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Chapter 218

This year did not pass peacefully after all.

On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Du Feng entered the palace to have an audience. The monarch and his ministers did not know what to say, which aroused the fury of Emperor Longyan of Zhaoning.

Du Feng was usually too straightforward, so there were very few officials who pleaded for him when he was sent to prison this time, not to mention the only two colleagues who had been sent to prison for him were also thrown into prison, and all the officials were silent for a while.Song Yuanlong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and Fan Wenzhuo, Minister of Dali Temple, used the grounds that the punishment was determined without trial or judgment and was illegal. They asked Du Feng about his crimes.As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar between the DPRK and China.

Jiang She was not too surprised when he heard the news, he only guessed that the cause was the matter of praying for the heaven.

On that day, Emperor Zhaoning claimed that he could send a message from heaven, and he drew a picture of the high platform he saw, and immediately delivered an order, ordering all the state capitals to build 49 seven or seven towers within one month, praying for the prince's blessing and longevity.Du Feng was transferred to the Ministry of Industry, and he was in charge of this matter. He followed the craftsmen to carefully outline the pattern of praying for the sky according to the pictures drawn by Emperor Zhaoning, and noted the lengths of the various sizes. It takes a lot of time to prepare the materials, and how long it takes to build the foundation. Some state capitals are far apart, and it takes several days for the decree to reach it. Moreover, it is very cold and freezing, making it even more difficult to break ground.Then he wrote all these kinds of memorials, asserting that it could not be completed within one month.

Although Emperor Zhaoning was reluctant, seeing that Du Feng's book was well-founded and detailed, he reluctantly agreed to extend the time limit by ten days.

I don't want the weather to be unbeautiful, but it snowed at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month.

An auspicious snow can herald a good year, but this snow has been falling for more than ten days in a row, and then things turn into extremes, turning joy into sorrow.The situation in central Beijing is not bad, but Liangzhou, Xiangzhou and other places have sent urgent documents one after another, saying that heavy snow caused disasters, causing houses to collapse, people displaced, countless deaths and injuries due to cold and starvation, and there are few such cases in the south. In the severe cold weather, the farmland is frozen, and next year's harvest will inevitably be damaged. Now it is time to prepare for opening a warehouse for relief.When it came to praying for the Tiantai, he dared not say it clearly. He only said that although it is difficult, praying for the prince is the top priority, and he must do his best to complete the project as scheduled.

Emperor Zhaoning commended his actions and ordered the Ministry of Households to allocate money for disaster relief.But in the past few days, news came from Haizhou and Fuzhou, saying that although there was no snowstorm, there was freezing rain and strong winds, and the family's food reserves were not enough, so they asked the imperial court to donate money to save the people.These two prefectures are near the sea, so they rarely produce grain, and they have to buy grain from the Jianghuai area in normal years. This kind of disaster is even more difficult to recover from, and it is common to ask Beijing to allocate grain.However, the harvest in the Jianghuai area last year was not very good, and at the end of the year, northern Zhejiang and Yanghuai were also hit by disasters, and now they are all poor; South Vietnam has recently ascended the throne, and it has been reported that there are changes in troops and horses, so it is necessary to increase its armaments accordingly; The Fulu Altar was built for the Empress one month before the middle of Beijing, the Zhaoyang Palace was rebuilt, and the Yuyou Palace was added. All three of these were not small expenses, and the state treasury would not be able to afford such a large amount of money for a while.

Zhou Jingyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, took the lead to plead guilty, and Du Feng took the opportunity to enter the paper again, saying that the national treasury was short of money, so it was better to suspend the project.

Emperor Zhaoning naturally refused, saying that the foundation of the country, he cared about the crown prince, and the crown prince's blessings were a top priority, if he prayed that the roof would not be completed in time and offend God, what should he do?He said that to such an extent, whoever objected, wouldn't he want to be detrimental to the crown prince?

The ministers only dared to persuade each other tactfully for a while, saying that the prince is benevolent, he will not bear to see the people suffer, and the gods pity His Majesty's painstaking efforts, and he will be accommodating and will not be angry; only Du Feng is still tit for tat, his words are aggressive, and he will not give an inch.The monarchs and ministers quarreled over this matter for a long time, until the end of the fight, even the crown prince, who was sick in bed, struggled to get up, and persuaded Emperor Zhaoning to cherish the people, but Emperor Zhaoning ordered Zheng Wenjia to leave, and he still insisted on going his own way, and we must see each other within ten days Pray for the roof to be completed.

Now that Du Feng entered the palace again, it was because of this, he has always been strong-tempered and sharp-tongued, this time he didn't know how he offended Emperor Zhaoning and was sent to jail.It's just that anger turns to anger. After all, Emperor Zhaoning is not the kind of fatuous lord who kills loyal ministers arbitrarily. He thinks he will let people go after a while, so when he first heard the news, Jiang She didn't take it to heart.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, Xu Su came to her with a piece of paper.He heard that this article spread all over the streets and alleys overnight, and now Jingzhao Mansion and Jingdu Wei have sent people to collect it everywhere, but it is still unknown how much is still circulating. When he received the news, he tried to get it from his old subordinates. One copy, show it to her.

Jiang She continued to read, but seeing the impassioned words, he first said that natural disasters are severe, but they are not to be feared. The disasters are caused by man-made, which is the most worrying; Official Du kept his mouth shut, he was deeply gracious, and even pointed out that Deng Gun was the one who brought disaster to the country. He deceived the saints and said that longevity is false. Those who have been addicted to this way in the past dynasties are hard to end well; , it was deafening, but it also made her break out in cold sweat. When she saw that the last pen was Du Feng, she couldn't help but take a deep breath.

She finally understood why Emperor Zhaoning was so angry, and the root cause was Deng Gun.

In fact, Jiang She asked He Ding about Deng Gun's personal affairs, but He Ding couldn't say what his origin was. He only knew that when Emperor Zhaoning was still the prince, Deng Gun had been by his side, and later Emperor Dazheng died in Mobei. With no sons behind him, the ministers welcomed Emperor Zhaoning to the throne.At first Deng Gun was peaceful, but a year later, Emperor Zhaoning suddenly decreed to build a Yuyou temple in the palace, and recruit dozens of small roads to worship and serve for Deng Gun to practice Taoism and alchemy.

Throughout the previous dynasties and future generations, there has never been such a case. The officials were shocked and went to persuade them one after another, but Emperor Zhaoning was not willing to listen, and in a fit of anger, he stopped the court for many days and ignored political affairs; In the end, the queen mother and the head of the state were found to mediate. In the end, the monarch and his ministers gave in and changed the Yuyou Temple into the Yuyou Palace, and chose another site to build a Taoist temple for Deng Gun to live in. Although Deng Gun could not stay in the palace for a long time, he could come and go as he wanted. Always accompany you before.

After this incident, all officials were already afraid of Deng Gun, so some people tried to persuade him.Unexpectedly, not long after, Emperor Zhaoning issued an edict again, intending to designate Deng Gun as a great national teacher. Although the officials knew that it was only a false title, they still opposed it because they were wary.Emperor Zhaoning was not very persistent this time, so he gave up for the time being, but two months later, the old matter was brought up again, the officials went to the court again, and Emperor Zhaoning gave up again, and this happened several times. Finally, some people felt that it would not hurt the overall situation. No matter how much he objected, Deng Gun didn't know how to please the queen mother and the head of the country, and in the end all the officials also compromised.

The weak heirs of the emperor's princes have always been a serious concern for his confidantes. Emperor Dazheng died without a child.But Emperor Zhaoning had only one son, yet he made a great wish to abandon his sensuality and practice Taoism with a pure heart. This edict caused an uproar in the government and the public.The officials played one after another, and the Empress Dowager was also in a hurry, but Emperor Zhaoning was determined, and disappeared again after the early court. The officials searched for many days, but he leisurely meditated in a Taoist temple on the outskirts of Beijing.

Now the officials refused to give up, and went to the siege one after another, denouncing the king for breaking the law and disregarding the community, and some even pointed the finger at Deng Gun, accusing him of harming the country and the lord.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhaoning also resorted to thunderous tactics to relegate or exile the Shangshu. There was also a censor whose words were the most fierce, and he was dragged down to beat twenty boards. Can you stand it?That's it.

Emperor Zhaoning ordered people to confiscate his corpse, and he took heavy responsibility for the executioners and sympathized with his family.The ministers saw it, thinking that he had regrets and was about to change his mind, but who knew that it would still be the same if he went to college again.It has always been admonishment by civil servants to die, leaving a name in history, under the discussion of hundreds of officials, a few people met in front of the palace gate, kneeling for a long time, forcing each other to die.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhaoning asked someone to carry several coffins according to the number, and passed on the saying: "Since the will to die is strong, I can't be strong, but I have to embalm your corpse thickly to express my heart."There are those violent people who are extremely ashamed and angry, and really want to die, but there are also those who are hesitant, stop people, and finally return angrily.

After this incident, countless people were appointed to the official post, and even Li Xiang also wrote a letter to resign, so he stayed at home.Whenever Deng Gun is mentioned in the memorial, he will be demoted or exiled. As long as he does not mention it, the monarch and his ministers can live in peace. Until now, it has become a tacit understanding.

The matter of praying for the Tiantai is naturally inseparable from Deng Gun, but no one dares to speak, no one dares to mention it.This layer of window paper was finally pierced by Du Feng today, so how could it be safe?