Chapter 650 649 Birthday Bonus

Wei Guangde was concerned about Huang Jin's incident because he was actually thinking about Huang Jin's care for them. That night, Chen Ju came over and talked about it a little sad.

After all, it was Huang Jin who arranged Gao Zhong's death, and it was Huang Jin who told him that he could keep his job afterwards.

People are all grateful.

Even if Chen Ju doesn't say it with his mouth when others are kind to him, he remembers it in his heart.

Wei Guangde was a similar person, and he didn't think Emperor Longqing should treat the Huang family like this.

However, no one knew what Huang Jin had done to offend Emperor Longqing, making him unhappy and making this decree.

The three of them finally left the palace gate and looked up at the gray sky. Although it wasn't snowing anymore, the temperature was very low. Even though he was wrapped in fur clothes, Wei Guangde still felt bitingly cold.

"Let's find a shop to drink hot wine."

Wei Guangde said.

"That's fine, it's quite cold."

"Well, it feels like it will be colder this year than last year."

"In previous years, the canal was frozen at the end of October, but this year it has been postponed to November. It looks like it will be cold until the end of February."

Several people walked and talked, and soon found a restaurant, entered a private room, ordered food, and gathered around the stove to warm themselves up.

"I remember Shandai said before that whenever there is a disaster, the Tatars will choose to go south, break through the wall and loot supplies. I don't know what the situation will be like this year."

Chen Yiqin said worriedly at this time.

Being reminded by his words, Wei Guangde immediately reacted, "The temperature dropped late this year, but it seems to last longer. It has already started to warm up at this time in previous years."

"Yes, if it's still so cold, those people from the north won't go south to plunder again."

Yin Shizhen answered.

"I don't know if the Ministry of War has sent a message to the border town to remind them to take precautions."

Wei Guangde asked.

"Didn't see it."

Chen Yiqin frowned and said.

"So, Bian Town may not be prepared."

Yin Shizhen said slightly anxiously.

"It's not urgent. Since they are guarding, if they don't have this vigilance, it can only mean that they are incompetent. The court just takes this opportunity to clean up and replace them with competent people."

Wei Guangde didn't take it seriously. The Ministry of War had the obligation to remind them of this kind of thing, but if something really happened, the blame would eventually fall on the general officers and guards of the border town.

"By the way, Shandai, the cabinet received a memorial from Zhang Chong, governor of Southern Jiangxi Province the day before yesterday."

Chen Yiqin seemed to suddenly remember and spoke again.

But at this time, the store brought food and wine, and the three of them stopped talking and continued talking after they had settled down and left.

"What did Zhang Chong say?"

The governor of Southern Jiangxi is actually in charge of the border area between the south of Jiangxi and Guangdong and Fujian, so he also has the responsibility of taking charge of the Jiangxi side.

But since it was brought up outside, it must have something to do with Jiangxi.

As a Jiangxi official in the capital, Wei Guangde is naturally very concerned about the situation in his hometown, and he always has to speak up for those who need support.

"Did you know that Zhengyi Zhengyi of Longhu Mountain is true? Because the minister of Jiangxi Province said that Zhang's official title was not recorded in the official seal, and he hid taxes and evaded public service, devouring it without merit in the world and harmful to the people, he should be dismissed forever. ”

Chen Yiqin said.

"Um?"

Wei Guangde became suspicious. Zhengyi Zhengyi of Longhu Mountain was actually the Tianshi Mansion of Longhu Mountain in later generations. Of course he knew this.

After failing the provincial examination, Wei Guangde also traveled around Jiangxi, including Longhu Mountain.

But at that time, he was just a young scholar, so naturally he could not be received by Zhang Tianshi, but he did become friends with two Taoist priests on Longhu Mountain.

However, Wei Guangde was not interested in the title Zhengyi Zhenren, but he was a little surprised that he didn't know about it.

Requesting the imperial court to revoke the title of "Zhenren" seems to be an errand of the Ministry of Rites. Why was this memorial not sent to the Ministry of Rites but directly to the cabinet?

Looking at Wei Guangde's suspicious eyes, Chen Yiqin explained: "Zhang Chong reported that Lan Hu in Wanyang Mountain seemed to be unstable, so he reported in advance and asked the court to grant him the power of discretion. If Lan Hu rebelled, he would dispatch troops to suppress it in time. "

The so-called blue households are actually households that grow a plant that can extract indigo dye. Because these blue households often live together, they are called blue households locally.

"As for the matter of Zhengyi Zhenren in Longhu Mountain, although it was mentioned casually, I feel that this should be a test move by Governor Zhang."

Chen Yiqin looked at Wei Guangde and whispered.

Indeed, great changes have taken place in the year since Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, especially to Taoism.

Zhang Chong was afraid that he was not sure of the emperor's attitude, so he mentioned this in his memorial to other matters to see the emperor's reaction.

If the memorial is successfully approved, it is estimated that the Ministry of Rites will soon receive a memorial requesting the dismissal of "Zhengyi Zhenren".

"The title of Master Longhushan Zhengyi does not seem to exist in the classic system."

Wei Guangde lowered his head and thought about it before saying: "However, this title was given by Taizu after all. Since there is no record in the code, it must be abolished. I'm afraid it's not justified.

As for the others, they are just excuses. If they are true, Governor Zhang should collect the witnesses and material evidence and send them to the capital for his own decision. "

Wei Guangde doesn't think that just the title of a real person will have any impact on Jiangxi.

Later generations talk about Longhu Mountain as a "celestial master", and few people talk about "Zhengyi Zhenren", so Wei Guangde does not intend to help and say anything on this matter, just let it take its course.

The Aoshan Lantern Festival in the second year of Longqing was a grand event.

In the first year of the year, because of the emperor's popularity, both the scale and style were basically copied from the previous year, and there was nothing new.

But this year, the inner court seemed to want to make a big fuss, after all, Emperor Longqing liked this activity very much before he ascended the throne.

On the fifteenth day, Emperor Longqing went to Chengtian Gate early to have fun with the people.

In the first month, nothing major happened in the court, and it was considered smooth.

In February, Wei Guangde saw the official document sent by Jiangxi from Jiangxi, in which the governor of Jiangxi suggested abolishing the title of Longhushan Zhengyi Zhenren.

Calculating the time, Zhang Chong's memorial to the Ministry of War should have been issued, and it was indeed prepared in advance.

However, he had already made up his mind to ignore this matter, and no one had come to him to make a suggestion during this period.

In February, the Ministry of Rites had a lot of things to do, and the examination was about to begin, but the palace had not revealed the examiner candidates.

However, when Gao Yi called the Shangshu Duty Room to discuss this matter, Wei Guangde only expressed his own opinion, which was nothing more than that there was indeed no system, and it should be abolished according to reason, although it was a Zhenren named by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Wei Guangde's attitude changed mainly because he saw a scandal involving the contemporary Zhengyi Zhenren in the official documents. If there was no such thing, the officials in Jiangxi would not have mentioned it.

After listening to Wei Guangde's words, Gao Yi did not say much, but just nodded slightly, and then took out another memorial and handed it to Wei Guangde, "Please take a look at this memorial first. I intend to submit a memorial to the Ministry of Rites."

Wei Guangde was a little curious and took it, not knowing what Gao Yi was going to report.

But when he got the memorial, he flipped it open and took a few glances and was shocked.

They are all smart people.

It turned out that this memorial was that Gao Yi, the Minister of Rites, was going to revive the matter of enthroning the crown prince.

This matter was actually mentioned by Gao Yi when the prince was given the golden book last year, but it was rejected by Emperor Longqing at that time, who believed that it was not good to enthronize the crown prince during the national mourning period. Unexpectedly, Gao Yi mentioned this matter again now.

However, at present, Emperor Longqing only has one son, Zhu Yijun. It is said that Concubine Li seems to be pregnant again, but it is not known whether the baby is a boy or a girl.

Gao Yi submitted a memorial to appoint the crown prince at this time, and he should have known some of the situations in the palace. Queen Chen was not favored and it was difficult for her to give birth to a legitimate son. In this way, Concubine Li's title was basically stable.

Thinking of the child at that time, Wei Guangde couldn't help but smile knowingly.

After quickly scanning the full text of the memorial, it seemed that there was no problem. Gao Yi had signed the memorial, and Wei Guangde naturally picked up the pen and signed his own name.

Next, Gao Yi should communicate with other officials in the Ministry of Rites and ask them to jointly submit a memorial. It is just unknown whether Emperor Longqing will agree to appoint the crown prince this time.

But no matter what, Wei Guangde has no loss whether it succeeds or not.

If Zhu Yijun is appointed as the crown prince at this time, he will be considered an imperial teacher after a few years of studying.

Wei Guangde was still somewhat complacent at this time, but Emperor Longqing had made such an arrangement verbally before. After all, there was no crown prince, so there was no decree.

But thinking about it, given his relationship with the emperor, he would not change his words.

However, after all, he came from the future, and there was no one like him in the court. If nothing unexpected happened, the teacher of young Zhu Yijun would be Zhang Juzheng.

Thinking of Zhang Juzheng, Wei Guangde sometimes really felt that this was a trouble.

But if he wanted to find a way to overthrow him, Wei Guangde thought he didn't have the strength to do so. Xu Jie was still in the court, and Emperor Longqing seemed to be well versed in the way of dividing the court, so he would not overthrow all the Xu party.

Anyway, Wei Guangde had this feeling. The emperor trusted them, the old people, but he seemed to be interested in maintaining other forces in the court.

At night, the originally happy mood was gone because of Chen Ju's sudden visit.

Wei Guangde was happy today, holding his youngest son and playing with Wei Dacheng, but when Chen Ju brought the news, the emperor ordered Li Fang to go home and stay idle in the afternoon.

"How could this happen?"

This change is really big, there was no news before.

"That's right, I was there at the time, and I was shocked when I heard the emperor say this."

Chen Ju sat there, hanging his head, and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Eunuch Li just gave a word of advice, and it was often like this before, but why did it cause such a big disaster this time? What happened in the palace these two days?"

Wei Guangde asked curiously.

"Nothing big, just yesterday Eunuch Li asked to stop collecting the 4,500 stone of white cooked fine rice and 30,000 catties of white and green salt in recent years, and the emperor nodded and agreed at that time, and nothing else seemed to happen."

Chen Ju looked up at Wei Guangde and said.

"Who will take over Eunuch Li's job?"

Wei Guangde asked again.

"The emperor didn't say to stop Li Gonggong's job, but just let him go home to rest. Naturally, he didn't say that the job should be redistributed."

The eunuchs in the palace are actually similar to the officials in the government office. The Shangshu is in charge of the overall situation, and the official duties below are respectively under the charge of the left and right assistant ministers.

It seems that the left and right assistant ministers are high and low, but in fact it is just a saying. In terms of power, they are actually the same, but the ranking order has an impact.

Those eunuchs have also divided their own affairs long ago, and generally will not easily interfere in other people's jobs unless they are punished by the emperor and lose their jobs.

Wei Guangde didn't expect Li Fang to seem to fall so soon, but still asked: "Does Li Gonggong live in the palace or outside the palace now?"

"Still in the palace."

Chen Ju replied.

The eunuchs' homes are all in the palace, and the houses outside the palace can only be regarded as outer houses. After all, they are slaves of the royal family, and the emperor must give them a nest.

Emperor Longqing asked Li Fang to go home and live, so he naturally didn't dare to leave the palace, but could only stay in the palace.

"Then you can help me take care of it more, and go and see it when you have nothing to do."

Wei Guangde whispered, "I will talk to Yi Fu about this matter tomorrow and see if he can help."

The next day, Wei Guangde went to the Ministry of Rites to deal with the official documents first, and then contacted Chen Yiqin to come out for a chat at noon, and then received the memorial that had been approved by the cabinet.

"The imperial edict abolished the title of Zhengyi Zhenren, took away his seal, and appointed his descendant Zhang Guoxiang as the supervisor of Shangqing Temple, and cast a supervisor seal."

The Zhang family started in the Jianwu period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Zhang Daoling practiced the magic of talismans and water. It was said that there was a Zhang Lu for several generations, who was known as the Five Pecks of Rice Thief in history. He was known as the able to control ghosts and make the people serve him. Lu's son Yuanzhong was Daoling, who set up an altar to teach the method in the alchemy place.

During the Tang Huichang period, the name Zhenxian was first given. During the Song Dazhong Xiangfu period, Wang Qinruo petitioned to change the temple to Shangqing Temple. During the Yuan Zhizheng period, the leader of the Zhengyi Sect was first conferred. Zhenren was in charge of talismans. The imperial court ordered the succession, and it was passed to his heir, Zhang Yongxu, who was known for his lewdness and magic. Xu died without an heir.

Some things would not be written in the imperial edict, so the official documents used the names of "not included in the rules" and "hiding taxes and evading service" to abolish it.

The name is not right and the words are not smooth, and there are mistakes, so it should be abolished.

Quickly sign the name and arrange people to send it out, and naturally someone will go to Jiangxi with the people from the Xingren Division and the Like Department to announce the edict and take back the Zhenren seal.

This is actually a grace from Emperor Longqing. Although the title of Zhenren was taken back and changed to Tidian, the will of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty to let Zhengtian Tianshi take charge of Taoism in the country for generations was not withdrawn. Zhang Tianshi is still the leader of Taoism in the country, but a new person has been changed, and he can no longer be called "Zhenren" in the future.

At noon, Wei Guangde waited for Chen Yiqin at a nearby restaurant. Seeing that he was smiling, it was obvious that he had good news.

"Brother Yifu, are you going to take a concubine?"

Wei Guangde said casually.

"I wanted to tell you the good news, but I heard you say this. Forget it, I won't say it."

Chen Yiqin said with a stern face.

"It's just nonsense, don't mind, Lord Chen, please take a seat."

Wei Guangde said with a smile, and after Chen Yiqin sat down, he said: "Looking at Brother Yifu's face, is this a good thing?"

"Good news for everyone."

Chen Yiqin laughed again.

"Then tell me about it?"

Wei Guangde said suspiciously.

"You may have forgotten what day it is soon, haha"

Chen Yiqin stroked his beard and smiled.

"What day? The imperial examination?"

Wei Guangde asked tentatively.

These days, they have been focusing on the imperial examination. There are quite a lot of candidates who have signed up for this year's exam, and the Imperial Academy has arranged people to clean up in a hurry, so Wei Guangde naturally thought it was about the imperial examination.

"Meeting"

Chen Yiqin shook his head, "February is the birthday of His Majesty, you can forget such a big thing, and you are the Minister of Rites."

"Yes, it seems so, but I am busy with the imperial examination now, and that matter is not my responsibility."

Wei Guangde wanted to go then, it really happened, he just didn't care about the preparations.

"His Majesty's birthday celebration will be granted to the ministers and old lecturers, haha, you know it."

Chen Yiqin kept it a secret at this time.