Chapter 78: You can’t wait until the next night if you have a grudge
"Why did the emperor get up so early today? Don't you want to sleep for a while?"
Queen Qian was very surprised. What happened to the Emperor? He got up before dawn?
Zhu Qizhen rubbed his sleepy eyes and said, "I have something to do today. I have to go to court in person."
Queen Qian hurriedly got up to help Zhu Qizhen get dressed, and asked casually: "What is so important?"
"I can't explain it at the moment, but in short, it's very important!"
Zhu Qizhen didn't know what to say, because he just saw the earthquake cloud and was not sure whether there would really be an earthquake next.
As a modern person, in his original understanding, the so-called sky observation was all a trick to cheat, but what Beilin said gave him a new perspective.
The scientific and technological level of the ancients was limited. They had no satellites and no weather forecasts. They could only rely on the most primitive and simple scientific methods, which are the so-called observation methods in later generations.
Tall buildings rise from the ground. Without the basis of a large amount of observation data from ancient people, modern science cannot be born.
Before the earthquake, there must have been some unusual behavior, but most people didn't notice it.
Outside the window, the sky had begun to turn pale. Zhu Qizhen raised his head and looked to the northwest. At some point, the wavy clouds had turned into radial shapes. Although they had changed their shapes, they were still very regular. This orderly arrangement must be consistent with
It is related to certain natural phenomena, possibly changes in the magnetic field caused by crustal activity, or the release of energy waves. In short, it is very unusual.
He was even more certain that what Beilin said was correct.
In this era, natural disasters such as earthquakes are fatal to the people, and they are almost impossible to prevent.
The seismograph invented by Zhang Heng during the Eastern Han Dynasty was said to be able to measure the direction and magnitude of earthquakes, but it was only a post-earthquake measurement and was far from a pre-earthquake warning.
If the warning can be effectively warned this time and the losses can be minimized, it will be recorded in the history books in the future as a miracle.
Queen Qian looked a little hesitant, but hesitated many times. When she saw Zhu Qizhen preparing to go out, she mustered up the courage to say: "Your Majesty, Concubine Zhou..."
Zhu Qizhen turned around and asked, "What's wrong with her?"
"She hasn't eaten for two days. She only drank some rice soup. She has lost a lot of weight and is very haggard..."
The case of collaborating with Shanxi merchants was very involved, and Zhou Guifei's brother Zhou Shou was also involved. Fortunately, his involvement was not very high. The final punishment was to remove Zhou Guifei's father Zhou Neng from the title of Earl of Qingyun, and all the Zhou family's wealth.
Confiscated, and from then on demoted to common people.
For this reason, Concubine Zhou came to intercede again and again, but was avoided by Zhu Qizhen.
In his opinion, this case is of great importance. No matter who is found, he must be dealt with severely. If someone around him takes the lead in breaking the rules, he must be severely punished to set an example to others.
"You are the master of the harem, you handle the affairs of the harem!"
"Your Majesty!" Queen Qian said in confusion, "Concubine Zhou is the prince's biological mother after all. Do you think you can..."
"I have already made it clear that I have asked her to cut off contact with people outside the palace, just because I don't want her to be involved. If she insists on getting involved, then she will be punished together with Uncle Qingyun!"
After finishing speaking, Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and pushed the door open.
Wynn stood guard outside the door early in the morning. He stayed up all night, his eyes were red and he kept yawning.
"Your Majesty, I have found all the memorials you asked for. I wonder..."
Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "Take them all to the imperial study, I will use them later."
"Yes!"
At this time, a fight started in Fengtian Palace.
Li Shimian quarreled with Bei Lin for a few words, but found that they couldn't argue, and then began to talk about him, and his words were sarcastic and full of yin and yang.
Bei Lin had a fiery temper. She couldn't bear such anger. She pointed at Li Shimian's nose and yelled. Li Shimian wanted to fight back, but was worried about losing his worth in front of the ministers, so he snorted: "
There is no shortage of tricks!"
Generally speaking, talking about this is equivalent to announcing that the relationship between the two is completely broken, and it also announces that this conversation is over, and they will never interact with each other from now on.
But Beilin was different. She couldn't wait until the next night to express her hatred, and immediately cursed: "Fuck you!"
Li Shimian's old face was so dark that ink could ooze from it. In anger, he raised his hand and slapped him.
Beilin was so angry these days that she had nowhere to vent her anger, so she rushed towards him, pushed him to the ground, and then turned over and sat on him.
This series of operations dumbfounded the officials, and Zhu Qiyu was also shocked.
Li Shimian was already seventy-five years old. If he had been beaten to death on the spot, that would be okay...
I just heard someone shouting: "Come quickly, let's beat him to death!"
Two Han generals arrived in a hurry and separated them under Yuan Bin's command.
Li Shimian's hair was in a mess, his eyes were red, and he shouted like crazy: "Get rid of this arrogant and disrespectful person!"
Not to be outdone, Beilin jumped on her feet and shouted: "Fuck your mother! Fuck your mother!"
"You, you..." Li Shimian was shaking with anger, pointing at Beilin and saying, "Take him down, take him down!"
Seeing that Li Shimian was so angry, someone immediately stood up and asked Yuan Bin to take someone.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Bin said with a straight face: "Beilin's visit to the palace is the emperor's order. If you have any questions, please tell the emperor later!"
Then, the hall suddenly became quiet.
Everyone began to whisper, what did Yuan Bin mean by these words, the emperor's will?
Suddenly, a high-pitched voice came from outside the palace: "The Emperor has arrived!"
Upon hearing this voice, everyone had no time to react and immediately bowed down and shouted long live.
Zhu Qizhen, wearing a military uniform, walked into Fengtian Hall, glanced around, and then sat on the dragon chair.
"Everyone is safe!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Qizhen looked at Li Shimian and said in confusion: "Li Qing's family's hairstyle today... is very strange!"
"Please, Your Majesty, make the decision for me!"
Li Shimian immediately fell to the ground and burst into tears.
Seeing the miserable state of the old man with runny nose and tears, Zhu Qizhen felt a little unbearable. Then he looked at Beilin beside him and said in his heart, I asked you to go to the palace to make trouble, not to beat people!
"What's going on?"
"This person confuses the public with his evil words in Qintian Prison, and he was dismissed from his post by the veteran. Unexpectedly, instead of repenting, he intensified his behavior and came to the main hall to cause trouble. The veteran wanted to reprimand him a few words, but he... was... by him...
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At this point, Li Shimian was already bursting into tears. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Yongle's reign and assisted the emperors of the four dynasties. Whoever met him would politely call him "Li Gong". It was a good day, as a stupid young man pulled out his hair.
Beard, still riding on me...
A great reputation will never be guaranteed until later in life!
On the other side, Beilin was already stupid.
Isn't the Ming Emperor in front of him the same one he met yesterday...Brother Song?