I heard you have nine tails

Emperor Jinghe was really furious after reading the memorial, and ordered the Ministry of Punishment to immediately take them into custody by Lu Yan.

It's normal to be furious, but it's not normal to not be angry when you see such a memorial that scolds oneself like this.

Like Li Lin.

The Living Roomer has handed over the "Life Records" from the year Empress Chen entered the palace to him for review. Yang Jingrun came to him in a hurry, and the first sentence was: "Your Highness, absolutely not!"

Yang Jingrun was holding a copy of Mr. Lu's memorial in his hand.Panting, he presented the memorial and said: "Your Highness, return the manuscript quickly, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to stop his mouth."

Li Lin glanced at the ten lines, but sighed: "What a backbone, there are still people in the court who dare to say such a thing."

"Your Highness!" Yang Jingrun stomped his feet angrily.

Li Lin waved his hand, "If you want to read "Daily Records", it's a matter of course. Do you believe the set in the memorial?"

Yang Jingrun hesitated, yes, Li Lin really doesn't seem like a person who breaks the rules for personal reasons.On the contrary, their Highness the Crown Prince attaches great importance to rules and regulations.

"Don't worry, it's not Gu who is unlucky, it's Lord Lu." Li Lin put down the memorial with a calm expression, "Gu still has to think about how to intercede for him."

Yang Jingrun was dumbfounded.

Li Lin did what he said.He wanted to appreciate such an outspoken official who was not afraid of power, said what he said.But after Emperor Jinghe practiced Taoism for many years and quit the court for many years, there were more and more old foxes in the court, but there were fewer and fewer such hard bones.However, in Li Lin's view, both are indispensable.It is true that officials with both sides can do things, but only by watching from the side with a hard bone can guarantee that this group of people will not do anything that crosses the line.

"Speaking officials are not guilty of words." After Yang Jingrun left, Tan Chang said suddenly, "Will your father really punish him?"

Li Lin smiled wryly. "For these years of cultivating the Tao, he has punished quite a few officials." It is an underlying rule that officials cannot be punished.Jing Hedi's general method is to remove people from the position of speech officer with an excuse first, and then start.

If it wasn't for Li Lin's strong argument every time and rescue from the side, the relationship between the father and son would not be like this.

"Then you still want to save him?" Tan Chang understood Li Lin's appreciation for this man, but he still couldn't understand that Li Lin would rather offend his father and save a man who scolded him and even his late mother.If someone dares to scold Tan Chang, or Tan Chang's parents, no matter what the reason is, he should be taught a lesson first!

Li Lin nodded. "The emperor shouldn't do whatever he wants, but should be supervised by the officials. So many subjugated kings throughout the ages have trampled on the laws and did everything because of the officials' dereliction of duty."

"You don't need to worry about this matter, first look at the daily record, this letter of pleading must be conceived by me."

Tan Chang sat down and flipped through the yellowed pages.

Empress Chen and Emperor Jinghe were young couples, and Empress Chen was originally the concubine Chen.It was only because of her frail health and difficult offspring that the Empress Dowager Zhou, the then Empress Zhou, made the decision and established two side concubines, later Concubine Hui and Empress Xu.Fortunately, Empress Xu finally gave birth to the eldest son before the death of Emperor Gaozong, and Emperor Jinghe succeeded to the throne before being securely sealed.From the succession of Emperor Jinghe to the death of Empress Chen, there were seven years in total. During these seven years, the daily records of the housekeepers formed a thick stack.

According to Li Lin's instructions, Tan Chang mainly looked at Jinghe Seven Years, which was the year when Empress Xu passed away.

There were not many major events in the court that year.Earthquakes, famines, and floods, all of which are numerous.While Emperor Jinghe was busy, although he seldom set foot in the harem, he did not forget to send people to visit Empress Chen from time to time.Li Lin was not sure what the records left by Taifu Tan were about, so he had to order Tan Chang to look through them as much as possible, and compared with the remaining records of Taifu Tan, he copied down what might be relevant.

Tan Chang copied the book assiduously, while Li Lin was conceiving the memorial.

Empress Chen is different from the later Empress Xu in that she does not have such a gentle and charming personality.In Li Lin's remaining memory, she is bright and lively.He is assertive and dares to persuade Jing Hedi.It was she who left the first layer of color in Li Lin's mind.

Li Lin squinted his eyes and wrote on the paper.

He first thanked his father for his permission, and then recalled many tender moments between father and son, early years and mother and queen.Next, Li Lin changed his style of writing, saying that his personal request caused a shock in the government and the public, and that it was indeed against the law, which made his father and courtiers misunderstand each other and felt uneasy.Next, Li Lin recalled some examples of the mother's empress persuading the father, hoping that the father would forgive the courtiers and comfort the mother's spirit in heaven.

After finishing writing a memorial, Li Lin did not hand it over to the cabinet, but directly entrusted the eunuchs to send it to Emperor Jinghe's bedroom.If handing in the booklet according to the formal process, it would take a long time for Jing Hedi to see it.The longer this matter drags on, the more variables there will be. Li Lin wants to solve the problem as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, after such a period of time, things still fermented.

The Ministry of Punishment was not a hard persimmon, and felt sorry for the emperor's fury, so he sentenced Lu Yan to fifty sticks as Emperor Jing He wished.

This time, it stabbed a hornet's nest.

Over the years, the emperor and the ministers gradually formed a tacit understanding, and the two sides made concessions to each other.It was the first time that he hit the official board in such a furious and merciless way.What's more, civil servants are weak, and if they hit fifty big boards, they might die.

It can only be said that impeachment in the past was often more tactful, but this time he directly scolded people and incidentally included Empress Chen, which caused Jing Hedi to be completely furious.

The supervisory censors collectively wrote a letter, unwilling to be left behind in the matter, and the court was reduced to a war of insults.

"A bunch of idiots are simply adding fuel to the fire!" In Xianyang Palace, Li Lin was so angry that he scolded his mother.

Tan Chang plucked his ears, "Who said that the court needs such a group of hard bones?"

Li Lin smiled wryly.Lu Yan directly wrote a letter to blame the emperor for his fault, which is naturally tough, but seeing this group of people adding fuel to the fire, Li Lin couldn't praise them against his will, he just wanted to call them idiots. "Useful is useful, stupid is really stupid!"

Finally, there are people who are not so stupid, and the pleading posts flood Xianyang Palace like a flood.Tan Chang randomly picked out a copy from the hill-like pile of posts, and read in a cadence, "Hey, this is the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it is jointly signed by the left and right censors."

"Let them take care of their subordinates!" Li Lin said irritably.

"What is this... the servant of the Ministry of Rites?"

The Ministry of Rites and Li Lin were still entertaining the Siamese envoys together, and Li Lin had to give them some face.

"They remind you to focus on the overall situation and not let the Siamese crown prince see the joke."

"Is it even necessary for them to say that?" Li Lin frowned.

If nothing happened later, he would send a memorial to plead for mercy, save Lu Yan's life, and then send him out, and the matter would be over.Another pass came from behind.Although the cabinet prevented Emperor Jinghe from directly seeing the memorial, Emperor Jinghe had been in charge for many years. If he didn't tell him, he wouldn't know. I'm afraid the emperor would not be able to do it long ago.

Therefore, what can be resolved with a memorial has become a matter that must be met in person.After hearing about this, Li Lin immediately asked Deshan to go to Qianqing Palace to find Eunuch Gao.Eunuch Gao never asked anyone to pass it on. No matter how anxious Li Lin was, he could only wait patiently.

Tan Chang was still flipping through happily, and finally received an eye knife. "very funny?"

Tan Chang nodded subconsciously, and then shook his head quickly when he realized it, but Li Lin just stared at him with a half-smile.Tan Chang was swallowing his saliva silently, the alarm sounded in his heart, and finally heard the voice of the eunuch: "The prince Li Lin is passed into the palace—"

On the other side is Deshan's voice: "Prince Siam seeks to see—"

"Why don't you come sooner or later, but this time..." Tan Chang heard Li Lin mutter clearly.

Li Lin had already changed his clothes, so he stood up calmly at this moment, "Turn back into a fox, and be honest."

Before he could finish speaking, the little fox had already flicked his fur and jumped onto the piles of posts.

The little eunuch who came this time is not the eunuch Feng from last time.Li Lin guessed that Eunuch Gao had taken care of him.The little eunuch saluted Li Lin respectfully.Li Lin said politely, "Eunuch Lao, wait a moment."

"Hurry up, Your Highness." The little eunuch replied.

After Li Lin and the Crown Prince greeted each other, he said: "Unfortunately, my father is calling me to go. Please, the Crown Prince, rest in the side hall for a while."

"You go, I want to drink the wine last time." The crown prince asked unceremoniously.Li Lin shrugged and signaled Deshan to come forward and wait for orders, while he left with the eunuch passing the password, without saying a word all the way.

"Eunuch Gao."

When Li Lin saw Eunuch Gao, he felt something was wrong.The expression on Eunuch Gao's face did not seem to be that Emperor Jing He was losing his temper.

"Your Highness is here, go in quickly, the lord and your lord are inside, waiting for you." Eunuch Gao smiled, but he was not flattering at all.

Prince?grown ups?Li Lin thanked with a smile and walked into the hall.

"The prince is here, no courtesy, sit down quickly."

Jing Hedi's voice really sounded very excited.Li Lin stood up straight after thanking him, and found that there were three other people in the hall besides him: Elder Xu Ge with a peaceful smile, the third prince Li Ji with a disapproving expression, and the national teacher with an unpredictable expression.

This combination caused many different thoughts to flash through Li Lin's mind.

"Come on, bring it up." Jing Hedi clapped his hands, and four young eunuchs stepped forward, each holding a small table, and on each table was a Taoist crown, engraved with "The True Shape of the Five Sacred Mountains" .The little eunuchs stopped in front of the four of them.Emperor Jinghe took the lead in wearing the Taoist crown. "The five mountain crowns are made by myself. You are the closest people to me. The remaining three crowns will be distributed to you."

"Poverty Dao is in the honor of all the adults." The national teacher laughed first.Emperor Jinghe said: "Don't pretend to be pitiful here, why did I miss you?"

The two of them spoke intimately, much closer than those courtiers.

"My son thanked my father!" Li Ji's tone was very joyful, he immediately took off the Yishan crown, and then put on the Dao crown. "Father's practice is pious, and the Supreme Lord and Dongyue Emperor must know it."

Jing Hedi was very helpful, and he just said disdainfully: "You don't do this kind of thing."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Elder Xu Ge knelt down to thank him, still smiling unabated.

He didn't intend to put on the crown. Although Emperor Jinghe was dissatisfied, he couldn't force it.

In the end, Li Lin was the only one who didn't respond.

As for Li Lin, he has had enough patience.

"I thank my father for your reward." He said in a flat tone, "Of course, all the clothes in the palace are custom-made, including emperors, princes and ministers. You..."

"Enough." Jing Hedi's face was already livid.He said: "You asked to see me just to say that this is against the rules? Or, do you still want to intercede with Lu Yan?"

Jing Hedi is angry, this is not a good opportunity to persuade.Li Lin quickly had an answer in his heart. "My son was terrified, and came to plead guilty."

"Today, no one should mention this matter in front of me again!" Emperor Jing He was really furious.

The national teacher seemed indifferent, but Li Ji gloated undisguisedly.It was inconvenient for Xu Ge to speak, so he just shook his head slightly.

"My son is guilty." Li Lin glanced at Emperor Jing He and Li Ji who were wearing Taoist crowns, and thought of the Siamese crown prince who was still in the side hall. "Father, please report that the Siamese envoys are still in the palace, and their crowns and clothes are not in compliance with the regulations. If it is spread, people will laugh at them."

Jing Hedi's anger was provoked again and again, reaching the limit, and immediately flicked his sleeves. "Get out!"

Li Lin hurriedly bowed and left.

"Hard work, Your Highness." Walking out of the palace gate, Elder Xu Ge sighed.And Li Ji, who was one step behind the two, was gloomyly looking at the backs of the two walking side by side, and the anger in his eyes could hardly be contained.

"His Royal Highness please be quiet, the time is coming soon." The national teacher whispered.

Li Ji finally snorted and followed him away.

The author has something to say: The article is adapted from the "Fragrant Yeguan Incident" of Emperor Jiajing.