Zhu Houzhao went on a tour of the Qinhuai River and was arranged to board a painted boat, where famous prostitutes from the south of the Yangtze River played and sang.
Wang Yuan felt that the boat was quite big. As long as the emperor didn't have convulsions, there should be no accidents about falling into the water. He was too lazy to get on the boat and listen to music, and took his wife and children to play on the shore - the shore was actually quite interesting.
Dabaoen Temple is located beside the Qinhuai River.
"It's so beautiful!" Song Ling'er looked up at the Tower of Repayment.
With a height of nearly 80 meters, the Baoen Tower raises the skyline of Nanjing. Moreover, the entire body is made of colored glaze, and there are 146 ever-burning lamps inside and outside the tower, making it even more sparkling and bright when viewed at night.
Wang Ce looked at the Tower of Repayment and was dumbfounded. How could this child who grew up in Guizhou have ever seen such a magical and beautiful scenery?
Not far away, missionary Camilo was also looking up.
This guy has learned to speak Chinese, and is wearing Han Chinese robes and a big black hat. After getting to know him well in Hangzhou, he went to Suzhou and Huzhou, and he just happened to be visiting Nanjing today.
Camilo was surprised when he saw the height of the Repayment Tower in the afternoon, and the night scene shocked him. Camilo felt that he was extremely small, so he subconsciously knelt down in front of the Repayment Tower and crossed himself devoutly on his chest: "It's so spectacular.
The beautiful tower must be a creation of God. God once came to the east to teach the Chinese people to build towers, and also guided me here secretly, so that I could spread the gospel of God in China."
Feeling great and intoxicated with himself, Camilo was still kneeling on the ground. When he raised his head again, tears were streaming down his face.
The majestic Forbidden City only took three and a half years to build. The Baoen Temple in front of us took a total of seventeen years to build. It is a pinnacle of ancient Chinese architecture. The barbarians from Italy simply cannot describe this tower in words.
, can only use divine creations to alleviate the shock deep in the soul.
"In November 1518, I came to the southern capital of China. Its name was Nanjing, an indescribably majestic city. Before I even got close to the city wall, I saw the towers outside the city. They were incredibly high. It is said that
It was more than 260 feet (a Roman ruler, slightly shorter than a bright ruler). At night, I looked up at the tower again. Its beauty took my breath away, as if it was a divine creation dropped from heaven to the earth..."
"The next day, I went to Bao'en Temple. The pagan monks opened the temple door for me and let me visit the main hall with about 10,000 Buddha statues. In the center of the temple is the high tower. It is immortal and majestic.
Yes, it is a wonder, it is also a miracle. I want to solidify it with poetry, but the most beautiful poetry in the world is not enough to describe one ten thousandth of it... I, Camilo, a devout Christian,
To be so impressed by a pagan temple."
——Excerpted from "Travel to the East Volume 2" by Camilo (Chinese name: Ke Yudao).
On the bank of the Qinhuai River, a barbarian from a foreign country was kneeling down and crying in front of the Tower of Repayment.
Many passers-by gathered around him, pointing and pointing with pride, knowing that these barbarians were frightened into tears by the Repayment Tower.
Wang Yuan did not see this guy, and he continued to play with his wife and children. Wang Ce sat on his father's neck, extremely excited from beginning to end, pointing everywhere and asking questions non-stop.
Suddenly, a Confucian scholar appeared and said, "Wang Shilang, please take a step to speak."
Wang Yuan cupped his hands and said, "May I ask your surname?"
The Confucian scholar bowed and said: "Shi Yue, the left minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites."
Wang Yuan immediately laughed and said: "It turns out to be Shi Lang, whose name I have admired for a long time!"
Shi Yue, courtesy name Bangyan, was the younger brother of Shi Yue, the Minister of Civil Service.
If Wang Yuan hadn't flapped his butterfly wings, Shi Yue would have been the right minister of the Ministry of Rites three years ago, and now he is in charge of the Hanlin Academy. Like his brother Shi Jie, he is an upright and upright person. When he antagonizes the emperor, he also antagonizes Yang Tinghe, but in general
The last one was to fight against Jiang Bin and other lucky ministers together with Yang Tinghe.
Shi Yue glanced at Song Linger and stopped talking.
Wang Yuan said: "This is my wife. Shi Lang has something to say, but there is no harm in saying it."
Shi Yun asked: "Does the Minister Wang know about the evil deeds Xu Tai and Wei Bin did in Nanchang?"
Wang Yuan looked puzzled: "I was accompanying His Majesty, but I didn't know that Xu Tai went to Nanchang."
Shi Yun immediately explained: "Border general Xu Tai and eunuch Wei Bin led a thousand troops to Nanchang. On the pretext of checking out the remnants of King Ning's party, they beat the court officials and tortured good people. Not to mention the injured, there were countless unjust dead.
Thousands, but fortunately Yangminggong’s clever plan protected him, otherwise the number of wronged souls in Nanchang would have exceeded 10,000. The descendants of the Hu family in Nanchang have been tortured to death!”
"How unreasonable!" Wang Yuan was filled with indignation.
Shi Yun said: "The people of Nanchang are filled with resentment, and the world is raging. But after Xu Tai and Wei Bin were forced to leave Nanchang by Yangming Gong, they came to Nanjing to follow His Majesty. The Three Laws Division had nothing to do with them."
Wang Yuan said righteously and solemnly: "It is the duty of a minister to eliminate traitors for the country. If Shi Lang has any instructions, just tell them. I will definitely eliminate these two evil thieves for the world!"
Shi Yun admired him and said: "If it is as my brother said, Wang Shilang has a righteous heart, and he is indeed a member of our generation."
"I dare not claim to be a pure person, I am just a dirty minister." Wang Yuan was very humble.
Shi Yun took out a pile of impeachment memorials from his arms and said, "Shilang Wang, please personally deliver these memorials to His Majesty."
Wang Yuan suddenly smiled and asked: "Have you ever found Mr. Zhang (Zhang Yong)?"
Shi Yue said: "For more than half a month, Governor Zhang has been following His Majesty every step of the way. It is really difficult for me to avoid Jiang Bin to discuss with him."
"That's it." Wang Yuan understood.
The first choice partner of these Qingliu is actually the eunuch Zhang Yong. Because Zhang Yong and Jiang Bin have direct conflicts, Xu Tai is Jiang Bin's confidant, and Wei Bin has long been estranged from Zhang Yong, Zhang Yong is very happy to hand over Xu Tai and Wei Bin
black material.
On the contrary, Wang Yuan, a civil servant and a member of the Holy Family, had no conflict of interest with Jiang Bin.
Wang Yuan conveniently put the memorial away and asked: "Is the scholar forest boiling?"
"Yes, we must get rid of it quickly!" Shi Yun said.
Wang Yuan also acted recklessly in Hangzhou and had deep conflicts with the local gentry. However, Wang Yuan only exiled a grandson of the former number one scholar, only intimidated other gentry, and also attracted a large number of people with vested interests by opening up the sea.
Among Zhejiang gentry, many criticized Wang Yuan and many praised him.
However, Xu Tai and Wei Bin only had mortal enemies and did not know how to "make friends" with local gentry through profit. He acted too arrogantly in Nanchang, tortured more than 20 wealthy families in one go, and even killed many officials' family members. No
He died violently immediately, and the emperor was protecting him. The civil servants of the dynasty wanted to skin him and eat his flesh.
Wang Yuan slowly returned to his residence, but the emperor stayed in the boat all night and did not return.
A few days later, Zhu Houzhao dragged his hollowed body and took everyone by boat to Zhenjiang.
Inside the cabin.
Wang Yuan took out a stack of memorials, handed them to Zhang Yong and said, "Master Zhang, please take a look."
After Zhang Yong quickly browsed several memorials, he was also shocked and asked: "Xu Tai, Wei Bin is so bold?"
Wang Yuan said: "I can't believe it either, but it is true."
Although Zhang Yong was also very greedy, he only harmed civilians and did not dare to directly torture the families of civil servants. He exclaimed: "These two people want money rather than their lives. How can they do this to collect money?"
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Duke Zhang, each of us will hand over half of these edicts."
Zhang Yong chuckled: "Okay."
Zhang Yong, the eunuch, only amassed wealth but not power; Wang Yuan, the civil servant, only did things but did not fight for favor. Although the two of them had conflicts due to opening up the sea, they had a tacit understanding and hit it off when dealing with other close ministers.
Zhang Yong's refusal to seize power was just that he did not stretch his hand too far when he was favored by the emperor.
Wei Bin, Zhang Yong's former confidant, now turned to Jiang Bin, and Zhang Yong hated these guys. What's even more hateful is that Zhang Yong fell out of favor a few years ago precisely because Jiang Bin stole the emperor's favor.
In this world, the person who wants Jiang Bin and Xu Tai to die most is the eunuch Zhang Yong - just like Zhang Yong killed Liu Jin.
The emperor's father doesn't love me anymore, it's all you people who are trying to steal my love!
Wang Yuan and Zhang Yong teamed up to make a snitch. It was too easy to bypass Jiang Bin, so they handed in the memorial in Zhenjiang that night.
Zhu Houzhao was really heartless. He was not angry after reading the memorial, but felt a huge headache. He complained that Xu Tai and Wei Bin had caused such a big thing, and the civil servants would definitely insist on it. As the emperor, he must give an explanation
Just fine.
The impeachment memorial was suppressed by the emperor and handed over to Zhang Yong for safekeeping.
Even if it needs to be dealt with, it will have to wait until he returns to Beijing. Zhu Houzhao still wants to live happily.