[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

"Hello, father-in-law." Li Guang walked all the way to Qianqing Palace, and all the court ladies and eunuchs he met on the way greeted him respectfully.With Zhang Daoren's blessing, now he is the most proud person in front of the Holy One, and naturally no one in the palace dares to challenge him.

Before arriving at Qianqing Palace, a young eunuch greeted him: "Elder-in-law seems to be in good spirits, what's the happy event?"

Li Guang laughed lightly and scolded: "You are so cute, you know how to please me. How is your majesty today?"

"The Holy Majesty has just announced Zhang Xianshi to enter the palace, and we are chatting with him. The Holy Majesty is happy today, and it is just right for Eunuch to enter."

This little eunuch was the child who served the emperor, named Huang Tai, he recognized Li Guang as his adoptive father, and now he is considered a success.Having gained Li Guang's power and tasted the sweetness, he naturally put Li Guang first in everything.

After hearing this, Li Guang walked in quickly, and when he lifted the curtain, he saw Zhu Youtang sitting on the couch, and Zhang Taoist sitting cross-legged on the other side, talking about the scriptures in his mouth: "The universe is the furnace, the cauldron is dry, the cauldron is kun, and the cauldron is kun." Take the image of the sky and the earth. The kan is medicine, the kan is lead, and the li is mercury; or the kan is water, and the li is fire; the fire is steam, and the water means the medicine is melted into liquid."

Seeing that Zhu Youtang was listening with great interest, Li Guang kept silent and stood beside Zhu Youtang.Seeing him coming in, Zhu Youtang asked, "Then Liu Jin went to the prince?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, that's right. Now that there is one less person who can be used by the prince, he is the most reliable, and he is the most suitable." Li Guang knew that he couldn't hide it from Zhu Youtang, and Liu Jin was his man, so he didn't hide from him. Zhu Youtang.Besides, although Liu Jin can't compare with Huai En, Gao Feng and others, he does have some crooked talents, which is enough for the prince to order.

The ups and downs in the palace for so many years let him know that the most important thing in this palace is the emperor's trust, like him and Liu Jin are just a matter of convenience, as for Liu Jin's performance, it depends on his luck.It's fine if he's good in the future, if he's not good, wouldn't Liu Jin step on him?On the other hand, Liu Jin is good, but he is just getting rich, he is not good, he has a lot of pawns in his hands, and he is one less?

"Liu Jin is also good." Of course Zhu Youtang knew that Li Guang and Liu Jin were involved, but everything was under his control. Could it be that these two people could find out?

After Zhu Youtang finished speaking, he stopped talking, and Li Guang couldn't say anything, so he just stood there.The Taoist Zhang listened to the conversation between the two, as if it was a matter of palace affairs, so he just pretended not to hear it, and continued to preach his scriptures: "Qian hexagrams and Li hexagrams are yang, Kun hexagrams and Kan hexagrams are yin; the top of the tripod is yang, and the tripod below is yang Mercury is yang, lead is yin; fire is yang, and water is yin. This method of refining medicine is based on the law of yin and yang changes, and the temperature of the fire must be controlled by the growth and decline of yin and yang forces. This is "Zhou Yi Shen Agreement."

Seeing that Zhu Youtang was very interested in hearing it, he said again: "There are three kinds of outer pills: Shendan, Jinye, and Gold. Golden pills are medicines, and the longer they are burned, the more wonderful their changes will be. If people take it, it can make people immortal. Poor people with low morals can only refine some pills that prolong life. But I don’t know where those seniors with advanced morals are now. If they can find them and offer them to His Majesty, His Majesty will really Live as long as the sky."

Zhu Youtang was dubious in his heart, "Such immortals are all wandering wild cranes, how will they find them in a while. Your elixir is very good."

"Your Majesty, is the effect of the spirit-gathering elixir the day before yesterday good?" Daoren Zhang presented two elixir the day before yesterday, which are said to have the effect of washing scriptures and cutting marrow.

"The elixir is very good, and I have relaxed a lot in the past few days. You have made great achievements."

Zhang Taoist got up quickly after hearing this, knelt down and kowtowed: "It's a poor man's honor to be able to relieve His Majesty's worries. May the Holy Dragon be healthy, long live, long live, long live."

After hearing this, Li Guang and the others immediately knelt down and kowtowed together: "The Holy One is overjoyed."

Zhu Youtang was happy these days, waved his hands and said: "Get up." Then he said to Zhang Taoist: "I have something to do today, so I can't listen to the fairy."

"That poor man will resign." Zhu Youtang asked Li Guang to send him out again.

When the two of them walked out of the Qianqing Palace and arrived at an empty place, the Taoist Zhang said, "Thank you, Eunuch Li, for your help." After speaking, he smiled and stretched out his right hand to compare two fingers, "I saw my father-in-law's elder brother the day before yesterday, and I heard that they The third son of the family has a new grandson for him, and I am very happy for my father-in-law, and I also added a small gift of some yellow rice, which is not a respect. Congratulations to my father-in-law, congratulations to my father-in-law.”

The adoptive son gave birth to a grandson for him. Li Guang felt comfortable all over his body when he heard it, and said with a smile, "Daoist Zhang is very polite, and the Zajia is here to thank the Daoist. Now, the Holy One is getting better, and there are more Zajia. Rely on the Daoist."

"Eunuch, don't worry, the poor will not forget you." Taoist Zhang bowed and said, "The sun is shining, please stay still, Eunuch."

"The miscellaneous family won't send you off." Li Guang also cupped his hands.

Du Ruo finally came up with a way to make money, printing——Printing in Beijing began in the Liao and Jin dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, Beijing became the largest book sales market in the country, thus promoting the development of the private printing industry.Now there are dozens of printing workshops in Beijing, all located in Zhengyangmen Inner Street, Xingbu Street, Xuanwumen Lane, Chongwenmen Lane, Taipingcang, and Guozijianqian.Among the bookstores in Beijing, the more famous ones are Yongshun Bookstore, Jintai Yuejia, Gengpumen Wangliang Bookshop, Eryou Hall, Gaojia Jingpu, etc.In addition to classics, histories, subsets, and anthologies of poems and essays, there are also various reference books for examinations.

It's just that these printings are mainly made by hand-carved engravings, which are slowly brushed up, and the cost is high.What Du Ruo needs to do now is to improve his skills and see if he can reduce the cost of some ordinary printed matter with the idea of ​​modern assembly line production.He did this firstly to keep an eye out, and secondly to win over students from all over the world.Money was not important in ancient times, the most important thing was reputation.

While discussing with the store manager, Du Lin came over and asked him to go out, saying that he had something important to do.At first glance, it was Zhu Houzhao's letter.Du Lin explained: "It was sent by Liu Wei's little father-in-law in the womb quietly. He only said that you will understand after reading the letter, young master, and he also ordered that no one else should know."

Du Ruo opened the letter and read it carefully, and understood it.

From May to June in the eighth year of Hongzhi, the Chaoyang Gate of Nanjing City was destroyed by successive days of rainy days. One day in the middle of May, which was supposed to be a sunny day in Beijing, a hailstorm suddenly fell.

A ballad began to circulate in Beijing:

Li Guang's old man has a big belly, and the yellow rice and white rice are thousands of stones.

Yellow is gold, white is silver, old man Li Guang is shameless.

How many thousands of dollars can be earned by reselling salt, and how many fields in Kinai have been seized,

Misfortune to the court, offering golden pills, coaxing the saints around.

The city gate collapsed and hailstorms appeared, Li Guang could still live for a few more years,

Ah, the Buddha looked at it with a sad face.

People in the Ming Dynasty believed in omens from heaven very much. When Emperor Chenghua wanted to abolish the prince Zhu Youtang, it was because of the Mount Tai earthquake that he stopped.Nanjing is the land of the great ancestor Long Xing. Although it has been reduced to the accompanying capital, it is still the embodiment of the orthodoxy of the dynasty and the important place in the emperor's heart. Now that the Chaoyang Gate in Nanjing has collapsed, what do you let Zhu Youtang think about this matter?

Since ancient times, the snow in June symbolizes grievances, but Beijing actually has hail in May, so what do people think?It would be fine if no one connected these things together, but some people did.It makes people have to think more.

To explain the political situation of the dynasty, Zhu Youtang's grandfather left Zhu Youtang with three troubles: land annexation, corrupt official style, and rapid border defense, which made the people's lives difficult.Coupled with Zhu Youtang's father who didn't work at all, before Zhu Youtang ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty was already dying of illness.

Now that a good emperor has finally come, everyone can take a breath with difficulty, and the disease is finally subdued.As soon as I heard it, yo, there are treacherous ministers in front of the emperor again, and the good days are about to end, so what will the common people do?This song is catchy, not only children sing it all over the street, but even adults hang it in their ears casually. Now there is no one in the whole capital who does not know this song.

Li Guang also has many eyes and ears, so he soon found out about it.He naturally knew that someone was trying to trick him on purpose, but he had never experienced the self-media era, so he naturally didn't know how to change the topic and other public relations crises.He himself thought of many ways to settle this matter, but the power of the masses is unlimited, and when he found that this matter could not be suppressed anyway, it was already too late.

Soon the memorials to impeach Li Guang filled Zhu Youtang's desk.

In fact, Zhu Youtang was also very embarrassed.Li Guang has followed him for many years, so Zhu Youtang naturally knows his loyalty.Daoist Zhang recommended by Li Guang must be used.It's just that the fact of Li Guang's corruption is unmistakable. He hates people who take bribes the most in his life, and Li Guang will not forgive him.Li Guang really deserved to die, but if his four-year-old son did this, it wouldn't be so easy, and it wouldn't be so enjoyable.

Just when Zhu Youtang was in a dilemma, another big event happened in Beijing—Zhang Daochang Zhang Xianren raped a commoner girl and was caught on the spot.

As soon as the person reporting from Dongchang left, Zhu Youtang slumped on the chair, and Jiang Cong, who was serving beside him, hurriedly helped him.

"Old man Jiang, where do you think Zhao'er learned this skill?" Zhu Youtang knew that Zhu Houzhao was smart.Although acting a bit naive, but at such an age, such a method is shocking and... chilling.

"Although the prince's actions are a little inappropriate, it is a blessing to the world and a blessing to the people to have such an innocent son in the sage and the crown prince in the world." Jiang Cong is no better than Li Guang. He is only loyal to the emperor, and the emperor asks him to take it. He won't let it go, the emperor won't let him take it, and he won't touch a cent.It's as simple as Li Guang, but it's just killing the chicken to get the egg.

"When the queen was pregnant with him, I was so worried. I wondered if he was a prince? Or a princess?" As he spoke, he seemed to be caught in the past.

"The emperor pretended to be sick back then." Jiang Cong naturally understood Zhu Youtang's feeling of loneliness to Zhu Houzhao's feeling of "the waves behind the Yangtze River beat the waves before, and the waves before died on the beach", and he only said it amusedly.Zhu Youtang

"Back then I was pretending to be sick, but now I'm really sick." He stood up holding the handle of the chair, "He's grown up today, two little kids can do such a thing. I thought they were just kids It’s a trick that can’t be done, but I don’t want it to happen.”

"It's His Highness and Master Hou who are smart." He couldn't hear the pride in Zhu Youtang's words, so he just stroked along Zhu Youtang's hair.

"Forget it, don't speak good words for them. Li Guang will take it immediately, and the Taoist priest surnamed Zhang will keep it. These two boys, who can do things but don't know how to clean their asses, I must teach them a lesson."