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Chapter 155 Not seeking immortality

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    More than a dozen traitors and several members of the Central China Central China, the intention, the chapel.

    This decree made all the officials shocked to realize that His Majesty the Emperor, who was known to be kind and magnanimous, also had times when he was struck down by the butcher's knife.

    The Holy King not only kills people, but also kills people!

    Numerous officials and ministers in the DPRK were angry and questioned directly in the Golden Palace. Some officials, for unknown reasons, knelt down and cried loudly, lamenting that the emperor was becoming increasingly stupid and murderous, and the country was in no peace. Above the Golden Palace, there was no end to the noise, crying and cursing.  , fell into chaos.

    Emperor Hongzhi remained silent. Several eunuchs carried a large number of account books and correspondence submitted by Shouning Hou, as well as the confessions of profiteers and criminals in prison, and placed them in the middle of the Golden Palace. The ministers were shocked and suspicious.  After flipping through a few pages, the whole court was suddenly silent, and the Golden Palace was completely silent.

    "I have been emperor for seventeen years. How have I ever been murderous? How have I ever been stupid? Your Highness, ministers, please look at it clearly and tell me whether these people should be killed or not?" Emperor Hongzhi's cold voice echoed in the hall.

    The whole court was silent

    Emperor Hongzhi suddenly broke out and roared: "You are eating your salary, but you are doing such unfaithful and unjust things. Shouldn't you be killed? They colluded with profiteers, sold salt, and messed up our Ming Salt Law to enrich themselves."  , have no regard for integrity, no regard for the life and death of the people, and no regard for the country of the Ming Dynasty. If I don't punish you, how can I dominate the world?"

    After a long silence, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty knelt down in front of the Golden Palace and said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise, and I agree with you."

    When the emperor was angry, the fate of the criminals and profiteers was doomed, and there was no possibility of recovery.

    While Li Jie and other prisoners were sent to prison, Li Mengyang, who exposed the case, was released by Emperor Hongzhi's order.

    Good and evil passed by each other, and Li Mengyang, who described himself as embarrassed, pointed at Li Jie and others who were dejected and imprisoned and laughed. He burst into tears and choked with tears.

    After he was released from prison, Li Mengyang did not go home directly, nor did he accept the cleansing banquet from his colleagues. Instead, he walked alone outside the Chengtian Gate of the imperial palace, faced the Forbidden City and bowed respectfully three times and nine times.

    At this moment, he probably understood the emperor¡¯s intention of sending him to prison.

    Good and evil, right and wrong, even if you see them with your own eyes, may not be accurate. After all, you will not know the difference until the clouds clear and the sun appears.

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    The Royal Study Room of the Imperial Palace.

    Emperor Hongzhi covered his mouth and coughed in a low voice, his face flushed, his expression was calm but he could not hide his look of defeat.  The young eunuch on the side hurriedly brought an exquisite spittoon. After Emperor Hongzhi spit, another eunuch brought water to rinse his mouth. Finally, he bowed and presented a small sandalwood box. When he opened the box, the eunuch took out  A golden dove egg-sized elixir. Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the elixir with a complicated expression, then put it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.

    Not long after, Emperor Hongzhi's breathing suddenly became rapid, his eyes were bloodshot, his eyeballs bulged, his face became redder and redder, his hands like dead wood tightly grasped the armrests of the chair, his expression seemed to be in pain and relief.

    Several eunuchs in the study hurriedly knelt down and said in unison: "May your Majesty live forever."

    Qin Kan stood in front of the desk with his head lowered, watching all of this quietly, his lips opened but he hesitated to speak.

    After a long time, Emperor Hongzhi's expression gradually returned to normal. His complexion miraculously improved a lot, and he no longer coughed. He was full of energy and high spirits.

    Seeing Qin Kan¡¯s hesitant expression, Emperor Hongzhi smiled: ¡°Do you think I shouldn¡¯t take this pill?¡±

    Qin Kan simply said bluntly: "I have to tell you directly, Your Majesty, the so-called Taoist magic elixir"

    Hongzhi cut off his words and said with a smile: "The magic of Taoist elixirs is nothing more than a trick to deceive one's eyes. Taking the elixir will not only prevent you from living forever, but will cause you to mislead yourself and yourself, and your life span will be shortened if you take it regularly."

    Qin Kan looked at him with some confusion. Since he knew that taking it would be harmful, why did he seek death?

    Emperor Hongzhi smiled bitterly and said: "When my father, Emperor Xianzong, was in power, he believed in Taoist alchemy. From time to time, the imperial concubine Wan Shi, the eunuchs Wang Zhi, and Liang Fang took over the power. Xianzong was deceived by the inner palace and summoned Taoist alchemists from all over the world.  In the palace, I am refining old prescriptions and seeking immortality. The inner palace is full of chaos, and the government and national policies are in a mess. The first decree I issued after taking the throne is to expel the sorcerers in the palace. It is strictly forbidden to practice alchemy and seek Taoism in the inner palace. Anyone who violates it is strictly prohibited.  To punish"

    "The irony is that more than ten years later, I had to invite those Taoist alchemists into the palace again to refine elixirs and seek medicine for me. I do not seek immortality, but only a slow death" His eyes scanned the memorials piled on the desk.  Emperor Hongzhi sighed sadly: "I just want to govern the Ming Dynasty for a few more years, handle the affairs of the top and bottom properly, make the government manageable and manage the people, make the government clear and clear, and make the country rich and the people strong."He was afraid that the eunuch who was announcing the decree in the palace would find out that he was not at home and would not give him a promotion, so he sat at home and waited for several days, but in the end there was not even a shadow of the eunuch.

    Well, Qin Kan can ignore the matter of the title. After all, Emperor Hongzhi was very stingy in granting titles. He had many capable ministers under his rule. Many were promoted, but few were granted titles. The father of the empress,  That is to say, when the emperor's father-in-law, Zhang Luan, was Hou Ninghou, he was opposed by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, which led to a great unhappiness between the emperor and the ministers at that time.  If Qin Kan was awarded a title for his small contribution, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty would have destroyed the Jinluan Palace.

    You don¡¯t have to have a title, but what about promotion?  What about the bounty?

    This is really possible!  ¡ª¡ªMy family seems to be very poor.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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