Chapter 594 593 Killing Heart

Author: Guests in Parallel Space

Chapter 594 593 Killing Heart

To be honest, after reading "Public Security Memorial", Wei Guangde completely overturned the inherent impression in his mind before. Hai Rui was not scolding Emperor Jiajing at all, but praising Emperor Jiajing.

Of course, it is not that the main memorials are praising Emperor Jiajing, and have pointed out his personal mistakes, and they are also more comprehensive.

However, for some reason, in later generations, what could be heard by the public became Hai Rui's "Public Security Memorial" to curse Emperor Jiajing as being foolish and incompetent.

Of course, Wei Guangde believed that Lu Bu would not copy the memorial incorrectly, and the things in his hand must be the original text of "Public Security Commentary" written by Hai Rui.

I won’t talk about the principle at the beginning. Later, I will directly say that Emperor Jiajing was a very wise monarch, who could be compared with the ancient sage kings Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wenwu, and Wenwu. He could also be discussed 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 ascended the throne, you changed the messy situation since Zhu Houzhao, the Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty, promoted the pros and cons, and restricted the power of eunuchs. Everyone in the world believed that you were a wise and great king and could be compared with Emperor Wen of Han.

Hai Rui is actually very good at speaking, especially when he flatters Emperor Jiajing first, he sets a style that is, Emperor, you will always be great and bright.

Even though it was said that Emperor Jiajing was enterprising and failed to persist for a long time, some absurd ideas deviated from their original intentions, devoted themselves to the mysterious cultivation, and failed to attend court for more than 20 years, resulting in the abolition of discipline.

The promotion of the case of the title has been implemented many times, and there have been too many officials and titles;

The two princes cannot meet His Majesty, and people think you despise the relationship between father and son;

Because of suspicion and belief, slander, killing and humiliating court officials, people think that you despise the relationship between the monarch and the ministers;

People think you despise your husband and wife in Xiyuan without returning to the palace.

Officials in the world are corrupt, generals are cowardly, people are living in poverty, floods and droughts continue to occur, and thieves are rampant.

In the early years of His Majesty's ascension, these things also existed, but they were not so serious.

Now that taxes and labor service have increased year by year, all regions have followed suit, and His Majesty has exhausted money and believed in Buddhism, which has become even more powerful. The house is like a hanging chime, and it has reached its peak for more than ten years. So the people in the world speculated about the reign of His Majesty: "Jiajing means that every family is pure and there is no money."

Yan Song was dismissed from office and Yan Shifan was executed, which made people feel a little happy, and was once called the Qingming Festival of the Political Science.

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

People in the world have been dissatisfied with Your Majesty for a long time. This is what both the ministers inside and outside know. They must rely on the ministers to help save him, correct His Majesty’s mistakes, and let you return to the right path. This is the duty of the ministers.

During the ceremony, the ministers successively poured incense, presented the heavenly peach and heavenly medicine, and expressed their congratulations one after another.

When building the palace, 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.

If Your Majesty has done absurd behavior, the ministers will follow him absurdly, and no one will explain the right and wrong for Your Majesty.

The principle of rewarding goodness, punishing illegal work, and promoting goodness and suppressing evil has long been heard because flattery has become a trend.

These people were already discouraged and discouraged, and were used to following the wind to make the ruling obedience to His Majesty and sang praises to His Majesty against his conscience.

How should we deal with the crime of deceiving the monarch?

Wei Guangde scratched his head, knowing that Hai Rui didn't want to spread the pedantic tricks in later generations, but on the contrary, he was a very smart speculator.

In the main memorial, at least Hai Rui did not say that Emperor Jiajing was wrong in carrying out great etiquette, it was wrong to not attend court for more than 20 years, and it was wrong to kill loyal ministers.

It was just said that he was wrong to cultivate immortals and ask the Tao. He spent all the financial resources of the world to come up with the saying "Jiajing, Jiajing, every family is pure."

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

In fact, what is the minimum limit of Emperor Jiajing?

One of course criticized him for being stupid and incompetent, and the other is that some of the things that happened at the beginning. The big ritual discussion has always been a hurdle that he and the civil officials could not avoid. Even now, officials have submitted memorials from time to time, begging him to pardon the officials who were convicted.

He avoided the biggest pitfall in Emperor Jiajing's heart, so Hai Rui's life would definitely not be lost.

Think about what the impression will be given to people in later generations?

Hai Rui denounced Emperor Jiajing, who was angry and wanted to kill him, and all officials tried to protect him, and finally made him the name of "Blue Sky".

Wei Guangde only now realized that Hai Rui’s fame is not what the story says, it should be someone who is pushing this matter behind the scenes.

Not that simple.

Even if Emperor Jiajing really wanted to kill him, it was because of Hai Rui's mentality of 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 in the Jiajing Dynasty, these people were eventually recorded on Yan Song and others.

Emperor Jiajing was very smart. Although he looked for immortals and asked questions on weekdays, he seemed to have handed over power to Yan Song, but in fact he was still the one who made his own decisions about the important affairs of the court. Many people were killed or not, and many people were used or not, depending on the wishes of Emperor Jiajing.

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

Hai Rui was a clean official, and a famous clean official.

Hai Rui entered the official position as a juren. He was the first to be the tutor of Nanping, Fujian. Later, he was promoted to the magistrate of Chun'an, Zhejiang and Xingguo, Jiangxi. He promoted the purging of the arch-level and sanctioned taxes, and repeatedly quelled unjust, false and wrong cases, cracked down on corrupt officials, and was deeply loved by the people.

The honest official is Hai Rui’s greatest confidence in scolding the emperor, and it is also Hai Rui’s amulet.

Because the one who kills the innocent officials must be the foolish monarch, this is a law since ancient times.

If Emperor Jiajing killed Hai Rui, then in front of the people of the world and future generations, he would show that he was a foolish monarch, and he was an incompetent foolish monarch, and Hai Rui became a loyal minister, and he was also a loyal minister for the ages.

Of course, Emperor Jiajing would not be the one who was in charge of Shanghai Rui, which made him fall into the reputation of being a foolish monarch for all ages and achieve Hai Rui.

Moreover, Wei Guangde actually thought this memorial was very strange at this point in time.

When was the most chaotic period of the Jiajing Dynasty?

In fact, it should be from the 29th year of Jiajing to the 41st year of Jiajing. Although Yan Song was in power for more than ten years, although the government affairs were operating normally, it is an indisputable fact that the government accelerated corruption in the administration.

During this period, Hai Rui had already entered the officialdom, the magistrate, and the prefectural judge did not report the report, but was stuck at this time to submit the "Public Security Memorial". Wei Guangde speculated that perhaps he had learned from the source that Emperor Jiajing would not have a long life, so the emperor was most concerned about his reputation.

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

In fact, there have been rumors in the court that the copy of Jiajing’s copy of the “Yongle Encyclopedia” was something that Emperor Jiajing wanted to bury the underground as a burial object.

Emperor Jiajing kept urging the school to copy the ceremonies. In fact, as long as the officials who were a little smarter should be able to guess a rough idea through these clues.

In the past, when I only understood this era with words, I thought that Hai Rui needed great courage to submit this memorial, because he thought that the whole chapter of "Public Security Memorial" should be about the emperor's mistakes, so submitting a memorial is equivalent to handing over his life.

However, after being there, Wei Guangde realized that history cannot follow the crowd. No one who can leave a name in history is easy to talk to is smart.

Hai Rui is a person who successfully seized the opportunity. A letter from "Public Security" made him famous for his lifetime.

However, because of this, he could only live a life of poverty because, besides the unspoken rules in the officialdom, he had no other money, just because he wanted to maintain this integrity.

This should be what he had already thought of.

Although the salary of the Ming Dynasty was low, they were also very filial. As a hidden rule, it would not damage his name as a "clever official".

Instead of reading the memorial, Wei Guangde threw him aside, but picked up the "Yongle Encyclopedia" that he had not finished reading and began to continue his work.

At this time, the second assistant Li Chunfang in the cabinet had already arrived at Xu Jie's duty room. Xu Jie handed over the Hai Rui memorial sent by Tongzhengsi to Li Chunfang to read, wanting to know how he would vote.

This memorial is a bit hot. Although it praises His Majesty's wisdom and martial arts throughout the article, it keeps pointing out the emperor's mistakes, which makes him Xu Jie not know what to do for a while.

After Li Chunfang finished reading it, he looked at him at a loss, and Xu Jie told him everything about the news that the envoy of Tongzheng told him before.

"I heard that the head of the Ministry of Revenue, named Hai Rui, had bid farewell to his wife when he submitted this memorial, and sent off his servants, bought a coffin at home and allowed the court to punish him."

"What, Hai Rui is so unbearable. This is to force the emperor to lose his reputation in the world."

"What's the use of knowing? What's the matter here is that Hai Rui is a loyal minister who dares to directly advise Your Majesty. We are all flattering people, and we only know how to please the emperor and do those humble things."

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

Although he was on the throne of the chief minister, what he did was not much different from when Yan Song was there, he was still shameless after all, and it was not like in the past. He would accept it completely like Yan Song, and he would argue with reason and reduce the cost of the inner court as much as possible.

Because after Xu Jie and others came to power, Jiajing had already restrained a lot and his extravagant life was extremely restrained. After all, Xu Jie was more shameless than Yan Song and would not be his lackey.

But when Hai Rui said that what he actually did was no different from Yan Song, and directly denied everything he did.

It is conceivable that if this sutra was passed down to future generations, what would the world look at him and compare him to Yan Song's second place?

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

Anyway, as long as Hai Rui dies, everything will be the blame for Emperor Jiajing, so what about him and Xu Jie?

Just like Yang Jisheng, Shen Lian and others' deaths will only be recorded in Yan Song, and no one will think about anything else.

If Emperor Jiajing had the slightest intention of their survival at that time, Yan Shifan would not dare to attack him easily.

"What are the plans for the Chief Supervisor?"

Li Chunfang asked with her hands.

"I have no good idea, so I asked Zishi to come over to discuss it."

Xu Jie sighed.

"Although the core of this memorial is that my emperor is wise, the words in it will inevitably anger Longyan. But we should not say it."

Li Chunfang was not happy either.

He did not dare to advise Emperor Jiajing because he knew that the advice would not work and would also affect his career.

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

Those who had been suppressed by Yan Song's party for more than 20 years had used Yang Jisheng and Shen Lian to test the bottom line of Emperor Jiajing, but they all failed.

Everyone put their wealth and life on this career. With their past lessons, everyone lost the courage to make a fuss.

But I didn't expect that now, there are still people who dare to play this trick.
To be continued...