Chapter 101 Well, my father’s temple name will be Sejong!
The impassioned roar made the young cabinet minister Yan Shifan feel a little weak and his body swayed.
He felt that he had overused his brain, and this was the fatal blow he had been preparing to give Qingliu since he learned of Altan's unusual movements.
For this reason, he was not even afraid that the emperor would go back to the old account and restart the 29th year of Jiajing.
"Yan Shifan, you..." Gao Gong's face turned red with anger. He pointed at Yan Shifan angrily, but he didn't know how to refute.
"These are just your guesses." Zhang Juzheng said with a frown.
Zhao Zhenji, who was standing aside, looked at Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong, sighed inwardly, lowered his brows and eyes, with memories floating in his eyes.
In the 29th year of Jiajing, Altan went south, and he was an eyewitness!
Altan Khan "wrote a letter to ask for tribute", and Yan Song's performance can be said to be extremely poor. He naturally knew the reason behind it, but Yan Song's responsibility could not be investigated in depth. Taking action against Yan Song was tantamount to forcing the emperor to abdicate.
The whole incident, its cause is still... Therefore, once this matter is brought up again and things get out of hand, someone is bound to resist!
Now that Yan Shifan had said this, he had completely distanced himself from Yan Song and that person. Yan Song? Qiu Luan and the others were incompetent, but that was not the point. The point was that someone let Altan in!
At this point, it was doomed that the seed of doubt could not be removed. He believed that the emperor was even unwilling to remove it.
"Defeated..." Zhao Zhenji sighed in his heart. His eyelids twitched as he looked at Yan Shifan, who seemed to have become much weaker in an instant. He made an evaluation in his heart: Yan's party is vicious, cruel and rebellious!
"Hmph," King Jing's mouth twitched slightly, and a smile appeared on his graceful face. He said, "It seems that the riot of the Datong military households this time was deliberately caused by the gentry and Shanxi merchants."
"Their purpose is to make Altan invade again," King Jing's tone turned cold, and he said, "They want to force my father to compromise again. They want to replicate the success of the 29th year of Jiajing!"
"He is so cruel! He has already used all means to achieve his goal. Has he no respect for his king or his father... Third brother?"
King Jing also took action at this time.
Yan Shifan pointed his sword directly at the Qingliu, while Prince Jing pointed his spearhead directly at Prince Yu, saying that Prince Yu had completely disregarded his country and the father-son relationship for the sake of the throne, and he deserved to be killed!
In response to Prince Jing's words, Prince Yu's pupils shrank and he glanced towards the side hall. What he cared about most now was what his father thought.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the hall became extremely depressing and solemn.
Everyone was waiting for that buzzing sound coming from the side hall.
At this time, in the side hall, in the temple.
Jiajing's eyes flickered, and a thousand thoughts emerged in his mind. Yan Shifan's conspiracy theory did arouse his interest.
This was a seed of doubt. He was also wondering if everything that happened in the 29th year of Jiajing was too coincidental.
In the 29th year of Jiajing, the most direct and clear reason for Altan's invasion was that Altan requested to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, but was rejected, and Yan Song also killed the envoy.
The reason for his refusal was very simple... Thinking of this, Jiajing shook his head, and there was no need to discuss the right and wrong or the merits and demerits anymore.
Yan Shifan's words did have some impact on him, but as the saying goes, emperors act with results in mind.
He had no intention of starting another "Gengxu Prison" because the people and events of that year had already been settled.
"However, Yan Shifan just gave us a good opportunity to rectify the administration of officials. The Gengxu Prison, huh..." Thinking of this, Jiajing chuckled, his eyes flickering, and a thousand thoughts emerged in his mind.
He gently waved his wide sleeves, raised his hand and swung the bronze cymbal twice in succession, hitting the cymbal and making two buzzing sounds.
"Ding, ding..." Two buzzing sounds were heard in succession above the hall, and the depressing and heavy atmosphere in the hall was suddenly broken.
Everyone was startled, not understanding what the two consecutive buzzing sounds meant, especially Qingliu's side, who were extremely nervous.
In the past, the emperor would just knock once, and then Lu Fang would come out to speak and reconcile the Qingliu and Yan party. What about this time?
Unable to guess, everyone subconsciously looked at Lu Fang.
However, Lu Fang looked calm and composed, and had no intention of speaking at all.
However, what everyone did not notice was that Qingfeng, who was sitting on a small stool next to the throne, closed the memorial book.
Seeing that everyone's attention was not on him, Qingfeng blinked his pure and unadulterated eyes, pursed his lips, and then coughed lightly, and said in a crisp voice: "Your Highnesses, all the elders."
Suddenly, a young girl's voice was heard, startling everyone present. Prince Yu and Prince Jing turned around at the same time to look.
Even Yan Song raised his drooping eyelids, and a look of understanding emerged in his cloudy eyes.
Xu Jie's expression had become solemn because of Yan Shifan's words, but after hearing the young imperial teacher speak, his expression relaxed slightly. Qingfeng looked at Lu Fang with both eyes, and after receiving an encouraging look, he nodded slightly and stood up with the memorial.
She was not nervous about the looks from the crowd, because she knew that the people living down the mountain were fighting for survival, and that had nothing to do with her.
Most importantly, she also knew her position, how fierce their fight was, and how to survive if they were not competing in the same circle with her, so she was not nervous.
Everyone is trying to survive under the will of heaven.
And my way of survival is to do all the things the emperor has assigned me, it's that simple.
"A few days ago, I observed the stars at night and saw the sign of Mars entering Yugui..." Qingfeng paused and her cute oval face was tense. She was not lying, the astrology was true.
And the emperor also discovered that he seemed to be particularly accurate in astrology. Thinking of that affirmative tone...
Qing Feng suppressed his doubts and continued, "The Yellow Emperor's divination says: If Mars enters Yugui, there will be military deaths, gold and jade will be used, and there will be amnesty; if it stays, things will be expensive, and there will be a great disease and epidemic in the world..."
"The above coincides with the astrological signs!"
Hearing this, everyone in the cabinet lowered their heads, and each of them was thinking about the deeper meaning of these words.
Well, they all knew the reason why the emperor asked the young imperial teacher to come out and speak for him without having to think about it. Even if the emperor used medicine to maintain his health, the medicine was still poisonous.
The kind of medicine that can make the emperor look like an ordinary person is likely to have greater side effects.
Therefore, the emperor asked the young imperial teacher to come forward.
What the young imperial teacher said was actually what the emperor wanted to express.
And the young imperial teacher completely ignored what Yan Shifan had just said and started talking about the northern border...
Thinking about this, especially the Qingliu people, not only did they not feel relieved, but they became even more heavy-hearted. Was the seed planted after all? Would the emperor settle the score later?
Could it be that the incident of Altan Khan entering the country in the 29th year of Jiajing's reign will really be revived? Who will be the target then?
Thinking of this, an answer suddenly emerged in the minds of both Qingliu and Yandang!
That is, whoever loses this battle in the north will become the scapegoat for the possible "Gengxu Prison"!
The emperor's time is approaching, and he no longer cares about his reputation before and after his death. In order to clear the way for the crown prince, he is willing to set up a huge prison.
"Father has shouldered too much for his sons and subjects, and for the Ming Dynasty!" Prince Yu and Prince Jing looked at each other and said in unison.
At the same time, he secretly decided that if he ascended the throne, he would definitely report his father's achievements.
Well, my father’s temple name is Sejong!
The temple name "Shizong" is usually used to honor emperors who have made remarkable achievements during their reign and have created or continued a prosperous era.
What our father has done for them and for the Ming Dynasty is worthy of this temple title!
"So," Qingfeng naturally didn't know what these ministers were thinking, and continued, "In order to prevent war, plague, etc. from harming the Ming Dynasty, the trade will be closed immediately from now on."
"Also, expel all Mongols from the country!"
Huh?! Hearing this, everyone was stunned, looking up at the young imperial teacher with a childish face and a crisp voice in surprise.
Close the trade and expel all the Mongols? What is the emperor going to do? It is already the beginning of autumn and winter is approaching. At this time, the Mongolian tribes will go south to try to plunder.
If we do this at this time, wouldn't it be like sending the Mongols to their deaths? Altan is just watching because of the northern border affairs.
The most likely purpose is to intimidate the Ming Dynasty. If so, they will gather their army in the Yinshan Mountains and march towards Datong. I am afraid that by then, the three Wuliangha guards will also be ready to move.
What will happen when the elite troops from all the grasslands gather together? Isn't the emperor afraid?
Could it be that there really would be a plague or a natural disaster at that time, leading to large-scale casualties?
I can’t figure it out, I can’t figure it out at all!
For a moment, everyone even wondered whether the emperor was so seriously ill that he believed in astrology and hoped that God would punish his enemies.
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(End of this chapter)
