Emperor Zhengde did not play such boring verbal disputes with him at all. Dr. Shu spent the night quoting scriptures and writing beautiful articles on the spot. Zhengde only took a blink of an eye to throw it into the corner.

Shufen was the stubborn scholar's temper. He became more and more courageous as he set his face down. He continued to write a letter and his words became more and more intense, which made Emperor Zhengde feel troubled. As soon as he saw the cover of the memorial, he immediately closed the memorial and threw it at the corner of the wall disdainfully.

The emperor should not be so insulted by the memorials of the ministers, otherwise the notes on the daily record would be a stigma that would be difficult to erase forever. Therefore, the little yellow gate has also developed a lot of skills. When throwing it here, it would immediately be like a dog picking up bones. It jumped over and quickly picked it up.

Shufen resisted the emperor and immediately received supreme glory among the scholars. The Hanlin and imperial envoys followed suit and strongly demanded that the emperor repent and blame himself and reflect on his mistakes. At the same time, a large number of officials continued to put moral pressure on Yang Tinghe and Wang Hua, asking the two adults to take the lead in writing to persuade the emperor.

At this time, Emperor Zhengde suffered from a cold, which was quite serious. It turned out that when all officials came to Changshou Palace to worship, Zhengde hurried from the warmth of the West Warehouse, which was as warm as spring. His penis was a little thin. A layer of sweat on his forehead was blown by the wind and caught a cold. Then he was so angry that the few ungrateful ministers were so angry that they were so angry that they were so angry that they were so angry that they were so angry that they could not get up.

The emperor's limbs are sore and weak, and he can't afford to be tired. The censors and Hanlins don't know that the emperor is really sick and sick. Even if he is really sick, can a cold be used to cover up the matter of turning back against filial piety? The emperor's job is nothing more than etiquette.

The memorials continued, and Emperor Zhengde issued an order to command the ritual supervisor, and all these memorials were left unpublished. After hearing the order, Liu Jin dragged out the two big boxes and happily collected the waste paper. However, this time he did not use some means to cut off the duties of various departments to curb the censors and Hanlins, because he needed these nerds to create momentum. The momentum was so great that Yang Tinghe, the leader of the Qingliu, and Wang Hua, the land in charge of the Ministry of Rites, had to come forward to provoke the banner of the battlefield of the rituals.

The censors and Hanlins were originally writing, so you can keep it. I will write again, just like to practice writing. There are more and more memorials, and the tone is getting more and more intense. Those who are tempted to take the opportunity to catch up with the ulterior motives are stirring up the wind and ignite the fire, and they are connected everywhere. The nerds are coaxing them willingly to take the lead.

Yang Tinghe and Wang Hua were not unaware of the dangers contained therein, but this was an indescribable reason. The officials became more and more intense and were suppressed by Liu Jin for a long time. Finally, when they had the advantage of the word "reason", they completely broke out to the emperor. They were proud and energetic, and finally regained their sense of responsibility that had been lost for a long time, and realized how important they were to the court and the country. In order to win the right to kneel down and to fight for the opportunity to be loyal ministers and filial sons, they fought hard.

Yang Tinghe and Wang Hua could not bear the strong pressure of officials who came to the door to cry day and night to complain. The moral trend was no longer controlled by their power and personal prestige. The two discussed it and had to write a memorial with a relatively gentle wording, which was jointly presented to the imperial court.

Emperor Zhengde was really depressed. Those high-sounding reasons made him irrefutable, but he just couldn't figure it out. Didn't he just see the officials kneeling on the cold-water wetland and be kind enough to ask them to kneel instead? Just for such a thing, as to say that the ground is so serious, as if the sky is about to collapse?

The naivety was about to collapse. The Grand Secretary and the Minister of Rites made suggestions, which represented the cabinet and the yamen in charge of rituals also agreed with the opinions of the officials. The first round was achieved and the weather vane was completely obvious. The Qingliu people came to an end and wrote a letter to criticize the emperor for being contrary to human ethics and not obeying filial piety. They began to directly ask the emperor to issue an edict to the crime, reflect on himself, and correct the mistakes.

Emperor Zhengde was still sick and went to court after he was sick. At this time, his health gradually improved, but he refused to come to court and began to restore his cynical attitude when he had just ascended the throne to the emperor. Zhengde's attitude aroused greater anger among the ministers and gave them more reasons to attack.

It happened that Lu Wan, the governor of Xuanfu, came to Beijing at this time. His territory was close to him. He was the first to return to Beijing to report his duties. Originally, these officials from the border had never encountered such a ridiculous thing, so they were a little dissatisfied with Liu Jin's order.

However, the governor Yansui ignored Liu Jin's orders and could not delay. Liu Jin actually sent the Jinyiwei to put him in prison directly. Lu Wan was scared to death and quickly entered Beijing. After all, he was still late. In desperation, Lu Wan had to prepare another copy in addition to the heavy gifts. He came to Liu Jin to pay a visit to Liu Jin. Liu Jin accepted the gift and scolded him again, and asked him to stay for probation, which was called "representative position".

After giving gifts, the private affairs were completed, and the official affairs were not done yet. When I entered Beijing, I had to meet the emperor. However, the emperor had no one to see him now, so I had to live in the court room every day. After a while, I became familiar with the six ministers and nine ministers.

Lu Wan didn't know the inside story, but seeing that the situation in the capital was so tense, the six ministers were eager to follow Yang Tinghe and Wang Hua to write a letter to gain a good reputation, so he advised him: "My lords, the emperor is young and full of energy, he is a soft but not a hard person. The ministers wrote a letter to him, and the emperor is sick, and such a stalemate is harmful to the court. Isn't that adding fuel to the fire when you write a letter to him at this time?"

Thinking about it, the Nine Ministers of the Six Divisions could not force the emperor too much. Although Liu Yu and Zhang Cai have become Liu Jin's best friends, their idea was to let others be the best. If the other ministers did not let go, they would just give up.

Liu Jin was furious when he heard the news. He found an excuse to call the governor who was a good thing. He scolded him again and scolded him. Poor Lord Lu didn't know the reason, but he thought it was a gift from Eunuch Liu but he still thought it was too little. However, he used up all the money he brought, so he had to borrow from others and then send it to Liu Jin with a smile.

Liu Jin accepted the gift and knew that he was unintentional. He planned to let him go, but he didn't expect that the prosecutor-in-charge governor was worried. Thinking about Duke Wei from Xuanfu, he was from the local government in the hometown and could not take care of him, so he came to visit and asked Yang Ling to ask him to make peace if the emperor wanted to demote his official position.

Liu Jin was afraid that Yang Ling would ruin his affairs, so he sent someone to stare at him. After hearing the news, Lu Wan went to Yang Ling's way. Old Liu was furious again. Could it be that my prime minister of the inner court and his power is in power, and he is not as powerful as the Duke of Wei in the opposition?

Lu Wan was called by Liu Jin again and scolded him. After these three scoldings, Lu Wan was almost exhausted. He, Old Liu, wouldn't he let people live? Anyway, I'm in Beijing. The crime of being late has been spared. What else can you do to me? If you can't beat me, I'll stop working!

Lu Wan has been an official for so many years. He was a scholarly scholar who had been exhausted by his youth, but today he was inspired by Liu Jin's repeated troubles. Old Lu stopped kneeling and pretended to be his grandson. He stood up suddenly, turned his head and left. Liu Jin had never seen anyone begging for such a begging others. He was stunned by him.

Lu Wan went back and packed up his bags and was about to get out. Unexpectedly, after waiting for two days, Liu Jin couldn't figure out why he had seen Yang Ling, his attitude suddenly became so tough. Now he was about to deal with Wang Hua, but he didn't want to cause trouble and make a big deal out of the situation, so he didn't dare to touch him.

The governor of Xuanfu, he was so irresponsible for so many major issues. He couldn't leave even if he kept it. He didn't know if he could still be an official. He had nothing to do, so he had to go to Beijing all day long.

This is how high-level officials can maintain surface calmness, but low-level officials are scruples. They are not like senior officials who have been well-educated in the officialdom for a long time, and can distinguish which one is more important after being in charge of politics for a long time. They know the roundabout and tactful means of struggle. These scholars who have been instilled with the books of sages and have instilled in their minds in "propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame" in their minds, saying that theory is very good, but they are far from reaching the level of "entering the world".

The truth is in your own hands, so what are you afraid of? The emperor does not know etiquette, does not obey etiquette, and does not fulfill his or her duties as a minister at this time, and does not show loyalty. When will he stand up? Loyal ministers are not afraid of death, but are not loyal ministers. Senior officials are worried and shirk their responsibilities, so we will come forward.

After Huang Gong, a Jinshi in the 18th year of Hongzhi, the head of the Ministry of Justice, and after seeking to read the memorials of the top scholar Shu Fen, he felt that he had not yet been fully informed and was afraid that the emperor would not be enlightened enough, so he wrote a memorial solo, giving Emperor Zhengde a blow, pointing the finger at the favorite minister Liu Jin of Zhengde, and began to expand his target. His memorial became the fuse of the court struggle, and the discussion of etiquette became political discussion:

"If today only knows that there are powerful ministers who are favored by the slander, but do not worry about your Majesty. I would rather violate Your Majesty than dare to resist the slander. Disasters have already arisen, and Your Majesty still doesn't know. When the disaster is about to arise, I am afraid that Your Majesty will know it too late! For Your Majesty's plan, please respect the righteous learning; open up the way of speaking; correct the name and discipline; eliminate the slanderous villains... Otherwise, I am afraid that the country will be in a hurry! I know that this statement will be unwilling to be tolerated by the traitors, and I denounce me as slandering the government. But I would rather speak frankly and advise Your Majesty not to be mistaken by the traitors."

Huang Gong was indeed loyal. He knew that this memorial would be hit by Liu Jin. It was not uncommon for him to be dismissed from office and lost his life. However, he was still very upset and wrote a letter with a gratitude. Lu Zhen, the driver of the car, saw that this memorial was righteous and righteous, and he was higher than his own cultural level, so he tore up his own draft and filled in his name behind him. Seeing this, other officials from other lowly officials signed and submitted a joint report.

The little official's tone of criticism was no less than the memorial written by the famous madman Hai Rui to Emperor Jiajing in later generations. Zhengde was so angry that he had no place to send it. After this memorial was released, Zhengde immediately grabbed the handle: "I am rude and disobey? Forget it, who told me to say the wrong thing and do the wrong thing? I was taking it upon myself. If I had known this, I would kneel down to death, your grandsons! But you are too far away now? I just didn't let you kneel down. Why is it so serious that the country is out of power? Treacherous minister, who is the traitor?"

Emperor Zhengde criticized Liu Jin for punishment. When Liu Jin saw Zhe, he was furious and ordered the Ministry of Justice to arrest Huang Gong, Lu Zhen and other five others to issue an edict to imprison him and force him to confess his guilt. Huang Gong said with a sigh: "In life, he served as a minister and a minister. Most of them have been in power for thirty or forty years. Only those who have been practicing the law will be immortal for thousands of years. People in the world want to change this with them!"

Lu Zhen and the other four responded one after another. Liu Jin was furious and the first offender Huang Gong. Lu Zhen was dragged to the court for 100 poles and was punished to kneel for five days. The driver Lu Zhen, the driver of the car, was weak and dragged back to prison. He died within a while. Huang Gong actually gritted his teeth and held on for another five days, packed his luggage, and was dismissed from office as a civilian.

The five heroic acts of righteousness are popular all over the city. The respect and respect of the scholars made more low-ranking officials excited. There are various varied articles, and some people mentioned in the discussion of etiquette that the emperor had no heirs. They talked about the emperor's marriage for two years, but one and two concubines never saw him pregnant. If the emperor was unpredictable, he would be very troubled. He advised the emperor to make an heir earlier, and also hinted whether the emperor would invite an imperial physician to see it so as not to miss the big thing.

This is simply a suspicion that the emperor was sick. He said that he was not good enough, but he couldn't stand it if he was a man. Besides, Emperor Zhengde could not bear the temper of the donkey. He kept the memorial and did not post it. He cared about the minister of the emperor's little brother, and was sent to the prison to get beaten with a board, and ate the "fried pork with bamboo shoots" and was beaten to the butt.

The top scholar Shu Fen was full of energy and is now a storied figure in the young and powerful sect. He wrote another long paper on this matter. After careful analysis of the matter of discussing the heir, he came to a conclusion: If the priests do not listen to the opinions of the ministers and immediately reflect on the review, they will end up like the king who lost his country during the Five Dynasties or Emperor Jianwen.

After the memorial was submitted, Lord Shu expected that he would be killed by a court stick. The suicide note was written. He bought it back and ordered a coffin to hold a funeral for him. Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhengde was so angry that he was so angry that he was angrily laughed at their wild thoughts. He thought that this nerd was a little crazy and had no brains, so he let him go.

However, the civil and military officials who observed the movement did not know what the emperor was thinking. When Shufen saw that the emperor beat two groups of people, he submitted the memorial that was even more rebellious was fine. He thought that the emperor had begun to surrender, and his courage increased.

Within two days, more than 100 middle and low-level officials from the Six Ministry, Hanlin Academy, Dali Temple, Pedestrian Department, Six Sections, Thirteen Bureaus, and Censorate, submitted protests and advice to the emperor, with the same tone, basically saying that the Ming Dynasty was about to destroy the country, and if the emperor did not repent, he would probably find a place to bury the body when he died. People in the capital were fluctuating for a while. The officials were unwilling to do political affairs, and all of them joined the ceremony and discussed politics. Then they discussed the place of succession in an inexplicable battle.

Emperor Zhengde's nameless fire finally broke out. Zhengde, who had not been to court for many days, held a grand ceremony. He roared in the court, roared like thunder, with blue veins on his forehead, and pointed at the ministers and cursed: "I am not at ease, and I have not recovered yet. You are not polite and are clamoring all day long. A group of ministers exaggerated and slandered. You talked to me about the etiquette of being the king all day long. Is this a etiquette of being the minister? A group of bastards, don't you kneel? Then I want you to kneel enough!"

More than a hundred officials who wrote the letter were all punished to kneel at the Meridian Gate by the sacred edict. These low-ranking officials were not qualified to attend court, but now they are as glorious as civil and military officials who attended court. Early in the morning, the leaders and officials of the officials of the office led them to the Meridian Gate in an orderly manner. After the Jinyiwei named the name, they began to kneel down. They did not care about the meal at noon, but were allowed to deliver the meal. They knelt until the evening before they called the name. The leaders and officials of the yamen were taken back and then disbanded.

Officials such as the cabinet and the nine ministers of the six ministries could no longer express their silence, and they wrote letters to request the emperor to pardon. Emperor Zhengde still stayed at the Central Committee and refused to send a letter to pardon. Then several officials continued to write letters to request pardon, including old ministers such as Wang Yang. Zhengde replied: "Go to the Meridian Gate together and go kneel!"

The officials who were arrested in prison in the early stage also joined the kneeling team with shackles. These officials knelt there during the day and chatted with each other nonsense. When they went home at night, they continued to write memorials, but none of them surrendered.

Zhengde felt ache in his forehead. Liu Jin observed his expression and said carefully: "Your Majesty, you have punished these officials to kneel down. The reflection has been over, but they have no repentance. They hid thick mattresses under their knees, knelt down there and chatted and joked. There were tea and snacks next to them. It was a big joke. According to the old slave's opinion, it would be better to use court wars against these officials and suffer from flesh and blood. I wish they would not dare to be so arrogant anymore."

"Take stick? More than a hundred people are playing sticks at the same time..." Zhengde hesitated and nodded, "Okay, just teach these unintentional things a lesson. He even kneels down and even has tea and snacks. These tired guys, let them suffer some flesh and blood!"

Liu Jin was secretly happy and agreed repeatedly, with a sinister smile flashing across the corner of his mouth. Yang Tinghe was treacherous, and Wang Hua, who pursued the doctrine of the mean, was even more treacherous. This pair of old slip-ons was always inappropriate, which made Liu Jin unable to counterattack against him for a long time, and took the opportunity to seize the Ministry of Rites, and even coaxed Yang Tinghe out of the cabinet and placed his own confidants.

None of the people who kneeled down at the Meridian Gate were their own people. They were all the backbone of the Qingliu School and the hope of the future. If dozens of them were killed with a scepter, even if they knew that there was a fire pit ahead, Yang Tinghe and Wang Hua would have to bite the bullet and jump in, and the big thing would be settled.

Liu Jin sent an order to go, Jinyiwei, the Han general, the Dongchang man.... A large group of people suddenly appeared outside the Meridian Gate. In front of him, a row of big men carrying court sticks and slaughter knelt there to drink tea and snacks. The officials who were suddenly quiet. In a moment, they realized that the emperor was going to be court sticks.

The eyes of these low-ranking officials lit up: The court stick! What a glorious! It represents noble and loyalty. If you are beaten to death, this unknown person will be recorded in history forever. If you don’t die, you will be respected by the court and the public in the future. The court stick is like the posthumous title of "Wen Zheng" and the official position of the chief minister of the cabinet. It is a lifelong treatment of a minister.

The firing squad was preparing in full swing, and the "masochists" had enough food and drink, and they were all packed up and stopped to go and were waiting to get beaten up. The Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, the Nine Ministers of the Six Ministry and the Nine Ministers of the Ministry of Justice, and they rushed to the front of the emperor to plead. Before that, two fast horses rushed out of the capital and headed straight to the western suburbs.

Yang Ling has been paying attention to every move in the court. Zhengde was so anxious that he was attacked by the officials. He knew it clearly. Some rash officials angered Tianyan and lost his life. He was also aware of it. He was also anxious. However, the timing was wrong. This move was not lethal. He either dragged himself in and became the enemy of all officials. Or Liu Jin easily resolved the offensive and lost this rare opportunity.

He must be like a fox hunter, waiting for the best opportunity, and when the emperor and civil and military officials feel it is difficult to resolve the conflict, and the other party is difficult to surrender, and he is determined to eliminate it but cannot withdraw back. Only then can he easily and make a fortune by using four or four.

The news arrived. Yang Ling was standing on the corner building of the church with his son in his arms and watching the scenery. When he heard the news, Yang Ling was overjoyed and the opportunity finally came!

Emperor Zhengde's move has shown that he will never surrender. This kind of thing that some officials see is even more important than the sky. In the eyes of Zhengde who is unruly, Zhengde is not worth mentioning at all. Although people in the world think that Zhengde is absurd, Zhengde will never do anything he thinks is absurd, because he is exempted from his ministers from kneeling down and is a ridiculous thing in Zhengde's eyes.

However, when things got to this point, they were always standing in a position where they could attack and retreat or defend, and kept aside the low-level officials who were allowed to fight in the front line. The leaders of the sects would inevitably have the intention of retreating. If this stick was taken, they would completely push the officials to a position of opposing the emperor. As leaders, they had to go barefoot and bite the bullet to seek justice for their younger brothers. The only end was that they would defeat each other and fear injuries.

When both sides tried their best and were full of hope that there would be a chance to separate themselves from their opponents, it would be the time for Duke Wei to make a brilliant appearance and turn the overall situation around.

Yang Ling hurried back to the mansion with his son in his hand, rushed to the back garden, called Dabangchui and Yun'er, who were holding hands and whispering behind the rockery, handed his son to Yun'er's hand, and shouted loudly to Dabangchui: "Bangchui, go, bring my grandfather's land horse and enter the city immediately!"

Yu Tangchun hurriedly walked out of the flower hall when she heard the sound, stroked Ruyun's hair and said, "Master, are you going to enter the palace?"

Yang Ling was majestic, as if he was going to fight a war, and said with great fighting spirit: "Yes, bring my memorials quickly, I will go to the palace immediately to submit an order to the emperor!"
Chapter completed!