Chapter 207 Shen Lian's Letter
Chapter 207 Chen Lian's book
Just when Shen Mo was struggling with his lifelong event, something big enough to change the trajectory of his life happened in Beijing, thousands of miles away...
On the eve of the 33rd year of Jiajing, there were fire trees and silver flowers in the capital. The sky was full of joy in the Jingshen Monk Temple in the West Garden.
In the Ming Dynasty, all officials had to submit a memorial to celebrate Wansheng on this day, and they were the emperor's New Year. No one said depressed words during the New Year, and they all picked up those nice words. Therefore, Emperor Jiajing, who had been upset for a whole year, decided to take a good look at these congratulatory statements to seek physical and mental pleasure and better communicate with the Five Emperors.
But no matter how sweet the honey is, it will get tired of eating too much. If you read too much of the 'Sheng Shou An Kang' and 'Wan Sheng Wuwang', the emperor will feel bored. He threw away the memoir in his hand and said, "There is no fresh thing for the same thing?"
Huang Jin, who served beside him, smiled and said with apologies: "This just shows that all the lords admire Your Majesty very much."
Jiajing laughed and scolded, "I just wiped my mouth with honey, I won't look at it." He kicked the tall stacks of congratulatory statements with his feet, and kicked the colorful memorials all over the floor.
He was about to let Huang Jin clean up, but he saw that there was a black cover in it. He couldn't help but frown and said, "Who is so ignorant?"
Following His Majesty's gaze, Huang Jin also saw the eye-catching memorial and felt that it would be fine to tell him, but under the emperor's nose, he did not dare to make trouble, so he had to pick it up and hold it up with both hands towards the emperor.
Emperor Jiajing took it with a deep face and glanced at the name on the cover. It was "The Jinyiwei experienced the Shenlian." He still had some impression of this name. It was when Altan besieged the city this autumn and demanded a trade with each other. Emperor Jiajing once issued an edict asking the ministers to express their opinions on the matter, but before the cabinet's opinion was issued, except for Zhao Zhenji, the Imperial Supervisor, clearly expressed his opposition, the rest of the ministers remained silent.
In this shameful silence, Chen Lian stood up and publicly expressed his support for Zhao Siye's opinion. This made all officials very embarrassed, so Xia Bangmo, the Minister of Personnel, suddenly jumped out and said disdainfully: "How can the minor official write a letter?"
Yu Dayou was also asked about this, and he chose to remain silent at that time. But Chen Lian would not be silent. He said without fear: "The Jinyiwei has experienced Chen Lian! The ministers do not say it, so the minor officials say it."
"This is a hard bone." Jiajing smiled faintly in his heart, but when he opened the Shenlian memorial, he couldn't laugh immediately. He saw the silver hook and iron painting on the snow-white paper, and wrote with a stern look:
"Our old rules of our dynasty, when we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, all the ministers should submit memorials to congratulate me. However, I am alone and straightforward, and I am afraid all day and night, thinking about reproaching, but there is no better person than asking to kill the thief. Now the thief outside is Altan, the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief from the thief. I would like to say to Your Majesty the ten major crimes:
Although Song did not have the name of Prime Minister, his power was even greater than that of Prime Ministers since ancient times. As a result, the world only knew that Prime Minister Yan was not known to have Emperor Jiajing. His crime was one.
He stole the great power of the king and bought favors and guests. The court rewarded one person and said, "I will reward him." He punished one person and said, "I will punish him." Everyone is obsessed with the love and dislike of Yan's family, but does not know the court's grace and power. How can he bear to say it! The two crimes are.
He also has the power to take over the Ministry of Personnel. Even the minor officials in the prefectures and counties all take goods, which leads to great destruction of the government. The third is the crime. He is old and stupid and misleading the military affairs of the country. The fourth is the crime. He is indifferent to the censors, so that they dare not speak out directly. The fifth is the case. He is jealous of the virtuous and jealous of the capable people. He will inevitably lead to death. The sixth is the case. He will receive money from his sons, collect money from the world, return home, and the moon will not be empty, and the road will be in a way of post-road, eighth is the case. The connections are bound together, deep roots are firm, and most of the officials of each department are their wings. This is the heart of your master, the ministers and craftsmen, and the ninth is the case.
Since Song took action, customs have changed drastically. For more than ten years, those who bribe rank high positions, while those who are noble have been excluded. As a result, the world regards "abiding the law" as circumstantial, "smart" as talent, "integrity is not good" as aggression, and "flattering" as practice. Since ancient times, there has not been any detrimental to today. It is because Song likes profit, and the world is greedy. Song likes flattery, and the world is flattering. The source is not clean, so how can the flow be clear? This is the custom of the world. The ten major sins are!
How could Your Majesty love a thief minister and endure millions of people to fall into trouble?
As for the Grand Secretary Xu Jie was specially promoted by Your Majesty, he followed the violations of everything and did not dare to uphold justice. He must be called a defeat for the country. I hope Your Majesty will listen to your words and observe Song's traitors. Some may summon the two kings, or ask the ministers of the cabinet. The constitution will be set up at the worst, and the officials will be resigned. Once the internal thieves are gone, the external thieves will be eliminated. Even if the Altan Japanese/pirates will be afraid of Your Majesty's saint's decision, they will be scared without fighting.
When the emperor was reading this memorial with every word like a knife, in a remote alley outside Xizhimen, in a slightly shabby courtyard. The Jinyiwei experienced the officials' reign and was having New Year's Eve dinner with his family.
The red candles shone on the table, including fish, meat, wine, and vegetables, and the drunk chicken and fish that are not common in Beijing. However, facing such a sumptuous banquet, Mrs. Chen and their two sons could not eat it, and there was deep sadness on their faces.
Seeing his wife and children feel so sad, Chen Lian said with a guilty look on his face: "If I hadn't been taken away at any time, I would have to finish this meal before telling you."
Mrs. Chen cried and said, "Before entering Beijing, my uncle expected that today would be there, but I didn't expect that it would be today so soon."
The guilt on Chen Lian's face became even worse. He poured his wife a glass of wine for the first time and said softly: "I'm sorry, I've let you suffer with me." As he said that, he brought it up and sent it to her. Mrs. Chen took the wine and drank it with tears.
Chen Lian poured another cup and then delivered it to his wife and said, "After I go, the children still need you to pull them. Xiang'er is already an adult, I'm not worried. Only these two children, you should be more worried and don't let them go to the fork in the road." Chen Gun and Shen Bao, who were sitting at the lower head, were only about ten years old, looking at their crying mother with panic on their faces and their father with a determined look on their faces.
Mrs. Chen did not accept the cup, but shed tears: "How can I teach two children well by myself?"
Chen Lian said softly: "You can write it to Tang Shunzhi, he will definitely help." After thinking about it, he said: "Forget it, let's find silence. It's best to learn from him when dealing with people and things."
"We want to learn from Dad." But the children said seriously: "Be a person like Dad."
Chen Lian shook his head and said bitterly: "I'd better not want it anymore. People like Dad are not good. Not only will you suffer losses and suffer, but you will also be implicated."
Before he finished speaking, someone at the door sighed quietly: "Since you know everything, why do you still have to do this?"
Hearing this sound, Chen Lian's heart skipped a beat, but then he returned to normal. He looked at the tall figure standing at the door and said lightly: "Some things must be done. Since others dare not do them, I will do them."
Lu Bing came in from outside the door and bowed to Chen Lian and said, "Sir, I wish you a happy new year." Chen Lian stood up and returned the courtesy, "Sir," and then stood up slowly and walked out the door.
As soon as he saw him walking out, Mrs. Chen fainted on the table. Chen Bao and Shen Gun ran over, hugged Chen Lian's legs and started crying heart-wrenchingly.
The face of Shenlian, which had been as deep as water, finally showed ripples. I couldn't help but burst into tears. I hugged the two children hard and whispered in their ears: "Don't be a hero." Then I reached out to their black sweet holes, and they fainted immediately.
Chen Lian held his two children and said to Lu Bing: "Please beg you sir." Lu Bing held his head and a man in black came out of the shadow. Chen Lian recognized him as one of the Thirteen Grandma, nicknamed "Murderer Ruma". The man threw an admirable glance at Chen Lian and said with hissing: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, who wants to hurt his sister-in-law and the two young masters, he must step on my body of Zhu San first."
"Please." Chen Lian nodded, then walked out. When he walked outside, he couldn't help but look back at the small yard where he had lived for a year.
Lu Bing saw the corners of his eyes shiny, and his heart was like a knife in his heart... Although the two had not been together for too long, they had established a deep friendship. Lu Bing was deeply moved by his deep and knowledge and always regarded him as a good teacher and friend.
However, today, he wanted to arrest this teacher and friend with his own hands, which made Lu Bing, who was loyal and loyal to him very confused... It was just that Chen Lian was offended this time, and Yan Song was impeached, and he was impeached by death.
The so-called death impeachment is not seen in any of the "Da Ming Law" and has never been officially recognized. The targets of its impeachment are often those who are worthy of life and death, and the crime of impeachment is enough to kill the other party. It is the most violent attack launched by the weak impeacher who bet on his life and vaguely hatred against his enemies.
However, this kind of competition with huge strength is often destined from the beginning - the weak will die for a lifetime, and the strong will continue to be at large.
Chen Lian didn't know the consequences of doing this. His senior brother Tang Shun, who was very knowledgeable and familiar with the way of struggle, wrote a letter to advise after Zhang Jing's accident: "I would like to pay more attention to the immortal cause, and I will eventually be a deacon." He advised him earnestly, hoping that he would not stand up when the strict party was at its peak to avoid disasters.
Chen Lian understood very well that Tang Shunzhi's words were right. Impeachment was indeed not a good idea. Not only did he be unlucky, it would also harm his relatives and friends. But after a painful struggle, he still decided to impeach Yan Song in his death!
Because he had seen clearly that the culprit of all this in the Ming Dynasty has come to this day, Yan Song is the one who blames all of this. If Yan Song is not eliminated, the Ming Dynasty has no hope! But facing this giant, he is really powerless. He can only sacrifice his life and use his loyal soul to sound the first death knell of the destruction of the Yan Party, awakening the conscience sleeping in people's hearts.
Chapter completed!