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Xu Guangqi and Xing Yunlu are both supervisors at school. They are not as keen on politics as other classmates, but are deeply fascinated by the science brought by missionaries. They spend a lot of time learning with Luo Mingjian, Matteo Ricci and others. This is a sign of inadequate work in the eyes of classmates. However, the two of them do their own things and never pay attention to those gossip.

For example, this time, Beijing City has caused trouble, which has stirred up the hearts of the Imperial College students. The students waving flags and shouting for love or love through rallying speeches, going to the streets to condemn, writing articles in newspapers, etc. Even now, young people are still having collective debates all night long.

Xu Guangqi and the others hid in this quiet Imperial Palace, looked at the mysterious night sky with a telescope and saw the true appearance of the moon. They were shocked by the real ugliness and could not believe that this was the legendary beautiful toad palace.

"Sorry, children, the moon is not the *** created by God," Luo Mingjian shrugged his shoulders and said in a purely official speech: "The things in heaven may not be perfect." In order to protect their interests, Luo Mingjian turned the lens and said: "Let's look at the brilliant starry sky, I believe you will be excited to discover."

Xu Guangqi and the others looked at the starry sky as they said, and saw that the stars in the sky became more brighter and denser. Luo Mingjian told them that this was not an illusion, but many stars that were not visible to the naked eye on the daily life showed their figures in the telescope.

The dazzling and beautiful night sky had fatal magic, which made the two of them forget the loss of the moon and became excited again.

Luo Mingjian wanted to guide them again and uncover the secrets of the Milky Way. However, before he could say it, he saw Xing Yunlu freezing and shouting in dismay: "Is that the broom star?"

As the Imperial Heaven Supervisor, Luo Mingjian naturally knew his responsibilities. He changed his color when he heard this. He snatched the camera and looked at it intently. A long blurred light appeared in the hidden blue night sky. It was white, like someone dipped a pen with a mercury and gently wiped it. He couldn't help but lose his voice: "It's indeed a comet!" It was a comet. It had just appeared and was moving southeast towards the Purple Star at an unaware speed. Gradually, the pale color in the sky could be seen without a telescope. The pale color in the sky was like a long white rainbow, which made people frightened.

"Oh my God, it's so close to the Emperor Star!" Luo Mingjian's heart sank. He was already an authentic Ming person. Naturally, he knew that Chinese civilization believed in the response of heaven and man, and believed that celestial phenomena were a warning to the human world. The appearance of the broom star meant disaster, and the purple-Wei Star represented the emperor.

"Record it quickly." Luo Mingjian ordered Matteo Ricci: "I have to report to the court overnight!"

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The news of the comet soon spread throughout the capital, which immediately caused serious concerns among the court and the people. The ministers and the people felt serious uneasy. Rumors were like catkins without roots. Some people said that this was the emperor's insistence on seizing love, which was contrary to the rules, so the heaven was furious and wanted to bring disaster to the Ming Dynasty. Some people said that this was the Emperor Wanli's scepter of loyal ministers in court and killed the internal officials for no reason. God was warning the emperor... Such all kinds of things were bizarre, and the city was turbulent in one day. It was obvious that Zhang Juzheng became the target of thousands of people, but in fact the spearhead was secretly pointed at the young emperor who had been in the limelight recently.

Because the emperor is also called "Son of Heaven", which means the son of heaven, and is governed and restricted by heaven. If any disaster occurs in the country is considered to be related to the emperor's own misdeeds. The comet is considered to be the most unlucky celestial phenomenon, or it passes through the purple micro-star. This is hard to remember what mistake the emperor has made recently.

In the eyes of the government and the public, this was God's determination to a series of recent events. All officials were full of resentment towards Wanli. Now that with God's support, they naturally had no worries. They rushed to write letters and talk about things, requiring the emperor to reflect deeply and admit their mistakes to God.

On the day after the Comet, there were as many as 200 ministers who wrote to the letter to talk about the matter. After that, the memorials of officials from various local provinces and Nanjing arrived one after another. Even civilians wrote tens of thousands of letters, asking the emperor to reflect on himself and correct it.

Of course, it is impossible for those who are ministers to put all the blame on the emperor, at least on the surface, so as not to do so. Therefore, according to convention, the cabinet took the lead, and all the yamen in both capitals reflected on themselves, and the surrendered subordinates fell silent. All the cabinet ministers, six ministries and nine ministers of the two capitals, and local governors all submitted memorials to express their crimes and requested resignation from the emperor.

In theory, the changes in the celestial phenomena and the accusations of the ministers, such things are not surprising, but the time and place are too bad now, which puts great pressure on the little emperor in the deep palace. Wanli could not understand why God had to go against him even though he was obviously the son of heaven. After spending a few days in anxiety, he finally couldn't stand the inner confusion and couldn't help but call several great scholars to the Ganqing Palace for inquiries.

Wanli sat in the East Warehouse Pavilion and waited for the assistant ministers to enter one after another. After performing the ceremony, he found that today's foreman was the third assistant Zhang Siwei, but he did not see the silent figure of the first assistant.

"Why didn't Yuan Fu come?" he asked curiously.

"Report to the emperor," Zhang Siwei replied in a compliment: "After Yuan Fu submitted a memorial to apologize, he sat at home and waited for the post." After saying that, he wanted to stop his mouth, but in the vigilant eyes of the other assistant ministers, he sighed inwardly and said: "In fact, I have also written to apologize for the crime. However, Yuan Fu said that the state affairs are heavy and cannot be separated from others for a moment. We have already angered God, how can we abandon the national affairs and make mistakes? Therefore, Yuan Fu ordered us to wait for the crime in the yamen to work."

"Then why didn't he do that?" Wanli asked.

"Yuan Fu said that he was the one who ordered it," Yin Shizhan replied, "If he was not even at home to be guilty of being guilty, he would be suspected of being greedy for power. Besides, the comet appeared in heaven, it would be that the court would have angered God if he had something to do. No matter what, he, the chief minister, could not refuse to blame..."

After hearing this, Wanli felt relieved at first. With the Prime Minister's thunder, his pressure was naturally much less. The next moment, he felt a strong impulse. This was really a god-given opportunity. He blurted out with one sentence: "Where is Yuanfu's resignation?" If he followed the trend like the late emperor went to Xu Jie, wouldn't he just move away and pressed his heart?

"Your Majesty, now is not the time to discuss Yuan Fu!" Wei Xuezeng said in a loud voice immediately: "The most urgent thing is to understand the Comet's matter first, and then talk about the others!"

Among the several major scholars in the cabinet, Wanli was very afraid of this Wei Dapao because he looked too fierce. When supervising his studies, he scolded him without any mercy and left a shadow since he was a child. When Wei Xuezeng roared, Wanli subconsciously shrank and said: "What Master Wei said just now is very reasonable. If you want to think about personnel and affairs in one day, you have to carefully consider what you say and what you are saying... There is no need to be taboo."

Zhang Siwei, the first person to seize love, has been stabbed by his colleagues many times these days. At this moment, someone is afraid that someone will take advantage of the problem, so he took the lead and said: "I think comets have always appeared. Most of the national military use. Comets come out of the northwest and moved to the Emperor Star, responding to the abnormal movements of the Tatar Tumochuan tribes, and they may resurrect the old ways and disturb our Ming Dynasty. There are Tumans in Liaodong, and Duoyan tribes have made a comeback. Therefore, the astronomical phenomena warn, reminding the emperor to pay attention to military affairs and prepare early!"

After Zhang Siwei's words, he completely pushed the emperor's responsibility. Wanli naturally smiled and said, "Master Xiao Zhang is very knowledgeable, and I also think that's the case."

"Your Majesty, I don't agree with the opinion of Master Xiao Zhang." Wei Xuezeng shook his head and said, "It is true that the Tumochuan tribe is moving, but that was caused by Altan's death from illness and his sons fighting for the throne of Khan. For the Ming Dynasty, the more fierce they make, the more internal friction will be. We are willing. At this time, it is too late for them to curry favor with the court, so how dare they annoy the court?" He said, "As for Liaodong, Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang's camera attacks over the years, they have achieved great results. Where are the cavalry of the Tartars east of the Liaohe River? Why did the changes still appear? I am really foolish and do not understand the truth."

"Georg Master Wei said it right," as soon as Wei Xuezeng finished speaking, Lu Shusheng said loudly: "I think the northwest and northeast are not related. It was a traitor in the court that disrupted the country's affairs, and deceived the emperor's superiors and damaged the country's principles. Therefore, the comet appeared on the side of Ziwei! But it is obvious to all. Please observe the holy heart of the Lord. It is not difficult to find a traitor. Once the evil person leaves, the comet will disappear!"

These words hit Wanli's weakness. He turned his face down, leaned over and asked gloomyly: "Who is Master Lu referring to? You might as well say it clearly!"

"Yes!" Lu Shusheng was not afraid of him. He cleared his throat and said loudly: "Since God warned him, it must be the latest thing, the biggest thing, what is the biggest thing in the court today?" He set up a question and then said bluntly: "Of course it is a matter of a certain cabinet master's robbery! I remember when the late emperor ascended the throne, my emperor issued a clear edict saying that he should cultivate politics and govern the country with virtue. At that time, I listened to the order, but I was not happy and excited, and I burst into tears, thinking that the great emperor would be peaceful one day! Unexpectedly, my emperor ignored the dissuasion of the ministers and forcibly robbed Zhang Juzheng. Such acts that violate human ethics naturally advised people, but were scepters from the emperor's court! This is really the one who follows me will prosper and rebelled against me, and he will die. He will do whatever he wants without any scruples. How could there be any shadow of virtue?"

This Lu Shusheng, who was in the same hometown as Xu Jie, and was in the same department as Gao Gong, and was the Huiyuan of that year, was unique and good at everything. However, because his father was seriously ill, Lu Shusheng resigned from his post and returned to his hometown to serve. After serving the sanction, he resigned several times, and was unwilling to get involved in the struggle between Gao Gong and Xu Jie. What's strange is that he was indifferent to fame and fortune and resigned repeatedly, but his reputation became more and more famous, and people wanted to invite him to work in the court. He retired during the reign of Emperor Shizong. The last emperor had repeatedly failed to seek each other. It was not until now that he reached the top that he returned after repeated urging.

People often say that Haidutang is the iron courage of the Ming Dynasty, and this Lu Ge Lao is the conscience of the Ming Dynasty. Over time, the old man really regarded himself as his conscience. Therefore, he spoke without any scruples. He didn't even look at Wanli's face, and he just spitted and said: "The heaven is warning, I think it is the matter of the emperor forcing Zhang Juzheng to keep him and stole the officials in court! If he can change his course, let Zhang Juzheng return home, and pardon the punished officials, the comet will pass away quietly..."

When Wanli heard him speak out loudly, he accused him mercilessly. His face turned pale. He suppressed his roar just for the promise of "the person who speaks is innocent". He wanted to refute, but he was so angry that he couldn't speak."

"Gemaster Lu, although the emperor speaks freely, you can't make any guesses without reason!" Seeing the emperor being embarrassed, Zhang Siwei immediately stood up and said, "A gentleman fears the will of heaven is the words of sages. But the theory of changes in heaven must be extra cautious! You are here to speak out and slander the saints! What kind of minister is this from the country!"

"Your Highness Xiao Zhang, you won't understand the simple truth that good medicine is good for diseases, and honest words are bad for actions, right?" Lu Shusheng said: "As a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, you should speak frankly about the wrongs of the king and father, so that you can repair the sacred heart and correct your holy heart!"

"I advise you to be a wise minister and capable minister, not a loyal minister or a wise minister." Zhang Siwei sneered and said, "If there are wise ministers, there will be wise kings, and if there are capable ministers, there will be rulers in the world; if there are loyal ministers, there will be ruling the world, and when there are loyal ministers and harsh ministers, it is the time when the king is in chaos. You might as well ask yourself how many things you have done to persuade you to be honest!"

"You villain! What's the crap logic?" Lu Shusheng said furiously: "Can you not be loyal ministers or tyrants in governing the world? Then what is the Duke of Fan of the Song Dynasty in Wei Zheng of Tang and the country? Besides, even if the king is really confused and the country is in chaos, it is still a treacherous minister like you, so there will be so many loyal ministers who stand up!"

Zhang Siwei and Lu Shusheng were extremely excited. They quarreled and spitted everywhere, but they also cited and cited each other and faced each other, making people unable to get into the mouth.

Looking at the two murderous masters who were so murderous and quarreled that their faces were red and thick, Wanli's eyes were straightened. He deeply realized his shortcomings... If he had a quarrel, he would not be the opponent of the other person. He couldn't help but blame himself: "Why are you asking these people for advice? Aren't you humiliating yourself?"

He was a sensible person. He knew that as soon as he spoke, he would let Zhang Siwei down and become the target of public criticism again. He had to keep silent. I won’t say anything. Let’s see what else can you do?

After finally a while, the Grand Secretary was tired of scolding him, Wanli had time to take the time to say, "Everyone, you all go back. I understand what you mean. Let me consider it before making a decision." He paused and said, "Master Zhang, I have something else to ask you."

"Yes..." The Grand Secretary had to leave.

After the rest of the people left, only Zhang Siwei was left. Wanli asked, "If you take the opportunity to let Shen Mo leave, you will be the chief minister, what if you take the opportunity to be the chief minister?"

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