The cold and heat are coming and going, in the blink of an eye, the summer of the eighth year of Jiajing. As the national economic, political and cultural center, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is now even more prosperous. Literature gathers, merchants gather, cars on the streets are like water and horses and dragons, and pedestrians are standing shoulder to shoulder, and it is very lively. It is really like raising your sleeves and sweating into rain.

Since the Northern Jing Dynasty wiped out Turpan and Yarkand Khanate last year, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has reached its peak and its vast territory has expanded nearly twice as much as the beginning of its founding. It has reached Japan in the east, the Pamir Mountains in the west, the Strait of Malacca in the south, and the Fish Sea in the north. The vast territory of the country is even more than that in the prosperous Tang Dynasty!

Today is the summer solstice, and it is the day when the sun is extremely sunny. But I saw a fierce sun hanging in the sky, releasing heat freely. The willow branches were wilted by the sun, but the cicadas on the trees were still clamoring hard.

At this hour, the morning court had already passed away. Before the Wu Dynasty had begun, a man walked to the Jinshui Bridge outside the Meridian Gate with a blank expression. The man looked about fifty or sixty years old, wearing a gray cloth dress and black cloth shoes, with gray hair, and wrinkles on his face as hard as a rock.

"The Meridian Gate is a heavy place, and the idle people are not allowed to approach. They should retreat quickly, otherwise they will bear the consequences."

The guards shouted sternly, but the man ignored it and went straight to the Jinshui Bridge. When he reached the Meridian Gate, the guards were furious and rushed up immediately, but they were stunned when they rushed to the front and hesitated.

It turned out that they finally recognized that the man with disheveled hair in front of them was Hu Shining, the Minister of Justice. No, he should be the former Minister of Justice, because the emperor had approved him to retire and return home a few days ago.

While the guards were hesitating, Hu Shining had already kneeled down in front of the Meridian Gate, then pounded the ground and cried bitterly, while shouting the titles of Emperor Wuzong of Ming and Emperor Xiaozong of Ming.

The guards were stunned. The head guards on duty wanted to come forward and persuade Hu Shining to leave, but the latter pointed at the nose and cursed. Although every word was not dirty, every word was killed and killed. The guards could not resist it, so they had to retreat awkwardly and let him cry.

But he said how Hu Shining got rid of the job?

It turned out that after Jiajing returned to Huguang Zhongxiang to worship Xianling last year, he had the idea of ​​moving the tomb under Zhang Cong's inspiration? At that time, he deliberately issued an imperial edict to the cabinet, hinting that Xianling would be moved back to Beijing and buried at the foot of Tianshou Mountain, in order to test the thoughts of the court officials.

As soon as the news came out, a stone immediately caused a thousand sensation. Hu Shining, who was stinky and tough, was naturally the first to jump out to object. Qin Jin, Minister of Revenue, Minister of War Wu Wending, and even Minister of Cabinet Xia Yan expressed opposition, and the young officials had more opponents. Of course, the upstart factions led by Zhang Cong and Gui E shook their flags to support them, and the two sides fought a war of verbal battle.

Although the cabinet chief Wang Zan, second assistant Zhai Luan, Minister of Personnel Fang Xianfu, and newly promoted cabinet member Xi Shu are all upstartists, these old guys cherish their feathers and see that the direction of the wind is still uncertain, they have never made a clear statement.

In addition, Jiajing's affairs were indeed unkind. His biological father, King Xing, Zhu Youze, had never been an emperor for a day before his death, and he did not have the title of emperor after his death. Where did he get the qualification to be buried in the imperial tomb of Tianshou Mountain? Moreover, moving the tomb would cost the people and money. Therefore, no matter in the court or in the local officialdom, there were many oppositions. Even the passionate scholars came out to oppose it and organized several parades.

Although Jiajing was far away in his hometown in Huguang, he had two eyes and ears, Jinyiwei and Dongchang. He was naturally impressed by what happened in the capital. When he saw that things were not done, he temporarily endured it and stopped mentioning it. He just pretended that it had never happened before. However, he secretly put all the ministers who stood up and opposed it on the blacklist, and planned to clean up one by one after another after returning to Beijing. Hu Shining, the most "jumping" among them, was naturally the first to be involved.

It is said that Jiajing stayed in Huguang for three months, and Empress Wu's fetal energy stabilized at this time, so the emperor and his party set off for the return journey back to Beijing, and they still took a boat to take a waterway. They set off in early September and arrived in mid-December.

After Jiajing arrived in Beijing, the atmosphere in the officialdom became obviously subtle. The upstartists were ready to fight, while the opposition parties with Hu Shining and others as the backbone were ready to fight to the death to stop Jiajing from moving to the tomb.

However, after Jiajing returned to Beijing, he did not mention the matter of moving tomb until the New Year. He went to court every day to handle state affairs, as if he had completely forgotten the matter of moving tombs. As a result, the upstarts who tried to take this opportunity to take the opportunity to rise were a little disappointed. The opposition members breathed a sigh of relief and thought that the movements made in the past few months had made the emperor retreat. Hu Shining, the Minister of Justice, was relieved and was a little proud.

Unexpectedly, two months ago, Empress Wu gave birth to an eldest son of the emperor, and the court suddenly became popular. First, Zhang Cong was promoted to the Minister of Rites for his contribution to preside over the sacrifice to Xianling. Then, Wu Deyou was appointed as Xinping Hou. Wu Deyou's two sons, two brothers from Jiajing, were also named Earls. He was really a one-man, and he was promoted to heaven. The Wu family suddenly became extremely noble.

Of course, this is nothing. After all, Jiajing has been married for more than eight years, and now he has finally had a son. It is understandable that he is happy to reward Empress Wu’s family with a large number of rewards. However, the Wu family had a lawsuit for the life of a person-timer repairing the ancestral tomb before, and the case was handled by Hu Shining, the Minister of Justice.

Hu Shining had long been dissatisfied with the emperor's protection of his shortcomings and had always been resentful about this. If the father-in-law of Wu was later removed from the title because of Qiu Luan, Hu Shining would have been with Jiajing to the end. Who knew that only one year after the incident, Wu Deyou not only restored the title, but also promoted the title to the Marquis of Xinping. The two sons in the family also obtained the title, so Hu Shining naturally could not bear it and immediately wrote a letter to fiercely oppose it.

Jiajing ignored Hu Shining and still gave titles to the Wu family father and son. Even the Wu brother-in-law, who had been sentenced before, was exempted from criminal responsibility.

Hu Shining was extremely angry, but at this moment, Huo Tao, the vanguard of the upstart faction, jumped out. He did not propose to move to the tomb, but suggested moving the God-Master Card of Emperor Xingxian Zhu Youzhi to the Taidi Zhong for worship, and adding the title of Ruizong, and enjoying the treatment of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty from now on.

This is so great that the whole court exploded. Hu Shining, the Minister of Justice, who had already accumulated a lot of resentment and anger, almost jumped to the beam of the house, poked and cursed Huo Tao, making the latter's face turn bloody, and even his face changed. Finally, he fell to the ground and foamed at the mouth, covering his chest with pain, as if he was hit by the splash of mouth sprayed by Hu Shining!

Shangshu Hu was also confused at the time. Jiajing took the opportunity to be furious and accused Hu Shining of roaring in the court, belittling the emperor and oppressing his colleagues, being rude and inappropriate, and expelling from the court on the spot. Huo Tao was also sent home to recuperate.

In this way, the 2.0 version of the Dali Discussion began vigorously, and Hu Shining, the backbone of the opposition, was taken down at the beginning, so the upstart faction that supported Jiajing easily gained the upper hand. Then the chief assistant Wang Zan, second assistant Zhai Luan, fourth assistant Xishu, and the minister of the Ministry of Personnel Fang Xianfu and other old foxes also came to the scene one after another. If you ask the opposition how to be an opponent, you can only support it hard.

Seeing that things were about to be irreversible, Hu Shangshu, who was anxious, broke into Wenhua Palace and used his last trump card - to retire and return home. The meaning was very obvious. If Jiajing continued to do his own thing and insisted on moving his god lord into the Taimiao for worship, then Hu Shining would put up a bunch of picks and quit.

The opposition officials were suppressed for a long time, and their emotions were immediately detonated by Hu Shining. They knelt down in front of the imperial throne, saying that they would retire and return home. Even young people like Xu Jie were involved. Jiajing was so angry that he waved his hand and approved Hu Shining's resignation.

Fortunately, Jiajing still had a little bit of rationality and did not agree to the resignation of other ministers. He just kicked Hu Shining away, but also suspended the agenda. After all, if you are forced to force yourself, the rabbit will bite people. He didn't want the situation to continue to deteriorate, and planned to ease it first.

In this way, Hu Shining, the Minister of Justice, gave the opposition a while to breathe at the cost of his political career. However, Hu Shining also knew that Zhang Cong and others would not give up, and Jiajing would not really give up. Therefore, his purpose was to make things bigger and even to have a deceased intention to do so.

It is said that ancient literati were sour, ignorant, and loyal, but who could see their backbone? Modern people read books and knowledge, but ancient people read books and have a backbone. They are really not afraid of death, especially the literati of the Ming Dynasty. For example, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was blocked from his patrol and killed many ministers on the spot because of his patrol. But these ministers continued one after another, and in the end they were afraid of killing the emperor himself.

Therefore, in order to defend the "Tao" in mind, these literati really did not hesitate to die, and Hu Shining's mind "Tao" was ritual. He believed that Jiajing had surpassed the ritual, so he wanted to prevent Jiajing from moving his biological father's tablet into the Taimiao, and even spared no official position and life for this.

Let’s talk about Hu Shining kneeling in front of the Wumen Gate and crying bitterly, while shouting the titles of the late emperors Wuzong and Xiaozong. First, he praised Xiaozong’s wisdom and righteousness as many families, how to open up the road to speech, and how to polite and inferior people are a wise king.

This is nothing, but Hu Shining then changed the subject and cursed Jiajing, saying that he was stubborn and self-righteous, and was mean and ruthless. He forced Yang Tinghe, Mao Cheng and others to leave, and then removed Liao Ji and others. Now, for the sake of his own selfishness, he became more and more polite and insisted on moving his biological father, the Lord of God, into the Taimiao.

Finally, Hu Shining shouted a shocking sentence at the top of his lungs:

"The ancient saying goes: "The extreme is the decline, and the extreme is the extreme, and the extreme is the yin. Although the Ming Dynasty's power is as sunny as the end of the sky, it is becoming more and more arrogant and determined to act alone, and violate the etiquette. It is ashamed of the saints and angered God. Therefore, the defeat has been revealed. I am sincere and have no way to ask for advice, and I am sad and angry. Now I cry at the Wu Gate to warn my emperor!"

After Hu Shining said that, he kowtowed, his forehead was broken and blood was covered with his face.

The soldiers and guards were all frightened, not because Hu Shining knocked his head, but because Hu Shining's last sentence "I am now crying at the Meridian Gate."

Who is Xu?

Wu Zixu, a doctor of the Wu State in the late Spring and Autumn Period. He once advised King Fuchai of Wu to destroy Yue State and kill Goujian, but the latter not only refused to listen, but also believed in slander and gave Wu Zixu a sword, allowing Wu Zixu to commit suicide. Wu Zixu was so sad that he left his last words, asking his family to dig out his eyes and hung them on the city gate of Wu State after his death. He wanted to watch with his own eyes as Yue State destroy Wu State in the future.

Later, the Yue Kingdom indeed captured the capital of Wu and destroyed the Wu Kingdom. Legend has it that King Fuchai of Wu blinded his eyes before committing suicide, because he was worried that he would not have the face to face Wu Zixu after his death.

Therefore, Hu Shining said that he was following Wu Zixu, and his subtext was that if Jiajing insisted on acting alone and did not listen to advice, he would repeat the mistakes of King Fuchai of Wu in the future, resulting in the destruction of the country and death.
Chapter completed!