Chapter 430 Take the initiative to ask for help
The cauldron was speeding up. Jiang Qingzhi was still wondering why.
Could it be Zuo Shunmen?
In the Zuo Shunmen Incident, civil servants suffered heavy casualties, and the Emperor Jiajing was forced to discard his disguise and stand in the forefront in a serious manner.
What impact does this incident have on the country's destiny?
Which one is more beneficial to the Ming Dynasty: a Taoist who seems to be indifferent or a Taoist who walks in the open?
While Jiang Qingzhi was concerned about the reward, he was also waiting for Uncle Ding to make his judgment.
The cauldron spun faster and faster, and then the number plate began to flip.
"One month, two months, three months... Shit!"
Jiang Qingzhi's eyes lit up, "Come again!"
"May, June... Tsk tsk! The Taoist is so mighty!"
The digital dial slowly slowed down and finally stopped at .
Jiang Qingzhi found the record, " years, so long?"
Can the Taoist's presence at the forefront be worth more than a year of national life?
Jiang Qingzhi didn't think so. In his opinion, if the Taoist continued to hide in Xiyuan, it would be more beneficial to the overall situation.
Moreover, the Taoist priest was accustomed to practicing Taoism and to remotely controlling the government through the Prime Minister.
So what made Da Ding offer such a generous reward?
"The ruler and his subjects...the fate of the country."
Jiang Qingzhi muttered, "The struggle between the emperor and his subjects lasted throughout the entire Ming Dynasty. Starting from Hu Weiyong and others, the power of the emperor and the power of the prime minister, and the power of the emperor and the power of the subjects have been going back and forth in constant struggle..."
In the middle and late periods, the literati had actually completed the ultimate task of suppressing the emperor. Even the fiery Emperor Chongzhen, faced with the non-cooperation of his ministers and the literati, the imperial power became a mere decoration.
The Zuo Shunmen incident, in which the emperor and his ministers clashed once again, ended in a dramatic way, highlighting a fact...
"The emperor is afraid of his subjects, and the subjects are afraid of the people..."
What would happen if the emperor understood this principle thoroughly?
The scholar-official class will be completely defeated by the people.
Does the emperor dare?
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In Yongshou Palace, Emperor Jiajing was looking at the impeachments, and Lu Bing was talking about the situation in Yunnan.
"Most of the chieftains in Yunnan are unruly. Mu Chaobi has been in charge of Yunnan for several years and has gained some prestige. Most of the Yunnan gentry are on good terms with the chieftains and the Mu family, and most of them are waiting to see who will inherit the title."
"What kind of person is Mu Chaobi?" asked Emperor Jiajing.
"This man is cruel and murderous." Lu Bing said.
"Cruel and murderous!"
Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and Lu Bing took his leave.
A eunuch brought in more memorials, the third batch today.
"They are all about impeaching Long Wilbur."
"It's quite a big deal." Emperor Jiajing casually flipped through a memorial and threw it on the table.
The power of the scholar-officials when they banded together was considerable, and even Emperor Taizu Gaozu could only compromise with them.
"People?"
Emperor Jiajing once again thought of Jiang Qingzhi's hint.
But if the scholar-official class is completely defeated, what will become of the Ming Dynasty?
Emperor Jiajing narrowed his eyes and said, "Inform all officials about the Duke of Qian."
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"One year and two months is not a small amount, but if you take this approach, you should at least reward the country with ten years of life."
Replacing one class with another is a radical change, and its impact on the country's destiny will be measured in decades at least.
"It's too early now. The people are ignorant. If we completely defeat those people, who will rule the world? That's why we only give them a little over a year."
Jiang Qingzhi's mind suddenly became clear. At this moment, a phantom was constantly solidifying in the space.
Puff puff!
Boxes of things fell into the space.
Looks quite exquisite.
"What kind of baby is it?"
Jiang Qingzhi got out a box and was dumbfounded when he opened it.
"What is it, Gatling?"
What the hell!
“Isn’t this a firework?”
"A hundred-shot Gatling gun, what am I going to do with it, Mr. Ding? Set fire to something?"
Jiang Qingzhi thought of Gatling, whom he had seen during the Chinese New Year.
That thing looks impressive, but it's actually just a lot of fireworks tied together and fired in turns.
It’s almost the end of the year. I’ll take out a few tubes and release them on the last day of the year.
Release it towards the sky.
That night, the entire Xin'an Lane will become the most handsome place in the capital.
A man remains a boy until he dies!
Jiang Qingzhi suddenly felt like he was looking forward to the New Year.
I forgot one more thing.
Jiang Qingzhi hurried out of the study, shouting, "Madam, Madam!"
"Husband!" Li Tian was taking inventory of the warehouse, which was one of the important tasks of a wife in charge at the end of the year.
"What kind of filling do you like for glutinous rice cakes?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
"Ciba?" Li Tian didn't have any particular liking for this thing.
"Yes, it's stuffed with red bean paste. Do you like it?" Jiang Qingzhi said, "The glutinous rice cake is filled with red bean paste. It can be fried, roasted or deep-fried. In this weather, put a grill on the charcoal basin and put the red bean paste glutinous rice cake on it. It will swell up soon, and the red bean paste inside will also swell out. Wow! Take a bite, and you can taste the sweetness of the glutinous rice and the salty powder of the red bean paste..."
There are also fried ones. Fry the glutinous rice cakes in oil until both sides are golden brown, sprinkle some salt on the surface, and the glutinous rice cakes will be more delicious with the added fragrance of the oil.
As for high-calorie deep-frying, the main feature of that thing is the heavy oil and the crispy and glutinous texture.
What the hell!
Jiang Qingzhi felt that he couldn't bear it anymore.
"I... can eat anything." Li Tian didn't understand why Jiang Qingzhi was so greedy.
Jiang Qingzhi went to the front yard and asked someone to prepare glutinous rice.
"Soak it overnight and steam it tomorrow morning. Prepare the red bean paste filling as well. Wrap half of the glutinous rice cake with red bean paste and leave the other half with nothing."
Jiang Qingzhi was getting impatient. "Also... get some stone mortars for beating glutinous rice cakes. Get some wooden hammers."
Jiang Qingzhi was so busy attacking that he didn't even notice Xia Yan coming.
"You are such a noble lord, yet you are so greedy." Xia Yan sighed, "If you don't know, you would think that His Majesty has deducted your salary."
"Mr. Xia, it's not too late to be stubborn after the glutinous rice cake is ready." Jiang Qingzhi laughed.
"Meow!" Duoduo came out of the kitchen holding a small fish. The cook followed with two small fishes in his arms, looking doting, "Duoduo, take these two too."
"Meow!"
Duoduo grabbed Jiang Qingzhi's trouser leg and climbed up. Jiang Qingzhi hugged it and asked, "Mr. Xia, is there something wrong?"
"The news of the Duke of Qian's death suddenly spread throughout the capital, sparking a lot of discussion. Among them, the speculation that Mu Chaobi killed someone to seize the title was rampant. There was even a storyteller who had written a story about Mu Chaobi poisoning the Duke of Qian, and was telling it in restaurants and teahouses."
What the hell!
This efficiency is comparable to that of e-commerce in later generations.
"What does the court mean?" Jiang Qingzhi frowned.
"I am quite surprised and curious that you didn't get involved in this matter." Xia Yan said, "I don't know why you are so hostile to Mu Chaobi. At first I thought you were interested in the girl from the Mu family, but later I found out that you were just casual acquaintances. Qingzhi, you didn't get involved, but you got involved instead."
Jiang Qingzhi was stunned.
"According to your personality, you should be criticizing Mu Chaobi right now, but you have stopped and are just sitting at home making... glutinous rice cakes. What do you think the outside world will think?"
"When I do things... let me put it this way, Mr. Xia, I never consider what others think when I do things." Jiang Qingzhi grinned, "I live my life as I please."
"So cool. By the way, how do we make the glutinous rice cake?"
"Soak the glutinous rice overnight..."
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"With Mu Gong gone, Mu Chaofu's line is cut off. According to the rule that the younger brother inherits the title after the elder brother dies, it is only natural for Mu Chaobi to inherit the title."
At the Tongzhengshisi, Zhao Wenhua held up the memorial in his hand and asked, "Are there any other similar memorials?"
Several Tongzhengshi looked up and said, "I have two copies here."
"I have a copy here..."
Zhao Wenhua collected these memorials and delivered them to Zhilu personally.
"Foster father, these are all memorials speaking for Mu Chaobi." Zhao Wenhua smiled at Yan Shifan who looked up, "In the past two years, Mu Chaobi has been giving away gifts lavishly in the capital and has won over many people. This time, the Duke of Qian went there, and many people spoke for him!"
Yan Song took the memorial, flipped through a few copies, looked up at Yan Shifan and said, "What do you think of Donglou?"
Yan Shifan said, "From the perspective of bloodline, Mu Chaobi should inherit the title. But the two Dukes of Qian died in unclear circumstances. By the way, even the Duke's biological mother died with him this time, which shows how unscrupulous Mu Chaobi is. If he is allowed to inherit the title... will the dignity of the court still be preserved?"
Zhao Wenhua nodded. "It's not good to start such a thing, the instigator is the one who started it!"
Will he have no descendants?
Once this precedent is set, the children of the powerful and wealthy will follow suit.
what?
I am the second son and cannot inherit the title?
Mu Chaobi is still a brother!
Let me see who should inherit the title?
Kill him!
Now that they are all dead, it is naturally my turn.
This is a bad precedent to set.
Yan Song pondered.
"But what about the situation in Yunnan?" Xu Jie suddenly asked.
Yan Shifan glanced at him and asked, "Do those chieftains dare to rebel?"
He is smart, but he doesn't know how powerful those toasts are.
Xu Jie said: "I have heard that the people of Yunnan once said that they only knew the Mu family and not the Ming Dynasty. The chieftains are even more so. If Mu Chaobi feels that the court is weak after inheriting the title, his ambitions will be strong... If he fails to inherit the title, he will be angry and collude with the chieftains to rebel..."
"According to what Lord Xu said, should we just abandon it?" Zhao Wenhua sneered.
Xu Jie smiled and said, "Such matters should naturally be considered by the Prime Minister."
I am not in power and am not even qualified to read memorials to the emperor. Naturally, such matters have nothing to do with me.
Yan Shifan sneered.
Then the matter was brought to the small court meeting for discussion.
As soon as the small court meeting began, the ministers roared at Jiang Qingzhi who was absent.
"Your Majesty, Long Wilbur must be severely punished!"
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
Yan Song coughed dryly, "The first thing to do today is to discuss the situation in Yunnan."
Business matters!
After Yan Song said this, if anyone continued to target Jiang Qingzhi, the censors who were watching closely would be able to impeach him.
Someone said: "Now that the bloodline of the Duke of Qian has been cut off, let Mu Chaobi inherit the title! The court will lose face if he is not allowed to inherit the title! Yunnan is in his hands now. If Mu Chaobi is angered, if he takes risks, the situation in the southwest will deteriorate in an instant. This is a stalemate!"
"Yeah! This is indeed a stalemate."
"The court is in a dilemma right now, with no way out."
“This is not going to be easy.”
Gradually, Wuyi Palace became quiet.
This matter actually stumped the ministers... Emperor Jiajing sneered, "Where is the previous enthusiasm? Tell me, how should this matter be handled!"
No one spoke.
Everyone knows that if the situation in Yunnan changes drastically, anyone who speaks out at this moment may be held accountable later.
"Is there nothing you can do?"
The emperor's voice echoed in the palace.
The ministers bowed their heads.
A figure appeared outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Yunnan to deal with this matter!"
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