched by the Tusi. They will have a rebellious heart, and they have been trying their best to reform the system.

All of this, Zhu Youtang can say is not his fault, at least the main fault is not his own, but this time in Guangdong

‘This Qiongzhou rebellion was caused by the emperor’s father’s unclear selection of officials, which led to today’s disaster. This is all the fault of the emperor’s father.

Father, father, I regret my regrets, and I am not completely ashamed of myself.’

Zhu Youtang looked at the plaque and felt that the words on the plaque were very blurry, so blurry that he could not see clearly. The hands in the wide cuffs had already been clenched tightly, and the knuckles turned white.

He took a deep breath, raised his hand and wiped it hard on his face, turned his back and asked, "I think you have already read the report."

The voice was a little hoarse and trembling, but the tone was very calm and seemed extremely calm.

But everyone in the palace felt a chill in their hearts. They could feel the coldness and chill suppressed in the tone and voice. Even if they just looked at the emperor's back, they could feel that something was wrong with the emperor at this time. Then

There is a clear sadness in his back.

All the ministers took back all their emotions and suppressed them in their hearts. Then they bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have all finished reading."

"Then who are the left and right political envoys in Guangdong?"

Although Wang Shu, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was old, his mind was still clear. What's more, when the eight hundred miles of Qiongzhou Rebellion came to Beijing in an urgent report, Emperor Hongzhi had issued an edict to dismiss him from office.

And he, the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, had checked the archives of the Ministry of Civil Affairs a few days ago, so he only recalled it for a moment and said, "The chief envoy on the left is Lin Tong, and the chief envoy on the right is Luo Rong.

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"How long have these two been in office?"

"Lin Tong has been in office for seven years and Luo Rong has been in office for four years."

"I remember that Lin Tong is already in his seventies now, and Luo Rong should be older, and should be in his sixties now."

After saying these somewhat incomprehensible words, Emperor Hongzhi asked inexplicably: "Can the edict of dismissal from office that I issued earlier be reversed?"

"Your Majesty, the decree has been issued for more than half a month. If the itinerary is followed, I am afraid that the imperial envoy from the DPRK has already arrived at the land of the two lakes and wants to come."

"Can't you come back?"

"yes."

"If we can't get them back, then I will make another decree: Lin Tong and Luo Rong are guilty of crimes that cannot be punished. I think that they are old, so I will only kill them and confiscate their property. There will be no implication."

PS: [Jinshen Hall was renamed Baohe Hall during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, which is the one with the imperial plaque on it. Taihe Hall was also renamed by the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, but in the Ming Dynasty it was Huangji Hall. I’m afraid there were some previous

Readers are not sure about this, so they use the name Taihe Palace as a tip. From now on, they will all use the name Huangji Palace.]

Finally, I wish all readers a Happy New Year, live forever, and never die.

Happy New Year’s Day!

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