.Chinese people like to use wood to build houses, even if the palace is no exception. Wooden-structured houses do have their advantages, such as fast construction, beautiful and low cost, but their disadvantages are also obvious, such as being incompatible with the erosion of time. However, from the perspective of living, the biggest disadvantage is that they are afraid of fire. Especially when the weather is dry, it is really a little bit, and it is burned and there is a piece of it.

Therefore, fires often occur in China, especially the imperial palaces with wooden buildings, which are even more severely affected. There are several times in any dynasty, but it is extremely rare as in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. In other words, there are absolutely unique fires that are as easy as Emperor Jiajing.

According to statistics from the Yousi, in the 41st year of Yuji, twenty fires occurred in the palace. The most serious one was that all the three halls of the Forbidden City were burned, and even the queen was burned to death. This was not counting the emperor's several times that the emperor encountered fire in the palace, so people privately gave Emperor Daojun a nickname called "Fire De Xingjun."

Of course, such frequent fires would not be for no reason. They were directly related to Jiajing's daily activities. The emperor burned incense and elixirs in the palace all day long, burned paper and slaughtered. Which one was not a fire? Of course, if the emperor practiced himself, it would not cause so many fires. But he even raised a large gang of Taoists in the palace. Everyone was shrouding in smoke and often exploded. It would be strange if the fires were not frequent.

The reason for saying this is that in March of the 41st year of Jiajing, a few days after the spring examination, another fire broke out in Yuxi Palace where the emperor lived.

There is nothing to say about the cause of the incident, but the emperor was practicing and fired. A talisman paper lit the curtains in the corner of the wall, and the flames quickly rose up. It was as if it was on the roof. Youdao was a good doctor after a long illness. Jiajing had already trained in fires again and again, and shouted, "It's gone!" While packing up the important seals and memorials, precious elixirs, rolling a bun with a piece of yellow satin. When Huang Jin and Chen Hong rushed in, he tied the bundle with a knot, and even a beautiful bow.

So Chen Hong carried a bag and Huang Jin carried the emperor, surrounded by a group of small eunuchs, ran out of the monastery. The matter was dry and the fire spread quickly. When he ran to the yard, the entire monastery was already full of fire.

Jiajing was calm and looked at the fire and said, "Yuxi Palace cannot be saved, don't work hard here. Keep it elsewhere."

At this time, the eunuchs carried buckets, urns, and pushed the water dragons, and began to spray water to put out the fire. Helplessly, the east wind roared, and the fire became more and more fierce as it burned. It was impossible to extinguish it.

Unfortunately, after Jiajing suffered many fires, he paid great attention to external fire prevention. All the doors in the palace abandoned wood and were made of bricks. There were fire protection passages between the palaces, so although the fire was large, it did not spread, and there were no serious casualties.

But when Jiajing saw that he lived in a towering bedroom and was burned, he was still very sad, especially when he thought of so many magical instruments and treasures, they were burned. He felt even more worried, sitting in the open space with a blanket, sighing constantly.

At this time, Huang Jin whispered from the side: "Your Majesty, Mr. Xu is here."

Jiajing nodded, looked at Xu Jie and said, "It's coming so fast? Haven't you been asleep yet?"

Xu Jie said respectfully: "Yes, there are several provinces that must be returned tomorrow, so I rushed all night." He said: "The land flows above, please go to Wuyi Palace to rest first."

"Why would it be cold when guarding such a large fire?" Jiajing shook his head and refused Xu Jie's kindness.

Xu Jie had to stand there with the emperor. Jiajing looked at him and said, "You go back and do the job first, don't delay official duties."

"The Emperor of Heaven and Earth is the greatest." Xu Jie said: "At this moment, the emperor's bedroom was burned. The master was worried that Zhongzhong would be worried. He should put aside the matter of being a minister and solve his problems with his grandfather wholeheartedly. This is the most important matter that I think is the most important thing." It was obviously flattery, but the righteous words he said seemed to be refuting the emperor. Jiajing could not feel that he was flattering at all, but he still felt very helpful. He nodded in emotion and said: "It is rare that my dearest love has this kind of heart." Seeing Xu Jie still standing, he ordered Huang Jin to say: "Create a Jindun for Master Xu."

Xu Jie quickly thanked him, but Jiajing said, "You can sit down in the future. Such heavy state affairs are all on you alone. I can't bear to have much trouble with my Dinghai Shen Needle."

Xu Jie was so moved that he almost cried, and said, "I am not tired, let alone Master Yan. He is also staring at the cabinet all day long."

"It would be nice if he didn't cause trouble." Jiajing said lightly: "I was confused when I talked with the couplet. After saying the previous sentence, I forgot the next sentence, but I still couldn't hear it clearly." Because Yan Shifan was unable to enter the court room during his mourning period and reported it to my father, Old Yan Song had a difficult time, and it was just that he could not comment on official documents from various departments and provinces. But sometimes Emperor Jiajing had a whim and asked the eunuch to call him, let Old Yan Song write a draft of the decree and write a green lyrics. Poor Yan Song's eyes were blurred and his old head could not be turned. Without Yan Donglou's response, the original form was revealed. Many of the decrees were not approved, and the green lyrics were not in line with the holy wishes, which made Emperor Jiajing very disappointed and had to hand them all over to Xu Jie, so that Master Yan Ge was no longer pragmatic. He was only responsible for state affairs consultation, that is, he was just a match for the emperor to chat.

Xu Jie sighed and said, "After Ge Yen is eighty-four after all, and I don't dare to think that I can live to such an old age. But he can still serve the emperor. No one can compare to this kind of heart.

"When someone asked Xi Ming eighty-two, he forced him to add another year. Fortunately, Jiajing was not the one who was in his eighty-two.

These words were explicitly praising Yan Song for his longevity and loyalty, but in fact they secretly criticized him as an old man who was a corpse. However, Xu Jie was well aware of Jiajing's thoughts, so the emperor could not hear the intention.

Emperor Jiajing could not help but nodded and asked Huang Jin: "Has Mr. Yan Ge come?" Yan Song now regards Xiyuan as his home, lives in the small courtyard built by Jiajing all day, and comes to gossip with the emperor all day, but now that something big has happened, he has not shown up, which makes the emperor feel a little dissatisfied.

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It was not until dawn that the fire was almost extinguished that Master Yan came late on his waist.

Seeing the scene in a mess, smoking everywhere. Old Yan Song widened his eyes and said, "Oh, why is it so powerful? Which damn fire is this?"

Jiajing's face turned dark at that time and ignored him. Huang Jin next to him whispered: "It's not anyone who let it go, it's natural disaster."

Yan Song sighed when he heard this, "Oh, Yuxi Palace has been burned away, it's such a pity."

Seeing that he kept regretting the burned palace, but without asking if the dragon body was safe, Jiajing snorted unhappily: "If it is gone, just rebuild it."

"The emperor said it is easy. Our national treasury is empty now, and the three halls have not been completely completed. The project is huge, and the treasury has been hollowed out, and there is no extra manpower and material resources to rebuild the palace." Perhaps because he is old, Old Yan Song can no longer care about his mouth. Looking at Jiajing's impatient face, he was still muttering: "I have really spent more money on building the palace in the past few years. I have burned the building and built it. That is to use the silver from the court to waste water." The emperor, the old minister dared to say, "You should not repair it in the palace, right?"

Originally, it was very annoying when the palace was burned, but the old Yan Song was still talking nonsense, which made Jiajing's face darker.

When Xu Jie, who was next to him, stood up from Jindun when he saw Yan Song. Although he was happy to see that Master Yan said too many mistakes, it would be obvious that the emperor would be more beneficial. So he hurried out and said, "Mr. Master Ge. Now isn't the time to talk about these things. Let's think about what to do with the emperor's bedroom, right?"

When Jiajing heard this, he said, yes, the place where I sleep is burnt, so I can’t sleep in the open tonight, right?

"There are so many palaces in the West Garden." Yan Song thought about it and said, "The emperor can choose the one he likes to live first."

Jiajing did not comment and asked Xu Jie again: "What do you think of Ge Lao Xu?"

Xu Jie observed his words and expressions, and knew that the emperor was not interested in this plan, so he slowly said:

"The incident happened suddenly, and there was no preparation elsewhere. At the moment, I can only do it according to Yan Ge's words." After a pause, I said, "But the Emperor's Day, except for the Yuxi Palace in the West Garden, the palaces in other places have not been renovated. The buildings are old and the scale is narrow. How can I use them as the king's bedroom? Therefore, I think it is acceptable to be expedient, but I cannot live for a long time."

"Well, this is the same thing, the meaning is." I was very happy to see Xu Jie talking about Jiajing.

Yan Song from there also understood and said to the emperor: "I mean that's the same."

Seeing that he was still counting, Jiajing's expression was slightly relaxed and said, "Since the side palace cannot live for a long time, where should the couplet live for a long time?"

Old Yan Song looked at Xu Jie and thought to himself, "Are you talking?" Unexpectedly, Xu Jie deliberately saw that he was ugly, and looked at him, as if nothing was wrong. Yan Song had to bite the bullet and think about it. He thought about it, and really made him come up with an idea. He said, "Master, since the 36th year of Jiajing, the court has invested a lot of money every year. Rebuilding the Great Inner Ban, I heard that it has been basically completed today, and it has always been God's will to return to the emperor to the throne, and this fire has been lowered." He thought that in this way, the emperor can restore the court ceremony and take the government into consideration. The ministers will not say that I only know to flatter the emperor and do not know how to think about the country.

But after saying that, he secretly looked at Jiajing's expression, but the emperor's face was not relieved, but instead looked like he wanted to eat people.

Even though he was old and debilitated, he suddenly remembered why the emperor had moved out of Da Nei. Since the Renyin Palace changed in the 21st year of Jiajing, the emperor was almost murdered by a group of palace maids, and he was full of fear and resistance to Da Nei. When he mentioned Da Nei, he was frightened. Except for having to go back to attend the ceremony every year during the Chinese New Year and worshiping his ancestors, he would never take a step forward in Da Nei.

Now Yan Song actually suggested that the emperor return to the Da Nei. It was because he violated Jiajing's taboo. How could the emperor give him a good face?"

When Yan Song saw the emperor angry, he was immediately panicked. After thinking about it, he quickly changed his words: "If the emperor does not want to return to the Great Palace, then Nangong has just been repaired and can also be used as His Majesty's bedroom." As soon as this statement came out, the sky thunder rolled, which made everyone present stunned. He thought to himself, what happened to Lord Yan today? Why is it that the thunder is not worth the life?

If Da Nei is a taboo for Jiajing alone, then Nangong is the taboo for all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, because after the Tumu Fort Incident, Emperor Yingzong was captured by Yesian. In order to fight the invasion and maintain the imperial throne, Ming Dynasty officials supported Yingzong's younger brother ascended the throne to Emperor Jingtai. Later, they first saw that the emperor in their hands was expired and invalid. They knew that it was useless to keep Yingzong, and they were very angry. In order to disgust the Ming court, he released Yingzong back. Jianshu Shushao said, "It's a different body clam." It's easy to read outside.

But Emperor Jing was just so satisfied with being the emperor, how could he give up the throne? So he put the expired emperor, Emperor Yingzong of Ming, under house arrest in Chonghua Palace, that is, Nangong. Therefore, in Jiajing's view, Nangong is a "place where the throne is imprisoned". Now, Yan Song actually wants to put Lian there, do you want Lian to be under house arrest and abdicate?

Even eunuchs like Huang Jin and Chen Hong knew this story well. Yan Ge Lao, who has always been responsible for pleasing the emperor, wanted the emperor to move to the ghost place. He really didn't know what medicine was wrong. He was so scared that he lowered his head, fearing that the city gate would catch fire and cause harm to the fish in the pond.

Sure enough, Jiajing became popular and he poured the depression caused by the burning of the palace on Yan Song's head, and even cursed Yan Ge Lao's direct female relatives with the village. Yan Song served the emperor for 30 years and received such honors for the first time.

Seeing that Mr. Yan was scolded, Xu Jie, who had been watching coldly, realized that the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity had appeared! Although he knew that his proposal would be useless and money, Yan Song suggested that the emperor would make do with it, regardless of his motives. Objectively, he would save financial resources and material resources. Compared with him, he was more like a treacherous minister at this moment. But Xu Jie could no longer care about so many. He only knew that he had been waiting for a total of fifteen years to defeat this person. Now the opportunity finally appeared and he must not let it go.

No matter whether it is right or wrong, just ask for winning or losing!

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath of the air with the smell of fireworks, as if he smelled the breath of the battlefield, and then took his hands and said in a deep voice: "Don't calm down, I have something to say."

"Tell me!" Jiajing also scolded him for being tired, sitting on the chair and breathing heavily, obviously shocked.

Xu Jie said slowly in his usual tone: "There is a way of being a master who is worried about the humiliation of his ministers. If the king and father are not even living in peace, then the ministers are really ashamed of being a minister. I feel that the side hall is narrow and old, and the Nangong has bad omens, and they are not a place where the emperor lives."

"Then where do you think Lian will live?" Jiajing said calmly, "Even if you sleep on the street, Lian will not go to Danei and Nangong!"

"Yes." Xu Jie said softly: "Weichen just made an estimate a few days ago. According to the cost of purchasing raw materials from the Ministry of Industry, the wood and stone materials purchased will be about 30% left after the three halls are built, which is enough to rebuild Yuxi Palace. Moreover, tens of thousands of craftsmen have not yet been disbanded, so they can order them to transfer the Yuxi Palace to complete it in three months."

When he heard that the completion would be completed so soon and there was no need to buy stones, Jiajing suddenly became happy and patted Xu Jie's fan intimately and said, "Zisheng, you are really Guan Zhong of Lian." Zisheng was Xu Jie's name,

Xu Jie was flattered and said, "I am afraid of being a minister." Jiajing said happily: "Huang Jin, I will write an order."

Huang Jin quickly brought a small table, spread a blank imperial edict, and waited for the emperor's order. Then he heard Jiajing say, "The Grand Secretary Xu Jie was diligent and afraid, dared to make decisions, and he was very pleased. He was especially promoted to be the young master and the young tutor, and was given a python robe!"

After hearing the emperor's words, Huang Jin quickly turned into a gorgeous parallel prose, turning it into an imperial edict. After reading it for Jiajing, it was considered that the reward would take effect.

Xu Jie was flattered and grateful. Unexpectedly, what made him happy was still behind, and the emperor heard the words: "Your eldest son is an official in Beijing?"

"With the grace of the emperor, my eldest son was grateful for his official position and worked in Taichang Temple." Xu Jie said respectfully.

"Well, how old is it?" Jiajing asked.

"Thirty-seven." Xu Jie said softly.

"Well, it's OK, I can stand alone." Jiajing issued another edict: "I'll be the Shaoqing of Taichang and the head of the Ministry of Works, and I'm fully responsible for the reorganization of the bedroom. I admire this." This is clearly a benefit to the Xu family.

"Your Majesty, you must not do it." Xu Jie hurriedly said: "One of the eldest son is not from the imperial examination, and two, he has not taken on any project. How dare he take on such a great task rashly?"

"Oh, no one was born with a good person." Jiajing glanced at Yan Song and said, "The young master Yan Ge's son is not from Zhengtu, so he has become a second-rank official? Why can't your son come out to do things?" He said, "Besides, what's wrong with him? And you help take care of him. Will there be any more missed children?"

Then Xu Jie "struggled and settled down."

This scene of the king and his subjects getting along with each other made Yan who was left aside completely frightened. He finally realized that no matter how reluctant he was, the moment of metabolism of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty finally came...

Originally, only the newcomer laughed, and who heard the old one cry? He finally realized the reality of Emperor Jiajing. He became old and useless, so he kicked himself away. For a moment, Old Yan Song's heart was filled with sourness, and his strength seemed to be taken away, and he suddenly collapsed on the ground.
Chapter completed!