"Father, what should we do next?"
Seeing that Yan Song had returned to his previous state after a short rest, Yan Shifan asked hurriedly.
"Oh, that's it. Let's go to His Majesty!"
Yan Song sighed and said slowly.
"Father, is there no other way?"
Yan Shifan's face was full of despair. Because he was familiar with the Ming Law, he could even recite it backwards and forwards! He knew his fate all too well.
At a small scale, this matter is a sign of local officials' shirk and inaction; at a big scale, it is a challenge to the emperor's authority! The officials under his command actually refuse to implement the decree issued by the emperor. What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?
This matter is absolutely intolerable to any emperor!
Therefore, Yan Shifan knew very well that many people would die this time.
"Now that the matter has come to this, is there any other way? Come on, follow me to His Majesty's place and see how His Majesty deals with us!"
Yan Song glanced at Yan Shifan and said weakly.
…
There were many people in the capital who heard the news, and Xu Jie was one of them.
"What are you talking about? Your Majesty already knows that the imperial court has not implemented the tax reductions and exemptions for the people!"
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Xu Jie's face was full of horror, and the tea cup he was holding fell down with the sound of breaking ceramics.
"It's over, it's over, who brought this matter up?"
Xu Jie paced around the room with his hands behind his back, thinking about candidates who might leak the secret.
Occasionally, Xu Jie raised his head and saw the Ru kiln vase that His Majesty had given him earlier, and he suddenly woke up.
"Now is not the time to think about the candidate for leaking the secret. We should quickly go to His Majesty to apologize!"
After thinking about this problem, Xu Jie immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare the sedan chair. Before getting on the sedan chair, Xu Jie looked back at his mansion with reluctance.
Because Xu Jie didn't know if he could come back.
"Have you heard? Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xu Ge have already taken a sedan chair to meet His Majesty and apologize to His Majesty!"
"Who said that? All five members of the cabinet have gone."
"Then why are you still standing there? The elders have all gone to plead guilty to His Majesty. If we don't go, do we think we will be blamed later?"
"Hey, wait for me!"
…
Forbidden City, Hall of Nourishing Heart.
Jiajing stood up and poured himself a cup of hot tea. After taking a sip, he asked Lu Fang: "How did you do what I asked you to do?"
"Your Majesty, the news has been released, and all the officials are rushing this way!"
Lu Fang, who was standing by the side, saw Jiajing asking and quickly said respectfully.
"Well, let's let them dry for a while."
Jiajing put the tea cup aside, then picked up the formation secret book and began to study it carefully.
Time passed slowly like this, and gradually, in the square outside the Yangxin Palace, a dense crowd of ministers knelt down.
Yan Song and the others were kneeling at the front with calm expressions.
"Well, if we can draw both the Thunder Technique and the Rain Praying Technique into talismans, we can use them directly without reciting the formula."
Such an idea suddenly appeared in Jiajing's mind, and he immediately closed the formation secret book and gave instructions to Lu Fang beside him.
"Lu Fang, go get me some cinnabar and yellow paper. When the things are delivered later, you can go out."
"Slave, I obey."
Lu Fang bowed slightly to Jiajing, and then walked out of the Yangxin Hall.
In Lu Fang's view, this was an excuse His Majesty gave him so that he could leave the Yangxin Hall openly and honestly. As for the purpose, it is self-evident.
When Yan Song and others saw Lu Fang coming out of the Yangxin Hall, they thought that Lu Fang was delivering a message for His Majesty, and couldn't help but get excited.
But Lu Fang simply ignored them and walked aside.
When Lu Fang came back a moment later, she was still holding a tray in her hand. However, because Yan Song and others were kneeling on the ground, they could not see clearly what was on the tray with only the peripheral vision of their eyes.
"It would be great if we could see clearly what Lu Fang gave His Majesty. Maybe we can find a way to break the situation!"
At this moment, this is what everyone is thinking.
"Your Majesty, the things have been delivered."
Lu Fang said respectfully after delivering the cinnabar and yellow paper.
"Well, that's right. You go down first. No one is allowed in without my permission!"
"do you understand?"
Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang and ordered in a deep voice.
"Slave, I obey."
After Lu Fang finished speaking, she respectfully left. When leaving, she also ordered the guards beside her to close the gate of Yangxin Hall.
Seeing Lu Fang coming out of the Yangxin Hall again, Yan Song and others were overjoyed and said in their hearts: "Your Majesty must have sent Eunuch Lu here this time! Let me wait in."
Unexpectedly, Lu Fang came to stand in front of a few people and had no intention of speaking.
Upon seeing this, Yan Song gave Lu Fang a look. For this, Lu Fang just shook his head slightly.
"It's completely over now! Your Majesty doesn't even want to see you anymore!"
"Your Majesty must have been extremely disappointed in me."
Yan Song thought so in his heart, his face was full of bitterness, and so were the others.
"At this moment, they eagerly hope that they can enter the Yangxin Hall again and see His Majesty! Even if they are punished for this, they will not hesitate."
"There is no other reason. The waiting process is too painful. They don't know when His Majesty will punish them!"
In the Yangxin Hall, Jiajing dipped his brush in cinnabar, secretly used his magic power, and began to draw talismans on the cut yellow paper.
Before this, Jiajing had no experience in drawing talisman seals! In his opinion, the so-called talisman seal script is to imbue the mana on the paper in advance, and write the corresponding formula, and then activate it directly when it is used.
Therefore, although the talisman seals drawn by Jiajing are different from the regular talisman seal scripts, the results are the same.
Jiajing's whole body was wrapped in lavender magic power, and the formulas written on the yellow paper also exuded lavender light. After Jiajing put down the last stroke, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Huh~ It's finally finished. This thing took so much effort!"
Jiajing put down the brush in his hand and said silently to himself.
What Jiajing had previously engraved was Lei Fa's formula, a total of twenty words.
"Well, now that the talisman has been drawn, it's time to give it a try."
Jiajing thought so and poured his magic power into it without reciting the mantra during the whole process.
And at the moment when the lavender mana in Jiajing's body poured into the yellow paper, large dark clouds instantly gathered in the originally clear sky.
All of a sudden, there was thunder and lightning in the sky.
Immediately afterwards, a few thunderbolts as thick as arms were seen falling on the square outside the Yangxin Hall! When the ministers looked at the place where the thunder struck, they saw that the place was scorched black, the floor tiles had long since disappeared, and a hole with black smoke was created.
"Your Majesty is angry!"
Among the many ministers kneeling in the square, I don't know who was the first to shout such a sentence.
"Yes, your Majesty was able to communicate with God when he was performing sacrifices, causing it to rain down."
"Right now, God must have noticed His Majesty's emotions, so he sent down the divine thunder to punish us!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am aware of my guilt!"
"Weichen will never dare to do anything again. Weichen will definitely do his best in the future!"
"Please, Your Majesty, please spare me this time!"
For a time, many of the ministers who had been kneeling in the square did not care about the stone bricks on the ground. While telling their crimes, they kowtowed heavily and refused to stop even if their foreheads were covered with blood.
In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Jiajing couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that his previous suspicion had been confirmed. He then drew several talisman seals. This time, not only the thunder method, but also the formula for praying for rain were also written on them.
"Well, as expected, the drawing of talisman seals does not have to stick to the form, as long as it is roughly the same."
After Jiajing finished speaking, he put away the talisman and seal he drew by himself and said silently to himself.
(End of chapter)
