Fifteen days later, in the capital, Qianqing Palace.
The news of the earthquake and disaster in Mount Tai had spread throughout the capital through rumors spread by the Jiangnan gentry and Qilu gentry.
At the gate of Qianqing Palace, more than 20 civil servants were kneeling.
Most of these civil servants are junior officials such as sixth-rank chiefs and seventh-rank censors.
There was only an old man in his seventies wearing a second-grade Golden Pheasant Fei robe.
This group of petty officials, led by the second-grade officer, shouted eight words at the top of their lungs: "Mountain Tai moves, but the East Palace does not move!"
This group of people are naturally from Wynn. Their rank is not high, their number is not large, and they appear to be weak in the court.
However, their leader, the second-rank official, was the most ruthless person in the late Chenghua Dynasty.
He is - a fierce general from heaven who was born as a scholar; a model worker surrounded by fishermen; an elegant man who slashes people with a knife; a close friend of the good eunuch Huai En; a bully who guards the eunuch; and a protector of the weak prince... ....Wang Shu!
Wang Shu was the censor of Youdu in the Duchayuan at that time.
He became a Jinshi during the Baozong era and spent several years studying in the Hanlin Academy. Later he was transferred to Dali Temple to do judicial work.
While in Dali Temple, he wrote a letter stating the shortcomings of punishment. He was recognized by the imperial court and promoted to the prefect of Yangzhou.
In Yangzhou, he vigorously established academies and cultivated talents with outstanding achievements.
There was a famine in Yangzhou, so he opened a warehouse to release grain without the permission of the court.
The subordinates said this was against the rules. Wang Shu replied: "When the gentlemen in Beijing finish their prevarication and the decree is issued, I am afraid that all the hungry people in Yangzhou will starve to death! Open the warehouse!"
In the fourth year of Tianshun's reign, Ganzhou was in chaos. The imperial court ordered Wang Shu to be the envoy to Jiangxi and go to quell the rebellion.
Wang Shu used both suppression and appeasement. He vigorously suppressed the stubborn bandits. In the battle, as the vassal of a province, he took the lead on horseback.
A civil servant who was a double-ranked Jinshi and had served as a Hanlin official actually went into battle to kill people with a knife! He also personally beheaded three rebels!
Wang Shu became one of the few civil servants in the Ming Dynasty who received a reward for his head.
In the first year of Chenghua, the refugees in Jingxiang rebelled. Wang Shu appeased and resolved.
In the second year of Chenghua, the thief Liu Tong rebelled. Wang Shu once again raised his sword and went into battle to put down the rebellion.
After that, he served as the governor of Henan and managed the local area; as the governor of the river channel and engaged in water conservancy; as the left deputy censor of the capital, in charge of public relations; and as the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, in charge of money and food in the south of the Yangtze River.
It can be said that Wang Shu was basically a brick of the Ming Dynasty, which could be moved wherever needed.
While all his colleagues were fishing for revenge, he was a model worker.
No wonder people at the time commented: "Among the twelve departments in the two capitals, there is only one King Shu."
In recent years, Yunnan has had conflicts with Annan. The imperial court promoted Wang Shu to the title of censor of Youdu and went to negotiate as an imperial envoy.
Wang Shu expressed his interests and concerns to the Annan envoy. Hard when it's time to be hard, soft when it's time to be soft. Its reputation spreads far and wide at home and abroad.
Emperor Chenghua was a typical example of using domestic slaves to rule the world. Guard eunuchs were stationed in every province.
The guarding eunuch wanted soldiers and power in the local area, just like a local emperor. Not even the governors of the provinces dared to offend him.
The eunuch guarding Yunnan was greedy for money and amassed stolen wealth in Kunming.
Wang Shu originally wanted to get rid of him, but money can make things meticulous, and Lao Wang couldn't find any evidence.
In anger, Wang Dameng defrauded Neng into the mansion in the name of a banquet. Then he was tied up with five flowers, and he personally held a big stick and beat Qian Neng violently.
There is no other meaning, and there is no crime. I just want to beat you up.
Is it okay for a foreign minister to beat the emperor's close servant?
I never expected that the eunuch Qian Neng would be a typical cheap guy.
After being beaten by Wang Shu, he not only did not retaliate, but also admired Wang Shu.
When Qian Neng meets anyone, he says: "The prince is upright. The six ministers and the three cabinet ministers are not worthy of carrying the prince's shoes!"
Wang Shu served as the imperial envoy to govern Yunnan for nine months, and the territory was awe-inspiring.
After returning to Beijing, Emperor Chenghua had no good impression of this man who tirelessly gave sharp suggestions every morning and did not promote him.
Wang Shu is Huaien's best friend. Huaien had already agreed with him that when a disaster occurred in Mount Tai, he would immediately take the lead in admonishing the emperor to go to the East Palace not to change its owner.
In the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chenghua was performing a Fuji Hexagram ceremony with the Taoist priest Jingyuan, asking God why there was an earthquake and disaster in Mount Tai.
The shouts of Wang Shu's group at the palace gate made Emperor Cheng Hua upset.
Emperor Chenghua ordered Shang Ming: "Let Wang Shu and others leave Qianqing Palace quickly."
Not long after, Shang Ming reported back: "Your Majesty, Wang Shu is too bold. He actually said..."
Emperor Chenghua asked: "What did he say?"
Shang Ming said: "He said that the emperor listened to Concubine Wan Gui's slander and demoted virtuous officials, with the intention of abolishing the throne. Of course God will be angry!"
"This time God has sent down a strange disaster on Mount Tai as a warning. If the emperor persists in his stubbornness, I am afraid that the Qianqing Palace will collapse next time!"
A minister dared to curse Qianqing to cause the palace to collapse. Is this a big deal?
Chenghua Emperor Long Yan was furious and let out a dragon roar: "You are deceiving the sky!"
"Shang Ming, let the Jin Yiwei men beat him with thirty imperial sticks on the spot!"
Shang Ming felt happy. He rushed to the palace gate and conveyed the decree.
Several guards in golden uniforms came forward, pushed Wang Shu to the ground, and asked him to stick a stick on his buttocks as he spoke.
However, who is Wang Shu? I have fought wolves in the southern mountains, tigers in the northern mountains, and caught hedgehogs in the pumpkin patch... A guard who is afraid of a ball?
Wang Shu unexpectedly turned over like a kite, jumped up from the ground, and snatched the big stick from the hands of the execution captain.
With a few blows from his left and right sticks, he knocked down some of the imperial guards around him!
Wang Shu's sneak attack, which showed no respect for martial arts, stunned all the Jinyi guards, Dongchang bannermen, and Han generals present!
What kind of operation is this?
The emperor ordered the ministers to be struck with their imperial sticks. How dare the minister seize the stick and attack the execution captain?
This situation has never happened since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!
Shang Ming reacted quickly and shouted: "Wang Shu is plotting a rebellion! Arrest him quickly. When the fuqi hexagram ceremony is over, hand it over to the emperor for judgment!"
Only then did dozens of Han generals react and swarmed forward. It took a lot of effort to control Wang Shu.
At the same time, in the Qianqing Palace, the Fuji Hexagram Ceremony, which was related to the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty, officially began!
Taoist priest Jing Yuan recited a set of Taoist incantations, then fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth and squirming on the ground like a maggot.
This was originally a trick played by country magicians to fool ignorant people, but Emperor Chenghua believed in it.
Emperor Chenghua asked piously: "May I ask God, why did the disaster happen in Mount Tai?"
Jing Yuan stood up tremblingly, picked up a wooden stick in his hand, and pointed it at the sand table.
Then his whole body twitched, his hands trembled wildly and he wrote six words on the sand table: "If you want to destroy the East Palace, God is angry."
Naturally, Jing Yuan could not communicate with God. He was bribed by Wynn.
Since you, Concubine Wan Gui, can bribe the monk Jixiao, why can't I, Huai'en, bribe the Taoist priest Jingyuan?
Emperor Chenghua was a devout feudal superstitious person who believed in God's will.
After seeing these six words, he became entangled in his heart.
On one side is Concubine Wan Gui, on the other side is God. You can only choose one.
After a moment, he made a decision: Let's forget it. It is better to make the imperial concubine sad than to offend God and bring disaster!
Never mind that one day there was an earthquake in the capital, and the Qianqing Palace collapsed, pinning me under the rubble.
