historical royal courier

Chapter 188

"Did something happen in the nearest court?"

"Reporting to your majesty, nothing happened. During the period when Lao Chen was in charge, everything was about seeking stability, and there were no big moves. Therefore, the government is still as stable as before."

For Jiajing, a moody boss, Xia Yan was terrified to receive him!

If you want to say that Xia Yan is no longer an official, why is he still willing to help Jiajing?

There is an idiom that says, one who has no desires is strong, but Xia Yan is not like that. Xia Yan has desires!
Although Xia Yan is old and has been an official in this life and has reached the limit of being a literati, he still has two things to ask for in Jiajing, that is, his own posthumous name and the blessing of his descendants.

We all know that in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, literati all over the world in the Ming Dynasty had a common pursuit, and that was their own fame.

They have all started to use the emperor as a boss to earn their reputation, so you say they are eager for fame?
And how much did the ancient literati value their own names before and after their lives?

As long as you can make him have a reputation that will last forever, they will dare to let them die or commit suicide, and they can fight for their whole life for a clear name.

And not only for ordinary literati, but also for great literati, as we know Xin Qiji wrote this in his poems,
"Fix the king's affairs in the world, and win the fame before and after his life. It's a pity that it happened for nothing."

In fact, it is reasonable to say that the honorary titles conferred by the emperor in ancient times are generally life-long, such as the literati's grand master, the warrior's grand lieutenant, etc. Even if you retire, these titles will always stay with you forever, waiting for you It will be engraved on the tombstone after death.

And for the sake of face, even if the minister made an ordinary small mistake, the emperor would not remove these things. After all, is he the emperor? With the existence of golden words, how could he go back on his word?
But it happened that Xia Yan met the emperor Jiajing, the moody Jiajing, the shameless Jiajing.

Yes, I guess the old Zhu's shamelessness is hereditary.

When Jiajing got angry, not only did he immediately remove all of Xia Yan's official positions, he even took back his previous rewards. Xia Yan begged hard and said to Jiajing:
"Emperor, the old minister knows that he is wrong, and the old minister will not be an official in the future, but you should not take back the reward you gave me. Can you leave it to me as a family glory for future generations!"

Sorry, even after all Xia Yan said, Jiajing still didn't agree and took back all the things. However, after a while, his anger subsided and he returned them again, tsk tsk. , this operation is really troublesome!
This is actually just the first point, Xia Yan also has a second point to ask Jiajing, which is about the prosperity and wealth of his descendants.

Xia Yan is a good official and a good chief assistant, but he is not a good parent.

He is very fond of his descendants. In history, when he was ousted by Yan Song, Yan Song took advantage of the breakthrough made by Xia Yan's descendants in their hometown for corruption and Bingtian.

Hey, no one is perfect, you said that Xia Yan, who has so many weaknesses and desires, is not afraid of Jiajing?

Especially now that he doesn't have any position, and his old opponent Yan Song has just stepped down. Will he not grasp such a golden opportunity?
"Well, you did a good job. Do it well. I actually see all these things. I will go back to rest for a while. You go and gather all the courtiers. It means that I will go to court tomorrow morning and I have something important to do." explain."

"Yes, I'll do it now."

Xia Yan is not a fool, of course he understands the meaning hidden in Jiajing's words, it seems that he has to work hard, judging by the emperor's meaning, there is hope for him to restore the first assistant!
Back in the palace, Jiajing immediately had all the imperial physicians called over, and then gave them a death order!

"Go and find me all the tonics in the palace's inventory, and make a careful list for me to nourish my body. From now on, you are responsible for brewing medicine for me. If it doesn't work, you None of them ended well!"

"Yes, yes, the old minister is going to urge the top and bottom of the imperial hospital, and call all the imperial doctors of the imperial hospital to discuss together."

Touching the cold sweat on his forehead, the imperial physician Ling began to cry inwardly.

For non-governmental doctors, it must be a good thing to have patients come to the door. After all, this person needs to eat well, and if there are no patients, the doctor will starve to death.

But it is not a good thing for the imperial physicians in the palace to have patients, because their salary is fixed, and their patients are all relatives of the emperor.

If you are cured, this is your duty and responsibility, and what you should do, but if you are not cured, then I am sorry, I will not listen to your reasons, you deserve to die as an imperial physician.

Therefore, the task of helping Jiajing recuperate his body is really hard for these doctors. Whether recuperating the body is useful or not depends on Jiajing's mood. When he is in a good mood, he says yes, and when he is in a bad mood, he says no. Hey, this. . . . . .

"Li Yi, why don't you go back now, I don't have much use here to go to your place, so thank you for sending me back this time."

Looking at Li Yi, Jiajing seemed to be reminded of his painful life in the past, so now he wished that Li Yi could leave early and let himself be clean.

"Yo, I started to dislike me, okay, okay, then I'm leaving, I'll go see if Lao Zhu is done with his work in Datang."

Ignoring Jiajingjiang's purple face, Li Yi left here with his crutches.

"What do you mean it's almost finished?"

When Li Yi came to Datang and asked Li Shimin about the situation and progress, Li Shimin gave a vague answer, which was about the same.

"Even those aristocratic families have actually been wiped out by us, but many of their remnants have begun to spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, so now I am planning to see if I can set up a yamen to deal with these people."

"????"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Yi was stunned. Could it be that Li Shimin secretly stole the teacher from Lao Zhu, or why did he suddenly want to get a Jinyiwei out?
That's right, specializing in spying on the rebels in the dark. Isn't this the job of the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei?
"Is this what Lao Zhu taught you?"

"Why do you think this is Jin Yiwei?"

What Li Yi asked was a question, while Li Shimin asked with a painful face.

"Why do you think that every time I say it out, you think I am in charge of the Jin Yiwei? This guy Zhu Yuanzhang didn't teach me this, I came up with it myself. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang's Jin Yiwei is to supervise the court, and mine is not. I won’t let them supervise the court.”

"But you have to know that the tentacles of this yamen's power will inevitably extend to the court."

Li Shimin was silent, yes, as long as this yamen is established, in order to fight for power, his tentacles will inevitably extend to the center of power, the court of the Tang Dynasty, this situation cannot be avoided no matter what.

"Hey, look, it can only be controlled by the person who will be in charge in the future."

Sighing, Li Shimin didn't have any good solution.

(End of this chapter)