Chapter 594 593 Killing Intention

To be honest, after Wei Guangde carefully read the "Anshi Shu", he completely overturned the fixed impression in his mind. Hai Rui was not scolding Emperor Jiajing at all, but praising Emperor Jiajing.

Of course, it does not mean that the main memorial is praising Emperor Jiajing. It also points out his personal mistakes, and it is relatively comprehensive.

However, for some reason, in later generations, the words that could reach the ears of the public became Hai Rui's "Anshi Shu" scolding Emperor Jiajing for being incompetent and unjust.

Wei Guangde certainly believed that Lu Bu would not copy the memorial wrongly, and what he had in his hand must be the original text of Hai Rui's "Anshi Shu".

I won't talk about the big truth at the beginning, but later I directly said that Emperor Jiajing was a very wise monarch, comparable to the ancient sage kings Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen and Wu, and could be compared with Emperor Xuan of Han, Emperor Guangwu, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor Xianzong of Tang, and Emperor Renzong of Song.

Later, Hai Rui also said that when you just succeeded to the throne, you changed the messy situation since Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty, promoted benefits and eliminated disadvantages, and limited the power of eunuchs. People all over the world thought that you were a wise and great monarch, comparable to Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty.

Hai Rui was actually very good at speaking, especially when he flattered Emperor Jiajing first, setting a tone that the emperor was always great, bright and correct.

Even if it was said later that Emperor Jiajing's enterprising spirit could not be maintained for a long time, some absurd ideas led him to deviate from his original intention, and he devoted himself to Taoism, built a lot of buildings, and did not attend court for more than 20 years, which led to the relaxation of discipline.

There were many examples of promoting the bestowal of titles, and the official titles were too many and too excessive;

The two princes could not meet with Your Majesty, and people thought that you despised the relationship between father and son;

Because of suspicion and listening to slander, you killed and humiliated court officials, and people thought that you despised the relationship between the monarch and the ministers;

Playing in the West Garden without returning to the palace, people thought that you despised the relationship between husband and wife.

Officials are corrupt, generals are cowardly, people are living in poverty, floods and droughts occur constantly, and thieves are rampant.

These things also existed in the early years of your majesty's accession to the throne, but they were not so serious.

Now taxes and labor service have increased year by year, and all places have followed suit. Your majesty has spent all his money on Buddhism, and has become even worse. The house is like a hanging chime. It has reached its peak in more than ten years. People in the world speculated about the reign title of your majesty, saying: "Jiajing means that every family is clean and has no money."

Yan Song was dismissed from office and Yan Shifan was executed, which made people feel a little happy. It was called the political clear period for a while.

But after Yan Song was dismissed from office, the situation was just like before Yan Song became prime minister. It was not a very peaceful and stable world, and it was far behind the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty.

People in the world have been dissatisfied with your majesty for a long time. This is understood by both internal and external officials. It is the duty of the officials to rely on the assistance of the officials to save and correct your majesty's mistakes and let you return to the right path.

During the ritual, ministers offered incense, heavenly peaches and medicines, and congratulated the emperor.

When the palace was built, the Ministry of Works did its best to build it; in order to obtain spices and treasures, the Ministry of Revenue sent people to search everywhere.

When your majesty did something absurd, the ministers followed absurdly, and no one explained the right and wrong for your majesty.

The principle of rewarding goodness, punishing illegality, and promoting good and suppressing evil has long been unheard of, because flattery has become a trend.

These people have been ashamed and discouraged, and are accustomed to obeying your majesty and praising your majesty against their conscience.

How should the crime of deceiving the emperor be dealt with?

Wei Guangde scratched his head, knowing that Hai Rui did not want to spread his pedantry to future generations, but was a very shrewd opportunist.

In the main memorial, at least Hai Rui did not say that it was wrong for Emperor Jiajing to hold a grand ceremony, it was wrong not to attend court for more than 20 years, and it was wrong to kill loyal ministers.

It was wrong to say that he cultivated immortality and Taoism, and he spent the world's financial resources, which led to the saying "Jiajing Jiajing, every family is clean".

So, it seems that Hai Rui's memorial did not touch the bottom line of Emperor Jiajing, nor did it reach the reverse scale of Emperor Jiajing.

In fact, what was the bottom line of Emperor Jiajing?

One is of course to accuse him of being stupid and incompetent, and the other is some things that happened at the beginning. The Great Ceremony Debate has always been a hurdle that he and the civil officials cannot get around. Even now, officials occasionally make memorials and beg him to pardon the officials who were convicted at the time.

The biggest pit in Emperor Jiajing's heart was avoided by him, so Hai Rui's life would definitely not be lost.

Think about what impression it will give to future generations?

Hai Rui denounced Emperor Jiajing, and the emperor was angry and wanted to kill him. All officials tried their best to protect him, and finally he achieved the name of "honest official".

Wei Guangde only realized now that Hai Rui's immortality was not as described in the storybook. There must be someone pushing this matter behind the scenes.

It's not that simple.

Even if Emperor Jiajing really wanted to kill him, it was because Hai Rui was seeking fame and reputation. He was betting that Emperor Jiajing would not dare to touch him.

Although there were many upright officials who died tragically during the Jiajing period, these people were eventually blamed on Yan Song and others.

Emperor Jiajing was very smart. Although he usually sought immortals and seemed to have handed over power to Yan Song, he actually made his own decisions on major court affairs. Whether to kill many people or not, and whether to use many people or not depended on the wishes of Emperor Jiajing.

Therefore, even if Emperor Jiajing did not attend court for more than 20 years, there were no major problems in the Ming Dynasty.

Hai Rui was an honest official, and a great honest official, and also a very famous honest official.

Hai Rui entered the officialdom as a juren. He first served as a teacher in Nanping, Fujian, and later was promoted to the magistrate of Chun'an, Zhejiang and Xingguo, Jiangxi. He promoted the measurement and equalization of taxes, and repeatedly rectified unjust, false and wrong cases, cracked down on corrupt officials, and won the hearts of the people.

The honest official was Hai Rui's biggest confidence in scolding the emperor, and it was also Hai Rui's amulet.

Because anyone who kills an honest official must be a tyrant, this has been a law since ancient times.

If Emperor Jiajing killed Hai Rui, it would be shown to the world and future generations that he was a foolish king, and an incompetent one at that, while Hai Rui would become a loyal minister and remain a loyal minister through the ages.

Of course Emperor Jiajing would not be deceived by Hai Rui and let himself be known as a faint king through the ages, and become Hai Rui.

Moreover, Wei Guangde actually felt that this memorial was very strange at this time.

When was the most chaotic time during the Jiajing Dynasty?

In fact, it should be from the 29th year of Jiajing to the 41st year of Jiajing. During the more than ten years when Yan Song was in power, although government affairs were running normally, it was an indisputable fact that corruption in officialdom was accelerating.

During this period, Hai Rui had already entered the official position. He did not submit the memorial when he was the county magistrate or prefectural judge, but stuck at this time to submit the "Public Security Manual". Wei Guangde guessed that maybe he knew from some source the judgment that Emperor Jiajing would not live long. Therefore, the emperor at this time is most concerned about his posthumous reputation.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde suddenly realized what he was doing.

In fact, there have been rumors in the court that the Jiajing copy of the "Yongle Dadian" copied this time was something that Emperor Jiajing wanted to be buried underground as a funerary object.

Emperor Jiajing continuously urged the school records office to copy the canon. In fact, as long as a slightly smarter official should be able to guess a rough idea through these clues.

In the past, when I only understood this era through words, I thought that it took a lot of courage for Hai Rui to write this memorial, because he thought that the entire "Political and Public Security Memorial" should be about the emperor's mistakes, so writing it would be equivalent to risking his own life. Hand it over.

However, after immersing himself in the situation, Wei Guangde realized that history cannot be copied by others, and those who can leave their names in history are not easy to compare with, and they are all smart.

Hai Rui is a person who successfully seizes opportunities. A letter called "Public Security Essay" made him famous throughout his life.

However, because of this, he could only live in poverty, because apart from the unspoken official income, other money was completely out of his reach, just because he wanted to maintain this integrity.

This is probably what he has already thought about.

Although the salary in the Ming Dynasty was low, each of them had a lot of filial piety. As an unspoken rule, it would not damage his reputation as an "upright official".

No longer reading the memorial, Wei Guangde threw it aside, but picked up the "Yongle Dadian" that he had not finished yet and began to continue his work.

At this time, in the cabinet, Li Chunfang, the second assistant, had arrived at Xu Jie's duty. Xu Jie gave Li Chunfang the memorial from Hai Rui sent by the Secretary of General Affairs to read, wondering how he would vote.

This memorial was a bit hot-button. Although it praised His Majesty's wisdom and martial prowess throughout, and constantly pointed out the Emperor's mistakes, Xu Jie didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

After Li Chunfang finished reading, he looked at a loss as to what to do, and Xu Jie recounted the news that the general envoy had told him before.

"I heard that the head of the Household Department named Hai Rui had already bid farewell to his wife, dismissed his servants, and bought a coffin at home to await punishment from the court."

"What, this Hai Rui is so unbearable? He is trying to force you to lose your reputation in the world."

"What's the use of knowing? The rumors outside are that Hai Rui is a loyal minister and dares to directly admonish His Majesty. We are all sycophants who only want to please the emperor and do those despicable things."

Xu Jie was in a very bad mood at this time.

Although he sat on the throne of chief minister and did things that were not much different from when Yan Song was around, he still wanted to have face. This was not the case in the past. No matter how much money Emperor Jiajing asked for, he would accept it all like Yan Song did. Strive to make every effort to reduce the cost of the inner court as much as possible.

Because after Xu Jie and others came to power, Jiajing had restrained a lot, and his extravagant life had been extremely restrained. After all, Xu Jie was more shameless than Yan Song, so he couldn't be his lackey.

But when it came to Hai Rui's words, what he actually did was no different from Yan Song's, and he directly denied everything he did.

It is conceivable that if this were passed down to future generations, how would the world look at him and compare him to Yan Song Er?

In fact, Wei Guangde guessed wrong. Emperor Jiajing might not even have the murderous intention to kill Hai Rui at this time, but Xu Jie had the murderous intention and wanted to kill Hai Rui to vent his anger.

Anyway, as long as Hai Rui dies, everything will be the fault of Emperor Jiajing. What does Xu Jie have to do with him?

Just like the deaths of Yang Jisheng, Shen Lian and others will only be remembered by Yan Song, and no one will think about anything else.

If Emperor Jiajing had even the slightest intention of wanting their lives alive at that time, Yan Shifan would not dare to take advantage of them easily.

"What's your plan, Lord Chief Assistant?"

Li Chunfang asked with cupped hands.

"I don't have any good ideas, so I invited Zi Shi to come over and discuss it."

Xu Jie sighed.

"Although the core of this memorial is my emperor's wisdom, the words contained in it will inevitably offend Long Yan, but it's better for us not to say it."

Li Chunfang also felt unhappy.

He did not dare to remonstrate with Emperor Jiajing because he knew that remonstrance would have no effect and would also affect his career.

Since Yang Jisheng died tragically in prison and Shen Lian was assassinated in Datong, there are not many officials who dare to speak out.

People like Xu Jie, who had been suppressed by Yan Song's party for more than 20 years, had previously used Yang Jisheng and Shen Lian to test the limits of Emperor Jiajing, but they all failed.

Everyone puts their wealth and life on this official career. With their lessons learned, no one has the courage to speak out.

I just didn't expect that until now, there would still be people who dared to play this trick.

"This son's plan is amazing and should not be underestimated."

Li Chunfang only said this sentence for a long time.

"Zishi, what do you think should be written in the draft?"

Xu Jie remembered the purpose of inviting him here, so he asked directly.

"Master Chief Assistant, it's better not to write it down. Send it directly to the palace, and ask your Majesty to read it."

Li Chunfang just shook her head and pushed the matter out, "It's a good idea to buy a coffin and wait for death."

"Master, Prince Yu's Mansion invites you to come over when you have time to discuss anything."

In the school library, Wei Guangde is looking through the last manuscript of the day. As long as he reads this copy, today's work task will be completed.

"knew."

After hearing Lu Bu's words, Wei Guangde replied lightly.

You don't need to guess why Prince Yu's Mansion is looking for him. Prince Yu must have seen Hai Rui's memorial.

But let's forget this matter. Prince Yu's Palace should not interfere. Hai Rui will not die anyway. There are loyal and upright ministers in the court who will protect him, Master Hai Qing and Tian Hai.

Just when Lu Bu was about to go out, Wei Guangde suddenly called him.

"Do you know the news from the court today? Has your Majesty sent someone to arrest Hai Rui?"

Wei Guangde asked directly, remembering what he had read, it seemed that Hai Rui was arrested after reading this memorial, and was imprisoned until Emperor Jiajing died before being released by the new emperor.

In the past, he didn't pay much attention to this matter, but after reading the full text of "Public Security Shu" today, his original consciousness was greatly shaken, and he knew that there might be something fishy in it.

"No news."

Lu Bu replied honestly.

Looking at the sky outside the house, Wei Guangde guessed that the memorial might not have been delivered to Emperor Jiajing at this time, so he would just wait and see.

After looking at the remaining half of the book, Wei Guangde said: "Okay, you go down and tell the outside world. I will go to Prince Yu's Mansion in a moment and ask them to wait for me outside the Yamen."

"Yes, sir."

Lu Bu agreed, turned around and went out to deliver the letter.

At this time, the atmosphere in Xiyuan Yongshou Palace was so cold and suffocating.

The memorials handled by the cabinet today have been sent to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies has also singled out the memorials that need to be read by the emperor and sent them here.

However, when Chen Hongcong walked into Yongshou Palace today, his feet were trembling slightly for some reason.

He kept cursing Hai Rui in his heart for looking for trouble, but he could do a lot of harm to a slave like him.

As a special memorial, Emperor Jiajing naturally had to deal with it first.

If a memorial like Hai Rui's was suppressed, once Emperor Jiajing saw it, Chen Hong would not be willing to accept the emperor's anger.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing was sitting quietly on the throne, reading the memorial written by Hai Rui. The corners of his mouth twitched from time to time, and it seemed that Emperor Jiajing was trying his best to suppress his anger.

Although the opening chapter sets the tone of his being wise and mighty, the middle and latter chapters are all about accusing him of being a believer in religion and wasting national power, which makes him unbearable.

He threw the memorial to the ground and said angrily: "Here comes someone, order the Jin Yiwei to arrest him immediately. Don't let him escape."